JPH09322013A - Icon display type remote control - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability by displaying icon information at a liquid crystal display device and selecting a channel by a touch panel sensor operation. SOLUTION: The icon information displayed in the liquid crystal display device 32 on the side of this remote controller 30 from a main body 40 through a connector 45 for installation is stored in the nonvolatile memory of a microcomputer 34 for control as page information. When the power of the remote controller 30 is turned ON, ON signals are optically transmitted to the reception part 41 of the main body 40, the icon of television channel information is displayed on the television monitor of the main body 40 and it is simultaneously displayed at the liquid crystal display device 32 of the remote controller 30 as well. When the icon of the remote controller 30 is inputted with a finger, the selected and displayed icon is also transmitted to the main body 40 and the television images of the selected channel are inputted onto the television monitor. By selecting the channel by the touch panel sensor operation from the remote controller 30 in this way, the operability is improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an icon display type remote controller which consumes less power and is inexpensive.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A remote control operation for AV information equipment such as TV, VTR, stereo, and CATV is usually performed by a remote control dedicated to each equipment. However, recently, the number of dedicated remote control slaves that operate a large number of operating devices has increased too much, and when operating the remote control, it is routine to wonder which remote control slave to use. As a countermeasure product for solving such problems, TV and VTR integrated remote control cordless handsets, learning remote control cordless handsets, and recently, like mouse operation of a personal computer, operation buttons of compatible devices are displayed on the TV monitor, and mouse There is a remote control that gives input instructions in the way of input.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a conventional example. A main body 10 including a remote controller 1 and a television monitor for receiving a signal from the remote controller 1, and a peripheral device 2 connected to the main body 10.
FIG.

The remote controller 1 comprises two acceleration sensors 2 arranged orthogonally to each other, a control microcomputer 3, a radio unit 4 and a transmitter 5, and a main body 10 has a receiver 11 and a receiver 11.
The wireless unit 12, the control microcomputer 13, the TV monitor 14, and the LED group 15 are provided, and the peripheral device 20 is a VT.
It is composed of R, CATV, audio equipment and the like.

In the configuration of the above-mentioned conventional example, when selecting a television channel, the acceleration sensor 2 serving as an X-axis and Y-axis position signal moves vertically and horizontally toward the TV monitor 14 on which the television channel icon is displayed. When moved, an indicated position such as an arrow (cursor) indicating an operation position passes through the control microcomputer 3, the wireless unit 4, and the transmitter 5,
The position indicated by the arrow is displayed on the V monitor 14 and moves according to the movement of the hand. The enter button (not shown) provided on the remote controller 1 is selected by selecting the number of channels from the icon displayed on the TV monitor 14 according to the position indicated by the arrow.
Press to execute the icon content.

The main body 10 receives the position signal data of the X-axis and the Y-axis transmitted by radio waves from the transmitter 5 of the remote controller 1 every moment by the receiver 11, and the TV monitor 14 receives icon information (TV channel). , And the arrow position of the mouse position sent from the remote control are displayed on the selected channel, and the television image of the selected channel is input on the television monitor. At this time, the main body 14 also receives a control signal such as enter.

The peripheral device 20 connected to the main body 10 is operated by a control signal from the control microcomputer 13. That is, the control microcomputer 13 controls the peripheral control LED group 15 installed in the main body 10, and the LED group 15 operates and selects one of the peripheral devices 20, for example, a VTR, by an optical remote controller. In this way, not only the channels of the television but also many peripheral devices connected to the main body can be centrally controlled, and a desired one is selectively input.

[0008]

However, in the remote controller having the above-mentioned configuration, in order to select the icon information displayed on the main body, the remote controller is moved up, down, left and right, and the radio wave is continuously displayed on the TV monitor accordingly. , The power consumption of the wireless transmission unit and acceleration sensor increases,
Further, since the acceleration sensor needs a high-sensitivity object for detecting a slow movement of the hand, there is a problem that it becomes a high-priced component that requires adjustment of characteristics.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The above-mentioned object is to integrally form a touch panel sensor on a liquid crystal display device, to display icon information such as a television channel on the liquid crystal display device, and to display the icon information on the touch panel sensor. This can be solved by selecting a desired channel or the like by a pressing operation and transmitting it as an optical signal to a main body of a television or the like including a television monitor.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 are views for explaining an icon display type remote controller according to the present invention. FIG.
In the figure, reference numeral 30 is a remote controller, and 40 is a block diagram showing a main body including a television monitor. However, the television monitor and peripheral devices connected to the television monitor are the same as those in the conventional example described above, and therefore the illustration is omitted.

The remote controller 30 includes a touch panel sensor 31 for detecting X-axis and Y-axis coordinates, a liquid crystal display device 32 for displaying an icon, a B / W LCD drive 33, a control microcomputer 34, and an optical transmitter. 35 and POWER button 3 for turning on / off the power as shown in FIG.
6. It is composed of a volume button 37 and an ENTER button 38.

As shown in FIG. 3, the touch panel sensor 31 is a transparent plate having a size of a business card, and the surface thereof has a resistance value that changes with pressure and detects a X-axis and a Y-axis. Is provided with a pressure sensitive film, and the pressure sensitive film has X
A constant current is applied in the axial and Y-axis directions, and a voltage corresponding to the pressed position is output from the X-direction position detection circuit and the Y-direction position detection circuit. The output is received by the A / D port of the control microcomputer 34. The X and Y positions are determined by software processing, and the designated icon display is selected and confirmed.
Here, the touch panel sensor 31 selects the icon to be displayed on the liquid crystal, unlike the coordinate recognition of characters, so that the coordinates may be detected at intervals of about 1 mm.

The liquid crystal display device 32 has the same shape as the touch panel sensor 31 as shown in FIG. 3, and these are superposed and integrated to be assembled with the remote controller 30 shown in FIG. Since the touch panel sensor 31 is transparent,
The icon of the liquid crystal display device has a structure visible from the operating side.

The main body 40 includes a light receiving section 41, a control microcomputer 42, an icon video signal section 43 connected to a television monitor, a peripheral device LED group 44 for optically operating a peripheral device such as a VTR, and an icon. The page connector information is installed from the main body 40 to the remote controller 30 side for installation.

The icon information displayed on the liquid crystal display device 32 is used as page information for the control micro-computer 3.
It is stored in the nonvolatile memory of No. 4. When used, it is transferred and stored in advance from the main body 40 through the connector 45 for installation as an installation work.

The main body 40 on the light receiving side receives the selected icon signal and the operation button signal, and performs the control microcomputer 4 by the same signal processing as the above-mentioned conventional example.
2 is input. Also, on the TV monitor of the main body 40,
The same icon as the icon displayed on the remote controller 30 is displayed by the installation described above. In addition, the peripheral device LED group that operates the peripheral device with an optical signal includes a large number of LEs.
D is lined up, and light is emitted so that there is no blind spot.

In the above structure, when selecting a TV channel, first, the page information of the icon is installed from the main body to the remote controller side. Next remote control 3
When the power is turned on with the POWER button 36 of 0, a power-on signal is optically transmitted from the optical transmission unit 35 to the reception unit 41 of the main body 40, and the TV channel information icon is displayed on the TV monitor of the main body 40, and at the same time, the same. The icon is also displayed on the liquid crystal display device 32 of the remote controller 30 on hand.
Next, when the icon of the remote controller 30 in which the channel information is displayed is input with a finger, the microcomputer recognizes the signal of the position of the X axis and the Y axis of the pressed position, and the display is changed to black and white reverse display that the desired icon is selected. To do. At that time, the selected and displayed icon is also transmitted to the main body 40 in which the same icon is displayed. Then, if correct, the ENTER button 38
When it is OK, the icon operation, that is, the channel is instructed, and the television image of the selected channel is input on the television monitor.

Similarly, in the case of selecting a peripheral device connected to the main body 40, for example, in the case of VTR operation, the liquid crystal display device of the remote controller 30 is an icon of operation buttons such as feed and rewind after the installation work is completed. 32 and the TV monitor, the signals are processed in the same manner as the above-mentioned channel operation, and the control microcomputer 42 of the main body 40
Is recognized as a peripheral device, and the optical signal of the operation signal selected by the icon is emitted from the peripheral device control LED group 44 as a dedicated optical code signal and input. Thus, the selection is made only when the operation button pressing operation is determined.

[0019]

As described above, in the icon display type remote controller according to the present invention, the touch panel sensor is integrally formed on the liquid crystal display device, and the liquid crystal display device is caused to display icon information such as television channels. Since the icon information is selected by pressing the touch panel sensor to select a desired channel or the like and transmitted as an optical signal to a main body of a TV or the like including a TV monitor, a selection signal can be obtained by a liquid crystal display device and a touch panel sensor on hand. Since the amount of data to be transmitted is small, the power consumption of the liquid crystal display device and the touch panel sensor is low, and in addition to the advantages that it is cheaper than the acceleration sensor, In addition to the diameter design, the icon design to be displayed has a high degree of freedom and can be customized for each company's use. Version information can be easily upgraded by storing the icon page information on the controller side in a rewritable flash memory, etc. Furthermore, since the remote control side can be manufactured with general-purpose specifications, the icon page information of the latest version can be actually used. There are advantages such as being able to install.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a relationship between an icon according to the present invention and a main body including a television monitor.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an icon operation unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a touch panel sensor and a liquid crystal display device that form an icon according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a relationship between a conventional remote controller and a main body including a television monitor.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 30 Remote control 31 Touch panel sensor 32 Liquid crystal display device 10, 40 Main body

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A touch panel sensor is integrally formed on a liquid crystal display device, icon information such as a television channel is displayed on the liquid crystal display device, and the desired channel or the like is displayed by pressing the icon information on the touch panel sensor. An icon display type remote controller, which is selected and transmitted as an optical signal to a main body of a television or the like including a television monitor.