JPH03214488A - Commander for av system - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an AV (audio/vinual) Nostem commander in which operation keys are used for multiple AV source devices.

[Summary of the Invention 1 The present invention provides a commander for an AV system in which operation keys are used for multiple AV source devices. It is configured to be selectable, and operates the supply source when the video signal supply source is operated in the video operation mode, the audio signal supply source is operated when the audio signal supply source is the same, and the audio operation mode is configured to operate the supply source of the video signal and the audio signal. By providing display means that displays the video/audio operation mode in different colors, the operation mode can be identified by color, thereby improving operability.

[Problems to be Solved by the Prior Art and the Invention 1] In a commander that can operate multiple AV source devices, in order to improve operability and make it more compact by reducing the number of operation keys, it is necessary to use the operation keys for multiple AV source devices. There are some that are configured for dual use.

On the other hand, with the development of AV systems, the video signals and audio signals output by multiple AV source devices can be selected separately, and the images of the 1-8 North devices can be displayed on the monitor. There are Nostem and others that allow you to enjoy a variety of AV by not playing the audio from other AV source devices through the speaker.

In such a Nostem, nine AV source devices must be operating at the same time). If you apply the command described above, there is a possibility that you will not know which equipment is currently in a state where it can be operated.

Therefore, the present invention provides a commander for an AV system that has long operability and can easily determine which of the video signal feeder (4'' and audio signal feeder) can be operated. I
It is considered to be I-like.

(To solve the problem 1. Objective 1-1) The eight system commander according to the present invention can operate multiple AV source devices. In the commander of the AV system configured to double as the operation key for the AV source device,
The video signal and the audio signal supplied to the monitor and the sound player, respectively, can be selected from a plurality of AV source devices i; In the video operation mode to operate the source device, in the audio operation mode to operate the AV source device which is the source of the audio signal, and in the audio operation mode to operate the AV source device where the source of the video signal and audio signal is the same 4- A display B stage is provided to display the video and audio operation mode in different colors.

Since the operating video operation mode, the audio operation mode, and the video and audio operation mode are displayed in different colors, the AV source device to be operated can be identified simply by identifying the color of the display means.

Example" Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 show a first embodiment. Figure 1 shows AV
The configuration diagram of the system is shown, and the eight V system is AV
The device side and the commander I are configured separately. A.V.
Controller 2 is installed on the equipment side (J゜shi, this control [l
-Ra 2 has AV source equipment VTR 3,'r.
' A v-tuner 4 and a CD player 5 are connected, as well as a monitor 6 and a speaker 7 which is a sound reproducer. V i' It 3 and 'I' Vzi Corner 4
The output video {+i''-} is selectively supplied to the monitor 6 by the video selection stage 8, and
3 and 'I' V duna 4 and CD player 5 output 4
The sound signal is . It is configured to be selectively supplied to the speaker 7 by the voice selection stage 9).

The switching positions of the video selection unit 8 and the audio selection unit 9 are controlled by a switching signal from the microcomputer 10.
i' R 3, i'' V tuner 4 and C I) The operation of the player 5 is also controlled by the control signal of the microcomputer IO, and this microcomputer IO is operated by the control command signal from the commander 1 that the receiver 11 receives. do.

= 17 Noda 1 is +iiijkkonl・1l by optical transmission
- La 2 no My 1! 0 is controlled, so power button 12, V '['I< button 13, tuner button 1
4,01) Button! 5 for model selection and Vl button l6,
Δ[J Hotano 17 video. η Voice selection and Brayhotan 1
8, FF button 19, reverse button 20, FW button 21, temporary stop l1- button 22, stop button 23, various operation keys for device control (f).

When the VTR button 13 or the like is pressed at the same time as the electric kappa button 12, an electric signal such as V'l'ltl3 is input. ■１
The button 16 is used to select a video system model and select a video operation mode in which the selected model can be operated. For example, after pressing the V1 button I6, V TI? When button 13 is pressed, video selection F stage 8 switches to V '1' R 3 side.
When the VTR 3 becomes the video signal supply source, the VTR 3 is operated by entering the video operation mode and pressing the play button 18 of the equipment control ITI.

The AtJ button 17 is used to select the audio model and select the audio operation mode that allows you to operate the selected model.
The same operation as the Vl button l6 is performed for the audio system. Here, if the supply source of the video signal and the supply source of the audio signal match, the third mode, the video/audio operation mode, is entered. The play button 18 etc. for device control is VTR.
3, TV tuner 4, and CD player 5.
For the 1' V tuner 4, the play button 18 is used to raise the channel, and the reverse button 20 is used to lower the channel. Furthermore, the play button 18 and the like for controlling the equipment are configured to emit light in various colors by the display-L stage 24.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration diagram of the display L stage 24, and my ml:
/25 niha red LEI) (luminescent element r) 26 is dispersive / 1
1ζ installed circuit and green I. A plurality of 1k E127 circuits are connected to each other. Red L E I) 2 6 and green L E I) 2 7
Each bear is placed on the back side of the play button 18 etc. for device control, and this play button! The 8th grade is made of a transparent material. When the microcomputer 25 is in a video operation mode that operates an AV source device that is not supplying a video signal, the microcomputer 25 displays the red L E I) 2 6, and when it is in an audio operation mode that operates an AV source device that is an audio signal supply source, the microcomputer 25 displays a green [ , I: I) 27, when the source of video signal and audio signal is the same and the video and audio operation mode is used to operate the AV source equipment, both red and green Ll(1)26. A driving current is outputted to cause 27 to emit light.

The operation of the above configuration will be explained below.

Electric κ {Press button heat 2 to set JIB to v 't' r
Press the t button 13 and the CD button 15, and the VTR
3 and CI) Player 5 is turned on. Next, press the Vl button 16 and then press the v'crt button +3 to switch the video selection stage 8 to the V'[''R3 side.When the Vl button 16 is pressed, the screen switches to video operation mode. Play button 8, etc. for switching equipment control lights up in red. By pressing this play button 18, etc., the current video source, V 'I' R 3, is operated. 7 and then presses the CD button l5, the audio selection means 9 is switched to the CD player 5 side.

! jJj When the AU button l7 is pressed, the mode is switched to the voice operation mode, and the play button 18 etc. for device control lights up in green. By pressing the play button l8 or the like, the CI player 5, which is the current audio source, is operated.

Here, if you press the V T It button l3, the audio selection f
Stage 9 switches to the VTR 3 side, and the VTR 3 becomes the source of both video and audio. Said VTR button 1
As soon as you press 3, it switches to the video and audio operation mode, and the play button 18, etc. for device control is pressed in both red and green Lr>
Since D26.27 emits light, it lights up in clear color. By pressing the play button 18 or the like, the VTR3, which is the current video and audio source, is operated.

In the operation described above, the play button 18 for device control etc. is displayed in the color W in the video operation mode, audio operation mode, and video and audio operation mode, so it can be operated simply by identifying the color. AV equipment is easy to understand and easy to operate.

3 to 5 show a second embodiment.

FIG. 3 shows a Bronnoch diagram of the video system circuit of the AV system. In FIG. 3, the Av/stem consists of the f-source system 8 and the remote system B. Ding. The source system A has a controller 30, and this controller 30 includes AV source devices I, 1) player 31, and V'.
R (3) (32) and a 3 mm camera 33 are connected to each, and a small liquid crystal monitor 34 is also connected to the camera. The remote system B has a selector 35, and the selector 35 includes a TV tuner 36, VTR (1) (37), VTR (2) (
38) are connected to each other and a large monitor 3.
9 is connected.

f- The controller 30 of the source system 8 and the selector 35 of the remote system B are each provided with an optical transmission section 40 that optically transmits video and audio signals in both directions. Each optical transmission unit 40 has a transmitting unit 4l that emits an optical signal and a receiving unit 42 that receives the optical signal.The transmitting unit 41 includes a modulator 43 that outputs a modulated signal, and the receiving unit 42 includes a Four decoders 44 are connected to each decoder 44 for decoding the received signal.

The controller 30 and the selector 35 include a transmission selection means 4.
5 and display selection means 46 are provided, respectively. Selected terminals (a) to (c) of each transmission selection stage 45
The respective outputs of the AV source equipment are led to the outputs of the AV source equipment, and the selection stage 45 for valley transmission selects one of the outputs of the valley optical transmission section 40:J! It selectively outputs to the 4-unit 43. That is, each transmission selection stage 45 selects the AV source equipment to be transmitted to the other party's system, and this selection is controlled by the control signal of the microcontroller 47 described below.

In addition, the selected end r-(d) of the selection stage 46 for displaying h
The output from the demodulator 44 with optical transmission im≦40 is transmitted to the selected terminals 1'(c) to (g), and the selected terminals 1'(c) to (g) are AV source devices,
The respective outputs of the controller [I-RA 30
The display selection stage 46 selects one of them on the LCD monitor 3.
4, the display selection column 46 of the selector 35 is -
One is selectively output to the monitor 39, respectively. That is, each display selection means 46 selects the transmitted AV of the other party.
The device to be connected to the own monitor 34, 39 is selected from among the source device and the own Uiro source device, and this selection is controlled by the control signal of the microcomputer 47 described below.

Further, the controller 30 and the selector 35 are each provided with a microcomputer 47 that controls the transmission selection stage 45 and the display selection means 46. Conte [
The microcomputer 47 of the controller 30 outputs control signals to each selection means 45 and 46 of the controller 30 in response to command signals from the switch panel section 48 which is a commander, and also outputs control signals to the selection means 45 and 46 of the controller 30, and also outputs control signals to the LD player 31 which is its own AV source device. control etc. Further, the microcomputer 47 outputs control data to the remote control signal generator 49 in response to a remote command signal from the switch panel section 48. This remote control signal generator 49
sends a signal according to the content of the control data to the transmitter ffi 50, and the transmitter ffi 50 outputs an optical signal.

This optical signal uses a different frequency band from the optical signal for video and/or voice transmission. The selector 35 has a receiver 51 that receives this optical signal, and this receiver 5l
The output signal of is led to the microcomputer 47. That is, control data is sent from the microcomputer 47 of the controller 30 to the microcomputer 47 of the selector 35 by optical signal transmission, and based on this control data, the microcomputer 47 of the selector 35 outputs a control signal to each selection stage 45 and 46 of the selector 35. Then, it controls its own AV source equipment, such as the 'rv tuner 36.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the -η voice system circuit of the AV system. In FIG. 4, since the audio system circuit is configured almost the same as the video system circuit, I. : Same as the drawing.
The explanation will be omitted by adding a symbol.

The point W is that a headphone 52, which is a sound regenerator, is connected to the controller 30, and a speaker 53, which is a sound regenerator, is connected to the selector 35 instead of the monitors 34 and 39, respectively. Also, the optical transmission section 40 and the microcomputer 47 are used for 1k, and the optical transmission section 40 is used for the video signal 1.
}, and the microcomputer 47 controls the valley selection means 46 and 47 for both the video system and the audio system.

FIG. 5 shows a configuration diagram of the switch panel section 48. In FIG. 5, the switch panel section 48 is connected to the first
It has substantially the same function as the commander 1 of the embodiment, and differs from the commander 1 of the first embodiment in that it has a near-side/stem button 54 and a remote-side system button 55.
An operation key is added to switch the system. This local system button 54 or remote system button 55
Monitors 34, 39 of each system by pressing
When the button 5'l+55 is selected, the selected button 5'l+55 is turned on. For example, if the remote system button 54 is pressed and the Vl button l6 is pressed, the video source of the remote system can be selected.

Also, unlike the first embodiment, the operation keys for model selection include a tuner button 56, a V''R (1') button 57, a VTR (2) button 58, an LD button 59, and a VTR (3) button. 60 and a camera button 6l, and a display section 6 below these buttons.
2 are provided respectively. When selected as the source for remote system B, the display section 6 in the -hi section of the button
2 is selected as the source of the local system 8, the display 62 at the bottom of the button lights up. In addition, if it is selected as a video source, it will turn red, if it is selected as an N voice source, it will turn green, and if it is selected as a source for both video and sound 7!4, it will turn clear. If the configuration is such that each light is turned on, the operability will be further improved. Since the buttons for the control equipment are constructed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, they are designated by the same symbols as in the first embodiment, and their explanation will be omitted. Also, there is +i on the play button 18 etc. for controlling this device.
A display stage 24 similar to the first embodiment described in ij. is provided.

The operation of the above configuration will now be explained.

When all model selection buttons such as the tuner button 56 are pressed while pressing the power button 12 of the switch panel section 48, all the AV source devices are turned on.

Next, when the remote side system button 55 is pressed, each button 55 lights up. When the Vl button 16 is pressed and the tuner button 56 is pressed, the video system display selection L stage 46 is set to TV.
Switched to the junah 36 side.

When the ΔU button 17 is pressed and the VTR (2) button 58 is pressed, the audio system display selection means 46 is switched to the VTR (2) side, and the image of the 'I' Vduna 36 is displayed on the monitor 39 of the remote system. , and the speaker 53 has a VTR (
2) The voice sounds. 1" Since the switch to the video operation mode is made when the Vl box 16 in ii7 is pressed, the play button 18 etc. on the device control panel lights up in red" (because the remote side system button 55 lights up). , it can be seen that the video source of the monitor 39 of the remote system [{ can be selected], and when the 1'V tuner 36 is selected as shown in 1.1, this 1'V tuner 36 is operated. It can be seen that the ΔU button 1
7 and press the V 'I' It (2) button 38, the mode switches to the voice operation mode, the play button I8 etc. for device control lights up in green, and the audio source source of the speaker 53 is activated in the same way as above. You can see that you can select VTR(2)(3) as shown in L.
If 8) is selected, it can be seen that VTRs (2) and (38) are being operated.

Also, when the TV tuner 36 that is the same source as the video is selected, it lights up in clear color and indicates that it is the source of the video and audio.
(2) It can be seen that the tuner 36 is in a state where it is being operated.

Furthermore, when the user presses the system button 54 on the hand side, this button 54 lights up. Then, by performing the same operation as the remote system, images and audio can be output to the monitor 34 and headphones 52 of the source system 54. At the time of this operation, the play button 18 and the like for RAS control are operated. Since the light is turned on in the desired color depending on the source, it is easy to operate as described above.

Effect of the Invention 1 As described above, according to the present invention, in the commander of the AV system in which the operation keys are configured to be used for N number of AV source devices, the video signals output from the plurality of A■ sources R'Aj In the video operation mode, which operates the video signal supply source, and in the audio operation mode, which operates the supply source of the voice signal, and in the audio operation mode, the video signal and audio signal are supplied separately. We have provided a display means that displays in different colors when the source is the same and when the source is operated in the video/audio operation mode, so you can easily understand which AV source device is being operated by simply separating the colors, improving operability. It has the effect of being in the opposite direction.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. I and FIG. 2 show the first embodiment, FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of the AV system, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the display means, and FIGS. 3 to 5 show the second embodiment. 3 is a block diagram of the video system circuit of the AV system, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the audio system circuit of the AV system, and FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the switch panel section. l...Commander, 3.4, 5.31, 32.33.3
6,37.38・ AV7-x equipment (VTR, TV tuner, etc.), 6.34.39...Monitor, 7,53...
- Subika (sound reproducer), 24... Display means, 4 8... Swissochi panel section (commander), 52... Hedopon (sound generator). Diagram of five talented people with display hand tλ Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In an AV system commander configured to be able to operate a plurality of AV source devices and to also serve as an operation key for the plurality of AV source devices, the plurality of video signals and audio signals to be supplied to the monitor and the sound reproducer, respectively, are The AV source device is configured to be able to be selected separately from among the AV source devices, and in a video operation mode for operating the AV source device that is a source of a video signal, and in an audio mode for operating the AV source device that is a source of an audio signal. An AV system commander characterized in that a display means is provided for displaying in different colors an operation mode and a video/audio operation mode for operating the AV source equipment in which the supply source of video signals and audio signals is the same. .