JP4703262B2 - Signal processing apparatus and display method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a signal processing apparatus having a function of displaying an electronic program guide including a plurality of broadcast program information and a display method used in the apparatus.

  In recent years, various video recording / playback apparatuses capable of recording and playing back broadcast program data such as TV programs have been developed. In such a recording / playback apparatus, an electronic program guide such as an EPG (Electric Program Guide) superimposed on a terrestrial digital broadcast wave and a BS / CS (Broadcasting Satellite / Communication Satellite) broadcast wave is received and displayed. On the display screen. The user can perform settings related to viewing and recording reservation of broadcast programs from broadcast programs included in the displayed electronic program guide.

In Patent Document 1, preference information related to reservation recording of a program preferred by a user is transmitted to a program information database on the network, and the preference program information generated on the network based on the supplied preference information is transmitted to the network. And a program reservation device for making settings related to reservation recording based on the favorite program information.
JP 2002-262265 A

  By the way, recent video recording / playback apparatuses also have a function of automatically recording a broadcast program related to a keyword designated in advance by a user. A broadcast program for which a recording reservation has been set is displayed with a reservation mark indicating that a recording reservation has been set, such as being displayed with a reservation mark on the electronic program guide on which the broadcast program is displayed. . However, only by displaying a reservation mark or the like indicating that the recording reservation setting has been executed, whether or not the broadcast program is designated by the user and the recording reservation is set by the user or is related to a keyword designated in advance. It may be difficult to determine whether a recording reservation has been automatically set for a broadcast program.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a signal processing device and a display method capable of easily presenting a recording reservation setting factor to a user.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a reserved program information indicating that a broadcast program is reserved in a signal processing apparatus capable of automatically and manually performing recording reservation of a broadcast program, and the recording reservation is Reservation memory for storing identifier information indicating whether it is automatic or manual, means for displaying a program table including broadcast programs, and referring to the reservation memory, the broadcast program in the program table displayed by the display means Identification information display means for displaying a first identifier indicating whether recording reservation is automatic or manual on the program guide, items included in a search result of program information matching a search keyword, and a reserved program stored in the reserved memory If the items included in the information do not overlap, the searched program information is written in the reserved memory, and the items included in the searched program information and the reserved information written in the reserved memory are written. When the items included in the program information overlap, the writing means for writing the detected program information into the candidate memory, and the non-reservation in the program table displayed by the display means with reference to the candidate memory And a means for displaying a second identifier indicating that the program is a program stored in the candidate memory on a program table .

  According to the present invention, the recording reservation setting factor can be easily viewed and presented to the user.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a signal processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. This signal processing apparatus is realized as a video recorder 10 capable of digitally recording and reproducing video and audio signals (AV signals) such as TV broadcast programs.

  The video recorder 10 is configured to control AV signal recording and playback operations according to a remote control code transmitted from the remote control unit R by an infrared signal or the like. The video recorder 10 also has a function of digitally recording a TV broadcast program or the like related to a keyword designated in advance by the user by operating the remote control unit R or the like. Furthermore, the video recorder 10 has a network function for connecting to the Internet, and can execute communication with an information processing terminal such as the server S through a network such as the Internet.

  As shown in the figure, the video recorder 10 includes a communication unit 11, a BS / CS (Broadcasting Satellite / Communication Satellite) tuner unit 12, a terrestrial tuner unit 13, an input side selector unit 16, an output side selector unit 17, and an optical disk drive unit 19. , Hard disk drive unit 18, encoder unit 21, decoder unit 23, interface (I / F) unit 27, control unit 30, operation unit 32, display unit 33, timer microcomputer unit 34, memory 42, display control unit 43 and the like. ing.

  The communication unit 11 is a device for connecting the video recorder 10 to a network such as the Internet via the modem M, and executes communication with the server S via the Internet, for example. The BS / CS tuner unit 12 is a broadcast receiving unit that performs reception of broadcast program data corresponding to the BS and CS and channel selection processing for channel selection, and is connected to a BS / CS-compatible antenna. The terrestrial tuner unit 13 is a device that performs reception of terrestrial analog broadcast program data and channel selection processing for channel selection, and is connected to an external TV antenna.

  The input-side selector unit 16 transmits the signal input from the communication unit 11 to the broadcast wave input from the BS / CS tuner unit 12 and the terrestrial tuner unit 13 and the encoder unit 21, which are written in the memory 42. Has a control function.

The input-side selector unit 16 receives a plurality of electronic program guides received from the BS / CS tuner unit 12 and the terrestrial tuner unit 13 in a superimposed manner. This electronic program guide is an electronic program guide such as EPG (Electric Program Guide). This electronic program guide includes a plurality of broadcast program information for each TV program.

  The electronic program guide input to the input side selector unit 16 is output to the receiver 41 and the interface (I / F) unit 27 via the output side selector unit 17 under the control of the control unit 30.

  The encoder unit 21 is a device that performs an encoding process for digitally compressing and encoding the AV signal input from the BS / CS tuner unit 12 and the terrestrial tuner unit 13 under the control of the control unit 30. By this encoding process, the AV signal is converted into a compression-coded digital data string corresponding to, for example, the MPEG2 or DVD video format. The compressed and encoded AV signal obtained by the encoder unit 21 is input to the decoder unit 23.

  The hard disk drive unit 18 is a disk storage device that executes processing for recording an AV signal converted into a compression-encoded digital data sequence and processing for reading the recorded AV signal under the control of the control unit 30. .

  The optical disk drive unit 19 executes read / write processing on the recording medium D such as DVD-RAM / DVD-R. The DVD drive can also execute data read processing from a recording medium D such as a DVD-ROM medium. The AV signal converted into the compression-coded digital data string is first recorded on the hard disk drive. The AV signal recorded on the hard disk drive unit 18 is recorded on a recording medium D such as a DVD-RAM / DVD-R as necessary (dubbing).

  The temporary storage unit 20 is a buffer memory for temporarily recording write data to the hard disk drive unit 18 and the optical disk drive unit 19 or read data from the hard disk drive unit 18 and the optical disk drive unit 19.

  The compressed and encoded AV signal read from the hard disk drive unit 18 and the optical disk drive unit 19 is sent to the decoder unit 23 via the temporary storage unit 20. Note that either the hard disk drive unit or the optical disk drive may be provided as a disk drive.

  The decoder unit 23 is a device that executes a decoding process for decoding the compression-coded AV signal under the control of the control unit 30. The AV signal decoded by this decoding process is output to the output side selector unit 17.

  The output-side selector unit 17 receives the AV signal input from the audio / video processing unit 24 or the electronic program guide received from each tuner to the receiver 41 such as a TV or the interface (I / I) via the bus and output terminal. F) A control function for transmitting to the outside via the unit 27 is provided. The receiver 41 is a display device that displays an electronic program guide connected to the video recorder 10.

  The control unit 30 is a main CPU (Central Processing Unit) provided for controlling the operation of each component of the video recorder 10. For example, the control unit 30 also executes a search process for searching for a broadcast program related to a keyword designated by the user from the electronic program guide. The control unit 30 extracts the searched broadcast program information from the electronic program guide and stores it in the memory 42 as reservation information to be reserved for recording. The control unit 30 also has a function of storing broadcast program information (recommended broadcast program information) transmitted from, for example, the server S via the communication unit 11 in the memory 42 as reservation information to be recorded.

  The memory 42 stores broadcast program reservation information and reservation information storage factors. The broadcast program includes a plurality of items such as a channel number, a title name of the broadcast program, a recording start time, and a recording time for identifying a broadcast program such as a TV. The reservation information is reservation recording setting information created when, for example, a setting related to reservation recording of a broadcast program is executed by a user. The storage factor is a factor indicating how the reservation information is written in the memory 42.

  An example of the configuration of these reservation information and storage factors is shown in FIG. The reservation information has a plurality of items. The plurality of items are a channel (channel code), date information, recording reservation start time, recording reservation time, image quality, and sound quality. Memory factors include recording source and automatic / manual recording data.

  A channel (channel code) represents a channel of a broadcast station on which a broadcast program subject to recording reservation is broadcast. The date represents the date when the broadcast program subject to recording reservation is broadcast. The reserved recording start time represents the time for starting execution of recording of a broadcast program subject to recording reservation. The reserved recording time represents the time for recording the broadcast program subject to recording reservation. The image quality represents the image quality of the AV signal targeted for recording reservation. The image quality represents a recording format for recording a broadcast program subject to recording reservation. The sound quality represents a recording format for recording a reserved broadcast program.

  The memory factor is composed of automatic recording / manual recording and recording source. This automatic recording / manual recording is designated as “automatic recording reservation” indicating that it is not a broadcast program designated as a target for scheduled recording from the electronic program guide by the user, and designated as a target for scheduled recording from the electronic program guide by the user. “Manual recording reservation” indicating a broadcast program is shown.

  This “automatic recording reservation” further includes two recording sources. One of the recording sources is “Random” indicating that a broadcast program related to the keyword has been targeted for recording reservation by the keyword search process described above. As another recording source, “recommended” indicating that the recommended broadcast program information transmitted from the server S is the target of recording reservation is shown.

  The display control unit 43 executes a process of changing the display image of each broadcast program information group included in the electronic program guide under the control of the control unit 30.

  The mark display indicates a mark corresponding to the recommended level of the recommended broadcast program information superimposed on the recommended broadcast program information transmitted from the server S.

  When the control section 30 writes the broadcast program information item to be reserved for recording in the memory 42 as reservation information, the item included in the broadcast program information to be recorded and the broadcast program information item stored in the memory 42 are determined. A condition determination process for determining whether or not there is an overlap is executed. For example, the control unit 30 determines whether or not the recording start time of the broadcast program information stored in the memory 42 overlaps with the recording start time of the broadcast program information targeted for recording reservation.

  If there is no overlap, the control unit 30 further executes a process of determining whether the recording source of the reservation information of the broadcast program information is “Random” or “Recommended”. When the recording source of the reservation information is “Random” or “Random”, the control unit 30 extracts broadcast program information items (channel code, date, recording start time, recording time, etc.) to be recorded, The extracted item is stored in the memory 42 as reservation information. The extracted item is stored in the memory 42 as reservation information. The reservation information written in the memory 42 is designated as a recording target to be recorded in accordance with the reservation information item. Further, when there is no duplication and the upper limit of the recording time is set in advance by the user, the control unit 30 does not execute the recording reservation of the broadcast program to be recorded.

  If they overlap, the control unit 30 determines whether the broadcast program information is broadcast program information related to the keyword or recommended broadcast program information. When the broadcast program information is determined to be duplicated by the condition determination process and is related to the keyword, an item is extracted from the reservation information of the broadcast program information, and the extracted item is stored in the memory 42A. If it is determined by the condition determination process that the information is duplicated and the recommended broadcast program information, the item is extracted from the reservation information of the recommended broadcast program information, and the extracted item is stored in the memory 42B.

  In the present embodiment, the display change process for changing the display image of the broadcast program displayed on the electronic program guide according to the storage factor of the reservation information stored in the memory 42 or the reservation information stored in each of the memory 42A and the memory 42B. It has a function. Specifically, the display control unit 43 refers to the reservation factor stored in the memory 42 or the reservation information stored in each of the memory 42A and the memory 42B, and broadcasts according to the storage factor and each reservation information. Change the display image of program information.

  As a result, in addition to the display indicating that the recording reservation setting for a certain broadcast program displayed in the electronic program guide has been executed, the display device displays how the recording reservation setting has been executed. be able to.

  The display unit 33 is a display device for status display provided in the video recorder 10 main body. For example, the AV signal title, channel number, and progress of playback / recording that are currently viewed, played back, and recorded. Used to display status information. For example, when the user instructs to record / reproduce a TV program by operating the remote control unit R, the title name of the TV program to be recorded / reproduced by the video recorder 10 is displayed on the display unit. 33.

  The timer microcomputer unit 34 is a microcomputer incorporating a timer for timekeeping, and functions as a sub CPU for processing signals transmitted from the operation unit 32 and the remote control unit R, respectively. The timer microcomputer unit 34 also has a function of managing the channel number, title, recording start time, recording end time, and the like for each broadcast program such as TV reserved for recording. The timer built in the timer microcomputer unit 34 functions as a clock module that measures the current date and time. When the recording start time or recording end time of each broadcast program reserved for recording comes, recording / stopping recording of the AV signal corresponding to the broadcast program information stored in the memory 42 is performed. The timer microcomputer unit 34 has a remote control code processing function. The remote control code processing function is a function for jointly executing an operation requested by the remote control code received from the remote control unit R via the remote control interface built in the operation unit 32 together with the control unit 30.

  The remote control unit R is provided with, for example, function keys and numeric keys (not shown). The user can also instruct the video recorder 10 to output the electronic program guide corresponding to the key to the display unit 33 by operating the key of the remote control unit R. The function keys include, for example, a button group (play button, stop button, pause button, record button, fast forward / fast button) for controlling the recording / playback operation of the AV signal in addition to the power on / off button of the video recorder 10. And a group of buttons for operating the recording reservation function and the function for displaying the broadcast program information reserved for recording, and the like. The numeric keypad is provided with a plurality of buttons for inputting numbers and symbols, and is used, for example, for inputting a channel number and editing a title name.

  In the remote control unit R, a key code corresponding to each button of the operation unit 32 is assigned. When a certain button is operated by the user, a key code corresponding to the button is transmitted to the video recorder 10 by an infrared signal or the like. In the video recorder 10, an operation to be executed is defined for each remote control code. The user operates the remote control unit R to execute operations such as recording / playback of AV signals, recording reservation, display of a recording reservation list, display of a title list of recorded AV signals, and the like. Can be directed to.

  As shown, the server S includes a program information registration unit 51, a program information storage unit 52, a communication unit 53, and the like. The server S receives a broadcast program from the broadcast station T from the communication unit 53 via the Internet. The program information registration unit 51 stores the received broadcast program in the program information storage unit 52. The program information registration unit 51 also has a function of giving a recommended level to the received broadcast program information. The server S transmits the broadcast program information stored in the program information storage unit 52 as recommended program information to a plurality of signal processing devices (video recorders) such as the video recorder 10 via the communication unit 53.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 3, an example of marks displayed on the display image of broadcast program information in which reserved recording is set on the electronic program guide will be described. The display control unit 43 displays the mark superimposed on the display image of the broadcast program displayed in the electronic program guide according to the storage factor (automatic recording / manual recording, recording source) of the broadcast program information stored in the memory 42. .

  The “automatic” mark indicates that the recording reservation is executed by the control unit 30 for broadcast program information related to the keyword and broadcast program information related to the keyword. Specifically, the mark indicates that the broadcast program information related to the keyword stored in the memory 42 is stored in the memory 42 by the control unit 30. That is, when the recording source of the broadcast program information referring to the memory 42 is “automatic” and the automatic recording / manual recording source is “automatic”, the display control unit 43 refers to the electronic program guide of the referenced reservation information. The “automatic” mark is displayed on the display image of the broadcast program displayed inside.

  In the “self-satisfied” mark, the broadcast program information related to the keyword is designated by the control unit 30 as a candidate for execution of recording reservation, but actually, the reserved recording is not executed for the broadcast program information. It is a mark which shows. That is, in this mark, the broadcast program information related to the keyword is duplicated by the above-described condition determination process in the broadcast program information item related to the keyword and the reservation information item already stored in the memory 42. This mark indicates that the broadcast program information is stored in the memory 42A. The display control unit 43 refers to the memory 42 </ b> A and displays a “self-weather” mark on the display image of the broadcast program displayed in the electronic program guide.

  The “recommendation” mark is a mark indicating that the recommended broadcast program information transmitted by the server S is designated as a candidate for execution of recording reservation, but the broadcast program information is actually a mark indicating that recording reservation has not been executed. It is. That is, this mark is determined that the recommended broadcast program information includes an item included in the recommended broadcast program information and an item of reservation information already stored in the memory 42 by the above-described condition determination process. It is a mark indicating broadcast program information stored in the memory 42B. The display control unit 43 refers to the memory 42B and displays a “recommendation” mark on the display image of the broadcast program displayed in the electronic program guide of the referenced reservation information.

  The “estimated” mark is recommended broadcast program information transmitted from the server S by the control unit 30 and indicates that the broadcast program information has been reserved for recording. That is, when the recording source of the broadcast program information referring to the memory 42 is “recommended” and the automatic recording / manual recording source is “automatic”, the display control unit 43 refers to the electronic program guide of the referenced reservation information. The “estimate” mark is displayed on the display image of the broadcast program displayed inside.

  The “manual” mark is a mark indicating that the recording reservation of the broadcast program has been executed by the user operating the remote control unit R and the operation unit 32 by the control unit 30. That is, when the automatic recording / manual recording source is “manual” with reference to the memory 42, the display control unit 43 displays “automatic” on the display image of the broadcast program displayed in the electronic program guide of the referenced reservation information. "Mark is displayed.

  Next, an example of an electronic program guide displayed on the display screen of the receiver 41 by the video recorder 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The display screen 100 is an electronic program guide displayed on the display screen of the receiver 41 by the display control unit 43. The user selects the cursor 110 on the electronic program guide displayed on the display screen 100 by operating the remote control unit R selected from the broadcast program information group (including broadcast program information P1 to P5) and the operation unit 32. Recording reservation of the selected broadcast program information can be made.

  Broadcast program information P1 to P3 is a display image of broadcast program information that has already been reserved for recording, and is displayed in red, for example. In the broadcast program information P1, an “automatic” mark 101 and the broadcast program name of the broadcast program information P1 are displayed. In the broadcast program information P2, an “inference” mark 102 including a star mark based on the recommended level and the broadcast program name of the broadcast program information P2 are displayed. In the broadcast program information P3, the “manual” mark 103 and the broadcast program name of the broadcast program information P3 are displayed. The broadcast program information P1 to P3 is broadcast program information for executing recording reservation on the display screen 100, and is displayed in red, for example.

  Broadcast program information P4 and broadcast program information P5 are display images of broadcast program information that have been designated as candidates for recording reservation but are not actually reserved for recording. Display of broadcast program information reserved for recording Different from the image, for example, it is displayed in blue. In the broadcast program information P4, the “self-notice” mark 104 and the broadcast program name of the broadcast program information P4 are displayed. In the broadcast program information P5, a “recommendation” mark 105 including a star mark based on the recommended level and the broadcast program name of the broadcast program information P5 are displayed.

  The user can also visually check the recording reservation factor of the broadcast program information reserved for recording and the broadcast program information of the recording reservation candidate by the identifier displayed on the display image of each broadcast program information. In addition, by referring to the display screen 100, the user can visually recognize the broadcast program information currently reserved for recording by the color of the display image of the broadcast program information, and the broadcast program information related to the keyword is recommended. However, it is also possible to visually recognize broadcast program information for which no recording reservation is executed. By referring to the recommended level, the user can selectively execute setting / cancellation of recording reservation of broadcast program information reserved for recording. The star mark displayed based on the recommended level may not be displayed.

  In addition, in the display image of the broadcast program information currently selected by the cursor 110, no mark or the like is displayed because it is not set as a recording reservation target. The display images of the broadcast program information P1 to the broadcast program information P3 are displayed by the display control unit 43 in a larger size than the display image that is not set as a recording reservation target. As a result, the display image of the broadcast program information set as the target for recording reservation can be presented to the user in a manner that is more attractive than the other display images.

  Next, a first example of the procedure of the display change process described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the first example of the display change process, the display control unit 43 refers to the storage factor of the reservation information stored in the memory 42 and executes a process of changing the display image of the broadcast program in the electronic program guide. To do.

  The display control unit 43 displays the electronic program guide on the receiver 41 (step S101). The display control unit 43 reads the broadcast program information stored in the memory 42 (step S102). In step S <b> 102, the display control unit 43 refers to one broadcast program information from the broadcast program information group stored in the memory 42.

  The display control unit 43 refers to whether the recording source of the reservation information whose automatic recording / manual recording of the storage factor of the reservation information read into the memory 42 is “automatic” is “automatic” or “recommended”. (Step S103). When the referred recording source is “Random”, the display control unit 43 displays an identifier indicating that the recording reservation of the broadcast program information related to the keyword is set in the display image of the broadcast program in the electronic program guide. (Step S104). In step S104, for example, “automatic” is displayed on the display image of the broadcast program in the electronic program guide according to the read recording source. The display control unit 43 displays the display area of the display image on which the marked broadcast program is displayed in red (step S105).

  On the other hand, when the referenced recording source is “recommended”, the display control unit 43 indicates that the recording reservation of the broadcast program recommended by the server S is set for the display image of the broadcast program in the electronic program guide. Is displayed. For example, “estimate” is displayed on the display image of the broadcast program in the electronic program guide according to the read recording source. The display control unit 43 displays the display area of the display image on which the marked broadcast program is displayed in blue (step S107).

  In the first example of the display change process, the video recorder 10 sets the broadcast program information reserved for recording other than the recording reservation of the broadcast program information performed by the user, that is, the recording reservation of the broadcast program information related to the keyword. Can be presented and a display screen on which the user can visually recognize the broadcast program for which the recording reservation of the broadcast program information recommended by the server S has been executed can be presented.

  Next, a second example of the procedure of the display change process described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the second example of the display change process, the display control unit 43 determines whether the reservation information stored in the memory 42 or the reservation information stored in the memory 42A and the memory 42B is stored in the electronic program guide. Change the display image of the broadcast program.

  The display control unit 43 displays the electronic program guide on the display screen of the receiver 41 (step S201). The display control unit 43 determines whether all broadcast program information for which recording reservations are set on the displayed electronic program guide has been displayed (step S202).

  When it is determined that all broadcast program information for which recording reservation is set is not displayed (NO in step S202), the display control unit 43 acquires one piece of reservation information from the memory 42 (step S203).

  Next, the display control unit 43 determines whether or not the acquired reservation information is a broadcast program for which a recording reservation outside the currently displayed program table is set (step S204). In step S204, the display control unit 43 determines whether or not there is a broadcast program that matches the acquired reservation information item on the electronic program guide currently displayed on the display screen.

  If there is a broadcast program that matches the acquired reservation information item on the electronic program guide (NO in step S204), an identifier is displayed on the display image of the broadcast program according to the storage factor of the acquired reservation information (step S205). ). In step S205, the display control unit 43 also executes processing for displaying a mark on the display image of the broadcast program in the electronic program guide according to the reservation information acquired from the memory 42A or the memory 42B.

  When the display control unit 43 displays any one of the “automatic” mark 101, the “forecast” mark 102, and the “manual” mark 103 on the display image of the broadcast program in the electronic program guide, these marks are displayed. The display image displaying the broadcast program information corresponding to is displayed in red (step S206).

  When the display unit 43 displays the “self-suggestion” mark 104 and the “recommendation” mark 105 on the display image of the broadcast program in the electronic program guide, the display image of the broadcast program information corresponding to these marks is displayed. Is displayed in blue (step S207). In step S207, the display image is displayed in a color different from the color of the display image displayed in step S206.

  When executing up to step S207, the display control unit 43 executes step S202 again.

  On the other hand, when the acquired broadcast program information does not exist on the electronic program guide (YES in step S204), the display control unit 43 discards the acquired reservation information and executes step S202.

  In the second example of the display change process, the broadcast program information that has been reserved for recording other than the recording reservation of the broadcast program information being executed by the user, that is, the broadcast in which the recording reservation of the broadcast program information related to the keyword has been executed is performed. It is possible to present a display screen on which the user can visually recognize the program and the broadcast program for which the recording reservation of the broadcast program information recommended by the server S has been executed. Furthermore, although the recording reservation of the broadcast program information related to the keyword has been executed, the broadcast program in which the execution of the recording reservation is not actually completed by the above-described condition determination process, and the recommended broadcast program information recommended by the server S However, it is possible to present a display screen that allows the user to visually recognize broadcast programs for which the execution of recording reservation has not been completed by the above-described condition determination process.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the storage factor included in the reservation information stored in the memory or the reservation information stored separately from the memory is referred to, and the display image of the broadcast program in the electronic program guide is displayed. Is changed. Specifically, the display control unit 43 assigns an identifier to the display image of the broadcast program in the electronic program guide according to the storage factor of the reservation information stored in the memory 42 and the reservation information stored in each of the memory 42A and the memory 42B. indicate. The user only has to visually recognize the identifier displayed on the display image, the broadcast program set to execute the recording reservation, the factor set to execute the recording reservation, and the recording reservation are executed. Broadcast program information for which execution of the reservation has not been completed can be identified.

  In the video recorder 10 of the present embodiment, the reservation information is stored in the memory 42, the memory 42A, and the memory 42B, respectively, according to the storage factor of the reservation information and the above-described condition determination process. One memory having a plurality of storage areas for storing the memory may be mounted.

  The recommended broadcast program information in the present embodiment is broadcast program information provided by the server S, but may be broadcast program information provided by the video recorder 10, for example. In other words, the video recorder 10 provides recommended broadcast program information according to history information such as a track record of reservation information stored in the memory 42 so far.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, you may combine a component suitably in different embodiment.

The block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of the signal processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The figure for demonstrating the structure of the broadcast program information used by the signal processing apparatus of FIG. The figure for demonstrating the example of the identifier displayed on the display image of the broadcast program information used by the signal processing apparatus of FIG. The figure for demonstrating the example of the display screen output to the display apparatus connected to the signal processing apparatus of FIG. The flowchart for demonstrating the 1st example of the procedure of the display change process performed in the signal processing apparatus of FIG. The flowchart for demonstrating the 2nd example of the procedure of the display change process performed in the signal processing apparatus of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Video recorder, 30 ... Control part, 41 ... Receiver, 42 ... Reservation memory, 42A ... Memory, 42A ... Memory, 43 ... Display control part, R ... Remote control, S ... Server.

Claims (6)

In a signal processing apparatus capable of automatically and manually performing recording reservation of a broadcast program,
A reserved memory for storing reserved program information indicating that a broadcast program has been reserved, and identifier information indicating whether the recording reservation is automatic or manual;
Means for displaying a program guide including broadcast programs;
Identification information display means for referring to the reservation memory and displaying on the program guide a first identifier indicating whether the recording reservation of the broadcast program in the program guide displayed on the display means is automatic or manual ;
When the item included in the search result of the program information matching the search keyword and the item included in the reserved program information stored in the reserved memory do not overlap, the searched program information is written into the reserved memory, A writing means for writing the detected program information in a candidate memory when an item included in the searched program information and an item included in the reserved program information written in the reserved memory overlap;
Means for referring to the candidate memory and displaying a second identifier on the program guide indicating that the non-reserved program in the program guide displayed by the display means is a program stored in the candidate memory; A signal processing apparatus comprising: In a signal processing apparatus capable of automatically and manually performing recording reservation of a broadcast program,
A reserved memory for storing reserved program information indicating that a broadcast program has been reserved, and identifier information indicating whether the recording reservation is automatic or manual;
Means for displaying a program guide including broadcast programs;
Identification information display means for referring to the reservation memory and displaying on the program guide a first identifier indicating whether the recording reservation of the broadcast program in the program guide displayed on the display means is automatic or manual;
A communication control unit for communicating with an external device via a network;
When the item included in the recommended program information received from the external device via the network and the item included in the program information stored in the reserved memory do not overlap, the recommended program information is written into the reserved memory. Writing means for writing the recommended program information to the candidate memory when the item included in the recommended program information and the item included in the program information stored in the reserved memory overlap.
Means for referring to the candidate memory and displaying in the program table a second identifier different from the identifier indicating that the non-reserved program in the program displayed by the display means is a program stored in the candidate memory A signal processing apparatus comprising: In a signal processing apparatus capable of automatically and manually performing recording reservation of a broadcast program,
A reserved memory for storing reserved program information indicating that a broadcast program has been reserved, and identifier information indicating whether the recording reservation is automatic or manual;
Means for displaying a program guide including broadcast programs;
Identification information display means for referring to the reservation memory and displaying on the program guide a first identifier indicating whether the recording reservation of the broadcast program in the program guide displayed on the display means is automatic or manual;
A communication control unit for communicating with an external device via a network;
When the item included in the recommended program information received from the external device via the network and the item included in the program information stored in the reserved memory do not overlap, the recommended program information is written into the reserved memory. Writing means for writing the recommended program information to the candidate memory when the item included in the recommended program information and the item included in the program information stored in the reserved memory overlap.
A signal processing apparatus comprising: means for referring to the candidate memory and displaying an identifier corresponding to a recommended level of a non-reserved program in the program displayed by the display means. A display method applied in a signal processing apparatus having a reserved program management function capable of automatically and manually performing recording reservation of a broadcast program, wherein the signal processing apparatus is a reservation indicating that the broadcast program is reserved A reservation memory for storing program information and identifier information indicating whether the recording reservation is automatic or manual;
Displaying a program table including the broadcast program on a display device connected to the signal processing device;
Referring to the reservation memory, displaying a first identifier on the program guide indicating whether the recording reservation of the broadcast program in the program guide displayed in the displaying step is automatic or manual ;
When the item included in the search result of the program information matching the search keyword and the item included in the reserved program information stored in the reserved memory do not overlap, the searched program information is written into the reserved memory, A step of writing the detected program information in a candidate memory of the signal processing device when an item included in the searched program information and an item included in the program information written in the reservation memory overlap; ,
Referring to the candidate memory, displaying a second identifier on the program guide indicating that the non-recording reserved program in the program guide displayed in the displaying step is a program stored in the candidate memory; A display method comprising: A display method applied in a signal processing apparatus having a reserved program management function capable of automatically and manually performing recording reservation of a broadcast program, wherein the signal processing apparatus is a reservation indicating that the broadcast program is reserved A reservation memory that stores program information and identifier information indicating whether the recording reservation is automatic or manual, and a communication control unit that performs communication with an external device via a network,
Displaying a program table including the broadcast program on a display device connected to the signal processing device;
Referring to the reservation memory, displaying a first identifier on the program guide indicating whether the recording reservation of the broadcast program in the program guide displayed in the displaying step is automatic or manual;
When the item included in the recommended program information received from the external device via the network and the item included in the program information stored in the reserved memory do not overlap, the recommended program information is written into the reserved memory. When the item included in the recommended program information and the item included in the program information stored in the reserved memory overlap, writing the recommended program information into the candidate memory of the signal processing device;
Referring to the candidate memory, and a step of displaying a second identifier indicating that the non-reserved program in the program displayed in said step of displaying is a program stored in said candidate memory program table A display method characterized by that . A display method applied in a signal processing apparatus having a reserved program management function capable of automatically and manually performing recording reservation of a broadcast program, wherein the signal processing apparatus is a reservation indicating that the broadcast program is reserved Including a reservation memory that stores program information and identifier information indicating whether the recording reservation is automatic or manual, and a communication control unit that performs communication with an external device via a network,
Displaying a program table including the broadcast program on a display device connected to the signal processing device;
Referring to the reservation memory, displaying a first identifier on the program guide indicating whether the recording reservation of the broadcast program in the program guide displayed in the displaying step is automatic or manual;
When the item included in the recommended program information received from the external device via the network and the item included in the program information stored in the reserved memory do not overlap, the recommended program information is written into the reserved memory. Writing the recommended program information in a candidate memory if the item included in the recommended program information and the item included in the program information stored in the reserved memory overlap,
With reference to the candidate memory, characterized by comprising a means for executing the second identification information display processing for displaying an identifier corresponding to the recommended level of the non-reserved program in the program displayed by the display means Display method.

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