KR20110120132A - Apparatus for controlling an image display device and method for operating the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for controlling an image display device and a method for operating the same are provided to control an image display device which conveniently obtains information in which a user desires. CONSTITUTION: A control unit(204) displays a jog shuttle object on at least one work area of a touch screen. The control unit distinguishes the touch pattern of a touch screen in which a jog shuttle object is displayed. The control unit controls a communication unit(206) to transmit an image display device in which a control command of an image display device corresponding to a distinguished touch pattern on the image display device is generated. The jog shuttle object is divided into two areas. The control command corresponds to an area which is touched among the divided area.

Description

Apparatus for Controlling an Image Display Device and Method for Operating the Same}

The present invention relates to a remote control apparatus and an operation control method thereof, and more particularly, to a remote control apparatus and an operation control method of a video display device that can improve user convenience.

An image display device is a device having a function of displaying an image that a user can watch. The user can watch the broadcast through the image display device. The video display device displays a broadcast selected by a user on a display among broadcast signals transmitted from a broadcasting station. Currently, broadcasting is shifting from analog broadcasting to digital broadcasting worldwide.

Digital broadcasting refers to broadcasting for transmitting digital video and audio signals. Digital broadcasting is more resistant to external noise than analog broadcasting, so it has less data loss, is advantageous for error correction, has a higher resolution, and provides a clearer picture. In addition, unlike analog broadcasting, digital broadcasting is capable of bidirectional services.

The remote control device is a device that can remotely control the video display device. The remote controller transmits a signal included in a command corresponding to a user's operation to the image display apparatus. The video display device is controlled to operate according to a command included in a signal transmitted from a remote controller.

An object of the present invention is to provide a remote control apparatus and an operation control method for controlling a video display device that can improve the user's ease of use.

The present invention also provides a remote control apparatus and an operation control method for controlling an image display device capable of easily obtaining information desired by a user.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a remote control apparatus capable of controlling a video display device capable of providing various user interfaces and a method of controlling the operation thereof.

The present invention also provides a remote control apparatus capable of displaying various user interface screens capable of transmitting control commands to an image display device, and an operation control method thereof.

Operation control method of a remote control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the operation control method of the remote control device is displayed a user interface screen that can input the control command of the image display device on the touch screen Displaying a jog shuttle object on at least one region of the touch screen; Determining a touch pattern of a touch screen on which the jog shuttle object is displayed; And transmitting a signal including a control command of an image display device corresponding to the determined touch pattern to the image display device.

In addition, a remote control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the touch screen for displaying a user interface screen for inputting a control command of the image display device; A communication unit for transmitting a signal including a control command to the image display device; And a control unit controlling the touch screen and the communication unit to transmit a control command corresponding to a touch pattern of the touch screen to the image display device, wherein the control unit is disposed on at least one region of the touch screen. Display a jog shuttle object, determine a touch pattern of a touch screen on which the jog shuttle object is displayed, and transmit a signal including a control command of an image display device corresponding to the determined touch pattern to be transmitted to the image display device Control the communication unit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a user interface screen for inputting a command for controlling the image display device is displayed on the touch screen of the remote controller. The user may control the image display device through the user interface screen displayed on the touch screen.

In particular, the user interface screen displayed on the touch screen of the remote control device includes a jog-shuttle object when the screen display mode of the remote control device is a jog-shuttle user interface screen display mode. The jog-shuttle object may be partitioned into at least two regions. The remote controller transmits a control command corresponding to the area touched by the user on the touch screen to the image display apparatus.

The video display device operates according to a command included in a signal transmitted through a remote control device. The video display device can transmit the screen information currently displayed on the video display device to the remote control device. The remote controller may change the user interface screen displayed on the touch screen to correspond to the screen information transmitted from the image display device. In addition, the remote controller may change the user interface screen displayed on the touch screen to correspond to a command input by the user to the remote controller.

1 is a view schematically showing a video display device system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a device capable of transmitting and receiving data with the image display device of FIG. 2.
4 is an internal block diagram of the controller of FIG. 2.
5 to 6 are diagrams illustrating various examples of a platform structure diagram of the image display device of FIG. 2.
7 is a view showing the operation of the remote control device of FIG.
FIG. 8 is an internal block diagram of the remote control device of FIG. 2.
9 and 10 are views for explaining various examples of an operation method of an image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a view showing the appearance of a remote control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 is an internal block diagram of a remote control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
13 and 14 are flowcharts illustrating a method of operating an image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
15 to 21 are views for explaining various examples of the operation method of the remote control device of FIG.

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

The suffixes "module" and "unit" for components used in the following description are merely given in consideration of ease of preparation of the present specification, and do not impart any particular meaning or role by themselves. Therefore, the "module" and "unit" may be used interchangeably.

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On the other hand, the video display device described in this specification is an intelligent video display device that adds a computer support function to the broadcast reception function, and is faithful to the broadcast reception function, but the Internet function is added, the handwriting type input device, touch screen or It can be equipped with a more convenient interface such as a space remote control. In addition, by being connected to the Internet and a computer with the support of a wired or wireless Internet function, it is possible to perform functions such as e-mail, web browsing, banking or gaming. A standardized general-purpose OS can be used for these various functions.

That is, in the image display device described in the present invention, various applications can be freely added or deleted on the general-purpose OS kernel, and thus various user-friendly functions can be performed. For example, it may be a smart TV.

1 is a view schematically showing a video display device system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the video display device system according to an embodiment of the present invention, when viewed in terms of providing a content service on a broadcast sender basis, a content provider (CP) 10, a service provider (Service) It may be divided into a provider (SP) 20, a network provider (NP) 30, and a user 40.

The content provider 10 produces and provides various contents. As shown in FIG. 1, the content provider 10 includes a terrestrial broadcaster, a cable system operator or a multiple system operator, a satellite broadcaster, and an internet broadcaster. An internet broadcaster and the like can be exemplified.

In addition to the broadcast content, the content provider 10 may provide various applications. In this regard, it will be described later with reference to FIG.

The service provider 20 may provide a service package of contents provided by the content provider 10. For example, the service provider 20 of FIG. 1 may package and provide a first terrestrial broadcast, a second terrestrial broadcast, a cable MSO, satellite broadcast, various internet broadcasts, applications, and the like to a user.

Meanwhile, the service provider 20 may provide a service to the user 40 using a unicast or multicast scheme. The unicast method is a method of transmitting data 1: 1 between one sender and one receiver. For example, in the unicast method, when a receiver requests data from a server, the server may transmit data to the receiver according to the request. Multicasting is a method of transmitting data to a plurality of recipients of a specific group. For example, the server can send data to multiple pre-registered receivers at once. For such multicast registration, the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) protocol may be used.

The network provider 30 may provide a network for providing a service to the user 40. The user 40 may be provided with a service by building a home network end user (HNED).

As a means for protecting the content transmitted from the video display device system, a conditional access or a content protection may be used. As one example for such a restriction reception or content protection, a scheme such as a cable card or a downloadable conditional access system (DCAS) may be used.

On the other hand, the user 40 can also provide content through the network. In this case, unlike the above, the user 40 may be a content provider, and the content provider 10 may receive content from the user 40. Accordingly, an interactive content service or a data service may be possible.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the video display device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a broadcast receiving unit 105, an external device interface unit 135, a storage unit 140, a user input interface unit 150, The controller 170 may include a display unit 180, an audio output unit 185, and a power supply unit 190. The broadcast receiving unit 105 may include a tuner 110, a demodulator 120, and a network interface unit 130. Among them, the tuner 110 and the demodulator 120 may be provided with the network interface unit 130 selectively.

The tuner 110 selects an RF broadcast signal corresponding to a channel selected by a user or all pre-stored channels among RF (Radio Frequency) broadcast signals received through an antenna. Also, the selected RF broadcast signal is converted into an intermediate frequency signal, a baseband image, or a voice signal.

For example, if the selected RF broadcast signal is a digital broadcast signal, it is converted into a digital IF signal (DIF). If the selected RF broadcast signal is an analog broadcast signal, it is converted into an analog baseband image or voice signal (CVBS / SIF). That is, the tuner 110 may process a digital broadcast signal or an analog broadcast signal. The analog baseband video or audio signal CVBS / SIF output from the tuner 110 may be directly input to the controller 170.

In addition, the tuner 110 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 digital video broadcasting (DVB) scheme.

Meanwhile, the tuner 110 may sequentially select RF broadcast signals of all broadcast channels stored through a channel memory function among RF broadcast signals received through an antenna and convert them to intermediate frequency signals or baseband video or audio signals. have.

The demodulator 120 receives the digital IF signal DIF converted by the tuner 110 and performs a demodulation operation.

For example, when the digital IF signal output from the tuner 110 is an ATSC scheme, the demodulator 120 performs 8-VSB (8-Vestigal Side Band) demodulation. Also, the demodulation unit 120 may perform channel decoding. To this end, the demodulator 120 includes a trellis decoder, a de-interleaver, and a reed solomon decoder to perform trellis decoding, deinterleaving, Solomon decoding can be performed.

For example, when the digital IF signal output from the tuner 110 is a DVB scheme, the demodulator 120 performs COFDMA (Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Modulation) demodulation. Also, the demodulation unit 120 may perform channel decoding. To this end, the demodulator 120 may include a convolutional decoder, a deinterleaver, a reed-soloman decoder, and the like to perform convolutional decoding, deinterleaving, and reed-soloman decoding.

The demodulator 120 may output a stream signal TS after performing demodulation and channel decoding. In this case, the stream signal may be a signal multiplexed with a video signal, an audio signal, or a data signal. For example, the stream signal may be an MPEG-2 TS (Transport Stream) multiplexed with an MPEG-2 standard video signal, a Dolby AC-3 standard audio signal, or the like. Specifically, the MPEG-2 TS may include a header of 4 bytes and a payload of 184 bytes.

On the other hand, the demodulator 120 described above can be provided separately according to the ATSC system and the DVB system. That is, it can be provided as an ATSC demodulation unit and a DVB demodulation unit.

The stream signal output from the demodulator 120 may be input to the controller 170. After performing demultiplexing, image / audio signal processing, and the like, the controller 170 outputs an image to the display unit 180 and outputs an audio to the audio output unit 185.

The external device interface unit 135 may connect the external device to the image display device 100. To this end, the external device interface unit 135 may include an A / V input / output unit (not shown) or a wireless communication unit (not shown).

The external device interface unit 135 may be connected to an external device such as a digital versatile disk (DVD), a Blu-ray, a game device, a camera, a camcorder, a computer (laptop), or the like by wire / wireless. The external device interface unit 135 transmits an externally input image, audio or data signal to the controller 170 of the image display device 100 through a connected external device. In addition, the controller 170 may output an image, audio, or data signal processed by the controller 170 to a connected external device. To this end, the external device interface unit 135 may include an A / V input / output unit (not shown) or a wireless communication unit (not shown).

The A / V input / output unit may use a USB terminal, a CVBS (Composite Video Banking Sync) terminal, a component terminal, an S-video terminal (analog), and a DVI to input video and audio signals from an external device to the video display device 100. (Digital Visual Interface) terminal, HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) terminal, RGB terminal, D-SUB terminal and the like.

The wireless communication unit can perform short-range wireless communication with other electronic devices. The image display device 100 may communicate with Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA). Depending on the specification, it can be networked with other electronic devices.

In addition, the external device interface unit 135 may be connected through at least one of the various set top boxes and the various terminals described above, and perform input / output operations with the set top box.

Meanwhile, the external device interface unit 135 may receive an application or a list of applications in a neighboring external device and transmit the received application or list to the controller 170 or the storage 140.

The network interface unit 130 provides an interface for connecting the video display device 100 to a wired / wireless network including an internet network. The network interface unit 130 may include an Ethernet terminal for connecting to a wired network, and for connecting to a wireless network, a WLAN (Wi-Fi) or Wibro (Wireless). Broadband, Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) communication standards, and the like may be used.

The network interface unit 130 may access a predetermined web page through a network. That is, by accessing a predetermined web page through the network, it is possible to send or receive data with the server. In addition, content or data provided by a content provider or a network operator may be received. That is, it can receive contents such as a movie, an advertisement, a game, a VOD, a broadcast signal, and related information provided from a content provider or a network provider through a network. In addition, the update information and the update file of the firmware provided by the network operator can be received. It may also transmit data to the Internet or content provider or network operator.

In addition, the network interface unit 130 may select and receive a desired application from among applications that are open to the public through the network.

The storage 140 may store a program for processing and controlling each signal in the controller 170, or may store a signal processed video, audio, or data signal.

In addition, the storage 140 may perform a function for temporarily storing an image, audio, or data signal input from the external device interface 135 or the network interface 130. In addition, the storage 140 may store information on a predetermined broadcast channel through a channel storage function.

In addition, the storage 140 may store an application or a list of applications input from the external device interface 135 or the network interface 130.

The storage unit 140 may include a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory), It may include at least one type of storage medium such as RAM, ROM (EEPROM, etc.). The video display device 100 may provide a user with a content file (video file, still image file, music file, document file, application file, etc.) stored in the storage 140.

2 illustrates an embodiment in which the storage 140 is provided separately from the controller 170, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. The storage unit 140 may be included in the control unit 170.

The user input interface unit 150 transmits a signal input by the user to the control unit 170 or a signal from the control unit 170 to the user.

For example, the user input interface unit 150 may be powered on / off, channel selection, and screen from the remote controller 200 according to various communication methods such as a radio frequency (RF) communication method and an infrared (IR) communication method. The controller may receive and process a user input signal or a control signal such as a setting, or transmit a control signal from the controller 170 to the remote controller 200.

In addition, for example, the user input interface unit 150 may transmit a user input signal or a control signal input from a local key (not shown) such as a power key, a channel key, a volume key, and a set value to the controller 170. have.

In addition, for example, the user input interface unit 150 may transmit a user input signal or a control signal input from a sensing unit (not shown) that senses a user's gesture to the controller 170 or from the controller 170. The signal of may be transmitted to a sensing unit (not shown). Here, the sensing unit (not shown) may include a touch sensor, an audio sensor, a position sensor, an operation sensor, and the like.

The control unit 170 demultiplexes the input stream or processes the demultiplexed signals through the tuner 110, the demodulator 120, or the external device interface unit 135, and outputs a video or audio signal. You can create and output.

The image signal processed by the controller 170 may be input to the display unit 180 and displayed as an image corresponding to the image signal. The video signal processed by the controller 170 may be input to the external output device through the external device interface 135. [

The audio signal processed by the control unit 170 may be output to the audio output unit 185 through audio. In addition, the voice signal processed by the controller 170 may be input to the external output device through the external device interface unit 135.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, the controller 170 may include a demultiplexer, an image processor, and the like. This will be described later with reference to FIG. 4.

In addition, the controller 170 may control overall operations of the image display device 100. For example, the controller 170 may control the tuner 110 to control the tuner 110 to select an RF broadcast corresponding to a channel selected by a user or a pre-stored channel.

In addition, the controller 170 may control the image display device 100 by a user command or an internal program input through the user input interface unit 150. In particular, the user may access the network to download the desired application or application list into the video display device 100.

For example, the controller 170 controls the tuner 110 to input a signal of a selected channel according to a predetermined channel selection command received through the user input interface unit 150. Then, video, audio, or data signals of the selected channel are processed. The controller 170 allows the channel information selected by the user to be output through the display unit 180 or the audio output unit 185 together with the processed image or audio signal.

As another example, the controller 170 may receive an external device image playback command received through the user input interface unit 150 from an external device, for example, a camera or a camcorder, input through the external device interface unit 135. The video signal or the audio signal may be output through the display unit 180 or the audio output unit 185.

The controller 170 may control the display 180 to display an image. For example, a broadcast image input through the tuner 110, an external input image input through the external device interface unit 135, or an image input through the network interface unit or an image stored in the storage unit 140 may be displayed on a display unit ( 180) to control the display. In this case, the image displayed on the display unit 180 may be a still image or a video, and may be a 2D image or a 3D image.

Meanwhile, when entering an application view item, the controller 170 may control to display a list of applications or applications that can be downloaded from the video display device 100 or from an external network.

The controller 170 may control to install and run an application downloaded from an external network along with various user interfaces. In addition, by selecting a user, an image related to an executed application may be controlled to be displayed on the display unit 180.

On the other hand, although not shown in the figure, it may be further provided with a channel browsing processing unit for generating a thumbnail image corresponding to the channel signal or the external input signal. The channel browsing processor may receive a stream signal TS output from the demodulator 120 or a stream signal output from the external device interface 135, extract a video from the input stream signal, and generate a thumbnail image. Can be. The generated thumbnail image may be input as it is or encoded to the controller 170. In addition, the generated thumbnail image may be encoded in a stream form and input to the controller 170. The controller 170 may display a thumbnail list including a plurality of thumbnail images on the display unit 180 using the input thumbnail image. Meanwhile, the thumbnail images in the thumbnail list may be updated sequentially or simultaneously. Accordingly, the user can easily grasp the contents of the plurality of broadcast channels.

The display unit 180 converts an image signal, a data signal, an OSD signal processed by the controller 170, or an image signal, data signal, etc. received from the external device interface unit 135 into R, G, and B signals, respectively. Generate a drive signal.

The display unit 180 may be a PDP, an LCD, an OLED, a flexible display, a 3D display, or the like.

The display unit 180 may be configured as a touch screen and used as an input device in addition to the output device.

The audio output unit 185 receives a signal processed by the controller 170, for example, a stereo signal, a 3.1 channel signal, or a 5.1 channel signal, and outputs a voice signal. The voice output unit 185 may be implemented by various types of speakers.

On the other hand, a photographing unit (not shown) for photographing the user may be further provided. The photographing unit (not shown) may be implemented by one camera, but is not limited thereto and may be implemented by a plurality of cameras. The image information photographed by the photographing unit (not shown) is input to the controller 170.

Meanwhile, in order to detect a gesture of a user, as described above, a sensing unit (not shown) including at least one of a touch sensor, a voice sensor, a position sensor, and a motion sensor may be further provided in the image display apparatus 100. have. The signal detected by the sensing unit (not shown) may be transmitted to the controller 170 through the user input interface unit 150.

The controller 170 may detect a gesture of a user by combining or combining an image captured by a photographing unit (not shown) or a detected signal from a sensing unit (not shown).

The power supply unit 190 supplies the corresponding power throughout the image display device 100. In particular, power may be supplied to the controller 170, which may be implemented in the form of a System On Chip (SOC), a display unit 180 for displaying an image, and an audio output unit 185 for audio output. Can be.

To this end, the power supply unit 190 may include a converter (not shown) for converting the AC power into DC power. Meanwhile, for example, when the display unit 180 is implemented as a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of backlight lamps, an inverter (not shown) capable of PWM operation may be further provided for driving of variable brightness or dimming. It may be.

The remote control apparatus 200 transmits the user input to the user input interface unit 150. To this end, the remote control apparatus 200 can use Bluetooth, RF (radio frequency) communication, infrared (IR) communication, UWB (Ultra Wideband), ZigBee, or the like.

In addition, the remote control apparatus 200 may receive an image, an audio or a data signal output from the user input interface unit 150, display it on the remote control apparatus 200 or output an audio or vibration.

The video display device 100 described above is a fixed type of ATSC (8-VSB) digital broadcasting, DVB-T (COFDM) digital broadcasting, ISDB-T (BST-OFDM) digital broadcasting, and the like. It may be a digital broadcast receiver capable of receiving at least one.

Meanwhile, the image display device described herein is an image display device in which the display unit 180 and the audio output unit 185 shown in FIG. 2 are excluded, and the display unit 180 and the audio output are provided through wireless communication. It may be of a wireless type, which transmits and receives data with the unit 185.

Meanwhile, a block diagram of the image display device 100 shown in FIG. 2 is a block diagram for an embodiment of the present invention. Each component of the block diagram may be integrated, added, or omitted according to the specification of the image display device 100 that is actually implemented. That is, two or more constituent elements may be combined into one constituent element, or one constituent element may be constituted by two or more constituent elements, if necessary. In addition, the functions performed in each block are intended to illustrate the embodiments of the present invention, and the specific operations and apparatuses do not limit the scope of the present invention.

On the other hand, the image display device 100, unlike shown in Figure 2, does not include the tuner 110 and the demodulator 120 shown in Figure 2, the network interface unit 130 or the external device interface unit 135 ), The video content may be received and played back.

3 is a diagram illustrating a device capable of transmitting and receiving data with the image display device of FIG. 2.

Referring to the drawings, the image display device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may communicate with the broadcasting station 210, the network server 220, or the external device 230.

The video display device 100 may receive a broadcast signal including a video signal transmitted from the broadcast station 210. The video display device 100 may process a video signal, an audio signal, or a data signal included in a broadcast signal so as to be suitable for outputting from the video display device 100. The image display device 100 may output an image or audio based on the processed image signal.

The image display apparatus 100 may communicate with the network server 220. The network server 220 is a device capable of transmitting and receiving a signal with the image display device 100 through an arbitrary network. For example, the network server 220 may be a mobile phone terminal that may be connected to the image display device 100 through a wired or wireless base station. In addition, the network server 220 may be a device capable of providing content to the image display device 100 through an Internet network. The content provider may provide content to the video display device 100 using a network server.

The image display device 100 may communicate with the external device 230. The external device 230 is a device capable of directly transmitting and receiving a signal with the image display device 100 by wire or wirelessly. For example, the external device 230 may be a media storage device or a playback device used by a user. That is, the external device 230 may be a camera, a DVD or a Blu-ray player, a personal computer, or the like.

The broadcasting station 210, the network server 220, or the external device 230 may transmit a signal including a video signal to the video display device 100. The image display device 100 may display an image based on an image signal included in an input signal. In addition, the image display device 100 may transmit a signal transmitted from the broadcasting station 210 or the network server 220 to the image display device 100 to the external device 230. In addition, the signal transmitted from the external device 230 to the image display device 100 may be transmitted to the broadcasting station 210 or the network server 220. That is, the video display device 100 may transmit content included in a signal transmitted from the broadcasting station 210, the network server 220, and the external device 230 in addition to directly playing the content on the video display device 100.

4 is an internal block diagram of the controller of FIG. 2.

Referring to the drawings, the control unit 170 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the demultiplexer 310, the image processor 320, the OSD generator 340, the mixer 350, the frame rate converter 355 ), And a formatter 360. In addition, the apparatus may further include a voice processor (not shown) and a data processor (not shown).

The demultiplexer 310 demultiplexes an input stream. For example, when an MPEG-2 TS is input, it may be demultiplexed and separated into video, audio, and data signals, respectively. Here, the stream signal input to the demultiplexer 310 may be a stream signal output from the tuner 110, the demodulator 120, or the external device interface unit 135.

The image processor 320 may perform image processing of the demultiplexed image signal. To this end, the image processor 320 may include an image decoder 325 and a scaler 335.

The image decoder 325 decodes the demultiplexed image signal, and the scaler 335 performs scaling to output the resolution of the decoded image signal on the display unit 180.

The video decoder 325 may include decoders of various standards.

For example, when the demultiplexed video signal is an encoded video signal of MPEG-2 standard, it may be decoded by an MPEG-2 decoder.

Also, for example, when the demultiplexed video signal is a digital video broadcasting (DMB) scheme or an encoded video signal of H.264 standard according to DVB-H, it may be decoded by an H.264 decoder.

On the other hand, the video signal decoded by the image processor 320 is input to the mixer 350.

The OSD generator 340 generates an OSD signal according to a user input or itself. For example, a signal for displaying various types of information on a screen of the display unit 180 as a graphic or text may be generated based on a user input signal or a control signal. The generated OSD signal may include various data such as a user interface screen, various menu screens, widgets, and icons of the image display apparatus 100.

For example, the OSD generator 340 may generate a signal for displaying broadcast information based on subtitles or EPGs of a broadcast image.

The mixer 350 may mix the OSD signal generated by the OSD generator 340 and the decoded image signal processed by the image processor 220. The mixed signal is provided to the formatter 360. Since the decoded broadcast video signal or the external input signal and the OSD signal are mixed, the OSD can be overlaid on the broadcast image or the external input image.

The frame rate converter (FRC) 355 may convert the frame rate of the input video. For example, a 60Hz frame rate is converted to 120Hz or 240Hz. When converting a frame rate of 60 Hz to 120 Hz, it is possible to insert the same first frame or insert a third frame predicted from the first frame and the second frame between the first frame and the second frame. When converting a frame rate of 60 Hz to 240 Hz, it is possible to insert three more identical frames or three predicted frames. On the other hand, it is also possible to maintain the input frame rate without additional conversion.

The formatter 360 receives the output signal of the frame rate converter 355 and changes the format of the signal to be suitable for the display unit 180 and outputs the signal. For example, the R, G, B data signals may be output, and the R, G, B data signals may be output as low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) or mini-LVDS.

The voice processing unit (not shown) in the controller 170 may perform voice processing of the demultiplexed voice signal. To this end, the voice processing unit (not shown) may include various decoders.

The speech processing unit (not shown) in the controller 170 may decode the demultiplexed speech signal if it is an encoded speech signal. For example, the demultiplexed speech signal may be decoded by an MPEG-2 decoder, or an MPEG 4 decoder, or an AAC decoder, or an AC-3 decoder.

Also, the voice processing unit (not shown) in the controller 170 may process a base, a treble, a volume control, and the like.

The data processor (not shown) in the controller 170 may perform data processing of the demultiplexed data signal. For example, when the demultiplexed data signal is an encoded data signal, it may be decoded. The encoded data signal may be EPG (Electronic Program Guide) information including broadcast information such as a start time and an end time of a broadcast program broadcasted in each channel. For example, the EPG information may be ATSC-PSIP (ATSC-Program and System Information Protocol) information in the case of the ATSC scheme, and may include DVB-Service Information (DVB-SI) in the case of the DVB scheme. . The ATSC-PSIP information or the DVB-SI information may be information included in the aforementioned stream, that is, the header (4 bytes) of the MPEG-2 TS.

On the other hand, a block diagram of the control unit 170 shown in Figure 4 is a block diagram for an embodiment of the present invention. Each component of the block diagram may be integrated, added, or omitted according to the specification of the controller 170 that is actually implemented.

5 to 6 are diagrams illustrating various examples of a platform structure diagram of the image display device of FIG. 2.

The platform of the image display apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include OS-based software in order to perform the above-described various operations.

First, referring to FIG. 5, the platform of the video display device 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention is a detachable platform, and the legacy system platform 400 and the smart system platform 405 are separated. Can be designed. The OS kernel 410 may be commonly used in the legacy system platform 400 and the smart system platform 405.

The legacy system platform 400 may include a driver 420, a middleware 430, and an application layer 450 on the OS kernel 410.

The smart system platform 405 may include a library 435, a framework 440, and an application layer 455 on the OS kernel 410.

The OS kernel 410 is a core of an operating system, and when a video display device 100 is driven, a hardware driver is driven, security of hardware and a processor in the video display device 100, efficient management of system resources, and memory. At least one of management, provision of an interface to hardware by hardware abstraction, multiprocessing, and schedule management according to multiprocessing may be performed. The OS kernel 410 may further provide power management and the like.

The hardware driver in the OS kernel 410 may be, for example, at least one of a display driver, a WiFi driver, a Bluetooth driver, a USB driver, an audio driver, a power manager, a binder driver, a memory driver, and the like. It may include.

In addition, the hardware driver in the OS kernel 410 is a driver for a hardware device in the OS kernel 410, and includes a character device driver, a block device driver, and a network device driver. dirver). The block device driver may need a buffer to store as much as the unit size because data is transmitted in a specific block unit, and the character device driver may not need a buffer because it is transmitted in a basic data unit, that is, a character unit.

The OS kernel 410 may be implemented as a kernel based on various operating systems (OS) such as Unix-based (Linux) and Windows-based. In addition, the OS kernel 410 is an open OS kernel and may be general purpose that can be used in other electronic devices.

The driver 420 is located between the OS kernel 410 and the middleware 430 and, together with the middleware 430, drives the device for the operation of the application layer 450. For example, the driver 420 may include a micom, a display module, a graphics processing unit (GPU), a frame rate converter (FRC), a general purpose input / output pin (GPIO), and the like in the video display device 100. It may include a driver such as HDMI, SDEC (System Decoder or Demultiplexer), VDEC (Video Decoder), ADEC (Audio Decoder), PVR (Personal Video Recorder), or I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit). . These drivers operate in conjunction with hardware drivers in the OS kernel 410.

In addition, the driver 420 may further include a driver for the remote control apparatus 200, particularly a spatial remote controller, which will be described later. Meanwhile, the driver of the spatial remote controller may be variously provided in the OS kernel 410 or the middleware 430 in addition to the driver 420.

The middleware 430 may be located between the OS kernel 410 and the application layer 450, and may serve as an intermediary to exchange data between different hardware or software. As a result, a standardized interface can be provided, and various environments can be supported and systems can interoperate with other tasks.

Examples of the middleware 430 in the legacy system platform 400 may include middleware of multimedia and hypermedia information coding expert groups (MHEG) and advanced common application platform (ACAP), which are data broadcasting related middleware, and PSIP, which is broadcast information related middleware. Or there may be a middleware of the SI, and DLNA middleware, which is a middleware related to the peripheral communication.

The application layer 450 on the middleware 430, that is, the application 450 layer in the legacy system platform 400, may, for example, provide a user interface application for various menus in the image display device 100. It may include. The application layer 450 on the middleware 430 may be editable by a user's selection and may be updated through a network. By using the application layer 450, it is possible to enter a desired menu among various user interfaces according to the input of the remote control apparatus 200 while watching a broadcast image.

In addition, the application layer 450 in the legacy system platform 400 may further include at least one of a TV guide application, a Bluetooth application, a reservation application, a digital video recorder (DVR) application, and a hotkey application. Can be.

On the other hand, the library 435 in the smart system platform 405 is located between the OS kernel 410 and the framework 440, and may form the basis of the framework 440. For example, the library 435 may include a security-related library, SSL (Secure Socket Layer), a web engine-related library, WebKit, libc (c library), a video format, an audio format, and the like. The media framework, which is a media related library, may be included. Such a library 435 may be written based on C or C ++. In addition, it may be exposed to the developer through the framework 440.

The library 435 may include a runtime 437 having a core java library and a virtual machine (VM). This runtime 437, together with the library 435, forms the basis of the framework 440.

The virtual machine VM may be a plurality of instances, that is, a virtual machine capable of performing multitasking. Meanwhile, each virtual machine (VM) may be allocated and executed according to each application in the application layer 455. In this case, a binder (in the OS kernel 410) may be used for scheduling or interconnection among a plurality of instances. Binder) driver (not shown) may operate.

The binder driver and the runtime 437 may connect a Java-based application to a C-based library.

The library 435 and the runtime 437 may correspond to the middleware of the legacy system.

Meanwhile, the framework 440 in the smart system platform 405 includes a program on which the application in the application layer 455 is based. The framework 440 may be compatible with any application and may reuse, move, or exchange components. The framework 440 may include a support program, a program that ties other software components, and the like. For example, the resource manager may include a resource manager, an activity manager related to an activity of an application, a notification manager, a content provider that summarizes sharing information between applications, and the like. . The framework 440 may be written based on Java (JAVA).

The application layer 455 on the framework 440 includes various programs that can be driven and displayed in the image display device 100. For example, a core application including at least one of an email, a short message service (SMS), a calendar, a map, a browser, and the like may be included. Can be. The application layer 450 may be written based on JAVA.

In addition, the application layer 455 may be an application 465 stored in the image display device 100 and not deleted by the user, and downloaded and stored through an external device or a network, and may be freely installed or deleted by the user. 475).

Through the application in this application layer 455, by Internet connection, Internet telephony service, video on demand (VOD) service, web album service, social networking service (SNS), location based service (LBS), map service, web search Services, application search services, etc. may be performed. In addition, various functions such as a game and schedule management may be performed.

Next, referring to FIG. 6, the platform of the image display apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is an integrated platform, including an OS kernel 510, a driver 520, and middleware ( 530, a framework 540, and an application layer 550.

The platform of FIG. 6 differs from that of the library 435 of FIG. 5 in comparison with FIG. 5, and that the application layer 550 is provided as an integrated layer. In addition, the driver 520 and the framework 540 correspond to FIG. 5.

On the other hand, the library 435 of FIG. 5 can be regarded as being merged into the middleware 530. That is, the middleware 530 is a middleware under a legacy system. The middleware of the data broadcasting related middleware, MHEG or ACAP, the broadcasting information related middleware, the PSIP or SI middleware, and the peripheral communication related middleware DLNA middleware, of course, the image display. The middleware under the device system may include a security-related library, SSL (Secure Socket Layer), a web engine-related library (WebKit), libc, a media-related library (Media Framework). On the other hand, it may further include the above-described runtime.

The application layer 550 is an application under the legacy system, and includes a menu related application, a TV guide application, a reservation application, and the like, and an application under the video display system, and may include an email, an SMS, a calendar, a map, a browser, and the like. have.

On the other hand, the application layer 550 is an application 565 stored in the image display device 100 that cannot be deleted by a user, and an application 575 that is downloaded and stored through an external device or a network and is free to install or delete. It can also be divided into.

5 and 6 described above can be used in a variety of other electronic devices, as well as the image display device. Meanwhile, the platform of FIGS. 5 and 6 may be loaded in the storage 140 or the controller 170 or a separate processor (not shown).

7 is a view showing the operation of the remote control device of FIG.

Referring to the drawings, the remote control apparatus 200 may transmit and receive a signal with the image display device 100 according to an RF communication standard or an IR communication standard.

FIG. 7A illustrates that a pointer 205 corresponding to the remote controller 200 is displayed on the display unit 180.

The user can move or rotate the remote control device 200 up and down, left and right (Fig. 7 (b)), front and back (Fig. 7 (c)). The pointer 205 displayed on the image display device 100 corresponds to the movement of the remote control apparatus 200. The remote control apparatus 200 may be referred to as a spatial remote controller because the pointer 205 is moved and displayed according to the movement in the 3D space as shown in the figure.

FIG. 7B illustrates that when the user moves the remote control apparatus 200 to the left side, the pointer 205 displayed on the image display apparatus 100 also moves to the left side correspondingly. Information about the movement of the remote control apparatus 200 sensed by the sensor of the remote control apparatus 200 is transmitted to the image display apparatus 100. The image display device 100 may calculate the coordinates of the pointer 205 from information about the movement of the remote control apparatus 200. The image display device 100 may display the pointer 205 to correspond to the calculated coordinates.

FIG. 7C illustrates a case in which a user moves the remote control apparatus 200 away from the display unit 180 while pressing a specific button in the remote control apparatus 200. As a result, the selection area in the display unit 180 corresponding to the pointer 205 may be zoomed in to be enlarged and displayed. On the contrary, when the user moves the remote controller 200 to be closer to the display unit 180, the selection area in the display unit 180 corresponding to the pointer 205 may be zoomed out and reduced. On the other hand, when the remote control apparatus 200 moves away from the display unit 180, the selection area is zoomed out, and when the remote control apparatus 200 approaches the display unit 180, the selection area may be zoomed in.

On the other hand, while pressing a specific button in the remote control device 200 can recognize the up, down, left and right movement. That is, when the remote control apparatus 200 moves away from or approaches the display unit 180, the up, down, left, and right movements are not recognized, and only the front and back movements may be recognized. In a state where a specific button in the remote controller 200 is not pressed, only the pointer 205 moves according to the up, down, left, and right movements of the remote controller 200.

Meanwhile, the moving speed or the moving direction of the pointer 205 may correspond to the moving speed or the moving direction of the remote control apparatus 200.

The pointer in the present specification refers to an object displayed on the display unit 180 in response to the operation of the remote control apparatus 200. Thus, the pointer 205 may be an object of various shapes in addition to the arrow shape shown in the drawing. For example, the concept may include a point, a cursor, a prompt, a thick outline, and the like. In addition, the pointer 205 may be displayed corresponding to any one of the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of the display unit 180, or may be displayed corresponding to a plurality of points such as a line and a surface. Do.

FIG. 8 is an internal block diagram of the remote control device of FIG. 2.

Referring to the drawings, the remote control apparatus 200 includes a wireless communication unit 225, a user input unit 235, a sensor unit 240, an output unit 250, a power supply unit 260, a storage unit 270, The controller 280 may be included.

The wireless communication unit 225 transmits and receives a signal with the image display device 100. In the present embodiment, the remote control apparatus 200 may include an RF module 221 capable of transmitting and receiving a signal with the image display device 100 according to the RF communication standard. In addition, the remote control apparatus 200 may include an IR module 223 capable of transmitting and receiving a signal with the image display device 100 according to the IR communication standard.

In the present embodiment, the remote control apparatus 200 transmits a signal containing information on the movement of the remote control apparatus 200 to the image display apparatus 100 through the RF module 221. In addition, the remote control apparatus 200 may receive a signal transmitted from the image display apparatus 100 through the RF module 221. In addition, the remote control apparatus 200 may transmit a command regarding power on / off, channel change, volume change, etc. to the image display device 100 through the IR module 223 as necessary.

The user input unit 235 may be configured as a keypad, a button, a touch pad, or a touch screen. The user may input a command related to the image display apparatus 100 to the remote control apparatus 200 by manipulating the user input unit 235. When the user input unit 235 includes a hard key button, the user may input a command related to the image display device 100 to the remote control apparatus 200 through a push operation of the hard key button. When the user input unit 235 includes a touch screen, the user may input a command related to the image display apparatus 100 to the remote controller 200 by touching a soft key of the touch screen. In addition, the user input unit 235 may include various kinds of input means that the user can operate, such as a scroll key or a jog key, and the present embodiment does not limit the scope of the present invention.

The sensor unit 240 may include a gyro sensor 241 or an acceleration sensor 243. The gyro sensor 241 may sense information about the movement of the remote controller 200. For example, the gyro sensor 241 may sense information about the operation of the remote control apparatus 200 based on the x, y, and z axes. The acceleration sensor 243 may sense information about a moving speed of the remote controller 200. On the other hand, the distance measuring sensor may be further provided, whereby the distance to the display unit 180 can be sensed.

The output unit 250 may output a video or audio signal corresponding to a manipulation of the user input unit 235 or a signal transmitted from the image display apparatus 100. The user may recognize whether the user input unit 235 is manipulated or whether the image display device 100 is controlled through the output unit 250.

For example, the output unit 250 may include a LED module 251 that is turned on when the user input unit 235 is manipulated or a signal is transmitted and received with the image display device 100 through the wireless communication unit 225, and a vibration module generating vibration. 253, a sound output module 255 for outputting sound, or a display module 257 for outputting an image.

The power supply unit 260 supplies power to the remote control device 200. The power supply unit 260 may reduce power waste by stopping the power supply when the remote controller 200 does not move for a predetermined time. The power supply unit 260 may resume power supply when a predetermined key provided in the remote control apparatus 200 is operated.

The storage unit 270 may store various types of programs, application data, and the like necessary for controlling or operating the remote control apparatus 200. If the remote control device 200 transmits and receives a signal wirelessly through the image display device 100 and the RF module 221, the remote control device 200 and the image display device 100 transmit signals through a predetermined frequency band. Send and receive The control unit 280 of the remote control device 200 stores in the storage unit 270 information on a frequency band for transmitting and receiving a signal wirelessly with the image display device 100 paired with the remote control device 200. Reference may be made.

The controller 280 controls various matters related to the control of the remote controller 200. The controller 280 transmits a signal corresponding to a predetermined key manipulation of the user input unit 235 or a signal corresponding to the movement of the remote controller 200 sensed by the sensor unit 240 through the wireless communication unit 220. 100 can be sent.

9 illustrates that the application list on the network is displayed on the display unit 180. That is, the user can directly access the corresponding content server or network server, and search for and download various applications.

FIG. 9A illustrates that various application lists 910 in the connected server are displayed on the display unit 180. The application list 910 may include an icon representing each application and brief description information about each application. On the other hand, in the video display device 100, since full browsing is possible, it is possible to enlarge and display the size of the icon or description information received from the connected server. Accordingly, the user can easily grasp the application item.

Next, FIG. 9B illustrates selecting one application item 920 of the application list 910 using the pointer 205 of the remote controller 200. Accordingly, the application can be easily downloaded.

Meanwhile, FIG. 10 illustrates that a list of applications in the image display device is displayed on the display.

First, FIG. 10 (a) illustrates that the application list 960 stored in the image display device 100 is displayed on the display unit 180 when the user enters the application list view item by the operation of the user's remote control apparatus 200. Illustrates what is shown in. In the drawing, only an icon representing each application is illustrated, but is not limited thereto. As shown in FIG. 9, brief description information about each application may be included. Accordingly, the user can easily grasp the application item.

Next, FIG. 10B illustrates selecting an application item 970 of the corresponding application list 960 using the pointer 205 of the remote controller 200. Accordingly, the application can be easily executed.

<Description of Fig. 11>

11 is a view showing the appearance of the remote control device 201 and the image display device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, the remote control device 201 is a device capable of transmitting a signal including a control command to the image display device 100. The remote control apparatus 201 according to the present embodiment may transmit / receive signals with the video display device 100 according to an RF communication standard or an IR communication standard. The image display device 100 may move the object displayed on the display area to correspond to the signal transmitted from the remote control device 201.

In the present embodiment, the object that may be displayed on the display area of the image display apparatus 100 may be a content image reproduced in the image display apparatus 100 or an application image executed in the image display apparatus 100. In addition, the object may be an object (a person, an object, etc.) included in an image displayed on the image display apparatus 100. In addition, the object may be an icon, a widget, a window, a pointer, or the like displayed on the image display apparatus 100.

The moving speed or the moving direction of the object displayed on the image display device 100 may correspond to the touch pattern of the touch screen of the remote control device 201. The remote control apparatus 201 according to the present exemplary embodiment transmits a signal including information on a pattern of a user's touch of the touch screen to the image display apparatus 100. The image display device 100 may move an object displayed on the image display device 100 so as to correspond to information about a touch pattern included in the received signal.

In addition, as described above, the remote controller 201 may transmit a signal corresponding to the movement of the user to the image display device 100. In this case, the remote control device 201 is provided with a sensor that can detect the user's movement. The user may move or rotate the remote control device 201 up, down, left, and right. In this case, the moving speed or the moving direction of the object displayed on the image display device 100 may correspond to the movement of the remote control device 201.

For example, when the user moves the remote control device 201 to the left, the object displayed on the image display device 100 may also move to the left correspondingly. Information about the movement of the remote control device 201 detected through the sensor of the remote control device 201 is transmitted to the image display device 100. The image display apparatus 100 may calculate coordinates of the display area of the image display apparatus 100 from information about the movement of the remote control apparatus 201. The image display device 100 may move the object displayed on the image display device 100 to correspond to the calculated coordinates.

As described above, the remote control apparatus 201 according to the present exemplary embodiment may output a signal including information about a touch pattern of a touch screen or a movement of a user who operates the remote control apparatus 201. Can be sent to. Therefore, the remote control apparatus 201 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes means for transmitting a signal including at least one of information about a touch pattern and a user's movement to the image display apparatus 100 as necessary. can do. The remote control device operating according to the embodiments described below does not limit the scope of the present invention.

<Description of Fig. 12>

12 is an internal block diagram of a remote control apparatus 201 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the remote control device 201 includes a touch sensing unit 202, a display unit 203, a control unit 204 and a communication unit 206.

The touch sensing unit 202 may determine the touch pattern of the user's remote control device 201. The display unit 203 may display a user interface screen. In this embodiment, the touch sensing unit 202 and the display unit 203 may be implemented through a touch screen installed on the exterior of the remote control device 201.

The user may input a control command of the image display device 100 to the remote controller 201 through a user interface screen displayed on the touch screen. More specifically, the user may input the control command of the image display apparatus 100 to the remote controller 201 by touching the touch screen on which the user interface screen is displayed.

There are at least two screen display modes of the remote control apparatus 201 of this embodiment. More specifically, the screen display mode of the remote control apparatus 201 according to the present embodiment includes a jog-shuttle interface screen display mode, a button interface screen display mode, and a character interface screen display mode.

In the present embodiment, the object included in the user interface screen of the remote control device 201 may correspond to the screen display mode of the remote control device 201. When the screen display mode of the remote controller 201 is the jog-shuttle interface screen display mode, the interface screen displayed by the touch screen includes a jog-shuttle object. The jog-shuttle object may be a circle-shaped object partitioned into at least two regions. The user may input a command to the remote controller 201 to control the image display device 100 by touching the jog-shuttle object.

In this case, when the control command transmitted to the image display apparatus 100 is an object movement command displayed on the display unit 180 of the image display apparatus 100, the movement distance or the movement speed of the object according to the object movement command It can correspond to the touch area of. For example, the moving distance or moving speed of the object displayed on the image display device 100 increases as the touch screen area close to the center of the jog-shuttle object is touched.

The remote controller 201 may calculate a coordinate of the touched region and transmit a signal including a control command corresponding thereto to the image display apparatus 100. In this case, the video display device 100 is controlled according to a control command included in the received signal. In another example, the remote control device 201 may transmit a signal including the coordinate value of the touched area to the image display device 100. In this case, the image display device 100 determines a control command corresponding to the coordinate value included in the received signal and is controlled according to the determined control command.

The controller 204 controls the communication unit 205 to transmit a signal corresponding to the user touch pattern sensed by the touch sensing unit 202 to the image display device 100 through the communication unit 205. In addition, the controller 204 outputs an image signal to the display unit 203 so that the image is displayed on the display unit 203.

The control unit 204 of the remote control apparatus 201 according to the present embodiment determines the current screen display mode of the remote control apparatus 201 and displays the user interface screen corresponding thereto on the display unit 203. Process the video signal output to In addition, the remote control device 201 may process a signal received through the communication unit 206 so that a screen corresponding to the signal transmitted from the image display device 100 is displayed on the display unit 203. The controller 204 may output an image signal based on the processed signal to the display unit 203.

The video display device 100 controlled according to the signal transmitted from the remote control device 201 may transmit a feedback signal to the remote control device 201. The controller of the remote controller 201 processes an image signal output to the display unit 203 so that an image based on the feedback signal can be displayed on the display unit 203. Therefore, the user of the remote control device 201 can check the state in which the image display device 100 is controlled according to the interface screen touched by the user through the display unit 203.

The communication unit 206 transmits and receives a signal with the image display device 100. In the present embodiment, the remote control device 201 may be provided with an RF module capable of transmitting and receiving a signal with the image display device 100 according to the RF communication standard. In addition, the remote control device 201 may be provided with an IR module that can transmit and receive signals with the image display device 100 according to the IR communication standard.

The remote control apparatus 201 of this embodiment may transmit a signal containing information on the movement of the remote control apparatus 201 to the image display apparatus 100 through the RF module. In addition, the remote control device 201 may receive a signal transmitted from the image display device 100 through the RF module. In addition, the remote control device 201 may transmit a command regarding power on / off, channel change, volume change, etc. to the image display device 100 through the IR module as necessary.

<Description of Fig. 13>

13 is a flowchart referred to the flow of a method of operation of a remote control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the control unit 204 of the remote control device 201 determines the screen display mode of the remote control device (S10). In the present embodiment, the screen display mode of the remote control device 201 is displayed on the display unit 203 of the remote control device 201, more specifically, in the user interface screen displayed on the touch screen of the remote control device 201. Can be distinguished accordingly.

The screen display mode of the remote control apparatus 201 according to the present embodiment includes a jog-shuttle user interface screen display mode, a button user interface screen display mode, and a character user interface screen display mode. The screen display mode of the remote control device 201 may be determined according to a user's selection command input to the remote control device 201.

For example, the user may input a screen display mode selection command to the remote controller 201 by manipulating a button, a key, or a touch screen included in the remote controller 201 according to a predetermined pattern. The remote controller 201 enters a screen display mode corresponding to the input selection command.

As another example, the screen display mode of the remote control apparatus 201 may correspond to a screen displayed on the image display device 100. More specifically, the image display device 100 may transmit the screen information currently displayed on the image display device 100 to the remote control device 201. The remote controller 201 receives the screen information transmitted from the video display device 100 through the communication unit 205 and determines the screen currently displayed on the video display device 100. The remote control device 201 may determine a screen display mode so that a user interface screen corresponding to the screen currently determined to be displayed by the image display device 100 may be displayed on the touch screen of the remote control device 201.

The controller 204 of the remote controller 201 determines the screen display mode determined through the above method, and then displays the display unit 203 such that a user interface screen corresponding to the determined display mode is displayed on the display unit 203. The video signal is outputted to step 203 (S20). The remote control apparatus 201 of this embodiment includes a touch screen composed of a display unit 203 and a touch sensing unit 202. Therefore, the remote control apparatus 201 of this embodiment displays a user interface screen corresponding to the display mode determined on the touch screen.

More specifically, the screen that can be displayed on the touch screen of the remote control apparatus 201 of the present embodiment includes a user interface screen including a jog-shuttle object, a user interface screen including a button object, and a user interface screen including a keyboard object. One of them can be displayed. The jog-shuttle object is an object displayed on the touch screen in the shape of a jog-shuttle. The jog-shuttle object may be a circle-shaped object centered on a predetermined spot. The user may input a control command to be transmitted to the image display apparatus 100 to the remote controller 201 by touching the touch screen displaying the jog-shuttle object.

The touch sensing unit 202 of the remote control device 201 senses a user interface screen touch (S30). As described above, the touch sensing unit 202 of the remote control apparatus 201 is included in the touch screen of the remote control apparatus 201. Accordingly, the controller 204 determines the touch pattern of the remote control device 201 touch screen.

The controller 204 of the remote control apparatus 201 transmits a signal included in the control command of the image display apparatus 100 corresponding to the determined touch pattern, to the image display apparatus 100. In the present embodiment, the touch pattern includes coordinates, time, and count of the touch screen touched by the user. The video display device 100 is controlled according to a control command included in a signal transmitted from the remote control device 201.

<Description of Fig. 14>

14 is a flowchart referred to for explaining the operation method of the remote control apparatus 201 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the remote control device 201 may display the jog-shuttle object on the touch screen (S110). The controller 204 of the remote controller 201 determines the touch pattern when the user touches the touch screen displaying the jog-shuttle object (S120).

The control unit 204 of the remote control apparatus 201 of this embodiment determines whether the determined touch pattern corresponds to the screen display mode change command (S130). For example, when the user touches a touch screen area other than the area where the jog-shuttle object is displayed, the controller 204 may determine that a screen display mode change command is input. In addition, when the user touches the jog-shuttle object continuously a predetermined number of times, the controller 204 may determine that a screen display mode change command is input.

If the user does not input the screen display mode change command, the control unit 204 controls the communication unit 206 so that a control command corresponding to the touch pattern of the user can be transmitted to the image display device 100 (S140). ). In the present embodiment, the control command of the image display apparatus 100 that the controller 204 transmits to the image display apparatus 100 corresponds to the touch pattern and the touch area. That is, when a user touches an area in which a jog-shuttle object is displayed and an area in which the jog-shuttle object is not displayed according to the same touch pattern, a control command transmitted to the image display device 100 may be different. .

For example, when the control command transmitted from the remote control apparatus 201 to the image display apparatus 100 is an object movement command displayed by the image display apparatus 100, the image display apparatus 100 may display the object. The moving distance or moving speed may correspond to the touch screen area of the remote control device 201 touched by the user.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the image display device 100 may transmit a signal including information on a control state to the remote control device 201 after being controlled according to a control command transmitted from the remote control device 201. In this case, the remote controller 201 receives a signal transmitted from the image display apparatus 100 and displays information on the control state of the image display apparatus 100 on the touch screen of the remote controller 201 (S150). ). The user may confirm that the image display device 100 is controlled according to a control command transmitted from the remote control device 201 through the change of the touch screen screen of the remote control device 201.

Meanwhile, when a screen display mode change command is input to the remote control device 201 as the user touches the touch screen of the remote control device 201, the remote control device 201 may correspond to a user interface corresponding to the input change command. The screen is displayed on the touch screen (S160). For example, the remote controller 201 may display a user interface screen including a button object on a touch screen. In addition, the remote control device 201 may display a user interface screen including a keyboard object for inputting a character on the touch screen.

<Description of Fig. 15>

FIG. 15 is a diagram referred to describe a user interface screen displayed on a touch screen composed of the display unit 203 and the touch sensing unit 202 of the remote control apparatus 201 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A user interface screen that can be displayed on the touch screen of the remote control apparatus 201 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a jog including a button user interface screen 1002 (see FIG. 15A) and a jog-shuttle object 1006. There may be a shuttle user interface screen (see FIG. 15B), a character user interface screen (see FIG. 15C) including a keyboard object 1008.

The user may operate a button 1001 or a key provided in the remote control device 201 or input a screen display mode selection command to the remote control device 201 by touching the touch screen of the remote control device 201. . In this embodiment, the user manipulates a button 1001 provided in the remote control device 201 to input a screen display mode selection command to the remote control device 201.

The remote control device 201 changes the user interface screen displayed on the touch screen so as to correspond to the screen display mode selection command input by the user. For example, when the power of the remote controller 201 is turned on or enters the operation mode from the standby mode, the controller 204 of the remote controller 201 changes the screen display mode of the remote controller 201 to the button user. Determine by the interface screen display mode.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 9A, the controller 204 of the remote controller 201 may display the button user interface screen 1002 including the button object 1003 on the touch screen of the remote controller 201. Display. The button object 1003 included in the button user interface screen 1002 is a channel or volume up / down command that can be transmitted to the image display apparatus 100 or an object (cursor or highlighted) displayed on the image display apparatus 100. Items), and the like.

When the user touches the touch screen of the remote controller 201 according to a predetermined pattern or operates the button 1001 of the remote controller 201, the controller 204 of the remote controller 201 changes the screen display mode. A command is determined to have been input to the remote control device 201. Also, the controller 204 determines that the screen display mode of the remote controller 201 has entered the jog-shuttle user interface screen display mode according to the screen display mode change command.

Accordingly, the controller 204 of the remote controller 201 displays a user interface screen including the jog-shuttle object 1006 on the touch screen of the remote controller 201, as shown in FIG. 15B. When the user touches the jog-shuttle object 1006, the remote controller 201 inputs a movement command of an object (such as a cursor or content) displayed on the image display apparatus 100 to the remote controller 201. Determine. Accordingly, the remote controller 201 transmits a signal including a movement command corresponding to the touch pattern of the remote controller 201 of the user to the image display apparatus 100.

In addition, when the user manipulates the button 1001 of the remote control device 201 again, the control unit 204 of the remote control device 201 may input characters in the screen display mode of the remote control device 201. Determines that the keyboard has entered the user interface screen display mode.

Accordingly, the controller 204 of the remote controller 201 displays a user interface screen including the keyboard object 1008 on the touch screen of the remote controller 201 as shown in FIG. 15C. When the user touches the keyboard object 1008, the remote controller 201 determines that a text transmission command corresponding to the touched keyboard is input to the remote controller 100. Therefore, the remote control device 201 transmits a signal including a command corresponding to a character input by the user to the remote control device 201 through the keyboard object 1008 to the image display device 100.

<Description of Fig. 16>

16 is a view referred to for explaining the operation control method of the remote control device 201 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The remote control apparatus 201 according to the present embodiment changes the user interface screen displayed on the touch screen of the remote control apparatus 201 according to the screen information transmitted from the image display apparatus 100.

As shown in FIG. 16A, the image display device 100 controlled by the remote control apparatus 201 according to the present embodiment displays a screen 1011 including an object corresponding to content. The user may check contents that can be viewed through the image display apparatus 100 through the screen 1011 displayed on the image display apparatus 100. In the present embodiment, the content that can be viewed on the image display device 100 may include a video, a still image, and the like.

The remote control device 201 receives a signal including the screen information transmitted from the image display device 100 through the communication unit 206. The control unit 204 of the remote control apparatus 201 determines that the screen 1011 displayed by the current video display device 100 is a list of content objects. The remote controller 201 displays a user interface screen 1012 suitable for controlling the video display device 100 displaying the content object list screen on the touch screen of the remote controller 201.

In the present embodiment, when the remote control apparatus 201 determines that the image display apparatus 100 displays the content object list screen, the remote control apparatus 201 changes the user interface screen display mode of the remote control apparatus 201 to the button user interface screen display mode. Determine. Accordingly, the remote controller 201 displays the button user interface screen 1012 on the touch screen, as shown in FIG. 16A.

The user may input the control command of the image display device 100 to the remote controller 201 by touching the button object included in the button user interface screen 1012 included in the remote controller 201. When the button object included in the button user interface screen 1012 is touched, the remote controller 201 may determine that the selection command for the content object displayed on the image display apparatus 100 is input to the remote controller 201. Can be. The remote control apparatus 201 may transmit a signal included in the content object selection command determined to be input to the image display device 100.

FIG. 16B is a diagram referred to describe a screen displayed on the remote control apparatus 201 when the web page screen 1016 is displayed on the image display apparatus 100. As shown, when the control unit 204 of the remote control device 201 determines that the video display device 100 is currently displaying the web page screen 1016, the controller 204 changes the screen display mode of the remote control device 201. It determines with the jog-shuttle user interface screen display mode.

Accordingly, the remote controller 201 displays a user interface screen 1017 including a jog-shuttle object on the touch screen. The user may input the movement command of the object displayed on the image display apparatus 100 to the remote controller 201 by touching the jog-shuttle object included in the jog-shuttle user interface screen 1017.

<Description of Fig. 17>

FIG. 17 is a diagram referred to describe a case in which the button user interface screen 1022 is displayed on the remote control apparatus 201 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The remote control apparatus 201 according to an embodiment of the present invention may transmit a control command to the video display device 100 displaying the content object list screen 1011.

The remote control apparatus 201 of this embodiment may determine the screen display mode of the remote control apparatus 201 as the button user interface screen display mode based on the screen information transmitted from the image display apparatus 100. In addition, the remote control apparatus 201 of the present embodiment may determine the screen display mode as the button user interface screen display mode based on a user interface screen display mode selection command input by the user to the remote control apparatus 201. The user operates a predetermined button or key provided on the remote control device 201 or touches the touch screen provided on the remote control device 201 according to a predetermined pattern to command the user interface screen display mode selection mode to the remote control device 201. Can be entered.

The remote controller 201 transmits a control command corresponding to the button object 1023 touched by the user among the button user interface screen 1022 displayed on the touch screen, to the image display apparatus 100. In the present embodiment, the control command transmitted from the remote control apparatus 201 to the image display apparatus 100 is a content object selection command displayed on the image display apparatus 100.

The video display device 100 highlights the selected content object 1021 according to the content object selection command included in the signal transmitted from the remote controller 201. Also, the image display device 100 may change the highlighted content object 1021 in response to a command included in a signal transmitted from the remote control device 201.

<Description of Fig. 18>

FIG. 18A is a diagram referred to describe a case where a jog shuttle user interface screen is displayed on a touch screen of a remote control apparatus 201 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 18A, a user may touch the touch screen of the remote controller 201 in which a user interface screen including the jog shuttle object 1041 is displayed. In this embodiment, the user touches a predetermined area of the jog shuttle object 1041 and then moves the finger 104b > 1043 by b.

In the present embodiment, the control command transmitted from the remote control apparatus 201 in the jog shuttle user interface screen display mode to the image display apparatus 100 is an object movement command displayed by the image display apparatus 100. That is, the remote control device 201 transmits an object moving command corresponding to the touch pattern or the touch area of the user to the image display device 100. The image display device 100 may move the object displayed on the image display device 100 according to a movement command transmitted from the remote control device 201. The video display device 100 of the present embodiment moves the pointer displayed on the video display device according to the movement command transmitted from the remote control device 201.

More specifically, the image display device 100 moves 1031-> 1032 a pointer currently displayed on the image display device 100 by a. The user may move the pointer displayed by the image display device 100 through the jog shuttle object 1041 of the remote controller 201.

In this embodiment, the moving distance or moving speed of the object displayed by the image display device 100 corresponds to the touch pattern and the touch area provided in the remote control apparatus 201. That is, as the user moves his / her finger in an area near the center of the jog shuttle object 1041, the moving distance or moving speed of the object displayed by the image display device 100 increases.

In FIG. 18B, the user touches a predetermined area of the touch screen of the remote controller 201 in which the jog shuttle object 1041 is displayed, and then moves the finger 104 d by 1044. The remote control apparatus 201 determines a user's touch pattern and transmits a movement command corresponding to the determined touch pattern to the image display apparatus 100. The video display device 100 moves the pointer displayed on the video display device 100 by c (1032-> 1033) to correspond to the movement command transmitted from the remote control device 201.

In this embodiment, the finger movement distance b of the user shown in Fig. 18A and the finger movement distance d shown in Fig. 18B are the same. However, the user's finger touch area shown in FIG. 18A is closer to the center of the jog shuttle object 1041 than the user's finger touch area shown in FIG. 18B. Therefore, the moving distance of the pointer displayed on the image display device 100 is longer in FIG. 18A. That is, the moving distance a of the pointer shown in FIG. 18A is longer than the moving distance b of the pointer shown in FIG. 18B.

In another embodiment, the moving speed of the pointer object illustrated in the image display apparatus 100 may correspond to the user touch area among the touch screens provided in the remote control apparatus 201.

<Description of Fig. 19>

FIG. 19 is a diagram referred to describe a case in which a jog shuttle object 1061 is displayed on a touch screen of a remote control apparatus 201 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, the image display device 100 receiving the control command transmitted from the remote control device 201 displays a predetermined area of the web page 1050 on the display unit 180. D1 and D2 illustrated in FIG. 19A and D2 and D3 illustrated in FIG. 19B represent regions displayed on the display unit 180 of the image display apparatus 100 among the web pages 1050.

As shown in FIG. 19A, a user may touch a predetermined area of the jog shuttle object 1061 displayed on the touch screen of the remote control device 201, and then move the finger 1072-> 1063. The remote control apparatus 201 determines the touch screen touch pattern of the user and transmits an object movement command corresponding to the touch screen touch pattern to the image display apparatus 100.

In the present embodiment, the object movement command transmitted from the remote control apparatus 201 to the image display apparatus 100 may include a web page on which a region corresponding to D1 is displayed on the display unit 180 of the image display apparatus 100. 1050) A move command. The image display device 100 moves the area of the web page 1050 displayed on the display unit 180 in response to the movement command transmitted from the remote control device 201. That is, the image display device 100 displays the area D2 on the display unit 180 in response to the signal transmitted from the remote control device 201.

As shown in FIG. 19B, the user may touch a predetermined area of the jog shuttle object 1061 displayed on the touch screen of the remote control device 201 and move the finger 1063-> 1064. The remote control apparatus 201 determines the touch screen touch pattern of the user and transmits an object movement command corresponding to the touch screen touch pattern to the image display apparatus 100.

In the present embodiment, the object movement command transmitted from the remote control apparatus 201 to the image display apparatus 100 may include a web page displaying an area corresponding to D2 on the display unit 180 of the image display apparatus 100. 1050) A move command. The image display device 100 moves the area of the web page 1050 displayed on the display unit 180 in response to the movement command transmitted from the remote control device 201. That is, the image display device 100 displays the area D3 on the display unit 180 in response to the signal transmitted from the remote control device 201.

In this embodiment, the touch screen touch area of the user of the remote control device 201 shown in FIG. 19A is located at the center of the jog shuttle object 1061 than the touch screen touch area of the user of the remote control device 201 shown in FIG. 19B. close. Accordingly, the moving distance of the web page 1050 moving in the image display apparatus 100 is greater than that of FIG. 13A.

20 and 21 description>

A user of the remote control apparatus 201 according to an embodiment of the present invention may change the size or shape of an object displayed on the touch screen of the remote control apparatus 201.

The screen display mode of the remote control apparatus 201 shown in FIG. 20 is a button user interface screen display mode. The remote controller 201 displays a button user interface screen 1071 on the touch screen. The user may touch a button object included in the button user interface screen 1071. The remote controller 201 determines that a control command corresponding to the button object touched by the user is input to the remote controller 201. The remote control device 201 transmits a signal including the input control command to the image display device 100.

In addition, in the present exemplary embodiment, the user may move the button object included in the button user interface screen 1071 as shown in FIG. 20 (1072-> 1073). More specifically, after the user of the remote control device 201 touches the button object desired to move, as shown in FIG. 20, the user of the remote control device 201 may drag to the right along the direction of the arrow.

When the user touches and drags a predetermined button object, the remote control apparatus 201 moves and displays the touched button object in the drag direction. The user may change the display area of the button object included in the button user interface screen 1071 through the method illustrated in FIG. 20.

The screen display mode of the remote control device 201 shown in FIG. 21 is a jog shuttle user interface screen display mode.

The remote controller 201 of the present embodiment displays the jog shuttle object 1081 on the touch screen. The jog shuttle object 1081 of this embodiment is partitioned into at least two regions. Each area of the jog shuttle object 1081 corresponds to a control command that may be transmitted to the image display device 100. More specifically, the controller 204 of the remote control apparatus 201 may provide a control command corresponding to the touched region when the touched region is different even when a touch of the same pattern is detected on the touch screen. To send).

As illustrated in FIG. 21A, a user may touch an area of the jog shuttle object 1081 corresponding to a shape or size change command of the jog shuttle object. The controller 204 of the remote controller 201 displays the arrow object 1082 on the touch screen when the area touched by the user is an area corresponding to the shape or size change command of the jog shuttle object. The user may know that the size or change command of the jog shuttle object 1081 is input to the remote controller 201 through the arrow object 1082.

As illustrated in FIG. 21B, the user may move a finger to the right in the touched area. The remote controller 201 displays a joke shuttle object 1083 whose size is increased in response to a user's finger movement on the screen. Accordingly, the user may adjust the size of the jog shuttle object 1083 displayed on the touch screen of the remote control device 201.

The image display device and its operation method according to the present invention are not limited to the configuration and method of the embodiments described as described above, but the embodiments are all or part of each embodiment so that various modifications can be made. May be optionally combined.

On the other hand, the operating method of the image display device of the present invention can be implemented as a processor-readable code on a processor-readable recording medium provided in the image display device. The processor-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices that store data that can be read by the processor. Examples of the processor-readable recording medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like, and may also be implemented in the form of a carrier wave such as transmission over the Internet. . The processor-readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the processor-readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

In addition, although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, but the technical field to which the invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the invention claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention.

Claims (17)

In the method of controlling the operation of the remote control device in which a user interface screen for inputting a control command of an image display device is displayed on a touch screen,
Displaying a jog shuttle object on at least one area of the touch screen;
Determining a touch pattern of a touch screen on which the jog shuttle object is displayed; And
And transmitting a signal including a control command of an image display device corresponding to the determined touch pattern to the image display device.
The method of claim 1,
The jog shuttle object is partitioned into at least two areas, and the control command corresponds to the touched area of the partition area.
The method of claim 1,
When the control command is an object movement command displayed on the image display device,
As the touch area of the touch screen is closer to the center of the jog shuttle object, the moving distance or moving speed of the image display device object increases according to an object moving command transmitted to the image display device. Motion control method.
The method of claim 1,
Operation control method of the remote control device
Determining a user interface screen display mode of the remote control device;
And displaying the jog shuttle object on the touch screen when the determined display mode is a jog-shuttle user interface screen display mode.
The method of claim 4, wherein
The user interface screen display mode of the remote control device,
A button user interface screen display mode for displaying a button object corresponding to a control command that can be transmitted to the image display device on the touch screen;
And at least one of a character user interface screen display mode for displaying a keypad object for inputting a character that can be transmitted to the image display device on the touch screen.
The method of claim 4, wherein
The screen display mode determination method,
Receiving screen information displayed on the image display device;
And the screen display mode corresponds to the received screen information.
The method of claim 4, wherein
The screen display mode determination method,
Determining a screen display mode selection command input to the remote control apparatus;
And the screen display mode corresponds to the determined selection command.
The method of claim 7, wherein
And the screen display mode selection command determining step determines that a screen display mode selection command is input to the remote control device when the touch screen is touched according to a predetermined pattern.
The method of claim 4, wherein
Determining whether to input the screen display mode change command;
Determining a screen display mode corresponding to the change command determined in the determination step; And
And changing the user interface screen displayed on the touch screen into a user interface screen based on a screen display mode corresponding to the change command.
The method of claim 1,
Determining whether to input the jog shuttle object change command; And
And changing a shape or a size of a jog shuttle object displayed by the touch screen so as to correspond to a change command input in the determining step.
The method of claim 1,
The video display device,
A display unit;
A user input interface unit for receiving and processing a control signal from a remote control device;
A network interface unit for transmitting or receiving data through a network;
A controller controlling a pointer on the display unit according to a control signal received from the remote controller; And
And a platform operative to transmit or receive data over the network in accordance with a control signal received from the remote control device.
The platform,
OS kernel; And
An application layer running on the OS kernel,
The application layer, the operation control method of the remote control device, characterized in that it comprises an application that can be downloaded or installed through the network can be deleted.
A touch screen displaying a user interface screen for inputting a control command of an image display device;
A communication unit for transmitting a signal including a control command to the image display device; And
In the remote control device including a control unit for controlling the touch screen and the communication unit to transmit a control command corresponding to the touch pattern of the touch screen to the image display device,
The controller may display a jog shuttle object on at least one region of the touch screen, determine a touch pattern of a touch screen on which the jog shuttle object is displayed, and include a control command of an image display device corresponding to the determined touch pattern. And controlling the communication unit to transmit the received signal to the video display device.
The method of claim 12,
The jog shuttle object is partitioned into at least two areas, and the control command is characterized in that corresponding to the touched area of the partition area.
The method of claim 12,
When the control command is an object movement command displayed on the image display device,
And a moving distance or a moving speed of the image display device object increases according to an object moving command transmitted to the image display device as the touch area of the touch screen is closer to the center of the jog shuttle object.
The method of claim 12,
The controller determines a user interface screen display mode of the remote controller, and displays the jog shuttle object on the touch screen when the determined display mode is a jog-shuttle user interface screen display mode. Remote control device characterized in that.
16. The method of claim 15,
The screen display mode,
A button user interface mode for displaying a button object corresponding to a control command that can be transmitted to the image display device on the touch screen;
And at least one of a text user interface mode for displaying a keypad object for inputting text that can be transmitted to the video display device on the touch screen.
The method of claim 12,
The video display device,
A display unit;
A user input interface unit for receiving and processing a control signal from a remote control device;
A network interface unit for transmitting or receiving data through a network;
A controller controlling a pointer on the display unit according to a control signal received from the remote controller; And
And a platform operative to transmit or receive data over the network in accordance with a control signal received from the remote control device.
The platform,
OS kernel; And
An application layer running on the OS kernel,
The application layer, the remote control device, characterized in that it comprises an application that can be installed or deleted via the network.

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