JP2019140467A - Receiving device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a receiving device or the like that displays program information of an unviewed recorded program on an electronic program guide displaying program information of a broadcast program.SOLUTION: A receiving device includes: a receiving unit that receives a broadcast program and program information related to the broadcast program; a recording unit that records the broadcast program as a recorded program; a display control unit that performs control to display an electronic program guide in which a program frame for storing program information of the broadcast program is arranged on the basis of the program information; and a program frame determination unit that determines a program frame for displaying program information of an unviewed recorded program from among recorded programs, in which the display control unit performs control to display program information of the unviewed recorded program in the program frame determined by the program frame determination unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a receiving device and the like.

  Conventionally, it is possible to check broadcast programs by displaying an electronic program guide using a device that receives digital broadcasts, and to make a recording reservation by a simple operation from the electronic program guide. .

  Techniques for simply displaying broadcast programs and recorded programs have also been proposed. For example, a system for creating a private program guide according to a genre or keyword preferred by a user has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, there has been proposed an electronic device capable of improving visibility when a list of scheduled recording programs and recorded programs is displayed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent No. 3952435 JP2015-154404A

  However, Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 do not link a broadcast program (broadcast program) with a recorded program (recorded program). Therefore, the user cannot be prompted to view a recorded program related to the broadcast program.

  Furthermore, with the recent increase in capacity of storage media, many recorded programs can be stored (recorded). Here, since the recording can be performed by a simple operation, the recorded program may be stored while the recorded program is not viewed. As a result, when the storable area is reduced, inefficient viewing such as viewing the recorded program collectively may be performed.

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a receiving apparatus that displays program information of an unviewed recorded program on an electronic program guide displaying program information of a broadcast program.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the receiving device of the present invention provides:
A receiver that receives a broadcast program and program information related to the broadcast program;
A recording unit for recording the broadcast program as a recorded program;
A display control unit that performs control to display an electronic program guide in which program frames for storing program information of the broadcast program are arranged based on the program information;
Among the recorded programs, a program frame determining unit that determines a program frame for displaying program information of an unviewed recorded program;
With
The display control unit
Control for displaying program information of the unviewed recorded program in the program frame determined by the program frame determination unit is performed.

The program of the present invention
On the computer,
A receiving function for receiving broadcast programs and program information relating to broadcast programs;
A recording function for recording the broadcast program as a recorded program;
A display control function for performing control to display an electronic program guide in which program frames for storing program information of the broadcast program are arranged based on the program information;
Among the recorded programs, a program frame determining function for determining a program frame for displaying program information of an unviewed recorded program;
Realized,
The display control function is:
Control for displaying the program information of the unviewed recorded program in the program frame determined by the program frame determination function is performed.

  According to the present invention, a program frame for displaying program information of an unviewed recorded program is determined for an electronic program guide in which program frames for storing program information of broadcast programs are arranged, and the determined program frame is Program information of an unviewed recorded program is displayed. Therefore, the user can grasp an unviewed recorded program while checking the electronic program guide. In addition, when the user is prompted to view an unviewed recorded program, the user can view the recorded program efficiently by viewing the unviewed recorded program.

It is a figure for demonstrating the whole structure of the whole structure in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the function structure of the receiver in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline of the content processing part in 1st Embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure of the program information in 1st Embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure of the management table in 1st Embodiment. It is an operation | movement flow for demonstrating the electronic program guide display process in 1st Embodiment. It is an operation | movement flow for demonstrating the recording program frame determination process in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation example in 1st Embodiment. It is an operation | movement flow for demonstrating another processing method of the video recording program frame determination process in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the memory | storage part in 2nd Embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure of the priority table classified by genre in 2nd Embodiment. It is an operation | movement flow for demonstrating the recording program frame determination process in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation example in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the memory | storage part in 3rd Embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure of the time slot | zone priority table in 3rd Embodiment. It is an operation | movement flow for demonstrating the recording program frame determination process in 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation example in 3rd Embodiment.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, as an example, a case will be described in which the receiving device of the present invention is applied to a receiving device capable of receiving a program transmitted from a broadcasting station, such as a recorder or a television device.

[1. First Embodiment]
[1.1 Overall configuration]
With reference to FIG. 1, the entire system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 shows a receiving system 1 in which a receiving device 5 receives a broadcast wave from a broadcast station 20 and receives a broadcast program as content. The mechanism for receiving the broadcast wave may be wired or wireless.

  Here, the receiving device 5 includes, for example, a receiving device 10 (for example, a recorder) capable of recording and the like, a broadcast program, a recorded recorded program, and a distributed program (for example, VOD) distributed as a content. There is a television device 15 capable of displaying (distributed programs distributed by (Video On Demand)).

  For convenience of explanation, the receiving device 10 will be described below as an example, but only one of the devices may be used, or the receiving device 10 may be realized by both devices.

[1.2 Functional configuration]
Next, the functional configuration of the receiving device 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the receiving device 10 includes a control unit 100, a tuner unit 110, a content processing unit 120, a communication unit 130, a storage unit 140, a video output unit 150, an audio output unit 160, An operation unit 170 is provided. Note that the tuner unit 110 and / or the communication unit 130 functions as a receiving unit.

  The control unit 100 is a functional unit for controlling the entire receiving apparatus 10. The control unit 100 realizes various functions by reading and executing various programs stored in the storage unit 140, and is configured by, for example, one or a plurality of CPUs (Central Processing Units).

  The control unit 100 also functions as an electronic program guide generation unit 102, an electronic program guide display control unit 104, and a recording reservation unit 106 by executing software.

  The electronic program guide generating unit 102 generates an electronic program guide based on the program information acquired from the received broadcast wave. Any known method may be used as a method for generating the electronic program guide. For example, EIT is obtained from SI (Service Information / program arrangement information) included in a TS (Transport Stream) demodulated from a broadcast signal. (Event Information Table) is referred to, and program information is acquired as information related to the program.

  Here, the program arrangement information (SI) may use program arrangement information for each broadcasting station, or may use program arrangement information including all broadcasting stations.

  The EIT includes information (program information) related to the program such as the program name, broadcast date and time, description of contents, and series information.

  Here, about series things, such as a series drama, a part or all becomes the same name as the name (program name) of the program contained in the same series. In addition, for these series, information may be stored in the EMT series information (series descriptor), the program name including the number of times may be included, or the number of times may be included in the description of the program content. Also good. As described above, the series drama and series programs are referred to as related programs in this embodiment.

  Further, the electronic program guide generating unit 102 may acquire the electronic program guide from another device from the communication unit 130 via the network NW.

  The electronic program guide generated by the electronic program guide generation unit 102 is stored in the electronic program guide storage area 142 of the storage unit 140.

  Here, the electronic program guide arranges program information of each program (broadcast program) as content in a program frame with one axis as a time axis and the other axis as a channel.

  The electronic program guide display control unit 104 displays the electronic program guide generated by the electronic program guide generation unit 102 on a display device (for example, the television device 15 in FIG. 1) via the video output unit 150.

  The recording reservation unit 106 reserves recording of a broadcast program according to an operation instruction from the user. For example, recording reservation can be performed by selecting a broadcast program from the displayed electronic program guide. The broadcast program reserved for recording is stored in the storage unit 140 (recorded program storage area 1442) as a recorded program by the recording control unit 1204 (recording unit) at a predetermined time (recording start time).

  The tuner unit 110 is a functional unit for receiving a broadcast signal from a channel frequency desired by the user. The tuner unit 110 receives a broadcast signal received from an external antenna or a broadcast signal transmitted from a wired broadcast station through a wired connection, and outputs the broadcast signal to the content processing unit 120.

  The content processing unit 120 is a functional unit for decoding the broadcast signal received by the tuner unit 110 and outputting the decoded signal to each functional unit. An outline of the content processing unit 120 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the content processing unit 120 is configured to include a playback control unit 1202, a recording control unit 1204, a TSDEMUX unit 1206, a video decoding unit 1208, and an audio decoding unit 1210.

  The broadcast signal received by the tuner unit 110 is separated into TSs by the TSDEMUX unit 1206 and is output to the functional units. For example, the video TS is output to the video decoding unit 1208, the audio TS is output to the audio decoding unit 1210, and other information, for example, program arrangement information (program information) is output to the control unit 100.

  Then, the video decoding unit 1208 decodes video data from the video TS and outputs the decoded video data to the video output unit 150 and the storage unit 140. In addition, the audio decoding unit 1210 decodes audio data from the audio TS and outputs the decoded audio data to the audio output unit 160 and the storage unit 140.

  Each video data and audio data is controlled by the playback control unit 1202 and output to the video output unit 150. When recording, the recording control unit 1204 controls the video data and audio data in the storage unit 140.

  The program arrangement information includes information related to a broadcast program including the received broadcast station. As described above, included in SI multiplexed in TS

  The communication unit 130 is connected to the network NW and communicates with other devices. For example, communication is performed using a wired / wireless LAN or a mobile phone network such as 3G / LTE / 5G.

  The storage unit 140 is a functional unit that stores various programs and various data necessary for the operation of the receiving device 10. The storage unit 140 includes, for example, an SSD (Solid State Drive) that is a semiconductor memory, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), or the like. In addition to the program, temporary information (for example, received program arrangement information) may be received.

  In addition, the storage unit 140 has an area of an electronic program guide storage area 142 in which an electronic program guide is stored and a recorded program storage area 144 in which a recorded program that is a content to be recorded is stored.

  The electronic program guide storage area 142 stores the electronic program display generated by the electronic program guide generation unit 102. The electronic program guide may be stored by a method such as HTML or XML, or may be stored as image data.

  The recorded program storage area 144 is an area for storing received / acquired content. That is, the video data and audio data output from the recording control unit 1204 are stored as a recorded program 1442 as one content.

  The recorded program 1442 is stored as a moving image file in various file formats such as MPEG2 / MPEG4 / AVCHD. Further, in order to uniquely identify the recorded program 1442, a recorded program ID that is an identification ID is given. That is, a recorded program ID and a recorded program (moving image file) are stored. The file name may be used as the identification ID without using the recorded program ID.

  In the present embodiment, when a moving image file is stored as a recorded program 1442, sequential recorded program IDs are assigned. For example, when the moving image file “aaa.mpg” is stored as the recorded program 1442, “1” is assigned as the recorded program ID. Furthermore, when another moving image file “bbb.mpg” is stored as the recorded program 1442, “2” is assigned as the recorded program ID. In this way, the moving image file can be identified by the recorded program ID.

  In the program information 1444, program information related to the recorded program 1442 is stored. Specifically, when a broadcast program is recorded, all or part of the program information of the broadcast program is stored as program information of the recorded program. Here, the program information 1444 is associated by storing identification information of the recorded program 1442 or storing a file name, for example.

  An example of the program information 1444 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the program information 1444 includes a recorded program ID (for example, “1”) for identifying the recorded program 1442 and a channel (for example, a channel number on which the broadcast program was broadcast). , “2”), the broadcast date and time (for example, “January 16 22:00 to 23:00”) indicating the date and time when the broadcast program was broadcast, and the program name of the broadcast program (for example, “drama” B episode 1), the broadcast content of the broadcast program (for example, “new love story, performers: X, Y...”), And the genre of the broadcast program (for example, “drama”).

  Information other than the information described above may be stored. For example, video information (view angle information), audio information, presence / absence of captions, series descriptors, and the like may be stored.

  The management table 1446 is a table in which information (hereinafter referred to as “management information”) managed with respect to the recorded program 1442 is stored. For example, the management table 1446 stores various information such as a flag indicating whether or not viewing / listening has been completed, a viewing position, the number of copies, and a deletion prohibition flag as management information.

  An example of the management table 1446 in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the management table 1446 includes a recorded program ID (for example, “1”) for identifying the recorded program 1442 and an unviewed flag (for example, “On”).

  In the present embodiment, when the unviewed flag is “On”, the recorded program is not viewed by the user, and when the unviewed flag is “−”, the recorded program is viewed by the user. Indicates that

The unviewed flag is set to “On” when the broadcast program is stored as the recorded program 1442. When the recorded program 1442 is viewed by the user, the unviewed flag is set to “−” for the information in the management table corresponding to the recorded program 1442. As watched,
(1) It is assumed that the recorded program has been viewed even once. (2) It is assumed that the program has been viewed after being played for a predetermined time (for example, up to half the recording time). Then, it can be considered that the video is viewed. Of these, which case should be viewed may be set in the receiving apparatus 10 in advance or may be selected by the user. Further, (2) and (3) may be combined.

  The recorded program 1442 and the program information 1444 are associated with each other by the recorded program ID in the management table 1446.

  The video output unit 150 / audio output unit 160 outputs various information / video and audio to a connected device (display device, sound output device). For example, video and audio are output to the television apparatus 15 connected by a connection method such as HDMI (registered trademark), composite, or display port. The display device includes a display device such as an LCD and an organic EL display, and a projection device such as a projector. In addition, sound is output to a speaker or earphone connected by wire / wireless.

  The operation unit 170 receives an operation input from the user. For example, a button provided on the main body of the receiving device 10 or a remote control device that can be operated wirelessly. When the display device is a touch panel, operation input may be performed by a touch operation.

[1.3 Process flow]
Next, the electronic program guide display process of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The electronic program guide display process is a process performed by the receiving device 10 when an operation for displaying the electronic program guide is performed by the user.

  Referring to FIG. 6, first, control unit 100 functions as electronic program guide display control unit 104 to output the electronic program guide to video output unit 150 (step S102).

  Subsequently, the control unit 100 reads management information stored in the management table 1446 (step S104). When the unviewed flag of the read management information is “On”, the control unit 100 executes a recorded program frame determination process (step S106; Yes → step S108).

  In the recorded program frame determination processing, a program frame (hereinafter referred to as “recorded program frame”) for displaying program information of the recorded program (hereinafter referred to as “recorded program information”) from the electronic program guide displayed in step S102. It is a process to decide. The recorded program frame determination process will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the control unit 100 acquires recorded program information by reading program information corresponding to the management information read in step S104 from the program information 1444, and identifies the program name of the recorded program (step S122).

  Subsequently, the control unit 100 searches the electronic program guide stored in the electronic program guide storage area 142 for a program frame including the program name of the recorded program specified in step S122 (step S124). By this processing, the program frame of the broadcast program including part or all of the program name stored in the recorded program information can be found as the program frame of the broadcast program related to the unviewed recorded program.

  Here, the program frame displaying the program name of the broadcast program that is the same as the program name of the recorded program is searched. As a searching method, the program names of the recorded program and the broadcast program may all match or may partially match.

  Further, processing may be performed after extracting necessary information from the program name. For example, the program name stored in the recorded program information may include a notation indicating the number of times and the number of stories (hereinafter referred to as “number of times notation”), a subtitle, and the like. In this case, the program name of the recorded program may be obtained by removing the number of times and subtitles.

  Specifically, as the number notation, a character string represented by a predetermined pattern such as “nth episode”, “nth episode”, “#n”, “part n” (n is a number), or “last episode” A typical character string indicating a specific number of times such as “final story” can be considered. Further, it is conceivable that the subtitle is indicated by using symbols such as corner brackets, square brackets, wave dashes and spaces, and a fixed character string such as “special” or “SP” is included. By using such patterns, fixed character strings, symbols, etc. as clues, it is possible to remove number notations and subtitles. In this way, a part or all of the program name stored in the recorded program information is specified as the program name of the recorded program.

  Subsequently, the control unit 100 determines a program frame in a time zone before the program frame found by the process of step S124 as a recorded program frame (step S126).

  Returning to FIG. 6, the control unit 100 displays the recorded program information read in step S122 in the recorded program frame determined in step S108 (step S110). As a display method, in the present embodiment, the program information of the broadcast program and the recorded program information are displayed side by side in the program frame determined as the recorded program frame, but the program information of the broadcast program may be replaced with the recorded program information.

  Subsequently, the control unit 100 determines whether or not all the management information stored in the management table 1446 has been read. If not, the control unit 100 returns to Step S104 (Step S112; No → Step S104). When all the management information stored in the management table 1446 has been read, the electronic program guide display process is terminated (step S112).

  If there is no program frame including the program name of the recorded program in the range of the electronic program guide displayed by the user, the program frame that matches the condition in step S124 of the recorded program frame determination process in the electronic program guide. Will not be found. In this case, the recorded program frame determination process is terminated because the recorded program frame cannot be determined, and the process of step S110 of the electronic program guide display process is skipped.

[1.4 Operation example]
Next, a specific operation example of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 shows a display example of the electronic program guide T100 after the process of displaying recorded program information by the electronic program guide display process.

  In this operation example, a recorded program whose program name is “Drama B1 Episode 2” and a recorded program whose program name is “Variety C1” are stored in the recorded program 1442, and program information corresponding to these recorded programs is stored. And management information are stored in the program information 1444 and the management table 1446.

  In the electronic program guide T100, broadcast programs are arranged and displayed in a program frame. For example, as a program frame to be displayed, a program frame P100 (program name “news B1”), a program frame P102 (program name “drama B1 episode 3”), and a program frame P104 (program name “news C1”) , A program frame P106 (program name “variety C1”) is displayed.

  First, the operation of displaying the recorded program information of “Drama B1 Episode 2” on the electronic program guide T100 will be described. A program frame P102 including “drama B1” is searched as a broadcast program including the same title as the recorded “drama B1 episode 2”.

  Further, since the program name of the recorded program information includes the number of times (“second episode”), “drama B1” obtained by removing the number of times from the program name may be specified as the program name of the recorded program. . In this case, a program frame displaying program information including “drama B1” in the program name is searched from the broadcast programs included in the electronic program guide T100. Based on this search condition, a program frame P102 whose program name is “Drama B1 Episode 3” is found. Since the program frame before the program frame P102 is the program frame P100, the program frame P100 is determined as the recorded program frame.

  In the program frame P100, which is a recorded program frame, program information of the broadcast program corresponding to the program frame P100 and recorded program information are displayed. For example, as shown in the program frame P100 of FIG. 8, the recorded program information R100 is displayed so as to be aligned with the program information of the broadcast program.

  Next, an operation for displaying the recorded program information of “Variety C1” will be described. “Variety C1” does not include the number of times or subtitles in the program name. In this case, the program name of the recorded program is specified as “variety C1”, and the program frame whose program name is “variety C1” is searched from the electronic program guide T100. The program frame P106 is found by this search condition. Since the program frame before the program frame P106 is the program frame P104, the program frame P104 is determined as the recorded program frame. In the program frame P104, which is a recorded program frame, program information of the broadcast program corresponding to the program frame P104 and recorded program information are displayed. For example, as shown in the program frame P104 of FIG. 8, the recorded program information R104 is displayed so as to line up with the program information of the broadcast program.

  Note that a recorded program in which the same program name is specified as the program name for a plurality of unviewed recorded programs may be stored in the recorded program 1442. For example, if “drama B episode 1” and “drama B episode 2” are stored in the recorded program 1442 as unviewed recorded programs, “drama B” is specified as the program name in both cases. . In this case, the following processing is performed.

(1) Only the latest recorded program information is displayed in the recorded program frame. An unviewed recorded program specified as the same program name based on the program name of the recorded program information, the number of times included in the program content, and the broadcast date and time. Among them, only the recorded program information of the latest recorded program is displayed in the recorded program frame. For example, when another recorded program information is displayed for a recorded program frame in which recorded program information is already displayed in step S110 of the electronic program guide display process, the other recorded program information is already displayed. The recorded program information may be compared with the recorded program information to display newer recorded program information.

  For example, when “Drama B Episode 1” and “Drama B Episode 2” are stored in the recorded program 1442 as unrecorded recorded programs, as shown in FIG. It is assumed that the recorded program information of “Drama B Episode 2” is displayed. At this time, when displaying the recorded program information of “Drama B episode 1” which is an unviewed recorded program in the recorded program frame P100, it is compared with the recorded program information of “Drama B episode 2” already displayed. To do. Here, when compared based on the number of times, “Drama B Episode 1” is a recorded program older than “Drama B Episode 2.” Therefore, the recorded program frame P100 maintains a state in which the recorded program information of “Drama B Episode 2” is displayed.

(2) Determine the number of recorded program frames as many as the number to be displayed, and display the recorded program information in each recorded program frame. In the recorded program frame determination process, an unviewed recorded program identified as the same program name Determine the number of recorded program frames. For example, a plurality of recorded program frames are determined in step S126 of the recorded program frame determination process, and appropriate recorded program information is displayed in each recording frame in step S110 of the electronic program guide display process.

  For example, when “Drama B Episode 1” and “Drama B Episode 2” are stored in the recorded program 1442 as unviewed recorded programs, the number of unviewed recorded programs specified as the same program name Is 2. At this time, if the program frame of “Drama B Episode 3” is found in step S124 of the recorded program frame determination process, in step S126, the program frame of the previous time zone, and the program frame of the previous time zone, Are determined as recorded program frames. In step S110 of the electronic program guide display process, the recorded programs may be displayed in the oldest order.

  Referring to FIG. 8, P100 which is a program frame in the previous time zone of program frame P102 of “Drama B Episode 3” and P108 which is a program frame in the previous time zone are determined as recorded program frames. Then, the recorded program information of “Drama B Episode 1” is displayed in the program frame P108, and the recorded program information of “Drama B Episode 2” is displayed in the program frame P100, respectively.

[1.5 Another Processing Method for Recorded Program Frame Determination Processing]
In the embodiment described above, it is determined by the program name whether the broadcast program and the recorded program are the same series of programs. On the other hand, for example, the number of times and the number of stories may be determined based on whether or not the program information includes them. The recorded program frame determination process in this case is shown in FIG.

  First, the control unit 100 reads recorded program information corresponding to the read management information from the program information 1444 (step S152) and determines whether or not the number of times is set (step S154). The case where the number of times is set is the case where the number of times is included in the program name (the name of the read program) or the program content of the program information read from the program information 1444, or the number of times is included in the series descriptor. is there.

When the number of times is set, the control unit 100 specifies the program name and the number of times of the recorded program from the recorded program information (step S156). For example, it is specified as follows.
(1) When the program name of the recorded program information includes the number notation The character string obtained by removing the number notation from the read program name is the program name of the recorded program, and the number included in the number notation is the number of times.
(2) When the program content of the recorded program information includes the number of times notation The read program name is the program name of the recorded program, and the number portion of the number notation included in the program content is the number of times.
(3) When the series descriptor is stored in the recorded program information The series name stored in the series descriptor is the program name of the recorded program, and the number of times stored in the series descriptor is the number of times as it is.

Subsequently, the control unit 100 searches for the program frame of the latest story from the electronic program guide stored in the electronic program guide storage area 142 (step S158). For example, the search is performed by the following procedure.
(1) The program name of the recorded program identified in step S156 is included in part or all of the program name, or program information that matches the series name of the series descriptor is extracted from the electronic program guide (2) extracted For program information, the number of times is specified based on the number notation or series descriptor (3) For the number of times specified in (2), the program frame displaying the program information with the maximum number of times is used as the search result

  If the program frame is found as a result of the search, the control unit 100 determines whether or not the number of times stored in the program information of the found program frame is continuous with the number of recorded program information specified in step S154. Determination is made (step S160; Yes → step S162). Specifically, it is determined whether or not the number of times specified from the program information is a value obtained by adding 1 to the number of times specified from the recorded program information in step S154.

  If an affirmative result is obtained as the determination result of step S162, the program frame before the program frame found by searching in step S158 is determined as a recorded program frame, and the recorded program frame determination process is terminated (step S162). S162; Yes-> Step S164).

  If a negative result is obtained as a result of the determination in step S160 or the determination in step S162, the recorded program frame determination process is terminated because the recorded program frame cannot be determined (step S160; No, step S162; No).

  On the other hand, when a negative result is obtained as the determination result of step S154, a program frame that matches the program name of the recorded program corresponding to the management information is searched from the program information arranged in the electronic program guide (step S154). No → Step S166).

  If a program frame corresponding to the search condition in step S166 is found, the program frame before the found program frame is determined as a recorded program frame, and the recorded program frame determination process is terminated (step S168; Yes → step S164). If the program frame corresponding to the search condition in step S166 is not found, the recorded program frame determination process is terminated (step S168; No), assuming that the recorded program frame could not be determined.

  According to the above-described recorded program frame determination process, the program information of the previous recorded program is displayed in the program frame in the time zone before the latest program frame.

  In the present embodiment, it has been described that the recorded program information of the recorded program related to the broadcast program is displayed on the electronic program guide by searching for a program frame including part or all of the program name of the recorded program. The recorded program frame may be determined based on the relationship other than the series name or the program name. For example, a recorded program frame may be determined based on the relevance that a performer is extracted from the program content of the program information and the performer is common. Further, the recorded program frame may be determined based on the relevance that the program genre is common and the program information includes a predetermined keyword.

  Furthermore, the relationship may be set for each genre of the program. For example, in the case of a drama program, it is possible to view a drama while tracking the number of times by determining a recorded program frame based on the program name as described in the present embodiment. In the case of a music program, by determining a recorded program frame based on a performer, a program in which a specific performer (artist) appears can be viewed in order.

  In this way, it is possible to prompt the user to continuously watch the unrecorded recorded program and the broadcast program that are related to each other.

  Further, it is possible for the user to easily grasp that there is an unviewed recorded program, and to efficiently view an unviewed recorded program. For this reason, it is possible to avoid a situation in which an unviewed recorded program is viewed after noticing that the recordable capacity is insufficient, leading to an improvement in convenience.

  Furthermore, by displaying the broadcast program and the recorded program on the electronic program guide, a new viewing style can be proposed to the user. For example, it is possible to propose a viewing method that enables viewing to further deepen understanding of the broadcast program by prompting viewing of an unviewed recorded program related to the broadcast program before the broadcast program is broadcast.

[2. Second Embodiment]
Next, the second embodiment will be described. Unlike the first embodiment, the second embodiment is an embodiment in which a recorded program frame is determined from a program frame having a low viewing priority. In the second embodiment, in the functional configuration diagram of the receiving device 10 illustrated in FIG. 2, the storage unit 140 is replaced with the storage unit 140 illustrated in FIG. 10, and FIG. 7 is replaced with FIG. 12. The same functional units and the same processes as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

[2.1 Functional configuration]
In the present embodiment, a genre priority table 148 is added to the storage unit 140 of the first embodiment. The genre priority table 148 is a table in which viewing priorities are stored for each program genre. An example of the genre priority table 148 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 10, the genre priority table 148 includes a program genre (for example, “news”) and a priority of the genre (for example, “high priority”).

  The priority indicates the degree to which the broadcast program is viewed by the user. The higher the priority, the higher the possibility that the broadcast program is viewed. In the present embodiment, either “high priority” or “low priority” is set for each genre. In the genre priority table 148, “high priority” indicates that when a program of the genre is broadcast, the user preferentially views the broadcast program. Further, “low priority” indicates that even if a program of the genre is being broadcast, the user does not view the broadcast program with priority. The genre priority table 148 may be set by the user, or may be set by the receiving device 10 based on the viewing status of the user's broadcast program.

[2.2 Process flow]
First, the control unit 100 searches the electronic program guide stored in the electronic program guide storage area 142 for a program frame of a genre set as “low priority” in the genre priority table 148 (step S252). . In the search, in addition to the genre, a condition may be added that is program information related to a broadcast program after the current time, and the channel number of the recorded program information matches the channel number of the program information.

  When a program frame that matches the conditions is found, the control unit 100 obtains the broadcast time from the broadcast date and time stored in the program information of the found program frame. In addition, the control unit 100 reads recorded program information corresponding to the management information read in step S104 from the program information 1444, and obtains the recording time of the recorded program. Then, the control unit 100 determines whether or not the broadcast time and the recording time of the recorded program are substantially the same (for example, the difference between the broadcast time of the broadcast program and the recorded time of the recorded program is within 10 minutes) (Step S100). S256).

  If a positive result is obtained in step S256, the control unit 100 determines the searched program frame as a recorded program frame (step S256; Yes → step S258). If a negative result is obtained in step S256, the process returns to step S252 (step S256; No → step S252).

  If no program frame is found in step S254, the control unit 100 determines that the recorded program frame could not be determined and ends the recorded program frame determination process (step S254; No). When the program frame is not found, the program information of the genre set as “low priority” is not included in the electronic program guide, or the program information of the genre set as “low priority” is included. However, there may be a case where there is no program information having a broadcast time substantially the same as the recording time.

[2.3 Example of operation]
Next, a specific operation example of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a display example of the electronic program guide T200 after the process of displaying recorded program information by the electronic program guide display process.

  In this operation example, an unviewed recorded program whose program name is “Drama B1 Episode 2” is stored in the recorded program 1442, and the priority level “148” for the genre “variety” is “priority”. It will be described as being stored as “low”. In the genre priority table 148, the priority is stored as “high priority” for genres other than “variety”. The current time is 18:00, and the channel number on which “Drama B1 Episode 2” is broadcast is “2”.

  In the electronic program guide T200, broadcast programs broadcast from 18:00 to 22:00 for channels with channel numbers “1”, “2”, and “3” are arranged and displayed in a program frame. . Here, the program name is a genre with a code.

  The recorded program frame of “Drama B1 Episode 2”, which is an unviewed recorded program, is determined from the program frames of the variety programs stored as “low priority”. At this time, when the electronic program guide T200 is searched under the condition that the program is after the current time, the channel number is “2”, and the genre is “variety”, “variety B1” indicated by the program frame P200 is displayed. Is found. Therefore, the program frame P200 is determined as a recorded program frame. Then, as shown in the program frame P200 of FIG. 13, the recorded program information R200 is displayed beside the program information of the broadcast program.

  If there are a plurality of unviewed recorded programs, a plurality of recorded program frames may be determined from the program frames of the genres set as “low priority”. In addition, the recorded program information may be displayed in order from the oldest or newest broadcast date and time to the determined plurality of recorded program frames, or the recorded program information is preferentially displayed from the genre often seen by the user. May be.

  In addition, when the recording times of a plurality of unviewed recorded programs fall within the broadcast time of one program frame, two or more recorded program frames may be displayed for one program frame. For example, the electronic program guide T200 includes a program frame P202 of a two-hour program. For this program frame, a recorded program frame R202 of “drama C1 # 02” that is a one-hour recorded program is displayed. A recorded program frame R204 of “drama C1 # 03”, which is a one-hour recorded program, may be displayed.

  The priority may be stored for each program, not for each genre, or may be stored in combination with the priority for each genre and each program. For example, the priority of the genre “variety” is “low priority”, but the priority for a specific variety program may be “high priority”. In this case, the recorded program frame of the unviewed recorded program is displayed in the program frame of the variety program in the electronic program guide, but the recorded program frame is not displayed for the specific variety program.

  According to this embodiment, the user can easily confirm that there is an unviewed recorded program when confirming the electronic program guide. In addition, it is possible to view an unviewed recorded program instead of a program that the user does not watch so much, and it is possible to efficiently view an unviewed recorded program.

[3. Third Embodiment]
Subsequently, the third embodiment will be described. Unlike the first embodiment, the third embodiment is an embodiment in which a recorded program frame is determined from program frames in a predetermined time zone. In the third embodiment, in the functional configuration diagram of the receiving device 10 illustrated in FIG. 2, the storage unit 140 is replaced with the storage unit 140 illustrated in FIG. 14, and FIG. 7 is replaced with FIG. 16. The same functional units and the same processes as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

[3.1 Functional configuration]
In the present embodiment, a time zone priority table 149 is added to the storage unit 140 of the first embodiment. The time zone priority table 149 stores viewing priorities for each time zone. An example of the time zone priority table 149 will be described with reference to FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 15, the time zone priority table 149 includes a time zone (for example, “17:00 to 18:00”) and a viewing priority in the time zone (for example, “high priority”). ) And

  In the present embodiment, either “high priority” or “low priority” is set for the time zone. In the time zone priority table 149, “high priority” indicates that the broadcast program in the time zone is highly likely to be viewed by the user, and “low priority” indicates that the broadcast program in the time zone is This means that the possibility of being viewed by the user is low. The time zone priority table 149 may be set by the user, or may be set by the receiving device 10 based on the viewing status of the broadcast program of the receiving device 10 or the like.

[3.2 Process flow]
The recorded program frame specifying process in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, from the electronic program guide stored in the electronic program guide storage area 142, the control unit 100 includes a program frame in which the broadcast date and time is included in the time zone set as “low priority” in the time zone priority table 149. Is searched (step S352). In the search, in addition to the time zone, program information related to a broadcast program after the current time may be added such that the channel number of the recorded program information matches the channel number of the program information.

  Subsequently, the control unit 100 determines a program frame obtained by the search as a recorded program frame (step S354), and ends the recorded program frame specifying process. When the program frame is not found, the control unit 100 determines that the recorded program frame cannot be determined and ends the recorded program frame determination process.

[3.3 Operation example]
Next, a specific operation example of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 17 shows a display example of the electronic program guide T300 after the process of displaying recorded program information by the electronic program guide display process.

  In this operation example, an unviewed recorded program for the previous day whose program name is “Drama C” is stored in the recorded program 1442, and the time zone is set to “18:00 to 19:00” in the priority table 149 for each time zone. ”Is stored as“ low priority ”. In the priority table for each time zone 149, it is assumed that the priority is stored as “high priority” for time zones other than “18: 0 to 19:00”. The current time is 18:00, and the channel number on which “Drama C” is broadcast is “2”.

  In the electronic program guide T200, program frames of programs broadcast from 18:00 to 24:00 are displayed for channels with channel numbers “1”, “2”, and “3”. Here, the recorded program frame of “Drama C”, which is an unviewed recorded program, is determined from the program frame of the broadcast program broadcast from 18:00 to 19:00 stored as “low priority”.

  At this time, the electronic program guide T300 is searched under the condition that the program is after the current time, the channel number is “2”, and the broadcast date and time is included in “18: 0 to 19:00”. As a result, two program frames are found: “Anime B1” broadcast from 18: 00 to 18:30 and “Anime B2” broadcast from 18:30 to 19:00.

  In a case where a plurality of program frames are found, which program frame should display the recorded program frame may be determined by setting. For example, in the example of FIG. 17, the recorded program frame R300 is displayed in the broadcast frame P300, which is a program frame with a later broadcast date and time.

  In addition, when the life pattern differs depending on the day of the week, the priority for each time zone may be set for each day of the week or for each weekday / holiday. Moreover, you may set a priority for every broadcast program.

  According to the present embodiment, recorded program information can be displayed in a time zone in which the user is less likely to view a broadcast program. Therefore, it is possible to make it appear as if the recorded program is being broadcast at that time. In addition, the user can view the recorded program in accordance with the life style by setting the priority for each time zone.

[4. Fourth Embodiment]
The fourth embodiment is an embodiment in which the display mode of the recorded program information is changed according to the attribute of the recorded program frame.

  For example, priority can be used as an attribute of a recorded program frame. When the priority of the broadcast program in the recorded program frame is high, that is, when the recorded program information is displayed in the program frame of the broadcast program that is highly likely to be viewed, the broadcast program is displayed by displaying the area of the recorded program information small. Make it easy to see the program information of. On the other hand, when the priority of the broadcast program in the recorded program frame is low, that is, when the recorded program information is displayed in the program frame of the broadcast program that is less likely to be viewed, the recording display frame is displayed in a large size, Make program information easy to see.

  A case where the priority is determined based on the genre of the program will be described. In this case, the storage unit 140 stores the genre priority table 148 described in the second embodiment.

  Further, in step S110 of the electronic program guide display process shown in FIG. 6, the priority stored in the genre priority table 148 is read for the genre of the program information of the program frame determined as the recorded program frame. If the priority is “low priority”, since the program in the program frame determined as the recorded program frame is unlikely to be viewed by the user, the area for displaying the recorded program information is increased. If the priority is “high priority”, since the program in the program frame determined as the recorded program frame is highly likely to be viewed by the user, the area for displaying the recorded program information is made smaller.

  The priority may be set for each program or for each time zone. Even in this case, an area for storing recorded program information in step S110 of the electronic program guide display process based on the priority stored in the table in which the storage unit 140 stores the priority is stored. And the recorded program information may be displayed.

  Further, a genre may be used as a broadcast frame attribute. For example, since the genre of the recorded program is considered to be a genre that the user is interested in, if the genre of the broadcast program in the recorded program frame matches the genre of the recorded program, the broadcast program is selected rather than the recorded program. It is possible to watch. Therefore, when the genre included in the program information of the broadcast program in the recorded program frame matches the genre included in the recorded program information, the area for displaying the recorded program information is reduced. On the other hand, if the genre is different, the area for displaying the recorded program information is displayed large.

  In addition, although it demonstrated as changing the area which displays recorded program information as a display mode, changing the character size of a program name, changing the character color of recorded program information, the background color of the area | region which displays recorded program information You may display such as changing.

  According to the present embodiment, the recorded program information can be displayed on the electronic program guide in consideration of the degree to which the recorded program is viewed by the user. In this way, when there is a high possibility of viewing a broadcast program, the recorded program information can be displayed inconspicuously and does not interfere with the confirmation of the electronic program guide. On the other hand, when the possibility of viewing a broadcast program is low, it is possible to promote viewing of the recorded program by making the recorded program information conspicuous.

[5. Fifth Embodiment]
In the fifth embodiment, the program frame including the program name of the recorded program is used as the recorded program frame instead of the program frame in the time zone before the program frame including the program name of the recorded program as the recorded program frame. It is.

  For example, when a continuous drama is stored as a recorded program 1442 as an unviewed recorded program, when displaying an electronic program guide, recorded program information of an unviewed continuous drama is displayed in the program frame of the continuous drama. To do.

  In this embodiment, the searched program frame is determined as a recorded program frame in step S126 of the recorded program frame determination process shown in FIG.

  In this way, for example, when a user reserves recording of a continuous drama, the user can be made aware that he has not watched the previous episode and can watch it.

[6. Sixth Embodiment]
The sixth embodiment is an embodiment in which recorded program information is not displayed in the program frame of a broadcast program with high priority.

  In the present embodiment, the time zone priority table 149 described in the third embodiment is stored in the storage unit 140. The priority may be set by the user, or may be determined by the receiving device 10 based on the usage status of the receiving device 10.

  In the present embodiment, in the electronic program guide display process shown in FIG. 6, after the recorded program frame determination process (step S108) is executed, the determined recorded program frame is displayed in the time zone priority table 149 as “high priority”. It is determined whether or not the set time zone overlaps.

As a result of this determination, if the recorded program frame overlaps the time zone set as “high priority”, for example, by performing the following process, the program in the time zone set as “high priority” Recorded program information is displayed in a time zone different from the frame.
(1) After setting the previously determined recorded program frame to be excluded from the search range, the recorded program frame determining process (step S108) is executed again to determine another recorded program frame (2) In step S110, the recording is performed. Recorded program information is displayed in the program slot in the time slot closest to the program slot and set to “Low priority”.

  According to the present embodiment, in the electronic program guide, the recorded program information is not displayed in a time zone in which the user is likely to view the broadcast program, so that the display of the program information of the broadcast program is not hindered. The user can decide whether to view a broadcast program or a recorded program by setting priorities according to time periods, and can select a viewing style.

[7. Seventh Embodiment]
The seventh embodiment is an embodiment in which the priority setting is changed for each user. For example, when viewing with a family, the electronic program guide displays the recorded program frame in the program frame where the program that you do not want to show to the family is broadcast. The electronic program guide can be displayed according to the situation.

  In the present embodiment, the receiving device 10 stores a genre priority table 148 for each user. Further, the user designates the priority table 148 for each genre to be used by a predetermined method (for example, an operation on a setting screen for switching users). By doing in this way, it is possible to switch the priority table 148 classified by genre to be used by the user.

  For example, when viewing a broadcast program by a family, if it is not desired for the family to view a program of a predetermined genre, the genre priority table 148 with the priority of the predetermined genre being “low priority”. Can be specified. In addition, when viewing by an individual, it may be specified that the genre priority table 148 used by the individual is used.

  Further, the electronic program guide display control unit 104 displays the electronic program guide based on the genre priority table 148 specified by the user. By doing in this way, it is possible to display the electronic program guide according to the user.

  According to the present embodiment, a recorded program frame can be appropriately displayed on the electronic program guide according to the user who displays the electronic program guide. Also, the recorded program can be viewed according to the user.

[8. Eighth Embodiment]
The eighth embodiment is an embodiment in which priority is set for each channel and each time zone. By setting the priority for each time zone for each channel, the time zone for viewing the broadcast program and the time zone for displaying the recorded program can be set for each channel.

  For example, the storage unit 140 stores a channel-specific priority table for each channel that stores channels, time zones, and priorities, or the time-zone priority table described in the third embodiment for each channel. By storing it, the priority can be obtained according to the channel and time zone. In the recorded program frame determination process, the corresponding priority table for each time zone is referred to based on the channel number stored in the recorded program information, and the program frame in the time zone with a lower priority in the channel is recorded. Determined as a program frame.

  In this way, it is possible to display an electronic program guide in which a time zone for viewing a broadcast program and a time zone for viewing a recorded program are different for each channel. Therefore, it is possible to present an electronic program guide corresponding to the viewing status of the user.

[9. Modified example]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made. That is, embodiments obtained by combining technical means appropriately changed within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  In addition to the above description, the above-described embodiments may be appropriately combined and executed within a consistent range. For example, the first embodiment and the fourth embodiment may be combined. In this way, when there is an unviewed recorded program in the series, the user can be made aware of the presence of the unviewed recorded program, and the recorded program information according to the attribute of the broadcast program. The display mode can be changed and displayed.

  In the receiving apparatus capable of executing the first embodiment, the second embodiment, and the third embodiment, the program information of the unviewed recorded program is distributed in the electronic program guide based on the user setting. It may be displayed. For example, the recorded program information of a series can be displayed in the time frame before the latest round, and the recorded program information not of the series can be displayed in a time zone with a low priority.

  In addition, the program that operates in each device in the embodiment is a program (a program that causes a computer to function) that controls the CPU and the like so as to realize the functions of the above-described embodiments. Information handled by these devices is temporarily stored in a temporary storage device (for example, RAM) at the time of processing, and then stored in various ROMs (Read Only Memory) or HDD storage devices. Reading, correction, and writing are performed by the CPU.

Here, as a recording medium for storing the program, a semiconductor medium (for example, ROM, a non-volatile memory card, etc.), an optical recording medium / a magneto-optical recording medium (for example, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), MO (Magneto Optical), etc. Disc), MD (Mini Disc), CD (Compact Disc), BD, etc.), magnetic recording medium (eg, magnetic tape, flexible disk, etc.), etc. In addition, by executing the loaded program, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also based on the instructions of the program, the processing is performed in cooperation with the operating system or other application programs. The functions of the invention may be realized.

  In addition, when distributing to the market, the program can be stored and distributed in a portable recording medium, or transferred to a server computer connected via a network such as the Internet. In this case, of course, the storage device of the server computer is also included in the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Receiving system 5 Receiving device 10 Receiving device 100 Control part 102 Electronic program guide production | generation part 104 Electronic program guide display control part 106 Recording reservation part 110 Tuner part 120 Content processing part 1202 Playback control part 1204 Recording control part 1206 TSSDEMUX part 1208 Video decoding Section 1210 Audio decoding section 130 Communication section 140 Storage section 142 Electronic program guide storage area 144 Recorded program storage area 1442 Recorded program (content)
1444 Program information 1446 Management table 148 Priority table by genre 149 Priority table by time zone 150 Video output unit 160 Audio output unit 170 Operation unit 15 Television apparatus 20 Broadcasting station

Claims (8)

A receiver that receives a broadcast program and program information related to the broadcast program;
A recording unit for recording the broadcast program as a recorded program;
A display control unit that performs control to display an electronic program guide in which program frames for storing program information of the broadcast program are arranged based on the program information;
Among the recorded programs, a program frame determining unit that determines a program frame for displaying program information of an unviewed recorded program;
With
The display control unit
A receiving apparatus that controls to display program information of an unviewed recorded program in a program frame determined by the program frame determination unit.   The receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program frame determining unit determines a program frame in a time zone before a broadcast program related to an unviewed recorded program as a program frame to be displayed. The program information includes a program name,
The program frame determining unit identifies a broadcast program that includes part or all of a program name of the unviewed recorded program among the broadcast programs as a related broadcast program. The receiving device described in 1.   The display control unit performs control to display the program information of the unviewed recorded program and the program information of the broadcast program together in the program frame determined by the program frame determination unit. Item 4. The receiving device according to any one of Items 1 to 3. A priority setting unit for setting the priority of the broadcast program;
The said program frame determination part performs control which displays the program information of the said unviewed recorded program in the program frame of the said broadcast program with a low priority. The receiving device described.   The said program frame determination part performs control which displays the program information of the unviewed recorded program of the broadcast time of the said low priority broadcast program, and substantially the same broadcast time, The display of Claim 5 characterized by the above-mentioned. Receiver device. The priority setting unit can set a time zone in which a broadcast program is broadcast as a priority,
The receiving apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the program frame determination unit performs control to display program information of the unviewed recorded program in a program frame included in a low priority time zone. On the computer,
A receiving function for receiving broadcast programs and program information relating to broadcast programs;
A recording function for recording the broadcast program as a recorded program;
A display control function for performing control to display an electronic program guide in which program frames for storing program information of the broadcast program are arranged based on the program information;
Among the recorded programs, a program frame determining function for determining a program frame for displaying program information of an unviewed recorded program;
Realized,
The display control function is:
A program for performing control to display program information of an unviewed recorded program in a program frame determined by the program frame determination function.

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