Video recording/reproducing apparatus and method of displaying menu guide
First Claim
1. A video recording/reproducing apparatus, for recording an image signal from an image signal generating source in a memory device, and reproducing and outputting the recorded image signal to an external display device, the video recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:
- an interface unit, installed in a body of the video recording/reproducing apparatus, for receiving a user input signal from an external input device and enabling functions supported in the video recording/reproducing apparatus to be selectable through use of the external input device; and
a main control unit which, upon receiving via the interface unit a request signal for a screen of a menu guide list for a user to select the functions supported in the video recording/reproducing apparatus, is adapted to control the video recording/reproducing apparatus to display the screen of the menu guide list on the display device with a main menu being arranged in a left-most region of the screen of menu guide list in a vertical column, and upon receiving a selection signal with respect to the main menu, is adapted to control the video recording/reproducing apparatus to display a sub-menu of the main menu at the right side of the block of the main menu in a vertical column.
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Abstract
A video recording/reproducing apparatus and a method for displaying a menu guide. The video recording/reproducing apparatus has a main control unit which, upon receiving through an interface unit a request signal for a screen of menu guide list for a user to select the functions supported in the video recording/reproducing apparatus, controls the video recording/reproducing apparatus to display the screen of menu guide list on the display device with a main menu being arranged in a left-most region of the screen of menu guide list in a vertical column. Furthermore, when the main control unit receives a selection signal with respect to the main menu, the main control unit controls the video recording/reproducing apparatus to display a sub-menu of the main menu at the right side of the block of the main menu in a vertical column. Hence, with the video recording/reproducing apparatus, the respective functions are displayed in greater detail as the selections of the user are made from the upper menu to the lower menu. Since such displayed functions are selectable using the keys provided on the remote controller, user convenience greatly improves.
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19 Claims
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1. A video recording/reproducing apparatus, for recording an image signal from an image signal generating source in a memory device, and reproducing and outputting the recorded image signal to an external display device, the video recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:
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an interface unit, installed in a body of the video recording/reproducing apparatus, for receiving a user input signal from an external input device and enabling functions supported in the video recording/reproducing apparatus to be selectable through use of the external input device; and
a main control unit which, upon receiving via the interface unit a request signal for a screen of a menu guide list for a user to select the functions supported in the video recording/reproducing apparatus, is adapted to control the video recording/reproducing apparatus to display the screen of the menu guide list on the display device with a main menu being arranged in a left-most region of the screen of menu guide list in a vertical column, and upon receiving a selection signal with respect to the main menu, is adapted to control the video recording/reproducing apparatus to display a sub-menu of the main menu at the right side of the block of the main menu in a vertical column. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for displaying a menu screen of a video recording/reproducing apparatus that records an image signal from an image signal generating source in a memory device and reproduces and outputs the recorded image signal to an external display device, the method comprising the steps of:
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upon receiving a request signal for a screen of menu guide list from an external input device through which a function supported in the video recording/reproducing apparatus is selected, displaying the screen of menu guide list on the display device with a main menu being arranged in a left-most region of the screen of menu guide list in a vertical column; and
upon receiving a selection signal with respect to the main menu from the external input device, displaying a sub-menu of the main menu at the right side of the block of the main menu in a vertical column. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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Specification