KR101399665B1 - Apparatus and method for setting the user conditions - Google Patents

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KR101399665B1
KR101399665B1 KR1020070092007A KR20070092007A KR101399665B1 KR 101399665 B1 KR101399665 B1 KR 101399665B1 KR 1020070092007 A KR1020070092007 A KR 1020070092007A KR 20070092007 A KR20070092007 A KR 20070092007A KR 101399665 B1 KR101399665 B1 KR 101399665B1
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image display apparatus, and more particularly, to a user environment setting apparatus and method using history information set by a user in the past.

That is, the viewer preference apparatus according to the present invention includes a memory for storing a user setting value for a user environment set in the past; A controller for storing a user setting value for a user environment set by a user in the memory and outputting a control signal for displaying a history of the user preset value according to a user setting command input from the outside; A video signal processor for signal processing the history of the user setting value so as to be able to be displayed according to a control signal of the controller; And a display unit for displaying a history of the user setting value according to an output signal of the video signal processing unit.

Therefore, the user environment setting apparatus and method according to the present invention stores history details of the user environment set in the past, and divides the stored history details into categories and provides the information to the user. Thus, The user can easily and quickly set the optimal user environment according to the current conditions.

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[0001] APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING THE USER CONDITIONS [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image display apparatus, and more particularly, to a user environment setting apparatus and method using history information set by a user in the past.

Generally, a video display device typically includes a television, and the television is provided with a broadcast / demodulate broadcast signal according to a channel selected by a user among broadcast signals transmitted from a broadcasting station, separates the broadcast signal into audio and video, And a video device outputting through a speaker.

Such a video display device allows a user to set a desired user environment according to current environmental conditions.

That is, the user environment includes image quality / sound quality setting values, on / off time setting data, and the like.

In other words, since the emotion of the viewer differs according to the content and the theme of the contents according to various programs, the viewer sets the image / sound quality value he / she desires according to the current environmental condition, Based on the value, he watches the program he wants.

In order for the user to set the image quality, a menu screen for image quality setting is displayed, and an image setting value related to image quality such as contrast, brightness, color density and sharpness is set on the displayed menu screen, A menu screen for sound quality setting is displayed and audio setting values such as volume, treble, bass, and stereo sound are set on the menu screen to be displayed. Then, the set viewing environment data is applied to all channels in the same manner to adjust the audio / video signal.

However, the above-described user environment setting method is troublesome to reset image quality and sound quality according to the changed environmental condition every time the environmental condition is changed.

That is, since the image quality / sound quality setting values are integrated and managed by all the channels, the user environment set by the user is equally applied to all programs, and when channel switching and input switching are performed, There is a problem that must be done.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to store and continuously manage history information of a user environment that a user has previously set.

Another object of the present invention is to enable the user to easily set the current user environment by using the history information of the user environment that has been set up by the user.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a viewer preference setting apparatus comprising: a memory for storing a history of user setting values for a user environment; A controller for storing a user setting value for a user environment set by a user in the memory and outputting a control signal for displaying a history of the user preset value according to a user setting command input from the outside; A video signal processor for signal processing the history of the user setting value so as to be able to be displayed according to a control signal of the controller; And a display unit for displaying a history of the user setting value according to an output signal of the video signal processing unit.

The user environment setting apparatus and method according to the present invention stores the history details of the user environment set in the past and divides the stored history details into categories and provides them to the user so that the user can set It is convenient to set the optimal user environment that meets the current conditions easily and quickly.

Hereinafter, a user environment setting apparatus and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a user configuration apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a history history according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a step of a user environment setting method according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a user configuration apparatus according to the present invention includes a memory 10 for storing a user setting value for a user environment that has been set in the past, a key input unit for receiving a request command from a user 20, a control unit for controlling the display unit to display a history of user set values stored in the memory in response to a command input through the key input unit, A video signal processing unit 40 for signaling the display of the history of the user setting value in accordance with a control signal of the control unit 30, And a display unit (50) for displaying a history of the user setting value according to the history of the user setting value.

The operation of the user configuration apparatus according to the present invention will now be described.

First, the memory 10 stores a user setting value for a user environment that the user has set in the past.

Here, the user environment is a viewing environment set by the user for watching TV at optimal conditions, and the user environment includes at least one of image quality / sound quality, automatic search channel, fine tuned channel, and on time / ≪ / RTI >

In addition, the image quality / sound quality may include color temperature, contrast, brightness, color, tint and sharpness set values related to picture quality, volume, treble, bass, .

In addition, the memory 10 stores a history of user set values that the user has set in the past for each category.

The key input unit 20 receives a user's request command such as a power-on, a channel change, and a user environment setting. The key input unit 20 may be a remote control, a key input button located outside the TV, or the like. Also, the key input unit 20 may be provided with a history hot key for confirming the history of the user environment previously set by the user.

In addition, the user can name a history name of the user environment set by the user through the key input unit 20. [

That is, the user sets a user environment corresponding to a desired category, and can arbitrarily set a name of a user setting value for the set user environment. The name can be a user name or a special Symbols (♠, ♥, ♧, etc.) can be set arbitrarily.

Therefore, when displaying the history of the user environment at a later time, only the history of the user environment set by the user can be displayed based on the history name set for each user.

The controller 30 stores the user setting value for the user environment that the user has previously set in the memory 10 and continuously manages the stored user setting value.

The controller 30 also receives a history hot key command or a key command assigned to view the history history through the key input unit 20 and displays the user preset value stored in the memory 10 To be displayed.

Here, the user may set a display condition for displaying the history details of the user setting value through the key input unit 20. If the display condition is not set, all the users previously stored in the memory 10 The history of the settings can be displayed and, by default, only the history for a particular category or condition can be displayed.

The display conditions may be set according to categories of the user environment (image quality / sound quality, automatic search channel data, fine adjustment channel data and on / off time setting data), history names set manually by the user, A display condition of at least one of a star or a history name may be set to selectively display the history details of the category or the history details that the user has set.

In addition, the display condition includes a time zone, a channel, a genre, a program, a user, and the like that the user has set the user environment in the past, and the time, channel, genre, program And user information may be stored in the memory 10 together with the corresponding user setting values, or may be separately stored in the memory 10 according to the conditions.

Therefore, the control unit 30 extracts only the history details corresponding to at least one display condition set through the key input unit 20 among the display conditions from the memory 10, and outputs a control signal to be displayed, The display unit 50 displays the history information according to the control signal of the control unit 30 and the display unit 50 displays the history information according to the output signal of the video signal processing unit 40. [ Display the history.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, only the user setting values corresponding to the display conditions set by the user are displayed in the displayed history details, and all the history details are displayed when the display conditions set by the user are not input Will be described.

First, the history history screen 100 displayed when the user does not set a specific display condition displays all the history details, and all the user settings are displayed by category 110 of the user environment. Here, the user setting values are displayed with a history name 120 arbitrarily designated by the user at the time, and the user can confirm the user setting values set by the user and the user setting values set by the user by checking the history name 120 have.

In addition, the history history screen 100 may include a movement key 130 for moving to the next history details according to the number of history information, and the move key 130 may be configured to move the entire category at one time , And may be configured for each category so that the history information can be moved by the category.

If the user sets a display condition as a category, only the history details corresponding to the set category are displayed on the history history screen. If the history details are set for each user or name, Only the history details are displayed.

Likewise, even if display conditions are set for each time zone, channel, genre, and program, only the history details corresponding to each condition are displayed.

In addition, the display condition may be set to one, or one or more conditions may be set according to the user's selection.

When the user selects specific history information on the displayed history history screen, detailed information on the selected history information is displayed.

3, the detailed information screen 200 for the selected history information is displayed. In the detailed information screen 200, a category 210 of the history information selected by the user, A history name 220, and a detailed user setting value 230 for the history information. Here, detailed setting values for the category selected by the user are displayed in the detailed user setting value 230, and the respective setting values for contrast, brightness, color, sharpness, and tint are displayed in the case of the image quality category.

In addition, the user can select whether or not to apply the selected history information based on the displayed detailed information. That is, the detailed information screen 200 includes a confirmation window (not shown) for changing the user setting value for the selected history information to a user setting value for the current user environment and a cancel window (not shown) for canceling the user setting value for the current user environment And an OK button and a cancel button may be respectively assigned to the key input unit 20.

When the application command (setting command) for the selected history information is inputted, the controller 30 changes the user setting value of the selected history information to the user setting value of the current user environment.

That is, if the information of the history selected by the user is image quality, adjustment of the contrast, brightness, color, sharpness, and tint of the image signal displayed through the display unit 50 based on the user setting value of the selected history information do.

As shown in FIG. 4, the user environment setting method according to the present invention configured as described above first sets a user environment desired by the user (S10).

Next, a history name of a user setting value set for the user environment is named (S20). Here, the user environment set by the user can be named to distinguish it from the user environment set by others, and the name of the history can be named to distinguish the user environment set by the user.

Then, the user-set value set by the user and the named history name are stored (S30). At this time, the user also stores additional information such as a set time, a program, a genre, and a channel.

Then, it is determined whether a history hot key command is inputted from the outside (S40).

If the history hot key command is input (S40), it is determined whether a display condition setting command for displaying the history area is input (S50).

If it is determined in operation S50 that the display condition setting command is input, at least one display condition for displaying the history is set in operation S50. That is, it is possible to set one or more conditions of time, program, genre, and channel, and also set at least one condition of category, history name condition.

Then, only the history details corresponding to the set display conditions are displayed (S70).

If it is determined in operation S50 that the display condition setting command has not been input, the entire history of the user environment is displayed in operation S80.

Then, at least one history information among the history details displayed in the steps S70 and S80 is selected (S90).

Then, detailed information of the selected history information is displayed (S100). That is, the category, the history name, and the detailed user setting value of the selected history information are displayed.

Then, it is determined whether a command for applying a user setting value to the selected history information is input (S110).

If it is determined in operation S110 that the application command is input, the user setting value for the current user environment is changed to the selected user setting value in operation S120.

As described above, the user environment setting apparatus and method according to the present invention stores and manages user setting values for a user environment that the user has previously set as a history history, You can quickly and easily set the user environment based on the history details.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a user configuration apparatus according to the present invention;

2 is a view showing history details according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view showing detailed information on history information selected in a history history according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a step of a user environment setting method according to the present invention.

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A memory storing a history of user set values for the user environment; A control unit for controlling the display unit to display a history of the user set value stored in the memory according to a command input from the outside in accordance with a display condition set by a user and generating a control signal based on the displayed history information; A video signal processor for signal processing the history of the user setting value so as to be able to be displayed according to a control signal of the controller; And And a display unit for displaying a history of the user setting value according to an output signal of the video signal processing unit, Wherein the display condition includes a plurality of categories for a viewing environment of the TV, Wherein each of the plurality of categories includes a plurality of detailed user settings. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the display condition includes at least one of image quality / sound quality, automatic search channel data, fine adjustment channel data, and on / off time setting data. delete 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the history name of each user setting value for each category is namable for each user. 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the history of the user setting value is displayed in accordance with at least one condition of the time zone, the channel, the genre, the program, and the user, . 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the controller changes a user setting value of at least one history information selected from the outside of the history of user setting values displayed through the display unit to a user setting value according to the current user environment. Storing a user setting value for a user environment preset by a user; Displaying a history of at least one pre-stored user setting value according to a display condition set by a user when a user setting command is input from an outside; And Setting a user setting value for the current user environment based on the displayed history history, Wherein the display condition includes a plurality of categories for a viewing environment of the TV, Wherein each of the plurality of categories includes a plurality of detailed user settings. 8. The method of claim 7, Wherein the display condition includes at least one of image quality / sound quality, automatic search channel data, fine adjustment channel data, and on / off time setting data. 9. The method of claim 8, The picture quality / sound quality may include volume, treble, bass, stereo sound associated with color quality, contrast, brightness, color, tint and sharpness and sound quality associated with picture quality Features user preferences. 9. The method of claim 8, Wherein storing the user settings for the user environment comprises: Setting a user environment for each of the at least one or more categories; And naming a history name of the set user environment. delete 9. The method of claim 8, The step of setting the display condition And selecting at least one category desired to display among the categories of the user environment. 9. The method of claim 8, The step of setting the display condition Selecting at least one of a time zone, a channel, a genre, a program, and a user by setting a user setting value for the user environment. 8. The method of claim 7, Wherein setting the user settings for the user environment comprises: Selecting at least one history information of a history of the displayed user settings; And changing a user setting value of the selected at least one history information to a user setting value of the current user environment. 15. The method of claim 14, Further comprising displaying detailed information including a category, a history name, and a user setting value for the selected history information.
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