KR20090089524A - Television Set Top Box and Remote Control Device and Operation Method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a television set-top box and a remote control device and a method of operation, and in particular, a remote control device, comprising: a wireless unit for wirelessly transmitting and receiving a multimedia signal and a data signal with the set-top box; A controller for connecting to a wireless unit, controlling a channel to be monitored and a channel signal to be set to be wirelessly transmitted to the set-top box, outputting to monitor the received multimedia signal, and monitoring a menu provided by the set-top box to be displayed in three dimensions; A 3D menu unit for converting a menu provided by the set top box into a 3D display method; A monitor unit for selectively displaying a multimedia of a monitor channel received by a wireless unit and a three-dimensional menu of the 3D menu unit; A touch pad unit for searching a 3D menu displayed on the monitor unit, selecting a channel to be monitored and a channel to be set, and selecting a command signal to be input by touch; An audio unit for transmitting an audio signal separated from the multimedia received by the set-top box; A compression unit compressing or decompressing a multimedia signal under control of a controller; USB unit for recording the information received from the set-top box to the removable memory; And a memory unit for connecting to the control unit and recording a program and operating parameters. Characterized in that the configuration, wherein the remote control is a three-dimensional menu search and monitor the channel provided by the wireless set-top box, and the selected channel information is set to output to the TV and at the same time download the retrieved information wirelessly It has the effect of receiving, storing and remotely controlling home automation devices.

Description

TV set-top box and remote control device and operation method {SET-TOP BOX AND REMOCON FOR TELEVISION AND METHOD THEREOF}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control (REMOCON) of a home television. In particular, a set-top box wirelessly connects to a television and monitors each channel such as terrestrial waves, cable television, and Internet television to transmit selected channels to the television. The present invention relates to a television set-top box and a remote control apparatus and a method of operating the same.

In general, a television (TELEVISION: TV) receives a terrestrial signal that is transmitted wirelessly by occupying a channel allocated by a broadcasting station. Since there are a plurality of TV broadcasting stations, a television is selected and viewed according to a preferred broadcasting station or program.

The television must be viewed at a certain distance, and when changing the channel, there are a manual method of directly driving a channel provided in the television and a remote control method for selecting a channel from a long distance by various wireless methods.

Each TV station develops various programs according to the genre of the viewer's demand, broadcasts them in real time at a specified time, and the viewer designates the corresponding channel at that time to watch the desired program. These TV stations are lacking professionalism while meeting the various genre demands of viewers.

The terrestrial broadcasting may receive a radio broadcast signal well when the antenna of the broadcasting station and the television are positioned in the line of sight, and may listen to the contents of the program. In a closed mountain village, rural village, remote fishing village, or island, terrestrial signals could not be received or could not be received.

As described above, a method such as cable TV, satellite TV, or Internet TV (IP-TV or WEB TV) has been developed for areas where terrestrial signals are poorly received or cannot be received. We produce and broadcast professional programs through the established channels, and in the terrestrial television (TV), we can install the set-top box and set up the channel to receive the above methods. It is composed.

Here, the Internet TV is a TV broadcasting method using an IP network, and may be classified into an IP TV including a real time broadcasting concept and a WEB TV including a VOD broadcast instead of a real time broadcasting. The concept is, of course, shifting to include VOD broadcasts. Therefore, in the process of describing the present invention, the IP-TV is limited to a concept including all TV broadcasting methods that can be implemented through an IP network such as VOD as well as real-time broadcasting through an IP network.

In general, terrestrial TVs and cable TVs each have dozens of channels, and satellite TVs and Internet TVs each have hundreds of channels. Religion, movies, go, fishing, hiking, golf, news, horse racing, games, etc. There are also channels that broadcast specific programs by selecting specific genres.

At home, the development of various electronic equipment in addition to television has increased the number of electronic devices used exclusively. For example, rice cookers, boilers, air conditioners, washing machines, computers, microwave ovens, lighting lamps, audio systems, video door phones, security Various devices such as devices can be centrally managed and controlled remotely by home automation.

In particular, the Internet can be accessed using a computer or a data terminal, and can send and receive documents such as e-mail, download information posted on various sites (SITE), upload information desired by the user, and check the contents of the information. To this end, a monitor device having a video function and an audio function is required.

Therefore, there is a need to develop a technology for selecting TV channels of various methods while embedding a control function of automated home electronic equipment and a computer function for accessing the Internet.

Referring to FIG. 1, a TV apparatus according to the related art is described. The TV 10 receives a home TV 10 wirelessly receiving a terrestrial television broadcast signal, and inputs a cable TV or satellite TV signal and broadcasts a broadcast signal of a selected channel. The set-top box 20 to be output to, and the remote control 30 to select the channel by controlling the TV 10 or the set-top box 20 remotely.

The home TV 10 is a terrestrial TV signal received through a TV antenna provided on its own, a specific channel is selected and output by the control of the remote controller 30, or a cable or satellite received through the set-top box 20 A specific channel of the TV signal is selected and output by the control of the remote controller 30.

When using the set-top box 20, the number of selectable TV channels is very large, and in order to check the contents of programs broadcasted by other channels while watching the TV 10, the corresponding channel is selected. To output the broadcast content to the TV.

Therefore, in the prior art having the above-described configuration, when the channel to be watched is changed through the home TV 10, the channel is changed and selected, and the broadcast contents of the changed selected channel are checked through the TV 10.

Therefore, each channel had to be selected in order to check and watch a favorite program. In particular, when changing the channel of the TV 10 to watch in the state of watching with the family or others, there was a problem that quarrel with the family or others occurs.

In addition, there was an uncomfortable problem of not using a video door phone in the state of watching a TV.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, in particular, the program content of all channels that can be watched on the home TV through the monitor provided on the remote control itself and the channel selected from the remote control to the home TV It is an object of the present invention to provide a television set-top box, a remote control device and a method of operation.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a television set-top box and a remote control device and a method of operating the home TV connected to the Internet and searching to download the selected information from the memory of the remote control.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a television set-top box and a remote control device and a method of operating the menu displayed on the remote control in a three-dimensional manner to facilitate the search and selection of the menu.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a television set-top box, a remote control device and an operation method for remotely controlling all electronic devices configured in a home using a remote controller wirelessly connected to a home automation device.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a remote control device, comprising: a wireless unit for wirelessly transmitting and receiving a set-top box and a multimedia signal and a data signal; A controller for connecting to a wireless unit, controlling a channel to be monitored and a channel signal to be set to be wirelessly transmitted to the set-top box, outputting to monitor the received multimedia signal, and monitoring a menu provided by the set-top box to be displayed in three dimensions; A 3D menu unit for converting a menu provided by the set top box into a 3D display method; A monitor unit for selectively displaying a multimedia of a monitor channel received by a wireless unit and a three-dimensional menu of the 3D menu unit; A touch pad unit for searching a 3D menu displayed on the monitor unit, selecting a channel to be monitored and a channel to be set, and selecting a command signal to be input by touch; An audio unit for transmitting an audio signal separated from the multimedia received by the set-top box; A compression unit compressing or decompressing a multimedia signal under control of a controller; USB unit for recording the information received from the set-top box to the removable memory; And a memory unit for connecting to the control unit and recording a program and operating parameters. Present a configuration comprising a.

Preferably, the wireless unit is characterized in that the wireless communication with the set-top box by any one method selected from the Bluetooth, ZigBay method.

The 3D menu unit may convert each step of the menu provided by the set top box into a polygonal three-dimensional shape.

The touch pad unit may be configured to input a signal and a command signal for searching, selecting and setting a 3D menu displayed on the monitor unit by touching a few direction keys.

In addition, the polygon is characterized by a configuration consisting of more than a cube.

In addition, the monitor unit is characterized in that the set-top box is configured to output and display the multimedia of the selected channel among the multimedia output to the television.

The compression unit may be configured to compress or decompress the multimedia signal in an MPEG manner.

The control unit may receive a menu displayed on a television connected to the set-top box, display the menu on the monitor, and enable selection input.

In addition, the control unit may be updated by receiving the formware from the set-top box.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a television set top box, comprising: an interface unit for inputting a multimedia signal in a matched state; A control unit which connects to an interface unit, selects an input multimedia signal, outputs it to a television, transmits it wirelessly, and controls and monitors it to be separated into video and audio; A data matching unit connected to the control unit and connected to the Internet and a computer in a matching state; A compression unit compressing and decompressing a multimedia signal under control of a controller; A TV output unit which outputs a multimedia signal including information data to a television in a matching state under control of the controller; An audio output unit configured to output an audio signal separated from the multimedia signal under control of the controller; A video output unit configured to output a video signal separated from the multimedia signal under control of the controller; And a wireless unit for wirelessly transmitting the multimedia signal input under the control of the controller and receiving a command signal. Present a configuration comprising a.

A memory unit for connecting to said control unit and recording a program and operating parameters; An HDC unit which accesses the control unit and stores a large amount of data on the hard disk; And a tuner unit connected to the control unit and receiving the multimedia signal from the selected channel of the airwaves and DMMB. Presents a configuration that includes more.

The compression unit may be configured to compress or decompress the multimedia signal in an MPEG manner.

The wireless unit may be configured to wirelessly communicate in any one manner selected from among Bluetooth and ZigBee.

The interface unit may be configured to connect to a cable TV, an IP TV, a satellite TV, and a home automation, and input a corresponding multimedia signal in a matching state.

The present invention devised to achieve the above object, in the operating method of the remote control device, if it is determined by the control unit of the remote control device to search the channel provided by the set-top box to monitor the multimedia signal of the selected channel Monitor process; A setting process of wirelessly transmitting to the set-top box so that the selected channel is set if it is determined by the controller to set the channel; And a storage process of downloading, compressing, and storing the retrieved information in a memory when it is confirmed that the controller downloads the information. Present a configuration comprising a.

Preferably, the monitoring is configured to wirelessly receive the multimedia video signal for each channel that can be output from the set-top box to the television by the remote control device and to check the multimedia of the selected channel on its own equipped monitor.

In addition, the channel setting is characterized in that the remote control device to set the selected channel to the set-top box to control the output to the television.

In addition, the download is characterized in that the set-top box is connected to the Internet, the computer receives the downloaded information as a wireless signal.

The present invention having the above-described configuration has a convenient effect of minimizing visual confusion of the neighbors watching together by checking the program contents of each TV channel broadcast through a monitor provided in the remote controller and setting the selected channel in the home TV. .

In addition, the present invention having the above configuration has a convenient effect of controlling the home TV connected to the Internet by using a remote control, accessing the Internet, downloading the searched information, and transmitting it wirelessly and simply storing it in a memory provided in the remote control.

In addition, the present invention of the configuration as described above allows to search and control each function of the home TV with a three-dimensional menu of the remote control, there is an industrial use effect to easily search a plurality of menus with a few control keys.

In addition, the present invention of the configuration as described above has a convenient effect in use to remotely control the home automation device while moving indoors using a remote control connected to the home automation device wirelessly.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a television set-top box, a remote control device, and a method for operating the same will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Example

It is attached to explain the present invention, Figure 1 is a functional configuration diagram of a television system provided with a set-top box according to one embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a remote control for controlling a set-top box according to one embodiment of the present invention 3 is a detailed functional configuration diagram of a television set-top box according to an example of the present invention, FIG. 4 is an external configuration diagram of a remote control according to an example of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an example of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a three-dimensional main menu display state according to an example of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a state of an auxiliary remote controller according to an example of the present invention. 8 is a configuration diagram and an appearance diagram, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In describing an example of the present invention, since the drawings and descriptions are not directly related to the technical contents that are not directly related to the present invention, well-known drawings, the present invention will be clearly communicated without obscuring the gist of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a television system having a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. A television system which wirelessly receives an airwave television (TV) broadcasting signal of a selected channel and outputs the audio signal and the video signal separately, TELEVISION: TV) 100; Cable TV that provides TV broadcast signals of multiple channels via wired cable as analog, IP-TV that provides TV broadcast signals of multiple channels as data through the Internet, and TV of multiple channels through satellites. Connects to satellite TV that provides broadcast signals wirelessly, and HA that provides signals for home automation (HA), and inputs multimedia signals provided through each assigned channel. A set-top box (200) connected to a computer (PC), searching for information or data, outputting the matched state to the television (100), and transmitting in a wireless communication method including Bluetooth or ZIGBEE; Connect the set-top box 200 to a wireless communication method including Bluetooth or ZIGBEE to search for a provided channel in 3D (3D), receive a multimedia signal of a channel selected by the search, and specify A remote controller 300 configured to output a multimedia signal of a channel to the television 100 together with a control signal of an audio volume, and to download and record the retrieved information data; The set-top box and the Bluetooth (BLUETOOTH) or ZigBee (ZIGBEE) is connected to the wireless communication method including a configuration that includes a secondary remote control 400 for sequentially selecting the channel and outputting a control signal of the audio volume.

Referring to FIG. 2, the remote control 300 for controlling the set-top box 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a wireless communication method including the set-top box 200 and Bluetooth (BLUETOOTH) or ZIGBEE. A wireless unit 310 for wirelessly transmitting and receiving a multimedia signal, information data, and various control signals by wireless connection; The channel CH to be connected to the wireless unit 310 and monitor the multimedia signal and the channel signal to be output to the television 100 are wirelessly transmitted to the set-top box 200 and the received multimedia signal is controlled. A control unit 320 for outputting to monitor and monitoring the menu provided by the set top box 200 to be displayed in three dimensions (3D); A 3D menu unit 330 for converting a menu provided by the set-top box 200 to a 3D display method under the control and monitoring of the control unit 320; A monitor unit 340 for selectively displaying the multimedia of the monitor channel received by the wireless unit 310 and the 3D menu of the 3D menu unit 330; A touch pad unit 350 for searching a three-dimensional menu displayed on the monitor unit 340, selecting a channel to be monitored and a channel to be set, and selecting a command signal to be input by touch; An audio unit 360 outputting an audio signal separated from the multimedia received by the set-top box 200 under the control and monitoring of the control unit 320; A compression unit 370 for compressing or decompressing a multimedia signal by an MPEG (MOVING PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP) method under the control of the controller; A USB unit 380 for recording the information received from the set-top box 200 in a removable memory; And a memory unit 390 connected to the control unit 320 and recording a program and operating parameters. It includes a configuration.

Referring to Figure 3 describes the configuration of a television set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention, the interface unit 210 for wired input of a multimedia signal by a cable TV, IP-TV, satellite TV, HA, etc. in a matched state; A control unit 220 connected to the interface unit 210 and selecting and controlling the multimedia signal to be output to the television 100, transmitting wirelessly, and separating and outputting the video and audio separately; A data matching unit 215 connected to the control unit 220 and connected to the Internet and the computer in a matching state to input and output various information data; A compression unit 230 for compressing and decompressing a multimedia signal under control of the controller 220; A TV output unit 240 for outputting a multimedia signal including information data under the control of the controller 220 as a signal in a matched state to the television 100; An audio output unit 242 for outputting an audio signal separated from a multimedia signal under the control of the controller 220; A video output unit 244 for outputting a video signal separated from the multimedia signal under the control of the controller 220; A wireless unit 260 for transmitting a multimedia signal input by the control of the controller 220 as a wireless signal of a method selected from among Bluetooth or ZIGBEE and receiving a command signal; A memory unit 250 connected to the controller 220 and recording various application programs and operation parameter data; An HDC unit 255 connected to the control unit 220 and storing a large amount of data in a hard disk memory; A tuner unit 265 connected to the control unit 220 to receive a multimedia signal of a selected channel; It is made, including.

Hereinafter, the television set top box 200 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

The interface unit 210 connects to a cable TV, an IP-TV, a satellite TV, and the HA, and inputs signals of channels provided in a matching state to the control unit 220. The control unit 220 enters an operation or application program and operation parameter data from the memory unit 250 to enter an operation standby state.

In addition, the tuner unit 265 receives a broadcast signal and applies it to the control unit 220, and the data matching unit 215 connects to the Internet, searches for, downloads and uploads infinite information, and connects to a computer to process the data. Is applied to the control unit 220 in a matching state or outputs.

That is, the controller 220 is applied from the interface unit 210, the data matching unit 215, and the tuner unit 265 by a control signal applied from the remote controller 300 through the wireless unit 260. Provide information of each channel to a menu, and apply the multimedia signal of the channel selected and set by the remote controller 300 to the compression unit 230, the TV output unit, or the memory unit 250; It is applied to the HDD unit 255 or classified into a video signal and an audio signal and output to the audio output unit 242 and the video output unit 244, respectively.

The compression unit 230 compresses the multimedia signal in an MPEG method or decompresses the multimedia signal applied by compression, and the TV output unit 240 outputs the multimedia signal of the selected channel to the television 100. .

The controller 220 applies the multimedia signal of the selected channel to the compression unit 230, compresses by MPEG method, and applies the data to the memory unit 250 and the HDD unit 255 in a state where the data size is reduced. Record and store the data in a compressed or uncompressed state, and the compression unit 230 decompresses the multimedia signal applied in a compressed state.

The controller 220 classifies the corresponding channels by the cable TV, the IP-TV, the satellite TV, and the HA applied through the interface unit 210 into respective menus, and the corresponding channel applied from the tuner unit 265. Are classified into respective menus, and the Internet and the computer of the data matching unit 215 are classified into another classified menu.

The divided menus as described above are applied to the wireless unit 260 and wirelessly transmitted to the remote controller 300 by Bluetooth or Zigbee.

The channel selected and selected by the remote controller 300 is received through the wireless unit 260 and set by the controller 220, and is output to a television through the TV output unit 240 or with the video output unit 244. It is output through the audio output unit 242.

In addition, the controller 220 compresses by applying a large amount of information retrieved from the data matching unit 215 to the compression unit 230 according to the command signal, and the remote controller 300 through the wireless unit 260. To transmit.

The controller 220 distinguishes between the multimedia of the channel applied to the TV output unit 240 and the multimedia signal of the channel applied to the wireless unit 260.

That is, the multimedia signal of the channel output to the television 100 through the TV output unit 240 and the multimedia signal of the channel output to the remote control through the wireless unit may be different or the same by the corresponding command signal.

Hereinafter, the remote controller 300 having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2. The wireless communication unit 310 connects the set-top box 200 to any one of Bluetooth or ZigBee methods. Communicate wirelessly.

The Bluetooth generally uses a frequency band of 2.45 GHz, can use one data channel and three voice channels, and is technically defined by the IEEE 802 standard, distinguishes addresses with 48 bits, and uses Point or point-to-point multi-point connection, used for short-range communication of about 10 meters, has a data transmission rate of 1 ~ 2 Mbps and has a relatively low data transmission error even in a relatively large ambient noise.

In addition, ZIGBEE is a personal area communication network operating at frequencies of 868 MHz, 902-928 MHz, and 2.4 MHz, and wirelessly connects to a peripheral device at a distance of about 50 meters (m) at a data transmission rate of about 250 Kbps. It is technically defined by the IEEE-SA 802.15 standard and is widely used in places where the ambient noise is relatively low.

In addition, there is an infrared communication method, and selectively uses a method that can be suitably used according to the surrounding environment.

The wireless unit 310 is wirelessly connected to the set-top box 200, and receives the information that is classified into the respective menus such as cable TV, IP-TV, satellite TV, HA, over-the-air TV, DMB and the Internet and the computer, the control unit The controller 320 applies the applied menu information to the 3D menu unit 330 and converts the applied menu information into an image signal for displaying a menu of a three-dimensional (DIMENSION) method. The control unit 320 enters an operation or application program and operation parameter data from the memory unit 390 and enters an operation standby state.

The controller 320 applies and displays a three-dimensional menu converted by the 3D menu unit 330 to the monitor unit 340, and simultaneously displays a corresponding direction key and a command input key on the touch pad unit 350.

For example, the touch pad unit 350 includes a display unit formed of an LCD or the like on the lower side, and integrally fixes a pad PAD for detecting a touch on the upper side or the surface and is displayed on the display unit on the lower side. The touched image is touched or touched on the upper side, and thus the selected image is selected.

That is, the switching and selection of the menu displayed on the monitor unit 340 in a three-dimensional manner is performed by selecting a few key buttons displayed on the touch pad unit 350, and in the case of a command signal, the touch pad unit 350 is selected. It is input using a few key buttons displayed on the screen.

When one channel is selected from the channels of the monitor unit 340 by the three-dimensional menu, the information of the selected channel is applied to the wireless unit 310 by the controller 320, and the set-top box 200 is wireless. ), The set-top box 200 transmits the multimedia signal of the selected channel to the wireless unit 310.

The controller 320 applies a multimedia signal received through the wireless unit 310, that is, a video signal of the selected channel to the monitor unit 340, and outputs the audio signal to the audio unit 360. ) To output.

When the controller 320 is to record the multimedia signal received from the wireless unit 310, the control unit 320 is applied to the USB unit 380 and stored or applied to the compression unit 370 to compress the MPEG method after the USB unit ( 380) to store.

When it is determined that the multimedia signal received and received from the wireless unit 310 is compressed, the control unit 320 applies the compression unit 370 to decompress it.

The remote control 300 as described above, wirelessly connected to the set-top box 200 in a Bluetooth or ZigBee manner, while the set-top box 200 outputs a multimedia signal of the set channel to the television 100, the arbitrary channel By selecting and receiving the corresponding multimedia signal, and repeats the process of outputting through the monitor unit 340 and the audio unit 360, to confirm whether the multimedia output to the monitor unit 340 is the preferred content, the preferred multimedia If it is confirmed that, to transmit the command signal for setting the multimedia signal of the channel to the television 100 to the set-top box 200.

The set-top box 200 inputs a channel setting signal of the remote controller 300 and then outputs a multimedia signal of the corresponding channel to the television 100. That is, the set top box 200 is different from the signal of the channel output to the television 100 and the signal of the channel output to the remote control 300.

Referring to Figure 4 describes the external configuration of the remote control 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the monitor portion 340 is provided on a part of the upper side, earphone jack, power on / off (POWER ON / OFF), The mode selection switch is provided, a touch pad unit 350 is provided at a lower portion thereof, and a space for using a USB memory is provided at the side thereof.

The monitor unit 340 displays a 3D menu or a multimedia signal of a selected channel or searched information, and the touch pad unit 350 displays a direction key for driving a 3D menu, a direction key for searching for a displayed menu, and selects Keys and the like are displayed.

Referring to FIG. 5, a state in which a three-dimensional menu is displayed on a remote controller according to an example of the present invention will be described. In the state in which one side is displayed, five sides are displayed, three sides are displayed, or four sides are displayed. Or switch to display two sides.

Although FIG. 5 illustrates a hexagonal polygon, the polygon may be displayed as a hexagonal polygon or more, or as a hexagonal polygon or less, or may be displayed as a circle. In the present invention, a circle is described as being included in a polygon.

6 is an example of the present invention, a three-dimensional main menu channel display state of each TV broadcast media, terrestrial TV channels, cable TV channels, satellite TV channels, DMB channels, home automation, other menus as the main menu The state of division is shown.

When each main menu is selected, a corresponding sub menu is displayed. For example, when 1) a terrestrial TV channel menu is selected, the main menu display is changed in three dimensions as shown in FIG. When a menu is selected, the corresponding sub menu is displayed.

In the center of FIG. 6, 1) a submenu display state according to an example of the terrestrial TV channel is shown, and 5) a submenu display state according to an example of the home automation HA is shown below.

7 is a diagram illustrating the functional configuration and appearance of the auxiliary remote controller 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The auxiliary remote controller 400 is a function of simply controlling a channel of the set-top box when the user of the remote controller 300 temporarily moves or finds it for a while, such as power on / off, channel adjustment, volume adjustment, and the like. Only function is provided.

The auxiliary remote control 400 is composed of a wireless unit 410, the control unit 420 and the keypad unit 430, the wireless unit wirelessly connected to the set-top box in a Bluetooth or ZigBee method, the keypad unit 430 is powered on The off keypad 431, the channel up-adjustment keypad 432, the channel down-adjustment keypad 433, the volume up-adjustment keypad 434, and the volume down-adjustment keypad 435.

The wireless unit 410 may communicate with the set top box 200 in an infrared manner.

Referring to FIG. 8, a method of operating a remote controller according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described. If it is determined by the control unit of the remote controller whether to monitor the multimedia of each channel provided by the set-top box (S100), it is determined that the monitoring operation is performed. The touch pad unit is monitored to input a signal for searching and selecting a channel displayed in three dimensions on the monitor unit (S110).

When the channel selection signal is input, the multimedia signal of the corresponding channel is wirelessly received from the set-top box and output to the monitor unit to monitor (S120).

The control unit monitors the touch pad unit and confirms whether to set the currently monitored channel as a channel output to the television 100 (S130). When it is confirmed that the control unit is set, the control unit again checks whether the channel is changed (S140).

When the control unit monitors the touch pad unit and determines that a command signal for changing a channel is input, the controller selects change to the corresponding channel (S150), and sets a command signal for setting the channel selected by the corresponding signal input to the set-top box. It transmits in a wireless manner of Bluetooth or Zigbee (S160).

In addition, when the command signal for downloading the information data retrieved from the Internet or a computer is input from the touch pad unit (S170), the controller wirelessly downloads the retrieved information (S180), compresses the downloaded information, and detachable memory. It is recorded in the area and stored (S190).

Meanwhile, in the current IP-TV, a menu display for home shopping or VOD viewing is displayed on a TV while watching a TV, and the selection is performed using a remote controller. Therefore, the part of the image of the TV currently being watched is hidden by the menu, and smooth viewing is not possible.

The present invention, in order to improve such a problem, the menu screen for the home shopping or VOD progress in the set-top box 200 only to the remote control 300 so as not to be displayed on the TV (of course, according to the needs of the user and The same menu may be displayed on the monitor unit 340 of the remote controller 300 in a 3D manner to select and display the menu in a 3D manner so that other tasks such as home shopping can be performed while watching TV. .

At this time, the menu processing displayed on the monitor unit 340 of the remote controller 300 is performed in the same manner as the 3D menu processing method.

As such, the menu processing between the remote controller 300 and the set-top box 200 may be performed bidirectionally to maximize the utilization of the TV and the remote controller.

In addition, since the remote controller 300 of the present invention selects and uses the 3D menu displayed on the monitor unit 340 with a minimum key module (for example, a direction key and a selection key), a new type of menu is displayed. In order to receive and change the formware (FIRM WARE) of the remote control 300 by the two-way communication with the set-top box 200, it is easy to change the menu item for a new request of the user or program providers.

According to the present invention, the set-top box searches a channel provided by the set-top box by a remote control wirelessly connected to the set-top box, monitors the multimedia of the selected channel, and downloads the selected information while setting to view on a television. There is an advantage to save.

Although the present invention has been described as an example, it is not necessarily limited to such an example, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, one example disclosed in the present invention is not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention but to explain, and the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited by the one example. The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1 is a functional configuration diagram of a television system provided with a set-top box according to an example of the present invention;

2 is a detailed functional configuration of the remote control to control the set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a detailed functional configuration of a television set-top box according to an example of the present invention;

4 is an external configuration diagram of a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a state diagram displayed by the remote control of the three-dimensional menu according to an embodiment of the present invention,

6 is a diagram illustrating a three-dimensional main menu display state according to one embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a functional configuration and appearance of the auxiliary remote control according to one embodiment of the present invention,

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

          ** Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing **

100: television 200: set-top box

210: interface unit 215: data matching unit

220, 320, 420: control unit 230: compression unit

240: TV output unit 242: Audio output unit

244: video output unit 250, 390: memory unit

255: HDI 260, 310, 410: Wireless part

265: tuner 300: remote control

330: 3 d menu portion 340: monitor portion

350: touch pad unit 360: audio unit

370: compression unit 380: USB

400: auxiliary remote control 430: keypad

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In the remote control device, A wireless unit for wirelessly transmitting and receiving a set-top box and a multimedia signal and a data signal; A controller for connecting to the wireless unit, controlling a channel to be monitored and a channel signal to be set to be wirelessly transmitted to the set top box, outputting to monitor the received multimedia signal, and monitoring a menu provided by the set top box to be displayed in three dimensions; A 3D menu unit for converting a menu provided by the set top box into a 3D display method; A monitor unit for selectively displaying a multimedia of the monitor channel received by the wireless unit and a 3D menu of the 3D menu unit; A touch pad unit for searching a 3D menu displayed on the monitor unit, selecting a channel to be monitored and a channel to be set, and selecting command signals to be input by touch; An audio unit configured to output an audio signal separated from the multimedia received by the set top box; A compression unit compressing or decompressing a multimedia signal under control of the controller; A USB unit for recording the information received from the set-top box into a removable memory; And A memory unit connected to the control unit and recording a program and operating parameters; Television remote control device comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the radio unit, The television remote control device comprising a configuration for wirelessly communicating with the set-top box by any one method selected from among Bluetooth and Zigbee. The method of claim 1, wherein the 3D menu unit, And converting each step of the menu provided by the set-top box into a polygonal three-dimensional shape. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch pad unit, And a three-dimensional menu displayed on the monitor unit, the input and output of a signal and a command signal set by the touch of a few direction keys displayed. The method of claim 3, wherein the polygon is A television remote control device characterized by a configuration consisting of at least a cube. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitor unit, And a television remote control device configured to output and display multimedia of a selected channel among the multimedia output by the set-top box to the television. The method of claim 1, wherein the compression unit, Television remote control device comprising a configuration for compressing or decompressing the multimedia signal in an MPEG method. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit, And a menu displayed on the television connected to the set-top box to display on the monitor to enable selective input. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit, The television remote control device, characterized in that can be updated by receiving the formware from the set-top box. In a television set top box, An interface unit for inputting a multimedia signal in a matched state; A control unit which connects to the interface unit, selects an input multimedia signal, outputs it to a television, wirelessly transmits it, and controls and monitors it to be separated into video and audio; A data matching unit connected to the control unit and connected to the Internet and a computer in a matching state; A compression unit compressing and decompressing a multimedia signal under control of the controller; A TV output unit which outputs a multimedia signal including information data to a television in a matching state under the control of the controller; An audio output unit configured to output an audio signal separated from the multimedia signal under control of the controller; A video output unit configured to output a video signal separated from the multimedia signal under the control of the controller; And A wireless unit for wirelessly transmitting the multimedia signal input by the control of the controller and receiving a command signal; Television set top box comprising a. The method of claim 10, A memory unit connected to the control unit and recording a program and operating parameters; An HDC unit which accesses the control unit and stores a large amount of data in a hard disk; And A tuner unit connected to the control unit and receiving a multimedia signal from a selected channel of airwaves and DMMB; Television set top box further comprising. The method of claim 10, wherein the compression unit, Television set-top box, characterized in that the multi-denim signal is compressed or decompressed by an MPEG method. The method of claim 10, wherein the wireless unit, A television set-top box comprising a configuration for wirelessly communicating in any one manner selected from among Bluetooth and ZigBee. The method of claim 10, wherein the interface unit, A television set-top box comprising a cable TV, an IP TV, a satellite TV, and a home automation, each of which is connected to input a corresponding multimedia signal. In the operation method of the remote control device, A monitoring step of monitoring a multimedia signal of a selected channel by searching for a channel provided by the set-top box if it is determined by the controller of the remote control device; A setting process of wirelessly transmitting to the set-top box so that the selected channel is set if it is determined that the channel is set by the controller; And A storage step of downloading, compressing, and storing the retrieved information in a memory when it is confirmed that the controller downloads the information; Operation method of the television remote control device comprising a. The method of claim 15, wherein the monitoring, Operating method of a television remote control device, characterized in that by the remote control device is configured to wirelessly receive the multimedia video signal for each channel that can be output to the television from the set-top box and to check the multimedia of the selected channel with its own equipped monitor . The method of claim 15, wherein the channel setting, And controlling the channel set by the remote controller to be output to the television by setting the selected channel to the set top box. The method of claim 15, wherein the download, Operating method of a television remote control device, characterized in that the set-top box is connected to the Internet, the computer receives the downloaded information as a wireless signal.

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