JPH0746846B2 - Television receiver - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in the following order.

A Industrial Field B Outline of Invention C Conventional Technology D Problems to be Solved by the Invention E Means for Solving Problems (FIGS. 1 and 2) F Action (FIGS. 1 and 2) G) Embodiment (FIGS. 1 and 2) H Effect of the invention A Industrial field of application The present invention relates to a television receiver, and in particular, a video information recording / reproducing apparatus (hereinafter referred to as a video deck). The present invention is applied to the display circuit of a so-called integrated video deck television receiver.

B Outline of the Invention The present invention is a television receiver in which a television receiver unit and a video receiver unit are integrated, and a video receiver together with information about the television receiver unit on the display screen of the television receiver unit. By displaying the information about the parts as easily as possible to distinguish, it is possible to inform the user of various operation modes of the video deck part properly and easily.

C Conventional Technology Conventionally, as this type of video receiver integrated type television receiver, a configuration has been proposed in which the video receiver is integrally housed in the case of the television receiver.
The television receiver received using the TV receiver's tuner can be recorded on the cassette mounted on the video deck, and the video information reproduced from the cassette mounted on the video receiver can be recorded on the television receiver. It is designed to be reproducible.

If the function of recording and reproducing video information is combined with the receiving and displaying functions of the television receiver, the circuit part can be used in common, such as a tuner, so that the overall configuration is improved. There is an advantage that can be simplified.

D Problem to be solved by the invention However, in the conventional television receiver integrated with a television receiver, a user uses an operator such as an operation key and a remote control operator provided on the television receiver portion and the video receiver portion. When an operation command is input, it is not designed to display whether or not the responsive action for each operation has been properly performed, which results in an excessive burden on the user during the operation. It was

Due to the integration, the function of the video deck unit having a complicated operation mode is added to the function of the television receiver unit, so that the user's operation is remarkably complicated and the video deck unit and the television set are complicated. This is because it becomes extremely difficult to accurately grasp the operating state of the Jiyoung receiver unit.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and paying attention to the fact that the television receiver unit has a screen display unit (for example, a cathode ray tube), and uses this screen display unit. By displaying a variety of information regarding the response operation of the video display unit in response to the user's operation together with the information of the television receiver unit in a display mode that is easy for the user to understand, the usability of the entire integrated television receiver is improved. It is something that tries to improve.

E Means for Solving the Problems In the present invention for solving the above problems, in the television receiver 1 in which the television receiver unit 8 and the video display unit 10 are integrated, the television receiver unit 1 No. 8 is displayed on the first display screen portion of the display screen 5
The operation display means for displaying the operation display PIC2 so as to superimpose on the PIC1, and the message display PIC3 for displaying the operation display PIC2 on the second display screen portion of the display screen 5 so as to superimpose on the video display PIC1. The operation display means includes a first display means for displaying the operation mode of the video deck unit 10 at the first display position P1 of the first display screen portion, and a traveling speed of the recording medium of the video deck unit 10. Is the second display position of the first display screen part
The second display means for displaying on P2 and the reception channel number of the television receiver section 8 or the audio multiplex mode of the video deck section 10 for displaying on the third display position P3 of the first display screen section. The message display means is a television receiver unit 8 and / or a video deck unit.
The fourth display means for displaying the operation mode designated by the user's operation on the second display screen portion on the second display screen 10 and the abnormality occurring in the operation state of the video deck unit 10 are displayed on the second display screen portion. When the fifth display means for displaying text on the display screen portion and the video deck unit 10 enter a predetermined operation mode having a plurality of automatic operation steps, the operation step that has been switched is switched each time the operation step is switched. The second display screen portion is provided with a sixth display means for displaying a sentence.

F action An operation display showing the responsive action of the video disk unit 10 in response to the user's operation, and the occurrence of an abnormal state of the video disk unit 10,
By superimposing on the video display so that it can be distinguished from the message display that shows the status of automatic operation step switching, etc., the various operations of the video deck 10 can be sorted into details that are practically sufficient. Since it can be displayed, the operation of the video deck unit 10 integrated with the television receiver unit 8 can be controlled under the optimum conditions.

G Embodiment One embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a television receiver as a whole, which receives a television broadcast wave received by an antenna 2 in a television broadcast receiver 3 and outputs a video detection output VD1 via a video amplifier 4. The screen is displayed by supplying it to the cathode ray tube (CRT) 5 that constitutes the screen display unit, and the sound is generated by supplying the audio detection output AD1 to the speaker 7 through the audio amplification unit 6. Thus, the television receiver unit 8 is configured.

Further, the video information AR about the television broadcasting program received by the television broadcasting receiving section 3 is supplied to the video deck section 10 constituted by, for example, a video tape recorder (VTR), and the cassette mounted on the video deck section 10 is supplied. Recorded in. Further, in the reproduction mode, the video deck 10 supplies the video reproduction output VD2 reproduced from the cassette to the video amplifier 4 and the audio reproduction output AD2 to the audio amplifier 6 to display the reproduced image on the CRT 5. At the same time, reproduced sound is generated from the speaker 7.

In addition to the above configuration, the television receiver 1 has a system control unit 11 which is a system control IC that controls the operation mode of the television receiver 1 in response to a user operation. The system control unit 11 includes a remote control signal RMC input through the light receiving unit 16 when a user operates the remote control operation unit 15 and a key operation provided on the front surface of the case of the television receiver 1. The key control signal KYC input from the section 17 is given as an operation command.

The remote control signal RMC and the key control signal KYC can input power on / off information, channel selection information, volume adjustment information, color adjustment information, etc. with respect to the television receiver section 8, and can be recorded (RE) by the video deck section 10.
C), play (PLAY), fast forward (FF), rewind (REW), eject (EJECT), stop (STOP), pause (PAUSE) and other operation modes can be specified, and timer reservation, timer reservation recording The reserved operation mode such as sleep reservation can be specified.

In addition to the above configuration, the system control unit 11 supplies control information CON to the mode control unit 21 of the video deck unit 10 in response to a user's operation input. At this time, the mode control unit 21 has a drive control mechanism 22 such as a motor.
By driving A, 22B, ...
Is set to a predetermined operation mode.

The video deck unit 10 has sensor units 23A, 23B, ... To check its operating state, and each sensor unit 23A, 23B.
.. are respectively converted into serial signals by the parallel / serial conversion section 24 and returned to the system control section 11 as operation detection signals DTC. In the case of this embodiment, the mode control unit 21 sends the response information for the control information CON to the system control unit 11 as an operation detection signal DTC via the parallel / serial conversion unit 24.
It is designed to be returned to.

The system control unit 11 is based on the content of the operation command designated by the remote control signal RMC and the key control signal KYC, and the motion detection signal DTC representing the responsive motion of the video deck unit 10 with respect to the control information CON.
By giving an operation display signal VD3 for displaying the operation command contents received by the television receiver, its responsive operation state, and the presence or absence of an abnormality on the CRT 5 as a symbol and a message to the video amplification section 4, As shown in FIG. 2, the video display PI by the video detection output VD1 or the video reproduction output VD2
On C1, the operation display section PIC2 showing the responsive operation state based on the operation command to the video deck section 10 and the video deck section 10
It is designed to superimpose the automatic response operation state and the message display section PIC3 showing the presence or absence of abnormality.

In addition, the system control unit 11
By giving a warning sound signal AD3 to the voice amplification unit 6 as necessary, a warning sound (for example, "pits, pits, pits ..."
Sound) is generated from the speaker 7.

In the case of this embodiment, the message display portion PIC3 is displayed in a blinking manner according to a sentence at a substantially central position of the display screen so that the user can easily read the display content.

Further, in the case of this embodiment, the operation display unit PIC2 is displayed in the upper left corner, and the operation mode of the VTR, that is, REC, PLAY, FF,
REW, EJECT, STOP, PAUSE mode character "Record",
"Play", "fast forward", "rewind", "eject", "stop", "pause", etc. are displayed at the first display position P1. Further, a display showing the running speed of the tape, for example, standard play "SP", long play "LP", etc., is displayed at the second display position P2. Furthermore, the television receiver section 8
The number of the TV broadcasting channel being received by the channel, for example 1, 2 …… 12 channels “CH1” “CH2” …… “CH12”
The audio multiplex mode, such as “HiFi”, “PCM”, and “MIX” when the video deck unit 10 is playing is displayed at the third display position P3.

In the normal operation mode, the operation display unit PIC2 is designed to turn off the display after a predetermined time after using the large characters and start the display. On the other hand, when the recall (RECALL) operation mode is selected, Displaying in small characters does not disturb the display of the video display unit PIC1. Here, the RECALL operation mode refers to an operation mode in which the operation display unit PIC2 starts to be displayed and then continuously displayed.

The display at the first display position P1 indicating the operation mode of the video deck unit 10 displays red characters only in the operation modes included in the recording operation state, that is, REC (recording) and RECPAUSE (recording pause), and other In the operation mode (for example, PLAY (playback), FF (fast forward), etc.), white characters are displayed so that the operator can strongly recognize the recording condition of the video deck unit 10.

In addition, in RECALL operation mode, STOP (stop), EJECT
The video display unit 10 does not use the video display unit 10 when the video display unit 10 is stopped or is operating to discharge the video after the predetermined time elapses without continuously displaying the (discharge) mode display. Even if it is in the operating state where only the function is used, it is annoying to see the broadcast wave image display unit PIC1 if the display of "Stop" and "Discharge" is left all the while. is there.

In the case of this embodiment, the display at the first display position P1 continuously displays large characters as the main display, REC and RECPAUSE are displayed in red, and the others are displayed in white. On the other hand, the display at the second and third display positions P2, P3 uses small characters as an attached display and is erased after a predetermined time has elapsed. This is done so as not to get in the way of the video display PIC1. It should be noted that the color of this auxiliary display changes in accordance with the color of the status display displayed at the first display position P1.

The displays by the operation display section PIC2 and the message display section PIC3 on the CRT 5 are classified into the following three categories and displayed so that the user can easily distinguish them.

The first type of display DIS (A) is an operation-responsive display, which is displayed when the television receiver unit 8 and the video display unit 10 enter an operation mode designated by an operation by the user. Is displayed on the operation display unit PIC2 or the message display unit PIC3 on the display screen of.

The second type of display DIS (B) is an abnormal warning display, and when an abnormality occurs in the operating state of the video deck unit 10, this is displayed on the message display unit PIC3 in text.

The third type of display DIS (C) is an automatic operation step display, and when the video deck unit 10 enters a predetermined operation mode having a plurality of operation steps, the operation steps are changed when the operation steps are sequentially shifted. When is automatically switched, the text is displayed on the message display PIC3.

The message displayed in the message display area PIC3 is
As shown in Table 1, the television receiver 1 has 25 display modes represented by display mode numbers No1 to No25.
When the state shown in the "Operation / State" column and the "Cause of message" column is reached, the sentence shown in the "Message" column is displayed on the message display unit PIC3.

These messages are first-classified according to the above display classification.
Class 2nd, 3rd class display DIS (A), DIS (B), DIS
(C) (In Table 1, each type is represented by the reference signs (A), (B), and (C) in the “Message” column).

For example, the abnormal warning display included in the second-class display DIS (B) is displayed in red characters. That is, for example, in the display mode of the display mode number No. 24, when the erroneous operation occurs when the "timer reserved / off" switch is accidentally pressed while the video deck section 10 is operating, the operation of the video deck section 10 is performed. Depending on the mode, a text display such as "VTR is recording", "VTR is playing" ... is displayed in red on the message display PIC3.

On the other hand, the operation response display included in the first-class display DIS (A) and the automatic operation step display included in the third-class display DIS (C) are displayed in white text.

Also, for example, as shown in display mode No. 19, when the user presses the "timer recording" switch, the video
When 10 enters the recording standby mode, the first class display DI
As the operation response display included in S (A), a text display of white characters "Entering timer recording standby mode" is displayed on the message display unit PIC3.

On the other hand, as the automatic operation step display included in the display DIS (C) of the third type, the display mode numbers No1, No2, No3 are displayed.
As shown in, when you start recording with the reservation timer,
Assuming that the television receiver 8 is in the ON state, one minute before the reservation is made, a text display of white characters "Soon to start timer recording" is displayed on the message display PIC3. After that, the video deck 10
The reservation execution channel is automatically switched according to the reservation program, but at 2 seconds before the reservation time, a white text display "Start timer recording" is displayed on the message display PIC3. After that, the video deck 10
When timer recording is started just when the set time is reached (that is, with JUST TIME), the text display of white characters "Timer recording started" is displayed on the message display part PIC3.
Is displayed in.

In this way, when the video deck unit 10 sequentially switches a series of automatic steps, a message indicating the switching of the operation is displayed on the message display unit PIC3 at the time of the switching, so that the user can know it.

When the message display section PIC3 is displayed as described above, the operation mode of the video deck section 10 is displayed at the first display position P1 of the operation display section PIC2. For example, in the case of the display mode number No. 24, the display corresponding to the function mode of the video decoding unit 10, that is, "recording", "playback" ... Is displayed on the operation display unit PIC2. In the case of the display mode numbers No2 and No3, the character displays "recording pause" and "recording" are displayed at the second display position of the operation display unit PIC2. Thus, the user can operate and control the television receiver 1 while viewing the display on the video display unit PIC1 of the CRT 5 and checking the operating state of the video deck unit 10 in relation to his / her operation.

If an error such as an operation error or failure that prevents the video deck unit 10 from responding during such an operation occurs, the user immediately reads the message on the message display unit PIC3 and immediately detects the error. You can know.

In addition, in the case of the above-mentioned embodiment, the case has been described where the message is displayed in Japanese characters,
This may be displayed in English characters. For example, “TIMER REC WILL START” and “REC PA” are displayed as the messages of display mode numbers No1, No2 and No3 in Table 1, respectively.
It can be displayed as "USE", "TIMER REC", and as a message of display mode number No. 19 "TIMER REC IN STANDBY".
It can be displayed like "MODE". Furthermore, "NOW RECORDING", "N
OW PLAYING ”…… can be displayed.

In the above description, the system control unit 11 is provided outside the video deck unit 10 so as to generate an operation response display, an abnormality warning display, and an automatic operation step display for the television receiver unit 8. However, instead of these, The display information may be generated by the signal generating section provided in the video deck section 10.

H As described above, according to the present invention, the operation display showing the responsive operation of the video deck unit in response to the user's operation, and the message display showing the state such as the occurrence of the abnormal state of the video deck unit or the switching of the automatic operation step. By superimposing and on the video display so that they can be distinguished, the various operations of the video deck can be sorted and displayed in sufficient detail for practical use. Also, the operation of the integrated video deck unit can be controlled under optimum conditions.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a television receiver according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a display on its display screen. 1 ... Television receiver, 5 ... CRT, 7 ... Speaker, 8 ... Television receiver section, 11 ... System control section, 15 ... Remote control operator, 17 ...
… Key operation part, 21 …… Mode control part, 22A, 22B
...... Drive control mechanism, 23A, 23B …… Sensor unit, 24 …… Parallel / serial conversion unit, PIC1 …… Video display unit, PIC2 ……
Operation display part, PIC3 …… Message display part.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Osamu Oda 6-735 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Sony Corporation (72) Norihito Ichikawa 6-35 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo In Sony Corporation (56) Reference JP-A-53-79313 (JP, A) JP-A-55-153432 (JP, A) Actually developed JP-A-60-169973 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A television receiver in which a television receiver unit and a video display unit are integrated with each other, wherein a video display is superimposed on a first display screen portion of the display screen of the television receiver unit. And an operation display means for displaying an operation display, and a message display means for displaying a message display on the second display screen portion of the display screen so as to superimpose on the video display. The display means includes a first display means for displaying the operation mode of the video deck unit at a first display position of the first display screen portion, and a traveling speed of a recording medium of the video deck unit for the first display screen. Second display means for displaying at a second display position of the portion, a reception channel number of the television receiver section or a sound of the video deck section. A third display means for displaying the heavy mode at a third display position of the first display screen portion, wherein the message display means is provided to the television receiver section and the video deck section of the user. A fourth display means for displaying the operation mode designated by the operation on the second display screen portion in the form of a sentence, and an abnormality occurring in the operation state of the video deck portion are displayed on the second display screen portion. When the video display unit enters a predetermined operation mode having a plurality of automatic operation steps, a fifth display unit for displaying a sentence is displayed, and each time the operation step is switched to the second operation step, the operation step is switched to the second operation unit.
And a sixth display means for displaying text on the display screen part of the television receiver.