JP5157423B2 - Recording control method, recording system, viewing device, and recording device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is for recording a program being viewed.

  In general, TVs not only receive and watch TV broadcasts, but also connect DVRs (Digital Video Recorders) such as VTRs (Video Tape Recorders) and DVD recorders to record programs that are being viewed on those devices. be able to. Therefore, in many cases, TVs are provided with one or a plurality of external input terminals in addition to antenna terminals for receiving TV broadcasts, and the recording apparatus also receives antenna broadcasts and records antenna terminals. In addition, one or a plurality of external input terminals are often provided. The user can switch these inputs with a remote control or an input switching button on the main body according to the purpose.

  When a conventional TV is connected to a device such as a DVR and a program is viewed using a viewing device such as a TV, the recording device is automatically operated with a single operation using the remote control of the viewing device, the main body, and the GUI. It has become possible to easily record the program being viewed on the startup viewing device.

  As a result, it has been possible to solve the troublesomeness of switching from the remote control of the viewing device being viewed to the remote control of the recording device for recording to turn on the power of the recording device and select again.

In addition, there exists the following as a prior art relevant to this invention (for example, refer patent document 1).
Japanese Patent No. 3647153

  The problem to be solved is that, in the connection between the viewing device that can watch the program and the recording device that can record the program, when the program is recorded while viewing the program on the viewing device, When the user presses a button for recording a program being viewed on the remote control, main body, GUI, or the like of the viewing device or selects an item, the power of the recording device is automatically turned on and recording starts. There is a problem that audio and subtitles are recorded differently from the audio and subtitles of the program that was being played.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, in a viewing device capable of viewing a program and a recording device capable of recording a program, the devices are connected using one or a plurality of connection media, and In a system in which a command is transmitted and received between a viewing device and a recording device through a connection medium, the user uses a remote control of the viewing device or a button on the main body while the viewing device is viewing a program of a broadcast signal received from an antenna. When the button for recording the program being viewed is pressed, the control unit determines the received recording command, selects the power-on command, the recording command, and the program being viewed when the recording command is pressed. The command data is transferred to the command input I / F of the station / audio / subtitle information.

  When the recording device receives the command data from the command input / output I / F when the power supply is in the standby state, when the control unit determines that it is a power activation command, the recording device receives all of the recording functions from the control unit. Are activated (data processing unit, antenna, tuner, external input, switch, HDD / DVD).

  Based on the channel selection / audio / caption information of the viewing device program obtained from the command input / output I / F, the control unit controls the tuner to select the same program as the viewing device, and selects the same audio / subtitle. The data processor generates video / audio for the program and starts recording.

  According to the recording control method for connecting a viewing device and a recording device according to the present invention, and an apparatus and system using the method, when a program viewed by the viewing device is to be recorded, the user turns on the power of the recording device. There is no need to match the program to the viewing device with the channel selection button, and it is not necessary to set the audio / caption of the recording device, and the user can record with one recording button without being aware of the state of the recording device. There is an advantage that recording can be prevented from failing even when the audio / caption setting of the recording apparatus is not performed.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a viewing device and a recording device in an embodiment of the device of the present invention. 101 is a viewing device, 102 is a user operation unit that receives an operation signal by a remote control code or a button or the like present on the viewing device, 103 is a control unit that controls the remote control code received by the user operation unit, and 104 transmits command data Command input / output I / F 105, a data input I / F for receiving video / audio / menu data, 106, a data processing unit for processing the input video / audio / menu data, 107, an antenna, Is a tuner for controlling the broadcast signal received from the antenna, 109 is an external input for inputting video / audio / menu data from the outside, 110 is a switch for switching an input signal from the antenna and an input signal from the external input, and 111 is It is a screen display unit for displaying video / audio / menu data.

  Further, 201 is a recording device, 202 is a user operation unit that receives an operation signal by a remote control code or a button or the like present in the recording device, 203 is a control unit that controls the remote control code received by the user operation unit, and 204 is Command input / output I / F for transmitting command data, 205 is a data output I / F for transmitting video / audio / menu data, 206 is a decoder processing unit for processing video / audio / menu data to be output, 207 Antenna, 208 is a tuner for controlling a broadcast signal received from the antenna, 209 is an external input for inputting video / audio / menu data from the outside, and 210 is a switch for switching an input signal from the antenna or an input signal from the external input , 211 records video / audio / data received from an antenna or external input. It is a DD / DVD.

  Reference numeral 301 connecting the display device and the recording device is a command cable for transmitting command data, and 302 is a data cable for transmitting video / audio / menu data.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a channel selection and recording control method in connection between the viewing device and the recording device of the present invention. The operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the viewing apparatus 101 will be described. When the user is viewing a broadcast signal program received from the antenna on the viewing device, the user can view the program using the channel selection key (channel up / down, numeric keys, etc.) using the remote control of the viewing device or the buttons on the main unit. You can switch between programs. The user operation unit 102 receives the key instruction and notifies the control unit 103 of the content of the received key.
In this case, since the viewing device uses a signal received from the antenna 107 of the viewing device via the tuner 108, the input of the switch 110 is controlled to be switched to the tuner 108, and the data processing unit 106 views on the viewing device side. The video / audio of the program is displayed and displayed on the screen display unit 111.

  Then, the control unit 103 determines the recording command received from the user operation unit 102, and when the recording device is in a standby state at the timing when the recording command is pressed, the power-on command, and the recording command and program tuning / audio / The command data of the caption information is also transmitted to the command input / output I / F.

  Here, the standby state refers to all functions related to the recording function of the recording apparatus (data processing unit 206, antenna 207, tuner 208, external input 209, switch 210, HDD / DVD 211) and the user's appearance from the viewpoint of power supply. It is OFF, or some functions are activated, but the user's appearance is OFF in terms of power.

  Next, the recording apparatus 201 will be described. When the recording device is in the standby state, when the command data is received from the command input / output I / F 204, and when the control unit 203 determines that the command is a power activation command, the recording device has all the functions related to the recording function ( Data processing unit 206, antenna 207, tuner 208, external input 209, switch 210, HDD / DVD 211) are activated. Then, based on the channel selection / audio / caption information of the viewing device program acquired from the command input / output I / F 204, the control unit 203 controls the tuner 208 to select the same program as the viewing device, and the same audio and caption. The data processor 206 selects and generates video / audio for the program and starts recording.

  In the follow chart of FIG. 2, it is first determined whether or not an input code has been received by the viewing device (401). If it is a recording code (402), a command with the connected recording device side is determined. If the data can be transferred (403), command data related to power activation, channel selection / audio / caption, and recording is transmitted to the recording device (404). Next, when the code received from the viewing device in the recording device is power activation, channel selection / audio / caption, recording code (501), the state of the recording device is confirmed, and the recording device is in the standby state and received. If the code is a power activation code (502), the recording apparatus is switched from standby to power on by a power activation process (503). If the received code is a channel selection / audio / caption code (504), the channel selection processing on the recording device side is performed, and after the channel selection is completed, the audio / subtitle is set (505). Is selected, and the same audio and subtitle are selected. When the received code is a recording code (506), the recording is controlled in the recording process (507).

  A channel selection / audio / caption control method, a device using the method, and a system according to the present invention include a viewing device that requires channel selection control, a recording device connected to the viewing device, the viewing device, and the The present invention can be widely applied to a system to which a recording device is connected.

Configuration diagram of a viewing apparatus and a recording apparatus having program control and recording control in an embodiment of the present invention The flowchart showing the recording control method in embodiment of this invention

Explanation of symbols

101 viewing device 102, 202 user operation unit 103, 203 control unit 104, 204 command input / output I / F
105 Data input I / F
106, 206 Data processing unit 107, 207 Antenna 108, 208 Tuner 109, 209 External input 110, 210 Switch 111 Screen display unit 201 Recording device 205 Data output I / F
211 HDD / DVD
301 Cable for command 302 Cable for data

Claims (3)

A first receiver that receives the broadcast and generates first video data based on the received broadcast;
Information indicating a setting state set in the external device, information indicating the type of the audio external device that has output, or the type of the caption superimposed on the image in which the external device is outputting A second receiving unit that receives setting information from the external device,
When receiving a recording instruction, based on the setting information, second video data in which a part of audio data is selected from among a plurality of audio data included in the first video data, or the first video Recording that generates third video data in which some of the subtitle data included in the data is selected, and records the generated second video data or the third video data in a storage medium And comprising
Recording device. Receiving a broadcast, generating first video data based on the received broadcast,
Information indicating a setting state set in the external device, information indicating the type of the audio external device that has output, or the type of the caption superimposed on the image in which the external device is outputting Receiving setting information, which is information indicating from the external device,
When receiving a recording instruction, based on the setting information, second video data in which a part of audio data is selected from among a plurality of audio data included in the first video data, or the first video Generating third video data in which a part of the subtitle data included in the data is selected, and recording the generated second video data or the third video data in a storage medium;
Recording control method. A receiver that receives the broadcast and generates video data based on the received broadcast;
Which audio data of the plurality of audio data included in the video data is output by the own device , or which subtitle data of the plurality of subtitle data included in the video data is superimposed on the image data output by the own device Or a reception unit that accepts settings for,
Based on the video data generated by the receiving unit and the setting received by the receiving unit, an output unit that outputs an image and sound;
A transmission unit that transmits setting information indicating settings received by the reception unit to an external device when a recording instruction is received;
Viewing device.

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