JPH07115690A - Remote operating system by remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability by remotely controlling a display picture, menue selection and a display state in an equipment to be controlled with a superimposing function by means of one mouse remote controller where a switch is provided and reducing the number of push buttons. CONSTITUTION:When the grip part 4 of the mouse remote controller 1 is gripped and a trigger-type button switch 8 is pulled by a forefinger so as to vertically and horizontally move a pad mouse 6 by a thumb, a signal transmitting part 7 transmits an infrared-ray signal. The signal is an operation signal corresponding to the above respective operations. The remote controller light reception receiving part of TV with the superimposing function receives the signal and a control part controls TV. That is, TV starts a power-on processing at the time of depressing the switch 8, changes-over a channel and adjusts volume by the operation of the mouse 6 and displays a received image. Moreover, TV imposes a person, etc., drawn by a personal computer or a menue, etc., on the received image by the operation of the mouse 6 so as to display it. Thus, the number of push buttons are reduced and operability is improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control system using a remote controller, and in particular, a mouse remote controller having a pad mouse and a switch, and a TV having a function of displaying both an image and a graphic menu. The present invention relates to a system for remotely controlling the TV while viewing the TV display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a graphical user interface (GU) using an image forming technique by a computer is used.
According to I), a high function TV capable of displaying a graphic arbitrarily created by a user by superimposing it on a normal TV image has been developed.

Many push button switches corresponding to the respective functions are added to the remote controller for remotely operating the high function TV as described above. Of these pushbutton switches, direct number switches and the like are usually used for channel switching and volume adjustment.

As a graphic input device, a mouse suitable for so-called random pointing is generally used. The user can select various graphics displayed on the display screen of the TV by freely pointing with a marker such as a cursor by operating the mouse.

Recently, a small mouse called a pad mouse has been developed and is being applied to a remote controller. A remote controller equipped with such a pad mouse is called a mouse remote controller.

[0006]

However, a remote controller for remotely controlling a highly functional TV as described above requires a large number of push button switches corresponding to each function. Therefore, (1) the remote controller becomes large and the living space is narrowed. (2) When the number of push buttons increases, it becomes difficult to find the push button to operate.
(3) It becomes impossible to operate with one hand easily,
(4) Since it is necessary to change the arrangement of push buttons every time a new function is added, the cost becomes high. (5) Since there are contacts corresponding to the number of push buttons, mechanical failure, especially contact failure, is likely to occur, 6) There are many irregularities on the push button, and various problems have occurred such that dust easily collects in the gaps.

In order to solve the above various problems, a remote controller and a mouse remote controller to which a wired mouse is applied have been proposed in order to reduce the number of push buttons.
Originally, the mouse is suitable for random pointing using a graphical user interface, but it has a problem that it cannot be applied to operations such as channel switching and volume adjustment.

Therefore, it must be solved to realize a simple and low-cost remote operation system in which both the operations such as channel switching and volume adjustment of the controlled device and the graphic operation can be performed only by the remote controller. Has issues that must be addressed.

[0009]

In order to solve the above problems, a remote control system using a remote controller according to the present invention is a mouse remote controller having a pad mouse and a switch, and a controlled device having a superimpose function. The mouse remote controller is such that the video and / or graphic menu displayed on the controlled device can be selected and the remote control corresponding to the displayed state can be performed.

Further, one operation of the switch is to turn on the power source of the controlled device; another operation of the switch
One operation is such that the graphic menu is also displayed when only the image is displayed; yet another operation of the switch is to erase and delete the graphic menu when the image and the graphic menu are displayed. The selection operation in the menu is enabled; the selection operation includes turning off the power of the controlled device;
The pad mouse is formed by push-type or seesaw-type buttons; the pad mouse is designed to perform the main operation of the image when the graphic menu is not displayed by operating the switch; the main operation of the image is Channel switching and volume adjustment; channel switching is performed with the channel push-type or seesaw-type button, and volume adjustment is performed with the volume push-type or seesaw-type button;
The pad mouse should be able to operate the random pointing with the cursor when the graphic menu is displayed by operating the switch; the up and down direction of the cursor is detected by the push-type or seesaw-type button for the channel. This is the vector information that is generated, and the horizontal direction of the cursor is the vector information detected by the push-type or seesaw-type button for volume; the information frame sent from the mouse remote controller is the vector information X and Y and the pad mouse. The mouse remote control is a gun grip type remote control that is formed so that it can be operated with one hand and with multiple fingers; the switch is a trigger. It is a remote control method using a remote controller that is a type switch.

[0011]

The remote operation method using the remote controller according to the present invention having the above-described structure has the following operation. (1) The mouse remote control allows the user to select the video and / or graphic menu displayed on the controlled device and to perform remote operation corresponding to the display status, thereby displaying the two different images in a superimposed state. It is possible to perform the remote operation of and the remote operation corresponding to the displayed screen with one remote controller, and the operability can be improved even if the number of push buttons is reduced.

(2) Since the power of the controlled device is turned on by operating the switch, it is possible to turn on the power of the TV or the like to be displayed by remote control, and it is highly functional even if the number of switches is reduced. Can be achieved.

(3) By operating the switch so that the graphic menu is also displayed when only the image is displayed, it becomes possible to perform a remote operation mainly on the displayed image.

(4) When the image and the graphic menu are displayed by the operation of the switch, the graphic menu can be erased and the selection operation in the graphic menu can be performed, so that the graphic menu can be controlled by remote operation. It will be easy to do.

(5) Since the selection operation includes the power-off of the controlled device, the power-off operation can be surely performed.

(6) Since the pad mouse is formed of push type or seesaw type buttons, operability can be improved.

(7) The pad mouse is designed to perform the main operation of the image when the graphic menu is not displayed by the operation of the switch, and the main operation is to switch the channel and adjust the volume.
This makes it possible to control frequently used controls with simple operations.

(8) Channel switching information is detected by a push-type or seesaw-type button for the channel,
Since the volume adjustment information is detected by the push-type or seesaw-type button for the volume, it is possible to easily perform the control which is usually used frequently.

(9) The pad mouse enables the random pointing operation by the cursor when the graphic menu is displayed by operating the switch, and the vertical direction of the cursor is the push type or seesaw for the channel. This is vector information detected by the model button, and the left and right direction of the cursor is vector information detected by the push-type or seesaw-type button for the volume, so that the menu to be selected can be easily selected.

(10) The information frame transmitted from the mouse remote controller is composed of vector information X and Y, information Z related to the pressing of the pad mouse, and button information of the switch. Can be configured.

(11) Hold the mouse remote controller with one hand,
It is a gun grip type remote controller formed so as to be operated by a plurality of fingers, and the switch can be a trigger type switch to improve operability.

[0022]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a TV remote control system using a mouse remote controller in the remote control system using a remote controller according to the present invention will be described below. In this embodiment, a gun grip type mouse remote controller 1 as shown in FIGS.
And a TV 2 having a graphical user interface as shown in FIG. 5, and an infrared or radio wave communication link 3 connecting the mouse remote controller 1 and the TV 2.

The mouse remote controller 1 has a pistol shape as shown in FIG. 1, and has a grip portion 4 to be held by one hand,
A barrel portion 5 corresponding to the barrel of a pistol, a pad mouse 6 attached to the rear upper surface of the barrel portion 5, a signal transmitting portion 7 for transmitting infrared rays arranged at the frontmost portion of the barrel portion 5 forward, It has a trigger button switch 8 for mouse click provided at a position corresponding to the index finger when gripping the grip portion 4.

The pad mouse 6 holds the grip portion 4,
With your index finger on the trigger button switch 8,
It can be operated by moving the thumb back and forth and left and right.

The pad mouse 6 is formed in a disk shape, and is formed in a fan shape having an X axis in the front-rear direction and a Y axis in the left-right direction. The pad mouse 6 has a function of inputting all the positions on the surface expressed by X and Y coordinates, like a normal mouse, and a function of a so-called push-type button switch provided in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction, respectively. It is a thing.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the pad mouse 6 has four fan-shaped push buttons on the front, rear, left and right, and these four push buttons are formed by X-shaped printed lines or grooves. Separated by explicit boundaries.

On the surfaces of the front, rear, left and right push type push buttons, Volume +, Volume-,
The characters "Channel-" and "Channel +" are printed. That is, the front and rear direction of the pad mouse 6 is a push type button switch for volume adjustment, and the left and right direction is a push type button switch for channel switching.

The outputs of the pad mouse 6 and the trigger die button switch 8 are connected to the signal transmitter 7. Based on the outputs of the pad mouse 6 and the trigger die button switch 8, the signal transmission unit 7 outputs vector information X and Y, Z information indicating the pressing force, and the trigger die button switch 8 as shown in FIG. It is composed of one frame of button information indicating whether or not the button is pressed. This one frame creates so-called vector information, which is an information frame sent from the mouse remote controller 1, and sends it by infrared rays.

As shown in FIG. 4, the vector information X and Y of the vector information transmitted from the mouse remote controller 1 are vector values (-n to + () indicating the amount of movement from the center in the x-axis and y-axis directions, respectively. n-1)) (see FIG. 3). However, n is a value that differs depending on the accuracy and reading speed of the pad mouse. Also, the center point O of these x-axis and y-axis
Therefore, within the range of the specified value within the predetermined radius r, the channel and volume are not easily changed only by the finger touch.

Next, the TV 2 corresponding to the controlled device will be described with reference to FIG. The TV 2 is, so to speak, equipped with a microcomputer or the like having a function of performing ordinary TV reception, and the image received by switching the receiving channel and adjusting the volume, and the person drawn by using the drawing function of the personal computer, etc. This is a TV having a superimpose function of displaying the characters, menus, buttons, and the like in a superimposed manner. The TV 2 includes a control unit 9, a remote control light receiving / receiving unit 10, and an AV selector function system block 11.
And a video signal merge block 12 and a CRT 13.

The control unit 9 receives the remote control signal 3 from the mouse remote controller 1 via the remote control light receiving / receiving unit 10,
Based on this, the operation of the entire TV 2 is controlled, and the light reception / reception data register 14, the CPU 15,
Program ROM 16, D-RAM 17, S-RA
M18, video RAM 19, CRT output port 20
A real-time clock timer 21, a control cable port 22, an AV-selector block control port 23, and a power switch 24. The control unit 9 will be described in detail later.

The remote control light receiving / receiving unit 10 is provided on the front surface of the TV 2, receives an infrared signal from the mouse remote controller 1, and transmits a CP signal via the light receiving / receiving data register 14.
Transfer to U15.

The AV selector function system block 11 is connected to the antenna 11a.
Is internally connected to the channel switching circuit and the volume adjusting circuit. The channel switching circuit performs channel switching under the control of the control unit 9. The volume adjusting circuit also receives the control of the control unit 9 and adjusts the volume of voice.

The video signal (PICTURE RGB signal) selected by the channel switching circuit is output to the video signal merge block 12.

This AV selector function system block 11
Is also connected to a plurality of electronic devices such as VTRs,
Under the control of the control unit 9, it also has a function of changing the connection relationship between the VTR and the TV 2, but since this function is not related to the present invention, its explanation is omitted.

The video signal merge block 12 receives a video signal (PIC) from the AV selector function system block 11.
It has a function of mixing (merging) a TURE RGB signal) and a video signal (RGB signal, YS signal) relating to a graphic sent from the control unit 9 and supplying the mixture to the CRT 13.

On the basis of a command signal from the mouse remote controller 1, video data relating to graphics such as menus, icons and characters stored in advance in the video RAM 19 is displayed on the screen of the CRT 13, and the menus, icons and characters are displayed. The function of selecting a function or operation by pointing the cursor with a cursor is called a graphical user interface.

The CRT 13 is controlled to turn on / off the power source by the control section 9 and displays the image signal output from the video signal merge block 12 on the screen by a well-known TV display operation.

The circuits 14 to 24 of the control unit 9 having the above-described structure have the following functions, respectively. That is, the light reception / reception data register 14 temporarily stores the output signal from the remote control light reception reception unit 10, and the CPU 1
Output to 5.

The CPU 15 is connected to all the other circuits in the control unit 9 and controls the operation of the entire system by reading and executing the program and various fixed data stored in the program ROM 16. .

The D-RAM 17 is a so-called dynamic RA.
The S-RAM 18 is a so-called static RAM, and stores variable data and fixed data for program execution, respectively.

The video RAM 19 stores a video signal composed of graphic data such as a menu displayed on the CRT 13. This video signal (RGB signal, YS signal) is output from the CRT output port 2 under the control of the CPU 15.
0 to the video signal merging block 12 where it is mixed with the normal video signal (PICTURE RGB signal) from the AV selector function block 11.

The real-time clock timer 21 measures the real time and is used for recording reservation of the VTR, and the control cable port 22 sends the command of the CPU 15 to the electronic equipment connected to the VTR or the like. However, these are not related to the present invention, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The AV selector block control port 23 sends a control signal output from the CPU 15 to the channel switching circuit and the volume adjusting circuit of the AV selector function block 11 to perform channel switching and volume adjustment.

The power switch 24 is connected to the power circuit of the CRT 13 and under the control of the CPU 15 the CRT 13 is controlled.
Turn on / off the power of.

The operation of the TV 2 having the control unit 9 having such a configuration and each function will be described below. First,
The CPU 15 performs the processing procedure as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, that is, 1. Power-on process, 2. Channel switching / volume adjustment, 3. Each part of the TV 2 is controlled according to the graphic menu display processing.

1. Power-on process As shown in FIG. 6, although the main power supply of TV2 is on, C
When the power of the RT 13 is off, that is, in the standby state or the sleep state, the screen of the CRT 13 does not display anything as shown in FIG.

In this state, when the TV 2 is turned on, the trigger die button switch 8 of the mouse remote controller 1 is pushed, and the button information of the information frame shown in FIG. 3 described above is sent to the control section 9 side. The control unit 9 receives the mouse information, confirms that it is in the standby state or the sleep state, and then decodes the button information of the received information frame (steps S1, S2, S3).

When the CPU 15 recognizes that the TV 2 is in the standby state and the trigger die button switch 8 is pressed, it enters the power-on process and the power switch 24.
To turn on the power supply of the CRT 13. Then, the screen of the CRT 13 changes from the state shown in FIG. 8 to the state where the TV received image is displayed as shown in FIG. 9 (step S
4).

While the power of the CRT 13 is off, when the pad mouse 6 of the mouse remote controller 1 is operated, the vector information X, Y and the pressing force information Z of the information frame are transmitted to the TV 2 side. The CPU 15 ignores information other than the depression of the trigger die button switch 8 (information other than button information).

2. Channel switching / volume adjustment When the power of the TV 2 is turned on and the trigger button switch 8 is not pressed when only the received image is displayed and the graphic menu is not displayed as shown in FIG. The vector information X, Y of the pad mouse 6 of the remote controller 1 is interpreted as the channel switching or volume adjustment command information to perform the channel or volume switching processing (steps S5, S).
6, S7).

That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the CPU 15 validates one having a larger change in the vector values of the vector information X and Y of the received data, that is, one having a larger absolute value of the vector. The reason for this is that the pad mouse 6 can indicate a random direction structurally, and therefore some errors occur depending on how it is pressed. Therefore, in order to round this error in four directions, one of the x-axis and the y-axis, whichever has the largest change in vector value, is adopted (step S14).

Further, as described with reference to FIG. 4, data whose vector change value does not exceed a certain specified value is ignored. This is to prevent the touch of the pad mouse 6 from being touched and to prevent the pad mouse 6 from going too far when pressed and held (step S15).

When the trigger button switch 8 is not pressed in the state where the graphic menu is not displayed and only the received image is displayed, the CPU 15 determines that the vector which is valid as a result of the above processing of the vector information. , If it is the plus direction (upward direction) of the x-axis, the volume is raised (steps S16 and S1).
7). If it is the minus direction (downward) of the x-axis, the volume is lowered (steps S18 and S19).
If the y-axis is in the minus direction (to the left), processing for lowering the channel number is performed (steps S20 and S21). y
If the axis is in the plus direction (to the right), the channel number is increased (step S22).

3. Graphic menu display processing When the power of the TV 2 is turned on, only the received image is displayed, and the graphic menu is not displayed, when the trigger button switch 8 is pressed, the CPU 15
Outputs the graphic data stored in the video RAM 19 and displays the image on the CRT.
On the screen of 13, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, the menu 25, the button group 26, and the cursor 27 are displayed so as to be superimposed on the received image (steps S5, S6, S8).

In this state, if the pad mouse 6 is operated without pressing the trigger die button switch 8, cursor movement processing is performed (step S10). That is,
The vector information X, Y of the pad mouse 6 is processed as the pointing coordinates of the cursor 27 by the CPU 15 as operation information, and the cursor 27 moves to a desired button, for example, and the trigger die button switch 8 and the pointing coordinates of the cursor 27. Enables processing linked with (steps S9 and S10).

When the trigger die button switch 8 is pressed with the graphic menu already displayed,
Depending on the position of the cursor 27 at that time, the following three processes are performed. (1) When the cursor 27 is not on the graphic menu (2) When the cursor 27 is in the button group of the graphic 26 (3) When the button group of the graphic 26 is One of the above is done if it is above the power off button.

(1) When the cursor 27 is not on the graphic menu When the cursor 27 is not on the graphic menu, the graphic erasing process is performed, and the graphics 25, 26 and 27 are displayed on the screen shown in FIG. Disappears and the screen returns to the TV image-only screen as shown in FIG. 9 (steps S9, S11, S12).

(2) When the cursor 27 is in the button group of the graphic 26 When the trigger 27 is located at any position of the button group of the graphic 26 and the trigger die button switch 8 is pressed, the cursor 27 The control of the button group in which is located, for example, the reproduction and stop of the connected VTR is controlled (steps S9, S11, S13, S14A).

(3) When the power button is on the power-off button in the button group of the graphic 26 When it is on the power-off button in the button group of the graphic 26, the CPU 15 performs a power-off process to turn on the power. The switch 24 is controlled to turn off the power of the CRT 13 (steps S9, S11, S13, S14B).

As described above, the system has three modes, that is, the power is off, the graphic is not displayed when the power is on, and the graphic is displayed when the power is on. In each mode, the mouse remote controller is used. By changing the way the TV 2 reacts to the operation of 1, the operations of the pad mouse 6 and the trigger button switch 8 of the mouse remote controller 1 are given a plurality of meanings, respectively, and as a result, the number of button switches of the mouse remote controller 1 Is reduced and the operation is easier.

The above three modes are CR of TV2.
The display screen of T13 allows the user to easily and clearly identify the user.
When operating the trigger die button switch 8, there is no need to worry about the current operating state of the TV 2.

Next, the structure of the pad mouse 6 described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 can be constituted by a seesaw type button switch as shown in FIGS. 11 to 13. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, the mouse remote controller 1A equipped with a seesaw-type button switch is a rectangular handy type that can be held with one hand, and a signal transmitter 7A provided at the tip thereof for transmitting infrared rays or radio waves. And this transmission signal section 7
It is composed of a power switch 8A and a pad mouse 6A which are provided at appropriate positions in the vicinity of A and which do not interfere with the operation of a seesaw-type button switch described later. The pad mouse 6A is a seesaw-type channel for switching channels. It comprises a switch 6a and a seesaw type volume switch 6a for adjusting the volume.

The channel switch 6a and the volume switch 6b constituting the pad mouse 6A are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 13, the front side 1a of the mouse remote controller 1A is used as a base and traced on it to move vertically in a seesaw shape around the fulcrum X for channel switching and volume adjustment. It has a structure that can be performed quickly and easily. Therefore, when the number of channels is large, it is superior to the numeric buttons and has a structure that can be easily converted to the push-type button switch described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. For example, seesaw-type button switches are provided on the top, bottom, left, and right, the left and right seesaw-type button switches are for channel switching, and the upper and lower seesaw-type button switches are for volume adjustment.

[0065]

As described above, the remote operation system using the remote controller according to the present invention has the following effects. (1) The mouse remote control allows the user to select the video and / or graphic menu displayed on the controlled device and to perform remote operation corresponding to the display status, thereby displaying the two different images in a superimposed state. Remote control and remote control corresponding to the displayed screen can be performed with one remote controller, and the number of switches on the remote controller can be reduced accordingly, the remote controller main body can be downsized and the cost can be reduced. It has an extremely excellent effect that can be achieved.

(2) By turning on the power of the controlled device by operating the switch, it is possible to turn on the power of the TV or the like to be displayed by remote control, and reduce the number of switches on the remote controller. It has an extremely excellent effect that the remote controller body can be downsized.

(3) By operating the switch so that the graphic menu is also displayed when only the image is displayed, it is possible to perform remote operation mainly on the displayed image, which is necessary. There is an extremely excellent effect that an operation other than the screen can be appropriately performed while watching the screen.

(4) By operating the switch, when the image and the graphic menu are displayed, the graphic menu can be erased and the selection operation in the graphic menu can be performed, so that the graphic menu can be controlled by remote operation. It has an extremely excellent effect that the function can be improved easily even if the number of switches of the remote controller is reduced.

(5) By including the power-off of the controlled device in the selection operation, the power-off operation can be surely performed, and an extremely excellent effect that there is no need to provide a separate power switch is exerted.

(6) Since the pad mouse is formed of push-type or seesaw-type buttons, it is possible to improve operability and respond quickly and easily to the menu displayed on the tube surface. It has an extremely excellent effect.

(7) The pad mouse is designed to perform the main operation of the image when the graphic menu is not displayed by the operation of the switch, and the main operation is to switch the channel and adjust the volume.
This has an extremely excellent effect that the control of the screen which is usually used frequently can be easily used and the operability can be improved.

(8) Channel switching information is detected by a push-type or seesaw-type button for the channel,
Since the volume adjustment information is detected by the push-type or seesaw-type button for volume, the control that is often used normally can be performed by a simple operation, and the operability can be improved. Produce the effect.

(9) The pad mouse enables random pointing operation by the cursor when the graphic menu is displayed by operating the switch, and the vertical direction of the cursor is the push type or seesaw for the channel. It is vector information detected by the type button, and the left and right direction of the cursor is vector information detected by the push type or seesaw type button for volume, so you can easily select the menu and select a special There is no need to change the output information by the circuit, and it is possible to change the system at low cost simply by changing the interpretation of the information on the menu displayed on the screen.

(10) The information frame transmitted from the mouse remote controller is composed of vector information X and Y, information Z related to the pressing of the pad mouse, and switch button information. It has a very excellent effect that it can be configured and the analysis can be performed easily and accurately.

(11) Hold the mouse remote controller with one hand,
It is a gun grip type remote controller formed so as to be operated by a plurality of fingers, and the switch is a trigger type switch, which has an extremely excellent effect that operability can be improved and erroneous operation can be prevented. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a side surface of an embodiment of a mouse remote controller of a push-type switch of a TV remote control system using a mouse remote controller according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a top surface of the mouse remote controller.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a frame configuration of a signal transmitted from the mouse remote controller.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of vector information output from the pad mouse.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a TV as an embodiment of a TV remote control system using a mouse remote controller according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a reception processing procedure of mouse remote control information on the same TV side.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing details of a channel / volume switching processing procedure in the flowchart.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state in the first mode of the TV according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state in a second mode of the TV according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state in a third mode of the TV in the same embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a schematic plan view showing a seesaw-type switch mounted on the mouse remote controller.

FIG. 12 is a side view of FIG. 11.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory view showing an enlarged main part of the seesaw-type switch of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,1A mouse remote control 2 TV 3 communication link 4 grip section 5 barrel section 6,6A pad mouse 6a, 6b seesaw type switch 7 signal transmitting section 8 trigger type button switch 8A power switch 9 control section 10 remote control light receiving section 11 AV selector Function block 12 Video signal merge block 13 CRT 14 Light receiving / receiving data register 15 CPU 16 Program ROM 17 D-RAM 18 S-RAM 19 Video RAM 20 CRT output port 21 Real time clock timer 22 Control cable port 23 AV selector block Control port 24 Power switch 25 Menu 26 Button group 27 Cursor

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] May 20, 1994

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0002

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a graphical user interface (GU) using an image forming technique by a computer is used.
Depending on I), TV high functions have been developed for the graphic image can be displayed superimposed with the normal TV video.

[Procedure Amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0003

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

Many push button switches corresponding to the respective functions are added to the remote controller for remotely operating the high function TV as described above. Of these push-button switch, is a channel switching, each channel
Numerical switch, for example, seesaw that indicates up and down
-Type buttons, up adjustment for volume adjustment
Those that use seesaw buttons to instruct
There are many. This is for channel switching and volume adjustment
Are used more frequently than other functions, and
It is a function that requires an operational feeling that allows quick selection depending on
It depends.

[Procedure 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0004

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[0004] Mice are operations Gurafuikku menu as a finger Shimesuru apparatus suitable for so-called random pointing is common. By operating the mouse, the user can freely select various graphics displayed on the display screen of the TV by using a marker such as a cursor.

[Procedure amendment 4]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0007

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

[0007] In order to solve the various problems mentioned above, in order to reduce the number of push-button, but the remote control and wireless mouse remote control according to the wired mouse has been proposed, originally mouse, the graphical user interface The function is easy to understand by using
What is used for random pointing in the case of combing
In which for, Ji Yan'neru switching and volume adjustment of
It is suitable for applications that require a direct operation feeling.
There was a problem that it did not work.

[Procedure Amendment 5]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0008

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

Therefore, direct operability such as channel switching and volume adjustment of the controlled device and response and graph are provided.
The both the operation using a descriptive view of Fick can be implemented only with the remote control, and has a simple and problems to be solved to realize a remote operation method of a low cost.

[Procedure correction 6]

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[Name of item to be corrected] 0024

[Correction method] Change

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The pad mouse 6 holds the grip portion 4,
With your index finger on the trigger button switch 8,
And it is capable of operating by the pressing the up, down, left and right portions of the pad thumb.

[Procedure Amendment 7]

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[Name of item to be corrected] 0025

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

The pad mouse 6 is formed in a disk shape, and is formed in a fan shape having an X axis in the front-rear direction and a Y axis in the left-right direction. Then, the pad mouse 6 operates in the same manner as an ordinary mouse by pressing the pad surface and pressing it.
A machine for converting to vector information represented by X and Y coordinates
It is equipped with Noh.

[Procedure Amendment 8]

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[Correction method] Change

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[0026] That is, the pad mouse 6, <br/> This opens the interface shown in FIG. 2, is on the appearance has a push button of the four fan-shaped front, rear, left and right, these four push buttons of the X-shaped It is demarcated by a boundary line clearly indicated by a printed line or groove.

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[0037] Incidentally, on the basis of a command signal from the mouse remote controller 1, the menu that is stored in advance in the program in ROM 16, icons, graphics and text characters, such as
It is possible to transfer fixed data related to a column to the video RAM 19.
And are displayed on the screen of the CRT 13 and the menus, icons, characters, etc. are displayed in the same manner.
Function of performing functions and operations such as the selection by pointing at Luke Cursor is called a graphical user interface.

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[0053] Furthermore, it changes values of the vector as described with reference to FIG 4, the data that is does not exceed the pressing force there Ru specified value is ignored. This is a pad mouse 6
This is to prevent it from responding to a slight touch and not going too far when pressed and held (step S1).
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In this state, the trigger die button switch
Operating the Ide pad mouse 6 such pressed switch 8, the cursor movement processing is performed (step S10). That is,
Vector information X, Y of the pad mouse 6 is treated as a pointing coordinates of the cursor 27 by CPU15 as the operation information, the cursor 27, for example, moved onto the desired button, a trigger-type button switch 8, POI cursor 27 Ntengu to enable processing in which are interlocked (steps S9, S10).

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Next, the structure of the pad mice 6 described in FIGS. 1 and 2, Ru can also constituted by a seesaw-type button switch, as shown in FIGS. 11 to 13. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, the mouse remote controller 1A equipped with a seesaw-type button switch is a rectangular handy type that can be held with one hand, and a signal transmitter 7A provided at the tip thereof for transmitting infrared rays or radio waves. And this transmission signal section 7
Enters provided at an appropriate position that is a position near A and does not interfere with the operation of the seesaw-type button switch described later.
Power switch 8A, which is an switch, and seesaw
The pad mouse 6A, which is a mold switch, comprises a seesaw type channel switch 6a for switching channels and a seesaw type volume switch 6a for adjusting the volume. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] May 23, 1994

[Procedure Amendment 1]

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The channel switch 6a and the volume switch 6b constituting the pad mouse 6A are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 13, the front side 1a of the mouse remote controller 1A is used as a base and traced over it to move vertically in a seesaw shape around the fulcrum X to switch channels and adjust the volume. It has a structure that can be performed quickly and easily. Therefore, when the number of channels is large, it is superior to the numeric buttons and can be used for the random pointing described with reference to FIGS.
Use that is diverted to button switch capable and has a simple structure. For example, vertically and horizontally as shown in FIG. 14, a certain
There is provided a sheet over Soviet-type button switch in a cross shape as shown in FIG. 15, the left and right of the seesaw-type button switch is for channel switching, the upper and lower seesaw type button switch is for volume adjustment.

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FIG. 14 is a schematic plan view showing a seesaw switch mounted on the mouse remote controller.

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FIG. 15 is a schematic plan view showing a seesaw switch mounted on the mouse remote controller.

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Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A mouse remote controller having a pad mouse and a switch, and a controlled device having a superimpose function, wherein the mouse remote controller displays a video and / or a graphic menu displayed on the controlled device. A remote operation method using a remote control, which allows selection and remote operation according to the displayed state. 2. The remote control system according to claim 1, wherein one operation of the switch is to turn on the power of the controlled device. 3. The remote control system according to claim 1, wherein the other operation of the switch is such that a graphic menu is also displayed when only an image is displayed. 4. Yet another operation of the switch is:
3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein when the image and the graphic menu are displayed, the graphic menu can be erased and the selecting operation in the graphic menu can be performed.
Alternatively, a remote control method using the remote controller described in 3. 5. The remote control system by remote control according to claim 4, wherein the selection operation includes turning off the power of the controlled device. 6. The remote control system according to claim 1, wherein the pad mouse is formed of a push type or seesaw type button. 7. The remote control method according to claim 1 or 6, wherein the pad mouse is configured to perform a main operation of an image when a graphic menu is not displayed by operating the switch. . 8. The remote control method according to claim 7, wherein the main operations of the image are channel switching and volume adjustment. 9. The remote controller according to claim 8, wherein the channel is switched by a push-type or seesaw-type button for the channel, and the volume is adjusted by a push-type or seesaw-type button for the volume. Remote control method by. 10. The pad mouse according to claim 1, wherein a random pointing operation can be performed by a cursor when a graphic menu is displayed by operating the switch.
Remote control method by remote control described in. 11. The vertical direction of the cursor is vector information detected by a push-type or seesaw-type button for channels, and the left-right direction of the cursor is vector information detected by a push-type or seesaw type button for volumes. The remote control system according to claim 10, wherein the remote control system is a remote control system. 12. The information frame transmitted from the mouse remote controller is composed of vector information X, Y, information Z regarding pressing of the pad mouse, and button information of the switch. The remote control method using the remote control described in 1. 13. The mouse remote controller is grasped with one hand,
The remote control system according to claim 1, wherein the remote control is a gun grip type remote controller formed to be operated by a plurality of fingers. 14. The remote control system by remote control according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the switch is a trigger type switch.