JP2004194199A - Digital av device system, digital av device, and its controller - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital AV device system which can switch guidance images by operation buttons on a remote controller, has a plurality of guidance displays on a single display screen to be able to page the displays and can switch functions of the operation buttons of the remote controller at the same time with guidance switching and to provide a digital AV device and its controller. <P>SOLUTION: In this digital AV device system consisting of the digital AV device 2 provided with the display screen 3 and the controller 1 provided with a plurality of operation buttons for instructing an operation to the digital AV device 2, the controller 1 is provided with a function switching button for switching operation functions of each operation button and has a function which divides areas of the display screen 3 of the digital AV device 2 for each of display contents in the screen, which are an area where display corresponding to an operation for performing a function of the digital AV device 2 is displayed and a display area for showing functions of the operation buttons, and makes an instruction so as to switch displays of the operation button function display area in accordance with switching by the function switching button. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a digital AV device system, a digital AV device, and a control device therefor. In particular, in a digital AV device, a function of an operation button of a control device for operating the device is switched and a screen display for explaining a function method thereof is provided. About.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art A conventional digital AV device represented by a digital broadcast receiver, a hard disk or a digital recording device with a built-in DVD includes a remote controller as a control device for operating the main unit, and a main unit for operating the main unit. Using the operation screen on the on-screen display (OSD) displayed on the screen, the main unit functions are operated using the above-described remote controller. Operated by a number of buttons on the controller. The OSD provides an operation method of the remote controller, and further has an operation area for displaying a cursor button or the like which can be moved to a function selection for performing an operation by the normal OSD. There is known a screen display (guidance display) area for explaining an operation method such as moving the cursor up, down, left, and right, and determining a selection, and assists a user in operation (for example, see Patent Document 1). 1).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-8-237562
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the above-described guidance display describes an operation method for each operation screen, and does not display any operation other than the currently displayed operation. In addition, since there are a large number of buttons on the remote controller, operation descriptions exceeding the displayable number in the guidance display area may not be displayed and may be limited. Therefore, a display screen for operation explanation may be separately prepared. Further, the button operation of the remote controller that can be performed on the currently displayed screen has only a function corresponding to the screen on a 1: 1 basis.
[0005]
Therefore, in view of such a situation, the present invention makes it possible to switch the guidance screen by an operation button on the remote controller, and to provide a plurality of guidance displays on a single display screen to enable paging of the display. It is another object of the present invention to provide a digital AV device system, a digital AV device, and a control device thereof, which are capable of switching the function of an operation button of a remote controller simultaneously with switching of guidance.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a control unit having operation buttons corresponding to basic functions of a main body, a switching unit on a control device for switching operation functions of each operation button, and a button function of the device. It comprises means for displaying a screen and means for switching the display screen according to the operation function.
[0007]
Furthermore, the operation function display of the device is divided into regions for each display content and displayed, and a part of the divided region has a display region indicating the function of the operation button of the control device. Switch the display of the area.
[0008]
Further, the function assignment of the operation buttons of the control device is switched together with the switching of the function description display. Further, the function assignment of the operation button is changed and stored.
[0009]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described.
Embodiments of a digital AV device system, a digital AV device, and a control device thereof according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a digital AV device system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a display switching operation diagram of the guidance area. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating switching of function assignment to a group of operation buttons and switching of guidance display.
[0010]
Example 1 will be described. Examples of the digital AV device of the present invention include a digital broadcast receiver, a digital recording device incorporating various digital recording media such as a hard disk and a DVD. In the present embodiment, a hard disk is incorporated as a digital recording medium, A digital broadcast receiver for receiving a digital broadcast will be described. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the digital AV equipment system according to the first embodiment. The digital AV device system according to the present embodiment includes a remote controller 1 as a control device, a digital AV device 2, and a monitor 3. An on-screen display (OSD) for operating the main body of the receiver is displayed on the monitor 3 that displays a video output on a receiver connected to the BS digital antenna. In the main body, an infrared light receiving section 21 for recognizing an identification code of each operation button issued from the remote controller 1 is provided, and a microcomputer 22 for analyzing the code received by the light receiving section 21 is a central processing unit responsible for processing of the entire system. The identification result is transmitted to the processing device (CPU) 23, the CPU 23 analyzes the code, and instructs the video display processing unit 24 on the display method based on the analysis result to output the OSD to the monitor 3. A remote controller 1 is provided as a control device for operating the OSD.
[0011]
The remote controller 1 includes a power button for starting the device, a menu button for outputting a menu OSD for introducing basic operations of the device, a cursor up / down / left / right button for moving a cursor on the menu OSD and the like, and for confirming the operation. Button, four color buttons (blue, red, green, yellow) required for BS digital broadcast receivers, a record button for recording the received program on the hard disk, and a play button for playing the recorded program And a stop button for stopping recording and playback. It also has ten keys (1) to (10) for selecting a broadcast channel. In this embodiment,
Although the operation buttons are limited to the above-described operation buttons for a basic operation for the sake of explanation, the operation buttons are not actually limited to these according to the functions of the device.
[0012]
The OSD has various displays according to the functions and operations of the main body. In the present embodiment, the display by the menu button for introducing the above-described basic operations of the main body will be described. FIG. 2 shows examples 41 to 43 of the menu OSD displayed by the menu button of the remote controller. The OSD display includes a display area 1 in which each function selection button for executing a basic function of the main body such as “video adjustment” and “audio adjustment” is displayed, and a remote controller for operating the above function button area. A display area 2 for displaying guidance for displaying necessary operation buttons of the remote controller. For example, the screen 41 shows “Move the cursor up, down, left, and right” to move the cursor to move the selection button of the display area 1 up, down, left, and right, and “OK” to move the cursor and execute the function selection. Run "is displayed. At this time, the display of the above-mentioned guidance area is switched by the operation switching button on the remote control, and as shown in the screen 42, the start and stop of the recording or reproduction of “recording in recording, reproducing in reproduction, and stopping in stop” are displayed. Paging is performed by displaying the description of the operation buttons of the remote controller. Further, by executing the operation switching button, the guidance display is switched, and as shown in the screen 43, the guidance for selecting “(1) to (10) and switching off the menu” and providing guidance for turning off the OSD display are provided. By displaying the guidance and finally returning to the initial guidance display with the operation switching button again, paging of a plurality of display screens in the guidance display area is enabled.
[0013]
FIGS. 3A to 3C show examples in which the guidance screens 51 to 53 are paged by the operation switching buttons of the remote controller and the functions of the operation buttons of the remote controller are changed. Normally, in data broadcasting of BS digital broadcasting, color buttons (blue, red, green, yellow) are assigned operations as broadcasting to realize functions, but in the present invention, the color button group is used as one operation button group. deal with. Consider a case where a menu screen is displayed as shown in the above embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3A, the guidance display screen 51 has functions as four types of color buttons at the time of normal broadcast reception. The operation will be described by switching to the function of recording on the red button, stopping on the green button, and suspending on the yellow button, and simultaneously switching the guidance display as shown on the screen 52 in FIG. 3B. Further, as shown on a screen 53 in FIG. 3C, the operation switching button is used to quickly return to the blue button and the yellow button is allocated to fast-forward, so that the guidance display is switched and the function is switched. In the present embodiment, four types of color buttons are handled as an operation button group. However, for example, it is possible to assign an operation group by treating a cursor up / down / left / right button and an enter button as an operation button group. It is also conceivable to treat the numeric keys 1) to 10) as a group of operation buttons.
[0014]
Furthermore, by storing a specific operation function in the operation button group of the remote controller assigned at the time of operation switching, an arbitrary function of the user can be realized by operation switching.
[0015]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, a plurality of guidances can be displayed by switching paging of the guidance display of the operation indicated by the OSD display, and the explanation of the operation to the user is provided. In addition, since the operation of the remote controller can be switched together with the paging switching, the operability of the user is improved. In addition, since a plurality of functions are actively assigned to the operation buttons of the remote controller, the number of buttons can be reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a digital AV device system according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a display switching operation diagram of a guidance area.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing switching of function assignment to an operation button group and switching of guidance display.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control apparatus 2 Digital AV apparatus 21 Infrared light receiving part 22 Microcomputer 23 CPU
24 image display processing unit 25 antenna 3 monitors 41 to 53 screen

Claims (5)

In a digital AV device system including a digital AV device having a display screen and a control device having a plurality of operation buttons for instructing operation of the digital AV device,
The control device includes a function switching button for switching an operation function of each operation button, divides an area on a display screen of the digital AV device for each display content in the screen, and performs an operation for executing a function of the digital AV device. And a display area indicating the function of the operation button, which has a function of instructing to switch the display of the operation button function display area in response to switching by the operation switching button. Digital AV equipment system. A control device for a digital AV device, comprising a plurality of operation buttons for instructing operation of the digital AV device, constituting a digital AV device system,
At least one of the operation buttons is a function switching button for switching an operation function of each operation button, and is divided into regions on a display screen of the digital AV device for each display content within the screen. A display area corresponding to the operation for executing the operation and a display area indicating the function of the operation button, and instructs to switch the display of the operation button function display area in response to the switching by the operation switching button. A control device for digital AV equipment having a function. The control device for a digital AV device according to claim 2,
A plurality of specific operation button groups are classified into groups, a plurality of types of operation function groups of the device are assigned to each of the button groups, and switching of the operation button group function groups is performed by switching operation button functions. At the same time as performing with the button, corresponding to the switching by the operation switching button, switching the display of the screen display area indicating the function of the operation button group of the control device to the content indicating the function of each operation button of each function group. A control device for digital AV equipment. The control device for a digital AV device according to claim 3,
A control device for a digital AV device, in which an assignment of an arbitrary function group of a main body operation can be changed and stored in a button group whose function can be switched by a function switching button of the control device. A digital AV device having a display screen and operated according to an instruction from a control device,
According to the instruction of the control device, the display content is divided into regions on the display screen, and a display region corresponding to an operation for executing the function of the AV device and a display region indicating the function of the operation button are provided. A digital AV device having a function of displaying a plurality of operation button function display areas and switching the display in response to switching by the operation switching button.

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