Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Synchronizing operational states of closed captioning and audio mute
- Patent Title (中): 同步隐藏字幕和音频静音的操作状态
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Application No.: US12233120Application Date: 2008-09-18
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Publication No.: US09131191B2Publication Date: 2015-09-08
- Inventor: John Schindler , William Pat Price
- Applicant: John Schindler , William Pat Price
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Vizio Inc.
- Current Assignee: Vizio Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Law Office of Scott C. Harris, Inc.
- Main IPC: H04N7/00
- IPC: H04N7/00 ; H04N5/44 ; H04N21/475 ; H04N21/485 ; H04N21/488 ; H04N5/60 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N21/43 ; H04N21/439 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/466

Abstract:
The current invention addresses the problem of causing closed captioning to be launched or not launched automatically when a viewer mutes the audio on a digital television. The current invention allows for individualized options associated with a particular viewer. These options can be selected from a plurality of options either manually or automatically as determined by the viewer settings or viewer behavior.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100066904A1 Synchronizing operational states of closed captioning and audio mute Public/Granted day:2010-03-18
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