KR100803885B1 - A remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

The remote controller according to the present invention includes a key input unit for inputting and storing at least one designated channel number and a designated channel name corresponding to the designated channel number, a storage unit for storing the designated channel number and the designated channel name, and a designated channel number. The display unit which displays the designated channel name and the designated channel number and designated channel name inputted through the key input unit by the user's command are stored in the storage unit, and the designated channel number and the designated channel name stored in the storage unit are displayed on the display unit. And a control unit which controls to retrieve the designated channel number and the designated channel name stored in the storage unit. According to this, the user can easily search for and select a broadcast channel by using the channel number and the channel name appearing on the display unit provided in the remote controller. As a result, the convenience of the user of the remote controller can be maximized.

Remote control, display, channel, broadcast, key, designated channel name, designated channel number

Description

Remote control {A REMOTE CONTROLLER}

1 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a remote control according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a front view of the remote control of FIG.

3 is a front view of a display unit in the reception mode of FIG. 2;

4 is a front view of a display unit in the input mode of FIG. 2.

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10: key input unit 12: storage key

15: Screen mode switch key 17: numeric and character key input unit

20: display unit 30: control unit

40: storage unit 50: transmission unit

60: power supply unit 80: display device

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote controller for manipulating a display device, and more particularly, to a remote controller that enables a user to easily search for and select a channel broadcast through the display device by using a channel number and a channel name appearing on a display unit provided in the remote controller. It is about.

In this case, the display device refers to an electronic product that receives a broadcast signal transmitted from an airwave broadcasting station or a cable broadcasting station and outputs the image and sound on a screen, and a general television (or liquid crystal monitor, PDP, etc.) corresponds to this.

The remote controller is an abbreviation of a remote controller, and means a remote control device provided to make operation of home appliances used in a general home more convenient. Such a remote controller may be applied to various electronic products such as air conditioners, televisions, and audio, and various models of remote controllers are currently provided in the market.

Such a remote controller generally includes a predetermined key input unit to transmit a code signal for remotely controlling an electronic product. In the case of a television remote control, a representative remote control according to the related art is that the remote control is provided with a numeric key input unit capable of selecting each channel number assigned to each broadcast signal transmitted by a plurality of broadcasters. Each key is assigned a code corresponding to each number, and the assigned code is transmitted as an infrared signal through a transmitter provided in the remote control by each user operating a numeric key input unit. You will control the television remotely. The remote controller according to the related art can only select a broadcasting channel of a television according to a code corresponding to each numeric key set in advance. In other words, a problem arises in that a user must sequentially search for and select a broadcast channel output from a television according to a predetermined number. In this case, the user wastes unnecessary time in searching for a desired channel and suffers from the inconvenience of having to receive an unwanted channel in the search process. Of course, the user will be able to select a particular channel number by the combination of numeric keys. However, in addition to the existing over-the-air broadcasting, the current television broadcasting is provided with a considerable number of cable or satellite broadcasting channels, and the user can memorize broadcasting contents corresponding to each number of the cable or satellite broadcasting channel. Searching with only the numeric keys on the remote control will cause a great inconvenience to the user. Due to this problem, a display unit for displaying a channel number and a channel name on the remote controller is required.

Background Art A remote control according to the prior art has disclosed a remote control having an LCD screen as a display portion. However, the remote controller according to the related art having such an LCD screen also merely displays a channel number received on the LCD screen, and does not display a channel name corresponding to each channel number. Even if the channel name can be displayed, it does not provide a remote controller for inputting, storing, and displaying any channel search name desired by the user. As mentioned above, there are more than 100 channels in the current broadcasting channel considering air broadcasting, cable broadcasting, as well as satellite broadcasting. In order to search and select such multiple channels, channel search according to user's preference is performed. There is a great need for a remote controller that can set and select a number and channel search name. Here, the channel search number and the channel search name mean that the broadcast channel name and the number corresponding to the user want to watch are arbitrarily set.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and uses a channel number and a channel name appearing on a display unit provided in a remote controller so that a user can easily search for and select a channel broadcast through a display device. At the same time, to provide a remote control that can change the channel number and the channel name appearing on the display to the channel search number and the channel search name desired by the user.

The remote control provided by the present invention for achieving the above object comprises a key input unit capable of inputting and storing at least one designated channel number and a designated channel name corresponding to the designated channel number; A storage unit for storing the designated channel number and the designated channel name; A display unit displaying the designated channel number and the designated channel name; And storing the designated channel number and the designated channel name inputted through the key input unit by a user's command in the storage unit, and displaying the designated channel number and the designated channel name stored in the storage unit on the display unit. A control unit controlling to retrieve the designated channel number and the designated channel name stored in the storage unit; Characterized in that it comprises a.

Preferably, the key input unit includes a search key for allowing a user to search and select the designated channel number and the designated channel name arranged on the display unit.

In addition, at the bottom of the display unit, a search block is formed in which a plurality of English letters, Korean consonants, vowels, etc. are displayed so that a user can search for a designated channel number and a designated channel name using initials of the designated channel name. desirable.

Further, the key input unit is a screen mode for switching the display unit to an input mode for inputting and storing the designated channel number and the designated channel name, and a reception mode in which the input and stored designated channel number and the designated channel name are displayed. It is preferable to further include a conversion key.

The above objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing the preferred embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the remote controller 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The remote controller 100 includes a key input unit 10, a display unit 20, a control unit 30, a storage unit 40, a transmitter 50, and a power supply unit 60. Hereinafter, each configuration will be described in detail.

The key input unit 10 may be configured as a keypad provided on the remote controller. Numbers, letters and symbols are displayed on the keypad, and each number, letter and symbol is assigned a distinct code. The user may select a broadcast channel number output from the display apparatus 70 through the key input unit 10. The channel name for each channel number may be stored in advance in the remote controller. For example, the number 11 may be set to MBC. This channel name setting and change will be described later. In addition, the key input unit 10 may include a keypad having functions such as a volume, a power supply, an on screen display (OSD), a mute, and the like of the display device 70. The configuration of the keypad can be freely configured by the designer's intention according to the required function.

The storage unit 40 stores a designated channel number and a designated channel name. The designated channel number is a channel search number changed to a desired number by the user, and the designated channel name means a channel search name changed to an arbitrary name desired by the user.

The display unit 20 means a screen provided on the remote controller. Such a screen is generally composed of an LCD screen. The display unit 20 may display a channel number and a channel name currently being broadcast, and a designated channel number and a designated channel name changed by the user's setting. Since the user can visually recognize the channel number and the channel name shown on the display unit 20, the user can easily select a desired channel from among the numerous channels.

The controller 30 stores the designated channel number and the designated channel name input by the user through the key input unit 10 in the storage unit 40, and displays the designated channel number and the designated channel name stored in the storage unit 40. Control to display at 20. On the other hand, the controller 30 controls to retrieve the designated channel number and the designated channel name stored in the storage unit 40. The controller 30 may be a general microprocessor used for the internal configuration of the electronic product.

The transmitter 50 transmits the code signal input by the user through the key input unit 10 to the display device 70 as an infrared signal.

The power supply unit 60 is a battery mounting unit for supplying a current to the remote control. Or it may be configured as a charging unit that can recharge the power of the remote control using a charger.

2 is a front view of a remote controller 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The front of the remote controller 100 is configured with a display unit 20 and a key input unit 10. The key input unit 10 is an area indicated by a dotted line and may include a storage key 12, a screen mode switching key 15, numeric and letter key input units 17, and other key input units 19.

The storage key 12 has a function of transmitting a key signal for storing the channel number and channel name selected by the user. After inputting a desired channel number and channel name by using the numeric and character key input unit 17, the storage key 12 is pressed to store it in the storage unit 40 (see FIG. 1).

The screen mode switching key 15 has a function of transmitting a key signal for switching between an input mode in which a user can input a desired channel number and a channel name, and a reception mode indicating a currently received broadcast state. After the user inputs the desired information in the input mode, the user can check the currently received broadcast state by pressing the screen mode switch key 15. The received channel number and the corresponding channel name will be displayed on the display unit 20 (refer to FIG. 1), and the user can easily select a desired channel by manipulating the key input unit 10.

Numerals and characters The key input unit 17 displays numbers, characters, and additional necessary symbols on the keypad, and code signals corresponding to the numbers, characters and symbols are assigned. The user can input a desired channel number and channel name by using the numeric and letter key input unit 17.

The other key input unit 19 may include a channel switching key, a volume control key, a search key, a power on / off key, a menu key, and the like. Of course, the configuration of the function key can be variously configured by the designer's intention.

3 illustrates a state in which a channel number and a channel name appear on the display unit 20 in the reception mode, and a search block 25 appears below the display unit 20. The user can check the currently received broadcast state by pressing the screen change mode key (see Fig. 2).

As shown in FIG. 3, the designated channel name designated by the user is displayed on the designated channel 1 and the designated channel 2. In general, specific broadcast channel numbers have been fixed to specific numbers. The broadcast channel itself was limited to several airwaves. However, at present, a number of cable broadcasting channels, satellite channels, etc. are added, and the broadcasting channel number is generally changed according to a region. For example, MBC can be 11 or 10. Therefore, the channel number illustrated in FIG. 3 is arbitrary and is not a fixed number. In addition, regardless of the channel number displayed on the display device can be set according to the user's intention.

The user may select a desired designated channel by using a search key formed in the other key input unit 19 of the key input unit 10 of the remote controller 100. The user can select a desired number and channel by moving the cursor displayed on the channel number and the channel name using the search keys formed in the key input unit 10 in the order arranged on the display unit 20. In addition, the search block 25 may be used to search using an initial of a desired channel search name. The initial selection is by placing the cursor in the initial using the search key. In FIG. 3, only an English letter is disclosed in the search block 25, but consonants or vowels of Korean letters are disclosed and can be searched using the same.

The user can switch to the input mode by pressing the screen change mode key 15 (refer to FIG. 2) again. FIG. 4 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 20 in the input mode. In the input mode, the existing channel number and channel name can be changed to a channel search number and an arbitrary channel search name desired by the user by using the numeric and character key input unit 17 (see FIG. 2). The user may set the channel that the user prefers to the highest number 1, and the channel search name may also be set to a name that is easy for the user to identify. In FIG. 3, a channel having an existing channel number of 30 is set to a designated channel number '03', and a designated channel name is set to OCN (see FIG. 4). On the other hand, the channel characteristics can also be input to the designated channel name. When the designated channel number and the designated channel name are input and stored, the storage unit 40 is stored in the storage unit 40.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiment. That is, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can make many changes and modifications to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims, and all such appropriate changes and modifications are possible. Equivalents should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the remote control according to the present invention, a remote control that enables a user to easily search for and select a channel broadcast through a display device using a channel number and a channel name appearing on a display unit provided in the remote control. At the same time, the user can maximize the user's convenience by providing a remote controller that can change the channel number and the channel name appearing on the display unit to the channel search number and the channel search name desired by the user.

Claims (4)

In the remote control for controlling the display device, A key input unit for inputting and storing at least one designated channel number corresponding to a channel of a broadcast signal broadcast through the display device and a designated channel name corresponding to the designated channel number; A storage unit for storing the designated channel number and the designated channel name; A display unit displaying the designated channel number and the designated channel name; And, The designated channel number and the designated channel name inputted through the key input unit by a user's command are stored in the storage unit, and the designated channel number and the designated channel name stored in the storage unit are displayed on the display unit. A control unit controlling to retrieve the designated channel number and the designated channel name stored in a storage unit; Remote control comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the key input unit, And a search key for allowing a user to search and select the designated channel number and the designated channel name arranged in the display unit. The method of claim 1, At the bottom of the display unit, a search block is formed in which a plurality of English letters, Korean consonants, and vowels are displayed so that a user can search for a designated channel number and a designated channel name using initials of the designated channel name. remote control. The method of claim 1, wherein the key input unit, The display unit further comprises an input mode for inputting and storing the designated channel number and the designated channel name, and a screen mode switching key for switching the display mode to a reception mode in which the input and stored designated channel number and the designated channel name are displayed. Remote control characterized in that.

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