JPH07298148A - Video image and/or audio signal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the video image and/or audio signal equipment which is set and executed automatically to the operating state viewed most frequently depending on weekday and time. CONSTITUTION:An operation command content entered by an operation entry means 101 is stored in a storage means 103 together with weekday and time counted by a count means 102. Then the stored content is classified by each weekday and sectioned time range and ranked by a ranking means 104 on each generated frequency and the operation content is subject to execution control for each weekday and time based on the ranked content for controlled means 108-112 by a control means 105.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention has a timekeeping function, and when an apparatus is operated, it is automatically set and controlled to the setting most frequently used at the day of the week and at the time. Or it relates to an audio device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a conventional television receiver having a timekeeping function. In the figure, 1 is a channel selection demodulation circuit having a function of selecting and demodulating video and audio respectively, 2 is a video signal processing circuit, 3 is a cathode ray tube (hereinafter referred to as CRT) for displaying an image, and 4 is an audio level. An audio level adjuster for adjustment, 5 is an audio amplifier circuit, 6 is a speaker for outputting audio, 7 is a microcomputer control circuit, 8 is an indicator for displaying the time, 9 is a remote control transmitter for remote control (hereinafter simply referred to as remote control). ) 10 is a power supply circuit.

Next, the operation will be described. The operation of the television receiver is performed by the remote controller 9.
The operation contents instructed by the command are decoded by the microcomputer control circuit 7. For example, in the case of an operation of turning on the power, the microcomputer control circuit 7 controls the power supply circuit 10 to turn on the power, and the power of the entire television receiver is supplied from the power supply 10.
Similarly, when an operation command for channel selection is instructed from the remote controller 9, the microcomputer control circuit 7 controls the channel selection demodulation circuit 1 to be the instructed channel, for example, 10 channel, and determines the receiving channel. To do.
The same applies to the volume adjustment, and the volume adjuster 4 is controlled to set the volume designated by the remote controller 9.

In a television receiver having a timekeeping function and operating by a timer, it is possible to set a power-on time, a power-off time, a reception channel when the power is turned on, and a volume level. The time at which they operate is displayed by the time display 8. In addition, the past channel data is memorized and ranked,
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-77110 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-771 disclose channels which are selected according to their priority.
No. 09 publication and the like.

[0005]

Since the conventional television receiver is constructed as described above, the optimum channel, volume level, etc. must be set for each reception, and the timer is required. When set by, one day of the week,
Although it is possible to set a certain fixed channel, volume, etc. in a certain time zone, a complicated setting operation is required each time to change the setting.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when receiving television, radio, playing video, etc., the most frequently used setting is set depending on the day of the week and time. An object of the present invention is to provide a video and / or audio device whose setting is automatically controlled without giving a specific operation instruction.

[0007]

A video and / or audio device according to the present invention comprises an input means for instructing an operation, a day of the week when the instruction is input, a timekeeping means for timing the time, and an operation input by the input means. Storage means for storing the instruction content together with the day of the week and the time counted by the time measuring means,
Ordering means for classifying the contents stored by this storage means into time ranges separated from the days of the week and ordering them in order of frequency of occurrence, based on the contents of this ordering means, by day of the week or hour without giving a specific operation instruction. In addition, the control means for automatically controlling execution of the most frequently occurring operation content is provided.

Here, the video and / or audio device is
Channel selection, volume adjustment, screen brightness adjustment, rotation adjustment that determines the orientation of the device, power on / off, etc. The control means is provided with execution means selection means for selecting the controlled means on which the control is executed.

Further, there is provided an execution non-selection means for deselecting the control content executed by the control means with respect to a certain controlled means. When the non-selection means is selected, the contents of the next order arranged in order of occurrence frequency. Has been made to run.

[0010]

In the video and / or audio device according to the present invention, the operation instruction content input by the input means is stored in the storage means together with the day of the week and the time counted by the time counting means, and the stored content is separated from the day of the week. Further, the operation contents are classified according to the time range and arranged in order of the occurrence frequency, and the operation contents are automatically controlled one after another without giving a specific operation instruction based on the arranged contents.

The objects to be controlled are channel selection, volume adjustment, screen brightness adjustment, rotation adjustment for determining the orientation of the device,
Although there are a plurality of power-on / power-off, etc., the execution selection means can select a target that needs control in advance, and if the execution non-selection means does not want to execute the control content, It can be changed to the contents of the ranking.

[0012]

【Example】

Example 1. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control system used when the present invention is carried out in an apparatus according to the present invention, for example, a television receiver. In the figure, 10
Reference numeral 1 is an operation input means for instructing an operation such as a remote controller, 102 is a time means for clocking the day of the week and the time when the operation is instructed, 103 is means for storing and accumulating the operation instruction contents input by operation together with the day of the week and time Reference numeral 104 denotes an ordering means for classifying the stored contents into time zones separated by a day of the week, for example, every hour, and ordering them in order of occurrence frequency.
Is a control means for detecting the day of the week and the time clocked by the time counting means, and automatically executing the most frequently occurring operation content ordered by the ordering means 104, and 106 is a controlled means controlled by the control means. Execution unit selecting unit for selecting, 107 is an execution non-selecting unit for deselecting the operation content controlled by the control unit, and 108 is a selecting unit for selecting a channel to be received as a controlled unit.
Reference numeral 09 is a volume adjusting means for adjusting the volume of the volume, 11
0 is a brightness adjusting means for adjusting the brightness of the screen, and 1
Reference numeral 11 designates a rotating means for rotating the direction of the television receiver main body, and 112 designates a power on / off for similarly turning on / off the power.
It is a cutting tool.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a concrete television receiver incorporating the control system of FIG. 1 as an embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a channel selection demodulation circuit for receiving broadcast and performing channel selection demodulation.
Is a video signal processing circuit for processing the received signal, 3 is a CRT for displaying the processed video, 4 is a volume controller for adjusting the volume of the received signal (corresponding to 109 in FIG. 1), 5 is adjusted An audio amplifier circuit for amplifying the audio signal, 6 a speaker for outputting the amplified audio signal, and 7 a microcomputer control circuit (including 102 to 107 in FIG. 1),
CPU 71, RAM 72, ROM 73, input / output circuit 74
It is composed by. 9 is a remote control transmitter for remote control (corresponding to 101 in FIG. 1), 10 is a power circuit for turning on / off the power (corresponding to 112 in FIG. 1), 11 is a display for displaying the day of the week and time, and 12 is A remote control receiver circuit for receiving a signal transmitted by the remote controller 9, 13 in a video signal processing circuit, a brightness adjuster (corresponding to 110 in FIG. 1) for adjusting the brightness of the screen, and 14 an orientation of the television receiver. A rotation control circuit (corresponding to 111 in FIG. 1) for controlling the rotation of the
Reference numeral 5 denotes a rotation drive motor which is controlled by the rotation control circuit 14 and rotationally drives the television receiver. Reference numeral 50 denotes the entire television receiver.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 shows the ROM of the microcomputer control circuit 7.
73 is a conceptual flowchart showing a control program stored in 73. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a concept that is stored in the RAM 72 of the microcomputer control circuit 7 and that the operation contents for each day of the week, the operation contents for each time, and the occurrence frequency of the operation contents are arranged in order.

First, a signal indicating the operation content, which is instructed to operate (Step 1) by the remote controller transmitter 9, is received by the remote controller receiving circuit 12, waveform-shaped, and then input to the microcomputer control circuit 7 (Step 12). The microcomputer control circuit 7 inputs an operation instruction signal to the CPU 71 through the input / output circuit 74, and the CPU 71 decodes the operation content (Step 2). At the same time, the CPU 71 confirms the day of the week and the time, writes the decrypted operation content in the RAM 72 (Step 3), and controls the controlled means according to the operation content (Step 4, Step 13). Then C
The PU 71 adds the occurrence frequencies of the operation contents at the current day of the week and time stored in the RAM 72, and ranks them (Step 5). The process of adding the number of occurrences (St
When the order of occurrence frequency is disturbed in ep6) (Step
7) The order of the occurrence frequencies stored in the RAM 72 is reordered to change the order (Step 8). In this way, each time the remote control transmitter 9 issues an operation instruction, the frequency of occurrence for each operation instruction content is ranked according to the day of the week and time.

FIG. 4 is an example showing the result of addition of the frequency of occurrence of the operation contents at the current day of the week and time stored in the RAM 72. The operation of the controlled means in the time zone from 8:00 to 9:00 on Monday. Shows the ranking. As is clear from the figure, the first order in the above day of the week and time zone is that the channel is "5", the volume is "6", the brightness is "7", the rotation angle is "0", and the power is "on". Therefore, the initial setting when the remote control transmitter 9 gives an operation instruction is automatically set to the first order. Of the above, the rotation angle and power on / off are stored in the RAM 72 as non-execution means and excluded from execution.

In normal viewing, RA is performed for each day of the week and time measured by the CPU 71 of the microcomputer control circuit 7.
The sequence of the occurrence frequencies stored in M72 is read (Step
p9, Step 10), and the contents thereof are input through the input / output circuit 74 to the channel selection demodulation circuit 1 which is a channel selection unit, the volume controller 4 which is a volume adjustment unit, the brightness controller 13 which is a brightness adjustment unit, and the rotation unit. A certain rotation control circuit 14 and a power supply circuit 10 which is a power on / off means are controlled, and the day of the week at that time,
The operation content with the highest frequency at the time is automatically set without performing a specific operation (Step 11).

Depending on the viewer, there is a case where it is not necessary to control all of these controlled means (controlled objects). At that time, the execution means selecting means 106 which is not automatically controlled by the remote control transmitter 9 in advance is used. An operation instruction is given, input to the CPU 71 through the input / output circuit 74 of the microcomputer control circuit 7, and stored in the RAM 72. Next, when the control is automatically performed for each day of the week and for the time counted, the controlled means which detects this storage state and is controlled is automatically selected and executed. Further, when the content of the automatically executed operation is not preferable, the remote controller transmitter 9 gives an operation instruction to the execution non-selecting means 107 to reject the content, and the control at this time is arranged in order of the frequency of occurrence. The operation contents in the next order are automatically selected and executed.

Example 2. In the above embodiment, the day of the week,
A CPU in a microcomputer control circuit is used as a time counting method.
The same effect can be obtained even if a method is provided in which a dedicated clock circuit is provided externally and the data is input to and output from the microcomputer control circuit. In the above embodiment,
An example of a television receiver is shown, but VTR, V
The same effect can be realized in a television receiver with a built-in TR, a radio cassette, and the like.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to set the channel, volume, etc. each time when receiving or playing a program which is generally periodically broadcasted on a day of the week and at a time of day. It becomes easy, and it is possible to create an optimal reception / reproduction state for both men and women of all ages. For example, it is possible to prevent the volume from becoming too loud at midnight, and it is possible to automatically set optimal conditions without specific operations even in the case of room brightness and viewing position, which differ between daytime and nighttime. Further, it is possible to prevent forgetting to watch the continuous program.

Further, by selecting the operation content controlled by the user's desire, unnecessary automatic execution is eliminated, and when rejecting the executed content, the operation content having the next occurrence frequency is selected. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform various operations again.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control system of a video / audio device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a concept of ranking operation contents for each day of the week and time stored in a RAM of a microcomputer control circuit used in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block circuit diagram showing a conventional television receiver.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Channel selection demodulation circuit 2 Video signal processing circuit 3 CRT 4 Volume adjuster 5 Audio amplification circuit 6 Speaker 7 Microcomputer control circuit 9 Remote control transmitter 10 Power supply circuit 12 Remote control reception circuit 13 Brightness adjuster 14 Rotation control circuit 15 Rotation drive motor 71 CPU 72 RAM 73 ROM 74 Input / output circuit 101 Operation input means 102 Timing means 103 Storage means 104 Ordering means 105 Control means 106 Execution means selection means 107 Execution non-selection means 108 Tuning means 109 Volume adjustment means 110 Brightness adjustment means 111 Rotation Means 112 Power on / off means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Input means for instructing an operation to a video and / or audio device, time means for measuring a day of the week and time when the instruction is input, and operation instruction contents input by the input means by the time measuring means. Timekeeping day of the week, storage means for storing together with the time, the content stored by this storage means is classified for each time range separated from the day of the week, the ordering means for ordering the occurrence frequency, based on the content of this ordering means, A video and / or audio device comprising control means for automatically executing and controlling the most frequently occurring operation content for each day of the week and every hour without giving a specific operation instruction. 2. The controlled means by the control means is a plurality of channel tuning, volume adjustment, screen brightness adjustment, rotation adjustment for determining the orientation of the device, and power ON / OFF. A video and / or audio device according to claim 1. 3. The video and / or audio device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising execution means selection means for selecting a controlled means on which control by the control means is executed. 4. An execution non-selection means for deselecting the control content executed by the control means with respect to a certain controlled means, and when the non-selection is performed, the next content in the order arranged in the order of occurrence frequency is provided. The video and / or audio device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: