JPH05130681A - Remote control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce complicated operation by providing an operation device with a sensor, and when the operation device is touched, allowing the operation device to display a menu screen. CONSTITUTION:This remote control device has a communication microcomputer 4 to be used as a commander for a TV image receiver, a video tape recorder, and so on. Command signals from various operation keys 5a, 5b are supplied to the microcomputer 4, a command signal is supplied to a transmission part 6 consisting of an infrared diode or the like based upon the supplied command signal and infrared rays corresponding to the command signal are generated. A touch sensor 7 is formed over the whole area of the outer frame of the commander. When the sensor 7 is touched with a user's hand, the sensor 7 generates a detection signal and a menu screen is displayed on an image screen. Thereby it is unnecessary to set up the menu screen by the key operation of the operation device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control device suitable for use in, for example, a television receiver, a video tape recorder or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a remote control device is used to operate a television receiver, a video tape recorder or the like. In this remote control device, the remote control function has been increasing recently, and there is a remote control device that can operate both of them like the relationship between a television receiver and a video tape recorder,
Recently, remote control devices have become larger and more complicated, and the number of troublesome operations for users has increased. In view of this point, the present invention has an object of reducing troublesome operations in this remote control device.

[0003]

In the remote control device of the present invention, a sensor is provided on the operating device 1 as shown in FIG. 1, and when the operating device 1 is touched, the sensor detects the sensor and the video screen 2 is displayed. The menu screen 3 is displayed.

[0004]

According to the present invention, when the operating device 1 is touched, the menu screen 3 is displayed on the video screen 2 of the television receiver, for example. Therefore, it is necessary to start the menu screen by operating the operating device. Without that, it can reduce troublesome operations.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the remote control device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a commander as an operating device of a remote control device, and this commander 1 is constructed as shown in FIG. 2 in this example. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 4 denotes a communication microcomputer used in a commander of a well-known television receiver, video tape recorder, etc. The communication microcomputer 4 has various operation keys 5a, 5b ... A command signal is supplied, and the communication microcomputer 4 supplies a command signal corresponding to the command signal to a transmitter 6 which is composed of, for example, an infrared diode, and the transmitter 6 generates infrared rays according to the command signal. It is done like this.

In this example, the touch sensor 7 is provided over the entire outer casing of the commander 1. In this case, when the user's hand 8 touches the touch sensor 7,
The touch sensor 7 is adapted to generate a detection signal.

The detection signal from the touch sensor 7 is supplied to the communication microcomputer 4. When the detection signal from the touch sensor 7 is supplied to the communication microcomputer 4, the communication microcomputer 4 sends a command signal for displaying the menu screen 3 on the video screen 2 of the television receiver from the transmitter 6. As it happens.

In this case, although not shown, in the present embodiment, a television receiver, a video tape recorder, etc. are provided with a receiving device having a generally known microcomputer as a remote control device, and the television receiving device receives a television image according to a command from the commander 1. It is designed to operate machines and video tape recorders. Further, in this example, a menu screen and various setting screens are displayed on the video screen, and predetermined various settings are made by instructing with a cursor or the like on this screen.

Since this embodiment is constructed as described above, when the commander 1 is held by hand for remote control of the television receiver, for example, it operates according to the flow chart shown in FIG. That is, when the commander 1 is held in the hand 8, a detection signal is obtained at the output side of the touch sensor 7,
A command signal for displaying the menu screen is transmitted from the commander 1, and the menu screen 3 is displayed at a predetermined position on the video screen 2 of the television receiver as shown in FIG. 1, for example.
From this menu screen 3, various operation switches 5a, 5b ...
… Use the cursor or the like to select the desired menu, eg the channel up menu, then select the menu
The selected menu is displayed on the screen, and various setting items are set by using the various operating switches 5a, 5b, ... When these various settings are completed, the click key is operated to display the menu screen 3 on the video screen 2 again.

When this setting is repeated and all the settings are completed and the hand 8 is released from the commander 1, the display of the menu screen 3 from the video screen 2 is completed. As described above, according to this example, when the user's hand 8 is touched on the commander 1, the menu screen 3 is displayed on the video screen 2 of the television receiver. Therefore, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to start up and the troublesome operation can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the touch sensor 7
Instead of this, a sensor such as a motion sensor that can detect that the user holds the commander 1 in the hand 8 can be used. Further, the commander 1 may be a mouse, a trackball, a roller or the like. Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it is needless to say that various other configurations can be adopted without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0013]

According to the present invention, when the operating device 1 is touched with the hand, the menu screen 3 is displayed on the video screen 2 of the television receiver, for example. Therefore, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to start up and the troublesome operation can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a remote control device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a commander of the remote control device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Commander 2 Video screen 3 Menu screen 4 Communication microcomputer 5a, 5b Various operation keys 6 Transmitter 7 Touch sensor 8 Hand

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A remote control device, wherein a sensor is provided on an operating device, and when the operating device is touched, the sensor detects the sensor to display a menu screen on a video screen.