Patent ID: 7522087
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: G06F,G08C,H04B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a receiving unit that receives from a remote control device position data corresponding to a contact position, the contact position being detected by a track pad unit and the track pad unit being included in the remote control device; a communication unit that receives from an external device an operational panel used to control the external device; a display unit that displays the operational panel received by the communication unit; a control unit that controls the operational panel using the position data received by the receiving unit; and a sound output unit that outputs a predetermined sound, wherein the control unit allocates operable elements included in the operational panel to the track pad unit without changing an array of the operable elements included in the operational panel, and wherein the predetermined sound is output from the sound output unit, if the control unit determines that an operable element corresponding to the position data is operated.