KR980009029A - Schedule recording method in video cassette recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a video recording method for a video cassette recorder, comprising: a first step of displaying a menu OSD (On Screen Display) screen when there is a menu key input and waiting for a user's selection; If the selection of the user is a timer program, displaying the OSD screen listing reservation information set in accordance with the sequence number and waiting for selection by the user; A third step of displaying an OSD screen for selecting a recording method including a scheduled recording on a day, every day, and every week when a sequence number to be stored by the user is selected, and waiting for a selection by a user; A fourth step of displaying an OSD screen for receiving reservation information including a reservation start date corresponding to a recording method selected by the user and waiting for input by a user; A fifth step of storing the reservation information inputted by the user together with the selected recording method corresponding to the sequence number; And a sixth step of waiting for the reserved recording and performing the reserved recording based on the stored reservation information and the recording method. Thus, it is possible to perform the scheduled recording every day and weekly from the date desired by the user, .

Description

Schedule recording method in video cassette recorder

1 is a schematic block diagram of a typical video cassette recorder.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart showing a schedule recording process according to the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an OSD screen for setting a reserved recording according to the present invention; FIG.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

10: key input unit 20:

30: tuner and modulator 40: signal processor

41: OSD unit 50: Deck unit

In particular, the present invention relates to a video recording method for a video cassette recorder, and more particularly, it relates to a video recording method and a video cassette recorder for performing scheduled recording by setting a date for recording on a day, To a video cassette recorder capable of recording video data.

Generally, the reserved recording function in the video cassette recorder is a function of reserving and recording a broadcast program in advance by setting the user's reservation information (e.g., date, start time, end time, channel, recording speed) It is a very useful function that allows a user to automatically record a desired broadcast program in the absence of the user so that the user can watch it next time.

The broadcast program is normally broadcast on the same time and on the same channel on a daily or weekly basis. Accordingly, in order to solve the inconvenience of the user setting up the schedule recording for such a periodically broadcast program, Setting was possible.

The user can perform the single schedule recording, the daily schedule recording, and the weekly scheduled recording at the time of setting the schedule information for the scheduled recording. Especially, The start time, end time, channel, recording speed, etc., could be set by the user, but the date was automatically set to the date the timer of the current video cassette recorder had.

Therefore, when the user sets the schedule recording every day every week, the user has to enter the reserved recording setting mode only for the date to start the scheduled recording, and to make the scheduled recording and perform the scheduled recording.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a video recording apparatus and a video cassette recorder capable of performing scheduled recording by allowing a date to be reserved when a reserved recording is set every day, And to provide a reserved recording method in a cassette recorder.

A method for setting and executing a reserved recording in a video cassette recorder according to the present invention is a method for setting and executing a reserved recording in a video cassette recorder, comprising the steps of: displaying a menu OSD screen when a menu key is input; Wow; If the selection of the user is a timer program, displaying the OSD screen listing reservation information set in accordance with the sequence number and waiting for selection by the user; A third step of displaying an OSD screen for selecting a recording method including a scheduled recording on a day, every day, and every week when a sequence number to be stored by the user is selected, and waiting for a selection by a user; A fourth step of displaying an OSD screen for receiving reservation information including a reservation start date corresponding to a recording method selected by the user and waiting for input by a user; A fifth step of storing all the reservation information inputted by the user in accordance with the selected recording method corresponding to the sequence number; And a sixth step of waiting for reservation recording based on the stored reservation information and the recording method and performing reserved recording.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a video cassette recorder and includes a key input unit 10, a microcomputer 20, a tuner and a modulation unit 30, a signal processing unit 40, an OSD unit 41, (50).

In this configuration, the key input unit 10 is an input means for operating the video cassette recorder. The key input unit 10 includes a plurality of keys including a menu key, numeric keys for various selections and inputs, direction keys, And transmits the key signal to the microcomputer 20. The microcomputer 20 detects the key signal on the infrared carrier wave from the remote controller and applies the key signal to the microcomputer 20 using the remote controller.

The microcomputer 20 is a means for controlling the overall operation of the video cassette recorder. As can be seen from the following description, based on the menu key signal, the numeric key signal, and the direction key signal from the key input unit 10 (For example, date, channel, start time, end time, recording speed) and a recording method (for example, the same day reservation recording , Daily schedule recording, weekly schedule recording), and controls the scheduled recording by switching the reservation waiting state. Meanwhile, the microcomputer 20 outputs a tuning signal (PLL data) corresponding to the channel when the reserved recording is performed, and controls the signal processing unit 40 and the deck unit 50, which will be described later, to control the recording.

The tuner and modulation unit 30 converts the broadcast signal corresponding to the PLL data for channel tuning from the microcomputer 20 into a radio frequency (RF) input terminal RF IN) and modulates the applied video and audio signals into a predetermined channel (for example, channel 3 and channel 4) and outputs the modulated video and audio signals to the RF output terminal RF OUT.

On the other hand, under the control of the microcomputer 20, the signal processing unit 40 converts the video signal and the audio signal from the broadcast signal applied from the tuner and modulation unit 30 and the line input terminal LINE IN into a signal And processes the video and audio signals reproduced from the deck unit 50 into video and audio signals that are easy to display and outputs them to the line output terminal LINE OUT and the tuner and modulation unit 30 ).

The OSD (On Screen Display) unit 41 in the signal processing unit 40 outputs a character (font) signal corresponding to a character control signal from the microcomputer 20 to a video signal or a blue- And outputs the combined data.

The deck unit 50 includes a deck mechanism to which a video tape is loaded, a loading motor, a head drum, a drum motor, a capstan motor, and the like. Based on the control of the microcomputer 20, And the video and audio signals recorded on the video tape are read out and output.

Next, the above-described components will be described in detail with reference to a flow chart of FIG. 2, which shows a method of recording a reservation on a video cassette recorder, and an OSD screen for reservation recording setup of FIG.

First, the microcomputer 20 determines whether a menu key signal is applied from the key input unit 10. (Step 200)

At this time, when a menu key signal is applied from the key input unit 10, the microcomputer 20 applies a predetermined character control signal to the OSD unit 41 in the signal processing unit 40 to display a menu OSD screen as shown in FIG. And waits for the user's selection. (Step 202)

Next, the microcomputer 20 judges whether the user selects the timer program (TIMER PROGRAM) of '2' for the reserved recording setting on the menu OSD screen based on the numeric key signal from the key input unit 10. (Step 204)

At this time, when the timer program is selected, the microcomputer 20 reads out the reservation information stored in the memory (not shown) and applies a predetermined character control signal to the OSD unit 41 to obtain the sequence number and the reservation information as shown in FIG. 3 And displays the list of OSD screens and waits for the user's selection (step 206)

At this time, the OSD screen to be displayed displays pre-set reservation information corresponding to the sequence number. Accordingly, the user selects an empty sequence number using the number keys of the key input unit 10, The reservation information of the program is stored.

Accordingly, the microcomputer 20 determines that the sequence number selected by the user is applied to the key input unit 10 as a numeric key signal. (Step 208)

At this time, when the sequence number is applied, the microcomputer 20 applies a predetermined character control signal to the OSD unit 41 to select a recording method (single reserved recording, daily reserved recording, weekly reserved recording) And waits for the user's selection. (Step 210)

At this time, if the user wishes to record a broadcast program to be scheduled to be scheduled to be recorded only once, 'SINGLE' is recorded, '2' DAILY is recorded when repeatedly recording every day, and 'WEEKLY' is recorded when recording is repeated every week .

Accordingly, the microcomputer 20 determines the numeric key signal from the key input unit 10 (step 212). If the numeric key signal is '1', the microcomputer 20 displays the OSD screen for inputting the reservation information as shown in FIG. (Step 214), and the reservation information including the inputted single reservation date is stored in a memory (not shown) together with the reserved recording method (single recording) corresponding to the sequence number determined in step 208 . (216)

If the number key signal from the key input unit 10 is '2' in step 212, the OSD screen for inputting reservation information as shown in FIG. 3 (e) ), And stores the reservation information including the entered daily reservation start date in the reserved recording method (daily recording) corresponding to the sequence number determined in step 208 and the memory not shown in all figures. (220)

If the number key signal from the key input unit 10 is '3' in step 212, the OSD screen for inputting reservation information as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, 222, and stores the reservation information including the entered weekly reservation start date in a memory (not shown) together with the reserved recording method (weekly recording) corresponding to the order number determined in step 208. (224)

Next, although not shown in FIG. 2, when the user operates the menu key after inputting the reservation information, the microcomputer 20 judges this and inputs the preset reservation information, such as the one shown in FIG. 3, The information is displayed on the OSD screen together with the sequence number so that the user can confirm the information.

After the steps 216, 220, and 224, the microcomputer 20 switches to the reserved recording standby mode, and according to the reserved recording information and the reserved recording method stored in the memory (not shown) The processing unit 40, and the deck unit 50 to perform scheduled recording (step 226)

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to freely set a date to be reserved at the time of setting the reserved recording every day, especially every day, when setting the reserved recording, in advance of the timer date of the current video cassette recorder, The reservation recording can be performed every week, so that the efficiency of reservation recording and the convenience of the user can be improved.

Claims (1)

A method for setting and performing scheduled recording in a video cassette recorder, the method comprising: a first step of displaying a menu OSD (On Screen Display) screen when there is a menu key input and waiting for a user's selection; If the selection of the user is a timer program, displaying the OSD screen listing reservation information set in accordance with the sequence number and waiting for selection by the user; A third step of displaying an OSD screen for selecting a recording method including a scheduled recording on a day, every day, and every week when a sequence number to be stored by the user is selected, and waiting for a selection by a user; A fourth step of displaying an OSD screen for receiving reservation information including a reservation start date corresponding to a recording method selected by the user and waiting for input by a user; A fifth step of storing the reservation information inputted by the user together with the selected recording method corresponding to the sequence number; And a sixth step of waiting for reservation recording based on the stored reservation information and the recording method and performing scheduled recording. ※ Note: It is disclosed by the contents of the first application.