JP2003037751A - Television receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a television receiver, that has a means of using a remote controller of the television receiver to control an external tuner, so as to eliminate the need for a user for a plurality of operations thereby enhancing convenience. SOLUTION: The television receiver is provided with a means that registers a roll of a position button of an external tuner to a position button of a television remote controller, a remote control code generating means, in response to a roll of the registered button, and a means that selects an entry, in response to the roll of the selected button so as to eliminate the need for the user for a plurality of operations when viewing by the external tuner thereby enhancing the convenience.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device using a remote control transmitter, and more particularly to a television receiver connected to an external tuner device for viewing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a television receiver (hereinafter referred to as a television) is connected to an external tuner device (for example, a CS tuner or the like) for viewing, an external input to which the external tuner is connected using a remote controller of the television. And selecting the external tuner to the desired broadcasting station with the remote tuner remote control.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and selects a channel of an external tuner and an external input to which a signal of the external tuner is input by using a remote controller of a television. An operation method for collectively processing operations and a device selection method are provided.

[0004]

A device according to a first aspect of the present invention is a device for retransmitting a received remote control code, comprising a remote control light-receiving part, a device for decoding the received remote control code, and a decoded remote control code. Of IR transmission.

In the apparatus according to the present invention, since the remote control code received is IR-transmitted again, the remote control signal can be delivered even to a device installed at an angle that the remote control should not reach. You can FIG. 4 shows a usage example of the present invention.

A device according to a second aspect of the invention is the device of the IR transmitter according to the first aspect of the invention, in which a device for converting the received remote control code based on a conversion table stored in a memory is added. .

In this case, since the received remote control code can be converted into a completely different remote control code and transmitted, the power supply of the external tuner can be controlled by, for example, the power button of the remote control of the television.

In the device according to the third aspect of the present invention, a device for displaying the contents of the conversion table stored in the memory on the television receiver and a selecting means for rewriting the contents of the conversion table are added. It is a device.

In this case, the user can easily set the remote control code he / she wants to use while watching the television receiver, so that a highly versatile IR transmitter can be realized.

An apparatus according to the fourth invention is a television receiver equipped with the IR transmitter according to the third invention.

In this case, it is possible to operate other equipment in conjunction with the television receiver. For example, if the VCR is connected to the video input of the television receiver, the remote control code that turns on the video power from the IR transmitter to the VCR when the video input is selected by the remote control of the television receiver. When the video input is selected, the power of the video is always turned on when the video input is selected, so that the operation for watching the video can be simplified.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, in the configuration of the television receiver according to the fourth aspect, the remote control code to be converted is specialized for the position button of the television receiver.

In this case, it is possible to select a built-in tuner or an external tuner by using the position button, and it becomes unnecessary to use the remote controller properly.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the structure of the television receiver according to the fifth aspect of the invention, the position of the remote control code of the position button corresponds to which video input (video 1, video 2, etc.). Means for setting whether or not it corresponds, a memory device for storing the selection state, a device for displaying the contents of the conversion table described in the third invention for the contents of the memory device, and an external input for storage stored in the memory. It is a television receiver equipped with a device for selection.

In this case, by using the position button, the built-in tuner and the external tuner can be viewed seamlessly.

For example, in a television receiver in which an external tuner is connected to the video 1 input, in the conventional system, the television receiver must be switched to the video 1 input to select position 3 of the external tuner. However, by using the above device, when the position 1 button is pressed with the remote control of the television receiver, the television receiver switches to the video 1 input,
When the signal corresponding to the position 3 of the remote tuner remote control code is transmitted from the R transmitter, the user only needs to press the position 1 of the remote control of the television receiver to operate the position 3 of the external tuner.
You can watch the broadcast of.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An example of a television receiver according to the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a television receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The television receiver 100 shown in FIG.
The remote control light receiving unit 1, the control unit 2, the IR transmitting device 3, the memory 4, the IR transmitting unit 5, the tuner unit 6, the input changeover switch 7, the video processing unit 8, the OSD control unit 9, and the display device 10 are provided.

The control unit 2, the IR transmitter 3, and the OSD control unit 9 are composed of a microcomputer or the like, and have a remote control code conversion processing program, an input switching processing program, a remote control code conversion table rewriting processing program, and a remote control code conversion table, which will be described later. The contents display processing program is executed by the microcomputer to realize the function of each block.

In the television receiver 100, an external tuner 11 and an external tuner 12 are connected to each other via a connecting portion of each tuner.

In the television receiver 100 configured as described above, when the position tuning code by the remote controller is received, the control unit 2 performs remote controller code conversion processing according to the conversion table stored in the memory 4, I
The converted remote control code signal to the R transmitter 3 is I
R control is performed. Similarly, the switching process to the video input stored in the conversion table is performed.

As described above, when the remote control code of the position button of the television receiver is received, the input switching process stored in the memory, the remote control code conversion process for controlling the external tuner, and the IR transmission are performed to watch the external tuner. It is possible to improve convenience by making a plurality of operations unnecessary.

FIG. 2 is an example of a GUI for displaying and rewriting the contents stored in the memory 4. G shown in FIG.
The UI includes a position number 201 of the remote controller and a channel display 202 and O corresponding to the position number.
The setting status of SD display is displayed in a list format.

FIG. 3 is an example of a GUI for setting an external device connected to each video input. The GUI shown in FIG. 3 sets the device 302 connected to each video input 301 mounted on the television receiver, and displays a list of the setting contents.

The device is judged from the setting of the channel display 202 shown in FIG. 2, and the remote control code to be IR-transmitted and the input to be switched are judged from the setting contents of the connected device shown in FIG.

An example of use will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. In FIG. 2, the channel display 2 of position number "3"
The content of 02 is "BS3". Further, in FIG. 3, the BS is set to be connected to the video 2.

In this case, if the position number "3" is selected, it is determined from the channel display setting 202 that the BS position number "3" is selected, and the IR transmitter transmits the B number.
Send the remote control code for S position number "3",
Also, the BS switches the input to the video 2 based on the information that the BS is connected to the video 2.

As described above, by providing the GUI for setting the channel display for identifying the device at the position and the GUI for setting the device connected to each video input mounted on the television receiver, You can set the position of your favorite device to the position of, and seamless tuning is possible regardless of the built-in tuner and the externally connected tuner.

[0029]

According to the present invention, means for registering the role of the position button of the external tuner in the position button of the remote controller for television, means for generating a remote control code according to the role of the registered button, and selection. Since there is a means to select the input according to the role of the selected button, you can watch the broadcast received by the external tuner just by operating the position button, and operate multiple remote controls when watching the received broadcast with the external tuner. Is unnecessary and convenience can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a television receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a GUI for displaying and rewriting the contents of a remote control code conversion table.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a GUI for setting a device connected to a video input mounted on a television receiver.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of use of the first invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Remote control receiver 2 control unit 3 IR transmitter 4 memory 5 IR transmitter 6 Built-in tuner 7 Input selector switch 8 Video processing section 9 OSD controller 10 Display 11 External tuner 1 12 External tuner 2 100 television receiver

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A remote control transmission / reception device comprising a remote control receiver and means for retransmitting a received remote control code. 2. The remote control transmitter / receiver according to claim 1, by adding table data for converting the received remote control code into another code, the received remote control code is converted into another remote control code and retransmitted. A remote control transmission / reception device having the above. 3. A remote control transmission / reception device for displaying the table data according to claim 2 on a television receiver to enable rewriting of data. 4. A television receiver provided with the remote control transmission / reception device according to claim 3. 5. The television receiver according to claim 4, wherein the target of table data conversion is a position button, and the position button of the television receiver serves as a position button of an external device (such as a CS tuner). Television receiver characterized by performing. 6. The television receiver according to claim 5, wherein when a position button input for selecting an external device is input, a device having a valid remote control code transmitted by pressing the button is connected. A television receiver characterized by automatically switching to an external input.