JPH1065978A - Broadcast receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the channel selection in a multi-channel broadcast receiver. SOLUTION: An operation input means is provided with a my-channel button 2, a my-channel registration button 3, a my-channel group name revision button 4, a decision button and cursor buttons 6, 7, 8, 9 or the like. The my-channel registration button 3 is depressed to display a group to be registered on a my- channel registration screen and the decision button 5 is depressed in matching with a group desired to be registered by the cursor buttons on the screen. Moreover, the group name is revised into an optional name by using the revision button 4. When the my-channel button 2 or the cursor button is depressed during program viewing, one of groups of the registered my-channel and a program title being broadcast of a channel set by the cursor are displayed on the screen. When left/right buttons are depressed, the other registration group is displayed and the cursor is matched with a program desired to be viewed and the decision button is depressed, then the program is selected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an application of a broadcast receiver (television, VTR, etc.). In particular, the present invention relates to a broadcast receiver having a device for easily selecting a channel by using program information data superimposed on a broadcast signal or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the selection of a broadcasting receiver is changed by pressing a station (channel) selection button of a receiver or an attached remote control device, or by changing the station one by one each time the button is pressed. In many cases, the method is adopted. There are also broadcast receivers that display a channel on the screen and select a channel, but the display is limited to only the channel number. Regarding this technology, the present applicant has disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
328244. The "channel" used in the present invention refers not only to the identification of the frequency band assigned to the broadcasting station, but also to an identification symbol that is a combination of numbers and characters specifying a program. In the case of digital broadcasting, since a plurality of programs are broadcast in the same frequency band, the "channel" here indicates an identification symbol assigned to each of the plurality of programs on a one-to-one basis.

[0003]

In a multi-channel broadcast, it is difficult to remember the correspondence between the broadcast contents and the channel numbers. Therefore, it takes time to select a program to be viewed, and it is necessary to refer to a program information magazine or the like. become.

An object of the present invention is to provide a broadcast receiver having a function of facilitating program selection which becomes difficult with multi-channel broadcasting.

[0005]

A broadcast receiver according to the present invention comprises:
Including the program information data transmitted by being superimposed on the broadcast signal, using the program information data provided by the telephone line and various electronic information recording media, when performing an operation of selecting a channel by a predetermined means, A memory for registering an arbitrary channel in an arbitrary group, a button for calling them, and a function for displaying program information corresponding to the called channel facilitates program selection on multiple channels. .

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the present embodiment, the contents of the present invention will be described by taking as an example a case where program information data is superimposed on a broadcast signal and sent to a receiver.

[0007] In any of the embodiments of the present invention, there is an expression "selection by a cursor button". By pressing the cursor button, the background color of a specific area of the screen changes, and the position changes each time it is pressed. . The changed target area immediately after pressing the cursor button is defined here as “selection by the cursor button”.

(1) My Channel Registration By performing a channel registration operation, the registered contents are stored in the memory of the receiver.

FIG. 1 shows an operation button for registering My Channel and a screen display during operation.

The operation input means 1 includes, for example, input keys as shown in the figure.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a My Channel call button, 3 denotes a My Channel registration button, 4 denotes a My Channel group name change button, 5 denotes a determination button, and 6, 7, 8, and 9 select options displayed on the screen. A button for moving a selection target up, down, left, and right, and is referred to as a cursor button here.

My channel registration button 3 of input means 1
By pressing, the My Channel registration screen 10 is displayed.
The registration group and the already registered channel numbers and symbol symbols are shown. In this state, a plurality of groups are displayed, the background color of My Channel has changed, indicating that My Channel has been selected.
When the enter button 5 is pressed, the channel number and the symbol can be registered in My Channel.

Next, keys 6, 7, 8, and 9 are buttons for moving a selection object up, down, left, and right.
By using 8 and 9, a portion having a different background color can be moved up, down, left and right.

Therefore, for example, when the cursor button is moved to the position of My Channel and the decision button 5 is pressed, the channel number and the symbol are registered in My Channel.

FIG. 2 illustrates an operation procedure of channel registration.

Step S10) Select a broadcast channel to be registered.

Step S11) The video of the selected channel is displayed.

Step S12) Press the My Channel Registration button.

Step S13) The channel number and symbol symbol data of My Channel stored in the memory are read.

Step S14) Display a My Channel registration screen on the TV screen, read in step 12,
Display data. However, after the initial registration or data deletion, the registered channel is not displayed on the My Channel registration screen.

Step S15) Press the cursor button,
The group to be registered is selected by changing the background color.

Step S16) Press the enter button.

Step S17) From the data superimposed on the broadcast signal of the channel displayed on the screen, the data specifying the channel number and the symbol symbol data is extracted and recorded in the memory of the selected group.

(2) Channel Selection by My Channel The procedure for channel selection by My Channel will be described.

FIG. 3 shows an operation button for selecting a channel by My Channel and a screen display during operation.

When the user presses the my channel button 2 of the input means 1, a my channel selection screen 12 is displayed. On this screen, the numbers and symbol marks of the channels registered in the My Channel group are displayed, and one of them, for example, the background color of the channel 110 has changed, indicating that the channel 110 has been selected. . The name of the program being broadcast on the selected channel, here, channel 110, is also displayed. When the enter button 5 is pressed here, the channel 110 is selected and the broadcast program being broadcast on the channel 110 is displayed.

For example, when the cursor button 7 is pressed once on this screen, the background color of the channel 218 changes as shown in the screen 13, and the program name displayed also changes to 21.
Change to a program being broadcast on eight channels.

Next, when the cursor buttons 8 and 9 are pressed, the displayed registered group disappears and a different registered group, for example, My Channel is displayed at the same position as shown on the screen 14. In this state, the background color of the channel 101 has changed, indicating that the channel 101 has been selected. The program name of the channel 101 is also displayed. When the enter button 5 is pressed here, the channel 101
Is selected, and a broadcast program being broadcast on channel 101 is displayed.

The operation procedure will be described with reference to FIG.

Step S20) Press the my channel button or the cursor button.

Step S21) The number and symbol symbol of the My Channel registered channel stored in the memory are read.

Step S22) The program name data currently being broadcast on the registered channel is extracted from the broadcast signal.

Step S23) A my channel selection screen is displayed, and among the data obtained in step 21 and the data obtained in step 22, the program name of the selected channel is displayed.

Step S24) Move the cursor button to change the background color and select a channel.

Step S25) The program name data corresponding to the selected channel is displayed.

Step S26) Press the enter button.

Step S27) The selected channel is selected, and a broadcast program being broadcast on the selected channel is displayed.

(3) Setting of Registered Group Name A procedure for setting a registered group name will be described.

FIG. 5 shows an operation button for setting a registration group of My Channel and a screen display during operation.

For example, when the user presses the my channel group name change button 4 of the input means 1, a my channel group name selection screen 16 to be changed is displayed.

Next, the background color of the group name to be changed is changed using the cursor buttons 6, 7, 8 and 9, and when the enter button 5 is pressed, a group name selection screen 17 is displayed.

In this example, the background color of the news has changed, indicating that the news has been selected. When the enter button 5 is pressed here, the name of news is registered as a new group name.

The operation procedure will be described with reference to FIG.

Step 30) Press the "change my channel group name" button.

Step 31) A My Channel Change Group Name Selection screen is displayed.

Step 32) Select a my channel group name to be changed with the cursor button.

Step 33) Press the enter button.

Step 34) Selectable my channel group names are displayed.

Step 35) Select a My Channel group name with the cursor button.

Step 36) Press the decision button.

Step 37) Change the group name and register.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are merely examples. For example, in the case of My Channel registration, not only the My Channel registration button, but also any channel can be registered by any input means. The name can be freely set by the input means, and if the channel is selected by My Channel, the channel can be selected by any input means using the screen, and the program name display also has a cursor. It is also possible to display the program names of all the displayed channels as shown in the screen 15 in FIG.

In this embodiment, the case where the program information data transmitted by being superimposed on the broadcast signal is used is shown. However, the case where the program information data is provided by a telephone line or various electronic information recording media is used. Also applies to

[0054]

[0055]

According to the present invention, an arbitrary channel can be registered in an arbitrary group and the information can be displayed on a screen. In addition, since it is possible to display information on programs and contents being broadcast on the channel at the same time as displaying a registered arbitrary channel, a desired one can be selected from a multi-channel broadcast without relying on a program information magazine or storage. Selecting a program becomes possible for many people.

[Brief description of the drawings]

Fig. 1 Screen display example of My Channel registration

FIG. 2 Control procedure for My Channel registration

[Figure 3] Example of screen display of channel selection

FIG. 4 is a control procedure for selecting a channel.

FIG. 5 is a screen display example of changing a My Channel group name.

FIG. 6 is a control procedure for changing a My Channel group name.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Operation input section 2 My channel button 3 My channel registration button 4 My channel group name change button 5 Enter button 6 Cursor up button 7 Cursor down button 8 Cursor left button 9 Cursor right button 10 My channel registration screen 11 My channel registration confirmation screen 12 My channel selection screen 1 13 My channel selection screen 2 14 My channel selection screen 3 15 My channel selection screen 4 16 My channel group name change screen 1 17 My channel group name change screen 2

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Taketo Kishi 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Visual Information Media Division of Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Masaru Nagi 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Address: Hitachi, Ltd. Multimedia System Development Division (72) Inventor Satoshi Iimuro 292, Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Hitachi, Ltd. Multimedia System Development Division (72) Inventor: Shigeru Yoneda Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Ichitochi, Ltd. Multimedia System Development Headquarters, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor Takuya Matsumoto 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Multimedia System Development Headquarters in Hitachi, Ltd.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A broadcast receiver, comprising a memory for registering an arbitrary channel, a button for registering, and a button for selecting a registered channel, and displaying a channel already registered by a predetermined operation. A broadcast receiver having a function of registering a new channel and easily selecting an arbitrary channel from already registered channels. 2. The broadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast receiver has a function of registering an arbitrary channel to an arbitrary group. 3. The broadcast receiver according to claim 2, wherein the broadcast receiver has a function of setting an arbitrary group name for an arbitrary channel registration group. 4. The broadcast receiver according to claim 1, further comprising a memory for registering an arbitrary channel and a button for recalling the memory, wherein a predetermined operation corresponds to a channel number and a channel number of an already registered channel. Broadcast receiver having a function of displaying a symbol symbol. 5. The broadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein a registered channel name is displayed on a screen and the selected channel can be selected by a predetermined means. 6. The broadcast receiver according to claim 4, wherein when the registered channel is displayed on the screen and selected, the registered channel is linked to program information which can be searched by a predetermined means, and selected by a predetermined means. A broadcast receiver having a function of displaying a program name being broadcast on a displayed channel.