JP2007087071A - Video display device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the convenience of a user by displaying an adjustment item selected at last from a video adjustment menu at the highest rank the next time. <P>SOLUTION: This video display device is provided with an adjustment menu display means (35) for displaying an adjustment menu constituted of a plurality of items at a video display part 14 based on a sequence stored in a memory part (36) and an adjustment item storage means (35) for storing adjustment items so that an adjustment item selected at last can be displayed at the highest rank of the adjustment menu. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a video display device such as a digital television broadcast receiver, and more particularly to a video display device capable of preparing a video to be displayed on a video display unit.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 discloses a technique for displaying a menu item last displayed in the previous menu setting operation on the display unit when the menu setting operation is started again after the menu setting operation is ended.

However, since the menu item is displayed, it is independent of the adjustment menu classified into a predetermined category in order to improve the usability of the user, and it cannot be said that the usability is necessarily improved.
JP 2002-323946 A

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the adjustment item last selected in the adjustment menu is displayed at the top of the adjustment menu to be displayed next time, improving the user-friendliness. The purpose is to do.

  An image display device according to the present invention comprises an adjustment menu display means for displaying an adjustment menu consisting of a plurality of items for enabling the preparation of an image on the image display unit based on an order stored in the memory unit in advance, and a display An adjustment item storage means for storing the adjustment item selected last from the adjustment menu in the memory unit so as to be displayed at the top of the adjustment menu is provided.

  Further, the video display method according to the present invention includes a step of displaying an adjustment menu consisting of a plurality of items for enabling video preparation on the video display unit based on the order stored in the memory unit. A step of storing the last selected adjustment item in the adjustment menu in the memory unit so as to be displayed at the top of the adjustment menu is provided.

  With the configuration described above, the adjustment item selected last in the video adjustment menu is displayed at the top of the adjustment menu to be displayed next time, and the user-friendliness is improved. Further, by configuring the last selected video adjustment item to be sequentially displayed at the top, the user performs video adjustment according to the present invention several times, so that the user frequently uses the video adjustment item. However, there is an effect that video adjustment items that are not frequently used by the user are displayed in the lower part of the adjustment menu. In addition, by storing the last selected video adjustment item in the memory unit so as to be displayed at the top of the adjustment menu, it is possible to shorten the operation time required for the user's video adjustment. .

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an appearance of the front side of a television broadcast receiving apparatus 11 described in this embodiment. That is, the television broadcast receiving apparatus 11 is mainly composed of a thin cabinet 12 formed in a substantially square shape as a main body of the apparatus, and a stand 13 for standing and supporting the cabinet 12.

  The cabinet 12 exposes a display screen 14a of a video display (video display unit) 14 made of, for example, a flat-type liquid crystal display panel or the like, and a pair of speakers 15, an operation unit 16, which will be described later. A light receiving unit 18 for receiving operation information transmitted from a remote controller (not shown in FIG. 1) 17 is disposed.

  The stand 13 is formed in a substantially thin box shape, and the bottom plate 13a, which is one of the planes, is placed on a predetermined base (not shown) installed horizontally. It is configured. The stand 13 is connected to a back surface of the cabinet 12 by a support member 19 projecting upward from a substantially central portion of the upper surface plate 13b which is a surface opposite to the surface placed on the base. Thus, the cabinet 12 is supported in an upright state.

  Here, the stand 13 can accommodate an HDD unit (not shown in FIG. 1) 20 to be described later. On the upper surface plate 13b of the stand 13, a plurality of pressable operations (not shown) for controlling the HDD unit 20 to be recorded, reproduced, stopped, etc., are projected to the front side of the cabinet 12. In this case, four operation elements 21 are arranged.

  FIG. 2 schematically shows a signal processing system of the television broadcast receiving apparatus 11 described in the embodiment of the present invention. The various circuit blocks constituting the signal processing system are mainly disposed in the cabinet 12 at a position close to the back surface, that is, around the back side of the display screen 14a of the video display 14.

  The digital television broadcast signal received by the digital television broadcast receiving antenna 22 is supplied to the tuner unit 24 via the input terminal 23. The tuner unit 24 selects and demodulates a signal of a desired channel from the input digital television broadcast signal. Then, the signal output from the tuner unit 24 is supplied to the decoder unit 25 and, for example, subjected to MPEG (moving picture experts group) 2 decoding processing, and then supplied to the selector 26.

  Further, the analog television broadcast signal received by the analog television broadcast receiving antenna 27 is supplied to the tuner unit 29 via the input terminal 28. The tuner unit 29 selects and demodulates a signal of a desired channel from the input analog television broadcast signal. The signal output from the tuner unit 29 is digitized by an A / D (analog / digital) conversion unit 30 and then output to the selector 26.

  The analog video and audio signals supplied to the analog signal input terminal 31 are supplied to the A / D converter 32 and digitized, and then output to the selector 26. Further, the digital video and audio signals supplied to the digital signal input terminal 33 are supplied to the selector 26 as they are.

  The selector 26 selects one of the four types of input digital video and audio signals and supplies it to the signal processing unit 34. The signal processing unit 34 performs predetermined signal processing on the input digital video signal and provides it for video display on the video display 14. As the video display unit 14, for example, a flat panel display such as a liquid crystal display or a plasma display is adopted. The signal processing unit 34 performs predetermined signal processing on the input digital audio signal, converts the signal into an analog signal, and outputs the analog signal to the speaker 15 for audio reproduction.

  Here, in the television broadcast receiving apparatus 11, various operations including the various receiving operations described above are comprehensively controlled by the control unit 35. The control unit 35 is a microprocessor with a built-in CPU (central processing unit) and the like, and is transmitted from the operation unit 16 and the operation element 21 (not shown in FIG. 2) or from the remote controller 17. By receiving the operated information via the light receiving unit 18, each unit is controlled so that the operation content is reflected.

  Here, the control unit 35 uses the memory unit 36. The memory unit 36 mainly includes a ROM (read only memory) storing a control program executed by the CPU, a RAM (random access memory) for providing a work area to the CPU, various setting information and control. And a nonvolatile memory in which information and the like are stored.

  Here, the control unit 35 is connected to the HDD unit 20 housed in the stand 13. In this case, a line 37 for supplying power and control signals from the control unit 35 to the HDD unit 20 connects the control unit 26 and the HDD unit 20 via the connection unit 38.

  A line 39 for exchanging digital video and audio signals between the control unit 35 and the HDD unit 20 includes i. The control unit 35 and the HDD unit 20 are connected via the Link connection unit 40. That is, the transmission of the digital video and audio signals between the control unit 35 and the HDD unit 20 is performed separately from the power supply and the control signal i. Done by Link.

  The television broadcast receiver 11 can record the digital video and audio signals selected by the selector 26 with the HDD unit 20 and can also record the digital video and audio signals recorded on the HDD unit 20. It can be played and viewed.

  In addition, the control unit 35 displays an adjustment menu including a plurality of items for enabling the preparation of the video based on the order stored in the memory unit 36 or a memory provided in the control unit 35 in advance. 14 is displayed (adjustment menu display means).

  Further, as will be described later, the adjustment item selected last from the adjustment menu displayed on the video display unit 14 is stored in the memory unit 36 or the like so as to be displayed at the top of the adjustment menu (adjustment item). Storage means).

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a video adjustment menu display described in the embodiment of the present invention. As described above, the display order of the plurality of video adjustment items is stored in advance in a memory provided in the memory unit 36 or the control unit 35. Based on the display order stored in the memory, a video adjustment menu including a plurality of items for enabling the preparation of the video is displayed on the video display unit 14.

  Here, the item 1 is stored in the memory so as to display the backlight adjustment, the item 2 is the contrast adjustment, the item 3 is the color level adjustment, the item 4 is the tint level adjustment, and the item 5 is the sharpness adjustment. Based on the above, a video adjustment menu including a plurality of items is displayed on the video display unit.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a video adjustment menu display in which the last selected adjustment item described in the embodiment of the present invention is displayed at the top of the adjustment menu.

  For example, the adjustment item selected last from the adjustment menu shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the memory unit 36 or the like so as to be displayed at the top of the adjustment menu, and the video adjustment menu is displayed based on this storage. .

  Here, the last selected adjustment item is sharpness adjustment. The display of the video adjustment menu includes a plurality of items in the order of item 1 sharpness adjustment, item 2 backlight adjustment, item 3 contrast adjustment, item 4 color level adjustment, and item 5 tint level adjustment. An adjustment menu is displayed on the video display unit 14.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation related to changing the display order of the video adjustment menu of the television broadcast receiving apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. The change of the display order here is such that the last selected adjustment item is displayed at the top of the adjustment menu.

  Reference numeral 101 is a start step here. Subsequently, the process proceeds to the step denoted by reference numeral 102.

  Reference numeral 102 denotes a step of determining whether or not a user adjustment menu display is instructed. For example, the control unit 35 determines whether or not the user operates the remote controller 17 or the operation unit 16 to instruct the user adjustment menu display. When it is determined that the user adjustment menu display has been instructed, the process proceeds to the step denoted by reference numeral 103 (Yes). If it is not determined that the user adjustment menu display has been instructed, the process here is repeated (No).

  Reference numeral 103 denotes a step of displaying a user adjustment menu based on the order stored in the memory unit (memory unit 36 or the like). Subsequently, the process proceeds to the step denoted by reference numeral 104.

  Reference numeral 104 denotes a step in which a predetermined item (eg, sharpness (SHARPNESS)) is selected by the user from the video adjustment menu including a plurality of adjustment items displayed on the video display unit 14. For example, the user operates the remote controller 17 or the operation unit 16. Subsequently, the process proceeds to the step denoted by reference numeral 105.

  Reference numeral 105 denotes a step in which the sharpness (SHARPNESS) selected by the user is adjusted. Subsequently, the process proceeds to the step denoted by reference numeral 106.

  Reference numeral 106 denotes a step of detecting the last selected adjustment item. Here, the adjustment item selected here when the display of the image adjustment menu is instructed by the user operation of the remote controller 17 or the operation unit 16 (here, the sharpness (SHARPNESS)) is detected as the adjustment item selected last. . Subsequently, the process proceeds to the step denoted by reference numeral 107.

  Reference numeral 107 denotes a step for storing the last selected adjustment item (here, sharpness (SHARPNESS)) in the memory unit 36 or the like so that it is displayed at the top of the video adjustment menu. Subsequently, the process proceeds to the step denoted by reference numeral 103, and the above process is repeated.

  As described above, the video adjustment item selected last is sequentially displayed at the top, so that the user frequently performs video adjustment according to the present invention, so that the user frequently uses the video adjustment item. Video adjustment items are displayed at the top of the adjustment menu, and video adjustment items that are not frequently used by the user are displayed at the bottom.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the adjustment menu display means 35 for displaying the adjustment menu including a plurality of items for enabling the preparation of the image on the image display unit 14 and the last of the displayed adjustment menus. Adjustment item storage means for storing the adjustment item selected in the memory unit 36 so that the adjustment item is displayed at the top of the adjustment menu.

  With the configuration described above, the adjustment item selected last in the video adjustment menu is displayed at the top of the adjustment menu to be displayed next time, and the user-friendliness is improved. Further, by configuring the last selected video adjustment item to be sequentially displayed at the top, the user performs video adjustment according to the present invention several times, so that the user frequently uses the video adjustment item. However, there is an effect that video adjustment items that are not frequently used by the user are displayed in the lower part of the adjustment menu. In addition, by storing the last selected video adjustment item in the memory unit so as to be displayed at the top of the adjustment menu, it is possible to shorten the operation time required for the user's video adjustment. .

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by variously modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above-described embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements according to different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

The figure which shows the external appearance of the television broadcast receiver demonstrated in this Embodiment. The block block diagram explaining the signal processing system of the television broadcast receiver in the embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the image | video adjustment menu display demonstrated in the embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the image | video adjustment menu display by which the adjustment item selected at the end demonstrated in the embodiment is displayed on the top of an adjustment menu. The flowchart explaining the operation | movement which concerns on the change of the display order of the video adjustment menu of the television broadcast receiver in the embodiment

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Television broadcast receiver, 12 ... Cabinet, 14 ... Image | video display (video display part), 15 ... Speaker, 16 ... Operation part, 17 ... Remote controller, 18 ... Light-receiving part, 20 ... HDD unit (recording means) , 22 ... antenna, 23 ... input terminal, 24 ... tuner section, 25 ... decoder section, 26 ... selector, 27 ... antenna, 28 ... input terminal, 29 ... tuner section, 30 ... A / D conversion section, 31 ... input terminal 32 ... A / D converter, 33 ... input terminal, 34 ... signal processing unit, 35 ... control unit, 36 ... memory unit, 37 ... line, 38 ... connector, 39 ... line, 40 ... i. Link connection.

Claims (6)

In a video display device capable of preparing video to be displayed on the video display unit,
Adjustment menu display means for displaying an adjustment menu consisting of a plurality of items for enabling the preparation of the image on the image display unit based on the order stored in the memory unit in advance,
An image display comprising adjustment item storage means for storing in the memory unit the adjustment item last selected from the displayed adjustment menu so that the adjustment item is displayed at the top of the adjustment menu. apparatus. In a video display device capable of preparing video to be displayed on the video display unit,
Adjustment menu display means for displaying an adjustment menu consisting of a plurality of items for enabling the preparation of the image on the image display unit based on the order stored in the memory unit in advance,
Adjustment item storage means for storing in the memory unit the adjustment item last selected in a series of operations from the displayed adjustment menu so as to be displayed at the top of the adjustment menu. Video display device. In a video display device capable of preparing video to be displayed on the video display unit,
Adjustment menu display means for displaying an adjustment menu consisting of a plurality of items for enabling the preparation of the image on the image display unit based on the order stored in the memory unit in advance,
Adjustment item storage means for storing the adjustment item last selected from the displayed adjustment menu in the memory unit so as to be displayed at the top of the adjustment menu, and the adjustment menu display means includes the adjustment menu display means. An image display device characterized in that the last selected adjustment item stored in the memory unit is displayed at the top of the adjustment menu.     The adjustment item storage means stores the adjustment item last selected in response to a user adjustment menu display OFF operation in the memory unit so as to be displayed at the top of the adjustment menu. 4. The video display device according to any one of items 3 to 3. Displaying an adjustment menu consisting of a plurality of items for enabling the preparation of the video on the video display unit based on the order stored in the memory unit;
An image display method comprising: storing in the memory unit the adjustment item last selected from the displayed adjustment menu so as to be displayed at the top of the adjustment menu. Displaying an adjustment menu consisting of a plurality of items for enabling the preparation of the video on the video display unit based on the order stored in the memory unit in advance;
Storing the last selected adjustment item in the displayed adjustment menu in the memory unit to be displayed at the top of the adjustment menu;
An image display method comprising: displaying the adjustment item selected last stored in the memory unit so that the adjustment item is at the top of the adjustment menu.

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