JP2010068259A - Electric apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric apparatus capable of executing macro-processing by a key operation of a universal remote control without having any dedicated function. <P>SOLUTION: In this electric apparatus, a cursor C is moved to a video recording list 3 only by operating, for instance, a "3" key (1c) of a remote control (1) once in response to a designation number (list number 3) of a drama series 51a of a displayed video recording list, and macro processing of reproducing a recorded program in the video recording list 3 is executed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric device remotely operated by a remote controller, and particularly relates to an electric device having a function of improving the operability of an electric device remotely operated by a remote controller.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, techniques for improving the operability of electrical devices that are remotely operated by a remote controller have been proposed.
For example, in Patent Literature 1, a plurality of control commands are transmitted to a controlled device (electrical device) by operating one remote control key once, and the controlled device corresponds to the plurality of control commands. A remote controller having a so-called macro function capable of sequentially executing a plurality of processes is disclosed.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-304527

  However, in the prior art, in order to cause the controlled device to execute macro processing that sequentially executes a plurality of processes, the execution function assigned to each key of the remote control is changed, and a plurality of operations are performed by operating one remote control key. A special remote controller having a function of transmitting the control command to the controlled device is required, which increases the price of the remote controller.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electric device that can perform macro processing by key operation of a general-purpose (normal) remote controller that does not have a dedicated function.

  A first technical means receives a command transmitted from a remote controller, and in an electric device that executes processing corresponding to the command, a storage unit that stores state information indicating a state of the electric device; A table that records processing contents corresponding to a combination of status information and a command transmitted from the remote controller. When a command transmitted from the remote controller is received, the table is referred to and the command and the command are received. It is an electric device characterized by executing the contents of processing corresponding to the combination of the state information.

  According to a second technical means, in the first technical means, a macro setting unit is provided for setting whether the execution of the processing recorded in the table is valid or invalid. is there.

  The third technical means includes an update setting unit for updating the combination of the state information of the electrical device and the command transmitted from the remote controller in the first or second technical means, and the content of the processing. It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electric device that can execute macro processing by a key operation of a general-purpose remote controller instead of a dedicated remote controller. Moreover, since a general-purpose remote controller is used, the price of the remote controller can be reduced.

Example 1
First, the outline | summary of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. 1, FIG.
FIG. 1 is a menu screen 51 of an electric device displayed on a display device connected to the electric device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view of a general-purpose remote controller 1 for remotely operating the electric device. . Here, an HDD recorder will be described as an example of the electric device.

  Conventionally, when playing a recorded program of list number 3: continuous drama 51a from the recording list of the menu screen 51 of FIG. 1, the lower key 1a of the remote controller 1 is operated twice, and the cursor C is recorded with the list number 3. In accordance with the program, the enter key 1b had to be operated.

  In the above example, the electric device according to the present invention only operates the “3” key 1c of the remote controller 1, for example, once in response to the instruction number (list number 3) of the displayed drama 51a in the recorded list. Thus, the recorded program of list number 3 is reproduced.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the electric device 2 according to the present invention and the remote controller 1 for remotely operating the electric device 2.
The electric device 2 is a controlled device that is remotely operated by the remote controller 1. Here, as described above, the HDD recorder will be described as an example.
An operation unit 21 includes a plurality of buttons, an operation panel, and the like.
A memory 22 records OSD data such as various control information and menu screens.

  Reference numeral 23 denotes a tuner that selects a digital broadcast via an antenna (not shown) and outputs the selected digital broadcast signal to the demodulator 24. The demodulator 24 demodulates the digital broadcast signal from the tuner 23, performs various processes on the demodulated signal, and outputs the processed signal to the separator 25.

  The separator 25 that has received the signal from the demodulator 24 extracts and separates an AV (video / audio) signal and SI (EIT) from the signal, and sends the separated AV signal / SI to the recording processor 26. Output.

  The recording processing unit 26 that has received the AV signal from the separation unit 25 decodes the AV signal, performs various processing such as compression processing, and records it in the HDD 27 when performing video processing such as video compression processing. . When video processing such as video compression processing is not performed, an AV signal is recorded in the HDD 27.

Reference numeral 28 denotes a playback unit that executes playback processing of a recorded program selected via a recording list screen or the like.
A control unit 29 controls each functional block and also performs display control of a menu screen and the like.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a command receiving unit that receives a command transmitted from the command transmitting unit of the remote controller 1.
Reference numeral 32 denotes a state information storage unit that stores state information related to the current state (status) of the electrical device 2 such as during recording list display, during playback, and during recording in real time.

  Reference numeral 33 denotes a macro selection unit, which refers to the macro selection table 61 shown in FIG. 4 stored in the macro selection table / macro definition table storage unit 35 and receives a command received by the command reception unit 31 and a command reception time. The macro (process) corresponding to the combination of the state information of the electrical device 2 stored in the state information storage unit 32 is selected.

  The macro selection table 61 in FIG. 4 is a table in which the contents of the macro (processing) are recorded corresponding to the combination of the state information of the electric device 2 and the command transmitted from the remote controller. 61a is the state information of the electric device 2 Is recorded, 61b is a field where a command transmitted by the remote controller is recorded, and 61c is a field where a macro to be executed is recorded.

  Here, M types of state information from “state 1” to “state M” are recorded as the state information, and N commands from “command 1” to “command N” are recorded as the commands. ing. In addition, “macro 1” to “macro MN” are recorded as the macro. M and N are integers of 1 or more.

Reference numeral 34 in FIG. 3 denotes a macro execution unit, and processing corresponding to the macro selected by the macro selection unit 33 is stored in the macro definition table 62 in FIG. 5 stored in the macro selection table / macro definition table storage unit 35. Based on this, the control unit 29 is instructed to execute it.
The macro definition table 62 in FIG. 5 is a table in which the macro to be executed (selected macro) and the contents of the processing corresponding to the macro are recorded, 62a is a column in which the macro to be executed is recorded, and 62b is This is a column in which the contents of processing corresponding to the macro are recorded.
In FIG. 5, the process A is assigned to the macro 1, the process B is assigned to the macro 2, and the process X is assigned to the macro MN.

  Zero or more processes can be assigned to a macro. If no process is assigned (zero), nothing is performed. If a plurality of processes are assigned, the assigned processes are executed in order. .

Here, a general-purpose remote controller 1 having no dedicated function will be described.
11 is an operation unit including the determination key 1b and the like, and 12 is a command transmission unit that transmits commands (operation signals) corresponding to various keys provided in the operation unit 11 to the electrical device 2 using infrared rays or the like. is there.
A control unit 13 controls each functional block.

  Next, a specific example of the macro execution process will be described. It is assumed that the recording list is currently displayed by the operation of the remote controller 1 as described above. At this time, the status information storage unit 32 stores “recording list being displayed” as the current status information of the electrical device 2.

Here, the user operates the “3” key 1 c of the remote controller 1.
Then, the command transmission unit 12 of the remote controller 1 transmits the command “3” (“3” key operation) corresponding to the “3” key 1 c of the operated remote control 1 to the electric device 2.

The command receiving unit 31 of the electrical device 2 that has received the command “3” transmitted by the command transmitting unit 12 of the remote controller 1 outputs the command “3” (“3” key operation) to the macro selecting unit 33.
The macro selection unit 33 that has received the command is stored in the status information storage unit 32 and the command (command “3”) received by the command reception unit 31 from the macro selection table 61 shown in FIG. The macro “3” corresponding to the combination of the status information of the electrical equipment 2 at the time of command reception (status 1: recording list is being displayed) is selected and output to the macro execution unit 34.

The macro execution unit 34 that has received the macro “3” instructs the control unit 29 to execute the process C corresponding to the macro “3” based on the macro definition table 62 of FIG.
Here, as is apparent from the macro definition table 62, the process C corresponding to the macro refers to a process of moving the cursor C to the recording list 3 and reproducing the recorded program in the recording list 3.

  In this way, a plurality of processes can be executed by transmitting one command in accordance with the state of the electrical device without adding a new function to the remote controller. In addition, it is possible to change the process (function) executed when a specific command is transmitted from the remote controller.

(Example 2)
In the second embodiment, a description will be given of an electric device that enables the macro process execution validity / invalidity setting recorded in the macro definition table 62 and the macro selection table 61 and the macro definition table 62 to be updated.

  FIG. 6 is a functional block of the electric device 2 ′ that can be updated as described above, and is obtained by adding a macro setting unit 36 and an update setting unit 37 to the functional block of the electric device 2 described in the first embodiment.

  The macro setting unit 36 sets validity / invalidity of macro processing execution recorded in the macro definition table 62. For example, if the macro 1 of the macro definition table 62 is set to be invalid, even if the “1” key of the remote controller 1 is operated, the processing of the macro 1 is not executed.

  If the disabled macro is enabled, the enabled macro process is executed when the key corresponding to the enabled macro is operated.

  Furthermore, the update setting unit 37 can update the macro selection table. For example, like the macro selection table 63 shown in FIG. 7, the state information “state M + 1”, the command corresponding to the added state information, and the macro to be executed are added to the macro selection table 61 in FIG.

FIG. 7 shows an example in which commands “command 1” to “command N” and macros “macro MN + 1” to “macro (M + 1) N” are added corresponding to “state M + 1”.
Arbitrary items can also be deleted.

  Similarly, the update setting unit 37 can update the macro definition table. For example, like the macro definition table 64 shown in FIG. 8, “macro MN + 1” to “macro” newly added to the macro definition table 62 of FIG. 5 with the addition of the “state M + 1” by the update setting unit 37. A process corresponding to (M + 1) N ″ is added. FIG. 8 shows an example in which processing Y and the like are added.

  In addition, the processing corresponding to the macro already defined in the macro definition table can be changed (updated). For example, the process A corresponding to the macro 1 in the macro definition table 62 in FIG. 5 can be changed to “process D”, “process E”, and “process F” as shown in FIG.

  The update may be executed by transmitting update data (table) from a PC connected to the electric device 2 or may be executed via a special menu screen.

  According to the electric device according to the present invention described above, it is possible to change the process executed when a specific command is transmitted from the remote controller without adding a new function to the remote controller. It is also possible to execute a plurality of processes by transmitting one command, or to switch processes to be executed according to the state of the controlled device.

It is an example of the menu screen of the electric equipment displayed on the display apparatus connected with the electric equipment concerning this invention. It is an external view of a general-purpose remote controller for remotely operating an electric device. It is a functional block diagram of the electric equipment and remote control concerning this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the macro selection table. It is the figure which showed an example of the macro definition table. It is a functional block diagram of the other electric equipment concerning this invention. It is the figure which showed the other example of the macro selection table. It is the figure which showed the other example of the macro definition table. It is the figure which showed the other example of the macro definition table.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Remote control, 1a ... Down key, 1b ... Determination key, 1c ... "3" key, 11 ... Operation part, 12 ... Command transmission part, 13 ... Control part, 2 ... Electric equipment, 21 ... Operation part, 22 ... Memory , 23 ... tuner, 24 ... demodulation unit, 25 ... separation unit, 26 ... recording processing unit, 27 ... HDD, 28 ... reproduction unit, 29 ... control unit, 31 ... command reception unit, 32 ... status information storage unit, 33 ... Macro selection unit 34... Macro execution unit 35. Macro selection table / macro definition table storage unit 36 36 Macro setting unit 37 37 Update setting unit 51 Menu screen 61 63 63 Macro selection table 62 64 , 65 ... Macro definition table.

Claims (3)

In an electrical device that receives a command transmitted from a remote controller and executes processing corresponding to the command,
A storage unit for storing state information indicating a state of the electrical device;
A table that records the contents of processing corresponding to the combination of the state information of the electrical equipment and the command transmitted from the remote control;
When receiving a command transmitted from the remote controller, the electronic device refers to the table and executes processing contents corresponding to a combination of the command and state information at the time of command reception.   The electric apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a macro setting unit that sets whether to execute or disable execution of the processing recorded in the table.   The electrical apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an update setting unit configured to update a combination of status information of the electrical apparatus and a command transmitted from the remote controller and the processing content in the table.

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