KR19990042307A - How to adjust menu screen color of satellite broadcasting receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of adjusting a menu screen color of a satellite broadcasting receiver that can change and display a background screen color of various menu screens provided by a satellite broadcasting receiver to a user's desired color. Checking a key signal input for adjusting a background color of the OSD menu screen; A second step of displaying, when the key signal is input, an OSD color adjustment menu screen including a color selection item for selecting one color among various colors and a density adjustment item for adjusting the density of each color; A third step of detecting an input of a density adjustment key signal of the selected background color when the background color of the OSD menu screen is selected from the menu screen; And if the density adjustment key signal is input, storing the input color information and density information and automatically turning off the displayed menu screen.

Description

How to adjust menu screen color of satellite broadcasting receiver

The present invention relates to a satellite broadcast receiver, and more particularly, to a method for adjusting a menu screen color of a satellite broadcast receiver suitable for displaying and changing a background color of various menu screens provided by a satellite broadcast receiver to a color desired by a user. will be.

As is well known, satellite broadcasting is capable of receiving broadcast signals from ground stations (broadcasting earth stations) using broadcast satellites in a stationary orbit about 36,000 kilometers above the equator, and receiving them directly from the satellite receiving antennas in each home. The broadcasting system is a broadcasting system in which the selection range of information is greatly expanded compared to the conventional terrestrial or cable broadcasting system.

The satellite broadcast receiver used for the satellite broadcast receives the bit stream provided from the satellite, processes the broadcast signal of the selected channel, and then provides it to a display device (for example, a TV).

In this case, the bit stream provided from the satellite includes various information such as broadcast signals (video data and audio data), event information table (EIT), and time data table (TDT) for each channel.

Accordingly, a general satellite broadcasting receiver is provided with various menu screens for displaying such various information. The menu screens provided in the conventional satellite broadcasting receiver are configured by displaying a specific color preset by a programmer in the OSD data programming process. do.

If the user can change the background color of the OSD screen for displaying various menu screens in the satellite broadcast receiver to a color desired by the user, the user will be able to satisfy various user's needs.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned point, and the method for adjusting the color of the menu screen color of the satellite broadcast receiver which can display and display the colors of various menu screens provided by the satellite broadcast receiver to a user's desired color. The purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a background color of various OSD menu screens for displaying various additional information in a satellite broadcast receiver that receives satellite broadcast signals provided from the outside and displays them on a screen through a predetermined signal processing process. A method of adjusting, comprising: a first step of checking an input of a key signal for adjusting a background color of the OSD menu screen during a normal viewing mode of the receiver; A second step of displaying, when the key signal is input, an OSD color adjustment menu screen including a color selection item for selecting one color among various colors and a density adjustment item for adjusting the density of each color; A third step of detecting an input of a density adjustment key signal of the selected background color when the background color of the OSD menu screen is selected from the menu screen; And a fourth step of storing the input color information and density information and automatically turning off the displayed menu screen when the density control key signal is input.

1 is a block diagram of a satellite broadcast receiver suitable for applying a menu screen color adjustment method of a satellite broadcast receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a view for explaining a menu screen color adjustment method of a satellite broadcasting receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a menu screen color adjustment process of a satellite broadcasting receiver according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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10: key input unit 20: tuner and demodulation unit

30: micom 40: MPEG decoder

50: memory 60: OSD

The above and other objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the present invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a satellite broadcast receiver suitable for applying a menu screen color adjustment method of a satellite broadcast receiver according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and includes a key input unit 10, a tuner and a demodulator 20, and a microcomputer ( 30), the MPEG decoder 40, the memory unit 50, and the OSD unit 60.

The key input unit 10 is composed of key metrics on a remote controller or its own panel to generate a corresponding key signal based on a user's operation and provide it to the microcomputer 30, in particular, the color of the menu screen provided by the satellite broadcasting receiver. It is configured to include various keys for adjusting.

The tuner and demodulator 20 receives a bit stream received from a satellite (not shown) and tunes a broadcast signal for a specific channel selected by a user through the manipulation of the key input unit 10, and again, a signal of a predetermined type. The microcomputer 30 demodulates various control signals for performing a function corresponding to the key signal from the key input unit 10 and the tuning control signal for tuning the broadcast channel and the OSD unit 60. It generates a control signal for driving.

In addition, the microcomputer 30 displays various menu screens stored in the memory unit 50, which will be described later, through the OSD unit 60. In particular, the microcomputer 30 displays information about a menu screen color set by the user. The signal is supplied from the signal and stored in the memory unit 50 again. To this end, the OSD unit 60 stores level values for various colors in advance and displays an OSD screen of a color corresponding to the control signal provided from the microcomputer 30.

The MPEG decoder 40 decodes the broadcast signal provided from the tuner and the demodulator 20 based on the decoding control signal provided from the microcomputer 30 and the audio signal and the video signal, and provides the decoded signal to the signal processor (not shown). Thus, the broadcast signal of the channel selected by the user is displayed on the monitor not shown.

In the satellite broadcasting receiver configured as described above, when the user operates the key input unit 10 to input a menu screen color adjustment key signal, the microcomputer 30 may display a menu screen of various menu screen information stored in the memory unit 50. The information on the color adjustment menu is read and provided to the OSD unit 60, and the OSD unit 60 displays an OSD color adjustment menu screen as shown in FIG. 2 based on the OSD data provided from the microcomputer 30. Done.

In this case, the displayed color adjustment menu screen is displayed including a color selection menu 210 for the background color of the OSD screen and a density adjustment menu 220 for adjusting the density of the selected color, as shown in the drawing.

That is, in order to adjust the background color of various OSD screens of the satellite broadcasting receiver, the user first selects the color of the desired OSD screen from the background color menu 210 of the color adjustment menu screen, and again adjusts the density adjustment menu 220. ) To adjust the density for your chosen color.

Then, when the background color adjustment process for the OSD screen is finished through this process, the microcomputer 30 stores the information on the background color and density set by the user in a predetermined area of the memory unit 50, and then the user again. When various OSD screens are called, the OSD screens are displayed based on the stored background color and density information.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a menu screen color adjustment process of a satellite broadcasting receiver according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

After power is supplied to the satellite broadcasting receiver, the satellite broadcasting receiver is provided through the key input unit 10 during the normal viewing mode in which the broadcasting signal of a specific channel is received and displayed on the screen through a predetermined signal processing process (step 301). When a key signal for adjusting a background color of various menu screens is input (step 303), the microcomputer 30 reads screen color adjustment menu screen information from various menu screen information stored in a predetermined area of the memory unit 50. By providing to the OSD unit 60, an OSD background color adjustment menu screen as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed (step 305).

In this case, the displayed color adjustment menu screen includes a background color menu item 210 and a density adjustment menu item 220 for adjusting the density of each color as shown in the drawing.

Then, when the user operates the key input unit 10 in the menu screen as shown in the drawing, the user first selects the desired OSD background color from the background color menu 210 (step 307), and selects each menu item. The cursor is moved to the density adjustment menu item 220 (step 311), if a specific color is not selected from the background color menu item 210 within a predetermined time set in step 307 described above ( In operation 309, the currently displayed OSD background color menu screen is turned off under the control of the microcomputer 30 (operation 319).

Meanwhile, in the state where the cursor displayed on the screen is moved to the density adjustment menu item 220 through the above-described step 311, the user adjusts the density for the color selected by the user. Likewise, if the density for the corresponding color is not input for a predetermined time period (step 315), the OSD background screen color adjustment menu screen is automatically turned off by the microcomputer 30 (step 319).

On the contrary, when the density for the color selected in the above step 307 is input through the key input unit 10 (step 313), the microcomputer 30 stores information on the color selected by the user and the density of the corresponding color. After storing in a predetermined area of the unit 50 (step 317), the currently displayed OSD color adjustment menu screen is turned off and the operation of the satellite broadcasting receiver is switched to the normal viewing mode as in the initial step 301 described above ( Step 319).

If any OSD menu screen is called again from the user while the background color and the color density of the various OSD screens are preset by the user through the above-described process, the predetermined portion of the memory unit 50 is set in the microcomputer 30. The OSD screen color information set in the area is read and the menu screen of the color set by the user is displayed.

As described above, according to the present invention, the user can change the background color of various OSD menu screens provided by the satellite broadcasting receiver to a color desired by the user, thereby improving the overall performance of the satellite broadcasting receiver. Accordingly, there is an effect that can meet the needs of more diverse users.

Claims (3)

In the method for adjusting the background color of the various OSD menu screen for displaying a variety of additional information in the satellite broadcast receiver receiving a satellite broadcast signal provided from the outside to display on the screen through a predetermined signal processing process, Checking a key signal input for adjusting a background color of the OSD menu screen during the normal viewing mode of the receiver; A second step of displaying, when the key signal is input, an OSD color adjustment menu screen including a color selection item for selecting one color among various colors and a density adjustment item for adjusting the density of each color; A third step of detecting an input of a density adjustment key signal of the selected background color when the background color of the OSD menu screen is selected from the menu screen; And a fourth step of, when the density control key signal is input, storing the input color information and density information and automatically turning off the displayed menu screen. The satellite broadcasting of claim 1, further comprising: automatically turning off the displayed OSD color adjustment menu screen when the background color of the OSD menu screen is not selected for a predetermined time. How to adjust the menu screen background color of the receiver. The menu of the satellite broadcasting receiver according to claim 1, wherein the fourth step further comprises automatically turning off the displayed OSD color adjustment menu screen when the density adjustment key signal is not input for a predetermined time. How to adjust the screen background color.