JP3113502U - Video display device with waiting time setting function - Google Patents

Abstract

【Task】
A video display device that allows the user to effectively use the waiting time until the internal device preparation operation is completed when the power is turned on.
[Solution]
Some devices inside the video display device take several seconds to several tens of seconds from when the power is turned on until it can actually be used. In this video display device that displays video on the display unit during this waiting time, Can be arbitrarily selected, and the remaining waiting time is displayed as a number in the upper right corner of the screen as an OSD display, and the scheduled end time of the waiting time can be easily determined by counting down. Further, this number can be increased or decreased by an operation unit or a remote controller of a video display device (not shown), and it is possible to cope with the case where it is desired to continue viewing the video.
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Description

  The present invention provides a video display device that displays a predetermined moving image or image during the time required for a preparation operation from power-on to activation of the device (hereinafter referred to as a waiting time), particularly a waiting time during which a moving image or image is displayed. The present invention relates to a video display device having a waiting time setting function that can be arbitrarily extended.

  Conventional video display devices equipped with storage and / or playback devices, such as television receivers with HDD (Hard Disk Drive) recorders, can be used by starting the device including the HDD after the power is turned on. In order to achieve this, a waiting time for preparing for several seconds to several tens of seconds is required.

  In order to notify the user that the device is operating normally during such a waiting time, Patent Document 1 intermittently generates a holding sound during the waiting time, and responds to the remaining time of the waiting time. The method of shortening the pitch of the on-hold tone generation and the television receiver displays the video of the channel selected by the user, receives the broadcast signal of the other channel, and the channel is switched by the user. A method is disclosed in which, during a waiting time associated therewith, a signal of a channel after switching that has been received in advance is read and output, and the program content of the channel after switching is transmitted to the user using the waiting time. .

  Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a digital information processing apparatus that allows a user to freely set display display in a standby state from a plurality of videos stored in advance.

JP 2001-7722 A JP 2004-23562 A

  However, the video display devices disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 perform the preparatory operation even when the user wants to continuously view the video when displaying and reproducing the video during the waiting time of the preparatory operation at the time of startup. When is finished, there is a disadvantage that it is forced to be in a normally usable state. Further, the video displayed during the waiting time is also a video stored in the apparatus in advance, and cannot be a video reflecting the user's preference.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and can wait for a video or image according to the user's preference to be displayed / played during the startup time, and the display / playback time can be arbitrarily extended. An object of the present invention is to provide a video display device having a setting function.

  A video display device having a waiting time setting function according to claim 1 is a video display device that displays a predetermined moving image or image during a waiting time during a preparatory operation from power-on until the device starts up. A control means for continuously processing the waiting time until the completion of the preparation for an arbitrary time after the completion of the preparation operation is provided.

  According to the configuration of claim 1, when the power of the video display device is turned on, the video display device is activated at the time of starting the hard disk provided in the video display device, reading a broadcast signal by a tuner, channel selection, etc. It is necessary to wait for the preparatory operation until the state becomes usable, and it is possible to continue until the set time even after the waiting time is over.

  The video display device having a waiting time setting function according to claim 2 is the video display device having the waiting time setting function according to claim 1, wherein the control means arbitrarily sets a scheduled end time of the waiting time. It can be extended.

  According to the configuration of the second aspect, the waiting time set in advance at an arbitrary end time can be extended by the operation unit of the video display device or the remote controller that remotely operates the operation unit.

  A video display device with a waiting time setting function according to claim 3 is the video display device with a waiting time setting function according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control means includes a nonvolatile storage medium, The moving image or image stored in the non-volatile storage medium during the time is displayed on the video display unit of the video display device.

  According to the configuration of the third aspect, the moving image or the image is stored in the nonvolatile storage medium as the initial setting in the storage medium provided in the video display device in the video display unit of the video display device during the waiting time, and the video display The stored moving image or image can be displayed on the display unit of the video display device during the waiting time until the activation of the device is completed.

  A video display device with a waiting time setting function according to claim 4 is the video display device with a waiting time setting function according to claim 3, wherein a moving image displayed on the video display unit during the waiting time or The image is a moving image or video stored as an initial setting.

  According to the structure of Claim 4, a moving image or an image can be memorize | stored in a non-volatile memory | storage device beforehand as an initial setting, and it can be displayed during a waiting time.

  The video display device with a waiting time setting function according to claim 5 is the video display device with a waiting time setting function according to claim 3, wherein the moving image or the image is a television broadcast or a storage medium by a user. It is a moving image or image arbitrarily stored when viewing the playback video of the video data stored in the above.

  According to the configuration of claim 5, when viewing a video output from a television broadcast or other video playback device, the moving image or image being broadcast is stored in a non-volatile storage medium according to a user instruction. Can be displayed during the waiting time.

  A video display device having a waiting time setting function according to claim 1 is a video display device that displays a predetermined moving image or image during a waiting time during a preparatory operation from power-on until the device starts up. Since there is a control means to continue processing for an arbitrary time after the preparatory operation is completed, the video or image that the user views during the waiting time will not end in the middle The end time can be extended.

  The video display device having a waiting time setting function according to claim 2 is the video display device having the waiting time setting function according to claim 1, wherein the control means arbitrarily sets a scheduled end time of the waiting time. Since the video can be extended, the display time can be extended at an arbitrary timing when the user wants to view the video or image displayed during the waiting time even after the preset end time.

  A video display device with a waiting time setting function according to claim 3 is the video display device with a waiting time setting function according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control means includes a nonvolatile storage medium, Since the moving image or the image stored in the non-volatile storage medium during the time is configured to be displayed on the video display unit of the video display device, the internal video display device can be used without using another storage medium and a playback device. A moving image or an image can be read from a nonvolatile storage medium, and the moving image or the image can be displayed on the display unit of the image display device during the waiting time.

  A video display device with a waiting time setting function according to claim 4 is the video display device with a waiting time setting function according to claim 3, wherein a moving image displayed on the video display unit during the waiting time or Since the image is a moving image or an image stored as an initial setting, the user can display the image during the waiting time when the power of the video display device is turned on without performing any special setting.

  The video display device with a waiting time setting function according to claim 5 is the video display device with a waiting time setting function according to claim 3, wherein the moving image or the image is a television broadcast or a storage medium by a user. Since the video or image is arbitrarily stored at the time of viewing the playback video of the video data stored in the user, the user can arbitrarily select the video that suits his / her preference from the broadcast program and store it in the nonvolatile storage medium. It can be a moving image or an image displayed during the waiting time.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment as the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Of course, it is needless to say that the present invention can be easily applied to other than those described in the embodiments without departing from the spirit of the invention.

  1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a video display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the video display device when the power is turned on, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the display unit showing an example of setting of waiting time at start-up and setting of a moving image or an image. FIG. 4 is a front view showing a display unit displaying a waiting time end counter.

  Based on FIG. 1, the structure of the video display apparatus in a present Example is demonstrated. Reference numeral 1 denotes a microcomputer mounted as a control means for controlling a waiting time and a moving image or image (hereinafter collectively referred to as a video) displayed during the waiting time. Reference numeral 2 denotes a non-volatile storage medium that stores an image to be displayed during the waiting time. In the video display device, 3 is a display unit for displaying video, and 4 is a video / audio processing unit that processes and sends a video signal to the display unit 3. Reference numeral 5 denotes a tuner that receives broadcast radio waves and sends a broadcast signal to the video / audio processing unit 4. Reference numeral 6 denotes a storage medium for storing the received broadcast signal, and reference numeral 7 denotes a random access memory (RAM) used for the operation of the microcomputer 1.

  Next, based on FIG. 2, the operation | movement at the time of power-on of the video display apparatus in a present Example is demonstrated. The power source of the video display device is turned on (S1). The microcomputer 1 checks whether or not there is a waiting time or setting of a video to be displayed in the waiting time in the nonvolatile storage medium 2 (S2). If it exists, the stored end time of the waiting time and the video to be displayed are read (S3). The read video is displayed until the end time of the read waiting time (S4). If the non-volatile storage medium 2 does not have the waiting time and the setting of the image to be displayed during the waiting time, the waiting time is set to end at the time when the device starts up (S5). An initial setting screen such as a mute screen or a startup logo is displayed on the display unit, and at the same time as the startup of the device is completed, the waiting time is terminated and the video display device can be used.

  Next, a setting example of the waiting time of the video display device in the present embodiment will be described based on FIG. FIG. 3A is a front view showing the display unit in a state where a screen for setting the waiting time operation of the video display device is displayed. Since “start-up time setting” for adjusting the waiting time is displayed in the menu item, when it is selected using the operation unit or the remote control of the video display device and the confirmation operation is performed, FIG. Transition to the screen of b). The setting time of the start-up time setting shown in FIG. 3B and the screen name of the start-up screen setting are changed by using the operation unit of the video display device or the 10 key of the remote control or the UP / DOWN key, and the desired time -Select a screen name and perform a confirmation operation to determine the waiting time of the image display device and the image displayed during the waiting time.

  Next, based on FIG. 1, the function of storing the video of the broadcast program being displayed on the video display device in the present embodiment in a nonvolatile storage medium and using it as a video for display during the waiting time will be described. The video signal of the broadcast program received by the tuner 5 becomes a video signal digitally processed by the video / audio processing unit 4, and the video is displayed by the display unit 3. The user views the displayed video, and arbitrarily Is displayed on the display unit, the video display device is instructed to store the scene using an operation unit or a remote controller of the video display device (not shown). In response to this command, the control of the microcomputer 1 controls the storage of the scene from the storage medium 6 and stores the screen in the nonvolatile storage medium 2. At that time, by automatically assigning a scene name with a serial number to identify the stored scene, it is possible to specify by the name when setting the screen when setting the waiting time.

  Next, based on FIG. 4, the operation | movement in the waiting time of the video display apparatus in a present Example is demonstrated using FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view of the display unit showing a state in which an image is displayed during the waiting time. The preset video is displayed on the screen, the remaining waiting time (15 seconds in FIG. 4) is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen, and the countdown is performed. This number indicates that 1 is subtracted every second, and when 0 is reached, the waiting time is over. Thereby, the user can easily grasp the end time of the waiting time. Further, this remaining waiting time can be increased or decreased by using a not-shown operation unit of the video display device or the UP / DOWN key of the remote controller as a predetermined time until the preparation operation of the video display device ends. As a result, the user can continue viewing the video displayed during the waiting time after the waiting time end scheduled time.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the setting of the waiting time is stored in the non-volatile storage medium, and when the video display device is turned on, the presence or absence of the setting is determined. The waiting time can be changed according to the setting, and the video can be read and displayed during the waiting time, so that the user can view the video for a desired waiting time. Accordingly, the user can effectively use the waiting time during the waiting time. If the user does not set the waiting time, a logo is displayed during the waiting time, and the video display device can be used at the same time as the video display device preparation operation is completed. It does not hinder the user's need to make it available as soon as possible. In addition to the video stored as the initial setting, the user can store a desired video in the nonvolatile storage medium 2, so that the user can display a video according to his / her preference during the waiting time. Can do. In addition, the video display device displays the video set when the power is turned on, and switches to normal use at the same time as the end of the waiting time, but since this waiting time end can be changed arbitrarily, the video displayed by the user during the waiting time It is possible to respond to the case of wanting to continue watching. Further, the remaining time until the end of the waiting time is OSD-displayed as a number, and countdown is performed as time elapses, so that the user can easily grasp the time until the video display apparatus can be used normally. Furthermore, by making it possible to increase or decrease the remaining time displayed on the OSD, it becomes possible to meet the user's need to continue viewing the video displayed during the waiting time.

  In the present embodiment, the video of the broadcast program being displayed is stored in the nonvolatile storage medium 2 and is displayed during the waiting time. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and video input from an external playback device May be stored as an image to be displayed during the waiting time. Further, by storing a user manual as an image to be displayed during the waiting time, the user may be taught how to operate the image display device during the waiting time.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the video display apparatus in the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart figure which shows operation | movement when the power supply of a video display apparatus is turned on same as the above. It is a front view which shows the display part of the video display apparatus which displayed the screen which sets a waiting time same as the above. It is a front view which shows the display part of the video display apparatus which displayed the image | video during waiting time same as the above.

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1 Microcomputer (control means)
2 Nonvolatile storage medium 3 Display section

Claims (5)

  In a video display device that displays a predetermined moving image or image during the waiting time during the preparation operation from the power-on to the device activation, the waiting time until the activation is arbitrary after the preparation operation is completed. An image display device having a waiting time setting function, characterized in that a control means for continuous processing is provided for a time.   The video display apparatus having a waiting time setting function according to claim 1, wherein the waiting time can be arbitrarily extended by the control means.   The control means includes a non-volatile storage medium, and is configured to display a moving image or an image stored in the non-volatile storage medium during the waiting time on a video display unit of the video display device. Item 3. A video display device comprising the waiting time setting function according to Item 1 or 2.   4. The video display device having a waiting time setting function according to claim 3, wherein the moving image or image displayed on the video display unit during the waiting time is a moving image or image stored as an initial setting. . 4. The waiting time setting function according to claim 3, wherein the moving image or image is a moving image or image arbitrarily stored when a user views a playback image of video data stored in a television broadcast or a storage medium. A video display device comprising:

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