JP2001147683A - On-screen automatic language setting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an on-screen automatic language setting method which distinguishes overseas use or domestic use by a difference of an AC supply voltage to automatically select an on-screen display language. SOLUTION: A menu screen displayed on a display means by on-screen display is selected (steps A1), and a language mode is selected (step A2), and automatic language selection ('AUTO' mode) is set (step A4) to obtain an AUTO mode output 4a, and an AC supply voltage is detected by an AC supply voltage detection part (step A5), and the language in a pertinent nation is judged in accordance with a detection result 5a and the result of the AUTO mode output 4a based on the result of automatic language selection (step A6), 'Japanese' or 'English' spoken in the nation corresponding to the detected AC supply voltage is used for on-screen display (step A3), and a judged result 4b is obtained to prepare shipping to the destination nation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display device having an on-screen display compatible with world wide.
The present invention relates to an on-screen language automatic setting method which enables a language of each country to be automatically and easily set in each country.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, power supply units, corresponding signals, and safety standards have become available worldwide, and one model has been used worldwide. Such a type of display device generally uses icons 1a and 1b on the display screen of the display 1 as shown in FIG. 3 for on-screen display, or in English as shown in FIG. For example,
"CONTRAST" 1c, "BRIGHTNESS"
1d, "SHARPNESS" 1e, and "CONTRAST" 1c, "BRIGH"
The respective degrees are displayed in a bar graph corresponding to "TNESS" 1d and "SHARPNESS" 1e. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a language selection setting by a display / menu screen based on a combination of these,
For example, "Japanese", "ENGLISH", "GER
MAN "," FRENCH ",....

As an approximation technique, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3039371, three sets of (x, y) values as white balance parameters are prepared so as to obtain a color temperature corresponding to a destination. In addition, it is disclosed that when the destination displayed on the screen is operated by the remote control transmitter, the microcomputer writes the destination setting information to the EEPROM so that the setting corresponding to the destination is validated. ing.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 04-371083 discloses that when a language to be displayed on a television screen is selected by a language selection means, the display means stores character information of the same content in a plurality of languages stored in a storage means. It is disclosed that character information of a language selected from is read out and displayed on a television screen.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 09-65295 discloses that when a receiving apparatus receives a vertical blanking period information signal in a plurality of languages transmitted from a transmitting side, language switching by display language switching means is performed when the receiving apparatus receives the signal. By doing so, a desired display language is selected from the vertical blanking period information signals of a plurality of languages in the vertical blanking period decoder, and the selected vertical blanking period information signal is converted into video by the vertical blanking period video signal conversion means. It discloses that the signal can be converted into a signal and displayed alone on a display device or superimposed on a main video signal and can be recorded and reproduced on a recording / reproducing device.

[0006]

However, the conventional display method as described above has an inconvenience that there is an unclear part and it is difficult to understand. Overseas, "English"
Is generally used, but in Japan, the display in "English" tends to be inconvenient due to reasons such as unfamiliarity and weakness in English. In order to respond to this request, for example, some devices have a function of selecting a language. However, the issue is how to set the language at the time of shipment. If the language is set for each destination, management for each destination is required, and the meaning of world-wide compatibility is diminished.

Further, in each of the above publications, a free setting of a language and an automatic language selection in an on-screen display are newly provided, and an automatic on-screen display language is detected by detecting a difference in AC power supply voltage. There is no disclosure regarding the setting, and therefore no suggestion of solving the above-described conventional problem.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and the on-screen display language is English or Japanese by distinguishing between overseas and Japan by the difference in AC power supply voltage. An object of the present invention is to provide an on-screen language automatic setting method capable of automatically selecting words.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, an on-screen language automatic setting method according to the present invention provides a method for selecting a language by selecting a language selection mode from a menu screen displayed on-screen on a display means. A first step of automatically selecting a language from the languages to be displayed, a second step of detecting a difference in AC power supply voltage between Japan and a foreign country, a detection result of the difference in AC power supply voltage, and a result of the automatic language selection And a third step of automatically displaying a language of a country corresponding to the display means based on the above.

Therefore, by selecting a language selection mode from a menu screen displayed on the screen of the display means, the language is automatically selected from the languages displayed on the display means, and the difference between the AC power supply voltage in Japan and that in the foreign country is determined. The language of the country corresponding to the display means is automatically displayed based on the detection result and the result of the automatic language selection, so that the on-screen display language English or Japanese can be automatically selected. This makes it possible to eliminate the unclearness of display contents, the difficulty of understanding, and the cumbersome management of each destination when a language is set for each destination.

[0011]

Next, an embodiment of an on-screen language automatic setting method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for explaining the first embodiment of the present invention. In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the on-screen display language can be automatically set according to the difference in AC power supply voltage between Japan and overseas. This method detects an AC power supply voltage and executes an operation of automatically selecting a language based on the AC power supply voltage. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an effect that it is not necessary to set a language regardless of a destination.

Next, the first embodiment will be specifically described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 1 shows a setting method according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the setting method according to the first embodiment, step A1 for selecting a conventional menu screen, step A2 for selecting a language selection mode, step A3 for actual language selection, and automatic language selection (“AUTO”) "Mode") to obtain an AUTO mode output 4a, a step A5 of detecting an AC power supply voltage by an AC power supply voltage detector, a detection result 5a of the AC power supply voltage, and automatic language selection, that is, The language of the corresponding country is determined from the result of the AUTO mode output 4a (step A6), and a determination result 4b is obtained.

That is, in the first embodiment, the automatic language selection “AUTO” in step A4 is performed.
Based on the combination with the detection of the AC power supply voltage by the AC power supply voltage detection unit (step A5), an appropriate language based on the detection is determined (step A6), the actual language is selected (step A3), and the on-screen display is performed. It is displayed as the automatic setting result 3a. In this respect, unlike the related art, in the related art, the on-screen display in each language is simply set by selecting an arbitrary language in the language selection step A3 shown in FIG.

However, in the first embodiment, the AC power supply voltage is detected by the AC power supply voltage detecting section of FIG. 1 in step A5 for detecting the AC power supply voltage.
The detection processing of the C power supply voltage is a function often found in a normal power supply circuit unit, and is not directly related to the present invention. Therefore, the detailed configuration and the detailed description thereof are omitted. A / D is calculated from the voltage obtained by rectifying the AC power supply voltage and then dividing the voltage by resistance division or the like.
(Analog / Digital) conversion, and digital data is input to a microcomputer or the like, whereby the AC power supply voltage can be identified and detected easily.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. First, a menu screen is displayed on display means (not shown) in the same manner as in the related art (step A1), and a language mode is selected from the displayed menu screen (step A1).
2). Next, the "AUTO"("language automatic selection") mode is selected (step A4), whereby the AUTO mode 4a is set. At the same time, the AC power supply voltage detection unit detects the AC power supply voltage (step A).
5) and A based on the detection result 5a and the AUTO mode 4a.
A language corresponding to the C power supply voltage is determined (step A
6).

The AC power supply voltage varies from country to country. In Japan, the AC power supply voltage is 100 V AC.
V, 220V, 240V, etc., depending on the country.
Therefore, the 100 V AC
When the power supply voltage is detected, as shown in FIG.
The display of “UTO” is added to the display of FIG. 5 and the language is automatically set (step A3). In the on-screen display, “Japanese” and “ENGLISH” are obtained from the automatic setting result 3a of the on-screen display. "," GERM
"Japanese" is automatically set from among "AN", "FRENCH", and so on. In addition, the AC power supply voltage detection result 5
Based on the determination result 4b based on “a” and the AUTO mode 4a, it is not necessary to set “Japanese” for shipment to Japan, and it is possible to ship without setting “Japanese”.

Next, a case other than shipment to Japan will be described. In this case, the same operation is performed except for the detection of the AC power supply voltage.
If the detection result 5a of the power supply voltage is a detection of an AC power supply voltage other than 100V AC, the on-screen display is automatically displayed in English as shown in FIG. 2 from the automatic setting result 3a of the on-screen display. In this case, "E" shown in FIG.
NGLISH ”,“ GERMAN ”,“ FRENC ”
H ”,“ ENGLISH ”,“ GERMAN ”,“ FRE ”of the country corresponding to the AC power supply voltage detected from among
"NCH" is automatically set and displayed. Therefore, also in this case, it is not necessary to set a language (English) for the country corresponding to the English displayed on the screen, and the product can be shipped.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, the language selection mode is selected from the menu screen displayed on-screen on the display means, and the language is automatically selected from the languages displayed on the display means. The difference between the AC power supply voltage in Japan and the foreign country is detected, and the language of the country corresponding to the display means is automatically displayed based on the detection result and the result of the automatic language selection. English and Japanese can be automatically selected, eliminating the ambiguity of the display contents, the difficulty of understanding, and the cumbersome management of each destination when the language is set for each destination as in the past. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining a first embodiment of an on-screen language automatic setting method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a setting state of a language displayed on-screen according to the first embodiment of the on-screen language automatic setting method according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example using icons in a conventional on-screen display.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a conventional on-screen display combined with English in each country.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a setting state of a language to be displayed on-screen in a conventional on-screen display.

[Explanation of symbols]

A1 to A6: step, automatic setting result of on-screen display, 4a: AUTO mode output, 4b: judgment result, 5a: detection result.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first method for automatically selecting a language from the languages displayed on the display means by selecting a language selection mode from a menu screen displayed on-screen on the display means.
Step 2 for detecting the difference in AC power supply voltage between Japan and foreign countries
And a third step of automatically displaying a language of a country corresponding to the display means based on a result of the detection of the difference between the AC power supply voltages and a result of the automatic language selection. Screen language automatic setting method.