JP2011130225A - Broadcast recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a broadcast recording device for mitigating a burden of a user by automatically executing a follow-up recording function even when a program broadcast plan changes after program reservation. <P>SOLUTION: When there is a program reservation for recording in the same channel, time period, and day of the week, the broadcast recording device obtains the electronic program table and searches for a program matching the program name and channel of the reserved program from the electronic program table. When the program matched is found as a result of search in a different time period of the same day as the reserved program, the time period for reservation of recording is changed to the time period of the program matched only in the week wherein the program matched is found. When the program matched is found as a result of search in a day of the week different from that reserved for recording, the day and time period for reservation of recording are changed to the day and time period of the program matched in the week where the program matched is found and in the subsequent weeks. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a broadcast recording apparatus that receives and records a television broadcast.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a broadcast recording apparatus for recording a television broadcast program has a recording reservation function for automatically recording according to a reservation set by a user. When making a recording reservation, the user makes a reservation by directly inputting a desired date and time or by selecting a program on an electronic program guide (EPG). In addition, there is a type in which a user automatically sets a condition such as a keyword and the apparatus automatically searches for and records a program that matches the condition.

  Furthermore, the start of a program reserved for recording may be delayed from the scheduled time due to an extension of a baseball broadcast or an occasional news. In such a case, there is also an apparatus that acquires the latest EPG, detects a change in the broadcast time of the program, and changes the recording reservation time. In addition to this, various techniques for recording reservation have been proposed.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a program data input means for inputting the program name, channel, broadcast start date / time, and broadcast end date / time of each program as program data, a program data holding means for holding program data, and an input from a user. A recording reservation apparatus having recording reservation program specifying means for specifying and recording a program in the program data and recording reservation data holding means for recording and registering the specified recording reservation program is disclosed.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, when a recorded program is designated by the user, a means for retrieving a program whose program name matches the recorded program is searched, and only one program whose program name matches the designated program is retrieved. In this case, a means for displaying the program as a related program, and when a plurality of programs having the same program name as the recording designated program are searched, a program related program is selected from the searched programs based on the subtitle name. If the program that matches the program name with the recorded program is not searched, the program that includes a part of the program name of the specified program is included in the program name, and the searched program is related. A digital television broadcast receiver comprising means for displaying as a program is disclosed.

  Further, in Patent Document 3, in a recording apparatus that records at least one of video and audio of a broadcast program according to reservation information, acquisition means for acquiring program information of the broadcast program, a program name included in the reservation information, and the acquisition And calculating means for calculating the similarity with the program name described in the program information acquired by the means, and changing the reservation information using the program information of the broadcast program specified based on the similarity. Changing means for changing the reservation information based on program information of the broadcast program corresponding to the program identification information included in the reservation information, and recording control for recording at least one of the video or audio of the broadcast program according to the reservation information And a recording device including the means.

  Further, in Patent Document 4, in an information processing apparatus that searches for content that matches a search condition, a management unit that manages designated recording reservation information indicating details of a recording reservation of content set based on a user operation, and search Acquisition means for acquiring a plurality of attribute information respectively corresponding to a plurality of target contents; acquiring the name of the content from the specified recording reservation information; acquiring the name of the content from the attribute information; Based on the acquired name, the similarity calculating means for calculating the similarity between the name acquired from the reservation information and the name acquired from the attribute information, the name of the content from the designated recording reservation information Based on the result of comparing the similarity with the threshold value, and a threshold value calculation means for calculating a threshold value for the specified recording reservation information. The information processing apparatus including a detection means for detecting a content related to the content is disclosed.

JP-A-11-86377 JP 2002-199294 A JP 2007-74494 A JP 2008-67332 A

  Various techniques related to video recording have been proposed as in Patent Documents 1 to 4 described above, but since there is no way to deal with any situation, there is room for improvement with the aim of further improving usability.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a broadcast recording apparatus that reduces the burden on the user by automatically following and recording even when the program organization changes after a recording reservation.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an electronic program guide in a broadcast recording apparatus for receiving and recording a television broadcast when there is a program reserved for recording on the same day of the week, time zone and channel every week. From the electronic program guide, and searches for a program that matches the program name and channel of the reserved program. As a result of the search, the same day of the week when the matching program is reserved for recording is obtained. If the matching program is found in a different time zone, the recording reservation time zone is changed to the matching program time zone only during the week when the matching program is found, and as a result of the search, the matching program is reserved for recording. If the matching program is found on a different day of the week, the day and time of the scheduled recording will be changed to the day and time of the matching program during the week when the matching program is found and thereafter. And butterflies.

  According to this configuration, first, even if the start of a program scheduled for weekly recording is different from the scheduled time, recording can be performed following the change, and secondly, the recording reservation for weekly Even if the day of the week or day of the week of the program being played is different from the schedule, recording can be performed following the change.

  In the above broadcast recording apparatus, it is preferable that the electronic program guide is acquired at least once a day, and the search is performed every time the electronic program guide is acquired, from the viewpoint of increasing the accuracy of recording reservation.

  In the broadcast recording apparatus, a program with a program name similar to the program name of the reserved program is searched from the electronic program guide, and as a result of the search, a program with the similar program name is found. In this case, recording reservation may be made for the found program.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to automatically record a program related to a program reserved for recording.

  In the broadcast recording apparatus, it is preferable that whether or not to search for a program with a program name similar to the reserved program name from the electronic program guide can be set in advance. Thereby, only when the user desires, the program related to the recording reservation can be automatically recorded.

  In the above broadcast recording apparatus, the program having the similar program name is, for example, a rebroadcast program, a special program, a rebroadcast program of a special program, a first part / sequel program, a first part / sequel, of the reserved program. It can be any rebroadcast program.

  According to the present invention, even when the program organization is changed after the recording reservation, the recording is automatically followed to reduce the burden on the user.

  Furthermore, since the program related to the program reserved for recording can be automatically recorded, the burden on the user can be further reduced.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an HDD-integrated optical disk device of the present invention and peripheral devices thereof. FIG. 6 is a flowchart relating to an operation after a recording reservation of the HDD integrated optical disc apparatus of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, a hard disk drive (HDD) integrated optical disk apparatus will be described as an example of a broadcast recording apparatus. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an HDD integrated optical disk device 10 and its peripheral devices. A display device 11 such as a television is connected to the HDD integrated optical disk device 10. The HDD integrated optical disk device 10 can be operated by a remote controller 13. Hereinafter, a BD (Blu-ray Disc) will be described as an example of the optical disc.

  The HDD-integrated optical disk apparatus 10 includes a tuner 16 that demodulates and digitizes a television broadcast signal received by an antenna 15, and compresses and encodes image / audio data received from the tuner 16 in accordance with MPEG2 or the like, or an HDD recording / reproducing unit 18 or the BD / DVD recording / reproducing unit 19, the image / audio compression / decompression unit 17 for decompressing / decoding the compressed image data, and the compressed video / audio data received from the image / audio compression / decompression unit 17 to the HDD. The HDD recording / reproducing unit 18 for recording or reproducing the data recorded on the HDD and the compressed image / audio data received from the image / audio compression / decompression unit 17 are recorded on the inserted BD or recorded on the BD. BD / DVD recording / reproducing unit 19 that reproduces recorded data and various setting values are displayed on a part of the display device 11 The OSD (On Screen Display) unit 20 that can be determined, the image signal from the OSD unit 20 is converted into an analog signal, the image output unit 21 that outputs the signal to the display device 11, and the audio signal from the image audio compression / decompression unit 17 And a sound output unit 22 that outputs to the display device, a memory 23 that includes a ROM or a RAM, a remote control reception unit 24 that receives a signal from the remote controller 13, and a control unit 26 that controls each unit of the HDD-integrated optical disc apparatus 10. And.

  The control unit 26 also performs control related to a recording reservation that automatically records according to a reservation set by the user. The recording reservation is made by, for example, operating the remote controller 13 on the reservation screen to designate a desired date and time and channel.

  Further, for example, the recording reservation is made by selecting a desired program on the EPG screen. Specifically, at the time of reservation from the EPG screen, when a desired program is selected, the user is prompted to select one time recording reservation or recording reservation for recording on the same day, time zone and channel every week. Items can also be selected. Conditional reservation is a function of registering a program name of a program reserved for recording and automatically recording a program with a program name similar to the program name.

  The program having a similar program name here is a case where the program name is partially different. For example, a rebroadcast program, a special program, a rebroadcast program of a special program, a first part / sequel program, a first part of a reserved program / A rebroadcast program of a sequel program. If it is a rebroadcast, “Re” is written before or after the program name, if it is a special program, “special” etc. is included in the program name, or if it is a prequel / sequel, "Vol.", "Season", "continue", "new", etc. are included, so if the program name is a combination of these words and a part of the reserved program name, a similar program name Can be determined.

  Note that the method for determining whether or not the program names are similar is not particularly limited, and it may be determined simply by whether or not consecutive predetermined words in the program names match.

  When the above-described conditional reservation is set, the control unit 26 obtains an EPG extracted from a television broadcast signal, and selects a program with a program name similar to the reserved program name from the EPG. If a program with a similar program name is found as a result of the search, the program is automatically reserved for recording.

  In addition, when the EPG is acquired, the control unit 26, when there is a program that is scheduled to be recorded on the same day of the week, time zone, and channel every week, that is, the recording reservation that is set to weekly at the time of recording reservation If there is, the EPG is compared with the contents of the recording reservation, and when the program organization changes, the recording is automatically followed.

  Specifically, a program that matches the program name and channel of the reserved program is searched from the EPG, and as a result of the search, the matching program has a different time zone on the same day of the week as the recording reservation. If a matching program is found, the recording reservation time zone is changed to the matching program time zone only during the week when the matching program is found.

  On the other hand, as a result of the search, if a matching program is found on a different day of the week from which the recording is reserved, the week of the matching program is found and the day of the program that matches the day and time of the recording reservation. And change to the time zone.

  It is desirable that the EPG is acquired at least once a day, and the above search is performed every time the EPG is acquired. In order to further improve the accuracy of following the recording reservation, the above-described search may be performed by increasing the number of EPG acquisitions or by acquiring the latest EPG by the number of recording starts of the recording reservation. The user may be able to set when and how often the EPG is acquired.

  Hereinafter, the recording reservation function of the HDD integrated optical disk apparatus 10 will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a flowchart relating to the operation after the recording reservation of the HDD integrated optical disc apparatus 10.

  First, when the remote controller 13 is operated by the user and recording reservations are set for recording on the same day, time and channel every week, in other words, recording reservations are made to record on the same day, time and channel every week. When there is a program, the control unit 26, when acquiring the EPG in step S10, proceeds to step S11 and searches the EPG for a program that matches the program name and channel of the reserved program. For example, it is assumed here that every Monday, a time zone of 21: 00-22: 00, two channels of digital terrestrial broadcasting, and a program with the program name “A vol.2” are reserved for recording.

  Proceeding to step S12, it is determined whether or not a matching program has been found as a result of the search. If a matching program is found, the process proceeds to step S13 to determine whether it is the same day of the week as the scheduled recording. If it is the same day of the week in step S13, the process proceeds to step S14 to determine whether or not it is a time zone different from the recording reservation. If it is the same time zone in step S14, the contents reserved for recording remain, so the process proceeds to step S15 and the contents of recording reservation are not changed.

  On the other hand, if the time zone is different in step S14, the process proceeds to step S16, and the recording reservation time zone is changed to the time zone of the matching program only in the week in which the matching program is found.

  For example, if a program with the program name “A vol.2” is found in the time zone of 21: 30-22: 30 today (Monday) in the column of the 2nd channel of EPG terrestrial digital broadcasting, Only the recording reservation time zone is changed to 21: 30-22: 30. As a result, even if the start of a weekly recording reservation is different from the scheduled time due to the extension of baseball broadcasts, special news or special programs, etc., recording can be performed following the change. it can.

  On the other hand, if it is a different day of the week in step S13, the process proceeds to step S17 regardless of whether or not it is in a different time zone, and the week in which the matching program is found and the program that matches the day and time zone of the recording reservation after that week. Change to the day and time of the day.

  For example, if a program with the program name “A vol.2” is found at 21: 00-22: 00 on Tuesday next week in the column of the 2nd channel of EPG terrestrial digital broadcasting, recording in the next week and thereafter in step S17. The reservation is changed to 21: 00-22: 00 on Tuesday. As a result, even if the program organization is changed, even if the day of the week or the day of the week and the time zone of the program reserved for recording every week are different from the schedule, recording can be performed following the change.

  If no matching program is found in step S12, the process proceeds from step S15, step S16, and step S17 to step S18. In step S18, it is determined whether or not the program name of the program reserved for recording is registered as a conditional reservation. When a conditional reservation item is selected by the user at the time of recording reservation, the program name is registered (stored) as a conditional reservation.

  If the program name is registered as a conditional reservation in step S18, the process proceeds to step S19, and a program with a program name similar to the registered program name is searched from the EPG. Here, all broadcast waves and channels are searched regardless of broadcast waves and channels reserved for recording.

  It progresses to step S20 and it is discriminate | determined whether the similar program was found as a result of the search. If a similar program is found, the process proceeds to step S21, where the found program is automatically reserved for recording, and the process ends.

  For example, if a program with a program name of “Re-A vol.2” is found at 13: 00-14: 00 on Tuesday of the 2nd channel of EPG terrestrial digital broadcasting, the program is automatically recorded in step S21. make a reservation. As a result, rebroadcasts of programs that are scheduled for weekly recording can be automatically recorded, so that even if a recording is reserved from the middle of a continuous drama, it can be recorded if there is a rebroadcast.

  Also, for example, if a program with the program name “New A vol.3” is found at 18: 00-19: 00 next Monday of one EPG BS digital broadcast channel, the program is automatically selected in step S21. Schedule recording. As a result, a new series (sequel) of programs scheduled for weekly recording can be automatically recorded. Although this is a one-time recording reservation, the recording reservation is automatically made every time the program name is found. Therefore, if it is broadcast continuously every week, the recording reservation can be substantially automatically made weekly.

  On the other hand, if the program name is not registered as a conditional reservation in step S18, or if a similar program is not found in step S20, the process ends.

  The present invention can be used in a broadcast recording apparatus that receives and records a television broadcast. For example, an HDD recording / playback apparatus, an optical disk recording / playback apparatus, an HDD integrated optical disk apparatus, an HDD integrated STB (set top box), and an optical disk integrated type. It can be used for STB.

      10 HDD integrated optical disk device (broadcast recording device)

Claims (5)

In a broadcast recording device that receives and records a television broadcast,
If you have a program scheduled to be recorded on the same day, time, and channel every week,
Get the electronic program guide,
Search the electronic program guide for a program that matches the program name and channel of the reserved program,
As a result of the search, if the matching program is found in a different time zone on the same day of the week as the recording reservation, only the week in which the matching program is found is set the recording reservation time zone of the matching program. Change to the time zone,
As a result of the search, if the matching program is found on a different day of the week from which the recording reservation is made, the day and time zone of the recording reservation will be set to the week of the matching program found and thereafter. A broadcast recording apparatus characterized by changing to a day of the week and a time zone.   The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic program guide is acquired at least once a day, and the search is performed every time the electronic program guide is acquired. Search the electronic program guide for a program with a program name similar to the program name of the reserved program,
3. The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a program having the similar program name is found as a result of the search, the found program is reserved for recording.   4. The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 3, wherein whether or not to search for a program with a program name similar to the reserved program name from the electronic program guide can be set in advance. .   The program having the similar program name is any of a rebroadcast program, a special program, a special program rebroadcast program, a first part / sequel program, and a first part / sequel program rebroadcast program of the reserved program. The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that

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