JPS62152274A - Controller for remote control - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To operate by a reduced number of keys even when there are many operation functions by projecting a pattern indicating the contents of an operation of selected other equipments on the picture of a cathode ray tube of a television receiver and moving a cursor on the picture of the cathode ray tube. CONSTITUTION:A character generating part 2-13 for generating a character pattern signal indicating the contents of the operation of other equipments 4 connected to the television receiver (TV)2 is provided to TV2. The instruction of a remote control 3 is received and decoded and a command signal is outputted from a control signal generating part 2-8. According to this command signal, an equipment menu of the other equipments 4 and a contents pattern of the operation of the equipments designated subsequently is displayed on a CRT 2-7. The cursor is moved vertically and horizontally by the operation of the remote control 3 and the equipments and the operating contents desired to be operated are selected to obtain an operation command.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control device for a television receiver and equipment connected to the television receiver.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventionally, a remote control transmitter for controlling a television receiver has keys corresponding to each operation, and each key has a respective operation function (for example, power on/off, channel up, channel down). - Volume down, volume up, volume down, etc.) and had a one-to-one correspondence with each operation function.

In addition, when connecting other devices to the television receiver (for example, a video tape recorder (VTR), video disc player, etc.), a remote control transmitter 5 (hereinafter referred to as J-Mocon transmitter) is attached to each device. I try to use each one individually.

FIG. 6 shows the configuration of a VTR and a television receiver to which the VTR can be connected. In the figure, 9 is a television receiver, 9-15 is an antenna input terminal, 9-1 is a distributor that divides the tF television signal into two parts, 9-2 is a tuner, and 9-3 is a video intermediate frequency amplification circuit ( VIP below
), 9-4 is a tuning section, 9-6 is a signal processing section,
9-7 is a shadow ray tube (hereinafter abbreviated as CRT), 9-8 is a control signal generator for controlling the channel selection section 9-4, 9-9 is a signal switching section, and 10 is a coded remote control signal. TV remote control transmitter, 9-10? sj remote control amplifier for amplifying the remote control signal, 9-11 is a waveform shaping section, 9-12 is a code decoding section for determining the coded remote control signal, 9-16 is one output of the distributor 9-1 Signal output terminals 9-19 and 9-20 are video signal input terminals, respectively.

11iVTR,j 1-18 is a signal input terminal from the output terminal 9-16, 11-1 is a 2-way divider, 11-2 is a tuner, 11-3 is a VIP, 11-4 is a signal processing section, 1
1-5 is a recording processing unit, 11-6 is a recording head, 11-7
11-9 is a channel selection section, 11-9 is a signal switching section, 11-10 is a playback processing section, 11-11 is a playback head, 11-12 is a control signal generation section, 12 is a remote control signal for VTR, 11-13 is a remote control amplifier , 11-14 is a waveform shaping section, 11-15
is the code decoding part. Since the operation of each part is well known, it will be omitted here.

Here, each device (in this example, a television receiver and VTR)
) a separate remote control transmitter for each 10.
12 is required. Figure 7 shows TV remote control transmitter 1.
Figure 8 shows the key configuration of VTR remote control transmitter 12.
Each key configuration is shown below.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in such remote control devices, as the number of functions to be controlled increases, the number of operation keys increases, resulting in a large transmitter.
This increases the cost, and requires reading small characters (characters written on the keys) when operating the device, resulting in poor operability.

Furthermore, when other devices are connected to the television receiver, it is necessary to use remote control transmitters attached to each device, resulting in poor operability.

The present invention solves these problems and proposes a remote control device that is inexpensive, has good operability, and can also control other devices with a single remote control transmitter.

Means for Solving the Problems The remote control device of the present invention has a remote control transmitter that has only eight operation keys, for example, and can control a television receiver and various other devices connected to the television receiver. It is possible to control the operating functions of. To this end, the television receiver is equipped with a character pattern generator that generates a character pattern signal indicating the operation details of other devices that can be connected to the television receiver. display the device menu of the TV receiver and other devices connected to this television receiver in an easy-to-understand pattern, and select the four devices you want to operate by moving the cursor up/down/left/right (align the cursor on the device pattern). 7. Next, display the operating functions of the selected device (for example, a VTR) on the CRT screen, and select the desired device in the same way as when selecting the device. The operating function data is encoded into the same signal as the remote control signal of other devices and supplied to the desired device via the control path line, so that the desired function of the device will operate.

Function The remote control device of the present invention is capable of operating all functions of multiple devices with a small number of remote control keys, and displays the menu of each device on the CRT screen of the television receiver. It is very easy to see because it displays the information and the contents to be operated, and since it is an operation guidance type, anyone can easily operate it. It is also possible to operate other devices such as VTRs and video disk players (VHL).

Embodiment Hereinafter, a remote control device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an antenna, 2 is a television receiver, and 2-1 is a distributor, which sends the RF input signal from antenna 1 or 5 to tube 2-2 on one side, and output terminal 2-16 on the other. Each transmission is sent to other devices connected to the television receiver 2.

Further, 2-3 is a video intermediate frequency amplifier (VIF) which converts the RF multiplied signal from the tuner 2-2 into a composite video signal. The composite video signal is demodulated and processed by the signal processing section 2-6 via the video signal switching section 2-9, and superimposed with the character pattern signal from the character generation section 2-13 at the switching section 2-6. and output to the CRT 2-7. Further, 2-4 is a tuning section for controlling the tuner 2-2, and 3 is a remote control transmitter. FIG. 2 shows a detailed front view of this remote control transmitter 3.

In FIG. 2, 5-1 is a key for controlling the power on and off of the television receiver 2, 6-2.5-6, 5-
3, 5-5 is a key to move the cursor (6-5 in Figure 3) displayed on the screen of the CRT 2-7 vertically and horizontally, and 5-4 is an input command key, which corresponds to the cursor. Input when operating a function that corresponds to the character pattern. 5-y7: Turn on or off the attached menu display
This key is used only for displaying the cursor, and 5-8 is a key for turning on or off the cursor display.

The coded remote control signal transmitted from the remote control transmitter 3 in FIG. 1 is received by the remote control amplifier 2-10,
The waveform shaping unit 2-11 converts the waveform into a pulse waveform, and the code decoding unit 2
-12, the code is determined according to which key of the remote control transmitter 3 is operated, and the code is determined by the character generator 2-13 via the control signal generator 2-8 as shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5. Generates various character patterns.

First, operate the menu display key 5-7 to display the device menu character pattern screen shown at 6 in Figure M3, then press the cursor movement keys (5-2, 5-6) of the remote control transmitter 3 in Figure 1.
, 5-3, 5-6) to move the cursor 6-5 onto the character pattern of the device to be operated. In the example of FIG. 3, the cursor 6-5 is placed on a character pattern 6-2 indicating a television receiver. In this state, if you operate the input command key 5-4 in Fig. 2, the CRT screen will change to the fourth
The screen changes to the TV character pattern screen numbered 7 in the figure. Similarly, move the cursor 6-5 onto the character pattern you wish to operate and input the input command key 5-4. In this example of Fig. 4, the cursor 6 is placed on the character pattern 7-4 of channel 2.
-5, so when the manual command key 5-4 is operated, channel 2 is selected. At the same time, this character pattern 7
-Change the color of the 4th mark to the color of the other character patterns, (4th
(shown with diagonal lines in the figure) indicates that channel 2 is currently being received.

In Figure 3, 6-1 fully indicates the character pattern of the television and AVC9 equipment connected to the television;
2 is the character pattern of the television, and 6-3 is the character pattern of the VTR 16-4 and VHD.

In Figure 4, 7-1 indicates a character pattern indicating the operation contents of the TV, and 7-2 indicates the power ON/OFF.
, 7-3 to 7-14 are channel numbers, 7-15.7-
21 is volume up and down, 7-16.7-22 is brightness up and down, 7-17.7-23 is color up and down, 7-18, 7-2J-j' tint up and down. Down, 7-20 is mute ON and OFF, 7-26 is off timer ON and OFF
This is a character pattern that means F.

In addition, 7-27 is a character pattern indicating the end, and when this is selected, a character pattern screen 7 indicating the operation contents of the TV is displayed.
disappears, and the screen returns to the device menu pattern screen 6 shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows a character pattern screen that displays the operation contents of the VTR when VTR is selected by aligning the cursor 6-5 with the VTR character pattern 76-3 shown in FIG. In Fig. 5, 8-1 is a character pattern indicating the operation contents of the VTR, 8-2 is the power ON and OFF, and 8-4
~8-15 is Chanoil number, 8-16? 'i playback, 8
-17 indicates stop F, 8-18 indicates recording, 8-19 indicates pause, and 8-207 indicates frame-by-frame forwarding, respectively. Also, the character pattern 8-3 for "end j" is a character pattern to be selected when this character pattern screen 8 is no longer needed.Move the cursor 6-5 to this character pattern and press the input command key 5-3 in FIG. If an input command is given in step 4, the screen returns to the character pattern screen 6 of the equipment menu shown in FIG.

Returning to FIG. 1, numeral 4 indicates a VTR. RF double signal output terminal 2-1 from the distributor 2-1 of the television receiver 2
6 to the input terminal 4-18 of the VTR 4 to the distributor 4.
-1 is input. The tuner 4-2 converts the signal into an IF signal, the VrF 4-3 converts the signal into a composite video signal, and the signal processing unit 4-4 demodulates and processes the signal.
Furthermore, a recording process is performed in a recording processing section 4-5, and the video is recorded on a tape of a VTR via a recording head 4-6.

Also, information from the tape is extracted by the playback head 4-11, passed through the playback processing section 4-1o, and then sent to the signal switching section 4-9.
, VTR4/7) is inputted from the input terminal 2-19 of the television receiver 2 through the signal switching section 2-9 to the signal processing section 2-5 through the output terminal 4-2o, and as described above, the signal is input to the signal processing section 2-5.
Displayed on T2-7. In addition, 4-7 is tuner 4-
This is a tuning section for controlling 2.

On the other hand, if the input command key 5-4 is operated while the cursor 6-5 is aligned with the VTR letter turn 6 in FIG. Switch to 8. In this state, if, for example, the reproduced character pattern 8-16 is selected with the remote control transmitter 3, the remote control signal is transmitted to the remote control amplifier 2-10,
It is decoded by the code decoder 2-12 via the waveform shaping section 2-11, encoded into the same signal as the remote control signal used by the VTR 4 by the control signal generator 2-8, and sent to the pass line via the terminal 2-18. terminal 4 of VTR4 via
-21J: The code is sent to the code decoder 4-15 in the VTR 4, decoded, and sent to the control signal generator 4-12. Control signal generator 4-
12 switches the signal switching section 4-9 to the lower side and outputs the reproduction processing section 4.
-10, and the reproduced video signal is transmitted from terminal 4-2o to CRT 2-7 via terminal 2-19, video signal switching section 2-9, signal processing section 2-5, and switching section 2-6. supply

Here, the terminal 2-17°2-1 of the television receiver 2
8 is a through-in/through-out terminal for connection to other equipment, and terminals 4-21 and 4-22 of the VTR 4 are also similar terminals. In addition, the remote control amplifier 4- in the VTRJ
13. The waveform shaping section 4-14 may be omitted. Remote control amplifier 2-10 of television receiver 2, waveform shaping section 2-
11 may be used in common. The control signal generator 4-12 in the VT:R4 not only controls each function of the VTR 4, but also performs all data processing for human output of signals to the data bus. 8 also controls each part of the television, and also performs input/output data processing of signals to the data bus.

2-14 is a memory for storing character patterns, and the character generating section 2-13 of the television receiver 2
The output signal YS is a switching signal for superimposing a character pattern signal on a video signal.

In the conventional example, two remote control transmitters as shown in Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 are required, and the number of keys is 47 just to operate the TV and VTR. In device 3, all functions of each device can be operated with 8 keys, and the operability is much better. Furthermore, even if a VHD function is added, the transmitter shown in FIG. 2 can still be operated using eight keys.

As described above, the remote control device of the present invention can be operated with a small number of keys even if there are many controlled devices and many operation functions, and the operation contents can be displayed on both sides of the CRT. The large display makes it easy to understand, and it is possible to create an inexpensive system without having to have a separate remote control transmitter for each device.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a remote control 1 arrangement in an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a detailed front view of the remote control transmitter shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a character pattern screen of the device menu. 4 is a front view showing the TV's function menu character pattern screen, and FIG. 5 is a front view of the VTR.
6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the conventional example, FIG. 7 is a detailed front view of one of the remote control transmitters shown in FIG. 6, and FIG. 8 is a front view showing the function menu character pattern screen.
Figure 3 is a detailed front view of the other remote control transmitter shown; 2...-television receiver, 2-1...distributor, 2-2...tuner, 2-3...VIP, 2-4
...Tuning section, 2-5...Signal processing section, 2-
6...Switching unit, 2-7...-Cathode ray tube, 2-
8... Control signal generation section, 2-9... Signal switching section, 2-10... Remote control amplifier, 2-11...
- Waveform shaping, 2-12... Code decoding section, 2-
13...Character generation section, 2-1jl-memory, 3
...Remote control transmitter, 4...Video tape recorder, 4-1...Distributor, 4-2...
Tuner, 4-3...VIP, 4-4...Signal processing section, 4-5...Recording processing section, 4-6...Recording head, 4-7... Tuning section, 4-8...Synthesizing section, 4-9...Signal switching section, 4-10...
・Reproduction processing unit, 4-11...Reproduction head, 4-1
2...Control signal generation section, 4-16...Character generation section, 4-17--Memory. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person No. 1
Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 5 Figure 6

Claims (1)

[Claims] A pattern generating section that generates a pattern signal indicating the operation details of other devices connected to the television receiver is provided inside the television receiver, and the operation contents of the selected other devices are displayed on the cathode ray tube screen of the television receiver. Display a pattern indicating the operation, move the cursor on the cathode ray tube screen, match the cursor with one of the patterns indicating the operation content, and issue the command signal to the remote control signal of the selected controlled device. A remote control device characterized in that the same signal is coded and supplied to selected other devices via a control path line.