JPS62208768A - System equipment control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability by matching a device menu pattern of a system device with a character pattern screen indicating the content of operation of each device so as to display the result. CONSTITUTION:In depressing a touch panel or a power ON/OFF key of a television receiver of a remote control transmitter 3 to turn on the power of the television receiver, the operation content of the television receiver and a character pattern of an AVCS device connected to the receiver appear on a CRT screen. In operating the touch panel or a cursor moving key to make the character pattern representing a VTR with the cursor and to select the VTR, the character pattern indicating the VTR disappears and the operation content of the VTR and the character pattern of other device appear thereupon. The character pattern representing the content of operation of the device and the menu of each device are displayed at the same time on the CRT screen of the television receiver in this way.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system equipment control method comprising a television receiver and equipment connected thereto.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventionally, as a method for controlling a television receiver and devices connected to the television receiver, a character pattern is used in which each device generates a character pattern signal and a cursor indicating the operation details required for that device. A generating section and a synthesizing means for synthesizing the character pattern/output signal of the generating section with the video signal of each device are respectively provided, and the output signal of this synthesizing means is displayed on the cathode ray tube screen of the TVSIRON receiver. In this system, the cathode ray tube surface of the television receiver is controlled by a cursor movement remote control code signal sent from a touch panel or one remote control transmitter that remotely controls each device including the television receiver. The cursor moves above, and the control code corresponding to the character pattern selected by the input command remote control code signal of the remote control transmitter is passed through the bus line to control the device.

The conventional method will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

In Figure 4, 1 is an antenna, 2 is a television receiver, 2-
Reference numeral 1 denotes a distributor, which transmits the RF input signal from the antenna 1 to the tuner 2-2 on one side and to other devices connected to the television receiver 2 via the output terminal 2-16 on the other side.

Further, 2-3 is a video intermediate frequency amplifier (VIP) which converts the RF multiplied signal from the tuner 2-2 into a composite video signal. The composite video signal is demodulated and signal-processed by the signal processing section 2-5 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. 5 shows a detailed front view of this remote control transmitter 3.

In FIG. 6, 5-1 is a power on/off control key for the television receiver 2, 5-2.5-6.5-3.5
-5 is the cursor (6th
6-7) in the figure is the key to move up, down, left, and right.
-4 is an input command key, which is input when operating a function corresponding to a character pattern that matches the cursor. 5
-7 is a key for turning on or off the menu display, 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. 4 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. 6, 7, and 8. Generates a unique character pattern.

First, operate the menu display key 6-7 to bring up the device menu character pattern screen shown at 6 in FIG.
, s-3, s-s) to move the cursor 6-7 onto the character pattern of the device to be operated. 6th
In the example shown, character pattern 6 indicates a television receiver.
Cursor 6-7 is aligned on -2. When the input command key 6-4 in FIG. 6 is operated in this state, the CRT screen changes to the television character pattern screen shown at 7 in FIG. Carno 6 on the character pattern you want to operate in the same way.
17 and input the input command key 6-4. In the example of FIG. 7, the cursor 6-7 is on the channel 20 character pattern END-4, so when the input command key 6-4 is operated, channel 2 is selected. At the same time, the color of this character pattern 7-4 is changed to the color of the other character patterns 7 (indicated by diagonal lines in FIG. 7), indicating that channel 2 is currently being received.

In Fig. 6, 6-1 indicates the character/cutter of the television and the AVC3 equipment connected to the television;
-2 is TV, 6-3 is VTR, 6-4 is VHD, e-
s is a BS tuner for satellite broadcast reception, and 6-6 is a letter turn for each character multiplex receiver.

In Fig. 7, 7-1 indicates a character pattern indicating the operation contents of the TV, and 7-2 indicates power on/off,
7-3 to 7-14 are channel numbers, Ryo-16, Ryo-2
1 is the volume up and down, R-16, R-22 is the brightness up and down, R-17, 7-23 is the color up and down, ? -18.7-24 is a character pattern that means tint up and down, 7-20 is mute on and off, and 7-26 is an off timer on and off.

Further, 7-27 is a character pattern 7 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. 8 shows a character pattern screen that displays the operation contents of the VTR when a VTR is selected by aligning the cursor 6-5 with the VTR character pattern 6-3 in FIG. In Fig. 8, 8-1 is a character pattern indicating the operation contents of the VTR, 8-2 is a power on/off, 8-4...
8-16 is the channel number, 8-16 is playback, 8-17
is stopped, 8-18 is recording, 8-19 is paused, 8-2
0 is a character pattern that indicates the operation contents of a frame-by-frame VTR. Also, “End” character pattern 8-3
is the character pattern to be selected when this character pattern screen 8 is no longer needed.
If you move the button and issue an input command using the input command key 5-4 in FIG. 6, you will return to the character butter/screen 6 of the device menu in FIG.

Returning to FIG. 4, numeral 4 indicates a VTR.

VTR 40 input terminal 4-1 via RF multiplied signal output terminal 2-16 from distributor 2-1 of television receiver 2
8 to the distributor 4-1.

Then, the tuner 4-2 converts the signal by IF times, and VIF4
-3, it is converted into a composite video signal, demodulated and signal-processed by the signal processing section 4-4, and further processed by the recording processing section 4-4.
-6, the recording process is performed and the VT is transmitted through the recording head 4-6.
The information recorded on the R tape is also taken out by the playback head 4-11, passed through the playback processing section 4-10, further via the signal switch 4-9, and then processed by the synthesis section 4-8. The character pattern signals from the character generating section 4-16 are synthesized and sent through the output terminal 4-20.
The signal is input from the input terminal 2-19 of the television receiver 20 to the signal processing section 2-5 via the signal switching section 2-9, and is displayed on the CRT 2-7 as described above.

Further, 4-7 is a tuning section for controlling the tuner 4-2.

On the VTR character pattern screen 8 in Figure 8, the remote control transmitter 3
When the reproduction character pattern 8-16 is selected by
1, the code is decoded by the code decoder 2-12, and the control signal generator 2-8 passes the terminal 2-18 to the terminal 4-21 via the bus line to the control signal generator 4- in the VTR 4.
Sent to 12. Based on the sent control data, the control signal generating section 4-12 switches the signal switch 4-9 to the lower side to perform reproduction processing, and displays the reproduced image of the VTR 4 on the CRT 2-7.

Here, the terminals 2-17 and 2-18 of the television 2 are through-through/through-out terminals for connection to other equipment, and the terminals 4-21 and 4-22 of the VTR 4 are also similar terminals.

Furthermore, the remote control amplifier 4-13, waveform shaping section 4-14, and code decoding section 4-15 in the VTR 4 may not be provided in this example. Further, the control signal generating section 4-12 is connected to the character generating section 4-1.
6 and also controls each function of the VTR 4, and also performs input/output data processing of signals to the data bus. The control signal generating section 2-8 of the television receiver 20 also controls each section of the television and processes input/output data of signals to the data bus.

Further, 2-21 is a memory for storing menu patterns, and 2-14 and 4-17 are memories for storing character patterns indicating operation contents. The output signal YS 2-13 is a switching signal for superimposing a character pattern signal on a video signal.

For VHDSBS tuner and character multiplex adapter,
A description of control using character patterns and bus lines will be omitted.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in such a control system, it is difficult to control the operation contents of the television from a screen showing the operation contents of, for example, a video of the television receiver and the equipment connected to the television receiver. When trying to change the screen to a screen showing the TV receiver, it was necessary to call up the menu display inside the television receiver and select the character pattern indicating the television receiver, which was difficult to operate.

The present invention is intended to solve these problems, and aims to propose a system equipment control method with good operability.

Means to Solve the Problem The system device control method of the present invention connects the output signal of a character generation unit that generates character patterns of device menu memory in the television receiver to the television receiver and the television receiver. By combining the output of the synthesis section of each device that is being used, and compositing the device menu pattern of the system device with the character pattern screen that shows the operation details of each device, you can directly see the output of other devices from the screen that shows the operation details of that device. It is designed to display a screen showing the operation details.

Function: The system device control method of the present invention simultaneously displays the character pattern indicating the operation details of the device and the menu of each device on the CRT screen of the television receiver. This makes it possible to call up the menu without going through the conventional menu screen, making the operation less cumbersome.

Embodiment Hereinafter, a system equipment control method 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. Reference numeral 2-22 is a synthesis unit that combines the output signal of the signal processing unit 2-6, which is a signal in which video and character patterns are superimposed (in the case of a television, only the video signal), and the device menu of the character generation unit 2-13.・
This is a circuit that synthesizes a pattern signal (in the case of a television, a device menu pattern signal and a character pattern signal indicating operation details).

Since the other circuits are the same as those in FIG. 4, their explanation will be omitted.

First, press the power 0N10FF key 6-1 of the television receiver on the touch panel or the remote control transmitter 3 in FIG.
When you turn on the TV receiver by pressing , 7 appears in Figure 2.
The operation details of the TV shown in and the AVC3 connected to the TV
The device's characters butter/ appear on the CRT screen. In FIG. 2, the character patterns 7-1 to 7-26 are the same as the character patterns in FIG. 5 and have been described in the conventional example, so their explanation will be omitted. 7-28 is a video tape recorder, 7-29 is a video disc, 7-30 is a BEi tuner, and 7-31 is a character pattern of a character multiplex adapter.

Next, operate the touch panel or the cursor movement keys (5-2, 5-e, s-3, 5-5) in FIG. 5 to move the cursor 6- to the character pattern 7-28 indicating VTR in FIG. 5 and select the VTR, the character pattern screen 7 indicating the operation details of the TV disappears and the VTR shown in FIG. 3 disappears.
The operation details of the TR and the character pattern screen 8 of other devices appear as follows. In Figure 3, 8-1 to 8-20
The character pattern is the same as the character pattern shown in FIG. 8 and has been described in the conventional example, so its explanation will be omitted. 8
-21 is the character pattern of the television, 8-22 is the VHD, 8-23 is the BS tuner, and 8-24 is the character pattern of the multiplex adapter. VHD.

The BS tuner and text multiplex adapter can also be operated in the same way.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the system device control method of the present invention displays the device menu pattern of the system device together with the character pattern screen showing the operation details of each device, thereby displaying the operation details of the device currently being viewed. This allows you to call up the screens of other devices directly from the screen that shows the screen, improving operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system device control method in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a detailed front view of the remote control transmitter showing the TV functions and character pattern 7 of the AVC3 device menu, and FIG. 7 is a front view showing a character pattern screen of a device menu, FIG. 7 is a front view showing a function menu character pattern screen of a television, and FIG. 8 is a front view showing a function menu character pattern screen of a VTR. 2...Television receiver, 2-1...
・Distributor, 2-2...Tuner, 2-3...
...VIF, 2-4...Tuition selection section, 2-6...
...Signal processing section, 2-6...Switching section, 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, 2-14...Memory,
2-21...Device menu/memory, 2-2
2...Synthesizer, 3...Remote control transmitter, 4...Video tape recorder, 4-1...
...Distributor, 4-2...Tuner, 4-3.
...VIFa-a...signal processing section, 4-
5... Recording processing unit, 4-6... Recording head, 4-7... Tuning selection unit, 4-8...
Combining section, 4-9...Signal switching section, 4-10...
...Reproduction processing unit, 4-11...Reproduction head, 4-12...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・1.4-+-Cow layout Figure 4 2s, 4. Do + Distribution @ 5 Figure 6 Figure 8

Claims (1)

[Claims] A memory section and a character pattern generation section are provided to generate a character pattern signal and a cursor indicating the operation contents necessary for the television receiver and the equipment connected to the television receiver, and the data of the menu pattern signal indicating the equipment menu is provided. At least one device is provided with a menu pattern memory unit for storing the menu pattern, and the output signal of the combining means is configured to combine the pattern signals and the cursor with the video signal of each device on the cathode ray tube screen of the television receiver. A screen that is configured to display the operation details of each device and has a bidirectional bus line for controlling the synthesis of a menu pattern signal indicating the device menu with a character pattern indicating the operation details of each device, and shows the operation details of the device. 1. A system equipment control method, comprising means for displaying a screen showing operation details of other equipment directly connected to a television receiver.