JPH11284929A - Program list display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the program list display device by which the user easily and visually grasps a time band when a tuner of a television receiver is occupied for reserved video recording. SOLUTION: The program list display device is provided with a program list generating display means that generates a program list 210 including program cells 215 for each channel and a time bar 216 in common to a plurality of the channels and displays the list. The program list generating display means generates and displays the program list 210 where indication of a fact of selection of a program in a time band is applied to a region of the time bar 216 corresponding to the time band of a program whose video recording is reserved when the program is reserved for video recording on the program list.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program guide display device for displaying a program guide on a screen, and more particularly to a program guide display device capable of displaying an easy-to-understand reservation recording state on a program guide. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Along with the fact that more information can be transmitted by digital broadcasting such as CS satellite broadcasting, the number of channels of a program has been increased, and an electronic program guide (EPG: Elg) has been developed.
ectronic Program Guide). The program information of a general electronic program guide is always transmitted by allocating a transmission channel like the video and audio signals of a program. The receiver receives the program information, stores the program information in the storage device, and displays the program information on the display device when all the information on the program for a certain period is received. In such an electronic program guide, a cursor is displayed together with a program table. For example, by operating a remote control device, the cursor is moved to give an instruction to a cell in the program table where a program name is displayed. , Various functions can be executed. For example, when a certain program is to be recorded on a VTR, the cell on the program table of the program is specified, and the execution of the recording reservation is instructed, so that the program is automatically recorded on the VTR.
(See Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-504165).

[0003] As described above, the electronic program guide is effective in improving the operability of the receiver with respect to the multifunction of the receiver by increasing the number of channels. Further, even in the case of terrestrial television broadcasting, the gap (V
BI = vertical blanking period)
It is also possible to transmit program information for an electronic program guide.

Here, in a conventional program guide display device, as shown in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 60-29957, a * is displayed next to the title of a reserved program on the program guide.
Some programs are provided with a mark or the like so that the user can know which program is reserved for recording. In addition, as a method of displaying the reservation recording status, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-504165 is disclosed.
For example, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Publication, a program whose reservation has been set is displayed by highlighting the outline of the cell of the program or by highlighting the cell in red, and the program being reserved for recording is indicated by the program. The cell outline is displayed with blinking, and the recorded program is displayed with the cell of the program painted out in red, so that the user can easily recognize the reservation recording status of the program on the program table. is there.

[0005]

As described above, in a conventional program guide display apparatus for displaying a program guide on a screen, the title portion of each program or the cell of the program is decorated to reserve the program. Since we were displaying the status,
There has been a problem that it is difficult to visually and easily grasp the time zone in which the tuner of the television receiver is occupied for reserved recording.

In the conventional program guide display apparatus, the program guide does not indicate the recording destination recording medium, but simply displays "recorded" for a program whose recording has been completed. However, when viewing the recorded program, there is a problem that the user does not know on which recording medium the program is recorded. Recently V
In addition to TR cassettes, HD (hard disk) and DVD
Various types of recording media, such as digital video discs and DVCs (digital video cassettes), are being used to record programs, and users forget which recording media they have recorded. ,
A situation arises in which it is necessary to sequentially search the recording media that the user is aware of.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problem, and it is an object of the present invention to easily and easily grasp a time zone in which a tuner of a television receiver is occupied for reserved recording. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a program guide display device capable of performing the following. Another object of the present invention is to provide a program guide display device that allows a user to easily confirm a recording medium on which a program is recorded on a program guide.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a program guide display device according to the present invention (claim 1) is a program guide display device for displaying a program guide used for program selection on a display screen. Program table creation and display means for creating and displaying a program table including program information for each channel and a common time bar for a plurality of channels. The program table creation and display means selects a program on the program table. Then, a program table is created and displayed in the area corresponding to the time zone of the selected program in the time bar, indicating that the program in the time zone has been selected. .

A program guide display device according to the present invention (claim 2) is provided in a broadcast receiving device, and displays a program guide used for selecting a program on a display screen of the broadcast receiving device. A program table generating and displaying means for generating and displaying a program table including program information for each channel, wherein the program table generating and displaying means selects a program to be reserved for recording on the program table when a program to be reserved is selected; Is to create and display a program guide for displaying a recording medium to be recorded.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. Embodiment 1 FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the program guide display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 501 denotes an antenna for acquiring a television broadcast wave. Reference numeral 502 denotes a program guide display device of the present invention. 503 is a tuner. 504 is V
It is a BI decoder for extracting program information data superimposed on the VBI area of the television signal obtained from the tuner 503. 505 is CPU, 506 is RA
M and 507 are ROMs, and the processing of creating and inputting / outputting a program guide is realized by software operating on these. A display unit 508 draws an image on a display 527 described later. 509 is a bus. A CD-ROM reader 510 is a CD-ROM reader.
The program information data provided by 528 is read. Reference numeral 511 denotes a hard disk. If a RAM that does not erase data using a battery or the like can be used even if the power of the program guide display device is turned off, this may be used. An interface unit 512 includes a DVD recorder 516, a DVC recorder 517, and a V
A control signal is output to the TR 518, and a control signal from a determination button 519 and a pointing device 520 or an infrared receiving unit 526 described later is input. 513, 514, 515 are connectors.
516 is a DVD recorder, 517 is a DVC recorder, 5
Reference numeral 18 denotes a VTR for recording a television program, each of which has a control signal input terminal, which can be used to switch a receiving channel with an external control signal and to start / stop recording. Operation such as termination can be performed, and the control signal input terminal is connected to the connector 513 described above.
It is connected to an interface unit 512 in the program guide display device 502 via 514 and 515. Each of the program guide display device 502, the DVD recorder 516, the DVC recorder 517, and the VTR 518 has an antenna 501.
A television broadcast signal is supplied. 519 is a decision button, 520 is a pointing device,
By using these switches, the user can display the display 52.
7 such as a program guide displayed on the
User interface). Reference numeral 521 denotes a remote controller, on which a decision button 522 and a pointing device 523 are provided, and a trackball is used as the pointing device 523 here. Further, the infrared transmitting unit 524 and the CP
U525 is stored. The user uses the remote controller 521 to select the determination button 522 and the pointing device 5
When the operation of step S <b> 23 is performed, the CPU 525 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation from the infrared transmission unit 524 to the infrared reception unit 526 of the program guide display device 502. A display 527 displays a video signal from the display unit 508. 52
Reference numeral 8 denotes a CD-ROM for storing broadcast schedule information of a television program. FIG. Here, one CD-ROM 528 is stored in 1998
A program schedule for 12 channels for two weeks from March 3 to April 16 is stored.
The pr field describes the total number of programs. The program schedule is per program, the program start year by, the program start month b
m, a program start date bd, a program start time bt, a program end time et, a broadcast channel ch, and a program content info.
-There will be num_pr items in the ROM. The program start time bt and the program end time et are the times elapsed from 0:00, and for example, if the time is 5:30 am, 5 × 60 + 3
0 = 330. Further, the late-night program describes the program start time bt and the program end time et with the same broadcast start date bd until the end of the broadcast.
For the program from 0 minute to 1:00 am of the next day, the program start time bt = 23 × 60 = 1380, and the program end time et =
(24 + 1) × 60 = 1500.

[0012] Here, as a form of acquiring schedule information, VBI of a television broadcast signal and a CD-ROM are used.
However, it is possible to use any one of them, or to receive and store schedule information if the schedule information is broadcast by CS satellite broadcasting. Alternatively, the data may be obtained from another medium such as a floppy disk.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the program guide display device of FIG. Here, functions for acquiring program information are omitted. In the figure, 101
Is a program information storage unit for storing broadcast schedule information of a television program.
Implemented in OM528. Reference numeral 102 denotes a program guide creating unit for creating an image of a program guide from schedule information.
5 operating software and display unit 5
08. A display 103 displays an image of the program guide. An input processing unit 104 converts an input from the input key group 105 into a command and outputs the command to the program table creation unit 102 and a control information storage unit 106 described later.
This is also realized by software operated by the CPU 505. An input key group 105 is realized by the enter button 519 and the pointing device 520 (or realized by the remote controller 521 and the infrared receiving unit 526). The recording reservation information storage unit 106 is a means for storing information relating to a recorded program, and is realized by the HDD 511. Reference numeral 107 denotes a DVD recorder 108 or a DVC recorder 1 as a recording device according to the information in the control information storage unit 106.
09, a VTR 110, or an HDD recorder 111 for performing a recording operation, which is also realized by software running on the CPU 505.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a program guide displayed on a display screen of the program guide display device according to the first embodiment. In FIG.
210 is a program guide displayed on the display screen, 211 is a channel display column of the program guide, 212 is a channel scroll cell, 213 is a time zone display column of the program guide, 214 is a time zone scroll cell, 215 is a program cell, 216 Is a time bar common to all channels arranged adjacent to the time zone display column 213; 217 is the origin of the display coordinates of the program cell;
Reference numeral 18 denotes a date display of a program table.

Next, the operation will be described. As described above, the broadcast schedule information of the television program is stored in the program information storage unit 101 as shown in FIG. The program guide creating unit 102 includes a program information storage unit 101
The necessary information is read out from the broadcast schedule information of the television program stored in the RAM 506 and stored in the RAM 506. That is, since only one program for one day is displayed for one program table, only the schedule information of the start date to be displayed is read. Also, when only the schedule information of an arbitrary broadcast station is to be displayed as a program guide, only the necessary schedule information of the broadcast station is selected and read. Here, 1 is stored in the program information storage unit 101.
The programs of channels 1 to 12 from April 3 to 998 of 998 are stored.
Since only channels 7, 9, 10, and 12 are to be displayed, only the corresponding schedule is selected and stored. At this time, the program start date of the program data stored in the RAM 506 is displayed as the date display 218 of the program table.

The information stored in the RAM 506 includes the display position of the cell of the program (X: X coordinate of the upper left of the program cell on the program table, Y: Y coordinate of the upper left corner of the program cell, W: width of the program cell,
H: height of the program cell, where the unit is a pixel representing the minimum unit of display on the screen, the X coordinate is positive in the right direction, and the Y coordinate is positive in the downward direction. Subsequently, the program guide creation unit executes X-mapping so that each program can be displayed on the program guide without any time inconsistency, and further, the character strings of the program contents can be displayed without omission.
The coordinates X, Y coordinates Y, width W, and height H are calculated and stored in the respective fields. Here, the X coordinate is increased in the positive direction in the order of channels, and the Y coordinate is increased in the positive direction in the order of time. Therefore, the upper left of the program table has the smallest channel number and the program at the broadcast start time (early morning), and the lower right of the program table has the largest channel number and the program at the broadcast end time (midnight). FIG. 7 shows the storage state at this time.

Subsequently, the program guide creating unit 102 provides program information (such as a program title) for each channel as shown in FIG.
Then, a program table 210 including a common time bar 216 for a plurality of channels is created, and this is displayed on the screen 200 of the display 103. Here, the size of the displayable range of the program cell (the portion excluding the channel table 211, the channel scroll cell 212, the time zone display field 213 of the program guide, the time zone scroll cell 214, and the time bar 216 from the program table 210) is set to 400. (Width) x 300 (height)
Pixels, and each program cell in this range is X, Y,
Drawing is performed according to the values of the W and H fields. The origin of the coordinates at this time is the origin 217 of the display coordinates, and the value of this origin is initialized to (0, 0). Therefore, in the initial state, the program at the start of broadcasting of the channel with the smallest channel number is displayed at the upper left. A channel scroll cell 2 which is a GUI of the program guide 102 displayed on the display 103 by the user using the input keys 105
When the user operates the No. 12, the X coordinate of the origin is increased or decreased according to the operation amount (for example, when the user selects the right channel scroll cell 212 once, the X coordinate is increased by 200, and conversely, the left channel is increased. Scroll cell 212
Is selected once, the X coordinate is reduced by 200). Similarly, when the time zone scroll cell 214 is operated, the Y coordinate of the value of the origin is increased or decreased according to the operation amount (for example, the user sets the time zone scroll cell 212 in the downward direction to 1).
In the case of selecting once, the Y coordinate is increased by 25, and when the time zone scroll cell 212 in the upward direction is selected once, the X coordinate is decreased by 25). Thus, the user can operate the channel scroll cell 212 or the time zone scroll cell 214 to scroll and display the program guide to an arbitrary position. Figure 2 shows the initial state
The time zone scroll cell 214 is operated downward to display a program after 8:00 pm (20:00). In this case, when a recording reservation is not made for a program in the time zone displayed in the program table, FIG.
The time bar 216 is displayed in blank as shown in FIG.

In this figure, the color of one program cell as a whole is made different from the color of the other program cells to provide a pointer to the program of that cell.
3rd, 1ch, "Music from 8:00 pm
This week's ranking live broadcast ”is indicated. The input processing unit 104 receives an input from the input key group 105 and, if the input is a recording reservation, stores a recording reservation setting result in the recording reservation information storage unit 106. FIG. 8 shows an example of storing the recording reservation setting result in the recording reservation information storage unit 106 at this time. The num_rec field stores the number of programs reserved for recording. The recorded program schedule information includes a program start year by, a program start month bm, a program start date bd, a program start time bt, a program end time et, a broadcast channel ch, a program content info, and a recording reservation state s.
The data set is composed of eight data sets each of which is repeated by the value of the num_rec field.
The recording reservation status "status" is composed of two characters, and the first character is a number indicating a recording destination (here, "1": DVD recorder, "2": DVC: recorder, "3": VTR,
"4": HDD, and the second character is a character indicating the status ("P": set unrecorded, "R": recording, "S":
Recording end, “F”: recording failed). Here, since only the above program is set for recording reservation, num_r
The ec field is “1”, the program start year by field is “1998”, the program start month bm field is “4”, the program start date bd field is “3”, and the program start time bt field is “1200”. , "1254" in the program end time et field, and the broadcast channel ch.
"1" is stored in the field, and "Music ranking live broadcast of this week" is stored in the program content info field. The recording reservation information storage unit 106 is an HDD 511
Therefore, even if the data in the RAM 506 is cleared by performing an operation such as switching the display date of the program guide, the reservation setting result remains in the HDD 511.

The program guide creation unit 102 performs the above-described recording reservation setting operation or newly reads out the program schedule information from the program information storage unit 101 (switches the date and time when the program guide is displayed). Time)
The recording reservation information storage unit 106 is searched, and the program included in the recording reservation setting result and the program stored in the RAM 506 are collated with each parameter of the program schedule information, and the program reservation information is included in the program table to be displayed. If there is a program identical to the included program, information on the display position of the cell of the program (the value of each field of X, Y, W, H) is obtained from the RAM 506, and based on this, the information of the time bar is obtained. A program table is created in a region corresponding to the time zone of the program for which recording reservation has been made, indicating that the program of the time zone has been reserved for recording, and this is displayed on the screen 200 of the display 103.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a program table displayed on the display screen for the recording reservation result shown in FIG.
(B). In this example, "Boxing Flyweight World Title Match" broadcast on April 3, 1998 from 8:00 to 9:45 on 3ch, 10:00 on 1ch
"Sports News" broadcast from 10:30 to 3:30
"News" broadcast from 10:54 to 11:00
This shows a case in which recording reservation is made for. As shown in the figure, 8:00 to 9:45, 10: 0 of the time bar 216 are displayed.
Areas corresponding to the time zones of 0 to 10:30 and 10:54 to 11:00 are colored, and it is easy to see that the programs in these time zones are reserved for recording simply by looking at the time bar 216. Can be confirmed. Since the time bar is always displayed adjacent to the time display cell 113 even when the channel is scrolled, even when the channel of the program reserved for recording is not displayed, the user can display the time bar 216. The user can recognize the broadcast time zone of the program reserved for recording by watching, and easily avoid the recording reservation of a program on another channel overlapping the time slot already reserved for recording. be able to.

As described above, according to the program guide display device of the first embodiment, in the program guide display device for displaying the program guide used for program selection on the display screen, the program information for each channel and the On the other hand, there is provided a program table creation and display means (program table creation unit 102, display 103) for creating and displaying a program table including a common time bar. When it is done, a program table is created and displayed in the area corresponding to the time zone of the program reserved for recording in the time bar, indicating that the program in the time zone has been selected. It is possible to realize a program guide display device that allows the user to easily and visually grasp the time zone in which the tuner of the television receiver is occupied for reserved recording.

In the first embodiment, if it is possible to add a program identification number (an independent number is assigned to each program in advance) to the parameter representing the program schedule, the value of this number is used to make a recording reservation. The program included in the setting result may be collated with the program stored in the RAM 506. In this way, even if the broadcast time of a program is changed and the program schedule information stored in the program information storage unit 101 is changed and the broadcast start time or the like is updated, the same program If the same program identification number is assigned to, the program can be compared with the program schedule information included in the recording reservation setting result stored in the recording reservation information storage unit 106.

When the program selection on the program table is a selection for recording reservation, the program of the time zone is reserved for recording in an area of the time bar corresponding to the time zone of the program reserved for recording. Created a program table with a display indicating that the selected program has been displayed on the display screen. When the selection is made for display reservation to be displayed above, a program table in which a display indicating that the program in the time slot is reserved for display is provided in an area corresponding to the time slot of the program reserved for display in the time bar. May be created and displayed on the display screen.

In addition, for both the recording reservation and the display reservation, a program table is created in which a display indicating that the program in the time zone has been selected is made in an area corresponding to the time zone of the selected program in the time bar. May be displayed on the display screen. In this case, the display corresponding to the time slot of the program selected for the recording reservation and the time slot of the program selected for the display reservation are displayed. The distinction may be made by changing the color of the corresponding display.

Embodiment 2 Next, a program guide display device according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The configuration of the program guide display device according to the second embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS.
This is the same as the program guide display device according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, except that the program guide created by the program guide creating unit 102 that creates the program guide differs in the functional configuration.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a program guide displayed on the display screen of the program guide display device according to the second embodiment. In FIG.
310 is a program guide displayed on the display screen, 311 is a channel display column of the program guide, 312 is a channel scroll cell, 313 is a time zone display column of the program guide, 314 is a time zone scroll cell, 315 is a program cell, 316 Represents a recording device display mark displayed in a program cell of the program display column,
Is the origin of the display coordinates of the program cell, and 318 is the date display of the program table.

Next, the operation will be described. The broadcast schedule of the television program is stored in the program information storage unit 101 as shown in FIG. 6 as in the first embodiment. The program guide creating unit 102, based on the broadcast schedule information of the television program stored in the program information storage unit 101 and the reservation information stored in the recording reservation information storage unit 106, stores the program for each channel as shown in FIG. A program table 310 for displaying information (such as a program title) is created and displayed on the screen 300 of the display 103. Here, when recording reservation is not made for the program in the time zone displayed in the program table, the mark of the recording device is not displayed in the program column as shown in FIG. The user uses the input key group 105 to move a pointer indicating a program on the program table, selects a desired program, and further selects a recording device for recording the selected program to make a recording reservation. To select a recording device, the name of one or more selectable recording devices is displayed on the screen of the program guide, and the user can select a desired recording device on the screen or use the input key group 10.
Input keys corresponding to a plurality of recording devices may be provided as 5, and the user may select a desired recording device by pressing a key of the recording device (not shown). In the example of FIG. 3 as well, as in the example of FIG. 2, the color of one program cell is made different from the color of the other program cells, thereby indicating the program of the cell (here, 1ch, 8:00 from 8:00). Music This week's ranking live broadcast is indicated). The input processing unit 104 receives an input from the input key group 105 and, if the input is a recording reservation, stores parameters necessary for recording in the recording reservation information storage unit 106.

When there is a recording reservation input, the program table creating means 102 reads the reservation information registered in the recording reservation information storage unit 106, and determines the program to be recorded (which can be determined from the registered program). Of the recording device to be recorded (which can be determined from the value of the status field), and based on this information, creates a program table displaying the mark of the recording device on which the program is recorded in the program cell of the program to be recorded. And displays it on the display screen.
FIG. 3B is a diagram showing an example of a program guide displayed on the display screen when a recording reservation is made. In this example, on April 3, 1998, 8:00 to 9: 4
"Boxing Flyweight World Title Match" to be broadcast on May 5 on DVD, 1ch 10: 00-10: 3
This example shows a case where “Sports News” broadcast on 0 is reserved for recording on the HDD recorder, and “News” broadcast on 3ch on the same day from 10:54 to 11:00 is recorded on the VTR. As shown in FIG.
"Boxing flyweight world title match" column, 1c
h "Sports News" column and 3ch "News"
"DVD", "HD", and "VTR"
Mark 316 is displayed, and the user can easily confirm which recording device these programs are going to be recorded and on which recording device these programs are recorded after recording simply by looking at the program table. can do. The recording reservation setting result in the recording reservation information storage unit 106 at this time is as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the program guide display device according to the second embodiment, in the program guide display device for displaying the program guide used for program selection on the display screen, the program guide including the program information for each channel is displayed. A program table creating and displaying means (program table creating unit 102, display 103) for creating and displaying the selected program when a program to be reserved for recording is selected on the program table; A program guide displaying a recording medium to be recorded is created and displayed, thereby realizing a program guide display device which allows a user to easily confirm a recording medium on which a program is recorded on the program guide. it can.

In the second embodiment, when a program to be reserved for recording is selected on the program table, the program table display section 102 displays the program table on which the selected program is to be recorded. , But
Further, a time bar common to all channels is displayed in the same manner as in the program guide display section of the first embodiment, and a program in the time zone is selected in an area corresponding to the time zone of the program reserved for recording in the time bar. A program guide displaying a message indicating that the program has been performed may be created. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a program table displayed on the display screen after recording reservation in such a modification, in which 400 is a display screen, 410 is a program table displayed on the display screen, 411
Is a channel display column of the program guide, 412 is a channel scroll cell, 413 is a time zone display column of the program guide, 414 is a time zone scroll cell, 415 is a program cell, and 416 is arranged adjacent to the time zone display column 413. A time bar 417 common to all channels is a recording device display mark displayed in a program cell in a program display column, and 418 is a date display of a program table. In such a modification, the user can easily check the recording medium on which the program is recorded on the program guide, and the user can determine the time period during which the tuner of the television receiver is occupied for the scheduled recording. Can easily realize the program guide display device visually.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention (claim 1), in a program guide display device for displaying a program guide used for program selection on a display screen, program information for each channel is provided.
A program table creation and display means for creating and displaying a program table including a common time bar for a plurality of channels; and when the program is selected on the program table, the program table creation and display means Since a program guide is created and displayed in a region corresponding to the time zone of the selected program, indicating that the program in the time zone has been selected, the tuner of the television receiver sets the scheduled recording. There is an effect of realizing a program guide display device in which a user can easily and visually grasp a time zone occupied by the program.

According to the present invention (claim 2), in the program guide display device provided in the broadcast receiving device for displaying a program guide used for program selection on a display screen of the broadcast receiving device, A program table creating and displaying means for creating and displaying a program table including information, wherein when the program to be reserved for recording is selected on the program table, the selected program is recorded; Since a program guide for displaying a recording medium to be displayed is created and displayed, there is an effect that a program guide display device that allows a user to easily confirm a recording medium on which a program is recorded on the program guide is realized. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a program guide display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of a program guide displayed by the program guide display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a program guide displayed by a program guide display device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a program guide displayed by a modification of the program guide display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a program guide display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of storing broadcast schedule information of a television program on a CD-ROM according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of storing program schedule information in a RAM according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a storage example of a recording reservation setting result according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a storage example of a recording reservation setting result according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 program information storage unit 102 program table creation unit 103 display 104 input processing unit 105 input key group 106 control information storage unit 107 recording command generation unit 108 DVD recorder 109 DVC recorder 110 VTR 111 HDD recorder 200, 300, 400 display screen 210, 310, 410 Program table 211, 311, 411 Channel display field 212, 312, 412 Channel scroll cell 213, 313, 413 Time zone display field 215, 315, 415 Program cell 216, 416 Time bar 217, 317 Display coordinates of program cell 316, 417 Recording device display mark 218, 318, 418 Date display of program guide 501 Antenna 502 Program guide display device 503 Tuner 504 VBI decoder 505 CPU 506 R M 507 ROM 508 Display unit 509 Bus 510 CD-ROM reader 511 Hard disk 512 Interface unit 513, 514, 515 Connector 516 DVD recorder 517 DVC recorder 518 VTR 519 OK button 520 Pointing device 521 Remote control 522 OK button 523 Pointing device 524 525 CPU 526 Infrared receiving unit 527 Display 528 CD-ROM

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kazuaki Ohara 1006 Kadoma Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Koji Takeda 1006 Odaka Kadoma Kadoma City, Osaka Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A program guide display device for displaying a program guide used for selecting a program on a display screen, wherein a program guide including program information for each channel and a common time bar for a plurality of channels is created and displayed. A program table creating and displaying means, wherein when a program is selected on the program table, the program in the time zone is selected in an area corresponding to the time zone of the selected program in the time bar. A program guide display device, which creates and displays a program guide on which a display indicating that the program has been performed. 2. A program guide display device provided in a broadcast receiving device for displaying a program guide used for selecting a program on a display screen of the broadcast receiving device, wherein a program guide including program information for each channel is created and displayed. A program table generating and displaying means for generating a program table for displaying a recording medium on which the selected program is to be recorded when a program to be reserved for recording is selected on the program table. , A program guide display device.