KR101041812B1 - method for UI managing of remote controlled receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for managing a user interface of a receiving device that can be remotely controlled by a remote controller (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller). Particularly, the present invention provides a UI for easily and easily registering information about the remote controller and information on the remote controller key from a remote controller of another manufacturer or another receiving apparatus, so that the receiving apparatus can be remotely controlled by the remote controller. Regardless of the individual technology of the remote control manufacturer, the remote control of all manufacturers can be shared. In addition, the present invention is more effective in the remote control for transmitting the remote control information according to the HAVi support remote control protocol and the receiving device to recognize and register the remote control information.

Remote control, UI, information registration

Description

Method for UI managing of remote controlled receiver

1 is a view showing an embodiment of a chat window for registering remote control information of a receiving device according to the present invention;

2 to 5 illustrate examples of selecting input devices and input device items in a dialog and displaying current states;

6 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a UI management method for registering remote control information of a receiving device according to the present invention.

7 is a view showing another embodiment of a chat window for registering remote controller information of a receiving device according to the present invention;

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

101,301: List of input devices 103,303: Help screen

The present invention relates to a method for managing a user interface of a receiving device that can be remotely controlled by a remote controller (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller).

As society has become more automated and diversified, the use of remote controllers has become commonplace in many industrial and home appliances. Here, the remote control function means that a user can directly go to a place where a reception device capable of remote reception is installed and operate the operation of the reception device at a long distance without operating the operation of the reception device, and all reception devices (for example, TV, Audio, video, air conditioning, etc.) is a general purpose function.

Such a remote controller is provided as one set at the time of purchase of each receiving apparatus. Therefore, the user has various kinds of remote controllers as many as the receiving apparatuses operated by the remote controllers.

By the way, the remote control is usually an infrared (IR) remote control, and has a different binary code (binary code) system according to the manufacturer, product model, and the like.

Therefore, when the remote control of the receiving device to be operated is broken or lost and another receiving device, in particular, the manufacturer uses the remote control of another receiving device, the receiving device desired by the user does not operate. This is because the type of input pulses of the remote controller shipped together with the reception device is designated at the time of shipment of the reception device, and the change is impossible.

Therefore, in this case, no matter how many remote controllers the user has, the user must purchase a new remote controller of the corresponding reception device or operate manually by using a key attached to the panel of the reception device.

Therefore, in order to solve this problem, the remote controller transmits information on the remote controller and information on the supported keys to the receiving device using a common protocol, and the receiving device supports the remote controller through interpretation of the received common protocol. A patent has been filed by the present applicant (application number: 2004-85690, application date: October 26, 2004) by registering and using information about the keys to be shared, so that the remote control of all manufacturers can be shared.

An object of the present invention is to provide a UI management method of a remote control receiving system for efficiently registering the remote control information transmitted from a remote control.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a UI management method of a remote control receiving system for efficiently registering the remote control information transmitted from a remote control according to a Home Audio / Video Interoperability (HAVi) supporting remote control protocol.

UI management method of the remote control receiving system according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

(a) displaying a chat window including at least one input device item for registering only one remote controller information when the remote controller information registration mode is selected;

(b) requesting transmission of the remote control information to the corresponding remote control while displaying the status of the selected input device item when an input device item for storing remote control information is selected in the dialog window of the step; And

(c) if the remote controller information is transmitted from the remote controller, checking whether registration is possible, and if so, registering the remote controller information to the selected input device item.

The step (b) further includes the step of requesting whether to overwrite or cancel if the input device is already registered in the selected input device item.

The step (c) further includes the step of indicating that the input device is registered when the registration of the information transmitted from the remote controller is completed.

The step (c) may further include displaying an error message corresponding to the information transmitted from the remote controller if it is not registerable.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for managing a user interface (UI) of a receiving device remotely controlled by a remote controller for transmitting remote controller information according to a HAVi supported remote controller protocol is provided.

(a) displaying a chat window including at least one input device item for registering only one remote controller information when the remote controller information registration mode is selected;

(b) requesting transmission of the remote control information to the corresponding remote control while displaying the status of the selected input device item when an input device item for storing remote control information is selected in the dialog window of the step; And

(c) checking whether the remote control information can be registered when the remote control information is transmitted from the remote control according to the HAVi supported remote control protocol, and if the registration is possible, registering the transmitted remote control information to the selected input device item.                     

Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating the configuration and operation of the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration and operation of the present invention shown in the drawings and described by it will be described as at least one embodiment, By the technical spirit of the present invention described above and its core configuration and operation is not limited.

First, the present invention displays a dialog box as shown in FIG. 1 when a remote controller information registration mode is selected in a receiving device that can be remotely controlled by a remote controller, for example, a digital TV or a set top box (STB).

Here, the remote controller information registration mode is a mode for selecting to receive information about the remote controller and information on the key of the remote controller from the corresponding remote controller in order to use the remote controller of another manufacturer or another receiver in the specific receiver.

In the present invention, information on the remote control and information on the key of the remote control transmitted from a specific remote control is defined as remote control information.

The remote controller information registration mode may use a key for registering remote controller information attached to a panel of a remote controller or a receiving device or a menu on a screen.

For example, a user may have a separate remote control information transmission key and an information registration key for transmitting the remote control information to a remote control having a plurality of keys arranged therein. At this time, when the user inputs a key for registering the remote controller information, the UI engine (not shown) of the receiving apparatus displays a dialog box as shown in FIG. 1. In addition, the information registration mode is displayed on the screen in the form of a menu, it is also possible to display the dialog window shown in Figure 1 by selecting the corresponding menu item.

Referring to the dialog of FIG. 1, a plurality of input device items (first RC to fourth RC) (represented by item, option, button, etc.) for each remote controller capable of storing information on one remote controller in the left and right directions are arranged. have. In the present invention, for convenience of description, the input device items for each remote controller are collectively defined as an input device list 101. On the right side, a help screen 103 for helping a user is displayed.

The number of input device items for each remote controller in the input device list 101 may be at least equal to or greater than the number of input devices that can be supported by the receiving device, for example, the number of remote controllers. Each input device item can be moved by moving the cursor up or down.

Here, the input device items may be displayed by numbers, characters by a user or a system, or a combination of numbers and letters. In an embodiment of the present invention, the first RC to fourth RC items are represented.

Each RC item may store information about one remote controller and information about keys of the remote controller. If the remote control information is already stored in the selected RC item, the new remote control information may be overwritten, which may be made by selection.

In addition, each RC item can be selected by the user or automatically by the system.                     

In addition, when moving between the RC items in the input device list 101, the help screen 103 on the right side displays a status of whether or not the input device is already registered in the RC item where the cursor is located. As another example, if an input device is already registered in the RC item in which the cursor is currently positioned, the information of the input device may be displayed briefly or in detail.

That is, the help screen 103 is a state when a user or a system selects a specific RC item to register the remote control information or when information about the remote control and information on the keys of the remote control are transmitted from the specific remote control. Information or processing results are displayed in OSD (On Screen Disply) format.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example where a user or a system places a cursor on a first RC item in a dialog for registering an input device. In this case, the first RC item is represented or highlighted in a different color, and / or the first is displayed. You can also make the cursor blink on the first RC entry. In addition, the help screen 103 displays the state of the first RC item as an OSD character, such as 'there is no input device set' or 'there is a set input device'.

FIG. 2 illustrates an example in which the user or the system selects the second RC item in the dialog box for registering the remote controller information. In this case, the second RC item is expressed in a different color as in the first RC item of FIG. 1. Or highlight and / or cause the cursor to blink in the second RC item. The selection of the RC item to store the remote control information may be performed by selecting a confirmation / selection key of the panel of the remote control or the receiving device or confirmation (not displayed) in the dialog.

If it is assumed that the input device is not registered in the RC item while the second RC item is selected, press the "Remote control information transmission key" on the remote control to be input in the help screen 103. Press Cancel to cancel '.

At this time, the user inputs the "remote control information transmission key" on the remote control to be input, and information about the remote control and the information on the remote control key are transmitted, and when registration is completed as the second RC item of the receiving device, 'Is set' is displayed as shown in FIG.

However, if the remote control that the user wants to input is not assigned a key for transmitting remote control information, or if the remote control does not support such a function, the help screen 103 indicates an input device that is not supported. Re-enter using a compatible input device 'is displayed as shown in FIG.

Then, after a certain period of time, the cursor may be positioned at the second RC item to display a help such as FIG. 1 or 2.

On the other hand, if it is assumed that an input device is already registered in the second RC item, the input device is set in the help screen (103) when the second RC item is selected. Select 'OK' to overwrite or 'Cancel to cancel'. As shown in FIG.

The phrases of the help screen 103 displayed in FIGS. 1 to 5 described above are exemplary embodiments for understanding the present invention, and the phrases may be changed by the UI designer, and thus the present disclosure will not be limited to the examples described above.

6 is a flowchart illustrating the remote controller information registration process described above. When the remote controller information registration mode is selected through the remote controller or a menu (step 601), a dialog window as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is displayed (step 602). In this case, a specific RC item is selected through the process of FIGS. 1 and 2 (step 603), and then it is checked whether information on the remote controller and information on the remote controller key are transmitted from the corresponding remote controller (step 604). If the remote control information is transmitted, it is checked whether the transmitted remote control information is registerable (step 605). Here, whether or not registration is possible is confirmed whether the remote controller is a remote controller supported by the receiving device, even if the remote controller is supported, correct remote controller information is transmitted.

If it is determined in step 605 that the remote control information that can be registered is not displayed, an error message as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the help screen 103 (step 606). When it is confirmed that the remote control information that can be registered in step 605 is registered, the transmitted remote control information is registered as the selected RC item and the registration message shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the help screen 103 (step 607).

FIG. 7 is another embodiment of a dialog for registering remote control information according to the present invention, in which an input device list 301 is located at the bottom of a screen by a UI engine, and each input device item may be supported by at least a receiving device in a horizontal direction. The number of input devices, that is, the same as or greater than the number of remote controls, is displayed. Each input device item can be moved by moving or scrolling the cursor from side to side.                     

Since the help screen 303 is the same as in FIGS. 1 to 6 except that the help screen 303 is positioned above the input device list 301, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In particular, the present invention is more effective when applied to a remote control for transmitting the remote control information according to the HAVi support remote control protocol and a receiving device that can recognize and register the remote control information transmitted from the remote control.

On the other hand, the terms used in the present invention (terminology) are terms defined in consideration of the functions in the present invention may vary according to the intention or practice of those skilled in the art, the definitions are the overall contents of the present invention It should be based on.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified by those skilled in the art as can be seen from the appended claims, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the UI management method of the remote control receiving apparatus according to the present invention has the following effects.

First, the present invention provides a UI that can conveniently and easily register information about the remote control and information on the remote control key from another remote control of another manufacturer or another receiving device, the receiver can be remotely controlled by the remote control Regardless of the individual technology of the remote control manufacturer, the remote control of all manufacturers can be shared.

Second, the present invention can be applied to a system that supports the use of a plurality of remote controllers.

Third, the present invention is more effective in a remote control for transmitting remote control information and a receiving device that recognizes and registers the remote control information according to the HAVi supported remote control protocol.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the embodiments, but should be defined by the claims.

Claims (11)

In the user interface (UI) management method of the receiving device remotely controlled by a remote control, (a) displaying a chat window including at least one input device item for registering only one remote controller information when the remote controller information registration mode is selected; (b) requesting transmission of the remote control information to the corresponding remote control while displaying the status of the selected input device item when an input device item for storing remote control information is selected in the dialog window of the step; And (c) if the remote controller information is transmitted from the remote controller, checking whether it can be registered, and if the register is possible, registering the transmitted remote controller information to the selected input device item. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) And requesting whether to overwrite or cancel the input device if the input device is already registered in the selected input device item. The method of claim 1, wherein step (c) And when the registration of the information transmitted from the remote controller is completed, indicating that the input device is registered. The method of claim 1, wherein step (c) If the information transmitted from the remote controller is not registerable, displaying an error message corresponding thereto. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote control information registration mode is And a key for registering the remote controller information assigned to the panel of the remote controller or the receiving apparatus and at least one of a menu set in the receiving apparatus. The method of claim 1, wherein step (a) And displaying at least one input device item which can be moved between input device items by a cursor or a scroll in a vertical direction of a chat window. The method of claim 1, wherein step (a) And displaying at least one input device item which can be moved between input device items by a cursor or a scroll in a horizontal direction of a chat window. A method for managing a user interface (UI) of a receiving device remotely controlled by a remote controller for transmitting remote control information according to a HAVi supported remote control protocol, (a) displaying a chat window including at least one input device item for registering only one remote controller information when the remote controller information registration mode is selected; (b) requesting transmission of the remote control information to the corresponding remote control while displaying the status of the selected input device item when an input device item for storing remote control information is selected in the dialog window of the step; And (c) receiving the remote control information according to the HAVi supported remote control protocol from the remote control, and if the registration is possible, registering the received remote control information to the selected input device item. UI management method. The method of claim 8, wherein step (b) And requesting whether to overwrite or cancel the input device if the input device is already registered in the selected input device item. The method of claim 8, wherein step (c) And when the registration of the information transmitted from the remote controller is completed, indicating that an input device is registered. The method of claim 8, wherein step (c) And displaying an error message corresponding to the information transmitted from the remote controller if the information transmitted from the remote controller is not information corresponding to a HAVi supported remote controller protocol.

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