JP2007287248A - Video recorder with hard disk and video recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reproduce the main part of a program collectively and thereafter reproduce CM collectively, in a video recorder with a hard disk and the video recorder. <P>SOLUTION: The hard disk recorder (video recorder) includes an HDD recording a program and a control microcomputer. The control microcomputer operates as a CM determination means determining a CM of a program and a main part recording completion determination means determining whether the recording of the main part of the program on the HDD is completed. The control microcomputer determines the CM to be recorded on the HDD (S1), and stores the CM in a buffer memory (S7) when determining that it is the CM (YES in S2). When determining that it is not the CM, the control microcomputer records the program determined as non-CM on the HDD. The control microcomputer determines whether recording of the main part of the program on the HDD is completed or not (S4), and additionally records the CM stored in the buffer memory on the HDD (S6) when the recording of the program is completed (YES in S5), according to the result of the determination. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus having a hard disk such as a hard disk recorder, and a recording apparatus.

  Conventionally, a hard disk recorder capable of recording a television program (hereinafter referred to as a program) including a main part and a CM (commercial message) and reproducing the recorded program is known. Generally, the CM is inserted between the main part and the main part. Therefore, when the program recorded by the hard disk recorder is reproduced, the main part and the CM are reproduced alternately. However, if possible, the user often does not want to see the CM while watching the main part. However, the CM in the program may not be cut due to the contract with the sponsor.

  On the other hand, the invention of Patent Document 1 includes a main part buffer memory for storing a main part of a program, a CM buffer memory for recording a commercial of the program, and a synthesis unit capable of synthesizing video. This is a hard disk recorder that synthesizes video signals using a synthesizer so that the main part is continuously displayed during reproduction and a CM is displayed at the lower right of the screen. However, according to the present invention, in the composite image of the main part and the CM, the CM interferes with viewing of the main part video.

Further, the invention of Patent Document 2 detects a CM included in a program using a CM detection unit when the program is recorded on the hard disk, and detects the CM detected by the CM detection unit during playback of the recorded program. This is a hard disk recorder that reads the CMs in order, plays back the read CMs together, and then plays back the main part. However, the present invention is intended to ensure that the viewer can watch the CM. According to the present invention, the main part cannot be played back unless the CMs are played back together. Therefore, even when the user does not want to view the CM, the CM must be viewed.
JP 2004-336507 A JP 2002-325226 A

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems. When a recorded program is reproduced, the main part is reproduced together, and then the CM can be reproduced together. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording device having a hard disk and a recording device that can stop viewing of the CM after the user has finished watching the main part when the user does not want to watch the CM.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is directed to a hard disk for recording a television program (hereinafter referred to as a program) including a main part and a CM (commercial message), and to record data on the hard disk. In a recording apparatus having a hard disk, including a writing means and a control means for controlling each part of the apparatus, a CM judging means for judging whether or not the program is the CM, and a buffer memory for temporarily storing the CM And a main recording end determination means for determining whether or not the main part of the program has been recorded on the hard disk, and the control means includes the CM determination means when recording the program on the hard disk. The CM of the program is determined using the program, and if it is determined to be a CM, the CM is stored in the buffer memory, and the CM If it is determined that the program is not a CM, the program is recorded on the hard disk using the writing means, and whether or not the main part of the program is recorded on the hard disk using the main recording end determination means When the recording of the main part is completed, the CM stored in the buffer memory is additionally recorded on the hard disk using the writing means.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording apparatus comprising recording means for recording a television program (hereinafter referred to as a program) including the main part and a CM (commercial message), and control means for controlling each part of the apparatus. In the above, the CM recording means for determining whether or not the program is the CM, the CM storage means for storing the CM, and the recording of the main part for determining whether or not the main part of the program has been recorded in the recording means Determining means, and when the control means records the program in the recording means, the CM judging means judges the CM of the program, and if the CM is judged to be a CM, If it is stored in the CM storage means and it is determined that it is not CM, the program determined not to be CM is recorded in the recording means, and the main part of the program is recorded by using the main recording end determination means It determines whether finished recorded stage, when it has finished printing the main knitting, the stored CM in the CM storage means and records in appended to the recording means.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the recording apparatus according to the second aspect, the recording device further includes a writing unit for recording data in the recording unit, and the control unit selects the program determined not to be the CM. Recording is performed on the recording unit using a writing unit, and the CM stored in the CM storage unit is additionally recorded on the recording unit using the writing unit.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the program is recorded on the hard disk, the control unit determines the CM of the program, and when it is determined that the program is a CM, the control unit stores the CM in the buffer memory and is not a CM. If it is determined, the program determined not to be a CM is recorded on the hard disk. Then, it is determined whether or not the main part of the program has been recorded on the hard disk. When the main part has been recorded, the CM stored in the buffer memory is additionally recorded on the hard disk and recorded.

  As a result, when the program recorded on the hard disk is reproduced, the main part of the program is reproduced together and then the CM can be reproduced together. Therefore, when the user does not want to watch the CM, the user can stop watching the CM after watching the main part.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the control unit records the program in the recording unit, the control unit determines the CM of the program. If the control unit determines that the program is a CM, the control unit stores the CM in the CM storage unit. If it is determined that it is not a CM, the program determined not to be a CM is recorded in the recording means. Then, it is determined whether or not the main part of this program has been recorded in the recording means, and when the main part has been recorded, the CM stored in the CM storage means is additionally recorded in the recording means.

  Thus, when the program recorded in the recording means is reproduced, the main part of the program can be reproduced together and then the CM can be reproduced together. Therefore, when the user does not want to watch the CM, the user can stop watching the CM after watching the main part.

  Hereinafter, a hard disk recorder (a recording apparatus having a hard disk and a recording apparatus) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 shows a hard disk recorder 1 capable of recording a television program (hereinafter referred to as a program) including a main part and a CM (commercial message) and reproducing the recorded program, and a hard disk recorder via a transmission cable 3. 1 shows the appearance of a program recording / playback system composed of a television 2 (monitor device) connected to 1. FIG. 2 shows the internal configuration of the hard disk recorder 1. The television 2 includes a display 21 that displays video and a speaker 22 that outputs audio, and outputs video output from the hard disk recorder 1 to the display 21 and audio to the speaker 22 via the transmission cable 3. .

  The hard disk recorder 1 includes a hard disk 12 (hereinafter referred to as HDD) for recording a program, an access unit 13 (writing means) for reading and recording data recorded in the HDD 12, and control for controlling each part of the apparatus. And a microcomputer 18 for use. The hard disk recorder 1 includes an operation unit 11 that is operated by a user to perform operations such as program reproduction or recording, a buffer memory 17 (CM storage means) that temporarily stores CMs, and a control microcomputer. A ROM 16 for storing 18 operation programs and an output unit 15 for outputting a video signal and an audio signal to the transmission cable 3 are further provided.

  The control microcomputer 18 functions as a CM determination unit and a main part recording end determination unit in the claims. Further, the control microcomputer 18 also functions as a program playback unit that plays back the program read by the access unit 13.

  The control microcomputer 18 outputs the reproduced video signal and audio signal to the output unit 15, and stores the program determined to be CM in the buffer memory 17.

  Next, processing of the control microcomputer 18 when a program is recorded in the HDD 12 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the control microcomputer 18 determines the CM portion of the program to be recorded on the HDD 12 (S1), and if it is determined not to be the CM portion (NO in S2), records the program determined to be not the CM portion to the HDD 12. Then, it is determined whether or not all the main part of the program has been recorded on the HDD 12 (S4).

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination in S2, if it is determined that the portion is a CM portion (YES in S2), the control microcomputer 18 stores the CM portion in the buffer memory 17 (S7), and performs the processing in S4. The determination of the main part and the CM part of the program in S2 is performed as follows. In other words, if the program data is digital broadcast data, it can be determined whether the program copy attribute included in the program data is copy-free or copy-protected by determining whether it is the main part of the program. It is determined whether it is a CM part. If the program data is analog broadcast data, it is determined whether the program audio is being broadcast in stereo, thereby determining whether the program is a main part or a CM part.

  As a result of the determination in S4, when all the main part of the program has been recorded (YES in S5), the control microcomputer 18 additionally records the CM stored in the buffer memory 17 in the HDD 12 and records it (S6). Exit. On the other hand, if the recording of the main part of the program has not been completed (NO in S5), the control microcomputer 18 repeats the processes after S1.

  Next, recording states of the HDD 12 and the buffer memory 17 when a program is recorded on the HDD 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the program A recorded on the HDD 12. The program A has a main part (1) 21 to a main part (4) 24, and CM (1) 31 to CM (4) 34. CM (1) 31 is the main part (1) 21, CM (2) 32 is the main part (2) 22, CM (3) 33 is the main part (3) 23, and CM (4) 34 is the main part ( 4) Located after 24 respectively.

  FIG. 5 shows a buffer memory when the control microcomputer 18 finishes recording the main part (1) 21 to main part (4) 24 of the program A in the HDD 12 (corresponding to YES in S5 shown in FIG. 3). 17 shows the status of the HDD 12. FIG. 5A shows the storage state of the buffer memory 17, and FIG. 5B shows the recording state of the HDD 12. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, CM (1) 31 to CM (4) 34 are stored in the buffer memory 17, and main part (1) 21 to main part (4) 24 are recorded in the HDD 12.

  6 shows the recording state of the HDD 12 when the control microcomputer 18 additionally records the CM stored in the buffer memory 17 on the HDD 12 (corresponding to S6 shown in FIG. 3). As shown in FIG. 6, the main part (1) 21 to the main part (4) 24 are collectively recorded on the HDD 12, and CM (1) 31 to CM (4) 34 are collectively recorded thereafter.

  As described above, according to the hard disk recorder 1 according to the present embodiment, when the control microcomputer 18 records a program on the HDD 12, it determines the CM portion of this program and determines that it is a CM portion. The CM portion is stored in the buffer memory 17, and if it is determined that it is not a CM portion, the program determined not to be a CM portion is recorded in the HDD 12. Then, it is determined whether or not the main part of the program has been recorded on the HDD 12. When the main part has been recorded, the CM stored in the buffer memory 17 is additionally recorded on the HDD 12 and recorded.

  As a result, when the hard disk recorder 1 reproduces the program recorded on the HDD 12, it can reproduce the CM as a whole after reproducing the main part of the program as a whole. Therefore, when the user does not want to watch the CM, the user can stop watching the CM after watching the main part.

  In addition, this invention is not restricted to the structure of the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the range which does not change the meaning of invention. For example, although the hard disk recorder 1 and the television 2 are connected via the transmission cable 3 in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and a hard disk recorder built-in television may be used. Moreover, although the example which records a program on HDD12 was shown in the said embodiment, it is not restricted to this, Blu-ray Disc (Blu-ray Disc), HD DVD (High Definition DVD), DVD-RW (Digital Versatile Disc-ReWriteable) ), A program may be recorded on a recording medium such as a DVD-R (Digital Versatile Disc-Recordable).

The perspective view which shows the external appearance of the hard disk recorder which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and the television connected to this hard disk recorder. The block diagram which shows the internal structure of the said hard-disk recorder. The flowchart which shows a process when recording a program on the said hard disk recorder. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of a structure of the program recorded on the said hard-disk recorder. (A) and (b) are explanatory drawings showing the storage state of the buffer memory and the recording state of the HDD when the main part of the program has been recorded on the hard disk recorder, respectively. Explanatory drawing which shows the recording state of HDD when CM is added and recorded on the said hard-disk recorder.

Explanation of symbols

1 Hard disk recorder 2 Television (monitor device)
12 HDD (hard disk, recording means)
13 Access section (writing means)
17 Buffer memory (CM storage means)
18 Control microcomputer (control means, CM judgment means, main recording end judgment means)

Claims (3)

A hard disk for recording a television program (hereinafter referred to as a program) including a main part and a CM (commercial message);
Writing means for recording data on the hard disk;
In a recording apparatus having a hard disk, comprising a control means for controlling each part of the apparatus,
CM judging means for judging whether or not the program is the CM;
A buffer memory for temporarily storing the CM;
A main part recording end judging means for judging whether or not the main part of the program has been recorded on the hard disk;
The control means includes
When recording the program on the hard disk, the CM determining means is used to determine the CM of the program,
If it is determined to be a CM, the CM is stored in the buffer memory,
If it is determined not to be a CM, the program determined to be not a CM is recorded on the hard disk using the writing means,
The main program recording end determining means is used to determine whether or not the main program has been recorded on the hard disk. When the main program has been recorded, the CM stored in the buffer memory is written to A recording apparatus having a hard disk, wherein the recording apparatus additionally records on the hard disk using means. Recording means for recording a television program (hereinafter referred to as a program) including a main part and a CM (commercial message);
In a recording apparatus comprising control means for controlling each part of the apparatus,
CM judging means for judging whether or not the program is the CM;
CM storage means for storing the CM;
A main part recording end judging means for judging whether or not the main part of the program has been recorded in the recording means;
The control means includes
When recording the program in the recording means, the CM judgment means is used to judge the CM of the program,
If it is determined to be a CM, the CM is stored in the CM storage means,
If it is determined not to be a CM, the program determined to be not a CM is recorded in the recording means,
The main part recording end judging means is used to judge whether or not the main part of the program has been recorded in the recording means, and when the main part has been recorded, the CM stored in the CM storage means is A recording apparatus for additionally recording in the recording means. And further comprising a writing means for recording data in the recording means,
The control means includes
Record the program determined not to be the CM in the recording means using the writing means,
3. The recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the CM stored in the CM storage unit is additionally recorded on the recording unit using the writing unit.

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