Computer system and OSD displaying method for the same

• US 7,130,791 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2001
• Issued: 10/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ko, Kyung-Pill
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorvil, Richemond
• Assistant Examiner(s): Han, Qi
• Application Number:
  US09/898,089
• Publication Number:
  US 20020122069A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,944 Days
• Field of Search: 704/3, 725/47, 715/740, 715/857
• US Class Current: 704/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04897 Special input arrangements or commands for improving display capability
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/12 Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/006 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04

Abstract

Disclosed is a computer system including a computer body operated according to a predetermined operating system, and a display device having a display section for receiving a video signal from the computer body to display images on the screen thereof in response to the received video signal. The computer body includes a language information-providing section adapted to provide the display device with information about the kind of language used in the operating system. The display device includes an OSD generating section adapted to generate an OSD for setting a display environment of the display device, a memory adapted to store a plurality of languages that can be used in the OSD therein and to store the language information received from the computer body, and an OSD control section adapted to control the OSD generating section to display the OSD on the display section by means of the same language as that used in the operating system in accordance with language information.

Claims

1. A computer system including a predetermined operating system, comprising:

a language information-providing section for storing and generating language information about a first language used in said operating system;

an on screen display (OSD) generating section for generating an OSD for setting a display environment of a display device;

a memory for storing a plurality of second languages used in said OSD; and

an OSD control section for determining whether said first language is included in said plurality of second languages, and for automatically controlling said OSD generating section to display said OSD on a display section of said display device in said first language when said first language is included in said plurality of second languages as determined by said OSD control section;

wherein said language used in said OSD is automatically made to coincide with said first language used in said operating system when said first language is included in said plurality of second languages.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein said OSD control section controls said OSD generating section to display said OSD by means of one of said second languages when said first language is not included in said plurality of second languages as determined by said OSD control section.

3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein said one of said second languages is English.

4. An on-screen display (OSD) displaying method, comprising the steps of:

storing a first language used in an operating system of a computer in a memory;

storing a plurality of second languages used in an OSD in said memory;

making a determination as to whether said first language used in said operating system is one of said second languages stored in said memory; and

automatically displaying said OSD in said first language when said first language is one of said second languages stored in said memory so as to automatically make said language used in said OSD coincide with said first language.

5. The OSD displaying method of claim 4, further comprising the step of displaying the OSD by means of one of said second languages when said first language is not one of said second languages stored in said memory.

6. The OSD displaying method of claim 5, wherein said one of said second languages is English.

7. A computer system operated by an operating system with a first language, comprising:

a computer body generating video signal data in response to operation of said operating system, said computer body storing first language information data about said first language and generating said first language information data; and

a display device coupled to said computer body for receiving said video signal data and said first language information data, said display device displaying an on-screen display (OSD) in accordance with said first language information data;

said display device comprising a memory for storing said first language information data and a plurality of second language information data; and

said display device further comprising a first key for activating said OSD and a second key for automatically setting said display device to display said OSD in said first language when said first language information data is included in said plurality of second language information data;

wherein said language used in said OSD is automatically made to coincide with said first language used in said operating system.

8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein said display device displays a visual image in accordance with said video signal data.

9. The computer system of claim 7, said display device comprising:

an OSD generator for generating said OSD; and

an OSD controller coupled between said computer body and said OSD generator for controlling said OSD generator to display said OSD in said first language when said first language information data is included in said plurality of second language information data.

10. The computer system of claim 7, said display device displaying said OSD in accordance with one of said plurality of second language information data when said plurality of second language information data does not include said first language information data.

11. A computer system, comprising:

a display device having an input section coupled to a computer body which is operated by an operating system; and

a memory coupled to said input section for receiving first language information data representing a first language used in said operating system through said input section, and for storing said first language information data, said memory storing second language information data representing at least one second language used in said OSD;

said display device automatically displaying an OSD in one of said at least one second language when said first language information data is not included in said second language information data so as to automatically make said language used in said OSD coincide with said first language used in said operating system.

12. The computer system of claim 11, said display device displaying said OSD in said first language in response to said first language information data when said first language information data is included in said second language information data.

13. A method in a computer system which includes a memory, said method comprising the steps of:

storing in the memory first language information data representing a first language used in an operating system operating said computer system;

storing in the memory a plurality of second language information data representing second languages used for an on-screen display (OSD); and

automatically displaying the OSD in said first language in accordance with said first language information data stored in said memory when said first language information data is included in said second language information data;

wherein said language used in said OSD is automatically made to coincide with said first language used in said operating system.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of displaying the OSD by means of one of said second languages when said first language is not included in said second languages.