KR19990051186A - Reservation method for watching TV broadcasting of specific channel - Google Patents

Abstract

end. The technical field to which the invention described in the claims belongs:

A technology for watching television broadcasts.

I. The technical problem the invention is trying to solve:

The present invention provides a television channel reservation viewing method for automatically watching a specific desired television program.

All. The gist of the solution of the invention:

The present invention reserves another channel at a desired time in advance so that the user can change to the reserved channel without having to pay special attention to watch the desired television broadcast.

la. Important uses of the invention:

Reservation watching

Description

How to watch TV broadcast reservation for a specific channel

The present invention relates to a television system, and more particularly to a method of reserving a television channel to watch a desired television program.

The TV or VTR tuner, which is currently widely used, captures only one channel and displays the image on a television monitor. If the user changes the channel by using a control panel such as a remote controller, the channel is changed and the corresponding image is displayed on the television monitor.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a TV 12 and a VTR 14 for receiving a television broadcast, showing a relationship in which the TV 12 and the VTR 14 are connected to the antenna 10 in parallel, and FIG. 3 is a control flowchart for watching television broadcast of a desired channel, and FIG. 3 is a control flowchart for watching television broadcast of a desired channel in the VTR 14 according to the prior art.

First, an operation for watching a desired channel television broadcast in television 12 will be described with reference to FIGS. With the television power on, the television 12 tunes the television signal to the channel currently stored in step 20 of FIG. Thereafter, the television signal of the channel tuned in step 21 of FIG. 2 is image-processed and displayed on a television monitor. Thereafter, if the user changes the channel, it is determined in step 22, and in step 23, the television signal is tuned to the changed channel. Thereafter, as in step 24, the re-tuned television signal is image-processed and displayed on the television monitor. After that, the channel is changed according to the user's channel selection until the user powers off, and the user is shown the TV broadcast of the corresponding channel.

Next, an operation for watching a desired channel television broadcast in VTR 14 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3. In the state where the VTR power is on, the VTR 14 determines whether it is in the TV reception mode in step 30 of FIG. 3, and if it is in the TV reception mode, it proceeds to step 31 and tunes the TV signal received through the antenna 10 to the currently stored channel. Thereafter, the television signal of the tuned channel is output to the television 12 in step 32, so that the television 12 processes the television signal and displays it on the television monitor. Thereafter, if the user changes the channel, it is determined in step 33, and in step 34, the television signal is tuned to the changed channel. Thereafter, as in step 35, the re-tuned television signal is output to the television 12, which causes the television 12 to image the television signal and display it on the television monitor. After that, the channel is changed according to the user's channel selection until the user powers off, and the user is shown the TV broadcast of the corresponding channel. On the other hand, in step 30 of FIG. 3, if it is not the TV receiving mode, the process proceeds to step 37 to determine whether the playback mode is performed. give.

2 and 3, however, if a user is playing a tape using the VTR or catching and watching a certain channel of the television and wants to watch a specific television program of another channel at a specific time, Special attention should be given to the time and confirmation of the channel key operation from time to time. Sometimes I forgot the time zone of a particular television program, and I was inconvenient to watch a television program that was being broadcast on a specific channel while watching another TV channel during that time.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for preserving television broadcast for automatically watching television programs of a specific channel desired.

In accordance with the above object, the present invention provides a television channel reservation viewing method, comprising: a first step of setting a television channel reservation time and a reservation channel in a television or video tape recorder based on a user's channel reservation-related key selection; Or a second process of checking the current time during the video tape recorder operation to tune to the reserved channel so that a user can watch a television broadcast of the reserved channel.

In addition, the first process is specifically, displaying the current time according to the user's channel reservation function selection and requesting the current time adjustment, and the current adjusted or unadjusted according to the setting after the current time adjustment or fine adjustment of the user. Setting a time, displaying a channel reservation time and a reservation channel input request, and setting the channel reservation time and the reservation channel according to a channel reservation time and a reservation channel input of a user and storing the channel reservation time and a reservation channel in an internal memory. It is characterized by.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a television and a VTR for television broadcasting reception;

2 is a control flowchart for watching television broadcast of a desired channel in a television according to the prior art;

3 is a control flowchart for watching television broadcast of a desired channel in a VTR according to the prior art;

4 is a flowchart of channel reservation control for watching a particular television broadcast in a television or VTR according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a flowchart of channel reservation operation according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and constructions that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of channel reservation control for watching a specific television broadcast in a television or VTR according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of channel reservation operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, a channel reservation control operation for watching a specific television broadcast in the television 12 or the VTR 14 as shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

When the user selects a key related to the channel reservation function provided according to an embodiment of the present invention, the TV 12 or the VTR 14 judges the step 40 of FIG. 4 and proceeds to step 41 to display and adjust the current time on the TV monitor. You make a request. For example, it causes the current time to flicker on a television monitor at predetermined intervals. Accordingly, when the user presses a key to adjust or fine-tune the current time, the television 12 or VTR 14 sets the current time adjusted or fine-tuned in step 42.

The television 12 or VTR 14 then displays the channel reservation time and reservation channel input request in step 43. For example, the channel reservation time is displayed blinking in the form of "00:00:00". The reserved channel blinks and is displayed in the form of "CH 00". Accordingly, when the user sets a channel reservation time and a reservation channel by pressing a key, the TV 12 or the VTR 14 stores the set channel reservation time and the reservation channel in the internal memory in step 44.

In this way, when the channel is reserved, the television 12 or the VTR 14 according to the embodiment of the present invention performs the operation as shown in FIG.

First, referring to FIG. 5, the operation of a specific television broadcast reservation viewing in the television 12 or the VTR 14 as shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail.

If the television 12 or VTR 14 is in operation as in step 50 in Fig. 5, the television 12 or VTR 14 checks the current time in step 51 and determines in step 52 whether the current time is the channel reservation time. If the channel reservation time is not reached, proceed to step 53 to maintain the operation of the current TV 12 or VTR 14, and if the channel reservation time is reached, proceed to step 54 to change the TV channel to the reserved channel and change the TV channel. Allows the user to watch the broadcast content being broadcasted at. In addition, if the channel is reserved time can provide an alarm to inform the user that the channel is reserved time. The alarm may be a text display through an OSD (On Screen Display) or a notification broadcast through a speaker.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be defined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

As described above, the present invention has an advantage of allowing a user to reserve another channel at a desired time in advance so that the user can watch a desired television broadcast by changing to the reserved channel without special interest.

Claims (3)

In the television broadcast reservation viewing method, A first step of setting a TV channel reservation time and a reservation channel to a television or video tape recorder based on a user's channel selection-related key selection; Reservation of the TV broadcast of a specific channel, characterized in that the second process to check the current time during the operation of the TV or video tape recorder and tune to the reserved channel when the reservation time is reached so that the user can watch the TV broadcast of the reserved channel How to watch. The method of claim 1, wherein the first process is Displaying the current time and requesting adjustment of the current time according to the user's channel reservation function selection; Setting the current time adjusted or unadjusted according to the setting after the user's current time adjustment or fine adjustment, Displaying a channel reservation time and a reservation channel input request; And setting the channel reservation time and the reservation channel according to a channel reservation time and a reservation channel input of a user and storing them in an internal memory. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a user an alarm indicating that the channel is reserved when the channel is reserved.