Method and apparatus of composing menu for users

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of composing a user menu by providing a shortened route to the menu the user selected among a hierarchically structured On Screen Display menu so that the user can find a menu he or she wants more conveniently. The method comprises the steps of deciding whether an item is optionally selected out of the hierarchically structured OSD menu items; deciding whether a user menu registration button for the optionally selected item is pressed; registering the selected menu with the user menu by adding an index to the currently selected item once the user menu registration button is properly pressed; displaying the registered user menu on an OSD menu if a user view menu is established; actuating a corresponding menu item when an optional item is selected among the user menu; and deleting a menu item from the user menu if a deletion button is pressed on an optionally selected item out of the user menu.

1. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure, the method comprising the steps of:
 deciding whether an item is optionally selected out of the hierarchically structured OSD menu items;  
 deciding whether a user menu registration button for the optionally selected item is pressed;  
 registering the selected menu item with the user menu by adding an index to the currently selected item once the user menu registration button is properly pressed;  
 displaying the registered user menu on an OSD menu if a user view menu is established; actuating a corresponding menu item when an optional item is selected among the user menu; and  
 deleting a menu item from the user menu if a deletion button is pressed on an optionally selected item out of the user menu.  
 
     
     
       2. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of  claim 1 , wherein said user menu is setting if the user select ‘main source’ using the remote control. 
     
     
       3. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of  claim 1 , wherein the user select ‘special’ item among the initial OSD menu using the remote control, then the hierarchically structured OSD menu is displayed. 
     
     
       4. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of  claim 1 , wherein when the user menu displayed the user can choose certain item. 
     
     
       5. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of  claim 1 , wherein said registering step registers a specific user menu; the user presses the ‘user menu registration’ button on the remote control, a microcomputer detects the user pressed button, and stores index data on the corresponding item into the user menu domain. 
     
     
       6. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of  claim 1 , wherein a user can delete any item from the user menu at any time by deletion button on the remote control. 
     
     
       7. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of  claim 1 , wherein a user can be optionally composed of display position of the user menu screen, size and color. 
     
     
       8. A method of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of  claim 1 , wherein if the user wishes to see detailed items of ‘main source’, the user moves the cursor of the remote control and presses a confirm key. 
     
     
       9. An apparatus of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure, the apparatus comprising:
 a graphics processing unit for graphically processing the OSD menu;  
 a memory for storing index data on the OSD menu to provide the data to the graphics processing unit;  
 a microcomputer for displaying the OSD menu or the user menu on the screen by controlling said graphics processing unit and for actuating a corresponding menu item when an optional item is selected among the user menu; and  
 a remote control having a deletion button for deletion a menu item from the user menu.  
 
     
     
       10. An apparatus of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of  claim 9 , wherein said graphics processing unit displays the user menu on the screen. 
     
     
       11. An apparatus of composing a user menu for displaying On Screen Display (OSD) menu with a hierarchical structure of  claim 9 , wherein said microcomputer includes a remote control signal receiving circuit.