KR101995422B1 - Multifunctional device connected with network and method for controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A multifunction device connected to a network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a time scheduler for counting a current time and a day of the week and a time scheduler for counting a current time and a day of the week belonging to at least one time group A graphic data generation module for generating a graphic image corresponding to each of at least one content whose position and size are adjusted based on the determined time group, And a display module for outputting the output signal.

Description

[0001] MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEVICE CONNECTED WITH NETWORK AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME [0002]

The present invention relates to a multifunction device, and more particularly to a multifunction device capable of network communication and a control method thereof. The multifunction device may be applied to, for example, a network TV, a smart TV, an Internet TV, an IPTV, a web TV, a mobile device or a smart phone.

Due to recent technological advances, various devices capable of performing multi-functions are emerging. While multifunctional computing devices according to such a technical environment provide a positive aspect to the user, on the contrary, there is a risk that the above-mentioned user can not efficiently manage hundreds to thousands of functions.

Furthermore, since the above-described prior art devices always provide a fixed home screen, there is a problem that the needs of various family members can not be reflected.

Also, according to the present technology, there is a problem that a home screen is automatically edited or a solution that changes dynamically according to time changes is not available.

One embodiment of the present invention is to provide a technique for solving the above-mentioned problems and automatically editing a home screen of a multifunction device according to a time change.

Another embodiment of the present invention is to define a protocol for receiving metadata that varies according to the size of a region in constructing a graphic image of the content displayed on the home screen.

Another embodiment of the present invention is to provide a solution that provides a different home screen depending on each member when there are a plurality of members using one multifunctional device.

A method of controlling a multifunction device connected to a network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes displaying at least one of a period, a position, and a size of a graphic image corresponding to each of at least one content on a home screen, Changing a location and size of the graphic image to be displayed in a predetermined format when the counted current time and day of the week fall within a predetermined time period; Receiving a graphic image corresponding to the size from the external server by connecting to an external server and transmitting a signal requesting a graphic image corresponding to the size; So that a graphic image corresponding to the size is displayed .

A multifunction device connected to a network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a time scheduler for counting a current time and a day of the week, and a time scheduler for counting which one of the at least one time group A graphic data generation module that generates a graphic image corresponding to each of at least one content whose position and size are adjusted based on the determined time group; And a display module for outputting to a home screen.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a technique of automatically editing a home screen of a multifunction device according to a time change (for example, a predetermined time group).

According to another embodiment of the present invention, in constructing the graphic image of the content displayed on the home screen, the metadata that varies according to the size of the area is received and processed.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, when there are a plurality of members using one multifunctional device, there is an advantage of providing a solution that provides a different home screen depending on each member.

1 is a schematic diagram of an overall system including a multifunction device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a detailed block diagram of internal configuration modules of a multifunction device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the control unit shown in FIG. 2 in more detail.
4 is a detailed block diagram of internal configuration modules of a multifunctional device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the external appearance of a multifunction device and a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating the internal configuration modules of the remote controller shown in FIG. 5 in more detail.
FIG. 7 illustrates a database storing information necessary to provide a home screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
8A shows a first example of displaying a divided area of a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8B shows a second example of displaying divided areas of the home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8C shows a third example of displaying divided areas of a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8D shows a fourth example of displaying divided areas of a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9A to 9C are views showing an embodiment of editing a home screen.
10 is a diagram showing another embodiment of editing a home screen.
11A to 11C are views for explaining a process in which a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention changes according to time groups.
12A to 12C are views for explaining a process in which a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention changes according to a user.
13A to 13C are views for explaining a process of displaying different metadata according to the size of a divided area occupied by each content on a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
14 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
15A to 15C are views for explaining a process of displaying the same metadata regardless of the size of the divided area occupied by each content in the home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

The suffix "module" and " part "for components used in the following description are given merely for ease of description, and the" module "and" part "

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG.

As used herein, terms used in the present invention are selected from general terms that are widely used in the present invention while taking into account the functions of the present invention, but these may vary depending on the intention or custom of a person skilled in the art or the emergence of new technologies. In addition, in certain cases, there may be a term arbitrarily selected by the applicant, in which case the meaning thereof will be described in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, it is intended that the terminology used herein should be interpreted based on the meaning of the term rather than on the name of the term, and on the entire contents of the specification.

1 is a schematic diagram of an overall system including a multifunction device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, an overall system including a multifunction device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. However, although the scope of the present invention can be interpreted with reference to FIG. 1, it should be construed in principle to be construed in accordance with the contents of the claims.

1, the overall system includes a multifunction device 100, a broadcast station 110, a server 120, an external device 130, an external TV 140, a mobile device 150, . The multifunction device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be connected to the broadcasting station 110 by, for example, terrestrial, cable, satellite, or a network such as the Internet.

Meanwhile, the multifunction device 100 may be connected to the server 120 via a wired / wireless network, and the external device 130 may be a USB memory, an HDD, or the like. Furthermore, the external TV 140 and the mobile device 150 are designed to perform wireless communication at a remote location from the multifunction device 100, for example, for telephone communication.

In particular, the multifunction device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a solution that easily edits, for example, a home screen, and is automatically changed according to the needs and time groups of various users.

2 is a detailed block diagram of internal configuration modules of a multifunction device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the multifunction device 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a broadcast receiver 220, a demodulator 230, a network interface 240, an external device interface 250, a controller 210, a video output unit 260, an audio output unit 270, a power supply unit 280, and a user interface 290. Meanwhile, the multifunction device 200 is designed to perform data communication with the remote controller 295, and the remote controller 295 will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG.

The broadcast receiver 220 may be designed as an RF tuner or an interface for receiving broadcast data from an external device such as a STB. The broadcast receiver 220 may receive an RF broadcast signal of a single carrier according to an Advanced Television System Committee (ATSC) scheme or an RF broadcast signal of a plurality of carriers according to a DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) scheme.

The demodulator 230 receives the converted digital IF signal DIF from the broadcast receiver 220 and performs a demodulation operation. For example, when the digital IF signal output from the broadcast receiver 220 is the ATSC scheme, the demodulator 230 performs 8-VSB (8-Vestigal Side Band) demodulation, for example.

The external device interface 250 is an interface that enables data communication between the external device and the multifunction device 200. The external device interface 250 may be connected to an external device such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), a Blu ray, a game device, a camera, a camcorder, a computer (notebook)

The external device interface 250 may include a USB terminal, a Composite Video Banking Sync (CVBS) terminal, a component terminal, an S-video terminal (analog), a DVI (Digital Visual Interface) terminal, Terminal, an RGB terminal, a D-SUB terminal, and the like.

The network interface 240 provides an interface for connecting the multifunction device 200 to a wired / wireless network including the Internet network. The network interface 240 may include an Ethernet terminal or the like for connection to a wired network and may be connected to a wireless network such as a WLAN (Wireless LAN) ), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), and HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) communication standards.

The user interface 290 transmits a signal input by the user to the control unit 210 or transmits a signal from the control unit 210 to an external device (for example, a remote controller 295). For example, the user interface 290 may be provided with various functions such as power on / off, channel selection, screen setting, and the like from the remote controller 295 in accordance with various communication methods such as a radio frequency (RF) communication method and an infrared The control signal is received and processed, or the control signal from the control unit 250 is transmitted to the remote controller 210).

The control unit 250 will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG. 3 and 4 may be designed as separate embodiments, or may be implemented as embodiments including FIGs. 3 and 4. FIG.

The video output unit 260 converts the video signal, the data signal, the OSD signal processed by the control unit 250 or the video signal and the data signal received from the external device interface 2045 into R, G, and B signals, respectively Thereby generating a driving signal. The audio output unit 270 receives a voice processed signal, for example, a stereo signal, a 3.1 channel signal, or a 5.1 channel signal from the control unit 250, and outputs the voice.

The power supply unit 280 supplies the corresponding power supply throughout the computing device 200. Particularly, a control unit 250 that can be implemented in the form of a system on chip (SOC), a video output unit 260 for video display, and an audio output unit 270 for audio output .

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the control unit shown in FIG. 2 in more detail.

3, the control unit 310 of the multi-function device includes a demultiplexing unit 311, a video decoder 312, a scaler 313, an OSD generating unit 317, a mixer 314, A part 315, a formatter 316, and the like. It is also within the scope of the present invention to further design a voice processing unit (not shown) and a data processing unit (not shown).

The demultiplexer 311 demultiplexes the input stream. For example, when an MPEG-2 TS is input, it can be demultiplexed into video, audio, and data signals, respectively.

The video decoder 312 decodes the demultiplexed video signal, and the scaler 313 performs scaling so that the resolution of the decoded video signal can be output from the video output unit.

The OSD generation unit 317 generates an OSD signal according to a user input or itself. Accordingly, the mixer 314 can mix the OSD signal generated by the OSD generating unit 317 and the decoded video signal processed by the image processing units 312 and 313.

A frame rate converter (FRC) 315 can convert a frame rate of an input image. For example, a frame rate of 60 Hz is converted to 120 Hz or 240 Hz.

Then, the formatter 316 receives the output signal of the frame rate conversion unit 315, changes the format of the signal to be suitable for the video output unit, and outputs the signal. For example, the R, G, and B data signals may be output as low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) signals or mini-LVDS signals.

4 is a detailed block diagram of internal configuration modules of a multifunctional device according to another embodiment of the present invention. In particular, a home screen editing solution to be implemented in the present invention will be described. Those skilled in the art may supplement the Fig. 4 with the use of Figs. 2 and 3 as necessary. However, it should be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope of the present invention, and it is also within the scope of the present invention to implement other embodiments by deleting or adding some modules.

First, a multifunction device connected to the network includes a network interface 440, a memory 401, a user interface 490, a display module 460, and a control unit 410. In addition, the controller 410 may further include a time schedule 411, a determination module 412, and a graphic data generation module 413, for example.

First, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the time scheduler 411 is designed to count the current time and day of the week. Further, the determination module 412 determines which group of the at least one time group the counted current time and day of the week belongs to. For example, the time group may be a first time group (weekday morning time zone), a second time group (weekday afternoon time zone), and a third time group (weekend).

The graphic data generation module 413 generates a graphic image corresponding to each of at least one content whose position and size are adjusted based on the determined time group and the display module 460 generates the graphic image corresponding to the generated at least one content Design one or more graphic images to be output to the home screen. Therefore, there is an effect that the home screen and the time slot are replaced by different kinds of home screens.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the network interface 440 is designed to request the server for a set of metadata for generating the graphic image based on the adjusted size. The size corresponds to, for example, a size occupying one area of the divided areas of the home screen, a size occupying four areas, or a size occupying nine areas. A more specific solution will be described with reference to FIGS. 13A to 13C and FIG. 14. FIG.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the user interface 490 receives log-in information for identifying a user, and the memory 401 stores at least one of a predetermined period, It is designed to be mapped to login information and stored. This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

The multifunction device shown in FIG. 4 corresponds to at least one of, for example, DTV (Digital Television), Network TV, Internet TV, IPTV, Web TV, or STB (Set Top Box).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the external appearance of a multifunction device and a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A pointer 501 corresponding to the movement of the remote controller 510 is displayed on the screen of the multifunction device 500 as shown in Fig. The user can move or rotate the remote controller 510 left and right (FIG. 5 (b)) or up and down (FIG. 5 (c)). Such a remote controller 510 may be called a spatial remote controller because the pointer 501 is moved and displayed according to the movement in the 3D space.

Also, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a shortcut key 511 for executing a home screen function may be added to the remote controller 510 in a hardware manner so as to be switched to an initial screen of the home screen in an arbitrary environment .

5 (b), when the user moves the remote controller 510 to the left, the pointer 501 displayed on the screen of the multifunction device 500 also moves to the left. Information on the movement of the remote controller 510 sensed through the sensor of the remote controller 510 is transmitted to the multifunction device 500. The multifunction device 500 can calculate the coordinates of the pointer 501 from the information on the motion of the remote controller 510. [ The multifunction device 500 can display the pointer 501 so as to correspond to the calculated coordinates.

5 (c), when the user moves the remote controller 510 downward, the pointer 501 displayed on the screen of the multifunction device 500 also moves downward. Therefore, the speed of the process of arbitrarily editing the home screen screen of the multifunction device 500) using the remote controller 510 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be improved.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating the internal configuration modules of the remote controller shown in FIG. 5 in more detail.

6, the remote controller 700 includes a wireless communication unit 750, a user input unit 740, a sensor unit 760, an output unit 770, a power supply unit 710, a storage unit 720, A control unit 730, and the like.

The wireless communication unit 750 is designed to be capable of communicating with any external device.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the remote controller 700 transmits a signal containing information on the movement and the like of the remote controller 700 to the multifunction device 600 through the RF module 751. [

Further, the remote controller 700 can receive the signal transmitted by the multi-function device 600 through the RF module 751. [ In addition, the remote controller 700 can transmit commands to the multifunction device 600 via the IR module 752, such as power on / off, channel change, volume change, and the like, as needed.

The user input unit 740 may include a keypad, a button, a touch pad, or a touch screen.

The sensor unit 760 may include a gyro sensor 761 or an acceleration sensor 762. The gyro sensor 761 can sense information about the motion of the remote controller 700. [ For example, the gyro sensor 761 can sense information about the operation of the remote controller 700 on the basis of the x, y, and z axes. The acceleration sensor 762 can sense information about the moving speed of the remote controller 700 and the like. On the other hand, it is possible to further include a distance measuring sensor, whereby the distance to the multifunction device 600 can be sensed.

The output unit 770 may output an image or voice signal corresponding to the operation of the user input unit 740 or corresponding to the signal transmitted from the multifunction device 600. [ The output unit 770 includes an LED module 771 that is turned on when the user input unit 740 is operated or a signal is transmitted to or received from the multifunction device 600 through the wireless communication unit 750, An audio output module 773 for outputting sound, or a display module 774 for outputting an image.

The power supply unit 710 supplies power to each component of the remote controller 700. The power supply unit 710 can reduce power waste by interrupting the power supply when the remote controller 700 has not moved for a predetermined time.

The storage unit 720 may store various kinds of programs, application data, and the like necessary for the control or operation of the remote controller 700. Then, the control unit 730 controls various matters related to the control of the remote controller 700. For example, the control unit 730 transmits a signal corresponding to a predetermined key operation of the user input unit 740 or a signal corresponding to the motion of the remote controller 700 sensed by the sensor unit 770 to the wireless communication unit 750, To the multifunctional device 600 through the network interface. The process of editing the home screen using the remote controller 700 described above will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS. 9A to 9C and the like.

FIG. 7 illustrates a database storing information necessary to provide a home screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. Hereinafter, an example of a database required for providing a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

According to the related art, there is a problem that only the fixed home screen is provided, and the time lapse or the needs of the user can not be reflected at all.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user can arbitrarily edit the attribute and position of the content located on the home screen or can be automatically set.

For example, a user logged in as a father can set the coordinates (x1, y1), size (1x1) and duration (morning of the week) at which content 1 is located on the home screen. At this time, the metadata shown in FIG. 7 depends on the size (size) of the content 1 occupied on the home screen. For example, if the content 1 is displayed on the home screen with a size of 1x1, the A metadata is received from the server (including, for example, only the temperature information of the weather) and output.

Further, when the content 1 is displayed on the home screen with a size of 2x2, the A 'metadata (for example, including temperature information of the weather and humidity information) is received from the server and output.

When the content 1 is displayed on the home screen with a size of 3x3, the A "metadata (including, for example, weather temperature information, humidity information, and wind direction information) is received from the server and output. , 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, etc. will be described with reference to FIG. 8 and FIG.

Therefore, when the database constructed as shown in FIG. 7 is used, it is possible to implement a completely different home screen screen for each user, time slot, and size of each content. For example, the screen graphic configuration that a logged-in father watches on a weekday morning and the screen graphic configuration that a logged-in daughter watches on weekends are designed to be completely different, and the needs of each user can be accurately reflected on a time basis.

8A shows a first example of displaying a divided area of a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in Fig. 8A, the screen of the home screen is divided into a maximum of 16 areas and displayed. Each of the divided regions has a horizontal axis length x and a vertical axis length y. At this time, one divided area (width x, length y) may be displayed in units of 1x1. Therefore, in this specification, an area having a width of 2x and a length of 2y may be represented by 2x2. An area having a width of 3x and a length of 3y may be expressed by 3x3.

On the other hand, FIG. 8A shows a total of 7 contents having 1x1 size and 1 content having 3x3 size. Further, such division of the area may be performed automatically or may be selected by the user. Furthermore, there is an advantage that the home screen can be configured more dynamically by selecting the content desired by the user in each area.

8B shows a second example of displaying divided areas of the home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. A second example of dividing the area of the home screen will be described with reference to FIGS. 8A and 8B.

As shown in FIG. 8B, a total of eight contents having a size of 1x1 and two contents having a size of 2x2 are configured to be two. All contents with a size of 1x1 are located at the bottom of the screen, and contents having a size of 2x2 are all located at the top of the screen.

8C shows a third example of displaying divided areas of a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. A third example of dividing the area of the home screen will be described with reference to FIGS. 8A and 8C.

As shown in FIG. 8C, a total of four pieces of content having a size of 1x1 and three pieces of content having a size of 2x2 are configured. The content having a size of 1x1 is located at the lower right of the screen, and the content having a size of 2x2 occupies the remaining area.

FIG. 8D shows a fourth example of displaying divided areas of a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. A fourth example of dividing the area of the home screen will be described with reference to FIGS. 8A and 8D.

As shown in FIG. 8D, a total of twelve pieces of content having a size of 1x1 and one piece of content having a size of 2x2 are configured. The content having a size of 2x2 is located at the center of the screen, and all contents having a size of 1x1 are designed to touch the end region of the screen.

9A to 9C are views showing an embodiment of editing a home screen.

First, as shown in FIG. 9A, the multifunction device 900 according to an embodiment of the present invention outputs a tool screen (My Menu Edit) for editing a home screen.

On the left side of the editing screen, a reduced screen 940 of the home screen is displayed, and on the right side of the above-described editing screen, a list 950 of contents that the user can place on the home screen is displayed. Further, the reduced screen 940 of the home screen is designed to display three groups simultaneously for each area. The three groups include a time zone (weekday morning, weekday afternoon, weekend, etc.) in which the selected content is displayed. Therefore, there is an effect that the display time can be determined at the same time, depending on the area in which the user selected the content.

On the other hand, the user places the indicator 920 in the specific content 910 using the remote controller 930 described above. Hereinafter, the position of the indicator 920 changes in accordance with the movement of the remote controller 930, as will be described later. That is, there is a technical advantage that specific content can be dragged to another area more quickly.

For example, as shown in FIG. 9B, when the remote controller 930 is moved, the selected content 920 is designed to move along with the indicator 910. Thus, as shown in FIG. 9C, the selected content 921 is moved to a specific area. In order to identify that the movement has been completed in the specific area, the graphics of the specific content in the list and the reduced area of the home screen Design the graphics of specific content to be different.

10 is a diagram showing another embodiment of editing a home screen. The difference from the previous embodiment of FIG. 9 is that the process of selecting the area in which the selected content is displayed and the process of determining the displayed time are duplicated.

That is, as shown in FIG. 10, it is assumed that the multifunction device 1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention moves all content displayed in a specific area of the home screen. However, unlike FIG. 9, it is not determined at what time zone it is displayed.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, an OSD screen 1030 for determining a time region in which the content is displayed is displayed. At this time, the user uses the remote controller 1010 to design the user to place the indicator 1020 in a desired time group.

11A to 11C are views for explaining a process in which a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention changes according to time groups. It is assumed that the position, size, and time group of the content displayed on the home screen are selected by the above-described FIG. 9 or FIG.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11A, a total of seven contents are displayed during the weekday morning (for example, the AM time zone from Monday to Friday). On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 11B, a total of eight contents are displayed during a weekday afternoon (for example, a PM time zone from Monday to Friday). And finally, as shown in FIG. 11C, a total of eight contents are displayed on the weekend (for example, Saturday and Friday AM / PM time zone). 11B and 11C have the same number of contents, but the positions and types of the displayed contents are all set differently.

Further, although FIG. 11 illustrates three time groups, ie, weekday morning, weekday afternoon, and weekend, it may be designed to have more time groups according to the needs of the person skilled in the art, or to design a user to separately set specific times. Of the right.

12A to 12C are views for explaining a process in which a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention changes according to a user. In FIG. 11, the case where the graphic of the home screen changes according to the time zone has been described, while the case where the graphic of the home screen is changed according to the user in FIG. 12 will be described below. Furthermore, FIGS. 11 and 12 may be implemented as separate embodiments, respectively, or FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 may be combined to implement one embodiment.

First, as shown in FIG. 12A, the multifunction device 1200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an image 1210 corresponding to a first user identifying three users, an image 1220 corresponding to a second user And an image 1230 corresponding to the third user.

12A, when the indicator 1240 is positioned on the image 1210 corresponding to the first user using the remote controller 1250, the home screen set by the first user is displayed on the display 1210 Is displayed. For example, the multi-function device according to an embodiment of the present invention may directly input login information (ID, password, etc.) to identify each user and then edit and store the home screen, Quot; can be automatically borrowed and identified.

On the other hand, when the remote controller 1250 is used to place the indicator 1240 in the image 1220 corresponding to the second user, the home screen set by the second user is displayed as shown in FIG. 12B Is displayed. That is, the home screen shown in Fig. 12A and the home screen shown in Fig. 12B are not the same. An exception is when the first user and the second user edit the same home screen.

Further, when the remote controller 1250 is used to place the indicator 1240 in the image 1230 corresponding to the third user, the home screen set by the third user is displayed as shown in FIG. 12C Is displayed. Therefore, there is a technical effect that the home screen desired by the first user, the second user, and the third user can be provided.

13A to 13C are views for explaining a process of displaying different metadata according to the size of a divided area occupied by each content on a home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Another aspect of the present invention is not only to provide a home screen which is changed by user / time, but also metadata to be displayed according to the size of the content set by the user.

For example, assume that the user sets a specific content (e.g., an application that provides weather information) 1310 displayed on the home screen to a 1x1 size, as shown in FIG. 13A. At this time, only the graphic image corresponding to the sun displaying the sunny weather and the temperature information are simply displayed.

On the other hand, assuming that the user sets the same content as the 2x2 size 1320 as shown in FIG. 13B, it is possible to store the location information London, time information (1:30 pm), wind direction information Humidity, and simple weather information for each day of the week.

Finally, as shown in FIG. 13C, if the user sets the same content as the 3x3 size 1330, not only the information shown in FIG. 13B but also map information and weather information of other cities are displayed together. That is, depending on the size of the area on the home screen where the set content is displayed, the displayed metadata is different.

Both embodiments can be considered as a method of implementing this. For example, when the user sets the area of the content displayed on the home screen as the first embodiment, the server transmits size information (for example, 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, etc.) of the set area to the server, And transmits other metadata according to the information. There is an advantage that the server does not have to transmit all the metadata.

Further, as a second embodiment, the multifunction device according to an embodiment of the present invention does not transmit the size information to the server, once receives all the metadata from the server, and then selects the metadata according to the set size information It is possible to do. In such a design, there is an advantage that the multifunction device need not transmit the size information to the server every time.

14 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a home screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

A multifunction device connected to a network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include at least one of a period, a position, and a size of a graphic image corresponding to each of at least one content to be output on a home screen (S1410).

Further, the multifunction device counts the current time and the day of the week (S1420). If the counted current time and the day of the week fall within a preset period, the location and size of the graphic image are changed to a predetermined format (S1430).

The multifunctional device connects to an external server, transmits a signal requesting a graphic image corresponding to the size (S1440), and receives a graphic image corresponding to the size from the external server.

Finally, the multifunction device controls the graphic image corresponding to the size to be displayed at a predetermined position in the home screen (S1460). Of course, embodiments that omit at least one of steps S1440 and S1450 are also within the scope of the present invention.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the step of setting (S1410) comprises the steps of receiving login information for identifying a user and mapping at least one of the set period, position, and size to the login information And storing the mapped login information in a database of a memory, which is distinguished for each user. This can be supplemented with reference to FIG.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the step of setting (S1410) comprises the steps of dividing the home screen and displaying in the first area a list including an ID identifying each of the at least one content and And dividing the home screen to display at least one inputable sub-area in the second area (the sub-area is divided by period unit). Supplementary analysis may also be made with reference to FIG.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the setting step S1410 may include a pop-up setting for setting a period during which a graphic image corresponding to an arbitrary content is located in a first area of the home screen, And displaying the window. Supplementary analysis may also be made with reference to FIG.

The time period includes, for example, a first time group including all the morning hours from Monday to Friday, a second time group including both afternoon hours from Monday to Friday, and morning / afternoon hours from Saturday to Sunday Is set to the third time group including all of them.

Wherein the step of controlling (S1460) comprises the steps of: displaying a graphic image including the first metadata when the size corresponds to 1x1 of the divided areas of the home screen; Displaying the graphic image including the second metadata when the size corresponds to 2 X 2 size, and when the size corresponds to 3 X 3 of the divided areas of the home screen, And displaying the image.

For example, the second metadata includes the first metadata, and the third metadata includes the second metadata. This can be supplemented with reference to FIG.

15A to 15C are views for explaining a process of displaying the same metadata regardless of the size of the divided area occupied by each content in the home screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. 13A to 13C, regardless of the size of the area in which the graphic image is displayed, FIG. 15 displays the same graphic image.

For example, video data of a channel transmitted from a broadcasting station displays a reduced or enlarged graphic image without displaying other metadata according to the above-described size.

Therefore, the multifunction device according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a controller for determining attribute information of the content.

If the content has first attribute information, the controller is designed to control the network interface to request a set of metadata from the server for generating a graphic image. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, different graphic images are displayed for each size.

On the other hand, when the content has second attribute information, the controller is designed not to request the server for a set of metadata for generating a graphic image. The second attribute information identifies that the content is A / V data of a broadcast channel. That is, for example, as shown in Figs. 15A to 15C, the broadcast channel screen set on the home screen displays the same video regardless of the size.

Further, the remote controller shown in FIG. 5 or 6 may be used to arbitrarily adjust the graphic image size of the content to be placed on the home screen.

For example, by dragging a specific point of the graphic image corresponding to an arbitrary content using the remote controller shown in Fig. 5 or 6, the size can be enlarged as shown in Fig. 15B or 15C .

Particularly, it is also within the scope of the present invention to determine the size of the graphic image to be output to 2x2 or 3x3 depending on the degree of drag.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to Figs. 1 to 15 for the sake of convenience, it is obvious that it is also within the scope of the present invention to combine some of the features of the drawings to implement other embodiments.

In this specification, both the invention and the invention of the method are explained, and the description of the two inventions can be supplementarily applied as necessary.

The method inventions according to the present invention can all be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded on a computer readable medium.

The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalents of the claims, as well as the claims.

100: Multifunction Device
110: Broadcast Station
120: Server
130: External Device
140: External TV (External Telvision)
150: Mobile Device

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A time scheduler for counting the current time;
A determination module that determines which group of the at least one time group the current counted time belongs to;
A graphic data generation module that generates a graphic image corresponding to each of at least one content whose position and size are adjusted based on the determined time group;
A display module for outputting the generated at least one graphic image to a home screen;
A network interface for requesting a server for a set of metadata for generating the graphic image, the set of metadata requested to the server being dependent on the adjusted size, and
And a controller for determining attribute information of the content,
The controller comprising:
When the attribute information of the content is determined as the A / V data of the broadcast channel, the A / V data of the broadcast channel is not requested to the server, So that it is controlled so as to be the same regardless of the size,
When the attribute information of the content is determined as weather data, a request is made to the server for a set of metadata for generating a graphic image by controlling the network interface so that the metadata related to the weather data are different according to the size of the area of the home screen And outputting the control signal to the network. delete 11. The method of claim 10,
The area of the home screen is divided into 16 areas,
Wherein the size corresponds to any one of a size occupying one of the divided areas of the home screen, a size occupying four areas, or a size occupying nine areas. 11. The method of claim 10,
A user interface for receiving login information identifying a user; And
A memory that stores at least one of a predetermined period, a position, and a size by mapping the login information to the login information,
To the network. 11. The method of claim 10,
Further comprising a user interface for dragging a specific point of the graphic image corresponding to arbitrary content,
Wherein the graphic data generation module comprises:
The multifunction device being connected to a network designed to determine the size to which the graphic image is to be output, depending on the degree of drag. delete delete delete delete 11. The method of claim 10,
The multi-
A multifunction device connected to a network corresponding to at least one of a digital television (DTV), a network TV, an Internet TV, an internet protocol TV (IPTV), a web TV or a set top box (STB).

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