JP2005079810A - Gui control unit and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a GUI control unit which can realize completely a ROM even if a plurality of model types are developed by bringing a difference between the model types to the exterior of the ROM, and which can respond without correcting a program even if the developing model type is newly increased; and to provide a method therefor. <P>SOLUTION: The GUI control unit writes the completely same program in a program storage area 201 in an expansion of two or more model types in which item of menu, switching range of items, etc are different; and writes a part of data generating the difference in customized data storage area 202. When the difference between expansion model types of the menu, etc., is processed, a CPU 103 reads the data of the customized data area 202 each time or previously, and the CPU 103 conducts a process in response to the contents corresponding to a RAM 105, an EEPROM 106, an OSD circuit 107, a device control microcomputer 109, etc., and can absorb the difference between the model types. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a GUI control apparatus and method capable of dealing with a plurality of model developments.

When developing a plurality of models, measures have been taken such as branching a portion where a difference occurs between models in a program, or using a macro such as #ifdef or the like (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .
JP 05-341969 A

  However, when the program is branched, there is a drawback that the program becomes more complicated as the number of developed models increases, and the ROM capacity is also required. Also, when using a macro, the number of ROMs can be expanded as many as the number of expansion models, so the ROM management becomes complicated, and if there is a problem in the common part, it can be downloaded individually for all expansion models. However, there is a drawback that it is expensive.

  On the other hand, with the emergence of plasma televisions and liquid crystal televisions, there is a growing need for multiple developments at the same time. These developed models are almost the same in terms of basic functions, but there are functional differences depending on some display devices. If these functional differences are branched in the program, the program becomes complicated, and the program must be changed whenever the number of newly developed models increases. Further, if different ROMs are used, if there is a problem in the common part, it becomes necessary to download all the developed models separately, which causes a great cost and a problem.

  Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, a GUI control device is provided that can cope with non-empty model development by providing a program with a difference part between models and replacing this data part. The purpose is to do.

  The GUI control apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a first storage unit that stores data that can be used by a plurality of models, a second storage unit that stores unique data for each model, and a first storage unit. When the original data of the desired model is processed by controlling the means and the second storage means, the unique data corresponding to the model is acquired from the second storage means, and the model is controlled based on the acquired unique data And a control means.

  The GUI control method according to claim 2 of the present invention performs a step of storing data usable by a plurality of models, a step of storing unique data for each model, and processing of unique data of a desired model. In this case, the method includes a step of acquiring unique data corresponding to the model from the stored unique data and controlling the model based on the acquired unique data.

  According to the present invention, by bringing the difference between the models outside the ROM, it is possible to completely unify the ROM even when developing a plurality of models. Can be handled without modifying the program.

  Also, even if a problem is found in the common program part and it becomes necessary to perform an on-air download, multiple deployed models can be treated as the same model, so on-air download at the lowest cost It can be performed.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a GUI control apparatus according to the present invention, where 101 is a GUI microcomputer board, 102 is a GUI microcomputer, 103 is a CPU of the GUI microcomputer, 104 is a flash ROM built in the GUI microcomputer, or rewritable An external flash ROM 105, a RAM in the GUI microcomputer, 106 an EEPROM on the GUI microcomputer board, 107 an OSD circuit, 108 a device control microcomputer board, and 109 a device control microcomputer.

  2 is a detailed diagram of the flash ROM 104, in which 201 is a program storage area for writing a program, 202 is a customized data storage area for storing difference data between models, and 203 is a model-independent data storage. Represents a data storage area.

  The operation of the GUI control apparatus configured as described above will be described. In the development of two or more models having different menu items, different item switching ranges, etc., the same program is written in the program storage area 201 and the data of the portion where the difference occurs is written in the customized data storage area 202. When processing the difference part between developed models such as menus, the CPU 103 reads the data in the customized data storage area 202 in advance each time, and the CPU 103 performs processing corresponding to the contents in the RAM 105, EEPROM 106, OSD circuit 107, and device control. By performing the processing on the microcomputer 109 or the like, the difference between the models can be absorbed.

  Next, the operation of the GUI control apparatus will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 is an example diagram of data stored in the customized data storage area 202, and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a specific configuration of the GUI control device shown in FIG.

  For example, if the data stored in the customization data storage area 202 is the customization data 301, the image quality adjustment screen is configured with adjustment items of picture and black level as shown in the display screen 401 of FIG. Become.

  On the other hand, if the data stored in the customization data storage area 202 is the customization data 302, the image quality adjustment screen is composed of backlight, picture and black level adjustment items as shown in the display screen 402 of FIG. Will come to be.

  By replacing the data stored in the customization storage area 202 in this way, it is possible to easily develop models without increasing the ROM capacity or rewriting the program.

  The television receiver of the present invention can realize the integration of ROM completely even when developing multiple models by bringing the difference between the models outside the ROM. Even if the number of programs increases, it can be handled without correcting the program. In addition, if a problem is found in the common program part and it is necessary to perform on-air downloads, it is completely impossible for multiple deployment models. Since it can be handled as the same model, it has the effect of being able to perform on-air download at the lowest cost, and is useful for developing a plurality of models in a device such as a television receiver.

Configuration diagram of GUI control apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention Detailed view of the flash ROM in the first embodiment of the present invention The figure which shows the specific example of the customization data in Embodiment 1 of this invention The figure which shows the example of a display screen in Embodiment 1 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

101 GUI microcomputer board 102 GUI microcomputer 103 CPU
104 flash ROM
105 RAM
106 EEPROM
107 OSD circuit 108 Device control microcomputer board 109 Device control microcomputer 201 Program storage area 202 Customized data storage area 203 Data storage area 301, 302 Customized data 401, 402 Display screen

Claims (2)

Controlling a first storage means for storing data usable by a plurality of models, a second storage means for storing unique data for each model, the first storage means and the second storage means; A control unit that acquires unique data corresponding to the model from the second storage unit and controls the model based on the acquired unique data when processing the unique data of a desired model; The GUI control apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The step of storing data that can be used by a plurality of models, the step of storing unique data for each model, and the processing of the unique data of a desired model, corresponds to the model from the stored unique data Obtaining a unique data and controlling the model based on the obtained unique data.