JP2008033478A - Display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device which displays a selection screen in which a used menu item and an unused menu item are easily selected based on actual results of using a menu item for selecting and operating the menu item. <P>SOLUTION: A control part 2 of the display device 1 is provided with: a menu item table 22 which stores menu item information and its hierarchy information; a menu item register 23 which stores use result information of the menu item; an update processing part 201 which updates the use result information of the menu item information selected according to the selecting operation of the menu item; and a determination part 202 which determines whether each menu item is selected within a prescribed period based on the use result information. Thus, used menu item information is laid out based on the use result information and displayed on the menu selection screen, and unused menu item information is laid out based on the hierarchy information and displayed on a menu box selection screen different from the menu selection screen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device for selecting a menu item on a display screen of a video display device, a video recording / playback device, or a composite electronic device thereof.

In recent years, video display devices, video recording / playback devices, or composite electronic devices thereof have been digitized, multi-functionalized, and combined, and various functions corresponding to the needs of users have been added. Therefore, when selecting and setting many of these functions, the user displays the menu screen on the display using an operation device such as a remote controller, and operates the selection key while viewing the screen to display the necessary menu items. The menu item is set by selecting and displaying and operating the enter key. However, as the menu items become diversified, such setting operations become time-consuming, and various ideas have been made. For example, in Patent Document 1, only a setting function item selected by the user by selecting a setting function item required from a plurality of types of setting function items is displayed, and the user's operation is simplified during the selection operation. Points are listed. Further, Patent Document 2 describes that function use frequency data of a selected menu is stored, and is displayed in descending order of use frequency based on the stored function use frequency data. In Patent Document 3, the menu management file stores the day / date information for starting the menu system corresponding to the menu system name, and corresponds to the current day / date when displaying the menu system name on the menu screen. The point which displayed what to do as a selection candidate is described.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-75402 JP-A-8-185300 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-11956

  In Patent Document 1 described above, the setting function item is displayed for each user, and thus the operation is simplified. However, the user must select the setting function item in advance, and the operation for that is required. Further, in Patent Document 2, since the items are displayed in order of frequency of use, the setting items that are often selected by the user are displayed with priority and are easy to select. However, as the number of menu items increases, the amount of information to be displayed increases, and the selection operation It is inevitable that it will become difficult to do. Further, in Patent Document 3, the display is automatically performed according to the day of the week / date of display. However, in general electronic devices for home use such as a television receiver, there is not such a need, and the use is limited to a special purpose.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a display device that displays a selection screen that makes it easy to select a menu item that has been used and a menu item that has not been used based on the usage record in which the menu item has been selected and operated. To do.

  The display device according to the present invention includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of menu item information, hierarchical information corresponding to the menu item information, and usage record information, and the menu item information selected according to the menu item selection operation. Updating means for updating the usage record information; determination means for determining whether each menu item is selected within a predetermined period based on the usage record information; and menu item information determined to have been selected within the predetermined period Are arranged on the basis of the usage record information and are displayed on the menu selection screen, and the menu item information determined not to be selected within a predetermined period is arranged on the basis of the hierarchy information and is different from the menu selection screen. Display processing means for displaying on the box selection screen. Further, the display processing means displays an icon for displaying the menu box selection screen on the menu selection screen. Further, the display processing means enlarges and displays the menu item information arranged based on the usage record information on the menu selection screen. Further, the usage record information is the number-of-times data selected within a predetermined period and the latest date data selected.

  By having the configuration as described above, it is determined whether each menu item is used based on the usage record information, and the menu item information determined to be selected within a predetermined period is determined based on the usage record information. Arrange and display the menu item information on the menu selection screen and arrange the menu item information determined not to be selected within a predetermined period based on the hierarchy information and display it on a menu box selection screen different from the menu selection screen Therefore, only the menu items used within a predetermined period are displayed on the menu selection screen, so that it is easy to see and select. Furthermore, since the used menu items are arranged based on the usage record information, the selection display screen is adapted to the actual usage of the user.

  On the other hand, since menu items that are not used are displayed on a menu box selection screen that is different from the menu selection screen, the user displays only the menu items that are not used by displaying the menu box selection screen. It ’s easier to see than all menu items. Since menu items that are not used are arranged and displayed based on the hierarchy information, they can be easily selected.

  If an icon for displaying the menu box selection screen is displayed on the menu selection screen, it is possible to move directly from the menu selection screen to the menu box selection screen, and the convenience during the selection operation is improved. Further, if the menu item information arranged on the menu selection screen based on the usage record information is displayed in an enlarged manner, the menu item can be clearly seen, and the screen display is more user-friendly.

  As the usage record information, if the number of times data selected within a predetermined period and the latest date data selected are registered, the two data can be appropriately combined and used for determination processing and array processing at the time of display, It is possible to configure a menu selection screen more suited to the actual usage.

  Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail. The embodiments described below are preferable specific examples for carrying out the present invention, and thus various technical limitations are made. However, the present invention is particularly limited in the following description. Unless otherwise specified, the present invention is not limited to these forms.

  FIG. 1 shows an overall block diagram relating to an embodiment of the present invention. The display device 1 includes a control unit 2 that controls the entire device, a tuner 3 that selects a broadcast radio wave of a designated channel from broadcast radio waves received by a television antenna and extracts a video signal and an audio signal, and processes the extracted video signal Then, the video information processing circuit 4 for displaying the video and the video synthesis circuit 5 for synthesizing the video from the video information processing circuit 4 with the on-screen display screen such as the menu display from the control unit 2 are displayed A voice information processing circuit 7 that processes the received voice signal and outputs it to the speaker 8; an EEPROM 9 that stores data and programs necessary for initial setting; and an operation signal receiving unit 10 that receives an operation signal from the remote controller 11. .

  By operating the remote controller 11, an operation signal for menu display or menu selection is transmitted to the operation signal receiving unit 10 and input from the operation signal receiving unit 10 to the control unit 2.

  The control unit 2 includes a display control unit 20, a ROM 21 for storing image data necessary for menu display, menu item information displayed on the menu, hierarchy information for displaying the menu item, and identification indicating whether or not the menu item has been used. A menu item table 22 for storing information, a menu item register 23 for counting the number of times the menu item has been selected for each menu item and storing the latest date selected, and a timer 24 for outputting date data and time data are provided. Yes.

  The display control unit 20 includes an update processing unit 201, a determination unit 202, a registration unit 203, and a display processing unit 204. The update processing unit 201 is based on date data from the timer 24 when a menu item is selected. The number data and date data in the menu item register 23 are updated. The determination unit 202 determines whether each menu item has been used based on the frequency data or date data in the menu item register 23. The registration unit 203 registers in the menu item table 22 as identification information indicating whether or not the determination result of the determination unit 202 has been used. The display processing unit 204 reads the used menu items and the unused menu items based on the identification information registered in the registration unit 203, and stores the used menu items in the menu item register 23. Alternatively, the display processing of the menu selection screen arranged based on the date data is performed, and the display processing of the menu box selection screen arranged based on the hierarchical information stored in the menu item table 22 is performed.

  FIG. 2 is a processing flow when a menu item is selected. When the menu selection screen is displayed (S100), it is checked whether or not the menu item displayed on the screen by the remote controller 11 is selected (S101). If the menu item is selected, the setting of the selected menu item is performed. Processing is performed (S102). Then, the count data in the menu item register 23 is counted up by 1 for the selected menu item, and the latest date data is updated based on the date data from the timer 24 (S103). It is checked whether or not the next menu item has been selected (S104). If it is not selected, the process ends. If it has been selected, the process returns to step S102.

  As described above, when the menu item is selected and operated, the usage record information in the menu item register 23 is updated.

  FIG. 3 is a flow relating to the menu display registration process. The menu display registration process is periodically performed, for example, every month. First, the usage record information of the menu item register 23 is read (S200), and it is determined whether it is selected within a predetermined period (for example, one month) based on the latest date data of the menu item (S201). If it is selected within the predetermined period, identification information indicating that it is used as a use menu item is registered in the menu item table 22 (S202). If not selected within a predetermined period, identification information indicating that the menu item table 22 is not used is registered in the menu item table 22 (S203). Then, it is checked whether or not there is a next menu item (S204). If there is a next menu item, the process returns to step S200 to perform registration processing for the next menu item. In this way, each menu item is classified into a use menu item and a non-use menu item.

  FIG. 4 is a processing flow for displaying the menu selection screen. First, it is checked whether the menu key is operated (S300). When the menu key is operated, the use menu item is extracted based on the identification information of the menu item table 22 (S301), and the use of the extracted use menu item is used. A menu selection screen is generated on the basis of the record information, and the screen is displayed (S302). In this case, the data is arranged in the descending order of the number of times data or arranged in the latest order of the latest date data.

  For example, FIG. 5 shows an example of a menu selection screen that is initially set. In this example, “video adjustment”, “sound adjustment”, and “main body setting” are set as the upper layers of the menu items, and a plurality of menu items in the lower layers are expanded in the respective upper layers. For example, “Brightness”, “Video”, “Saturation”, “Hue”, “Image quality”, and “Pro settings” are developed under “Video adjustment”. As the hierarchy information, for example, the leftmost digit of a three-digit number such as “100”, “200”,... The remaining two digits such as “111”, “112”... Can be assigned to the hierarchy information “100” to represent the hierarchy structure. Note that the “menu BOX” has no menu items registered by default.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of a menu selection screen when a predetermined period has elapsed. In this example, since the “image quality” and “video” menu items are selected within a predetermined period, only two menu items are displayed. Further, since the display is enlarged, the selection screen is easy to see and select when performing a selection operation. By clicking the “return to initial screen” icon on the lower right of the menu selection screen, it is possible to return to the initial screen of FIG.

  In the menu selection screen, it is checked whether or not the “menu BOX” icon in the upper right is clicked and selected (S303). If the icon is selected, the unused menu item is based on the identification information in the menu item table 22. Is extracted (S304). Then, the hierarchical information in the menu item table 22 is read out, unused menu items are arranged, a menu box selection screen is generated, and the screen is displayed (S305). FIG. 7 shows an example of the menu box selection screen. In this example, the remaining menu items other than “image quality” and “video” displayed on the menu selection screen are hierarchically displayed in the same manner as the initial screen.

  As described above, the menu items used within a predetermined period are displayed on the menu selection screen, and the remaining menu items are displayed on the menu box selection screen, so only the menu items used by the user are enlarged and displayed. Since the menu box selection screen displaying the remaining menu items in a hierarchical display can be easily displayed by clicking an icon from the menu selection screen, the selection operation can be performed in the same manner as the initial screen.

It is a whole block diagram regarding the embodiment concerning the present invention. It is a processing flow when a menu item is selected. It is a flow regarding menu display registration processing. It is a flow regarding menu selection display processing. It is an example of the menu selection screen initialized. It is an example of the menu selection screen when predetermined period passes. It is an example of a menu box selection screen.

Explanation of symbols

1 Display device 2 Control unit
20 Display controller

Claims (4)

  Storage means for storing a plurality of menu item information, hierarchy information corresponding to the menu item information, and usage record information, and updating for updating the use record information of the menu item information selected in response to the menu item selection operation Means for determining whether each menu item is selected within a predetermined period based on the usage record information, and arranging the menu item information determined to be selected within the predetermined period based on the usage record information Display on the menu selection screen, and the menu item information determined not to be selected within a predetermined period is arranged based on the hierarchical information and displayed on a menu box selection screen different from the menu selection screen And a display device.   The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display processing unit displays an icon for displaying the menu box selection screen on the menu selection screen.   The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display processing unit enlarges and displays the menu item information arranged based on the usage record information on the menu selection screen.   The display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the usage record information includes number-of-times data selected within a predetermined period and selected latest date data.

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