KR20050000086A - Method for unite controlling network peripheral using television remote controller and push button - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method is provided to achieve improved user convenience by controlling peripheral devices connected to a television through the use of a television remote controller or push buttons of the television. CONSTITUTION: A method comprises a first step(S1) of automatically recognizing an arbitrary peripheral device by a plug and play function for recognizing installation of peripheral devices when the arbitrary peripheral device is connected to a television; a second step(S2) of recognizing the protocol of the arbitrary peripheral device; a third step(S3,S4) of storing the control menu of the arbitrary peripheral device to the memory of the television by using the protocol; and a fourth step(S5) of controlling an object peripheral device by using push buttons arranged on the main body of the television or a television remote controller.

Description

Method for unite controlling network peripheral using television remote controller and push button}

The present invention relates to a peripheral control method using a television, and in particular, to recognize the control menu of each peripheral device, which can be integrated by controlling any one device, that is, a connected peripheral device using a button or a remote controller provided on the television main body Peripheral device integrated control method using.

As multimedia construction is specialized, the development and separation of video and sound is repeated. As a result, functions such as television, which is a representative symbol of video, and audio, which is a representative symbol of sound, are specialized, thereby separating each function. This will repeat the process of reintegration at any moment. As a result, specialized video and audio equipment is connected to the television to perform its specialized functions.

As such, the television is a device that is the center of the multimedia, and the television may be connected not only with the above-mentioned audio but also various peripheral devices, such as a set-top box, a VCR, a satellite receiver, a DVD, and the like. In these connections, peripherals, including televisions, have been digitized in recent years, and a common protocol exists, and device compatibility can be achieved by this protocol.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a concept in which various peripheral devices connected to display equipment are controlled by respective remote controllers. As shown in FIG. 1, a variety of peripheral devices are connected to the television 1, that is, the three-top box 2, the VCR 3, the satellite broadcast receiver 4, the DVD 5, and the like. Then, each peripheral device 2, 3, 4, 5 is connected through the image transmission line (A). At this time, each of the various peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, 5 connected to the television 1 including the television 1 is controlled separately. That is, the control of the corresponding device is performed through the buttons formed on the main body of the television 1 and the peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, and 5, or the remote controllers 1 ', 2', 3 ', 4', and 5 'are respectively provided. Control is performed.

As described above, according to the control of the three-top box 2, the VCR 3, the satellite broadcasting receiver 4, the DVD 5, and the like, the user has no choice but to inconvenience. Thus, an integrated remote controller for controlling various peripheral devices has recently been proposed as a solution to inconvenience. However, the installation of too many buttons according to the control of various devices only added to the user's confusion.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to recognize a control menu of each peripheral device in order to solve the conventional problems, a television that can be integrated by controlling any one device, that is, a connected peripheral device using a button or a remote controller provided on the television main body. It is to provide an integrated control method using peripheral devices.

1 is a view illustrating a concept in which various peripheral devices connected to display equipment are controlled by respective remote controllers;

2 is a diagram illustrating a concept in which various peripheral devices connected to display equipment are controlled by one remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a control circuit of a television for controlling various peripheral devices according to one embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a process of controlling various peripheral devices connected to display equipment according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

1: Television 1 ': Remote Controller

2: set-top box 3: VCR

4: satellite broadcasting receiver 5: DVD

10: antenna 11: tuner

12: P / S separation unit 13: acoustic detector

14: sound processor 15: sound amplifier

16 speaker 17 image detector

18: image processing unit 19: CRT driving unit

20: CRT 21: Microprocessor

22: receiver 23: OSD generator

24: Memory 25: Peripheral Device Connection Terminal

The integrated peripheral control method using the television of the present invention for achieving the above object of the present invention, the plug and play function that gives the ability to recognize that the optional peripheral is installed when connecting any peripheral to the television A first step of automatically recognizing the arbitrary peripheral device by; A second step of recognizing a protocol of the arbitrary peripheral device; A third step of storing a control menu of any peripheral device for each peripheral device in the memory of the television by using the protocol; And a fourth step of controlling a corresponding peripheral device to be controlled by using a button provided on the television main body or a remote controller for a television. In this case, the fourth step may include: performing mode switching to a corresponding peripheral device to perform control by using a button provided on the television main body or a remote controller for a television; Displaying corresponding peripheral information and a control menu on an OSD of a television in response to the mode change request; And controlling a corresponding peripheral device corresponding to any one of the corresponding control signals selected from the control menu.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a concept in which various peripheral devices connected to display equipment are controlled by one remote controller according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figure 2, the television 1 of the present invention is also made of a variety of peripheral devices, such as, for example, three-top box (2), VCR (3), satellite broadcasting receiver (4), DVD (5) And the like can be connected. At this time, these peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, 5 are connected to the television 1 via the control line B as well as the image transmission line A. FIG. This control line (B) is responsible for the transmission of the control signal of each peripheral (2, 3, 4, 5). This control signal is made between the television 1 and the peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, and 5, and the television 1 is where the main command is given. That is, as shown in the figure, all of the peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, and 5 are controlled by using a button provided on the main body of the television 1 or a remote controller 1 'controlling the television 1.

3 is a block diagram of a control circuit of a television for controlling various peripheral devices as an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the basic configuration for carrying out the present invention is to control the circuit area for processing video and sound of a conventional television 1 and the control of peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, 5 connected to the television 1. It consists of a circuit area to perform.

First, a circuit area for processing an image and sound includes an antenna 10, a tuner 11, a P / S separation unit 12, an acoustic detector 13, an acoustic processor 14, an acoustic amplifier 15, A speaker 16, an image detector 17, an image processor 18, a CRT driver 19, and a CRT 20 are provided.

The broadcast signal of the airwave is received by the antenna 10, and the broadcast signal received by the tuner 11 controlled by the microprocessor 21 is tuned. The microprocessor 21 has a built-in control program of the television 1 and receives a user's control signal from a remote controller 1 'for external command input. The tuned broadcast signal is detected by the tuner 11 and then modulated, amplified and output into an intermediate frequency (IF) signal. The intermediate frequency (IF) signal is separated into an image intermediate frequency (PIF) and an acoustic intermediate frequency (SIF) by the P / S separation unit 12. The P / S separation unit 12 usually includes a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter. When the acoustic detector 13 detects and outputs an acoustic signal from the acoustic intermediate frequency SIF, the acoustic processor 14 transmits the detected acoustic signal to the base and treble according to the control signal of the microprocessor 21. Performs sound processing such as (Treble) and Volume, and outputs them. The sound amplifier 15 amplifies the sound processing signal according to the user's control signal processed by the sound processor 14 and outputs the sound signal through the speaker 16 as a user can recognize. On the other hand, when the image detector 17 detects and outputs an image signal from the image intermediate frequency PIF, the image processor 18 separates the detected image signal into RGB signals to control signals of the microprocessor 21. To the CRT driver 19. Accordingly, the CRT driver 19 performs signal processing for each RGB signal region. This is scanned by the CRT (20) is to represent the image. In the present invention, the CRT 20 is described. However, in the case of the digital television 1, for example, the X-axis driving and the Y-axis driving are separately controlled to the pixels arranged in a matrix. Since this is a conventional known process, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the circuit area for performing the control of the peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, 5 connected to the television 1, the microprocessor to perform the selection function of the broadcast channel selected by the remote controller (1 '). 21, a function control for displaying a control menu of the receiver 22 receiving the signal transmitted from the remote controller 1 'and the peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, 5 on the OSD of the television 1; The connection of the OSD generating unit 23, the memory 24 storing the control menus for the peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, 5 connected to the television 1, and the peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, 5 It consists of a peripheral connection terminal 25 is made. The peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, and 5 connected through the peripheral device connection terminal 25 communicate with each other using RS-232C. Of course, it would be desirable to have various functions such as a universal serial bus (USB) port, a parallel port, a UART, an IrDA, and an IIC, so that they can be used universally without being limited to specific peripherals (2, 3, 4, 5). .

The integrated control method of the peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, 5 using the television of the present invention in the above-described configuration will be described.

4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a process of controlling various peripheral devices connected to display equipment according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, first, it is assumed that the television 1 supports the plug and play function. Plug and Play installs the peripherals 2, 3, 4, and 5 required for the television 1 in the main body of the television 1, and recognizes that the peripherals 2, 3, 4 and 5 are installed in the television 1; It is a standard that gives the ability to do so. Accordingly, when the peripheral device 2, 3, 4, 5 is connected, the corresponding peripheral device (2, 3, 4, 5) is automatically recognized (S1) and the protocol of the peripheral device (2, 3, 4, 5). It will be recognized (S2). Next, the display information is recognized (S3). Subsequently, the control menus of the peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, and 5 are recognized (S4). The control menu is stored in a table for each peripheral device (2, 3, 4, 5), and the microprocessor 21 performs a task of mapping various control menus for each function to the buttons of the corresponding remote controller 1 '. In the end, it is finally stored in the memory 24. At this time, it is preferable to correspond the control menu to a button which performs the same function as the button of the remote controller 1 '. That is, the same function is provided to a button for up / down the volume in the television 1 and a button for up / down the volume in the DVD 5, for example. This is because the control of the peripheral device (2, 3, 4, 5) is made after the mode change is made, the error due to the overlapping control of the signal does not occur. For this purpose, in order to control the automatically recognized peripherals 2, 3, 4, and 5 with one remote controller 1 ', the remote controller 1' must be controlled by the peripherals 2, 3, 4 and 5. A mode switching button is provided to perform the above, or a corresponding function is performed through the input value control of the button. The mode change is thus generated by the television 1 remote controller 1 'in the order in which it is stored or arbitrarily arranged, which is to be displayed on the OSD of the television 1. Accordingly, when the user selects the peripheral device (2, 3, 4, 5), the control menu of the peripheral device (2, 3, 4, 5) is displayed, and this control menu is connected to the remote controller (1 ') button. The user's convenience is enhanced by connecting and displaying. As the control occurs, the peripheral devices 2, 3, 4, and 5 are integratedly controlled by one remote controller 1 '(S5). In the present invention, the control using the remote controller 1 'is described, but it is well known that the same function can be performed using the buttons provided on the main body of the television 1 as described above.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it will be apparent that many modifications are possible by those skilled in the art within the technical spirit of the present invention.

As described above, the method for integrated peripheral control using a television according to the present invention can provide convenience to a user because, for example, only one remote controller that controls the television can control various peripheral devices connected to the television. In addition, it may be easier to control by displaying the control menu of each peripheral device on the television OSD.

Claims (2)

A first step of automatically recognizing the arbitrary peripheral device by a plug and play function that gives the ability to recognize that the optional peripheral device has been installed when connecting any peripheral device to the television; A second step of recognizing a protocol of the arbitrary peripheral device; A third step of storing a control menu of any peripheral device for each peripheral device in the memory of the television by using the protocol; And A fourth step of controlling a corresponding peripheral device to be controlled by using a button provided on the television main body or a television remote controller; Peripheral integrated control method using a television, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 1, wherein the fourth step, Performing mode switching to a corresponding peripheral device to perform control by using a button provided on the television main body or a remote controller for a television; Displaying corresponding peripheral information and a control menu on an OSD of a television in response to the mode change request; And Controlling the corresponding peripheral device corresponding to any one of the control signals selected from the control menu; Peripheral integrated control method using a television, characterized in that consisting of.