CN1779847A - Operation Assisting Method Applied to Digital Video Player - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is an operation assistance method applied to a digital image player, and the operation assistance method includes the following steps: when the digital image player enters a first operation state in response to a user's trigger, the digital image player issues a first voice prompt corresponding to the first operation state; and when the digital image player enters a second operation state in response to a user's trigger, the digital image player issues a second voice prompt corresponding to the second operation state.

Description

Operation Assisting Method Applied to Digital Video Player

technical field

The invention is an operation assistance method, especially an operation assistance method applied to a digital video player.

Background technique

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic diagram of an internal functional block of a digital laser video recorder (DVDrecorder) 10 of a real-time burning type, which can receive multiple signal sources (for example, a traditional television signal receiver (TV) shown in the figure tuner) 11 output signal, traditional video tape player (VCR player) 12 and digital laser disc player (DVD player) 13 output analog video signal (Audio and Video Signal), or digital video camera (DV) 14 output digital audio-visual signal), and then the control circuit 16 in the digital laser disc recorder 10 receives the signal and converts it into digital audio-visual data conforming to a specific format (such as digital audio-visual data in MPEG format). When the recordable disc 15 is inserted into the disc burner 17 in the digital laser disc recorder 10, the control circuit 16 can burn the digital audio-visual data conforming to a specific format to the recordable disc according to the operation of the user. CD-ROM 15.

Please refer to FIG. 2 again, which is a schematic diagram of the internal functional block of another existing digital laser video disc recorder 100, which further has a digital data storage device composed of a hard disk drive 101, which is used to store the above-mentioned specific format. Digital audio-visual data (such as digital audio-visual data in MPEG format) can be provided to the user to edit the digital audio-visual data in a specific format stored in the hard disk drive 101, and then the edited digital audio-visual data can be passed through the optical disc The burner 102 burns to the recordable optical disc 15 . For example, the user can convert the TV analog audio-visual signal received by the TV tuner 11 into digital audio-visual data of a specific specification through the control circuit 106, then temporarily store it in the hard disk drive 101, and then After editing, it is burnt to the recordable optical disc 15 through the optical disc burner 102 . Or directly convert the digital audio-visual signal output by the digital video camera (DV) 14 into digital audio-visual data of specific specifications and temporarily store it in the hard disk drive 101, then edit it by the user and burn it to On the recordable optical disc 15. In this way, the user can transcribe the audio-visual signal transmitted from the signal source to the hard disk drive 101, and at the same time, edit the digital audio-visual data or burn the optical disc. In addition, the optical disc burner 102 can also transfer the digital audio-visual data in a specific format into the hard disk drive 101 .

As can be seen from the above, the digital laser disc recorder can replace the traditional video tape recorder to provide users with the function of pre-recording TV programs in addition to playing laser discs and other actions. Because of its diversified functions, the buttons on its operation interface (such as remote control) are also complicated, which will cause trouble for users in the function operation. Therefore, a simple guide (easy guide) graphic A user interface is developed. Please refer to Figure 3 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), which are schematic diagrams of screen switching for the easy guider, which provide clear illustrations directly on the monitor Using the guide, the user can use the arrow keys and the enter key on the remote controller to input commands and switch screens, thereby providing an easy-to-use operation interface for the user. And Fig. 3 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) shows that is to guide the user to carry out a series of picture transition diagrams of video recording action, and Fig. 3 (a) shows the selection video recording function, Figure 3(b) shows the selection of the signal source, Figure 3(c) shows the selection of the channel number, and Figure 3(d) shows the selection of the recording time and recording quality. As for Fig. 3(e), it shows that the video recording is started.

However, the graphical user interface still has its imperfections. For users who are not familiar with electronic information products, the text and graphics displayed on the display cannot effectively provide the user with a grasp of the operation steps. It is quite troublesome to further consult the manual, how to improve the lack of this existing means is the main purpose of the development of the present invention.

Contents of the invention

The present invention is an operation assistance method, which is applied to a digital image player. The operation assistance method includes the following steps: The device sends out a first voice prompt corresponding to the first operating state; and when the digital video player enters a second operating state in response to the trigger of the user, the digital video player sends out a first voice prompt corresponding to the second operating state Two voice prompts.

According to the above idea, in the operation assistance method of the present invention, the first operation state and the second operation state are operation states in a graphical user interface of a simple pointer.

According to the idea above, in the operation assistance method of the present invention, the digital video player enters into the operation state of the graphical user interface of the simple pointer in response to the user pressing a pointer button on a remote controller.

According to the above idea, in the operation assistance method of the present invention, when the digital video player enters into a certain operation state due to the user's trigger, the digital video player emits a sound effect corresponding to the triggered action.

According to the above idea, the operation assistance method of the present invention is applied to the digital video player which is a digital laser disc recorder or a digital laser disc player.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1, it is the internal functional block diagram of a digital laser video disc recorder of burning type in real time;

Fig. 2, it is the internal function block schematic diagram of existing another type digital laser disc recorder;

Figure 3 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) is a schematic diagram of the screen switching of the easy guider;

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow chart of the steps of the operation assistance method developed by the present invention to improve the lack of the above-mentioned existing means;

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a system capable of achieving the method of the above-mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of state switching of voice assistance and sound effect functions of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a button audio prompt circuit inside the remote controller.

Detailed ways

Please refer to Fig. 4, which is a schematic flow chart of the steps of the operation assistance method developed by the present invention to improve the lack of the above-mentioned existing means. First, when the guider key on the remote controller is pressed, a guider key is generated. key event (guider key event), and the system first checks whether it is valid, and when the event is judged to be valid, it enters the system into a simple guider (easy guide) graphical user interface (as shown in Figure 3 (a ), (b), (c), (d), and (e) shown), at this time, except that the picture display and switching similar to the aforementioned existing means, the main feature of the present invention is to set up a sound effect processing engine (Audio processengine) and speech engine (Speech engine) to generate sound effects (sound) and voice (speech) auxiliary prompts. Therefore, before entering the main screen, the system can use the application program and pre-stored data (such as the identification code corresponding to each screen) to perform pre-sound effects and voice pre-tasks, and then use a corresponding identification code The sound effect data and/or speech data are respectively sent to a sound effect processing engine and a speech engine for conversion and output. In this way, when the user uses the arrow keys to move the selected item on the main screen, the sound effect processing engine will generate some sound effects corresponding to the action to increase the reminder effect, and then when the enter key (enter) is pressed and When inputting commands and switching screens, it means that the system will enter a first operating state. At this time, the system uses the voice engine to issue a first voice prompt corresponding to the first operating state. Similarly, when the input key (enter) is selected to another selection item and is pressed, it means that the system will enter a second operating state. At this time, the system also uses the speech engine to send out the corresponding second operating state. A second voice prompt.

Among them, in terms of sound effects, the sound effect processing engine can generate different types of sound effects according to different functional items. For example, various functional items such as page switching, setting completion, and whether the setting result is valid can all correspond to different styles. Types of sound effects, so that users can clearly identify the difference of function items only by sound.

In addition, because some systems have no screen display after booting, or have to wait for a period of time for the screen to appear, resulting in users not being able to effectively know, the sound processing engine can immediately send out a The boot-up completion sound effect lets the user know that the system has been booted up, and the voice engine can be used to send out a voice prompt of "please select the signal source", so that the user can clearly know the next action.

The system can provide multiple sets of sound effects for the user to choose, and the manufacturer can also provide sound files for the user to download online for updating, so that various functional items can have a variety of sound effect collocations.

Please refer to FIG. 5 , which is a schematic block diagram of a system that can achieve the method of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. It takes a real-time recording digital laser video recorder (DVD recorder) as an example for illustration. The digital laser video disc recorder (DVDrecorder) 500 can receive a variety of signal sources (such as the signal output by the traditional TV signal receiver (TV tuner) 51 shown in the figure, the traditional video tape player (VCR player) 52 and The analog audio and video signal (Audio and Video Signal) output by the digital laser disc player (DVD player) 53, or the digital audio and video signal output by the digital camera (DV) 54), and then the control circuit 506 in the digital laser disc recorder 500 These signals are received and converted into digital audio-visual data conforming to a specific format (such as digital audio-visual data in MPEG format). When the recordable disc 55 is inserted into the disc burner 52 of the digital laser disc recorder 500, the control circuit 506 can burn the digital audio-visual data conforming to a specific format to the recordable disc according to the operation of the user. In the optical disc 55, the digital data storage device formed by the hard disk drive 501 is used to store the digital audio-visual data in the above-mentioned specific format (for example, the digital audio-visual data in MPEG format), and then can be provided to the user for the hard disk drive. The digital audio-visual data in a specific format stored in 501 is edited, and then the edited digital audio-visual data is burned onto the recordable optical disc 55 through the optical disc burner 502 . And above-mentioned action all can be finished through the operation interface on the remote controller 505, just produce a guider key event (guider key event) when the guider key 5050 (guider key) on the remote controller 505 is pressed, and The control circuit 506 first checks whether it is valid, and when the event is judged to be valid, the system will enter a graphical user interface of an easy guider, and the user can use the direction keys 5051 on the remote controller Use the input key 5052 (enter) to perform command input and screen switching. At this point, the sound effect processing engine 5060 added in the control circuit 506 of the present invention can when the user uses the arrow keys 5051 to move the selected item on the main screen, the sound effect processing engine 5060 will generate some sound effects relative to the action to increase reminders effect. Then when the input key 5052 (enter) is pressed to perform command input and screen switching, it means that the system will enter the first operating state. At this time, the system will use the voice engine 5061 added in the control circuit 506 to send out the corresponding second operating state. A first voice prompt of an operating state. Similarly, when the input key 5052 (enter) is pressed when selecting another selection item, it means that the system will enter the second operating state. At this time, the system also uses the speech engine 5061 to send out the corresponding second operating state. a second voice prompt.

For example, when the system will enter the "recording" operating state, the system will use the voice engine 5061 added in the control circuit 506 to issue a series of voice instructions corresponding to the series of guidance in the "recording" operating state, so that The user clearly understands the relevant content descriptions of this series of operation state switching processes, such as "Please select the recording function", "Please select the signal source", "Please select the channel number", "Please select the recording time and recording quality" and "Start recording" and other voices. Similarly, when the input key 5052 (enter) is pressed when selecting the "erase" selection item, it means that the system will enter the "erase" operating state, and the system also uses the speech engine 5061 to send out a corresponding response A series of voice instructions in the guidance process carried out in the "erasing" operation state, as for these voices can also change with the change of the display language, for example, when the display language is switched to English, the above voice will be issued in English. And the main body of above-mentioned sound effect processing engine 5060 can be finished with a flash memory or hard disk that has sound data, or can be finished by a separate sound effect chip; It is already a fairly mature technical means, so it will not be repeated here.

The remote controller 505 of the present invention shown in FIG. 5 also has a voice/sound effect switching key 5053, which is provided to the user to start and close the above-mentioned voice assistance and sound effect functions. Please refer to FIG. 6, which is the voice of the present invention. The state switching diagram of auxiliary and sound effect functions, whenever the user presses the voice/sound effect switching key 5053 once, the speech engine 5061 and the sound effect processing engine 5060 added in the control circuit 506 of the present invention will be turned off or turned on, and the system Then you can switch along the arrows among the four states in the figure. In this way, the user can easily and conveniently switch the function of the voice/sound effect state.

In addition, please refer to FIG. 7 again, which is a block diagram of a button audio prompt circuit inside the remote controller 505. When any button 5059 on the remote controller 505 is pressed, the trigger signal generated will be sent to an audio prompt In the generator 5058, the sound prompt generator 5058 generates a corresponding sound prompt and outputs it, through which the user is reminded that the key press action just now is indeed effectively executed, which will prevent the user from repeatedly pressing the key and causing the system to malfunction.

To sum up, the technical means of the present invention can effectively improve the lack of existing means, further provide users with a user-friendly and easy-to-operate environmental interface, and thoroughly achieve the main purpose of the development of the present invention. But the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, not in order to limit the patent scope of the present invention, and the technical idea of the present invention can be widely applied to digital laser video disc players, digital laser video disc recorders with video recording functions Or on a digital image playback system such as a video recorder with a video recording function, so all other equivalent changes or modifications that do not deviate from the spirit disclosed by the present invention should be included in the scope of the following patent applications.

Claims (7)

1. A kind of operation assistance method, is applied on a digital video player, is characterized in that, this operation assistance method comprises the following steps: When the digital image player enters a first operating state in response to a user's trigger, the digital image player sends out a first voice prompt corresponding to the first operating state; and When the digital image player enters a second operation state due to the user's trigger, the digital image player sends out a second voice prompt corresponding to the second operation state. 2 . The operation assistance method according to claim 1 , wherein the first operation state and the second operation state are operation states in a graphical user interface of a simple pointer. 3 . 3. The operation assistance method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the digital image player enters the graphical user interface of the simple guide in response to the user pressing a guide button on a remote controller. The operational state of the interface. 4. The operation assistance method according to claim 1, characterized in that, when the digital video player enters into a certain operation state due to the user's trigger, the digital video player sends out a corresponding trigger action. sound effects. 5. The operation assistance method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the digital image player applied thereto is a digital laser disc recorder or a digital laser disc player. 6 . The operation assistance method according to claim 1 , wherein when the power of the digital video player is just turned on and the power is turned on, a boot completion sound effect is immediately emitted to let the user know that the system has been booted. 7 . 7. The operation assistance method according to claim 1, wherein the digital video player system can provide multiple sets of sound files for users to choose, and the manufacturer can provide sound files for users to download online to update.

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