KR20070006461A - Quick booting method for digital complex recorder device - Google Patents

Abstract

A quick booting method of a digital complex recorder device is provided to display only the video title selected according to a certain reference when booting the device. In a state that the power of a system of a digital complex recorder device is on and the system is operated, a controller searches plural video titles stored in a hard disc drive and detects the reproduction frequency, reproduction time and recording time information of each title(S10). The controller extracts the title corresponding to the preset certain condition(S11). A booting display table is edited by the extracted title information and the edited booting display table is stored in a hard disc drive(S12). When the system power is off, the system enters a waiting state for performing the system booting(S13).

Description

QUICK BOOTING METHOD FOR DIGITAL COMPLEX RECORDER DEVICE}

1 is a view showing a state in which all the title list is displayed on the initial screen during the initial boot-up of a general digital MFP;

2 is a view showing the configuration of a digital multifunction apparatus to which the quick booting method of the present invention is applied;

3 is a view showing a state in which a boot display table is created by selecting a title corresponding to a predetermined criterion among all recorded titles stored in a storage medium of a digital multifunction apparatus according to the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which only selected titles corresponding to a predetermined criterion are read out and displayed on an initial screen at the time of initial booting of the digital MFP based on the boot display table of FIG.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a quick booting method of a digital multifunction apparatus according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: tuner, 12: demodulator,

14: Disc Loader, 16: External device interface,

18: encoder, 20: decoder,

22: bus interface, 24: hard disk drive (HDD),

26: video output unit, 28: OSD generation unit,

30: key input, 32: controller.

The present invention relates to a quick booting method of a digital multifunction device, and more particularly, the time required for initial booting up of a digital multifunction device capable of recording or playing digital video data on various storage media such as an optical disk, an external memory card, and a hard disk drive. It is about a quick boot method of a digital MFP to minimize the problem.

In general, digital television broadcasting is roughly divided into North American digital television systems such as ATSC (Advanced Television System Committee) and European digital television systems such as Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-T). Therefore, it is divided into digital satellite broadcasting, digital cable broadcasting and digital terrestrial broadcasting.

In the digital television broadcasting, the ATSC method corresponding to the North American digital television method compresses a video signal to the MPEG-2 standard, compresses an audio signal to an AC-3 format, and transmits the compressed signal with high efficiency. 18 different signal formats allow multiple channels to broadcast simultaneously.

Recently, video recording apparatuses have been developed to not only watch such digital television broadcasting programs, but also to record desired programs and store them in the form of digital video files or to record the programs in advance and watch them later. It is commercialized.

Such a video recording device not only has a large hard disk drive (HDD) that enables recording and storing digital broadcast program data for a long time, but also records a digital broadcast program on an optical disc such as a DVD or It is possible to reproduce the video data recorded on the optical disc, and a digital multifunction device capable of recording and storing data on a separate external memory card has been developed and commercialized.

Such a digital MFP has a booting algorithm similar to that of a general personal computer, and the system is booted at power-on so that the software files necessary to operate various functions of the MFP are decompressed from the compressed file state and operated. The operating system also applies the same functions as the Windows system, so that the operation control and function key input of the system can be made more convenient.

In the state where the digital MFP is powered on and the system is booted, all video titles stored in the hard disk drive can be read and displayed on the initial screen, as shown in FIG. 1. You can display a title list for all video titles stored in the system, but you can read and display thumbnail images on each title, and display the title name, recording date, and playback time of each title together. It is supposed to be.

Accordingly, the user can play or delete a specific video title from the title list including all video titles displayed on the initial screen, and can rename the title. In addition, the information on each title can be edited again or the sort order of the titles can be sorted.

However, such a digital MFP can read every video title stored in the hard disk drive at the initial boot of the system and display all the video title information along with the thumbnail image on the initial screen. As the time to read the title becomes longer, there is a problem that the overall booting time can take a long time.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described conventional problems, and an object thereof is to provide a digital MFP capable of reducing the boot time by limiting the display of only video titles selected according to a predetermined standard at the initial booting of the MFP. Is to provide a quick boot method.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, the step of reading only the information of the title corresponding to a predetermined schedule among the video titles stored in the storage medium at the time of system boot-up of the digital MFP, and the video title corresponding to the predetermined criterion It provides a quick boot method of the digital multifunction device, characterized in that the step of displaying only the information on the initial screen.

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

That is, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a digital multifunction apparatus to which the quick booting method of the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 2, the digital multi-function peripheral according to the present invention includes a tuner 10 that tunes a desired digital broadcast channel and a broadcast stream of a broadcast channel tuned by the tuner 10. The demodulator 12 for converting to a TS format, a disc loader 14 for recording or playing digital broadcast data or video data on an optical disc, an external memory card or the like to record or read data An external device interface 16 for playback, an encoder 18 for encoding and converting the transport stream converted by the demodulator 12 into a video file format capable of storing data, and the disc loader 14 are played back. Video data of an optical disc, data reproduced from an external storage medium, or read out through the bus interface 22 A decoder 20 for decoding to reproduce and output a video title from the hard disk drive 24, a hard disk drive 24 storing digital broadcast data or video data from the optical disc in the form of a video title, the decoding A video output unit 26 for outputting a video signal output to an external screen, an OSD generator 28 for displaying a title list for a video title stored in the hard disk drive 24 at the time of initial boot-up of the digital MFP, and the corresponding digital device. Key input unit 30 for performing the overall function input of the multifunction apparatus, selected from among a plurality of video titles stored in the hard disk drive 24 at the time of initial booting of the system by the key input of the key input unit 30 according to a predetermined criterion Controller 32 that performs control for restrictively displaying only video titles It is configured.

In order to reduce the time required to read a video title and display it on the screen during the initial booting of the system, the controller 32 may use a predetermined reference, that is, a plurality of video titles stored in the hard disk drive 24. Only titles corresponding to a preset limit of the number of times of reproduction of the title, the latest reproduction time of the title, and the recording time of the title are selectively set as the title at boot time.

As shown in Fig. 3, the number of reproductions of the title is set to "5", for example, the most recent reproduction time of the title is set to "10 days", and the recording time of the title is "New" (but from present). When a title recorded within 30 days is set to "New" and other titles are set to "Old", a plurality of video titles (Title 1) stored on the hard disk drive 24 are set. Title n), even if the three predetermined criteria are met, the corresponding video titles are included in the title list at the time of booting so that they can be displayed and booted with information on the selected plurality of video titles. Create a table (Booting Display Table).

The boot display table including the video titles selected to be displayed at the booting time is stored in the hard disk drive 24 in the form of a file.

In the present invention, even if one of three predetermined criteria such as the number of titles played, the title most recently played, and the title recorded, all the video titles are included in the title list at boot time for display. However, it is also possible to limit the inclusion of only two or more of the three schedule criteria to the boot display table, or to include only the video titles meeting all three criteria in the boot display table.

As shown in FIG. 3, when booting of the system is started while a boot display table for a video title corresponding to a predetermined criterion is created, the video title is displayed on an initial screen with reference to the boot display table. As shown in the drawing, only a plurality of video titles corresponding to a predetermined standard are read and displayed among the plurality of video titles stored in the hard disk drive 24, and the number of times the title has been played, the latest playback time of the title, and the recording time of the title are displayed. It is also possible to display the data (that is, the number of times of play, the latest time of playback, the time of recording) which are the basis of the selection, respectively, from among three schedule criteria as described above.

Next, Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the quick booting method of the digital MFP according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the flowchart according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 5 will be described in detail in parallel with the operation of the system of FIG. 2.

First, in a state in which the system of the digital MFP is powered on and operated, the controller 32 searches for a plurality of video titles stored in the hard disk drive 24 to reproduce the number of playbacks, playback time, and recording time for each title. Information is detected (step S10).

In this state, the controller 32 sets a predetermined criterion (e.g., five or more playback times and playback timings) based on the number of playbacks, playback time, and recording time of each video title stored in the hard disk drive 24. For more than 10 days, the title corresponding to the recording time is "New" (that is, if the recording time is within 30 days) is extracted (step S11), and as the extracted title information as shown in FIG. The boot display table is created and stored in the hard disk drive 24 (step S12).

Here, the extraction of the title corresponding to the predetermined criterion among all the title information stored in the hard disk drive 24 may include all of the titles that are satisfied even if at least one of the three predetermined criteria is satisfied.

Then, when the system is powered off by the user's operation, the system enters the standby state for system booting (step S13).

On the other hand, the controller 32 determines whether or not the system boot is performed by the user's power-on operation in the standby state (step S14), and if it is determined that the user operation for booting the system is performed (starting the system booting) ( Step S15), based on the boot display table stored in the hard disk drive 24, only the title corresponding to the predetermined criterion (i.e., the number of playbacks, playback time, and recording time) is read out and displayed on the initial screen. As shown in FIG. 4, the thumbnail images are read out and displayed in each title, and the title name, recording date, and playback time of each title can be displayed together. By this, the booting time of the system can be reduced (step S16).

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited to the above-described typical preferred embodiments, but can be carried out in various ways without departing from the gist of the present invention, various modifications, alterations, substitutions or additions are common in the art Those who have knowledge will easily understand. If the implementation by such improvement, change, replacement or addition falls within the scope of the appended claims, the technical idea should also be regarded as belonging to the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, only a title corresponding to a predetermined predetermined criterion among the plurality of titles stored in the hard disk drive at the time of system booting of the digital MFP can be limitedly displayed on the initial screen. The time required to read the stored video title information and display it on the initial screen can be drastically reduced, thereby reducing the overall boot time of the system.

Claims (6)

A first step of reading only information of a title corresponding to a predetermined schedule from among video titles stored in the storage medium at system boot-up of the digital MFP; And a second step of displaying only information of a video title corresponding to the predetermined criterion on an initial screen. The method of claim 1, In the first step, a title corresponding to the predetermined criterion is previously classified among all video titles stored in the storage medium. The method of claim 2, In the first step, a booting display table is created with information of a title corresponding to a predetermined criterion among all video titles stored in the storage medium, and a booting display table is created based on the booting display table. Quick boot method for a digital multifunction device, characterized in that only the information of the title to be read. The method of claim 1, In the first step, the predetermined criterion includes a plurality of sub-items of the number of reproductions of the title, the reproduction time, and the recording time of the title. The method of claim 4, wherein In the first step, extraction of a title corresponding to the predetermined criterion is possible if any one of a plurality of small items is satisfied. The method of claim 4, wherein In the first step, the extraction of the title corresponding to the predetermined criterion is a quick boot method of the digital MFP, characterized in that at least two of a plurality of small items can be satisfied.

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