Patent ID: 6879350
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. In a digital TV receiver having a plurality of buttons including OSD function, help function, and mark means movement buttons, a method of displaying help-words contents of on-screen display menu items in a digital TV receiver, comprising the steps of: displaying an OSD menu area on at least a first portion of a previously-displayed program image when a user presses the OSD function button; indicating one of items of the OSD menu area using the mark means when the user presses the mark means movement buttons; displaying a help-words contents area of the item indicated by the mark means on at least a second portion of the previously-displayed program image when the user presses the help button; and making the help-words contents disappear on the previously-displayed program image while leaving only the OSD menu area on the image when the user operates at least one of said plurality of buttons.