What is claimed is:
1. A plasma display module comprises:
a plasma display panel;
driving circuits which drive said plasma display panel; and
a power circuit into which an external alternating current is inputted from outward, said power circuit supplying driving voltages to said driving circuits, and outputting an external source voltage to be used by an external power circuit and a control voltage for controlling operations of an interface board to which source voltages of said interface board are supplied from said external power circuit, and operations of said power circuit being controlled with control signals output by said interface board.
2. A plasma display module according to claim 1, wherein said control signals output by said interface board contain first and second control signals, and said power circuit outputs said control voltage to said interface board when said external alternating current is inputted to said power circuit, outputs said external power voltage to said external power circuit when said first control signal is inputted to said power circuit, and outputs said driving voltages to said driving circuits when said second control signal is inputted to said power circuit.
3. A plasma display module according to claim 1, wherein said driving voltages contain a plurality of voltages having different values, and said power circuit starts up a lowest-value voltage of said plurality of voltages earlier than a highest-value voltage of said plurality of voltages.
4. A plasma display module according to claim 1, wherein said driving voltages contain a plurality of voltages having different values, and said power circuit shuts down a highest-value voltage of said plurality of voltages earlier than a lowest-value voltage of said plurality of voltages.
5. A plasma display module according to claim 1, wherein said driving voltages contain a plurality of voltages having different values, and said power circuit starts up a lowest-value voltage of said plurality of voltages earlier than a highest-value voltage of said plurality of voltages and shuts down said highest-value voltage earlier than said lowest-value voltage.
6. A plasma display module according to claim 2, wherein said driving voltages contain a plurality of voltages having different values, and said power circuit starts up a lowest-value voltage of said plurality of voltages earlier than a highest-value voltage of said plurality of voltages.
7. A plasma display module according to claim 2, wherein said driving voltages contain a plurality of voltages having different values, and said power circuit shuts down a highest-value voltage of said plurality of voltages earlier than a lowest-value voltage of said plurality of voltages.
8. A plasma display module according to claim 2, wherein said driving voltages contain a plurality of voltages having different values, and said power circuit starts up a lowest-value voltage of said plurality of voltages earlier than a highest-value voltage of said plurality of voltages and shuts down said highest-value voltage earlier than said lowest-value voltage.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a processor of a media device, an indication of interest in a garment depicted within media content sent to a video display, wherein the media content is television programming, a movie, or a combination thereof;
receiving body measurement input from a body measurement scanner;
determining, at the processor based on the media content, one or more garment identifiers associated with the garment in response to the indication of interest;
after determining the one or more garment identifiers, generating an image representation at the processor, wherein the image representation includes a garment overlay and a viewer representation, wherein the garment overlay at least partially covers the viewer representation, wherein the viewer representation is generated based on the body measurement input, wherein the garment overlay is based at least partially on the one or more garment identifiers and at least partially on the body measurement input, and wherein generating the image representation comprises:
searching a garment database using the one or more garment identifiers to identify a set of potential matches to the garment;
when the set of potential matches conforms to some but not all of the one or more garment identifiers, sending to the video display an indication that the potential matches have similarities to the garment;
prompting the viewer to select a match from the set of potential matches;
receiving a selection of a particular match; and
generating the image representation based at least in part on the particular match.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching is conducted without accessing any garment-related metatag information within the media content.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a second indication of interest in a second garment depicted within media content sent to the video display;
searching the garment database to attempt to identify potential matches to the second garment; and
when no potential matches to the second garment are identified, indicating to the viewer that no potential matches to the second garment are available.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching is conducted based on garment-related metatag information within the media content.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the media device is a set-top box device, and wherein the media content is received at the set-top box device via a television network.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to searching the garment database, receiving an image that includes a depiction of the garment within the media content, wherein the one or more garment identifiers are determined based on the image.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the image is captured at a first device that is different from the media device, wherein the first device and the media device are associated with a common viewer account.
8. An apparatus comprising:
a processor, the processor configured to execute instructions to perform operations including:
receiving an indication of interest in a garment depicted by media content displayed at a video display, wherein the media content is television programming, a movie, a special program, or a combination thereof;
receiving body measurement input from a body measurement scanner;
determining, based on the media content, one or more garment identifiers associated with the garment in response to the indication of interest; and
after determining the one or more garment identifiers, generating an image representation including a garment overlay and a viewer representation, the garment overlay at least partially covering the viewer representation, wherein the viewer representation is generated based on the body measurement input, wherein the garment overlay is based at least partially on the one or more garment identifiers and at least partially on the body measurement input, and wherein generating the image representation comprises:
receiving an image that includes a depiction of the garment within the media content, wherein the one or more garment identifiers are determined based on the image, wherein the image is captured at a first device, wherein the image representation is generated at a second device, and wherein the first device and the second device are associated with a common viewer account;
searching a garment identifier database based upon the one or more garment identifiers to generate search results;
sending a display of the search results to the video display as potential matches to the garment; and
receiving a selection of a particular garment representation from the search results.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein at least one of the one or more garment identifiers includes an identifier of a manufacturer of the garment.
10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein at least one of the one or more garment identifiers includes at least one of a model identifier, a color identifier, a shape identifier, a pattern identifier, a print identifier, a cut identifier, and a garment designer identifier.
11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the viewer representation comprises a viewer avatar associated with the viewer, wherein the viewer avatar is generated with proportions based at least in part on the body measurement input.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the viewer avatar is customizable based upon viewer input.
13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the garment is not indicated within the media content as being for sale.
14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the indication of interest is received in response to viewer selection of a try-on button displayed on a display of a portable device.
15. A computer-readable storage device storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
receiving an indication of interest in a garment depicted by media content displayed at a video display, wherein the media content is television programming, a movie, a special program, or a combination thereof;
receiving body measurement input from a body measurement scanner;
determining, based on the media content, one or more garment identifiers associated with the garment in response to the indication of interest; and
after determining the one or more garment identifiers, generating an image representation including a garment overlay and a viewer representation, the garment overlay at least partially covering the viewer representation, wherein the viewer representation is generated based on the body measurement input, wherein the garment overlay is based at least partially on the one or more garment identifiers and at least partially on the body measurement input, and wherein generating the image representation comprises:
searching a garment database using the one or more garment identifiers to identify a set of potential matches, wherein the searching is conducted without accessing garment-related metatag information within the media content;
prompting the viewer to select a match from the set of potential matches;
receiving a selection of a particular match; and
determining the image representation based at least in part on the particular match.
16. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the operations further include searching a database for a garment representation associated with the one or more garment identifiers.
17. The computer-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the database is searched based on at least one of a timestamp associated with the media content and an indication of a provider channel associated with the media content.