JP2008131181A - Image receiving display device and channel designation method in plural screens. - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a technique capable of easily setting which channel is to be displayed in which display area when a screen is divided into a plurality of display areas in an image receiving display device.
A user first moves the cursor to channel 4 (D-4CH) of terrestrial digital broadcasting in the channel list, and presses a predetermined button provided on the remote controller to select channel 4 (D-4CH). In the selected state, drag the item “Channel 4” to the display area of “Video 4” and drop it when it reaches a predetermined location. When dragging and dropping are performed properly, channel 4 (D-4CH) is displayed in the display area of “video 4”.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an image receiving display device and a channel designation method, and more particularly to an image receiving display device and a display method for displaying a plurality of channels on a screen divided into a plurality of display areas.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, so-called multi-screen display in which one display screen is divided into a plurality of display areas and a desired channel is displayed in each of the divided display areas is widely known in televisions and the like.

  In order to display a desired channel on such a television, first, the user presses a predetermined button provided on a remote controller or the like to change the television screen display to a multi-screen display. Next, the user selects a display area for setting a channel while moving the active area on the display screen using a cross key button or the like provided on the remote controller, and then designates a desired channel.

  However, the operation as described above generally has a complicated procedure and may be very time-consuming.

  On the other hand, in an image receiving display device capable of displaying two screens, a technique for reducing the types of remote control buttons to be operated is disclosed (see Patent Document 1). In this technique, switching from single-screen display to dual-screen display is easily realized without providing a dedicated button for switching.

JP 2005-136704 A

  By the way, according to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, the number of display areas of about two screens can be handled relatively easily. However, for example, the number of display areas such as four screens and nine screens becomes difficult to handle. There is. Therefore, there is a need for a technique that facilitates operations when setting which channel is to be displayed in which display area when the number of display areas increases due to division.

  The object of the present invention has been made in view of such problems, and it is easy to set which channel is displayed in which display area when the screen is divided into a plurality of display areas in the image receiving display device. It is to provide a technology that can be used.

An image receiving display device according to the present invention comprises channel list display means for displaying a list of selectable channels, and channel correspondence designation means for designating a channel included in the channel list. Configure multi-screen display with specified channel.
In addition, the display screen is divided into a plurality of display areas for display on a plurality of screens, and an arrangement display means for displaying the arrangement of the divided display areas is provided. The channel list display means displays the arrangement of the display areas. A list of selectable channels may be displayed, and the channel correspondence designating unit may associate the channels included in the channel list with the divided display areas.
Further, the channel correspondence designating unit may determine the display area where the channel included in the channel list is dragged and dropped as the channel to be displayed.
The list of channels may be an electronic program guide, and the channel correspondence designating unit may associate the channels described in the electronic program guide with the display area.
The channel correspondence designating unit may associate the divided display area and a channel associated with the divided display area with a display time.
The channel correspondence designating unit may reserve a channel to be displayed in the divided display area.
You may have an adjustment means to adjust arrangement | positioning of the display area matched by the said channel corresponding | compatible designation | designated means.
The channel designation method for a plurality of screens according to the present invention includes a list display step for displaying a list of selectable channels, a correspondence designation step for designating a channel included in the channel list, and a designation in the correspondence designation step. And a screen composition process for configuring a multi-screen display in a channel.
Further, the display screen is divided into a plurality of display areas for multi-screen display, and includes an arrangement display process for displaying the arrangement of the divided display areas, and the list display process includes the display of the arrangement of the display areas, A list of selectable channels may be displayed, and the correspondence specifying step may associate channels included in the channel list with the divided display areas.
The correspondence specifying step may be executed by dragging and dropping a channel included in the channel list to the display area with a cursor displayed on the screen.
The correspondence specifying step may refer to an electronic program guide as a list of the channels.
In the correspondence specifying step, a channel to be displayed in the divided display area may be associated with a display time.
In the correspondence specifying step, a channel to be displayed in the divided display area may be reserved.
You may have the adjustment process which adjusts arrangement | positioning of the display area matched in the said correspondence designation | designated process.

  According to the present invention, a screen can be divided into a plurality of display areas, and channels to be displayed in the respective display areas can be easily set.

  Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter simply referred to as “embodiment”) will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a multi-screen display in which a display screen of an image receiving display device such as a television is divided into a plurality of display areas and a desired channel is displayed in each divided display area will be described. When determining the channels to be displayed, an area arrangement at the time of division is displayed on a setting screen by OSD (On Screen Display), and a list of selectable channels is displayed. Thereafter, the user operates a cursor displayed on the display screen with a remote controller or the like, and drags and drops a desired channel from the channel list to a desired display area after division.

First, the configuration of an image receiving display device that realizes the present embodiment will be described.
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the image receiving display device 10 according to the present embodiment includes a receiving unit 20, a reception control unit 30, a display control unit 40, an operation acquisition unit 50, and a display unit 60. The operation acquisition unit 50 acquires a user operation on an operation button (not shown) provided in the remote controller 14 or the image receiving display device 10 and notifies the reception control unit 30 of the operation. The display unit 60 is a liquid crystal panel, a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), or the like. The reception control unit 30, the display control unit 40, and the operation acquisition unit 50 can be realized by an integrated circuit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or a memory, an arbitrary program loaded in the memory, or the like.

  The receiving unit 20 is connected to the antenna 12 and further receives a first tuner 22 and a second tuner 24 that receive and process terrestrial digital broadcasts, a third tuner 26 that receives and processes terrestrial analog broadcasts, and CS (satellite) broadcasts. A fourth tuner 28 for processing and a fifth tuner 29 for receiving and processing BS (Broadcasting Satellite) broadcasts are provided. Here, the reception processing is to perform processing such as channel selection, demodulation, and decoding in digital broadcasting such as terrestrial digital broadcasting and CS broadcasting, and extract video data and audio data. In analog broadcasting, channel selection and demodulation processing are performed to extract video data and audio data. Here, since two tuners for receiving terrestrial digital broadcasting are installed, two channels can be set for terrestrial digital broadcasting in the case of multi-screen display.

  The reception control unit 30 controls each process in the reception unit 20, the display control unit 40, and the operation acquisition unit 50. The reception control unit 30 further includes a channel list creation unit 32, a channel correspondence designation unit 34, and a recording unit 36 in order to realize channel setting in multi-screen display.

  The channel list creation unit 32 creates a channel list to be referred to when setting channels to be displayed in each divided display area when multi-screen display is used. Here, the channel list may be simply a list of selectable channels as shown in the lower part of FIG. 2, or an electronic program guide (EPG) as shown in FIG. May be. The channel setting procedure using these two types of channel lists will be described later.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the channel correspondence designating unit 34 determines which channel is to be displayed in each divided display area. Information relating to the determination (hereinafter referred to as “designated information”) is recorded and held in the recording unit 36.

  Note that the channel setting during multi-screen display is performed by the user operating the remote controller 14, and the operation acquisition unit 50 acquires and notifies the reception control unit 30 of the operation content. Further, the channel setting in the multi-screen display may be made for each time zone as described later, or may be made for each program by using EPG. In addition, when performing channel setting for multi-screen display using EPG, not only the current display setting but also display reservation is possible.

  The display control unit 40 includes an area dividing unit 42, an arrangement display unit 44, and an arrangement adjustment unit 46. The area dividing unit 42 divides the screen displayed on the display unit 60 into a plurality of display areas. The arrangement display unit 44 displays the state of the screen divided into a plurality of display areas on the display unit 60 in a desired layout on a setting screen in the OSD as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 to be described later. The channel setting procedure using FIGS. 2 and 3 will be described later.

  The arrangement adjustment unit 46 adjusts the arrangement of each display area to be displayed. Here, the adjustment of the arrangement refers to both a change in the size of the display area and a change in the position to be displayed, and is generally adjusted so that the display areas do not overlap. Further, the size of each display area to be displayed is appropriately adjusted according to the number of display areas desired by the user. For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, a screen divided into four display areas of the same size is displayed, and as shown in FIG. The three display areas of “Video 3” and “Video 4” are displayed vertically small on the right side of the display area of “Video 1”. Also, for example, when a channel is not set in the display area of “video 4”, the display area of “video 1” is displayed in the upper half of the screen as shown in FIG. 4C. , The display areas of “Video 2” and “Video 3” are displayed side by side horizontally below the display area of “Video 1”.

  Here, the operation of the image receiving display device 10 when the user performs an operation for multi-screen display will be described. The operation acquisition unit 50 acquires an operation to make a multi-screen display by operating the remote controller 14 and notifies the reception control unit 30 of the operation. The reception control unit 30 receives the notification, refers to the designation information held in the recording unit 36, and notifies the reception unit 20 to receive the channel described in the designation information and output it to the display control unit 40. . Furthermore, the reception control unit 30 notifies the display control unit 40 to display a predetermined channel in a plurality of display areas based on the designation information. If there is no channel information to be displayed in the designation information, it is displayed based on the previous display history.

A channel setting procedure for multi-screen display with the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.
The user operates the remote controller 14 to display the setting screen S1 related to the multi-screen display on the display unit 60. In addition, in the case of having a touch panel function for performing an operation by touching the screen of the display unit 60 with a finger or a dedicated pen, an operation for pointing with the finger or the dedicated pen may be performed on the screen.

  In the upper part of the screen, buttons described as “Menu 1” M1, “Menu 2” M2, “Menu 3” M3 are displayed. Hereinafter, when the buttons of “menu 1” M1, “menu 2” M2, “menu 3” M3 are not distinguished, they are simply referred to as “menu selection buttons”. The user determines which menu selection button is associated with the screen setting by operating the remote controller 14 and pressing a desired menu selection button. Here, a setting screen S1 of “Menu 1” M1 is displayed, and channel setting is performed in four display areas from “Video 1” A1 to “Video 4” A4. Other menus include a display area layout in which the number of divisions is different from “menu 1” M1 and the display area is equally divided, a display area layout of a plurality of divided areas having different display areas, Display area layouts having different arrangements of different display areas are prepared.

  Below the menu selection button, four display areas divided from top to bottom and left and right from “Video 1” A1 to “Video 4” A4 are displayed.

  Below that, a selectable channel list T1 is displayed. Here, three types of channels based on broadcast waves of “terrestrial digital broadcast”, “terrestrial analog broadcast”, “BS broadcast”, and “CS broadcast” can be selected.

  In the illustrated state, CS broadcast channel 2 (C-2CH) is set in the display area of “video 1” A1 in the upper left. Further, the terrestrial digital broadcast channel 6 (D-6CH) is set in the display area of “video 2” A2 in the upper right, and the terrestrial analog broadcast channel 8 (A) is displayed in the display area of “video 3” A3. -8CH) is set. In each display area, the number of the set channel is displayed. Note that no channel is set in the display area of “video 4” A4, and channel 4 (D-4CH) of digital terrestrial broadcasting is set by an operation described below. Here, for ease of understanding, channel 4 (D-4CH) is displayed in parentheses. Note that the already set channels are shown in italic letters in the channel list T1 for easy understanding.

  When the user selects and displays the setting screen S1 of the “menu 1” M1, the menu selection button, the display areas (A1 to A4) divided into a plurality, and the channel list T1 are displayed as described above. At that time, an arrow-shaped cursor C1 is displayed as shown in the figure. The user operates the cursor C1 with the remote controller 14 to perform channel setting for multi-screen display.

  First, the user moves the cursor C1 to the digital terrestrial broadcast channel 4 (D-4CH) in the channel list T1, presses a predetermined button (not shown) provided on the remote controller 14, and selects the channel 4 (D-4CH). ) Is selected. Further, in the selected state, the user holds the so-called channel 4 and drags it to the display area of “Video 4” A4 and drops it. When dragging and dropping are performed properly, channel 4 (D-4CH) is displayed in the display area of “video 4” A4.

  In this manner, the channel desired by the user can be associated with the display area to be displayed in a manner of dragging and dropping. Thus, the user can set which display area is associated with which channel while viewing the screen. That is, channel selection and display area selection can be realized by the same operation. As a result, the procedure of selecting a channel to be displayed after selecting a display area can be simplified.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the EPG is displayed on the setting screen S2, the layout of the divided display areas (L1 to L3) is displayed, and the displayed EPG and the layout of the display area (L1 to L3) are viewed. However, the channel can be set by operating the cursor C2.

  Hereinafter, an operation for setting a channel in each display area will be described with reference to the EPG. Here, three time zone channels from “7 pm” to “9 pm” can be set on an hourly basis, but shorter time settings and longer time settings are also possible. Therefore, channel reservation for multi-screen display is possible. Further, how far ahead can be reserved may be determined according to, for example, how far ahead the EPG includes program information and the capacity of the recording unit 36. Also, the time zones of the first to third display area layouts L1 to L3 do not have to be continuous, and the menu can be changed according to the time zone. For example, the display area at 7 pm is set as 4 areas, and the display area at 8 pm is not displayed. Further, at 9 pm, the display area is 3 areas. For example, the number of display areas in each time zone may be determined based on the history, or may be changed by user designation.

  The user selects “Menu 2” M2 from the menu selection button displayed at the top of the screen. By selecting “Menu 2” M2, a setting screen S2 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. In the setting screen S2, an EPG is displayed below the menu selection button. Below the EPG, three layouts of first to third display area layouts L1 to L3 are displayed as the layout for setting the multi-screen display. In this case as well, a plurality of display area layouts are prepared in the other menus as in the description of FIG.

  In the date column DI of the EPG, days from “Today” (19th) to “24th (Tue)” can be selected, and “Today” is selected here. If the user wishes to select a day after “24th (Tuesday)”, for example, “24th (Tuesday)” is once selected and the selected location is moved to the right.

  In the EPG time column TI, a time zone from the “7 pm” to the “9 pm” range can be selected. Here, the “7 pm” range is selected. In addition, the program of each channel in the selected time zone is displayed as a selectable program list SA such that the background color changes, for example, in order to clearly distinguish it from programs in other time zones. In the illustrated state, the selectable program list SA is indicated by a broken line. Further, when the user desires to select a time zone after the “10 pm” range, for example, as in the operation in the date column DI, it is selected further to the right from the “9 pm” column, for example. Move location.

  Also, select the desired broadcast wave using one of the “terrestrial digital” tab TA1, “terrestrial analog” tab TA2, “CS” tab TA3, and “BS” tab TA4 provided on the left side of the EPG in the figure. To do. Here, the “terrestrial digital” tab TA1 is selected.

  Further, of the three display area layouts, the first display area layout L1 displayed on the left side is used for program selection in the “7 pm” range (19:00 to 20:00). Similarly, the second display area layout L2 displayed in the center is used for program selection of the “8 pm” range (20: 00 to 21:00), and the third display displayed on the right side. The area layout L3 is used for program selection in the “9:00 pm” range (21:00 to 22:00). Note that the display area layout corresponding to the time zone selected by the user in the time column TI is shown larger than other display area layouts. Here, since “7 pm” is selected in the time column TI, the first display area layout L1 is displayed larger than the second and third display area layouts L2 and L3.

  The first to third display area layouts L1 to L3 are each divided into four areas, upper, lower, left and right. For example, in the first display area layout L1, terrestrial digital broadcast channel 4 (D-4CH) is set in the lower right display area. Channel settings are not made in the other three display areas, and the user sets channel 3 (D-3CH) of digital terrestrial broadcasting in the upper left display area. Here, in order to facilitate understanding, “channel 3 (D-3CH)” is displayed in parentheses in the illustrated state.

  The user operates the cursor C2 displayed on the screen with the remote controller 14 and selects the program “quiz” at 7 pm in the time zone of channel 3 (D-3CH) of terrestrial digital broadcasting. The selected program “quiz” is dragged to the upper left display area in the first display area layout L1 and dropped there. As a result, digital terrestrial broadcast channel 3 (D-3CH) is set in the upper left display area in the first display area layout L1.

  Thus, by setting which channel is displayed in the display area after division while viewing the EPG, the user can set a desired channel more accurately. In particular, the user does not need to check what program is broadcast on which channel on a separate screen, and can set the program and channel on a single screen, saving labor.

  As for audio output in the case of multi-screen display, the predetermined display area of the divided display area is set as the audio output priority area, and the audio output at the end of multi-screen operation is set as the audio output of the channel of the predetermined display area. Is also possible. Subsequent audio output changes specify audio output channels with a remote control according to the prior art.

  The present invention has been described based on the embodiments. This embodiment is an exemplification, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are also within the scope of the present invention. .

  The present invention can be widely used in an image receiving display device having a function of dividing a display screen into a plurality of display areas and setting a channel in each display area.

It is a functional block diagram of the image receiving display apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is the figure which showed the screen which sets the channel which should be displayed on a some display area using a channel list. It is the figure which showed the screen which sets the channel which should be displayed on a some display area using EPG. It is the figure which showed arrangement | positioning of the display area divided | segmented into plurality.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Image receiving display apparatus, 12 ... Antenna, 14 ... Remote control, 20 ... Reception part, 22 ... 1st tuner, 24 ... 2nd tuner, 26 ... 3rd tuner 28 ... 4th tuner, 29 ... 5th tuner, 30 ... reception control unit, 32 ... channel list creation unit, 34 ... channel correspondence designation unit, 36 ... recording unit, 40 ... Display control unit, 42 ... Area division unit, 44 ... Arrangement display unit, 46 ... Arrangement adjustment unit, 50 ... Operation acquisition unit, 60 ... Display unit.

Claims (14)

Channel list display means for displaying a list of selectable channels;
A channel correspondence designating unit for designating a channel included in the channel list;
An image receiving display device comprising a plurality of screens configured by channels designated by the channel correspondence designating means. The display screen is divided into a plurality of display areas for multi-screen display, and includes an arrangement display means for displaying the arrangement of the divided display areas.
The channel list display means displays a list of selectable channels along with the display area arrangement, and the channel correspondence designating means displays channels included in the channel list in the divided display areas. The image receiving display device according to claim 1, wherein the image receiving display device is associated with each other.   3. The image receiving display device according to claim 2, wherein the channel correspondence designating unit determines the display area where the channel included in the channel list is dragged and dropped as the channel to be displayed. .   The image receiving apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the list of channels is an electronic program guide, and the channel correspondence designating unit associates the channels described in the electronic program guide with the display area. Display device.   5. The channel correspondence designating unit associates the divided display area and the channel associated with the divided display area with a display time. Image receiving display device.   6. The image receiving display device according to claim 2, wherein the channel correspondence designating unit reserves a channel to be displayed in the divided display area.   7. The image receiving display device according to claim 2, further comprising an adjusting unit that adjusts an arrangement of display areas that are associated with each other in the channel correspondence designating unit. A list display process for displaying a list of selectable channels;
A corresponding designation step for designating a channel included in the list of channels;
A screen designating method comprising: a screen composing step of composing a multi-screen display with a channel designated in the correspondence designating step. A display screen is divided into a plurality of display areas for multi-screen display, and an arrangement display step for displaying the arrangement of the divided display areas is provided.
The list display step displays a list of selectable channels along with the display area arrangement, and the correspondence specifying step associates channels included in the channel list with the divided display regions. The channel designation method for a plurality of screens according to claim 8.   The plurality of correspondence designation steps are executed by dragging and dropping a channel included in the list of channels to the display area with a cursor displayed on a screen. Channel designation method on the screen.   11. The channel designation method for a plurality of screens according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the correspondence designation step refers to an electronic program guide as a list of the channels.   12. The channel designation method for a plurality of screens according to claim 9, wherein the correspondence designation step associates a channel to be displayed in the divided display area with a display time.   13. The image receiving display device according to claim 9, wherein the correspondence specifying step reserves a channel to be displayed in the divided display area.   14. The channel designation method for a plurality of screens according to any one of claims 9 to 13, further comprising an adjustment step of adjusting an arrangement of the display areas associated in the correspondence designation step.

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