JP2007074460A - Internet television receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily transfer a focus to a desired selection item of an operator in an Internet television receiver. <P>SOLUTION: In the Internet television receiver which displays a hypertext document on a WEB server and transfers the focus with a remote controller 13, transfer of the focus is easily performed by less operation even when there are many selection items on a screen by providing a display means for displaying the hypertext document, an analysis means for analyzing the hypertext document to extract selection items to which the focus is transferred, an area specification means for specifying a specific area on the display means from a position of a remote control button obtained from input button information of the remote controller and a focal position determination means for determining to what selection item in the area the focus is transferred. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an Internet television apparatus, and more particularly to a focus moving operation method.

There is an Internet television device that displays a hypertext document on a WEB server and moves the focus with a remote controller (see, for example, Patent Document 1). However, the Internet television apparatus has a problem that when there are a large number of selection items that can be moved in focus, the remote control button has to be pressed many times, resulting in poor operability. In order to solve the above problem, there is an apparatus in which selection items on a hypertext document are assigned to each numeric key of a remote controller and can be selected directly (for example, see Patent Document 2).
International Publication No. 98/012871 Pamphlet JP-A-10-098654

  However, in the apparatus described in Patent Document 2, it is necessary for the operator to check the number of the item that the operator wants to select on the screen and to accurately press the number corresponding to the item that the operator wants to select, and there are more items that can be selected in the screen. In some cases, it was difficult to confirm the number and the operability deteriorated.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to easily move the focus.

  According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in the Internet television apparatus that displays a hypertext document on a WEB server and moves the focus with a remote controller, the display means for displaying the hypertext document, and the hypertext document Analyzing means for analyzing a text document and extracting selection items that can be moved in focus; area specifying means for specifying a specific area on the display means from a position of a remote control button obtained from input button information of the remote control; and Focus position determining means for determining which selection item in the area to move to is provided. With this configuration, the Internet television apparatus can easily move the focus.

  In this specification, “focus” refers to a command associated with an instructed location when the user designates one of a plurality of selectable areas, lines, or points on the screen. In the function that executes the function, the fact that the currently selected one of the plurality of selectable areas, lines, or points is explicitly indicated to the user by a display method such as blinking or inversion. Say.

  As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, in the Internet television apparatus that displays the hypertext document on the WEB server and moves the focus with the remote controller, the display means for displaying the hypertext document, and the hypertext document Analyzing means for extracting a selection item capable of moving the focus, area specifying means for specifying a specific area on the display means from the position of the remote control button obtained from the input button information of the remote control, and within the area There is an effect that the focus can be easily moved by providing the focus position determining means for determining which selection item to move to.

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

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows an entire Internet TV apparatus according to the present embodiment. In the figure, 11 is an Internet television main body, 12 is a remote control signal receiving unit, and receives signals from the remote control 13. The remote controller 13 includes a remote control signal transmitter 14, numeric key buttons 15, and direction buttons 16.

  FIG. 2 is an example of a hypertext document displayed on the Internet television device. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 denotes a selection item that is currently focused. For example, when the lower button of the direction button 16 of the remote controller 13 in FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the Internet TV apparatus according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 3, the input unit 31 acquires an input from the remote controller and passes it to the region specifying unit 32. The area specifying unit 32 specifies which area on the screen the remote control input indicates, and passes the area information to the focus position determining unit 34. The analysis unit 33 analyzes the hypertext document, extracts selection items that can be moved in focus, and passes the extracted selection item information to the focus position determination unit 34. The focus position determining unit 4 determines which selection item to move from the region information obtained from the region specifying unit 32 and the selection item information obtained from the focus position determining unit 34, and displays it on the screen through the display unit 35. .

  With such a configuration, when the hypertext document of FIG. 2 is displayed, the screen is divided into 12 areas as shown in FIG. Since the 12 divisions have the same configuration as the arrangement of the numeric key buttons 15 of the remote controller 13 in FIG. 1, the operator can easily recognize the positional relationship of the areas on the screen. At this time, if the 12 button among the numeric key buttons on the remote controller is pressed while the focus is on 21, it indicates the position of the region 12 in FIG. 4, and the selection item in the region 12 in FIG. 5. The focus moves to 51.

  Here, if there are a plurality of selection items that can move within the selected region, the item is selected under certain conditions, such as selecting the item close to the center of the region. In addition, the selected item may slightly deviate from the operator's desired selection item, but since the focus has moved to the immediate vicinity, it can be selected by a slight movement operation.

  In the above example, the numeric key buttons of the remote controller are used. However, the present invention is not limited to the numeric key buttons and may include other key buttons. Further, the present invention is not limited to the focus movement of a hypertext document, and can be generally used for a focus operation on a television screen using a remote controller.

  As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, in the Internet television apparatus that displays a hypertext document on a WEB server and moves the focus with a remote controller, the display means for displaying the hypertext document, and the hypertext document Analyzing means for extracting a selection item capable of moving the focus, area specifying means for specifying a specific area on the display means from the position of the remote control button obtained from the input button information of the remote control, and within the area By providing the focus position determining means for determining which selection item to move to, even when there are many selection items on the screen, it is possible to easily move the focus with few operations.

  The Internet TV apparatus according to the present invention can be easily moved in focus, and thus is related to the Internet TV apparatus, and particularly useful for a focus moving operation method.

1 is an overall view of an Internet television apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Diagram showing the display of a hypertext document The block diagram which shows the structure of the internet television apparatus concerning one Embodiment of this invention. Division diagram of the screen corresponding to the numeric keys on the remote control Figure showing the display of a hypertext document after moving the focus

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Internet television main body 12 Remote control signal receiving part 13 Remote control 14 Remote control signal transmission part 15 Numeric key button 16 Direction button 21 Focus position 22 Next selection item 31 Input means 32 Area | region identification means 33 Analysis means 34 Focus position determination means 35 Display means 51 Focus position after movement

Claims (1)

In an Internet television device that displays a hypertext document on a WEB server and moves the focus with a remote control,
Display means for displaying the hypertext document;
Analyzing means for analyzing the hypertext document and extracting selection items that can be moved in focus;
Area specifying means for specifying a specific area on the display means from the position of the remote control button obtained from the input button information of the remote control;
An Internet television apparatus comprising: focus position determination means for determining which selection item in the area to move to.

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