KR19990026869A - How to Display Program Guide Screen of Satellite Broadcast Receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for displaying a program guide screen of a satellite broadcast receiver for constructing a program guide screen for each channel in various forms in a satellite broadcast receiver and selectively displaying the program guide screen according to a user's request. And a memory means for pre-stored a plurality of preset menu screen formats having different forms for displaying program information for each channel and program information for each channel inserted into a signal on a monitor. A first step of reading the pre-stored program information for each channel, and configuring and displaying a menu screen format previously selected among the plurality of menu screen formats as a guide screen when a guide key signal for a channel-specific broadcast program is input; Format for the displayed guidance screen A second step of, when the shape change key signal is input, turning off the displayed guide menu screen and displaying a menu screen format of another type according to a predetermined order among the stored plurality of menu screen formats as a guide screen; Whenever a key signal is input, a third step of repeatedly performing the second step, and when an off key signal for the guide screen is input, information about the displayed guide screen format is stored in a predetermined area of the memory means. And updating a preset guide screen information of one form and turning off the displayed guide screen.

Description

How to Display Program Guide Screen of Satellite Broadcast Receiver

The present invention relates to a satellite broadcast receiver, and more particularly, to a method of displaying a menu screen of a satellite broadcast receiver suitable for configuring and displaying a program guide screen provided by a satellite broadcast receiver into various types of guide screens.

As is well known, satellite broadcasting is capable of receiving broadcast signals from ground stations (broadcasting earth stations) using broadcast satellites in a stationary orbit about 36,000 kilometers above the equator, and receiving them directly from the satellite receiving antennas in each home. The broadcasting system is a broadcasting system in which the selection range of information is greatly expanded compared to the conventional terrestrial or cable broadcasting system.

The satellite broadcast receiver used for such a satellite broadcast receives a bitstream provided from a satellite, processes a broadcast signal of a selected channel, and then provides it to a display device (for example, a TV).

In this case, the bit stream provided from the satellite includes various information such as broadcast signals (video data and audio data), event information table (EIT), and time data table (TDT) for each channel.

Therefore, a general satellite broadcast receiver is provided with various menu screens for displaying such various information. Among such menu screens, a broadcast program guide screen for guiding a broadcast program for each channel is included.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the broadcast program guide screen for each channel, and as shown in the drawing, the horizontal axis (10:30, 11:00, 11:30, ...) is generally time. The vertical axis is composed of each channel to display information on the broadcast program of each channel for each time zone.

The user can receive a program guide for each channel by moving a cursor on the screen through a selection key provided in the key input means to scroll the program for each channel and time zone on the screen. have.

However, various menu screens displayed by the satellite broadcast receiver are displayed overlapping with the broadcast screen being viewed through the entire screen of the monitor, as shown in the figure. That is, the satellite broadcast program guide screen obstructs the screen on which the original video signal is displayed, which hinders the user from watching the broadcast.

If the conventional satellite broadcasting receiver provides various types of program guide screens including guide screens that can be displayed on some specific parts of the screen, it may be possible to satisfy more diverse user needs.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above, and a method for displaying a menu screen of a satellite broadcast receiver capable of selectively storing various types of broadcast program guide screens in a satellite broadcast receiver and selectively displaying them at the request of a user. The purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for guiding a program for each channel in a satellite broadcast receiving system for receiving a satellite broadcast signal provided from a satellite, wherein the satellite broadcast receiver includes: And memory means for pre-stored a plurality of preset menu screen formats having different forms for displaying program information for each channel and program information for each channel on a monitor. When the guide key signal is inputted, the first step of reading program information for each channel stored in advance, and configuring and displaying a menu screen format previously selected among the plurality of menu screen formats as a guide screen, the displayed guide screen When a format type change key signal is input for the display, The second step of turning off the guide menu screen and displaying another type of menu screen format according to a preset order among the stored plurality of menu screen formats as a guide screen, each time the change key signal is inputted, In a third step of repeatedly performing the second step, when the off-key signal for the guide screen is input, information about the displayed guide screen format is stored in a predetermined area of the memory means, so that the guide screen of one preset form is stored. A method of displaying a program guide screen of a satellite broadcast receiver of a satellite broadcast receiver, the method comprising updating information and turning off the displayed guide screen.

1 is a block diagram of a satellite broadcast receiver suitable for applying a method for setting a parental control of a satellite broadcast receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a view for explaining a parental level setting method of a satellite broadcasting receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart showing a parental control setting process of a satellite broadcasting receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a program guide screen displayed in a conventional satellite broadcasting receiver.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: key input unit 20: tuner and demodulation unit

30: micom 40: MPEG decoder

50: memory 60: OSD

The above and other objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the present invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a satellite broadcasting receiver suitable for performing a search method of a satellite broadcasting guide program according to the present invention, and includes a key input unit 10, a tuner and a demodulator 20, a microcomputer 30, and an MPEG decoder 40. ), A memory unit 50, and an OSD unit 60.

The key input unit 10 is composed of key metrics on a remote controller or its own panel to generate a corresponding key signal by a user's operation and provide it to the microcomputer 30, and in particular, includes a key for changing the shape of a menu screen. It is configured by.

The microcomputer 30 controls a control signal for tuning a broadcast channel, a control signal for tuning a broadcast channel, and a control signal for driving the OSD unit 60 based on a key signal from the key input unit 10. Will occur.

Then, the tuner and demodulator 20 tunes the bitstream of the channel corresponding to the tuning control signal of the microcomputer 30 in the bitstream from the satellite received through the antenna (not shown), and then demodulates the MPEG decoder again. Provide to 40.

The MPEG decoder 40 separates and decodes a broadcast signal provided from the tuner and the demodulator 20 into an audio signal, a video signal, and various program information, and then provides the decoded signal to the signal processor 50, and from the OSD unit 60. Data about various information provided is also provided to the signal processor 50 after a predetermined signal processing process.

The memory unit 50 stores various program information and various menu screen formats decoded and output from the MPEG decoder 40 described above under the control of the microcomputer 30, and the programs stored under the control of the microcomputer 30 again. Will print the information.

In the satellite broadcast receiver configured as described above, when a user operates the key input unit 10 and inputs a key signal for displaying a broadcast program guide screen for each channel of the satellite broadcast receiver, the microcomputer 30 responds to the key signal. The broadcast program guide screen as shown in FIG. 2A is displayed on the monitor through the OSD unit 60 by reading information about the broadcast program for each channel of the satellite broadcast receiver stored in the memory unit 50.

That is, as shown in the diagram, detailed information about the broadcast program for each channel including five lines and the broadcast program where the cursor is located (for example, the start time and end time of the program, the type and class of the program) The containing program guide screen is displayed.

When the user inputs a key signal for changing the shape of the displayed guide screen while the program guide screen as shown in FIG. 2A is displayed through the above-described process, the microcomputer 30 is based on the key signal. By reading the menu screen information of another type stored in the memory unit 50 and providing it to the OSD unit 60, a menu screen of the type shown in FIG. 2B is displayed.

That is, as shown in the figure, a broadcast program guide screen including program information with six lines and a description of the program where the cursor is located is displayed.

Subsequently, when the user inputs a screen type change key signal again to display another type of program guide screen, each channel composed of 8 lines as shown in FIG. 2C under the control of the microcomputer 30 again. A broadcast program guide screen including only program information is displayed.

At this time, when the user inputs a screen form change key signal through the key input unit 10, the microcomputer 30 reads information on another type of menu screen format stored in the memory unit 50, and then displays the OSD unit. By providing at 60, a guide screen composed of program information for each channel of two lines is displayed at the bottom of the screen as shown in Fig. 2D.

Subsequently, when a screen change key signal for displaying another type of guide screen is input, the guide screen composed of one line of broadcast program information at the bottom of the screen as shown in FIG. 2E by the control of the microcomputer 30. When the screen change key signal is input again while the program guide screen as shown in the same figure is displayed, the program guide screen of the initial form as shown in FIG. 2A is displayed again.

As a result, each time the guidance screen change key signal is input by the user, the form of the guidance screen displayed on the monitor (not shown) continues as shown in Figs. 2A to 2B to 2C to 2D to 2E to 2A. By sequentially switching, the user moves the cursor displayed on the screen to the left or right or up and down through the manipulation of the key input unit 10, thereby searching for the remaining broadcast program information not displayed on the screen.

On the other hand, the above-described channel change key is configured to include a separate key in the key input unit 10, or in the above-mentioned initial stage in a state in which a program guide screen of one type is displayed among the plurality of program guide screens described above. When the program guide key for each channel is input again, another type of guide screen may be displayed under the control of the microcomputer 30.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a menu screen display process of a satellite broadcasting receiver according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

During the normal viewing mode in which the operation of the satellite broadcast receiver displays the broadcast signal of the channel selected by the user through a predetermined signal processing process (step 301), the user operates the key input unit 10 for each channel of the satellite broadcast receiver. When a key signal for guiding a broadcast program is input (step 303), a guide screen of one preset form among various types of guide screen formats stored in the memory unit 50 under the control of the microcomputer 30, for example, FIG. A guide screen of the type as shown in 2a is displayed (step 305).

The key signal for changing the shape of the guide screen displayed through the key input unit 10 is input while the guide screen of one type is displayed among the plurality of guide screen formats stored in the memory unit 50 through the above-described process. (Step 307), the guidance screen currently displayed under control of the microcomputer 30 is turned off (step 309), and information on the format of the guidance screen of another type stored in the memory unit 50 is transmitted to the OSD unit 60. As provided, the guide screen format of the type as shown in Fig. 2B is displayed (step 311).

When a key signal for displaying another type of guide screen is input through the key input unit 10 again, the above-described steps 307 to 311 are repeatedly performed under the control of the microcomputer 30 to correspond to the key signal. The guide screen is displayed on a monitor not shown.

On the other hand, a screen change key signal is not generated while the program guide screen for each channel of one form is displayed through the above-described step 305 or 311, and a key signal for turning off the guide screen is generated or When the predetermined time elapses (step 313), the information about the type of the guidance screen currently displayed under the control of the microcomputer 30 is stored in the predetermined area of the memory unit 50 (step 315), and the currently displayed program is displayed. The guidance screen is turned off and the operation of the satellite broadcast receiver is switched to the normal viewing mode of the initial step 301 (step 317).

After this process, that is, after performing at least one or more operations as described above in the satellite broadcasting receiver, a key signal for displaying a guide screen for each channel of the satellite broadcasting receiver is input again through the key input unit 10. When the microcomputer 30 reads the information on the shape of the guide screen stored in step 315, that is, the information on the shape of the most recently displayed guide screen from the memory unit 50, the microcomputer 30 reads the guide screen of the corresponding shape. After displaying, the above-described steps 307 to 317 are repeatedly performed to change the guide screen based on the user's key signal.

As a result, the user may display the guide screen in a form corresponding to the request signal by presetting various types of guide screens for the broadcast program for each channel in the satellite broadcast receiver.

As described above, according to the present invention, the satellite broadcasting receiver is provided with various types of program guide screens to display the guide screens desired by the user, thereby satisfying various needs of the user. There is an effect to improve the function.

Claims (6)

In the method for guiding a program for each channel in a satellite broadcasting receiving system for receiving a satellite broadcasting signal provided from a satellite, The satellite broadcast receiver, And memory means for pre-stored a plurality of preset menu screen formats having different forms for displaying program information for each channel and program information for each channel inserted in the broadcast signal on a monitor. When a guide key signal for a broadcast program for each channel of the satellite broadcast receiver is input, the program information for each channel is read, and a previously selected menu screen format among the plurality of menu screen formats is configured as a guide screen. Displaying the first step; When a format type change key signal for the displayed guide screen is input, the displayed guide menu screen is turned off, and another form of the menu screen format according to a preset order among the stored plurality of menu screen formats is converted into the guide screen. Displaying a second step; A third step of repeating the second step each time the change key signal is input; When the off-key signal for the guide screen is input, information about the displayed guide screen format is stored in a predetermined area of the memory means to update the preset guide screen information of one form, and the displayed guide screen is displayed. And a fourth step of turning off the program guide screen of the satellite broadcasting receiver. The satellite broadcasting receiver of claim 1, wherein the preset plurality of menu screen formats include a full screen format displayed on a full screen of the monitor and a partial screen format displayed on a partial screen of the monitor. How to display the program guide screen. The program guide screen of the satellite broadcasting receiver according to claim 2, wherein the full screen format includes broadcast program information for each channel, start time and end time for the selected program, type of program, program grade, and the like. Display method. The method of claim 2, wherein the partial screen format displays the broadcast program information for each channel in a partial region of the lower end of the monitor. The method of claim 2, wherein the partial screen format displays the broadcast program information for each channel on a portion of an upper end portion of the monitor. The method of claim 1, wherein in the fourth step, when a predetermined time elapses without generating the guide screen off key signal, information about the displayed guide screen format is stored in a predetermined area of the memory means. And automatically turning off the displayed guide screen.