JP2001242995A - Bidirectional controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bidirectional controller, which simplifys registration in command with a displayed image on keys not restricted, even by the data previously maintained in remote-control. SOLUTION: The controller comprises a key data input means which inputs the key data inputting display information to display the information about an operation key on a display screen and an operational information to transmit the command to a controlled equipment on operating the key, a key date memory means which stores the key data a key position setting means which sets the display position of the operational key on the display screen in response to the outside input, and a key position memory means which stores the display position which is set by the key position setting means by relating it to the key data that is stored by the key data memory means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a controller such as a remote controller, and more particularly, to a controller having a button definition function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a controller having a button defining function, for example, there has been a programmable remote controller disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-122779.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a programmable remote controller disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-122779.
12, 112 is a touch panel, 630 is an infrared input unit, 640 is a control device, 641 is an input control unit, 642 is an output control unit, 6
43 is a central processing unit (CPU), and 644 is an auxiliary storage device. A mode switch 620 selects one of a button definition mode, a command registration mode, and a command selection mode.

The operation of the conventional programmable remote controller will be described below. The button is defined as follows. First, the operator switches to the button definition mode using the mode switch 620. Auxiliary storage device 644 stores in advance data for the shape and display character string for displaying buttons on display 113, and stores them in C
The data is read by the PU 643 and displayed on the display 113. The operator selects a desired button shape and character string from the operation of the touch panel 112,
Next, when the display position of the button is set by the touch panel 113, information on the shape, character string, and display position of the button is stored in the auxiliary storage device 644.

[0005] Command registration is performed as follows. When the operator switches to the command registration mode with the mode switch 620, the button shape and the character string are read from the auxiliary storage device 644 and displayed on the display 113. Next, when a button to be registered is selected by operating the touch panel 112 and a command is input from the infrared input unit 630 using a remote controller of each device, a command corresponding to the button to be registered is recorded in the auxiliary storage device 644.

When the operator transmits a command, the mode is switched to the command selection mode by the mode switch 620, and information of a button corresponding to a device to be used is read from the auxiliary storage device 644, and the display 1 is displayed.
13 is displayed. When the operator touches the touch panel 112 in accordance with the position of the displayed button, a command corresponding to the button corresponding to the touched position is read from the auxiliary storage device 644, and the read command is transmitted to the infrared transmission unit 660. Sent from

[0007]

However, in the conventional programmable remote controller, in order to register a command, (i) a display image of a button is selected, (ii) a display position of a button is selected, and (iii) a command is selected. The procedure of registering must be performed for each button, and the registration is troublesome. In addition, since it is possible to select only from the button images stored in the ROM of the remote controller in advance, it is difficult to express buttons having functions other than those stored.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to easily register a command, and a display image of a button is limited to data held in a remote controller in advance. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bidirectional controller which is not performed.

[0009]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bidirectional controller having a display screen for displaying information relating to operation buttons for operating a controlled device. Button data input means for inputting button data including operation information for transmitting a command to the controlled device when display information and an operation button for displaying information about a button on the display screen are operated; Button data storage means for storing button data, button position setting means for setting a display position of the operation button on the display screen in accordance with an external setting input, and button button setting means. A button for storing the display position in association with the button data stored in the button data storage means. Button position storage means, button display means for displaying information about operation buttons on the display screen according to the display position stored in the button position storage means and the display information stored in the button data storage means, When the operation button on which information about the operation button is displayed on the display screen is operated, the operation information of the button data of the operated operation button is read from the button data storage unit and read from the button data storage unit. Command transmitting means for transmitting a command in accordance with the operation information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the bidirectional controller according to the first aspect, further comprising a page setting means for setting a page for displaying an operation button in response to an external setting input. A position storage unit that stores information for identifying the page set by the page setting unit in association with information on a display position of an operation button; and the button display unit stores the page stored in the button position storage unit. The information on the operation buttons is displayed on the display screen in accordance with the information for identifying.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the bidirectional controller according to the first aspect, the button data storage means identifies a controlled device to be operated by the operation information of the button data. An identifier is stored in association with the button data, and when the command transmission unit transmits a command according to the operation information of the button data stored in the button data storage unit, the command transmitted by the device identifier associated with the button data is transmitted. The command is transmitted to the control device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the bidirectional controller according to the first aspect, wherein one of the button data stored in the button data storage means is designated by an external designation input. This is a configuration including a macro button registration unit that generates new button data having all the operation information of the above button data.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the bidirectional controller according to the fourth aspect, the macro button registering means stores at least one button data of button data designated by an externally designated input. , The display information of the new button data is automatically generated from the display information according to a predetermined procedure.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the bidirectional controller according to the first aspect, wherein one of the button data stored in the button data storage means is specified by an externally specified input. A command adding means is provided for adding operation information of one or more additional button data specified from among the button data stored in the button data storage means to the operation information of the original button data by an externally designated input. It is configured.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the bidirectional controller according to the sixth aspect, when the command adding means adds operation information of the additional button data to the additional source button data, In this configuration, data display information is changed according to a predetermined procedure.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a bidirectional controller according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 101 is a download unit, 1
02 is a command transmission means, 103 is a button display means, 1
04 is an operation detecting means, 105 is a button position setting means, 1
Reference numeral 06 denotes a macro button registration unit, and 107 denotes a command addition unit. Reference numeral 100 denotes a portion processed by the software of the CPU. The download unit 101, the command transmission unit 102, the button display unit 103, the operation detection unit 104, the button position setting unit 105, the macro button registration unit 106, and the command addition unit 107 Is included. Also, 111 is an infrared communication unit, 121 is button data storage means, 122 is button position storage means, 1
23 is a temporary storage means. 112 is a touch panel, 1
Reference numeral 13 denotes a display, and the touch panel 112 is usually arranged on the display 113 so as to overlap. 131
Is a mode setting switch, and the operator selects one of a download mode, an operation mode, an edit mode, a macro button registration mode, and a command addition mode as an operation of the CPU. 132 is a download button, 1
33 is a start button, 134 is an end button, 142 is a page selection means, and 141 is an operation screen data selection means.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing the relationship between the bidirectional controller and the controlled device. In FIG.
Reference numeral 21 denotes a bidirectional controller according to the present embodiment, and reference numeral 22 denotes a controlled device operated by the bidirectional controller 21. The bidirectional controller and the controlled device can perform bidirectional communication by infrared communication.

In FIG. 2, the controlled device 22 holds operation screen data of its own device. Operation screen data
This is data necessary for displaying an operation screen on the display of the bidirectional controller when the bidirectional controller 21 operates the controlled device 22. FIG. 8 shows a configuration example of the operation screen data. 8, reference numeral 401 denotes operation screen data, 411, 412, and 413 denote page data, 421 and 422 denote positional information, and 431 and 432 denote button IDs. 441 and 442 are button data, 451 and 452 are button IDs, 461 and 46
2 is display information, and 471 and 472 are operation information. As shown in FIG. 8, the operation screen data 401 is composed of some page data (411, 412, 413) and some button data (441, 442). Each button data is a button ID (45) which is an identifier for uniquely identifying each button data in the operation screen data.
1,452), and each page data has a button ID (431, 432) of the button data included in each page.
And display position information (421, 422) within the page of the operation button having each button ID. Each button data includes a button ID (451, 452), display information (461, 462) including image data when an operation button is displayed on the bidirectional controller, and an operation performed by the operator in the bidirectional controller. Operation information (471, 472) including command data to be transmitted from the bidirectional controller to the controlled device when the button is operated, and an identifier (device ID) for designating the transmission destination device
have. In the example of FIG. 8, the button ID 431 and the button ID 451, and the button ID 432 and the button I
D452 has the same value, so that button I
D431 indicates the button data 441, and the button ID 432 indicates the button data 442. In the present embodiment, the display information in the button data is still image data or character string data. However, other data such as animation data for displaying a moving image or sound data generated when an operation button is operated is also provided. Can also be included.

The operation of the bidirectional controller configured as described above will be described below. First, the procedure (a-1) to (a-2) of downloading the operation screen data 401 (including the button data as described above) of the controlled device 22 to the bidirectional controller 21 will be described with reference to the flow of FIG. I will explain it.

(A-1) Mode switch 1
At 31, the download mode is set (step 301). (a-2) Next, the operator points the infrared communication unit 111 toward the controlled device 22 and presses the download button 132 (step 302), whereby the download unit 101
Performs bi-directional infrared communication with the controlled device 22 via the infrared communication unit 111, downloads operation screen data including button data from the controlled device 22 (step 303), and executes each button in the operation screen data. The data is stored in the button data storage means 121 and each page data is stored in the button position storage means 122 in such a manner as to be distinguishable from different operation screen data (step 30).
4).

Next, a procedure in which the operator operates the bidirectional controller 21 to transmit a command to the controlled device 22 (b-
1) to (b-3) will be described with reference to the flow of FIG. (b-1) The operator sets the operation mode with the mode setting switch 131 (step 311). (b-2) The operator selects the operation screen data selection unit 14 from the operation screen data stored in the button position storage unit.
1, the page to be operated is selected by the page selection means 142 for the desired operation screen data (step 312). The button display unit 103 reads out the page data specified by the operation screen data selection unit 141 and the page selection unit 142 from the button position storage unit 122, and displays the button data corresponding to the button ID described in the read page data. The information is read from the button data storage unit 121, and the image of each operation button is displayed on the display 113 according to the position information of each button data described in the page data and the display information of each button.
It is displayed above (step 313). Button display means 10
3 also passes the button ID and the position information of each operation button to the operation detection means 104.

FIG. 9A shows an example in which operation screen data of the VTR is displayed on the display of the bidirectional controller when the VTR is a controlled device. 51 in FIG.
52 and 53 correspond to the first page, the second page, and the third page of the operation screen data, respectively.

(B-3) Next, the operator operates the display 113
The operation button is designated by touching the touch panel 112 in accordance with the position of the operation button displayed in (1) (step 314). The operation detecting means 104 includes a position at which the operator touches the touch panel 112 and a button display means 103.
By comparing the position information of each operation button received from the user with the button ID of the operation button intended by the operator.
Is obtained (step 315), and the command transmission means 102 is notified. The command transmitting unit 102 reads the operation information of the button data corresponding to the notified button ID from the button data storage unit 121 (step 316), and reads the command data included in the operation information via the infrared transmission unit 111, Device I included in the same operation information
D (step 31)
7).

Next, the editing operation of the operation screen by the user will be described. In the editing operation, the operation buttons included in one page of the operation screen data downloaded from the controlled device 22 in the above-described procedures (a-1) to (a-2) are copied to another page, A new page can be created by combining operation buttons desired by the user. The procedures (c-1) to (c-5) at this time will be described with reference to the flow of FIG.

(C-1) First, the operator switches to the edit mode by using the mode setting switch 131 (step 32).
1). (c-2) Next, the operator uses the operation screen data selection unit 141 and the page selection unit 142 to switch to a page on which operation buttons to be copied to another page are displayed (step 322). At this time, the image of each operation button of the selected page is displayed on the display 113 by the same procedure as the procedure (b-2). (c-3) When the operator touches the touch panel 112 in accordance with the display position of the desired operation button, the operation detection means 104 performs the button ID of the operation button intended by the operator in the same procedure as in the above (b-3). Is obtained and notified to the button position setting means 105, and the button position setting means 105 stores the notified button ID in the temporary storage means 123 (step 32).
3). (c-4) Next, the operator operates the display 113 by using the operation screen data selection unit 141 and the page selection unit 142.
Is switched to the page where the operation buttons stored in the procedure of (c-3) are to be arranged (324). At this time, the operator can also specify new page data different from the page data included in the operation screen data downloaded from the device. In this case, page data is newly created and added to the operation screen data stored in the button position storage unit 122. Hereinafter, the page data newly created by the operator is referred to as a user setting page. (c-5) Next, the operator touches the touch panel 11 in accordance with the place on the display 113 where the operator wants to place a new operation button.
When the user touches the touch panel 2, the operation detecting unit 104
The area corresponding to the position touched by No. 2 is determined and notified to the button position setting means 105. Button position setting means 10
5 adds the position information to the page data of the currently displayed page in the button position storage unit 122 together with the button ID stored in the temporary storage unit 123 in the procedure of (c-3) (step 325). ). Thereafter, the button display means 103 reads the updated page data from the button position storage means 122, and reads the updated page data.
By updating the display of 13, the copied operation button is displayed.

FIGS. 9A and 9B show an example of registration on the user setting page. In the example of FIG. 5, 51, 5 in FIG.
Some of the operation buttons of each page shown in 2 and 53 are copied to the user setting page 54. The procedure to send a command when operating the operation button registered on another page by the procedure from (c-1) to (c-5) is from (b-1) to (b-3)
Is the same as the procedure shown in FIG.

Next, a procedure for creating a macro button will be described. Here, the macro button is a button capable of transmitting a plurality of commands only once by the operator. In the bidirectional controller according to the present embodiment,
By registering a plurality of operation buttons desired by the operator among the operation buttons included in the operation screen data downloaded from the controlled device 22 in the macro button, the registered operation buttons are registered when the operator operates the macro button. A plurality of commands can be transmitted according to the operation information of the operation buttons. For example, with a single button operation, the television and the video can be turned on, the input setting of the television can be set to the video input, and the video can be played.

Hereinafter, procedures (d-1) to (d-5) for creating a macro button and registering an operation button will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. (d-1) First, the operator switches to the macro button registration mode by the mode setting switch 131 (step 33).
1). (d-2) Next, by pressing the start button 133, the operator informs the macro button registration means 106 of the creation of a new macro button and the start of operation button registration work (step 332). (d-3) The operator switches pages using the operation screen data selection unit 141 and the page selection unit 142 (step 333), and presses an operation button to be registered on the touch panel 11 (step 333).
When the macro button is selected by the operation 2 (step 334), the macro button registration unit 106 acquires the button ID of the selected operation button from the operation detection unit 104, and stores the button ID in the temporary storage unit 123. If the operator wants to register a plurality of operation buttons as macro buttons, the operation is repeated (step 335).

(D-4) The operator presses the end button 134 to notify the macro button registration means 106 of the completion of the registration work. After that, the macro button registration means 106
The button data of the macro button is generated in the following procedure (step 336). (d-4-1) First, all the button data corresponding to each button ID stored in the temporary storage unit 123 in (d-3) is read from the button data storage unit 121. (d-4-2) Next, the macro button registration unit 106 extracts the display information of the macro button from the display information of each read button data so that the operator can understand the contents of the operation information registered in the macro button. Is automatically generated. FIG. 10 shows an example of generation of display information of a macro button. 71, 72, 73,
And 74 are image data included in the display information of the button data registered in the macro button, and 75 is an example of the macro button image data generated by the macro button registration means 106. In this example, the image data included in the display information of each button data is reduced and converted at a reduced scale of 1/2 and linked vertically and horizontally to generate the image data of the macro button. The generation can be realized by various methods without being limited to the example of FIG. It is also possible for the operator to select from images previously stored in the bidirectional controller. (d-4-3) Thereafter, the macro button registration unit 106 newly creates button data, and reads out the display information generated in (d-4-2) and the display information in (d-4-1). Then, the operation information included in all the button data is written into the created button data. Then, a unique button ID is newly assigned to this button data, and stored in the button data storage unit 121.

(D-5) Subsequently, the operator specifies the display position of the created macro button in the following procedure. When the operator switches to a desired page using the operation screen data selection unit 141 and the page selection unit 142 (step 337), and touches the touch panel 112 in accordance with the place where the macro button is to be arranged, the operation detection unit 104 moves the touched position. And the button position setting means 105
The information of the position detected by the operation detecting means 104 and the button ID assigned to the macro button in (d-4-3) are added to the page data of the currently displayed page in the button position storing means 122 (step 338). Thereafter, the button display unit 103 reads the page data to which the macro button has been added from the button position storage unit 122, and updates the display on the display 113 so that the added macro button is displayed.

The procedure when the operator operates the macro button in the operation mode is the same as the procedures (b-1) to (b-3) described above, except that the command is transmitted in (b-3). The means 102 sequentially transmits a plurality of commands to the specified devices in accordance with each operation information included in the button data of the macro button.

Next, one or more other operation buttons (button B, button C,...) Are set as operation buttons (button A) included in the operation screen data downloaded from the controlled device 22. A procedure for realizing the macro button by adding the operation information of ()) will be described. In the following description, this procedure is called a command addition procedure, button A is called an addition source button, and buttons B, C, ... are called addition buttons. Hereafter, the command addition procedure (e
-1) to (e-7) will be described with reference to the flow of FIG.

(E-1) First, the operator switches to the command addition mode by the mode setting switch 131 (step 341). (e-2) The operator presses the start button 133 to notify the command adding means 107 of the start of the command adding procedure (step 342). (e-3) The operator switches to the page on which the addition source button is displayed by the operation screen selection unit 141 and the page selection unit 142 (step 343), and selects the addition source button by operating the touch panel 112 to add a command. The means 107 acquires the button ID of the selected operation button from the operation detecting means 104, and stores this button ID in the temporary storage means 123 as an addition source button ID (step 344). (e-4) Next, the operator uses the operation screen data selection unit 141 and the page selection unit 142 to switch to a page on which a button (addition button) to be added to the addition source button is displayed (step 345), and operates the touch panel 112. When the desired operation button is selected, the command adding means 107 acquires the button ID of the selected operation button from the operation detecting means 104 and adds this button ID to the add button I.
D is stored in the temporary storage unit 123 (step 34).
6). If the operator wants to store a plurality of operation buttons, the operation is repeated (step 347).

(E-5) The operator presses the end button to notify the command adding means 107 of the end of the command adding procedure. Then, the command adding unit 107 adds the operation information of the add button to the button data of the add source button in the following procedure (step 348). (e-5-1) First, add source button ID stored in (e-3) and (e-5-1)
The additional button ID stored in 4) is read from the temporary storage unit 123, and the button data corresponding to the addition source button ID (hereinafter, referred to as addition source button data) and the button data corresponding to the addition button ID (hereinafter, addition). Button data) from the button data storage unit 121. (e-5-2) Next, for the display information of the addition source button data,
Processing is performed to notify the operator that a plurality of commands will be transmitted when a command is added and operated. FIG. 11 shows an example of processing image data in display information. These examples show an example in which three commands are added to the addition source button data.
In the figure, reference numeral 81 denotes image data of the addition source button data, and 82, 83, 84, and 85 show examples of processing of the image data of the addition source button data, respectively. In the example of 82, the total number of commands to be transmitted (4 in this example) is added to the lower right of the image data. In the example of 83, the number of dots equal to the total number of transmitted commands is added. In the example of 84, the number of shadows is equal to the number of added operation information (3 in this example). In the example of 85, the image data of the added button data is superimposed on the image data of the added button data. The change of the display information is not limited to these examples, and the operator can be notified of the addition of the command by various other methods. (e-5-3) Further, after the operation information of the addition source button data, the operation information of all the additional button data is added. (e-5-4) Overwrite the additional source button data processed in (e-5-2) and (e-5-3) above the area of the additional source button data stored in the button data storage means. .

In the above embodiment, the button data storage means and the button position storage means are separate storage means, and the button data and the button position information are stored separately.
It is also possible to use the same storage means and store the button data and the button position information without separating them. In addition, the button information is downloaded from the controlled device to the bidirectional controller. In addition, the button information may be downloaded from a device other than the controlled device, such as the Internet, or the button information stored on a recording medium such as a magnetic disk or a solid-state memory. May be loaded into the bidirectional controller.

In the above embodiment, the communication between the bidirectional controller and the controlled device is performed by infrared communication. However, the communication between the bidirectional controller and the controlled device is not limited to infrared communication. Needless to say, it is also possible to use the technology of communication using radio waves or wired communication using electric signals or light.

In the above-described embodiment, the bidirectional controller communicates with the controlled device to acquire the operation screen data held by the controlled device. You may make it acquire using wireless communication. Alternatively, the bidirectional controller is provided with a card reader and the like,
The operation screen data may be obtained from a memory card or the like that stores the operation screen data attached to the card reader or the like.

The user operation of the operation buttons can be performed not only by the touch panel but also by hardware keys arranged near the display or by displaying a cursor on the display and moving the cursor by the hardware keys on the display. , And the button is operated by another hardware key.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention (claim 1), in a bidirectional controller having a display screen for displaying information on operation buttons for operating a controlled device, information on operation buttons is displayed on the display screen. Button data input means for inputting button data including operation information for transmitting a command to the controlled device when display information to be displayed and an operation button are operated, and button data for storing the button data Storage means, a button position setting means for setting a display position of the operation button on the display screen in accordance with an external setting input, and displaying the display position set by the button position setting means on the button. Button position storage means for storing in association with button data stored in the data storage means, Button display means for displaying information on operation buttons on the display screen in accordance with the display position stored in the button position storage means and the display information stored in the button data storage means; and operation buttons on the display screen. When the operation button on which information is displayed is operated, the operation information of the button data of the operated operation button is read from the button data storage unit, and a command is transmitted according to the operation information read from the button data storage unit. Command transmission means, the commands and display images of the operation buttons are downloaded collectively for each device, so the operator only has to specify the display position of each button, and the user setting screen Can be created, greatly reducing the time and effort of registration Further, since the display image of the button is not limited to the image previously held in the controller, there is an effect that it is possible to display a display corresponding to the function of each operation button.

According to the present invention (claim 2), the bidirectional controller according to claim 1 is provided with a page setting means for setting a page for displaying an operation button in accordance with an external setting input; The button position storage means,
The information for identifying the page set by the page setting means is stored in association with the information on the display position of the operation button, and the button display means according to the information for identifying the page stored in the button position storage means Since the information related to the operation buttons is displayed on the display screen, there is an effect that the operator can use the user setting screen of a plurality of pages.

According to the present invention (claim 3), in the bidirectional controller according to claim 1, the button data storage means identifies a controlled device to be operated by the operation information of the button data. The command identifier is stored in association with the button data, and the command transmission unit transmits the command according to the operation information of the button data stored in the button data storage unit. Since the configuration is such that the command is transmitted to the indicated controlled device, there is an effect that it is possible to mix operation buttons for operating a plurality of controlled devices in the user setting screen of the same page.

According to the present invention (claim 4), in the bidirectional controller according to claim 1, the button data stored in the button data storage means is specified by an external specification input. A macro button registration unit that generates new button data having all the operation information of one or more button data is provided. Therefore, a macro that allows an operator to transmit a plurality of commands with only one operation is provided. There is an effect that the operator can set the button.

According to the present invention (claim 5), in the bidirectional controller according to claim 4, the macro button registering means stores at least one of button data designated by an external designated input. Since the display information of the new button data is automatically generated from the display information of the button data according to a predetermined procedure, the contents of the operation information registered in the macro button can be understood by the operator. There is a possible effect.

Further, according to the present invention (claim 6), in the bidirectional controller according to claim 1, one of the button data designated in the button data stored in the button data storage means by an external designation input. Command addition means for adding operation information of one or more additional button data specified from the button data stored in the button data storage means to the operation information of the two additional source button data by an externally designated input Since the configuration is provided, there is an effect that the operator can set a macro button that can transmit a plurality of commands only once by operating the operator.

According to the present invention (claim 7), in the bidirectional controller according to claim 6, when the command addition means adds operation information of the addition button data to the addition source button data, Since the display information of the original button data is changed according to a predetermined procedure, it is possible for the operator to know that multiple commands will be sent when the operation button is operated. There is an effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a bidirectional controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration showing a relationship between a bidirectional controller and a controlled device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the bidirectional controller according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the bidirectional controller according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the bidirectional controller according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the bidirectional controller according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the bidirectional controller according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of operation screen data in the bidirectional controller according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of a display on a display of the bidirectional controller according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of generating macro button display information by macro button registration means according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing of display information of an addition source button by the command addition unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a conventional programmable remote controller.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 Range processed by software of CPU 101 Download unit 102 Command transmission unit 103 Button display unit 104 Operation detection unit 105 Button position setting unit 106 Macro button registration unit 107 Command addition unit 111 Infrared communication unit 112 Touch panel 113 Display 121 Button data storage Means 122 Button position storage means 123 Temporary storage means 131 Mode setting switch 132 Download button 133 Start button 134 End button 141 Operation screen data selection means 142 Page selection means 21 Bidirectional controller 22 Controlled equipment 401 Operation screen data 411, 412, 413 Page data 421, 422 Position information 431, 431 Button ID 441, 442 Button data 451, 4 2 Button ID 461, 462 Display information 471, 472 Operation information 51 Display example of first page of operation screen data 52 Display example of second page of operation screen data 53 Display example of third page of operation screen data 54 User setting screen 71, 72, 73, 74 Image data included in the display information of the button data registered in the macro button 75 Example of image data of the macro button generated by the macro button registration means 81 Display information of the button data of the addition source button 82, 83, 84, 85 Examples of image data of an addition source button processed by command addition means

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A bidirectional controller having a display screen for displaying information on operation buttons for operating a controlled device, comprising: a display screen for displaying information on operation buttons on the display screen; A button data input unit for inputting button data including operation information for transmitting a command to the controlled device; a button data storage unit for storing the button data; Button position setting means for setting a display position of the button on the display screen; and a button for storing the display position set by the button position setting means in association with the button data stored in the button data storage means. Position storage means; and the display stored in the button position storage means Button display means for displaying information about operation buttons on the display screen according to the display information stored in the display data and the button data storage means; and operating the operation buttons on which information about the operation buttons is displayed on the display screen. Command transmission means for reading the operation information of the button data of the operated operation button from the button data storage means, and transmitting a command in accordance with the operation information read from the button data storage means. A bidirectional controller. 2. The bidirectional controller according to claim 1, further comprising: a page setting means for setting a page for displaying an operation button in response to an external setting input; And stores the information for identifying the page set in accordance with the information on the display position of the operation button, in accordance with the information for identifying the page stored in the button position storage means. Is displayed on the display screen. 3. The bidirectional controller according to claim 1, wherein the button data storage unit stores a device identifier for identifying a controlled device to be operated by the operation information of the button data in association with the button data. And transmitting the command to the controlled device indicated by the device identifier associated with the button data when transmitting the command in accordance with the operation information of the button data stored in the button data storage device. A bidirectional controller characterized by: 4. The bidirectional controller according to claim 1, wherein all operation information of one or more button data specified from among the button data stored in said button data storage means in response to an external specification input. And a macro button registration means for generating new button data having the following. 5. The bidirectional controller according to claim 4, wherein said macro button registration means is determined in advance from display information of one or more button data among button data specified by an external specification input. A bidirectional controller, which automatically generates new button data display information according to a procedure. 6. The two-way controller according to claim 1, wherein the operation information of one of the button data specified from among the button data stored in the button data storage means is input to the external device by an external specification input. And a command addition means for adding operation information of one or more additional button data designated from among the button data stored in the button data storage means in response to a designation input from the bidirectional controller. . 7. The bidirectional controller according to claim 6, wherein the command addition means determines in advance the display information of the addition source button data when the operation information of the additional button data is added to the addition source button data. Making a change according to a given procedure.