KR19990041607A - Menu setting device of TV - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a menu setting apparatus for a television that can be more conveniently used when a user wants to change a broadcasting viewing environment when watching a television. In order to set the broadcasting viewing environment using the remote controller, it is inconvenient to move from the initial menu displayed on the OSD screen to the detailed detailed menu in the form of a directory, and to return to the initial menu in reverse when the detailed setting is completed. The existing TV has a detailed setting memory unit that stores the information set during the detailed setting so that the user can return to the initial menu immediately after setting the detailed menu. When the detailed setting is finished, the (QUIT) button is switched and the information set at the same time is changed to the detailed setting memory unit. Save and reset the menu to quickly return to the initial screen, and control the constituent means corresponding to the detailed setting information saved by the microcomputer to execute each setting to make a comfortable and quick broadcast viewing setting. The setting device is shown.

Description

Menu setting device of TV

The present invention is a menu setting apparatus of a television which returns to the initial menu at the same time when the user ends the menu setting and switches the QUIT button in the directory-type setting process when the user sets the menu using the remote controller. of menu installation in television).

In the conventional television, when the user sets the broadcast viewing environment, the user moves to the detailed menu to be set in the initial menu for the broadcast viewing environment displayed on the OSD using the remote controller, and makes each setting. After setting, if you want to set up other menu, return the path that has been moved to DIRECTORY form, go back to the initial menu, and set other detailed settings required by the user.

When setting the broadcasting viewing environment in the conventional television having the above function, if the user moves to the directory (DIRECTORY) form from the initial menu and sets the detailed menu, the user moves the directory (DIRECTORY) moved to set other menus. There was a problem of having to return and return to the initial menu.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to move to the detailed menu from the initial menu when the user sets the menu through the OSD using the remote controller to finish the set menu To return to the initial screen by using the QUIT button, the microcomputer stores and memorizes the memory in the detailed setting memory part and quickly returns to the initial menu. The detailed setting stored in the detailed setting memory part is pressed to the QUIT button. The present invention provides a menu setting apparatus for a television that is automatically executed at the same time of switching.

1 is a block diagram of a menu setting apparatus of a television;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of implementing a menu setting apparatus of a television.

3 is a diagram showing a menu setting step in the form of a directory.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts of Drawings>

10: antenna 15: tuner circuit

20: intermediate frequency amplifier 25: video signal processor

30: audio signal processor 35: video output unit

40: audio output unit 45: CRT

50: remote controller 55: microcomputer

60: OSD output section 65: detailed setting memory section

70: speaker

Hereinafter will be described the configuration and operation of the embodiment for achieving this purpose. The present invention selects a high frequency signal of a desired channel from the high frequency signal received through the antenna 10 and converts it into an intermediate frequency suitable for amplification, and converts a channel input when setting a channel through the recoat controller 50 of the microcomputer 60. A tuner circuit unit 15 for tuning according to the control; An intermediate frequency amplifier 20 connected to the tuner circuit 15 to amplify an intermediate frequency applied by the tuner circuit 15 to a size suitable for display on the CRT 75; A video signal processor (25) connected to the intermediate frequency amplifier (20) for detecting and processing a video signal from the intermediate frequency amplifier (20); A voice signal processor (30) connected to the intermediate frequency amplifier (20) for detecting and processing a voice signal from the intermediate frequency amplifier (20); An image amplifier circuit amplifying the luminance signal so as to display the image signal applied by the image signal processor 25 on the CRT 45 and a band amplifier circuit amplifying the carrier color signal. The final three primary colors red (R), green (G), and blue (B) are generated in the demodulation circuit through the microcontroller 60 according to the control of the microcomputer 60 according to the set screen when adjusting the screen through the recoat controller 50. An image output unit 35 for adjusting a screen; Is connected to the voice signal processor 30, amplified by the voice signal for output to the speaker 70, the voice signal applied from the voice signal processor 30, and set during the sound setting through the recoat controller 50 A voice output unit 40 for adjusting the sound according to the control of the microcomputer 60 according to the sound; A CRT 45 connected to the image output unit 35 to display an image signal output by the image output unit 35; A recoat controller 50 for inputting all menu items required for the user to change the viewing environment when watching a broadcast; The recoat controller 50 moves from the initial menu to the detailed menu in the form of a directory, and when the input on the detailed menu is finished, all inputs are received from the microcomputer 60 and stored, and other menu settings are made. A detailed setting memory unit 55 for applying the stored information to the microcomputer 60 during switching of the QUIT button for returning to the initial screen in order to return to the initial screen; When the user watches TV, the user can input the screen through the OSD when setting the broadcasting viewing environment using the recoat controller 50, and moves to the detailed menu selected in the initial menu in the form of a directory when the input is made. When the setting is finished and another submenu is selected, the QUIT button of the recoat controller 50 is returned to the initial menu at the same time as switching, without moving again through the on-path, and the detailed setting memory unit 55 at the same time as the return. A microcomputer 60 for driving corresponding construction means according to the menu setting information stored in the microcomputer 60; An OSD (65) outputting an initial setting menu to the CRT (45) through the image output unit (35) under the control of the microcomputer (60) when the broadcasting viewing environment is set through the recoat controller (50); The speaker 70 is configured to output a voice signal applied from the voice output unit 40.

According to the present invention having the above configuration, when the viewer sets the viewing environment at the time of broadcasting, the viewer makes various detailed settings on the OSD screen. When moving from the initial menu to the detail menu in the above setting, it moves to the directory (DIRECTORY) form and when the detailed setting is finished, the detailed setting so that the user can immediately return to the initial screen without remembering the moved directory path again and remember the set information. Saves one menu in the detailed setting memory section, applies the QUIT button of the remote controller, resets it to return to the initial menu, and executes a configuration unit that executes each detailed setting based on the stored information. By controlling, the menu setting apparatus of the television is implemented.

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

1 is a block diagram of a menu setting apparatus of a television.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of implementing a menu setting apparatus of a television.

3 is a diagram showing a menu setting step in the form of a directory.

Referring to FIG. 1, the high frequency signal applied through the antenna 10 is applied to the tuner circuit unit 15, and the tuner circuit unit 15 is applied to a channel selected from the high frequency signals applied through the antenna 10. The corresponding high frequency signal is converted into an intermediate frequency that is easily amplified by the intermediate frequency amplifier 20 to generate a composite video signal. The composite video signal is detected as a video signal and an audio signal through the video signal processor 25 and the audio signal processor 30. The image signal output through the image signal processor 25 includes an image amplifier circuit for amplifying the luminance signal after detecting the luminance, a band amplifier circuit for selecting and amplifying a carrier color signal from the image signal, and a carrier color signal applied from the band amplifier circuit. The image output unit 35, which is composed of a demodulation circuit that combines the luminance signals applied from the image amplification circuits and generates the color signals required for display on the screen, is a CRT (video signal) suitable for output to the screen by the action of each circuit described above. Is output to 45). The voice signal output through the voice signal processor 30 is amplified to a size suitable for output from the voice output unit 40 and output to the speaker 70. In addition, when the user switches the menu selection by using the recoat controller 50 when setting the details of the broadcasting viewing environment when watching a television, the microcomputer 60 drives the OSD 65 and the user outputs the OSD 65. Select for each setting on the screen. The setting should be moved in the form of a directory to a menu for each detailed setting in the initial menu. Referring to FIG. 3, a menu corresponding to each setting is registered in the initial menu of the OSD screen. In other words, there are various menus such as channel, time, screen adjustment, sound adjustment, etc. For the details of each menu, such as channel setting, number for each channel is registered, and time setting is year, month, day, reservation. The time is registered, and the screen adjustment is registered with brightness, sharpness, vertical and horizontal adjustments, and the sound adjustment is registered with various selections such as volume, stereo / mono, treble / bass, and balance. When the user finishes the selection corresponding to the above detailed menu, the user can proceed to reverse the directory path that has been moved to the present to select another detailed menu if necessary, so as to eliminate the inconvenience of having to go back to the initial menu and set again. To reset all the paths using the QUIT button of the controller 50 and return to the initial screen again, the microcomputer 60 inputs through the recoat controller 50 to remember the detailed settings. The detailed setting is stored in the detailed setting memory unit 55, and the selected setting is stored simultaneously with the switching of the QUIT button. At the same time as the setting of the detailed setting memory unit 55 storing the information of the set detailed menu is finished, the microcomputer 60 controls the constituent means corresponding to the detailed setting according to the information.

A method of implementing the Quit function of the remote controller in the above process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2.

When watching a television broadcast, the user sets detailed settings corresponding to each menu through the OSD 65 using the recoat controller 50 according to the user's desire for the broadcast viewing environment (S100). After the step S100, the microcomputer 60 determines whether the detailed setting is completed (S200). If the detailed setting is not finished in the step S200, the step S200 is repeatedly performed. If the detailed setting is completed, the microcomputer 60 stores the detailed setting contents in the detailed setting memory unit 55 (S300). After the step S300, the microcomputer 60 determines whether the user has switched to the quit button of the recoat controller 50 (S400). After the step S400, if the user has not switched to the quit button of the recoat controller 50, the step S400 is repeated, and if the user switches the quit button of the recoat controller 50, the microcomputer 60 controls each component to execute detailed settings stored in the detailed setting memory unit 55 (S500).

Through all the above processes, the menu setting apparatus of the television is implemented as the present invention intends.

As can be seen from the above description, in the present invention, when a user sets a broadcasting viewing environment by using a remote controller, the microcomputer menus the setting environment and outputs it through the OSD, and the user views the broadcasting through the output OSD. Move the environment from the initial menu to the desired detail menu in the form of a directory, and make detailed settings.After setting the above details, the user does not go back along the path that has been moved back to the original initial menu to select another menu. Using the Quit button on the remote controller to return to the number of times, switch to the QUIT button and return to the initial menu with a detailed memory unit so that the detailed information does not disappear. Detailed setting when selecting the menu by controlling the corresponding component according to the detailed setting After doing this, the inconvenience of having to go back to the initial menu can be returned to a single switch, which makes the menu setting more comfortable and quick.

Claims (2)

In the television that controls the function while watching the corresponding menu displayed on the OSD screen, Memory means for moving from the initial menu to the detailed menu of the above menus, storing the input detail menu after the input of the detailed menu is completed, and outputting the stored menu information when returning to the initial screen; Video output means for outputting the initial setting menu on the screen with the OSD function when setting the broadcasting viewing environment, It controls the output of the OSD 65 of the image output means, and after returning to the initial menu after setting the detailed menu, directly control to return without going through the other menu, and applies the storage menu information output from the memory means And a control means for receiving and executing the storage menu. The method of claim 1, wherein the memory means, A remote controller 50 which allows the user to make detailed settings corresponding to each menu through the OSD 65 according to the user's desire when watching television broadcasting; The microcomputer 60 for determining whether the detailed setting by the remote controller 50 is completed; And a detailed setting memory unit (55) for storing detailed setting contents under control of the microcomputer (60).