JP2914229B2 - Video display device - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video display device for displaying various information such as the operation of a video tape recorder on a screen of a television receiver so as to be superimposed on the video screen. . 2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional television receiver integrated with a video tape recorder, there has been proposed a television receiver having a structure in which a video tape recorder section is integrally accommodated in a case of a television receiver section. A television broadcast received using a tuner of a receiver unit can be recorded on a cassette attached to a video tape recorder unit, and video information reproduced from the cassette attached to the video tape recorder unit is transmitted to a television receiver. It is made so that it can be reproduced in the section. [0003] If the function of recording and reproducing video information is combined with the reception and display functions of a television receiver as described above, a circuit portion such as a tuner can be used in common. There is an advantage that the configuration can be simplified. However, in the conventional television receiver integrated with a video tape recorder, a user inputs an operation command using operation keys such as operation keys and a remote control operation unit provided on the television receiver unit and the video tape recorder unit. Is not displayed as to whether or not a response operation to each operation has been properly performed, and therefore, an excessive load is imposed on the user during the operation. [0005] That is, by the integration, the function of the video tape recorder unit having a complicated operation mode is added to the function of the television receiver unit. This is because it becomes much more difficult to properly grasp the operation states of the tape recorder unit and the television receiver unit. In order to solve this problem, the present applicant has previously proposed an image display device as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 61-1877. This video display device is a television receiver in which a television receiver unit and a video tape recorder unit are integrated, and a video tape for a user's operation input is displayed on a display screen such as a cathode ray tube of the television receiver unit. A control means for displaying an operation response display indicating a response operation state of the recorder and an operation status display indicating an operation status of the video tape recorder unit is provided, and the video tape recorder unit responds to a user's operation using the screen display unit. By displaying various information on the response operation together with information on the television receiver in a display mode that is easy for the user to understand, the usability of the entire integrated television receiver is improved. However, when various kinds of information are displayed on a screen by the above-described video display device, a cathode ray of a reproduced video signal from a video tape recorder unit or a received video signal from a tuner is displayed. There is an inconvenience that a received image on a screen such as a tube becomes difficult to see. That is, when the above-described television receiver integrated with a video tape recorder is used, display information includes an operation mode of the video tape recorder, a tape speed, a recording channel, a counter, a clock, a reception channel of the television receiver, It is necessary to display a great deal of information such as the reception status of audio multiplex broadcasting, but displaying all of this information on the screen requires a lot of space on the screen. The image was disturbed and was very hard to see. [0009] In view of the above, the present invention provides a simple operation.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a video display device in which various information is displayed on a screen in a state where a received image of a video signal is easy to see. As shown in FIG. 1, for example, a video display apparatus according to the present invention comprises a display means 5 for displaying a video signal and N pieces of information (N is an integer of 2 or more). Video signal V
Control means 11 which can be selectively superimposed on D1 or VD2 and sequentially displayed in parallel at a predetermined position on the display screen of display means 5; and from N pieces of information displayed on display means 5
Remote control means 1 for designating at least one piece of information
And the control means 11 is controlled by the remote control means 15.
Of the information to be displayed on the display means 5 in accordance with the specification of the information to be displayed.
Make the number smaller than the number of information that was displayed immediately before
Information that disappears when you change the display
Are located in the corners of the display screen
Displayed, the information that was no longer displayed was displayed
Move the information displayed after the change to the position and display it
The control is performed as follows. According to the video display device of the present invention, the information is displayed preferentially from the position closest to the corner of the display screen based on the operation of the remote control means. Regardless of the position, it is always the position that is closest to the corner that does not disturb the received image of the video signal, and simply instructing various information by operating the remote control means, the received image of the video signal is automatically displayed in the most visible state Is displayed well on the screen. An embodiment of the image display apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a television receiver 1 having the video display device of the present embodiment. This television receiver 1 has a video tape recorder 10 integrated therein. It is inclusive. A cathode ray tube (hereinafter referred to as CRT) 5 of the television receiver 1 is used as a display unit of a display device, and C
This is displayed on the screen of RT5. Hereinafter, the configuration of the television receiver 1 will be described. The television receiver 1 receives a television broadcast wave received by an antenna 2 at a television broadcast receiver 3 and supplies a video detection output signal VD1 to a CRT 5 constituting a screen display unit via a video amplifier 4. By doing so, a screen is displayed, and the sound detection output signal AD1 is supplied to the speaker 7 via the sound amplifying unit 6 to generate sound. Thus, the television receiver unit 8 is constituted. The video information signal AR about the television broadcast program received by the television broadcast receiving section 3 is supplied to, for example, a video tape recorder section 10 and recorded on a cassette mounted on the video tape recorder section 10. . In the playback mode, the video tape recorder unit 10 outputs a video playback output signal VD reproduced from the cassette.
2 is supplied to the video amplifying unit 4 and the audio reproduction output signal AD2 is supplied to the audio amplifying unit 6 so that the reproduced image is displayed on the CRT 5 and the reproduced audio is output to the speaker 7.
Generate from. In addition to the above configuration, the television receiver 1 has a system control unit 11 which is a system control IC for controlling the operation of the television receiver 1 in response to a user operation. The system control unit 11 is provided on a front surface of a case of the television receiver 1 with a remote control signal RMC input via the light receiving unit 16 when a user operates a remote control operation unit 15 described later. A key control signal KYC input from the key operation unit 17 is given as an operation command. The remote control signal RMC and the key control signal KYC can be used to input power on / off information, channel selection information, volume adjustment information, color adjustment information, etc., for the television receiver section 8 and the video tape recorder section 10. Recording (REC), playback (PLA)
Y), fast forward (FF), rewind (REW), discharge (EJ
ECT), stop (STOP), pause (PAUSE)
And the like, and a reservation mode such as timer reservation, timer reservation recording, sleep reservation, etc. can be designated. In addition to the above configuration, the system control section 11 supplies a control information signal CON to the mode control section 21 of the video tape recorder section 10 in response to a user's operation input. At this time, the mode control unit 21 includes drive control mechanisms 22A and 22B such as motors.
By driving the video tape recorder unit 10
Is set to a predetermined operating state. The video tape recorder 10 checks the operating state of the video tape recorder 10 by using the sensor units 23A and 23B #.
And the detection signals respectively obtained from the sensor units 23A and 23B # are converted into serial signals by the parallel / serial conversion unit 24 and returned to the system control unit 11 as operation detection signals DTC. In this example,
The mode control unit 21 converts the response information to the control information signal CON through the parallel / serial conversion unit 24,
The system control unit 11 as the operation detection signal DTC
It has been made to return to. The system control unit 11 of the present embodiment
Is the content of the operation command specified by the remote control signal RMC and the key control signal KYC,
Based on the operation detection signal DTC indicating the response operation of the video deck unit 10 to the control information CON, the contents of the operation command received by the television receiver, the response operation state, and the presence or absence of an abnormality are indicated on the CRT 5 by a symbol and An operation display signal VD3 for displaying as a message is displayed on the video amplifying unit 4.
As shown in FIG. 2, the video display unit 5a receives the video detection output VD1 or the video reproduction output VD2 as shown in FIG.
Above, a VTR mode display unit 5b indicating an operation based on an operation command to the video tape recorder unit 10, a TV mode display unit 5c indicating an operation based on an operation command to the television receiver unit 8, etc. First, second, and third current state display sections 5d, 5e, and 5f indicating the current state
And superimposed. The VTR mode display unit 5b is at the upper left of the CRT 5 screen, the TV mode display unit 5c is at the upper right of the CRT 5 screen,
The current status display sections 5e, 5f and 5g are displayed at the lower right of the screen of the CRT 5, respectively, and the current status display sections 5e, 5f and 5g are
The first, second, and third display units 5e, 5f, and 5g are arranged in order from the bottom.
And place it. The VTR mode display section 5b displays, for example, "REC" for recording, "TIMER REC" for timer recording, and "PL" for playback.
AY "," FF "indicating fast forward," RE "indicating rewind
W "," AUTO REW "indicating automatic rewind due to playback to the tape end, and" STO "indicating stop.
P ”,“ STANDB ”indicating stop of timer recording standby
Y ”,“ REC PAUS ”indicating pause in recording state
E "," PLAY PAU "indicating pause in the playback state
SE "," EJECT "indicating tape cassette removal,
"AUTO EJECT" indicating automatic tape cassette removal when attempting to record a recording-prohibited tape, "EDIT PLAY" indicating playback by automatic editing, "EDIT FF" indicating fast-forward by automatic editing, and rewinding by automatic editing. "EDIT REW" indicating the index search and "INDEX SEARCH" indicating the index search are displayed according to the respective operations. The display on the TV mode display section 5c includes, for example, a reception channel, a main / sub switching state of audio multiplex broadcasting, and the like. Then, the current status display sections 5d, 5e and 5f
Displays the current time and day of the week, the setting state of the VTR sleep function, and the tape running amount count value of the VTR. The VTR sleep function is a function for setting the operation time of the video tape recorder unit 10 and for performing reproduction or recording during the set time, and displays the remaining operation time as a display state. The display of such information on the current status display units 5d, 5e and 5f is controlled by the system control unit 11 by operating the keys of the remote control operation unit 15. The operation of the image display device will be described below.
Will be described. First, the remote control operation device 15 of the present example has an operation panel configured as shown in FIG. The remote control operation unit 15 includes a numeric keypad 15a for selecting a receiving channel by the television broadcast receiving unit 3, a tape driving operation key 15b of the video tape recorder unit 10, a VTR sleep function setting key 15c, and a time display key. Clock key 15d, a counter key 15e for displaying a count value, and a display key 15f for maintaining a display state. here,
There are three keys for displaying on the current status display sections 5d, 5e and 5f: a VTR sleep function setting key 15c, a clock key 15d, and a counter key 15e. The three keys 15c, 15d and 15e
The control operation of the system control unit 11 when the user operates the key will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
It is determined whether any one of 5d and 15e has been pressed, and if any key has been pressed, it is determined which key has been pressed, and a display is made corresponding to the pressed key. Here, the first, second, and third status display units 5
The priorities of d, 5e and 5f are determined by the system control unit 11, and when only one display is to be performed, only the first current status display unit 5d is displayed. The current status is displayed on the second current status display sections 5d and 5e. When three displays are performed, the first, second, and third statuses are displayed.
Are displayed on all the current status display sections 5d, 5e, 5f. The display priority of the time display, the VTR sleep function display, and the count value display is also determined by the system control unit 11. When there are a plurality of display information, the time is displayed from the lower side (the first display unit 5d side). Display, V
The display is performed in the order of the TR sleep function display and the count value display. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, the first current status display section 5d displays the time at 10:30 AM on Thursday as "THU 10:30 AM". , Second
Indicates that the VTR sleep function is activated for 30 minutes as “0 _H 30 _M TO GO”, and the count value of the running amount of the tape is 1 in the third current state display section 5f.
234 is displayed as “COUNTER 1234”. Under the control of the system control unit 11, the time is displayed as "10:30" which is only a numeral when 4 seconds have elapsed from the start of the display.
The R sleep function display is turned off, and the counter display becomes “123” consisting of only numbers after 4 seconds from the start of display.
4 ". Example of Display by Image Display Device An example of a change on a screen when actually displayed by the image display device of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described below. In this case, the operation is performed by each key of the remote control operation device 15. First, when it is desired to display the count, the counter key 15e is pressed from the non-display state as shown in FIG. 5A to display "COUNTER 1234".
Are displayed on the first current state display section 5d (see FIG. 5).
B) Then, after 4 seconds have passed since the counter key 15e was pressed, only "1234" is automatically displayed (FIG. 5).
C), and when the user wants to erase this number, the counter key 15e is pressed again, so that no display is made (FIG. 5D). Next, when it is desired to display the time, FIG.
As shown in A, the clock key 15d is pressed from the non-display state, and the time such as "WED 10:30 AM" is displayed on the first current display section 5d (FIG. 6B). Then, four seconds after the clock key 15d is pressed, "1" is automatically set.
0:30 "(FIG. 6C), and when it is desired to erase this number, the clock key 15d is pressed again to display nothing (FIG. 6D). Further, even before 4 seconds have elapsed, the display is turned off by pressing the clock key 15d. Next, when it is desired to display the VTR sleep function, the VTR sleep key 15c is depressed from the non-display state as shown in FIG. 7A to cause the first current state display section 5d to display the time and the second current state display section. 5e shows "0 _H 30
A sleep function such as " _M TO GO" is displayed (FIG. 7B). Then, after pressing the VTR sleep key 15c, 1
After a lapse of 0 seconds, the display automatically returns to no display (FIG. 7C). Next, as shown in FIG. 8A, when it is desired to display the time from the state where the first current state display section 5d is displaying the count, the clock key 15d is pressed and the "THU
The time such as "10:30 AM" is displayed in the first current state display section 5d.
And a counter display in the second status display section 5.
e and display (FIG. 8B). Then, after 4 seconds have elapsed since the clock key 15d was pressed, the time display automatically changes to a display such as "10:30" (FIG. 8C). Next, as shown in FIG. 9A, when it is desired to display the counter from the state in which the first current state display section 5d is displaying the time, the counter key 15e is depressed and "COUN" is displayed.
A count value such as “TER 1234” is displayed on the second current state display unit 5e (FIG. 9B). At this time, the first current state display section 5d keeps displaying the time. Then, after 4 seconds elapse after pressing the counter key 15e, the count display is automatically changed to a display of only a numeral such as "1234" (FIG. 9C). Next, when it is desired to erase the time display from the time display and the counter display (FIG. 10A), the clock key 15d is pressed to display only the counter display (FIG. 10B). At this time, the display position of the counter display is changed from the second current state display unit 5e to the first current state display unit 5e.
Move to d. Similarly, when the counter display is erased from the state of the time display and the counter display (FIG. 11A), the counter key 15e is pressed to display only the time display (FIG. 11B). At this time, the counter display of the second current state display section 5e simply disappears, and the display position does not move. Next, when it is desired to display the VTR sleep display further from the state of the time display and the counter display (FIG. 12A), the VTR sleep key 15c is depressed to add the VTR sleep key 15c to the time display and the counter display. 0
Display of _H 30 _M TO GO "sleep function such as (Fig. 12
B) is performed. At this time, if the time display is only numbers, the day of the week, morning and afternoon are also displayed at the same time. At this time, the time is displayed on the first current display section 5d, the VTR sleep display is displayed on the second current display section 5e, and the third current display section 5f is displayed.
The counter display is performed respectively. Then, when 10 seconds elapse after pressing the VTR sleep key 15c, a state is obtained in which the same time display and counter display as the first time are performed (FIG. 12C). Next, when it is desired to display the VTR sleep function from the state of the counter display (FIG. 13A), the sleep function and the time are displayed with the VTR sleep key 15c pressed and added to the counter display (FIG. 13A). 1
3B). At this time, the time is displayed on the first current state display unit 5d, the VTR sleep display is displayed on the second current state display unit 5e, and the counter is displayed on the third current state display unit 5f. Then, after pressing the VTR sleep key 15c, 1
After the elapse of 0 seconds, only the same counter display as that at the beginning is performed (FIG. 13C). Next, the time display mode (FIG. 14)
To display the VTR sleep function display from A),
The sleep function is displayed (FIG. 14B) in a state where the VTR sleep key 15c is pressed and added to the time display. At this time, the time is displayed on the first current state display unit 5d and the VTR sleep display is displayed on the second current state display unit 5e. Then, after pressing the VTR sleep key 15c, 10
After a lapse of seconds, the same time display as the first time is displayed (FIG. 14C). Next, from the state of no display (FIG. 15A), VT
If the user wants to immediately display the counter after pressing the R sleep key 15c to display the VTR sleep function and time (FIG. 15B), the counter display is performed in a state where the counter key 15e is pressed and the VTR sleep display and the time display are added. FIG. 15C) is performed. At this time, the first
Of the current status display unit 5d, and the time of V in the second current status display unit 5e.
The TR sleep display is displayed on the third current display unit 5f as a counter. When four seconds elapse after pressing the counter key 15e, the counter display becomes a display of only numbers (FIG. 15D), and furthermore, the VTR sleep key 15c.
When 10 seconds elapse after pressing, the counter is displayed (FIG. 15).
E). As is clear from the above examples, the present status display section 5 of the screen of the CRT 5 of the television receiver 1 of this example.
When there is only one display information, the display on d, 5e, and 5f is displayed on the first status display section 5d at the bottom, and when the display information is 2
When the number of pieces of display information is three, the information is displayed on the first and second current state display parts 5d and 5e, which are the bottom and the second. When the number of pieces of display information is three, the first, second and third current state display parts 5d, 5e and 5e are displayed. 5f
To be displayed. Therefore, this display information is preferentially displayed from the corners of the screen according to the amount of information. For example, the information is not displayed only on the third current state display section 5f near the center of the screen, and the television is not displayed. An image received from a broadcast or videotape is always displayed as soon as possible. In addition, since the VTR sleep display that does not need to be displayed continuously is displayed only for 10 seconds, the received image on the screen does not interfere for a short time. Furthermore, in the time display and the counter display, characters such as the day of the week are displayed only for 4 seconds,
Thereafter, since there is only a minimum display of only numbers, the received image is not obstructed from this point. For this reason, the user can see the information of the video tape recorder unit 10 and the like easily while viewing the screen of the CRT 5, and can easily see the received image. In the above embodiment, the system control section 11 for controlling various displays is provided in the television receiver 1 outside the video tape recorder section 10, but the display signal generator is provided in the video tape recorder section 10. May be provided, and the display may be performed by the output signal of the generator. Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that various other configurations can be adopted without departing from the gist of the present invention. According to the video display apparatus of the present invention, the display information is automatically displayed irrespective of the number of the video signals, and the received image of the video signal is always displayed most simply by instructing various displays by operating the remote control means. There is an advantage that various information is favorably displayed on the screen in a state where the received image of the video signal is most easily viewed, because the position is closer to a corner that does not disturb.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing one embodiment of a video display device of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen according to one embodiment. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of a remote control operating device used in one embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining one embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example according to one embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example according to one embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example according to one embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example according to one embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example according to one embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example according to one embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display example according to one embodiment. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example according to one embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display example according to one embodiment. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display example according to one embodiment. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display example according to one embodiment. [Description of Signs] 1 Television receiver 5 CRT 5a Video display unit 5d First current display unit 5e Second current display unit 5f Third current display unit 10 Video tape recorder unit 11 System control unit 15 Remote control operation 15c VTR sleep key 15d clock key 15e counter key

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Ikuo Someya 6-7-35 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Inside Sony Corporation (56) References JP-A-53-121516 (JP, A) JP-A Sho 62-159988 (JP, A) JP-A-60-130275 (JP, A) JP-A-60-192570 (JP, U) JP-A-61-149479 (JP, U) JP-A-60-104877 (JP, A) U) (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) H04N 5/44-5/46

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] Display means for displaying a video signal; selecting N pieces of information (N is an integer of 2 or more) as the video signal
And control means capable of displaying the screen of sequential parallel displayed at a predetermined position of the display means to superimposed, the less from among the N information displayed on said display means
Remote control means for designating one piece of information, wherein the control means is adapted to specify information by the remote control means.
Accordingly, the number of pieces of information to be displayed on the display means is
Change the display so that it is less than the number of information
Information that is no longer displayed when you change
If the information is located in the corner of the display screen
Changed to the display position where the information that was no longer displayed was displayed
Control to move and display the information that is displayed later.
An image display device , characterized in that: