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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Daiji Imai, Kyoto, JP;
Masayoshi Tanimura, Kai, JP;
Akira Ozawa, Kai, JP;
Masanobu Sakata, Kai, JP;
Tomokazu Tsuruoka, Kai, JP;
Daiji Imai, Kyoto, JP;
Masayoshi Tanimura, Kai, JP;
Akira Ozawa, Kai, JP;
Masanobu Sakata, Kai, JP;
Tomokazu Tsuruoka, Kai, JP;
NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
HAL LABORATORY INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display control apparatus connected to a display apparatus, which is remotely controllable through wireless communication, generates a first video/audio signal for displaying a first image on the display apparatus, and outputs the first video/audio signal to the display apparatus. Either of a first signal pattern indicative of a command to cause the first image based on the first video/audio signal to be displayed on the display apparatus or a second signal pattern indicative of a command to cause a second image based on a second video/audio signal, which is obtained from a device different from the display control apparatus, to be displayed on the display apparatus is selected, and a wireless signal of the selected signal pattern is outputted to the display apparatus through the wireless communication. Information determined based on the signal pattern of the outputted wireless signal is informed from an apparatus different from the display apparatus.