KR20140028268A - Touch-screen base digital information display device for tv control - Google Patents

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KR20140028268A
KR20140028268A KR1020120094151A KR20120094151A KR20140028268A KR 20140028268 A KR20140028268 A KR 20140028268A KR 1020120094151 A KR1020120094151 A KR 1020120094151A KR 20120094151 A KR20120094151 A KR 20120094151A KR 20140028268 A KR20140028268 A KR 20140028268A
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    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
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    • H04N21/42206—User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor characterized by hardware details
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    • H04N21/422—Input-only peripherals, i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]
    • H04N21/42204—User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor
    • H04N21/42206—User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor characterized by hardware details
    • H04N21/42221—Transmission circuitry, e.g. infrared [IR] or radio frequency [RF]
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a touch-based digital information display device capable of TV control. An apparatus of the present invention, the touch screen for displaying the DID content and the menu button; Communication means for communicating with an external server; A DID content storage unit storing DID content; A remote control signal storage unit for storing control data for an infrared (IR) remote control signal of a TV; Infrared (IR) remote control signal generating means for generating an infrared (IR) remote control signal for controlling the TV according to the control data; And downloading DID contents from a server through the communication means, storing the DID contents in the DID contents storage unit, playing DID contents on the touch screen, and detecting a screen touch on the touch screen. Display a DID menu button for, and when the TV menu button is selected, displays the TV control screen for controlling the TV on the touch screen, and if the channel, volume or power operation is detected on the TV control screen, the remote control signal storage unit And a control unit for controlling the infrared (IR) remote control signal generating means to generate the corresponding remote control signal by taking control data for the operation.

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TOUCH-SCREEN BASE DIGITAL INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE FOR TV CONTROL}

The present invention relates to a digital information display (DID) device, and more particularly to a touch-based digital information display device capable of TV control.

In general, a digital information display (DID: Digital Information Display) is an indoor or outdoor display device installed and operated for corporate advertising or promotion, and is mainly installed in public places such as banks, hospitals, shopping malls, hotels, airports, public offices, and history. As a result, it can be used as a guide for local geography, publicity or promotional purposes.

As a conventional DID device, a 'digital information display system and a driving method thereof' disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2011-0103171 is disclosed. The DID system disclosed herein is a part of a standardized display panel. A special display panel produced by using a commercially available display panel that is commercially available in a structure including a display panel for a digital information display (DID) formed by cutting and a driving device for generating a driving signal for driving the display panel for a DID. Promote / advertisement content can be displayed through a display panel in the form of a display.

In addition, the 'touch screen type digital information display device with an icon' registered under registration number 10-0991218 is equipped with an information display unit for displaying an image on a part of the front surface, and emits light on the left / right and lower sides of the front surface. A radiation band is formed, and at the corner, the main frame is installed with a CMOS array that detects the position of the object to be contacted, and information stored in the main frame is associated with an icon corresponding to the recognized contact position. A control device for controlling the display of the stored information upon contact is provided to implement the same functions and effects as the advanced information display equipment at a minimum cost, and the user can freely input the information.

Meanwhile, in public places such as banks, hospitals, shopping malls, hotels, airports, public offices, and history, TVs are installed separately from DID devices for waiting customers, and channels or sounds can be controlled using operation buttons or remote controls directly attached to the TV. The user can watch by changing the operation.

However, in the case of a TV installed and operated in a public place, the remote control is not provided near the TV due to frequent loss or the like, and thus, it is difficult for the users to operate the channel or the volume of the sound.

In addition, the TV and the DID device are operated separately, or the TV and the advertisement / guide are divided and operated in one display. In the case where the DID device is operated separately from the TV, the DID device is being watched by the customer. There is a problem in that the advertisement posted by the DID device does not attract attention and the effect of advertisement or advertisement is reduced.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a touch screen DID device with a touch screen button for controlling a TV and an IR transmitting module, and to arrange the TV and the DID device adjacent to each other. The present invention provides a touch-based digital information display device capable of controlling TV, which enables a device to manipulate channels, sounds, and power on / off of adjacent TVs.

In order to achieve the above object, the device of the present invention, the touch screen for displaying the DID content and the menu button; Communication means for communicating with an external server; A DID content storage unit storing DID content; A remote control signal storage unit for storing control data for an infrared (IR) remote control signal of a TV; Infrared (IR) remote control signal generating means for generating an infrared (IR) remote control signal for controlling the TV according to the control data; And downloading DID contents from a server through the communication means, storing the DID contents in the DID contents storage unit, playing DID contents on the touch screen, and detecting a screen touch on the touch screen. Display a DID menu button for, and when the TV menu button is selected, displays the TV control screen for controlling the TV on the touch screen, and if the channel, volume or power operation is detected on the TV control screen, the remote control signal storage unit It is characterized in that the control unit for taking the control data for the operation to control the infrared (IR) remote control signal generating means to generate a corresponding remote control signal.

The DID menu button is composed of a PRE menu button for displaying previous contents, a NEXT menu button for displaying the next contents, an Internet menu button for searching the Internet, and a LIST menu button for displaying a list of all contents. The control unit controls the infrared remote control signal generating means to return to the basic channel at a time interval set as the signal interval when the basic channel and the signal interval are set.

On the TV control screen, a channel up / down (CH +/-) button, a volume up / down (VOL +/-) button, a power on / off button, and a number button for selecting a channel are displayed. The current setting value is displayed on the channel display area, the basic channel display area, and the signal interval display area, and the DID device has an external shape of the IR transmitter module and is equipped with an IR sensor at the end. When arranged, the IR signal transmitted from the DID device can be properly received by the infrared (IR) receiver of the TV.

According to the present invention, by allowing the TV to be controlled by the touch screen operation buttons on the DID device rather than the remote control, users can conveniently watch the TV in a desired state, and the lower DID device is visually more visible when the upper TV is watched. By exposing users to advertisements or guide posts, you can see more exposure effect.

It also provides the ability to operate the top TV from the bottom DID as compared to the simple top TV and bottom touch DID layout, providing the convenience of using and combining the two devices and setting the base channel and IR signal intervals. Therefore, it can be operated as the basic channel at all times according to the signal interval period setting value, so that even if there is a user's TV channel change in a public place, it can be conveniently operated after returning to the original basic channel after a certain time.

1 is a plan view schematically showing a plane on which a DID device and a TV are installed according to the present invention;
2 is a side view schematically showing a side on which a DID device and a TV are installed according to the present invention;
3 is a hardware block diagram of a DID device according to the present invention;
4 is a software functional block diagram of a DID device according to the present invention;
5 is a flowchart illustrating a main operation procedure of the DID apparatus according to the present invention;
6 is a flowchart illustrating a manager mode operation procedure of a DID device according to the present invention;
7 is an example of a main screen of a DID device according to the present invention;
8 is an example of a TV control screen of the DID apparatus according to the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The following examples are merely illustrative of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

1 is a plan view schematically showing a plane in which a DID device and a TV are installed according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view schematically illustrating a side in which the DID device and a TV are installed according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the digital information display (DID) device 100 according to the present invention is installed at the bottom of the television 20 installed on the top of the wall 30 of a public place to display DID contents. In addition, it is a touch-type DID device that can control the channel, volume, power, etc. of the television 20 through the IR transmission module 102. In particular, the external appearance of the IR transmission module 102 is made of "B" and is equipped with an IR sensor at the end of the IR signal transmitted from the touch DID device 100 when placed at the bottom of the TV IR receiver 22 of the TV It can be properly received at.

1 and 2, the television 20 is a conventional large digital TV that displays the broadcast of a selected channel, outputs sound through a speaker, and according to a remote control signal received through the IR receiver 22. Adjust the channel or volume and turn the power on / off.

As described below, the touch-type DID device 100 according to the present invention displays DID content on its own LCD while storing DID content downloaded from a server or a portable storage device connected through a wired / wireless internet in its own storage. When the screen is touched, a menu button can be displayed to select DID content or control the TV.

3 is a block diagram illustrating the hardware configuration of the DID device according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the software function of the DID device according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the DID device 100 according to the present invention includes a CPU 111, a TV IR remote control unit 112, a touch screen unit 113, a storage medium unit 114, and a speaker unit 115. ), On / off setting / operation module unit 116, power supply unit 117, WiFi communication unit 119 is configured to display the DID content on the touch screen in accordance with the user's operation through the touch screen 113 If the user selects TV control, the TV 20 is controlled by the TV IR remote controller 112 so that the user can freely adjust the TV channel, volume, power, and the like.

The hardware of such a DID device executes software mounted in the storage medium unit 114 to process various functions. The function block provided by the software is provided with the OS unit 121 as shown in FIG. , IR driver unit 122, setting unit 123, DB update and file download unit 124, TCP / IP, FTP, WiFi communication driver unit 125, on / off setting / operation unit 126, posting List interface unit 128, post list view unit 129, content display unit 130, TV operation interface unit 131, TV control unit 132, touch driver unit 133, DB / content storage Section 134 or the like.

Referring to FIG. 4, when there is a user's touch input request through the internal TV manipulation interface 131 to control the universal TV 20, the TV controller 132 stores control data for generating an IR remote control signal. The operation signal is read from the DB 134 to generate the TV control signal through the IR driver 122.

The touch-type DID 100 according to the present invention is a 23-inch or larger motherboard-mounted electronic bulletin board that basically supports a touch screen, and uses a TCP / IP protocol from a remote server to communicate the contents through a WiFi communication 125. Received through the Update / File Download unit 124 and stored in the DB / content storage unit 134, the post list view 129 according to the setting unit 123 to the touch screen via the content display unit 130 Display. In addition, the touch driver 133 supports the touch interface of the screen to allow the user to freely navigate the contents by touching the screen.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a main operation procedure of the DID device according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a manager mode operation procedure of the DID device according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a main diagram of the DID device according to the present invention. 8 is an example of a screen, and FIG. 8 is an example of a TV control screen of a DID device according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the DID apparatus 100 according to the present invention displays the DID main screen as shown in FIG. 7 on the touch screen screen 104 after initializing when the power is turned on (S101 ˜ S103). . Referring to FIG. 7, DID content is displayed on a main screen.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the user touches the screen while the DID content is displayed, the TV control touch menu button for controlling the TV and the DID touch menu button for controlling the DID are displayed on the right edge of the DID touch screen. Are displayed (S104, S105). In the embodiment of the present invention, the TV control touch menu button 106 is displayed as "TV", and the DID touch menu button 108 is displayed as "PRE", "NEXT", "Internet", and "LIST".

When the user touches the displayed menu button, the corresponding operation is processed. When the user touches the PRE button, the previous DID content of the currently displayed content is displayed (S106 to S108). When the user touches the NEXT button, the next DID content is displayed, and when the user touches the Internet button, a screen for accessing the Internet is provided (S109 to S112). If the list button is touched, the stored DID content list is displayed and selected (S113, S114).

If the TV button is selected, the screen for controlling the TV is displayed as shown in FIG. 8 (S115 and S116). Referring to FIG. 8, the TV control screen displays a channel up / down (CH +/-) button, a volume up / down (VOL +/-) button, a number button for power on / off and channel selection. The current setting values are displayed in the channel display area, the basic channel display area and the signal interval display area.

When the user touches the power on / off button on the TV control screen, the DID device 100 generates an IR remote control signal for turning on / off the power of the TV, and when the channel up / down button is touched, the DID device 100 In addition to displaying the selected channel and generating an IR remote control signal for up / down the TV channel, and touching the volume up / down button, the DID device 100 displays the current volume level and increases the TV volume. Generates an IR remote control signal for up / down, and when the power number button is touched, generates an IR remote control signal for selecting a corresponding channel after displaying the selected channel (S117 ~ S128).

 On the other hand, when moved to the manager mode in the initialization process or through a specific operation, the DID device displays the manager screen not shown while operating in the manager mode as shown in Fig. 6 (S201, S202). The manager screen includes at least a menu button for operating content, a menu button for setting a device, and a menu button for setting a channel.

When the administrator touches the content menu on the administrator screen, the DID content can be downloaded.If the user touches the device setting menu, the DID device can be set.If the channel setting menu is touched, the basic channel and the signal interval can be set. (S203-S210).

Thus, according to the present invention, the posting content is displayed on the content display unit 104 in the DID main screen, the touch of the TV 106 / PRE (108a) / NEXT (108b) / Internet (108c) / LIST (108d) Button is displayed. The touch button unit is divided into a TV control button unit 106 and a DID touch button unit 108, and when the TV button unit 106 is touched, the touch button unit is switched to the TV remote control control screen. On the TV control screen, a menu button consisting of the CH button 141, the VOL 142, and the power supply 143 is displayed, and when the user touches the negative part of the CH 141 or the positive part of the CH 141, The general purpose TV 20 sends an IR signal to adjust the channel or volume.

Since the DID touch button unit 108 does not have a window close button due to the nature of devices that provide a touch interface, there is no window close button, so when moving to display the previous content, PRE 108a, NEXT 108b, and the Internet to display the next content. It is configured to touch the Internet 108c for searching and the LIST 108d button for displaying the entire contents list.

In addition, when directly inputting a channel, it is possible to use the channel number input screen 144, and the input channel number (number) is displayed on the output window 145 to operate the input channel number.

In particular, when the basic channel and the signal interval are set, even if the channel is selected and watched using a TV or a DID device, an IR signal forcibly returning from the DID device to the basic channel is always generated at the set signal interval. The channel is activated so that it can be changed. The basic channel and the signal interval may be set using the numeric input screen 144 in the manager mode as described above. In the case of the touch button unit, since the content displayed on the content display unit 104 is hidden, it disappears normally and only appears when the screen is touched.

20: TV 30: Wall
100: DID device 102: IR transmission module
104: DID content display unit 106: TV control menu button
108: DID Control Menu Button 141: Channel Up / Down Menu Button
142: volume up / down menu button 143: power on / off menu button

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A touch screen for displaying digital information display (DID) content and a menu button;
Communication means for communicating with an external server;
A DID content storage unit storing DID content;
A remote control signal storage unit for storing control data for an infrared (IR) remote control signal of a TV;
Infrared (IR) remote control signal generating means for generating an infrared (IR) remote control signal for controlling the TV according to the control data; And
Download the DID contents from the server through the communication means and store the DID contents in the DID contents storage unit, and play the DID contents on the touch screen, and when the touch of the screen is detected, the TV menu button for controlling the TV and the DID control on the touch screen. Displays a DID menu button for display, and when the TV menu button is selected, displays a TV control screen for controlling the TV on the touch screen, and when a channel, volume or power operation is detected on the TV control screen, the remote control signal storage unit And a control unit configured to control the infrared (IR) remote control signal generating means to generate a corresponding remote control signal by taking control data for the control.
The method of claim 1, wherein the DID menu button
TV control, comprising a PRE menu button for displaying the previous content, a NEXT menu button for displaying the next content, an Internet menu button for searching the Internet, and a LIST menu button for displaying an entire content list. Touch based digital information display device.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
And an infrared (IR) remote control signal generating means for returning to the basic channel at a time interval set as the signal interval, if the basic channel and the signal interval are set.
According to claim 1, wherein the TV control screen
Channel up / down (CH +/-) buttons, volume up / down (VOL +/-) buttons, power on / off buttons, numeric buttons for selecting channels are displayed, Touch-based digital information display device capable of controlling TV, characterized in that the current setting value is displayed in the basic channel display area, the signal interval display area.
According to claim 1, wherein the digital information display device
If the exterior of the IR transmitter module is made of “B” and the IR sensor is mounted at the end of the TV, the IR signal transmitted from the DID device can be properly received by the IR receiver of the TV. Touch-based digital information display device capable of controlling the TV.
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