JPH10241231A - Video recording reservation completion screen display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly and correctly perform the program searching of a program wanted to see from among programs whose video recording are completed by storing contents of one or plural programs whose video recordings are completed in completion order, arranging contents of the programs in the video recording completion order and displaying fundamental data of them on a video recording reservation completion screen. SOLUTION: A control signal recording/detecting circuit 8 records control signals including a VISS signal (program searching signal) or the like on a video tape and also a VISS button or the like are provided on a key input part 9. Moreover, a video recording reservation completion screen display mode key is provided on the key input part 9 and when video recording reservation of plural programs are set, the contents of the programs are displayed on a monitor 6 via a video recording completion program storage part 11 storing the contents of the programs whose video recording are completed in the completion order and an OSD circuit 5 displaying the contents while editing the contents. When there is a program wanted to see immediately, the program searching of the program is executed by directly selecting and specifying the program with the VISS button.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a recording reservation end screen display device of a video cassette recorder (VCR) capable of recording reservation of a plurality of programs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional VCR, when a program is reserved for recording, a list of programs reserved for recording can be displayed on a television screen so that it can be confirmed whether the program is actually reserved for recording. There are things that are. However, these displays are only a list of programs to be recorded from now on, and the contents of programs for which recording has already been completed are deleted from the recording reservation menu and are not displayed on the screen at all.

[0003]

For this reason, when a plurality of programs are reserved for recording, for example, during a consecutive holiday trip, the order in which the programs were recorded should be checked by reviewing the program column of an old newspaper or using the program. The person himself had to remember.
In addition, when locating the program desired to be watched among the recorded programs, it is necessary to determine the number of times the VISS button should be pressed while the user himself remembers the recorded contents. Was. For this reason, there has been an operation error such that the number of times the VISS button is pressed is wrong and a program different from the program to be watched is searched.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem. The purpose of the present invention is to display the contents of a program whose recording has been completed on a recording reservation ending screen, thereby displaying the program whose recording reservation has been completed. Quickly find the program you want to watch from inside,
It is another object of the present invention to provide a recording reservation end screen display device which can be performed reliably.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording reservation ending screen display device which, when a recording reservation for a plurality of programs is set, displays a program whose recording has been completed. Recording reservation ending program storage means for storing the contents in the order in which they are completed; and recording reservation ending screen display means for displaying the contents of the recording reservation ending programs stored in the recording reservation ending program storage screen in the recording ending order. Configuration. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording reservation ending screen display device according to the first aspect, wherein the recording reservation ending program storage means performs cueing of the program as the content of the stored program. Is stored together with the number of times of operation of the VISS button. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording reservation ending screen display device according to the second aspect, wherein the recording reservation ending program storage means stores all programs set as the number of operations of the stored VISS button. When the recording is completed, the serial numbers starting from 1 are stored in association with the reverse order of the end of the recording, and the VISS button is actually operated to search for an arbitrary recorded program. In this case, the number of operations of the program whose cue was performed is updated to 1, and the number of operations of the program stored before and after the cue is updated based on 1 which is the number of operations of the cueed program. It is configured to update and store the number of appropriate operations.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a main part of a VCR equipped with a recording reservation end screen display device of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an antenna terminal, 2 denotes a tuner circuit, 3 denotes a loaded video cassette, 4 denotes a video signal recorded on a video tape of the loaded video cassette 3 and reproduces the recorded video signal. 5, an OSD circuit, 6 a monitor of a television receiver or the like, 7 a drive circuit for driving the video tape of the video cassette 3, and 8 a V
A control signal recording / detection circuit for recording a control signal including an ISS signal (a start signal) and detecting the recorded control signal.
A key input unit 10 having an ISS button or the like is a system controller for controlling the operation of the entire VCR. These circuits are circuits conventionally mounted on the VCR.

Here, the OSD circuit 5 is a circuit that creates an image signal using three primary colors and a franbac (FB) signal, converts the image signal into a video signal, and outputs the video signal. The video signal from the signal processing circuit 4 is appropriately switched and output to the monitor 6. Alternatively, it is a circuit for performing on-screen display in which only the image video signal generated internally is displayed on the entire screen of the monitor 6. By the way,
The OSD circuit 5 includes an interface circuit for interfacing with the system controller 10, a memory for storing image data, an image forming circuit for forming an image according to the image data stored in the memory, and an RGB signal output from the image forming circuit. A color encoder that creates an image signal based on the image signal and the FB signal and converts the image signal into a video signal;
And a switch for appropriately switching and outputting the output of the color encoder and the video signal from the video signal processing circuit 4.

According to the present invention, in the above configuration, a recording reservation end screen display mode key for displaying a recording reservation end screen, which will be described later, on the screen of the monitor 6 is provided in the key input section 9, and recording reservation of a plurality of programs is set. In this case, a recording end program storage unit 11 is provided which stores the contents of the programs whose recording has ended in the order of the end. Claim 1
The recording reservation end screen display means described in (1) is realized by the system controller 10 and the OSD circuit 5 in this embodiment.

Next, in the VCR having the above configuration, the operation of storing the contents of the programs whose recording has been completed in the recording end program storage section 11 in the order of their termination will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 and FIGS. This will be described with reference to an example of a recording reservation end screen. In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which a recording reservation mode key (not shown) is operated to set recording reservations of, for example, four types of programs.

When a recording reservation mode key (not shown) is operated to set recording reservations for four types of programs, the system controller 10 first sets the number of operations of the VISS button to "0" (step S1). ), And waits for the end of recording of the reserved program (step S2). When the first recording is completed, the number of operations of the VISS button is set to "1" (step S3), and the VI
The number of times the SS button has been operated “1” is stored in the recording end program storage unit 11 together with the contents of the program whose recording has ended (that is, contents such as date, time, and channel (CH) in this embodiment) (step S4).

Thereafter, it is confirmed whether or not there is a preceding recording content in the recording end program storage section 11 (step S5).
In this case, since the recorded program is the first program (that is, the program whose recording reservation time is the earliest), the operation proceeds to step S7, and it is determined whether or not the next recording reservation program still remains. Do. In this case, since the program reserved for recording still remains, the process returns to step S2 again.
The recording of the reserved program is waited for.

At this stage, when the contents stored in the recording end program storage section 11 are displayed on the monitor 6 through the OSD circuit 5, a recording reservation end screen shown in FIG. 3 is obtained. That is, the content of the recorded program is displayed in the column of No. 1 (the display portion is marked with *), and "1" is displayed in the item of the number of times of operation of VISS.

Next, when the second recording is completed in step S2, the number of times of operation of the VISS button is set to "1" (step S3), and the number of times of operation of the VISS button is set to "1". The content of the recorded program is stored in the recording end program storage unit 11 (step S
4). Thereafter, it is confirmed whether or not there is any preceding recording content in the recording end program storage section 11 (step S5). In this case, the recorded program is the second program (that is, the program whose recording reservation time is the second earliest), and there is a preceding recording content. Is incremented by one and updated and stored (step S6).

At this stage, when the contents stored in the recording end program storage section 11 are displayed on the monitor 6 through the OSD circuit 5, a recording reservation end screen shown in FIG. 4 is obtained. That is, the content of the program recorded first is displayed in the column of No. 1 as it is, but the item of the number of times of operation of VISS is "2".
Is displayed. Also, the content of the second recorded program
No. 2 is displayed, and “1” is displayed in the item of the number of times of operation of VISS. Next, the operation proceeds to step S7, and it is checked whether or not the program reserved for recording next remains. In this case, since the program reserved for recording still remains, the process returns to step S2 again to wait for the end of recording the reserved program.

Next, when the third recording is completed in step S2, the number of times of operation of the VISS button is set to "1" (step S3), and the number of times of operation of the VISS button is set to "1". The content of the recorded program is stored in the recording end program storage unit 11 (step S
4). Thereafter, it is confirmed whether or not there is any preceding recording content in the recording end program storage section 11 (step S5). In this case, the recorded program is the third program (that is, the program whose recording reservation time is the third earliest), and there is a preceding recording content. Is incremented by one and updated and stored (step S6).

At this stage, when the contents stored in the recording end program storage section 11 are displayed on the monitor 6 through the OSD circuit 5, a recording reservation end screen shown in FIG. 5 is obtained. In other words, the content of the first recorded program is displayed as it is in the column of No. 1, but the item of the number of times of operation of VISS is "3".
Is displayed, and the contents of the second recorded program remain
No. 2 is displayed, but “2” is displayed in the item of the number of times of operation of VISS. The content of the third recorded program is displayed in the column of No. 3, and "1" is displayed in the item of the number of times of operation of VISS.

Next, the operation proceeds to step S7, and it is confirmed whether or not the program reserved for recording next remains. In this case, since the program reserved for recording still remains, the process returns to step S2 again to wait for the end of recording the reserved program. Next, in step S2, 4
When the first recording is completed, the number of operations of the VISS button is set to “1” (step S3), and the VI
The number of times the SS button is operated “1” is stored in the recording end program storage unit 11 together with the content of the program whose recording has ended (step S4).

After that, it is confirmed whether or not there is a preceding recorded content in the recording end program storage section 11 (step S5).
In this case, the recorded program is the fourth program (that is, the program with the latest recording reservation time), and there is a preceding recorded content. Is incremented by one and updated and stored (step S6).

At this stage, when the contents stored in the recording end program storage section 11 are displayed on the monitor 6 through the OSD circuit 5, a recording reservation end screen shown in FIG. 6 is obtained. That is, the content of the program recorded first is displayed in the column of No. 1 as it is, but the item of the number of times of operation of VISS is "4".
Is displayed, and the contents of the second recorded program remain
The number of VISS operations is displayed as "3" in the column of No. 2, and the content of the third recorded program is displayed in the column of No. 3 as it is. "2" is displayed in the item of the number of times of operation. The contents of the fourth recorded program are displayed in the column of No. 4 and the VISS
"1" is displayed in the item of the number of times of operation.

Next, the operation proceeds to step S7, and it is confirmed whether or not the program scheduled to be recorded next remains. In this case, since there is no program reserved for recording, the storage operation of the recording end program ends at this point.

After all the recording reservations have been executed in this way, when the user operates a recording reservation end screen display mode key (not shown) of the key input unit 9, the screen of the monitor 6 is displayed as shown in FIG. The recording reservation end screen shown is displayed. That is, the recording reservation end screen shown in FIG.
No.1 if the SS button is pressed four times to set the rewind mode
If the VISS button is pressed three times to switch to the rewind mode, the program of No. 2 can be searched, and
Press the ISS button twice to switch to rewind mode.
The content indicates that the program No. 3 can be cued, and if the VISS button is pressed once to set the rewind mode, the program No. 4 can be cued.

Here, using the recording reservation end screen shown in FIG. 6, the user presses the VISS button twice to switch to the rewind mode in order to view the program displayed in the column of No. 3, for example. , NO.3, and the program is played back, the system controller 10 determines, based on the number of times the VISS button has been operated, the VISS button Updates the numerical value of the item of the number of operations. This updating process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

That is, the system controller 10 updates the number of operations of the program whose cue was performed to 1 (step S11), and determines the number of operations of the program stored before and after that cue. 1 which is the number of program operations
Is performed based on the number of operations (ie, incremented by 1 or incremented by 1) and stored (steps S12 to S14).

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, as a result of locating the program displayed in the column of NO.
The number of times of operation of the VISS button in the column 3 is set to “1” (step S11), and the higher columns (NO. 1 and NO. 1) are set.
The number of times of operation of the VISS button of NO. 2) is 1 based on the number of times of operation of the VISS button “1” in the column of NO.
(Steps S12 and S13). As a result, the number of times of operation of the VISS button in the column of No. 2 is updated to “2”, and the number of operations of the VISS button in the column of No. 1 is updated to “3”.

On the other hand, columns lower than the column of NO. 3 (NO.
The number of times of operation of the VISS button of 4) is decremented by one based on the number of times of operation of the VISS button "1" in the column of No. 3 (steps S12 and S14). However, in this case, “0” is ignored. Therefore, the number of times of operation of the VISS button in the column of No. 4 is “−1”. In addition,
If the contents of the program are also stored in the column of No. 5,
The number of times of operation of the VISS button in the column of No. 5 is "-2".
Becomes

Thus, even if the user uses the recording reservation end screen shown in FIG. 6 to perform cueing several times, the number of times of operation of the VISS button is updated to the appropriate number each time on the recording reservation end screen. Since it is displayed and displayed (for example, see FIG. 8), it is possible to quickly and surely locate the desired program while always seeing the updated recording reservation end screen. However, this video cassette 3 reserved for recording
Is ejected, the recording end program storage unit 11
Clear the contents stored in.

In the above embodiment, the display of the number of operations of the VISS button is represented by a positive value for the number of operations in the rewind direction and a negative value for the number of operations in the fast forward direction. This display method may be reversed, or may be another display method. For example, "UP" before the number,
A display such as "DOWN" or a character such as "rewind direction" or "fast forward direction" may be provided.
In addition, a cueing operation procedure may be displayed. In the above embodiment, the recording end program storage unit 11 is stored in the OSD circuit 5.
Although it is provided separately, a predetermined area of the internal memory of the OSD circuit 5 can be used as the recording end program storage unit 11.

[0029]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording reservation ending screen display device which, when a recording reservation of a plurality of programs is set, stores the contents of the recorded programs in the order of termination. A storage means and a recording reservation ending screen display means for displaying the contents of the recording reservation ending program stored in the recording reservation ending program storage means in a screen in the order of the recording ending, so that the recording reservation of a plurality of programs is performed. After the end of the recording, the user can quickly and surely find the program he wants to watch while watching the recording reservation end screen. Also, the recording reservation end screen display device according to claim 2 of the present invention is the recording reservation end program storage means according to claim 1,
Since the number of operations of the VISS button for cueing the program is also stored as the content of the program to be stored, after the recording reservation of a plurality of programs is completed, while viewing the recording reservation end screen, It is possible to quickly and reliably locate the program to be watched. According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording reservation ending screen display device according to the second aspect, wherein the recording reservation ending program storage means stores all of the programs set as the number of operations of the stored VISS button. At the end of the recording, the serial number from 1 is stored in the reverse order of the end of the recording, and when the VISS button is actually operated and the start of an arbitrary recorded program is performed, The number of operations of the program whose cue was performed was set to 1
Since the number of operations of the program stored before and after that is updated to an appropriate number of operations with reference to 1, which is the number of operations of the cueed program, the number of operations is stored. Even if the program you want to watch is searched after the program recording reservation ends, the number of times the VISS button is operated from that state is displayed on the recording reservation end screen. But it can be done quickly and reliably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a main part of a VCR equipped with a recording reservation end screen display device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of storing contents of a program whose recording has been completed in a recording end program storage unit in the order in which the programs have been completed;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a recording reservation end screen displayed on a monitor.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a recording reservation end screen displayed on a monitor.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a recording reservation end screen displayed on a monitor.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a recording reservation end screen displayed on a monitor.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a process of updating the numerical value of the item of the number of times of operating the VISS button.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a recording reservation end screen displayed on a monitor when cueing has been performed;

[Explanation of symbols]

 5 OSD circuit 6 monitor 9 key input unit 10 system controller 11 recording end program storage unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] When a recording reservation for a plurality of programs is set, a recording reservation ending program storage means for storing the contents of programs for which recording has been completed in the order of termination, and a recording program stored in the recording reservation ending program storage means. A recording reservation end screen display device, comprising: a recording reservation end screen display means for displaying the contents of a reservation end program in a screen in a recording end order. 2. The recording reservation end program storage means according to claim 1, further comprising, as contents of the program to be stored, the number of operations of a VISS button for locating the program. Recording reservation end screen display device. 3. The recording reservation end program storage means stores the number of times of operation of the VISS button to be stored at the time when the recording of all the set programs is completed, in the order from 1 in the reverse order of the end of recording. When the VISS button is actually operated to search for an arbitrary recorded program, the number of operations of the searched program is updated to 1, and 3. The recording according to claim 2, wherein the number of times of operation of the program stored before and after that is updated to an appropriate number of times of operation with reference to 1, which is the number of times of operation of the cueed program, and stored. Reservation end screen display device.