KR19990021026A - Apparatus and method for handling duplication of scheduled recording time - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a first recording step of recording a first program having a scheduled recording start time corresponding to a current time, and when the current time becomes a recording start time of a second program during recording of the first program, the first program and the second program. Including a selective recording step of selectively selecting any one of the first program and the second program according to the recording period information and the recording priority of the second program, the user preferentially selects an important program even in time. Allows you to record a program so that it is entered later but is not corrupted from program start to finish.

Description

Apparatus and method for handling duplication of scheduled recording time

The present invention relates to a reserved recording apparatus and method, and more particularly, in the case of overlapping time in scheduled recording in a TVCR which is a combination device of a TV and a VCR, a user can selectively record a program by determining a priority. An apparatus and method for handling duplication of reserved recording time are provided.

In general, when a user records a program to be broadcast in a TVCR, which is a multifunction device combined with a high-performance TV and a VCR, a reservation recording function is selected to reserve recording a selected broadcast program.

FIG. 1 is a time chart illustrating a case where a broadcasting time of a first channel program overlaps with a broadcasting time of a second channel program. In FIG. 1, the first channel (eg, cultural broadcasting (MBC)) is performed from 10 pm to 11:30 pm. The program to be broadcasted is recorded, and from 11:20 pm to 12:10 am, the program broadcast on the second channel (eg, Korea Broadcasting Corporation (KBS)) is to be recorded.

As described above, when the broadcast times of two reserved programs overlap, a method of recording a reserved program in a conventional TVCR is as shown in FIG. 2, and a reservation end time for contents broadcasted in a first channel (ie, 11 pm). Hour program) until the first channel program is recorded.

After the reservation recording for the content broadcast in the first channel is completed, the reservation recording for the content broadcast in the second channel is performed.

As described above, in the general recording method of the TVCR, the first 10 minutes of the program broadcast on the second channel is not always recorded, and the program broadcast on the first channel is recorded at this time. In other words, scheduled program recording is scheduled in the order that the next scheduled recording is always performed only when the first started program is terminated. Therefore, even if a user broadcasts a program broadcast on the second channel, the reservation time overlaps with 10 minutes. You can't record the video, so you lose your broadcast in 10 minutes.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to use the same recording scheduling to perform the next scheduled recording only when the program that was started first always ends, in order to overcome the problems that occur, the user preferentially selects an important program and inputs it later in time. However, it is possible to record a program so that it is not damaged from program start to finish.

1 is a time chart illustrating a case where a broadcast time of a first channel program overlaps with a broadcast time of a second channel program.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of overlapping a general reserved recording time.

3 is a block diagram showing an apparatus for processing duplication of a reserved recording time according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of processing duplication of a reserved recording time according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a time chart illustrating a case in which a broadcast time of a first channel program completely overlaps with a broadcast time of a second channel program according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of processing duplication of a reserved recording time according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of Signs of Major Parts of Drawings

310: setting unit 320: reservation time storage unit

330: timer 340: broadcast receiver

350: recording unit 360: control unit

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a first recording step of recording a first program having a scheduled recording start time corresponding to the current time, and the current time of recording the first program is a second program Scheduled recording including a selective recording step of selectively selecting any one of the first program and the second program according to the recording period information and the recording priority of the first program and the second program when the recording start time of A method of dealing with time overlap is disclosed.

Preferably, the selective recording step includes a first program recording step of continuously recording the first program when the recording period of the first program is 1, and a current time after the first program recording is terminated. And a second program recording step of recording the second program if it is before the end time.

Preferably, the selective recording step includes recording the second program when the recording period of the first program is not 1 and the recording priority of the second program is higher than the recording priority of the first program. Recording the first program if the current time after the end of the second program recording is before the end time of the first program.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a setting unit for setting the time of the scheduled recording of the programs and the recording priority of the programs, a reservation time storage unit for storing the set reservation recording time and recording priority information for the programs; A timer for counting a current time, a broadcast receiver for receiving the broadcast program, a recording unit for recording the received program, and a scheduled time among the programs according to the set scheduled recording time and recording priority. Disclosed is an apparatus for processing duplication of a reserved recording time including a control unit for controlling respective portions to selectively select and record a program.

Hereinafter, the objects, features, and advantages of the present invention described above will be described in more detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

The terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may vary according to the intention or custom of a person skilled in the art, and the definitions should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

3 is a block diagram showing an apparatus for processing duplication of a reserved recording time according to the present invention.

As shown, the setting unit 310 for setting the time of the scheduled recording of the programs and the recording priority thereof, and the reservation time storage unit 320 for storing the set scheduled recording time and recording priority information for the programs And a timer 330 for counting the current time, a broadcast receiver 340 for receiving the broadcast program, a recording unit 350 for recording the received program, and programs according to the scheduled recording time and recording priority. The controller 360 is configured to control each part in order to selectively select and record a program overlapping the reservation time.

FIG. 4 illustrates a process of processing according to priority when the broadcasting time of the first channel program and the broadcasting time of the second channel program illustrated in FIG. 1 overlap.

First, the priority of the first channel program overlapping the broadcasting time and the second channel program are compared (step S400). At this time, the priority of each program is set by the setting unit 310 when the user reserves the program.

Next, when the current time is the broadcast start time of the first channel program and the reserved recording priority is high in the first channel program, the first channel program is recorded until the current time becomes the broadcast end time of the first channel program. (Steps: S410, S420).

Subsequently, after the reserved recording for the first channel program is ended, the second channel program is recorded until the current time becomes the broadcast end time of the second channel program (steps S430 and S440).

Meanwhile, as a result of comparing the priority of the first channel program and the second channel program in step S400, if the priority of the second channel program is higher than that of the first channel program, the first channel program is recorded until the second channel program starts. (Steps: S450, S460).

Then, if the current time is the start time of the second channel program, the second channel program is recorded until the current time becomes the broadcast end time of the second channel program (steps S470 and S480).

Therefore, the program is automatically selected and recorded according to the priority set by the user for the programs whose recording reservation time overlaps, thereby preventing the recording of the desired program.

FIG. 5 is a time chart showing a case in which a broadcasting time of a first channel program completely overlaps with a broadcasting time of a second channel program according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Reservation 1 is from 7:50 pm to 8:30 pm The program broadcasted on the first channel is recorded until, and the reservation 2 indicates that the program broadcasted on the second channel is to be recorded from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm.

FIG. 6 illustrates a second preferred embodiment of the present invention which processes the reservation recording time when the scheduled recording time overlaps as shown in FIG. 5.

Looking at this operation, first, the control unit 360 determines whether the current time of the timer 330 is 7:30 pm (step: S600).

When the current time of the timer 330 is 7:30 pm, the broadcast receiver 340 receives a program broadcast in the second channel, which is reserved 2, and records the recorded program through the recording unit 350 (step S610).

Subsequently, the controller 360 determines whether there is a program overlapping the reservation time at the current time during recording (step: S620).

If it is determined that no program overlaps with the reserved time, recording is continued (step S660).

As a result, when there is a program overlapping the reservation time, if the recording period of the current recording program is 1, the overlapping part is ignored and the scheduled recording is continued for the reservation 2 (step: S670). In this case, the program having a recording period of 1 does not mean the same program that is recorded every day, but means a special program that is broadcast once.

After the program recorded on the second channel for the reservation 2 is finished by the reservation recording for the reservation 2, the broadcasting is performed on the first channel for the remaining time of the reservation 1 when the end time of the reservation 1 has not passed for the current time. Recording of the program is performed (steps S680 and S690).

As a result, when there is a program overlapping the scheduled time, when the recording cycle of the program currently being recorded is not 1, that is, a normal program that is recorded daily, as shown in Figure 4, the priority set by the user Select a program according to the ranking to distribute the time to record (steps: S640, S650)

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be appreciated that modifications or variations may be made. Therefore, changes in the future embodiments of the present invention will not be able to escape the technology of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention overcomes the problem of using the same recording scheduling to perform the next scheduled recording only when the previously started program is always terminated, so that the user preferentially selects an important program in time. Allows you to record a program so that it is entered later but is not corrupted from program start to finish.

Claims (4)

A first recording step of recording a first program having a scheduled recording start time corresponding to a current time; One of the first program and the second program is selectively selected according to the recording period information and the recording priority of the first program and the second program when the current time is the recording start time of the second program during the recording of the first program. And a recording step of selecting and recording the selected recording time. The method of claim 1, wherein the selective recording step, A first program recording step of continuously recording the first program when the recording period of the first program is 1; And recording a second program if the current time after the end of the first program recording is before the end time of the second program. The method of claim 1, wherein the selective recording step, Recording the second program when the recording period of the first program is not 1 and the recording priority of the second program is higher than the recording priority of the first program; And recording the first program if a current time after the second program recording ends before the end time of the first program. A setting unit configured to set time for scheduled recording of programs and recording priority of the programs; A reservation time storage unit for storing the set reservation recording time and recording priority information for the programs; A timer that counts the current time; A broadcast receiver for receiving the broadcast program; A recording unit for recording the received program; And a control unit for controlling respective portions to selectively select and record programs having overlapping reservation times among the programs according to the set reservation recording time and recording priority. .