JP2007281659A - Electronic information display system, electronic information display device and remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic information display system with a simple configuration which enables an easy operation of selecting and deciding many representative images (or small screens) displayed in a menu in a display screen. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic information display system displays a plurality of representative images in a menu in a display screen with a predetermined arrangement in which the images are vertically and horizontally arranged, sets a focus having a size enough to include each of the predetermined number of representative images vertically and horizontally in accordance with the representative images, and moves this focus using a moving quantity corresponding to a multiple of a representative image as a unit for each of vertical and horizontal components of the movement by an operation of a remote controller. The representative image is manipulated with any one of a plurality of decision operation buttons (309-312) of an arrangement similar to the representative image in the focus provided on the remote controller, out of the representative images included in the focus having reached a desired position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a specific representative image by an operation from a remote controller for an electronic information display device that displays a menu in a display screen with a predetermined arrangement in which a plurality of representative images representing corresponding information are arranged vertically and horizontally. The present invention relates to an electronic information display system, an electronic information display device, and a remote controller that select and determine the user.
In the present specification, the “representative image” is not limited to the same meaning as an icon representing a specific function or device, and a plurality of so-called parent screens are divided. Like the so-called child screen which is a divided small screen, it displays video in each individual, for example, when a selection decision operation for it is performed, it is enlarged and displayed to the size of the parent screen, Including the case of each screen by tiling.

In recent years, for example, in an electronic information display device such as a digital television receiver, an extremely wide variety of operations can be performed by a remote controller, and a plurality of icons each representing corresponding information are vertically and horizontally. An operation method of selecting and executing a specific one of various information and functions by selecting and determining icons for the arranged menu screens is becoming increasingly used.
As described above, various methods have been proposed for an operation method for selecting a specific one from an icon in the screen or a plurality of small screens.

  For example, the user operates the menu button switch of the remote controller to display a plurality of menu icons on the screen, and further operates the operation element up / down / left / right to move the cursor displayed in a highlighted state to the desired button icon. When the enter operation is performed after the adjustment, the CPU controls the tuner to receive the broadcast channel corresponding to the enter operation, receives the corresponding channel, performs a demodulation process and other predetermined processes on the received signal, and monitors the monitor apparatus. There is a proposal of receiving an image in such a manner that it is output and displayed (see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, when selecting a desired item from a plurality of items using four types of arrow keys, the arrow key must be pressed many times, and this tendency becomes more prominent as the number of items increases. There is also a proposal to try to solve this problem. In this proposal, a screen (lattice parallel lines orthogonal to each other) is superimposed on the screen according to the operation from the remote controller, and each rectangular area divided by the lattice is numbered to support numeric keypad operation. A rectangular area to be identified is specified, and items existing in the specified rectangular area are searched. When the number of items existing in the rectangular area is two or more, the cursor is focused on the item located at the upper left corner in the rectangular area, and the selection of the item is determined by the determination button. It is described that when there are a large number of items to be selected, the items can be selected by a few button operations as compared with the related art (see Patent Document 2).

  Furthermore, four decision buttons on the mouse are operated as a pointing device so that four cursors are handled. In particular, each cursor is always moved within an area divided into four parts on the display screen, There is also a proposal in which the above-mentioned determination button is arranged in a layout corresponding to the cursor movement area, and the position indicated by the cursor is selected by clicking the determination button corresponding to the desired cursor position (Patent Document 3). reference).

  Also, on the screen displayed by the Web browsing function, the key layout of the remote controller is displayed at the bottom right of the screen, the corresponding function name is assigned to each key, and the user can see the key layout at the bottom right of the screen. Operate the remote controller with your finger to enter an address in the address entry field on the screen, or scroll or jump to the desired web page displayed on the web screen so that you can browse the web page In this case, there is a proposal of changing the color so that the operation performed on the remote controller can be confirmed on the screen at any time (see Patent Document 4).

  In addition, when selecting a program that seems to be interesting while appropriately switching the program currently being broadcast instead of selecting a specific program, the operability of the remote controller is increased. The decline hinders comfortable program selection with few operations that the user has been accustomed to from the analog TV era, and even in the multi-channel era by digital broadcasting, it is necessary to realize comfortable program selection with few operations Since further improvement and ingenuity are desired, there is a proposal to reduce the number of operations on the remote controller when zapping viewing or selecting a favorite program on a tiling-divided display screen.

This proposal marks each of the tiling split screens divided into 4 x 5 20 small screens according to the user's wishes, with "Favorite Mark" being the highest priority and "Hate Mark" The priority is set for each category with a rule such as “is the lowest priority, and if there are multiple“ like marks ”or“ dislike marks ”, the priority is given to the program selected by the agent. When the display is updated by performing the arrangement process, the program with the "Like Mark" is added to the divided position where the number of operations with the remote controller is small from the focus position. When viewing zapping using a tiling split screen, program selection can be performed with a small number of actions using the remote controller, centering on the rearranged favorite areas with a higher degree of preference. It is that attempts to allow Nau (see Patent Document 5).
JP-A-8-140003 (paragraphs 0068 to 0078, FIG. 13) JP 2001-142598 A (paragraphs 0002 to 0004, paragraphs 0020 to 0031, FIG. 6) JP-A-5-113851 (paragraphs 0025 to 0028, FIG. 4) JP 2003-209710 A (paragraph 0044 to paragraph 0048, FIG. 3) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-167712 (paragraphs 0011 to 0012, paragraphs 0073 to 0077, FIG. 10)

However, the focus (or cursor) is moved to a specific icon from a large number of icons (or small screens) aligned and displayed on the screen corresponding to various information and functions, and then the decision operation is performed. In order to sufficiently simplify operations such as execution, any of the above proposals still has some problems.
According to the proposal described in Patent Document 1, each menu icon is moved one by one by a moving means using a pointing device in four directions (up / down / left / right) or eight directions. If the number of menu icons is relatively small, the cursor is moved. Although there is little stress, when one item is selected from an extremely large number of menu icons, the number of operations of the remote controller for moving the cursor between the menu icons one by one increases, and the line of sight between the screen and the remote control The round trips are frequent and the operation becomes conspicuous.

In addition, other proposals are not necessarily sufficient from the viewpoint of eliminating the troublesome operation of the remote controller.
For example, in the proposal described in Patent Document 2, specifying a rectangular area by a numeric keypad itself becomes more complicated as the number of rectangular areas divided by a grid increases, and then an item in the specified rectangular area is selected. However, if the cursor is automatically focused on the item located in the upper left corner of the rectangular area, it will not be necessary to perform further selection operations when it is not desired. It is not possible to reduce the number of operations in the.

  Further, in the proposal described in Patent Document 3, always paying attention to an area divided into four equal parts, paying particular attention to one of the areas at the current time point, and then click the decision button in that area to move the cursor Because the selection of the position pointed to by the mouse, the amount of movement of the cursor until the decision button on the mouse is pressed may be reduced, but the treatment deliberately distributes attention and means what the screen display means It must be recognized accurately and is never easy.

  On the other hand, in the proposal of Patent Document 4, the function unit related to the operation of the remote controller is displayed on the screen, but the corresponding function attached to each operation key is read or the operation history is confirmed from the color change. It is necessary to have a certain level of proficiency, and as in the proposal of Patent Document 5, it is necessary to mark with a priority such as “like mark” and “dislike mark” and to recognize the rules regarding its meaning. It must be said that there is still a gap in the handling method.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the problems left behind in the prior art as described above, and gradually selects and determines a representative image or a small screen as intended through a number of operation steps. An electronic information display system that eliminates the troublesome operations such as enabling the user to select, and selects and determines a representative image (or small screen) displayed on the display screen with a simple configuration. An object is to implement an electronic information display device and a remote controller.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present application proposes the following techniques.
(1) A menu display means for displaying a menu on a display screen with a predetermined arrangement in which a plurality of representative images representing corresponding information are arranged vertically and horizontally, and a predetermined arrangement by the menu display means. A focus setting unit that sets a focus having a size including a predetermined number of representative images in the vertical and horizontal directions corresponding to the displayed representative image, and the focus set by the focus setting unit in response to an external operation Recognizing a focus moving means for moving each component by a moving amount corresponding to a multiple of the representative image, and a representative image determined and determined from representative images included in the focus that has reached a desired position by the focus moving means. An electronic information display device comprising a determination operation recognition means for
Focus movement control means for moving the focus in the display screen of the electronic information display device, and a plurality of operations arranged vertically and horizontally with an arrangement similar to the arrangement of the representative images included in the one focus A remote controller comprising a determination control means for performing a determination operation on a representative image corresponding to an operation of one of the plurality of operators having a child;
An electronic information display system comprising:

In the electronic information display system of (1) above, in the electronic information display device, a menu is displayed on the display screen with a predetermined arrangement in which a plurality of representative images representing corresponding information are arranged vertically and horizontally by the menu display means. The focus setting means sets a focus having a size including a predetermined number of representative images vertically and horizontally corresponding to the representative image displayed on the menu.
In response to an external operation from the remote controller, the set focus is moved by the focus moving unit in units of a moving amount corresponding to a multiple of the representative image for each vertical and horizontal component of the movement. Of the representative images included in the focus that has been moved in this way and reached the desired position, the representative image that has been determined by the operation from the remote controller is recognized by the determination operation recognition means. A predetermined operation is activated in response to this recognition.

  In the remote controller, the focus in the display screen of the electronic information display device is moved by the focus movement control means, and a plurality of arranged vertically and horizontally with an arrangement similar to the arrangement of the representative image included in one focus. A determination operation is performed on the corresponding representative image by an operation on one of the plurality of operators in the decision control means having an operator.

(2) Menu display means for displaying a menu on a display screen with a predetermined arrangement in which a plurality of representative images representing corresponding information are arranged vertically and horizontally, and the menu display means with a predetermined arrangement. A focus setting means for setting a focus of a size including a predetermined number of representative images vertically and horizontally with respect to the displayed representative image with a similar arrangement to a plurality of determining operation operators of a remote controller; and the focus setting means A focus moving means for moving the focus set by the amount of movement corresponding to a multiple of the representative image for each vertical and horizontal component of the movement in response to an operation from the remote controller, and a desired position by the focus moving means For determining the remote controller among representative images included in the focused focus Electronic information display device characterized by comprising a determining operation recognition means for recognizing a corresponding representative image determined manipulated by those of Sakuko.

In the electronic information display device of (2) above, the menu display means displays a menu on the display screen with a predetermined arrangement in which a plurality of representative images representing the corresponding information are arranged vertically and horizontally. A focus setting unit sets a focus having a size including a predetermined number of representative images in the vertical and horizontal directions corresponding to the representative image.
In response to an external operation from the remote controller, the set focus is moved by the focus moving unit in units of a moving amount corresponding to a multiple of the representative image for each vertical and horizontal component of the movement. Of the representative images included in the focus that has been moved in this way and reached the desired position, the representative image that has been determined by the operation from the remote controller is recognized by the determination operation recognition means. A predetermined operation is activated in response to this recognition.

(3) The focus setting means sets the focus so as to include a region in which two representative images are aligned vertically and horizontally as an arrangement similar to the plurality of determination operation operators of the corresponding remote controller. The electronic information display device according to (2), which is configured.
In the electronic information display device of (3) above, particularly in the electronic information display device of (2), the focus setting means has two similar arrangements in the vertical and horizontal directions, similar to the plurality of determining operation operators of the corresponding remote controller. The focus is set so as to include an area formed by arranging representative images.

(4) The electronic information display device according to (2), wherein the focus moving means is configured to move in accordance with an operation by a pointing device of a corresponding remote controller.
In the electronic information display device of (4) above, particularly in the electronic information display device of (2), the focus moving means moves in response to an operation by a pointing device such as a movement key in a plurality of directions of the corresponding remote controller. It is configured as follows.

(5) A unit of movement amount corresponding to a multiple of the representative image for each vertical and horizontal component of movement with respect to one focus set to include a plurality of representative images in the display screen of the corresponding electronic information display device A focus movement control means for forming a movement operation signal for moving as a plurality of operating elements arranged vertically and horizontally with an arrangement similar to the arrangement of representative images included in the one focus. A remote controller comprising: a decision control means for performing a decision operation on a representative image corresponding to an operation of one of a plurality of operators.

  In the remote controller of (5) above, the vertical and horizontal components of movement with respect to one focus set so as to include a plurality of representative images in the display screen of the corresponding electronic information display device by the focus movement control means. In a decision control means having a plurality of operation elements arranged vertically and horizontally with a similar arrangement to the arrangement of representative images included in one focus, with a movement amount corresponding to a multiple of the representative image as a unit. A determination operation is performed on the corresponding representative image by an operation on one of the plurality of operators.

(6) The remote controller according to (5), wherein the focus movement control means is configured to move the focus in accordance with an operation by a pointing device.
In the remote controller of (6) above, particularly in the remote controller of (5), the focus movement control means moves the focus in accordance with an operation by a pointing device having movement keys in a plurality of directions, for example.

(7) The determination control means is similar to the arrangement of representative images that are arranged vertically and horizontally as a plurality of operators arranged vertically and horizontally similar to the arrangement of representative images included in the one focus. (5) The remote controller according to (5), comprising operating elements arranged in an array.
In the remote controller of (7) above, particularly in the remote controller of (5), the decision control means is arranged vertically and horizontally in a manner similar to the arrangement of the representative images included in one focus in the display on the electronic information display device. As the plurality of provided operating elements, there are provided operating elements arranged in an arrangement similar to the arrangement of the representative images that are arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings to be referred to below, for the sake of convenience, the main part that is the subject of the description is exaggerated as appropriate, and other than the main part is appropriately simplified or omitted.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an electronic information display system as one embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, an electronic information display system 10 includes a digital television receiver 100 and a remote controller 200 as one embodiment of the electronic information display apparatus of the present invention.

  The broadcast wave that has been received by the antenna 110 having the frequency converter and frequency-converted is supplied to the tuner unit 120. The tuner unit 120 extracts a signal having a desired specific frequency from a high-frequency data modulation signal including video data and audio data, and performs demodulation processing, deinterleave processing, error correction processing, and the like to demodulate the extracted signal. To output a transport stream. Further, the tuner unit 120 generates data of an error rate or a C / N ratio representing a reception state obtained in the process of error correction processing.

The transport stream that is the output of the tuner unit 120 is supplied to the descrambling unit 130. The descrambling unit 130 descrambles the transport stream using the key information read by the IC card reading unit 132 from the applied IC card 131.
The descrambling unit 130 further includes a demultiplex processing function, and the transport stream subjected to the descrambling process is converted into an MPEG2 (Moving Picture Experts Group 2) video transport packet, an audio transport packet, and a PSI / SI. Separated into (Program Specific Information / Service Information).

The separated video transport packet and audio transport packet are supplied to the AV decoder unit 140.
In order to comprehensively control the entire system of the digital television receiver 100, a system controller 150 mainly composed of a microprocessor is provided, and the system controller 150 has an error rate or C representing the above-described reception state. / N ratio data and PSI / SI data are also input.

As will be described later, the system controller 150 constitutes each means as an essential constituent element of the present invention by cooperating with its corresponding functional unit and other related functional units.
A plurality of channels are multiplexed in the transport stream, and selecting a desired channel from among these is based on the packet ID in which the desired channel is multiplexed in the transport stream from the aforementioned PSI / SI. This is achieved by reading the data, such as whether or not

  The AV decoder unit 140 includes a video decoder that decodes video transport packets and an audio decoder that decodes audio transport packets. The video decoder decodes the input variable length code to obtain a quantization coefficient and a motion vector, and performs inverse DCT conversion, motion compensation control based on the motion vector, and the like. The audio decoder decodes the input encoded signal to generate audio data.

The output of the above video decoder of the AV decoder unit 140 is supplied to the video processing unit 142 via the adder 141, while the output of the above audio decoder is supplied to the audio processing unit 143.
The video processing unit 142 receives the video data from the AV decoder unit 140, performs D / A conversion, and converts it into, for example, a composite video signal. On the other hand, the audio processing unit 143 receives audio data from the AV decoder unit 140 and performs D / A conversion to generate, for example, an analog signal of right (R) sound and an analog signal of left (L) sound.

The output of the video processing unit 142 is supplied to the display device 160 via the video output unit 144 and the video is displayed on the screen. The output of the audio processing unit 143 is supplied to the speaker 161 via the audio output unit 145 and the audio is received. Is output.
An OSD unit 151 that operates under the control of the system controller 150 is provided, and generates image pattern data representing a representative image, menu, characters, display color, and the like that are instructed to be output from the system controller 150, and outputs them to the adder 141. .

The adder 141 performs processing for incorporating the video pattern data into the received video data output from the AV decoder 140.
A remote control signal receiving unit 152 for receiving an operation command signal (remote control signal) by infrared light from the remote controller 200 is provided, and the output is decoded by the remote control signal decoding unit 153 to be sent to the system controller 150. It is configured to be supplied.

A memory 155 is provided so that various data can be exchanged with the system controller 150. Further, operation buttons and other operations for directly operating the digital television receiver 100 without using the remote controller 200 are provided. An operation unit 156 provided with an operator is connected to the system controller 150.
In the electronic information display system 10 of this embodiment, the digital television receiver 100 has a display screen with a predetermined arrangement in which a plurality of representative images representing information corresponding to the display 160 are arranged vertically and horizontally. The menu is displayed inside. In this menu display, video pattern data generated by the OSD unit 151 based on a menu display command from the system controller 150 is incorporated into received video data output from the AV decoder 140 and supplied to the video processing unit 142. This is performed by supplying to the display device 160 via the video output unit 144.

In addition, the above-described menu display is also performed based on an instruction from the system controller 150 in accordance with an instruction from the system controller 150 in accordance with a command from the system controller 150 in accordance with a representative image displayed with a predetermined arrangement. It is executed in the same way as in the case of.
An operation command signal (remote control signal) by infrared light from the remote controller 200 that determines a specific one of the plurality of representative images displayed by moving the focus is received by the remote control signal receiving unit 152, and remote control is performed. The signal is decoded by the signal decoding unit 153 and supplied to the system controller 150. The system controller 150 that receives the supply executes focus movement and recognizes the representative image to be determined. Then, the corresponding units are controlled to perform a predetermined operation corresponding to the recognized representative image.

As will be understood from the above description, the menu display means for displaying a menu on the display screen with a predetermined arrangement in which a plurality of representative images representing corresponding information are arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions is the system controller 150, the OSD unit. 151, an adder 141, a video processing unit 142, a video output unit 144, and the like.
A focus setting unit that sets a focus having a size including each predetermined number of representative images corresponding to the representative images displayed with a predetermined arrangement by the menu display unit is also included in the system controller 150, the OSD unit 151, and the addition. The image forming apparatus 141, the image processing unit 142, the image output unit 144, and the like are implemented by corresponding functional units.

  Further, the focus moving means for moving the focus set by the focus setting means in response to an external operation in units of movement amounts corresponding to multiples of the representative image for the vertical and horizontal components of the movement includes a remote control signal receiving unit 152, This is implemented by respective functional units such as a remote control signal decoding unit 153, a system controller 150, an OSD unit 151, an adder 141, a video processing unit 142, and a video output unit 144.

Furthermore, the determination operation recognizing means for recognizing the representative image determined and determined among the representative images included in the focus that has reached the desired position by the focus moving means includes the remote control signal receiving unit 152 and the remote control signal decoding unit 153. And the system controller 150 is implemented by each corresponding functional unit.
On the other hand, the remote controller 200, as will be described in detail later, for one focus set to include a plurality of representative images displayed on the screen of the display 160 on the digital television receiver 100 side. Focus movement control means for moving each vertical and horizontal component of movement in units of movement corresponding to multiples of the representative image, and a vertical and horizontal arrangement similar to the arrangement of the representative image included in one focus. A determination control unit configured to perform a determination operation on a representative image corresponding to an operation of one of the plurality of operators.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the remote controller 200 in the system of FIG. The important function of the remote controller 200 is realized by a system controller 210 that is provided in the casing 201 and mainly configured by a microprocessor.
An operation that includes an operation button (operation key) and an electronic switch unit corresponding to a pointing device, which will be described in detail later, and detects an operation by a user and transmits the operation to the system controller 210 in the housing 201. The unit 220 is connected to the system controller 210.

A remote control signal that receives an operation input from the operation unit 220 and projects an operation command signal (remote control signal) by infrared light corresponding to the received operation to the remote control signal reception unit 152 on the digital television receiver 100 side. Projection unit 230 also operates in response to a command from system controller 210.
On the other hand, the memory 240 is connected so that data can be exchanged with the system controller 210, but user setting information and the like are stored in the memory 240.

The system controller 210 constitutes an essential component of the remote controller 200 as an embodiment of the present invention by cooperating with each corresponding functional part and related part, and more specifically as follows. It is.
In response to a user's operation on the operation unit 220, the movement of one focus is set so as to include a plurality of representative images displayed on the screen of the display 160 on the digital television receiver 100 side. The focus movement control means for operating the vertical and horizontal components in units of the movement amount corresponding to the multiple of the representative image is realized by the cooperation of the system controller 210, the operation unit 220, and the remote control signal projection unit 230. The

  Also, a representative image corresponding to an operation of one of the plurality of operators having a plurality of operators arranged vertically and horizontally with an arrangement similar to the arrangement of the representative image included in one focus. The function of the determination control means for performing the determination operation is realized by the cooperation of the system controller 210, the operation unit 220, and the remote control signal projection unit 230.

  Regarding the function of the remote controller 200 in response to the operation unit 220 and its operation, and the transition of the screen display on the display 160 on the digital television receiver 100 side in response to the operation command signal from the remote controller 200 Hereinafter, each embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings in comparison with the conventional case.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the remote controller of the present invention. In FIG. 3, in particular, the remote controller 300 (in FIG. 1, a reference numeral 200 is typically assigned to a remote controller that is suitable for the digital television receiver 100, but is described herein as an embodiment of the invention. The remote controller more generally corresponds to 200), and the appearance of the main part related to the explanation of the present invention, such as focus movement, representative image determination, etc., is shown. The other parts are not shown. In the following description, “button” is synonymous with an operation key.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a transition of menu display on the screen of the digital television receiver 100 operated by the remote controller of FIG.
The embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 will be described next in comparison with FIGS. 8 and 9 showing the conventional technology corresponding thereto.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a conventional remote controller. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a transition of menu display on the screen of the digital television receiver operated by the remote controller of FIG.
The power of the corresponding digital television receiver is turned on by operating the power button 801 of the remote controller 800 of FIG. Reference numeral 802 denotes a channel number button for changing the reception channel, reference numeral 803 denotes a menu button for displaying a menu or content on the display unit of the digital television receiver, and reference numeral 804 denotes an end button for ending the menu operation.

Reference numerals 805, 806, 807, and 808 denote operation buttons for moving the focus on the display screen up and down, left and right, and selecting, and 809 denotes a determination button for determining a focused representative image.
After the power is turned on by operating the power button 801 of the remote controller 800, the display unit of the digital television receiver is operated by operating the menu button 803, as shown in FIG. Menu display including is displayed.

As shown as process 901 in FIG. 9, “1” is focused in the initial display state of the menu display. The process of moving from “1” and selecting and determining “9” requires that five button operations of right button 808 → right button 808 → down button 806 → down button 806 → decision button 809 are performed in 901. .
Further, as shown in FIG. 9 as process 902, in the process 902 in which “5” is selected and determined while “9” is focused, three times including the upper button 805 → the left button 807 → the determination button 809 are performed. It is necessary to perform a button operation. Therefore, the total number of button operations in the two processes is eight.

Next, the case where the selection determination process of “9” and “5” is executed in the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 as described above will be described.
The configuration of the focus block for focusing a plurality of representative images is 2 columns and 2 rows. The digital television receiver 100 is turned on by operating the power button 301 of the remote controller 300 in FIG.

  302 is a channel number button for changing the reception channel, 303 is a menu button for displaying a menu, contents, and the like on the display 160 of the digital television receiver 100, and 304 is an end button for ending the menu operation. Operation buttons 305, 306, 307, and 308 are used to move and select the focus on the representative image block vertically and horizontally. Reference numerals 309, 310, 311, and 312 denote determination buttons “determination 1” to “determination 4” that are opposed to four representative images of the focus block configured by two columns and two rows.

These decision buttons 309, 310, 311 and 312 are a plurality of operators arranged vertically and horizontally with an arrangement similar to the arrangement of the representative image included in one focus. This constitutes an element of a decision control means for performing a decision operation on a corresponding representative image by an operation on one of the two.
After turning on the power of the digital television receiver 100 by operating the power button 301, the display 160 of the digital television receiver 100 by operating the menu button 303 is displayed as a process 401 in FIG. A menu display including a representative image consisting of a total of 9 columns and 3 rows is displayed. In the initial display state in the menu display on the display device 160, the focus is on the position of the block including “1”, “2”, “4”, “5” of the representative image.

In the process of selecting and determining “9” from this state, the focus block is changed from “401” to “2”, “3”, “5”, and “6” as in the process 402 by operating the right button 308. Next, the focus block is changed to “5”, “6”, “8”, “9” as in the process 403 by operating the down button 306, and “decision 4” corresponding to the representative image “9” in the focus block. “9” is selected and determined by operating the button 312. Therefore, the number of button operations is three.
The process of selecting and determining “5” in the focus block state to “5”, “6”, “8”, and “9” is “determination 1” corresponding to the representative image “5” in the focus block as indicated by 404. "5" is selected and determined only by operating the "" button 309. Therefore, the number of button operations is one.

The total number of button operations in the above two processes is four, which can be realized by a half operation as compared with the conventional examples of FIGS.
As is clear from the above, the focus set by the focus setting means described with reference to FIG. 1 has a movement amount corresponding to a multiple of the representative image for each vertical and horizontal component of the movement in response to an external operation from the remote controller. Move as a unit.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the remote controller of the present invention. Also in FIG. 5, in particular, out of the operation unit of the remote controller 500, focus movement, determination of a representative image, and other major parts related to the description of the present invention are shown, and the other parts are not shown. It is.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a transition of menu display on the screen of the digital television receiver 100 operated by the remote controller of FIG.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 described above will be described in comparison with FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 showing the conventional technique corresponding thereto.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a conventional remote controller. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a transition of menu display on the screen of the digital television receiver operated by the remote controller of FIG.
The digital television receiver is turned on by operating the power button 1001 of the remote controller 1000 in FIG.

1002 is a channel number button for changing the reception channel, 1003 is a menu button for displaying a menu or content on the display unit of the digital television receiver, 1004 is an end button for ending the menu operation, and 1009 is focus. Is a pointing button that has both a function for moving the image in eight directions, up and down, left and right, and a button function for determining a representative image focused by pushing down in the vertical direction.
After turning on the power of the digital television receiver by operating the power button 1001, a menu including representative images consisting of a total of 9 columns and 3 rows as shown in the process 1101 is displayed on the display screen by operating the menu button 1003. The display is projected. In the initial display state of the menu display, “1” is focused.

In the process of moving the focus position from “1” and selecting and determining “9”, the pointing button 1009 is operated as follows: diagonally lower right → lower diagonal right → decision (pushing in the vertical direction). The required number of operations is three.
In the process of selecting and determining “5” in a state where “9” is in focus, the pointing button 1009 is operated from the upper left to the determination (pressing in the vertical direction) as shown in 1102. The required number of operations is two. Therefore, the required number of button operations in the two processes is a total of five times.

The case where the selection determination process of “9” and “5” is executed in the other embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 as described above will be described.
The configuration of the focus block for focusing a plurality of representative images is 2 columns and 2 rows. The digital television receiver 100 is turned on by operating the power button 501 of the remote controller 500 shown in FIG.

502 is a channel number button for changing the reception channel, 503 is a menu button for displaying a menu, contents, and the like on the display unit 104, 504 is an end button for ending the menu operation, and 505 is for raising and lowering the focus of the menu screen. It is a pointing button that moves in eight directions.
Reference numerals 506, 507, 508, and 509 denote determination buttons “determination 1” to “determination 4” corresponding to four representative images of the focus block configured by two columns and two rows.
These decision buttons 506, 507, 508, and 509 are a plurality of operators arranged vertically and horizontally with an arrangement similar to the arrangement of the representative image included in one focus, and among the plurality of operators This constitutes an element of a decision control means for performing a decision operation on a corresponding representative image by an operation on one of the two.

After the power of the digital television receiver 100 is turned on by operating the power button 501, the display 160 of the digital television receiver 100 is displayed on the display 160 of the digital television receiver 100 as shown by 601 in FIG. A menu display including a representative image consisting of a total of nine rows is displayed. In the initial display state of the menu display, “1”, “2”, “4”, “5” are focused on the focus block.
In the process of selecting and determining “9”, the focus block is changed from “601” to “5”, “6”, “8”, “9” as shown by 602 by moving the pointing button 505 diagonally to the lower right. “9” is selected and determined by operating the “decision 4” button 509 corresponding to the representative image “9” in the focus block. Therefore, the required number of button operations is two.

Further, “5” is selected and determined while focusing on the blocks “5”, “6”, “8”, and “9”. In the process 603, “5” is selected and determined only by operating the “decision 1” button 506 relative to the representative image “5” in the focus block. Therefore, the required number of button operations is one. Therefore, the total number of required button operations for the two processes is three, which is less than two operations as compared with the prior art shown in FIGS.
In the above, the focus set by the focus setting means described with reference to FIG. 1 moves in units of movement amounts corresponding to multiples of the representative image for each vertical and horizontal component of the movement in response to an external operation from the remote controller. To do.
Here, the operation of the menu screen including a total of 16 representative images arranged in 4 columns and 4 rows is performed again in the comparison between the prior art of FIGS. 10 and 11 and the other embodiments of the present invention of FIGS. The transition of the operation and display will be described.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the transition of the menu screen when operated using the remote controller shown in FIG.
After turning on the power of the digital television receiver by operating the power button 1001, a menu including a total of 16 representative images of 4 columns and 4 rows on the display screen as shown by 1201 in FIG. 12 by operating the menu button 1003 The display is projected. In the initial display state of the menu screen, “1” is focused.
In the process of moving from “1” and selecting and determining “16”, the pointing button 1009 is operated as follows: right diagonally down → right diagonally down → right diagonally down → decision (push in the vertical direction). The required number of operations at this time is four.

Further, the process of selecting and determining “9” in a state where “16” is focused is performed by operating the pointing button 1009 from left to left to diagonally up to left and determining (pressing in the vertical direction) as indicated by 1202. The required number of operations at this time is four. Accordingly, the total number of required button operations for the two processes is eight.
The transition state of the menu image when the selection determination process of “16” and “9” is performed using the remote controller according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 5 will be described with reference to FIG. To do. The configuration of the focus block for focusing a plurality of representative images is 2 columns and 2 rows.

The movement is performed so that the same representative image is not included twice when one movement is completed, that is, the block of the four representative images included at the current time point does not include any representative image after the next movement. The focus moves to a position including four adjacent blocks so as not to overlap.
After turning on the power of the digital television receiver 100 by operating the power button 501, by operating the menu button 503, the display 160 of the digital television receiver 100 has four rows and four columns as shown by 701 in FIG. 7. A menu display including a total of 16 representative images is displayed.

  The movement units of the focus block including four representative images are ““ 1 ”,“ 2 ”,“ 4 ”,“ 6 ””, ““ 3 ”,“ 4 ”,“ 7 ”, respectively. , “8” ”,“ 9 ”,“ 10 ”,“ 13 ”,“ 14 ””, “11”, “12”, “15”, “16” ”in the initial display state of the menu screen “1”, “2”, “4”, “6” are focused by the focus block.

  In the process of selecting and determining “16”, the focus block changes to “11”, “12”, “15”, and “16” as shown by 702 by operating the pointing button 505 diagonally to the lower right from the display state of 701. “9” is selected and determined only by operating the “decision 4” button 509 corresponding to the representative image “16” in the block. Therefore, the required number of button operations is two.

  The process of selecting and determining “9” in the focus block state of “11”, “12”, “15”, and “16” is “9”, “10” like the process 703 by operating the pointing button 505 on the left. The focus block changes to “,” “13”, “14”, and “9” is selected and determined by operating the “decision 1” button 506 relative to the representative image “9” in the focus block. Therefore, the required number of button operations is two.

Accordingly, the total number of button operations required for the above two processes is four, which is half the number of operations compared to the prior art shown in FIGS. The technique of the present invention is more effective when the number of representative image menus is increased as described above.
Here again, the focus set by the focus setting means described with reference to FIG. 1 moves in units of movement amounts corresponding to multiples of the representative image for the vertical and horizontal components of the movement in response to an external operation from the remote controller. To do.
Although an example of a digital television receiver as a video display device and a remote controller corresponding to the digital television receiver has been described, the present invention can also be used for various devices having a menu selection method.

  According to the present invention described above, since a desired representative image can be selected and determined with a small number of operations, the operation time is shortened, and the button arrangement of the remote controller and the representatives that can be specified on the display screen Since the images are arranged in a similar manner, an operation that is intuitive and requires little movement of the line of sight is possible. In addition, since the focus is moved in units of blocks, it is possible to reduce the fine operations and stress that are moved one by one.

It is a figure showing the electronic information display system as one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the remote controller in the system of FIG. It is a figure showing one embodiment of the remote controller of this invention. It is a figure showing the mode of the transition of the menu display in the screen of the digital television receiver operated by the remote controller of FIG. It is a figure showing other embodiment of the remote controller of this invention. It is a figure showing the mode of the transition of the menu display in the screen of the digital television receiver operated by the remote controller of FIG. It is a figure showing the transition state of a menu image at the time of operating using the remote controller of FIG. It is a figure showing an example of the conventional remote controller. It is a figure showing the mode of the transition of the menu display in the screen of the digital television receiver operated by the remote controller of FIG. It is a figure showing an example of the conventional remote controller. It is a figure showing the mode of the transition of the menu display in the screen of the digital television receiver operated by the remote controller of FIG. It is a figure showing the mode of a transition of a menu screen when it operates using the remote controller of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Electronic information display system 100 ... Digital television receiver (electronic information display apparatus) 141 ... Adder 142 ... Video processing part 144 ... Video output part 150 ... System controller 151 ... OSD part 152 ... Remote control signal receiving part 153 ... Remote control signal decoding unit 200 (300, 500) ... remote controller 210 ... system controller 220 ... operation unit 230 ... remote control signal projection unit 309, 310, 311, 312; 506, 507, 508, 509 ... decision button

Claims (7)

Menu display means for displaying a menu in a display screen with a predetermined arrangement in which a plurality of representative images representing the corresponding information are arranged vertically and horizontally, and displayed with a predetermined arrangement by the menu display means Focus setting means for setting a focus having a size including a predetermined number of representative images in the vertical and horizontal directions corresponding to the representative image, and the vertical and horizontal components of the movement in response to an external operation of the focus set by the focus setting means A focus moving unit that moves in units of a movement amount corresponding to a multiple of the representative image, and a determination operation for recognizing the representative image that has been determined and operated among the representative images included in the focus that has reached a desired position by the focus moving unit. An electronic information display device comprising a recognition means;
Focus movement control means for moving the focus in the display screen of the electronic information display device, and a plurality of operations arranged vertically and horizontally with an arrangement similar to the arrangement of the representative images included in the one focus A remote controller comprising a determination control means for performing a determination operation on a representative image corresponding to an operation of one of the plurality of operators having a child;
An electronic information display system comprising:   Menu display means for displaying a menu in a display screen with a predetermined arrangement in which a plurality of representative images representing the corresponding information are arranged vertically and horizontally, and displayed with a predetermined arrangement by the menu display means A focus setting means for setting a focus of a size including a predetermined number of representative images vertically and horizontally with respect to the representative image with a similar arrangement to a plurality of determining operation operators of the corresponding remote controller, and the focus setting means The focus movement means for moving the focus in units of a movement amount corresponding to a multiple of the representative image for each vertical and horizontal component of the movement in response to an operation from the remote controller, and the focus movement means has reached a desired position. Operator for determining operation of the remote controller among representative images included in the focus Out of the corresponding representative image determined manipulated by those electronic information display device characterized by comprising a determining operation recognition means for recognizing.   The focus setting means is configured to set the focus so as to include a region in which two representative images are aligned vertically and horizontally as an arrangement similar to a plurality of determination operation operators of a corresponding remote controller. The electronic information display device according to claim 2, wherein:   The electronic information display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the focus moving unit is configured to move in accordance with an operation by a pointing device of a corresponding remote controller.   Movement operation in units of movement amounts corresponding to multiples of the representative image for each vertical and horizontal component of movement with respect to one focus set to include a plurality of representative images in the display screen of the corresponding electronic information display device A focus movement control means, and a plurality of operators arranged vertically and horizontally with an arrangement similar to the arrangement of the representative image included in the one focus. A remote controller comprising: a determination control means for performing a determination operation on a representative image corresponding to an operation on a thing.   The remote controller according to claim 5, wherein the focus movement control unit is configured to move the focus in accordance with an operation by a pointing device.   The decision control means is arranged with a similar arrangement to the arrangement of representative images arranged vertically and horizontally as a plurality of operators arranged vertically and horizontally similar to the arrangement of representative images included in the one focus. The remote controller according to claim 5, further comprising an installed operator.

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