JPH05298780A - Operating mode setting on video-on-screen - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure simplified operations and improve operability by displaying a selection mark for selecting and setting only one item from two or more predetermined items or a selection mark for selecting the ON/OFF selection. CONSTITUTION:First, the desired selection is made for the selection mark of mark by depressing a select key 20 and next the selection menu processing is conducted. Next, it is judged whether a temporary stop key 11 is depressed or not. When this key is depressed, the menu display disappears after moving to the next stage and the operation is returned to the main routine. In this case, current conditions of respective items can be detected easily and can be displayed obviously.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of setting an operation mode on a video on-screen screen when displaying a menu on a video device or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional video device, an on-screen screen of a television display device (for example, CRT),
Video operating mode, eg REREAD PLAY
Setting, counter memory ON / OFF setting, counter /
The settings such as the display switching of the clock have been performed by the control keys from the slide switch, the tact switch, the remote controller, etc. attached to the video apparatus main body. In the above case, a dedicated key or switch is required, but by providing an ON / OFF or switching display area on the on-screen screen and performing on-screen control by the remote controller, the dedicated key and switch can be reduced.

[0003]

However, in the above method of setting and inputting on the on-screen screen, as the number of items to be set increases, the menu screen displayed on the on-screen screen must be divided into many scenes and displayed. No longer. When the menu screen is divided into many screens in this way, a menu screen selection screen is required so that the screen having the user's target item can be selected and displayed. Thus, as the number of menu screens increases, the hierarchy of selection screens gradually increases, and many menu screens are selected. Therefore, since many selection items must be selected before setting, the setting becomes complicated. Especially for those who are unfamiliar, it became very difficult. The method of the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a method for setting an operation mode on a video on-screen screen that simplifies menu selection and can be set within one menu screen as much as possible. With the goal.

[0004]

A method of setting an operation mode on a video on-screen screen according to the present invention is a method for setting an operation mode of a video device on an on-screen screen of a television display device, said on-screen screen The step of displaying a predetermined video operation mode item on one of the items, appropriately moving the item mark displayed on one of the items to determine the change item, and the predetermined item among the items is selected from at least two or more. A selection mark to select and set one,
And a step of displaying a selection mark for selecting ON / OFF switching and moving and changing the selection mark.

[0005]

In the video device, the menu screen of the video operation mode is displayed on the on-screen screen. An item mark is displayed on one of the menu items. When it is desired to selectively change the setting state or the switching state, the item keys of the remote controller are shifted to move the item mark to the item to be changed. Next, when the selection mark in this item flashes, shift with the selection key on the remote controller to move to the desired operation mode and set.

[0006]

FIG. 5 shows a video apparatus (hereinafter referred to as VCR) for carrying out an embodiment of the present invention. VC
The R is configured so that all operations can be performed on the front surface of the main body of the recorder, and on the left side of the figure on the front surface of the recorder main body 10, a power key (POWER) 1 and for removing the video cassette and stopping the playback / recording are stopped. Eject key (EJEC
T) / stop key (STOP) 2 is arranged. To the right of the eject / stop key 2, a playback key (PLAY) 3 is arranged. Also, on the right side of the figure,
A channel up key 4 and a channel down key 5 are arranged. Further, an insertion opening 6 for inserting a video cassette is provided to the right of the power key 1, and a digital display 7 is provided to the right of the insertion opening. An opening / closing door 8 is arranged at the lower front portion of the recorder body 10. Inside the opening / closing door 8, as shown in FIG.
Rewind key (REW) 9a, fast forward key (FF) 9
b, Pause key (PAUSE) 11, Recording / One-touch timer recording key (REC / OTR)
12 and a TV / VCR switching key (TV / VCR) 13 are arranged.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a receiver window 14a of the remote controller is arranged at the lower front portion of the VCR. The VCR is mainly operated by the remote controller 18 shown in FIG. The remote controller 18 includes keys such as a power key 1a and a reproduction key 3a included in the main body, a ten key 15, a menu key (MENU) 19 and a select key (SELEC).
A key group such as T) 20 is provided so that all operations of the VCR can be performed.

Further, the VCR can display the operation contents on the connected television screen by the on-screen display function. For example, when a channel is operated, the number of the operated channel is displayed on the screen, and when the menu key is pressed, a menu for making various settings is displayed on the screen. Next, the circuit configuration in the main body will be described based on the block diagram shown in FIG.

The television wave received by the antenna 21 is
It is input to the tuner 22. Tuner 22 is adapted to select and amplify a TV radio wave input, an intermediate frequency signal (e.g., video 58.75MH _Z, voice 54.25M
H _Z ). The converted audio intermediate frequency signal is applied to the audio circuit 23. The converted video intermediate frequency signal is provided to the color signal processing unit 24 and the luminance signal processing unit 25, respectively. The color signal processing unit 24 and the luminance signal processing unit 25 respectively process the color signal and the luminance signal, give the processing result to the video head 26, and record the video tape on the video tape via the video head 26. Also, the video head 26
Reproduced signals are reproduced, and the processed result is given to the RF converter 27.

The audio circuit 23 detects and amplifies the audio intermediate frequency signal, extracts the audio signal, and supplies it to the audio head 28. Further, the reproduction signal from the audio head 28 is processed and given to the RF converter 27. The video head 26 is connected to the head drive circuit 29. The head drive circuit 26 is for servo-controlling the video head 26.

These tuner 22, audio circuit 23,
The color signal processing unit 24, the luminance color signal processing unit 25, and the head drive circuit 29 are connected to the control circuit 30. The control circuit 30 is composed of a microcontroller, in which the first key group 32 arranged in the main body shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a character generator (CG) 33, and a receiver 14 for receiving signals from the remote controller 18 are provided. Each is connected. Further, a sensor group 34 for performing various detections and other input / output units are also connected.

The ROM 31 is built in the microcontroller of the control circuit 30 and stores various control programs and also character information to be displayed on the television. The CG 33 stores English alphabets, symbols and the like. Next, a VC constructed in this way
The control operation of R will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart explaining the control operation.

When the power key 1a of the remote controller 18 or the power key 1 of the main body is turned on, various initial settings are made in step S1. In step S2, it is determined whether or not the pause key (PAUSE) 11 has been pressed. The pause key 11 is used here for instructing menu processing. When it is determined that the temporary stop key 11 is not pressed, the process proceeds from step S2 to step S3. In step S3, it is determined whether or not any reception is made from the remote controller 18 via the receiver 14. If it is determined that the signal has not been received, the process proceeds from step S3 to step S4.

In step S4, it is determined whether the reproduction key 3 has been pressed. If it is determined that the reproduction key 3 has not been pressed, then the flow shifts to step S5. In step S5, it is determined whether the record key 12 has been pressed. Record key 1
When it is determined that 2 is not pressed, the process proceeds from step S5 to step S6. In step S6, it is determined whether another key has been pressed. When it is determined that no other key is pressed, the process returns to step S2, and when it is determined that another key is pressed, the process proceeds to step S7, and another process corresponding to the pressed key is performed.

When it is determined in step S2 that the pause key 11 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S8. In step S8, menu processing described later is executed. If it is determined in step S3 that there is a reception from the remote controller 18, the process proceeds to step S9. In step S9,
Remote control processing is performed according to the pressed key code. When it is determined in step S4 that the reproduction key 3 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S10. In step S10, reproduction is started, and in step S11, it is determined whether or not the pause key 11 has been pressed. When it is determined that the pause key 11 is not pressed, the process proceeds to step S12, and the end of reproduction by operating the eject / step key 2 is waited for.
When the reproduction is completed, the process returns to step S2. If it is determined in step S11 that the pause key 11 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S13. In step S13, the reproduction is temporarily stopped. In step S14, it is determined whether or not the pause key 11 has been pressed again. Pause key 1
The process returns to step S13 to continue the temporary stop until 1 is pressed again, and when the temporary stop key 11 is pressed, the process proceeds to step S12.

If it is determined in step S5 that the recording key 12 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step S15. Step S1
At 5, recording is started. In step S16, it is determined whether or not the pause key 11 has been pressed. When it is determined in step S16 that the pause key 11 is not pressed, the process proceeds to step S17. In step S17, the end of recording by operating the eject / stop key 2 is awaited.
The process returns to step S16 until the recording ends, and returns to step S2 when the recording ends. On the other hand, in step S16,
If it is determined that the pause key 11 has been pressed, step S1
Go to 8. In step S18, recording is temporarily stopped. In step S19, it is determined whether or not the pause key 11 has been pressed again. If it is determined that the pause key 11 has been pressed again, the process proceeds to step S17, and if it is determined that it has not been pressed, the process returns to step S18.

As described above, when the VCR is not performing operations such as recording / playback, the pause key 11 is operated by the remote controller 18
The key is also used as a key for realizing the menu display function of the menu key 19, and the original pause operation is performed during the operation.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the contents of the menu processing which is an embodiment of the present invention. First, in step S21, the surface of the menu display as shown in FIG. 1 is displayed. In steps S22 and S23, the → mark item mark in front of the item number is moved to the desired target item by pressing the ten key 15 or the channel up / down keys 4 and 5, and the process proceeds to the next step S24. Some items are ⇒
There is a selection mark, but the ⇒ mark in the items marked with → is blinking. In steps S24 and S25, a desired selection is performed by pressing the select key 20 with the selection mark ⇒, and in the next step S26, selection menu processing is performed. In step S27, it is determined whether or not the pause key 11 is pressed, and if it is pressed, step S28
Go to and turn off the menu screen before returning to the main routine.

Next, a specific operation procedure will be described with reference to FIG. Incidentally, FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in the case of two heads. On the first menu screen, the item mark → is in front of the item number 1, and the selection mark ⇒ is blinking. In the next screen, the item mark → is moved to the item number 4 by the ten keys 15 or the channel up / down keys 4, 5. At this time, the selection mark ⇒ of item number 1 stops blinking and the selection mark ⇒ of item number 4 blinks. Select key 20 here
You can select by moving the selection mark ⇒ to one of SP, LP, and SLP. The figure below shows the SLP selected. The ⇒ mark in front of the SLP will blink.

2 and 3 show another embodiment of the display menu screen, which is convenient in the case of four heads. In the case of 4 heads, the number of items is large, so the screen is divided into two screens, but it is possible to immediately shift to another screen by selecting item number 1 on any screen. Therefore, it can be operated like one menu screen. The item mark → and the selection mark ⇒ are exactly the same as in FIG.

As described above, it is possible to see at a glance what kind of state each item is in at the present time. In addition, SP / LP / S like recording speed setting
Operation to select three of LP, REREAT PLAY O
It is easy to understand the operation of selecting and setting either the ON state or the OFF state of the mode, such as N / OFF, and the operability with few erroneous operations is good.

Further, as described above, since many selections / switches can be made on the screen, the number of remote control keys can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.

[0023]

According to the operation mode setting method for the video-on-scoon screen of the present invention, the setting or switching state at the present moment is obvious, and the operation is easy to understand and the operability is small and the operability is good. Also, the cost can be reduced by reducing the number of remote control keys.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a menu display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a menu display according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a menu display linked to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the contents of menu processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a VCR for carrying out one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a key layout diagram inside the opening / closing door of the VCR of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the remote controller of the VCR shown in FIG.

8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control circuit of the VCR shown in FIG.

9 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the VCR of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Channel up key 5 Channel down key 10 Recorder body 11 Pause key 15 Numeric keypad 18 Remote control 19 Menu key 20 Select key

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A method for setting an operation mode of a video device on an on-screen screen of a television display device, wherein a predetermined video operation mode item is displayed on the on-screen screen, and displayed on one of the items. The process of appropriately moving the item mark to determine the change item, and for the predetermined item among the items, a selection mark for selecting and setting one from at least two or ON / OF
A method of setting an operation mode on a video on-screen screen, comprising the step of displaying a selection mark for selecting F switching and moving the selection mark to change and set the selection mark.