JPH11127399A - Picture display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a picture display device capable of surely selecting an icon for function operation at the time of selecting a menu on the screen of a touch panel. SOLUTION: Since an intermediate band 10 is formed between icon areas 9a, 9b in which icons for function operations are displayed on a reproducing menu 8, stable selecting operation can be executed without changing the selected icon even when a user touches a position (x2, y2) near to the boundary of icons or the position of a user's finger is slightly shifted due to its trembles and enters another icon boundary.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remotely controllable image display device such as a television receiver and a video recorder device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, multi-channel television broadcasting and combination with a video tape recorder have been advanced, and a remote control device (hereinafter, referred to as a remote control) for integrally controlling remote control of AV equipment linked to a television device. Is needed). For this reason, if only one key is associated with one function of the remote control device, the number of keys becomes unavoidable, and one key has two or more functions, or many keys are arranged in a certain area. In order to do so, measures such as placing a small key were taken.

However, in this case, the user has to remember two or more functions for one key, and it is necessary to select a large number of small keys, so that the operation is not easy.

[0004] On the other hand, there has been proposed, for example, a device for selecting an icon from a touch panel provided on a remote controller and transmitting a signal to an image display device. The technique is briefly described below.

[0005] An operation menu including a plurality of icons for operating functions is displayed on the screen of the image display device which is the controlled device. The coordinates of the touch panel on the remote control correspond to the coordinates of the operation menu on the screen, and when the user touches the touch panel of the remote control while looking at the screen of the image display device, the touch panel of the image display device corresponding to the touched part is displayed. The color of the icons in the operation menu changes, so that the user can know which icon is selected.

A function is executed by selecting an icon on the operation menu and pressing a decision switch on a predetermined icon.

[0007]

As described above, in the touch panel on the remote controller, when an icon on the screen is selected with a finger, the support of the finger is not stabilized, so that a slight trembling occurs.
Therefore, when the user touches the vicinity of the boundary between the icons, the display of the selected icon is not stable, and the display changes in accordance with the trembling of the finger. This gives the user discomfort. In addition, the reliability of the operation of selecting the wrong icon by shifting the position of the finger due to the operation of pressing the decision switch has been very poor.

[0008] Further, since the operation menu is displayed on the screen at the time of the function operation, there is a problem that the screen originally viewed by the user is hidden by the operation menu.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided an image display apparatus which is remotely controlled by a remote control device, the image display apparatus comprising a plurality of icons for remote control. Menu display means for displaying a menu on the screen, a touch panel for selecting the icon displayed by the menu display means, wherein the coordinates correspond to the menu displayed on the screen, and the remote control device is provided with the touch panel. An image display device, characterized in that a boundary between adjacent icons has an area that does not reflect a change in the selection state of the icon having a predetermined width.

[0010] Further, only the icon selected by the remote control is displayed on the screen.

According to the present invention, even when the user touches the touch panel with a finger to select an icon for a corresponding function operation on the screen, an image display that allows the icon selection to be performed stably and the decision operation to be performed reliably. Equipment can be provided.

Further, even when icons for function operation are displayed on the screen, an image display device which does not prevent the user from looking at the screen can be provided by minimizing the displayed icons.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is an image display device remotely controlled by a remote control device, wherein the image display device has a menu comprising a plurality of icons for remote control. Image display provided with menu display means for displaying on the screen, a menu corresponding to the menu displayed on the screen corresponding to the remote control device, and a touch panel for selecting the icon displayed by the menu display means. The device is characterized in that it has an area that does not reflect a change in the state of selection of the icon of a predetermined width at the boundary between the adjacent icons, and the user touches the touch panel with a finger to make a selection. This has the effect that the icon selection is stable and the icon determination operation can be performed reliably.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the above-mentioned invention, only the selected icon is displayed on the screen, and the icon for operating the function on the screen viewed by the user is provided. Has the effect of minimizing the display of the information.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG. (Embodiment 1) FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a state of a screen of a remote controller and an image display device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an operation menu according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing details of the coordinate system of the operation menu according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the concept of operation.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a remote control device (hereinafter referred to as a remote control).
The remote control of the image display device 2 is performed. Note that the remote control signal is not limited to infrared rays, radio waves, and the like.

The remote controller 1 comprises a touch panel 5 and a switch 6. The switch 6 only needs to have a minimum required switch such as a power switch. Of course, the switch 6 may not be provided. An operation menu 4 is projected on a normal screen on a screen 3 of the image display device 2.
When the user touches the touch panel 5 while watching the operation menu 4 and presses the enter switch 7 on the icon to be selected,
A command to execute the iconized function is sent from the remote controller 1 to the image display device 2, and the image display device 2 executes the command.

Although the decision switch is arranged on the front surface in FIG. 1, the arrangement is not particularly limited.

The coordinates (x, y) on the touch panel 5 of the remote controller 1 correspond to the illustrated (x, y) of the operation menu 4 on the screen 3 of the image display device 2.

Next, the details of the operation menu 4 will be described by way of an example. FIG. 2 shows an operation menu 4 for operating the video recorder. At this time, when the user is playing the video recorder, the playback menu 8 is displayed. The reproduction menu 8 includes icon areas 9a to 9d on which icons for executing respective functions of rewind, fast forward, stop, and stop are displayed. When the user touches the touch panel 5 on the remote control 1, the color of the icon corresponding to the touched portion changes, and the user is notified that the icon has been selected. The decision switch 7 with the icon of the function operation desired by the user being selected
By pressing, a desired function is realized.

FIG. 3 shows a user's selection operation. The intermediate band 10 as an area that does not reflect a change in the icon selection state is arranged at a predetermined width on the boundary of the icon. First, when the user touches (x1, y1), fast-forward is selected because the user is touching the icon area 9b. Next, the user moves his finger to (x2, y2) and moves the icon area 9.
Even if a is touched, the selection of the icon does not change and the fast-forward is still selected. The next time the user moves his finger to (x3, y3), the selection changes to rewind. The same applies to other icon areas.

For example, (x2, y) near the boundary of the icon
2) When the finger is touching, the selection state is stable without reacting to slight movement of the finger.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 shows an operation menu 4 displayed on the screen 3.
The details are shown below.

The operation menu 4 includes icons for six types of function operations, and includes icon areas 11a to 11f.
Each icon is displayed in. First, when the user is looking at the screen 3, the operation menu 4 is not displayed. When the user touches (x4, y4), icon area 1
The icon is displayed only in 1a. Next, when the user moves the finger and touches (x5, y5), the icon is displayed in the icon area 11c, and the display of the icon in the icon area 11a disappears. The same applies to other icon areas. In the range where no icon is displayed, the video being displayed on the screen 3 can be viewed. In the above-described embodiment, it is also possible to remotely control various audiovisual devices linked to the image display device in conjunction with a menu displayed on the image display device.

[0025]

As described above, according to the image display apparatus of the present invention, even when an icon for a function operation is selected by touching the touch panel with a finger, the selection determination operation can be performed reliably. .

In addition, an image display device which does not hinder the user from viewing the screen information can be provided, since the area of the icons displayed on the screen at the time of the function operation is reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a concept of an operation according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an operation menu according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a coordinate system of an operation menu according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a detailed view of an operation menu according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 remote control 2 image display device 3 image display device screen 4 operation menu 5 touch panel 6 switch 7 enter switch 8 playback menu 10 middle band

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An image display device remotely controlled by a remote control device, wherein the image display device includes menu display means for displaying a menu composed of a plurality of icons for remote control on a screen, and the remote control An image display device, wherein a menu and coordinates displayed on the screen correspond to the device, and a touch panel for selecting the icon displayed by the menu display means is provided. An image display device having an area that does not reflect a change in the selection state of the icon having a width. 2. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein only the selected icon is displayed on the screen.