KR19990019261A - Menu selection method on television receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of displaying a menu for selectively controlling options of a system according to a user's preference. In particular, the present invention relates to a first process of displaying a menu according to a full option, A second process of selecting a menu which is always displayed by a request, and a third process of displaying only a menu selected in the second process when the user requests a menu display after the second process. When a method of selecting a menu is provided, a conventional user performs a specific function by judging that many menus are selected in order to control the operation of a television broadcast receiver, and select only a desired menu. I do not want to use it It is possible to solve the problem.

Description

Menu selection method on television receiver

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of displaying a menu in a television receiver, and more particularly, to a method of selecting a menu in a television receiver so that a user can easily use the menu by not displaying an option menu that is not frequently used on the screen.

In general, the configuration of a television broadcast receiver for receiving and providing a broadcast program to a user is as shown in FIG.

1 is a simplified block diagram of a general television broadcast receiver, in which reference numeral 1 denotes an antenna, and 2 denotes an RF amplification for amplifying a radio frequency (hereinafter referred to as RF) signal received through the antenna 1. 3 denotes an intermediate frequency (hereinafter referred to as IF) by mixing the radio frequency signal output from the RF amplifier 2 and the oscillation frequency signal output from the local oscillation circuit 17 to be described later. The first mixer outputs a signal.

Further, reference numeral 4 denotes an IF amplifier section for amplifying the intermediate frequency signal output from the first mixer 3, and 5 denotes an image intermediate frequency signal PIF in the intermediate frequency signal output from the IF amplifier section 4. And a P / S separator for separating the voice intermediate frequency signal SIF, and 6 represents a voice detector for detecting a voice signal from the voice intermediate frequency signal SIF output from the P / S separator 5. 7 denotes an image detector for detecting an image signal from an image intermediate frequency signal PIF output from the P / S separator 5.

In addition, reference numeral 8 denotes a remote control device that allows a viewer to select a desired channel or to select each mode of the television, that is, a TV / AV mode, and 9 denotes an infrared signal from the remote control device 8. 10 shows a receiver for converting a conventional code signal, 10 denotes a channel memory in which predetermined channel data is stored, and 11 denotes a microprocessor which controls the entire system in accordance with an input signal from the remote controller device 8.

In addition, reference numeral 12 denotes a screen display for overlapping and outputting a character or a picture on a screen on which a broadcast signal is output separately from the broadcast signal according to the control signal of the microprocessor 11 (On Screen Display). (Hereinafter referred to as OSD), and 13 denotes a PWM generator which generates a predetermined pulse width modulation (PWM) signal according to a control signal from the microprocessor 11, and 14 denotes the above. An integration circuit for integrating the PWM signal output from the PWM generator 13 to generate a predetermined level signal is shown.

In this case, when the viewer selects a predetermined channel using the remote controller device 8, the microprocessor 11 reads out channel data corresponding to the channel selected by the viewer from the channel memory 10 and then based on the selected channel. By controlling the PWM generator 13 to generate a predetermined PWM signal, the PWM signal is output as a voltage control signal corresponding to the channel selected by the viewer through the integrator circuit 14.

In addition, reference numeral 15 is provided for a precise tuning operation, and represents an Auto Fine Tunning circuit (hereinafter referred to as AFT) circuit 15, and 16 represents a voltage signal applied from the integrating circuit 14; An adder for adding a voltage signal applied from the AFT circuit 15 is shown, and 17 represents a local oscillating circuit for outputting a predetermined oscillation frequency.

In addition, reference numeral 18 controls the amplification degree of the above-described RF amplifier 102 and the IF amplifier 4 on the basis of the level of the image signal detected by the image detector 7, the image detector ( Figure 7 shows the Automatic Gain Control (AGC) circuit that controls the video signal output level from 7).

On the other hand, reference numeral 19 denotes an external AV device such as a VCR or a laser disc player, and 20 denotes the voice detector 6 and the image detector 7 according to the switching signal from the microprocessor 11 described above. A first switching section for selectively outputting audio and video signals from and external audio and video signals from the external AV device 19 is shown.

Although reference numeral 23 is not shown for the image signal output from the first switching unit 20, the color, tint, and brightness are in accordance with the control signal from the microprocessor 11. A video processing unit which processes (Brightness) and the like and outputs R (Red), G (Green), and B (Blue) signals corresponding to the video signal.

The RGB signal output from the image processor 23 is output by mixing RGB and OSD blanking signals Y ′, which are output signals of the OSD generator 12 described above, in the second mixer indicated by reference numeral 24. Reference numeral 25 denotes a CRT driving unit for driving the CRT based on the RGB signal output from the mixer 24.

In addition, reference numeral 21 denotes a base, treble, and volume according to a control signal from the microprocessor 11 although not shown for the voice signal output from the first switching unit 20. A voice processing unit for executing voice processing such as a volume), and 22 denotes a voice amplifying unit for amplifying and outputting the voice signal processed by the voice processing unit 21 to a speaker.

In the general TV configured as described above, when the viewer selects the TV / AV mode by using the remote controller 8, the microprocessor 11 controls the switching unit 20 to control the voice detector 6. And by selectively outputting the video and audio signals from the video detector 7 or the video and audio signals from the external AV device 19 to the video processor 23 and the audio processor 21. Can watch the video and audio through the CRT and speakers of the TV.

In addition, the RF amplifier 2 is connected to a wired cable in addition to the antenna signal to receive and watch CATV broadcast through the above-described process.

In the general broadcast receiver configured as described above, a user may select a menu to adjust a specific color strongly or weakly, or to receive additional services such as color adjustment or luminance adjustment on a background screen. .

Accordingly, a menu is displayed on the screen, wherein the displayed menu displays various driving selection menus for controlling all operations of the television receiver.

Therefore, the user must judge many menus in order to control the operation of the television broadcast receiver, and select only the desired menu. On the other hand, the user is determined that the selection of the menu is quite difficult. This occurred.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide a menu selection method in a television receiver that can be easily used by any user by not displaying an option menu that is not frequently used on the screen.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a general television receiver.

2 is a flowchart of a menu selection method in a television receiver according to the present invention.

3A and 3B illustrate a menu display according to the prior art and the present invention.

A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is a method of displaying a menu for selectively controlling the options according to the user's preferences, the method for displaying a menu according to the full option A first step, a second step of selecting a menu which is always displayed at the request of the user in the step, and a third step of displaying only the menu selected in the second step when the user requests to display the menu after the second step; To include it.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 2, the menu selection process of the television receiver according to the present invention will be described. In step S101, the microprocessor 11 determines whether the user selects the menu mode through the remote controller device 8. When the selection of the mode is input, the flow proceeds to step S102.

In step S102, it is determined whether the user's menu simple display selection key is input. If there is no input of the selection key, the flow advances to step S103 to perform another function requested by the user.

On the other hand, if the selection key is input, the process proceeds to step S104 to determine whether the menu for the image option is selected. If the menu for the image option is selected, the process proceeds to step S105 to remove the display of the menu.

In addition, when the menu for the image option is not selected or the function of the step S105 is performed in step S104, the process proceeds to step S106, and in step S106 it is determined whether the menu for the sound option is selected. If a menu for sound options is selected in step S106, the flow advances to step S107 to remove the display of the menu.

This process is performed for each option menu, and finally, it is determined whether the menu for the edit option is selected in step S108.

If a menu for the EDIT option is selected in step S108, the flow advances to step S109 to remove the display of the menu.

When the operation is performed, as compared with the conventional method in which a plurality of menus are displayed as shown in FIG. 3A, when the user does not select only a menu for the image, sound, and edit options, that is, the image, sound, and edit options are not displayed. If it is determined that only the menu is frequently used, and only the corresponding menu is left, only a simple menu as shown in FIG. 3B is displayed.

When providing a menu selection method in the television receiver according to the present invention operating as described above, the conventional user has to determine a number of menus to control the operation of the television broadcast receiver to select only the desired menu, moreover, the menu Because it is determined that the selection is quite difficult, it is possible to solve the problem of not using even if you want to perform a specific function.

Claims (1)

In the display method of the menu to selectively control the options of the system to the user's preferences, Displaying a menu according to a pull option; A second step of selecting a menu which is always displayed at the request of the user; And And a third step of displaying only a menu selected in the second step when the user requests a menu display after the second step.