KR19990043042A - On / Off Timer Control of Television Receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an on / off timer control apparatus for a television receiver configured to manage date information based on a count value of a timer, and accordingly, to control an on / off timer function for a viewer's face on holidays. On / off timer function is provided with a power control unit 17, RY for controlling the timer 19 and the operating power, and a control unit 33 for driving and controlling the power control unit according to the user specified time based on the count value of the timer. In a television receiver; On the basis of the data stored in the country date information storage unit 35, which stores the date information for each country as data, and the data stored in the date information storage unit 35 for each country, a predetermined OSD guide for specifying a country according to a predetermined control signal. OSD generation device (34) for outputting subtitle video signal, key inputs (31, 32) for setting and inputting the country to which the user belongs for calculating holidays, and based on the calendar data of the country designated by the key input as reference data A date information management unit 36 for calculating a holiday in a user designated country based on the time data counted by the timer 19, and a state storage unit for holding a holiday determination result as predetermined flag data in accordance with a predetermined control signal ( 37), and when the holiday information is determined by the date information management unit 36, the controller 33 sets the flag level of the state storage unit 37 to the first level. To characterized in that the control such that the on / off timer function is skipped through the power intermittence portion (17, RY).

Description

On / Off Timer Control of Television Receiver

The present invention relates to a television receiver having an on / off timer function. In particular, the present invention manages date information based on a count value of a timer, and accordingly, automatically controls the on / off timer function not to operate for a viewer's face on public holidays. An on / off timer control device of a television receiver.

Recently, as the functions of a television receiver (hereinafter referred to as a TV receiver) are gradually diversified, an on / off timer function has been developed to allow a user to reserve an ON time or an OFF time of a TV receiver in advance. 1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration of a general TV receiver equipped with the on / off timer function as described above.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an antenna for receiving an air wave broadcast, 2 denotes a tuner for broadcasting station, and 3 denotes an IF amplifier for amplifying an intermediate frequency (IF) signal outputted from the tuner 2.

Further, reference numeral 4 denotes a P / S made of, for example, a surface acoustic wave filter (SAW FILTER) for separating the IF signal output from the IF amplifier 3 into an image intermediate frequency signal PIF and an audio intermediate frequency signal SIF. 5 is a voice detector for detecting a voice signal from the voice intermediate frequency signal SIF output from the P / S separator 4, and 6 is a voice signal output from the voice detector 5; The audio processing unit 7 is an amplifying unit for amplifying the audio signal processed by the audio processing unit 6 to a predetermined level and outputting it to the speaker, and 8 is an image intermediate frequency signal (outputted from the P / S separation unit 4). An image detector which detects a video signal from the PIF, 9 processes a video signal output from the video detector 8, and accordingly R (Red), G (Green), B (Blue) and luminance signal (Y). ), An image processing unit 10 outputs R, G, B and luminance signals Y from this image processing unit 9 to be described later. It is a mixer which mixes with OSD pattern data from the OSD generator 14 and outputs it to a CRT driving unit (not shown).

In addition, reference numeral 11 is a remote control device for inputting the ON or OFF time or other TV operation signal of the TV receiver, 12 is a receiving unit for receiving an infrared signal from the remote control device 11, 13 is a control unit for controlling the overall device according to the operation signal received through the receiving unit 12, 14 generates OSD pattern data for guiding the user input of the time data or execution command through the remote control device 11 OSD generating device.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a power plug, and 16 denotes a main power supply configured by, for example, a switching mode power supply (SMPS) for supplying operating power to the entire apparatus, and RY is supplied from the power plug 15 to the main power supply 16. 17 is a relay driver which drives the relay RY according to a predetermined control signal from the controller 13.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a memory for storing time data input by the user using the remote controller 11, 19 is a timer for generating predetermined time data, and 20 is time data generated by the timer 19. A time determination unit for determining the ON or OFF time of the TV based on the time data stored in the memory 18, 21 is a standby power for the ON timer function or the initial operation of the TV receiver. Standby power supply unit.

That is, in the above configuration, when the user selects the on / off timer function of the TV by using the remote controller 11, the controller 13 controls the OSD generator 14 to guide the user to input the time. Meanwhile, the time data input by the user is stored in the memory 18.

When the on / off time is stored in the memory 18 through the above process, the time determiner 20 matches the time data stored in the memory 18 with the time data by the timer 19. The control unit 13 controls the relay driver 17 to turn on the relay RY when the determination signal input from the time determiner 20 is inputted. (ON) or (OFF) turns the TV receiver on / off at that time.

Therefore, in the above-described apparatus, the viewer can arbitrarily set the on or off time, so that the TV receiver can be used as a convenient tool for living such as an alarm device.

On the other hand, in a typical home, the TV is usually turned off before going to bed, so the off time is set according to the bedtime, and the time set as the TV on time is generally set according to the weather time. Since the conventional on / off timer function is operated only based on time data, there is a problem that the user's face is disturbed due to an unwanted alarm function in case of a holiday in which the weather is late.

Accordingly, the present invention was created in view of the above circumstances, and manages the date information based on the count value of the timer and accordingly, the television is automatically adjusted so that the on / off timer function does not operate for the viewer's face on public holidays. An object of the present invention is to provide an on / off timer control apparatus of a receiver.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the internal configuration of a TV receiver having a general on / off timer function.

2 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of a television receiver equipped with an on / off timer control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

*** Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing ***

1: antenna 2: tuner

3: IF amplification part 4: P / S separation part

5: voice detector 6: voice processor

7 amplification unit 8 image detection unit

9: image processor 10: mixer (MIXER)

11,31: Remote control device 12,32: Receiver

13,33: control unit 14,34: OSD generator

15: power plug 16: main power supply

17: relay drive unit 18: memory

19: timer 20: time determination

21: standby power unit 35: country-specific date information storage unit

36: date information management unit 37: state storage unit

An on / off timer control apparatus for a television receiver according to the present invention for realizing the above object includes a timer 19 for counting a current time and a power interrupter 17 and RY for intermittently operating power applied to the apparatus. A television receiver equipped with a control unit 33 configured to control the on / off timer function by driving control of the power control unit 17, RY according to a user-specified time based on the count value of the timer 19; On the basis of the data stored in the date information storage unit 35 for each country that stores the date information for each country as the data, the predetermined OSD guide for specifying the country according to a predetermined control signal based on the data stored in the country date information storage unit 35 OSD generating device (34) for outputting the subtitle image signal of the screen, key input unit (31,32) for setting and inputting the country to which the user belongs to calculate the holiday, the country of the country specified by the key input unit (31,32) A date information management unit 36 for calculating a holiday in a user designated country based on time data counted by the timer 19 according to a predetermined control command using calendar information as reference data, and determining a holiday according to a predetermined control signal. And a state storage unit 37 for holding a result as predetermined flag data, wherein the control unit 33 stores the calendar information of the corresponding country designated through the key input units 31 and 32 and the date information management unit 36. When the holiday information is determined by the date information management unit 36, the flag level of the state storage unit 37 is set to the first level and turned on by the power interrupter 17 and RY. The on / off timer function is controlled to be skipped.

That is, according to the present invention having the above-described configuration, the on / off timer function is automatically skipped (SKIP) in case of a holiday on the basis of the date information counted by the timer, so that the user can take a good night's sleep for every holiday. It is possible to provide a convenience function to enable.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a television receiver equipped with an on / off timer control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is the same as the components shown in FIG. Reference numerals are omitted and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 31 denotes a remote control device having a designated key (not shown) for setting a country to which a user belongs, for calculating a holiday, and 32 denotes an infrared signal transmitted from the remote control device 31. A receiving unit converts and outputs this into an electrical signal, and 33 is a control unit for controlling the overall operation of the apparatus including the control function of the on / off timer based on the code signal output from the receiving unit 32.

Also, reference numeral 34 denotes an OSD generating device which outputs a caption image signal of a predetermined OSD guide screen for specifying a country according to a predetermined control signal from the control unit 33, and 35 denotes date information for each country as data. The country-specific date information storage unit 36 is a date information management unit that calculates a holiday in a user designated country based on time data counted by the timer 19 according to a control command from the control unit 33, 37 Is a state storage unit that maintains the holiday determination result as predetermined flag data under the control of the control unit 33.

Next, the operation of the device having the above configuration will be described.

When the user selects the power ON button provided in the remote control device 31, the controller 33 controls the relay driver 17 to drive the power supply side relay RY ON. As the power is supplied to the main power supply unit 16, as a result, the operating power is supplied to the entire apparatus by the main power supply 16, thereby driving the TV receiver ON.

Meanwhile, in order to release the on / off timer function for a holiday, a calculation standard for a holiday must first be prepared. When a user selects a designated key (not shown) provided in the remote control device 31 for calculating the holiday, The controller 33 drives the OSD generator 34 to control a subtitle for specifying a country on the screen.

When the user who confirms the guide subtitle displayed on the screen by the above process operates the button key provided in the remote control device 31 to designate the country to which the user belongs, the controller 33 controls the calendar of the country selected by the user. Information is set in the date information management unit 36.

On the other hand, the date information management unit 36 determines the day and day of the week according to the counting operation by the timer 19 based on the calendar information applied from the control unit 33, the counting by the timer 19 If the date is determined to be a public holiday of the corresponding country, the control unit 33 outputs a determination signal of the level promised.

When a determination signal, for example, a high level, is applied to the date information management unit 36 as determined as a holiday, the control unit 33 sets the flag data level of the state storage unit 37 to '1' to reset the timer 19. As a result of counting operation by), it is registered as the present time holiday.

On the other hand, the control unit 33 checks the flag level of the state storage unit 37 from time to time and stops the control operation for the relay driver 17 when the level is set to '1', as a result of the time Even if the determination unit 20 outputs a power-on signal based on the on-time data set in the memory 18, the decision unit 20 skips this to limit the on / off timer function of the holiday.

Then, when the control unit 33 receives the next day elapsed signal of the date from the date information management unit 36, the on / off timer by returning the flag level of the state storage unit 37 to the original '0' state. The function will be restored normally.

That is, according to the above embodiment, the on / off timer control device of the television receiver is configured to manage the date information based on the count value of the timer, and to automatically adjust the on / off timer function for the viewer's face on public holidays. Can be realized.

Meanwhile, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and can be variously modified within the scope not departing from the technical gist of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, the on / off timer function is automatically skipped in case of a holiday on the basis of the date information counted by the timer so that the user can get a good night's sleep for a holiday. It is possible to provide a convenience function.

Claims (1)

On the basis of the timer 19 for counting the current time, the power intermitter 17 and RY for intermitting the operating power applied to the apparatus, and the count value of the timer 19, the power intermitter 17, A television receiver provided with a control unit 33 configured to control an on / off timer function by driving control of RY; Country date information storage unit 35 for storing the date information of each country, and An OSD generator (34) for outputting a caption video signal of a predetermined OSD guide screen for a country designation according to a predetermined control signal based on data stored in the country-specific date information storage unit 35; Key input units 31 and 32 for setting and inputting a country to which a user belongs for calculating holidays; A date for calculating a holiday in a user designated country based on time data counted by the timer 19 according to a predetermined control command, using the calendar information of the country designated by the key input units 31 and 32 as reference data. Information management unit 36, and And a state storage section 37 for holding holiday determination results as predetermined flag data in accordance with a predetermined control signal, The control unit 33 sets the calendar information of the corresponding country designated through the key input units 31 and 32 in the date information management unit 36 and when the holiday information is determined by the date information management unit 36. The on / off timer of the television receiver, characterized by setting the flag level of the state storage unit 37 to the first level and controlling the on / off timer function through the power interrupter 17 and RY to be skipped. Control unit.