TWI653572B - Method for demonstrating osd functions on display device - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of demonstrating operation of an OSD function on a display device, comprising: providing a hierarchical OSD menu comprising a multi-level menu, each layer menu comprising a plurality of options, wherein an option to demonstrate an operation is marked as an example; using a search option in a hierarchical manner The OSD menus are sequentially searched for options marked as exemplary; when an option marked as exemplary is searched, the options via which options are reached on the display device and the function of operating the options are demonstrated; continue searching for the next tag as a demonstration The option is to demonstrate on the display device which options reach the option via the option and demonstrate the function of operating the option until all options of the hierarchical OSD menu are searched.

Description

Demonstrate a method of operating an OSD function on a display device

The present invention relates to a display device having an On-Screen Display (OSD) function, and more particularly to a method for demonstrating an operation of an OSD function on a display device and displaying a plurality of featured functions of the display device.

Existing display devices, such as televisions or computer screens, generally have an OSD function. The OSD function displays a menu on the screen that provides adjustment options related to the display device, such as brightness, contrast, and color temperature, for the user to select and adjust the settings for these options. However, the functions and operation methods provided by the options in the OSD menu are generally only found in the text of the operation manual. They are not intuitive and unfavorable to understand, and users can only rely on trials and guesses to understand if they do not have an operation manual. There is a need to demonstrate the operation of the OSD function on a display device. On the other hand, the user does not know what special functions the display device has, and by showing the model options, it shows which unique functions the display device has to attract the user's attention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to provide a method of exemplary operation of an OSD function on a display device that allows the user to intuitively and intuitively understand the functions and methods of operation provided by the options in the OSD menu, and to show which unique functions the display device has.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for demonstrating an operation of an OSD function on a display device, comprising the steps of: S101: providing a hierarchical OSD menu comprising a multi-layer menu, each layer menu comprising a plurality of options, wherein The option is marked as an example; S103: Initialize the search option to the first option of the first level menu; S105: determine whether the search option has a corresponding next level option, and if so, the next level option corresponding to the search option The first option is set to a new search option, and step S111 is performed; if not, step S107 is performed; S107: determining whether the search option has a corresponding next option, and if so, the search option is corresponding to the next option An option is set to a new search option, and step S111 is performed; if not, step S109 is performed; S109: determining whether the search option has a corresponding upper layer option, and if so, setting the upper layer option corresponding to the search option Is a new search option, and returns to step S107; if not, the process ends; S111: determine whether the search option is marked as a demonstration, and if so, execute Step S113; if no, return to step S105; S113: initialize the path finding option to the search option; S115: determine whether the path selection option has a corresponding upper layer option, and if so, set the upper layer option corresponding to the path finding option a new routing option, and step S117 is performed; if not, step S119 is performed; S117: marking the routing option as a path, and returning to step S115; S119: demonstrating on the display device according to all options marked as paths The selection options are reached via which option; and S121: the function of operating the search option is demonstrated on the display device, and returns to step S105.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the function of the step S121 for operating the search option on the display device includes the following steps: S201: determining whether the type of the search option is a value set value, and if so, executing step S205; If not, proceed to step S203; S203: determine whether the type of the search option is a text set value, and if yes, execute step S207; if not, end the demonstration operation; S205: back up the current value set value , the value set value is gradually increased or decreased and applied immediately, and then restored to the backup value set value, the demonstration operation is ended; and S207: after the current text set value is backed up, the text value of the same layer is set one by one. The cycle is switched and applied immediately, and then restored to the backup text setting value to end the demonstration operation.

In an embodiment of the invention, the method of demonstrating operation of the OSD function on the display device further includes providing a setting menu for the user to mark a plurality of options for the exemplary operation as an example.

By the above technical means, the method for demonstrating the operation of the OSD function on the display device proposed by the present invention can make the user intuitive and convenient to understand the functions and operation methods provided by the options in the OSD menu, and can provide multiple options at one time. Demonstration operation.

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1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a hierarchical OSD menu of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the hierarchical OSD menu includes a multi-layer menu, which is a four-layer menu in this embodiment, but is not limited thereto. Each layer menu includes a plurality of options. In this embodiment, the first layer menu includes two options (ie, color and image options), and the second layer menu includes three next layer options corresponding to colors (ie, brightness, contrast). And color temperature options) and four next-level options corresponding to the image (ie, sharpness, position, phase, and pulse options), the third-level menu includes four next-level options corresponding to color temperature (ie, cool color temperature, regular color temperature, Warm color temperature and user mode options) and two next-level options corresponding to the position (ie horizontal position and vertical position options), the fourth level menu includes three next-level options corresponding to the user mode (ie red component, green component and Blue component option), but not limited to this.

All options can be classified into three types based on the value set value, the text set value, and the non-set value. As shown in Figure 1, the options for the value setpoint type include brightness, contrast, red component, green component, blue component, sharpness, phase, clock, horizontal position, and vertical position options, each of which is set to a value. The options have user-adjustable values, which are typically designed to be integer values from 0 to 100. The text set value options include cool color temperature, normal color temperature and warm color temperature options. The option of each text setting value type is actually a fixed setting value. For example, the cool color temperature, the normal color temperature and the warm color temperature are generally designed to be 9300K respectively. , 7500K and 6500K, and the options for multiple text setting values corresponding to the same upper layer option are available for the user to select and switch to each other. Options for non-setpoint types include color, color temperature, user mode, image, and position options.

2 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for demonstrating an operation of an OSD function on a display device according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, in step S101, a hierarchical OSD menu is provided, wherein the option to demonstrate the operation is marked as an example. In the present embodiment, the hierarchical OSD menu shown in FIG. 1 is taken as an example, and the brightness, cool color temperature, normal color temperature, warm color temperature, and red component options are marked as exemplary, but are not limited thereto. In step S103, the search option is initialized to the first option of the first layer menu. In this embodiment, the first option of the first layer menu is the color option, wherein the search option is used in the hierarchical OSD menu. Search for options that are marked as demonstrations.

In step S105, it is determined whether there is a corresponding next level option of the search option, and if so, step S106 is executed to set the first option of the next layer option corresponding to the search option to a new search option, and step S111 is performed; If no, step S107 is performed. In step S107, it is determined whether there is a corresponding next option in the search option. If yes, step S108 is executed to set the next option corresponding to the search option to a new search option, and step S111 is performed; if not, the step is executed. S109. In step S109, it is determined whether the search option has a corresponding upper layer option. If yes, step S110 is executed to set the upper layer option corresponding to the search option to a new search option, and returns to step S107; if not, the end is Process. In step S111, it is judged whether or not the search option is marked as an example, and if so, step S113 is performed; if not, the process returns to step S105. By step S105~S111, the options marked as exemplary can be sequentially searched in the hierarchical OSD menu. When the option marked as exemplary is searched, steps S113-S121 are performed to demonstrate on the display device which options to reach via the options. Optional and demonstrates the function of operating the option (more details later), and after performing steps S113-S121, it will return to step S105 to continue searching for the next option marked as demonstration. The whole process will continue until the hierarchical OSD menu is searched. All options up to now.

In this embodiment, in step S103, the search option is initialized to a color option, and the color option has a corresponding next layer option (ie, brightness, contrast, and color temperature options), so step S106 is followed by the determination of step S105. In step S106, the first option (i.e., the brightness option) of the next layer option corresponding to the color temperature option is set as the new search option, and step S111 is performed. Since the new search option is a brightness option, and the brightness option is marked as an example, the determination of step S111 is followed by steps S113-S121 to demonstrate on the display device via which options to reach the option and to demonstrate the operation of the option. The function then returns to step S105 to continue searching for the next option marked as exemplary. At this time, the search option is the brightness option, and the brightness option has no corresponding next layer option, but there is a corresponding next option (ie, contrast option), so step S108 is performed after the determination of steps S105 and S107. In step S108, the next option corresponding to the brightness option (i.e., contrast option) is set as a new search option, and step S111 is performed. Since the new search option is a contrast option and the contrast option is not marked as an example, the decision of step S111 is followed by a return to step S105 to continue searching for the next option marked as exemplary. Therefore, by step S105~S111, in the hierarchical OSD menu, the options marked as exemplary are sequentially searched, and the order of the option search is: color, brightness, contrast, color temperature, cool color temperature, normal color temperature, warm color temperature, User mode, red component, green component, blue component, image, sharpness, position, horizontal position, vertical position, phase and time.

The steps S113 to S121 are detailed below to demonstrate on the display device which options to reach the option to be demonstrated and to demonstrate the function of operating the option. In step S113, the routing option is initialized to the seeking option, and the seeking option at this time must be an option marked as exemplary, wherein the routing option is used to mark which options are required to reach the option to be demonstrated. In step S115, it is determined whether the path selection option has a corresponding upper layer option. If yes, step S116 is executed to set the upper layer option corresponding to the path selection option to a new path selection option, and step S117 is performed; if not, the step is performed. S119. In step S117, the routing option is marked as a path, and the flow returns to step S115. At step S119, the options for reaching the search option are demonstrated on the display device based on all the options marked as paths. In step S121, the function of the operation of the search option is exemplified on the display device, and the flow returns to step S105.

In the present embodiment, the option marked as exemplary is exemplified by the red component option, so the search option when the process proceeds to step S113 is the red component option. In step S113, initializing the routing option to the seeking option is to initialize it to the red component option, and the red component option has a corresponding upper layer option (ie, the user mode option), so the determination is performed after the determination in step S115. Step S116. In step S116, the upper layer option corresponding to the red component option (ie, the user mode option) is set as the new routing option, and step S117 is performed. In step S117, since the new path finding option is the user mode option, marking the path finding option as a path means marking the user mode option as a path, and then returning to step S115 to continue to determine whether the path finding option has a corresponding upper layer option. Step S119 is not executed until there is no corresponding upper layer option. It can be seen from the steps S115-S117 that in the hierarchical OSD menu, the options for the red component to be reached are marked by the options: the user mode, the color temperature and the color. In step S119, according to all the options marked as paths, the options for reaching the red component via the options are demonstrated on the display device, for example, the first layer menu may be displayed first and the color option highlighted by highlighting, etc., followed by displaying the second The layer menu highlights the color temperature option by highlighting, etc., then displays the third layer menu and highlights the user mode option by highlighting, etc. Finally, the fourth layer menu is displayed and the red component mode option is highlighted by highlighting, etc., but Not limited to this. In step S121, the function of operating the red component option is demonstrated on the display device, for example, the value of the current red component may be displayed first, then the value is gradually increased or decreased, and the displayed value is updated and applied immediately, so that the user can intuitively Understand how the adjustment of the red component will affect the display, but is not limited to this.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of the function of demonstrating the operation of the search option on the display device in step S121 shown in FIG. 2. Referring to FIG. 3, in step S201, it is determined whether the type of the search option is a value set value, and if so, step S205 is performed; if not, step S203 is performed. In step S203, it is determined whether the type of the search option is a text set value, and if so, step S207 is performed; if not, indicating that the type of the search option is a non-set value, the demonstration operation is ended. In step S205, the type of the search option is a numerical value set value, so after the current value set value is backed up, the value set value is gradually increased or decreased and immediately applied, and then restored to the backup value set value, and the end is ended. Demonstration operation. In step S207, the type of the search option is a text setting value, so after the current text setting value is backed up, the text setting value of the same layer is cyclically switched and applied immediately, and then restored to the backup text setting value, and the end is ended. Demonstration operation.

4 and 5 are flow charts of two embodiments of the exemplary value set value adjustment on the display device in step S205 of FIG. Referring first to FIG. 4, in step S301, the current value set value is stored as a backup value. In step S303, the value set value is gradually increased from the backup value to the maximum value and applied immediately. In step S305, the value set value is gradually adjusted from the maximum value to the minimum value and applied immediately. In step S307, the value set value is gradually increased from the minimum value to the backup value and applied immediately. Taking the search option as the brightness option as an example, and the current value setting value (hereinafter referred to as the brightness setting value) of the display device is 70, the way to demonstrate the brightness setting value adjustment effect on the display device is as follows: first in step S301 70 is stored as a backup value, and then the brightness setting value is gradually increased from 70 to 100 in steps S303~S307, and is immediately applied, gradually reduced from 0 to 0 and immediately applied, gradually increased from 0 to 70 and applied immediately. It allows the user to intuitively understand what effect the brightness adjustment will have on the display, and finally restores the value set to the original backup (ie 70).

Referring again to FIG. 5, in step S401, the current value set value is stored as a backup value. In step S403, the value set value is gradually adjusted from the backup value to the minimum value and applied immediately. In step S405, the value set value is gradually increased from the minimum value to the maximum value and applied immediately. In step S407, the value set value is gradually increased from the maximum value to the backup value and applied immediately. Taking the search option as the brightness option as an example, and the current value setting value (hereinafter referred to as the brightness setting value) of the display device is 70, the way to demonstrate the brightness setting value adjustment effect on the display device is as follows: first in step S401 70 is stored as a backup value, and then the brightness setting value is gradually reduced from 0 to 0 in steps S403 to S407, and is immediately applied, gradually increased from 0 to 100 and immediately applied, gradually adjusted from 100 to 70 and immediately applied. It allows the user to intuitively understand what effect the brightness adjustment will have on the display, and finally restores the value set to the original backup (ie 70).

6 and FIG. 7 are flowcharts showing two embodiments of the exemplary text setting value adjustment on the display device in step S207 of FIG. Referring first to FIG. 6, in step S501, the current text setting value is stored as a backup value. In step S503, it is determined whether there is a corresponding next character setting value, and if so, step S505 is performed; if not, step S507 is executed. In step S505, the corresponding next text setting value is switched and applied immediately, and the process returns to step S503. In step S507, the corresponding first text setting value is switched and applied immediately. In step S509, it is determined whether the switched character setting value is the same as the backup value. If yes, step S510 is executed to set the search option to the option corresponding to the last text setting value, and the cycle switching is ended; if not, then Step S511 is performed. In step S511, the corresponding next text setting value is switched and applied immediately, and the process returns to step S509.

For example, the cold color temperature option is used as an example, and the text setting value (hereinafter referred to as the color temperature setting value) of the display device is a warm color temperature. Therefore, the manner of adjusting the color temperature setting value on the display device is as follows: S501 stores the warm color temperature as a backup value; then, in step S503, it is determined that the warm color temperature has a corresponding next text setting value (ie, user mode), and then proceeds to step S505 to switch to the corresponding next text setting value (ie, user mode). And immediately apply, and then return to step S503; then in step S503, it is determined that the user mode does not have a corresponding next text setting value, and then proceeds to step S507 to switch to the corresponding first text setting value (ie, cool color temperature) and immediately applied. Then, it is determined in step S509 that the cool color temperature is not the backup value, so step S511 is executed to switch to the corresponding next text setting value (ie, the normal color temperature) and immediately applied, and then returns to step S509; step S509 determines that the normal color temperature is not a backup. Value, so step S511 will be executed to switch to the corresponding next text setting value (ie warm color temperature) and apply immediately. And then returns to step S509; step S509 is judged finally backup warm color temperature value, the step S510 is performed seeker option to set value of the last character (i.e., warm color temperature) corresponding to the options, and the end of the switching cycle. It can be seen that the demonstration text setting value is adjusted on the display device, and the order of switching the text setting values is: user mode, cool color temperature, normal color temperature and warm color temperature, so that the user can intuitively understand what the adjustment color temperature brings to the display screen. The effect, and finally restored to the text set value (ie warm color temperature) that was originally backed up.

Referring again to FIG. 7, in step S601, the current text setting value is stored as a backup value. In step S603, it is determined whether there is a corresponding previous character setting value, and if so, step S605 is performed; if not, step S607 is performed. In step S605, the corresponding previous text setting value is switched and applied immediately, and the process returns to step S603. In step S607, the corresponding last text setting value is switched and applied immediately. In step S609, it is determined whether the switched character setting value is the same as the backup value. If yes, step S610 is executed to set the search option to the option corresponding to the last text setting value, and the cycle switching is ended; if not, then Step S611 is performed. In step S611, the corresponding previous text setting value is switched and applied immediately, and the process returns to step S609.

In an embodiment of the invention, the method of demonstrating operation of the OSD function on the display device further includes providing a setting menu for the user to mark a plurality of options for the exemplary operation as an example.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make some modifications and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection is subject to the definition of the scope of the attached patent application.

S101~S121‧‧‧Steps of an embodiment of a method for operating an OSD function on a display device

S201~S207‧‧‧ Steps of an embodiment of the function of demonstrating the operation of the search option on the display device

S301~S307‧‧‧ After the current value set value is backed up, the value set value is gradually increased or decreased and applied immediately, and then restored to the backup value set value.

S401~S407‧‧‧ After the current value set value is backed up, the value set value is gradually increased or decreased and applied immediately, and then restored to the backup value set value.

S501~S511‧‧‧ After the current text setting value is backed up, the text setting value of the same layer is cyclically switched and applied immediately, and then restored to the backup text setting value.

S601~S611‧‧‧ After the current text setting value is backed up, the text setting values of the same layer are cyclically switched one by one and applied immediately, and then the steps of another embodiment of the backed up text setting value are restored.

1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a hierarchical OSD menu of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a method for demonstrating an operation of an OSD function on a display device according to the present invention; FIG. 3 is an exemplary operation for searching on a display device according to the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an embodiment of an exemplary numerical value setting adjustment on a display device according to the present invention; FIG. 5 is another embodiment of an exemplary numerical value setting adjustment on a display device according to the present invention; FIG. 6 is a flow chart of an embodiment of exemplary text setting value switching on a display device according to the present invention; and FIG. 7 is a flow chart of another embodiment of exemplary text setting value switching on a display device according to the present invention.

Claims (7)

A method for demonstrating an On-Screen Display (OSD) function on a display device, comprising the steps of: S101: providing a hierarchical OSD menu comprising a multi-level menu, each layer menu comprising a plurality of options, wherein an exemplary operation is performed The option is marked as an example; S103: Initialize the search option to the first option of the first level menu; S105: determine whether the search option has a corresponding next level option, and if so, the next level option corresponding to the search option The first option is set to a new search option, and step S111 is performed; if not, step S107 is performed; S107: determining whether the search option has a corresponding next option, and if so, corresponding to the search option The next option is set to a new search option, and step S111 is performed; if not, step S109 is performed; S109: determining whether the search option has a corresponding upper layer option, and if so, the upper layer option corresponding to the search option Set to the new search option and return to step S107; if not, end the process; S111: determine whether the search option is marked as an example, and if so, execute the step Step S113; if no, return to step S105; S113: initialize the path finding option to the search option; S115: determine whether the path selection option has a corresponding upper layer option, and if so, set the upper layer option corresponding to the path finding option a new routing option, and step S117 is performed; if not, step S119 is performed; S117: marking the routing option as a path, and returning to step S115; S119: demonstrating on the display device according to all options marked as paths The selection options are reached via which option; and S121: the function of operating the search option is demonstrated on the display device, and returns to step S105. The method for demonstrating operation of an OSD function on a display device as described in claim 1, wherein the function of demonstrating operation of the search option on the display device as described in step S121 comprises the following steps: S201: determining a search option Whether the type is a value set value, if yes, proceeding to step S205; if not, executing step S203; S203: determining whether the type of the search option is a text set value, and if so, executing step S207; if not, ending This demonstration operation; S205: After backing up the current value set value, the value set value is gradually increased or decreased and applied immediately, and then restored to the backup value set value to end the demonstration operation; and S207: will present After the text setting value is backed up, the text setting values of the same layer are cyclically switched one by one and applied immediately, and then restored to the backup text setting value, and the demonstration operation is ended. The method for demonstrating the operation of the OSD function on the display device as described in claim 2, wherein after the current value set value is backed up as described in step S205, the value set value is gradually increased or decreased and immediately applied. The value set to be restored to the backup includes the following steps: S301: Store the current value set value as the backup value; S303: Step up the value set value from the backup value to the maximum value and apply it immediately; S305: Set the value The value is gradually reduced from the maximum value to the minimum value and applied immediately; and S307: The value set value is gradually increased from the minimum value to the backup value and applied immediately. The method for demonstrating the operation of the OSD function on the display device as described in claim 2, wherein after the current value set value is backed up as described in step S205, the value set value is gradually increased or decreased and immediately applied. The value set to be restored to the backup includes the following steps: S401: Store the current value set value as the backup value; S403: Gradually adjust the value set value from the backup value to the minimum value and apply it immediately; S405: Set the value The value is gradually increased from the minimum value to the maximum value and applied immediately; and S407: The value set value is gradually increased from the maximum value to the backup value and applied immediately. The method for demonstrating the operation of the OSD function on the display device as described in claim 2, wherein after the current text setting value is backed up in step S207, the text setting values of the same layer are cyclically switched one by one and immediately applied. And returning to the backup text setting value includes the following steps: S501: storing the current text setting value as a backup value; S503: determining whether there is a corresponding next text setting value, and if yes, executing step S505; if not, then Step S507: S505: switch to the corresponding next text setting value and apply immediately, and then return to step S503; S507: switch to the corresponding first text setting value and apply immediately; S509: determine whether the switched text setting value is Same as the backup value, if yes, set the search option to the option corresponding to the last text set value, and end the cycle switch; if not, execute step S511; and S511: switch to the corresponding next text setting The value is applied immediately and returns to step S509. The method for demonstrating the operation of the OSD function on the display device as described in claim 2, wherein after the current text setting value is backed up in step S207, the text setting values of the same layer are cyclically switched one by one and immediately applied. And returning to the backup text setting value includes the following steps: S601: storing the current text setting value as a backup value; S603: determining whether there is a corresponding previous text setting value, and if yes, executing step S605; if not, then Step S607 is performed; S605: switch to the corresponding previous text setting value and apply it immediately, and then return to step S603; S607: switch to the corresponding last text setting value and apply it immediately; S609: Determine whether the switched text setting value is The backup value is the same, if yes, the search option is set to the option corresponding to the last text set value, and the loop switch is ended; if not, step S611 is performed; and S611: switching to the corresponding previous text set value And immediately applied, and then returns to step S609. The method of demonstrating the operation of the OSD function on the display device as described in claim 1 of the patent application further includes providing a setting menu for the user to mark a plurality of options for the exemplary operation as an example.