JP2001215943A - Image display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image display device capable of displaying a menu screen without disturbing a picture being displayed on a screen. SOLUTION: When a menu button on a remote control transmitter is pressed, an image to be displayed on a display part is compressed and the contracted screen 101 is displayed nearly in the central part of the display part. A menu screen 300 consisting of plural menu items (a) to (h) is displayed as surrounding the contracted screen 101 in the peripheral part of the contracted screen 101. An operation frequency of each menu item is stored, and the menu items in the menu screen 300 are rearranged according to the frequencies of the operations.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image display device such as a television receiver, and more particularly, to an image display device which displays a menu for adjusting and setting each part of the device on a screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an image display device such as a television receiver, a plurality of menu items for adjusting and setting each part of the device are displayed on a screen, and an object to be adjusted or set is selected from the menu items. It is common to have a function to perform this. FIG. 5 is an example of a method of displaying a menu screen in a conventional image display device. As shown in FIG. 5, a menu screen 200 is displayed in the screen 100. As an example, the menu screen 200 displays a plurality of adjustment / setting items such as video adjustment and audio adjustment arranged in the vertical direction.
Then, an item is selected using up and down cursor buttons provided on an operation unit such as a remote control transmitter (not shown). Since all the items cannot be displayed in the menu screen 200, the items of the menu are scrolled by the up and down cursor buttons.

[0003]

In the conventional method of displaying a menu screen in an image display device as shown in FIG. 5, since the menu screen 200 hides most of the screen 100, it is displayed on the screen 100. There is a problem that the image becomes invisible. Further, the conventional menu screen display method is not always excellent in operability, and improvement has been desired.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and a menu screen which can display a menu screen without obstructing an image displayed on the screen and has excellent operability is provided. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image display device capable of performing the following.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention provides a display unit (10) for displaying an image and a display unit for adjusting and setting each unit of the apparatus. An on-screen signal generator (8) for displaying a menu screen including a plurality of menu items; a menu button (51) for displaying the menu screen on the display unit; A first key (52) for deciding one to be adjusted or set and proceeding to the operation of the menu item; and one of the plurality of menu items to be adjusted or set. When the menu button is pressed, an image to be displayed on the display unit is compressed and the table is displayed on the image display device, comprising an operation unit (5) having a second key (53) for selection. A reduced screen display means (3, 4) for displaying a reduced screen at a substantially central portion of the section, and a plurality of menu items arranged around the reduced screen so as to surround the reduced screen to form a menu screen. An image display device characterized by comprising a menu screen display means (4, 7, 8) is provided.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an image display device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the image display device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of a remote control transmitter used in the image display device of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an operation of the image display device of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a menu screen display for explaining the operation of the image display device of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a receiving section 2 receives and demodulates a television broadcast wave input from an antenna 1, and outputs a video signal. In FIG. 1, the processing of the audio signal is omitted. The video signal output from the receiving unit 2 is input to the moving image compression unit 3 and is compressed under the control of the control unit 7. The video signal input to the moving image compression unit 3 may be output as a compressed reduced screen, or may be output without being compressed. Whether or not compression is performed is controlled by the control unit 7. The output of the moving image compression section 3 is input to the synthesis section 4. The control unit 7 can be constituted by a microcomputer.

On the other hand, a remote control signal composed of infrared rays output from the remote control transmitter 5 is received by the light receiving section 6 and input to the control section 7. The control section 7 controls each section of the circuit according to the operation of the remote control transmitter 5. When an instruction to display an on-screen signal (OSD signal) is displayed on the display unit 10 by the remote control transmitter 5 such as a menu display, the control unit 7 controls the on-screen signal generation unit (OSD generation unit) 8 to perform various operations. Is generated. OS
The OSD signal output from the D generator 8 is input to the synthesizer 4 and is synthesized with the video signal output from the moving image compressor 3. The output of the synthesizing unit 4 is displayed on a display unit 10 such as a cathode ray tube. The storage unit 9 stores various states, set values, and the like.

A remote control transmitter 5 which is an example of an operation unit includes
As an example, the configuration is as shown in FIG. The remote control transmitter 5 has a menu button 51 for displaying a menu.
And a “Yes” button 52 and a “No” button 53. Also provided are a power button, a number button for selecting a channel, a channel up (+) button and a down (-) button, a volume up (+) button and a down (-) button, and other various buttons. .

Here, a method of displaying a menu screen by the image display device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 3, in step S1, it is determined whether or not the menu button 51 has been pressed.
Move to 2. If not, the process returns to step S1. In step S2, it is determined whether or not the menu is being displayed on the screen of the display unit 10. If so, the menu screen is deleted in step S10, and the process ends. If the menu is not being displayed, the process proceeds to step S3.

In step S3, the moving image compression section 3 compresses (reduces) an image (video from the receiving section 2). The moving image compression unit 3 compresses an image in both the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. At this time, it is preferable to reduce the image while maintaining the aspect ratio of the image. Then, in step S4,
The control section 7 reads the count value from the storage section 9. The count value indicates the number of operations of each menu item. In step S5, the menu items are rearranged based on the count value, and in step S6, the menu items are displayed around the image.

FIGS. 4A and 4B show the above step S.
The display states in 3 to S6 are shown. FIG. 4 (A)
Indicates a state in which the image received by the receiving unit 2 is displayed on the display unit 10 as the screen 100. This screen 10
0 is set to the reduced screen 101 by the compression of the moving image compression unit 3 as shown in FIG. Then, by the processing in step S6, the reduced screen 1
A menu screen 300 including a plurality of menu items a to h is displayed around 01. A cursor 400 is also displayed on one of the items (a in this case).
As described above, in the menu screen display method according to the present invention, the image is compressed and the reduced screen 10 is placed substantially at the center of the screen.
1 is displayed, and a plurality of menu items are displayed so as to surround the reduced screen 101 in the surrounding area.

The menu items a to h are, for example, a: video adjustment, b: audio adjustment, c: screen size selection, d: video mode selection, e: energy saving setting, f: timer setting, g: clock setting, h : Regional channel settings, these are:
It may be displayed as it is in the menu items a to h as characters by the OSD signal, or may be displayed as pictograms by icons. In the menu screen 300, it is preferable that all the menu items are arranged around the reduced screen 101 so that all the menu items can be checked and selected at a time. In such a case, the display of icons is preferable because the section of one menu item is small and it is difficult to display the characters. The size of the reduced screen 101 may be set as appropriate.

Referring again to FIG. 3, in step S7, it is determined whether or not the "Yes" button 52 of the remote control transmitter 5 has been pressed, and if so, the flow proceeds to step S8. Step S8
Then, the count value of the corresponding item is incremented by 1, and the storage unit 9 stores the count value. The “Yes” button 52 is a button for deciding a selected menu item and shifting to operation (execution) of the menu item, and corresponds to a decision button. Although illustration is omitted here, when the “Yes” button 52 is pressed and a predetermined menu item is operated, a screen for adjustment or setting of the menu item is displayed, the adjustment or setting is performed, and the process ends.

If the "Yes" button 52 has not been pressed in step S7, it is determined in step S11 whether the "No" button 53 has been pressed. When the "No" button 53 is pressed, the menu items are rotated, and the process returns to step S7. If the "No" button 53 has not been pressed, the process returns to step S1. The “No” button 53 is a button for sequentially sending menu items to select one to be adjusted or set from among a plurality of menu items, and corresponds to a send button.

FIG. 4C shows a state where the "No" button 53 is pressed three times in step S11. When the “No” button 53 is pressed, the menu screen 300 is turned, for example, in a counterclockwise direction. Therefore, when the “No” button 53 is pressed three times, the item d is changed to a cursor. 400 reaches the position indicated. As described above, in the menu screen display method according to the present invention, by operating the "No" button 53, the menu items on the menu screen 300 sequentially move clockwise or counterclockwise, and the cursor 400 displays the item to be selected. The feature is that it is moved to the specified position.

In step 12, the menu items are rotated as shown in FIG. 4C, and the processing of steps S7 to S9 is completed. When the menu screen 300 is erased, the normal menu shown in FIG. Screen 100 is returned. When the menu button 51 is pressed again, the menu screen 30 is displayed.
The menu items of 0 are rearranged according to the number of operations by the process of step S5. Assuming that the number of operations of item d is the largest, as shown in FIG. 4D, item d is displayed at the position where the cursor 400 is displayed, and the items are arranged clockwise from the left side in the order of the number of operations. You. Thus, in the method of displaying a menu screen according to the present invention,
It is characterized in that the number of operations of each menu item is stored in the storage unit 9 and arranged on the menu screen 300 in the order of the number of operations. In addition, if the number of times is the same, they may be displayed in a predetermined order.

As described above, according to the present invention, although the screen being displayed (viewed) becomes smaller, most of the screen is not hidden by the menu screen as in the related art, which hinders program viewing. Never. Menu screen 3
After “00” is displayed, menu items can be selected / determined and adjusted or set with only the “Yes” button 52 and the “No” button 53, and the operability is excellent. In addition, the visual interest due to the rotation of the menu item is also added.

In this embodiment, the image to be displayed on the display unit 10 is a broadcast signal received by the antenna 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The image signal is a video signal input from an external video device such as a VTR. Or a signal from a personal computer. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and can be variously modified without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0020]

As described in detail above, when the menu button is pressed, the image display device of the present invention compresses the image displayed on the display unit and displays it as a reduced screen at approximately the center of the display unit. Since the reduced screen display means and the menu screen display means for surrounding the reduced screen with a plurality of menu items as a menu screen are provided around the reduced screen, the image displayed on the screen is obstructed. Menu screen can be displayed. A storage unit that stores the number of operations of each of the plurality of menu items; and a menu item rearranging unit that rearranges the menu items on the menu screen according to the number of operations of each of the plurality of menu items. Is moved clockwise or counterclockwise, a menu screen with excellent operability can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of a remote control transmitter used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a menu screen display example for explaining the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a conventional menu screen display example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 antenna 2 reception unit 3 video compression unit 4 synthesis unit 5 remote control transmitter 6 light reception unit 7 control unit 8 on-screen signal generation unit 9 storage unit 10 display unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] A display unit for displaying an image; an on-screen signal generating unit for displaying a menu screen including a plurality of menu items for adjusting and setting each unit of the apparatus on the display unit; A menu button for displaying the menu screen, and a first key for determining one of the plurality of menu items to be adjusted or set and shifting to the operation of the menu item; An operation unit having a second key for selecting one to be adjusted or set from among the plurality of menu items, the display unit comprising: A reduced screen display means for compressing an image to be displayed on the display unit and displaying it as a reduced screen at a substantially central portion of the display unit; and a plurality of menu items around the reduced screen. An image display device comprising: a menu screen display unit arranged to surround a reduced screen to form a menu screen. 2. A storage means for storing the number of operations of each of the plurality of menu items by the first key, and a menu item for rearranging menu items on the menu screen according to the number of operations of each of the plurality of menu items. 2. The image display device according to claim 1, further comprising a rearranging unit. 3. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein, when said second key is pressed, said plurality of menu items are moved clockwise or counterclockwise.