JP2007324762A - Recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording and reproducing device excellent in operability and allowing a user to smoothly choose among a recorded program (past), a program under broadcasting currently (present), and a subsequent program (future). <P>SOLUTION: The recording and reproducing device outputs three icons to be displayed simultaneously on a part of screen. As the three icons, a first icon displays a list of program information for video image information recorded, a second icon displays a list of video image information which can be viewed at the present time, and a third icon displays a list of information on the video image of which the broadcasting starts after the present time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording and reproducing video information.

  An electronic program guide (EPG) for selecting a desired program is transmitted along with the program, displayed on a monitor device, displayed, and viewed and reserved by the user using the displayed electronic program guide. 2. Description of the Related Art Video recording / playback apparatuses capable of recording and recording are known.

Both the current program guide and the next scheduled program guide are displayed over the current image currently displayed on the screen of the display means, and in the state where the current program guide is displayed, the current image is currently being broadcast. In a state where the program schedule that is seen through the program guide and is scheduled to be broadcast next is displayed, the program schedule that is scheduled to be broadcast next is a program content display device that hides a part of the current image. In addition, each program title is arranged in each of the current program guide and the program schedule scheduled to be broadcast next, and the broadcast elapsed time for displaying the broadcast elapsed time for each program title in the size of the display area is displayed in each program title. A program content display device having a display unit is known.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-266408

  However, the conventional apparatus handles the current program schedule and the next scheduled broadcast schedule, but does not consider handling the past (recorded programs) in the same way, so that the user operability is improved. There was a problem of being inferior.

  The present invention provides a recording / reproducing apparatus with excellent operability that allows a user to smoothly select a recorded program (past), a currently broadcasted program (current), and a next broadcast program (future). Objective.

In order to achieve the above object, the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention provides:
A recording / reproducing apparatus that records and reproduces video information and outputs a list of program information related to the video information in a displayable manner,
An icon for displaying a list of program information of the video information recorded on the recording / playback device, an icon for displaying a list of video information viewable at the current time, and video information reaching a broadcast start time after the current time An icon for displaying a list of the images is output so as to be simultaneously displayed on a part of the screen.

  Each program information of the past (recorded video information), the present (broadcast that can be viewed at the current time), and the future (video information scheduled to start broadcasting after the current time) can be called from the same screen. In addition, since a list can be displayed, operations such as viewing, playback, and reservation can be selected smoothly, and operability is excellent.

A recording / reproducing apparatus that records and reproduces video information and outputs a list of program information related to the video information in a displayable manner,
An icon for displaying a list of program information of the video information recorded on the recording / playback device, an icon for displaying a list of video information viewable at the current time, and video information reaching a broadcast start time after the current time And an icon to display the list of items to be displayed at the same time on a part of the screen,

  When it is detected that an icon for displaying a list of video information viewable at the current time is operated, the list is output so as to be displayed on a part of the screen.

  Each program information of the past (recorded video information), the present (broadcast that can be viewed at the current time), and the future (video information scheduled to start broadcasting after the current time) can be called from the same screen. In addition, since a list of program information that can be viewed at the current time can be displayed, a viewing selection operation can be easily performed.

A recording / reproducing apparatus that records and reproduces video information and outputs a list of program information related to the video information in a displayable manner,
An icon for displaying a list of program information of the video information recorded on the recording / playback device, an icon for displaying a list of video information viewable at the current time, and video information reaching a broadcast start time after the current time And an icon to display the list of items to be displayed at the same time on a part of the screen,

  When it is detected that an icon for displaying the program information of the video information recorded on the recording / reproducing apparatus is detected, the list is output to be displayed on a part of the screen.

  Each program information of the past (recorded video information), the present (broadcast that can be viewed at the current time), and the future (video information scheduled to start broadcasting after the current time) can be called from the same screen. In addition, since a list of recorded video information can be displayed, a reproduction selection operation can be easily performed.

  Furthermore, when displaying the list of the program information of the video information recorded on the recording / reproducing apparatus, the video information that has not been reproduced is output so as to be displayed with a mark.

  Each program information of the past (recorded video information), the present (broadcast that can be viewed at the current time), and the future (video information scheduled to start broadcasting after the current time) can be called from the same screen. As well as being able to explicitly inform the user which of these has not been played.

A recording / reproducing apparatus that records and reproduces video information and outputs a list of program information related to the video information in a displayable manner,
An icon for displaying a list of program information of the video information recorded on the recording / playback device, an icon for displaying a list of video information viewable at the current time, and video information reaching a broadcast start time after the current time And an icon to display the list of items to be displayed at the same time on a part of the screen,

  When it is detected that an icon for displaying a list of video information whose broadcast start time comes after the current time is operated, the list is output so as to be displayed on a part of the screen.

  Each program information of the past (recorded video information), the present (broadcast that can be viewed at the current time), and the future (video information scheduled to start broadcasting after the current time) can be called from the same screen. In addition to this, a list of future video information can be displayed, so that viewing and reservation selection operations can be easily performed.

  Further, when displaying a list of video information that reaches a broadcast start time after the current time, the video information that has been pre-recorded is output so as to be displayed with a mark.

  Each program information of the past (recorded video information), the present (broadcast that can be viewed at the current time), and the future (video information scheduled to start broadcasting after the current time) can be called from the same screen. In addition to this, it is possible to explicitly notify the user which of the scheduled recording settings has been set, and it is possible to smoothly determine whether or not to reserve another program.

  According to the present invention, a user selects a recorded program (past), a currently broadcasted program (current), and a next broadcast program (future) without distinction, and smoothly performs operations such as viewing, playback, and reservation. Selectable and excellent operability.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a recording / reproducing apparatus 1 including an embodiment according to the present invention. A configuration example of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment includes a control unit 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, an operation unit 14, a TV tuner unit 15, a signal processing unit 16, a hard disk driver 17, a media driver 18, and a remote. A control receiver 20 is connected by a data bus 21.

  In the recording / reproducing apparatus 1, the control unit 11 is configured to include a microcomputer, for example, and executes control for each functional circuit unit in the recording / reproducing apparatus 1. The ROM 12 stores necessary information such as a program to be executed by the control unit 11 and initial setting information. Note that the ROM 12 in this case is assumed to be configured using a rewritable memory element while retaining the stored contents until the power supply is stopped. The RAM 13 stores and holds data referred to when the control unit 11 executes various processes, data generated by the control unit 11 during the process, and the like.

  Moreover, the operation part 14 consists of an operation element provided in a main body, for example. In response to an operation performed on the operation unit 14, the control unit 11 executes a required control process. Further, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is controlled by using the remote control device 3. The control is performed by receiving a signal from the remote control device 3 by the remote control receiver 20 and supplying the received signal to the control unit 11.

  The TV tuner unit 15 receives a broadcast wave of a broadcast station received by the antenna 15A, for example, and selects a channel according to the instruction under the control of the control unit 11. The broadcast wave received and selected in this way is output to the signal processing unit 16 as stream data, for example. The signal processing unit 16 extracts necessary program (channel) data from the input stream data to obtain, for example, compressed video data (including compressed audio data). The compressed video data obtained in this way is transferred and stored in the hard disk driver 17 for recording under the control of the control unit 11, for example.

  In addition to the program (video information), the broadcast wave of the broadcast station includes the broadcast start and end times of each program of each channel, the program name, etc. as EPG information. Received and sequentially stored in the RAM 13 and the hard disk drive 17. Note that the EPG information may be acquired via a network (not shown), or may be shared with the antenna 15A and may be mutually complemented.

  For example, when a reproduction operation is performed on the operation unit 14, the control unit 11 searches for a recording file instructed to be reproduced from the recording files stored in the hard disk driver 17. Control is performed so that reading is performed. The compressed video data as the recording file read out in this way is output to the signal processing unit 16. The signal processing unit 16 also has a function of decoding (decompressing) and outputting compressed video data. By performing the decoding process, for example, a moving image signal and an audio signal synchronized with the moving image signal are obtained. It is done. In this case, the moving image signal and the audio signal are output to the AV output terminal AVout. For example, if these AV output terminals AVout are connected to the external video device 5, the video and audio as a recorded program reproduced from the hard disk drive 17 by this video device is output.

  The hard disk driver 17 includes a hard disk having a predetermined capacity as a recording medium and a driver unit that executes data writing and reading on the hard disk. As is well known, a hard disk is a medium that can easily realize a relatively large storage capacity. In this case as well, the hard disk provided in the hard disk driver 17 has a predetermined large storage capacity. is doing. In the case of the present embodiment, the hard disk driver 17 has a format in which the video signal data received by the TV tuner unit 15 and encoded by the signal processing unit 16 as described above is managed as a recorded program file. Memorized and saved. Further, data read from the disk medium 2 loaded in the media driver 18 described later can also be stored in the hard disk driver 17. Furthermore, an application program to be executed by the control unit 11 is also stored.

  The media driver 18 is a disc driver that can perform recording and reproduction corresponding to the disc media 2. Data writing to and reading from the media driver 18 are also executed under the control of the control unit 11.

  The content data read from the disk media 2 by the media driver 18 includes, for example, video signal data obtained by program recording. Then, the video signal data read from the disk medium 2 is reproduced and output. For this purpose, a signal processing unit 16 is provided.

  For example, video / audio signal data read from the disk driver 18 is transferred to the signal processing unit 16 under the control of the control unit 11. The signal processing unit 16 performs necessary demodulation processing on the transferred video / audio signal data to obtain, for example, moving image data and an audio signal synchronized with the moving image signal. Then, the moving image signal and the audio signal are output to the AV output terminal AVout. For example, when these AV output terminals AVout are connected to the external video device 5, the video and audio as a recorded program reproduced from the disk medium 2 by this video device is output.

  Next, a content selection GUI (Graphical User Interface) will be described. FIG. 2 is a screen image diagram including a content selection GUI. As shown in FIG. 2, the screen is divided into an upper screen portion 210 for displaying video information and a lower screen portion 220 for displaying program information including a content selection GUI. The upper screen portion 210 and the lower screen portion 210 may be approximately half in the vertical direction of the screen, but the ratio may be arbitrarily set.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the content selection GUI can select a “recorded program” icon 201, a “current program” icon 202, and a “next program” icon 203. These mean the recorded program (past), the currently broadcasted program (current), and the next broadcast program (future), and when these are selected, the following displays are performed.

-When "Recorded program" is selected, a list of contents stored in the recording / playback apparatus is displayed.
・ When “Current Program” is selected, a list of programs currently being broadcast is displayed.
-When “next program” is selected, a list of programs next to the currently broadcast program is displayed.
When a content selection GUI is displayed while viewing a program being broadcast (for example, a key corresponding to a selection / determination icon on the lower part 220 of the screen is operated with a remote controller not shown), as shown in FIG. The program icon 202 is highlighted, and the program information display area 230 displays the GUI with the program currently being viewed being selected. Further, when the content selection GUI is displayed while the recorded content in the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is being reproduced, the “recorded program” icon 201 and the title currently being reproduced are displayed in a selected state.

  Next, processing when the “current program” icon 202 of the content selection GUI is selected will be described. At this time, the channel, program name, and program end time are displayed in the program information display area 230 in the order of the program start time of each channel. A portion that cannot be displayed can be scrolled up and down by operating a key corresponding to a black triangle mark with a remote controller (not shown). Such program information is obtained from the above EPG information. Since the user is currently viewing 12ch, the top 210 of the screen displays a 12ch program (news & market eleven) image (moving image) and highlights the selected program name 250. It is displayed.

  In FIG. 2, when the user moves the cursor to the 4ch program with the remote control or the like and selects it, as shown in FIG. Is displayed, and in the program information display area 230, the selected program name 251 is highlighted.

Note that the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 continues unless the “end” icon at the bottom 220 of the screen is clicked with the remote controller or the like, and the program can be selected and changed continuously.
However, this function cannot be used when channel switching is restricted, such as when recording is performed using a broadcast tuner to be viewed. (If there are multiple tuners, this is not the case.)

  FIG. 4 is a screen image diagram when the “recorded program” icon 201 is selected. When the “recorded program” icon 201 is selected, a list of contents stored in the recording / playback apparatus 1 is displayed in the program information display area 230. However, the title thumbnail is not displayed. 4 shows that the “recorded program” icon 201 has been selected from the state in which the “current program” icon 202 has been selected with a remote controller (not shown) from the state of FIG. The 4ch program that was displayed in is displayed. Note that when the “recorded program” icon 201 is selected, the display of the upper part 210 of the screen may be temporarily stopped.

  The program information display area 230 in FIG. 4 displays programs stored in, for example, the hard disk driver 17 in the recording / playback apparatus 1 in the order of recording date, such as No. (for example, 027), program name, and recording date. Can be realized.

  In FIG. 4, in the case of content that has never been viewed by the user, unreproduced marks 461 and 462 (New mark) indicating unreproduced are displayed. In this case, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 checks whether or not the recorded content is reproduced, and selects whether or not the recorded content is displayed. In the example of FIG. 4, since No. 027 and No. 026 have not been viewed, an unreproduced mark 461 is attached to them.

  In FIG. 4, the recording date is displayed in the program information display area 230, but instead of this, it is also possible to display the predicted playback end time when the content is played back. When the program (content) has not been viewed, the time obtained by adding the time of the content to the current time is displayed. In the case of content that has been played back and stopped halfway, this can be realized by displaying the predicted playback end time that is the current time plus the time from the middle to the end.

  In FIG. 4, a 4ch program is displayed at the top of the screen. When the “recorded program” icon 201 is selected while the program being broadcast is displayed, the selected program (program 451 in FIG. 4) is displayed. Start playback. FIG. 5 is a screen image diagram when a recorded title is selected and reproduced by the “recorded program” icon 201 of the content selection GUI. In FIG. 5, the selected program 451 is displayed in the upper part 210 of the screen. However, the content selection GUI is not closed. In the program 451 in FIG. 5, the unplayed mark 461 attached in FIG. 4 is not displayed. This is because the control unit 11 detects that the program 451 has started playing, and has not played back. This can be realized by stopping the display of the mark 461. When another recorded title is selected during playback of recorded content (for example, “No. 025“ News & Market Eleven ”), playback of the currently played content (program 451) is stopped and another content (No. .025) playback starts.

  FIG. 6 is a screen image diagram when the “next program” icon 203 is selected and reserved on the content selection GUI. In FIG. 6, for example, when a “next program” icon 203 is selected in a state where a program currently broadcast on AM11: 10 (for example, a 3ch program) is displayed in the upper part 210 of the screen, A list of the next program is displayed on the program information display area 230 by the GUI. This can be realized by causing the control unit 11 to display program information after the current time in the program information display area 230 based on the current time information and the EPG information. Here, when the next program (for example, program 651) is selected, the program can be registered for recording reservation. A reservation registration icon 661 simulating a clock is displayed for the program registered for reservation. A reservation registration icon 662 is displayed for a program that has already been registered for reservation. Note that the display order of the program information in the program information display area 230 may be a recommended order or a broadcast start time order. In addition, a program with a reservation registration icon may be displayed below in the order of broadcast start time.

  At this time, in FIG. 6, the broadcast program (for example, 3ch) and the recorded content (for example, No. 027) being viewed remain displayed on the upper part 210 of the screen on the back of the content selection GUI. Reservation registration can be performed while viewing content. In the reservation from this GUI, scheduled recording is performed under the preset conditions.

  FIG. 7 is a screen image diagram in the case where a reservation has already been made at the same time period and the reservation has failed. While the program currently being broadcast is displayed in the upper part 210 of the screen, the program information display area 230 in the lower part 220 of the screen is displayed with the reservation registration icon 661 added to the 8ch program, and the user has the program 751 of the 14ch. If the control unit 11 determines that the reserved recording start time of the program 751 overlaps when the 8ch program is scheduled to be recorded from 11:25 to 12:30, as shown in FIG. An alert 701 indicating that it cannot be displayed is displayed and reservation cannot be made. When a plurality of tuners are provided, the alert 701 is not displayed if the number of tuners is within the range.

The display of the content selection GUI at the lower part 220 of the screen in FIGS. 2 to 7 is terminated by pressing an end key of a remote controller (not shown).
If program guide information cannot be obtained or if the program guide display is disabled, both the “current program” icon 202 and the “next program” icon 203 are grayed out, and only the “recorded program” icon 201 is displayed. You can choose.

FIG. 8 is a state transition diagram showing the state transition of the control unit 11 corresponding to the screens of FIGS.
The effects of this embodiment are as follows.
-When viewing a program that is currently being broadcast from the program guide, it is possible to switch channels without closing the program guide, eliminating the need to repeatedly display the program guide and switching channels smoothly. It can be carried out.

・ When selecting and viewing titles stored in the HDD / DVD from the content list, you can select and view different titles one after another without closing the content list. There is no need to repeat it, and the troublesome GUI display can be reduced.

-When performing reservation registration, since reservation registration can be performed with the program being viewed or the title being viewed being displayed on the back, viewing of the program or title is not hindered.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a recording / reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The screen image figure when the "current program" icon of content selection GUI is displayed during the broadcast program display concerning the embodiment. The screen image figure when another program is selected with the “current program” icon of the content selection GUI. The screen image figure when the "Recording program" icon of content selection GUI is selected. The screen image figure when selecting the recorded title with the "recorded program" icon of content selection GUI, and making it reproduce. Screen image when the “next program” icon is selected and reserved on the content selection GUI. Screen image of a case where a reservation has already been made at the same time and the reservation could not be made. The state transition diagram from displaying the content selection GUI to closing it.

Explanation of symbols

1 Recording / playback device
11 Control unit
201 "Recorded program" icon
202 “Program Now” icon
203 Next Program icon
210 Top of screen
220 Bottom of screen
230 Program information display area
461,462 Unreproduced mark
661, 662 Reservation registration icon
701 Alert

Claims (6)

A recording / reproducing apparatus that records and reproduces video information and outputs a list of program information related to the video information in a displayable manner,
An icon for displaying a list of program information of the video information recorded on the recording / playback device, an icon for displaying a list of video information viewable at the current time, and video information reaching a broadcast start time after the current time A recording / reproducing apparatus, wherein an icon for displaying a list of the images is output so as to be simultaneously displayed on a part of the screen. A recording / reproducing apparatus that records and reproduces video information and outputs a list of program information related to the video information in a displayable manner,
An icon for displaying a list of program information of the video information recorded on the recording / playback device, an icon for displaying a list of video information viewable at the current time, and video information reaching a broadcast start time after the current time And an icon to display the list of items to be displayed at the same time on a part of the screen,
When detecting that an icon for displaying a list of video information that can be viewed at the current time is operated, the recording / reproducing apparatus outputs the list to be displayed on a part of the screen. A recording / reproducing apparatus that records and reproduces video information and outputs a list of program information related to the video information in a displayable manner,
An icon for displaying a list of program information of the video information recorded on the recording / playback device, an icon for displaying a list of video information viewable at the current time, and video information reaching a broadcast start time after the current time And an icon to display the list of items to be displayed at the same time on a part of the screen,
Recording / reproducing, when detecting that an icon for displaying program information of the recorded video information is operated on the recording / reproducing apparatus, outputs the list to be displayed on a part of the screen apparatus.   4. The display of the program information list of the video information recorded on the recording / reproducing apparatus, wherein unreproduced video information is output so as to be marked and displayed. Recording / playback device. A recording / reproducing apparatus that records and reproduces video information and outputs a list of program information related to the video information in a displayable manner,
An icon for displaying a list of program information of the video information recorded on the recording / playback device, an icon for displaying a list of video information viewable at the current time, and video information reaching a broadcast start time after the current time And an icon to display the list of items to be displayed at the same time on a part of the screen,
When it is detected that an icon for displaying a list of video information having a broadcast start time after the current time is operated, the recording / reproducing apparatus outputs the list to be displayed on a part of the screen .   6. The display according to claim 5, wherein when displaying a list of video information that reaches a broadcast start time after the current time, the video information that has been pre-recorded is output so as to be displayed with a mark. Recording / playback device.

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