JP2877192B2 - Touch panel type color signal generator - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a color signal generator, and more particularly to a color signal generator for a television studio.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional color signal generating apparatus is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 56-145178.
A knob for color adjustment for adjusting hue (HUE), saturation (SAT), and brightness (LUM) is prepared on the operation panel as a rotary adjuster, and the hue is adjusted according to the amount of rotation of the knob for color adjustment. , Saturation, and brightness to adjust the output color.

FIG. 2 shows another conventional color signal generator.
The color signal generator uses the rotary encoder 9 as a rotary adjuster, and the main control unit 7 ′ outputs control data 105 corresponding to the rotation amount data 104 output from the rotary encoder 9, 8 outputs a color signal 106 corresponding to the control data 105.

[0004] As a display (not shown) for displaying control data 105 to confirm the color signal 106, EL is used.
In some cases, a monochrome display such as an (electroluminescence) display is provided, and the control data 105 is displayed as a color vector or a bar graph on the monochrome display.

[0005]

The first problem is that none of the above-mentioned conventional color signal generators can perform a quick operation when performing a rapid color adjustment. More specifically, color adjustment cannot be performed with one touch.

[0006] The reason is that there is only a rotary adjuster, and adjustment can be performed only by rotating operation.

A second problem is that, when the user wants to check the color signal 106, the conventional color signal generator displays the control data 105 as a color vector or a bar graph on a monochrome display, so that the color adjustment is visually intuitive. Is confusing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a color signal generator capable of adjusting or changing a color signal by a sudden operation and confirming a color signal in a visually easy-to-understand state. Is to provide.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided a color signal generating section, a man-machine interface section for outputting information representing a color, and responsive to the information representing the color from the man-machine interface section. A control unit for controlling the color signal generation unit so that the color signal generation unit generates a color signal corresponding to the color represented by the information representing the color. A color touch panel is used as a machine interface unit, the color touch panel has a plurality of touch portions corresponding to a plurality of colors, and the plurality of color portions corresponding to a touch-operated one of the plurality of touch portions. Touch information representing one of them is generated as information representing the color, and the control unit responds to the touch information from the color touch panel, The color signal generator is controlled to generate a color signal corresponding to the color represented by the touch information, and the same color as the color signal generated by the color signal generator is displayed. Color display data to be transmitted to the color touch panel, wherein the color touch panel responds to the color display data from the control unit and displays a color displayed by the color display data. And a color vector display unit, and a bar graph display unit, wherein the control unit displays, on the color vector display unit, a color vector of the same color as the color signal generated by the color signal generation unit. A touch panel type color signal generating device, wherein the bar graph display unit displays, in a bar graph, the same color saturation or brightness as the color signal generated by the color signal generating unit on the bar graph display unit. It is obtained.

According to the present invention, there are provided a plurality of touch portions corresponding to a plurality of colors, and one of the plurality of colors corresponding to a touch-operated one of the plurality of touch portions. A color touch panel that outputs touch information representing a color signal, a color signal generator, and a color signal corresponding to a color represented by the touch information in response to the touch information from the color touch panel. A control unit for controlling the color signal generation unit and sending color display data for displaying the same color as the color signal generated by the color signal generation unit to the color touch panel, the color signal generation unit generating the color signal. The touch panel further includes, in response to the color display data from the control unit, a color display unit that displays a color displayed by the color display data, a color vector display unit, and a bar graph display unit. The control unit displays the color vector of the same color as the color signal generated by the color signal generation unit on the color vector display unit, and displays the color signal generation unit on the bar graph display unit. A color signal generator of the touch panel type, characterized in that the saturation or brightness of the same color as the generated color signal is displayed in a bar graph.

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[0013]

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The color signal generating apparatus according to the present invention described below can be operated in combination with a touch operation on a color touch panel as a man-machine interface and a rotary adjustment of a rotary encoder as a rotary adjuster, so that a quick operation can be achieved. Having means.

In addition to the color vector display and the bar graph display on the color touch panel, there is provided a means for displaying the adjustment colors in color.

The operator touches the touch panel, and the corresponding color is output from the color signal generation unit according to the touched information. Thus, the corresponding color can be output with one touch.

Further, by displaying the color output by the color signal generator on the color touch panel in color, the operator can confirm the color from the operation panel.

Referring to FIG. 1, a color signal generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention has a color touch panel 1 having a control display touch unit 3. The control display touch unit 3 includes a color vector display unit 4 displaying color vectors corresponding to a plurality of hues (HUE), a bar graph display unit 5 for displaying saturation (SAT) in a bar graph, and brightness. (BRT)
Is displayed in a bar graph. The color vector display unit 4 displaying a plurality of color vectors operates as a plurality of touch portions corresponding to a plurality of colors, and corresponds to one touch-operated of the plurality of touch portions. Touch information 103 representing one of the plurality of colors is output. Specifically, for example,
If the user touches a touch portion corresponding to blue in the color vector display of the color vector display section 4, information indicating that blue has been designated is output as touch information 103.

The main control unit 7 includes the color touch panel 1
In response to the touch information 103 from the
The color signal generator 8 is controlled so as to generate the color signal 106 corresponding to the color represented by the color signal generator 8, and the same color as the color signal 106 generated by the color signal generator 8 is displayed. The color display data 101 is transferred to the color touch panel 1
To send to.

The color touch panel 1 includes a main control unit 7
In response to the color display data 102 from
02, a color display section 2 for displaying the color displayed at 02.
Have.

The main control unit 7 causes the color vector display unit 4 and the bar graph display units 5 and 6 to display the same color as the color signal 106 generated by the color signal generation unit 8 in the color vector display and the bar graph display. Is transmitted to the color touch panel 1, and the same color as the color signal 106 generated by the color signal generator 8 is displayed on the color vector display unit 4 and the bar graph display units 5 and 6 in the color vector display and the bar graph display. Display with.

As described above, the control display touch unit 3 of the color touch panel 1 sends the touch information 103 indicating which part of the control display touch unit 3 has been touched by the operator to the main control unit 7. The color touch panel 1 receives color display data 101 and control display data 102 from the main control unit 7.

The color signal generator further includes a rotary encoder 9 as a rotary adjuster for outputting rotation amount data 104 as information representing a color.
In response to the rotation amount data 104 from the rotary encoder 9, the color signal generator 8 controls the color signal generator 8 to generate a color signal 106 corresponding to the color represented by the rotation amount data 104. But also.

Next, the operation of the color signal generator of FIG. 1 will be described.

A portion corresponding to a color to be output is touched on the color vector display section 4 of the control display touch section 3 of the color touch panel 1. The color touch panel 1 sends the color of the touched part (the color specified by the operator) to the main control unit 7 as touch information 103.

In the main control section 7, the color display data 10 capable of displaying the same color as the color signal 106 output from the color signal generation section 8 is obtained by the control data 105 transmitted to the color signal generation section 8.
1 is output to the color touch panel 1. Further, control display data 102 necessary for display on the control display touch unit 3 on the color touch panel 1 is also output from the main control unit 7 to the color touch panel 1.

Also, by reading the rotation amount data 104 from the rotary encoder 9 into the main control unit 7,
Conventional operation is also possible.

In the color touch panel 1, the main control unit 7
From the control display data 102 received from the control display touch panel 3, the color vector display on the color vector display unit 5 of the control display touch unit 3 and the numerical display and the amount display of the bar graph display on the bar graph display units 5 and 6 of the control display touch unit 3 are written. Replace. In this way, an absolute quantitative display is also performed, so that the operation is easy to understand.

[0030]

The first effect of the present invention is that the operability is improved. This makes it possible to generate a color signal by a quick operation.

The reason is that when the operator touches the touch panel display portion indicating the desired color, the color is immediately generated from the color signal generation section.

The second effect is that the color signal generated from the color signal generator can be confirmed in a visually easy-to-understand state. Thereby, operability is improved.

The reason is that the same color as the color represented by the color signal currently generated from the color signal generator is displayed on the color display section of the color touch panel.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a color signal generator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional color signal generator.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 color touch panel 2 color display section 3 control display touch section 4 color vector display section 5 bar graph display section 6 bar graph display section 7 main control section 7 ′ main control section 8 color signal generation section 9 rotary encoder 101 color display data 102 control display data 103 touch information 104 rotation amount data 105 control data 106 color signal

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A color signal generator, a man-machine interface for outputting information representing a color, and information represented by the color in response to the information representing the color from the man-machine interface. And a control unit that controls the color signal generation unit so as to generate a color signal corresponding to the generated color in the color signal generation unit, wherein a color touch panel is used as the man-machine interface unit. The color touch panel has a plurality of touch portions corresponding to a plurality of colors, and the touch information indicating one of the plurality of colors corresponding to a touch-operated one of the plurality of touch portions. The control unit responds to the touch information from the color touch panel and generates a color represented by the touch information. In order to generate a corresponding color signal in the color signal generation unit, the color signal generation unit is controlled, and color display data for displaying the same color as the color signal generated in the color signal generation unit is displayed on the color touch panel. The color touch panel, in response to the color display data from the control unit, a color display unit that displays a color displayed by the color display data, a color vector display unit, a bar graph And a display unit, wherein the control unit causes the color vector display unit to display a color vector of the same color as the color signal generated by the color signal generation unit, and the bar graph display unit A touch panel-type color signal generation device for displaying, in a bar graph, the saturation or brightness of the same color as the color signal generated by the color signal generation unit. 2. A display device comprising: a plurality of touch portions corresponding to a plurality of colors; and touch information representing one of the plurality of colors corresponding to a touch-operated one of the plurality of touch portions. A color touch panel to be output, a color signal generator, and in response to the touch information from the color touch panel, to generate a color signal corresponding to a color represented by the touch information in the color signal generator. A control unit that controls the color signal generation unit and sends color display data for displaying the same color as the color signal generated by the color signal generation unit to the color touch panel; A color display unit that displays a color displayed by the color display data in response to the color display data from the unit, a color vector display unit, and a bar graph display unit. The unit displays, on the color vector display unit, a color vector of the same color as the color signal generated by the color signal generation unit, and displays the color generated by the color signal generation unit on the bar graph display unit. A color signal generator of a touch panel type, wherein saturation or brightness of the same color as a signal is displayed in a bar graph.