JP2013254471A - Display system, display device, and electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display system, a display device, and an electronic apparatus allowing a user to easily change a setup of the electronic apparatus connected to the display device when the setup of the display device is changed.SOLUTION: When a setup of a television set 1 is changed, the television set 1 transmits information relating to the changed setup to a reproduction device 5. The reproduction device, upon receiving it, retrieves the information relating to the changed setup from operating instruction information 55b of a storage unit 55. The corresponding information is transmitted from the reproduction device 5 to the television set 1 and is displayed on a display unit. The reproduction device 5 receives a notification of the setup change from the television set 1, determines, in conjunction with the setup change of the television set 1, whether or not there is a setup to be changed in the self device, and, when there is the setup to be changed, retrieves the operating instruction information 55b.

Description

  The present invention relates to a display system in which an external electronic device is connected to a display device, and a display device and an electronic device that constitute the system.

  Conventionally, a display device is not only used alone, but often used in connection with an electronic device such as a playback device or an audio device. For example, by connecting a BD (Blue-ray Disc) player to a television receiver, the video reproduced by the BD player can be displayed on the television receiver and viewed by the user. In addition, for example, by connecting a plurality of speakers to a television receiver, the user can enjoy a powerful or realistic sound output.

  In recent years, display devices, electronic devices, and the like have become highly functional in order to improve user convenience or comfort. For this reason, for example, the display device can make various setting changes such as display brightness and image quality settings, and by making appropriate setting changes, the functions of the display device can be utilized to the maximum and suitable for the user's preference. The display device can be operated. However, there is a problem that it is difficult to change the setting when the user is a beginner.

  In Patent Document 1, when setting a device, it is possible to reliably execute the setting of the content as displayed while referring to the instruction manual displayed in a form according to the mounting status of the optional device on the device. A device setting system has been proposed. This device setting system uses a PC (Personal Computer) to set an MFP (Multi Function Peripheral) on which various optional devices can be installed. The PC stores descriptions of various functions of the MFP, the installation status of optional devices, and setting instruction information for individual functions, and stores a description location for each function. When the description is displayed on the display unit, the PC displays in a different manner depending on whether the display is about the functions installed in the MFP or not. Further, when displaying the installed function, the PC also displays a setting instruction receiving unit for this function. When the setting instruction receiving unit receives a setting instruction, the PC transmits setting instruction information for this function to the MFP. .

JP 2009-260496 A

  In the configuration in which the electronic device is connected to the display device as described above, it may be necessary to change the setting of the connected electronic device in accordance with the change in the setting of the display device. For example, when a BD player having a 3D video playback function is connected to a television receiver having a 3D display function and used, when the 3D display function of the television receiver is set to be valid, the 3D playback function of the BD player is set. If not valid, the user cannot view 3D video. When it is necessary to change the setting on both the display device and the connected electronic device in this way, if one of the settings is changed and the other setting is forgotten, the user can view in the optimum environment. There is a problem that you can not.

  In the device setting system described in Patent Document 1, it is necessary for the PC to store various information regarding the MFP, and the processing load on the PC is large. When the configuration of the device setting system described in Patent Document 1 is applied to a system in which an electronic device is connected to a display device, for example, the display device must store various types of information related to the electronic device. There is a problem that the processing load of the apparatus is large. Since various electronic devices can be connected to the display device, it is very difficult to store information about all the electronic devices to which the display device can be connected.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to allow a user to easily change a setting of an electronic device connected to the display device in accordance with a setting change of the display device. It is an object to provide a display system, a display device, and an electronic device that can be used.

  A display system according to the present invention is connected to an electronic device, a connection changing unit that changes a setting related to operation, and a setting change unit that changes a setting related to an operation. Display device having setting change information transmitting means for transmitting information relating to changed setting to electronic device, connection unit for connecting to display device, storage unit for storing information relating to own device, said setting change information A setting change information receiving means for receiving information transmitted by the transmitting means, and a search for searching information related to the changed setting from the information stored in the storage section based on the information received by the setting change information receiving means. And an electronic device having search information transmitting means for transmitting the information searched by the search means to the display device, wherein the display device receives the information transmitted by the search information transmitting means. Broadcast receiving means, and characterized by further comprising a display processing unit that performs processing for displaying the information the search information received by the receiving means.

  The display system according to the present invention is characterized in that the storage unit of the electronic device stores handling instruction information of the device itself.

  Further, the display system according to the present invention provides a setting to be changed by the electronic device in relation to the setting changed by the display device based on the information received by the setting change information receiving unit. Setting change determining means for determining whether or not there is a setting, and the search means searches for information when the setting change determining means determines that there is a setting to be changed.

  The display system according to the present invention further includes an information presence / absence notification unit that notifies the display device of the presence / absence of information regarding the changed setting based on a search result of the search unit. The apparatus, when notified by the information presence / absence notification means that there is information, a selection acceptance means for accepting selection of whether or not to display the information, and a display for notifying the electronic device of the display availability or not accepted by the selection acceptance means The search information transmission unit of the electronic device is configured to transmit information when a display permission notification is given from the display permission notification unit.

  In the display system according to the present invention, the display device includes a storage unit that stores a phrase associated with a setting item that can be changed by the setting change unit, and the setting change information transmission unit includes the changed setting. The phrase stored in the storage unit in association with an item is transmitted, and the search unit searches for information including the phrase received by the setting change information receiving unit. .

  In the display system according to the present invention, the electronic device includes an image output unit that outputs an image to the display device, and the display processing unit includes the image output by the image output unit and the search information. The information received by the receiving means is displayed side by side.

  In the display system according to the present invention, the display device includes a plurality of the connection units, and when the setting change unit changes the setting, the display device includes a plurality of electronic devices connected to the plurality of connection units. Electronic device selection means for selecting the electronic device, and the setting change information transmission means transmits information to the electronic device selected by the electronic device selection means.

  In the display system according to the present invention, the electronic device includes an image output unit that outputs an image to the display device, and the display device outputs one image from a plurality of images output from the plurality of electronic devices. The display processing means displays the image selected by the image selecting means, and the electronic device selecting means outputs the image selected by the image selecting means. The electronic device is selected.

  The display system according to the present invention further includes a stop instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction to stop display processing by the display processing unit of the information received by the search information receiving unit. When the stop instruction receiving means receives the stop instruction, the search information receiving means stops the display processing of the information received, and the display processing of the image displayed before the information display processing is performed. It is made to perform.

  In addition, the display device according to the present invention is connected to the connection unit that connects to the electronic device, the setting change unit that changes the setting related to the operation, and the setting change unit that changes the setting. A setting change information transmitting unit that transmits information related to the changed setting to the electronic device, and a receiving unit that receives information transmitted from the electronic device according to the information transmitted by the setting change information transmitting unit; And display processing means for performing processing for displaying the information received by the receiving means.

  In addition, the electronic device according to the present invention receives a connection unit that connects to a display device, a storage unit that stores information about the device itself, and information related to a setting changed from the device connected to the connection unit. Based on the information received by the setting change information receiving means, search means for searching information related to the changed setting from the information stored in the storage unit, and the searching means Search information transmission means for transmitting the searched information to the display device.

In the present invention, when the setting of the display device is changed in a system in which the electronic device is connected to the display device, information related to the changed setting (referred to as setting change information) is transmitted to the electronic device. The electronic device has a storage unit that stores information related to the device itself, and when setting change information is received from the display device, information related to the changed setting is searched from the information stored in the storage unit, and is obtained by the search. The received information is transmitted to the display device. The display device that has received information from the electronic device displays this information on the display unit.
Thereby, when the user changes the setting of the display device, information related to the changed setting is searched for in the electronic device, and the search result is displayed on the display device. The user who has changed the setting can check whether or not the setting of the electronic device connected to the display device needs to be changed and the method for changing the setting from the information displayed on the display device. .

  In the present invention, handling information is stored in the storage unit of the electronic device. As a result, when the user changes the setting of the display device, the electronic device handling information related to the changed setting is retrieved and displayed on the display device. The user can change the setting of the electronic device based on the displayed instruction information.

  Further, in the present invention, the electronic device that has received the setting change information from the display device determines whether or not there is a setting to be changed in the own device in relation to the setting changed in the display device, and the change When there is a setting to be performed, the information stored in the storage unit is searched. This can prevent unnecessary search processing from being performed even though there is no setting to be changed in the electronic device.

  In the present invention, the electronic device notifies the display device of the presence or absence of information to be displayed by the display device based on the search result of the information stored in the storage unit. When receiving a notification that there is information from the electronic device, the display device causes the user to select whether or not to permit display of this information, and notifies the electronic device of the selection result. When the display permission is selected, the electronic device transmits information to the display device, and the display device that receives the information displays the information. This prevents information from being transmitted from the electronic device to the display device even though the display of information is unnecessary, and is also cumbersome for displaying known information for a user who is familiar with setting changes, for example. Can be avoided.

  Further, in the present invention, the display device stores the word / phrase associated with the setting item, the setting item changed when the setting is changed and the word / phrase associated with the setting item are included in the setting change information, and the display device To the electronic device. The electronic device performs a search based on the phrase included in the received setting change information, acquires information including this phrase from the information stored in the storage unit, and transmits the information to the display device. As a result, the information stored in the electronic device only needs to be in a format capable of searching for a phrase, such as text information, and may not be in a special format. Therefore, various electronic devices are made compatible with this system. Can be made easier.

  In the present invention, the electronic device outputs an image, and the display device displays the image. Further, when displaying the information received from the electronic device according to the setting change as described above, the display device displays this information and the output image of the electronic device side by side. Accordingly, it is possible to display the setting change screen of the electronic device and the information related to the setting side by side on the display device, and the setting change of the electronic device by the user can be facilitated.

In the present invention, the display device includes a plurality of connection portions, whereby a plurality of electronic devices can be connected. When the setting is changed, the display device selects one electronic device from a plurality of connected electronic devices, and transmits information related to the setting change.
For example, when a plurality of electronic devices output images and the display device selects and displays one of the images, the electronic device that is the output source of the displayed image is selected and the setting is changed. The information transmission concerning can be performed.
Accordingly, when the user changes the setting, information related to the setting change can be transmitted to the electronic device being used, and the instruction explanation information from the electronic device is received and displayed on the display device. be able to.

  In the present invention, when the information received from the electronic device is displayed along with the setting change, the display device accepts an instruction to stop displaying the information. When a stop instruction is received, the display device performs display processing that was performed before this information display. As a result, the display device returns to the viewing state before displaying the instruction information, etc., so that the user can continuously perform operations such as the setting change performed before displaying the instruction information, Convenience is high.

  According to the present invention, when the setting of the display device is changed, the electronic device searches for information related to the changed setting based on the setting change information transmitted from the display device, and transmits the information to the display device. The display device displays the retrieved information. With this configuration, the user confirms whether or not the setting of the electronic device connected to the display device needs to be changed and how to change the setting based on the information displayed when the setting of the display device is changed. Therefore, it is possible to easily change the setting of the electronic device.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the display system which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the display system which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the setting change screen of a television receiver. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the setting change process which a television receiver performs. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the word information for search. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the response process of the reproducing | regenerating apparatus with respect to the setting change notification from a television receiver. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process of the television receiver performed with respect to the notification of the handling instruction information from a reproducing | regenerating apparatus. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the display selection screen of the instruction manual which a television receiver displays. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the response process of the reproducing | regenerating apparatus with respect to the transmission request of the instruction manual from a television receiver. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the display process of the instruction manual by a television receiver. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display of the instruction manual by a television receiver. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the display stop process of the instruction manual by a television receiver. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a television receiver according to Embodiment 2. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of setting change processing performed by the television receiver according to the second embodiment.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings showing embodiments thereof. 1 and 2 are block diagrams showing the configuration of the display system according to the present embodiment. The display system according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which a playback device 5 is connected to the television receiver 1. The detailed configuration of the television receiver 1 is shown in FIG. 1, and the detailed configuration of the playback device 5 is shown in FIG.

  The television receiver 1 includes a tuner unit 11 that receives television broadcast radio waves, and displays an image related to the received television broadcast program on the display unit 12. The tuner unit 11 receives a predetermined television broadcast in response to a user's channel selection operation, and gives the received data to the control unit 10. The control unit 10 decodes the received data given from the tuner unit 11, performs image processing such as image quality correction on the image (video) data included in the decoded data, and displays the image-processed data on the display unit 12. Give to. The display unit 12 is configured using, for example, a liquid crystal panel or a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), and performs image display based on image data given from the control unit 10. Although illustration is omitted, the control unit 10 outputs sound by giving sound data included in the decoded data to the speaker.

  The television receiver 1 includes an image input unit 13 having a connection terminal to which an external electronic device is connected via a cable or the like. An electronic device that outputs image data such as the playback device 5 is connected to the image input unit 13. The image data output from the playback device 5 is input to the image input unit 13 of the television receiver 1, and the image input unit 13 provides the input image data to the control unit 10. The control unit 10 can also perform image display by performing image processing such as image quality correction on the given image data and providing the image-processed data to the display unit 12. Although not shown, audio data is input from the playback device 5 to the television receiver 1 together with the image data, and the input audio data is supplied from the control unit 10 to the speaker and output as audio.

  The television receiver 1 also includes a communication unit 14 having a connection terminal to which an external electronic device such as the playback device 5 is connected via a communication cable. The communication unit 14 transmits and receives data to and from the playback device 5 via a communication cable. The communication unit 14 transmits the data given from the control unit 10 to the reproduction device 5, receives the data from the reproduction device 5, and gives it to the control unit 10.

  The television receiver 1 is attached with a remote controller (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller) 3 for the user to operate. The remote controller 3 is provided with various operation units such as a power button, a channel selection button, and a volume increase / decrease button, and outputs an infrared signal corresponding to the operation unit operated by the user. The television receiver 1 includes an infrared light receiving unit 15 that receives an infrared signal output from the remote controller 3. The infrared light receiving unit 15 converts the received infrared signal into an electric signal and gives it to the control unit 10. The control unit 10 determines the user's operation content based on the electrical signal given from the infrared light receiving unit 15, and performs processing such as power on / off, channel selection, and volume increase / decrease according to the operation content. Do. An operation unit may be provided in the main body of the television receiver 1.

  The television receiver 1 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) 16 that temporarily stores various data. The RAM 16 is configured by a memory element such as SRAM (Static RAM) or DRAM (Dynamic RAM), and temporarily data generated in the process of the control unit 10, data transmitted / received by the communication unit 14, or the tuner unit 11. Various data such as program guide data included in the received data is stored.

  The television receiver 1 also includes a non-volatile storage unit 17 composed of a memory element such as an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) or a flash memory, or a hard disk. The control unit 10 includes an arithmetic processing unit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), and reads and executes a control program stored in the storage unit 17 to perform various operations. Perform control processing. The storage unit 17 stores the control program and various data necessary for executing the control program.

  The television receiver 1 sets, for example, brightness or image quality of image display by the display unit 12, settings related to audio output such as stereo / monaural switching or surround, and presence / absence of subtitle display or on / off of 3D display The settings relating to various functions such as the settings such as are received by the user's operation on the remote controller 3. The control unit 10 changes the operation setting according to the received content, and stores the setting content (setting value) in the storage unit 17 as setting information 17a. The television receiver 1 reads the setting information 17a from the storage unit 17 when the power is turned on, and starts the operation with the stored setting contents. As will be described in detail later, the television receiver 1 according to the present embodiment stores the search word information 17b used when the setting change process is performed in conjunction with the playback device 5 in the storage unit 17. .

  The playback device 5 includes a disk mounting unit 51 for mounting a disk type recording medium 7 such as a BD or a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and outputs an image recorded on the recording medium 7 to the television receiver 1. The display of an image is performed. The disc mounting unit 51 reads out the data recorded on the mounted recording medium 7 and gives it to the control unit 50. The control unit 50 performs image processing such as image quality correction on the image data included in the data provided from the disk mounting unit 51, and provides the image output unit 53 with the image-processed data.

  The playback device 5 includes an image output unit 53 having a connection terminal to which an external electronic device is connected via a cable or the like. A device for displaying an image such as the television receiver 1 is connected to the image output unit 53. The image data output from the image output unit 53 is subjected to appropriate image processing by the television receiver 1 and displayed on the display unit 12. Although not shown, the playback device 5 reads out audio data together with the image data recorded on the recording medium 7 and outputs the audio data to the television receiver 1. The television receiver 1 is based on the input audio data. Audio output is performed with a speaker.

  The playback device 5 also includes a communication unit 54 having a connection terminal to which an external electronic device such as the television receiver 1 is connected via a communication cable. The communication unit 54 transmits and receives data to and from the television receiver 1 via a communication cable. The communication unit 54 transmits the data given from the control unit 50 to the television receiver 1, receives the data from the television receiver 1, and gives it to the control unit 50.

  The playback device 5 includes a RAM 52 that temporarily stores various data. The RAM 16 is configured by a memory element such as SRAM or DRAM, and is read from the recording medium 7 by the temporary data generated in the process of the control unit 50, the data transmitted / received by the communication unit 54, or the disk mounting unit 51. Various data such as stored data are stored.

  The playback device 5 also includes a non-volatile storage unit 55 configured by a memory element such as an EEPROM or a flash memory, or a hard disk. The control unit 50 includes an arithmetic processing device such as a CPU or an MPU, and performs various control processes by reading and executing the control program stored in the storage unit 55. The storage unit 55 stores the control program and various data necessary for executing the control program.

  The playback device 5 includes an operation unit 56 provided with various buttons or switches for the user to perform operations. The operation unit 56 receives a user operation and notifies the control unit 50 of the received operation content. For example, the playback device 5 performs various settings such as a setting relating to an image output from the image output unit 53, a setting relating to audio to be output, a necessity setting for outputting subtitle information, and a necessity setting for outputting an image for 3D display. Settings regarding functions are received by the operation unit 56. The control unit 50 changes the operation setting according to the received content, and stores the setting content in the storage unit 55 as setting information 55a. The playback device 5 reads the setting information 55a from the storage unit 55 when the power is turned on, and starts operation with the stored setting contents.

  In addition, the playback device 5 stores handling instruction information 55 b that is referred to when the user operates the playback device 5 in the storage unit 55. The handling instruction information 55b is information describing an operation method of the playback device 5, a setting method of various functions, and the like, and is configured by information such as an image and text. The data format of the handling instruction information 55b may be any data format, but is preferably a data format capable of at least text search. When the user performs an operation to display the handling instruction information 55b on the operation unit 56, the control unit 50 reads the handling instruction information 55b from the storage unit 55, and receives the television from the image output unit 53 as display image data. Output to machine 1. As a result, the handling instruction information 55b is displayed on the display unit 12 of the television receiver 1, and the user can operate the playback device 5 while viewing the displayed image.

  In this way, the television receiver 1 and the playback device 5 can change various settings related to the operation according to user preferences. In the system configuration in which the television receiver 1 and the playback device 5 are connected, it is necessary to change the setting of the corresponding function of the playback device 5 when the setting of the television receiver 1 is changed, or the setting It may be preferable to change. For example, when the on / off setting of the 3D display function of the television receiver 1 is switched, the on / off setting of the 3D display function of the playback device 5 is preferably set to the same setting as that of the television receiver 1.

  Therefore, the television receiver 1 and the playback device 5 according to the present embodiment can perform processing for supporting the setting change of the playback device 5 accompanying the setting change of the television receiver 1. That is, when a setting change of the television receiver 1 is performed, an instruction for handling the function of the playback apparatus 5 that should be changed accordingly is searched from the handling instruction information 55b, and the corresponding handling instruction is retrieved. Is displayed on the display unit 12. Hereinafter, setting change processing performed by the television receiver 1 and the playback device 5 will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a setting change screen of the television receiver 1. The television receiver 1 displays a setting change screen shown in FIG. 3 on the display unit 12 when the user performs an operation on a setting button or the like provided on the remote controller 3, for example. In the setting change screen shown in the figure, “Tool”, “Link operation”,..., “Setting” items are displayed side by side on the upper part of the screen. Can be selected. In this example, the user selects the “setting” item, and accordingly, the television receiver 1 displays a plurality of setting items (not shown), and the user selects “3D automatic switching” from the setting items. "" Is selected, and a menu for the television receiver 1 to set 3D automatic switching is displayed at the right end of the display unit 12. The user can select “ON” or “NO” for 3D automatic switching by operating the remote controller 3.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of setting change processing performed by the television receiver 1. The control unit 10 of the television receiver 1 determines whether or not the setting has been changed by the operation of the user's remote controller 3 on the setting change screen shown in FIG. 3 (step S1), and the setting has not been changed. (S1: NO), it waits until the setting is changed. When the setting is changed (S1: YES), the control unit 10 performs a setting change process for changing the operation content of each unit in accordance with the changed setting (step S2) and stores the changed setting information. It memorize | stores in the part 17 (step S3).

  Next, the control unit 10 determines whether or not an external device such as the playback device 5 is connected to the communication unit 14 (step S4). When the external device is not connected (S4: NO), the control unit 10 ends the process. When an external device is connected (S4: YES), the control unit 10 acquires a search word corresponding to the changed setting from the search word information 17b in the storage unit 17 (step S5) and is connected. The external device is notified of the setting change from the communication unit 14 (step S6), and the process is terminated.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the search word information 17b. The television receiver 1 stores, in the storage unit 17, search word information 17b in which one or more words (phrases) are associated with setting items that can be set and changed by the user. In the search word information 17b of this example, “linked operation setting”, “3D automatic switching”, “password setting”, etc. are provided as setting items. For example, the words “HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)”, “interlocking”, “operation”, and “setting” are associated with the setting item of “linked operation setting”. For example, the words “3D”, “automatic”, and “switching” are associated with the setting item “3D automatic switching”. For example, the words “password” and “setting” are associated with the setting item “password”. These words may be preset as text information by a designer of the television receiver 1 or the like, or may be determined by other methods.

  In step S5 of the above-described flowchart, the control unit 10 reads and acquires the word corresponding to the changed setting item from the search word information 17b in the storage unit 17. Further, the control unit 10 notifies the external device of the setting change in step S6, and sends information including the changed setting item and the search word corresponding to the setting item to the external device. Send.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the response process of the playback device 5 in response to the setting change notification from the television receiver 1. The control unit 50 of the playback device 5 determines whether or not the communication unit 54 has received a notification of setting change from the television receiver 1 (step S11). When the notification of setting change has not been received (S11). : NO), and waits until a notification of setting change is received. When the notification of the setting change is received (S11: YES), the control unit 50 refers to the setting information 55a in the storage unit 55, for example, based on the setting item included in the information received together with the setting change notification. Thus, it searches for its own setting item to be changed in conjunction with the setting item changed in the television receiver 1 (step S12), and determines whether there is a setting item to be linked (step S13). . When there is no setting item to be linked (S13: NO), the control unit 50 ends the process.

  When there is a setting item to be linked (S13: YES), the control unit 50 searches the handling instruction information 55b stored in the storage unit 55 using the search word received together with the setting change notification (step S14). . At this time, the control unit 50 searches the handling explanation information 55b for information corresponding to the search word, such as a page including all of the received one or more search words. When there are a plurality of pieces of relevant information, the control unit 50 may use, for example, one piece of information including the most search words as a search result.

  From the result of the search for the handling instruction information 55b, the control unit 50 determines whether or not there is information corresponding to the search word (step S15), and if there is no corresponding information (S15: NO), processing is performed. Exit. When the corresponding information exists (S15: YES), the control unit 50 notifies the television receiver 1 that there is a handling instruction in the communication unit 54 (step S16), and ends the process.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing performed by the television receiver 1 in response to notification of handling instruction information from the playback device 5. The control unit 10 of the television receiver 1 determines whether or not the communication unit 14 has received a notification that there is an instruction from the playback device 5 (step S21), and when the notification has not been received. (S21: NO), it waits until a notification is received. When the notification that the instruction manual exists is received (S21: YES), the control unit 50 displays a display selection screen for the instruction manual on the display unit 12 (step S22).

  FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a display selection screen for handling instructions displayed by the television receiver 1. The illustrated display selection screen is, for example, a dialog box displayed so as to overlap the setting change screen shown in FIG. The display selection screen includes, for example, a sentence for inquiring whether or not to display an instruction for the user and two buttons labeled “display” and “not display”. 1 accepts selection of either “display” or “not display” according to the operation of the remote controller 3 (step S23).

  The control unit 10 of the television receiver 1 determines whether or not “display” is selected on the display selection screen in the instruction manual (step S24), and when “display” is not selected, that is, If “not display” is selected (S24: NO), the process is terminated. When “display” is selected (S24: YES), the control unit 10 requests the playback device 5 to transmit the instruction manual through the communication unit 14 (step S25), and ends the process.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a response process of the playback device 5 in response to a transmission request for instruction from the television receiver 1. The control unit 50 of the playback device 5 determines whether or not the communication unit 54 has received a transmission request for instruction from the television receiver 1 (step S31), and has not received the transmission request (S31: NO), and waits until a transmission request is received. When the instruction manual transmission request is received (S31: YES), the control unit 50 extracts the corresponding information from the instruction manual information 17b stored in the storage unit 17 and transmits it to the television receiver 1 by the communication unit 54. (Step S32), and the process ends.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure of display processing of the instruction manual by the television receiver 1. The control unit 10 of the television receiver 1 determines whether or not the instruction for handling has been received from the playback device 5 by the communication unit 14 (step S41). If the instruction for instruction has not been received (S41: NO), Wait for instructions to be received. When the instruction manual is received (S41: YES), the control unit 10 displays the received instruction manual on the display unit 12 (step S42) and ends the process.

  FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating a display example of handling instructions by the television receiver 1. The television receiver 1 that has received the instruction from the playback device 5 partially uses the display area of the display unit 12 and displays the instruction in the left display area in the illustrated example, for example. In this example, as the information related to the setting item of the 3D automatic switching of the television receiver 1, the information of “if you do not want to automatically switch to the 3D mode” of the handling instruction information 55 b of the playback device 5 is the left side of the display unit 12. Is displayed. At this time, the television receiver 1 displays the image input from the playback device 5 to the image input unit 13 in another display area of the display unit 12, for example, the right region in the illustrated example. In this example, the setting change screen of the playback device 5 is displayed on the right side of the display unit 12. Accordingly, the user can perform a setting change operation on the playback device 5 while referring to the instruction manual regarding the playback device 5.

  The television receiver 1 includes audio output means such as a speaker, and performs audio output related to audio data of a television broadcast received by the tuner unit 11 or audio data input from the playback device 5. Can do. In addition, the television receiver 1 can perform various processes in response to a user operation by the remote controller 3. As shown in FIG. 11, the information display of the handling instruction information 55b of the playback device 5 and the display of the image input from the playback device 5 to the image input unit 13 are performed by dividing the display area of the display unit 12. At this time, when a user's operation is performed on the remote controller 3, the television receiver 1 accepts this operation as an operation for displaying information of the instruction information 55b. Therefore, in this case, the operation accepted by the remote controller 3 is accepted as an instruction to perform processing such as scrolling, page change, term search, or display stop for the information display of the handling instruction information 55b. In addition, the television receiver 1 preferentially outputs audio related to the input image from the playback device 5 to the image input unit 13 for audio output at the time of split display. However, the target of such operation reception and voice output may be configured to switch according to the user's operation on, for example, a switch button provided on the remote controller 3.

  Further, the television receiver 1 accepts an instruction to stop the information display, for example, by an operation on the cancel button of the remote controller 3, for example, while displaying the handling instruction information 55b. The television receiver 1 that has received the instruction to stop the information display of the handling instruction information 55b stops the information display of the handling instruction information 55b and returns to the display state before the information display. For example, when the setting change screen shown in FIG. 3 accepts the setting change and the information of the handling explanation information 55b as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed, the television receiver 1 accepts the information display stop instruction. Accordingly, the information display of the handling explanation information 55b is stopped, and the setting change screen display process of FIG. 3 is performed.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the display stop process of the instruction manual by the television receiver 1. The control unit 10 of the television receiver 1 determines whether or not an information display stop instruction has been received by the remote controller 3 (step S51). When the information display stop instruction has not been received (S51: NO), the information display is displayed. Until the stop instruction is accepted, the information on the handling explanation information 55b is continuously displayed.

  When the information display stop instruction is received (S51: YES), the control unit 10 stops the display of the handling instruction information 55b on the display unit 12 (step S52), and the display state of the display unit 12 is changed to the handling instruction information 55b. Is returned to the previous display state (step S53), and the process is terminated.

  The system configured by the television receiver 1 and the playback device 5 according to the present embodiment having the above configuration, when the setting change is performed in the television receiver 1, information regarding the changed setting is transmitted to the television. The receiver 1 transmits the information to the playback device 5, and the playback device 5 that has received the information searches the handling instruction information 55 b of the storage unit 55 for information related to the changed settings, and retrieves the corresponding information from the playback device 5 to the television set. The data is transmitted to the receiver 1 and displayed on the display unit 12. Thereby, the user who changed the setting of the television receiver 1 needs to change the setting of the playback device 5 connected to the television receiver 1 and the method of changing the setting. Since it can be confirmed by the instruction displayed on the display unit 12, the setting of the television receiver 1 and the playback device 5 can be easily changed.

  In addition, the playback device 5 notified of the setting change from the television receiver 1 determines whether or not there is a setting to be changed by the own device in conjunction with the setting change of the television receiver 1, and should be changed. When there is a setting, the handling instruction information 55b is searched. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the playback device 5 from performing a search process on the handling instruction information 55b even though there is no setting to be changed.

  Further, the playback device 5 searches the handling instruction information 55b in response to the notification of the setting change, and notifies the television receiver 1 of this fact when the corresponding information exists from the search result. When the television receiver 1 is notified by the playback device 5 that the corresponding information is present, the television receiver 1 displays a display selection screen on the display unit 12 and accepts a selection as to whether or not to display the instruction manual. When the television receiver 1 is selected to display the instruction manual, the television receiver 1 sends a transmission request for the instruction manual to the playback device 5, and in response to this, the playback device 5 transmits the corresponding instruction manual to the television receiver 1. The television receiver 1 displays the received instruction on the display unit 12. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the instruction from being transmitted from the playback device 5 to the television receiver 1 even though the instruction is not required to be displayed. For example, information known to a user who is familiar with the setting change is displayed. Can be avoided.

  Also, the television receiver 1 stores the search word information 17b in which the setting item and the search word are associated with each other in the storage unit 17, and the changed setting item and the search word associated therewith. Is transmitted to the playback device 5. The playback device 5 searches the handling instruction information 55b based on the received search word, and transmits the handling instruction including the search word to the television receiver 1. As a result, the handling instruction information 55b stored in the external device connected to the television receiver 1 such as the playback device 5 may be in any format that can search for words such as text information. It can be made easy to correspond to this system.

  The television receiver 1 displays the instruction received from the playback device 5 and the image output from the playback device 5 side by side on the display unit 12. This makes it possible to display the setting change screen of the playback device 5 and the instruction manual related to the setting side by side on the display unit 12 of the television receiver 1, thereby facilitating the user to change the setting of the playback device 5.

  Moreover, when the television receiver 1 receives an instruction to stop the information display of the handling instruction information 55b, the television receiver 1 performs a display process performed before displaying the information of the handling instruction information 55b. Thereby, since the television receiver 1 returns to the display state before the information display of the handling instruction information 55b, the user can continuously perform the operation such as the setting change performed previously.

  In the present embodiment, the television receiver 1 has been described as an example of the display device. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the display device does not include the tuner unit 11 (that is, does not receive television broadcasts). It may be a display device that does not include the display unit 12 such as a liquid crystal panel or a PDP, such as a projector. Further, the playback device 5 has been described as an example of an external device connected to the display device. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other devices such as a tuner device or an acoustic device such as a speaker may be used. The display device and the external device may be configured to be wirelessly connected instead of wiredly connected. Further, the configuration is such that one external device is connected to the television receiver 1, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of external devices may be connected. In this case, the television receiver 1 and each external device are connected. Information transmission / reception such as notification of setting change and transmission / reception of instruction manual.

  In the present embodiment, the setting change of the 3D automatic switching of the television receiver 1 has been described as an example. However, the setting change is not limited to this, and the other of the television receiver 1 and the playback device 5 is described. The present invention can be applied to various setting changes. For example, when the setting of the playback device 5 or other external device is changed in conjunction with the change in setting of the television receiver 1 such as the region setting, date and time setting, or network setting, the same as described in the present embodiment. Can be processed.

  In addition, the handling instruction information 55b stored in the storage unit 55 by the playback device 5 may be stored in advance in the manufacturing process of the playback device 5, for example, and the playback device 5 may receive information via the Internet or the like. In the case of having a communication function for acquiring the information, the instruction information 55b may be acquired by the communication function and stored in the storage unit 55. The same applies to the search word information 17b stored in the storage unit 17 by the television receiver 1.

  In addition, the television receiver 1 is configured to receive the user's operation with the remote controller 3, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is good also as a structure which provides and accepts a user's operation. In addition, the playback device 5 is configured to receive a user's operation at the operation unit 56, but is not limited thereto, and may be configured to receive a user's operation with a remote controller. In this case, the remote controller of the playback device 5 may be shared with the remote controller 3 of the television receiver 1.

  The configuration of the setting change screen shown in FIG. 3 is an example, and the configuration is not limited to this. Similarly, the configuration of the display selection screen shown in FIG. 8 is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. The configuration of the instruction display screen shown in FIG. 11 is merely an example, and is not limited to this. For example, the instruction and the input image may be displayed side by side. For example, the display area of the display unit 12 may be displayed. The instruction manual may be displayed as a whole, or may be displayed by other display methods.

  Further, in the flowchart shown in FIG. 6, the playback device 5 has a setting that is linked to the setting changed in the television receiver 1 and there is a handling instruction corresponding to the handling instruction information 55b. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and there is a setting to be linked even if there is no setting to be linked or there is no corresponding instruction manual. It is good also as a structure which notifies the television receiver 1 that it does not do or there is no applicable instruction manual. Further, in the flowchart shown in FIG. 7, the television receiver 1 makes a transmission request for the instruction to the reproducing device 5 when the selection to display the instruction is made, and reproduces when the selection not to display is made. Although the configuration is such that communication with the device 5 is not performed, the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be configured to notify the playback device 5 when a selection not to display the instruction is made.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of television receiver 201 according to Embodiment 2. In FIG. The television receiver 201 according to Embodiment 2 includes two image input units 13 and two communication units 14. As a result, two electronic devices (two playback devices 5 in this figure) can be connected to the television receiver 201. The control unit 210 of the television receiver 201 performs processing for selecting one image as a display target from the plurality of images input from the plurality of image input units 13 and displaying the selected image on the display unit 12.

  When the setting change is performed according to the user operation, the television receiver 201 notifies the connected electronic device of the setting change as described above. However, since the television receiver 201 according to Embodiment 2 can be connected to a plurality of electronic devices, any one of the electronic devices is selected to notify the setting change, and the electronic device responds to the notification from the electronic device. The given instruction information is displayed on the display unit 12. At this time, the television receiver 201 selects, as the setting change notification destination, the electronic device that is the output source of the image displayed on the display unit 12 at the time of the setting change or at the previous time.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of setting change processing performed by the television receiver 201 according to the second embodiment. The control unit 210 of the television receiver 201 determines whether or not the setting has been changed on the setting change screen shown in FIG. 3 (step S61), and when the setting has not been changed (S61: NO). Wait until the setting is changed. When the setting is changed (S61: YES), the control unit 210 performs a setting change process for changing the operation content of each unit in accordance with the changed setting (step S62) and stores the changed setting information. Store in the unit 17 (step S63).

  Next, the control unit 210 determines whether or not an external device such as the playback device 5 is connected (step S64). When the external device is not connected (S64: NO), the control unit 210 ends the process. When the external device is connected (S64: YES), the control unit 210 further determines whether or not there are a plurality of connected external devices (step S65). When there are a plurality of external devices (S65: YES), the control unit 210 selects one external device as a notification target from the plurality of external devices (step S66), and advances the process to step S67. If the number of external devices is not plural (that is, one) (S65: NO), the control unit 210 advances the processing to step S67 with this one external device as a notification target.

  Next, the control unit 210 acquires a search word corresponding to the changed setting from the search word information 17b in the storage unit 17 (step S67), and notifies the notification target external device of the setting change. (Step S68), the process ends.

  After that, the television receiver 201 or one selected electronic device (reproduction device 5) performs the processing shown in FIGS. 6, 7, 9, and 10 to display the television receiver 201. The section 12 displays the instruction manual for the selected electronic device.

  The television receiver 201 according to the second embodiment having the above configuration is configured to be able to connect a plurality of electronic devices, and when a setting change is made, from the plurality of connected electronic devices. Select one electronic device and notify the setting change. For example, the television receiver 201 can select an electronic device that is an output source of an image being displayed on the display unit 12 as a setting change notification target. As a result, when the user changes the setting, the electronic device in use can be notified of the setting change, and handling instruction information from the electronic device is received and displayed on the display unit 12 of the television receiver 201. Can be displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the television receiver 201 is configured to connect two electronic devices. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be configured to connect three or more electronic devices. In addition, although the television receiver 201 selects one electronic device from a plurality of electronic devices and notifies the setting change, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a configuration change is notified to all the electronic devices to which the television receiver 201 is connected, and one handling explanation information is selected from a plurality of handling explanation information transmitted from the electronic device and displayed on the display unit 12. Also good. In addition, when the television receiver 201 can display two images input from two electronic devices side by side on the display unit 12, the setting can be changed by selecting two electronic devices from a plurality of connected electronic devices. (It is the same for three or more).

  The other configuration of the display system according to the second embodiment is the same as that of the display system according to the first embodiment. Therefore, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof is omitted.

1 Television receiver (display device)
3 Remote control (selection acceptance means)
5 Playback device (electronic equipment)
7 Recording medium 10 Control unit (setting change means, display processing means)
11 Tuner unit 12 Display unit 13 Image input unit (connection unit)
14 Communication unit (connection unit, setting change information transmission unit, search information reception unit, display availability notification unit)
15 Infrared receiver (selection accepting means)
16 RAM
17 storage unit 17a setting information 17b word information for search 50 control unit (search means, setting change determination means)
51 Disk mounting part 52 RAM
53 Image output unit (connection unit, image output means)
54 Communication unit (connection unit, setting change information receiving unit, search information transmitting unit, information presence / absence notification unit)
55 Storage Unit 55a Setting Information 55b Instruction Manual Information 56 Operation Unit 201 Television Receiver (Display Device)
210 Control unit (setting change means, display processing means, electronic device selection means, image selection means, stop instruction reception means)

Claims (11)

A connection for connecting to an electronic device,
A setting changing means for changing the setting related to the operation;
And a display device having setting change information transmitting means for transmitting information related to the changed setting to the electronic device connected to the connection section when the setting changing means changes the setting;
A connection unit for connecting to the display device;
A storage unit for storing information related to the device itself,
Setting change information receiving means for receiving the information transmitted by the setting change information transmitting means;
Search means for searching information related to the changed setting from information stored in the storage unit based on the information received by the setting change information receiving means;
And an electronic device having search information transmission means for transmitting information searched by the search means to the display device,
The display device
Search information receiving means for receiving information transmitted by the search information transmitting means,
And a display processing means for performing a process of displaying the information received by the search information receiving means. The display system according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit of the electronic device stores handling instruction information of the own device. The electronic device includes setting change determination means for determining whether or not there is a setting to be changed by the own device in relation to the setting changed by the display device based on the information received by the setting change information receiving means. Have
The display system according to claim 1, wherein the search unit is configured to search for information when the setting change determination unit determines that there is a setting to be changed. The electronic device has information presence / absence notification means for notifying the display device of the presence / absence of information on the changed setting based on a search result of the search means,
The display device
Selection accepting means for accepting selection of whether or not to display the information when notified by the information presence / absence notifying means;
And display availability notification means for notifying the electronic device of the display availability accepted by the selection accepting means,
The search information transmission unit of the electronic device transmits information when a display permission notification is given from the display permission / inhibition notification unit. The display system according to any one of the above. The display device includes a storage unit that stores words / phrases associated with setting items that can be changed by the setting change unit;
The setting change information transmitting means is configured to transmit the word / phrase stored in the storage unit in association with the changed setting item,
The display system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the search unit is configured to search for information including the phrase received by the setting change information receiving unit. The electronic device has image output means for outputting an image to the display device,
The display processing unit displays the image output by the image output unit and the information received by the search information receiving unit side by side, and displays the image side by side. A display system according to claim 1. The display device includes a plurality of the connection units, and an electronic device selection unit that selects one electronic device from a plurality of electronic devices connected to the plurality of connection units when the setting change unit changes the setting. Further comprising
The display system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the setting change information transmission unit transmits information to the electronic device selected by the electronic device selection unit. . The electronic device has image output means for outputting an image to the display device,
The display device includes image selection means for selecting one image from a plurality of images output by the plurality of electronic devices,
The display processing means displays the image selected by the image selection means,
The display system according to claim 7, wherein the electronic device selection unit selects an electronic device that outputs the image selected by the image selection unit. The display device has stop instruction receiving means for receiving an instruction to stop display processing by the display processing means of the information received by the search information receiving means,
The display processing means stops the display processing of the information received by the search information receiving means when the stop instruction receiving means receives a stop instruction, and the image displayed before performing the information display processing. The display system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the display processing is performed. A connection for connecting to an electronic device;
A setting changing means for changing the setting related to the operation;
A setting change information transmitting unit for transmitting information related to the changed setting to the electronic device connected to the connection unit when the setting changing unit has changed the setting;
Receiving means for receiving information transmitted from the electronic device in accordance with information transmitted by the setting change information transmitting means;
And a display processing means for performing processing for displaying the information received by the receiving means. A connection unit for connecting to the display device;
A storage unit for storing information relating to the device;
Setting change information receiving means for receiving information related to the changed setting from the device connected to the connection unit;
Based on the information received by the setting change information receiving means, search means for searching for information related to the changed setting from information stored in the storage unit;
An electronic device comprising: search information transmitting means for transmitting information searched by the search means to the display device.

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