Patent ID: 8199259
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A video display device, comprising: a maker name table in which vendor IDs for specifying makers who have manufactured devices connected to the video display device according to an HDMI standard and makers' names, are held in mutual correspondence; a device type table in which a plurality of logical addresses which are allocated in advance to all devices connected to the video display device, and device types of the all devices, are held in mutual correspondence; communication means which, when some external input channel is selected, receives, from a device upon the external input channel, a vendor ID and a logical address which is allocated in advance to the device on the external input channel, by communicating with the device upon the external input channel; conversion means which converts the vendor ID received by the communication means to a first letter string representing a maker's name, on the basis of the maker name table, and also converts the logical address received by the communication means to a second letter string representing a device type of the device, on the basis of the device type table; display means which displays the first letter string and the second letter string which have been converted by the conversion means; and actuation means which receives input of a vendor ID and a maker's name, wherein the conversion means adds the vendor ID and the maker's name inputted via the actuation means to the maker name table.