KR20190076374A - Electronic apparatus, method for controlling the same and control code mapping sysyem - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are an electronic device, a control method thereof, and a control code mapping system including the electronic device and a remote control device. According to the present invention, the electronic device connected to an image providing device comprises: a communication unit for communicating with a first remote control device controlling the electronic device and a second remote control device controlling the image providing device; and a processor for identifying whether control code mapping information between the first remote control device and the second remote control device is stored in a memory based on information related to the image providing device, and mapping a first control code received from the first remote control device and a second remote control code received from the second remote control device to store in the memory when the control code mapping information is identified as not stored in the memory.

Description

ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR CONTROL CODE MAPPING SYSYEM Field of the Invention < RTI ID = 0.0 >

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a control method thereof, and a control code mapping system, and more particularly, to an electronic device performing an integrated remote control setting operation, a control method thereof, and a control code mapping system

Conventionally, there has been a remote control device for communicating by IR (Infrared) method in a separate device such as a video providing device. Also, in the past, a company providing a video providing apparatus has supplied a remote controlling apparatus for controlling the video providing apparatus.

Also, a company that supplies display devices (electronic devices including displays) also supplied separate remote control devices.

A remote control device for controlling the display device and a remote control device for controlling the image providing device are distinguished from each other so that the remote control device for controlling the display device has not been able to control the image providing device.

In order to overcome this problem, a method of storing control code mapping information between a remote control device for controlling the display device and a remote control device for controlling the image providing device has been devised. When the control code mapping information is stored, the user can control the image providing device with a remote control device that controls the display device.

However, when the control code mapping information is not stored in advance in the display device, the user can not control the image providing device with the remote control device that controls the display device.

It is an object of this disclosure to provide an electronic device that performs control code mapping by a user if the control code mapping information is not pre-stored, a control method thereof, And a control code mapping system.

In order to achieve the above object, there is provided an electronic apparatus connected to an image providing apparatus according to the present invention, comprising: a first remote control device for controlling the electronic device; and a second remote control device for controlling the image providing device Based on the information related to the image providing apparatus received from the image providing apparatus, whether the control code mapping information between the first remote control apparatus and the second remote control apparatus is stored in the memory And mapping the first control code received from the first remote control device and the second control code received from the second remote control device, if the control code mapping information is not stored in the memory, And a processor for storing the data in a memory.

In this case, if the control code mapping information is not stored in the memory, the processor may provide a UI for guiding a mapping setting in the first remote control device and the second remote control device.

The processor analyzes the video signal received from the video providing device to acquire information related to the video providing device, and based on the acquired information, transmits the video signal between the first remote control device and the second remote control device Can be identified in the memory.

On the other hand, the memory stores information to which the third control code of the first remote control device and the fourth control code of the second remote control device are mapped, and the processor, When the third control code is received from the second remote control device and the fifth control code is received from the second remote control device, the third control code and the fifth control code are mapped to update the information stored in the memory.

In this case, when the first control code is received from the first remote control device, a control signal for controlling to transmit the second control code and the second control code mapped to the first control code to the image providing device To the first remote control device.

The communication unit may include a first communication unit that communicates with the first remote control device using an RF scheme and a second communication unit that communicates with the second remote control device using an IR scheme, Acquires the first control code from the RF signal received through the communication unit, and obtains the second control code from the IR (INFRA-RED) signal received through the second communication unit.

In addition, when the processor is identified as having a further mappable key in the first remote control device based on the pre-stored information for the first remote control device, the processor, based on the pre-stored information, It is possible to provide a UI that guides mapping setting to a key that is not mapped.

The processor may further include a virtual key that can be mapped to the second remote control device when a user input signal indicating that the mapping of all the keys provided in the first remote control device is completed is received from the first remote control device You can provide a UI to include.

In this case, when the identification information corresponding to the virtual key is input from the user, the processor matches the input identification information with the virtual key, stores the identification information, and stores the identification information and the virtual key Can provide a matched UI.

Also, the processor may count the number of times the virtual key is selected, store the counted number in the memory, and list the virtual keys in the ascending order of the counted number, and provide the UI.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling an electronic apparatus connected to an image providing apparatus, the method comprising: receiving information related to the image providing apparatus from the image providing apparatus; Identifying whether control code mapping information between a first remote control device that controls the electronic device and a second remote control device that controls the image providing device is stored in a memory, Wherein the step of performing the mapping setting comprises receiving a first control code from a first remote control device that controls the electronic device, Receiving a second control code from a second remote control device that controls the reception Map the first control code and a second control code comprises the step of storing in the memory.

The performing of the mapping setting may further include providing a UI for guiding a mapping setting in the first remote control device and the second remote control device.

In this case, the step of receiving information related to the image providing apparatus from the image providing apparatus may include analyzing the image signal when the image signal including information related to the image providing apparatus is received in the electronic apparatus, And the identifying step identifies, based on the obtained information, whether control code mapping information between the first remote control device and the second remote control device is stored in the memory .

The step of performing the mapping setting may further include storing information to which the third control code of the first remote control device and the fourth control code of the second remote control device are mapped, Updating the information stored in the memory by mapping the third control code and the fifth control code when the third control code is received from the remote control device and the fifth control code is received from the second remote control device As shown in FIG.

When the first control code is received from the first remote control device, a control signal for controlling transmission of the second control code and the second control code mapped to the first control code to the image providing device To the first remote control device.

In addition, the performing of the mapping setting may further include obtaining the first control code from the RF signal received from the first remote control device and outputting the first control code from the IR (INFRA-RED) 2 control codes can be obtained.

In addition, the step of performing the mapping setting may further comprise: if it is discriminated that the first remote control device has a further mappable key based on previously stored information on the first remote control device, 1 < / RTI > providing a UI that guides the mapping setting to a key that is not mapped in the remote control device.

In addition, the step of performing the mapping setting may further include, when receiving a user input signal indicating that mapping of all the keys provided in the first remote control device is completed from the first remote control device, And providing a UI including a possible virtual key.

In this case, in the providing of the UI, when the identification information corresponding to the virtual key is input by the user, the input UI matches and stores the input identification information with the virtual key, And a UI in which the virtual key is matched.

Meanwhile, a control code mapping system including an electronic apparatus connected to an image providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure and a remote control apparatus controlling the electronic apparatus, the system comprising: On the basis of the information, whether the control code mapping information between the remote control device and the external remote control device controlling the image providing device is stored in the electronic device, and the control code mapping information is stored in the electronic device The controller can map and store the first control code received from the remote control device and the second control code received from the external remote control device and transmits the first control code to the electronic device , The second control code mapped to the first control code from the electronic device When, a remote control device for transmitting the second control code to the image providing apparatus.

1 is a diagram for describing a control code mapping system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
2 is a block diagram for explaining an electronic apparatus connected to the image providing apparatus,
3 is a diagram for describing a control code mapping operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
4 is a diagram for explaining a control code mapping operation according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;
Fig. 5 is a block diagram for specifically explaining the electronic device of Fig. 2,
6 is a view for analyzing images provided on a display to confirm control code mapping information,
7 is a diagram for describing an operation of modifying control code mapping information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
8 is a view for explaining an operation of notifying a user of a button for which control code mapping is not set,
9 is a diagram for explaining an operation of performing UI and control code mapping displayed on a display,
FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an operation of changing the name of a UI in which control code mapping is performed;
11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
12 is a sequence diagram for describing a control code mapping operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Before describing the present disclosure in detail, a method of describing the present specification and drawings will be described.

It is to be understood that the terminology used herein should be broadly interpreted as encompassing any intentional, legal or technical interpretation of the art, and / And the emergence of new technologies. In addition, some terms are arbitrarily selected by the applicant. These terms may be construed in the meaning defined herein and may be interpreted based on the general contents of this specification and the ordinary technical knowledge in the art without specific terms definition.

In addition, the same reference numerals or signs in the drawings attached to the present specification indicate components or components that perform substantially the same function. For ease of explanation and understanding, different embodiments will be described using the same reference numerals or symbols. That is, even though all of the elements having the same reference numerals are shown in the plural drawings, the plural drawings do not mean one embodiment.

Further, in the present specification and claims, terms including ordinal numbers such as "first "," second ", etc. may be used for distinguishing between elements. These ordinals are used to distinguish between identical or similar components, and the use of such ordinal numbers should not be construed as limiting the meaning of the term. For example, the components associated with such an ordinal number should not be limited in their order of use or placement order by their numbers. If necessary, each ordinal number may be used interchangeably.

As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the term "includes" Or "configured." , Etc. are intended to designate the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof, may be combined with one or more other features, steps, operations, components, It should be understood that they do not preclude the presence or addition of combinations thereof.

These embodiments are capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the description. It is to be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the scope of the specific embodiments but includes all transformations, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the disclosure disclosed. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention,

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by terms. Terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the scope of the claims. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the term "includes" Or "configured." , Etc. are intended to designate the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof, may be combined with one or more other features, steps, operations, components, It should be understood that they do not preclude the presence or addition of combinations thereof.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, terms such as "module," "unit," or " part, "and the like are terms used to refer to components that perform at least one function or operation, Or may be implemented as a combination of hardware and software. It should also be understood that a plurality of "modules "," units ", "parts ", etc. may be integrated into at least one module or chip, . ≪ / RTI >

Further, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when a part is connected to another part, this includes not only a direct connection but also an indirect connection through another medium. Also, the meaning that a part includes an element does not exclude other elements, but may include other elements, unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a diagram for describing a control code mapping system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

1, the control code mapping system includes an electronic device 100, an image providing device 200, a first remote control device 300 for controlling the electronic device 100, and a second remote control device 300 for controlling the image providing device 200 And a second remote control device (400).

1, a key of a first remote control device 300 for controlling the electronic device 100 and a key of a second remote control device 400 for controlling the image providing device 200 are mapped and controlled Code mapping information, and control the image providing apparatus 200 to the first remote control apparatus 300 using the generated control code mapping information.

Such control code mapping information may already be stored in the electronic device 100. However, there may be cases where the control code mapping information is not stored or the control code of the image providing apparatus 200 can not be determined.

In this case, the user can not control the image providing apparatus 200 using the first remote control apparatus 300. To address this, the present disclosure allows a user to directly generate control code mapping information.

Specifically, the user can use the first remote control device 300 to send an instruction to the electronic device 100 to perform a control code mapping operation. In this case, the first remote control device 300 and the electronic device 100 can communicate using an RF (Radio Frequency) signal.

The user then transmits the control code mapping to the electronic device 100 with information about the key (button) of the first remote control device 300 and the control code mapping with respect to the key (button) Information to the electronic device 100. In this case, the second remote controller 400 can communicate with the electronic device 100 using an IR (Infra-Red) signal.

The electronic device 100 may receive the key information for the first remote control device 300 and the key information for the second remote control device 400 and map each received key. In this case, the key information may be control code mapping information.

When the electronic device 100 generates and stores the key mapping information or the control code mapping information, the user can control the image providing apparatus 200 using the first remote control device 300. In this case, the first remote controller 300 can communicate with the image providing apparatus 200 using an IR (Infra-Red) signal.

A control code mapping system including an electronic device 100 connected to an image providing apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure and a remote control apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus is provided with information related to the image providing apparatus received from the image providing apparatus The control code mapping information is stored in the electronic device, and if the control code mapping information is not stored in the electronic device, An electronic device for mapping and storing a first control code received from a remote control device and a second control code received from an external remote control device and a first control code to an electronic device, And a remote control device for transmitting the second control code to the image providing device when the second control code is received.

Although the electronic device 100 is shown in Fig. 1 as an electronic device including a display, the electronic device 100 may be an electronic device that does not include a display and controls a separate display device.

The electronic device 100 may be a TV as shown in FIG. 1, but it may be implemented in various devices such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a desktop PC, a projector, and the like, and is merely an example.

The image providing apparatus 200 may provide an image to the electronic apparatus 100. [ As shown in FIG. 1, the image providing apparatus 200 may be connected to the electronic device 100 in a wired manner. For example, the image providing apparatus 200 may provide an image through the HDMI port of the electronic device 100. [ However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the image providing apparatus 200 may be implemented to perform wireless communication to provide an image to the electronic device 100.

The image providing apparatus 200 can be implemented in various types of devices such as a DVD player, a Blu-ray disc, a PC, a USB device, a game player, a home theater, an audio player, a set top box, an antenna cable, OTT have.

The first remote control device 300 may be implemented as various types of devices capable of transmitting control signals for controlling other devices. For example, the remote control device 300 may be a dedicated remote control capable of only controlling a specific device, a multi-brand remote (MBR) device capable of controlling various devices, or a portable device such as a smart phone, a PDA .

The first remote control device 300 and the second remote control device 400 may include a directional key button, a numeric key button, a menu button, a touch pad, and the like. The first remote control device 300 and the second remote control device 400 may generate various control signals corresponding to the direction key button, the touch pad, and the other buttons.

The electronic device 100 may analyze an image provided from the image providing apparatus 200 to acquire device information of the image providing apparatus 200 and may perform various operations using the acquired device information . The first remote control device 300 can control the image providing device 200 by using the acquired device information of the image providing device 200. The first remote control device 300 may include a first remote control device 300, It is possible to perform an integrated remote control setting operation for the device 300.

1, the image providing apparatus 200 may be a device for providing images. In this case, the image providing apparatus 200 may be a device that directly reproduces an image, receives an image from an external server or a broadcasting station, and provides the image to the electronic device 100. Here, the image providing apparatus 200 may be implemented as an external server. That is, the external server may directly transmit the image to the electronic device 100, and the electronic device 100 may receive the image and display the image on the display 150 or transmit the received image to a separate display device.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when control code mapping information for setting the first remote control device 300 as an integrated remote control is not stored in the electronic device 100, the electronic device 100 The control code mapping can be performed according to a user command. Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

2 is a block diagram for explaining an electronic apparatus connected to an image providing apparatus.

Referring to FIG. 2, the electronic device 100 may include a communication unit 210, a processor 220, and a storage unit 230.

The communication unit 110 communicates with the image providing apparatus 200, the first remote control apparatus 300, and the second remote control apparatus 400. Specifically, the communication unit 110 can perform wireless communication with the first remote control device 300 using RF (Radio Frequency), and can perform wireless communication with the second remote control device 400 using IR (Infrared) Can be performed.

In this case, the communication unit 110 is connected to the first communication unit 110 and the second remote control unit 400, which communicate with the first remote control device 300 using an RF (Radio Frequency) The processor 130 may acquire a first control code from an RF (Radio Frequency) signal received through the first communication unit 110, and transmit the first control code to the second communication unit The second control code may be obtained from an IR (Infrared) The contents of the first control code and the second control code will be described later with the processor 130.

In addition, the communication unit 110 may be a Bluetooth (registered trademark), an infrared (IR), a wireless fidelity (WI-FI), a Zigbee, a beacon, a near field communication (NFC), a WAN, , USB, MHL, AES / EBU, optical, coaxial, and the like.

The memory 120 may store various data, programs, or applications for driving / controlling the electronic device 100. In one example, the memory 120 may store control programs for operation of the control code mapping system 1000 and the processor 130, applications, databases, or related data originally provided or downloaded externally from the manufacturer. For example, the memory 120 may store a UI according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, and may store a program for performing operations related to the UI.

The memory 120 may be implemented as an internal memory such as a ROM or a RAM included in the processor 130 or may be implemented as a separate memory from the processor 130. [ In this case, the memory 120 may be implemented as a memory embedded in a display device, or a memory removably attached to a display device, depending on the purpose of data storage. For example, data for driving a display device may be stored in a memory embedded in the display device, and data for an extension function of the display device may be stored in a removable memory in the display device. Meanwhile, the memory embedded in the display device may be implemented as a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory, a hard disk drive (HDD), or a solid state drive (SSD).

The memory 120 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first remote control device 300 and a second remote control device 300. The memory 120 includes a control code set for controlling the image providing device 200 and a control command corresponding to each control code included in the control code set. Lt; / RTI > In this case, when the signal for controlling the image providing apparatus 200 is received from the first remote control device 300, the electronic device 100 receives the control code set information from the first remote control device 300 And transmits the control signal corresponding to the received signal to the image providing apparatus 200.

The processor 130 is a configuration for controlling the overall operation of the electronic device 100.

According to one embodiment, the processor 130 may be implemented as a digital signal processor (DSP), a microprocessor, or a TCON (Time Controller) for processing digital video signals, And may be a central processing unit (CPU), a microcontroller unit (MCU), a micro processing unit (MPU), a controller, an application processor (AP), or a communication processor The processor 130 may be implemented as a system on chip (SoC) or a large scale integration (LSI) with a processing algorithm embedded therein. Or may be implemented in the form of a field programmable gate array (FPGA).

The processor 130 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may control the first remote controller 300 and the second remote controller 300 based on information related to the image providing apparatus 200 received from the image providing apparatus 200 400 may be stored in the memory 120. For example,

In this case, the information related to the image providing apparatus 200 may be information on Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) and Extended Display Identification Data (EDID). The CEC information may include information related to a control command for a device connected via HDMI, and the EDID information may include information on a display specification.

The processor 130 may identify whether there is control code mapping information already stored using CEC or EDID information received from the image providing apparatus 200. [

The processor 130 then receives the first control code received from the first remote control device 300 and the second control code received from the second remote control device 400 if the control code mapping information is identified as not being stored in the memory 120 The second control code may be mapped and stored in the memory 120. [

If it is determined that the control code mapping information is not stored in the memory 120, the processor 130 transmits a UI for guiding the mapping setting in the first remote control device 300 and the second remote control device 400 . In this case, the processor 130 may transmit the video signal including the UI to the external device. The processor 130 may transmit a video signal including a UI to a video port or the like so that the processor 130 can display the image on a display included in an external apparatus. That is, the processor 130 may control the UI included in the electronic device 100 to be displayed on the display. In addition, a video signal including a UI to display a UI on a display included in an external device can be transmitted to an external device.

The operation of the processor 130 that provides the UI described below may be applied to both an embodiment that provides a UI to a display included in the electronic device 100 and an embodiment that provides a UI to a display of an external device.

Acquisition Acquisition The processor 130 also analyzes the image signal received from the image providing apparatus 200 to acquire information related to the image providing apparatus 200 and transmits the acquired information to the first remote controller 300 ) And the second remote control device 400 are stored in the memory 120. [0064]

FIGS. 3 and 4 are diagrams for explaining an operation of mapping a first control code and a second control code according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG.

3 is a diagram for explaining a control code mapping operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

The electronic device 100 may display on the display 150 a UI 410 for key mapping settings (control code mapping settings).

When the user presses the channel up button 41 of the first remote control device 300, the electronic device 100 displays information on the channel up button 41 of the first remote control device 300 on the display 150 The UI 420 may be displayed.

In FIG. 3, the information on the channel up button 41 of the first remote controller 300 is shown as 0x0A, but this is only an example and various information indicating a specific button may be displayed. For example, information called "channel up button" may be displayed instead of 0x0A.

After the information on the channel up button 41 of the first remote control device 300 is displayed on the display 150, the user can select the channel up button 42 of the second remote control device 400. In this case, the electronic device 100 may display the UI 430 displaying the information on the channel up button 42 of the second remote control device 400 on the display 150.

3, it can be displayed in various ways to indicate the channel up button 42 of the second remote controller 400, as described above.

That is, the information about 0x0A and AB12AB is only an example for displaying the button value, and may be a display for explaining the function like the volume up button and may be indicated by the number of the button. That is, in addition to the above-described embodiment, the buttons can be displayed in various ways.

The electronic device 100 may perform control code mapping on the buttons 41 and 42 selected by the user. As a result, when the user selects the specific buttons 41 and 42 of the first remote control device 300, the electronic device 100 returns the information about the control codes mapped to the specific buttons 41 and 42 to the first To the remote control device 300. [ The first remote controller 300 can receive information on the control codes mapped to the specific buttons 41 and 42 and transmit the information to the image providing apparatus 200 again. A detailed explanation will be given later in Fig.

In the electronic device 100 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, when the user selects the specific button 41 of the first remote control device 300, the second remote control device 300, which is mapped with the specific button 41, It can be determined that the button 42 of the button 400 is pressed. The electronic device 100 may then transmit information about the button 42 of the second remote control device 400 to the image providing device 200. [

In this case, the image providing apparatus 200 may determine that the button 42 is depressed and perform an operation corresponding thereto. When the user selects the button 41 of the first remote control device 300, the image providing device 200 determines that the button 42 of the second remote control device 400 is pressed and performs the corresponding operation can do.

4 is a diagram for explaining a control code mapping operation according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 4, the electronic device 100 may provide a UI 510 that includes an indication that a desired key is pressed to perform a control code mapping operation.

The electronic device 100 may then provide information on the mapping settings corresponding to the desired key. Specifically, when the user selects the channel up button 41 of the first remote control device 300, the electronic device 100 separately displays 521 that the channel up button has been pressed, It is possible to provide the UI 520 displaying information (0x0A in FIG. 4).

When the user presses the channel up button 42 of the second remote control device 400, the UI 530 for displaying the button value (AB 12 AB in FIG. 4) may be provided.

As described above, the method of displaying the button value is only an embodiment, and various methods for the user to know information about the button may be applied.

Further, if the processor 130 identifies that there is a further mappable key in the first remote control device 300 based on the pre-stored information for the first remote control device 300, It is possible to provide a UI for guiding a mapping setting to a key that is not mapped by the remote control device 300. [

If it is determined that the control code mapping for all the keys provided in the first remote control device 300 is completed based on the stored information about the first remote control device 300, Can be provided.

The processor 130 may determine that the control code mapping for all the keys provided in the first remote controller 300 is completed based on the stored information about the first remote controller 300, When a user input signal indicating that the mapping of all the keys provided in the first remote control device 300 is completed is received from the control device 300 and a virtual key that can be mapped to the second remote control device 400 UI can be provided.

That is, when the number of keys provided in the second remote control device 400 is greater than the number of keys provided in the first remote control device 300, 300, and a virtual key that can map at least one key that is not mapped. The related UI will be described later in Fig.

In this case, when the identification information corresponding to the virtual key is input by the user, the processor 130 matches the input identification information with the virtual key and stores the identification information, and the identification information and the virtual key are matched Can be provided. That is, the user can store the identification information of the key mapped to the virtual key in the second remote control device 400 as information that can be identified by the user. In this case, the manner in which the user inputs the identification information may be various UIs or voice recognition methods for inputting information, and various methods capable of inputting identification information may be applied.

The processor 130 counts the number of times that a virtual key is selected and stores the counted number of times in the memory 120, and provides the UI by listing the virtual keys in the order of the counted number of times. That is, the user determines the frequency of use of the key provided in the second remote controller 400 based on the number of times the user selects the virtual key, and preferentially displays the virtual key mapped to the key having the highest frequency of use by the user. So that the convenience of the user can be improved.

Meanwhile, the processor 130 determines whether the third control code of the first remote control device 300 and the fourth control code of the second remote control device 400 are mapped in the memory 120, The stored information can be updated.

Specifically, when the third control code is received from the first remote control device 300 in response to the predetermined event and the fifth control code is received from the second remote control device 400, the processor 130 transmits a third control code And the fifth control code to update the information stored in the memory 120. For example, when the user wants to modify the previously stored mapping information, the user presses a desired key in the desired first remote control device 300 and the desired second remote control device 400 in a predetermined control code mapping mode, The stored mapping information can be modified.

On the other hand, when the first control code is received from the first remote controller 300, the electronic device 100 transmits the second control code and the second control code mapped to the first control code to the image providing apparatus 200 To the first remote control device 300. The first remote control device 300 may be a remote control device. Accordingly, the first remote controller 300 can transmit the second control code for controlling the image providing apparatus 200 to the image providing apparatus 200. As a result, the user can control the image providing apparatus 200 by operating the first remote control device 300 based on the mapping information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As described above, even when the electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is connected to the image providing apparatus 200 in which the control code mapping information does not exist, the first remote control device 300 and the second remote control The control code mapping can be performed between the devices 400 and the user can control the image providing apparatus 200 having no previously stored control code mapping information by using the first remote control device 300. [

Meanwhile, the electronic device 100 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure can perform a control code mapping operation automatically, rather than a user's selection. In this case, the processor 130 may store information on the type and basic function of the first remote control device 300 in the memory 120. When the control code mapping information is not stored, the electronic device 100 transmits information on the control code from the image providing apparatus 200 to the second remote controller 400, which controls the image providing apparatus 200, . The electronic device 100 may receive the information on the control code and perform the control code mapping operation automatically in correspondence with the basic function of the first remote control device 300. [

The above-described automatic control code mapping operation can be performed using information on the control code mapping history of the user. For example, the electronic device 100 may separately store mapping information each time the user performs a control code mapping operation, analyze the stored mapping information, and then set a mapping suitable for the user.

5 is a block diagram for specifically explaining the electronic device 100 of FIG.

5, the electronic device 100 includes a light receiving unit 140, a display 150, a tuner 160, a signal processing unit 170, and a display unit 150, in addition to the communication unit 110, the memory 120, An audio output unit 180, and the like.

The same operations as those described above in the operation of the communication unit 110, the memory 120, and the processor 130 will not be described again.

The communication unit 110 includes an antenna input port 111, high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) input ports 1 to n 112-1 to 112-n, a USB port 113, a component input jack 114, A port 115, a button 116, a Bluetooth chip 1178, a light receiving unit 140, and the like.

The communication unit 110 may include a communication chip such as the Bluetooth chip 117. Although not shown, it may include various communication chips such as a Wi-Fi chip, an NFC chip, a wireless communication chip, and the like. When the Bluetooth chip 117 is used, various connection information such as an SSID and a session key may be transmitted and received first, and communication information may be used to transmit and receive various information.

The electronic device 100 may include a tuner (not shown) to tune into a broadcast channel received via the antenna input port 111.

The processor 130 can transmit various control commands to the first remote controller 300 through the communication unit 110 in a Bluetooth communication manner. In particular, the processor 130 may transmit a control command including the IR code set to the first remote controller 300 in a Bluetooth manner.

Button 116 may include a power button (not shown), a mute button (not shown), a volume change button (not shown), or a channel change button (not shown).

The memory 120 may store various data, programs, or applications for driving and controlling the electronic device 100 under the control of the processor 130.

The memory 120 may include non-volatile memory, volatile memory, a hard disk drive (HDD), or a solid state drive (SSD). The memory 120 also includes a memory card (e.g., micro SD card, USB memory, not shown) mounted on the electronic device 100.

Various modules such as an image processing module, an image recognition module, and an IR sniffing module may be stored in the memory 120. It can also store the broadcasting reception module, channel control module, volume control module, communication control module, voice recognition module, motion recognition module, optical reception module, display control module, audio control module, external input control module, have.

In addition, the memory 120 may store an IR code set for various businesses of the image providing apparatus, a company logo, a broadcast logo, and the like.

The processor 130 controls the overall operation of the electronic device 100 using various programs stored in the memory 120. [

The processor 130 includes a RAM 131, a ROM 132, a graphics processing unit 133, a main CPU 134, first through n interfaces 135-1 through 135-n, At this time, the RAM 131, the ROM 132, the graphic processor 133, the main CPU 134, the first through n interfaces 135-1 through 135-n, etc. may be connected to each other via the bus 136 .

The ROM 132 stores a command set for booting the system and the like. When the turn-on command is input and power is supplied, the main CPU 134 copies the O / S stored in the memory 120 to the RAM 131 according to the instruction stored in the ROM 132, executes O / S Boot the system. When the booting is completed, the main CPU 134 copies various application programs stored in the memory 120 to the RAM 131, executes the application program copied to the RAM 131, and performs various operations. Although the processor 130 is described as including only one CPU, it may be implemented as a plurality of CPUs (or DSPs, SoCs, etc.) at the time of implementation.

The graphic processing unit 133 generates a screen including various objects such as an icon, an image, and a text using an operation unit (not shown) and a rendering unit (not shown). It computes the attribute values such as coordinate value, shape, size, color and so on for each object according to the layout of the screen. The rendering unit generates screens of various layouts including the objects based on the attribute values calculated by the operation unit. The screen generated by the rendering unit is displayed in the display area of the display 150. [

The first to n-th interfaces 135-1 to 135-n are connected to the various components described above. One of the interfaces may be a network interface connected to the image providing apparatus through the network.

For example, the main CPU 134 can copy the image analysis module stored in the memory 120 to the RAM 131 and execute the image analysis module. Accordingly, the main CPU 134 can acquire device information of the image providing apparatus 200 by analyzing the image received from the image providing apparatus 200. [

Processor 130 may analyze the waveform of an IR (Infra-Red) signal received through IR sniffing and identify the IR (Infra-Red) signal. Then, the image received through the communication unit 110 is analyzed to detect an image change corresponding to the IR (Infra-Red) signal, and the type of the detected image change is identified. Lt; / RTI > Then, the device information corresponding to the determined control command and IR (Infra-Red) signal can be acquired as the device information of the image providing apparatus 200.

The light receiving unit 140 receives an optical signal such as an IR (Infra-Red) signal through an optical window (not shown). An IR (Infra-Red) signal received through the light receiving unit 140 may be a signal for controlling the electronic device 100 or a signal for IR-sniffing a signal for controlling another device.

The display 150 is configured to display various screens under the control of the processor 130.

A cathode ray tube (CRT), a plasma display panel (PDP), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a transparent OLED (TOLED), and the like may be used as the display 150. [ Or the like. In addition, the display 150 may be implemented as a touch screen capable of sensing a user's touch operation.

The display 150 may display an image received from the image providing apparatus 200. In addition, the display 150 can display various UI screens that have been stored.

In this case, the display 150 may be a component included in the electronic device 100. The processor 130 may control the display 150 to display information on the progress of speech recognition on the display 150 included in the electronic device 100. [

On the other hand, the electronic device 100 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure can be connected to a separate display device without including a display. In this case, the processor 130 may control the communication unit 110 to transmit video and audio signals to a separate display device.

Meanwhile, the electronic device 100 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure may not include the display 150 and may be connected to a separate display device. In this case, the display device may be connected to the electronic device 100 to receive video and audio signals. The display device may include a display and an audio output unit for receiving and outputting video and audio signals. The audio output unit may include a speaker for outputting audio data, a headphone output terminal, or an S / PDIF output terminal.

In this case, the electronic device 100 may have an output port for transmitting video and audio signals to the display device. Here, the output port of the electronic device 100 may be a port capable of simultaneously transmitting video and audio signals. For example, the output port may be an interface of one of a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), a Display Port (DP), and a Thunderbolt.

On the other hand, the output port of the electronic device 100 may be configured as a separate port for transmitting video and audio signals, respectively.

In addition, the electronic device 100 may utilize a wireless communication module to deliver video and audio signals to the display device. A wireless communication module is a module that is connected to an external network and performs communication according to a wireless communication protocol such as WiFi, IEEE, or the like. In addition, the wireless communication module connects to the mobile communication network according to various mobile communication standards such as 3G (3rd Generation), 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), LTE (Long Term Evolution) and LTE-A And a mobile communication module.

The audio processing unit 160 is a component that performs processing on audio data. In the audio processing unit 160, various processes such as decoding and amplification of audio data, noise filtering, and the like may be performed.

The video processing unit 170 is a component that performs processing on the video data received by the communication unit 110. [ The video processing unit 170 may perform various image processing such as decoding, scaling, noise filtering, frame rate conversion, resolution conversion, and the like on the image data.

The audio output unit 180 may include a speaker 181, a headphone output terminal 182, or an S / PDIF output terminal 183 for outputting audio data processed by the audio processing unit 160.

Meanwhile, the various embodiments described above can be implemented in a recording medium that can be read by a computer or a similar device using software, hardware, or a combination thereof. In accordance with a hardware implementation, the embodiments described in this disclosure may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays ), A processor, microcontrollers, microprocessors, and an electrical unit for carrying out other functions. In some cases, the embodiments described herein may be implemented by processor 130 itself. According to a software implementation, embodiments such as the procedures and functions described herein may be implemented with separate software modules. Each of the software modules may perform one or more of the functions and operations described herein.

6 is a view for analyzing an image provided on a display to confirm control code mapping information.

6A, the menu screen 410 of the image providing apparatus 200 provided to the electronic device 100 according to the control signal transmitted from the first remote control device 300 includes a logo 41. FIG. The processor 130 can sense which carrier the logo 41 is based on, based on the logos of the carriers stored in the electronic device 100. Accordingly, the processor 130 can acquire device information of the image providing apparatus 200. [

Referring to FIG. 6A, an initial image 610 transmitted from the image providing apparatus 200 may be displayed on the display 150 of the electronic device 100. FIG. In this case, the information 61 about the image providing apparatus 200 may be displayed on the initial image 610. The electronic device 100 can analyze the information 61 on the image providing apparatus 200 through a character recognition method such as optical character recognition (OCR). For example, the electronic device 100 may analyze the initial image 610 to obtain information about "S TV ". And compares the list of previously stored image providing apparatuses and judges that the image providing apparatus 200 is a set top box of "S TV ".

As another example, the control signal transmitted by the first remote control device 300 under the control of the electronic device 100 may cause the image providing device 200 to provide the image of the specific channel to the electronic device 100 Lt; / RTI > If the image providing apparatus 200 is a set-top box, the operators of the set-top boxes may provide images of different broadcasting stations even for the same channel number.

For example, it is assumed that CBS corresponds to channel 1 in the set-top box of company A, and NBC corresponds to channel 1 in channel B of the set-top box. The processor 130 transmits a control command for causing the first remote controller 300 to transmit a control signal for providing the image of the channel 1 to the electronic device 100 and then transmits the control command to the image providing apparatus 200 If the provided image is analyzed and the CBS logo exists in the image, the processor 130 can determine that the image providing apparatus 200 is a set-top box of the company A, and if the NBC logo exists in the image, the processor 130 determines that the set- . The acquisition of device information through a specific channel image will be described below with reference to FIG. 6B.

6B, a specific channel image 620 of the image providing apparatus 200 provided to the electronic device 100 according to a control signal transmitted from the first remote controller 300 includes a channel logo 62 and a channel number (63). The processor 130 may sense which channel of the broadcast is the channel logo 62 based on the logos of the operators stored in the electronic device 100. The processor 130 can recognize the number of the channel number 63 through the character recognition method such as OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Accordingly, the processor 130 can recognize that the provider of the image providing apparatus 200 corresponds to the CBS correspondent to the channel 1, and as a result, the processor 130 can acquire the device information of the image providing apparatus 200 have.

That is, after the control command is transmitted, if the image is provided from the image providing apparatus 200 and a change in the current image is detected, the processor 130 analyzes the changed image and transmits the apparatus information of the image providing apparatus 200 Can be obtained.

6 (a) and 6 (b), although the electronic device 100 is shown as including a display, in actual implementation, the electronic device 100 may include a separate external device having a display Lt; / RTI > In this case, the electronic device 100 can acquire and analyze information related to the image providing apparatus 200 by receiving the image signal from the image providing apparatus 200 regardless of providing the image to the display.

7 is a diagram for explaining an operation of modifying control code mapping information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 7, the electronic device 100 may modify the control code mapping information. The electronic device 100 may have stored therein control code mapping information corresponding to information on the image providing apparatus 200. The pre-stored control code mapping information may be already stored from the product sales stage and may be newly generated by performing the control code mapping operation of the user.

The electronic device 100 may display the UI 710 to update the control code mapping information in response to the user's command. In this case, when the user presses the volume up button 71 of the first remote control device 300, the electronic device 100 receives the control code mapping for the volume up button 71 of the first remote control device 300 Information can be displayed.

7, information about the volume up button 71 of the first remote control device 300 is represented by 1x4B, and information on the button of the second remote control device 400 for controlling the corresponding image providing device 200 The mapping information is indicated as BC56BC. However, as described above, the information on 1x4B and BC56BC is merely an example for displaying the button value, and may be a display for explaining the function like the volume up button and may be displayed by the number of the button. That is, in addition to the above-described embodiment, the buttons can be displayed in various ways.

In this case, the UI 720 displaying the pre-stored control code mapping information and pressing the button of the remote controller of the image providing apparatus 200 can be displayed.

When the user presses the specific button 72 of the second remote control device 400, the electronic device 100 displays the information value of the specific button 72 of the pressed second remote control device 400 DF12BC) can be displayed.

The electronic device 100 may further include a UI 72 that can map the button 71 of the first remote control device 300 to the button 72 of the second remote control device 400 that the user presses, 740) can be displayed.

8 is a diagram for explaining an operation of informing a user of a button for which control code mapping is not set.

Referring to FIG. 8, the processor 130 may determine the number of total buttons of the first remote control device 300 and whether control code mapping is set for each button. Accordingly, the processor 130 may display the UI 810 that induces an additional mapping operation when it is determined that the control code mapping is not set for all the buttons of the first remote controller 300. [

If it is determined that the control code mapping is not set for all the buttons of the first remote controller 300, the UI associated with the mapping is terminated, the button for shutting off the power is pressed, And may not be performed for a set time.

In this case, the electronic device 100 may display a UI 810 that leads to a mapping for buttons for which no control code mapping is set. In addition, information on specific buttons can be displayed together. In Fig. 8, only information about one button is displayed, but two or more buttons can be displayed at the same time.

The electronic device 100 can confirm the user's intention by the UI 810 that induces the mapping for the button for which the control code mapping is not set. The user can select a particular portion 81 on the display 150 using the pointer 105 displayed on the display 150. [ And the pointer 105 can be moved through the first remote control device 300.

When the user selects the specific portion 81 with the pointer 105 using the first remote control device 300, the electronic device 100 selects one of the buttons of the first remote control device 300 that is not yet mapped 82 and the UI 820 showing the location and information of the user.

9 is a diagram for explaining an operation of performing UI and control code mapping displayed on a display.

9, when the mapping of all the keys of the first remote controller 300 is completed, the electronic device 100 displays a UI 910 asking the user about whether to perform the additional mapping operation . The user can select a particular portion 91 on the display 150 using the pointer 105 displayed on the display 150. [ And the pointer 105 can be moved through the first remote control device 300.

When the user selects the specific portion 91 with the pointer 105 using the first remote control device 300, the electronic device 100 may map to the second remote control device 400 on the display 150 The UI 920 can be displayed.

9, when the user selects the portion corresponding to the first UI 92 as the pointer 105, the electronic device 100 can display the information about the first UI 92 (11x0B in FIG. 9) .

When the user presses the specific button 93 on the second remote control device 400, the electronic device 100 displays the UI 940 for displaying the information (AF57DF in Fig. 9) on the specific button 93 can do.

As a result, the electronic device 100 can map to the specific button 93 of the second remote control device 400 and to the first UI 92 on the display 150.

In the description of FIG. 9, a description has been given of a method of listing specific numbers such as UI No. 1. However, this is merely an embodiment, and a UI may be provided by referring to a function or otherwise. As shown in FIG. 9, additional UIs may be displayed in addition to five UIs, and less than five UIs may be displayed.

10 is a diagram for explaining an operation of changing the name of a UI in which control code mapping is performed.

Referring to FIG. 10, the user can modify the information displayed on the UI for keying displayed on the display 150 described in FIG. The electronic device 100 may display a UI 1010 for changing information about the UI for key mapping setting. In this case, the user can perform this by selecting the specific portion 101 on the display 150 as the pointer 105. [

Here, the electronic device 100 can display the existing information ("1" in FIG. 10) for the UI # 1 and the UI 1020 for displaying the modified information. In this case, the electronic device 100 can additionally display on the display 150 a UI for displaying the keyboard layout.

In FIG. 10, information is input using the keyboard layout UI, but information can be input using the speech recognition. For example, the user can transmit information on speech recognition through the microphone or the like included in the first remote control device 300 or the electronic device 100, convert the text information into text information, Can be displayed on the modified part of the UI 1020 described above.

If the user newly inputs the information "MUTE ", the electronic device 100 can display the UI 1030 displaying the newly input information and the changed UI 1040.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

11, a method of controlling an electronic device connected to the image providing apparatus 200 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes receiving information related to the image providing apparatus 200 from the image providing apparatus 200 (S1110).

The electronic device 100 further includes a first remote control device for controlling the electronic device and a second remote control device for controlling the image providing device 200 based on the information received from the image providing device 200 and the obtained information, And identifying whether the control code mapping information between the devices is stored in the memory 120 (S1120).

The electronic device 100 may include performing a mapping setup if the control code mapping information is identified as not being stored in the memory 120 (S1130).

The step of performing the mapping setting may receive the first control code from the first remote control device controlling the electronic device (S1140).

Then, the electronic device 100 can receive the second control code from the second remote control device that controls the image providing device 200 (S1150).

The method of controlling the electronic device 100 may further include a step of mapping the received first control code and the second control code to the memory 120 (S1160)

The step of performing the mapping setting may further include providing a UI for guiding a mapping setting in the first remote control device 300 and the second remote control device 400.

In this case, the step of receiving the information related to the image providing apparatus 200 from the image providing apparatus 200 may include receiving the image signal including information related to the image providing apparatus 200 in the electronic apparatus 100, Acquiring and identifying information related to the image providing apparatus includes analyzing the control code mapping information between the first remote control device 300 and the second remote control device 400 based on the obtained information in the memory 120). ≪ / RTI >

In addition, the step of performing the mapping setting may include storing the third control code of the first remote control device 300 and the fourth control code of the second remote control device 400, When the third control code is received from the first remote control device 300 and the fifth control code is received from the second remote control device 400, the third control code and the fifth control code are mapped to the memory 120 And updating the stored information.

When the first control code is received from the first remote controller 300, a control signal for controlling to transmit the second control code and the second control code mapped to the first control code to the image providing apparatus 200 To the first remote control device 300. The first remote control device 300 may further include:

In addition, the step of performing the mapping setting may include acquiring a first control code from the RF signal received from the first remote control device 300, and acquiring a first control code from the IR (INFRA-RED) signal received from the second remote control device 400 The second control code can be obtained.

In addition, the step of performing the mapping setting may further include, if it is determined that the first remote control device 300 has a further mappable key based on the stored information on the first remote control device 300, The first remote control device 300 may further include a step of providing a UI for guiding a mapping setting to a key that is not mapped.

In the step of performing the mapping setting, when a user input signal indicating that the mapping of all the keys provided in the first remote control device 300 is completed is received from the first remote control device 300, And providing a UI including a virtual key that can be mapped to the UI 400.

In this case, in the step of providing the UI, when the identification information corresponding to the virtual key is inputted by the user, the input identification information is matched with the virtual key and stored, and the identification information and the virtual key And can provide a matched UI.

The control method of the electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention can be applied to the first remote control device 300 and the second remote control device 300 even when the control code mapping information is not connected to the image providing device 200. [ It is possible to perform control code mapping between the first remote control device 300 and the second remote control device 400 so that the user can also control the image providing device 200 without the previously stored control code mapping information using the first remote control device 300 have.

The electronic device control method as shown in Fig. 11 can be executed on an electronic device having the configuration of Fig. 2 or Fig. 5, or on an electronic device having other configurations.

12 is a sequence diagram for describing a control code mapping operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Referring to FIG. 12, when the image providing apparatus 200 and the electronic apparatus 100 are connected, information can be transmitted from the image providing apparatus 200 to the electronic apparatus 100 using HDMI (S1205).

Then, the electronic device 100 may determine whether there is control code mapping information previously stored in the memory 120 (S1210).

If there is pre-stored control code mapping information, the electronic device 100 can perform the mapping operation by comparing the information received from the first remote control device 300 with the control code mapping information.

However, if there is no pre-stored control code mapping information, the user may transmit an instruction for performing key mapping (control code mapping) to the electronic device 100 using the first remote control device 300 (S1215). In this case, the electronic device 100 and the first remote controller 300 can communicate using an RF (Radio Frequency) signal.

Then, the electronic device 100 can perform an operation for key mapping setting (S1220). The user can press the specific button of the first remote control device 300 and transmit the first control code to the electronic device 100 (S1225). In this case, the electronic device 100 and the first remote controller 300 can communicate using an RF (Radio Frequency) signal.

In addition, the user may press a specific button of the second remote control device 400 and transmit the second control code to the electronic device 100 (S1230). In this case, the electronic device 100 and the second remote controller 400 can communicate using an IR (Infra-Red) signal.

Then, the electronic device 100 can map the first control code and the second control code (S1235).

When the user presses a specific button corresponding to the first control code of the first remote control device 300, the first remote control device 300 can transmit information on the first control code to the electronic device 100 S1240). In this case, the electronic device 100 and the first remote controller 300 can communicate using an RF (Radio Frequency) signal.

In this case, the electronic device 100 may transmit the second control code command signal corresponding to the first control code to the first remote control device 300 in correspondence with the stored control code mapping information (S1245). In this case, the electronic device 100 and the first remote controller 300 can communicate using an RF (Radio Frequency) signal.

The second control code command signal may be a signal enabling the first remote control device 300 to transmit information on a code for controlling the image providing device 200 in the second remote control device 400. In detail, the control code command signal may be a signal for controlling the first remote controller 300 so that the first remote controller 300 can transmit the control code transmitted from the second remote controller 400.

Then, the first remote controller 300 receives the second control code command signal and transmits information corresponding to the second control code to the image providing apparatus 200 (S1250). In this case, the first remote controller 300 and the image providing apparatus 200 can communicate using an IR (Infra-Red) signal.

Meanwhile, the methods according to various embodiments of the present disclosure described above can be implemented in the form of an application that can be installed in an existing electronic device.

Further, the methods according to various embodiments of the present disclosure described above may be implemented with software upgrades, or hardware upgrades, for existing electronic devices.

It is also possible that the various embodiments of the present disclosure described above are performed through an embedded server provided in an electronic device or an external server of the electronic device.

Meanwhile, the electronic device control method according to the above-described embodiment can be implemented by a program and provided to an electronic device. In particular, a program including an electronic device control method may be stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium.

Furthermore, the various embodiments described above may be embodied in a computer-readable recording medium, such as a computer or a similar device, using software, hardware, or a combination thereof. In accordance with a hardware implementation, the embodiments described in this disclosure may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays ), A processor, microcontrollers, microprocessors, and an electrical unit for carrying out other functions. In some cases, the embodiments described herein may be implemented by processor 130 itself. According to a software implementation, embodiments such as the procedures and functions described herein may be implemented with separate software modules. Each of the software modules may perform one or more of the functions and operations described herein.

Meanwhile, computer instructions for performing the processing operations in an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure described above may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The computer instructions stored in the non-volatile computer-readable medium cause the particular device to perform processing operations in the former according to various embodiments described above when executed by the processor of the particular device.

Non-transitory computer readable media is a medium that stores data for a short period of time, such as a register, cache, memory, etc., but semi-permanently stores data and is readable by the device. Specific examples of non-transitory computer readable media include CD, DVD, hard disk, Blu-ray disk, USB, memory card, ROM, and the like.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the disclosure is not limited to the specific embodiments thereof, It should be understood that various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

100: electronic device 110: communication unit
120: memory 130: processor
200: image providing device 300: first remote control device
400: second remote control device

Claims (20)

An electronic apparatus connected to an image providing apparatus,
A communication unit that communicates with a first remote control device that controls the electronic device and a second remote control device that controls the image providing device;
Memory; And
And a control unit for identifying whether control code mapping information between the first remote control device and the second remote control device is stored in the memory, based on information related to the image providing device received from the image providing device,
And if the control code mapping information is not stored in the memory, maps the first control code received from the first remote control device and the second control code received from the second remote control device to the memory And a processor for storing the program.
The method according to claim 1,
The processor comprising:
And provides the UI guiding the mapping setting in the first remote control device and the second remote control device if the control code mapping information is identified as not being stored in the memory.
The method according to claim 1,
The processor comprising:
Wherein the first remote control device obtains information related to the image providing device from the video signal received from the image providing device, and based on the obtained information, control code mapping information between the first remote control device and the second remote control device Wherein the electronic device is stored in a memory.
The method according to claim 1,
The memory comprising:
A third control code of the first remote control device and a fourth control code of the second remote control device,
The processor comprising:
When the third control code is received from the first remote control device according to a predetermined event and the fifth control code is received from the second remote control device, the third control code and the fifth control code are mapped And updates the information stored in the memory.
The method according to claim 1,
When receiving the first control code from the first remote control device, transmitting a control signal for controlling to transmit the second control code and the second control code mapped to the first control code to the image providing device, 1 An electronic device that transmits to a remote control device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
A first communication unit for communicating with the first remote controller through an RF system; And
And a second communication unit for communicating with the second remote control device using an IR scheme,
The processor comprising:
Obtains the first control code from the RF signal received through the first communication unit and obtains the second control code from the IR (INFRA-RED) signal received through the second communication unit.
The method according to claim 1,
The processor comprising:
When it is determined that the first remote control device has a key that can be further mapped on the basis of the previously stored information about the first remote control device, Providing a UI that guides mapping settings to keys.
The method according to claim 1,
The processor comprising:
And a UI including a virtual key that can be mapped to the second remote control device when a user input signal indicating that the mapping of all the keys provided in the first remote control device is completed is received from the first remote control device Electronic device.
9. The method of claim 8,
The processor comprising:
If the identification information corresponding to the virtual key is input by the user, the input identification information is matched with the virtual key and stored, and the UI corresponding to the identification information and the virtual key is matched Providing an electronic device.
9. The method of claim 8,
The processor comprising:
Counts the number of times the virtual key is selected, stores the counted number in the memory, and provides the UI by listing virtual keys in the order of the counted number of times.
A control method of an electronic apparatus connected to an image providing apparatus,
Receiving information related to the image providing apparatus from the image providing apparatus;
And a control unit that identifies whether or not control code mapping information between a first remote control device controlling the electronic device and a second remote control device controlling the image providing device is stored in a memory based on the information received from the image providing device step; And
And performing mapping setting if the control code mapping information is identified as not being stored in the memory,
The step of performing the mapping setting includes:
Receiving a first control code from a first remote control device controlling the electronic device and receiving a second control code from a second remote control device controlling the image providing device; And
And mapping the received first control code and second control code to the memory.
12. The method of claim 11,
The step of performing the mapping setting includes:
And providing a UI for guiding a mapping setting in the first remote control device and the second remote control device.
12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the step of receiving information related to the image providing apparatus from the image providing apparatus comprises:
And a controller for acquiring information related to the image providing apparatus by analyzing the acquired image signal when the image signal including information related to the image providing apparatus is received in the electronic apparatus,
Wherein the identifying comprises:
And based on the obtained information, identifies whether control code mapping information between the first remote control device and the second remote control device is stored in the memory.
12. The method of claim 11,
The step of performing the mapping setting includes:
Storing information mapped with a third control code of the first remote control device and a fourth control code of the second remote control device; And
When the third control code is received from the first remote control device according to a predetermined event and the fifth control code is received from the second remote control device, the third control code and the fifth control code are mapped And updating the information stored in the memory.
12. The method of claim 11,
When receiving the first control code from the first remote control device, transmitting a control signal for controlling to transmit the second control code and the second control code mapped to the first control code to the image providing device, 1 < / RTI > to a remote control device.
12. The method of claim 11,
The step of performing the mapping setting includes:
Obtains the first control code from an RF signal received from the first remote control device and obtains the second control code from an IR (INFRA-RED) signal received from the second remote control device.
12. The method of claim 11,
The step of performing the mapping setting includes:
When it is determined that the first remote control device has a key that can be further mapped on the basis of the previously stored information about the first remote control device, And providing a UI that guides the mapping setting to the key.
12. The method of claim 11,
The step of performing the mapping setting includes:
And a UI including a virtual key that can be mapped to the second remote control device when a user input signal indicating that the mapping of all the keys provided in the first remote control device is completed is received from the first remote control device Further comprising the steps of:
19. The method of claim 18,
The providing of the UI may include:
If the identification information corresponding to the virtual key is input by the user, the input identification information is matched with the virtual key and stored, and the UI corresponding to the identification information and the virtual key is matched The control method provided.
A control code mapping system including an electronic apparatus connected to an image providing apparatus and a remote control apparatus controlling the electronic apparatus,
Based on information related to the image providing apparatus received from the image providing apparatus, whether control code mapping information between the remote control apparatus and an external remote control apparatus controlling the image providing apparatus is stored in the electronic apparatus An electronic device for mapping and storing a first control code received from the remote control device and a second control code received from the external remote control device when the control code mapping information is identified as not being stored in the electronic device, ; And
A remote control device that transmits the first control code to the electronic device and transmits the second control code to the image providing device when the second control code mapped to the first control code is received from the electronic device, ≪ / RTI >

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