Patent ID: 7359757
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: G08C,H04B,H04N,H04S

Abstract:
1. An audio system, comprising an audio apparatus controllable via a remote controller and a computer system connected with said audio apparatus, said audio apparatus including: a first reception section that receives a control signal transmitted from said remote controller; a first control process section that executes a first control process on the basis of the control signal received from said remote controller by said first reception section; a transmission section that transmits the control signal, received by said first reception section, to said computer system; a storage section that stores transmission setting information indicative of whether or not the control signal received by said first reception section should be transmitted to said computer system, said transmission section of said audio apparatus transmits the received control signal to said computer system when the transmission setting information indicating that the control signal received by said first reception section should be transmitted to said computer system is stored in said storage section, and said first control process section executes said first control process on the basis of the control signal received by said first reception section, when the transmission setting information indicating that the control signal received by said first reception section should not be transmitted to said computer system is stored in said storage section; a digital signal processor (DSP) for applying signal processing to audio signals input into said audio apparatus, wherein said audio signals processed by said DSP are output to a speaker; and said computer system including: a second reception section that receives the control signal transmitted from the transmission section of said audio apparatus; and a second control process section that executes a second control process on the basis of the control signal received by said second reception section.