KR20230077231A - Display apparatus and method for recognizing game title and controlling game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

This document relates to a display device and method for recognizing a game title and controlling a game machine, and after recognizing and storing the played game title of the game machine output on the screen on the display device, the user frequently plays through the menu screen of the display device. or a recently played game title is displayed on the screen, and when the user selects a game title, a signal controlling the game machine is output so that the game machine is turned on and the selected game title is executed.

Description

Display device and method for recognizing a game title and controlling a game machine

The following embodiments are technologies for recognizing a game title executed on a game machine on a display device and allowing a user to select a game title before the game machine is executed.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] As a computer game device for general consumers, a game machine, commonly referred to as a television game, is popular with children and teenagers, and attracts many adults as well. Related game machine manufacturers are always developing new models in order to satisfy users' needs. Due to the advanced development of semiconductor technology, new generation game machines are equipped with higher functions.

Regarding the new generation of game consoles, game consoles of Microsoft Corporation, Sony Corporation, and Nintendo Corporation are attracting attention in the current market. Most of the products that are attracting attention are clearly improving in data processing speed and functions.

However, these game machines are connected to a display device such as a television and provide images in one direction. Therefore, the display device recognizes the currently connected game machine, but does not recognize the game title currently selected and executed by the user.

In addition, in order to run the game, the user has to go through a cumbersome process of turning on the display device, turning on the game machine, searching for a game title using the joystick of the game machine, and executing the game by selecting it.

According to various embodiments disclosed in this document, a display device and method for recognizing a game title and controlling a game machine recognizes and stores a game title played on a game machine in a display device, and then displays the game title through a menu screen of the display device. By displaying game titles frequently played or recently played by the user, the user can easily execute the game title.

A display device control method according to an embodiment,

As a method of controlling a game machine connected to a display device by controlling a display device, when detecting that a cursor is located in an image area representing a game machine on a menu screen displayed on a display, a game that is a list of games played by a user composed of game title images. an operation of outputting a list; outputting a control signal for turning on the power of the game device when a selection of a game title included in the game list is detected; displaying a game menu screen received from the game machine on a display, and confirming a position of an image identical to that of the selected game title; outputting a control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor, confirming the movement of the cursor on the game menu screen, and controlling the cursor to be located on the same image as the image of the selected game title; and if the cursor is located on the same image as the image of the selected game title, outputting a control signal for executing a game corresponding to the image at the corresponding location to the gainer.

A display device according to an embodiment is a display device for controlling a connected game machine, and includes a display unit displaying a menu screen and a game menu screen; a control signal output unit that outputs a control signal; an optical receiver for receiving a signal for controlling movement of a cursor from a remote control device; a memory for storing a game list that is a list of games played by a user composed of game title images; and when it detects that a cursor is located in an image area representing the game machine on the menu screen displayed on the display unit, the game list is output, and when a selection of a game title included in the game list is detected, the power of the game machine is detected. outputs a control signal to turn on, displays the game menu screen received from the game machine on the display unit, checks the position of the image identical to that of the selected game title, and outputs a control signal to manipulate the position of the cursor. to check the movement of the cursor on the game menu screen and control the cursor to be positioned on the same image as the image of the selected game title, and if the cursor is positioned on the same image as the image of the selected game title, to the image of the corresponding position and a processor for controlling output of a control signal for executing a corresponding game to the game machine.

This document relates to a display device and method for recognizing a game title and controlling a game machine, recognizing and storing the played game title of a game machine displayed on a screen on a display device, and allowing users to frequently play or play games through the menu screen of the display device. By displaying recently played game titles, the user can easily execute the game titles.

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system for recognizing a game title and controlling a game machine according to an embodiment.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of recognizing and storing a game title in a display device according to an exemplary embodiment.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of outputting a game list and controlling a selected game title to be played when an image representing a game machine is selected on a menu screen in a display device according to an exemplary embodiment.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of checking a location of a game title selected on a display device according to an exemplary embodiment.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game menu screen of a game machine output from a display device according to an embodiment.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example of detecting movement of a cursor on a game menu screen according to an embodiment.
7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a menu screen provided by a display device output from a display device according to an exemplary embodiment.
8 is a block configuration diagram of a display device according to an exemplary embodiment.
9 is a detailed block configuration diagram of a display device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, since various changes can be made to the embodiments, the scope of the patent application is not limited or limited by these embodiments. It should be understood that all changes, equivalents or substitutes to the embodiments are included within the scope of rights.

Terms used in the examples are used only for descriptive purposes and should not be construed as limiting. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, terms such as "include" or "have" are intended to designate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, but one or more other features It should be understood that the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof is not precluded.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the embodiment belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in the present application, they should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning. don't

In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same components regardless of reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions thereof will be omitted. In describing the embodiment, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the embodiment, the detailed description will be omitted.

Also, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used in describing the components of the embodiment. These terms are only used to distinguish the component from other components, and the nature, order, or order of the corresponding component is not limited by the term. When an element is described as being “connected,” “coupled to,” or “connected” to another element, that element may be directly connected or connected to the other element, but there may be another element between the elements. It should be understood that may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected".

Components included in one embodiment and components having common functions will be described using the same names in other embodiments. Unless stated to the contrary, descriptions described in one embodiment may be applied to other embodiments, and detailed descriptions will be omitted to the extent of overlap.

In the following, according to an embodiment of the present invention A display device and method for recognizing a game title and controlling a game machine will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 attached.

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system for recognizing a game title and controlling a game machine according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a system for recognizing a game title and controlling a game machine may include a display device 100 , a game machine 110 and a remote control device 120 .

The display device 100 stores game titles selected on the game menu screen received from the game device 110 as a game list.

Then, when the cursor is activated in the image area representing the game machine 110 on the menu screen of the display device 100, a list of stored games is provided, and when it detects that a game title in the game list is selected, the game machine 110 is turned on, It is possible to check the game title selected on the game menu screen of the game device 110 and control the execution of the selected game title.

The game device 110 is a device such as Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and the like, and may provide a game menu screen and a game screen to the display device 100 .

The remote control device 120 is a device that remotely controls the display device 100, and may provide movement of a cursor manipulated by a user to the display device 100.

On the other hand, the remote control device 120 serves to relay the control signal transmitted from the display device 100 to the game machine 110 when the control signal cannot be directly transmitted from the display device 100 to the game machine 110. can also be done

A specific process of recognizing the game title and controlling the game machine 110 in the display device 100 of this configuration will be described later in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4 below.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of recognizing and storing a game title in a display device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the display device 100 detects the movement of the cursor on the game menu screen received from the game machine 110 (210). At this time, the game menu screen received from the game device 110 may be configured as shown in the example of FIG. 5 below.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game menu screen of a game machine output from a display device according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the game menu screen 510 of the game device 110 may include a setting area 510 and a game title area 520 .

In operation 210, detection of cursor movement on the game menu screen can be detected as shown in the example of FIG. 6 below.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of detecting movement of a cursor on a game menu screen according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the display device 100 may detect the movement of the cursor 630 through the image difference between the previous frame 610 and the current frame 620 of the game menu screen.

Returning to the description of FIG. 2 again, when the display device 100 detects the execution of the game (220), it stores the image corresponding to the last positioned cursor as the game title played by the user in the game list (230). At this time, the display device 100 may determine that the game has been played when the difference between the previous frame and the current frame received during game execution is output from the game machine 110 exceeds a preset reference value. That is, when a game is executed and the game menu screen disappears, the difference between the previous frame and the current frame is clear, and it is possible to determine whether the game is executed by exceeding a predetermined reference value.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of outputting a game list and controlling a selected game title to be played when an image area representing a game machine is selected on a menu screen in a display device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the display device 100 detects whether a cursor is positioned on the game machine on the menu screen of the display device 100 (310). At this time, an example of the menu screen of the display device 100 may be configured in the form of FIG. 7 below.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a menu screen provided by a display device output from a display device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the menu screen 700 of the display device 100 may include a game list area 710 and an application area 720 .

The application area 720 is an area where a list of various applications provided by the display device 100 is output.

The game list area 710 is activated when the cursor 721 is positioned on the game machine in the application area 720, and is an area where a game list composed of game title images is output. At this time, the game list includes a most play list 711 in which games the user has played a predetermined number of times or more are arranged in the order of the number of times played, and a recent play list 712 in which the most recently played games by the user are arranged in the order of recent play. ) can be output.

Returning to the description of FIG. 3, as a result of confirming operation 310, when the cursor is located in the image area representing the game machine 110 on the menu screen, the display device 100 displays a list of games played by the user composed of game title images. A game list is output (320).

In this case, the game list may be at least one of a recent play list in which the user's most recently played game is sorted in the most recent order and a most play list in which the user's games played more than a predetermined number of times are arranged in the ascending order. there is. That is, the display apparatus 100 may output a recent play list, a most play list, or both a recent play list and a most play list.

When the display device 100 detects selection of a game title included in the game list (330), it outputs a control signal for turning on the power of the game machine 110 (340).

Then, the display device 100 displays the game menu screen received from the game device 110 and checks the position of the image identical to the image of the selected game title (350). Operation 350 will be described in more detail later with reference to FIG. 4 .

Then, the display apparatus 100 checks the movement of the cursor on the game menu screen by outputting a control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor, and controls the cursor to be located on the same image as the image of the selected game title (360).

Then, when the cursor is located on the same image as the image of the selected game title, the display device 100 outputs a control signal for executing a game corresponding to the image at the corresponding location to the game machine 110 (370).

The control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor in operation 360, the control signal for turning on the power of the game machine 110 in operation 340, and the control signal for executing the game in operation 370 are directly output from the display device 100 to the game machine 110. can In this case, the control signal may be composed of an infrared signal.

Alternatively, the control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor in operation 360, the control signal for turning on the power of the game machine 110 in operation 340, and the control signal for executing the game in operation 370 are transmitted from the display device 100 to the display device 100. ) can be output to the game machine 110 through the remote control device 120. At this time, the control signal is transmitted from the display device 100 to the remote control device 120 of the display device 100 connected by Bluetooth, and the remote control device 120 of the display device 100 transmits an infrared signal to the game machine 110. can be forwarded to

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of checking a location of a game title selected on a display device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the display device 100 displays a game menu screen received from the game machine 110 and checks whether an image identical to that of the selected game title exists (410).

As a result of checking operation 410, if the same image as the image of the selected game title does not exist on the game menu screen received from the game machine 110, the display device 100 outputs a control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor to display the game menu screen. The movement of the cursor in is checked, and the game menu screen is converted to the next page by moving the cursor (420).

The control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor output in operation 420 may also be directly output from the display device 100 to the game machine 110 as in the control signal of FIG. 3, or from the display device 100 to the display device 100 It can be output to the game machine 110 through the remote control device 120 of the.

Then, the display device 100 displays the game menu screen of the next page, and checks whether an image identical to the image of the selected game title exists (430).

As a result of checking operation 430, if the same image as the image of the selected game title does not exist on the game menu screen of the next page in the game machine 110, the display device 100 checks whether the current page is the last page of the game menu screen. Do (450).

In operation 450, whether the current page is the last page of the game menu screen is determined by outputting a control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor in the display device 100 to check the movement of the cursor on the game menu screen, and moving the cursor to the game menu. If there is no difference between the previous frame and the current frame after performing the operation of changing the screen to the next page, it may be determined that the last page of the game menu screen has been reached.

As a result of checking operation 450, if the current page is not the last page of the game menu screen, the display device 100 returns to operation 420 and repeats a series of processes thereafter.

As a result of checking operation 410, the same image as the image of the selected game title exists on the game menu screen received from the game device 110, or as a result of checking operation 430, the game title selected on the game menu screen of the next page from the game device 110. If the same image as the image of exists, the display device 100 checks the location of the selected game title (440).

As a result of checking in operation 450, if the current page is the last page of the game menu screen, the display device 100 determines that the selected game title does not exist due to deletion or the like, and ends this algorithm.

Hereinafter, a display device constituting the above-described operating method will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

8 is a block diagram of a display device according to an exemplary embodiment. 9 is a detailed block diagram of a display device according to an exemplary embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 8 , the display device 800 according to an exemplary embodiment includes a memory 820, a processor 830, a memory 820, a display unit 810, a light receiving unit 863, and a control signal output. may include section 854 . However, not all illustrated components are essential components. The display device 800 may be implemented with more components than those illustrated, or the display device 800 may be implemented with fewer components.

For example, as shown in FIG. 9 , the display device 800 according to an exemplary embodiment includes a memory 820, a processor 830, a display unit 810, a light receiving unit 863, and a control signal output unit. In addition to 854, the display unit 810, the tuner unit 840, the sensing unit 860, the input/output unit 870, the video processing unit 880, the audio processing unit 815, the audio output unit 826, A power supply unit 885, a communication unit 850, and a sensing unit 890 may be further included.

Hereinafter, we look at the above components.

The processor 830 controls overall operation of the display device 800 and signal flow between internal components of the display device 800 and processes data. The processor 830 may execute an operation system (OS) and various applications stored in the memory 820 when there is a user's input or when a pre-set and stored condition is satisfied.

The processor 830 displays the game menu screen received from the game machine on the display unit 810, detects the movement of the cursor on the game menu screen, and detects the execution of the game, and displays an image corresponding to the last positioned cursor to the user. The game title played by the user may be stored in the game list of the memory 820 . At this time, the processor 830 may detect the movement of the cursor on the game menu screen through the difference between the previous frame and the current frame of the game menu screen.

When the processor 830 detects that the cursor is located in the image area representing the game machine on the menu screen displayed on the display unit 810, the processor 830 outputs a game list, and when it detects selection of a game title included in the game list, the game machine ( 110), outputs a control signal for turning on the power, displays the game menu screen received from the game machine 110 on the display unit 810, checks the position of the image identical to that of the selected game title, and locates the cursor. Control signals are output to check the movement of the cursor on the game menu screen, and control the cursor to be positioned on the same image as the selected game title image. If the cursor is positioned on the same image as the selected game title image, the corresponding position A control signal for executing a game corresponding to the image of may be controlled to be output to the game machine 110 .

When the processor 830 displays the game menu screen received from the game device 110 on the display unit 810 and confirms the position of the image identical to the image of the selected game title, the game menu screen received from the game device 110 If there is no image identical to the image of the selected game title, a control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor of the game machine 110 is output to confirm the movement of the cursor on the game menu screen, and moving the cursor to display the next game menu screen. It is possible to switch to a page, display the game menu screen of the next page on the display unit 810, and check whether an image identical to the image of the selected game title exists.

At this time, the processor 830 converts the game menu screen to the next page, and checks whether the same image as the image of the selected game title exists on the game menu screen of the next page. You can repeat until you check the page.

The processor 830 selects at least one game from among a recent play list in which the user's most recently played game is sorted in the most recent order and a most play list in which the user's games played more than a predetermined number of times are arranged in increasing order. Can be output as a list.

Meanwhile, the processor 830 stores signals or data input from the outside of the display device 800, or RAM used as a storage area corresponding to various tasks performed in the display device 800, and the display device 800. It may include a ROM and a processor in which a control program for control is stored.

The processor 830 may include a graphic processing unit (not shown) for graphic processing corresponding to video. The processor 830 may be implemented as a system on chip (SoC) in which a core (not shown) and a GPU (not shown) are integrated. The processor 830 may include a single core, a dual core, a triple core, a quad core, and multiple cores thereof.

Also, the processor 830 may include a plurality of processors. For example, the processor may be implemented as a main processor (not shown) and a sub processor (not shown) operating in a sleep mode.

According to an embodiment, the processor 830 executes one or more instructions stored in the memory 820, and through the sensing unit 890 including the at least one sensor, at least one sensor corresponding to the at least one sensor. A sensing value can be detected.

In addition, according to an embodiment, the processor 830 executes one or more instructions stored in the memory 820, and determines that the detected at least one sensing value is equal to or greater than a preset threshold, so that the mobile device displays the device. It can be determined that 800 has been touched.

In addition, according to an embodiment, the processor 830 executes one or more instructions stored in the memory 820 to obtain at least one detected sensing value and a sensing value of the mobile device (not shown) received from the mobile device. By comparing, it can be determined that the mobile device has touched the display device 800 .

Also, according to an embodiment, the processor 830 may request identification information of the mobile device and receive the identification information of the mobile device by executing one or more instructions stored in the memory 820 . Also, the processor 830 may confirm that the mobile device is a device pre-registered in the display device 800 based on the identification information of the mobile device.

Also, according to an embodiment, the processor 830 executes one or more instructions stored in the memory 820, based on at least one sensed value, the touch area where the mobile device touches the display device 800. can determine

Also, according to an embodiment, the processor 830 compares at least one sensing value detected corresponding to at least one sensor by executing one or more instructions stored in the memory 820, and based on the comparison result , one or more sensors that are determined to be disposed close to the point where the mobile device is touched on the display device 800 may be determined. Also, the processor 830 may determine the touch area based on the determined one or more sensors.

Also, according to an embodiment, the processor 830 may receive state information about an operation being executed in the mobile device from the mobile device 200 through the communication unit 850 .

In addition, according to an embodiment, the processor 830 executes one or more instructions stored in the memory 820, based on the received state information of the mobile device 200, to set a preset corresponding to the determined touch area. function can be performed.

Also, according to an embodiment, the processor 830 executes one or more instructions stored in the memory 820, based on at least one sensed value, the number of times the mobile device touches the display device 800. can decide

Also, according to an embodiment, the processor 830 may perform a preset function corresponding to the number of touches by executing one or more instructions stored in the memory 820 .

Also, according to an embodiment, the processor 830 may preset a function corresponding to at least one touch area on the display device 800 based on a user input by executing one or more instructions stored in the memory 820. can

Also, the processor 830 may preset a function corresponding to the number of touches performed on at least one touch area on the display device 800 based on a user input by executing one or more instructions stored in the memory 820. there is.

The memory 820 may store various data, programs, or applications for driving and controlling the display device 800 under the control of the processor 830 . The memory 820 includes a video processing unit 880, a display unit 810, an audio processing unit 815, an audio output unit 826, a power supply unit 830, a tuner unit 840, a communication unit 850, and a sensing unit 860. ), input/output signals or data corresponding to driving of the input/output unit 870 may be stored. Also, the memory 820 may store a game list, which is a list of games played by a user composed of game title images.

The memory 820 includes an operating system 821 for controlling the display device 800 and the processor 830, an application 822 initially provided by a manufacturer or downloaded from the outside, a graphical user interface (GUI) related to the application, and a GUI. Objects (eg, image text, icons, buttons, etc.), user information, documents, databases, or related data may be stored to provide.

In addition, the memory 820 receives an input signal from the remote control device 120 and controls a channel corresponding to the input signal accordingly, or switches to a channel scroll user interface mode when the input signal corresponds to a predetermined input. A TV viewer module 823 including one or more instructions for entering, a character recognition module 824 including one or more instructions for recognizing information from content received from an external device (not shown), an external device (not shown) ) may include an MBR module 825 that includes one or more instructions for channel control from .

The memory 820 includes ROM, RAM, or a memory card (eg, micro SD card, USB memory, not shown) mounted on the display device 800 . Also, the memory 820 may include a non-volatile memory, a volatile memory, a hard disk drive (HDD), or a solid state drive (SSD).

According to an embodiment, the memory 820 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, or a card type memory (eg SD or XD memory, etc.), RAM (RAM, Random Access Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (ROM, Read-Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory) ), a magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, and an optical disk may include at least one type of storage medium.

The display unit 810 displays a video included in a broadcast signal received through the tuner unit 840 on a screen under the control of the processor 830 . Also, the display unit 810 may display content (eg, video) input through the communication unit 850 or the input/output unit 870 . The display unit 810 may output an image stored in the memory 820 under the control of the processor 830 .

The display unit 810 may display the menu screen of the display device 100 and the game menu screen of the game machine 110 on the screen under the control of the processor 830 .

The display unit 810 converts the video signal, data signal, OSD signal, control signal, etc. processed by the processor 830 to generate a driving signal. The display unit 810 may be implemented with a plasma display panel (PDP), a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a cathode ray tube (CRT), a flexible display, and the like, and It can be implemented as a 3D display. In addition, the display unit 810 may be configured as a touch screen and used as an input device other than an output device.

The control signal output unit 854 may directly output a control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor, a control signal for turning on the power of the game machine 110, and a control signal for executing a game to the game machine 110.

At this time, the control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor output from the control signal output unit, the control signal for turning on the power of the game machine 110, and the control signal for executing the game may be infrared signals. In this case, the control signal output unit 854 ) can be an infrared transmitter.

Meanwhile, in the case of the display apparatus 100 that does not include a control signal output unit 854 such as an external transmitter, Bluetooth 852 may take the place of the control signal output unit 854.

More specifically, the Bluetooth 852 transmits a control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor, a control signal for turning on the power of the game machine 110, and a control signal for executing a game from the display device 100 to the display device 100 through Bluetooth. It can be transmitted to the remote control device 120, and the remote control device 120 outputs a control signal to the game machine 110 using an infrared signal.

The tuner unit 840 selects only the frequency of a channel desired to be received by the display device 800 from many radio wave components through amplification, mixing, resonance, etc. of broadcast signals received by wire or wirelessly. It can be selected by tuning. The broadcast signal includes audio, video, and additional information (eg, Electronic Program Guide (EPG)).

The tuner unit 840 performs a control signal received from a remote control device (not shown) (eg, a channel number input, a channel up-down input, and a channel input on an EPG screen) according to a user input. A broadcast signal can be received in a frequency band corresponding to the channel number.

The tuner unit 840 may receive broadcast signals from various sources such as terrestrial broadcasting, cable broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, and Internet broadcasting. The tuner unit 840 may receive a broadcasting signal from a source such as analog broadcasting or digital broadcasting. The broadcast signal received through the tuner unit 840 is decoded (eg, audio decoding, video decoding, or additional information decoding) and separated into audio, video, and/or additional information. Separated audio, video and/or additional information may be stored in the memory 820 under the control of the processor 830 .

The tuner unit 840 of the display device 800 may be one or plural. The tuner unit 840 may be implemented as an all-in-one with the display apparatus 800 or a separate device having a tuner unit electrically connected to the display apparatus 800 (eg, a set-top box). -top box, not shown), and a tuner unit (not shown) connected to the input/output unit 870).

The communication unit 850 may connect the display device 800 with an external device (eg, an audio device) (not shown) under the control of the processor 830 . The processor 830 may transmit/receive content to/from an external device (not shown) connected through the communication unit 850, download an application from the external device (not shown), or perform web browsing. The communication unit 850 may include one of a wireless LAN 851, Bluetooth 852, and wired Ethernet 153 corresponding to the performance and structure of the display device 800. Also, the communication unit 850 may include a combination of wireless LAN 851, Bluetooth 852, and wired Ethernet 153.

Also, the communication unit 850 may receive a control signal of the remote control device 120 under control of the processor 830 . The control signal may be implemented as a Bluetooth type, an RF signal type, or a Wi-Fi type.

In addition, the communication unit 850 may further include other short-range communication (eg, near field communication (NFC), not shown) and bluetooth low energy (BLE) other than Bluetooth.

The sensing unit 860 detects a user's voice, a user's video, or a user's interaction, and may include a microphone 861, a camera unit 862, and a light receiving unit 863.

The microphone 861 receives the user's utterance. The microphone 861 may convert the received voice into an electrical signal and output it to the processor 830 . The user's voice may include, for example, a voice corresponding to a menu or function of the display apparatus 800 .

The camera unit 862 may obtain an image bezel such as a still image or a moving image. An image captured through the image sensor may be processed through the processor 830 or a separate image processing unit (not shown).

The image bezel processed by the camera unit 862 may be stored in the memory 820 or transmitted to the outside through the communication unit 850 . Two or more camera units 862 may be provided according to the configuration of the display device 800 .

The light receiving unit 863 receives an optical signal (including a control signal) received from the external remote control device 120 . The light receiving unit 863 may receive an optical signal corresponding to a user input (eg, touch, pressure, touch gesture, voice, or motion) from the remote control device 120 . A control signal may be extracted from the received optical signal under the control of the processor 830 . For example, the light receiving unit 863 may receive a control signal corresponding to a channel up/down button for channel switching from the remote control device 120 .

Also, the light receiving unit 863 may receive a signal for controlling movement of the cursor from the remote control device 120 .

The input/output unit 870 includes video (eg, motion picture, etc.), audio (eg, voice, music, etc.) and additional information (eg, video, etc.) from the outside of the display device 800 under the control of the processor 830. For example, EPG, etc.) and the like are received. The input/output unit 870 includes at least one of a High-Definition Multimedia Interface port (HDMI) port 871, a component jack 872, a PC port 873, and a USB port 874. can do. The input/output unit 870 may include a combination of at least one of an HDMI port 871, a component jack 872, a PC port 873, and a USB port 874. An external video providing device (not shown) or the game machine 110 may be connected through the HDMI port 871 .

The video processor 880 processes video data received by the display device 800 . The video processing unit 880 may perform various image processing such as decoding, scaling, noise filtering, bezel rate conversion, and resolution conversion on video data.

The graphic processing unit 881 uses a calculation unit (not shown) and a rendering unit (not shown) to create a screen including various objects such as icons, images, and text. The calculation unit (not shown) calculates attribute values such as coordinate values, shape, size, color, etc. of each object to be displayed according to the layout of the screen using the user input sensed through the sensor 860 . The rendering unit (not shown) creates screens of various layouts including objects based on the attribute values calculated by the calculation unit (not shown). The screen created by the rendering unit (not shown) is displayed within the display area of the display unit 810 .

The audio processing unit 815 processes audio data. The audio processing unit 815 may perform various processes such as decoding or amplifying audio data and filtering noise. Meanwhile, the audio processing unit 815 may include a plurality of audio processing modules to process audio corresponding to a plurality of contents.

The audio output unit 826 outputs audio included in the broadcast signal received through the tuner unit 840 under the control of the processor 830 . The audio output unit 826 may output audio (eg, voice, sound) input through the communication unit 850 or the input/output unit 870 . Also, the audio output unit 826 may output audio stored in the memory 820 under the control of the processor 830 . The audio output unit 826 may include at least one of a speaker 827, a headphone output terminal 828, and a Sony/Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) output terminal 829. The audio output unit 826 may include a combination of at least one of a speaker 827, a headphone output terminal 828, and a S/PDIF output terminal 829.

The power supply unit 885 supplies power input from an external power source to components inside the display apparatus 800 under the control of the processor 830 . Also, the power supply unit 885 may supply power output from one or more batteries (not shown) located inside the display apparatus 800 to internal components under the control of the processor 830 .

The sensing unit 890 may detect a state of the display device 800 or a state around the display device 800 and transmit the sensed information to the processor 830 .

The sensing unit 890 includes a magnetic sensor 892, an acceleration sensor 893, a temperature/humidity sensor 894, an infrared sensor 895, a gyroscope sensor 896, and a position sensor. (eg, a GPS) 897, an air pressure sensor 898, a proximity sensor 899, and an RGB sensor (illuminance sensor) 891, but may include at least one, but is not limited thereto. Since a person skilled in the art can intuitively infer the function of each sensor from its name, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The sensing unit 890 according to an embodiment may detect an external impact applied to the display device 800 . For example, when the mobile device touches the display device 800, the sensing unit 890 of the display device 800 may output a sensed value.

Also, the display device 800 including the display unit 810 may be electrically connected to a separate external device (eg, a set-top box, not shown) including the tuner unit 840 .

In addition, the display device 800 may be implemented as analog TV, digital TV, 3D-TV, smart TV, LED TV, OLED TV, plasma TV, monitor, etc., but it is common knowledge in the art that it is not limited thereto. It will be easily understood by those who have.

Meanwhile, the block diagram of the illustrated display device 800 is a block diagram for one embodiment. Each component of the block diagram may be integrated, added, or omitted according to specifications of the display device 800 that is actually implemented. That is, if necessary, two or more components may be combined into one component, or one component may be subdivided into two or more components. In addition, functions performed in each block are for explaining embodiments, and the specific operation or device does not limit the scope of the present document.

The method according to the embodiment may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may store program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program commands recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the embodiment or may be known and usable to those skilled in computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic media such as floptical disks. - includes hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as magneto-optical media, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, as well as machine language codes such as those produced by a compiler. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

Software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, which configures a processing device to operate as desired or processes independently or collectively. You can command the device. Software and/or data may be any tangible machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device, intended to be interpreted by or provide instructions or data to a processing device. , or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. Software may be distributed on networked computer systems and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable media.

As described above, although the embodiments have been described with limited drawings, those skilled in the art can apply various technical modifications and variations based on the above. For example, the described techniques may be performed in an order different from the method described, and/or components of the described system, structure, device, circuit, etc. may be combined or combined in a different form than the method described, or other components may be used. Or even if it is replaced or substituted by equivalents, appropriate results can be achieved.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents of the claims are within the scope of the following claims.

100: display device
110: game machine
120: remote control device

Claims (20)

A method of controlling a game machine connected to a display device by controlling a display device, the method comprising:
outputting a game list that is a list of games played by a user composed of game title images when detecting that a cursor is located in an image area representing a game machine on a menu screen displayed on a display;
outputting a control signal for turning on the power of the game device when a selection of a game title included in the game list is detected;
displaying a game menu screen received from the game machine on a display, and confirming a position of an image identical to that of the selected game title;
outputting a control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor, confirming the movement of the cursor on the game menu screen, and controlling the cursor to be located on the same image as the image of the selected game title; and
If the cursor is positioned on the same image as the image of the selected game title, outputting a control signal to the game machine to execute a game corresponding to the image of the corresponding position.
Display device control method comprising a.
According to claim 1,
detecting movement of a cursor on the game menu screen; and
When the execution of the game is detected, an operation of storing an image corresponding to the last positioned cursor as a game title played by the user in the game list.
Display device control method further comprising a.
According to claim 2,
The operation of detecting the movement of the cursor on the game menu screen,
Detecting the movement of the cursor through the difference between the previous frame and the current frame of the game menu screen
How to control a display device.
According to claim 1,
The operation of displaying the game menu screen received from the game machine on the display and confirming the location of the image identical to the image of the selected game title,
If the same image as the image of the selected game title does not exist on the game menu screen received from the game machine, a control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor is output to confirm movement of the cursor on the game menu screen, and moving the game menu screen to the next page; and
An operation of checking whether an image identical to the image of the selected game title exists on the game menu screen of the next page.
Display device control method comprising a.
According to claim 4,
The operation of displaying the game menu screen received from the game machine on the display and confirming the location of the image identical to the image of the selected game title,
The operation of converting the game menu screen to the next page and the operation of checking whether an image identical to the image of the selected game title exists in the game menu screen of the next page is confirmed if the same image as the image of the selected game title exists or all pages Repeated operation until confirmed
Display device control method further comprising a.
According to claim 1,
The operation of outputting the game list,
A recent play list in which the user's most recently played games are sorted in the latest order; and
Most play list arranged in order of the number of games played by the user a predetermined number of times or more
Outputting at least one of them to the game list
How to control a display device.
According to claim 1,
A control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor, a control signal for turning on the power of the game machine, and a control signal for executing the game,
Direct output from the display device to the game machine
How to recognize the game title on the display device and control the game machine.
According to claim 1,
A control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor, a control signal for turning on the power of the game machine, and a control signal for executing the game,
An infrared signal directly output from the display device to the game machine.
How to control a display device.
According to claim 1,
A control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor, a control signal for turning on the power of the game machine, and a control signal for executing the game,
Outputting from the display device to the game machine through the remote control device of the display device
How to control a display device.
According to claim 1,
A control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor, a control signal for turning on the power of the game machine, and a control signal for executing the game,
Transmitted from the display device to the remote control device of the display device connected by Bluetooth, and transmitted to the game machine as an infrared signal from the remote control device of the display device
How to control a display device.
A display device for controlling a connected game machine,
a display unit for displaying a menu screen and a game menu screen;
a control signal output unit that outputs a control signal;
an optical receiver for receiving a signal for controlling movement of a cursor from a remote control device;
a memory for storing a game list that is a list of games played by a user composed of game title images; and
When it detects that the cursor is located in the image area representing the game machine on the menu screen displayed on the display unit, the game list is output, and when selection of a game title included in the game list is detected, the power of the game machine is turned on. Outputs a control signal to turn on, displays the game menu screen received from the game machine on the display unit, checks the location of the same image as the image of the selected game title, and outputs a control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor The movement of the cursor on the game menu screen is checked and controlled so that the cursor is positioned on the same image as the image of the selected game title, and if the cursor is positioned on the same image as the image of the selected game title, the corresponding image is corresponded to. A processor for controlling to output a control signal for executing a game to the game machine.
A display device comprising a.
According to claim 11,
the processor,
Detect movement of the cursor on the game menu screen;
When detecting the execution of the game, storing an image corresponding to the last positioned cursor as a game title played by the user in the game list of the memory.
display device.
According to claim 12,
the processor,
Detecting the movement of the cursor on the game menu screen through the difference between the previous frame and the current frame of the game menu screen
display device.
According to claim 11,
the processor,
When the game menu screen received from the game machine is displayed on the display unit and the position of the image identical to the image of the selected game title is checked, the same image as the image of the selected game title is displayed on the game menu screen received from the game machine. If does not exist, a control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor is output to check the movement of the cursor on the game menu screen, and the game menu screen is switched to the next page by moving the cursor,
Checking whether the same image as the image of the selected game title exists on the game menu screen of the next page
display device.
According to claim 14,
the processor,
Converting the game menu screen to the next page, and confirming whether the same image as the image of the selected game title exists on the game menu screen of the next page is confirmed or all pages are checked. repeat until
display device.
According to claim 11,
the processor,
A recent play list in which the user's most recently played games are sorted in the latest order; and
Most play list arranged in order of the number of games played by the user a predetermined number of times or more
Outputting at least one of them to the game list
display device.
According to claim 11,
The control signal output unit,
Directly outputting a control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor, a control signal for turning on the power of the game machine, and a control signal for executing the game to the game machine.
display device.
According to claim 11,
A control signal output from the control signal output unit for manipulating the position of the cursor, a control signal for turning on the power of the game machine, and a control signal for executing the game,
infrared signal
display device.
According to claim 11,
The control signal output unit,
A control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor, a control signal for turning on the power of the game machine, and a control signal for executing the game are transmitted from the display device to the remote control device of the display device, and the remote control device transmits the control signal. outputting a signal to the game machine
display device.
According to claim 11,
The control signal output unit,
A control signal for manipulating the position of the cursor, a control signal for turning on the power of the game machine, and a control signal for executing the game are transmitted from the display device to the remote control device of the display device through Bluetooth, and the remote control device Outputting the control signal to the game machine using an infrared signal in
display device.

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