Patent ID: RE39750

Claim:
An automated production apparatus for producing a bus-controlled television having a microcomputer and function control units which are connected to said microcomputer, said automated production apparatus comprising: a camera, wherein said camera photographs a predetermined area near said automated production apparatus and outputs an approach detection signal indicating whether or not said television is located within said predetermined area and wherein said camera photographs information displayed on a screen of said television when said television is located at a predetermined position within said predetermined area and outputs a screen state signal based on said information; a bus control facility which inputs said approach detection signal and said screen state signal and generates a television test signal, a first remote control signal for setting said television in an automatic factory mode, a second remote control signal for selecting a selected control item of a plurality of control items, and a connection control signal, wherein said connection control signal is generated in accordance with said approach detection signal and indicates when said television is within said predetermined area and wherein said plurality of control items control operations of said function control units; an automatic a connector which inputs said television test signal and said connection control signal and establishes a connection between said bus control facility and said television when said television is located within said predetermined area so that said television test signal can be transmitted to said television via said automatic connector; and a remote controller which receives said first and second remote control signals from said bus control facility and outputs first and second function remote control signals to said television, wherein said first function remote control signal sets said television in said automatic factory mode and said second function remote control signal represents said selected control item for controlling functions of said function control units.