JP2008288731A - Display processor, display device provided with display processor, remote controller corresponding to display processor, method for controlling display processor, control program of display processor, and display system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a display processor, etc. capable of easily checking and selecting user's favorite programs of a plurality of channels. <P>SOLUTION: The display processor 1 includes: a program information acquisition part 103 for acquiring program information which is information related to programs selected by a user as selection candidates; a program information storage part 11 for storing the program information acquired by the program information acquisition part 103; a selection picture creation part 106 for creating a program selection picture which is a picture for allowing the user to select a program from the programs selected by the user as selection candidates from program information stored in the program information storage 11; and a display control part 104 for displaying the program selection picture created by the selection picture creation part 106 on a display part 12. Consequently, the display processor, etc. capable of easily checking and selecting user's favorite program contents of a plurality of channels can be achieved. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention corresponds to a display processing device, in particular, a display processing device that acquires a plurality of program information and displays a program selection screen based on the acquired program information, a display device including the display processing device, and the display processing device. The present invention relates to a remote control device, a display processing device control method, a display processing device control program, and a display system.

  In recent years, service forms of program broadcasting such as terrestrial digital broadcasting, satellite digital broadcasting, cable television broadcasting, IP broadcasting, and video on demand have been expanded. With the expansion of service forms, the number of broadcast program channels provided is also increasing. Further, it is expected that the number of channels will increase in the future due to the development and popularization of the above service forms.

  In this way, in the “multi-channel broadcasting era” where there are many broadcast program channels that users can watch, it takes a considerable amount of time to list all channels in order to find the programs they like. I need it. Furthermore, even if you list all the channels, there are too many channels, and by the time you finish the list, you may not always remember which program you liked. If it does so, it will become difficult to find out again the program which a user likes among the broadcasted programs later. On the other hand, if a favorite program is found in the middle of the list and the list is ended there, the program contents of the channel scheduled to be listed after that cannot be confirmed.

  Therefore, there are the following patent documents corresponding to such a problem.

  In Patent Document 1, each time the user presses the preference button from among the TV programs being scanned, the channel is stored, and when the preference scan key is further pressed, the stored channel is scanned again. The technology is described.

  In Patent Document 2, when a user finds an interesting program while viewing the program, the user presses a “favorite channel key” existing on the remote controller and registers the channel number of the program. A technique is described in which, when a user is interested in viewing a program of interest later, the user can switch to the program by pressing a “favorite channel key”.

Further, in Patent Document 3, during viewing of a program, the user's viewing time is measured for each program in the television apparatus, and the channel number of the program whose viewing time exceeds a certain value is stored. A technique is described in which the user can immediately return to the channel by pressing a “return button” present on the remote controller. Further, there is described a technique in which when there are a plurality of programs whose viewing time exceeds a certain value, the user can return to those programs by pressing the “return button” a plurality of times.
JP 10-285480 A (publication date: October 23, 1998) Special Table 2002-54385 (Publication date: December 17, 2002) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-124104 (Publication date: May 12, 2005)

  However, the technique disclosed in the above patent document causes the following problems.

  That is, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, since the program selected by the preference button is scanned again, the above problem cannot be solved if the number of channels selected by the preference button is large. For example, if there are 100 channels that can be viewed by the user and 50 of those channels are selected with the preference button, the 50 channels are scanned by pressing the preference scan key. With this, it is still difficult to find a program that the user likes again later. Also, the contents of the program cannot be confirmed unless the registered channels are viewed in order.

  In the technique described in Patent Document 2, a user's favorite channel is registered in a finite favorite channel key. Therefore, the number of channels that can be registered is limited, and if there are many favorite channels, it cannot be handled. Also, the program registered in each favorite channel key cannot be confirmed unless it is actually viewed.

  In the technique described in Patent Document 3, a program that the user likes is not always stored. This is because the length of viewing time and the program that the user is interested in are not equal. In addition, in order to check the stored program, it is necessary to press the “return” button. When multiple channels are stored, the contents are displayed by repeatedly pressing the “return” button. You have to confirm.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to realize a display processing device and the like that can easily check and select programs of a plurality of channels that the user likes.

  In order to solve the above problems, a display processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a program information acquisition unit that acquires program information that is information related to a program of a program selected by a user, and the program information acquisition unit. A program selection screen which is a screen for a user to select a program from among program information storage units for storing program information acquired by the user and programs selected as selection candidates by the user from the program information stored in the program information storage unit. And a display control means for displaying a program selection screen created by the selection screen creation means on a display unit.

  In order to solve the above problem, a control method for a display processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a program information storage unit that stores program information, which is information related to a program, of a program selected as a selection candidate by a user. A control method for a display processing apparatus, wherein a user selects a program from among program information acquisition steps for acquiring program information, and program information stored in the program information storage unit, among programs selected by the user. A selection screen creation step for creating a program selection screen, which is a screen to be performed, and a selection screen display step for displaying the program selection screen created in the selection screen creation step on a display unit.

  According to said structure and method, the program information which is the information relevant to a program of the program made into the selection candidate by a user is acquired, and it memorize | stores in a program information storage part. Then, a program selection screen is created from the program information stored in the program information storage unit and displayed on the display unit.

  Thereby, the user can confirm the program selection screen created from the program information of the program that he / she has selected as a selection candidate, and can select a program from the program selection screen. Therefore, the user can easily confirm and select a program from the program selection screen.

  Here, the display unit may be provided in the own device, or the display unit may be an external device that can be connected to the own device.

  In the display processing apparatus according to the present invention, the program information may include program channel information.

  By including the channel information of the program in the program information, the channel information can be displayed on the program selection screen. Here, the channel information is information about a channel such as a channel number. Thereby, the user can confirm a channel number etc. in a program selection screen.

  In the display processing apparatus according to the present invention, the program information may include a still image indicating program content.

  By including a still image indicating the program contents in the program information, a still image of the program can be displayed on the program selection screen. Thereby, the user can confirm the still image of the program on the program selection screen, and can easily grasp the contents of the program.

  In the display processing apparatus according to the present invention, the program information may include a moving image indicating program content.

  By including a moving image indicating the contents of the program in the program information, the moving image of the program can be displayed on the program selection screen. Thereby, the user can confirm the moving image of the program on the program selection screen, and can grasp the contents of the program more easily than the still image.

  Here, the moving image indicating the program content is preferably a moving image having a length of time that allows the user to easily grasp the content of the program.

  In the display processing apparatus according to the present invention, the program information may include program distribution form information.

  Here, the program distribution form information refers to information indicating a program distribution form such as satellite digital broadcast, terrestrial digital broadcast, IP broadcast, and video on demand.

  By including the service form information of the program in the program information, the distribution form information of the program can be reflected on the program selection screen. Thereby, the user can recognize the distribution form of the program corresponding to the program information.

  In the display processing apparatus according to the present invention, the program information may include a time when the program information acquisition unit acquires the program information.

  By including the time when the program acquisition means acquires the program information in the program information, the time when the program information is acquired can be reflected on the program selection screen. Thereby, the user can recognize the time when the program information is acquired.

  In the display processing apparatus according to the present invention, the program selection screen includes program channel information, a still image indicating program content, a moving image indicating program content, and program distribution form information stored in the program information storage unit. It may be a screen in which at least one of them is displayed side by side.

  According to the above configuration, at least one of program channel information, a still image indicating program content, a moving image indicating program content, and program distribution form information is displayed side by side on the program selection screen. Thereby, the user can grasp | ascertain visually and intuitively the program information displayed on the program selection screen, and can confirm the content easily.

  In the display processing apparatus according to the present invention, the program information includes program channel information and program distribution form information, and the selection screen creating means is a program that is being broadcast from the channel information and the program distribution form information. May be used to create a program selection screen.

  According to the above configuration, the program being broadcast is displayed on the program selection screen. That is, not the program information stored in the program information storage unit but the program broadcast at the time of display is displayed. As a result, the user can determine the program content from the program being broadcast on the program selection screen.

  The display processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises instruction command information receiving means for receiving program information acquisition command information from another apparatus, and when the instruction command information receiving means receives program information acquisition command information, Preferably, the information acquisition means acquires the program information indicated by the acquisition command information, and the program information storage unit stores the program information acquired by the program information acquisition means.

  According to said structure, based on the acquisition command information of the program information transmitted from the other apparatus, program information is acquired and memorize | stored in a program information storage part. As a result, the user can cause the display processing device to acquire the program information and store it in the program storage unit by using another device from a remote location.

  In the display processing device according to the present invention, the instruction command information receiving means receives the display command information of the program selection screen, and when the display command information is received, the selection screen creating means stores the program instruction screen in the program information storage unit. Preferably, a program selection screen is created based on the stored program information, and the display control means displays the program selection screen created by the selection screen creation means on the display unit.

  According to said structure, based on the display command information of the program selection screen transmitted from the other apparatus, a program selection screen is produced and displayed. As a result, the user can cause the display processing device to create a program selection screen and display it on the display processing device using another device from a remote location.

  In the display processing device according to the present invention, the instruction command information receiving unit receives selection determination display command information indicating which program has been selected from the program selection screen, and the instruction command information receiving unit receives the selection determination display command. When the information is received, the display control means preferably displays the program shown in the selection determination display command information on the display unit.

  According to said structure, according to the selection determination display command information transmitted from the other apparatus, a program is selected from a program selection screen, and the selected program is displayed. Thereby, the user can display the program selected from the program selection screen on the display device by another device from a remote location.

  In the display processing apparatus according to the present invention, the program information erasing unit for erasing the program information from the program information storage unit after a predetermined time has elapsed since the instruction command information receiving unit received the selection determination display command information. May be provided.

  According to the above configuration, when a predetermined time elapses after receiving the selection determination display command information, the program information is deleted from the program information storage unit. Thereby, the program information which becomes unnecessary information after the program is selected is deleted.

  Here, the predetermined time is preferably set to a time at which it is considered that the user does not confirm the stored program information again after the user determines the selection of the program.

  The display processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a channel selection end determination unit that determines the end of a continuous channel selection operation by the user, and the selection screen creation unit is configured such that the channel selection end determination unit is a user's continuous channel selection operation. If it is determined that the program selection screen has ended, a program selection screen may be created, and the display control means may display the program selection screen on a display unit.

  According to said structure, a program selection screen is produced and displayed after completion | finish of a continuous channel selection operation | movement. As a result, the program selection screen can be created and displayed on the display unit without instructing creation and display of the program selection screen.

  In order to solve the above problems, a remote control device according to the present invention includes an acquisition storage instruction means for acquiring and storing program information for the display processing apparatus, and a selection screen creation display instruction means for creating and displaying a program selection screen. And a selected program display instruction means for displaying a screen selected from the program selection screen created and displayed by the selection screen creation display instruction means.

  According to the above configuration, the remote control device instructs the display processing device to acquire and store the program information by the acquisition storage instruction means, creates the program selection screen by the selection screen creation display instruction means, and displays it. To instruct. Then, the display processing device acquires program information according to an instruction from the remote control device, stores the acquired program information in the program information storage unit, and creates a program selection screen from the program information stored in the program information storage unit. And display on the display. That is, the remote control device can transmit instructions for acquiring and storing program information, creating a program selection screen, and displaying to the display processing device. An instruction to display the program selected from the program selection screen can be transmitted.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a display system control method according to the present invention includes a display processing device including a program information storage unit that stores program information that is information related to a program, and instruction command information to the display processing device. A display system comprising: a remote control device for transmitting a command, wherein the command information is acquired and stored in a program information storage unit for the display processing device; A program information acquisition step for acquiring program information of the program indicated in the instruction command information transmitted in the storage instruction step; a selection screen creation display instruction step for transmitting instruction command information for instructing creation and display of a program selection screen; In accordance with the instruction command information transmitted in the selection screen creation / display instruction step, the program selection screen is selected from the program information stored in the program information storage unit. Is characterized in that it comprises a selection screen creating step of creating, the selection screen display step of displaying the program selection screen on the display unit.

  According to the above method, the display processing device acquires the program information based on the instruction command information transmitted from the remote control device, and stores it in the program information storage unit. Then, the display processing device creates a program selection screen and displays it on the display unit.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a display system control method according to the present invention includes a display processing device including a program information storage unit that stores program information that is information related to a program, and instruction command information to the display processing device. A display system comprising: a remote control device for transmitting a command, wherein the command information is acquired and stored in a program information storage unit for the display processing device; A program information acquisition step for acquiring program information of the program indicated in the instruction command information transmitted in the storage instruction step, a channel selection end determination step for determining the end of continuous channel selection operation by the user, and the channel selection end If it is determined in the determination step that the user's continuous channel selection operation has been completed, a program selection screen is created from the program information stored in the program information storage unit. A selection screen creating step, is characterized by comprising a selection screen display step of displaying the program selection screen on the display unit.

  According to the above method, the display processing device acquires the program information based on the instruction command information transmitted from the remote control device, and stores it in the program information storage unit. When the continuous channel selection operation by the user ends, the display processing device creates a program selection screen and displays it on the display unit.

  A display system including the display processing device and a remote control device that transmits instruction command information to the display processing device can be provided.

  A display system including the remote control device and a display processing device to which the remote control device transmits instruction command information can be provided.

  The display processing device and the remote control device may be realized by a computer. In this case, the display processing device and the remote control device are realized by a computer by causing the computer to operate as the respective means. The control program for the remote control device and the computer-readable recording medium on which the control program is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the display processing apparatus according to the present invention acquires the program information acquisition unit that acquires program information, which is information related to a program, of the program selected as a selection candidate by the user, and the program information acquisition unit acquires the program information. A program selection screen that is a screen for the user to select a program from among the programs selected as selection candidates by the user is created from the program information storage unit that stores the program information and the program information stored in the program information storage unit. The screen includes selection screen creation means and display control means for displaying the program selection screen created by the selection screen creation means on a display unit or another display device.

  The display processing apparatus control method according to the present invention is a display processing apparatus control method including a program information storage unit that stores program information, which is information related to a program, selected by a user as a selection candidate. A program selection screen that is a screen for the user to select a program from among the program candidates selected by the user from the program information acquisition step for acquiring the program information and the program information stored in the program information storage unit. The method includes a selection screen creation step to be created and a selection screen display step for displaying the program selection screen created in the selection screen creation step on a display unit or another display device.

  Thereby, the user can confirm the program selection screen created from the program information of the program that he / she has selected as a selection candidate, and can select a program from the program selection screen. Therefore, the user can easily confirm and select a program from the program selection screen.

  In addition, the remote control device according to the present invention provides the display processing device with acquisition storage instruction means for acquiring program information and storing it in the program information storage unit, and a selection screen creation display instruction for creating and displaying a program selection screen. And a selected program display instruction means for displaying a screen selected from the program selection screen created and displayed by the selection screen creation display instruction means.

  Thereby, it is possible to transmit an instruction to acquire and store program information, create a program selection screen, and display from the remote control device to the display processing device. An instruction to display the program selected from the program selection screen can be transmitted from the remote control device to the display processing device.

[Embodiment 1]
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7 as follows.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a display processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the display processing device 1 includes a control unit 10, a program information storage unit 11, a display unit 12, and a program memory 13. The control unit 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, a program data receiving unit 102, a program information acquiring unit (program information acquiring unit) 103, a display control unit (display control unit) 104, an instruction command information receiving unit (instruction (Command information receiving means) 105, selection screen creation section (selection screen creation means) 106, and channel selection section 107. In the present embodiment, the display processing device 1 is provided with the display unit 12, but an external display device can be connected to the display processing device 1 instead of the display unit 12.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a remote control device 200 that transmits instruction command information to the display processing device 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the remote control device 200 includes a bookmark button (acquisition / storage instruction means) 201, a program selection screen button (selection screen creation / display instruction means) 202, a numeric input button 203, an up / down / left / right movement button 204, and an enter button (selection). Program display instruction means) 205, a channel up / down button 206, and various other processing buttons.

  The bookmark button 201 is a button that is pressed when instructing the display processing apparatus 1 to acquire program information of a program being displayed on the display unit 12.

  Here, “bookmarking” refers to a process of instructing the display processing apparatus 1 to acquire program information of a program being displayed on the display unit 12. “Bookmarked” means that the display processing apparatus 1 has received an instruction to acquire program information of a program being displayed.

  When the bookmark button 201 is pressed, the remote control device 200 transmits program information acquisition / storage instruction command information to the display processing device 1.

  The program selection screen button 202 is a button that is pressed when instructing the display processing apparatus 1 to display a program selection screen. When the program selection screen button 202 is pressed, the remote control device 200 transmits selection screen creation display instruction command information to the display processing device 1.

  The number input button 203 is a button for instructing the display processing device 1 such as a channel number. When the numeric input button 203 is pressed, the remote control device 200 transmits display instruction command information to the display processing device 1.

  The up / down / left / right movement buttons 204 are buttons for operating various setting menu screens (not shown) displayed on the display unit 12 of the display processing apparatus 1.

  The determination button 205 is a button for determining various setting menus selected by the up / down / left / right movement buttons 204 or the like. When the enter button 205 is pressed while the program selection screen is displayed on the display unit 12, the remote control device 200 transmits selected program display instruction command information to the display processing device 1.

  The channel up / down button 206 is a button for instructing the display processing device 1 to up and down the channel. When channel up / down button 206 is pressed, remote control device 200 transmits display instruction command information to display processing device 1.

  Details of each instruction command information will be described later. Next, each block of the display processing device 1 will be described.

  The CPU 101 performs processing such as input / output of the display processing device 1 and execution of each command. The program memory 13 is a memory in which a program including a processing method when the CPU 101 performs each process is stored. A specific example of the program memory 13 is a ROM (Read Only Memory) that is a read-only memory. The CPU 101, the program memory 13, and each unit in the control unit 10 are connected to each other via a system bus.

  The program data receiving unit 102 receives program data from the outside of its own device. Then, the received program data is transmitted to the channel selection unit 107. Here, the program data received from outside is terrestrial digital broadcast data received via an antenna or IP broadcast data received via a network.

  The channel selection unit 107 selects a desired program from the program data received from the program data reception unit 102. Then, the selected program data is transmitted to the display control unit 104. Here, the desired program is a program instructed by a channel number by a remote controller or the like from the user. The channel selection process is a process of tuning to a desired channel in the case of terrestrial digital broadcasting and acquiring program data of that channel. In the case of IP broadcasting, the desired IP address is set as a destination IP address. This is a process of acquiring program data.

  The display control unit 104 decodes the program data received from the channel selection unit 107 and transmits the decoded data to the display unit 12. Further, the program selection screen data received from the selection screen creation unit 106 is transmitted to the display unit 12.

  The instruction command information receiving unit 105 receives instruction command information from the outside and notifies each unit. Here, the external instruction command information is information indicating a command that is instructed as a processing command described in the present embodiment by a remote control device or the like from a user. The instruction instruction information includes display instruction instruction information, program information acquisition / storage instruction instruction information, selection screen creation / display instruction instruction information, selected program display instruction instruction information, and the like.

  The display instruction command information is information indicating an instruction command for displaying a program on the display unit 12 of the display processing device 1. The program information acquisition / storage instruction command information is information indicating an instruction command for causing the display processing apparatus 1 to acquire program information of a program displayed on the display unit 12 and storing the program information in the program information storage unit 11. The selection screen creation display instruction command information is information indicating an instruction command to cause the display processing device 1 to create a program selection screen and display it on the display unit 12. The selected program display instruction command information is information indicating an instruction command for causing the display unit 12 to display a program selected from the program selection screen.

  The program information acquisition unit 103 acquires the program information of the program selected by the channel selection unit 107 based on the instruction command information received by the instruction command information receiving unit 105. The program information acquisition unit 103 accesses the channel selection unit 107 and acquires program information of the program. The program information may be acquired by accessing the display control unit 104. Then, the acquired program information is stored in the program information storage unit 11. The program information may be acquired by accessing the server in which the program information is stored via a network and acquiring the program information.

  Here, the program information will be described. Program information is information related to a program indicating the characteristics of the received program. For example, a program channel number, a program still image, a program moving image, a program genre, a program leading actor name, a program distribution form (for example, satellite digital broadcast, terrestrial digital broadcast, IP broadcast, video on demand, etc.) ) And the acquisition time of these pieces of information.

  The program information storage unit 11 stores the program information acquired by the program information acquisition unit 103 for each program. An example of program information stored in the program information storage unit 11 is shown in FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram of a program information storage table showing program information stored in the program information storage unit 11. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the program information stored first is a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) image file with a channel number “101”, a still image “101shot.jpg”, a genre “variety”, and a leading actor. The name is “XXX”, the distribution form is “terrestrial digital”, and the program information acquisition time is “12:23:45 (12:23:45)”. Similarly, program information for a total of four programs is stored.

  If the program information exceeds the capacity that can be stored, the program information storage unit 11 may delete the program information stored first and store new program information while ensuring a free space.

  The selection screen creation unit 106 creates a program selection screen based on the program information stored in the program information storage unit 11 based on the instruction command information received by the instruction command information receiving unit 105. Specifically, when the selection screen creation unit 106 receives notification from the instruction command information reception unit 105 that the selection screen creation display instruction command information has been received, the selection screen creation unit 106 refers to the program information stored in the program information storage unit 11. To create a program selection screen. Then, program selection screen data indicating the created program selection screen is transmitted to the display control unit 104.

  An example of the program selection screen is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the program selection screen is a program selection screen in which program information on a plurality of programs is arranged and displayed on the display unit 12 in a matrix. Here, the program information of the bookmarked program is displayed so as to visually appeal to the user. The user can select a desired program via the remote control device 200 or the like while viewing the program selection screen of FIG.

  Note that the program selection screen is not limited to a screen in which program information is arranged in a matrix, and other display methods may be used as long as the program information is visually understandable for the user. For example, it may be a three-dimensional display screen in which program information is arranged along a circle and the program information is viewed from diagonally above.

  Here, when the program channel number is included as the program information, the channel number may be displayed on the program selection screen.

  When a program still image is included as program information, a still image may be displayed on the program selection screen.

  Further, when a moving image of a program is included as program information, the moving image may be displayed on the program selection screen. Here, since the moving image has a finite length, it is preferable to repeatedly display the moving image while the program selection screen is displayed.

  When the program genre is included as the program information, the genre may be displayed on the program selection screen. Furthermore, program information for a plurality of programs may be collected in the same genre, and only program information including program information of the same genre may be displayed.

  In addition, when the program actor information includes the name of the leading actor of the program, the name of the leading actor may be displayed on the program selection screen. Furthermore, program information for a plurality of programs may be collected by the same leading actor name, and only program information including the same leading actor name may be displayed.

  When the program distribution form is included as the program information, the program distribution form may be displayed on the program selection screen. Further, program information for a plurality of programs may be collected in the same program distribution form, and only program information including the same program distribution form may be displayed.

  Moreover, when the acquisition time of said various information is included as program information, you may display acquisition time together with said various display. Alternatively, it is possible to calculate how many minutes before (how many seconds ago, how many hours ago) the acquisition time and the current time and display it.

  If the program channel number and the program distribution form are included as program information, the channel selection unit 107 is tuned using these two pieces of information, and the program decoded by the display control unit 104 is displayed on the program selection screen. You may display it in the form of fitting.

  With such a display, the user can visually check the bookmarked program and can compare it with other programs, so that the user can easily select a favorite program.

  The display unit 12 displays the program selected by the channel selection unit 107 based on the data received from the display control unit 104 and the program selection screen created by the selection screen creation unit 106. The display unit 12 may be realized by any device as long as it can display information, and a specific example is a liquid crystal display device.

  Next, the processing flow of the display processing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing the order of processing in the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user operates display processing apparatus 1 using remote control device 200. Then, a user operation in the remote control device 200, instruction command information transmitted and received between the remote control device 200 and the display processing device 1, and processing in the display processing device 1 are shown.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for acquiring program information and storing program information in the display processing apparatus 1. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for creating a program selection screen and displaying the program selection screen in the display processing apparatus 1.

  Hereinafter, the user performs a zapping operation using the remote control device 200, performs bookmark processing for a program of interest, displays a program selection screen program later, selects the most favorite program, and views it. The flow will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In the process described below, it is assumed that the display processing apparatus 1 is already in a state where it can receive broadcasts of each distribution form.

  As shown in FIG. 5, first, in order to search for a program of interest, the user operates the display processing device 1 using the remote control device 200 and displays various programs by a zapping operation. In this case, the user performs a zapping operation by pressing (500) the numeric input button 203 or the channel up / down button 206 of the remote control device 200. By the above operation, the remote control device 200 transmits display instruction command information to the display processing device 1, and the display processing device 1 that has received the instruction command information displays the instructed program (504). This process is performed in the same manner as in the prior art.

  When the user feels that the program he likes or wants to check again later, the user presses the bookmark button 201 of the remote control device 200 (501). As a result, the remote control device 200 transmits program information acquisition / storage instruction command information to the display processing device 1. The display processing device 1 that has received the instruction command information by the instruction command information receiving unit 105 acquires the program information and stores it in the program information storage unit 11 (505). This is performed by the program information acquisition unit 103 accessing the channel selection unit 107. Alternatively, it is performed by accessing the display control unit 104. Here, a storage table of program information stored in the program information storage unit 11 is shown in FIG.

  Here, the program information is acquired as follows according to the contents. When the program information includes the channel number of the program, the channel number tuned by the channel selection unit 107 is acquired. When the program information includes a still image of the program, the display control unit 104 acquires the still image of the program displayed on the display unit 12 as a JPEG image. When the program information includes a moving image of the program, the display control unit 104 acquires the program displayed on the display unit 12 as an MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) moving image for a predetermined time. When the program information includes the genre of the program and the name of the leading actor, if the contents are included in the received program data, the program information is acquired from the tuning unit 107. If it is not included in the received program data, it may be configured to connect to a network and acquire from a server on the network. When the program information includes the distribution form, the program data receiving unit 102 acquires the distribution form of the program received. When the program information includes the acquisition time of the program information, the time when the program information acquisition unit 103 acquires the program information is set as the acquisition time of the program information.

  The user repeats the above operations 500 and 501. Thereafter, when the user presses the program selection screen button 202 (502), the remote control device 200 transmits selection screen creation display instruction command information to the display processing device 1. The display processing apparatus 1 that has received the instruction command information by the instruction command information receiving unit 105 creates a program selection screen as shown in FIG. 4 and displays it on the display unit 12 (506). This is done by the selection screen creation unit 106 accessing the program information storage unit 11, acquiring program information from the program information storage table, and creating a program selection screen from the acquired program information.

  In addition to the above-described command for instructing to acquire program information of the program currently displayed on the display unit 12 when the bookmark button 201 is pressed, a command for instructing to select the next channel number is provided. You may also go together. Here, the next channel number is preferably determined by the user's channel selection operation. For example, if the user has selected the channel numbers in ascending order (up), the next channel number will be the next channel number when they are arranged in ascending order, and the user has selected the channel number in descending order (down). In this case, it is preferable that the next channel number is the next channel number when arranged in descending order.

  Next, the user selects the most favorite program among them while comparing the program information displayed on the program selection screen or remembering and comparing the contents of the program from the program information. This is performed by the user selecting a favorite program with the up / down / left / right movement buttons 204 of the remote control device 200 and pressing the decision button 205 (503). The remote control device 200 whose determination button 205 is pressed transmits the selected program display instruction command information to the display processing device 1, and the display processing device 1 that has received the instruction command information displays the instructed program ( 507). This process is performed in the same manner as in the prior art.

  Next, the flow of processing of program information acquisition and program information storage in the display processing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, first, when the instruction command information receiving unit 105 receives program information acquisition / storage instruction command information (YES in S601), the program information acquisition unit 103 acquires program information (S602). Then, the program information acquisition unit 103 stores the acquired program information in the program information storage unit 11 (S603). Thereafter, the process returns to the start.

  Next, the flow of processing for creating the program selection screen and displaying the program selection screen in the display processing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, first, when the instruction command information receiving unit 105 receives selection screen creation display instruction command information (YES in S <b> 701), the selection screen creation unit 106 stores program information stored in the program information storage unit 11. Program information is acquired from the storage table (S702). Then, the selection screen creation unit 106 creates a program selection screen from the acquired program information (S703) and transmits it to the display control unit 104. Then, the display control unit 104 displays a program selection screen on the display unit 12 (S704). Thereafter, the process returns to the start.

  A program information erasure unit (program information erasure means) is provided, and the program information erasure unit stores a program stored in the program information storage unit 11 when a predetermined time elapses after the program is selected from the program selection screen. Information may be erased.

  This is done as follows. When the instruction information receiving unit 105 receives the selected program display instruction command information and determines that a predetermined time has elapsed, the program information deleting unit deletes the program information stored in the program information storage unit 11. . Here, the predetermined time is a time that the user will not perform the zapping operation again after the program is selected. Alternatively, it may be detected that the user starts the zapping operation again, and the program information is deleted at that time.

  Alternatively, the selection screen creation unit 106 may create a program selection screen when the program to be tuned by the channel selection unit 107 goes around. Here, the time when the program goes around is when the user returns to the first channel by the zapping operation performed by the user. In addition, a channel selection end determination unit (channel selection end determination means) is provided, and when the channel selection end determination unit determines that the program has made a round by the zapping operation, the selection screen creation unit 106 creates a program selection screen. It may be a thing.

  The selection screen creation unit 106 may create a program selection screen when the number of acquired program information exceeds a certain threshold. Alternatively, the program selection screen may be created when the distribution form of the program to be tuned by the channel selection unit 107 changes. Also, the program selection screen is created by dividing it into a plurality of pages. The display control unit 104 displays data of only one page on the display unit 12, and the other page data is displayed when selection instruction data is received. You may make it display on the part 12. FIG. Further, the pages may be created by dividing the pages into the same page for each genre and each leading actor name.

  In addition, the selection screen creation unit 106 first displays a program selection screen including program information that can only fit on one page when there is much program information to be displayed on the program selection screen and the program selection screen does not fit on one page. By creating and selecting unnecessary program information from the user, the program information is deleted from the program selection screen, and a program selection screen for displaying program information that cannot be sequentially displayed in an empty space is created. Good.

  Further, while the user performs a zapping operation and repeats the actions 500 and 501 in FIG. 5 in order to bookmark a favorite program, the display processing apparatus 1 displays information on how long the program will return to the first program. Also good. Examples of the information to be displayed include the remaining number of selectable programs, the number of bookmarks up to the present, the number of selected programs up to the present, and the like. These pieces of information may be processed and displayed in% and bar. Further, such information may be displayed on another device such as the remote control device 200.

  Further, the display of the program selection screen is not limited to the own device, and may be displayed on the remote control device 200 or another device.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that when a user gives an instruction with a remote control device or the like, program information of a program being displayed is acquired and stored, a program selection screen is created and displayed from the acquired program information, and the remote control is vertically and horizontally The purpose is to cause the user to select a program from a program selection screen using a movement button or the like, and to display the selected program. With these features, the user can easily find out again a program that the user likes (or a program that he / she remembered) while viewing the visual program selection screen. This eliminates the need for zapping again as in the prior art. Also, instead of selecting a favorite program at the time of zapping, compare the program information shown on the program selection screen later, and remember and compare the contents of the program from the program information, the most liked It becomes possible to select a program slowly.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. That is, embodiments obtained by combining technical means appropriately changed within the scope of the claims are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  Finally, each block of the display processing device 1, in particular, the program data receiving unit 102, the program information obtaining unit 103, the display control unit 104, the instruction command information receiving unit 105, the selection screen creation unit 106, and the channel selection unit 107 You may comprise by a logic and may implement | achieve by software using CPU as follows.

  That is, the display processing device 1 includes a CPU that executes instructions of a control program that realizes each function, a ROM (read only memory) that stores the program, a RAM (random access memory) that expands the program, the program, and various types A storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing data is provided. An object of the present invention is a recording medium on which a program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of a control program of the display processing apparatus 1 which is software for realizing the above-described functions is recorded so as to be readable by a computer. This can also be achieved by supplying the display processing apparatus 1 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include tapes such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes, magnetic disks such as floppy (registered trademark) disks / hard disks, and disks including optical disks such as CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  Further, the display processing device 1 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Also, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  Since the user can easily check and select programs of a plurality of channels that the user likes, the present invention can be applied to a display processing apparatus that receives a plurality of channels, particularly a display processing apparatus that supports multiple channels.

1, showing an embodiment of the present invention, is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a main part of a display processing device. FIG. It is a figure which shows the said embodiment and shows the remote control apparatus corresponding to the said display processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the program information storage table memorize | stored in the program information storage part in the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the program selection screen in the said embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow until it displays the program selected from the zapping in the said embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow after receiving program information acquisition storage instruction | indication command information in the said embodiment until it memorize | stores program information. It is a flowchart which shows the flow after receiving the selection screen creation display instruction command information in the said embodiment until it displays a program selection screen.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Display processing apparatus 10 Control part 11 Program information storage part 12 Display part 13 Program memory 101 CPU (Central Processing Unit)
102 program data receiving unit 103 program information acquiring unit (program information acquiring means)
104 Display control unit (display control means)
105 Instruction command information receiving unit (instruction command information receiving means)
106 Selection screen creation unit (selection screen creation means)
107 channel selection unit 200 remote control device 201 bookmark button (acquisition storage instruction means)
202 Program selection screen button (selection screen creation display instruction means)
205 Enter button (selected program display instruction means)

Claims (20)

Program information acquisition means for acquiring program information, which is information related to a program, of a program selected as a selection candidate by the user;
A program information storage unit for storing program information acquired by the program information acquisition means;
A selection screen creation means for creating a program selection screen that is a screen for the user to select a program from among the program information selected by the user from the program information stored in the program information storage unit;
A display processing apparatus comprising: a display control unit that causes a display unit to display a program selection screen created by the selection screen creation unit.   The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program information includes channel information of the program.   The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program information includes a still image indicating program content.   The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program information includes a moving image indicating program content.   The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program information includes program distribution form information.   The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program information includes a time when the program information acquisition unit acquires the program information.   The program selection screen displays at least one of program channel information, a still image indicating program content, a moving image indicating program content, and program distribution form information stored in the program information storage unit. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display processing apparatus is a screen. The program information includes program channel information and program distribution form information,
2. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection screen creation means creates a program selection screen using the program being broadcast from the channel information and program distribution form information. Instruction command information receiving means for receiving program information acquisition command information from another device,
When the instruction command information receiving means receives program information acquisition command information, the program information acquisition means acquires the program information indicated in the acquisition command information,
The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program information storage unit stores program information acquired by the program information acquisition unit. The instruction command information receiving means receives display command information of a program selection screen,
When the instruction command information receiving unit receives the display command information, the selection screen creation unit creates a program selection screen based on the program information stored in the program information storage unit,
The display processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the display control unit causes the display unit to display a program selection screen created by the selection screen creation unit. The instruction command information receiving means receives selection determination display command information as to which program is selected from the program selection screen,
11. The display control unit causes the display unit to display a program indicated by the selection determination display command information when the instruction command information reception unit receives the selection determination display command information. The display processing device according to 1.   2. A program information erasing unit for erasing program information from the program information storage unit when a predetermined time elapses after the instruction command information receiving unit receives the selection determination display command information. 11. The display processing device according to 11. Comprising a channel selection end determination means for determining the end of continuous channel selection operation by the user,
The selection screen creation means creates a program selection screen when the channel selection end determination means determines that the user's continuous channel selection operation has ended,
The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays the program selection screen on a display unit. For the display processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 13,
Acquisition storage instruction means for acquiring program information and storing it in the program information storage unit;
A selection screen creation display instruction means for creating and displaying a program selection screen;
A remote control apparatus comprising: a selected program display instruction means for displaying a screen selected from the program selection screen created and displayed by the selection screen creation display instruction means. A control method for a display processing device including a program information storage unit that stores program information that is information related to a program of a program selected by a user,
A program information acquisition step for acquiring program information;
A selection screen creation step for creating a program selection screen that is a screen for the user to select a program from among the program information selected by the user from the program information stored in the program information storage unit;
And a selection screen display step for displaying the program selection screen created in the selection screen creation step on a display unit. A method for controlling a display system comprising a display processing device comprising a program information storage unit for storing program information which is information related to a program, and a remote control device for transmitting instruction command information to the display processing device,
An acquisition storage instruction step of transmitting instruction instruction information to acquire program information to the display processing device and store it in the program information storage unit;
A program information acquisition step for acquiring program information of the program indicated in the instruction command information transmitted in the acquisition storage instruction step;
A selection screen creation display instruction step for transmitting instruction command information for instructing creation and display of a program selection screen;
A selection screen creation step for creating a program selection screen from the program information stored in the program information storage unit according to the instruction command information transmitted in the selection screen creation display instruction step;
A display system control method comprising: a selection screen display step for displaying a program selection screen on a display unit. A method for controlling a display system comprising a display processing device comprising a program information storage unit for storing program information which is information related to a program, and a remote control device for transmitting instruction command information to the display processing device,
An acquisition storage instruction step of transmitting instruction instruction information to acquire program information to the display processing device and store it in the program information storage unit;
A program information acquisition step for acquiring program information of the program indicated in the instruction command information transmitted in the acquisition storage instruction step;
A channel selection end determination step for determining the end of continuous channel selection operation by the user;
A selection screen creation step for creating a program selection screen from the program information stored in the program information storage unit when it is determined in the channel selection end determination step that the user's continuous channel selection operation has ended;
A display system control method comprising: a selection screen display step for displaying a program selection screen on a display unit.   18. A display system control program for executing the display system control method according to claim 16 or 17, wherein the display system control program causes a computer to execute the above steps.   A display system comprising the display processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 13 and a remote control device that transmits instruction command information to the display processing device.   15. A display system comprising the remote control device according to claim 14 and a display processing device to which the remote control device transmits instruction command information.

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