Information processing device, selection item priority giving program and selection item priority giving method

Abstract

The invention provides an information processing device which allows a user's recent usage to be reflected while leaving the user's usage history in the past with an item selection function having a simplified operation for selecting a selection item in terms of a method of managing selection history of the selection item. When there is a request for display of a menu screen (step 301), the selection item with the most usage history is obtained and automatically selected (a setup item screen is displayed) (steps 302 to 305), and the usage history of the automatically selected item is subtracted (step 309) in the case where it is determined that the automatically selected item has not been used (step 307) so as to reflect the user's recent usage (a fact that it has not been used) on the history.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overview only of a portion mainly related to the present invention of a DVD reproducing device;

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a selection history table;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an overview of an operation of the portion mainly related to the present invention as to a process of changing setups of various functions of the DVD reproducing device ;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen (setup screen);

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the display screen (main menu screen);

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an overview of the operation of the portion mainly related to the present invention as to another process of changing the setups of various functions of the DVD reproducing device;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an overview only of the portion mainly related to the present invention of an LCD TV;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a setup item grouping table;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a hierarchical structure of a menu;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an overview of the operation of the portion mainly related to the present invention as to a process of changing the setups of various functions of the LCD TV;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an overview of the operation of a setup item selection process;

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing another example of the display screen (main menu screen); and

FIGS. 13A, B and C are diagrams showing an example of the display screen (pull-down menu screen).

Claims

1. An information processing device, comprising: an input portion;a storage portion;a control portion; anda selection screen display function, and wherein:the storage portion includes a selection history table having multiple selectable items and selection frequency information to be added on selecting each of the selection items correspondingly stored therein; andin the case where the selection screen display function is executed by a user's operation for the input portion, the selection item most frequently selected is obtained by referring to the selection history table to preferentially display or automatically select the obtained selection item; andin the case where it is determined that the selection item preferentially displayed has not been selected by the user or the selection item automatically selected has not been used, the selection history table is updated by relatively subtracting the selection frequency information corresponding to the selection item.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein: when relatively subtracting the selection frequency information corresponding to the selection item preferentially displayed, the selection frequency of the selection item of which number of times of being selected is second to the highest is obtained by referring to the selection history table and the selection frequency information corresponding to the selection item preferentially displayed is relatively subtracted so as to be smaller than the second selection frequency.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein: when executing the process of relatively subtracting the selection frequency information, time information on execution of the process is correspondingly stored in the selection history table so that, when determined that there are multiple selection items most frequently selected in the process of obtaining the selection item most frequently selected, the selection item subtracted at the oldest time is obtained by referring to the selection history table.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein: the selection items are grouped according to an attribute belonging to each of the selection items;higher grouping is further performed according to the attribute belonging to each of the groups to hierarchically perform grouping; andwhen the selection screen display function is executed or when any one of the groups is selected during the execution of the selection screen display function, the selection item most frequently selected is obtained from all the selection items belonging to the selected group or lower groups of the selected group by referring to the selection history table so as to preferentially display or automatically select the obtained selection item.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein: the selection items are grouped according to an attribute belonging to each of the selection items;higher grouping is further performed according to the attribute belonging to each of the groups to hierarchically perform grouping; andwhen the selection screen display function is executed or when any one of the groups is selected during the execution of the selection screen display function, the group most frequently selected in a current hierarchy is obtained by referring to the selection history table;the groups most frequently selected are sequentially obtained to the lowest group thereafter by referring to the selection history table so as to obtain the lowest group; andthe selection item most frequently selected is obtained from the selection items belonging to the lowest group by referring to the selection history table so as to preferentially display or automatically select the obtained selection item.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein: an automatic selection key is provided to the input portion so as to execute the process of preferentially displaying or automatically selecting the selection item in the case where there is an input of the automatic selection key during the execution of the selection screen display function.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6, wherein: in the case where there is a further input of the automatic selection key when executing the process of preferentially displaying or automatically selecting the selection item, the selection items next most frequently selected are sequentially obtained by referring to the selection history table so as to execute the process of preferentially displaying or automatically selecting the obtained selection item.

8. A selection item priority giving program for causing the information processing device according to claim 1 to execute steps of: determining whether or not there is a request for execution of the selection screen display function;obtaining the selection item most frequently selected by referring to the selection history table in the case where there is the request for execution;preferentially displaying or automatically selecting the obtained selection item;determining whether or not the selection item preferentially displayed has been selected by the user or determining whether or not the selection item automatically selected has been used; andupdating the selection history table by relatively subtracting the selection frequency information corresponding to the selection item in the case where it is determined that the selection item has been selected or used.

9. A selection item priority giving method of an information processing device including a selection screen display function, wherein: selection frequency information which is added in relation to the selection item on selecting a selectable item is managed so that the selection item most frequently selected is obtained on execution of the selection screen display function to preferentially display or automatically select the obtained selection item; andin the case where it is determined that the selection item preferentially displayed has not been selected by the user or the selection item automatically selected has not been used, the selection frequency information corresponding to the selection item is relatively subtracted.