JPH06233358A - Control mode setting device and remote control transmitter using the setting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically designate a control mode of a channel, etc., by recognizing the application frequency based on the user's preference, etc., when the control mode is designated for selection of the control mode of a program of an electronic equipment. CONSTITUTION:A selector part 7 selects a control mode that has the longest time of designation in a fixed time or the highest application frequency based on the information stored in a storage part 6. Therefore the control mode of a stored channel, etc., is automatically read out and designated by the control signal received from a control part 8 when the power supplies of equipments are applied at the same time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control mode setting device built in or attached to an electronic device and a transmitter for remote control using the control mode setting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of control mode setting device is
The electronic device main body has several control modes, and the operator selects the plurality of control modes as necessary. For example, it is used for an electronic device having many control modes such as a centralized control device used for building management, an automatic production system control device in a manufacturing factory, an automatic broadcast transmission device for broadcasting, or general household appliances. . Especially for general household appliances, a remote control transmitter (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller transmitter) is used for its operation.
Is often used.

The remote controller transmitter 1 of a television receiver of an electronic device will be described below as an example. As shown in FIG. 5, a remote controller transmitter is usually a remote controller transmitter 1 of a television receiver for turning power on / off. It has a button 3 and a channel selection button 4, and the power ON / OFF button 3
The power of the TV set is turned on, and then the channel to be designated can be selected with the channel selection button 4.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional remote control transmitter 1 for a television receiver, as shown in the flow chart of FIG. 6, the program desired to be selected by the operator is set to which channel. It is necessary to specify the desired channel with the channel selection button 4 after confirming whether or not. Therefore, when the number of supplied programs increases and the number of channels increases, there is a problem that it takes a very long time to confirm which channel is set for the program to be selected.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to solve such a conventional problem, and an object thereof is to provide an excellent control mode setting device capable of easily specifying a control mode to be selected by oneself, for example, a program channel. Is.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention solves the above problems by storing a plurality of control modes set at a certain time in the past together with at least that time, and a plurality of the above-mentioned plurality of memory modes stored at this time. In a control mode setting device having a selection unit that selects the most frequently used control mode among the control mode memories and a control unit that outputs a control signal for executing the control mode selected by the selection unit. is there.

In particular, the control section has an operation key for outputting a control signal, and by operating this operation key, a control signal for automatically executing the control mode selected by the selection section is output. It is a control mode setting device.

Further, the remote control transmitter is provided with the above-mentioned operation keys, and by operating the operation keys of the remote control transmitter, a control signal for simultaneously executing the control mode selected by the selection section is output from the control mode setting device. Is output.

[0009]

In the control mode setting device having the above-mentioned configuration, since the information of the control mode set in the past is stored in the storage unit, the selection unit selects the control mode most frequently set at the predetermined time based on this information. This control mode is selected so that the control mode having the highest setting frequency can be easily executed again at this predetermined time. That is, when the control unit instructs the control unit to output a control signal at a predetermined time, a control signal for executing the control mode most frequently set in the past is output at the predetermined time.
This makes it easy to set a control mode that is repeated on a daily or weekly basis.

Further, when the selection unit selects the control mode with the longest set time in the past, the control unit instructs to output a control signal with an operation key or the like, so that the general mode is always set. A control signal for outputting the control mode is output.

Thus, for example, when operating a television provided with a control mode setting device with a remote control transmitter to watch a television program, the operator can easily operate the channel without confirming the channel of the program to be selected. You can specify.

[0012]

1 to 5 show the configuration of a remote control transmitter 1a of a television receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method of storing a designated channel, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for reading out a stored channel, FIG.
4 shows an outline of the control mode setting device 5 controlled by the remote control device 1a.
FIG. 3 is an external view of a remote control transmitter 1 according to an embodiment.

Next, the configuration of the above embodiment will be described together with the operation. First, a method of storing the channel designated by FIG. 1 in the storage unit 6 will be described. The person performing the operation first turns on the power of the device (step 1). At this time, the control mode setting device 5 shown in FIG. 4 confirms the current time and recognizes the preset time width (step 2).
Next, the channel is designated, but the storage unit 6 stores this channel (step 3), and also measures and stores the time until the channel is changed next (steps 4 and 5).

Even after the channel is changed, the changed channel and the time until the channel is changed again are similarly measured and stored (step 6). In this way, the above contents, that is, steps 4 to 6 in FIG. 1 are repeated until the preset time ends. After the preset fixed time has ended, the channel with the longest designated time is selected, stored again as the channel data of the preset time, and the other channel data is erased (step 7).

Next, a method for reading out the channels stored in FIG. 2 will be described. The operator only turns on the power of the device shown in FIG. 4 (step 8), and the control mode setting device 5 recognizes the current time and reads out the channel data for a fixed time set by the time last time (step 9). The channel is automatically designated (step 10).

FIG. 3 is an outline of the operation in the storage unit 6 of the flow described in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the control mode setting device 5 stores the channel with the longest time designated within a fixed time. , When the device is turned on again at the same time, the channel is automatically specified as soon as the device is turned on.

In FIG. 3A, a predetermined time 3 is set as a fixed time.
This is an example of storing from 4 o'clock to 4 o'clock, channel 1,
This is the case where 3 and 5 are designated. As can be seen from FIG. 3B, the time of the channel designated here has a magnitude relation of channel 1> channel 5> channel 3,
As shown in FIG. 3C, the storage unit 6 stores the channel 1 as the channel having the longest designated time.

In this way, the channel that has been designated the longest within the predetermined time (time from 3:00 to 4:00 in FIG. 3), that is, the one with the highest utilization, is always stored, so control is performed in this time zone. First, the channel is automatically designated only by turning on the power of the device of FIG. 4 in which the mode setting device 5 is built. Therefore, in most cases, the device can be used as it is without the need to operate the device.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of a device having the control mode setting device 5 built therein.
The channel from the channel designating operation unit 10 which is composed of the storage unit 6, the selection unit 7, the control unit 8 and the clock 9 and which is operated from the outside is stored in the storage unit 6, and the channel corresponding to the time by the selection unit 7 is stored. Is selected and output by the control unit 8. This series of operations is automatically processed and stored as channel data for each time according to the time information from the built-in clock 9.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, it is possible to store the most frequently used channel corresponding to the time width and also read the channel corresponding to the time width. Therefore, in the case of a program that repeats with a fixed time width of a weekly or daily unit, such as a TV program or a radio program, the operator may specify the specified channel for that time period. Since it is extremely expensive, the person who operates the storage device does not need to specify the channel by himself, and the channel of the program to be selected can be automatically specified.

In the above embodiment, the set time length of the channel within the predetermined time is used to detect the utilization of the channel, but the set channel is accumulated at each time from the clock 9. Therefore, it goes without saying that the usage frequency at each time for each channel can be similarly detected. In this way, the degree of use of the channel at each time is detected by some method, and the channel with the highest degree of use is stored in the storage unit 6 at each time.

Further, in the above embodiment, the control mode setting device 5 outputs the control signal only by turning on the power of the equipment, and the channel selected by the selecting section 7 is automatically set, but as another embodiment, In some cases, an operation key (not shown) that can control a control signal from the control unit 8 is included. In this case, the channel specified by the channel specifying operation unit 10 operates until the operation key is operated, but the channel selected by the selection unit 7 is set for the first time by operating the operation key. It becomes possible to operate.

Next, an explanation will be given of the case where the remote control transmitter 1a shown in FIG. 5 is adopted. First, in the case of having all the functions of the control mode setting device, it suffices to send the power ON / OFF transmission code and the stored channel code by simply pressing the power ON / OFF button 3a. There is also an advantage that the channel can be automatically set without changing at all.

Further, not only the power ON / OFF button 3a as shown in FIG. 5, but also a control signal output button 2a corresponding to an operation key for outputting a control signal is provided so that the channel data can be adjusted according to the time. If it is changed automatically, there is also an advantage that the channel can be automatically specified only by pressing a specific button 2a in a power-on state.

In the above description, the remote control transmitter of the television receiver is taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. Needless to say, this control mode setting device is not limited to being incorporated in a television set, and the same applies to other electronic devices.

[0026]

As is apparent from the above embodiment, the present invention discriminates the frequency of use of various control modes such as the preference of the person operating the equipment for program selection, and automatically uses the program in the most effective manner such as the channel. A frequently used control mode can be designated, and operability is improved even if the number of control modes such as the number of channels is increased. In the case of receiving a television program, there is an advantage that it is possible to omit the troublesome operation of confirming in the newspaper or the like which channel the program to be selected is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a storage operation of a control mode setting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a read operation of the same embodiment.

3A is a time chart showing a channel setting state of the same embodiment, FIG. 3B is a relational diagram showing the magnitude of the set time of a channel set within a predetermined time of the same embodiment, and FIG. Block diagram showing the storage state in the storage unit of the embodiment

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a device incorporating the control mode setting device of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a remote control transmitter that is another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a conventional remote control transmitter for a television set.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation method when a conventional electronic device is used.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a remote control transmitter 2a control signal output button 3a power ON / OFF button 4a channel selection button 5 control mode setting device 6 storage unit 7 selection unit 8 control unit 9 clock 10 channel designation operation unit

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit that stores a control mode and a time when the control mode is set, and a control mode that is most frequently set at a predetermined time of a plurality of control modes stored in the storage unit. A control mode setting device comprising: a selection unit for selecting; and a control unit for outputting a control signal for controlling to operate in the control mode selected by the selection unit. 2. A storage unit that stores a control mode and a time when the control mode is set, and a control mode that has the longest set time within a predetermined time of a plurality of control modes stored in the storage unit. A control mode setting device having a selection unit for selecting the control mode and a control unit for outputting a control signal for controlling to operate in the control mode selected by the selection unit. 3. The control mode setting device according to claim 1, wherein the control signal designates a preset time period of a control mode in which the control signal is repeated on a daily or weekly basis. 4. The control mode setting device according to claim 1, further comprising an operation key for outputting a control signal when operated. 5. A remote control transmitter having the operation keys according to claim 4. 6. A storage unit that stores a control mode and a time when the control mode is set, and a control mode that is most frequently set at a predetermined time of a plurality of control modes stored in the storage unit. A transmitter for remote control, comprising: a selection unit for selecting; and a control unit for transmitting and outputting a control signal for controlling to operate in the control mode selected by the selection unit. 7. A storage unit that stores a control mode and a time when the control mode is set, and a control mode that has a longest set time within a predetermined time of a plurality of control modes stored in the storage unit. A transmitter for remote control, comprising: a selection unit for selecting the control signal and a control unit for transmitting and outputting a control signal for controlling to operate in the control mode selected by the selection unit.