JP2001053628A - Display device and display control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a display device or display control method which has its display part reduced and displays a stored total preset number with simple constitution. SOLUTION: When a tape travel state is displayed, a common display part 42 is flashed and displayed so that a tape seems to travel. When preset contents are displayed, segments 42A to 42D, 42F, and 42G at preset number corresponding parts corresponding to a preset total number are turned on and a segment 42E at a preset number part corresponding to a received preset number is blinked. Namely, the common display part for displaying the preset contents and tape travel state is provided to a display part 12, so the segments can be made less in number than before. The segments provided to the display part can, therefore, be decreased, so the device is made inexpensive and easily controlled and the space for the display part is reduced to effectively use the space.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display device or a display control method suitable for application to, for example, a tape recorder with a radio.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, for example, a display unit 90 used in a tape recorder with a radio has a display portion composed of a plurality of segments for displaying a running state of a tape and a radio preset. Display portions for displaying numbers are provided. This tape recorder is an auto reverse type.

A display portion (running display portion) for displaying a running state of the tape is an elliptical portion 92 having an elliptical shape long in the left-right direction.
And a regular triangular portion 94 sandwiching the elliptical portion 92 are arranged continuously. The display portion (preset display portion) for displaying a preset number has eight-shaped numeric portions 96 for displaying numbers and the like formed in seven segments, and two numeric portions 96 are arranged in parallel. ing.

Further, a display portion (frequency display portion) for displaying a reception frequency of the tuner, etc.
M, KHZ, FM, PRESET, MONO not shown
(Monophonic abbreviation), DSL (Dynamic Super Landness), a display portion such as "F" indicating the forward direction, and an arrow indicating the tape running direction are arranged.

[0005] The frequency display portion is arranged below the traveling display portion, and its segment is slightly larger than the segment of the preset display portion. Also,
“F” indicating the forward direction is arranged at the right end of the traveling display portion, and the display portion such as MONO is displayed on the display unit 9.
0.

In this example, the preset means connected to the microcomputer includes, for example, an AM broadcast 9
54 KHZ is stored in the preset channel “10”. In addition, the indication such as MONO and DSL is M
This is performed by turning on or off a linear segment disposed on the lower side such as ONO or DSL. Further, in order to confirm the total number of presets stored in the preset means, a search is performed by searching a stored one having a large number, that is, a last stored number.

When the tape is fast-forwarded in the forward direction, as shown in FIG. 11, "FF" is displayed in the frequency display portion, and the running display portion indicates that the tape actually moves in the forward direction. An indication that the vehicle is traveling toward is displayed.

That is, the elliptical portion 92 of the traveling display portion is sequentially lit from the left side, and only the left triangular portion 94 of the lit elliptical portion 92 is sequentially lit, so that the fish goes in the forward direction. Is displayed as follows. Also, "F" indicating the forward direction, an arrow indicating the running direction of the tape, and DSL are lit and displayed.

On the other hand, when the tuner is receiving a 954 KHZ AM broadcast, as shown in FIG. 12, "954" is displayed in the frequency display portion and "10" is displayed in the preset display portion. You. The display unit 9
At 0, AM, KHZ, PRESET, and MONO are displayed.

[0010]

In the conventional display section 90 shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the running state of the tape and the preset number of the tuner are separately displayed. Needed a total segment. That is, since many segments are used for the display unit 90, there are disadvantages that the display is expensive and the control of the microcomputer becomes complicated.

In the conventional display section 90, it is necessary to search the last stored number by operating a preset key in order to confirm the total number of presets stored in the preset means. There is a disadvantage that the total preset number is not displayed instantaneously.

In view of the foregoing, the present invention provides a display device or a display control method that reduces the number of display portions and displays the stored total preset number with a simple configuration in consideration of the above circumstances.

[0013]

According to the present invention, there is provided a display device for displaying on a display unit preset contents of a tuner provided with preset means and processing contents relating to a recording medium,
Control means for controlling the display on the display unit; and preset contents of a total number of presets arranged on the display unit and stored in the preset means and a reception preset number corresponding to a broadcasting station selected by the preset means. Or a common display portion for displaying the processing content for the recording medium, and when displaying the processing content for the recording medium, the control means performs the processing for the recording medium on the common display portion. When displaying the preset contents, the control means controls the preset number corresponding to the total number of the presets among the common display parts when displaying the preset contents. And displaying a preset number portion corresponding to the reception preset number in the preset number corresponding portion. Wherein the display differently.

In the present invention, when displaying the contents of processing relating to the recording medium, the control means displays the common display portion as if the processing relating to the recording medium is being performed.
On the other hand, when displaying the preset contents, the control means displays a portion corresponding to the preset number corresponding to the total number of presets among common display portions, and displays a preset number portion corresponding to the reception preset number corresponding to the preset number. Display differently from the part.

According to the present invention, the display unit is provided with the common display portion for displaying the preset contents relating to the tuner unit (including the preset means) or, for example, the running state of the tape. Can be reduced. That is, according to the present invention, the number of segments provided on the display unit can be reduced, so that the display unit is inexpensive, control of the control unit is simplified, and the display unit can be saved in space and space can be effectively used.

According to the present invention, the common display portion is displayed so that the preset number portion corresponding to the received preset number and the preset number corresponding portion are different from each other. The total number of presets stored in the preset means and the contents of the received preset number can be instantaneously recognized.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The display device according to the present embodiment is applied to a tape recorder with a radio. The tape recorder is of the auto-reverse type, and the tuner of the radio has preset means.

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the tape recorder of the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a block diagram relating to the display device of the tape recorder shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the display unit shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a tape recorder apparatus main body 10 has a substantially rectangular display unit 12, a power key 14 for turning on a radio, and a stop key 1 for a tape recorder.
6, a recording key 18, a play key 20, a slide type volume key 22, a setting operation unit 24, a mode set key 26, and a menu key 28 are arranged.

The power key 14 also serves as a band (AM or FM) changeover switch. Further, an up key 24A, a down key 24B, and an enter key 24C are arranged on the setting operation section 24, and the up key 24A or the down key 24B is used to arbitrarily select a preset broadcasting station.

Next, a control system relating to the display device of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The tuner unit 30 and the tape recorder unit 32 are connected to a microcomputer (hereinafter simply referred to as “microcomputer”) 36 via a switching unit 34. Then, when the control signal of the microcomputer 36 is supplied to the switching means 34, one or both of the tuner unit 30 and the tape recorder unit 32 are in an output enabled state.

The microcomputer 36 has a preset means 3
8 is connected, and by operating each of the keys 24A to 24C of the setting operation unit 24 shown in FIG. 1, the preset station 38 stores (presets) the arbitrarily selected broadcasting station.

Further, the microcomputer 36 is connected to the display unit 12 and operation means 40 as a set of various operation keys such as the power key 14 and the stop key 16 shown in FIG. When the operation unit 40 is operated, display contents corresponding to the operation of the operation unit 40 are displayed on the display unit 12.

As shown in FIG. 3, the display section 12 has a common common display portion (segment) 42 (42A to 42A) for displaying the running state of the tape and the preset number of the radio.
J) are arranged in a belt shape. Segments 42A to 42
I is a regular square, and the segment 42J is substantially trapezoidal (see FIG. 3).

Below the common display portion 42, display portions such as "R" indicating a reverse direction, PRESET, MONO (abbreviation of monophonic), and "F" indicating a forward direction are arranged. Below these "R" indications, "NR" (abbreviation for Dolby NN),
"Del" (short for delete), "BLS" (blank
And an arrow indicating the tape running direction.

On the lower side of the display portion such as “NR”, a display portion displaying “AM” or “FM”, and “M”
A display portion for displaying “annual”, “Auto”, and “World”, and a display portion for indicating the state of charge of the battery are arranged. "Manual", "Auto", "Wor"
The initials “M”, “A”, and “W” of “ld” are configured to be displayed in common 8 segments.

A display portion (frequency display portion) 44 for displaying the reception frequency of the tuner and the like, and a lower portion of the display portion for displaying the charge state of the tuner, etc.
A display portion of "REC" (abbreviation of RECORDING) or a display portion of displaying "Min" (abbreviation of Minute) is arranged adjacent to.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. First, by operating the mode set key 26 and the setting operation section 24, an arbitrary broadcast station is selected and stored in the preset means 38. In this embodiment, up to seven stations are preset, and the fifth station has 11 AM broadcasts.
34 KHZ broadcasting stations are stored in the preset means 38.

That is, the preset means 38 stores the preset channels up to “7” and stores the 11th of the AM broadcast in the preset channel “5”.
A 34 KHZ broadcast station is stored.

Next, processing related to the display device of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this embodiment, when the power key 14 is turned on or the play key 20 (including the recording key 18) is operated, one or both of the tuner unit 30 and the tape recorder unit 32 are set in an output enabled state. Become.

The tuner unit 30 and the tape recorder unit 32 are in the output enabled state when recording the broadcast content of the broadcast station being received on the tape, for example. Is omitted.

At step 100, it is determined whether or not the tuner has been turned on by operating the power key 14, and if not, it is determined at step 102 whether or not the play key 20 has been operated. If step 102 is negative, the process returns to step 100 or 102 and waits until the power key 14 or the play key 20 is operated.

If the result in step 102 is affirmative, in step 110, the display unit 12 displays the tape recorder unit 32
The display content corresponding to the mode is displayed. For example, when a tape cassette (not shown) is reproduced in the forward direction while being loaded in a cassette loading section (not shown) of the apparatus main body 10 shown in FIG. 1, as shown in FIGS. , The common display portion 42 is displayed.

The display of the common display portion 42 is such that the tape is actually running in the forward direction (stream flash display). First, only the segment 42A is turned on as shown in FIG. Although not shown, subsequently, the segment 42B is turned on together with the segment 42A, and further the segment 42C is turned on together with the segments 42A, 42B. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the four segments 42A to 42D are turned on.

From the state shown in FIG. 6, the four segments are sequentially moved toward the segment 42J while blinking (flowing). That is, the segments 42A-
After blinking of 42D, although not shown, segment 42B
To 42E blink, and the segments 42C to 42F also blink. Then, as shown in FIG.
D to 42G blink.

From the state shown in FIG. 7, although not shown, the segments 42E to 42H blink, and the segments 42E to 42H further blink.
F to 42I blink. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the segments 42G to 42J blink.

From the state shown in FIG. 8, although not shown, only the three segments 42H to 42J are turned on by turning off the segment 42G. Next, segment 4
By turning off 2H, only the two segments 42I and 42J are turned on. Further, as shown in FIG. 9, by turning off the segment 42I, only the segment 42J is turned on.

While the tape is being played in the forward direction, the above-described stream flash display as shown in FIGS.

Note that the display method of the stream flash is not limited to the display as shown in FIGS. 5 to 9, but may be any display method such that one segment blinks sequentially from one end to the other end. Can be changed to

In the examples shown in FIGS. 5 to 9, "F" indicating the forward direction and an arrow indicating the running direction of the tape are lit and displayed on the display section 12, and "PLAY" is displayed on the frequency display section 44. Is displayed. Furthermore, "BL
If the mode corresponding to "S" is set,
“BLS” or the like is lit and displayed.

Returning to FIG. 4, the processing relating to the display device will be described. If step 100 is affirmative, it is determined whether or not the broadcasting station selected by the presetting means 38 in step 104 is preset. If step 104 is negative, in step 108,
The reception frequency corresponding to the selected broadcasting station is displayed on the display unit 12.

On the other hand, if step 104 is affirmative,
In step 106, the tuner unit 30 receives the broadcast station corresponding to the preset channel, and the display unit 1
2 displays the display contents corresponding to the preset mode.

That is, in the preset mode in which the AM broadcast of 1134 KHZ is received, the total preset number stored in the preset means and the reception preset number corresponding to the broadcast station selected by the preset means 38 are displayed on the common display portion 42. Display the contents.

In this embodiment, the preset means 38
As described above, the preset channels up to “7” are stored in memory, and the 1134 KHZ broadcasting station of AM broadcasting is stored in preset channel “5”.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, seven segments 42A to 42G of the common display portion 42 are displayed. That is, the segments 42A to 42D, 42
F and 42G are turned on, and since the reception preset number of the displayed segments 42A to 42G is "5", only the "5" th segment 42E is blinked.

In the present embodiment, the user can easily recognize the total number of preset channels currently stored and the contents of the reception preset number by viewing the display of the common display portion 42. That is, according to the present embodiment, all the segments corresponding to the total number of preset channels currently stored are displayed, so that the display of the common display portion 42 is visually checked.
You can instantly recognize the total number of preset channels currently stored in memory.

Further, according to the present embodiment, since only the segment corresponding to the reception preset number blinks, the contents of the reception preset number can be instantly recognized by visually checking the display of the common display portion 42. That is, according to the present embodiment, since the preset mode can be visually recognized by viewing the common display portion 42, the current preset mode can be easily recognized.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the preset contents (the total number of preset channels currently stored and the contents of the received preset number) related to the tuner section 30 (including the preset means 38) or the tape of the tape recorder section 32 Since the common display portion 42 for displaying the running state and the like is provided on the display section 12, the number of segments can be reduced as compared with the conventional case.

That is, according to the present embodiment, the number of segments provided on the display unit 12 can be reduced.
Space can be saved and the space can be used effectively.

Further, according to the present embodiment, when the user uses the tuner, for example, when the user wants to select the last preset broadcasting station, the total preset number can be used as a mark to improve the usability. Further, according to the present embodiment, since the common display portion 42 displays the running state of the tape and the content of the reception preset number, the same display content as that of the related art is displayed by the common segments 42A to 42J.

Note that, as shown in FIG.
In the display, "1134" is displayed on the frequency display portion 44, and AM, PRESET, and MONO are displayed. Also, if the battery is fully charged,
A “display portion indicating the state of charge of the battery” or the like is lit and displayed.

The configuration of the display unit of the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the display unit 12 of the above embodiment. For example, the numeral unit 96 for displaying preset numbers and the triangular unit of the conventional example shown in FIG. The configuration may be such that 94 is deleted and the elliptical portion 92 is left and used as it is.

In the above embodiment, the display of the preset number corresponding portion or the preset number portion is performed by the segment 42.
Are distinguished by lighting or blinking, but the present invention may be configured to distinguish by changing the display color of the segment.

Further, in the above embodiment, the display device is applied to a tape recorder with a radio. However, the present invention is not limited to a tape recorder provided with a tuner provided with preset means. Alternatively, a mini disc player may be used.

[0055]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the display unit is provided with a common display portion for displaying the preset contents relating to the tuner unit (including the preset means) or, for example, the running state of the tape, the number of segments can be reduced as compared with the conventional case.

That is, according to the present invention, the number of segments provided on the display unit can be reduced, so that the display unit is inexpensive, the control of the control means is simple, the display unit can be reduced in space, and the space can be used effectively.

Further, according to the present invention, the common display portion is displayed so that the preset number portion corresponding to the received preset number and the preset number corresponding portion are displayed differently. The total number of presets stored in the preset means and the contents of the received preset number can be instantaneously recognized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a tape recorder with a radio according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram related to the display device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the display unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart relating to the display device shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a state in which a stream flash during tape running is displayed on the display unit shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a transition state in which stream flashing has been performed from the state shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a transition state where stream flashing has been performed from the state shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a transition state in which stream flashing has been performed from the state shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a transition state in which stream flashing has been performed from the state shown in FIG. 8;

10 is a plan view showing a state where the total number of preset channels and the contents of a reception preset number are displayed on the display unit shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a display unit according to a conventional example.

FIG. 12 is a plan view in which preset contents of a tuner are displayed on the display unit shown in FIG. 11;

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 display section 30 tuner section 32 tape recorder section 34 microcomputer (control means) 38 preset means 42 common display section (segment) 44 frequency display section

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A display device for displaying, on a display unit, preset contents of a tuner including preset means and processing contents relating to a recording medium, wherein the control means controls display on the display unit; A common display part for displaying the total number of presets stored in the preset unit and the preset content of the reception preset number corresponding to the broadcast station selected by the preset unit or the processing content related to the recording medium. When displaying the processing content relating to the recording medium, the control means sequentially switches the displayed part while sequentially displaying the common display part as if the processing relating to the recording medium is being performed; When displaying the preset contents, the control means may control the total number of the presets in the common display portion. Together to display the preset number corresponding portion corresponding, display device comprising a preset number portion corresponding to the received preset number to be displayed to be different from the preset number corresponding portion. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the common display portion is composed of a plurality of segments, and when displaying processing contents relating to the recording medium, the control means performs processing relating to the plurality of segments on the recording medium. In order to sequentially turn off the blinking segments while sequentially blinking, and to display the preset content, the control means turns on all the segments corresponding to the preset number among the plurality of segments, 2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein only the segment of the preset number portion blinks. 3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium is a tape, and the processing content on the recording medium is a tape run. 4. A display for displaying, on a display unit, a total number of presets stored in presetting means of a tuner, preset contents of a reception preset number corresponding to a broadcasting station selected by said presetting means, and processing contents relating to a recording medium. In the control method, when displaying the processing content related to the recording medium, a common display portion arranged on the display unit is displayed as if the processing related to the recording medium is being performed, and the preset content is displayed. If so, among the common display portions, a portion corresponding to the preset number corresponding to the total number of presets is displayed, and a preset number portion corresponding to the reception preset number is displayed differently from the portion corresponding to the preset number. And a display control method.