KR100289285B1 - Division control method of sleep time - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for controlling sleep time is provided to give an artificial intelligence to the function of a sleep timer attached to a home electronic appliance to prevent the operation time of the appliance from being unnecessarily extended. CONSTITUTION: It is judged if a sleep time function is executed or not. When the sleep time function is being executed, timing is counted to judge if the time reaches the first set time. When the sleep time reaches the first set time, the first direction signal is generated and it is judged if a user inputs a check button within the second set time. When the check button is inputted within the second set time, the first set time timing count is reset and retiming count is carried out. When the check button is not inputted within the second set time, the second direction signal is transmitted during the third set time and it is judged if the second check button is inputted. When there is no key input, the power of the appliance is turned off.

Description

Sleep time division control method {Division control method of sleep time}

The present invention relates to a sleep time division control method that can prevent unnecessary operation of home appliances caused by user's carelessness by imparting artificial intelligence to the function of a sleep timer mounted on a home electronic device such as a television, an audio device or a television. will be.

In recent years, most VSDs and TVs are equipped with an On Screen Display (OSD) function, so that the user can easily operate the screen by adjusting the screen color, channel memory, or viewing characters displayed on the screen when the current time is set.

By setting the on-time and off-time programs of the television through the OSD method, the television viewing time can be determined in advance, and when the television falls asleep while watching the TV, it can prevent unnecessary TV-on state. For example, television on-time can be used as an alarm clock for morning weather.

In the case of VSI, the reserved recording program can be set and registered and executed through this.

In order to use the TV or VSI's on / off time, the current time must be input and adjusted in advance. This is done by first pressing the remote control for the remote control of the device or the time selection button on the front panel of the device. After the on-screen display, press the hour and minute buttons to adjust the current time, then press the memory button to complete the time setting.

After that, press the time selection button on the remote control or the front panel of the device to display the on-time screen, determine the desired on-time as the hour and minute adjustment buttons, respectively, and then press the memory button to reserve the on-time of the television or VSI. In the same way, the off-time is reserved by sequentially operating the time selection button, the hour / minute adjustment button, and the memory button.

Accordingly, the device is automatically turned on and off at the scheduled time.

However, if the setter only sets the on time and does not set the off time when the TV or VSI is set on / off time, the television is continuously turned on unless there is a power operation by someone after the TV is turned on at the reserved on time. The problem is that the state is maintained.

In particular, in the absence of the television user for a long time, the television on state is maintained in accordance with the above conditions, which leads to unnecessary risk of power waste and fire.

As a technology to solve this problem, when the on / off time function of the home appliance is used, when the ON time is set only due to the mistake of the setter and the off time is not set, it automatically detects this and automatically turns off the device. The off control technique has been filed in the patent application No. 96-9391 by the applicant of the present invention.

According to this prior application technology, a power supply unit for supplying operation power to each internal circuit portion, a key input unit for processing the external key input signal of the front panel of the television or the key input signal of the remote receiving unit by a remote controller and transmitting it to the microcomputer, and an external device In the case of a television which includes a memory for storing various reserved program data from and a OSD for processing various control display mode data by the microcomputer and displaying characters and the like on a television screen, a television user first turns on a television. When the time selection button on the remote control unit or the front panel of the television is pressed, these key commands are inputted to the microcomputer through the key input unit and processed so that the current time adjustment screen is displayed on-screen by the OSD.

When the time selection button is pressed continuously while viewing the menu screen, the current time adjustment screen is sequentially switched from the on time adjustment screen to the on time adjustment screen.

The current time setting is completed by setting the current time with the hour / minute adjustment button on the current time adjustment screen and then pressing the memory button.

Then, when the time selection button is pressed and the on time and off time are set in the same process as the current time setting process and the memory button is pressed, the corresponding on / off time is stored in the memory.

After that, the microcomputer compares the present time with the on time stored in the memory. When the present time reaches the on time, the microcomputer controls the power supply to turn on the television.

In addition, the microcomputer compares the current time with the off-time stored in the memory and turns off the output of the power supply when the off-time is reached.

On the other hand, when the television user sets only the television on time and does not set the off time, the television reservation on by the microcomputer is normally executed as in the previous case, and the television off is performed by the following procedure.

First, the microcomputer turns on the television when the television is on, comparing the current time in the television off state, that is, the standby state, with the memory reserved reservation on time.

Next, if the television off time is set to be reserved and the television off time is reserved, the current time is compared with the reserved off time, and the television is automatically turned off when the corresponding time is reached.

However, if there is no television reservation off time setting, the count (C = C + 1) is executed from the TV on time. Here, the C value is set to about 2 hours.

Therefore, when the count value reaches the set time (2 hours), the television is automatically turned off. When the count value does not reach the set time, it is determined whether or not a key is pressed such as a channel selection key or a volume control key. Reset the count so far and then execute the count again from the beginning.

On the other hand, if there is no key input, the count up to that time is continuously counted toward the set number of times, that is, the set time.

In this way, even if the television user does not set the off time when setting the television on / off time, the television is automatically turned off after the television on state is maintained for a predetermined time.

However, the existing automatic off-time setting is not simple, and most home appliance users frequently set a certain time with a single input key, and frequently use a sleep function that automatically turns off when the corresponding time is reached. .

This sleep function simply sets the auto off time that the device user wants by simply pressing and holding the sleep key.

However, the function of the sleep time can also create an unnecessary device on state by user carelessness, as in the above-described problems in the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention An object of the present invention is to provide a sleep time division control method for providing artificial intelligence to the function of a sleep timer mounted on a home electronic device such as a television, an audio device, or a television to prevent unnecessary extension of an operating time of a home appliance. It is.

1 is a schematic hardware configuration diagram of a VSI system according to the present invention;

2 is a flow chart illustrating a control process of the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: microcomputer 11: image processing unit

12 monitor 13 remote control

14: remote control receiver 15: power supply

16: Timer 17: OSD

In order to achieve the above object, the sleep time division control method of the present invention includes determining whether the sleep time is executed in a home appliance having a sleep time function, and executing a timing count if the sleep time is being executed in the step, thereby performing a first set time. Determining whether or not to reach the first time, and if the execution of the sleep time has reached the first set time, the first guide signal is generated and it is determined whether or not a check button is input by the user within the second set time. In step S, if the check button is input within the second setting time, the retime count is executed after the first setting time timing count is reset, and if the check button is not input within the second setting time, the second guidance is performed during the third setting time. After the signal is sent, it is determined whether the secondary check button is pressed, and if there is no key input, the device is turned off and terminated. It characterized by comprising.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a VSI internal control circuit for implementing the present invention.

As referred to herein, the control circuit configuration of the VSI system includes a microcomputer 10 and a remote controller receiver 14 that receives a remote control key input from the remote controller 13 and generates a key input signal and provides the key input signal to the microcomputer. And a timer 16 for generating timing counts and current time information and providing them to the microcomputer, a power supply unit 15 for supplying operating power to all circuit portions of VSI under the control of the microcomputer, and the microcomputer control. In response to the OSD (17) for generating a text signal for the on-screen output, and the audio / video signal generated from the tuner unit or playback signal processing unit inside the VSI to convert to a composite video signal, the OSD (17) And an image processing unit 11 for loading the on-screen output of the < RTI ID = 0.0 >

In order to execute the sleep time division control according to the present invention in such a BC control system, the setting of a period (time) for confirming whether the sleep time is periodically performed should be preceded.

The confirmation period setting of whether the remaining sleep time is executed is made through key input of the remote controller, and the time (first setting time) is preferably about 10 minutes.

The time value thus set is stored in the memory in the microcomputer.

Then, the slip key provided on the remote control or the slip key provided on the front panel portion of VSI is pressed for 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes. If the user selects a desired sleep time during the sleep time, the microcomputer recognizes the sleep start and executes a timing count toward the determined sleep time.

At the same time, the microcomputer receives the timing counter from the timer and determines whether the first set time (A = 10 minutes) has been reached from the sleep start time.

In this step, if the current timing count value does not reach the count value corresponding to the first set time, count + 1 (1 second) is repeatedly executed.

On the other hand, if the predetermined first predetermined time is reached in the above step, the microcomputer generates a primary signal inquiring whether the sleep proceeds.

As a form of the primary signal, a small dot may be flickered on one side of the screen of the monitor 12 using the OSD 17, and a beep may be output through the speaker.

Such a slip warning primary signal can be designed to last for a second set time that can be given for about 10 seconds, and the step of determining whether or not the user check button is input from the start of the primary signal generation.

If the check button is input within the predetermined second setting time in the step of determining whether or not the check button is present, the microcomputer executes the count for timing counting the first setting time again after the timing count reset. .

However, if there is no key input of the check button in the check button input determination step of the above step, the microcomputer determines that the first signal is not recognized by the user and emits a warning signal of whether the second sleep proceeds.

The length of the secondary warning signal (third set time) may be set to the same time length as the first warning signal or longer or shorter.

It is determined whether the check button is input within the third set time according to the occurrence of the second warning signal. If there is a check button key input within the third set time, the execution returns to the first first set time timing count execution step. In the step, if there is no key input of the check button within the third setting time, the microcomputer 10 determines that the VSI viewer is not in the field or is sleeping even if the sleep time still remains, and turns off the power supply unit 15 and ends. .

Therefore, if the VSI viewer sets the sleep time and already falls asleep or gets out of the scene before reaching the sleep time, the unnecessary waste of power due to the unnecessary need of the VSI to remain powered on for the remaining sleep time can be avoided. have.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a sleep function is executed in a home appliance having a sleep time function, when a viewer (user) such as VSI falls asleep or leaves the scene before the end of the sleep time, the home appliance is automatically detected. By turning off, there is an effect that can prevent unnecessary operation of the home appliance to avoid the waste of power.

Claims (1)

(Correction) determining whether the sleep time is executed in the home appliance having a sleep time function; if the sleep time is being executed in the step, executing a timing count to determine whether the first set time is reached; If the execution of the sleep time reaches the first set time in the step, generating the first guide signal and determining whether there is an input of a check button by the user within the second set time, and within the second set time in the step When the check button is input, the retiming count is executed after the reset of the first set time timing count.If the check button is not input within the second set time, the second guide signal is transmitted during the third set time, and then the second check button is pressed. Determining whether an input is made, and if there is no key input, turning off the power of the device and terminating it.