TV having OSD function and control method of the same

• US 7,068,323 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2001
• Issued: 06/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jae Kyung, Ko, Myoung Hwa
• Primary Examiner(s): Natnael, Paulos M.
• Application Number:
  US09/842,089
• Publication Number:
  US 20010037501A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,888 Days
• Field of Search: 348/569, 348/563, 348/565, 348/564, 348/567, 348/553, 345/721, 345/719, 725/109, 725/110
• US Class Current: 348/569
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4856 for language selection, e.g. for the menu or subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44504 Circuit details of the additional information generator, e.g. details of the character or graphics signal generator, overlay mixing circuits

Abstract

The present invention relates to a TV which is capable of displaying an OSD (On Screen Display) with a user request language and format, in particular to a TV having an OSD function and a control method of the same which is capable of generating a pertinent OSD by being provided a user OSD set menu and an OSD generation program corresponding to the original information of a TV, satisfying a desire of a user by displaying the generated OSD on a screen, and improving the convenience.

Claims

1. A system for controlling a TV having an OSD (On Screen Display) function, comprising:

a service site server configured to provide a user OSD set menu and a first OSD generation program which corresponds to original information of the TV, wherein the first OSD generation program is configured to provide a plurality of language selections and a plurality of viewing and display processing format selections;

a control unit configured to receive the user OSD set menu and the first OSD generation program from the service site server and to generate a corresponding OSD;

a storing unit configured to store the original information, contact information related to the service site server, and the first OSD generation program which corresponds to the original information, wherein the control unit is configured to contact the service site server using the contact information stored in the storing unit, and to store a second OSD generation program which corresponds to an OSD set menu selected by a user from a plurality of user OSD set menus stored in the storing unit; and

a video processing unit configured to display the OSD generated by the control unit on a screen.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the service site server is configured to make contact with the control unit through a network interface unit.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of viewing format selections comprise a plurality of aspect ratios, and wherein the plurality of display processing formats comprises at least NTSC and PAL.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user OSD set menu is configured to allow a user to select a user request language from the plurality of language selections provided by the first OSD generation program, and to select a user request format from the plurality of viewing and display processing format selections provided by the first OSD generation program.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the format comprises at least one of a display processing type format and an aspect ratio format.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the original information comprises at least a model name or a model number of the TV.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the contact information comprises a URL (Uniform Resource Locator).

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to receive an operation order signal input by a user, to access the second OSD generation program stored in the storing unit, and to generate an OSD based on the operation order signal.

9. A control method of a TV having an OSD (On Screen Display) function, comprising:

receiving a user OSD set menu which corresponds to original information of the TV by contacting a service site server when an OSD set key signal is generated, comprising uploading the original information of the TV by contacting the service site server, and receiving a user OSD set menu which corresponds to the uploaded original information;

receiving an OSD generation program which corresponds to the user request OSD set menu; and

generating a user OSD which reflects a user selected language and user selected viewing and display processing formats corresponding to an operation order signal by accessing the OSD generation program when the operation order signal is input by a user.

10. The control method according to claim 9, wherein generating the user OSD comprises updating a former OSD generation program with the received OSD generation program, and generating an OSD which corresponds to the operation order signal by using the updated OSD generation program.

11. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the original information comprises at least a model name or a model number of the TV.

12. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the OSD generation program comprises a plurality of language selections and a plurality of viewing and display processing format selections.

13. The control method according to claim 12, further comprising selecting a user request language from the plurality of language selections provided by the OSD generation program, and selecting a user request format from the plurality of viewing and display processing format selections provided by the OSD generation program.

14. The control method according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of viewing format selections comprises a plurality of aspect ratios, and wherein the plurality of display processing format selections comprises at least NTSC and PAL.