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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2004
Kenneth H. Bronstein, Corvallis, OR (US);
Frederick D. Taft, Corvallis, OR (US);
David H. Ochs, Corvallis, OR (US);
Bruce A. Stephens, Corvallis, OR (US);
Kenneth H. Bronstein, Corvallis, OR (US);
Frederick D. Taft, Corvallis, OR (US);
David H. Ochs, Corvallis, OR (US);
Bruce A. Stephens, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system comprising a media player configured to play media content, a projector operatively coupled to the media player and comprising a lamp, and a control unit operatively coupled to the media player and the projector is provided. The control unit is configured to determine whether the media content comprises visual content, and the control unit is configured to prevent the lamp from being turned on in response to determining that the media content does not comprise visual content.