KR19990039767A - How to automatically set the language for the on-screen display - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for automatically setting a language for using an on-screen display in a TV receiver having a multi-language on-screen display function. Conventionally, in order to display on-screen display (OSD) data information for a country or a language, a number of countries When a user directly selects a language used for an on-screen display (OSD), there is a problem that it is difficult to find a corresponding country on-screen display (OSD). Therefore, the present invention stores the on-screen display (OSD) data for each country, and automatically selects the language used by the searched channel data to be displayed on the on-screen display (OSD), and also in the memory This allows the user to select the entire stored data so that users from other regions or languages can choose the language selection that suits their characteristics.

Description

How to automatically set the language for the on-screen display

The present invention relates to a method for automatically setting an on-screen display using language in which a TV receiver having an international language on-screen display (OSD) function can output on-screen display (OSD) data for each language. On-screen display (OSD) data for countries that use different languages for each country Compared to the language table, the on-screen display is automatically selected and enabled according to the language of each country. It is about.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for automatically setting a language using a conventional on-screen display. As shown in FIG. 1, a menu screen for a country language selectable when an OSD-related key is input is shown. Step S1, a second step of checking whether there is a selection key input of a language to be selected for the menu screen displayed above, and if there is a selection key input, the corresponding on-screen display (OSD) data is recorded. A third step S3 of reading from the set storage means; and a fourth step S4 of reading the on-screen display (OSD) data and setting and displaying the corresponding language on-screen display (OSD) information. If there is no selection key input in the second step, a fifth step of displaying on-screen display (OSD) data for a preset language is displayed on the screen without change. )

Looking at the prior art made of each step as follows.

When the user selects an on-screen display (OSD) related function key for each language, a menu screen for the language of the country to be selected is displayed on the screen (S1).

Then, the user sees the menu displayed on the screen and selects a language selection key for the country to be selected, or does not select the selection key when the user does not want to update the currently displayed language.

For example, when the user selects a language selection key for a country, the corresponding on-screen display (OSD) data for that language is read from a storage device (S3) stored in advance (S3). Set to and output it to the image processing unit not shown (S4).

If the user does not want to update the on-screen display (OSD) language, the on-screen display (OSD) data for the preset language is left as it is and displayed on the screen (S5).

In other words, in a TV receiver capable of an on-screen display (OSD) function, the on-screen display (OSD) data stored in the ROM is expressed in several languages, and when displayed, the user simply selects the user's country designation. It executes a function of reading and displaying the stored data by special selection.

However, in the prior art as described above, in order to display on-screen display (OSD) data information for a country or a language used, the on-screen display (OSD) of a country is selected when a consumer directly selects an on-screen display (OSD) of many countries. There is a problem that is difficult to find, there is a problem that causes inconvenience to the user if the user directly selects.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention for solving the conventional problems as described above is to provide a method for automatically setting the on-screen display language used to eliminate the inconvenience of the user's direct selection.

Another object of the present invention is to compare the data previously stored in the memory by the channel set by the user channel setting or automatic channel setting to determine the broadcasting system or country, and automatically set the language of the determined country, The present invention provides a method for automatically setting an on-screen display language to output the correct on-screen display (OSD) data.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of automatically setting a language for using a conventional on-screen display.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a method for automatically setting a language for using an on-screen display of the present invention.

3 is a first embodiment of a method for automatically setting a language for using an on-screen display of the present invention.

4 is a second embodiment of a method for automatically setting a language for using an on-screen display of the present invention.

5 and 6 are schematic diagrams of a memory in FIG.

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10: tuner 20: microcomputer

30: memory 40: on-screen display processing unit

50: image processing unit 60: audio processing unit

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a first step of determining whether a priority country setting has already been set, and if it is set above, displays the set priority country language, and if not, automatically sets the channel or sets the user. A second step of determining whether there is a matching language by comparing the channel data selected by the channel setting with a language selection data table of the storage means previously stored; and if there is a matching language, an on-screen display for the corresponding language ( OSD) reading the data from the storage means; a fourth step of displaying characters by the on-screen display (OSD) data read in the above; and a user input if there is no matching language in the second step. Characterized in that the fifth step for displaying the language by request.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a first embodiment of a method for automatically setting a language for using an on-screen display of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, a priority language determination step (S31) of determining whether a priority country setting is already set; A priority language display step (S32) of setting and displaying on-screen display (OSD) data for the priority country language if the priority country is set in the priority language determination step (S31); If the priority country is not set in the language determination step (S31), the channel data set by the automatic channel setting or the user channel setting is compared with the language selection table stored in the storage means to determine whether there is a matching language. If there is a matching language in the setting step (S33) and the language setting step (S33), the on-screen display for the language A corresponding language display step (S34) of reading play (OSD) data from the storage means and setting the corresponding on-screen display (OSD) data and displaying an on-screen display (OSD) character by the set data; and setting the corresponding language. If there is no matching language in step S33, a user setting step S35 of displaying the corresponding language by the user input request is performed.

In addition, Figure 4 is a second embodiment of the method for automatically setting the language of the on-screen display of the present invention, as shown in the priority language determination step (S41) that first determines whether the priority priority country setting is already set; And, if the priority country is not set in the priority language determination step (S41), comparing the channel data set by automatic channel setting or user channel setting with the broadcasting system / country comparison table stored in the storage means. A broadcasting system / country setting step of setting a country (S43), and a broadcasting system / country when a broadcasting system / country is set in the broadcasting system / country setting step (S43); Compare the language setting step (S44) and the corresponding language set in the corresponding language setting step (S44) and set the corresponding language in ounces A language display step (S45) of reading, setting and displaying Lean Display (OSD) data, and if a priority country is set in the priority language determination step (S41), an on-screen display (OSD) for the set country language. Priority language display step of setting and displaying data (S46), and if there is no matching language compared with the language table in the corresponding language setting step (S44), the user who sets and displays the corresponding language at the request of the user input The setting step (S47) is made.

2, the tuner 10 for tuning a high frequency broadcast signal received from an antenna ANT, a remote controller signal is received and processed, and the tuner (10) Determining the signal for the channel input from the channel, searching the channel, and reading the data from the memory and comparing the language table according to the received channel to determine the language used, and on-screen display (OSD) data accordingly A microcomputer 20 that performs control for setting / displaying, a memory 30 for storing a language table to be used for determining a language used for a set channel, and the memory 30 of the microcomputer 20 On-screen display processing unit 40 for processing the language on-screen display (OSD) data according to the language used by using the language table and the image, An image processor 50 for synthesizing the image signal received from the tuner 10 and the on-screen display (OSD) data generated by the on-screen display processing unit 40 and outputting the synthesized signal to the CPT; It consists of a voice processing unit 60 for transmitting a signal through the speaker.

Referring to the operation and effect of the present invention configured as described in detail as follows.

In FIG. 2, when a user selects a key for a desired channel to watch TV, a signal corresponding to the key is transmitted to the microcomputer 20.

The microcomputer 20 receiving the transmitted signal receives a signal for the channel from the tuner 10 that tunes a high frequency broadcast signal received from the antenna ANT and searches for the channel.

The microcomputer 20 that searches the channels in this way first determines whether the priority country setting has already been set based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 (S31).

As a result of the determination, when the priority is predetermined, on-screen display (OSD) data for the language of the determined priority country is read from the memory 30 and set, and the set on-screen display (OSD) data is turned on. After processing by the screen display processing unit 40 to display through the image processing unit 50 (S32).

If the priority country is not set in step S31, the channel data set by automatic channel setting or user channel setting, that is, channel data tuned and searched through the tuner 10 is selected in a language stored in the memory 30. It is determined whether there is a matching language by comparing with the table (S33).

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the memory 30 stores a language corresponding to a country such as Korea (KR), US (US), Japan (JP), Spain (SP) ..... have.

5 illustrates a case where a user selects a language for a selected country, and FIG. 6 illustrates a case where a language according to channel selection of the present invention is selected.

In step S33, if there is a matching language as a result of the comparison, the on-screen display (OSD) data for the language is read from the memory 30 and set as the corresponding on-screen display (OSD) data, and the set data is turned on. Processing is performed through the screen display processing unit 40 and the on-screen display (OSD) character is displayed through the image processing unit 50 (S34).

In operation S33, when there is no matching language, the microcomputer 20 displays a user selection menu.

The user selects a desired language based on the user selection menu displayed above.

The microcomputer 20 then sets and displays on-screen display (OSD) data corresponding to the language selected by the user.

When the user does not select a language by viewing the displayed user selection menu, the on-screen display (OSD) data for the preset language is set and displayed.

As described above, on-screen display (OSD) data suitable for each country is stored, and the language used by the searched channel data is automatically selected to be displayed on the on-screen display (OSD).

The automatic language setting method will be described with reference to FIG. 4 as another embodiment.

When the tuner 10 tunes and transmits a high frequency broadcast signal to the microcomputer 20, the microcomputer 20 searches for a channel selected by a user.

The microcomputer 20 which has performed such a search operation first determines whether the priority country setting has already been set based on the flowchart shown in Fig. 4 (S41).

As a result of the determination, when the priority is predetermined, on-screen display (OSD) data for the language of the determined priority country is read from the memory 30 and set, and the set on-screen display (OSD) data is turned on. After processing by the screen display processing unit 40 to display through the image processing unit 50 (S46).

If the priority country is not set in step S41, the broadcasting system stores the channel data set by automatic channel setting or user channel setting, that is, channel data tuned and searched through the tuner 10 in the memory 30. It is determined whether the broadcasting system and the country exist by comparing with the country comparison table.

As a result of the determination, if the broadcasting system and the country exist, the broadcasting system and the country are set (S43).

In step S43, when a corresponding broadcasting system and a country are set, it is determined whether a matching language exists by comparing with a language selection table stored in the memory 30 to compare the corresponding language according to the set broadcasting system and the country. .

As a result of the comparison, if there is a matching language, the on-screen display (OSD) data for the language is read from the memory 30 and set as the corresponding on-screen display (OSD) data, and the on-screen display is set by the set data. Display (OSD) characters.

In operation S42, if the broadcasting system and the country corresponding to the set channel and the broadcasting system and the country stored in the memory 30 do not exist or the corresponding language does not exist even if the broadcasting system and the country exist. The microcomputer 20 displays a user selection menu on the screen.

When the user selects a desired language by viewing the displayed user selection menu, the microcomputer 20 sets and displays on-screen display (OSD) data corresponding to the language selected by the user (S47).

When the user does not select a language by viewing the displayed user selection menu, the on-screen display (OSD) data for the preset language is set and displayed.

As described above, the language according to the channel data may be automatically selected and displayed on the on-screen display (OSD) by the method of FIG. 4.

As described above, the present invention stores the on-screen display (OSD) data for each country, it is possible to automatically select the language used by the searched channel data to be displayed on the on-screen display (OSD) The user's country setting is made automatically, and the entire data stored in the memory can be selected by the user so that the user of another region or another language can select the language selection appropriate to the characteristic.

Claims (4)

A priority language determination step of determining whether or not a priority country is set, and a priority to set and display on-screen display data for the priority country language if the priority country is set in the priority language determination step. If the priority level is not set in the language display step and the priority language determination step, the channel data set by the automatic channel setting or the user channel setting is compared with the language selection table stored in the storage means to see if there is a matching language. If there is a language matching step in the corresponding language setting step and the corresponding language setting step, the on-screen display data for the language is read from the storage means and set as the corresponding on-screen display data and the on-screen display is made by the set data. Display characters Uses the language and display step, the If the language is the language that match the setup phase, characterized in that the on-screen consisting of a user setting step of displaying a different language according to the user input request display language setting method for automatically. The method of claim 1, wherein the language used in each country further comprises a switching step for forcibly switching the on-screen display setting language in a different language using region or at the request of a user using a different language. How to automatically set the language for the on-screen display. A priority language determining step of determining whether a priority order country setting has already been set; and storing channel data set by automatic channel setting or user channel setting if the priority country is not set in the priority language determining step. A broadcasting system / country setting step of setting a corresponding broadcasting system and a country by comparing with a broadcasting system / country comparison table stored in the system; A corresponding language setting step of setting a corresponding language in comparison with a language selection table stored in the storage means, a corresponding language display step of reading, setting and displaying on-screen display data for the corresponding language set in the corresponding language setting step; When the priority country is set in the priority language determination step The priority language display step of setting and displaying on-screen display data for the set national language, and if there is no matching language compared with the language selection table in the language setting step, sets the language upon request of a user input. Method for automatically setting the language used on-screen display, characterized in that consisting of a user setting step of displaying and displaying. The method of claim 3, wherein the language used in each country further comprises a switching step for forcibly switching the on-screen display setting language in a different language using region or at the request of a user using a different language. How to automatically set the language for the on-screen display.