KR20030041472A - Method for carrying out a Macro function in a remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for implementing a macro in a remote controller is provided to simplify many key presses with a user-defined key, and to enable a user to easily recognize functions of corresponding macro and perform macro search quickly. CONSTITUTION: If a user presses a button to start macro setting and a key value of the button is inputted(S20), a message for designating a name of a corresponding macro is displayed on an OSD(On Screen Display) search window(S21). If the name of the corresponding macro is designated by the user or automatically designated by a remote controller(S22), corresponding key values for providing functions of the corresponding macro are sequentially inputted(S23). At this time, names of corresponding buttons including the key values are displayed on the OSD search window for the recognition of the user. And the inputted key values of the corresponding macro are stored to end macro setting(S24).

Description

Method for carrying out a Macro function in a remote controller}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of implementing a macro of a remote controller, and more particularly, to pressing a plurality of consecutive keystrokes in a remote controller of a home appliance having various functions as a simpler user defined key. It is about how to implement a macro.

Recently, home appliances are becoming more and more diversified due to the development of technology, and in order to use these various functions, a large number of keys corresponding to the corresponding functions are needed. You must press the key.

For example, in the case of PVR (Personal Video Recorder), the list of recordings stored in storage such as HDD (Hard Disk Drive) is searched by title or date to play or delete them all in order or reservation by EPG (Electronic Program Guide). Many keys must be pressed when recording, searching by genre, and repeating sections for vocabulary learning.

In other words, when searching or deleting recorded list stored in storage such as HDD by title or date, record list button, search button, title input button, button to select all searched items, play button or delete button in order You must press them all together.

And, in case of program search by EPG, select the search button by pressing the guide button and the move button several times, press the confirm button and the move button several times to select the genre, and finally move to the confirm button and the move button Go through the process of selecting a category

Also, if the viewer wants to change the output language, first press the 'Menu' button, and include 'Language Setting' among the menus (eg, Picture menu, Sound menu, Function menu, etc.) displayed on the screen (OSD). In this case, the user selects the 'function menu'. The usual way to select this is to use the 'volume up / down' key.

Therefore, the number of times of pressing the volume up / down key will increase according to the number of menus provided, and in order to select 'language setting' in the 'function menu', the type of the 'function menu' is selected as channel, time, language, etc. If there is too much, there is an inconvenience in that the number of times of pressing the 'key' increases.

In order to solve the inconvenience, a method of setting a macro key in a remote controller and implementing a macro function accordingly has been proposed. The macro corresponds to a macro key after a series of key inputs input by a user. The function of the macro key operation is to reproduce the functions of the input key sequences as they are.

A method of implementing a macro in such a general remote controller will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

1 is a diagram illustrating a general macro implementation method in a remote controller.

As shown in the drawing, the macro implementation method proceeds with a macro setting step, in which the user inputs a key value for starting a macro designation through a key operation (S10), and performs the macro. A user inputs a series of key values necessary to make a sequence (S11), saves the series of key values input in the sequence to a memory (S12), and inputs a key value indicating the end of macro specification. When the macro designation is terminated (S13).

When the macro setting step is completed, a macro execution step of executing a macro function is performed according to a user's request. The macro execution step determines whether a key value input from the remote controller (S14) by the user is a macro key value. Step (S15), and if the input key value is a macro key value, outputting a series of key values for executing a corresponding macro function in sequence (S16), and the input key value is not a macro key value. In the case where the inputted key value is output as it is (S17).

As described above, a general macro implementation method of a remote controller executes a macro function set according to a user's request after going through a macro setting step.

However, the macro implementation method of such a general remote controller needs to quickly search for the corresponding macro function specified by the user in the reality that there are many macro functions to be specified in the remote controller. There is a need to improve the user interface function that allows the user to easily know what function the macro designates. However, the function for improving the user interface is not disclosed in the aforementioned macro implementation method of the existing remote controller. not.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the conventional problems as described above, interface with the user such that the user can easily know what function the macro designates when the macro is set, or to perform a quick macro search The purpose is to provide a macro implementation method in the remote controller to improve the performance of the.

In order to achieve the above object, the macro implementation method of the present invention inputs a key value to start macro setting and displays a message for naming the macro according to the OSD search window, and then displays the macro in the displayed message. After the name is specified, key settings for executing the macro are sequentially input and stored to end the macro setting.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of implementing a macro in a conventional remote controller;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of implementing a macro in a remote controller of the present invention;

3 is a view showing a remote controller applied to the present invention,

4, 5, and 6 are diagrams showing an example of a macro implementation method in a remote controller according to the present invention.

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

As shown in FIG. 2, in the method for implementing a macro in the remote controller according to the present invention, a step (S20) of inputting a key value to start macro setting and displaying a message for specifying a name of the macro on the OSD search window are provided. Step (S21), specifying a name of the macro (S22), inputting corresponding key values in order to execute the macro (S23), and storing the inputted key values to set the macro It is made to end the step (S24).

According to the present invention, when a user presses a corresponding button for starting a macro setting and a key value is input (S20), an OSD search window that is a window is displayed on a display device, for example, a part of a screen of a digital television receiver. It is displayed on the screen (S21).

The OSD search box is a search box containing a message for specifying the name of the macro. The name of the macro is defined as "Long Name", which is defined so that the user can easily understand the function of the macro, and the long name in numerical or English letters. In short, it consists of a "short name" when the macro is run.

For example, "R1" may be designated as "short name", "record scenario 1", etc. as "long name".

In this case, the "short name" is a name necessary when the user actually executes the macro, and the "long name" is provided for the convenience of the user, so it may be omitted because it is not a necessary name. You can either leave it at the remote controller or specify "none" automatically.

Thus, if the user specifies the name of the macro or is automatically assigned from the remote controller (S22), the corresponding key values for executing the macro function are sequentially input (S23).

For example, in case of searching the program by EPG, select the search button by pressing the guide button and the move button several times, press the OK button and the move button several times to select the genre, and finally press the confirm button or the move button. In order to select a detailed classification item, key values of the buttons are sequentially input.

At this time, the names of the buttons having the key value are displayed in the OSD search window so that the user can easily know which buttons are composed of the macro.

Next, the macro setting step is saved by storing the corresponding key values of the corresponding macro (S24). When the corresponding macro key value is input from then on, the key values of the buttons constituting the macro are output in order to perform the macro function. do.

In addition, the set macro is sorted by setting date, macro name, serial number, or macro comment, so that any one of them may be selected to search for the macro.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6 by dividing into macro setting / searching / executing steps.

1. How to set and cancel macros.

First, setting of the macro is started by pressing the "Start Macro" button shown in FIG.

When the user presses the "Start Macro" button, a message for naming the macro is displayed in the OSD search window as shown in Fig. 4A. In this state, the user specifies the "short name" of the macro and the user does not specify it. If not, the remote control will assign one automatically.

The "short name" of the macro is displayed once again in the OSD search window when the "End Macro" button is pressed, reminding the user of the macro name and macro serial number. As it is.

Then press the "Macro Button" once again if you do not want to send the remote controller buttons that make up the macro to the display device during macro setup.

The "macro button" is a button that operates in a toggle mode. In the situation where the toggle method shows only two states, the button is pressed once to become one value, and when pressed again, it is changed to another value.

In addition, while setting the macro, the names of the remote control controller buttons forming the macro are listed in the OSD search window, and the arrow keys can be used to move between the button names, and the name of the currently selected remote control button is highlighted.

The currently pressed button key is inserted after the highlighted item, and the inserted item is highlighted.

At this time, since the arrow key should not be a constituent key forming a macro, press the "macro escape" key and the arrow key at the same time.

You can also delete the highlighted button name using the "Delete Macro Configuration Key" key.

With respect to the deleted macro configuration key, the function by the key at the display device is canceled if the key is transferred to the display device.

If you select the searched macro by using the "macro search" key, you can call the macro and insert it into the currently memorized macro.

When the next "End Macro" button is pressed, the "short name" of the macro is displayed as described above, and then a message asking whether to designate the "long name" of the macro is displayed in the OSD search window. When displayed, the user specifies the name if desired, and if not specified the macro's "long name" is assigned a margin or "none".

After the "long name" designation is completed, a message asking whether to designate "macro comment" is also displayed in the OSD search window as shown in FIG. 4C, and the user can add a description of the macro if desired. .

When the name of the macro and key values of the buttons constituting the macro are input and stored as shown in FIG. 4E, the macro setting step is terminated. The user presses the "Cancel Macro" button at any time during the macro setting. You can cancel it, if you want to start again from the beginning, you can restart from the beginning by pressing "Macro from the beginning". If you press the "Cancel Macro" button or press the "Macro from the beginning" button, the display device will start "Macro Start". Return to the hardware state before the button was pressed.

2. The following explains how to search / modify / delete macros.

The search of the macro is started by the user pressing the "Search Macro" button as shown in Fig. 3, and the search criteria are the recording date, the macro serial number, the short name of the macro, and the long name of the macro. An example using a serial number, a short name and a long name is shown, and FIG. 6 shows in more detail the search box displayed according to these search criteria.

Accordingly, the user presses the "macro search" button and selects one of the above search criteria. The "macro search" button is also a toggle type button. To end the search, press the "macro search" button once again.

The serial number and the short name are displayed on the OSD search window for the searched items, and the desired items can be selected with the up / down arrow buttons, and the selected items can be modified, deleted, and executed.

The macro can be modified by pressing "Modify Macro" on the selected item. By pressing the "Modify Macro" button, the "Short name", "Long name", "Description" and the item can be selected in detail for the selected item. If the user selects the desired item, the modification is made.

The deletion of the macro, that is, the deletion of the corresponding item selected by the user after moving, moves to the desired item and deletes it by pressing the "Delete Macro" button.

In addition, if you want to exit the search mode without searching or modifying or deleting, just press the "Exit Macro" button. To execute the macro, select the desired macro and press the "Run Macro".

To execute the macro, press the "Run Macro" button, enter the macro name and then press the "OK" button. If you want to cancel at any time, press the "Cancel Macro" button.

As described in detail above, the method of implementing a macro in the remote controller according to the present invention provides an interface with the user such that the user can easily know what function the corresponding macro designates when the macro is set up, or a quick macro search is performed. There is an effect to improve.

Although the invention has been described in detail only with respect to the specific examples described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations are possible within the spirit of the invention, and such modifications and variations belong to the appended claims.

Claims (3)

In the macro implementation method of the remote controller that the macro function is set, Setting of the macro function is; A first step of inputting a key value to start setting of a macro; A second step of displaying a message for specifying a name of a macro according to the input key value in an OSD search window; A third step of naming the macro in the message and assigning a serial number to the macro with the name; And setting a corresponding macro whose name is defined as a combination of corresponding key values. The method of claim 1, wherein the name of the macro; A method for implementing a macro in a remote controller, comprising a long name for easily defining and clarifying the function of the macro, and a short name for briefly indicating the long name and directly used when executing the macro. The method of claim 1, further comprising: during the fourth step; And displaying corresponding key names of the general key values in an OSD search window.