KR101399665B1 - Apparatus and method for setting the user conditions - Google Patents
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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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BACKGROUND OF THE
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
The operation of the user configuration apparatus according to the present invention will now be described.
First, the
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
The
In addition, the user can name a history name of the user environment set by the user through the
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
The
Here, the user may set a display condition for displaying the history details of the user setting value through the
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
Therefore, the
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
In addition, the
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
In addition, the user can select whether or not to apply the selected history information based on the displayed detailed information. That is, the
When the application command (setting command) for the selected history information is inputted, the
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
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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