JP2000339931A - Recorded image-reproducing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply display names of programs recorded to recording media. SOLUTION: A recorded program table memory means 17 stores at least program names and record position information of program table information of programs recorded by a recording means 14 among program table information stored by a program table memory means 13. A CPU 21 controls a display process means 18 when a program to be reproduced is selected, thereby displaying the program table information stored in the recorded program table memory means 17. When the program to be reproduced is selected in this state, a reproduction position of a recording medium is accessed by a reproducing means 20, based on record position information of the selected program among the record position information stored in the recorded program table memory means 17 and record position information from a record position detection means 19.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing using a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when recording is performed by a recording / reproducing apparatus in an ordinary household, a plurality of programs are generally recorded on one video tape.

When the recording date and time of a plurality of programs recorded on a single video tape extend over several days, the viewer often does not memorize the past programs to some extent, and It was difficult to immediately confirm that the video was recorded.

In order to cope with such a problem, a recording means for recording an ID (identification data) on a video tape, storing the ID of the video tape and the recording date and time in the main body of the recording and reproducing apparatus, and reproducing the video tape Search the storage means for an ID that matches the video tape,
The recording date and time corresponding to are displayed, and cueing reproduction and the like are performed based on this display.

However, in the method using such an ID, a program must be selected based on the recording date and time. Therefore, if the target program and the recording date and time are not stored by the viewer, a sufficient effect is expected. I couldn't do that.

[0006]

In the conventional recording / reproducing apparatus for selecting a program to be reproduced by using the above-mentioned ID, the program must be selected based on the recording date and time. The effect could not be expected unless the viewer remembered it.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the above-mentioned problems and to provide a recording / reproducing apparatus which can easily display a program name of a program recorded on a recording medium and can easily select a program to be reproduced.

[0008]

A recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention is a recording / reproducing apparatus for performing recording and reproduction using a recording medium, and extracts a video signal or video data of a target channel from an input broadcast signal. Tuner circuit for extracting and outputting program table information included in video signals or video data from the tuner circuit, and storing program table information from the program table information extracting means. A program table storage means, and when recording on the recording medium, a program based on a video signal or video data from the tuner circuit is recorded on the recording medium, and a recording position indicating a recording position of the program on the recording medium. Recording means for recording information on the recording medium;
Recorded program table storage means for storing program table information and recording position information of programs recorded by the recording means among the program table information stored in the program table storage means, and stored in the recorded program table storage means Display processing means for displaying the recorded program guide information, recording position detecting means for detecting recording position information stored in the recording medium, reproducing means for reproducing the recording medium, and selecting a program to be reproduced. In this case, the display processing means is controlled to display the program guide information stored in the recorded program guide storage means. When a program to be reproduced in this state is selected, the display is stored in the recorded program guide storage means. A control circuit for locating the reproduction position of the recording medium by the reproducing means based on the recording position information of the selected program among the recorded recording position information and the recording position information from the recording position detecting means. Characterized in that Bei was.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part when an embodiment of a recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a video tape recorder for general household use.

In FIG. 1, a recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present embodiment comprises a tuner circuit 11 and program information extracting means 12.
, Program table storage means 13, recording means 14, timer circuit 15, recording reservation means 16, recorded program table storage means 17, display processing means 18, recording position detection means 19
, A reproducing unit 20 and a CPU 21.

A tuner circuit 11 extracts a video signal b1 of a target channel from a television broadcast signal a1 input by an antenna 10 under the control of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21 to extract program information extracting means 12 and a video signal (not shown). Output to the processing circuit. Program information sampling means 1
2 extracts the program table information included in the video signal b1 under the control of the CPU 21 and outputs data of the extracted program table information to the program table storage means 13. The program table storage means 13
Under the control of the CPU 21, the data of the program guide information from the program information extracting means 12 is recorded, and the data of the recorded program guide information is output.

When recording on a video tape on a recording medium, the recording means 14 records the video signal b1 on the video tape under the control of the CPU 21 and indicates a recording position of the video signal b1 on the video tape. Recording position information is recorded on a sub-track of the video tape. The timer circuit 15 measures the time by counting the pulse signal of a fixed period, and outputs time data indicating the current time. The recording reservation means 16 is a CPU
21 detects the program start time, the end time, the channel, and the program name from the program table information stored in the program table storage means 13 and, among the detection results, the program table of the program selected by the input operation. The information is retained, and the recording means 14 is controlled based on the retained program table information and the time data from the timer circuit 15 to perform timer recording.
The recorded program table storage means 17 is provided with the program table storage means 13.
In the program table information stored in step (1), at least the program name and the recording position information of the program table information of the program recorded by the recording means 14 are stored.

Under the control of the CPU 21, the display processing means 18 displays a program guide from the data in the program guide storage means 13 at the time of timer reservation operation, and displays a cursor for selecting a reserved program. Output a signal. Further, the display processing means 18 reads out the data of the recorded program guide information stored in the recorded program notation means 17 and performs a display process under the control of the CPU 21 at the time of the reproduction operation. And a display signal for displaying a cursor for selecting a program to be reproduced. The recording position detecting means 19 detects the recording position information stored on the video tape. The reproducing means 20 reproduces a video tape.

When selecting a program to be reproduced, the CPU 21 controls the display processing means 18 to display the program table information stored in the recorded program table storage means 17, and the program to be reproduced in this state is displayed. When selected, the reproduction is performed based on the recording position information of the selected program among the recording position information stored in the recorded program table storage unit 17 and the recording position information from the recording position detection unit 19. Means 20
Is a control circuit for locating the reproduction position of the recording medium according to.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a timer reservation operation in timer recording of the recording / reproducing apparatus of FIG.

In FIG. 2, in the operation of timer reservation,
First, in step S1, the CPU 21 determines whether there is a reservation request from a viewer through a remote controller or the like. Until there is a reservation request, the process of step S1 is repeated, and if there is a reservation request, the process proceeds to step S2. In step S2, the display processing means 18
Under the control of U21, a cursor for selecting a reserved program is displayed together with the program table based on the data from the program table storage means 13, and the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, the recording reservation unit 16
, The program to be recorded is detected based on the cursor position on the program table, and when a reservation procedure is selected by an input operation, the program table information of the program at the cursor position is held. Thereafter, the CPU 21 enters a recording standby state.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of timer recording after the timer reservation shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, in the timer recording operation after the timer reservation, first, in step S11, the CPU 21 sets the time indicated by the timer circuit 15 and the reservation time of each program of the recording reservation means 16 (from the program start time). The end time) is compared, and the process of step S11 is repeated until the time indicated by the timer circuit 15 enters the reservation time. When the time indicated by the timer circuit 15 enters the reservation time, the process proceeds to step S12.

In step S12, the CPU 21
The recording means 14 controls the recording means 14 to record the recorded video on the video tape, and also records the recording position information on the sub-track of the video tape, and shifts to the processing of step S13.

In step S13, the CPU 21
The time indicated by the timer circuit 15 is compared with the end time reserved by the recording reservation means 16, and the process of step S13 is repeated until the time indicated by the timer circuit 15 reaches the end time.
When the time indicated by the timer circuit 15 has reached the end time, the process proceeds to step S14.

In step S14, the CPU 21
The recording of the recording means 14 is stopped, and the program guide information of the program recorded by the recording means 14 is stored in the recorded program guide storage means 17 to create a recorded program guide. After erasing the program guide information of the recorded program from the recording reservation unit 16, the process proceeds to step S15.

In step S15, the CPU 21
By determining whether or not the program guide information remains in the recording reservation means 16, it is determined whether or not there is a reservation remaining.
If there is a reservation remaining, the process returns to step S11, and if there is no reservation remaining, the process ends.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a reproducing operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus of FIG.

In FIG. 4, the CPU 21 first determines in step S21 whether or not there is a playback request from a viewer through a remote controller or the like. Until there is a reproduction request, the process of step S21 is repeated, and if there is a reservation request, the process proceeds to step S22. Step S22
The display processing means 18 displays the recorded program guide together with a cursor for selecting a recorded program from the data in the recorded program guide storage means 17 under the control of the CPU 21, and proceeds to the process of step S23. I do.

In step S23, the CPU 21
When a program in the recorded program table is selected by a viewer through a remote controller or the like with a cursor or the like, a procedure for selecting a reproduced program is performed. In step S24, the CPU 21 The reproducing means 20 rewinds or fast-forwards the video tape to the recording position at the head of the selected program based on the recording position information of the program selected from the recording position information and the recording position information from the recording position detecting means 19. I do. After cueing,
In step S25, the CPU 21 controls the reproducing means 20 to reproduce the recorded contents, and proceeds to the processing in step S26. In step S26, the CPU 21 determines whether or not there is a reproduction end request from the viewer through a remote controller or the like. If there is no reproduction end request, the process returns to step S25, and if there is a reproduction end request, the reproduction is ended.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display in the reproducing operation of FIG.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 30 denotes a screen of a television receiver connected to the recording / reproducing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and characters 31 of "recorded program guide" are displayed on the upper side of the screen 30; In the area below the character 31 at 30, a character 32 of "time", a character 33 of "code", and a character 34 of "program name" are displayed from the left. Below the character 32,
The data of the program start times of the plurality of recorded programs are displayed in order from the previous time from the top, and the lower part of the character 33 shows the plurality of recorded programs corresponding to the data of the plurality of program start times on the left. The code is displayed, and below the character 34,
The program names of a plurality of recorded programs respectively corresponding to the data of the plurality of codes on the left side are displayed. In this case, the data of the program start time, the code, and the program name are arranged side by side in the same program.

In such a display, the cursor 35 is moved to a desired program position with an up / down key on the remote controller or the like, and a reproduction key on the remote controller or the like is pressed.
Performs rewinding or fast-forwarding of the video tape, and after the cueing ends, reproduces the recorded content of the video tape.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the program name of the program recorded on the video tape can be easily displayed, so that the program desired to be viewed can be immediately confirmed and reproduced. It will be very convenient for the viewer.

Although a video tape is used as a recording medium in the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1, a hard disk drive, a floppy disk, a DVD-R
At the same time as recording video and data using AM etc.,
The recording position information may be recorded in a part thereof.
Further, in the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1, video signals are recorded using analog television broadcast signals as broadcast signals. However, video data is recorded using digital television broadcast signals as broadcast signals. You may make it.

[0032]

According to the present invention, the program name of the program recorded on the recording medium can be easily displayed, so that the program desired to be viewed can be immediately confirmed and reproduced, which is extremely difficult for the viewer. It becomes convenient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a recording / playback apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of timer recording in timer recording of the recording / playback apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of timer recording after the timer reservation of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a reproducing operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display in the reproduction operation of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 11 tuner circuit 12 program information extraction means 13 program table storage means 14 recording means 15 timer circuit 16 recording reservation means 17 recorded program table storage means 18 display processing means 19 recording position detection means 20 playback means 21 CPU

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A recording / reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing using a recording medium, comprising: a tuner circuit for extracting a video signal or video data of a target channel from an input broadcast signal and outputting the tuner circuit; Program table information extracting means for extracting and outputting program table information included in a video signal or video data; program table storing means for storing program table information from the program table information extracting means; and recording on the recording medium. When performing, while recording a program by the video signal or video data from the tuner circuit on the recording medium, recording means for recording on the recording medium recording position information indicating the recording position of the program on the recording medium, The program table information and the recording position information of the program recorded by the recording means out of the program table information stored in the program table storage means Recorded program table storage means for storing, display processing means for displaying program table information stored in the recorded program table storage means, and recording position detection means for detecting recording position information stored in the recording medium. A reproducing means for reproducing the recording medium; and a display processing means for controlling the display processing means when selecting a program to be reproduced to display the program guide information stored in the recorded program guide storage means. When a program to be reproduced is selected, based on the recording position information of the selected program among the recording position information stored in the recorded program table storage means and the recording position information from the recording position detecting means. And a control circuit for locating a reproduction position of a recording medium by the reproduction means. 2. A recording / reproducing apparatus for performing recording and reproduction using a recording medium, comprising: a tuner circuit for extracting a video signal or video data of a target channel from an input broadcast signal and outputting the tuner circuit; Program table information extracting means for extracting and outputting program table information included in a video signal or video data; program table storing means for storing program table information from the program table information extracting means; and recording on the recording medium. When performing, while recording a program by the video signal or video data from the tuner circuit on the recording medium, recording means for recording on the recording medium recording position information indicating the recording position of the program on the recording medium, A timer circuit for measuring the time and outputting time data indicating the current time; and a program table stored in the program table storage means. The program start time, the end time, the channel, and the program name are detected from the information, and the program table information of the program selected by the input operation is retained among the detection results, and the retained program table information and the timer circuit are stored. A recording reservation unit for controlling the recording unit based on the time data from the timer to perform timer recording; and a program table of a program recorded by the recording unit among the program table information stored in the program table storage unit. Recorded program table storage means for storing at least a program name and recording position information of information; display processing means for displaying program table information stored in the recorded program table storage means; and recording stored in the recording medium Recording position detecting means for detecting position information; reproducing means for reproducing the recording medium; and controlling the display processing means when selecting a program to be reproduced. The stored program guide information is displayed, and when a program to be reproduced in this state is selected, the recording position information of the selected program among the recording position information stored in the recorded program guide storage means and the A control circuit for locating the reproduction position of the recording medium by the reproduction means based on the recording position information from the recording position detection means.