Patent ID: 8698956
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A transmitting device, comprising: a video-signal output unit configured to superimpose a display signal for a graphical user interface screen onto a video signal and to output the video signal superimposed with the display signal for the graphical user interface screen, the graphical user interface screen for controlling operation of the transmitting device, the video signal corresponding to a captured image of a subject, the captured image of the subject being obtained either (i) by capturing the image of the subject or (ii) by capturing the image of the subject, then recording the captured image of the subject in a recording medium, and thereafter reproducing the captured image of the subject from the recording medium; an image displaying unit configured to display, on a display screen of a first image display element of the transmitting device, an image based on the outputted video signal superimposed with the display signal for the graphical user interface screen, the displayed image including the graphical user interface screen; a signal transmitting unit configured to transmit the outputted video signal superimposed with the display signal for the graphical user interface screen to an external apparatus via a transmission path for display of the image including the graphical user interface screen on a display screen of a second image display element of the external apparatus; an information receiving unit configured to receive operational information transmitted from the external apparatus, the operational information being associated with a user-controlled operation on the graphical user interface screen displayed on the display screen of the second image display element of the external apparatus; and a controller configured to control at least an operation of the video-signal output unit based on the received operational information.