JPH051415Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a television program recording reservation card used when recording television information with a video tape recorder.

[Prior art and its problems]

It has been a common practice to record desired TV programs using a video tape recorder, and in order to reserve the recording of this information in advance, a video tape recorder is used to record the desired TV program. A barcode reservation system has been proposed. That is, as shown in Fig. 3, a printed matter is published in which a predetermined barcode is displayed in a part of the program guide column of a television, and a user purchases this printed matter and uses the barcode reading sensor of a video tape recorder. The barcode of the program you wish to record is read using the barcode, and the program is reserved accordingly. However, with this barcode reservation system, the size of the barcode itself is about 7 mm in width and about 36 mm in length, so it is impossible to display this barcode on every program. There is a limit to the number of programs that can be reserved using the code reservation system; for example, even in a magazine that lists one week's programs, the number of programs displayed with this barcode is limited.
There are about 50 groups, and reservations can only be made for a small portion of the programs. Furthermore, since this reservation system uses barcodes, those who wish to make a reservation cannot easily display this barcode. For this reason, barcode reservation systems for television programs are rarely used.

[Means to solve problems]

The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems. To provide a reservation card for recording a television program, which has square-shaped squares displayed on a base body.

【Example】

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of a reservation card for recording television programs according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2a, b,
c and d are explanatory diagrams showing an example of the use of this television program recording reservation card. In the figure, A is a base body formed into a predetermined size and shape from cardboard, synthetic paper, or other appropriate material of a predetermined thickness. At a predetermined position on the upper left side of one side of this base body A, the characters "reservation number" are displayed, and at a predetermined position directly below this "reservation number" display field, a square shaped square is displayed. B is displayed. Note that within this square B, the numbers 1, 2, 4, and 8 are displayed. In the designated position to the right of the "reservation number" character,
The words "Channel" are displayed, and in the designated position directly below the "Channel" display field,
A field-shaped square C is displayed. Note that within this square C, numbers 1, 2, 4, and 8 are displayed. At a predetermined position below the square B, there is a "week" mark to indicate which week it is morning or afternoon.
The characters ``月'' are displayed, and a box D shaped like a square is displayed at a predetermined position directly below the display field for ``week/pm''. In addition, in this square D, the numbers 1 and 2 and the front,
The following characters are displayed. At a predetermined position below grid C, the characters "day of the week" are displayed to indicate what day of the week it is, and at a predetermined position directly below this "day of the week" display field, the characters of rice fields are displayed. A letter-shaped square E is displayed. Note that in this square E, the numbers 1, 2, 4, and 8 are displayed to display the days of the week in numerical form. In the predetermined positions below grids D and E, the words "Start Time" and "Start Minute" are displayed to display the reservation start time for the TV program to be recorded. In the predetermined positions directly below the display fields for "Start time" and "Start minute", there are squares F,
G is displayed. In addition, the numbers 1, 2, 4, and 8 are in square F.
There are 5 (5 x 1), 10 (5 x 2), 20 (5
×4), 40 (5 × 8) numbers are displayed. The words "Recording time" and "Recording minutes" are displayed at predetermined positions below squares F and G to display the number of hours of recording time of the TV program to be recorded. Box-shaped squares H and I are displayed at predetermined positions directly below the display columns for "recording time" and "recording minutes," respectively. In addition, the numbers 1, 2, 4, and 8 are in square H, and the numbers 5 (5 x 1), 10 (5 x 2), and 20 are in square I.
The numbers (5 x 4) and 40 (5 x 8) are displayed. When the reservation card is configured as described above, the following procedure can be used to reserve recording of a television program on a video tape recorder using this reservation card. First, look at a magazine that lists, say, a week's worth of TV programs, and select a particular program (for example, Channel 1, this Wednesday, and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.). If you want to make a recording reservation for a program (program), and since the first and second reserved addresses of the device are already reserved, if only the third and subsequent addresses are available, then in Figure 2 a. As shown, the portions corresponding to numbers 1 and 2 in square B corresponding to the "reservation number" display column are filled out to indicate that the third address is reserved. Also, since the TV channel is channel 1, the square C corresponding to the "Channel" display field
The part corresponding to the number 1 is filled out to indicate that one TV channel is reserved. Also, to find out what week it is, since it is this week, fill in the number 1 in square D that corresponds to the "Week/afternoon" display field, and fill in the number 1 in square D, since it is an afternoon program. The part that says "later" is blacked out to indicate that the afternoon program for this week is reserved. Also, since we are reserving a TV program for this Wednesday, select the square E that corresponds to the "day of the week" display column.
is the number 4 corresponding to Wednesday (1 for Sunday,
Monday is 2, Tuesday is 3 (the sum of 1 and 2), Thursday is 5 (the sum of 1 and 4), Friday is 6 (the sum of 2 and 4), and Saturday is 7 (the sum of 1, 2, and 4). (corresponding to the sum of )) to indicate that the Wednesday program is reserved. Also, since the reserved program starts from 6:00 p.m., in the square F corresponding to the "start time" display field that displays the reservation start time, fill out the numbers 2 and 4 and indicate that the program starts from 6:00 p.m. Indicate that the program is reserved. Note that since the time is exactly 6 o'clock, the square G corresponding to the "start minute" is not filled in at all. Also, since the TV program is reserved from 6 o'clock to 8 o'clock, the recording time is 2 hours, so the square H corresponding to the "recording time" display column is
Fill out the number 2 to indicate that 2 hours of recording will be reserved. Incidentally, since the recording time is exactly 2 hours, the square I corresponding to the "recorded portion" display column is not filled in at all. In other words, as shown in Figure 2 a, the reservation card with the squares B to I filled in is the one that will be aired from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Wednesday of this week.
Since the channel program is specified, insert this reservation card into the reading section of the video tape recorder and read the information on the reservation card with a predetermined reading means, the reservation signal will be stored in the third address, and the predetermined When the time comes, recording will begin. FIG. 2b shows another usage example in which the squares of the reservation card according to the present invention are filled out. This can be easily seen by referring to the explanation of FIG. Second
Saturday morning of the week) from 7:15 to 5:30
The columns of squares B to I are filled out to correspond to the fact that reservations are made over a period of one minute. FIG. 2c shows another usage example in which the squares of the reservation card according to the present invention are filled out. This is easily understood from the previous explanation, but the reservation signal is stored in the 6th address of the video tape recorder, and the program is broadcast on 6 channels. eye)
The columns of squares B to I have been filled out to correspond to reservations for 1 hour and 30 minutes from 10:30 p.m. on Monday. FIG. 2d shows another usage example in which the squares of the reservation card according to the present invention are filled out. This is a program whose reservation signal is stored in the first address of the video tape recorder and which is broadcast on 12 channels.This week (first week)
Square B is equivalent to being booked for 3 hours and 30 minutes from 8:00 pm on Thursday.
The columns ˜I are filled out. In the above embodiment, only one square-shaped square is displayed corresponding to each display column, but if you try to specify the day and day instead of the day of the week, for example, If three square-shaped squares are displayed correspondingly, all days from the 1st to the 31st can be displayed depending on how the squares are filled. Also, the reservation start time setting is displayed as what time in the morning or what time in the afternoon.
This means that by displaying two square-shaped squares in a predetermined position, it can be displayed from 0 o'clock to 24 o'clock. Also, the display column for "start minute" is 5, 10, 15 (5 and 10),
20, 25 (5 and 20), 30 (10 and 20), 35 (5 and 10 and 20),
40, 45 (5 and 40), 50 (10 and 40), 55 (5 and 10 and 40),
You can only set the time in 60 (20 and 40), but TV broadcasts usually start at a good time, so
For example, since 1:13 is never the starting time, and even if such a time is the starting time, you only need to make a reservation from 1:10, so the example above is sufficient. In addition, in the above example, if all of the squares H and I are filled in, the recording time will be 16 hours and 15 minutes, which is shorter than 24 hours, but in reality, the recording will continue for 16 hours. Therefore, two squares H and I are sufficient for the display column of "recording time". In addition, in the above embodiment, the numbers or letters 1, 2, 4, 8, 5, 10, 20, 40, front and rear are displayed in the squares of the box shape. This is to make it easier to understand how to use the product, and it is sufficient to memorize the display of these numbers or letters, or if it is written in the instruction manual, so it is not necessary to display them within the grid. It's not something that you have to keep. In addition, although we have explained the example in which a square-shaped square B is provided corresponding to the "reservation number" column, this may also be the case if, for example, the video tape recorder side is provided with a means to correspond to this. Therefore, in such a case, this square B is not necessarily needed. Information based on how to fill in the squares can be expressed, for example, information corresponding to the numbers 1, 2, 4, and 8 can be expressed by filling out each number, and information corresponding to the number 3 can be expressed as 1. The information corresponding to the number 5 can be expressed by filling out the numbers 1 and 4, and in the same manner, information corresponding to the number 5 can be expressed by filling out the numbers 1 and 4. 15
It is possible to express the numbers of

【effect】

The reservation card for recording television programs according to the present invention is
Square-shaped squares are displayed on the base body corresponding to the channel display field, the day of the week (or day/day) display field, the reservation start time display field, and the reservation recording time display field. If you fill in the square-shaped squares displayed on this base body according to the information you want to make a recording reservation, and read the information on the reservation card filled out in this way with a reading means, you can, for example, read this reservation card. You can now schedule recordings of TV programs by simply inserting the card into the reading section of the device.
And you can freely schedule recording of any TV program you want to record, and there are no restrictions like recording reservations with barcode systems.
In other words, the method of the present invention does not require the accuracy required for barcodes to prevent errors in barcode reading, and it is possible to record TV programs because even if the squares are filled in by hand, reading errors will not occur. Reservations can be made freely, and the reservation card for recording television programs of the present invention has features such as being able to be provided at low cost.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 and 2 show one embodiment of the reservation card for recording television programs according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a barcode used in a conventional television program recording reservation system. A...Base body, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I... Square.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Channel display field, day of the week (or date/day) display field,
A reservation card for recording a television program, characterized in that square squares are displayed on a base body corresponding to a reservation start time display field and a reservation recording time display field.