JP2006295652A - Display processor and display processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display processor and a display processing method capable of displaying thumbnails or characters to be easily viewed to display units with different resolutions or screen sizes, respectively. <P>SOLUTION: The display processor 1 displays a menu image in which the display size of a thumbnail displayed on a liquid crystal screen television set 3 is selected on the liquid crystal screen television set 3 when an image signal taken by a camera 2 and recorded in a recording medium 25 is reproduced on the liquid crystal screen television set 3. A controller 10 obtains the thumbnail of each image signal recorded in the recording medium 25 from the camera 2, and creates the menu image in which the obtained respective thumbnails are displayed in accordance with the selected display size or quantity corresponding to the display size to output from the television connection part 16 and display on the liquid crystal screen television 3 when a user select the display size in accordance with the menu image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a display processing device and a display processing method for displaying display data including thumbnails or character data on a display device.

  Digital video cameras that can record images obtained by taking still images and moving images on a recording medium have become widespread, and images taken with digital video cameras can be reproduced on their own monitors. In addition, the digital video camera is configured to be connected to a display device such as a television device or a display device via, for example, a connection cable, and the recorded image is transferred to the display device and reproduced on the display device. Can do.

  Such digital video cameras are often configured to display thumbnails of each image recorded on a recording medium when the captured image is reproduced on its own monitor or a connected display device. . Thereby, the user can easily select an image to be reproduced from a plurality of images shot by the digital video camera and recorded on the recording medium. A still image thumbnail is an image obtained by downsizing each still image, for example, by a thinning process, and a moving image thumbnail is, for example, an image (still image) after a predetermined time from the start position of the moving image, for example, by a thinning process It is an image.

  On the other hand, portable music players with a built-in recording medium are widespread and are used in the same manner as portable CD players or portable MD players. Such a music player is configured to be connected to an audio device having a speaker, and the recorded music can be reproduced not only by its own speaker but also by an external audio device. Such a music player records music information such as the title, artist or genre of each music data together with the music data, and when reproducing the recorded music, the music information of each music is stored in its own monitor or audio device. It is configured to display on a monitor. Thus, the user can easily select a playback target from a plurality of music recorded by the music player.

Further, some music players with a built-in large-capacity hard disk can record a jacket image of each music data together with the music data. By configuring such a music player so that it can be connected to a display device, a jacket image of each music can be displayed on the display device when the recorded music is played back, and the user can play back based on the jacket image. The target music can be selected more easily.
JP 2004-194146 A

  However, in the digital video camera as described above, the number of thumbnails to be displayed on one screen is set in advance, and is displayed on one screen regardless of the resolution and screen size of its own monitor or connected display device. The number of thumbnails is the same. Therefore, for example, the display area of each thumbnail is large in a display device with high resolution (large screen), and the display area of each thumbnail is small in a display device with low resolution (small screen). Therefore, depending on the resolution of the display device, thumbnails are displayed so that they are very difficult to see, and the display performance of each display device cannot be fully utilized. Similarly in the music player described above, the number of music information or the number of jacket images displayed on one screen is set in advance, and has the same problem as the digital video camera described above.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the purpose of the present invention is different by changing the display size of thumbnails or the font size of character data included in display data to be displayed on a display device. To provide a display processing device and a display processing method capable of easily displaying thumbnails or characters on each resolution or screen size display device and capable of fully utilizing the display performance of various display devices. It is in.

  Another object of the present invention is to change the display conditions of display data to be displayed on the display device based on a connection unit connected to the display device, so that each display device having a different resolution or screen size is used. An object of the present invention is to provide a display processing device and a display processing method that can display display data in an easy-to-view manner and can fully utilize the display performance of various connected display devices.

  The display processing apparatus according to the present invention is a display processing apparatus comprising: a connection unit that connects to a display device; and an output unit that outputs display data including thumbnails and / or character data from the connection unit. Means for outputting a menu image displaying a plurality of display sizes of thumbnails and / or font sizes of character data included in the data for use from the connection unit, and a display size of thumbnails and / or a font of character data based on the menu images Receiving means for receiving a size, wherein the output means is configured to output display data including thumbnail data of a display size received by the receiving means and / or character data of a font size from the connection unit. It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, a display processing device that can be connected to a display device and displays display data including thumbnails and / or character data on the connected display device is provided for displaying thumbnails included in the display data. A menu image displaying a plurality of display sizes and / or font sizes of character data is displayed on the display device. Further, the display processing device receives a display size of thumbnails and / or a font size of character data based on the menu image, and displays display data including thumbnail data of the received display size and / or character data of the font size. To display. Therefore, it is possible to arbitrarily change the thumbnail display size or the character data font size included in the display data to be displayed on the display device.

  The display processing apparatus according to the present invention further includes a creation unit that creates display data including thumbnail data of a display size received by the reception unit and / or character data of a font size, and the output unit is created by the creation unit The display data is output from the connection unit.

  According to the present invention, the display processing device creates display data including a display size thumbnail and / or font size character data received based on the menu image, and causes the display device to display the created display data. . Therefore, display data in which the thumbnail display size or the font size of the character data is changed can be appropriately created and displayed on the display device.

  The display processing device according to the present invention is a display processing device comprising: a plurality of connection portions that connect to a display device; and an output unit that outputs display data from a connection portion connected to the display device. A table in which display conditions related to display data are associated with each of the units, a detection unit that detects a connection unit connected to the display device, and a display condition that corresponds to the connection unit detected by the detection unit. Specifying means based on a table, and the output means is configured to output display data from the connection unit in accordance with the display conditions specified by the specifying means.

  According to the present invention, a display processing device that includes a plurality of connection portions that are connected to a display device and that outputs and displays display data from the connection portions connected to the display device is displayed on each of the connection portions. A table in which display conditions relating to the business data are associated with each other. Further, the display processing device detects a connection portion connected to the display device, specifies a display condition corresponding to the detected connection portion based on the table, and connects display data according to the specified display condition. Displayed on a display device. Therefore, the display condition of the display data to be displayed on the display device is changed based on the connection portion connected to the display device using the fact that the connection portion connected to the display device is different depending on the type of the display device. It becomes possible.

  In the display processing device according to the present invention, the display condition indicates a display size of a thumbnail and / or a font size of character data included in the display data, and the output means is a display specified by the specifying means. Display data including a thumbnail having a display size indicated by a condition and / or character data having a font size is output from the connection unit.

  According to the present invention, the display condition to be changed according to the connection unit connected to the display device is the display size of the thumbnail and / or the font size of the character data included in the display data, and the detected connection unit It is possible to display the display data including the thumbnail of the corresponding display size and / or the font size of the character data on the display device. Therefore, the display size of thumbnails and / or the font size of character data included in the display data can be changed according to the type of the connected display device.

  The display processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a creating unit that creates display data according to the display condition specified by the specifying unit, and the output unit sends the display data created by the creating unit from the connection unit. It is comprised so that it may output.

  According to the present invention, the display processing device creates display data according to the display condition specified based on the connection unit connected to the display device, and causes the display device to display the created display data. Therefore, for example, display data in which display conditions such as a thumbnail display size or a font size of character data are changed can be appropriately generated and displayed on the display device.

  In the display processing method according to the present invention, a display processing device including a connection unit that connects to a display device outputs display data including thumbnails and / or character data from the connection unit and causes the display device to display the display data. In the display processing method, a step of outputting a menu image displaying a plurality of thumbnail display sizes and / or font sizes of character data included in the display data from the connection unit, and a thumbnail display size based on the menu image And / or receiving the font size of the character data, and outputting the display data including the thumbnail of the received display size and / or the character data of the font size from the connection unit.

  According to the present invention, the thumbnail display size or character data included in the display data to be displayed on the display device based on the menu image displaying a plurality of thumbnail display sizes or font sizes of the character data included in the display data. The font size can be arbitrarily changed.

  According to the display processing method of the present invention, a display processing device including a plurality of connection units for connecting to a display device and a table in which display conditions related to display data are associated with each of the connection units is displayed. A display processing method for outputting data from a connection unit connected to the display device and displaying the data on the display device, the step of detecting the connection unit connected to the display device, and corresponding to the detected connection unit A step of specifying display conditions to be performed based on the table, and a step of outputting display data in accordance with the specified display conditions from the connection unit.

  According to the present invention, a table in which display conditions related to display data are associated with each other according to the type of the connection unit that performs connection with the display device is used, and the display is performed according to the connection unit connected to the display device. It becomes possible to arbitrarily change the display condition of the display data to be displayed on the apparatus.

  In the present invention, a display processing device that can be connected to a display device and displays display data including thumbnails and / or character data on the connected display device is a thumbnail display size and / or a character data font. Based on the menu image displaying a plurality of sizes, the display size of the thumbnail and / or the font size of the character data is received, and the display data including the thumbnail of the received display size and / or the character data of the font size is displayed on the display device. Let Therefore, it is possible to arbitrarily change the display size of the thumbnail or the font size of the character data included in the display data to be displayed on the display device, and it is easy to see the thumbnail or the character for each of the display devices having different resolutions or screen sizes. While being able to display, the display performance in the various display apparatuses connected can be fully utilized.

  In the present invention, display data including thumbnails and / or font-size character data received based on the menu image is created, and the created display data is displayed on the display device. Therefore, display data in which the display size of thumbnails or the font size of character data is changed can be appropriately created, and thumbnails or characters can be easily displayed according to each of various display devices.

  In the present invention, a display processing device that includes a plurality of connection portions for connecting to a display device, and that outputs and displays display data from the connection portion connected to the display device is connected to the display device. The display condition corresponding to the detected connection portion is specified based on the table in which the display condition related to the display data is associated according to the connection portion, and the display data according to the specified display condition Is displayed on the display device. Therefore, the display condition of the display data displayed on the display device can be changed based on the connection unit connected to the display device, and the display data can be easily viewed for each of the display devices having different resolutions or screen sizes. While being able to display, the display performance in the various display apparatuses connected can be fully utilized.

  In the present invention, the thumbnail display size and / or the font size of the character data included in the display data displayed on the display device can be changed based on the connection unit connected to the display device. It is possible to display thumbnails or characters in an easy-to-see manner on each of the display devices of the screen size, and it is possible to fully utilize the display performance of various connected display devices.

  In the present invention, display data is created in accordance with the display conditions specified based on the connection unit connected to the display device, and the created display data is displayed on the display device. Therefore, for example, display data in which display conditions such as the display size of thumbnails or the font size of character data are changed can be appropriately created, and thumbnails or characters can be easily displayed according to each of various display devices.

  Hereinafter, a display processing device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating embodiments thereof. The display processing devices shown in the following embodiments are connected to a device that can be connected to a USB cable via a USB cable, and display a liquid crystal display via a video cable for video signals and an audio cable for audio signals. It is used by being connected to a television device (hereinafter referred to as a liquid crystal television).

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a display system using a display processing apparatus according to the present invention. In the first embodiment, the display processing device 1 is connected to a digital video camera (hereinafter referred to as a camera) 2 via a USB cable 100 and is connected to a liquid crystal television (display device) 3 via a video cable and an audio cable. It is connected. Therefore, the display processing device 1 according to the first embodiment functions as a set-top box that performs processing for reproducing an image recorded by the camera 2 on the liquid crystal television 3.

  The display processing device 1 is configured to be remotely operable by a remote control input device (hereinafter referred to as a remote control device) 1a. The display processing device 1 and the remote control device 1a are configured to be capable of wireless communication in accordance with, for example, an IrDA (Infrared Data Association) standard using infrared rays. The display processing device 1 and the remote control device 1a are connected not only to wireless communication using infrared rays but also to wireless communication such as wireless LAN complying with the IEEE802.11b standard and wireless communication complying with the Bluetooth standard. May be.

  The liquid crystal television 3 includes a display unit 30 formed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) at the center position of the display surface, and speakers 31 a and 31 b at the left and right positions of the display unit 30. The liquid crystal television 3 acquires a program signal of a broadcast program with its own tuner (not shown) based on radio waves received by an antenna (not shown), displays the acquired video signal of the program signal on the display unit 30, An audio signal of the acquired program signal is output from the speakers 31a and 31b. Further, the liquid crystal television 3 displays not only the program signal acquired by its tuner but also the video signal transferred from the display processing device 1 on the display unit 30, and the audio signal transferred from the display processing device 1. Audio can also be output from the speakers 31a and 31b.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the display system according to the first embodiment. The camera 2 includes a control unit 20, an A / D converter 22, a signal processing unit 23, an image processing unit 24, a recording medium 25, an operation unit 26, a display unit 27, a USB connection unit 28 for connecting to the USB cable 100, and the like. Are connected to each other via a system bus 2a.

  The control unit 20 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM, a RAM, and the like. The control unit 20 controls each hardware unit connected via the system bus 2a and is stored in advance in the ROM. Various operations are executed according to the control program. The RAM is configured by SRAM, flash memory, or the like, and temporarily stores data generated when the control program is executed by the CPU.

  An imaging unit 21 is connected to the A / D converter 22. The imaging unit 21 photoelectrically converts an optical signal input via the CCD to generate an analog image signal and outputs the analog image signal to the A / D converter 22. The A / D converter 22 is an amplifier (not shown) that amplifies the analog image signal acquired from the imaging unit 21 at a predetermined amplification factor, and correlated double sampling that samples the amplified image signal at a predetermined timing. A function (CDS) and the like are incorporated, and each value obtained by sampling processing by CDS is converted into a digital signal, and the obtained digital image signal is output to the signal processing unit 23.

  The signal processing unit 23 performs predetermined signal processing such as gamma correction processing, filtering processing, and contour enhancement processing on the image signal obtained by imaging with the imaging unit 21 and performs image processing on the generated image signal. To the unit 24. The image processing unit 24 includes a codec that performs compression processing and decompression processing based on, for example, an MPEG (Moving Picture Expert Group) system, executes predetermined compression processing on the image signal acquired from the signal processing unit 23, and a recording medium 25. The image processing unit 24 uses the memory 24a connected to itself as a buffer for compression processing and decompression processing. In addition, an image signal that has been subjected to predetermined signal processing by the signal processing unit 23 can be output to the display unit 27 and displayed on the display unit 27.

  The recording medium 25 is configured by an HDD, an optical disk, a memory card, or the like, and stores the compressed image signal that has been compressed by the image processing unit 24 in units of files. The compressed image signal recorded on the recording medium 25 is read according to control by the control unit 20 and is output to the image processing unit 24 or the USB connection unit 28. The compressed image signal output to the USB connection unit 28 is transferred to the display processing device 1 via the USB cable 100, and the compressed image signal output to the image processing unit 24 is subjected to decompression processing by the image processing unit 24. After that, the data is output to the display unit 27 and displayed on the display unit 27.

  The operation unit 26 includes various keys necessary for the user to operate the camera 2, and sends out a control signal corresponding to the operated key to the control unit 20 when each key is operated by the user. . The control unit 20 executes various processes in accordance with the control signal acquired from the operation unit 26, whereby the camera 2 can perform an operation in accordance with an instruction from a user who operates the operation unit 26.

  The display unit 27 is configured by a liquid crystal display panel in which a plurality of liquid crystal elements are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix. The operating state of the camera 2, information to be notified to the user, predetermined signal processing by the signal processing unit 23. And the image signal read from the recording medium 25 and subjected to a predetermined expansion process by the image processing unit 24 are displayed. Note that by using the touch panel type display unit 27, some or all of the various keys of the operation unit 26 can be substituted.

  With the above-described configuration, when the user operates a shutter button (not shown) of the operation unit 26, for example, the camera 2 acquires an analog still image signal by the imaging unit 21, and performs the A / D converter 22 and the signal processing. A still image capturing function for generating a still image by executing predetermined signal processing by the unit 23, for example, when the user operates a recording button (not shown) of the operation unit 26, a recording stop button (not shown) is selected by the user. ), For example, 30 still image signals per second are acquired by the imaging unit 21, and predetermined video processing is sequentially performed by the A / D converter 22 and the signal processing unit 23 to generate a moving image. It has a moving image capturing function.

  The camera 2 also stores an image signal (still image signal, moving image signal) obtained by imaging as described above in the recording medium 25, an image signal obtained by imaging, or the recording medium 25. The display unit 27 has a display function of displaying the recorded image signal, and a function of transmitting the compressed image signal stored in the recording medium 25 to the external display processing apparatus 1 via the USB cable 100.

  Furthermore, when the image signal recorded on the recording medium 25 is displayed on the display unit 27 or when the image signal is output from the USB connection unit 28 to the outside, the camera 2 displays the thumbnail of each image signal on the display unit 27. Display. When the image signal recorded on the recording medium 25 is a still image, for example, the image signal generated by performing the thinning process is used as a thumbnail, and when the image signal recorded on the recording medium 25 is a moving image, An image signal generated by performing a thinning process on the leading image signal in each moving image or an image signal when a predetermined time has elapsed is used as a thumbnail. Further, the thumbnails of the image signals may be generated by the CPU as needed according to a control program stored in advance in the ROM of the control unit 20, or may be generated in advance by the CPU and stored in the recording medium 25. It may be stored together with the image signal.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the display processing apparatus 1 connects the control unit 10, the ROM 11, the RAM 12, the operation unit 13, the image processing unit 14, the USB connection unit 15 for connecting to the USB cable 100, and the connection to the liquid crystal television 3. A TV connecting unit (connecting unit) 16 to be performed, a remote control code analyzing unit 17, an infrared receiving unit 18 for receiving infrared rays from the remote control device 1a, and the like are provided, which are connected to each other via a system bus 10a.

  The control unit 10 is constituted by, for example, a CPU, controls the above-described hardware units connected via the system bus 10a, and appropriately reads a control program stored in advance in the ROM 11 into the RAM 12 and executes it. To do. The ROM 11 stores in advance various control programs necessary for operating the display processing device 1 as a display processing device according to the present invention and various menu images in the display processing device 1. The RAM 12 is configured by SRAM, flash memory, or the like, and temporarily stores data generated when the control unit 10 executes the control program.

  The operation unit 13 includes various keys necessary for the user to operate the display processing device 1. When each key is operated by the user, a control signal corresponding to the operated key is sent to the control unit 10. The control unit 10 executes various processes according to the acquired control signal. The infrared light receiving unit 18 receives infrared light from the remote control device 1 a and converts it into a predetermined electric signal, and outputs the obtained electric signal to the remote control code analyzing unit 17. The remote control code analysis unit 17 analyzes the electrical signal acquired from the infrared light receiving unit 18, acquires the control signal input from the remote control device 1 a, and sends it to the acquired control signal control unit 10. Therefore, the control unit 10 executes various processes in accordance with the control signal transmitted from the remote control device 1a and analyzed by the remote control code analysis unit 17. The remote control device 1a is provided with, for example, a cross key, a determination key, a clear key, and the like.

  The image processing unit 14 includes a codec that performs compression processing and decompression processing based on, for example, the MPEG system, and the USB connection unit 15 performs predetermined decompression processing on the compressed image signal acquired from the camera 2 to generate the generated image signal. Is output from the television connection unit 16 to the liquid crystal television 3 and displayed on the liquid crystal television 3. The image processing unit 14 uses the memory 14a connected to the image processing unit 14 as a buffer at the time of decompression processing.

  Here, the display processing apparatus 1 can be equipped with a function as a DVD player or an HDD player, for example, in addition to a function of reproducing an image recorded by the camera 2 on the liquid crystal television 3. In this case, it goes without saying that the display processing apparatus 1 includes a DVD driver, an HDD, a tuner for acquiring a program signal of a broadcast program, etc. in addition to the above-described configuration.

  In the display system having the above-described configuration, when the image signal photographed by the camera 2 and recorded on the recording medium 25 is reproduced on the liquid crystal television 3, the display processing device 1 displays each image signal recorded on the recording medium 25. Are displayed on the liquid crystal television 3. Further, the display processing device 1 of the present embodiment is configured to change the display size of the thumbnail according to the selection by the user when displaying the thumbnail on the liquid crystal television 3.

  Specifically, in the display processing device 1 connected to the camera 2 and the liquid crystal television 3, the image signal recorded on the recording medium 25 of the camera 2 is reproduced on the liquid crystal television 3 by the user operating the remote control device 1a. When receiving the instruction to do so, the control unit 10 reads out the menu image stored in the ROM 11 and outputs the menu image to the television connection unit 16 to display the menu image as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a menu image displayed on the liquid crystal television 3. The menu image shown in FIG. 3 is a display screen for selecting the display size of thumbnails to be displayed on the liquid crystal television 3 from “large”, “normal”, and “small”. In accordance with this menu image, the user can select a display size by operating the up and down keys of the remote control device 1a, and can specify a desired display size by operating the enter key.

  When the user operates the enter key in accordance with such a menu image, the control unit 10 operates as a reception unit that receives a thumbnail display size, and creates a menu image (display data) that includes the thumbnail of the received display size. Operates as creation means. Specifically, when receiving the thumbnail display size, the control unit 10 acquires the thumbnail of each image signal recorded on the recording medium 25 of the camera 2 from the camera 2, and receives each acquired thumbnail. A menu image displayed according to the display size and the number corresponding to the display size is created.

  Note that thumbnails of each display size may be created by the control unit 10 of the display processing device 1 as necessary as described above, and the control unit 20 of the camera 2 may be “large”, “normal”, and “small”. ”May be created in advance corresponding to each display size and stored in the recording medium 25. In the latter case, the control unit 10 of the display processing device 1 may acquire a thumbnail of the received display size from the camera 2 and synthesize each acquired thumbnail with a menu image stored in the ROM 11 in advance. In addition, the control unit (output unit) 10 outputs the created menu image to the television connection unit 16 and causes the liquid crystal television 3 to display the menu image.

  4 and 5 are schematic diagrams for explaining the effect of using the display processing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment. As described above, by displaying the thumbnail of each image signal according to the display size of the thumbnail selected by the user, in the conventional apparatus, as shown in FIG. Whereas the number of thumbnails is fixed so as to display thumbnails, in the display processing device 1 of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4B, 2 × 2 thumbnails are included in one menu image. Can be displayed. This is because, for example, when displaying a menu image on the liquid crystal television 3 with a low resolution and a small screen size, the user selects “large” as the thumbnail display size, thereby reducing the number of thumbnails in the menu image. The display size of one thumbnail can be increased.

  In the conventional apparatus, the number of thumbnails is fixed so that 3 × 3 thumbnails are displayed in one menu image as shown in FIG. The display processing apparatus 1 can display 4 × 4 thumbnails on one menu image as shown in FIG. This is because, for example, when displaying a menu image on the liquid crystal television 3 having a high resolution and a large screen size, the user selects “small” as the thumbnail display size, thereby increasing the number of thumbnails in the menu image. The display size of one thumbnail can be reduced.

  The user selects an image signal to be reproduced on the liquid crystal television 3 by operating the cross key of the remote control device 1a according to the menu image shown in FIG. 4B or 5B, and operates the enter key. Thus, a desired image signal can be specified. In the menu image shown in FIG. 4B or FIG. 5B, when the user operates the enter key, the control unit 10 acquires the image signal selected by the user from the camera 2, and acquires the acquired image signal. The data is output to the TV connection unit 16 and reproduced on the liquid crystal television 3.

  As described above, since the user appropriately selects the display size of the thumbnail according to the resolution and the screen size of the liquid crystal television 3, it is possible to display the thumbnail on each of the various liquid crystal televisions 3 in an easy-to-view manner. The display performance of the various liquid crystal televisions 3 connected to 1 can be fully utilized.

  Hereinafter, processing for reproducing each image signal recorded on the recording medium 25 of the camera 2 on the liquid crystal television 3 in the display system having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to a flowchart. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure of image signal reproduction processing by the display system of the first embodiment. The processing procedure is an example and is not limited to this. The following processing is executed by the control unit 10 in accordance with a control program stored in the ROM 11 of the display processing device 1.

  In the display processing device 1 connected to the camera 2 and the liquid crystal television 3, the control unit 10 accepts an instruction to reproduce the image signal recorded on the recording medium 25 of the camera 2 when the user operates the remote control device 1a. If it has not been received (S1: NO), a normal operation is performed to stand by. When it is determined that the reproduction instruction has been received (S1: YES), the control unit 10 reads out the menu image stored in the ROM 11 and outputs the menu image to the television connection unit 16, and displays the menu image as shown in FIG. (S2).

  The control unit 10 determines whether or not the determination key is operated by the user according to the menu image shown in FIG. 3 (S3), and when the determination key is not operated (S3: NO), the menu shown in FIG. The image display is continued (S2). When determining that the enter key has been operated (S3: YES), the control unit 10 acquires the thumbnails of the respective image signals recorded on the recording medium 25 of the camera 2 from the camera 2 (S4). Note that the thumbnail of each image signal may be generated by the control unit 20 of the camera 2 or may be recorded in advance on the recording medium 25.

  The control unit 10 of the display processing device 1 creates a menu image in which each thumbnail acquired from the camera 2 is displayed according to the display size selected by the user from the menu image shown in FIG. 3 and the number corresponding to the display size (S5). ), The created menu image is output to the television connection unit 16, and the menu image as shown in FIG. 4B or 5B is displayed on the liquid crystal television 3 (S6).

  The control unit 10 determines whether an image signal to be reproduced is selected by the user operating the enter key according to the menu image shown in FIG. 4B or 5B (S7). If it is determined that it has not been selected (S7: NO), the display of the menu image shown in FIG. 4B or 5B is continued (S6). When determining that the image signal to be reproduced has been selected (S7: YES), the control unit 10 acquires the image signal selected by the user from the camera 2 (S8), and transmits the acquired image signal to the television connection unit 16. The data is output and displayed on the liquid crystal television 3 (S9).

(Embodiment 2)
The display system according to Embodiment 2 will be described below. In the second embodiment, the display processing device 1 is connected to the music player via the USB cable 100 and is connected to the liquid crystal television 3 via the video cable and the audio cable, and the music data recorded in the music player is received. A process of reproducing by the speakers 31a and 31b of the liquid crystal television 3 is performed. FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the display system according to the second embodiment. Note that the display processing device 1, the remote control device 1a, and the liquid crystal television 3 according to the second embodiment have the same configurations as those of the first embodiment described above, and thus the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted.

  The music player 4 includes a control unit 40, an audio output unit 41, a recording medium 42, an operation unit 43, a display unit 44, a USB connection unit 45 for connecting to the USB cable 100, and the like. Are connected to each other. The control unit 40 includes, for example, a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. The control unit 40 controls each of the above-described hardware units connected via the system bus 4a, and various types according to a control program stored in advance in the ROM. Execute the operation. The RAM is configured by SRAM, flash memory, or the like, and temporarily stores data generated when the control program is executed by the CPU.

  The audio output unit 41 is configured to output audio based on audio data recorded on the recording medium 42, and includes an audio decoder, a D / A converter, an analog amplifier, a speaker (all not shown), and the like. I have. The audio output unit 41 decodes audio data read from the recording medium 42 according to control by the control unit 40 into a digital audio signal by an audio decoder, and converts the generated audio signal into an analog signal by a D / A converter. Then, it is amplified to a predetermined size by an analog amplifier and then reproduced and output from a speaker.

  The recording medium 42 is configured by an HDD, an optical disk, a memory card, or the like, and stores, for example, music data obtained from a PC connected via the USB cable 100 in units of files. The recording medium 42 stores music information such as the title, artist, and genre of each music data along with the music data. The music data recorded on the recording medium 42 is read according to control by the control unit 40 and is output to the audio output unit 41 or the USB connection unit 45. The audio data output to the USB connection unit 45 is transferred to the display processing device 1 via the USB cable 100, and the audio data output to the audio output unit 41 is output from the speaker of the audio output unit 41.

  The operation unit 43 includes various keys necessary for the user to operate the music player 4. When each key is operated by the user, a control signal corresponding to the operated key is sent to the control unit 40. To do. The control unit 40 executes various processes according to the control signal acquired from the operation unit 43, whereby the music player 4 can perform an operation in accordance with an instruction from a user who operates the operation unit 43. The display unit 44 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display panel, and displays the operation status of the music player 4, various information input through the operation unit 43, information to be notified to the user, and the like. In addition, it is also possible to substitute a part or all of the various keys of the operation unit 43 by making the display unit 44 a touch panel type.

  When the music player 4 having the above-described configuration reproduces music data recorded on the recording medium 42 from the audio output unit 41 or outputs music data to the outside from the USB connection unit 45, the music information of each music data is recorded. Can be displayed on the display unit 44. Thus, the user can easily select desired music data based on music information such as the title, artist, and genre of each music data.

  In the display system in which the music player 4 having the above-described configuration is connected to the display processing device 1, the music data recorded in the music player 4 is output to the liquid crystal television 3 and reproduced by the speakers 31 a and 31 b of the liquid crystal television 3. In this case, the display processing device 1 displays the title (music information) of each music data recorded on the recording medium 42 of the music player 4 on the display unit 30 of the liquid crystal television 3. The display processing device 1 according to the second embodiment is configured to change the font size of the title (character data) according to the selection by the user when the title is displayed on the liquid crystal television 3.

  More specifically, in the display processing apparatus 1 connected to the music player 4 and the liquid crystal television 3, the music data recorded on the recording medium 42 of the music player 4 by the user operating the remote control device 1a is displayed on the liquid crystal television 3. When receiving an instruction to reproduce with the speakers 31a and 31b, the control unit 10 reads out the menu image stored in the ROM 11 and outputs the menu image to the television connection unit 16, and displays the menu image as shown in FIG. To display.

  FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a menu image displayed on the liquid crystal television 3. The menu image shown in FIG. 8 is a display screen for selecting the font size of the title of each music data to be displayed on the liquid crystal television 3 from “large”, “normal”, and “small”. In accordance with this menu image, the user can select the font size by operating the up and down keys of the remote control device 1a, and can specify the desired font size by operating the enter key.

  When the user operates the enter key in accordance with such a menu image, the control unit 10 operates as a reception unit that receives the font size of the title, and creates a menu image (display data) that displays the title with the received font size. It operates as a creation means. Specifically, when the control unit 10 receives the font size of the title, the control unit 10 acquires the title of each music data recorded on the recording medium 42 of the music player 4 from the music player 4, A menu image displayed according to the received font size and the number according to the font size is created.

  Note that the titles of the respective font sizes may be created by the control unit 10 of the display processing device 1 as necessary as described above, or “large”, “normal”, “ It may be stored in a memory (not shown) corresponding to each “small” font size. In the latter case, the control unit 10 of the display processing device 1 may acquire a title having the received font size from the music player 4 and synthesize each acquired title with a menu image stored in the ROM 11 in advance. In addition, the control unit (output unit) 10 outputs the created menu image to the television connection unit 16 and causes the liquid crystal television 3 to display the menu image.

  FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are schematic diagrams for explaining the effect of using the display processing device 1 of the second embodiment. As described above, by displaying each title according to the font size selected by the user, the conventional apparatus displays the title so that five titles are displayed on one menu image as shown in FIG. In contrast, the display processing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment can display three titles on one menu image as shown in FIG. 9B. This is because, for example, when displaying a menu image on the liquid crystal television 3 having a low resolution and a small screen size, the user selects “large” as the font size of the title, thereby reducing the number of titles displayed in the menu image. And the display area of one title can be enlarged.

  In the conventional apparatus, the number of titles displayed is fixed so that five titles are displayed on one menu image as shown in FIG. In the processing apparatus 1, as shown in FIG. 10B, seven titles can be displayed on one menu image. For example, when a menu image is displayed on the liquid crystal television 3 having a high resolution and a large screen size, the number of titles displayed in the menu image is increased by the user selecting “small” as the font size of the title. In addition, the display area of one title can be reduced.

  In accordance with the menu image shown in FIG. 9B or FIG. 10B, the user operates the cross key of the remote control device 1a to select music data to be reproduced on the speakers 31a and 31b, and operates the enter key. Thus, desired music data can be specified. In the menu image shown in FIG. 9B or 10B, when the user operates the enter key, the control unit 10 acquires the music data selected by the user from the music player 4, and the acquired music data Is output to the television connection unit 16 and reproduced by the speakers 31a and 31b of the liquid crystal television 3.

  In this way, the user appropriately selects the font size of the title of the music data displayed on the liquid crystal television 3 according to the resolution and the screen size of the liquid crystal television 3, so that the music data for each of the various types of liquid crystal television 3 Therefore, the display performance of various liquid crystal televisions 3 connected to the display processing device 1 can be fully utilized. Although FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 show the configuration for displaying the title of each music data, not only the title but also the artist and genre of each music data may be displayed.

  In the following, a process of reproducing each music data recorded on the recording medium 42 of the music player 4 by the speakers 31a and 31b of the liquid crystal television 3 in the display system having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to a flowchart. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure of music data reproduction processing by the display system of the second embodiment. The processing procedure is an example and is not limited to this. The following processing is executed by the control unit 10 in accordance with a control program stored in the ROM 11 of the display processing device 1.

  In the display processing device 1 connected to the music player 4 and the liquid crystal television 3, the control unit 10 has a speaker 31a for music data recorded on the recording medium 42 of the music player 4 when the user operates the remote control device 1a. , 31b is judged (S11), and if not accepted (S11: NO), a normal operation is performed to stand by. When it is determined that the reproduction instruction has been received (S11: YES), the control unit 10 reads out the menu image stored in the ROM 11 and outputs the menu image to the television connection unit 16, and displays the menu image as shown in FIG. (S12).

  The control unit 10 determines whether or not the enter key has been operated by the user according to the menu image shown in FIG. 8 (S13). If the enter key has not been operated (S13: NO), the menu shown in FIG. The image display is continued (S12). When the control unit 10 determines that the enter key has been operated (S13: YES), the control unit 10 acquires the title of each music data recorded on the recording medium 42 of the music player 4 from the music player 4 (S14). The control unit 10 of the display processing device 1 creates a menu image in which each title acquired from the music player 4 is displayed according to the font size selected by the user from the menu image shown in FIG. 8 and the number corresponding to the font size ( In step S15, the created menu image is output to the television connection unit 16, and the menu image as shown in FIG. 9B or FIG. 10B is displayed on the liquid crystal television 3 (S16).

  The control unit 10 determines whether or not the music data to be reproduced is selected by the user operating the enter key according to the menu image shown in FIG. 9B or 10B (S17). If it is determined that it has not been selected (S17: NO), the display of the menu image shown in FIG. 9B or FIG. 10B is continued (S16). When the control unit 10 determines that the music data to be played back has been selected (S17: YES), the control unit 10 acquires the music data selected by the user from the music player 4 (S18), and the acquired music data is the television connection unit 16. (S19). The liquid crystal television 3 reproduces the music data acquired from the display processing device 1 through the speakers 31a and 31b.

  In the second embodiment described above, the music data recorded in the music player 4 is played back by the speakers 31a and 31b of the liquid crystal television 3. However, the external audio device having the speakers and the display processing device 1 are wired. Alternatively, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which the title of each music data is displayed on the display unit 30 of the liquid crystal television 3 when the music data recorded in the music player 4 is played back by an audio device by wireless connection.

  Further, when the music player 4 is configured so that the jacket image of each music data can be recorded on the recording medium 42 together with the music data, the menu image displaying the jacket image together with the title of each music data is displayed on the liquid crystal television 3. Can do. In this case, the display size of the jacket image can be changed as appropriate by the same processing as that in the first embodiment, and the font size of the title of each music data can be changed as appropriate by the processing in the second embodiment.

  Furthermore, when the camera 2 of the first embodiment described above is configured so that the shooting date and time of each image signal can be recorded together with the image signal in the recording medium 25, the font size is appropriately set together with the thumbnail whose display size is changed appropriately. A menu image displaying the changed shooting date and time can be displayed on the liquid crystal television 3.

(Embodiment 3)
In the first or second embodiment described above, the display system has been described in which the user selects the thumbnail display size or the music data title font size displayed on the liquid crystal television 3 from the menu image shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. . In the following third embodiment, the display processing device 1 has a plurality of connection portions that connect to each display device according to the type of the display device, and thumbnails according to the connection portion to which the liquid crystal television 3 is connected. A display system configured to change the display size (display condition) will be described.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the display system according to the third embodiment. Note that the remote control device 1a, the camera 2, and the liquid crystal television 3 according to the third embodiment have the same configurations as those of the first embodiment described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted. In the display processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  The display processing device 1 according to the third embodiment is similar to the display processing device 1 according to the first embodiment described above. The control unit 10, the ROM 11, the RAM 12, the operation unit 13, the image processing unit 14, the USB connection unit 15, and the remote control code analysis unit. 17, an infrared light receiver 18 is provided. Furthermore, the display processing device 1 of the third embodiment includes a plurality of first television connection units 16a, second television connection units 16b, and third television connection units 16c that are connected to the liquid crystal television (display device) 3. Are connected to each other via a system bus 10a.

  The first TV connection unit 16 a, the second TV connection unit 16 b, and the third TV connection unit 16 c are connection units having different specifications, and the connections corresponding to the types of the liquid crystal television 3 to be connected to the display processing device 1. The liquid crystal television 3 is connected to the unit (the first television connection unit 16a, the second television connection unit 16b, or the third television connection unit 16c). The connection unit for connecting to the liquid crystal television 3 includes an S terminal for sending an analog video signal to the liquid crystal television 3, a D1 terminal, a D2 terminal, and a D3 terminal for sending a digital video signal to the liquid crystal television 3. For example, the first television connection unit 16a has an S terminal, the second television connection unit 16b has a D1 terminal, and the third television connection unit 16c has an HDMI terminal.

  In addition, the display processing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment stores in advance in the ROM 11 a display size table in which thumbnail display sizes are associated with each of the connection portions with the liquid crystal television 3 as shown in FIG. It is. The thumbnail display sizes are registered as “large”, “normal”, and “small”. In addition, the registered contents of the display size table may be changed by the user appropriately operating the operation unit 13 of the display processing device 1 or the remote control device 1a.

  In the display system of the third embodiment having the above-described configuration, the display processing device 1 instructs the liquid crystal television 3 to reproduce the image signal recorded on the recording medium 25 of the camera 2 when the user operates the remote control device 1a. Is received, the control unit 10 operates as a detection unit that detects a connection unit connected to the liquid crystal television 3 at this time. In FIG. 12, the first television connection unit 16a is connected to the liquid crystal television 3, and the control unit 10 detects that the connection unit connected to the liquid crystal television 3 is the first television connection unit 16a, and detects the detected first television connection unit 16a. It operates as specifying means for specifying the display size of the thumbnail corresponding to one TV connection unit 16a based on the display size table.

  When the display size of the thumbnail is specified based on the display size table, the control unit 10 acquires the thumbnail of each image signal recorded on the recording medium 25 of the camera 2 from the camera 2 and specifies each acquired thumbnail. The displayed menu image is generated according to the display size and the number corresponding to the display size, and the generated menu image is output to the first television connection unit 16a and displayed on the liquid crystal television 3. Thereby, a menu image as shown in FIG. 4B or FIG. 5B can be displayed on the liquid crystal television 3. In the menu image shown in FIG. 4B or FIG. 5B, when the user operates the enter key, the control unit 10 acquires the image signal selected by the user from the camera 2 and acquires the acquired image signal. Can be output to the television connection unit 16 and reproduced on the liquid crystal television 3.

  In this way, by appropriately changing the display size of the thumbnails to be displayed on the liquid crystal television 3 based on the connection unit connected to the liquid crystal television 3, the thumbnails are respectively displayed for the liquid crystal televisions 3 having different resolutions or screen sizes. In addition to being able to display easily, the display performance of the various liquid crystal televisions 3 connected can be fully utilized.

  Hereinafter, processing for reproducing each image signal recorded on the recording medium 25 of the camera 2 on the liquid crystal television 3 in the display system of Embodiment 3 will be described with reference to a flowchart. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of image signal reproduction processing by the display system according to the third embodiment. The processing procedure is an example and is not limited to this. The following processing is executed by the control unit 10 in accordance with a control program stored in the ROM 11 of the display processing device 1.

  In the display processing device 1 according to the third embodiment, the control unit 10 determines whether or not a user has received an instruction to reproduce an image signal recorded on the recording medium 25 of the camera 2 by operating the remote control device 1a. If it is not received (S21: NO), a normal operation is performed to wait. When the control unit 10 determines that the reproduction instruction has been received (S21: YES), the control unit 10 detects the connection unit connected to the liquid crystal television 3 at this time (S22), and displays the thumbnail display size corresponding to the detected connection unit. Is specified based on the display size table (S23).

  Next, the control unit 10 acquires thumbnails of the respective image signals recorded on the recording medium 25 of the camera 2 from the camera 2 (S24), and determines the display size and the display size specified in step S23 for each acquired thumbnail. A menu image displayed according to the number corresponding to is created (S25). The control unit 10 outputs the created menu image to the television connection unit 16 to display the menu image as shown in FIG. 4B or 5B on the liquid crystal television 3 (S26), and FIG. ) Or according to the menu image shown in FIG. 5B, it is determined whether or not an image signal to be reproduced is selected by the user operating the enter key (S27).

  When it is determined that the image signal to be reproduced is not selected (S27: NO), the control unit 10 continues to display the menu image shown in FIG. 4B or 5B (S26) and reproduces the image. When it is determined that the image signal to be selected has been selected (S27: YES), the image signal selected by the user is acquired from the camera 2 (S28), and the acquired image signal is output to the TV connection unit 16 to be output to the liquid crystal television 3 (S29).

  In the above-described third embodiment, the display system configured to change the display size of thumbnails displayed on the liquid crystal television 3 in accordance with the connection unit connected to the liquid crystal television 3 has been described. However, as illustrated in the second embodiment. It can also be configured to change the font size of the title of the music data. In this case, the display processing apparatus 1 stores in advance in the ROM 11 a font size table in which the font size of the title of the music data is associated with each of the connection portions with the liquid crystal television 3 and registered. The control unit 10 specifies a font size corresponding to the connection unit connected to the liquid crystal television 3 based on the font size table, and a menu image including a title displayed with the specified font size is described in the second embodiment. It may be created by the process.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the configuration for changing the display size of the thumbnail displayed on the liquid crystal television 3 and the font size of the character data (music data title) has been described. Various display conditions in the display data can be appropriately changed.

  Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the user operates the remote control device 1a to reproduce the image signal recorded on the recording medium 25 of the camera 2 or the music data recorded on the recording medium 42 of the music player 4. The description has been given of the configuration for selecting the display size of the thumbnail displayed on the liquid crystal television 3 or the font size of the title of the music data when the reproduction instruction is performed on the speakers 31a and 31b. When the display processing device 1 connected to the liquid crystal television 3 detects the connection with the camera 2 or the music player 4, the display size of the thumbnail displayed on the liquid crystal television 3 or the font size of the title of the music data is selected. It can also be configured.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of the display system using the display processing apparatus of this invention. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a display system according to a first embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of the menu image displayed on a liquid crystal television. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram for explaining an effect of the display processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram for explaining an effect of the display processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of image signal reproduction processing by the display system according to the first embodiment. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a display system according to Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of the menu image displayed on a liquid crystal television. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram for explaining an effect of the display processing apparatus according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram for explaining an effect of the display processing device according to the second embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of music data reproduction processing by the display system according to the second embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the display system of Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of a display size table. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of image signal reproduction processing by the display system according to the third embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Display processing apparatus 10 Control part (Output means, reception means, creation means, detection means, identification means)
16 TV connection (connection)
2 Camera 3 LCD TV (display device)
4 Music player 16a First TV connection section (connection section)
16b Second TV connection part (connection part)
16c 3rd TV connection part (connection part)

Claims (7)

In a display processing apparatus comprising: a connection unit that performs connection with a display device; and an output unit that outputs display data including thumbnails and / or character data from the connection unit.
Means for outputting a menu image displaying a plurality of display sizes of thumbnails and / or font sizes of character data included in the display data from the connection unit;
Receiving means for receiving a display size of thumbnails and / or a font size of character data based on the menu image,
The display processing apparatus, wherein the output unit is configured to output display data including thumbnail data of a display size received by the receiving unit and / or character data of a font size from the connection unit. Creating means for creating display data including thumbnail data of a display size received by the receiving means and / or character data of a font size;
The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is configured to output display data created by the creation unit from the connection unit. In a display processing device comprising a plurality of connection portions for connection with a display device, and output means for outputting display data from the connection portion connected to the display device,
A table in which display conditions related to display data are associated with each of the connection units;
Detecting means for detecting a connecting portion connected to the display device;
Specifying means for specifying a display condition corresponding to the connection detected by the detecting means based on the table;
The display processing apparatus, wherein the output unit is configured to output display data according to the display condition specified by the specifying unit from the connection unit. The display condition indicates a display size of thumbnails and / or a font size of character data included in the display data,
The output unit is configured to output display data including a thumbnail having a display size indicated by the display condition specified by the specifying unit and / or character data having a font size from the connection unit. The display processing device according to claim 3. Creating means for creating display data according to the display conditions specified by the specifying means;
The display processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the output unit is configured to output the display data created by the creation unit from the connection unit. In a display processing method in which a display processing device including a connection unit that connects to a display device outputs display data including thumbnails and / or character data from the connection unit and displays the display data on the display device.
Outputting a menu image displaying a plurality of thumbnail display sizes and / or character data font sizes included in the display data from the connection unit;
Receiving a thumbnail display size and / or a font size of character data based on the menu image;
Outputting the display data including the received display size thumbnail and / or character data of the font size from the connection unit. A display processing device comprising a plurality of connection portions for connecting to a display device, and a table in which display conditions relating to display data are associated with each of the connection portions, wherein display data is connected to the display device. A display processing method for outputting from the connected portion and displaying on the display device,
Detecting a connection connected to the display device;
Identifying a display condition corresponding to the detected connection based on the table;
Outputting the display data in accordance with the specified display condition from the connection unit.

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