CN1404684A - System and method for selecting an area of a video display screen with a remote control unit - Google Patents
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Abstract
There is disclosed a system and method for selecting an area of a video display screen with a standard television remote control unit. The system of the present invention comprises a video area controller that receives viewer instructions from the remote control unit. In response to signals from the remote control unit, the video area controller sends signals to the video display screen to display a border around an area of the video display screen selected by the viewer. The viewer uses the remote control unit to send signals to cause the border to move vertically, to move horizontally, to increase in size, or to decrease in size. After the viewer has adjusted the size and location of the border on the video display screen, the viewer sends a signal from the remote control unit to identify the area within the border as an area selected by the viewer.
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The invention technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of system and method that is used to select a zone on the video display screen, more specifically, relate to a kind of system and method for selecting a zone of video display screen with the standard television remote control.
Background of invention
Video display apparatus can allow the user to use such as the such indication device of computer mouse or use keyboard commands to be easy to and select a zone on the video display screen easily.For example, if the user wants on video display to select a rectangular area, then the user clicks the mouse at the primary importance place, and rolling mouse is to second place place then, and clicks the mouse at second place place.Computer is considered as the distance between the primary importance and the second place diagonal of required rectangle.After the selected by this way required rectangle, the user clicks the mouse once more then, makes computer carry out required operation to text in the described rectangle or figure.According to application mode, described operation will make selected zone degree of being highlighted show, perhaps be replicated, and will be perhaps deleted, or the like.Perhaps, also can use from the keyboard input command and select a zone on the video display screen.
Yet for the subscriber equipment that does not have computer mouse or keyboard, on video display screen, select a zone and be not easy realization.For example, common only input equipment is exactly the standard television remote control in television set, is used for converted channel, increases or reduce volume, and carries out similar function.If it is remote control is used for carrying out selection function, that then possible option normally presets with fixed form and as the clauses and subclauses in the main menu.Thereby pressing first button on the remote control can make item list in the main menu with highlighted form roll display.Go up required clauses and subclauses when tabulating and be highlighted when showing, second button of pressing remote control can be carried out the function of required clauses and subclauses.
Subscriber equipment as the television set is hoped to be designed to be combined with increasing image processing function.Thereby, just need a kind of method that can on video display screen, define and select the zone of arbitrary dimension technically.Be appreciated that the remote control that television set can be gone up mouse or have mouse function by being equipped with.Yet this method is also impracticable, because this will cause the remarkable increase of production cost and not accepted by most consumers probably.
Need a kind of so need not use a computer mouse or keyboard just can on video display screen, define and select the method in the zone of arbitrary dimension technically.Need a kind of like this method of using the standard television remote control just can on video display screen, define and select the zone of arbitrary dimension especially, technically.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is total comprises that standard television remote control that a kind of use does not have keyboard or a computer mouse selects the system and method in a zone on the video display screen.
In advantageous embodiment of the present invention, system of the present invention comprises a video area controller that can receive from the signal of standard television remote control (" remote control ").The signal that response receives from remote control, the video area controller sends a signal to video display screen, thereby shows the border around a zone of video display screen.Spectators send signal by remote control and move this border then, the size on adjustment border, and select the zone of the video display screen that comprises in this border.
In advantageous embodiment of the present invention, method of the present invention comprises the steps 1) border of generation on video display screen, 2) required upright position to the video display screen, this border of vertical moving, 3) move horizontally this border required horizontal level to the video display screen, 4) size of adjusting this border makes it to surround the zone that spectators wish the video display screen selected, and 5) select the zone on the video display screen in this border.
Basic purpose of the present invention provides a kind of system and method that uses remote control to select the zone of video display screen.
Another object of the present invention provides the system and method that a kind of need not use a computer mouse or keyboard are selected zone on the video display screen.Another purpose of the present invention provides that a kind of spectators of response use the instruction that remote control sends and the system and method that produces a border on the video display screen that can be moved and adjust size.
Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of system and method that is used to select to be comprised on the video display screen zone in the border, makes this border surround spectators on video display screen to wish the zone selected thereby described border has been moved and has adjusted size.
Explanation has been from broadly having summarized feature of the present invention and technological merit the preceding, thereby those skilled in the art can well understand the following detailed description of the present invention.Supplementary features of the present invention and advantage will describe to form the theme of claim of the present invention following.One of ordinary skill in the art appreciates that they can utilize disclosed specific embodiment and notion to revise or be designed for finishing other structure of the same purpose of the present invention as the basis at an easy rate.Those skilled in the art it should also be appreciated that the structure of equivalence does not break away from the broadest spirit and scope of the present invention.
Before carrying out detailed description of the present invention, some vocabulary that uses in this patent file once and the implication of phrase preferably at first are described: word " comprises " and " comprising " and derivative thereof, represents non-circumscribed comprising; Word " or ", be inclusive, the expression and/or; Phrase " with ... relevant " with " relevant " and derivative thereof with it, can be expressed as and comprise, be comprised in, link to each other, comprise, be included in, be connected to or with ... connect, be coupled to or with ... coupling, communication with it, in conjunction with, interleave, and put, adjacent, be bound in, have, the characteristic that has, or the like; Word " controller ", any equipment of at least one operation of " processor " or " device " expression control, a system or their part, this equipment can be with hardware, firmware, software or at least wherein two kinds combination realize.Should be pointed out that with any specific controller function associated and can both be concentrated or distribute, no matter be local or long-range.At whole this this patent file the implication of some word and phrase has been proposed, under the situation that those skilled in the art is to be understood that many (if being all), the future that this definition is applied to existing technology and uses defined word and phrase.
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Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram of the television set that uses system and method for the present invention;
Fig. 2 shows the schematic diagram of the remote control that uses system and method for the present invention;
Fig. 3 shows the block diagram of the television set that uses system and method for the present invention;
Fig. 4 shows the schematic diagram of the television set that uses system and method for the present invention and shows a zone of selecteed video display screen and be positioned at border on the display screen video area;
Fig. 5 shows the schematic diagram of the television set that uses system and method for the present invention and shows the border in the zone that surrounds selecteed video display screen among the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the flow diagram of the method for operation of system of the present invention.
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Below the described various embodiment of Fig. 1 to 6 that will discuss and this patent file are the principles that system and method for the present invention is described by way of example, and should not be considered to any type of restriction to scope of the present invention.In the explanation of following preferred embodiment, the present invention is integrated into a digital television and is used in combination with it.The present invention is described to a kind of system and method that uses remote control to select a zone on the video display screen in digital television.Those skilled in the art will understand easily, principle of the present invention can the success the video display screen that is applied to any kind, non-circumscribed comprising, tv display screen, the computer video display screen and can be on video display screen the electronic equipment of any kind of display video signal.In the following description, using the television video display screen only is to illustrate for example.
Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram of television system 100 according to an embodiment of the invention.The television system of being illustrated 100 comprises television receiver 105, has the set-top box 150 of infrared (IR) detector 160.Such just as will be described in detail, the invention provides a kind of system and method for selecting a zone of video display screen 110 with remote control 125.
As shown in Figure 1, television receiver 105 comprises the video display screen 110 that is used for display of television programmes, and infrared (IR) transducer 115 and one group of hand controller 120 are shown in the part of dotted line.Hand controller 120 can non-circumscribed comprising, power knob, volume control button, vertical and horizontal control button and one or more channel selection button.Infrared (IR) transducer 115 receives by the televiewer and handles hand-held remote control 125 and the IR control signal sent.Usually, thereby IR control signal processed realization in television receiver 105 of being sent by remote control 125 that the IR transducer is detected changes channel viewed on video display screen 110, increase or reduce volume, open or close television receiver 105 such similar operation.Randomly, thus the IR control signal that IR transducer 115 is detected also can be passed to the operation of set-top box 150 controller top boxs 150.Thereby the input signal that 150 pairs of wire cables of set-top box or satellite television programming service provider send here is carried out traditional tuning and rectification and is produced, for example, and the code stream of the numerical data of the derived vision signal of Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) coding.Perhaps, television receiver 105 also can directly receive the television broadcasting signal that is received input by the exterior antenna (not shown).In interchangeable embodiment of the present invention, the 105 pairs of antennas of television receiver receive the RF signal of input and carry out traditional tuning reconciliation modulation operations, thereby produce, and for example, can derive the code stream of numerical data of the mpeg encoded of vision signal.
Set-top box 150 also comprises infrared (IR) transducer 160.Infrared (IR) transducer 160 receives by the televiewer operates hand-held remote control 125 and infrared (IR) control signal of generation.Best, the remote control 125 of controller top box 150 is same remote controls with the remote control 125 of operation television receiver 105.Usually, thereby the IR control signal that IR transducer 160 detects is in set-top box 150 inner processed realizations, change and to be sent to television receiver 105 and to be used for the channel on video display screen 110, watched, open and close the adjusting of set-top box 150 (and/or television receiver 105) and other TV control.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, set-top box 150 is integrated in the television receiver 105.This set-top box 150 and television receiver 105 mutual integrated generally is to be under the situation of high definition digital television (HDTV) receiver at television receiver 105.Because the operation principle and the function of set-top box 150 have been well-known, TV manufacturer often finds to be integrated in the television receiver 105 set-top box 150 more favourable, can reduce equipment like this, the quantity of distribution has also reduced the required assembly work amount of carrying out of televiewer.
Fig. 2 shows the schematic diagram of the employed remote control 125 of system and method for the present invention.The remote control of being illustrated 125 comprises shell 200, wherein includes the conditional electronic circuit that is used for sending to television receiver 105 infrared (IR) control signal.Pressing power knob 210 can transmit control signal television receiver 105 is opened or closed.The button of pressing numeric keypad 220 can transmit control signal and select channel digit to be presented on the video display screen 110.Press channel selection button 230 and can change channel, pressing volume control button 240 can increase or reduce volume.For the first time press mute function button 250 and can eliminate sound, press mute function button 250 for the second time and can recover sound.Pressing the numeral that channel the Show Button 260 can make channel is displayed on the video display screen 110.
Fig. 3 shows the schematic block diagram of television receiver 105 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.In this embodiment of the present invention, the system that is used to select a zone of video display screen 110 is an embedded system that is integrated in the television receiver 105.Television receiver 105 comprises tuner 305, intermediate frequency (IF) processor (IF PROC) 310, demodulation (DEMOD) circuit 312, demodulation multiplexer (DEMUX) 315, mpeg video decoder 320, preprocessor (POST PROC) 325 and video display screen 110.Video display screen 110 can be a cathode ray tube or the video display apparatus of flat-panel monitor or any kind.Tuner 305 can pass through the radiofrequency signal that set-top box 150 (not shown among Fig. 3) receives from the piped program source or the satellite antenna program source is imported, perhaps radio frequency (RF) signal of importing from the broadcast receiving aerial (not shown).Tuner 305 leaches the specific video signal according to spectators by remote control 125 or by the channel that hand controller 120 (not shown among Fig. 3) is selected from the RF signal.305 pairs of tuners carry out down conversion and produce intermediate frequency (IF) signal through the RF of filtering signal.The output of 310 pairs of tuners 305 of intermediate frequency (IF) signal processor (IR PROC) is carried out further down conversion and is produced base band signal modulated.312 pairs of base band signal modulated of demodulation (DEMOD) circuit are carried out demodulation and are produced transport stream.
Demodulation multiplexer (DEMUX) 315 extracts at least one elementary stream from transport stream, the data flow of MPEG video coding for example, and the elementary stream of this extraction is sent to mpeg video decoder 320.Demodulation multiplexer (DEMUX) 315 also can extract and transmit the mpeg audio coded data and flow to the mpeg audio decoder (not shown).Mpeg video decoder 320 carries out conversion with the MPEG encoded video data stream of input, and generation can be displayed on the video standard signal on the video display screen 110.Preprocessor (POST PROC) 325 can be carried out several dissimilar vision signals and handle, comprise that (a) self adaptation noise level suppresses, (b) the level acutance increases, (c) brightness-chrominance separation, (d) motion detection, (e) estimation and compensation, and synthetic (the seeing below) of the graphics video signal that (f) comes from the video area controller.The signal that preprocessor 325 produces exports video display screen 110 to.
Infrared (IR) signal that infrared (IR) transducer 115 in the television receiver 105 and infrared (IR) transducer in the set-top box 150 160 receive from remote control 125.Infrared (IR) transducer 115 links to each other with receiver of remote-control sytem 360 with infrared (IR) transducer 160.Receiver of remote-control sytem 360 connects other circuit (not shown) of input/output interface (I/O IF) 370 and television receiver 105 inside.Input/output interface (I/O IF) 370 connects tuner 305.
When the televiewer pressed control button (for example, channel selection button 230) on the remote control 125, remote control 125 just sent an IR and controls signal to IR transducer 115 (and/or IR transducer 160).Receiver of remote-control sytem 360 receives these IR control signals and sends a corresponding digital and controls signal to proper circuit in the television receiver 105.For example, if the IR control signal is pressed channel selection button 230 by the televiewer and is produced, then receiver of remote-control sytem 360 sends one and controls signal to output interface (I/O IF) 270, controls signal to tuner 305 and makes tuner 305 change channel according to the control signal that receives from remote control 125 thereby output interface 270 sends one again.
Of the present inventionly be used to select the system in a zone of video display screen 110 also to comprise CPU (CPU) 335 and memory 350.CPU 335 comprises a traditional little process chip.CPU 335 connects I/O interface 370, memory 350, demodulation multiplexer (DEMUX) 315, receiver of remote-control sytem 360 and preprocessor 325 by signal communication circuit (shown in Fig. 3).CPU 335 binding operation systems 380 (the placing memory 350 inside) deal with data of coming together, storage data, thereby retrieve data and send data to preprocessor 325 and be presented on the video display screen 110.CPU 335 is controlled the operation of the video display screen 110 of television receiver 105 by there being memory 350 interior computer programs.
Memory 350 can comprise random asccess memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), or the combination of random asccess memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM).In a preferred embodiment of the invention, memory 350 can comprise for example such non-volatile RAM (RAM) of flash memory.Memory 350 also can comprise bulk data storage device, for example hard disk drive (not shown among Fig. 3) or compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM) (not going out among Fig. 3).
CPU 335 and video area option program 390 comprise that jointly can be realized a video area of the present invention controller.In being stored in memory 350 the instruction of video area option program 390 under, CPU 335 is modified in the vision signal of the processing in the preprocessor 325, make it to comprise the graph image on a border 400, be used to indicate the desired zone on the selected video display screen 110 of spectators.Border 400 can have rectangular shape as shown in Figure 4.Except that rectangle other geometry also can be used obviously.Rectangle just is used to realize many one of them examples of possible geometry of the present invention.
When spectators pressed video area selector button 280 on the remote control 125, video area selector button 280 started infrared (IR) initial control signal, and this control signal is received by receiver of remote-control sytem 360 by IR transducer 115 or IR transducer 160.CPU 335 receives the corresponding initial control signal from receiver of remote-control sytem 360, and in response to the reception of this initialize signal, starts video area option program 390.Thereby video area option program 390 comprises the one group of operation that can be controlled the video display screen 110 of television receiver 105 by the instruction that CPU 335 is carried out.
The control signal that is sent to preprocessor 325 from CPU 335 makes video display screen 110 responses from the control signal of CPU 335 and display image.Video area option program 390 produces an initial rectangular 400 and is presented on the video display screen 110.As shown in Figure 4, CPU 335 is presented on the video display screen 110 border 400.Border 400 can be positioned at the pre-selected locations place on the video display screen 110.Perhaps, border 400 also can be positioned at any position on the video display screen 110.
System and method in order to demonstrate the invention, the zone on the video display screen 110 that the geometry designs 410 expression spectators in video display screen 110 lower left corners wish to select.
After border 400 appeared on the video display screen 110, spectators pressed the video area selector button 280 on the remote control 125 once more, showed that spectators will make border 400 move in vertical direction now.Video area option program 390 is designed in response to the pressing of one or more buttons of numeric keypad 220 moving boundary 400 vertically.For example, be that 2 key will make border 400 move the distance of a preliminary election (for example, an inch) on the top of video display screen 110 by label on the lower keyboard 220.Similarly, be that 3 key will make border 400 move down a same preselected distance to the bottom of video display screen 110 by label on the lower keyboard 220.The vertical moving button can be repeated presses up to the border 400 and is moved into required upright position.
Spectators press the video area selector button 280 on the remote control 125 once more then, show that spectators will make border 400 move in the horizontal direction now.Video area option program 390 is designed to the pressing of one or more buttons of responding digital keyboard 220 and moving boundary 400 flatly.For example, be that 4 key will make border 400 to the move to left distance (for example, an inch) of a preliminary election of the left side of video display screen 110 by label on the lower keyboard 220.Similarly, be that 5 key will make border 400 to the right side of the video display screen 110 same preselected distance that moves to right by label on the lower keyboard 220.Pressing up to the border of moving horizontally that button can be repeated 400 is moved into required horizontal level.
In the above-described embodiments, move earlier before moving in the horizontal direction in vertical direction on border 400.The mobile order right and wrong on border 400 are substantial obviously.That is, the mobile order on border 400 can be put upside down.Before border 400 can be moved in vertical direction, move in the horizontal direction earlier.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 4, border 400 will be placed in the central authorities of position of the geometry designs 410 in video display screen 110 lower left corners.Spectators press the video area selector button 280 on the remote control 125 once more then, show that spectators will change the size on border 400 now.Video area option program 390 is designed to the pressing of one or more buttons of responding digital keyboard 220 and changes the size on border 400.For example, be that 6 key will make the size on border 400 reduce the size (for example, an inch) of a preliminary election by label on the lower keyboard 220.Similarly, be that 7 key will make the size on border 400 increase the size of a preliminary election by label on the lower keyboard 220.The adjusted size button can be repeated presses up to the border 400 and has required size.The position on border 400 and size are changed like this, now it are expressed as final border 500.As shown in Figure 5, final border 500 surrounds a zone of wanting by the represented video display screen 110 of geometry designs 410.
Spectators can press the video area selector button 280 on the remote control 125 once more then, show that spectators will be chosen in final border 500 now and surround interior zone.Video area option program 390 is designed to respond pressing of video area selector button 280 and the button that produces is selected by 500 area surrounded in final border.That is, video area selector button 280 notice CPU 335, spectators have specified the operation that is used for object computer by 500 area surrounded in final border, for example, this border institute area surrounded is carried out highlighted demonstration, duplicate, deletion, initialization or the like operation.
Video area option program 390 terminating operations and automatically reseting then are used for the initialization to the operation of video area option program 390 by pressing video area selector button 280 of spectators next time.CPU 335 sends a signal to preprocessor 325 then, makes final border 500 deleted on video display screen 110.CPU 335 can be chosen wantonly and send a signal to receiver of remote-control sytem 360, and notice receiver of remote-control sytem 360 video area option programs 390 have stopped its operation.
Fig. 6 is the flow diagram of the method for operation of explanation system of the present invention.Spectators press the video area selector button 280 on the remote control 125, to send a signal to CPU 335, to video area option program 390 (step 610) initialization.CPU 335 sends a control signal to preprocessor 325, and border 400 is displayed on the video display screen 110 (step 620).
Spectators press the video area selector button 280 (with the vertical selector button on the keyboard 220) on the remote control 125 then, to send a signal to CPU 335, make border 400 be moved vertically to required upright position (step 630).Spectators press the video area selector button 280 (with the horizontal selector button on the keyboard 220) on the remote control 125 then, to send a signal to CPU 335, make border 400 be moved horizontally to required horizontal position (step 640).
As mentioned above, the order that is moved of border 400 is not substantial.Moving horizontally of the vertical moving on border 400 and border 400 can exchange mutually.Method of the present invention is not limited to the situation that border 400 is at first moved and then moved in the horizontal direction in vertical direction in the present embodiment.
After border 400 is positioned, spectators can press the video area selector button 280 (with the adjusted size button on the keyboard 220) on the remote control 125, to send a signal to CPU 335, the size (step 650) that makes border 400 be increased or be reduced to can to surround the zone of wanting on the video display screen 110.Spectators press the video area selector button 280 on the remote control 125 then, and to send a signal to CPU 335, selection is by final 500 area surrounded in border and make video area option program 390 stop its operations (step 660).
Though the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the embodiment of television set, it will be understood by those of skill in the art that the present invention can carry out various changes under the spirit and scope that do not break away from broad sense of the present invention, replace and distortion.
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1. be used for having the video display system (100) of video display screen (110), use remote control (125) to select a kind of video selective system (335,390) in a zone (410) of described video display screen (110), comprising:
One video area controller (335,390), can receive signal from described remote control (125), and response is to the reception from the described signal of described remote control (125), can send a signal to described video display screen (110), thereby show border (400) around the zone (410) on the selected described video display screens of spectators (110).
2. use remote control as claimed in claim 1 (125) is selected the video selective system (335,390) in a zone (410) of video display screen (110), and wherein said video area controller (335,390) comprising:
One CPU (335), can receive signal from described remote control (125), and response is to the reception from the described signal of described remote control (125), can send a signal to described video display screen (110), thereby show border (400) around a zone (410) of described video display screen (110); With
One video area option program (390), be included in the memory (350) that is coupled with described CPU (335), described video area option program (390) comprises instruction, and these instructions can be by described CPU (335) thereby carried out the border (400) that shows around a zone (410) of the selected described video display screens of spectators (110).
3. use remote control as claimed in claim 1 (125) is selected the video selective system (335,390) in a zone (410) of video display screen (110), wherein said border (400) be shaped as rectangle.
4. use remote control as claimed in claim 1 (125) is selected the video selective system (335 in a zone (410) of video display screen (110), 390), wherein said video area controller (335,390) can change the position, described border (400) that is presented on the described video display screen (110).
5. use remote control as claimed in claim 1 (125) is selected the video selective system (335 in a zone (410) of video display screen (110), 390), wherein said video area controller (335,390) can change the size on the described border (400) that is presented on the described video display screen (110).
6. a video display system (100) comprises
One video display screen (110) and as any one the described video selective system in the claim 1 to 5.
7. be used for having the video display system (100) of video display screen (110), use remote control (125) to select the method in a zone (410) of described video display screen (110), comprise the steps:
Send signal from described remote control (125);
In video area controller (335,390), receive described signal from described remote control (125); With
Respond described video area controller (335,390) in to reception from the described signal of described remote control (125), from described video area controller (335,390) send a signal to described video display screen (110), thereby show border (400) around a zone (410) of the selected described video display screens of spectators (110).
8. method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising the steps of:
In CPU (335), receive from the instruction that is stored in the video area option program (390) in the memory (350) that is coupled with described CPU (335); And in described CPU (335), carry out described instruction, thereby make the border (400) of described video display screen (110) demonstration around the described zone (410) of the selected described video display screens of described spectators (110).
9. method as claimed in claim 7, wherein said border (400) be shaped as rectangle.
10. method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising the steps of:
Response changes the position on the above border of described video display screen (110) (400) to the reception from the signal of described remote control (125).
11. method as claimed in claim 7 is further comprising the steps of:
Response is to the reception from the signal of described remote control (125), change described border (400) size to a size and
Response is to the reception from the signal of described remote control (125), and the size that reduces described border (400) is to the selected size of spectators.
12. a computer program is used for making a programmable device can play any one described video selective system as claim 1 to 5 when carrying out described computer program.
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