JP2005184372A - Portable videophone and recording method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow recording of a television program in the memory card of a portable telephone without paying attention to the usable memory capacity. <P>SOLUTION: A wireless transmitter/receiver 101 constitutes a wireless circuit with a wireless base station, and detects incoming from the wireless base station. A TV receiver 102 receives television signal. A user uses a reception part 106 and a transmission part 107 for a call. An operation part 105 is used for setting various functions of a portable telephone 10 and inputting a telephone number. A display part 104 displays the content set by the operation part 105. The operation part 105 sets recording start time registration, recording finish time registration, recording channel registration, and recording authorized memory capacity registration, which are stored in a memory 108 by a control part 103. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a television mobile phone and a recording method, and more particularly, to a television mobile phone and a recording method which incorporate a memory card and a TV receiver and control and transfer a TV program to the memory card.

  Recently, mobile phones having a television reception function for receiving terrestrial analog broadcasts with a built-in small tuner and displaying received images on a liquid crystal panel have been provided. Also, the recorded video can be reproduced by recording the encoded video data according to MPEG4 (Moving Picture Experts Group 4) on a memory card and loading the memory card in a portable viewing device.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a recording operation of a conventional television mobile phone.

  The operation will be described with reference to FIG. The user first performs TV program recording settings for the memory card (step ST1). A recording start time, a recording end time, and a recording channel are set, a timer check is performed, and the current time is compared with the recording start time (step ST2).

  In the next step, it is determined whether recording is in progress (step ST3). If recording is not being performed in step ST3, it is determined in a next step whether or not it is time to start recording reservation setting (step ST4).

  If it is time to start recording reservation setting in step ST4, TV program recording is started (step ST5).

  If recording is in progress in step ST3, it is determined whether it is time to end recording (step ST6). When the current time matches the recording end time data, the TV program recording ends (step ST7).

  In addition, other conventional television mobile phones and recording methods receive terrestrial digital broadcasts, store encoded video and audio data in a memory card or built-in memory, and read encoded video and audio data read from these memories. Is displayed on the display. When a program being viewed is interrupted during a telephone call, a portion that could not be viewed is reproduced and viewed later (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Furthermore, there is a mobile phone that receives a television broadcast signal, and a short message of the mobile phone is transferred to a large-screen display for easy viewing (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2003-111004 A (page 2-4, FIG. 3) JP 2002-112139 A (page 2-3, FIG. 1)

  The conventional TV mobile phone and the recording method described above have a drawback that it is difficult to predict the amount of memory used when recording a TV program on a memory card, and therefore it is necessary to make a recording setting in consideration of the available memory capacity. Have.

  In addition, when performing TV program recording on a memory card, the memory capacity that must be secured for recording increases, so that an area necessary for storing other data is used for recording TV programs. There is a disadvantage in that recording of the necessary area requires the operation of securing the memory area again.

  Furthermore, when it is desired to immediately record the next program in a state where unconfirmed recording data is stored, there is a drawback that it is difficult to secure free space.

  An object of the present invention is to realize a memory card of a mobile phone without being aware of the usable memory capacity, without using other memory areas, and without being limited in memory capacity even when recording an unconfirmed program immediately. The TV program is to be recorded.

The first television mobile phone of the present invention includes a memory card for storing recording data of a television program, and a memory unit for storing setting data for recording permission memory capacity, recording channel, timer, mail transmission ON / OFF,
The television program is recorded within a limited memory capacity of the memory card, and the recorded data is recorded by mail transmission so that the memory card does not run out of memory.

The second television mobile phone of the present invention is
A wireless transmission / reception unit that detects incoming calls from a radio base station, a TV reception unit that receives a TV signal, a reception unit and a transmission unit that perform a call, a timer unit that performs time counting, a function setting of a mobile phone and a telephone An operation unit for inputting a number, a display unit for displaying the recording start time, recording end time, recording channel, and recording permission memory capacity input by the operation unit, and the TV signal received by the TV receiving unit. A memory card unit for storing recording data, and a memory unit for storing data for setting the recording permission memory capacity, the recording channel, the recording start time, and the recording end time for the memory card unit. It is a feature.

A third TV mobile phone of the present invention is the second TV mobile phone,
A recording start time registration unit for registering the recording start time; a recording end time registration unit for registering the recording end time; a recording channel registration unit for registering the recording channel; and a recording permission memory capacity. And a recording permission memory capacity registration unit for registering.

The fourth television mobile phone of the present invention is:
A wireless transmission / reception unit that detects incoming calls from a radio base station, a TV reception unit that receives a TV signal, a reception unit and a transmission unit that perform a call, a timer unit that performs time counting, a function setting of a mobile phone and a telephone An operation unit for inputting a number; a display unit for displaying contents of a recording start time, a recording end time, a recording channel, a recording permission memory capacity, mail transmission ON / OFF, and a transmission destination address input by the operation unit; A memory card unit for storing the TV signal received by the TV receiver unit as recording data; a recording permission memory capacity for the memory card unit; a timer setting for the recording channel; the recording start time and the recording end time; And a memory unit for storing data for setting ON / OFF and a transmission destination address.

According to a fifth television mobile phone and a recording method of the present invention, in the fourth television mobile phone,
A recording start time registration unit for registering the recording start time; a recording end time registration unit for registering the recording end time; a recording channel registration unit for registering the recording channel; and a recording permission memory capacity. A recording permission memory capacity registration unit for registering a mail, a mail transmission compatible registration unit for registering whether or not mail transmission of recorded data is possible, and a transmission destination address registration unit for registering a transmission destination address.

A sixth TV mobile phone of the present invention is the second or fourth TV mobile phone,
The timer unit compares the current time acquired from the timer unit with the data of the recording start time and the recording end time acquired from the memory unit.

The recording method of the seventh television mobile phone of the present invention is:
A recording setting step of storing recording setting data of a recording start time, a recording end time, a recording channel, and a recording permission memory capacity for recording a TV program in a memory;
A recording start time comparison step of performing a timer check and comparing the current time with the recording start time stored in the memory;
A recording determination step for determining whether recording is in progress;
A recording reservation start time determination step for determining whether or not a recording reservation start time is in effect during the recording determination step;
A recording start step for starting recording of the television program and returning to the recording start time comparing step when the current time coincides with the recording start time in the recording reservation start time determining step;
A recording end time determination step of performing a timer check and comparing the current time with the recording end time stored in the memory when recording is being performed in the recording determination step;
A recording end step for ending the recording of the television program when the current time coincides with the recording end time in the recording end time determination step;
If the data of the current time and the recording end time do not match in the recording end time determining step, it is determined whether or not the used memory is the limit, and if the used memory is not the limit, the process returns to the recording start time comparing step, A use memory determination step that proceeds to the recording end step if it is a limit;
It is characterized by having.

The eighth TV mobile phone recording method of the present invention comprises:
A recording setting step of storing recording setting data of a recording start time, a recording end time, a recording channel, and a recording permission memory capacity for recording a TV program in a memory;
A recording start time comparison step of performing a timer check and comparing the current time with the recording start time stored in the memory;
A recording determination step for determining whether recording is in progress;
A recording reservation start time determination step for determining whether or not a recording reservation start time is in effect during the recording determination step;
A recording start step for starting recording of the television program and returning to the recording start time comparing step when the current time coincides with the recording start time in the recording reservation start time determining step;
A recording end time determination step of performing a timer check and comparing the current time with the recording end time stored in the memory when recording is being performed in the recording determination step;
A recording end step for ending the recording of the television program when the current time coincides with the recording end time in the recording end time determination step;
If the data of the current time and the recording end time do not match in the recording end time determining step, it is determined whether or not the used memory is the limit, and if the used memory is not the limit, the process returns to the recording start time comparing step, A use memory determination step that proceeds to the recording end step if it is a limit;
A mail transmission determining step of determining whether to send the recording data by mail in the recording end step;
When sending e-mail in this e-mail transmission determining step, the recording data is sent to a transmission destination address by e-mail, and when e-mail transmission is completed, the e-mail transmission / recording deletion step of deleting the recording data and ending the processing;
It is characterized by having.

The ninth television mobile phone recording method of the present invention is the eighth television mobile phone recording method,
The mail transmission determining step is a step of connecting to the Internet and uploading the recorded data instead of transmitting the recorded data by mail.

In a tenth television mobile phone of the present invention, in any of the fourth to sixth television mobile phones,
Instead of sending the recording data by e-mail, the mobile phone is connected to the Internet via an access server via the wireless base station, and the recording data is uploaded to the recording server connected to the Internet.

  According to the TV mobile phone and recording method of the present invention, since the mobile phone can set the recording permission memory capacity of the TV program and transfer the recorded data by mail, the TV program can be recorded without considering the limitation of the free memory capacity. It has the effect of being able to do it.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a television mobile phone and a recording method of the present invention.

  1 includes a wireless transmission / reception unit 101, a TV reception unit 102, a control unit 103, a display unit 104, an operation unit 105, a reception unit 106, a transmission unit 107, and a memory unit 108. And a memory card unit 109 and a timer unit 110.

  The wireless transmission / reception unit 101 forms a wireless line with the wireless base station, and detects an incoming call from the wireless base station. The TV receiving unit 102 receives a television signal. The user makes a call using the reception unit 106 and the transmission unit 107. The operation unit 105 is used to input various function settings and telephone numbers in the mobile phone 10. The display unit 104 is used to display the contents set by the operation unit 105. The operation unit 105 sets recording start time registration, recording end time registration, recording channel registration, and recording permission memory capacity registration, and stores them in the memory unit 108 by the control unit 103. The memory unit 108 stores the recording permission memory capacity of the memory card unit 109, the recording channel, the timer, and ON / OFF setting data of mail transmission. The memory card unit 109 stores TV program recording data. The timer unit 110 acquires recording start time registration data and recording end time registration data from the memory unit 108, and the control unit 103 compares the data.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the memory unit of FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 2, the recording start time, the recording end time, the recording channel, and the recording permission memory capacity setting data are recorded in a recording start time registration unit 111, a recording end time registration unit 112, a recording channel registration unit 113, It is set in the recording permission memory capacity registration unit 114, respectively. These settings are displayed on the display unit 104 in FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a recording reservation setting state.

  Referring to FIG. 3, information set by the key operation of the operation unit 105 in FIG. 1, that is, recording start time information for recording TV program, recording end time information, recording channel information, and recording use memory information are displayed on the display unit 104. The state displayed in is shown. In FIG. 3, recording start time information: 20:00, recording end time information: 21:00, recording channel information: 1ch, recording use memory information: 10 MB are set.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the recording operation of the television mobile phone of the present invention.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG.

  First, the user records information on the recording start time, recording end time, recording channel, and recording permission memory capacity for performing the TV program recording by the key operation of the operation unit 105 in FIG. 1, respectively, as shown in FIG. 109 is set (step S1).

  Recording start time information (20:00), recording end time information (21:00), recording channel information (1ch), and recording use memory information (10 MB) are recorded in the memory unit 108 by the control unit 103. They are stored in the time registration unit 111, the recording end time registration unit 112, the recording channel registration unit 113, and the recording permission memory capacity registration unit 114, respectively. The control unit 103 performs a timer check, and compares the current time acquired from the timer unit 110 with the recording start time data stored in the recording start time registration unit 111 of the memory unit 108 (step S2).

  In the next step, it is determined whether recording is in progress (step S3). If recording is not being performed in step S3, it is determined in the next step whether or not it is time information for starting recording reservation setting (step S4).

  When the data match in step S4 (Yes in S4 = when the current time is set to 20:00, which is set as the recording start time), the TV program recording is started and the process returns to step S2 (step S5).

  When recording is being performed in step S3, the current time acquired from the timer unit 110 is compared with the recording end time data stored in the recording end time registration unit 112 (step S6). When the data match (Yes in S6 = 21:00 when the current time is set as the recording end time), the recording of the TV program ends (step S8).

  When the current time and the recording end time data do not match in step S6, the process proceeds to step S7 to determine whether the used memory is the limit or not. If the used memory is not the limit, the process returns to step S2 (step S7). If the used memory is limited in step S7, that is, when the designated memory capacity in the recording permission memory capacity registration unit 114 is reached (Yes in S7 = when the memory capacity used in recording reaches 10 MB), the TV program is recorded. Ends (step S8).

  Recording permission memory capacity not only prevents all remaining memory capacity from being allocated to recording by setting the available memory capacity in advance, but also secures memory capacity that you want to use in the future for other data storage It becomes possible to do. In addition, there is no situation where a new memory area must be secured for storing new data.

  Recording is performed according to the set time and the set memory capacity at any location by recording using a timer and a memory card built in the mobile phone 10.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The configuration of the mobile phone 10 is the same as the configuration shown in FIG.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing another configuration of the memory unit of FIG.

  However, the memory unit 118 of FIG. 5 is different in that a mail transmission correspondence registration unit 201 and a destination address registration unit 202 are newly added to the configuration of the memory unit 108 of FIG. With this configuration, according to the contents stored in the mail transmission correspondence registration unit 201 and the transmission destination address registration unit 202, the recorded data is transmitted to the transmission destination by mail, so that the free space of the memory card unit 109 after the recording ends. Ensuring can be done.

  Data for mail transmission is set from the operation unit 105 in FIG. 1 and stored in the mail transmission corresponding registration unit 201 of the memory unit 118 in FIG. 5 via the control unit 103. Similarly, transmission destination data is also performed from the operation unit 105 and stored in the transmission destination address registration unit 202 of the memory unit 118.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the recording reservation setting state of FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 6, a TV program recording reservation setting screen added with mail transmission support is shown. The mail transmission ON / OFF control and the transmission destination address are set by operating the operation unit 105 in FIG. 1 in the same manner as the recording start time information, recording end time information, recording channel information, and recording use memory information in FIG. Can be set. In FIG. 6, mail transmission support: ON, transmission destination address: abc @ abc. co. jp is additionally set.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment of the television mobile phone and recording method of the present invention.

  Steps S1 to S8 in FIG. 7 are the same as the operations in steps S1 to S8 shown in FIG. In the operation shown in FIG. 4, when it is desired to immediately record the next program after the recording is completed, it is not possible to automatically secure a free area. In such a case, the second embodiment of the present invention automatically transfers the recorded data to the mail transmission destination by mail. This mail transmission can automatically secure a free area.

  After the recording in step S8 in FIG. 7, it is determined whether or not to send a mail (step S9). When mail transmission is registered ON in the mail transmission correspondence registration unit 201 (Yes in S9 = mail transmission correspondence setting is ON), the recording data is set to the destination address registration unit 202 by mail. (Recorded data is transmitted to abc@abc.co.jp). If mail transmission is not registered to be ON in step S9, the process ends.

  When the mail transmission is completed, the recorded data in the memory card unit 109 is deleted, the free space is secured, and the process is terminated (step S10).

  As described above, the mobile phone 10 equipped with the memory card unit 109 and the TV receiving unit 102 of FIG. 1 sets the memory permission of the memory card unit 109, the recording channel, the timer, and the ON / OFF of the mail transmission to the memory unit 108, By setting it to 118, a TV program can be recorded with a memory capacity limited by the user.

  Furthermore, recording can be performed without being aware of the memory over of the memory card unit 109 by supporting mail transmission of recorded data. The memory card unit 109 stores TV program recording data, and the memory units 108 and 118 store recording permission memory capacity, recording channel, timer, and mail transmission ON / OFF data to the memory card unit 109. Is.

  In particular, by setting a timer in the memory unit 118, a TV program can be automatically transmitted by e-mail at the set time. Therefore, for example, when there is a TV program to be recorded while moving, such as going out, the recording can be saved at any place.

  If there are a plurality of TV programs to be recorded, the first recorded program is mail-transferred to the automatically set destination after the recording is completed, and the next TV program is recorded after the free space of the memory card is secured. It is possible.

  Furthermore, since the memory capacity of the memory card unit 109 used for recording TV programs can be specified, recording can be performed after securing the memory capacity to be used for storing other data in advance. Therefore, since the recorded data can be automatically transferred by e-mail to a preset transmission destination after the recording is finished, it is possible to always record a TV program in which the free space of the memory card unit 109 is secured.

  Instead of sending the above-mentioned recording data by e-mail, it is also possible for the mobile phone to connect to the Internet via an access server via a base station and upload the recording data to a recording server connected to the Internet.

  As described above, in the present invention, since the recording start time, recording end time, and recording permission memory capacity are set in the mobile phone, it is possible to record a TV program at any place in a required scene. In addition, the remaining capacity of the required memory of the mobile phone can be maintained.

  In addition, since the required remaining memory capacity of the mobile phone can be maintained, it is possible to control TV program recording using a memory card that secures another data area.

It is a block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the television mobile telephone and recording method of this invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a memory unit in FIG. 1. It is a figure explaining a recording reservation setting state. It is a flowchart which shows the video recording operation | movement of the television mobile telephone of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the other structure of the memory part of FIG. It is a figure explaining the video recording reservation setting state of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of 2nd Embodiment of the television mobile telephone and recording method of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the video recording operation | movement of the conventional television mobile telephone.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile phone 101 Wireless transmission / reception part 102 TV receiving part 103 Control part 104 Display part 105 Operation part 106 Reception part 107 Transmission part 108 Memory part 109 Memory card part 110 Timer part 111 Recording start time registration part 112 Recording end time registration part 113 Recording channel registration unit 114 Recording permission memory capacity registration unit 118 Memory unit 201 Mail transmission correspondence registration unit 202 Destination address registration unit

Claims (10)

A memory card for storing TV program recording data, and a memory unit for storing recording permission memory capacity, recording channel, timer, mail transmission ON / OFF setting data,
A television mobile phone, wherein the television program is recorded within a limited memory capacity of the memory card, and the recorded data is recorded by mail transmission without causing the memory card to run out of memory.   A wireless transmission / reception unit that detects incoming calls from a radio base station, a TV reception unit that receives a TV signal, a reception unit and a transmission unit that perform a call, a timer unit that performs time counting, a function setting of a mobile phone and a telephone An operation unit for inputting a number, a display unit for displaying the recording start time, recording end time, recording channel, and recording permission memory capacity input by the operation unit, and the TV signal received by the TV receiving unit. A memory card unit for storing recording data, and a memory unit for storing data for setting the recording permission memory capacity, the recording channel, the recording start time, and the recording end time for the memory card unit. TV mobile phone featuring.   A recording start time registration unit for registering the recording start time; a recording end time registration unit for registering the recording end time; a recording channel registration unit for registering the recording channel; and a recording permission memory capacity. The television mobile phone according to claim 2, further comprising a recording permission memory capacity registration unit for registering a video recording memory.   A wireless transmission / reception unit that detects incoming calls from a radio base station, a TV reception unit that receives a TV signal, a reception unit and a transmission unit that perform a call, a timer unit that performs time counting, a function setting of a mobile phone and a telephone An operation unit for inputting a number; a display unit for displaying contents of a recording start time, a recording end time, a recording channel, a recording permission memory capacity, mail transmission ON / OFF, and a transmission destination address input by the operation unit; A memory card unit for storing the TV signal received by the TV receiver unit as recording data; a recording permission memory capacity for the memory card unit; a timer setting for the recording channel; the recording start time and the recording end time; A television mobile phone comprising a memory unit for storing ON / OFF and destination address setting data.   A recording start time registration unit for registering the recording start time; a recording end time registration unit for registering the recording end time; a recording channel registration unit for registering the recording channel; and a recording permission memory capacity. A recording permission memory capacity registration unit for registering a recorded data, a mail transmission corresponding registration unit for registering whether or not mail transmission of recorded data is possible, and a transmission destination address registration unit for registering a transmission destination address. 4. The television mobile phone according to 4.   5. The television according to claim 2, wherein the timer unit compares the current time acquired from the timer unit with the data of the recording start time and the recording end time acquired from the memory unit. Mobile phone. A recording setting step of storing recording setting data of a recording start time, a recording end time, a recording channel, and a recording permission memory capacity for recording a TV program in a memory;
A recording start time comparison step of performing a timer check and comparing the current time with the recording start time stored in the memory;
A recording determination step for determining whether recording is in progress;
A recording reservation start time determination step for determining whether or not a recording reservation start time is in effect during the recording determination step;
A recording start step for starting recording of the television program and returning to the recording start time comparing step when the current time coincides with the recording start time in the recording reservation start time determining step;
A recording end time determination step of performing a timer check and comparing the current time with the recording end time stored in the memory when recording is being performed in the recording determination step;
A recording end step for ending the recording of the television program when the current time coincides with the recording end time in the recording end time determination step;
If the data of the current time and the recording end time do not match in the recording end time determining step, it is determined whether or not the used memory is the limit, and if the used memory is not the limit, the process returns to the recording start time comparing step, A use memory determination step that proceeds to the recording end step if it is a limit;
A recording method for a television mobile phone, comprising: A recording setting step of storing recording setting data of a recording start time, a recording end time, a recording channel, and a recording permission memory capacity for recording a TV program in a memory;
A recording start time comparison step of performing a timer check and comparing the current time with the recording start time stored in the memory;
A recording determination step for determining whether recording is in progress;
A recording reservation start time determination step for determining whether or not a recording reservation start time is in effect during the recording determination step;
A recording start step for starting recording of the television program and returning to the recording start time comparing step when the current time coincides with the recording start time in the recording reservation start time determining step;
A recording end time determination step of performing a timer check and comparing the current time with the recording end time stored in the memory when recording is being performed in the recording determination step;
A recording end step for ending the recording of the television program when the current time coincides with the recording end time in the recording end time determination step;
If the data of the current time and the recording end time do not match in the recording end time determining step, it is determined whether or not the used memory is the limit, and if the used memory is not the limit, the process returns to the recording start time comparing step, A use memory determination step that proceeds to the recording end step if it is a limit;
A mail transmission determining step of determining whether to send the recording data by mail in the recording end step;
When sending e-mail in this e-mail transmission determining step, the recording data is sent to a transmission destination address by e-mail, and when e-mail transmission is completed, the e-mail transmission / recording deletion step of deleting the recording data and ending the processing;
A recording method for a television mobile phone, comprising:   9. The recording method for a television mobile phone according to claim 8, wherein the mail transmission determining step is a step of uploading the recorded data by connecting to the Internet instead of transmitting the recorded data by mail. A television mobile phone according to any one of claims 4 to 6,
Instead of sending the recorded data by e-mail, the mobile phone connects to the Internet via an access server via the wireless base station, and uploads the recorded data to the recording server connected to the Internet. Phone.

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