JP2003134412A - Digital broadcast receiving device and display method for electronic program table - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display proper genres of respective programs in an electronic program table. SOLUTION: A digital broadcast receiving device is equipped with a genre color-coding determining means which determines color-coding of the electronic program table so that intermediate genre classifications are set having higher priority than large genre classifications in the relation of display order showing which of colors of the intermediate genre classifications and large genre classifications is displayed preferentially, and makes a genre color-coding display of the electronic program table.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a digital broadcast receiving apparatus for receiving digital broadcasts, and more particularly to displaying an electronic program guide.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, electronic program guides are often used in selecting programs to be broadcast by digital broadcasting (program selection or channel selection processing).

A digital broadcast receiving apparatus receives information about programs broadcast by digital broadcasting, SI (Service information) which is so-called program additional information, creates an electronic program guide, and provides it to a user.

ARIB (Association
of Radio and Businesses)) has issued a standard for additional program information, and it has been decided that a genre classification should be added to each program digitally broadcast from each broadcasting station. Indicates a genre major classification or a middle genre classification.

Then, the conventional digital broadcast receiving apparatus displays the electronic program guide by using the genre classification attached to the program and distinguishing it from the programs attached with other genres.

However, in the conventional digital broadcast receiving apparatus, when the genre major classification and the middle genre classification similar to one event are designated, which genre is to be preferentially displayed is not judged.

Further, in the prior art, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-220703 discloses a proposal of a program search / display device for facilitating the recognition of the program content that matches the information of the television program to the taste of the viewer. ing. However,
This proposal is to display the video data and service information of the TV program stored in the viewing program data storage means on the screen of the TV receiver in accordance with the viewing priority, which is also a genre classification and genre similar to one event. When the middle classification was designated, it was not determined which genre should be displayed with priority.

Therefore, it has been impossible to present a more detailed genre to the user. Further, when a plurality of genre major categories are designated for one event, it is not determined which genre is to be preferentially displayed. Further, when a plurality of genre classifications are designated for one event, which genre is to be preferentially displayed is not determined. Therefore, there is a problem that the user's desire to display the appropriate genre of each program cannot be fulfilled in the electronic program guide.

[0009]

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to display an appropriate genre of each program in an electronic program guide.

[0010]

A digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention is a digital broadcast receiving apparatus for acquiring program information about each program broadcast by digital broadcasting, editing the program information, and outputting an electronic program guide. Program information acquisition means for acquiring program information relating to each program; genre color coding setting means for performing genre color coding setting for color-coded display of the program information displayed in the electronic program guide according to the program genre of each program; Based on the genre color coding setting storage unit that stores the genre color coding information of each program set by the genre color coding setting unit, and the program information of each acquired program and the genre color coding setting of each stored program, In relation to the display order of which color of the genre middle category and the genre major category is displayed preferentially, The genre color-coding determining means for determining the genre color-coding of the electronic program guide so that the classification is set to have a higher priority than the genre-major classification, and the program genre of each program based on the determination of the genre color-coding determining means. An electronic program guide creating means for creating an electronic program guide for displaying corresponding colors is provided, and the electronic program guide is configured to perform genre color-coded display.

Another digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention is a digital broadcast receiving apparatus that acquires program information about each program broadcast by digital broadcasting, edits the program information, and outputs an electronic program guide. Program information acquisition means for acquiring information, genre color coding setting means for performing genre color coding setting for displaying the program information of each program displayed in the electronic program guide in color according to the program genre, and the genre color coding setting Genre color coding setting storage means for storing genre color coding information of each program set by means, genre color coding setting display means for indicating the color corresponding to the genre of each program for which the genre color coding of the electronic program guide is set, When the genre displayed on the genre color-coded setting display means is acquired from the program information of each program, Based on the obtained program information of each program and the stored genre color-coding setting, a genre that determines the genre color-coding of the electronic program guide so as to display them on the genre-color display means according to the number of acquired genres A color code determining means and an electronic program guide creating means for creating an electronic program guide that performs color display corresponding to the program genre of each program based on the determination of the genre color code determining means; It is configured to display genres in different colors.

The electronic program guide according to the present invention is an electronic program guide which is edited based on the program information about each program broadcast by digital broadcasting and is displayed on the screen, and the program information about each program is acquired and The genre color-coding setting for displaying the program information displayed in the program guide in a color-coded manner according to the program genre of each program is performed, based on the acquired program information of each program and the genre color-coding setting of each program, In the relationship of the display order of which color of the genre middle category and the genre major category is preferentially displayed, the genre color classification that is set so that the genre medium category has a higher priority than the genre major category is determined. The color display corresponding to the program genre of the program is performed.

The display method of the electronic program guide according to the present invention is as follows:
In a method of displaying an electronic program guide for obtaining program information about each program broadcasted by digital broadcasting, editing the program, and outputting the electronic program guide, a step of obtaining program information about each program and displaying the program information on the electronic program guide A step of performing a genre color-coding setting for displaying the program information in a color-coded manner according to the program genre of each program; a step of storing the set genre color-coding information of each program, and the acquired program information of each program And in the relationship of the display order of which color of the genre middle classification and the genre major classification is preferentially displayed based on the stored genre color coding setting of each program, the genre middle classification has priority over the genre major classification. Determining the genre color-coding of the electronic program guide so that it is set to be high, and corresponding to the program genre of each program based on the determination Comprising the the step of creating an electronic program guide to perform color display, and configured to perform the genre color display of the electronic program guide.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the outline of a BS digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention. In the explanation below,
Although BS digital broadcasting is taken as an example of digital broadcasting, it is not limited to the broadcasting format, and CS digital broadcasting, terrestrial digital broadcasting, cable TV broadcasting (CAT
It can be implemented in general digital broadcasting such as V).

Reference numeral 11 is an antenna for receiving a BS digital satellite broadcast signal, reference numeral 12 is a tuner for selecting a desired digital broadcast from the received BS digital satellite broadcast signal,
Reference numeral 13 is an error correction circuit that performs error correction of the selected digital broadcast, reference numeral 14 is a scramble control circuit that descrambles the error-corrected digital broadcast, and reference numeral 15 is the multiplexing of the descrambled digital broadcast. Multiple data separation circuit for separating data, reference numeral 16
MPEG audio reproduction circuit, code 17 is MPEG video reproduction circuit, code 18
Is an OSD circuit, and reference numeral 19 is a control circuit. Reference numeral 20 is a display (for example, TV).

The BS digital broadcasting receiver, together with the video and audio signals transmitted from the broadcasting station, has SI (Service In
The digital satellite broadcast signal transmitted by multiplexing the information is received by the antenna 11, and the corresponding received signal is supplied to the tuner 12 in the digital broadcast receiver.

The tuner 12 is a control control unit (CP
Based on the control signal from U), a predetermined transmission channel is selected from the reception signals, and the reception signal of the selected transmission channel is output to the error correction circuit 13.

The error correction circuit 13 performs demodulation processing on the received signal, then performs error correction processing, and supplies the obtained received signal to the scramble control circuit 14.

The scramble control circuit 14, when the received signal supplied is scrambled,
A descramble process for canceling this scramble is performed and the result is supplied to the multiplex data separation circuit 15. The supply data in this case is multiplexed data including data of a plurality of channels and programs.

The multiplex data separation circuit 15 separates the multiplex data packet based on the identification information (ID) included in the bit stream of the received signal. Multiple data separation circuit
When the program information of the SI information is separated, 15 supplies these program information to the control circuit 19 and also supplies the video signal for each packet to the MPEG video reproducing circuit 17 and the audio signal to the MPEG audio reproducing circuit 16. give.

Since the given video signal is compression-encoded, the MPEG video reproduction circuit 17 performs decoding processing on this compression-encoded data to OSD the information related to the video signal and the electronic program guide (EPG). Output to circuit 18.

Further, since the MPEG audio reproducing circuit 16 similarly compresses and encodes the supplied audio signal, the compressed audio data is subjected to decoding processing and the audio signal is transmitted to the audio circuit of the display 20. Output.

Reference numeral 10 is a digital broadcast receiving apparatus having a display 20 built therein, but it may be in the form of a set top box (STB) configured separately from the display 20.

The user operates the operation buttons (not shown) provided in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 10 or operates the operation buttons of the remote controller 19a to control the control circuit 19 to operate the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 10. Control.

FIG. 2 shows a control circuit 19 according to the present invention.
It is a block diagram showing the composition concerning. Reference numeral 101 is an input terminal to which a signal input from the antenna 11 is input, reference numeral 12
1 is a tuner for broadcasting channel selection as in FIG. 1, and reference numeral 103 is a program information acquisition unit for acquiring information on programs from the received digital broadcasting. The program information acquisition unit 103 includes an error correction circuit 13, a scramble control circuit 14 shown in FIG.
A multiplex data separation circuit 15 is included, and program information regarding a program is acquired from the received digital broadcast.

Reference numeral 104a denotes a genre color code setting unit for setting a genre for which the user wants to color code the electronic program guide, and reference numeral 104b denotes a genre color code setting for storing the genre color code setting set by the genre color code setting unit 104a. It is a storage unit. The genre color coding setting of the electronic program guide will be described later.

Reference numeral 105 is a genre color classification determination unit.
The genre color code determination unit 105 determines the genre color code of the electronic program guide based on the program information obtained by the program information acquisition unit 103 and the genre color code setting stored in the genre color code setting storage unit 104b.

The genre color coding determination unit 105 detects the genre (transmitted from the broadcasting station) assigned to the program,
Determine the priority of genre color coding.

Reference numeral 106 is a program guide preparation section. An genre-color-coded electronic program guide is created based on the genre-color-coding determined by the genre-color-coding determining unit 105. The electronic program guide created here is displayed on the display 20 shown in FIG. 1 via the OSD circuit 18.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining an example of the electronic program guide genre color-coded setting of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention.

In this example, the display 20 is built in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 10. The user operates the operation buttons of the digital broadcast receiving device 10 or the remote controller 19a,
The genre color coded setting screen display is displayed on the display 20.

Reference numeral 30 is a title display section. The title display section 30 indicates that the genre color coding of the electronic program guide can be set. Reference numeral 34 is an icon display portion. On the icon display section 34, functions that the user can set by genre color coding are displayed as icons with a brief description. Reference numeral 35 is a remote controller operation explanation display portion. The remote control operation explanation display section 35 moves the cursor displayed on the screen up, down, left, and right by operating the up key, down key, left key, and right key of the remote controller by the user, and operates a select key (not shown). You can select the genre you want to set.

Next, the genre color coding setting by the user will be described.

First, genre selection will be described. As described above, the icon display unit 34 displays the functions that the user can set by genre color coding. Reference numeral 30a is an icon for selecting a movie, 30b is an icon for selecting a foreign film, 30c is an icon for selecting a Japanese film, 30d is an icon for selecting sports, 30e is an icon for selecting sports news, 30f is an icon for selecting baseball, 30g is an icon for selecting soccer, 30h is an icon for selecting golf, 30i is an icon for selecting news, 30j is an icon for selecting weather, 30k is an icon for selecting transportation, and 30l is an icon for selecting documents.

The genres of these icons are mixedly displayed regardless of the major classification and the intermediate classification defined by ARIB. This is because the user does not need to be particularly aware of the large and medium categories of the genre defined by ARIB.

Here, the definition of the icons displayed in the mixed manner will be described.

The movie icons 30 are defined in the major categories.
a, a sports icon 30d, and a news icon 30i. The ones defined in the middle classification are Western movie icon 30b, Japanese movie icon 30c, Sports news icon 30e, Baseball icon 30f, Soccer icon 30g, Golf icon 30h,
A weather icon 30j, a transportation icon 30k, and a document icon 30l.

In this example, the cursor is displayed on the movie icon 30a, and when the user operates the setting button (not shown) of the remote controller 19a in this state, the genre (movie ) Is selected.

Next, color selection of the selected genre will be described.

When a genre for the genre color coding setting of the electronic program guide is selected, a display for selecting a color to be displayed corresponding to the selected genre is subsequently performed.

Reference numeral 31 is a color to be displayed corresponding to the selected genre, red, reference numeral 32 is a color to be displayed corresponding to the selected genre, green, and reference numeral 33 is a color to be displayed corresponding to the selected genre. It is an indication that each of yellow and yellow can be selected. The user moves the cursor in the same manner as described above, selects a desired color from the displayed colors, and operates the setting button of the remote controller 19a to set what color to set. This series of setting operations is related to the genre color coding setting unit 104a shown in FIG. 2, and the setting information is stored in the genre color coding setting storage unit 104b.

Here, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an electronic program guide displayed on the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 41a indicates a channel displayed on the electronic program guide. ABCTV, BS Chiba, and BS Tokyo are displayed side by side on the horizontal axis of the electronic program guide. Reference numeral 41b indicates the time. AM9, AM10, AM11, PM0 are displayed in this order on the vertical axis of the electronic program guide.

Reference numerals 44, 45 and 46 denote genre color coded setting display portions. The colors corresponding to the genres for which the genre color coding is set are displayed. Here, the movie 44 is displayed in red, the western picture 45 is displayed in green, and the Japanese picture 46 is displayed in yellow.

Reference numeral 42 is a genre color display section showing a genre, and reference numeral 43 is a program name display section for displaying a program name. In this example, the program “XX Bridge” is displayed in green on the genre color display section 42 and the program name is displayed on the program name display section 43 in the electronic program guide.

The display operation of the electronic program guide according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described here.

Here, in the genre color classification determining unit 105, firstly, in the relation of display order of which color of the genre middle classification and the genre major classification defined by ARIB is to be displayed, the genre middle classification is It is set to have a higher priority than the genre classification.

Second, the genre classifications assigned to the programs are equal (for example, genre middle classification and middle genre classification).
In this case, in the positional relationship between the genre color-coded setting display sections 44, 45, 46, the priority is set higher as the position is further left on the program table.

The genres set by the user are movies (major categories), western movies (medium categories) and Japanese movies (medium categories), as shown in the genre color-coded setting display sections 44, 45, and 46. . In the genre color classification setting storage unit 104b shown in FIG. 2, genres corresponding to colors are set, and red is a movie, green is a Western picture, and yellow is a Japanese picture.

In this example, Western movies have the highest priority,
Then Japanese movies and movies follow.

In one program, the genre major classification and the genre middle classification or the genre middle classification may be assigned in duplicate. In such a case, the genre color coding determination unit 105 sets the priority order for the genres stored in the genre color coding setting storage unit 104b.

Here, all the genres of movies, Japanese movies, and Western movies are given to the program "○○ no Hashi". Then, the genre of the program is set to the genre color-coding setting storage unit 104b, and the genre of the program is green of the western picture based on the priority order determined by the genre color-coding determining unit 105. Since the genre color of the program displayed on the display 20 is drawn in green, which is a Western picture, it is possible to provide a user-friendly genre display.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to the electronic program guide display according to the first embodiment of the present invention. These operations particularly relate to the genre color coded setting storage unit 104b and the genre color coded determination unit 105 shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 201 is a step of acquiring program information. The program information is acquired by the program information income unit 103.

Reference numeral 202 determines whether or not the acquired program information is the same as the middle genre classification (foreign picture or Japanese picture) set in the genre color coding setting storage unit 104b.
If it is the same as the set genre middle classification, the process proceeds to step (Yes) with the reference numeral 203, and if it is different from the set genre middle classification, the process proceeds to step (No) with the reference numeral 207.

Reference numeral 203 determines whether or not the acquired program information is the same as the middle genre classification (foreign picture) set in the genre color classification setting storage unit 104b. If it is the same as the set genre middle classification, the process proceeds to step (Yes) indicated by reference numeral 204, and the genre color display section 42 is displayed in green. If it is different from the set genre middle classification, code 205
Go to step (No) marked with.

Reference numeral 205 determines whether or not the acquired program information is the same as the genre middle classification (Japanese picture) set in the genre color classification setting storage unit 104b. If it is the same as the set genre middle classification, the process proceeds to the step (Yes) with the reference numeral 206, and the genre color display section 42 is displayed in yellow. If it is different from the set genre middle classification, code 202
Go to the step (No) marked with and make the judgment again.

Reference numeral 207 determines whether the acquired program information is the same as the genre major classification (movie) set in the genre color classification setting storage unit 104b. If it is the same as the set genre major classification, the process proceeds to the step (Yes) with the reference numeral 208, and the genre color display section 42 is displayed in red. If it is different from the set genre major classification, code 209
The process proceeds to step (No) marked with, and the genre color display section 42 is not color-coded and displayed for the program information.

In this way, the genre color coding of the electronic program guide is performed in the genre color coding determination unit 105 based on the program information obtained by the program information acquisition unit 103 and the genre color coding setting stored in the genre color coding setting storage unit 104b. Since it is decided, a more detailed genre can be presented to the user.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an electronic program guide displayed on the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

As in the first embodiment, reference numeral 51a indicates a channel displayed on the electronic program guide. ABCT
V, BS Chiba, and BS Tokyo are displayed side by side on the horizontal axis of the electronic program guide. Reference numeral 51b indicates the time. AM9, A
M10, AM11 and PM0 are displayed in this order on the vertical axis of the electronic program guide.

Reference numerals 54, 55 and 56 are genre color coded setting display portions. The colors corresponding to the genres for which the genre color coding is set are displayed.

Here, unlike the first embodiment, the sports 54 selected by the user are displayed in red, the news 55 is displayed in green, and the movie 56 is displayed in yellow.

Further, reference numeral 52 is a genre color display portion showing a genre, and reference numeral 53 is a program name display portion for displaying a program name. In this example, the program "Sports &News" is displayed in red on the genre color display section 52 and the program name "Sports &News" is displayed on the program name display section 53 in the electronic program guide.

The display operation of the electronic program guide according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described here.

Here again, in the genre color classification determination unit 105, firstly, in the relationship of the display order of which color of the genre middle classification and the genre major classification defined by ARIB is to be displayed, the genre middle classification is It is set to have a higher priority than the genre classification.

Secondly, the genre classifications assigned to the programs are equal (for example, genre middle classification and middle genre classification).
In this case, in the positional relationship between the genre color-coded setting display sections 44, 45, 46, the priority is set higher as the position is further left on the program table.

The genres set by the user are, as shown in genre color-coded setting display sections 44, 45, and 46, sports (genre classification), news (genre classification).
And movies (genre classification). As described above, the user sets the colors according to the genres in the genre color coded setting storage unit 104b (FIG. 2). Red is sports, green is news, and yellow is movie.

In this example, sports have the highest priority, followed by news and movies. The operation will be described below.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to the electronic program guide display according to the second embodiment of the present invention. These operations particularly relate to the genre color coded setting storage unit 104b and the genre color coded determination unit 105 shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 301 is a step of acquiring program information. The program information is acquired by the program information income unit 103.

Reference numeral 302 determines whether or not the acquired program information is the same as the genre classification (sports, news or movie) set in the genre color coding setting storage unit 104b. If it is the same as the set genre major classification, the process proceeds to step (Yes) with the reference numeral 303, and if it is different from the set genre major classification, the step with reference numeral 309 (N)
Go to o).

Reference numeral 303 determines whether or not the acquired program information is the same as the genre major classification (sports) set in the genre color classification setting storage unit 104b. If it is the same as the set genre major classification, the process proceeds to the step (Yes) labeled 304, and the genre color display section 52 is displayed in red. If it is different from the set genre major classification, the code
Go to step (No) marked with 305.

Reference numeral 305 determines whether or not the acquired program information is the same as the genre major classification (news) set in the genre color classification setting storage unit 104b. If it is the same as the set genre major classification, the process proceeds to step (Yes) with reference numeral 306, and the genre color display section 52 is displayed in green. If it is different from the set genre major classification, the code
Proceed to step (No) marked with 307.

Reference numeral 307 determines whether or not the acquired program information is the same as the genre major classification (movie) set in the genre color classification setting storage unit 104b. If it is the same as the set genre major classification, the process proceeds to step (Yes) with reference numeral 308, and the genre color display portion 52 is displayed in yellow. If it is different from the set genre major classification, code 302
Go to step (No) marked with and make the judgment again.

Reference numeral 309 indicates that the acquired program information is color-coded by the genre color display section 52 for this program information, unlike the genre major classification (sports, news or movie) set in the genre color-coded setting storage section 104b. Do not show.

When the genre classifications assigned to the programs are equal to each other in this way, in the positional relationship of the genre display set in the genre color coding setting unit 104a, the priority is set higher toward the left. The user can know what causes the genre color to be drawn.

Next explained is the third embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an electronic program guide displayed on the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

The reference numeral 61a is the same as in the first and second embodiments.
Indicates a channel displayed on the electronic program guide. A
BCTV, BS Chiba, and BS Tokyo are displayed side by side on the horizontal axis of the electronic program guide. Reference numeral 61b indicates time. A
M9, AM10, AM11, PM0 are displayed in this order on the vertical axis of the electronic program guide.

Reference numerals 64, 65 and 66 denote genre color coded setting display portions. The colors corresponding to the genres for which the genre color coding is set are displayed.

Here, it is shown that the sports 64 selected by the user are displayed in red, the news 65 is displayed in green, and the movie 66 is displayed in yellow.

Reference numerals 62a, 62b and 62c are genre color display portions showing genres, and reference numeral 63 is a program name display portion for displaying a program name. In this example, the program "Sports &News" is divided into red, green, and yellow in the genre color display portions 62a, 62b, and 62c in the electronic program guide, and the program name display portion 63 is displayed.
The program name "Sports &News" is displayed on.

The display operation of the electronic program guide according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described here.

Here, in the third embodiment, the first and second
Unlike the embodiment described above, the genre color coding determination unit 105 does not set the priority order, and the genre color coding setting display unit
When the genres displayed in 64, 65, 66 are acquired from the program information, they are all displayed in the genre color display parts 62a, 62b, 62c.

The genres set by the user are, as shown in the genre color-coded setting display sections 64, 65, 66, sports (genre classification), news (genre classification).
And movies (genre classification). As described above, the user sets colors according to the genre in the genre color-coding setting storage unit 104 (FIG. 2). Red is sports, green is news, and yellow is movie.

In this example, when the genres displayed in the genre color coded setting display sections 64, 65, 66 are acquired from the program information without setting the priority order, all genre color display sections 62 are displayed.
It is displayed on a, 62b, and 62c. The operation will be described below.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to the electronic program guide display according to the third embodiment of the present invention. These operations particularly relate to the genre color coded setting storage unit 104b and the genre color coded determination unit 105 shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 401 is a step of acquiring program information. The program information is acquired by the program information income unit 103.

Reference numeral 402 determines whether or not the acquired program information is the same as the genre major classification (sports, news or movie) set in the genre color coding setting storage unit 104b. If it is the same as the set genre major classification, the process proceeds to step (Yes) with the reference numeral 403, and if it is different from the set genre major classification, the step with reference numeral 409 (N)
Go to o).

Reference numeral 403 determines the number of genres that match the acquired program information and the set genre classification (whether there are three genres). If the number of matched genres is three, the process proceeds to the step (Yes) indicated by reference numeral 404, and is divided into three like genre color display parts 62a, 62b and 62c, and three colors are displayed in red, green and yellow. . If the number of matched genres is different from 3, the process proceeds to step (No) with reference numeral 405.

Reference numeral 405 determines the number of genres (whether there are two) that match the acquired program information and the set genre classification. If the number of matched genres is two, the process proceeds to a step (Yes) indicated by reference numeral 406, and is divided into two with the colors corresponding to the matched genres as in the genre color display portions 62a and 62b. Two colors are displayed in green. If the number of matched genres is different from two, the process proceeds to step (No) with reference numeral 407.

Reference numeral 407 indicates that the number of genres that match the acquired program information and the set genre classification is 1, so the genre color display section is not divided, and the genre color display is performed in the color corresponding to the matched genre. The part 62a is displayed in red, for example.

Reference numeral 409 indicates that the obtained program information is color-coded in the genre color display section 42 for this program information, unlike the genre major classification (sports, news or movie) set in the genre color-coded setting storage section 104b. Do not show.

When the genre displayed in the genre color-coded setting display section is acquired from the program information, the priority order is not determined and the matched genre is displayed in the genre color display section. The genres set by can be covered.

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According to the present invention, the electronic program guide is based on the program information obtained by the program information acquisition unit 103 in the genre color code determination unit 105 and the genre color code setting stored in the genre color code setting storage unit 104b. Since the genre color coding of is decided, there is an effect that a more detailed genre can be presented to the user.

Further, in the first or second embodiment of the present invention, the genre color-coding determining unit sets the priority of the colors displayed in the electronic program guide, so that it is more important for the user. The effect is that detailed genres can be presented.

Further, according to the first or second embodiment of the present invention, the genre color-coding determining section determines the color of the genre in the genre in terms of the display order of which color, the genre middle category or the genre major category, is displayed. Set the classification so that it has a higher priority than the genre major classification,
Further, when the genre classifications assigned to the programs are the same, in the genre color-coded setting display unit positional relationship, the priority is set higher toward the left.
Further, more detailed genres can be presented to the user. Further, there is an effect that the user can determine what causes the genre color to be drawn.

In the third embodiment of the present invention, when the genre displayed in the genre color coded setting display section is acquired from the program information, the genre color coded determination section does not set the priority order. Since all the matched genres are displayed in the genre color display section, there is an effect that all genres set by the user can be covered.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of a BS digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control circuit according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining an electronic program guide genre color coding setting according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an electronic program guide according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an electronic program guide according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an electronic program guide according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flowchart according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flowchart according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a flowchart according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

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10… Digital broadcasting receiver. 11… Antenna. 12… Tuner. 13… Error correction circuit. 14… Scramble control circuit. 15 ... Multiple data separation circuit. 16… MPEG audio playback circuit. 17 ... MPEG video playback circuit. 18 ... OSD circuit. 19… Control circuit. 20… Display. 30… Title display section. 34… Icon display section. 35 ... Remote control operation explanation display section. 30a… An icon to select a movie. 30b… Icon for selecting a foreign film. 30c… Icon for selecting Japanese movies. 30d… Icon for selecting a sport. 30e… Icon to select sports news. 30f… Icon to select baseball. 30g… An icon to select soccer. 30h… Icon to select golf. 30i… Icon for selecting news. 30j… Icon for selecting weather. 30k… Icon to select traffic. 30l… Icon to select a document. 31 ... Colors to be displayed corresponding to the selected genre. 32 ... Color to be displayed corresponding to the selected genre. 33… Color to be displayed corresponding to the selected genre. 41a… Channel displayed on the electronic program guide. 41b… Time. 42 ... Genre color display. 43… Program name display. 44… Genre color coded setting display. 45… Genre color coded setting display section. 46 ... Genre color coding setting display section. 51a… The channel displayed on the electronic program guide. 51b… Time. 52 ... Genre color display. 53… Program name display. 54 ... Genre color coding setting display section. 55 ... Genre color coding setting display section. 56 ... Genre color coding setting display section. 61a… Channel displayed in electronic program guide. 61b… Time. 62a… Genre color display. 62b… Genre color display. 62c… Genre color display. 63… Program name display. 64… Genre color coding setting display section. 65 ... Genre color coding setting display section. 66… Genre color coded setting display section. 101… Input terminal. 103… Program information acquisition unit. 104a… Genre color code setting section. 104b… Genre color coded setting storage section. 105… Genre color coding decision unit. 106… Program guide creation section.

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[Claims] 1. A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for acquiring program information about each program broadcast by digital broadcasting, editing the program information and outputting an electronic program guide, and program information acquisition means for acquiring program information about each program. Genre color code setting means for performing genre color code setting for displaying the program information displayed in the electronic program guide in color code according to the program genre of each program, and genre color code of each program set by the genre color code setting means A genre color classification setting storage unit for storing information, and which color of middle genre classification or genre major classification is preferentially displayed based on the acquired program information of each program and the stored genre color classification setting of each program. In terms of the display order of whether or not to do, the priority of the middle category is higher than that of the large category. A genre color-coding determining unit that determines genre color-coding of the electronic program guide to be set, and an electronic program guide that creates an electronic program guide that performs color display corresponding to the program genre of each program based on the determination of the genre color-coding determining unit A digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising: a creating unit, and performing genre color-coded display of the electronic program guide. 2. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising genre color code setting display means for indicating a color corresponding to a genre of each program for which the genre color code of the electronic program guide is set, and the genre color code determination Means, on the basis of the program information of each acquired program and the stored genre color coding setting, in the relationship of the display order of which color of the genre middle classification and the genre major classification is preferentially displayed,
When the category in the genre is set to have a higher priority than the category in the genre, and when the genre categories assigned to the respective programs are the same, the genre color-coded setting display means is positioned to the left on the program table in the positional relationship. A digital broadcast receiving apparatus, characterized in that the genre color coding of each program of the electronic program guide is determined such that the priority is set higher as the position is higher. 3. A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for acquiring program information about each program broadcast by digital broadcasting, editing the program information and outputting an electronic program guide, and program information acquisition means for acquiring program information about each program. Genre color-coding setting means for performing genre color-coding setting for color-coded display of program information of each program displayed in the electronic program guide according to program genre, and genre color-coding of each program set by the genre color-coding setting means Genre color code setting storage means for storing information, genre color code setting display means for indicating the color corresponding to the genre of each program in which the genre color code of the electronic program guide is set, and the genre color code setting from the program information of each program When the genre displayed on the display means is acquired, the program information of each acquired program and the storage Based on the genre color coding setting, the genre color coding deciding means for deciding the genre color coding of the electronic program guide so as to display them on the genre color displaying means according to the number of acquired genres, and the genre color coding deciding means. An electronic program guide creating means for creating an electronic program guide that performs color display corresponding to the program genre of each program based on the determination; and a digital feature characterized by performing genre color-coded display of each program of the electronic program guide Broadcast receiver. 4. An electronic program guide edited and displayed on a screen based on program information about each program broadcast by digital broadcasting, in which the program information about each program is acquired and displayed on the electronic program guide. The genre color-coding setting is performed so that the information is displayed in different colors according to the program genre of each program. Based on the acquired program information of each program and the genre color-coding setting of each program, the genre middle classification and the genre major classification are set. In the relationship of the display order of which color of which is to be preferentially displayed, the genre color coding is set so that the genre middle category has a higher priority than the genre major category, and the genre color coding is determined to correspond to the program genre of each program. Electronic program guide characterized by color display. 5. The electronic program guide according to claim 4, further comprising genre color code setting display means for displaying a color corresponding to a genre of each program for which genre color code of the electronic program guide is set, Based on the program information of each program and the genre color-coded setting, in the relationship of the display order of which color of the genre middle classification and the genre large classification is preferentially displayed, the middle genre classification has a higher priority than the genre large classification. If the genre classification assigned to each program is the same, the priority is set to be higher as the position is further left on the program table in the positional relationship of the genre color-coding setting display means. , An electronic program guide characterized in that genre color coding of each program is determined and color display is performed corresponding to the program genre of each program. 6. A method for displaying an electronic program guide, which acquires program information about each program broadcast by digital broadcasting, edits the program information and outputs an electronic program guide, the step of acquiring program information about each program, and the electronic program. A step of performing a genre color-coding setting for displaying the program information displayed in the table in a color-coded manner according to the program genre of each program; a step of storing the set genre-color-coding information of each set program; Based on the program information of each program and the stored genre color-coding setting of each program, in the relationship of the display order of which color of the genre middle classification and the genre major classification is preferentially displayed, the genre middle classification is the genre. Determining the genre color coding of the electronic program guide so that the priority is set to be higher than the major classification, and the number of each program based on the determination. And a step of creating an electronic program guide to perform color display corresponding to the genre, the display method of an electronic program guide and performing genre color display of the electronic program guide. 7. The method of displaying an electronic program guide according to claim 6, wherein in the step of determining the genre color coding, the genre middle classification is performed based on the program information of each acquired program and the genre color coding setting. In terms of the display order of which color of the genre major classification is displayed preferentially, the middle genre classification is set to have a higher priority than the genre major classification, and the genre classification assigned to each program is set. If they are equal, the step of determining the genre color coding of each program of the electronic program guide is set such that the priority is set higher toward the left in the program guide in the positional relationship of the genre color coding setting display means. A method of displaying an electronic program guide characterized by the following.