JPH07326089A - Recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To decrease setting items as far as possible by providing the above device with a program information video recording function and to make it possible to easily set video recording reservations by using the special codes corresponding to programs, such as GC codes. CONSTITUTION:Fig. illustrates a remote control device of this device and has a G code reservation setting button 1, an information reservation button 2, a video recording reservation button 3, numeric keys 4 and a cruciform key 5. A user sets a video recording reservation setting mode by pushing the information reservation button 2 when the user desires the reservation again during reproducing of the recorded tape. A warning is displayed and the intended set mode is ended when the program information is not recorded at the tape under reproduction. An information reservation setting screen is displayed and the user sets the recording date with the crucible key 5 when the program information is reproduced. The video recording reservation list is displayed and the user is able to check the reservation contents when the information reservation button 2 is pushed once more. The operation of the video recording reservation setting modes ends and the reservation is complete by pushing the video recording reservation button 2 again when there are no mistakes or changes.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus having recording reservation means, and more particularly to a recording / reproducing apparatus having novel recording reservation setting means.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A VTR or the like is known as a recording / reproducing apparatus having a recording reservation function. The VTR is generally used for various purposes such as viewing soft tapes and time-shifting broadcast programs, but it can be said that the recording reservation function is one of the essential functions in time-shifting. There are various methods for recording reservations, which can be roughly divided into two. The first method is to set the program information of each program to be recorded.
The second method is to set by inputting a special code corresponding to the program information of the program to be recorded.

An on-screen reservation system is one of the first recording reservation methods. FIG. 9 shows an example of an on-screen reservation screen of a conventional VHS type VTR. Figure 10
Is an example of a conventional VTR remote control device, 1 is a reservation setting button, 3 is a recording reservation button, 4 is a numeric keypad, and 5 is a cross key.

The procedure for the reservation setting method of the on-screen reservation system will be described below. (1) Press the reservation setting button 1. (The reservation setting screen is displayed.) (2) Set the recording date. (What month and what day) (3) Set the recording channel. (How many channels) (4) Set the recording start time. (What time and what minutes) (5) Set the recording end time. (What time and what minutes) (6) Set the recording mode. (Standard / 3 times) (7) Press the recording reservation button 3. (The power of the VTR is turned off to enter the reservation standby mode.) With the above, the setting of the recording reservation is completed. For recording reservation, at least the program information shown in steps (2) to (5) must be set (recording start and end times are the same when setting recording start time and recording time length).

Use the four-way controller 5 to set the items in steps (2) to (5).
Done in. In this example, a value is set up and down on the cross key 5, and a setting item is moved left and right. Further, at the leftmost position of each recording reservation program, by pressing the left of the cross key 5, the setting contents of the program can be erased, and the program to be reserved can be changed by pressing the cross key 5 up or down.

As the reservation setting means, in addition to the setting method using the cross key 5 described above, there are means for operating the jog shuttle. This is one in which the left and right of the jog correspond to the top and bottom of the cross key 5, and the left and right of the shuttle correspond to the left and right of the cross key 5, and the reservation setting method is the same as described above.

As one of the second recording reservation methods, the G code reservation method is known. FIG. 11 is an example of a G code reservation setting screen of a conventional VHS VTR. The G code is a maximum 8-digit number written on each TV program in the program guide.
If it is decoded by the G code decoder built in the TR, all the program information in the above steps (2) to (5) is set.

The procedure for the reservation setting method of the G code reservation system will be described below. (1) Press the reservation setting button 1 (G code button). (Reservation setting screen is displayed) (2) Enter the G code. (Program information is set) (3) Press the G code button. (The reservation list (reservation setting screen) is displayed.) (4) Set the recording mode. (Standard / 3 times) (5) Press the recording reservation button 3. (The power of the VTR is turned off to enter the reservation standby mode.) With the above, the setting of the recording reservation is completed. As the setting means, the numeric keypad 4 of the remote control device shown in FIG.
To use. The G code is a sequence of numbers, so use the numeric keypad 4
The input operation can be performed sensuously by using, and the operability is good because it is not necessary to learn the setting method peculiar to each VTR unlike the on-screen reservation method described above. Therefore, it is widely used as a simple recording reservation system.

In the VTR and the like, the G code reservation system is not adopted independently because the recording reservation cannot be set unless the G code is known, and it is often adopted together with the above-mentioned on-screen reservation system. For this reason, in this conventional example, the reservation setting button and the G code button are also used, and once pressed, the G code reservation setting screen is displayed, and when this button is pressed again without inputting the G code, the on-screen reservation setting is performed. The screen is supposed to be displayed.

Recently developed as a recording / reproducing apparatus having the above-mentioned recording reservation function and capable of recording program information such as recording date / time, recording time, etc. on a recording medium during recording of a program reserved for recording. There is a digital VTR for home use, etc. Figure 12 shows a home digital VT
It is a figure showing an example of a recording track of R, 6 is ATF
(AUTO TRACK FINDING) I in which a prescribed pilot signal for performing servo is recorded
TI (Insert and Track Info)
application area, 7 is an audio data area, 8 is a video data area, and 9 is a subcode area. FIG. 13 is an example of pack information.

In a home digital VTR, it is considered to record additional information called a subcode in addition to video data and audio data. In the sub-code area 9, for example, pack information having 5 bytes as a unit is recorded. FIG. 13 shows an example of pack information. Figure 13 is TI
This is an example of a pack structure of ME CODE (hour, minute, second frame), and the data of the first byte indicates the type of pack and is called a pack header. Data of the hour, minute, second frame is recorded in the remaining 4 bytes. In the case of this example, there are 256 types of pack headers and there are many types, but not all are recorded in the subcode area 9, and a part of the pack information is selected and recorded. In addition to the TIME CODE described above, typical pack information includes RECDATE (date, month, day, hour) indicating the recording date and time. Of course, data such as recording time (total program time) and recording channel can also be recorded. in this case,
Since the recording date and time and the total time of the program are known, the recording start time and the recording end time can be calculated. Normally, the total time of a program cannot be known except in a mode in which a recording time such as a recording reservation is set and recorded. Therefore, the program is automatically recorded only when the recording reservation is made. Otherwise, the user can manually input the recording time.

[0012]

There is a case where the user wants to record the same program next time while the user is playing the program once recorded with the recording reservation. In this case, there is no problem if the recording date of the recording reservation is set to the mode corresponding to the repeated recording reservation such as the weekly reservation. Of course, if the user wants to continue watching the program, such settings will be made from the beginning, but in general there is a need to "record again because it was interesting to try recording". . In such a case, it is necessary to set the recording reservation again.

The conventional recording reservation system, particularly the on-screen reservation system, has many setting items and has a problem of poor operability. In addition, although the operability is improved in the G code reservation system, there is a problem in that reservation recording cannot be performed unless there is a program guide in which a G code corresponding to the next program is described.

The present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above problems. Under the above-mentioned conditions, the number of setting items is reduced as much as possible, and a special code corresponding to a program such as a G code is provided. An object of the present invention is to obtain a recording / reproducing apparatus that can easily set a recording reservation without using it.

[0015]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided recording reservation means for recording a date and time on a recording medium during recording of a program,
In a recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording / reproducing program information such as recording time, recording channel, etc., program information reproducing means for reproducing program information of a program recorded by recording reservation, and changing at least the recording date of the reproduced program information. Then, a program information recording reservation means for making a recording reservation is provided.

[0016] In the invention of claim 2, the program information recording reservation means has at least a daily reservation, a weekly reservation, a Monday-Friday reservation, a Monday-Saturday reservation, a Tuesday-Saturday reservation, for the recording date of the recording reservation to be changed. It is provided with a recording date selecting means for selecting from one of the Tuesday to day reservations.

Further, in the invention of claim 3, the program information recording reservation means is provided with recording date selection means for selecting at least one of the next day reservation and the next week reservation for the recording date of the reproduced program information. Is.

Further, in the invention of claim 4, when the recording date selecting means makes the reservation for the next week or the next day, if the current time is past the broadcasting date and time for the next broadcast, the earliest time is calculated from the current time. It is configured to set a recording reservation at the next broadcast date and time.

Further, in the invention of claim 5, the recording date selecting means includes the reproduced program information of the replayed program information for the next day reservation corresponding to the month to Friday reservation, the month to Saturday reservation, the Tuesday to Saturday reservation, and the Tuesday to Sunday reservation. When the recording date is the last day of the reserved day range, at least the first day of the reserved day range can be reserved for recording.

According to the invention of claim 6, the recording date selecting means sets the recording time of the reproduced program information for the selection items of the month to Friday reservation, the month to Saturday reservation, the fire to Saturday reservation, and the fire to day reservation. In the case other than midnight (for example, from 0:00 to around AM5: 00), it is prohibited to select Tuesday-Saturday reservation or Tuesday-Sunday reservation. In the case of midnight, it is prohibited to select Monday-Friday reservation or Monday-Saturday reservation. It is configured to do.

According to the invention of claim 7, the recording date selecting means selects the recording date of the reproduced program information for the selection items from month to Friday reservation, month to Saturday reservation, Tuesday to Saturday reservation, and Tuesday to Sunday reservation. If the day of the week is outside the range of the reserved date, the selection is prohibited.

Further, the invention of claim 8 is configured such that the program information recording reservation means displays a warning when the difference between the recording date and time of the reproduced program information and the current time is a specified value or more. is there.

Further, the invention of claim 9 is configured such that the program information recording reservation means prohibits the recording reservation when the difference between the recording date and time of the reproduced program information and the current time is a specified value or more. It is a thing.

[0024]

According to the invention of claim 1, the recording reservation of the next program can be performed without changing the recording channel, the recording start time and the recording end time by changing the recording date of the reproduced program information and making the recording reservation.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the recording date of the reproduced program information is at least daily reservation, weekly reservation, month-Friday reservation, month-
Since one of Saturday reservation, Tuesday-Saturday reservation, and Tuesday-Sunday reservation is selected, repeated recording reservations can be made after the main recording reservation according to the reproduction program information.

According to the invention of claim 3, the recording date of the reproduced program information is selected from at least one of the next day reservation and the next week reservation, so that the recording reservation can be made for the next program.

In the recording date selection means of the invention of claim 4, when the current time is past the broadcast date and time for the next broadcast in the next week reservation and the next day reservation, the recording date is recorded at the earliest next broadcast date and time calculated from the current time. Since the reservation can be set, the program to be broadcast next from the current time can be reserved for recording even if it is not in time for the next broadcast date and time of the program being reproduced.

The recording date selecting means of the invention of claim 5 is from the month to
For the next day reservation corresponding to Friday reservation, Monday-Saturday reservation, Tuesday-Saturday reservation, Tuesday-Sunday reservation, if the recorded date of the reproduced program information is the last day of the week of the reserved date range, at least the reserved date You can schedule recording for the first day of the week, so you can
Reservations can be made the next day for programs broadcast on Friday, Monday-Saturday, Tuesday-Saturday, and Tuesday-Sunday.

The record date selecting means of the invention of claim 6 is, from among the selection items, a month-Friday reservation, a month-Saturday reservation, a fire-Saturday reservation, a fire-
Regarding day reservation, if the recording time of the playback program information is other than midnight, it is prohibited to select Tuesday-Saturday reservation, Tuesday-Sun reservation, and if it is late night, it is prohibited to select Monday-Friday reservation, Monday-Saturday reservation. ,
For late-night programs, Tuesday-Saturday reservations, Tuesday-Sunday reservations, and otherwise Monday-
We accept Friday and Monday-Saturday reservations.

The recording date selecting means of the invention of claim 7 is, from among the selection items, a month-Friday reservation, a month-Saturday reservation, a fire-Saturday reservation, a fire-
Regarding the day reservation, if the day of the recording day of the reproduction program information is a day outside the range of the reservation day, the selection is prohibited so that an incorrect recording reservation is not set.

The program information recording reservation means of the present invention displays a warning when the difference between the recorded date and time of the reproduced program information and the current time is a specified value or more, so the user misunderstands and the broadcast ends. Call attention not to make a recording reservation for the selected program.

If the difference between the recording date and time of the reproduced program information and the current time is more than the specified value, the program information recording reservation means of the present invention prohibits the recording reservation, so that the user misunderstands the broadcast. There is no reservation to record the finished program.

[0033]

【Example】

Example 1. FIG. 1 is a flow chart of an information reservation setting system of a recording / reproducing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing an information reservation setting screen of the first embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a remote control of a digital VTR of the first embodiment. In the plan view of the apparatus, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 10 denote the same or corresponding portions, and 2 denotes an information reservation button.

The recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention has a recording reservation function and is capable of recording program information such as recording date / time, recording time and recording channel on a recording medium during recording of a program reserved for recording. In the first embodiment, a home-use digital VTR will be described as an example. However, for example, a disc device capable of recording / reproducing may be used, and it is needless to say that a recording / reproducing device satisfying the above-described conditions can be configured. Absent.

The digital VTR of the first embodiment has three kinds of reservation setting methods as a recording reservation method: an on-screen reservation method, a G code reservation method, and an information reservation method. The above-mentioned two methods are the same as in the conventional example, and the description thereof will be omitted. Now, in the information reservation method, while the program recorded by using one of the above-mentioned two methods, that is, the program in which the program information is recorded, the user thinks "I want to record this program again because it is interesting". It is used when

Next, the reservation setting method of the information reservation method of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. During reproduction of the recorded tape, the information reservation button 2 is pressed in S1 to enter the recording reservation setting mode. If the program information is not recorded on the tape being reproduced in S2, a warning is displayed and the reservation setting mode is ended. When the program information is being reproduced, the information reservation setting screen of FIG. 2A is displayed on the screen in S3, and the recording date (month, day) is set in S4. The setting method is the same as the on-screen reservation method described in the conventional example, and the cross key 5 is used. When the setting of the recording date is completed, the information reservation button 2 is pressed again in S5. The screen shows S6 in FIG.
The recording reservation list of (b) is displayed, and the reservation contents are confirmed. This screen is the same as the on-screen reservation screen,
If it is desired to change the reservation content, the change can be made in S7.
If the digital VTR has a plurality of recording modes (for example, standard / 2 times), the recording mode can be changed here. The recording mode may be set as standard if no change is made, but may be automatically set to be the same as the recording mode of the tape being reproduced, for example. If there is no change in S5, or if the change is completed in S8 and the information reservation button 2 is pressed again, the recording reservation setting mode ends in S9. The program reserved for recording is recorded at the reserved date and time by pressing the recording reservation button 3 to enter the recording reservation standby mode. At this time, of course, the program information is recorded together with the program.

Example 2. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for setting weekly reservation in the information reservation method of the second embodiment, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an information reservation setting screen for weekly reservation of the second embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for setting next week / next day reservation in the information reservation system of the second embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an information reservation setting screen for next week / next day reservation of the second embodiment.

The information reservation system according to the second embodiment does not set the date of recording, but pays attention to when the program is broadcast in one week. Usually, broadcasting programs are often performed weekly, daily, Monday-Friday, Monday-Saturday, Tuesday-Saturday, Tuesday-Sun. In the information reservation system, the recording reservation is mainly made for the program. Therefore, if the recording reservation is set by making the best use of this feature, the user can intuitively operate and the usability is improved.

When making a recording reservation for a program,
It is expected that two types of requests will occur. One is a request to record a program broadcast, for example, every week many times. The other is a request to make another recording reservation only the next time. In the second embodiment, an information reservation system that satisfies these two types of requirements and reduces the erroneous setting of recording reservation will be described. Note that the description is omitted because it is the same as the first embodiment except the recording date changing means.

First, the recording date changing means in the case of recording many times as the first request will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 5 is an information reservation setting screen when weekly recording is set, and the operations from S1 to S4 in FIG. 1 are the same as in the first embodiment. The setting items are weekly, daily, Monday-Friday, Monday-Saturday, Tuesday-Saturday, and Tuesday-Sunday. The recording date can be changed with the up and down keys of the cross key 5. At this time, the recording time of the program information is checked in S10, and if the recording time is not midnight, the display of the Tuesday-Saturday reservation and the Tuesday-Sunday reservation is prohibited in S11 corresponding to the Monday-Friday reservation and the Monday-Saturday reservation. If it is late at night, in S12, the display of the Monday-Friday reservation and the Monday-Saturday reservation is prohibited corresponding to the Tuesday-Saturday reservation and the Tuesday-Sunday reservation to prevent erroneous setting. Next, in S13, it is determined whether the day of the week of the recording date is within the range of the corresponding reserved date.
Prohibiting the display at 14 further prevents erroneous setting. The above is repeated until the setting is completed.

Next, the recording date changing means for recording only the next time, which is the second request, will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In S15, it is determined whether or not it is a next week reservation. If it is a next week reservation, a next week reservation is made in S16. FIG. 7A shows the information reservation setting screen when the reservation for next week is set.

If it is not booked next week in S15, S
Go to 17 or less and make a reservation for the next day. FIG. 7B is an information reservation setting screen when the next day reservation is set. In the next-day reservation, the recording time of the program information is first checked in S17, and if the recording time is other than midnight, in S18, the display of the Tuesday-Saturday reservation and the Tuesday-Sun reservation is displayed corresponding to the Monday-Friday reservation and the Monday-Saturday reservation Prohibition, and if it is late at night, erroneous settings are prevented by prohibiting the display of the Monday-Friday reservation and the Monday-Saturday reservation corresponding to the Tuesday-Saturday reservation and Tuesday-Sunday reservation in S19. Next, in S20, it is checked whether the day of the week of the recording date is within the range of the corresponding reservation date.
In 21, the display of the reserved date is prohibited to further prevent erroneous setting. Next, in S22, it is checked whether the recording date of the program information is the last day of the reservation date range. If it is not the last day, the next day reservation is made in S23, and if it is the last day, the first day of the reservation date range in S24. Make reservation settings.

If the setting of the next week's reservation is completed in S16 and the next day's reservation is completed in S23 or S24, next S2 is set.
Check the current time in 5, and if the next broadcast time has passed, S2
A warning is displayed at 6. In this case, the program to be recorded next is not the next broadcast of the program that is currently being played, and it is highly possible that the program was skipped several times. You can ask for confirmation.

In this way, weekly reservation, next week reservation, and next day reservation can be set on the same information setting screen. Taking the program information shown in FIGS. 5 and 7 as an example, the items that can be set at this time are weekly, daily, Monday-Friday, Monday-Saturday, next week,
Next day, there are 8 ways from Monday to Friday (the next Monday) and Monday to Saturday (the next Saturday). As described above, the information reservation method according to the second embodiment has only one setting item, and it is sufficient to select the recording date from the maximum of eight ways, and thus the operability is better than that of the conventional reservation method. In addition, since the recording reservation is prohibited for the reserved date that definitely causes the incorrect setting, the incorrect setting can be reduced.

Example 3. The information reservation method is a method of making a recording reservation for a program being reproduced. Here, the content of the broadcast program is often changed in a few months, and it is possible that the program being played by the user may have already finished broadcasting, which is likely to cause incorrect setting of the recording reservation. To be done. In the third embodiment, attention is paid to the recording date of the information reservation setting, and a warning is displayed or the recording reservation is prohibited when the difference between the recording date and time of the program information and the current time is equal to or more than a specified value. The purpose is to prevent.

FIG. 8 is an example of a flow chart regarding warning display and recording reservation prohibition in the information reservation system of the third embodiment, and steps S1 to S3 and S4 and subsequent steps are the same as those of the first or second embodiment. The flowchart of FIG. 8 will be described below. After the information reservation screen is displayed in S3, the difference between the program information and the current time is examined in S27, and if one year or more has passed, a warning is displayed and the reservation setting mode is ended to prohibit the recording reservation. If within 1 year then S
At 28, the difference between the program information and the current time is checked, and if three months or more have passed, a warning is displayed at S29 and the user is asked to confirm whether the broadcast has ended because the program was recorded three months or more ago. If it is within 3 months, proceed to S4 to make a recording reservation.

Although the prohibition is set to one year and the warning is set to three months in the third embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. Further, although both prohibition and warning are used, only warning may be used. Also,
Although it may be prohibited only, in this case, since the user suddenly becomes unable to make a recording reservation when the time limit expires, confusion is likely to occur, so it is better to use a warning together.

[0048]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1,
Since the recording reservation of the next program can be made by changing the recording date of the reproduced program information and making the recording reservation, the setting items of the recording reservation of the user are reduced, and the operation is simplified. Moreover, there is an effect that the recording reservation corresponding to the broadcast time of the program can be easily performed without referring to a special code such as a G code.

According to the invention of claim 2, the recording date of the invention of claim 1 is at least a daily reservation, a weekly reservation, a Monday-Friday reservation, a Monday-Saturday reservation, a Tuesday-Saturday reservation, and a Tuesday-day reservation. Since any one of the above is selected, there is an effect that it can be repeatedly recorded corresponding to the broadcast date and time of the program.

According to the invention of claim 3, the recording date of the invention of claim 1 is selected from at least one of the next day reservation and the next week reservation, so that it corresponds to the broadcast time of the next program. There is an effect that can be recorded.

According to the invention of claim 4, in the next week reservation and the next day reservation, if the current time is past the broadcast date and time for the next broadcast, the recording reservation is made at the earliest next broadcast date and time calculated from the current time. Since the setting is made, there is an effect that it is possible to eliminate the time limit for setting the reservation for the next week and the reservation for the next day.

According to the invention of claim 5, the recording date of the reproduced program information is the reservation date for the next day reservation corresponding to the Monday-Friday reservation, the Monday-Saturday reservation, the Tuesday-Saturday reservation, and the Tuesday-Sunday reservation. In the case of the last day of the day range, at least the first day of the reserved day range can be reserved for recording.
The effect is that the next day can be reserved according to the broadcast date and time.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, among the selection items, for the month to Friday reservation, the month to Saturday reservation, the fire to Saturday reservation, and the fire to day reservation, if the recording time of the reproduced program information is other than midnight, the fire is set. ~
Sat and Tue-Sun reservations are prohibited.
Since it is prohibited to select Friday reservation or Monday-Saturday reservation,
This has the effect of preventing erroneous settings that are easy for the user to make.

According to the seventh aspect of the invention, the day of the recording day of the reproduced program information is the reserved day for the selection items of Monday-Friday reservation, Month-Saturday reservation, Tuesday-Saturday reservation, and Tuesday-Sunday reservation. If the day of the week is out of the range, the selection is prohibited, so that there is an effect that erroneous setting can be prevented.

According to the eighth aspect of the invention, when the difference between the recorded date and time of the reproduced program information and the current time is more than a specified value, a warning is displayed so that the user misunderstands the broadcast. There is an effect that erroneous settings can be prevented by calling attention to whether or not recording reservation has been completed for the finished program.

According to the invention of claim 9, the recording reservation is prohibited when the difference between the recording date and time of the reproduced program information and the current time is equal to or more than a specified value, so that an erroneous setting can be prevented. There is.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of information reservation setting according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an information reservation setting screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the remote control device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart regarding setting of weekly reservation among information reservations according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an information reservation setting screen for weekly reservation according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for setting next week / next day reservation among information reservations according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an information reservation setting screen for next week / next day reservation according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart regarding display of a warning and prohibition of recording reservation in the information reservation according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an on-screen reservation screen of a conventional VHS VTR.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a conventional VTR remote control device.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a G code reservation setting screen of a conventional VHS VTR.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a recording track of a home-use digital VTR.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of pack information.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Reservation setting button, 2 Information reservation button, 3 Recording reservation button, 4 Numeric keypad, 5 Cross key.

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] October 14, 1994

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] Claim 7

[Correction method] Change

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A recording / reproducing apparatus having recording reservation means, capable of recording program information such as recording date / time, recording time, and recording channel on the recording medium while recording the recorded program on the recording medium. A recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: a program information reproducing means for reproducing the program information; and a program information recording reservation means for changing at least a recording date of the reproduced program information to make a recording reservation. 2. The program information recording reservation means selects at least a daily reservation, a weekly reservation, a Monday-Friday reservation, a Monday-Saturday reservation, a Tuesday-Saturday reservation, or a Tuesday-day reservation for the recording date of the recording reservation to be changed. 2. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising recording date selecting means for selecting one of them. 3. The program information recording reservation means has recording date selection means for selecting at least one of the next day reservation and the next week reservation for the recording date of the reproduced program information. Recording and reproducing device. 4. When the recording date selection means makes a reservation for next week or next day, and the current time is past the broadcast date and time for the next broadcast, the recording reservation is made at the earliest next broadcast date and time calculated from the current time. 4. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the recording / reproducing apparatus is configured to set. 5. The recording date selection means sets the recording date of the reproduced program information for the next day reservation corresponding to the Monday-Friday reservation, the Monday-Saturday reservation, the Tuesday-Saturday reservation, and the Tuesday-Sunday reservation. 4. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the recording / reproducing apparatus is configured to make a recording reservation for at least the first day of the reserved day in the case of the last day of the range. 6. The recording date selecting means selects from month to month among the selected items.
For Friday reservation, Monday-Saturday reservation, Tuesday-Saturday reservation, Tuesday-Sunday reservation, the recording time of the reproduced program information is midnight (for example, AM0:
It is configured to prohibit the selection of Tuesday-Saturday reservation and Tuesday-Sunday reservation except for (00 to AM 5:00), and prohibit the selection of Monday-Friday reservation and Monday-Saturday reservation in the case of midnight. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2 or 5, wherein 7. The recording date selecting means selects a month from among the selection items.
Regarding Friday reservation, Monday-Saturday reservation, Tuesday-Saturday reservation, Tuesday-Sunday reservation, if the day of the week on which the recorded program information is recorded falls outside the range of the reserved date, selection is prohibited. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2 or 5, wherein 8. The information reservation means is configured to display a warning when the difference between the recorded date and time of the reproduced program information and the current time is a specified value or more.
The recording / reproducing apparatus described. 9. The information reservation means is configured to prohibit recording reservation when the difference between the recording date and time of the reproduced program information and the current time is equal to or more than a specified value. The recording / reproducing apparatus described.