JP5931960B2 - Display device, transmitter, broadcasting system, and display method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device and a display method. The present invention also relates to a television receiver provided with each means of the display device, a transmitter for sending data to the display device, and a broadcasting system including such a display device and a transmitter. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a program for operating a computer as a display device, and a recording medium on which such a program is recorded.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electronic program guide (EPG) is displayed on a television capable of receiving digital broadcasting. In general, an electronic program guide is arranged such that program information indicating information of each program is arranged in a matrix with the axis indicating the broadcast channel of the broadcast program as the horizontal axis and the axis indicating the broadcast time of the broadcast program as the vertical axis. Is. The electronic program guide is program information indicating broadcast program information, and is generated based on the program information added to the broadcast signal. Specifically, the television generates an electronic program guide by analyzing program information and extracting broadcast channels and broadcast times included in the program information. The user can view or record a broadcast program indicated by the program information by selecting arbitrary program information arranged in the electronic program guide.

  Here, the program information added to the broadcast signal can include not only the broadcast channel and the broadcast time but also information such as text describing a brief description of the program. As an example of a technique using information included in program information, Patent Document 1 describes an information processing apparatus that performs a keyword search of program information and automatically performs reserved recording of a program that matches the keyword search.

  In recent years, the amount of information that can be displayed on a display screen has increased with the increase in the size of televisions and the increase in the definition of display areas. By using various information included in program information, new information can be provided to users. Attempts are being made to provide value.

JP 2008-312152 A (released on December 25, 2008)

  The conventional electronic program guide is a program guide familiar to users because it has the same configuration as a so-called latte column (radio-TV column) in newspapers. However, in the conventional electronic program guide, there is a problem that the burden on the user is large when trying to find a broadcast program including the content desired by the user.

  In particular, in recent years, the manner in which users watch TV has diversified. For example, it is common to record a broadcast program to be viewed on a recording device built in or connected to a television. In the above case, the user performs reserved recording of the program including the desired contents without worrying about the broadcast channel and broadcast time of the broadcast program that the user wants to watch, and therefore displays a program table such as a conventional electronic program guide. The need is thought to be weakening.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a display device that can easily find a desired broadcast program by displaying a program guide different from a conventional electronic program guide. It is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a display device according to one aspect of the present invention is a template in which an object corresponding to program information indicating broadcast program information is arranged, and indicates an axis indicating a channel and a broadcast time Referring to the program information acquired by the acquisition unit, a template generation unit that generates one or a plurality of templates stretched by two different axes from each other, the program information acquired by the acquisition unit, Or a program guide generating means for generating a program guide by arranging the objects on a plurality of templates.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a display method according to an aspect of the present invention is a template in which an object corresponding to program information indicating broadcast program information is arranged, and includes a channel axis and a broadcast time. Referring to the template generation step for generating one or a plurality of templates stretched by two axes different from any of the axes indicating, the acquisition step for acquiring the program information, and the program information acquired in the acquisition step And a program guide generating step of generating a program guide by arranging the object on the one or a plurality of templates.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a display device that can easily find a desired broadcast program by displaying a program guide different from a conventional electronic program guide.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the display apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a broadcasting system including the display device illustrated in FIG. 1 and a transmitter that transmits data to the display device. It is a figure which shows an example of the program schedule which the display apparatus shown in FIG. 1 displays. It is a figure which shows an example of the positional information contained in EIT (Event Information Table) which the display apparatus shown in FIG. 1 acquires, (a) is an example when positional information is added to EIT as a positional information descriptor. (B) shows an example when a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for acquiring position information is added to the EIT. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the operation | movement at the time of the display apparatus shown in FIG. 1 producing | generating a positional information program list prior to the production | generation of a program schedule. It is a figure which shows an example of the program information database and position information program list which the display apparatus shown in FIG. 1 produces. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement at the time of the display apparatus shown in FIG. 1 displaying a program schedule. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program guide displayed by the display device illustrated in FIG. 1, in which (a) illustrates an example of a screen displayed in step S25 in FIG. 7, and (b) illustrates in step S27 in FIG. (C) shows an example of the screen displayed in step S28 of FIG. It is a figure which shows another example of the program schedule which the display apparatus shown in FIG. 1 displays, (a) shows an example of a program schedule in case an OSD production | generation part produces | generates one template, (b) An example of a program guide in case an OSD production | generation part produces | generates a some template is shown. It is a figure which shows an example of the program schedule which the display apparatus which concerns on a 1st modification displays. It is a figure which shows an example of the program schedule which the display apparatus which concerns on a 2nd modification displays. It is a figure which shows an example of the program schedule which the display apparatus which concerns on a 3rd modification displays. It is a figure which shows an example of the program schedule which the display apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention displays. It is a figure which shows an example of the program schedule which the display apparatus which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention displays. It is a figure which shows an example of the program schedule which the display apparatus which concerns on the 4th Embodiment of this invention displays. It is a figure which shows another example of the program schedule which the display apparatus which concerns on the 4th Embodiment of this invention displays. It is a figure which shows an example of the program schedule which the display apparatus which concerns on the 5th Embodiment of this invention displays. It is an external view which shows the structural example of the display apparatus shown in FIG. 1, (a) is an external view which shows a display apparatus and the external display connected to the said display apparatus, (b) is a display provided with the display. It is an external view which shows an apparatus, (c) is an external view which shows a display apparatus and the reproducing | regenerating apparatus connected to the said display apparatus.

[First Embodiment]
A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the display apparatus according to the present embodiment is realized as a television receiver, this is hereinafter referred to as “television”. However, the application range of the present invention extends to general display devices having a display function, and is not limited to a television.

(TV configuration)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a television (display device) 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the television 1 includes an external input terminal 101, a terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 (acquisition means), a satellite broadcast tuner 103 (acquisition means), a recording / playback unit 104, a BD drive 105, a video selector 106, video processing, and the like. Circuit 107, OSD (On-Screen Display) generation unit (template generation means, program guide generation means, determination means, extraction means) 108, LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) controller (switching means) 109, LCD 110, audio selector 111, audio A processing circuit 112, an amplifier 113, a speaker 114, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface 115, a ROM 116, a RAM 117, a CPU 118, an infrared light receiving unit 119, a camera 120, and an HD drive 121 are provided. In FIG. 1, the video signal path is indicated by a solid line, the audio signal path is indicated by a one-dot chain line, and the data (control) path (bus) is indicated by a bold line.

  The external input terminal 101 includes a video input terminal 101a and an audio input terminal 101b. The video input terminal 101a is for inputting a video signal, and is, for example, a DVI terminal. The audio input terminal 101b is for inputting an audio signal, and is, for example, an S / PDIF terminal. However, the external input terminal 101 is not limited to this, and may be an HDMI (registered trademark) terminal in which the video input terminal 101a and the audio input terminal 101b are integrated.

  The terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 is a tuner for receiving a broadcast program broadcast by terrestrial digital broadcast and an EIT (Event Information Table) added to the broadcast program. The received EIT includes program information indicating broadcast program information. Therefore, the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 also functions as an acquisition unit for acquiring program information. The “program information” includes, for example, an event ID (EventID) indicating a broadcast program indicated by the program information, a service ID (ServiceID) indicating a broadcast channel of the broadcast program, a program name, a broadcast date, a performer name, In addition, an explanation about the broadcast program is included.

  The terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 includes, for example, an RF unit that converts a received signal into an analog baseband signal, an ADC unit that converts an analog baseband signal into a digital baseband signal, a demodulation unit that demodulates an MPEG2 stream from the digital baseband signal, And it can be comprised by the decoding part which decodes a video signal and an audio | voice signal from an MPEG2 stream.

  The EIT received by the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 is supplied to the OSD generation unit 108. The MPEG2 stream demodulated by the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 is supplied to the recording / playback unit 104 via the bus. Further, the video signal and the audio signal decoded by the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 are supplied to the video selector 106 and the audio selector 111, respectively. Note that the CPU 118 controls which channel the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 selects as a demodulation target.

The digital terrestrial broadcast tuner 102 is preferably a double tuner that can simultaneously demodulate two MPEG2 streams broadcast via different channels. In this case, the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 supplies the MPEG2 stream broadcast via the first channel selected as the channel to be selected to the recording / playback unit 104, and the video signal and audio signal decoded from the MPEG2 stream. Is supplied to the video selector 106 and the audio selector 111. The terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 also broadcasts the MPEG broadcast through the second channel selected as the recording target channel.
Two streams are supplied to the recording / playback unit 104.

  Of course, the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 according to the present invention is not limited to a double tuner, and may be, for example, a single tuner or a plurality of tuners including three or more tuners. When the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 is a single tuner, the MPEG2 stream representing the broadcast program can be supplied to the recording / playback unit 104 only when the user is not viewing the broadcast program. Further, when the digital terrestrial broadcasting tuner 102 is configured by a plurality of tuners, each channel, each broadcast wave, or each viewer (for example, a father, a mother, a child, etc.) via a different channel. An MPEG2 stream representing a broadcast program to be broadcast can be supplied to the recording / playback unit 104.

  The satellite broadcast tuner 103 is a tuner for receiving broadcast programs and EIT broadcast by satellite broadcast. Similar to the digital terrestrial broadcast tuner 102, the satellite broadcast tuner 103 also functions as an acquisition unit for acquiring program information. The satellite broadcast tuner 103 includes, for example, an RF unit that converts a received signal into an analog baseband signal, an ADC unit that converts an analog baseband signal into a digital baseband signal, a demodulation unit that demodulates an MPEG2 stream from the digital baseband signal, and The decoding unit can decode the video signal from the MPEG2 stream.

  The EIT received by the satellite broadcast tuner 103 is supplied to the OSD generation unit 108. The MPEG2 stream demodulated by the satellite broadcast tuner 103 is supplied to the recording / playback unit 104. Further, the video signal and the audio signal decoded by the satellite broadcast tuner 103 are supplied to the video selector 106 and the audio selector 111, respectively. Note that the CPU 118 selects which channel the satellite broadcast tuner 103 demodulates the MPEG2 data stream transmitted through.

  Note that the satellite broadcast tuner 103 in this embodiment is preferably a double tuner that can simultaneously receive two broadcast programs broadcast via different channels, like the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102.

  The recording / playback unit 104 includes a recording unit 104a and a playback unit 104b. The recording unit 104a acquires the MPEG2 stream from either the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 or the satellite broadcast tuner 103, and writes the acquired MPEG2 stream to the recording device. The recording unit 104a records a BD drive 105 built in the TV 1, an HD drive 121 built in the TV 1, and an HD drive (not shown) connected to the USB interface 115 to record an MPEG2 stream. It can be used as a device. The playback unit 104b reads the MPEG2 stream from the recording device, and decodes the video signal and the audio signal from the read MPEG2 stream. The video signal and audio signal decoded by the reproduction unit 104b are supplied to the video selector 106 and the audio selector 111, respectively.

  The video selector 106 is supplied with the four types of video signals described above. That is, (1) a video signal input from the external input terminal 101 (particularly the video input terminal 101a), (2) a video signal decoded by the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102, and (3) decoded by the satellite broadcast tuner 103. And (4) the video signal decoded by the recording / playback unit 104 (particularly the playback unit 104b). The video selector 106 selects any one of the video signals (1) to (4). The video signal selected by the video selector 106 is supplied to the video processing circuit 107. Note that the CPU 118 controls which video signal the video selector 106 selects.

  The video processing circuit 107 performs image quality adjustment processing on the video signal supplied from the video selector 106. The video processing circuit 107 performs scaling processing on the video signal supplied from the video selector 106. Here, the image quality adjustment processing refers to, for example, changing at least one of the luminance, sharpness, and contrast of the video represented by the video signal by processing the video signal. The scaling processing refers to similar enlargement or similar reduction of the size of the video represented by the video signal by processing the video signal. The video signal processed by the video processing circuit 107 is supplied to the LCD controller 109. Note that the CPU 118 controls how the image processing circuit 107 changes the image quality and size.

  The OSD generation unit 108 functions as a template generation unit for generating a template in which an object corresponding to program information is arranged. Here, the template generated by the OSD generation unit 108 is a framework in which each program information and an object corresponding to each program information are arranged. Examples of the object corresponding to the program information include a cell for displaying the program information, an image indicating that the cell corresponds to the cell, and an image related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information. The program information itself may be used. The OSD generation unit 108 refers to the program information included in the EIT supplied from the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 and the satellite broadcast tuner 103, and generates a program guide by arranging the objects in the generated template. It also functions as a table generation means. In the following description, when simply described as “program guide”, it means a program guide generated by the OSD generation unit 108 according to the present embodiment, which is different from a conventional electronic program guide. .

  Furthermore, the OSD generation unit 108 also functions as a switching unit that switches templates. For example, the OSD generation unit 108 generates a program guide using one of a plurality of templates in response to an operation instruction from the user.

  The EIT provided from each broadcasting station may be acquired using, for example, the terrestrial digital broadcasting tuner 102 or the satellite broadcasting tuner 103, or connected to the Internet via an Ethernet (registered trademark) interface (not shown). May be obtained from a server that has been configured. Details of the process in which the OSD generation unit 108 generates the program guide will be described later.

  The OSD generation unit 108 generates (renders) an OSD image from the OSD data supplied from the CPU 118. The OSD image generated by the OSD generation unit 108 includes a conventional electronic program guide. As the OSD data, for example, SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) can be used. The OSD image generated by the OSD generation unit 108 is superimposed on the video signal supplied from the video processing circuit 107 and supplied to the LCD controller 109.

  Based on the video signal supplied from the video processing circuit 107, the LCD controller 109 functions as a display unit that drives the LCD 110 to display the video represented by the video signal. In addition, when the OSD image is supplied from the OSD generation unit 108, the LCD controller 109 displays the video represented by the video signal based on the video signal supplied from the video processing circuit 107 superimposed on the OSD image. It functions as a display means for driving the LCD 110 to display.

  The above-described four types of audio signals are supplied to the audio selector 111. That is, (1) an audio signal input from the external input terminal 101 (particularly the audio input terminal 101b), (2) an audio signal decoded by the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102, and (3) decoded by the satellite broadcast tuner 103. And (4) the audio signal decoded by the recording / playback unit 104 (particularly the playback unit 104b). The audio selector 111 selects any one of the audio signals (1) to (4).

  The audio signal selected by the audio selector 111 is supplied to the audio processing circuit 112. Note that the CPU 118 controls which audio signal the audio selector 111 selects. However, the selection of the video in the video selector 106 and the selection of the audio in the audio selector 111 are interlocked. For example, when the video selector 106 selects the video signal supplied from the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102, the audio is selected. The selector 111 also selects the audio signal supplied from the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102.

  The audio processing circuit 112 performs volume adjustment processing on the audio signal supplied from the audio selector 111. The audio processing circuit 112 performs sound quality adjustment processing on the audio signal supplied from the audio selector 111. Here, the volume adjustment processing refers to changing the volume of the voice represented by the voice signal by processing the voice signal. The sound quality adjustment process refers to changing the frequency characteristics of the sound represented by the sound signal by processing the sound signal (for example, low frequency emphasis or high frequency emphasis). The audio signal processed by the audio processing circuit 112 is supplied to the amplifier 113. Note that the CPU 118 controls how the sound processing circuit 112 changes the sound volume and sound quality.

  Based on the audio signal supplied from the audio processing circuit 112, the amplifier 113 drives the speaker 114 so as to output the audio represented by the audio signal.

The CPU 118 controls the above units according to the remote control signal received by the infrared light receiving unit 119 and the image captured by the camera 120. Control using the infrared light receiving unit 119 includes, for example, control for switching the reception channels of the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 and the satellite broadcast tuner 103 according to a remote control signal, a video signal selected by the video selector 106 and the audio selector 111, and For example, control for switching an audio signal in accordance with a remote control signal. Examples of the control using the camera 120 include control for switching how the image quality is adjusted by the video processing circuit 107 in accordance with the viewer specified based on the captured image.

  The ROM 116 is a memory in which fixed data such as a program executed by the CPU 118 is stored. The ROM 116 is a nonvolatile memory whose contents are not erased even when the power is turned off. On the other hand, the RAM 117 is a readable and writable memory in which variable data such as data referenced by the CPU 118 for calculation and data generated by the CPU 118 is stored.

  The USB interface 115 is an interface for connecting a USB device to the television 1. A typical USB device that can be connected to the television 1 is a recording device such as an HD (hard disk) drive.

  In the present embodiment, the HD drive 121 (built-in HD drive) built in the television 1, the HD drive connected to the USB interface 115 (external HD drive), and the BD drive 105 built in the television 1. Although the configuration in which (built-in BD drive) is used for storing recorded programs is adopted, the present invention is not limited to this. Further, when the BD drive is connected to the television 1 by USB, this BD drive (external BD drive) may be used for storing recorded programs. When an optical disk drive other than the BD drive is connected via USB, this optical disk drive may be used for storing recorded programs, or a recording medium such as a USB flash memory may be used for storing recorded programs. . In short, any recording medium may be used as long as it can store recorded programs.

  Also, the interface for connecting an external recording device used for storing recorded programs is not limited to the USB interface 115. That is, the USB interface 115 is, for example, a wired connection interface such as ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment), ATAPI (ATA Packet Interface), IEEE 1394, HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface), and LAN, or wireless such as IEEE 80211. It can be replaced with a connection interface. When an SD card is connected, this SD card may be used for storing recorded programs. In short, any interface for connecting an external recording device may be used as long as it can transmit a recorded program.

In the present embodiment, as a terrestrial digital broadcasting method, a method of multiplexing MPEG2 streams (ATSC method in the United States, ISDB-T method in Japan, etc.) is assumed, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is not something. That is, for example, instead of multiplexing MPEG2 streams, the present invention can also be applied to a system that multiplexes MPEG4 streams and the like (DVB-T / DVB-T2 system in Europe, etc.).
In the latter case, the demodulated MPEG4 stream may be recorded on the recording medium as it is, or the demodulated MPEG4 stream may be converted into an MPEG2 stream and recorded on the recording medium.

(Broadcast system configuration)
Next, a broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a broadcasting system 10 including a television 1 and a transmitter 2 that sends EIT to the television 1.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the transmitter 2 includes an AV encoder 201, an SI / EPG generation unit 202, a multiplexing processing unit 203, an encryption processing unit 204, a modulation processing unit 205, and a communication unit (sending unit) 206. ing.

  The AV encoder 201 compresses the video signal and audio signal of the broadcast program. MPEG2 is used as a method for compressing the video signal by the AV encoder 201. AAC is used as a method for compressing the audio signal by the AV encoder 201. The video signal and audio signal compressed by the AV encoder 201 are supplied to the multiplexing processing unit 203.

  The SI / EPG generation unit 202 generates control information and EIT for controlling a broadcast program. In addition, the SI / EPG generation unit 202 adds arrangement information to the generated EIT. Here, the arrangement information is information that is referred to when the OSD generation unit 108 of the television 1 arranges an object corresponding to the program information on the template, and is position information indicating an area related to the broadcast program, for example. In the above case, the SI / EPG generation unit 202 adds, for example, a position information descriptor indicating position information to the generated EIT. The control information and EIT generated by the SI / EPG generation unit 202 are supplied to the multiplexing processing unit 203.

  The multiplexing processing unit 203 multiplexes the video signal and audio signal supplied from the AV encoder 201 with the control information and EIT supplied from the SI / EPG generation unit 202 to generate an MPEG2 stream. The MPEG2 stream generated by the multiplexing processing unit 203 is supplied to the encryption processing unit 204. Note that the multiplexing processing unit 203 may be configured to further multiplex data related to data broadcasting, text supervision, subtitles, and the like.

  The encryption processing unit 204 encrypts the MPEG2 stream supplied from the multiplexing processing unit 203. Multi2 is used as an encryption algorithm by the encryption processing unit 204. The MPEG2 stream encrypted by the encryption processing unit 204 is supplied to the modulation processing unit 205.

  The modulation processing unit 205 is an MPEG2 stream supplied from the encryption processing unit 204, modulates the encrypted MPEG2 stream, and generates a broadcast signal. As a modulation method by the modulation processing unit 205, OFDM is used in terrestrial digital broadcasting, and 8PSK is used in satellite broadcasting. The broadcast signal generated by the modulation processing unit 205 is supplied to the communication unit 206.

  The communication unit 206 transmits the broadcast signal supplied from the modulation processing unit. The broadcast signal transmitted by the communication unit 206 includes program information indicating information on the broadcast program indicated by the broadcast signal. That is, the communication unit 206 functions as a sending unit for sending program information to the television 1.

  As described above, the television 1 receives the broadcast signal transmitted from the communication unit 206 by the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 or the satellite broadcast tuner 103.

(Generation of program guide)
Next, generation of a program guide by the OSD generation unit 108 will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, the OSD generation unit 108 parses the EIT supplied from the digital terrestrial broadcast tuner 102 and the satellite broadcast tuner 103 (hereinafter also referred to as “parse”) to obtain program information and arrangement information. Acquired and stored in the RAM 117. In the present embodiment, the arrangement information is position information indicating an area related to a broadcast program. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the transmitter 2 adds the position information descriptor indicating the position information to the EIT generated by the SI / EPG generation unit 202 and transmits the EIT to the television 1.

  The OSD generation unit 108 refers to the RAM 117 and generates a program guide by arranging program information in a template in association with an area indicated by position information.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program table generated by the OSD generation unit 108. In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the OSD generation unit 108 includes a template T1 stretched by two axes different from any of the axis indicating the channel and the axis indicating the broadcast time, that is, the axis indicating the latitude and the axis indicating the longitude. Is generated. The template T1 is a map of the Japanese archipelago except the flag-shaped landmarks numbered from (1) to (4) among the areas indicated by broken lines in FIG. The program guide shown in FIG. 3 includes a program list (program information list) which is a list of program information. In the example of FIG. 3, each program information included in the program list includes a program title, a broadcast channel, and a broadcast date and time, and each program information is numbered (1) to (4). ing. In the example shown in FIG. 3, an object (a flag-like mark numbered (1) to (4)) indicating correspondence with each program information is arranged in the template T1. For example, referring to the program list in the example shown in FIG. 3, the program information numbered (1) is broadcast program information relating to the travel program, and the area related to the broadcast program is “Shiretoko”. It is shown that there is. Further, referring to the map in the example shown in FIG. 3, it can be seen that the object having the number (1) is attached to the position indicating “Shiretoko” on the map. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, by matching the color of the area where each program information is displayed in the program list with the color of the object attached corresponding to each program information on the map, The correspondence between information and each object is presented to the user in an easy-to-understand manner.

  As shown in FIG. 3, according to the television 1 according to the present embodiment, two axes different from any of the axis indicating the channel and the axis indicating the broadcast time, that is, the axis indicating the latitude and the axis indicating the longitude, It is possible to display a program guide in which objects corresponding to program information are arranged on the template T1 attached by. According to the television 1, since it is possible to display program information and a map showing an area related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information, it is possible to visually present a new value to the user.

  In the example shown in FIG. 3, each program information is arranged in the program list in the order of broadcast times of the broadcast programs indicated by the program information. For example, each object attached on the map is mapped to the map. It is good also as a structure which arrange | positions each program information in the order arranged along the specific direction in. Here, the “specific direction” means, for example, that each program information is arranged in the order of the latitude of the area related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information by making the direction from north to south on the map. Can do.

  In the example shown in FIG. 3, a map of the Japanese archipelago is displayed, but the television 1 may be configured so that the scale of the map can be changed by a user operation. Further, for example, when the program information included in the program guide is less than a certain number, or exceeds a certain number, the television 1 expands or reduces the scale of the displayed map to display the program guide. It is good also as a structure which changes automatically so that the program information contained in may become a fixed number. Further, the example shown in FIG. 3 shows a case where the place name is included in the title of the broadcast program. However, when the place name is not included in the title of the broadcast program, the position corresponding to the program information is shown. It is good also as a structure which adds the place name which information shows, and displays the title of a broadcast program.

  Next, acquisition of position information by the OSD generation unit 108 will be described with reference to FIG. The OSD generation unit 108 acquires position information by parsing the EIT as described above. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of position information included in the EIT. FIG. 4A illustrates an example where position information is added as a position information descriptor to the EIT, and FIG. An example in which a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for acquiring position information is added to the EIT will be described.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the following information (1) to (5) is described in the position information descriptor added to the EIT by the SI / EPG generation unit 202 of the transmitter 2.
(1) geodetic_system: a 4-bit field indicating a geodetic system of latitude information and longitude information. For example, “0x0” indicates that there is no description of latitude information and longitude information. In addition, in the case of “0x1”, it is latitude information and longitude information corresponding to the world geodetic system: WGS (World Geodetic System) 84, and in the case of “0x2,” the world geodetic system: JGD (Japanese Geodetic Datum). It indicates that the latitude information and longitude information correspond to 2000.
(2) north_south_flag: This is a 1-bit field indicating whether the latitude described in (3) is north latitude or south latitude. For example, “0” indicates south latitude, and “1” indicates north latitude.
(3) latitude: a 23-bit field indicating a latitude value, and a value obtained by multiplying a numerical value expressed in frequency units by 40000 times (0.000025 degree unit: approximately 2.78 m accuracy) is indicated by an unsigned integer. For example, when the latitude is 90 degrees, “0x36EE80” is obtained. If no position is indicated, “0x7FFFFF” is set.
(4) west_east_flag: This is a 1-bit field indicating whether the longitude described in (5) is west longitude or east longitude. For example, “0” indicates west longitude, and “1” indicates east longitude.
(5) longitude: A 23-bit field indicating a longitude value, and a numerical value expressed in frequency units is 40000 times (0.000025 degree unit: approximately 2.78 m on the equator, approximately 2.78 m on latitude 35 degrees). 28m precision) is shown as an unsigned integer. For example, when the longitude is 180 degrees, “0x6DDD00” is obtained. If no position is indicated, “0x7FFFFF” is set.

  The OSD generation unit 108 can acquire position information indicating an area related to a broadcast program by parsing the EIT and extracting the information (1) to (5).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, the SI / EPG generation unit 202 of the transmitter 2 may be configured to add a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for acquiring position information to the EIT. As shown by a broken line in FIG. 4B, “Program Location Information URL” is set as “[Item Name]”, and “[Item Body]” contains location information for acquiring location information. URL is described. When the OSD generation unit 108 obtains a URL for obtaining position information as illustrated in FIG. 4B by parsing the EIT, the OSD generation unit 108 transmits an instruction to obtain position information from the URL to the CPU 118. The CPU 118 acquires location information from the URL via an Ethernet (registered trademark) interface (not shown), and stores it in the RAM 117.

  The location information indicating the area related to the broadcast program may indicate the location determined by the latitude and longitude. For example, “XX prefecture” or “XX city” may be used. Alternatively, it may indicate a rough area. Further, the position information may include information indicating a plurality of areas.

  Next, processing performed by the OSD generation unit 108 prior to generation of the program guide will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. Prior to the generation of the program guide, the OSD generation unit 108 generates a position information program list indicating a list of broadcast programs corresponding to the EIT including the position information. For example, depending on the content of a broadcast program, the program information of the broadcast program may not include position information indicating an area related to the broadcast program. Therefore, the OSD generation unit 108 can parse the EIT of each broadcast program in advance and create a location information program list, thereby improving the processing efficiency when generating the program guide.

  Specifically, the OSD generation unit 108 acquires program information by parsing the EIT and creates a program information database in which program information for each event ID is stored. Furthermore, the OSD generation unit 108 determines whether or not position information is included for each program information included in the program information database. The OSD generation unit 108 creates a location information program list by extracting the program information determined to contain location information as a result of the determination. The program information database and the position information program list created by the OSD generation unit 108 are stored in the RAM 117.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation when the OSD generation unit 108 generates a position information program list prior to generation of a program guide.

(Step S11)
First, the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 and the satellite broadcast tuner 103 receive the EIT and supply it to the OSD generation unit 108.

(Step S12)
Subsequently, the OSD generation unit 108 parses the EIT supplied from the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 and the satellite broadcast tuner 103.

(Step S13)
Subsequently, the OSD generation unit 108 determines whether program information is included in the EIT parsed in S12. The OSD generation unit 108 proceeds to the process of S14 when it is determined that the program information is included in the EIT, and ends the process when it is determined that the program information is not included in the EIT.

(Step S14)
If it is determined in S13 that the EIT includes program information, the OSD generating unit 108 creates a program information database including the program information. In S14, when the program information database has already been created, the program information is added to the program information database.

(Step S15)
Subsequently, the OSD generation unit 108 determines whether or not position information is included in the program information included in the EIT parsed in S12. If it is determined that the position information is included in the program information, the OSD generation unit 108 proceeds to the process of S16. If it is determined that the position information is not included in the program information, the OSD generation unit 108 performs the process of S11. Return to.

(Step S16)
If it is determined in S13 that the location information is included in the program information, the OSD generating unit 108 creates a location information program list including the program information including the location information. If a location information program list is created in S16, program information including the location information is added to the location information program list.

  With the above procedure, the OSD generation unit 108 creates a position information program list.

  Next, an example of the program information database and the position information program list created by the OSD generation unit 108 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program information database and a position information program list created by the OSD generation unit 108. As shown in FIG. 6, in the program information database, a reference number for distinguishing each program information, a service ID, an event ID, a program name, and information indicating the presence / absence of a location information descriptor are stored in association with each other. ing. When the location information descriptor is included in the program information, the location information indicated by the location information descriptor is further associated with the information indicating the presence or absence of the location information descriptor. Also, as shown in FIG. 6, the position information program list stores a pointer that points to program information including the position information. As a pointer stored in the position information program list, for example, any pointer indicating a serial number in the program information list may be used. In the present embodiment, the pointer is stored in the position information program list, but the present invention is not limited to this. The information stored in the position information program list may be any information that can uniquely identify a program. For example, information indicating a program name may be stored.

  Next, the operation when the television 1 displays the program guide will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation when the television 1 displays the program guide, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the program guide displayed by the television 1.

(Step S21)
First, when receiving an operation instruction for displaying an electronic program guide from the user, the television 1 determines whether at least one piece of program information is stored in the position information program list. When it is determined that at least one piece of program information is stored in the position information program list, the television 1 proceeds to the process of S22, and when it is determined that no program information is stored in the position information program list The television 1 proceeds to the process of S29.

(Step S22)
If it is determined in S21 that at least one piece of program information is stored in the position information program list, the television 1 determines whether or not to display a map, that is, a conventional electronic program guide or a program guide. A user's selection operation indicating which is displayed is accepted. In this case, in S <b> 22, the OSD generation unit 108 may generate a screen indicating that the user is waiting for a selection operation, and display the generated screen on the LCD 110.

(Step S23)
Subsequently, in the television 1, the selection operation received in S <b> 22 is either an operation that displays a map, that is, an operation that displays a program guide or an operation that displays a conventional electronic program guide. Determine if there is. If it is determined that the operation is to display the program guide, the television 1 proceeds to the process of S24, and if it is determined to be an operation to display the conventional electronic program guide, the television 1 is The process proceeds to S29.

(Step S24)
If it is determined in S23 that the operation indicates that the program table is displayed, the OSD generation unit 108 refers to the position information program list and extracts program information including the position information from the program information database. To do.

(Step S25)
Subsequently, the television 1 performs a selection operation of the user indicating the display order of the program list, that is, the order in which the program information included in the program list is displayed in the order of broadcast time or the order of latitude on the map. Accept. For example, the OSD generation unit 108 generates a program guide shown in FIG.

(Step S26)
Subsequently, the television 1 determines whether the selection operation received in S25 is an operation indicating that the selection operation is displayed in the order of broadcasting time or an operation indicating that the selection operation is displayed in the order of latitude on the map. If it is determined that the operation is to display in order of broadcast time, the television 1 proceeds to the process of S27, and if it is determined to be an operation to display in order of latitude on the map, the television 1 is , The process proceeds to S28.

(Step S27)
If it is determined in S26 that the operation is to display in the order of broadcast time, the OSD generation unit 108 arranges the program information included in the program list in the order of the broadcast time of the broadcast program indicated by the program information. Generate a table. For example, the OSD generation unit 108 generates a program guide shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 8B, the broadcast times of the broadcast programs indicated by the program information included in the program list are “2014/5/4 (Sunday) 18: 00-”, “2014/5/6”, respectively. (Tuesday 18: 00 ~), "2014/5/10 (Sat) 18: 00 ~", and "2014/5/11 (Sunday) 18: 00 ~" Has been placed. The OSD generation unit 108 supplies the generated program guide to the LCD controller 109, and the program guide is displayed on the LCD 110.

(Step S28)
If it is determined in S26 that the operation is to display in the order of the latitudes on the map, the OSD generation unit 108 displays the program information included in the program list as the latitude indicated by the position information included in the program information. A program guide arranged in the order of is generated. For example, the OSD generation unit 108 generates a program guide shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 8C, the areas related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information included in the program list are “Shiretoko”, “Morioka”, “Izumo”, and “Okinawa”, respectively. Information is arranged in the order of latitude on the map. In the present embodiment, the program information is arranged in the order arranged along the direction from north to south of the map, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, it is only necessary that correspondence between the order in which the objects are arranged on the map included in the program guide and the program information included in the program list is obtained. For example, when program information included in the program list is arranged in the horizontal direction, the program information may be arranged in the order of longitude on the map. The OSD generation unit 108 supplies the generated program guide to the LCD controller 109, and the program guide is displayed on the LCD 110.

(Step S29)
If it is determined in S21 that the program information is not stored in the position information program list, or if it is determined in S23 that the operation is to display a conventional electronic program guide, the OSD generation unit 108 Generates a program guide showing a conventional electronic program guide. The OSD generation unit 108 supplies the generated program guide to the LCD controller 109, and the conventional electronic program guide is displayed on the LCD 110.

  As described above, the television 1 can display either a program guide or a conventional electronic program guide in accordance with a user operation instruction.

  In the example shown in FIG. 7, the configuration has been described in which the program list is displayed after the user selects the display order of the program list, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the display order of the program list may be changed based on a user operation after displaying a program table including a program list in which each piece of program information is arranged in order of broadcast time.

(Example of program guide)
Another example of the program table generated by the OSD generation unit 108 will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another example of the program table displayed on the television 1, and FIG. 9A shows an example of the program table when the OSD generation unit 108 generates one template.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 9A, the OSD generation unit 108 generates a template T2. Like the template T1 shown in FIG. 3, the template T2 is a flag-like mark (object) numbered from (1) to (4) in the area indicated by the broken line in FIG. 9A. This is a map of the region except Japan, that is, the Japanese archipelago. In the example shown in FIG. 9A, the OSD generation unit 108 arranges an object in the template T2 and arranges a cell in which an image related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information is attached to each program information. To generate a program guide. In the above configuration, an image attached to each program information may be an image that can be acquired from a URL included in the program information, for example. In the example shown in FIG. 9 (a), the contents of the broadcast program indicated by the program information can be presented to the user as an image together with the program information. Can be presented in an easy-to-understand manner.

  FIG. 9B shows an example of a program table when the OSD generation unit 108 generates a plurality of templates. In the example shown in FIG. 9B, the television 1 displays a program guide generated by placing objects on the template T3. The template T3, like the template T2, is a region excluding the flag-shaped landmarks (objects) numbered (1) to (4) among the regions indicated by broken lines in FIG. A map of the Japanese archipelago. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 9B, the OSD generation unit 108 arranges an object in the template T3 and arranges a cell in which an image related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information is attached to each program information. By doing so, a program guide is generated. In the example shown in FIG. 9B, a plurality of tabs indicating genres of broadcast programs are further displayed at the top of the program guide. As shown in FIG. 9B, examples of broadcast program genres include “travel”, “sports”, “cooking”, “history”, “news”, and “drama”.

  The OSD generation unit 108 generates a template T3 in order to generate a program table of a broadcast program corresponding to the “journey” genre. In the example shown in FIG. 9B, when the user performs an operation of selecting a tab indicating a genre other than “journey”, the OSD generation unit 108 may switch to a template corresponding to the operation instruction. The OSD generation unit 108 generates a template different from the template T3 and generates an object corresponding to each program information in the template in order to generate a program table of a broadcast program corresponding to a genre other than “travel”. To generate a program guide. Thereby, the LCD controller 109 can display on the LCD 110 a program guide of a broadcast program corresponding to a genre according to a user operation instruction. For example, when the user performs an operation of selecting a tab indicating the genre of “cooking”, the LCD controller 109 displays the program table shown in FIG. Note that the case where the OSD generation unit 108 generates a program table of a broadcast program other than the “travel” genre will be described as another embodiment described later.

[First Modification]
Next, the television 1 according to the first modification will be described with reference to FIG. Since the configuration of the television 1 according to this modification is the same as that of the television 1 according to the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted. In this modification, the program table generated by the OSD generation unit 108 is different from the program table generated by the OSD generation unit 108 of the television 1 according to the first embodiment.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program table displayed on the television 1 according to the present modification. In the example shown in FIG. 10, each object attached to the map included in the program guide includes an image (thumbnail) related to the broadcast program indicated by the corresponding program information.

  According to this modification, the user can confirm the area on the map to which the object is attached and can roughly grasp the contents of the broadcast program indicated by the program information corresponding to the object.

[Second Modification]
Next, the television 1 according to the second modification will be described with reference to FIG. Since the configuration of the television 1 according to this modification is the same as that of the television 1 according to the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted. In this modification, the program table generated by the OSD generation unit 108 is different from the program table generated by the OSD generation unit 108 of the television 1 according to the first embodiment.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program table displayed on the television 1 according to the present modification. In the example shown in FIG. 11, as in the first modification, each object attached to the map included in the program guide includes an image (thumbnail) related to the broadcast program indicated by the corresponding program information. Yes. Furthermore, in the example shown in FIG. 11, information such as the name and address of a facility included in an area related to each broadcast program indicated by each program information is included.

  According to the present modification, not only program information but also detailed information about the area related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information can be provided to the user.

[Third Modification]
Subsequently, a television 1 according to a third modification will be described with reference to FIG. Since the configuration of the television 1 according to this modification is the same as that of the television 1 according to the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted. In this modification, the program table generated by the OSD generation unit 108 is different from the program table generated by the OSD generation unit 108 of the television 1 according to the first embodiment.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program table displayed on the television 1 according to the present modification. In the example shown in FIG. 12, the program guide includes an image (thumbnail) related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information and a list of place names of a plurality of regions related to the broadcast program.

  According to this modification, detailed information about a plurality of areas related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information can be provided to the user.

[Second Embodiment]
The following describes the second embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those described in the embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted. Unlike the program table displayed on the television 1 according to the first embodiment, the television 1 according to the present embodiment corresponds to the age and country associated with the broadcast program indicated by the program information corresponding to the object. The program guide arranged at the position to be displayed is displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the arrangement information is age information indicating the age related to the broadcast program, and country information indicating the country related to the broadcast program. Therefore, in this embodiment, the transmitter 2 adds the age information and the country information to the EIT generated by the SI / EPG generation unit 202 and transmits the EIT to the television 1. The OSD generation unit 108 obtains program information, age information, and country information by parsing the EIT supplied from the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 and the satellite broadcast tuner 103. Here, the age information is, for example, information indicating the age introduced in the broadcast program, the age that is the stage of the broadcast program, or the production year of the broadcast program. In the present embodiment, the age information may be information specifying a certain period on the time axis. For example, if the broadcast program is a historical drama, “Edo period”, or XX years to XX Any information such as year may be used. The country information is information indicating a country related to the broadcast program, and may be information specifying “Japan”, “China”, or “US”, for example.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program table displayed on the television 1 according to the present embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 13, the OSD generation unit 108 includes a template T4 stretched by two axes different from any of the axis indicating the channel and the axis indicating the broadcast time, that is, the axis indicating the age and the axis indicating the country. Is generated. The template T4 is an area excluding a plurality of objects indicating “television images” among the areas indicated by broken lines in FIG. As shown in FIG. 13, in the template T4, the axis indicating the age is displayed as the horizontal axis (the horizontal axis on the display screen). In the template T4, the axis indicating the country is displayed as a vertical axis (vertical axis on the display screen). In the example shown in FIG. 13, the OSD generation unit 108 refers to the acquired age information and country information, and broadcasts each object at a position on the generated template T4 and indicated by the program information corresponding to the object. A program guide is generated by placing the program at a position corresponding to the age and country related to the program. As shown in FIG. 13, in the template T4, television images (thumbnail images) related to the broadcast program are arranged at positions corresponding to the age and country related to the broadcast program, respectively. As shown in FIG. 13, when there are a plurality of broadcast programs corresponding to a certain age and country, a part of images related to each broadcast program may be displayed so as to overlap each other. In the above case, for example, the broadcast program with the earliest broadcast time among the broadcast programs may be arranged in front.

  According to the television 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to present to the user which age and country the content of the broadcast program indicated by the program information is related to, so the user finds the desired broadcast program. Can make it easier.

[Third Embodiment]
A third embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those described in the embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted. The television 1 according to this embodiment is different from the program table displayed by the television 1 according to the first embodiment, and each object corresponds to the target grade and subject of the broadcast program indicated by the program information corresponding to the object. The program guide arranged at the position to be displayed is displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the arrangement information is information indicating the target grade and subject of the broadcast program. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the transmitter 2 adds information indicating the target grade and subject of the broadcast program to the EIT generated by the SI / EPG generation unit 202, and then transmits the information to the television 1. The OSD generation unit 108 parses the EIT supplied from the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 and the satellite broadcast tuner 103 to obtain program information and information indicating the target grade and subject of the broadcast program indicated by the program information. To do. Here, the information indicating the target grade and subject of the broadcast program is information such as “national language for first graders”, for example.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program table displayed on the television 1 according to the present embodiment. In the example shown in FIG. 14, the OSD generation unit 108 selects two axes different from any of the axis indicating the channel and the axis indicating the broadcast time, that is, the axis indicating the target grade of the broadcast program, and the target subject of the broadcast program. A template T5 stretched by the axis shown is generated. The template T5 is an area excluding a plurality of objects indicating “television images” among the areas indicated by broken lines in FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, in the template T5, the axis indicating the target grade of the broadcast program is displayed as the vertical axis (vertical direction on the display screen). In the template T5, the axis indicating the subject subject of the broadcast program is displayed as the horizontal axis (horizontal direction on the display screen). In the example illustrated in FIG. 14, the OSD generation unit 108 refers to information indicating the target grade and target subject of the acquired broadcast program, and each object is a position on the generated template T5 and corresponds to the object. The program table is generated by arranging the broadcast program at a position corresponding to the target grade and subject of the broadcast program indicated by the program information. As shown in FIG. 14, in the template T5, images (thumbnail images) related to the broadcast program are arranged at positions corresponding to the target grade and target subject of the broadcast program.

  According to the television 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to present to the user which subject grade and subject subject the content of the broadcast program indicated by the program information corresponds to. Can make it easier to find.

[Fourth Embodiment]
The following describes the fourth embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those described in the embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted. Unlike the program guide displayed by the television 1 according to the first embodiment, the television 1 according to the present embodiment displays a program guide in which each object is arranged in an image.

  In the present embodiment, the arrangement information is classification information for classifying the broadcast program according to the content of the broadcast program. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the transmitter 2 adds the classification information to the EIT generated by the SI / EPG generation unit 202 and transmits the EIT to the television 1. The OSD generation unit 108 obtains program information and classification information by parsing the EIT supplied from the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 and the satellite broadcast tuner 103. Here, for example, when the broadcast program is a cooking program, the classification information is information for classifying the broadcasting program according to the contents of the menu of the food introduced in the cooking program. For example, a cooking program can be classified as “main dish”, “appetizer”, “rice / boiled rice”, “salad”, or “soup”. Furthermore, the classification information may include country information indicating a country related to the dish introduced in the dish program. Further, as another example of the classification information, for example, when the broadcast program is a program related to health, it is information indicating which part of the body the content introduced in the health program is related to . The OSD generation unit 108 refers to the acquired classification information and generates a program guide by arranging each object in the image.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program guide displayed on the television 1 according to the present embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 15, the OSD generation unit 108 generates a template T6 stretched by two axes different from any of an axis indicating a channel and an axis indicating a broadcast time. The template T6 is an area excluding a balloon-like object that includes a cell for displaying program information, among the areas indicated by broken lines in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 15, the template T6 includes an image indicating cooking. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, the template T6 includes a plurality of images (country flags corresponding to each country) indicating the country in addition to the image indicating the dish. In the example shown in FIG. 15, an image indicating “Japan” is selected. In the example shown in FIG. 15, a cooking program that introduces cooking related to “Japan” and related to “Japan” in association with the area where the bowl is displayed in the image showing cooking. Program information is arranged.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating another example of the program table displayed on the television 1 according to the present embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 16, the OSD generation unit 108 generates a template T7 stretched by two axes that are different from any of an axis indicating a channel and an axis indicating a broadcast time. The template T7 is an area excluding a plurality of balloon-like objects including cells for displaying program information, among the areas indicated by broken lines in FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, the template T7 includes an image showing a body part. In addition, as shown in FIG. 16, the program information of the health program related to the health of the face is arranged in association with the area where the face is displayed in the image showing the body part. In addition, as shown in FIG. 16, program information of a health program related to stomach health is arranged in association with an area where the stomach is displayed in an image showing a body part.

  Thus, in this embodiment, each corresponding object is displayed in association with each element included in the image.

  According to the television 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to present to the user which dish or body part the content of the broadcast program indicated by the program information corresponds to. Can make it easier to find.

[Fifth Embodiment]
The following describes the fifth embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those described in the embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted. Unlike the program table displayed on the television 1 according to the first embodiment, the television 1 according to the present embodiment includes each object as a character included in a keyword related to a broadcast program indicated by program information corresponding to the object. The program table arranged in association with is displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the arrangement information is keyword information indicating a keyword related to a broadcast program, and country information indicating a country related to the keyword. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the transmitter 2 adds keyword information and country information to the EIT generated by the SI / EPG generation unit 202 and transmits the EIT to the television 1. The OSD generation unit 108 parses the EIT supplied from the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102 and the satellite broadcast tuner 103 to obtain program information, keyword information indicating keywords related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information, and the above keywords. It obtains country information indicating the relevant country. Here, the keyword information is, for example, information indicating the name of the original author or information indicating the name (or group name) of the performer of the broadcast program when the broadcast program is a drama. The OSD generation unit 108 refers to the acquired keyword information and country information, and generates a program table by arranging each object in association with characters included in the keyword (for example, initials of the keyword).

  FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program table displayed on the television 1 according to the present embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 17, the OSD generation unit 108 includes two axes different from any of the axis indicating the channel and the axis indicating the broadcast time, that is, the axis indicating the character included in the keyword related to the broadcast program, A template T8 is generated that is stretched by an axis indicating the country related to the keyword. The template T8 is an area excluding an object indicating an image associated with a person name, a work name, and a broadcast program among the areas indicated by broken lines in FIG. As shown in FIG. 17, in the template T8, the axis indicating the country is displayed as the vertical axis (vertical direction on the display screen). Also, as shown in FIG. 17, in the template T8, the axis indicating the initial of the person name related to the broadcast program is displayed as the horizontal axis (horizontal direction on the display screen). In the example shown in FIG. 17, it is shown that a person related to “Japan” and whose name begins with “I” is selected. As shown in FIG. 17, below the axis indicating the initial letter, the work name of the person is displayed in association with the person name whose initial letter is “I”. As shown in FIG. 17, an image (thumbnail) of drama A is arranged in association with original A and original B, and an image of drama B is arranged in association with original C. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 17, a configuration in which the vertical axis is displayed hierarchically, such as further classifying the original author's works by age, may be adopted.

  According to the television 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to present to the user which keyword the content of the broadcast program indicated by the program information relates to, so that the user can find a desired broadcast program. It can be made easier.

[Configuration example of TV 1]
FIG. 18 is an external view showing a configuration example of the television 1 according to each embodiment described above. The configuration example of the television 1 may be, for example, the configuration illustrated in FIG. The television 1 illustrated in FIG. 18A is connected to the external display 3 by wireless communication, and displays an image on the external display 3 even when the television 1 does not include the LCD 110 (internal display). be able to. The connection between the television 1 and the external display 3 may be a wired connection. Moreover, as a configuration example of the television 1, for example, a configuration illustrated in FIG. The television 1 in FIG. 18B includes the LCD 110 (built-in display) as described in the above embodiments. Further, as a configuration example of the television 1, for example, a configuration as shown in FIG. The television 1 in FIG. 18C may display an image reproduced by an external device 4 such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) player.

[Application example of TV 1]
In each of the above-described embodiments, the configuration for generating the program table based on the program information of the broadcast program has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the broadcast program, but when displaying a list of recorded programs, or VOD (Video On Demand) It is also possible to apply when displaying a list of contents to be distributed.

[Example of software implementation]
The control block (particularly the OSD generation unit 108) of the television 1 may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit). It may be realized.

  In the latter case, the television 1 includes a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which the program and various data are recorded so as to be readable by a computer (or CPU), or a storage. An apparatus (these are referred to as “recording media”), a RAM (Random Access Memory) for expanding the program, and the like are provided. And the objective of this invention is achieved when a computer (or CPU) reads the said program from the said recording medium and runs it. As the recording medium, a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. The program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) that can transmit the program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

[Summary]
The display device (TV 1) according to aspect 1 of the present invention is a template in which an object corresponding to program information indicating broadcast program information is arranged, and is different from both an axis indicating a channel and an axis indicating a broadcast time. Template generation means (OSD generation unit 108) for generating one or a plurality of templates stretched by two axes, acquisition means for acquiring the program information (terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 102, satellite broadcast tuner 103), and acquisition means And a program guide generating means (OSD generator 108) for generating a program guide by placing the object on the one or a plurality of templates with reference to the program information acquired in step (1). It is said.

  According to said structure, the said display apparatus produces | generates the 1 or several template by which the said object is arrange | positioned. The display device generates a program guide by placing the object on the one or more templates with reference to the program information. Here, the one or more templates are templates stretched by two axes different from any of an axis indicating a channel and an axis indicating a broadcast time. For this reason, the program guide generated by the display device is a program guide different from the conventional electronic program guide.

  Therefore, according to the above configuration, the user can easily find a desired broadcast program.

  The display device according to aspect 2 of the present invention is the display apparatus according to aspect 1, in which at least one of the one or more templates is a map, and the program guide generation unit corresponds the object to the object. It is preferable that the area related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information to be arranged is associated with the area shown on the map.

  According to said structure, the said program schedule production | generation means arrange | positions the object corresponding to the said program information in relation with the area which is related to the broadcast program which the said program information shows, and is shown on the said map. To generate a program guide. Here, the “region related to the broadcast program” includes, for example, a region introduced in the broadcast program or a region where the broadcast program is set.

  Therefore, according to the above configuration, it is possible to present to the user which area shown on the map the content of the broadcast program indicated by the program information is related to the desired broadcast Finding programs can be made easier.

  In the display device according to aspect 3 of the present invention, in the aspect 2, the program table includes a map to which the object is attached, a program information list (program list) in which each program information and the object are associated with each other. It is preferable that it contains.

  According to said structure, the said program schedule production | generation means produces | generates the program schedule which is the area relevant to the broadcast program which the said program information shows, and contains the map which attached the said object to the area shown on the said map. . The display screen generated by the program guide generation means includes a program information list in which the object and each program information are associated with each other.

  Therefore, according to said structure, it shows to a user that the content of the broadcast program which each program information included in the said program information list shows is related to the position on the said map to which the said object was attached | subjected. This makes it easier for the user to find a desired broadcast program.

  In the display device according to aspect 4 of the present invention, in the aspect 3, determination means (OSD) for determining whether or not the program information includes position information indicating an area related to a broadcast program indicated by the program information. Generation unit 108) and an extraction unit (OSD generation unit 108) for extracting program information determined to include the position information by the determination unit, the program table generation unit including the extraction It is preferable to attach the object to the position on the map indicated by the position information included in the program information extracted by the means.

  The information included in the program information differs depending on the content of the broadcast program indicated by the program information. Depending on the content of the broadcast program, position information indicating an area related to the broadcast program may not be included. is there. According to said structure, the said display apparatus extracts the program information determined with the said determination means being included in the said positional information, and on the said map which the positional information contained in the extracted program information shows The above object is attached to the position of.

  Therefore, according to said structure, it contributes to the improvement of the processing efficiency at the time of the said program schedule production | generation means producing | generating a program schedule.

  In the display device according to aspect 5 of the present invention, in the aspect 3 or 4, the program guide generation unit arranges each program information in the order of the broadcast times of the broadcast programs indicated by the program information in the program information list. Is preferable.

  According to said structure, the area relevant to the broadcast program which each program information contained in the said program information list | wrist shows, and the order in which the said broadcast program is broadcast can be shown to a user together.

  The display device according to aspect 6 of the present invention is the display apparatus according to aspect 3 or 4, wherein the program guide generation means sets the program information in the order in which the objects are arranged along a specific direction on the map in the program information list. It is good also as a structure which arranges.

  According to the above configuration, in the program information list, the order in which each program information is arranged matches the order in which the objects are arranged along a specific direction on the map. The correspondence relationship with the program information can be presented to the user in an easy-to-understand manner.

  In the display device according to aspect 7 of the present invention, in any of the above aspects 3 to 6, the program table generation means attaches an image related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information to each program information in the program information list. It is preferable to arrange them.

  According to the above configuration, since the contents of the broadcast program indicated by the program information can be presented to the user as an image together with the program information, the contents of the broadcast program indicated by the program information can be easily understood by the user. Can be presented.

  In the display device according to aspect 8 of the present invention, in any of the above aspects 3 to 7, it is preferable that the object includes an image related to a broadcast program indicated by program information corresponding to the object.

  According to said structure, while making a user confirm the area | region on the said map to which the said object is attached | subjected, it can be made to grasp | ascertain roughly the content of the broadcast program which the program information corresponding to the said object shows.

  The display device according to aspect 9 of the present invention is the display device according to aspects 3 to 8, in which the color of the area in which the program information is displayed matches the color of the object corresponding to the program information in the program guide. It is preferable.

  According to said structure, matching with each program information and the said object can be shown to a user in an easy-to-understand manner.

  In the display device according to aspect 10 of the present invention, in the above aspects 3 to 9, the program table includes at least one of a name, an address, and a place name of a facility included in an area related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information. It is preferable that it contains.

  According to said structure, the detailed information about the area | region relevant to the broadcast program which not only the said program information but the said program information shows can be provided to a user.

  The display device according to aspect 11 of the present invention is the display apparatus according to aspect 11, wherein at least one of the one or more templates includes an axis indicating the age related to the broadcast program and a country related to the broadcast program. The program table generation means may arrange the object at a position corresponding to the age and country related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information corresponding to the object. Good.

  According to said structure, in the said program schedule produced | generated by the said program schedule production | generation means, the said object is arrange | positioned in the position corresponding to the age and country relevant to the broadcast program which the program information corresponding to the said object shows. Yes.

  Therefore, according to the above configuration, it is possible to present to the user which age and country the content of the broadcast program indicated by the program information is related to, so that the user finds the desired broadcast program. Can be made easier.

  The display device according to aspect 12 of the present invention is the display apparatus according to aspect 12, wherein at least one of the one or more templates indicates an axis indicating a target grade of the broadcast program and a target subject of the broadcast program. The program table generation means may arrange the object at a position corresponding to the target grade and subject of the broadcast program indicated by the program information corresponding to the object.

  According to said structure, in the said program schedule produced | generated by the said program schedule production | generation means, the said object is arrange | positioned in the position corresponding to the target grade and target subject of the broadcast program which the program information corresponding to the said object shows. Yes.

  Therefore, according to the above configuration, it is possible to present to the user which subject grade and subject subject the content of the broadcast program indicated by the program information corresponds, so that the user can select a desired broadcast program. Can make it easier to find.

  In the display device according to aspect 13 of the present invention, in the aspect 1, at least one of the one or more templates may be an image showing a dish or a body part.

  According to said structure, the said object is arrange | positioned in the said image in the said program schedule produced | generated by the said program schedule production | generation means.

  Therefore, according to the above configuration, it is possible to present to the user which dish or body part the content of the broadcast program indicated by the program information corresponds, so that the user can select a desired broadcast program. Can make it easier to find.

  The display device according to aspect 14 of the present invention is the display apparatus according to aspect 1, wherein at least one of the one or more templates includes an axis indicating characters included in the keyword related to the broadcast program, and the keyword. A template spanned by an axis indicating a related country, and the program guide generation means arranges the object in association with a character included in a keyword related to a broadcast program indicated by program information corresponding to the object. It is good also as a structure.

  According to said structure, in the said program schedule produced | generated by the said program schedule production | generation means, the said object is arrange | positioned in relation with the keyword relevant to the broadcast program which the program information corresponding to the said object shows.

  Therefore, according to the above configuration, it is possible to present to the user which keyword the content of the broadcast program indicated by the program information relates to, so that the user can find a desired broadcast program. Can be easily.

  It is preferable that the display device according to aspect 15 of the present invention further includes switching means (OSD generating unit 108) for switching the one or more templates in the above aspects 1 to 14.

  According to said structure, since the template of the said program schedule which the said display apparatus displays can be switched, it can further make it easier for a user to find a desired broadcast program.

  A television receiver according to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention includes the display device according to the first to fifteenth aspects.

  According to said structure, there exists an effect similar to said display apparatus.

  The transmitter according to the seventeenth aspect of the present invention includes a sending means for sending arrangement information to be referred to when the display device generates the program guide to the display devices according to the first to fifteenth aspects. It is characterized by.

  According to the above configuration, a program guide different from the conventional electronic program guide can be displayed on the display device, so that the user of the display device can easily find a desired broadcast program. .

  A broadcasting system according to an aspect 18 of the present invention includes the display device according to the aspects 1 to 15 and the transmitter according to the aspect 17.

  According to said structure, there exists an effect similar to said display apparatus.

  The display method according to the nineteenth aspect of the present invention is a template in which an object corresponding to program information indicating broadcast program information is arranged, and includes two axes that are different from either a channel axis or a broadcast time axis. A template generation step for generating one or more templates to be stretched, an acquisition step for acquiring the program information, and the program information acquired in the acquisition step, the object in the one or more templates. And a program guide generation step of generating a program guide by arranging them.

  According to said structure, there exists an effect similar to said display apparatus.

  The display device according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the display device is realized by the computer by causing the computer to operate as each unit included in the display device. A control program and a computer-readable recording medium on which the control program is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

[Additional Notes]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, a new technical feature can be formed by combining the technical means disclosed in each embodiment.

  The present invention can be suitably applied to a television receiver, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, a car navigation system, and the like that can display a broadcast program.

1 TV (display device)
102 Terrestrial digital broadcasting tuner (acquisition means)
103 Satellite broadcasting tuner (acquisition means)
108 OSD generation unit (template generation means, program guide generation means, determination means, extraction means, switching means)
2 Transmitter 10 Broadcast system T1-T8 Template

Claims (5)

A template in which an object corresponding to program information indicating broadcast program information is arranged, and generates one or a plurality of templates stretched by two axes different from any of a channel axis and a broadcast time axis Generating means;
Obtaining means for obtaining the program information;
Referring to the program information acquired by the acquisition means, and a program guide generation means for generating a program guide by arranging the object in the one or more templates,
The program guide includes the one or more templates in which the objects are arranged, program information lists in which each program information and the objects are associated ,
Of the one or more templates, at least one template is a map,
The program guide generation means arranges the object in association with a region that is related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information corresponding to the object and is indicated on the map.
A display device characterized by that. A template in which an object corresponding to program information indicating broadcast program information is arranged, and generates one or a plurality of templates stretched by two axes different from any of a channel axis and a broadcast time axis Generating means;
Obtaining means for obtaining the program information;
Referring to the program information acquired by the acquisition means, and a program guide generation means for generating a program guide by arranging the object in the one or more templates,
The program guide includes the one or more templates in which the objects are arranged, program information lists in which each program information and the objects are associated ,
The display device , wherein at least one of the one or more templates is an image showing a dish or a body part . To the display device according to claim 1 or 2, the display apparatus includes a sending means for sending the location information to be referred to when generating the program table,
A transmitter characterized by that. Including the display device according to claim 1 or 2, and the transmitter according to claim 3 .
A broadcasting system characterized by that. A template in which an object corresponding to program information indicating broadcast program information is arranged, and generates one or a plurality of templates stretched by two axes different from any of a channel axis and a broadcast time axis Generation process;
An acquisition step of acquiring the program information;
A program guide generation step of generating a program guide by placing the object on the one or a plurality of templates with reference to the program information acquired in the acquisition step,
The program guide includes the one or more templates in which the objects are arranged, program information lists in which each program information and the objects are associated ,
Of the one or more templates, at least one template is a map,
In the program guide generation step, the object is arranged in association with a region that is related to the broadcast program indicated by the program information corresponding to the object and is indicated on the map.
A display method characterized by that.

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