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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Keiichi Asakura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/268 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/268 ;
Abstract
Electronic equipment switches inputs and outputs of audio-visual equipment when inputs and outputs that are not connected are selected. A microcomputer determines whether the electronic equipment is placed in a mode for automatically switching an input terminal. When the automatic mode is not set, an input terminal is switched to a designated input. When the automatic mode is set and a signal at a digital signal input terminal is detected, the input terminal is switched to the digital signal input terminal. When a digital signal is not detected, the electronic equipment sequentially selects a signal at optical, coaxial and analog terminals.