JP2006188142A - Operating device for electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operating device for an electronic apparatus capable of reducing the number of operation keys, rotary encoders, light-emitting diodes or the like, and capable of easily operating them. <P>SOLUTION: In the electronic apparatus including a controller which permits inputting of signals from rotary encoders 2, 3 with a push switch and a mode change-over switch 4 to control a display of a display section 6 and the electronic apparatus, a plurality of different operation states are displayed on the display section 6 in one selected mode of all by the mode change-over switch 4, one of the plurality of different operation states is selected by the rotary encoder 2, and the push switch 3 is operated, thus performing the selected operation state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an operation device for an electronic device, and more particularly to an operation device for an electronic device suitable for an in-vehicle electronic device.

  Conventionally, in order to reduce the number of operation keys and rotary encoders in an operation device of an electronic device having a limited panel area such as an in-vehicle electronic device, it is known to use the operation keys and the rotary encoder for multiple functions. ing. The electronic volume setting device proposed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-111366 sets a plurality of electronic volumes with one rotary encoder.

  However, in this electronic volume setting device, the electronic volume set by the rotary encoder is displayed by a light emitting diode. Therefore, light emitting diodes must be arranged on the operation panel as many as the number of electronic volumes to be set, and the space for displaying the functions of the rotary encoder has increased, making it impossible to downsize the operation panel of the electronic device. .

  The information processing apparatus proposed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-15809 improves operability when the information processing apparatus (personal computer) is used for a video / audio apparatus. The rotary input unit is used for different functions for each application.

However, this information processing apparatus has to store functions of a push-down input unit, a four-way press input unit, and a rotary input unit for many applications, and there is a problem that the method of use is not easy.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-111366, paragraphs 0024 to 0027, FIG. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-15809, paragraphs 0062 to 0069, FIGS. 2 and 4

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to reduce the number of operation keys, rotary encoders, light emitting diodes, and the like, and to operate an electronic device that can be easily operated. Is to provide.

  The electronic device operating device according to the present invention is the electronic device including a control unit that receives the signals from the rotary encoder with push switch and the mode switching switch and performs display control of the display unit and control of the electronic device. A plurality of operation states are displayed on the display unit in one mode selected by a switch, the selected operation is performed by selecting one of the plurality of operation states by the rotary encoder and operating the push switch. The state is configured to be executed.

  The electronic device operating device according to the present invention further includes a control unit that receives signals from the rotary encoder with push switch, the mode changeover switch, and the increase / decrease switch, and performs display control of the display unit and control of the electronic device. In the electronic device, a plurality of characteristic items are displayed on the display unit in one control characteristic value setting / reading mode selected by the mode changeover switch, and one of the plurality of characteristic items is selected by the rotary encoder, The characteristic value of the characteristic item displayed on the display unit is increased or decreased by the increase / decrease switch, and the increased or decreased characteristic value is selected by operating the push switch for a predetermined time or less. Set as the characteristic value of the control characteristic item 1 and selected by the mode selector switch In the control characteristic value setting / reading mode, a plurality of characteristic items are displayed on the display unit, one of the plurality of characteristic items is selected by the rotary encoder, and the push switch is operated for a predetermined time or more. The set characteristic value is read out, and the electronic apparatus is operated according to the characteristic value.

  In addition, the electronic device operating device according to the present invention includes a control unit that receives signals from a rotary encoder with a push switch, a mode switching switch, and an increase / decrease switch and performs display control of the display unit and control of the electronic device. In the electronic device, items divided into hierarchies are selected in one control characteristic value setting mode selected by the mode changeover switch, and in the selection of items divided into the hierarchies, items in the highest hierarchy are first displayed in the display unit The one of the displayed items is selected by the rotary encoder and the push switch is operated to display the items in the lower hierarchy of the selected item on the display unit. A plurality of characteristic items are displayed on the display unit as items of the lowest hierarchy by repeating item selection for each hierarchy, and the displayed One sex item selected by the rotary encoder, is obtained by the configuration characteristic values of the selected characteristic items as increase or decrease by the increase or decrease switch while displaying on the display unit.

  The electronic device operating device according to the present invention receives signals from a rotary encoder with a push switch, a mode change switch, an increase / decrease switch, and a characteristic item selection switch, and performs display control of the display unit and control of the electronic device. In an electronic device provided with a control unit, items divided into hierarchies are selected in one control characteristic value setting mode selected by the mode changeover switch, and in the selection of items divided into the hierarchies, first of the highest hierarchy An item is displayed on the display unit, and one of the displayed items is selected by the rotary encoder and the push switch is operated to display an item in a lower hierarchy of the selected item on the display unit. In this way, item selection for each layer is repeated to display the items in the lowest layer, and one of them is the rotary. The characteristic items selected by the encoder and included in the selected item in the lowest hierarchy are sequentially displayed and selected on the display unit by operating the characteristic item selection switch, and are selected by the item selection switch. The characteristic value of the item is increased or decreased by the increase / decrease switch while being displayed on the display unit.

  Further, the operation device of each electronic device is configured such that when the mode changeover switch is operated in the selection state of the item in the middle or lowest hierarchy, the selection state of the item in the upper hierarchy is returned. .

  In the operation device of each electronic device, the rotary encoder is used for volume increase / decrease operation when the rotary encoder is in one operation mode.

  Further, in the operation device of each electronic device, whether or not the rotary encoder is used for volume increase / decrease operation is determined by lighting / flashing / turning off a light emitting element disposed in the vicinity of the rotary encoder. To display.

  The operation device for an electronic apparatus according to the present invention has fewer operation keys, rotary encoders, light emitting diodes, and the like, and can be easily operated and is easy to use.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to examples.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing a panel of an on-vehicle audio / video device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an essential part of the on-vehicle audio / video device. It should be noted that other function switches such as a power switch in the in-vehicle audio / video equipment of the embodiment are not shown.

  This on-vehicle audio / video device has a CD, MD (mini-disc), DVD playback device and radio / television receiver, and the control unit 1 shown in FIG. 2 has a rotary encoder 2 shown in FIG. Signals are input from the push switch 3, the mode change switch 4, the cross switch 5, etc., and display control of the display device 6 and the LED 7 and control of each of the above devices are performed.

  The rotary encoder 2 is a rotary encoder with a push switch in which a push switch 3 is arranged at the center. The cross switch 5 includes a right switch 5b, a left switch 5a, an upper switch 5c, a lower switch 5d, and a middle switch 5e arranged in the center.

  The display device 6 displays a television image when receiving a television. In each mode in the characteristic value setting operation or the like, which is a feature of the present invention, each item and characteristic value is displayed on the item display unit 6a and the characteristic value display unit 6b, respectively. Is displayed.

  The mode changeover switch 4 switches each of the above modes by pressing it. In each mode in the characteristic value setting operation or the like, the rotary encoder 2 changes the display color of the selected item as shown in the item display section 6a of FIGS. 3 and 4 to select each item. The push switch 3 sets or reads out each item by short-pressing or long-pressing the push switch 3.

  The rotary encoder 2 is used for increasing / decreasing the volume in radio reception or the like in addition to the selection of each item described above. However, the rotary encoder 2 is used for selecting each item or used for increasing / decreasing the volume. Whether it is present can be identified by blinking or lighting of the LED 7 which is a light emitting element.

  The right switch 5b and the left switch 5a of the cross switch 5 are used to increase / decrease the characteristic value to be set, respectively, and the unit value of the characteristic value is increased / decreased by a short press, and the characteristic value is continuously increased / decreased by a long press. The characteristic value increased or decreased in this way is displayed on the characteristic value display section 6b of the display device 6. The upper switch 5c and the lower switch 5d of the cross switch 5 normally instruct FM reception and AM reception, respectively. The middle switch 5e of the cross switch 5 is used as PLAY / PAUSE for alternately switching between PLAY and PAUSE during CD playback.

  Next, the setting / reading operation of the reception frequency of the radio reception channel will be described with reference to FIG. When the setting / reading mode of the reception frequency of the radio reception channel is selected by the mode changeover switch 4, channels 1 to 6 are displayed on the item display section 6a as shown in FIG.

  By turning the rotary encoder 2 in this state, the display color of the selected channel is changed. In FIG. 3, the display color of the three channels is changed, and the direction in which the selected channel is changed is indicated by an arrow. As shown in FIG. 3, when the right channel 5b of the cross switch 5 is pressed once (pressed for less than 0.5 seconds) with the three channels selected, the characteristic values of the three channels displayed on the characteristic value display 6b. The tuning frequency is increased by a unit amount, and continuously increases while being pressed by long pressing (pressing for 0.5 seconds or more).

  Similarly, when the left switch 5a of the cross switch 5 is pressed once (pressed for less than 0.5 seconds) with the three channels selected, the tuning frequency of the three channels displayed on the characteristic value display unit 6b is a unit. Decrease the amount and continuously decrease while pressing by long pressing (pressing for more than 0.5 seconds). Thus, the left switch 5a and the right switch 5b of the cross switch 5 constitute a characteristic value increase / decrease switch.

  The tuning frequency increased / decreased in this way is set as a tuning frequency of 3 channels by pushing the push switch 3 for a long time. With the frequency of each channel set in this way, as described above, the setting / reading mode of the reception frequency of the radio reception channel is selected, and when an arbitrary channel is selected, the selected channel and its channel are assigned. The set frequency is displayed on the item display section 6a and the characteristic value display section 6b, respectively. In this state, when the push switch 3 is pressed for a short time, reception is performed at the set tuning frequency. That is, the characteristic value is read out.

  Next, the change of the operation state during CD playback will be described with reference to FIG. When the operation mode change mode for CD playback is selected by the mode switch 4, items Scan, Repeat, and Random are displayed on the item display unit 6 a as shown in FIG. 4.

  By turning the rotary encoder 2 in this state, the display color of the selected item is changed. In FIG. 4, the display color of Repeat is changed. As shown in FIG. 4, when the push switch 3 is pressed for a short time in a state where Repeat is selected, a Repeat operation state in which the currently played music is repeatedly performed is set. Similarly, a Scan operation state in which each song is played sequentially for 10 seconds or a Random operation state in which each song is played in random order can be set.

  Next, a characteristic value setting process of a DSP (digital signal processor) that performs processing of sound generated from a speaker as a digital signal will be described with reference to FIGS. The DSP characteristic value setting process is performed by selecting an item divided into hierarchies and setting the characteristic value of the selected item.

  FIG. 5 shows items divided into hierarchies. When the setting mode of the DSP characteristic value is selected by the mode switch 4, “DSP function 1” and “DSP function 2”, which are the items in the highest hierarchy shown in FIG. 5, are displayed on the item display section 6a.

  After that, when “DSP function 1” is selected with the rotary encoder 2 and push switch 3 as described above, “cut-off frequency” and “delay setting” which are lower layers of “DSP function 1” are displayed in the item display section 6a. Is displayed. Next, when “Cutoff frequency” is selected with the rotary encoder 2 and the push switch 3, “FS” (front speaker), “RS” (rear speaker), “SW”, which are the lowest layers below the “Cutoff frequency”, are selected. ] (Subwoofer) is displayed on the item display section 6a.

  When “FS” is selected with the rotary encoder 2 and the push switch 3 in this state, the “cutoff frequency” of the front speaker is displayed on the item display section 6a. When the upper switch 5c of the cross switch 5 is pressed in this state, the “slope” of the front speaker is displayed on the item display section 6a. Thereafter, “cutoff frequency” and “slope” are alternately displayed each time the upper switch 5c is pressed. At this time, the upper switch 5c of the cross switch 5 functions as a characteristic item selection switch.

  When the “cut-off frequency” of the front speaker is displayed, the “cut-off frequency” of the front speaker is set. That is, in this state, when the right switch 5b of the cross switch 5 is pressed once (pressed for less than 0.5 seconds), the frequency / level shown in FIG. 6A, which is the characteristic value displayed on the characteristic value display unit 6b. The cut-off frequency of the low frequency of the characteristic increases by a unit amount, and continuously increases while being pressed by long pressing (pressing for 0.5 seconds or more).

  Further, the low-frequency cut-off frequency shown in FIG. 6A, which is the characteristic value displayed on the characteristic value display unit 6b when the left switch 5a of the cross switch 5 is pressed once (less than 0.5 seconds). Decreases by a unit amount and decreases continuously while being pressed (pressed for 0.5 seconds or more). Thus, the left switch 5b and the right switch 5a function as an increase / decrease switch of the characteristic value.

  After the “cutoff frequency” of the front speaker is set as described above, when the upper switch 5c of the cross switch 5 is pressed, the “slope” of the front speaker is displayed on the item display section 6a. At this time, the slope (dB / Oct (octave)) on the left side of the cutoff frequency of the frequency / level characteristic shown in FIG. 6A is set.

  That is, in this state, the slope of the slope shown in FIG. 6 (a), which is the characteristic value displayed on the characteristic value display unit 6b when the right switch 5b of the cross switch 5 is pressed once (pressed for less than 0.5 seconds). (DB / Oct (octave)) increases by a unit amount, and increases continuously while being pressed by pressing for a long time (pressing for 0.5 seconds or more).

  In addition, when the left switch 5a of the cross switch 5 is pressed once (pressed for less than 0.5 seconds), the slope of the slope, which is the characteristic value displayed on the characteristic value display unit 6b, decreases by a unit amount, and is held down (0 (Pressing for 5 seconds or more) continuously decreases while pressing.

  After setting the “cutoff frequency” and “slope” of the front speaker, when the middle switch 5e of the cross switch 5 is pressed, “RS” (rear speaker) and “SW” (subwoofer) are sequentially displayed on the item display section 6a. Is done. Instead of selecting “RS” (rear speaker) and “SW” (subwoofer) in this way, the mode changeover switch 4 is pressed to select “FS” (front speaker), “RS” (rear speaker), “SW” ( Subwoofer) may be displayed on the item display section 6a, and "RS" (rear speaker) or "SW" (subwoofer) may be selected by the rotary encoder 3 and push switch 3.

  The “cutoff frequency” and “slope” of the rear speaker are set by the above-described setting method of the front speaker. The subwoofer “cutoff frequency” setting sets the high frequency cutoff frequency shown in Fig. 6 (b), and the "slope" setting sets the slope of the slope to the right of the high frequency cutoff frequency. Is set.

  When the delay setting shown in FIG. 5 is selected in the middle layer, “FS” (front speaker), “RS” (rear speaker), and “SW” (subwoofer) which are the lowest layers below “delay setting” are set. It is displayed on the item display section 6a. When “FS” is selected with the rotary encoder 2 and the push switch 3 in this state, the “delay time” of the front speaker is displayed on the characteristic value display section 6b.

  The delay time is a delay time t of a delayed sound waveform indicated by a dotted line from a normal sound waveform indicated by a solid line in FIG. After increasing or decreasing the “delay time” of the front speaker with the left switch 5b and the right switch 5a, when the middle switch 5e of the cross switch 5 is pressed, “RS” (rear speaker) and “SW” (subwoofer) are displayed in the item display section. 6a are sequentially displayed. These speakers can also be set by increasing or decreasing the “delay time”.

  When the mode changeover switch 4 is pressed in such a delay time setting state, the cut-off frequency and delay setting selection state shown as an intermediate hierarchy in FIG. 5 is obtained. That is, the item hierarchy is returned to the upper level. Further, when the mode changeover switch 4 is pressed, the “DSP function 1” and “DSP function 2” shown as the highest hierarchy in FIG. 5 are selected.

  Here, when “DSP function 2” is selected by the rotary encoder 2 and the push switch 3, either “equalizer F (front speaker)” or “equalizer R (rear speaker)” can be selected. When “Equalizer F” is selected, “Band 1”, “Band 2”, “Band 3”, and “Band 4” are shown as the frequency bands divided into the four front speakers as the items of the lowest layer. When “Band 1” is selected by the rotary encoder 2 and the push switch 3, the “center frequency adjustment state” of “Band 1” of the front speaker is set, and the deviation of the center frequency of “Band 1” from the standard is the characteristic value display section 6b. Is displayed.

  That is, the center frequency is the frequency of the peak value of the frequency / level characteristics shown in FIG. 8A, and the deviation ΔHz between the center frequency of the standard characteristic graph shown by the solid line and the center frequency of the set characteristic graph shown by the dotted line is calculated. It can be set by increasing / decreasing with the right switch 5b and the left switch 5a of the cross switch 5.

  When the upper switch 5c of the cross switch 5 is pressed in such a center frequency setting state, the “level adjustment state” described in FIG. 8B and the “Quality (Q value) adjustment state described in FIG. And “center frequency adjustment state” are sequentially switched. In the “level adjustment state”, the level (gain) of the center frequency is shown as shown in FIG. 8B, and in the “Quality (Q value) adjustment state”, the Q value (sharpness is shown) as shown in FIG. 8B. ) Can be set by increasing / decreasing with the right switch 5b and the left switch 5a of the cross switch 5, respectively.

  When the setting of the band 1 is completed and the middle switch 5e of the cross switch 5 is pressed, "Band 2", "Band 3", and "Band 4" are sequentially displayed on the item display section 6a. The characteristic values of these bands can be set in the same manner as “Band 1”.

  By repeatedly pressing the mode changeover switch in the display state of the middle layer item or the lowest layer item in the setting of the characteristic value of the DSP, the display state of the item of the highest layer is restored. In this way, setting of the characteristic value and setting of the operation state can be easily performed only with the rotary encoder with push switch, the mode change switch, the cross switch, and the display unit.

  The embodiment is configured as described above, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, the mode is changed to an operation state change mode for CD playback or a setting mode for a DSP characteristic value by selecting an item divided into layers. It may be.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a front view which shows the panel of the vehicle-mounted audio / video apparatus which is Example 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part of the same vehicle-mounted audio / video apparatus. It is a figure which shows the display part of 1 use condition of the same vehicle-mounted audio / video apparatus. It is a figure which shows the display part of the other use condition of the same vehicle-mounted audio / video apparatus. It is a figure which shows the item divided into the hierarchy of the same vehicle-mounted audio / video apparatus. It is a graph which shows the characteristic set with the same vehicle-mounted audio / video apparatus. It is a graph which shows the characteristic set with the same vehicle-mounted audio / video apparatus. It is a graph which shows the characteristic set with the same vehicle-mounted audio / video apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 2 Rotary encoder 3 Push switch 4 Mode change switch 5 Cross switch, 5a Left switch, 5b Right switch, 5c Upper switch 5d Lower switch, 5e Middle switch 6 Display device, 6a Item display part, 6b Characteristic value display part 7 LED

Claims (7)

In an electronic device provided with a control unit that performs display control of the display unit and control of the electronic device by inputting signals from the rotary encoder with push switch and the mode switch, a plurality of modes are selected in one mode selected by the mode switch. The operation state is displayed on the display unit, and one of the plurality of operation states is selected by the rotary encoder, and the selected operation state is executed by operating the push switch. Equipment operating device. A signal from a rotary encoder with a push switch, a mode change switch, and an increase / decrease switch is input and selected by the mode change switch in an electronic device having a control unit that performs display control of the display unit and control of the electronic device. A plurality of characteristic items are displayed on the display unit in one control characteristic value setting / reading mode, one of the plurality of characteristic items is selected by the rotary encoder, and displayed on the display unit by the increase / decrease switch. Increasing or decreasing the characteristic value of the characteristic item, and setting the increased or decreased characteristic value as the characteristic value of the selected one control characteristic item by operating the push switch for a predetermined time or less. Duplicate in one control characteristic value setting / reading mode selected by the mode switch. The characteristic item is displayed on the display unit, and one of the plurality of characteristic items is selected by the rotary encoder, and the set characteristic value is read by operating the push switch for less than or more than a predetermined time. An operation apparatus for an electronic device configured to operate the electronic device according to a characteristic value. A signal from a rotary encoder with a push switch, a mode change switch, and an increase / decrease switch is input and selected by the mode change switch in an electronic device having a control unit that performs display control of the display unit and control of the electronic device. In the control characteristic value setting mode, items divided into hierarchies are selected, and in selecting an item divided into the hierarchies, items in the highest hierarchy are first displayed on the display unit, and one of the displayed items is displayed. Is selected by the rotary encoder and the push switch is operated to display the items in the lower hierarchy of the selected item on the display unit. Thus, the item selection for each hierarchy is repeated to repeat the selection of the lowest hierarchy. A plurality of characteristic items are displayed as items on the display unit, and one of the displayed characteristic items is displayed on the rotary encoder. More selected, the selected operating device of an electronic device the characteristic value of the characteristic items and configured to increase or decrease by the increase or decrease switch while displaying on the display unit. In an electronic device having a control unit that receives display signals from a rotary encoder with a push switch, a mode switching switch, an increase / decrease switch, and a characteristic item selection switch and performs display control of the display unit and control of the electronic device, the mode switching is performed. Items divided into layers in one control characteristic value setting mode selected by the switch are selected, and in selecting an item divided into the layers, first, the item of the highest layer is displayed on the display unit and displayed. By selecting one of the selected items using the rotary encoder and operating the push switch, the items below the selected item are displayed on the display unit, and thus the item selection for each layer is repeated. The item of the lowest hierarchy is displayed and one of them is selected by the rotary encoder, and the selected The characteristic items included in the items in the lower hierarchy are sequentially displayed and selected on the display unit by operating the characteristic item selection switch, and the characteristic values of the characteristic items selected by the item selection switch are displayed on the display unit. An operating device for an electronic device configured to increase or decrease with the increase / decrease switch. 5. The operation device for an electronic device according to claim 3, wherein when the mode changeover switch is operated in an item selection state at an intermediate or lowest level, the item selection state returns to the item at an upper level. 6. The operation device for an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the rotary encoder is used for volume increase / decrease operation in an operation mode of one. 7. The display device according to claim 1, wherein whether or not the rotary encoder is used for a volume increase / decrease operation is displayed by lighting, flashing, or turning off a light emitting element disposed in the vicinity of the rotary encoder. An electronic device operating device described in any of the above.

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