KR20110039656A - Apparatus and method of offering electronic manual having user editing function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An electronic manual with a user editing function is provided to satisfy various preferences of users by enable the users to indexing a manual page by the preference of the user. CONSTITUTION: A memory(106) stores an electronic manual about a product. A user definition template(110) creates a user defined manual using the electronic manual. The user definition template edits the electronic manual. An input unit(103) inputs the user request signal for editing the electronic manual. A controller(102) controls the user definition template by the request signal of the user. A display unit(105) indicates the edited electronic manual.

Description

Apparatus and method of offering electronic manual having user editing function}

The present invention relates to an electronic manual providing method and apparatus having a user editing function, and more particularly, to an electronic manual providing method and apparatus for providing a manual editing resource to index a manual page desired by a user.

In general, digital television refers to a general term for television broadcasting transmitted digitally. In the United States, we decided to adopt digital for the next generation of televisions called ATV (Advanced television). In Europe, many projects such as HD DIVINE such as Swedish broadcasting, SPECTRE of the UK, and DIAMOND of French broadcasting are being conducted. Research is being actively conducted in each country with the next generation television system linked with ISDN or computer network.

A stream transmitted in digital broadcasting may transmit data information together with a video / audio signal. Here, the data information transmitted along with the video / audio signal is based on markup data such as HTML of ATVEF (Advanced Television Enhancement Forum), XDML of Digital TV Application Software Environment (DASE), and Java such as Xlet of DASE. Based data information.

In general, electric and electronic products, including the digital television as described above has a variety of functions it is difficult to easily understand how to use the product. In particular, home appliances that are released these days have a variety of functions suitable for the multimedia era, and unlike the classic home appliances of the past, a complicated operation method is required.

Therefore, a product instruction manual has been manufactured and provided for a user to easily understand the use of the product.

Typically, a manual containing instructions for using the product is printed on printed material and distributed in booklets. This printed manual describes the product's instructions for use, precautions for use, first aid methods, and technical descriptions.

Conventional manuals are manufactured in the form of printed manuals, so when a consumer purchases a product, the manual is provided with the product, and thus, there is a problem in that it is lost in management as well as inconvenience.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing an electronic manual having a user editing function for indexing a manual page desired by a user by providing a manual editing resource to solve the above problems.

Technical problems to be achieved by the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned above will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description. Could be.

An electronic manual providing apparatus having a user editing function of the present invention for achieving the above object includes a memory for storing an electronic manual for a product; A custom template for creating a custom manual in the electronic manual and editing the electronic manual; Input means for receiving a user request signal for editing the electronic manual; A controller for controlling the user defined template according to the user request signal; And a display unit for displaying the edited electronic manual.

The user-defined template may include an XML parser that interprets a hierarchical structure or format of XML data added, changed, and generated according to a user's request based on text described by XML (Extensible Marup Language) data; And a browser providing a custom manual tool bar based on the parsed XML data.

The browser includes an SVG viewer that displays vector drawing data and images of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) data.

The user defined template may generate a new page template according to the user defined manual selection.

The detailed description of the user-defined item is input to the generated new page template and displayed on the electronic manual list.

The method further includes a resource for providing content data constituting a service manual relating to the product.

The resource includes a completed page form, an independent image form, and a text form, and can be combined with each object.

It further comprises a network connection for connecting to the Internet to navigate to a web page through a hypertext function linked to the edited electronic manual document.

The electronic device further includes a USB connection for transmitting the electronic manual downloaded or edited at the request of the user to an external device.

The user-defined template is based on a markup language.

The present invention also provides a method for providing an electronic manual having a user editing function, the method comprising: selecting a user-defined manual; Generating a new page template according to the user-defined manual selection; Inputting a detailed description of a user defined item in the generated new page template; And displaying the input user defined item on an electronic manual list.

Updating the electronic manual by storing the input user-defined item.

Editing the index order of the electronic manual list.

The list of the electronic manual is characterized in that the index order is automatically changed by analyzing the user's preference.

The list of the electronic manual is characterized in that the user directly changes the index order.

The new page template and detailed description may be written in a markup language.

The generated new page template is divided into a plurality of frame inverses according to a user's request.

The divided frame area is divided into a picture insertion area and a text insertion area.

The detailed description of the user-defined item is selected from pre-stored resources.

Detailed description of the user-defined item is characterized in that the user directly inputs.

The present invention provides a manual that can be easily referenced from the user's point of view, thereby increasing the user's ease of use of the product.

In addition, the present invention has an effect of satisfying the needs of various users having different preferences by providing manual editing resources to index manual pages desired by a user.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to include a certain component, it means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, terms such as '.. part', '.. module' described in the specification means a unit for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software.

1 is a block diagram of an electronic manual providing apparatus having a user editing function according to the present invention.

Electronic manual providing device having a user editing function of the present invention is a network connection unit 101, the control unit 102, the input unit 103, the USB connection unit 104, the display unit 105, memory 106, user-defined Template 110 and resource 117. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic manual providing apparatus having the user editing function may be a digital television receiver.

The network connection unit 101 connects to the Internet through a browser 113 so that a user can move to a web page through a hypertext function of a browser by a link of an electronic manual document made in an XML or HTML format on a screen.

The controller 102 controls the overall operation of the electronic manual providing apparatus and is involved in the editing and generation of the user-defined manual.

The input means 103 receives the user request information using character keys, numeric keys, special keys, and the like. The user request information according to the present invention is a request signal related to electronic manual request, electronic manual editing and storage, electronic manual display, and the like.

The USB connection unit 104 transmits the electronic manual downloaded or edited at the request of the user to an external device.

The display unit 105 displays an electronic manual made in XML, HTML format on the screen.

The memory 106 downloads and stores an electronic manual for a product using the Internet or updates and stores an electronic manual already stored.

The custom template 110 according to the present invention provides the production of an XML-based custom manual using the XML parser 111, the browser 113, and the SVG viewer 115.

The XML parser 111 interprets a hierarchical structure or format of XML data that is added, changed, or generated according to a user's input based on text described by the XML (Extensible Markup Language) data.

The browser 113 includes an SVG viewer 115 that displays vector drawing data such as Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) data or SVGZ (Compressed SVG) data, and includes XML data and HTML (parsed by the XML parser 111). Hyper Text Markup Langauge) data is displayed on the screen of the display unit 105. At this time, the SVG viewer 115 enables enlarged display, reduced display, moving display in the drawing, and the like of the SVG data.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the digital television receiver receives a digital broadcast including not only an AV broadcast stream but also data information, and the received data information is output on the screen through the browser 113 of the digital television receiver. The data information is made using XML and HTML, and the browser 113 interprets it and displays various information on the screen of the digital television.

The browser 113 also provides a custom manual tool bar according to the present invention.

Resource 117 provides content data that constitutes a service manual for a single product. Content data is basically composed of product units. For each product, XML data of each service manual is composed of database. The resource 117 is distributed in the form of a completed page, an independent image form, or a text form, and a combination of the respective objects.

2 (a, b) is shown an electronic manual having a user editing function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the electronic manual based on XML data according to an embodiment of the present invention generates and displays a user-defined manual 1, 2 (a, b) item in a simple manual list according to a user's request.

As illustrated in FIG. 2B, the user editing function of the electronic manual displayed on the screen may add, change, or create contents of the electronic manual by selecting an option item on the menu screen.

3 is an exemplary view showing a user-defined manual according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the user-defined template 110 provides a new page template for easy user editing, and the new page template is divided into a plurality of frames according to a user's request. In an embodiment, the new page is divided into a picture insertion area and a description insertion area, and an object (including an image and text) selected from the resource 117 is inserted into each area, or a detailed description directly input by the user is inserted. At this time, the table of contents and page description added to the user-defined manual of the present invention are written in a markup language.

Markup refers to the text, ie anything that displays something special or additional information in the original content. An underline or color, a change in font, or a sequence of content in a document to give a meaning to a particular word. Markups, numbering, etc., to add additional meanings are all markups. In general, the document's logical structure is used together with the document's contents in a document created using tags. The language that you let is the markup language.

As the markup language, various languages such as HTML, WML, and XML are used. HTML is an SGML application, which is suitable for displaying hypertext, multimedia, and simple documents. Most documents until now are stored and delivered as HTML. have.

In the user editing manual according to the present invention, XML is an extensible language, rather than a fixed format such as HTML, and belongs to a meta language for describing another language. The problem of simplicity of HTML and complexity of existing SGML Solve.

Documents made in HTML or XML format are displayed to the user through a browser on a display device of an electronic and electronic product, and the browser can display contents desired by the user through a hyper text function through a link of the document. It supports selection and viewing.

4 is an exemplary view illustrating a list editing of an electronic manual according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the index order may be moved, deleted, or further edited according to a user's preference on the simple manual list. In an embodiment, the generated 'user-defined manual 1' is moved to the first priority number and the 'using power saving function' item is changed to the sixth rank.

The order of the indexes on the simple manual list as described above is automatically displayed as a priority item by analyzing a user's preference or can be directly changed by the user.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an electronic manual with a user editing function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In response to the user's request, the electronic manual is displayed (S510).

The user-defined manual selection signal is input using the option or function key on the menu (S520).

A new page template is generated by the user defined template and is divided into a plurality of frame areas according to a user input (S530).

An object (including an image and text) selected from a resource is inserted into a plurality of frame regions divided on a new page, or a detailed description directly input by a user is inserted (S540).

The electronic manual is updated by storing the input user manual (S550).

The user-defined manual item added on the electronic manual list is displayed, and the priority of the manual item is edited based on the user's preference (S560).

On the other hand, the terms used in the present invention (terminology) are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or custom of the skilled person in the relevant field, the definitions of which are used throughout the present invention. It should be based on.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and may be variously modified and changed by those skilled in the art, which are included in the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic manual providing apparatus having a user editing function according to the present invention.

2 (a, b) is an illustration of an electronic manual having a user editing function according to an embodiment of the present invention

3 is an exemplary view showing a user-defined manual according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is an exemplary view illustrating a list editing of an electronic manual according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an electronic manual with a user editing function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

101. Network connection 102. Control unit

103. Input means 104. USB connection

105. Display unit 106. Memory

110. Custom Templates 111. XML Parser

113. Browser 115. SVG Viewer

117. Resources

Claims (20)

Selecting a custom manual; Generating a new page template according to the user-defined manual selection; Inputting a detailed description of a user defined item in the generated new page template; And And displaying the input user defined item on the electronic manual list. The method of claim 1, And updating the electronic manual by storing the input user-defined item. The method of claim 1, And editing the index order of the list of electronic manuals. The method of claim 3, wherein The list of the electronic manual is an electronic manual providing method having a user editing function, characterized in that the index order is automatically changed by analyzing the user's preferences. The method of claim 3, wherein And a list of the electronic manuals in which the user directly changes the index order. The method of claim 1, And the new page template and detailed description are written in a markup language. The method of claim 1, The generated new page template is divided into a plurality of frame inverses in response to a user's request. The method of claim 7, wherein And the divided frame area is divided into a picture insertion area and a text insertion area. The method of claim 1, The detailed description of the user-defined item is a method for providing an electronic manual with a user editing function, characterized in that selected from previously stored resources (resource). The method of claim 1, The detailed description of the user-defined item is a method for providing an electronic manual having a user editing function, characterized in that the user directly inputs. A memory for storing an electronic manual for the product; A custom template for creating a custom manual in the electronic manual and editing the electronic manual; Input means for receiving a user request signal for editing the electronic manual; A controller for controlling the user defined template according to the user request signal; And Electronic manual providing apparatus having a user editing function comprising a display unit for displaying the edited electronic manual. The method of claim 11, The custom template, An XML parser for interpreting a hierarchical structure or format of XML data added, changed, and generated according to a user's request based on text described by Extensible Marup Language (XML) data; And And a browser for providing a user-defined manual tool bar based on the parsed XML data. The method of claim 12, And the browser comprises an SVG viewer displaying vector drawing data and an image of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) data. The method of claim 11, And the user-defined template generates a new page template according to the user-defined manual selection. 15. The method of claim 14, And a detailed description of a user-defined item in the generated new page template to display in the electronic manual list. The method of claim 11, And a resource for providing content data constituting a service manual relating to the product. The method of claim 16, And the resource includes a completed page form, an independent image form, and a text form, and the combination of the respective objects is possible. The method of claim 11, And a network connection unit for connecting to the Internet to move to a web page through a hypertext function linked to the edited electronic manual document. The method of claim 11, An electronic manual providing device having a user editing function further comprising a USB connection for transmitting an electronic manual downloaded or edited at the request of a user to an external device. The method of claim 11, And the user defined template is based on a markup language.

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