JPH02294165A - Remote controller for video reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To control a video reproducing device by using a computer by displaying a control item on a display device, selecting it with a mouse, etc., and transmitting a transmission code corresponding to a selected control item. CONSTITUTION:The title controller is equipped with a menu file 6 which stores a various kinds of control items and their transmission codes in advance, a menu display part 7 which reads the control item in the menu file 6 and displays it on the display device 4, a control item selecting part 8 which reads out the transmission code from the menu file 6 corresponding to the control item selected with the mouse 5, and a transmission code transmission part 9 which transmits the transmission code obtained from the control item selecting part 8. And a menu corresponding to the push button of a commander is displayed on the display device 4, and a signal is transmitted from the computer to a video disk device 1 by designating the menu with the mouse, etc. Thereby, it is possible to operate the video disk device 1 with the same operability as that of the commander by the computer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a remote control device for a video playback device such as a video disc device.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a remote control device of a conventional Eirin playback device, where 1 is a video playback device;
In this example a video disc device is used. 1a
2 is a command signal receiving unit provided in the video disc device 1, 2 is a commander as a remote control device, and 2a*2b-2c... are operations of the video disc device 1, such as playback, stop, fast forwarding, etc. This is a push button to control the mode.

Next, the operation will be explained.

When, for example, the push button 2a of the push buttons 2ae2by2c, . Receiving section 1
a detects a command signal and sends it to a control section (not shown). The control section examines the contents of the command signal and generates a control signal according to the contents (playback mode), thereby setting the video disc device 1 to the playback mode. Other push button 2
By pressing b, 2c..., do the same as above,
The video disc device 1 is set to each mode by transmitting command signals having respective corresponding transmission codes.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Since the conventional remote control device for a video playback device is configured as described above, a dedicated commander 2 must be used.For example, a combiator is connected to the video disc device 1 and remote control is performed from a computer. There were issues such as the difficulty of doing so.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its object is to provide a remote control device for a video playback device that can control the video playback device using a computer.

[Means to solve the problem]

A remote control device for a video playback device according to the present invention displays items corresponding to push buttons of a commander in a menu format on a display device, and by specifying the menu item with a mouse or the like, a video disc device can be controlled from a computer. In addition to transmitting signals, the video disk device is operated to display images on a monitor screen.

[Effect]

In the remote control device for a video reproducing device according to the present invention, the combiator can operate the video disc device with the same operability as the commander by displaying the buttons corresponding to the commander's push buttons in a menu format.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, 3 is a control unit of a remote control device, 4 is a display device using a CRT or the like for displaying control items, and 5 is a selection means for selecting control items displayed on the display device 4. In this example, Mouse 5 is used.

In the control unit 3, 6 is a menu file in which various control items and their transmission codes are stored in advance, 1 is a menu display unit that reads out the control items from the menu file 6 and displays them on the display device 4, and 8 is a mouse. 5 is a control item selection unit that reads a transmission code from a menu file 6 according to the control item selected; 8 is a transmission code transmission unit that transmits the transmission code obtained from the control item selection unit 8; A cable 11 transmits the transmission code to the receiving section 1a of the video disc device 1, and a monitor 11 displays images reproduced by the video disc device 1.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the control items stored in the menu S-7 aisle 6 and the corresponding transmission codes, where 6a indicates the playback,
Stop. Control items for operation modes such as fast forward υ, 6b are transmission codes corresponding to each operation mode.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control section 3.

Next, the operation will be explained.

In FIGS. 1 and 3, first, step ST (1)
Then, the transmission code for initial processing is transmitted from the transmission code transmission section 9 to the video disc device 1.

Next, in step ST(2), the control item 6a is read from the menu file 6 to the menu display section 7, and the control item 6a is read out from the menu file 6 to the menu display section 7.
14. In the next step ST(3), the control item selection section 8 waits for input from the mouse 5, and obtains the selected control item from the input information. Then, in the next step ST (4), it is determined whether the selected control item is an end item, and if it is an end item, step ST (7) is performed.
If it is another item, proceed to step ST (51K).

In step S T (5), the transmission code 6b corresponding to the selected control item is read from menu 7 isle 6,
In step S T (6), the transmission code 6b is transmitted to the video disc device 1 via the cable 10.

If it is determined in step ST (4) that the end item has been selected with the mouse 5, the menu screen displayed on the display device 4 is erased in step ST (7), and then in step ST (8). The transmission code transmitter 9 transmits the υ end code to the video disc device 1 via the cable 10.

In addition, by changing the contents of the menu file 6, it is also possible to realize multiple transmissions, such as playback from a desired display frame of a video disc to another display frame NIX, slow playback, etc. It is also possible.

Further, in the above embodiment, the video disc device 1 is used as the video playback device, but it is possible to apply a laser disc device or the like to the present invention as long as it has a receiving section similar to the receiving section 1a. be.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, control items are displayed on the display device, selected using a mouse or the like, and a transmission code corresponding to the selected control item is transmitted. It is possible to remotely control a video disk device, etc. using a computer with almost the same operability as a conventional commander. There is an effect that the device can be used for.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a remote control device for a video playback device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the contents of the menu and files of the device, and Fig. 3 shows the operation of the device. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a conventional remote control device for a video playback device. 1 is a video disc device, 3 is a control unit, 4 is a display device,
5 is a mouse, 6 is a menu file, and 9 is a transmission code transmitter. In addition, in the figures, the same reference numerals indicate the same or equivalent parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A menu file storing control items for controlling the video playback device, a display device displaying the control items read from the menu file, a selection means for selecting the displayed control items, and the selected control. A remote control device for a video playback device, comprising a transmission code transmitter that transmits a transmission code according to an item.