JPH11338667A - Remote controller and data correcting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate need to adjust a personal computer output image so as to be position in the center each time because the output image on a home- use television receiver is not in the center but slightly shifted vertically or horizontally when a keyboard placed beside the television receiver performs remote control of a personal computer separated away therefrom. SOLUTION: When the above system is first started, adjusting work is performed one time and its information is stored in a nonvolatile memory 6 provided in a control console unit 1 connected to a keyboard 8 for remote control. No further adjusting work is required by reading the content of the memory 6 and initializing with the data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control device capable of remotely controlling a personal computer while displaying an image of the personal computer on a home television receiver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A display image of a personal computer is converted into a television signal, transmitted on a radio signal, transmitted, and received by a receiver unit placed on the side of the home television receiver and displayed on the home television receiver. By transmitting control information input using an input device such as a mouse, keyboard, joystick, etc. to a personal computer via a radio signal,
You can operate your PC remotely. The display method of the personal computer dedicated display device and the home television receiver are different, and even if the display image is converted to a television signal, the home television receiver is always in exactly the same state as displayed on the dedicated display device. It may not be displayed on the machine and some adjustment may be required.

For example, in a conventional remote control apparatus, in a personal computer remote control system using a home television receiver, when the system is started, a personal computer output image displayed on the home television receiver is shown in FIG. In some cases, the image is not displayed at the center of the screen, but is displayed in a state of being slightly shifted up, down, left, and right.

[0004] Also, when operating with a joystick, when using a home television receiver, it may be difficult to use the joystick unless the sensitivity of the joystick is changed as compared with the case where a dedicated display device is used. In such a case, it is necessary to adjust the sensitivity when the joystick lever is moved forward, backward, left, and right.

[0005]

However, in the conventional configuration, every time the system is started, it is necessary to adjust the position of the image displayed on the home television receiver so that the image is located at the center of the screen. In addition, when using a joystick, there has been an operation that the sensitivity of the joystick must be adjusted one by one. The display position information and the joystick sensitivity information obtained by the user's adjustment are not stored in the personal computer, but return to the initial image position and the joystick initial information when the personal computer system is started.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a data correction method and a remote control device for a remote control device which do not have to perform these adjustment operations every time.

[0007]

In order to solve this problem, a data correction method for a remote control device according to the present invention comprises a non-volatile memory mounted on a control console unit, and screen position adjustment data adjusted by the control console unit. By storing the joystick sensitivity adjustment data in its non-volatile memory, the information is read at start-up, transmitted to the transceiver unit, and the adjusted image data is transmitted to the receiver unit. By initializing the adjustment of the screen position and the joystick sensitivity displayed in, the adjustment work does not have to be performed every time.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the first aspect of the present invention, a transceiver unit which converts a display image signal output from a personal computer into a television signal and wirelessly transmits the signal is transmitted from the transceiver unit. And a personal computer connected to the transceiver unit by transmitting control information input using an input device such as a mouse, keyboard, and joystick to the transceiver unit. It is composed of a control console unit that performs remote control.The control console unit has nonvolatile memory, stores data that determines the display position of the PC output image displayed on the TV receiver in the nonvolatile memory, and starts the PC remote control system. When let It is provided with control means for displaying image data on a television receiver based on data stored in a non-volatile memory. With such a configuration, if a screen adjustment is performed at the first startup, The data for determining the display position on the television receiver is stored in the non-volatile memory, the data is read at the next start-up, the screen position on the television receiver screen is determined, and the screen adjustment work every time can be omitted. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transceiver unit which converts a display image signal output from a personal computer into a television signal and wirelessly transmits the television signal, and receives image data transmitted from the transceiver unit. And a control unit for remotely controlling a personal computer connected to the transceiver unit by transmitting control information input using an input device such as a mouse, a keyboard, and a joystick to the transceiver unit. The control console unit has a non-volatile memory.When a joystick is connected to the control console unit, the sensitivity adjustment data of the joystick is measured, and the measured joystick sensitivity adjustment is performed. Stores data in a nonvolatile memory,
It is equipped with control means for determining the joystick sensitivity based on the data stored in the non-volatile memory when the personal computer remote control system is started. With such a configuration, the joystick sensitivity at the first start-up is provided. If the adjustment is performed, the data is stored in the non-volatile memory, and the data is read at the next start-up to determine the sensitivity of the joystick, so that the operation of adjusting the sensitivity every time can be omitted.

An embodiment in which the remote control device of the present invention is used for transmitting information such as a keyboard of a personal computer will be described with reference to FIGS.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control console unit for connecting a remote control keyboard located at a position remote from a personal computer in a remote control device of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a transceiver unit installed on the personal computer body side in the remote control device. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a receiver unit for sending an image signal to a home television receiver placed on the side of a remote control keyboard.

Each function will be described in order from FIG. 1 is a control console unit, and 2 is a transmitting antenna for transmitting a radio signal to the transceiver unit side. Reference numeral 3 denotes a transmission RF module that outputs the wireless signal. Reference numeral 4 denotes a CPU for controlling each unit. Reference numeral 5 denotes a button module having keys for controlling the display screen. Reference numeral 6 denotes an EEPROM. A mouse 7, a keyboard 8, and a joystick 9 are connected to the control console unit 1. EEP ・
As the data written to the ROM 6, for example, data indicating a display position on a home television receiver is written.
When adjusted by the user, the data is updated to the latest data and written into the EEPROM 6.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a transceiver unit. Reference numeral 11 denotes a receiving antenna for receiving a radio signal from the control console unit 1 described above. Reference numeral 13 denotes a reception RF module that extracts data from a signal received by the reception antenna 11. Reference numeral 12 denotes a transmission antenna for transmitting a radio signal carrying image data and audio data to a receiver unit (described later), and reference numeral 14 denotes a transmission RF module for outputting the radio signal. Reference numeral 15 denotes a CPU for controlling each unit. 1
Reference numeral 6 denotes a video scan converter that captures and edits RGB signals of a personal computer output image, and converts the RGB signals into NTSC signals so that the signals can be displayed on a home television receiver and a monitor device. A personal computer 18, a display 17, a mouse 1
9, a keyboard 20, a joystick 21, and the like are connected.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 22 denotes a receiver unit for sending an image signal to a home television receiver. 23
Is a receiving antenna for receiving a radio signal carrying image data and audio data from the transceiver unit 10;
Reference numeral 4 denotes the receiving RF module. Reference numeral 25 denotes a CPU for controlling each unit. A home television receiver 26 is connected to the receiver unit 22.

Next, the operation will be described. First, the personal computer 18 and the home television receiver 26 are activated. After that, the personal computer 18 activates the personal computer remote control system using the home television receiver. The transmission channel of the transmission RF module 3 for remotely controlling the personal computer 18 is set by the control console unit 1 located at a position distant from the personal computer main body.

In the transceiver unit 10 located on the side of the personal computer, the control console unit 1
The CPU 15 sets a reception channel for the reception RF module 11 so that the transmission data can be received. Also, in order for the transceiver unit 10 to transmit image data and audio data to the receiver unit 22, the CPU 15 sets a transmission channel for the transmission RF module 14.

In the receiver unit 22 placed on the side of the home television receiver 26, a CP is provided so that image data and audio data from the transceiver unit 10 can be received.
U25 sets a reception channel for the reception RF module 24. When the setting of the transmission / reception channel is completed in each RF module, the output image of the personal computer 18 is displayed on the screen of the home television receiver 26 as shown in FIG.

When the display position is not adjusted, the image of the personal computer displayed on the home television receiver 26 may be shifted vertically and horizontally as shown in FIG. 4B, for example. Here, the user uses the control keys of the button module 5 mounted on the control console unit 1 to adjust the home television receiver 26 so that the display image is in the center of the screen. FIG. 5B shows the state after the adjustment has been made.

The data changed by the user using the control keys of the control console unit 1 when adjusting the display position is written to the EEPROM 6 mounted on the control console unit 1.

The screen is adjusted once, the operation is terminated, and the next time the system is started, the EEP.
The screen adjustment data is read from the ROM 6, the data is transmitted to the transceiver unit 10, and the CPU 15 sets the data for the video scan converter 16 mounted on the transceiver unit 10. Therefore, the personal computer image displayed on the home television receiver 26 immediately after the start-up is displayed in the center of the screen of the television receiver,
The screen adjustment work performed after the system is started can be omitted.

(Embodiment 2) As data to be written to the EEPROM 6, data for determining the sensitivity of the joystick 9 is written. When the joystick 9 is connected to the control console unit 1 to remotely control the personal computer 18 shown in FIG. 2, the sensitivity of the joystick 9 needs to be adjusted. In this case, the user adjusts the sensitivity of the joystick 9 with the control console unit 1. When the sensitivity adjustment of the joystick 9 is performed by the user, the data is updated to the latest data, and the sensitivity adjustment data is stored in the E in the control console unit 1.
The data is written and stored in the EP ROM 6.

When the system is started, the CPU 4 in the control console unit 1 reads out the sensitivity adjustment data of the joystick 9 stored in the EEPROM 6 and transmits the data to the transceiver unit 10 via a radio signal. . Transceiver unit 10
Transmits the received sensitivity adjustment data to the personal computer 18. The sensitivity adjustment data of the joystick 9 stored in the EEPROM 6 as described above is wirelessly transmitted to the personal computer 1.
8, the joystick 9 is initialized. Since the work of adjusting the sensitivity of the joystick 9 does not change unless the joystick 9 used is changed,
If the sensitivity adjustment is performed at the time of the first startup, the work of the sensitivity adjustment performed every startup can be omitted.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a personal computer remote control system using a home television receiver, when the screen adjustment data and the joystick sensitivity adjustment data are first activated, the nonvolatile memory is used. In the next start-up, by reading the contents of the memory and setting the data, it is not necessary to carry out the adjustment work every time, so that the operation can be saved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control console unit connected to an input device such as a remote control keyboard in a remote control device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a transceiver unit connected to a personal computer in the remote control device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a receiver unit connected to a home television receiver in the remote control device of the present invention.

4A is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a display on a personal computer and a transceiver unit side in the overall system configuration diagram. FIG. 4B is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a home television receiver in the overall system configuration diagram.

FIG. 5A is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a display on the personal computer and transceiver unit side in the overall system configuration diagram. FIG. 5B is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a home television receiver in the overall system configuration diagram.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control console unit 2, 12 Transmission antenna 3, 14 Transmission RF module 4, 15, 25 CPU 5 Button module 6 EEPROM 7, 19 Mouse 8, 20 Keyboard 9, 21 Joystick 10 Transceiver unit 11, 23 Receiving antenna 13, 24 Receiving RF module 16 Video scan converter 17 Display 18 Personal computer 22 Receiver unit 26 Home television receiver

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A transceiver unit for converting a display image signal output from a personal computer into a television signal and wirelessly transmitting the signal, and a receiver for receiving image data transmitted from the transceiver unit and displaying the image data on a television receiver A control console unit that remotely controls a personal computer connected to the transceiver unit by transmitting control information input using an input device such as a mouse, a keyboard, and a joystick to the transceiver unit; The console unit includes a nonvolatile memory, stores data for determining a display position of a personal computer output image displayed on the television receiver in the nonvolatile memory, and activates the nonvolatile memory when the personal computer remote control system is started. A remote control device comprising: control means for displaying image data on a television receiver based on data stored in the remote control device. 2. When the position of an image is adjusted by a control console unit so that an image output from a personal computer displayed on a television receiver is displayed at the center of the screen of the television receiver, the image is stored in the nonvolatile memory. A remote control device for updating the adjusted data to the latest data. 3. A transceiver unit for converting a display image signal output from a personal computer into a television signal and wirelessly transmitting the signal, and a receiver for receiving image data transmitted from the transceiver unit and displaying the image data on a television receiver. A control console unit that remotely controls a personal computer connected to the transceiver unit by transmitting control information input using an input device such as a mouse, a keyboard, and a joystick to the transceiver unit; The console unit has a non-volatile memory, and when a joystick is connected to the control console unit, the sensitivity adjustment data of the joystick is measured, and the measured joystick sensitivity adjustment data is stored in the control unit. A remote control device comprising: a control unit that determines a joystick sensitivity based on data stored in a nonvolatile memory and stored in the nonvolatile memory when a personal computer remote control system is activated. 4. A transceiver unit for converting a display image signal output from a personal computer into a television signal and wirelessly transmitting the signal, and a receiver for receiving the image data transmitted from the transceiver unit and displaying the image data on a television receiver. The unit is connected to an input device such as a mouse, keyboard, joystick, etc., and consists of a control console unit that can remotely control a personal computer connected to the transceiver unit by transmitting control information to the transceiver unit using these input devices. A data correction method in the remote control device, wherein the position of the image is adjusted by the control console unit so that the personal computer output image displayed on the television receiver is displayed in the center of the screen of the television receiver. Adjustment Day And storing the image data adjusted by the stored adjustment data on a television receiver the next time the personal computer remote control system is started up. . 5. A transceiver unit for converting a display image signal output from a personal computer into a television signal and transmitting it wirelessly, and a receiver for receiving image data transmitted from the transceiver unit and displaying the image data on a television receiver The unit is connected to an input device such as a mouse, keyboard, joystick, etc., and consists of a control console unit that can remotely control a personal computer connected to the transceiver unit by transmitting control information to the transceiver unit using these input devices. And a data correction method in a remote control device, wherein a joystick is connected to a control console unit as a means for remotely controlling a personal computer.
The sensitivity adjustment data of the joystick is measured, the measured sensitivity adjustment data of the joystick is stored in the non-volatile memory, and the next time the system is started, the stored joystick sensitivity adjustment data is used according to the stored sensitivity adjustment data of the joystick. A data correction method characterized by determining sensitivity.