KR20110000354A - 3d cubeget user interface display and operation method in display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A 3D cubeget user interface display and an operation method in a display system is provided to simplify the operation of a user by matching the contents arrangement of a 3D cubeget with number button arrangement one to one. CONSTITUTION: A user input unit selects and executes plural kinds of contents through an input unit. A display apparatus displays those plural kinds of contents. In addition, the display apparatus displays a 3D cubeget user interface, and the 3D cubeget user interface displays the control command of the user. A 3D regular hexahedron cube(300) including those contents is overlaid on a predetermined part of the screen.

Description

3D cubeget user interface display and operation method in display system

The present invention relates to a 3D cubejet user interface display and manipulation method that is simple and easy to understand when a user manipulates a display device and is displayed only through a minimum portion of a screen.

In recent years, the broadcasting environment has been changed in accordance with the development of technology and changing demands of viewers (users). In other words, the transition from analog broadcasting to digital broadcasting, diversified broadcasting media such as cable and satellite from terrestrial broadcasting, and providing interactive services in response to communication networks, the recent broadcasting environment has changed more severely than any other fields. Suffer.

A representative service that emerged from this background is IPTV based on Internet protocol.

IPTV is an interactive television service provided using a high-speed internet network, and has an advantage over general cable broadcasting in that viewers can see only programs they want to watch at a convenient time.

IPTV uses a set-top box that connects the Internet with a TV to search for TV programs and save downloaded files at a desired time. Unlike this, the biggest feature is that the user can select a desired program and view it at a desired time.

Accordingly, the number of IPTV service subscribers is increasing, and the amount of content fields and channels provided by each service provider is constantly increasing. This means that programs that can meet a variety of personal tastes are specialized and thus the user has more choice.

However, in the case of IPTV, since a large number of channels and contents are provided, it is difficult to know which programs are broadcasted in which contents and channels. Thus, an EPG that summarizes and displays the schedule and contents of a broadcasting program is an essential element.

At present, EPG is produced and supplied by each service provider, and the user interface (UI) such as category composition of EPG menu is uniformly structured in a tree structure, which does not satisfy the needs of users of various tendencies. Due to the increase of contents and channels, a complicated tree structure of three to four layers is formed, and the process is very complicated when changing contents and channels.

In addition, as the lower layer of the tree structure, that is, the lower content, the user interface occupies a large portion of the entire screen (refer to FIGS. 1A to 1C), resulting in a decrease in response speed.

Accordingly, there is a need for a new interface method that can simplify the operation of the user interface and reduce the weight of the user interface.

In order to solve the inconvenience of the prior art, the user interface displayed on the screen occupies a minimum portion of the screen and at the same time implements a lot of contents, and is configured to efficiently match the buttons of the user controller, thereby changing the contents of the user and An object of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying and operating a 3D cubejet user interface of a display device that facilitates an operation such as selection.

In order to achieve the above object, the display and manipulation method of the 3D cubejet user interface of the display device of the present invention, the cube is formed of a cube containing a plurality of contents in the minimum area of the display, the same arrangement as the arrangement form of each content This can be done by selecting the icon via the user controller with a numeric button. In addition, the cube displayed on the screen is composed of a total of six upper content, it is possible to simply select the upper content through the up, down, left, right rotation button of the user controller.

Hereinafter, an Internet Protocol Television (hereinafter, referred to as IPTV), which can represent a display device, can be described as an example for understanding the present invention. However, the display device of the present invention is not limited to the IPTV, but may include both a display device (a portable terminal such as a notebook and a PDA) for selecting contents of various levels through the display.

The display device of the present invention is an Internet television (IPTV) in which content is provided to a user's TV through a user's set-top box via an internet network, and a 3D cubejet user interface is displayed on a screen of the display device. In the portion, a 3D cube cube (3D cubejet) including a plurality of contents may be displayed by being overlayed.

The 3D cubejet user interface is an interface formed by combining a widget representing a plurality of channels in a cube cube. The array of channels (n * n) displayed on one side of the cube is an array of numeric buttons (n) among input buttons of the user controller. * n) can be the same. More specifically, when the number buttons of the user controller are currently used in a 3 * 3 arrangement, one side of the cube may include 9 channels in total, 3 * 3.

In addition, the 3D cubejet of the present invention is composed of a total of six sides, representing a total of six high-level content of a user-registered My Menu, real-time broadcasting, games and shopping, and three on-demand audio (VOD), respectively As described above, nine channels may be represented for each content. Here, nine channels are integrating sub-contents. When a channel is selected through an input button of a user controller, a 3D cubejet in which six sub-contents corresponding to the channel are arranged is displayed or there are no sub-contents. Detailed contents corresponding to the channel may be displayed on the screen.

According to the present invention, the 3D cubejet user interface may be formed on a portion desired by the user of the screen of the Internet television, and a character-shaped guide may be displayed on a predetermined portion of the screen that does not overlap with the 3D cubejet user interface.

The character guide of the present invention indicates content information that the user is interested in, update information of a channel that the user was watching, channel guide, new content, advertisement, and the like, and can be operated through color buttons of the user controller.

In the present invention, the input button of the user controller used for the 3D cubejet user interface is a number button having the same arrangement as the cube, the up, down, left and right rotation buttons for rotating the cube, and color buttons for selecting information of the guide. It may include.

In the method for manipulating the 3D cubejet user interface of the Internet television of the present invention, an arrangement position corresponding to the channel that the user wants to select from among upper contents including n * n channels forming a cube side of the 3D cubejet; Enter the number button of the corresponding user controller to move to the 3D cubejet representing the lower content, or the other side of the cube of the 3D cubejet representing the different upper content through the up, down, left and right rotation buttons of the user controller. Can be moved.

When the 3D cubejet having the desired channel is displayed on the screen, the user selects the desired channel through the number buttons and the rotation buttons of the user controller, and thus a plurality of detailed contents corresponding to the channel may be displayed.

In the present invention, the detailed content may be displayed in the form of a flow list by overlapping the plurality of window windows according to channel selection, and the detailed content may include an image and a title. For example, if the channel selected in the lower content is 'Korean movie', the detailed content may be formed as a poster image and a title of the Korean movie and may appear as a plurality of small window windows.

In the present invention, when the user selects the detailed content, the size of the window window showing the detailed content is increased and detailed information such as title, age, content summary, paid or free, and price information is expressed. When the user cancels the selection, As the increased window window is reduced, the same content as when the channel is selected in the lower content may be displayed (a plurality of detailed contents may be displayed in the form of a flow list as a small window window).

According to the present invention, a large number of contents are displayed at one time (for example, 54 contents are displayed at a time in the case of a 3 * 3 cubejet), and the number button array (n * n) of the user controller and the content arrangement (n) of the 3D cubejet are displayed. By making * n) the same and matching 1: 1, there is an effect of improving the user's operation simply and conveniently.

In addition, unlike searching sequentially all contents through direction buttons in the tree structure of the existing text format, by using the rotation button and the number button at the same time using the 3D cube jet, the desired content among many contents with only two or three times operations. The effect is that you can search quickly.

In addition, since the user interface uses a 3D cubejet rather than a conventional tree structure, it occupies only the minimum space of the screen when the content is selected, thereby minimizing the portion overlaid with the image shown on the screen.

In addition, the user can separately display the information desired by the guide, and it is effective to improve the profitability of the content service provider (IPTV service provider) through additional business such as advertisement.

The present invention relates to a display device in which a user manipulates a screen indicating a plurality of channels or icons through a remote controller or an input keyboard. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through IPTV, which is easily accessible among many display devices. In this case, among the terms used to describe the IPTV, the channel means each of n * n * 6 pieces of content represented by the 3D cubejet at once, and the user controller means a remote controller.

2 is a system configuration diagram of a general Internet television, and includes a user controller, a settop box, a display unit, and a main server.

2, the set-top box 120 receives and stores broadcast channel and broadcast program related information from the main server 140, and the user accesses the set-top box 120 through a user controller 110 such as a remote controller. When the EPG display command is issued, the set top box 120 outputs EPG information to the display 130 through the embedded EPG application.

In this case, since the user interface (UI) such as menu category (upper and lower content and channel) composition and EPG display position is fixed to the embedded EPG application, the tree structure of text is fixed. Increasingly occupying a large part of the screen, it is difficult to watch the image broadcast through the display 130 when the menu is selected.

Hereinafter, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention implements the user interface as a 3D cubejet that minimizes the weight of the screen to be overlaid even when the user selects a menu (channel), and configures the cubejet. It shows how to display and manipulate a user interface that improves user's satisfaction through colorful and visual graphic visuals by forming channels into stylish and intuitive menu style icons.

3 is a screen displaying a 3D cubejet user interface of an Internet television according to an embodiment of the present invention. Unlike a conventional text format user interface (FIGS. 1A to 1C), a cube having a predetermined size is minimized to a portion of a screen. It is expressed in size.

Referring to FIG. 3, a 3D cubejet 300 as a user interface is displayed on a predetermined portion of the screen, and a guide 500 is displayed on another portion. In the drawing, the 3D cubejet 300 and the guide 500 are formed on both sides of the screen, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the location can be changed by the user. The guide 500 may be displayed differently for each content service provider. Can be.

The 3D cubejet 300 is a menu user interface for simply and intuitively expressing a large amount of menus using a 3D solid cube object. As shown in FIG. 4A, the cube cube 310 and the toolbar widget 320 may be used. ) Can be combined.

As shown in FIG. 4B, the 3D cubejet 300 may classify the upper content 302 into major categories according to each side of the cube, and may include the upper content my menu, real time broadcasting, interactive services, and three VODs.

In this case, the My Menu is a surface in which the user registers a menu of content that is freely used as a bookmark. The My Menu registration method may be referred to FIG. 6C below.

And, real-time broadcasting represents more than 60 real-time broadcasting channel menus such as terrestrial, home shopping, and movies, and interactive services mean menus that can use various additional services such as games, shopping, karaoke, and living information, and VOD means movies and foreign currency. Various types of VODs such as series, terrestrial, education and sports are represented by streaming or D & P method.

Each surface representing the upper content 302 in the 3D cubejet 300 is formed of a plurality of channels 304, where the channels 304 are made up of respective tools in the widget toolbar.

More specifically, each surface representing the upper content 302 may be formed in the same arrangement as the number buttons (currently 3 * 3 arrangement) of the input buttons of the user controller (remote control) to represent a total of nine channels. One-to-one matching with the numeric buttons on the user controller simplifies the channel selection operation.

As such, the 3D cubejet 300 is composed of a cube formed of six surfaces representing nine channels. Accordingly, 54 channels can be simultaneously expressed and can be easily manipulated by a user through matching with a remote controller.

The guide 500 may be turned on or off according to the user's setting, and represents the user's interest content in the form of a character, additional information such as update information of the channel that the user was watching, channel guide, new content, and advertisement. To make it easier to use. Then, when the user uses the karaoke of the interactive service through the 3D character service function, it is possible to use in conjunction with the character of the guide (see Fig. 5).

In addition, the information provided by the guide 500 may be used by using the color buttons of the user controller 510, and accordingly differentiation from the buttons (numeric buttons, rotation buttons) used when using the 3D cubejet 300. To prevent user confusion.

6A and 6B illustrate a method of operating a 3D cubejet user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6A is a diagram illustrating a screen showing a user interface of a tree structure based on existing text, a method of manipulating the same, and a 3D-based cubejet user interface and a method of operating the present invention. If it is assumed that the existing user interface has to input up to 10 times using the left and right navigation buttons, while the 3D cubejet of the present invention has nine channels on one side, one rotation button input and one It can be selected by entering a number button.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6B, the 3D cubejet of the present invention rotates the cube up / down / left / right through a rotation button of the user interface, and selects a channel represented by the cube through the number buttons 1-9. It is easy to operate because all contents can be selected by 3 and 2 basic button operations, and the response speed until selecting one channel is much improved compared to the existing one.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a method of setting a My Menu in a 3D cube jet user interface according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the My Menu allows a user to select a favorite channel through a single operation by storing a favorite channel while watching a certain channel, and can store up to nine channels in total.

In more detail, if the user wants to save the channel being watched as a My Menu, the user can display the side representing the My Menu in the 3D cubejet while watching the channel, and in the state, press and hold the array number to be saved.

If another channel is stored in the array numbers 1 to 9 desired by the user, an existing channel may be deleted and a new channel may be stored or a new channel may be stored in another array number at the request of the user.

8A and 8B illustrate detailed contents of a 3D cubejet user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8A, when the 3D cubejet selects a Korean movie channel from the upper content of the movie, the 3D cubejet including lower content representing the Korean movie is displayed as shown in the drawing.

Then, the user selects one channel among the lower content representing the Korean movie, and the detailed content corresponding to the channel is displayed in a small window window, and in the case of a plurality of the detailed content, it is represented in the form of a flow list.

At this time, the user can select all contents by using the left and right buttons of the rotation button of the user controller, and the number is displayed at the bottom of the flow list so that the user can know how many times the currently viewed content is. In addition, the detailed content includes an image such as a movie poster and simple text such as a movie title, and when the user wants to know detailed information about the detailed content, the detailed content is selected.

As shown in FIG. 8B, the detailed content selected by the user increases as the window window showing the detailed content indicates detailed information of the detailed content such as title, age, content summary, paid or free, and price information. A number of detailed contents are returned to the displayed flow list form.

Those skilled in the art can change or modify the described embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention, and such changes or modifications are within the scope of the present invention. In addition, the materials of each component described herein can be readily selected and coped by a variety of materials known to those skilled in the art. In addition, those skilled in the art may omit some of the components described herein without adding to the performance or add the components to improve performance. In addition, those skilled in the art may change the order of the method steps described herein depending on the process environment or equipment. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should be determined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof, not by the embodiments described.

1A to 1C are diagrams illustrating screens for selecting contents provided by existing IPTV providers.

2 is a system configuration diagram of a general Internet television.

3 is a screen showing a 3D cubejet user interface of the Internet television according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A and 4B illustrate a 3D cubejet user interface in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a guide of user interface functions of the Internet television according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6A and 6B illustrate a 3D cube jet user interface operating method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a method of setting a My Menu in a 3D cube jet user interface according to one embodiment of the present invention.

8A and 8B illustrate detailed contents of a 3D cubejet user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

110: user controller (remote control) 120: set-top box

130: display 140: main server

300: 3D Cubejet 302: Parent Content

304: channel 310: cube of cube

320: Toolbar Widget 500: Guide

510: user controller (remote control)

Claims (11)

A display device for displaying a plurality of contents selected and executed by an input device, wherein the 3D cubejet user interface displaying a user's control command is displayed on the screen. A 3D cube jet user interface (UI) display method of a display apparatus, wherein a 3D cube cube including a plurality of contents is overlaid and displayed on a predetermined portion of the screen. The method of claim 1, wherein the display device represents any one device selected from an Internet protocol television, a notebook computer, a PDA, and a mobile terminal. According to claim 3, When the display device is an Internet protocol television, the 3D cube cube is composed of six services consisting of three menus (VOD) and interactive services, such as My menu, real-time broadcasting, games and shopping registered by the user 3. The method of claim 3, wherein the upper content is displayed through each side of the cube. The method of claim 3, wherein when one channel of the six upper contents is selected by the user, a 3D cube cube including lower contents is displayed. . The 3D cubejet user of claim 1, wherein the array n * n of one side of the 3D cube cube is the same as the array n * n of input buttons of a user controller (remote control). How to display the interface (UI). The 3D cubejet user interface (UI) display method of claim 1, further comprising a guide that is overlaid and displayed on a predetermined portion of the screen and provides a supplementary service. The method of claim 6, wherein the additional service And a content of interest of the user, updated information of content executed by the user, new content, and an advertisement. A method for manipulating a 3D cubejet user interface of a display device according to claim 1, 3D cubejet indicating lower content by a user inputting through a number button of a user controller (remote control) corresponding to the position of the content to be selected among upper contents including n * n pieces of content forming one side of the cube of the 3D cubejet Moving to the other side of the cube of the 3D cubejet representing another upper content through the up, down, left and right rotation buttons of the user controller. . The method of claim 8, wherein in the 3D cubejet representing the lower content, 3. The method of operating a 3D cubejet user interface of a display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a user selects one content through a number button and a rotation button of a user controller, a plurality of detailed content corresponding to the content is displayed. The method of claim 9, wherein the detailed content includes an image and a title. The method of claim 9, wherein when the user selects one of the detailed content, the size of the detail content window is increased to display detailed information of the detail content.

Images