On screen display apparatus and method for displaying menu thereon
First Claim
1. An on screen display (OSD) apparatus comprising:
- a memory module which stores data for a first region, and which stores a system program, wherein the data for the first region comprises a plurality of first menu items;
a screen which displays the first region;
an input device which generates signals for displaying the first region on the screen; and
a controller which divides the first region into a first sub-region and a second sub-region and displays the first sub-region and the second sub-region at different heights on the screen, wherein, if at least one first menu item of the plurality of first menu items is displayed in the first sub-region, the controller displays at least one sub-menu item for the at least one first menu item displayed in the first sub-region simultaneously with at least one more first menu item of the plurality of first menu items, on the screen.
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Abstract
An on screen display (OSD) apparatus and a method for displaying a menu on the OSD apparatus are provided. The ODS apparatus includes: a memory module which stores a system program and data for a first region, where the data for the first region includes a plurality of first menu items; a screen which displays the first region; an input device which generates signals for displaying the first region on the screen; and a controller which divides the first region into a first sub-region and a second sub-region by using the system program, upon receipt of signals from an input device, and which displays the first sub-region and the second sub-region at different heights on the screen.
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15 Claims
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1. An on screen display (OSD) apparatus comprising:
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a memory module which stores data for a first region, and which stores a system program, wherein the data for the first region comprises a plurality of first menu items; a screen which displays the first region; an input device which generates signals for displaying the first region on the screen; and a controller which divides the first region into a first sub-region and a second sub-region and displays the first sub-region and the second sub-region at different heights on the screen, wherein, if at least one first menu item of the plurality of first menu items is displayed in the first sub-region, the controller displays at least one sub-menu item for the at least one first menu item displayed in the first sub-region simultaneously with at least one more first menu item of the plurality of first menu items, on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for displaying a menu in an on screen display (OSD) apparatus, comprising:
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storing a system program and data for a first region, wherein the data for the first region includes a plurality of first menu items; generating signals for displaying the first region on a screen; receiving signals from an input device; dividing the first region into a first sub-region and a second sub-region, by using the system program, upon receipt of the signals from the input device, and displaying the first sub-region and the second sub-region at different heights on a screen, and displaying simultaneously at least one sub-menu item for at least one first menu item of the plurality of first menu items and at least one more first menu item of the plurality of first menu items, on the screen, if the at least one first menu item of the plurality of first menu items is displayed in the first sub-region. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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