JP2003061003A - Image processor, image processing method, recording medium and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to comfortably enjoy program viewing without receiving any external disturbance at all by setting it to an image processor, when the user desires not to receive external disturbance by diversified interrupt notices at program viewing. SOLUTION: When a user sets suppression of an interrupt notice of other information during reception of a television signal and the interrupt suppression mode is shifted, the mode is detected (S1002), and the image processor controls inhibition of other program interrupt notices during reception of a received program (S1003).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a recording medium and a program, and more particularly to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a recording medium and a program for suppressing various interruption information notifications when viewing a program. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in image processing apparatuses, in addition to ordinary broadcast programs, data broadcasting, telephone lines, home intercoms, front door intercoms, the Internet, home servers,
Connections with various home appliances are made, and on the display screen of the image processing apparatus, notification of incoming information of various kinds and notification of various status information are displayed on the display screen of the image processing apparatus, OSD information such as icons and telops, or chimes and The user is notified as voice information such as an alarm sound.

In addition to the information notification to the user of the image processing apparatus, a video reproducing apparatus is newly connected to the network connected to the image processing apparatus, or various media are inserted and connected to the apparatus added to the image processing apparatus. When
The screen of the program being watched without requiring the user to perform a special operation on the image processing device using the remote controller, such as switching the input source according to the connection operation or starting an application for handling the various media. There is also a mechanism for switching.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned configuration, when a user wants to concentrate on the screen or the audio signal of a movie program or a music program, or when he / she relaxes watching a drama at home. At that time, there was a problem that the viewing of the program was hindered by the appearance of the OSD information or the sound of a chime without any warning.

Further, when the image processing apparatus is placed in a common family space such as a living room at home, a person other than the user who is watching the program carelessly operates the remote controller or the like to watch the program. When the channel is changed, or when a third party similarly connects a video playback device such as a digital handy camera to the image processing device, the playback screen of the video playback device will automatically change to the program being viewed. There is also a problem in that the user's viewing of the program is interrupted and interrupted.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to set prohibition of interrupt notification during reception of a program, so that a user may be disturbed by various interrupt notifications when listening to a program. An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a recording medium, and a program that allow users to enjoy comfortable viewing of a program without any disturbance by setting that effect when they do not want to receive it.

The present invention also provides an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, a recording medium, and a program, which can re-notify suppressed interrupt notifications later so that the user can be notified of the interrupts without leaking them. The purpose is to provide.

[0008]

In order to achieve such an object, an image processing apparatus according to claim 1 sets a setting means for setting suppression of interruption notification of other information during reception of a television signal, and Display means for displaying an image relating to a television signal; and control means for prohibiting interruption notification of the other information by the display means during reception of the television signal in accordance with the setting for suppressing interruption notification by the setting means. It is characterized by having.

The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 further comprises setting means for setting suppression of interruption notification of other information during reception of the television signal, and display means for displaying an image relating to the television signal. A control unit configured to combine the other information to be notified of the interrupt with the image related to the television signal being received and display the combined image on the display unit according to the setting for suppressing the interrupt notification by the setting unit. Characterize.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the invention, the control means displays the image related to the television signal being received and the other information in a two-screen display form. It is characterized by displaying.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image processing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the other information includes information other than the television signal.

An image processing apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the image processing apparatus according to the first or second aspect of the present invention, further including setting means for setting a time zone in which the interrupt notification is suppressed, and the control means It is characterized in that the suppression processing of the interrupt notification of the other information is executed in the time zone set by the setting means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the image processing apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the control means stores additional information relating to other information to be notified of the interruption. Storing means, and in response to the cancellation of the interrupt notification, the control means notifies other information to be notified of the interrupt based on the additional information stored in the storing means. Characterize.

An image processing apparatus according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is the image processing apparatus according to the sixth aspect, further comprising setting means for setting suppression of the interrupt notification, and the control means has a predetermined period after the setting by the setting means. It is characterized in that the suppression of the interrupt notification is released according to the passage of time.

Further, in the image processing apparatus according to claim 8, in the invention according to claim 6, the control means detects an end time of the program in the television signal being received, and detects the end time of the program. The suppression of the interrupt notification is released accordingly.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the image processing apparatus according to the sixth aspect, the control means ends the program based on the start time and the length of the program included as the related information of the program. It is characterized by detecting time.

An image processing apparatus according to a tenth aspect of the invention is
The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that the control means deletes an interrupt notification corresponding to a predetermined condition based on the additional information stored in the storage means.

An image processing apparatus according to claim 11 is
The invention according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a control level setting means for setting a suppression control level for interrupt notification by the control means, and a priority detection means for detecting priority attached to the interrupt notification. Compares the suppression control level set by the control level setting means with the priority detected by the priority detection means, and determines whether or not to perform the interrupt notification according to the comparison result. Characterize.

The image processing method according to claim 12 is
A setting step for setting suppression of interruption notification of other information during reception of a television signal, and if suppression of interruption notification is set by the setting step, interruption of another program during reception of the program being received. And a control step for controlling the notification to be prohibited.

The image processing method according to claim 13 is
When a setting step for setting suppression of interrupt notification of other information during reception of a television signal and suppression of interrupt notification are set by the setting step, when the interrupt notification is displayed on the screen, it is received. And a control step for controlling the displayed program to be displayed on at least a part of the screen.

The image processing method according to claim 14 is:
The invention according to claim 12 or 13, further comprising a first timing step of setting an execution time zone of the interrupt notification suppression control by the control step, and timing the set execution time zone. It is characterized in that the interrupt notification suppression control is executed during the period during which the execution time zone is clocked by the first clocking step.

The image processing method according to claim 15 is
In the invention according to any one of claims 12 to 14,
A storing step for storing the interrupt notification suppressed by the control step; and a re-notifying step for notifying the interrupt notification stored by the storing step after the interrupt notification suppression control by the control step is released. Is characterized by.

The image processing method according to claim 16 is
16. The invention according to claim 15, further comprising a second timing step of setting an execution period from the start of the interrupt notification suppression control by the control step, and timing the elapse of the set execution period. When the passing of the execution period is timed by the second time counting step, the interrupt notification suppression control is released.

The image processing method according to claim 17 is
16. The invention according to claim 15, further comprising a monitoring step of calculating an end time of the program, and monitoring the end of the program based on the calculated program end time, and the control step includes the program by the monitoring step. When the end of is detected, the suppression control of interrupt notification is released.

The image processing method according to claim 18 is
In the invention according to claim 17, the monitoring step comprises:
The end time of the program is calculated based on the start time and the length of the program included as the related information of the program.

The image processing method according to claim 19 is
The invention according to claim 15 is characterized by further comprising a deleting step of deleting an interrupt notification corresponding to a predetermined condition among the interrupt notifications stored in the storing step.

The image processing method according to claim 20 is
14. The invention according to claim 12 or 13, wherein a control level setting step for setting a suppression control level for interrupt notification by the control step, a priority detection step for detecting priority associated with interrupt notification, and the control level setting step. Compares the suppression control level set by the above with the priority detected by the priority detection means, and interrupts the interrupt notification according to the comparison result even during the interrupt notification suppression control by the control means. And a priority comparison step of notifying.

A recording medium according to a twenty-first aspect is characterized by recording a program for causing a computer to function as each unit according to any one of the first to eleventh aspects.

A recording medium according to a twenty-second aspect is characterized by recording a program for causing a computer to execute the processing steps of the image processing method according to any one of the twelfth to twentieth aspects.

A program according to a twenty-third aspect causes a computer to function as each unit according to any one of the first to eleventh aspects.

Further, a program according to a twenty-fourth aspect is characterized by causing a computer to perform the processing steps of the image processing method according to any one of the twelfth to twentieth aspects.

[0032]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<First Embodiment> FIGS. 7 to 10 are flowcharts showing the flow of the operation of the image processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the operation of the task started when an interrupt signal for notifying the image processing apparatus is generated.
Reference numeral 01 is an entry of a task started when an interrupt signal for notifying the image processing apparatus is generated, and S702 is a step of identifying and determining the type of interrupt.

S703 is a step of determining whether or not the current status is the interrupt suppression mode, S704 is a step of acquiring related information of the interrupt signal when the current status is not the interrupt suppression mode in S703, and S705 is a status of the interrupt signal. A step of performing a related process associated with the interrupt notification for reading icon data or the like based on the related information, S706 is a step of drawing an icon or the like to be subsequently combined and displayed on the display screen of the image processing apparatus on the graphic screen, and S707 is a A step of synthesizing and displaying the program screen and the graphic screen on the display screen of the image processing apparatus. In step S708, when an icon or the like is selected by a user's operation, an association for performing an operation as a user event is performed. In the step to wait for the operation of That.

Further, S709 is a step of reading a preset user level when the current state is the interrupt suppression mode, and S710 is a step of comparing the user level read in S709 with the interrupt priority. Even in the interrupt suppression mode, if the user sets an appropriate level in advance, and if the interrupt is more urgent for the user, the process proceeds to step S704 to allow the interrupt notification on the display screen.
Next, in S711, a step of acquiring related information of the interrupt signal, S712 of acquiring an ID for identifying the suppressed interrupt information, S713 of storing related information of the interrupt signal, and S714 of the processing end point. .

FIG. 8 is a routine of the image processing apparatus which is activated when the interrupt suppression button operated by the user is pressed when the user does not want to be notified of interrupt information while watching a program, and S801 is an entry. Point, S802
Is a step of determining whether or not the current state is the interrupt suppression mode, S803 is a step of setting the interrupt suppression mode, S804 is a step of storing the ID of the program currently being viewed by the user, and S805 is a start regarding the program being viewed. Step for obtaining time and length of program, S806
Is a step of calculating a program end time, S807 is a step of activating a task for monitoring the end of the program currently being viewed, and S808 is an end point of this routine.

FIG. 9 is a routine for monitoring the end of a program in the image processing apparatus. S901 is an entry point, S902 is a step for determining whether or not the timer of the suppression period has expired, and S903 is a program end time. This is the step of determining whether or not Further, S904 is a step of canceling the interrupt suppression mode, and S904
5 is a step of determining whether or not the stored interrupt signal exists, and S906 is a step of calling a routine for restarting the notification of the stored interrupt signal. Further, S907 is a step for organizing the stored interrupt information, and S908 indicates the end point of this routine.

FIG. 10 is a routine for starting the notification processing by the stored interrupt signal, S1001 is an entry point, S1002 is a step for judging whether or not the current state is the interrupt suppression mode, and S1003 is this routine. End point, step S1004 reads the value of the interrupt counter in which the number of stored interrupt signals is counted, and step S1005 sets the value of the interrupt counter to 0.
Step S1006 is a step of reading the interrupt type ID of the stored interrupt signal, S1007 is a step of reading related information of the interrupt signal, and S1008 is icon data based on the related information of the interrupt signal. And the like, a step of performing a related process associated with the interrupt notification, S1009 is a step of drawing an icon or the like to be composited and displayed later on the display screen of the image processing apparatus on the graphic screen, S1009.
Step 1010 is a step of compositely displaying a program screen and the graphic screen on the display screen of the image processing apparatus, S10.
Reference numeral 11 is a step of making an association for causing an action to be performed as a user event when an icon or the like is selected by a user's operation and waiting for the user's operation.
S1012 is a step of subtracting one from the value of the interrupt counter.

FIG. 1 is an external view of a DTV device which is an embodiment of the image processing device of the present invention. A VTR device 1 connected to the DTV device 101 around the main body of the DTV device 101.
02, DV device 103, and other video equipment, audio equipment, and a memory card device 105 or D that enables recording and reproduction of information stored by being inserted into the DTV device body.
Various media such as the video disk device 104 represented by VD and the like are displayed.

2 and 3 show a display screen of the image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows a normal program viewing screen in the image processing apparatus which is omitted in the figure. In addition to the screen of FIG. 2, FIG. 3 is an icon showing an incoming mail to the image processing device, a warning icon from the connected VTR device, an icon for calling attention by the image processing device main body, and watching. 3 shows a screen in a state where a display for notifying information to the viewers of the program, such as a channel display of the program, a data broadcast icon, a volume position display, etc., appears at the same time.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, in which 401 is an antenna device for receiving digital broadcast radio waves, 402 is the radio wave received from the antenna, and A tuner device for tuning, 403 a demodulation circuit device for demodulating the selected radio wave and converting it into a signal, and 404 an MPE from the demodulated signal.
G2 transport stream format signal (hereinafter TS
TS decoder circuit for separating signals), 405 is a video decoder circuit for decoding video from the separated TS signals, 406 is an audio decoder circuit for similarly decoding audio from the TS signals, and 407 is also for data broadcasting from the TS signals. Data broadcast decoder circuit for decoding, 4
Reference numeral 08 is an OSD circuit for displaying information from various control devices of the image processing apparatus main body, 409 is various applications installed in the image processing apparatus, and 410 is various image information created in the image processing apparatus. An image synthesizing unit 411 for outputting as a monitor device serving as a display screen of the image processing device, 412 a ROM device for storing programs for various controls of the image processing device and programs of installed applications and various data, A RAM device 413 stores programs for various controls of the image processing apparatus, programs of installed applications and various data, and a RAM device 414 as a work for operating the applications, and 414 various controls of the image processing apparatus. A CPU device 415 for executing an application and an image processing device and an external device. Modem device for communicating with the,
Reference numeral 416 is an IC card device for performing an authentication operation when performing the conditional access operation of the image processing apparatus, or exchanging various information with an external device, and 417 is for transmitting information between circuit blocks of the image processing apparatus. A bus device 418 is an interface circuit for exchanging high-speed data including image data with an external device connected to the image processing device, and 419 is a remote control device for transmitting various commands to the image processing device.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show the contents of a table for storing various interrupt information notification signals generated in the image processing apparatus. FIG. 5 stores four types of interrupt information notifications. FIG. 6 shows a state in which the program end monitoring routine for monitoring the end of interrupt suppression in FIG.
It shows the contents of the table after the process of organizing the stored interrupt information that is periodically called.

FIG. 11 shows a remote control device for operating the image processing apparatus. Reference numeral 1101 denotes an interrupt suppression one-touch timer button capable of easily setting an interrupt suppression period,
Reference numeral 1102 denotes an interruption suppression button for suppressing interruption for the program being viewed.

FIG. 12 is a setting screen relating to the interrupt suppression mode according to the present embodiment among the function setting screens of the image processing apparatus. Even in the interrupt suppression mode, the viewer who is the user is more urgent. It is a screen for setting a level for permitting notification of interrupt information.

Hereinafter, in order to further clarify the characteristics of the present invention, the operation of the present embodiment will be described by appropriately using FIGS. Now, in the image processing apparatus to which the various peripheral devices shown in FIG. 1 are connected, when various interruption notification information is detected in the image processing apparatus while the viewer is viewing the program shown in FIG. Processing of the interrupt notification information is started, and after the interrupt type is determined in S702, it is determined in S703 whether the interrupt suppression mode is set. If the interrupt suppression mode is not set, S70 is set.
The processings of 4 and below are performed, and various icons and OSD displays are periodically displayed on the program screen currently being viewed as shown in FIG.

At this time, regarding the program currently being viewed by the viewer, he / she does not want to receive the interruption notification information as shown in FIG. 3 only while he / she is viewing the program, and in the remote control device shown in FIG. When the watching program protection button is pressed, the interrupt suppression button operation processing shown in FIG. 8 is started, and it is determined in S802 whether the interrupt suppression mode is set. If the interrupt suppression mode is not set, S is displayed.
In 803, the interrupt suppression mode is set immediately.

Next, in S804, the program ID currently being viewed is acquired, and based on this, the program start time and program length time, which are the program-related information, are acquired in S805. In S806, the program end time is calculated from the acquired program start time and program length time, and the program end monitoring task shown in FIG. 9 is started in S807.

When the program end monitoring task shown in FIG. 9 is activated, the end of the timer setting time is detected in S902, and the timer is not set here, so the process proceeds to S903. In S903, it is determined whether or not the program end time has come. If the program end time has not come yet, the process proceeds to S907, the stored interrupt information is organized, and the process returns to S902 again.

As described above, in the state where the interrupt suppression mode is set, the above-mentioned loop is periodically performed unless the timer end or the program end is detected in the program end monitoring task. During this period, when the image processing apparatus notifies the interrupt information, the routine of FIG. 7 is started, and after the interrupt type is determined in S702, the process proceeds to S709 because the interrupt suppression mode is set in S703, and the user level setting is read. Done.

This is a value preset by the viewer who is the user on the setting screen of the image processing apparatus as shown in FIG. 12, and the value of the priority information attached to the interrupt notification signal is compared with the user level setting. If it is smaller, the interrupt notification is given on the display screen of the image processing apparatus only in the interrupt notification signal even in the interrupt suppression mode. Of course, by setting the user level setting value to a sufficiently small value, it is possible to hide all interrupt notification information in the interrupt suppression mode. next,
In S711, the details of the interrupt notification information are acquired, and S
IDs issued in sequence for each interrupt notification in 712
The number is acquired and stored in the table format shown in FIG. 5 in S713.

In the example of FIG. 5, the interrupt notification information generated in the interrupt suppression mode is the "interrupt counter" which is acquired in the order in which the interrupt notifications are made, and the "interrupt type" for storing the interrupt notification type. ID "," icon ID "for storing the type of icon to be displayed on the display screen," message data "for storing message data displayed for the purpose of assisting the icon on the display screen, interrupt It is divided into "interrupt generation time" for storing the time when the notification occurs and "priority" for storing the priority of the interrupt notification.

In the interrupt suppression mode, as described above, the process of organizing the stored interrupt information is periodically performed in S907 of FIG. 9, for example, as shown in "interrupt counters" 2 and 5 in FIG. Such as a barometer display when the viewer operates the volume of the image processing device, such as a screen display interrupt that is meaningless only when the operation is performed, or an old warning that a certain time has passed since the interrupt notification occurred. Display interrupts for evoking are sorted out based on the "interrupt type ID" information, "interrupt occurrence time" information, or "priority" information, deleted as necessary, and "interrupt counter" Is updated, and the storage state is as shown in FIG.

Next, in the program end monitoring task of FIG. 9, when the program being watched by the user has ended, S in FIG.
The end of the program is detected in S903, which monitors the program end time calculated in 806, and the interrupt suppression mode is released in S904. Next, S905
It is determined whether or not there is the interrupt notification information stored in step S6. If it exists, the stored interrupt notification processing of S906 is executed and the processing ends.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the flow of the stored interrupt notification process executed in S906 described above. After determining in S1002 whether or not the interrupt suppression mode is set, if it is not in the interrupt suppression mode, the process proceeds to S1004. The value of the interrupt counter that has been stored in advance is read. Then S
In 1005, it is determined whether or not the interrupt counter is 0 or less. If it is not 0 or less, the process proceeds to S1006.

In step S1006, the interrupt notification type ID is read from the storage table of FIG.
The interrupt-related information such as the icon data and the correspondingly output chime is read in 7 and drawn on the graphic screen in S1009, and then combined and displayed on the display screen of the image processing apparatus in S1010.

In S1011, a connection process is performed to wait for a user event for the user to select an icon or the like displayed on the display screen and to execute a related operation. In S1012, the interrupt counter is decremented. After that, the process returns to S1004 and the next interrupt notification process is performed. At this time, if the value of the interrupt counter read in S1004 becomes 0, it is determined to be 0 or less in the determination formula of the interrupt counter in S1005, and the processing of the task ends.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
When the viewer who is the user wants to eliminate disturbance in the program being watched, and particularly when he / she wants to concentrate on the screen and sound of the image processing device, he / she can press the interrupt suppression button on the remote control device to , It becomes possible to eliminate all the various additional information that is interrupt-displayed on the display screen of the image processing apparatus, and the interrupt notification information that is suppressed when the program ends is displayed on the display screen of the image processing apparatus. The information can be surely transmitted to the viewer who is the user by calling and displaying.

Further, in the present embodiment, as the method for canceling the interruption suppression, the program end time is calculated and used from the program-related information used for digital broadcasting, but the one described in the above description of the remote control device is used. By pressing the one-touch timer button for a predetermined time, for example, 15 minutes or 30 minutes by pressing the button a number of times corresponding to the length of the program being viewed, the subtraction timer means is activated, and the termination of the subtraction timer is shown in FIG. It may be performed by detecting in the step of determining the end of the timer setting time in S902. With such a configuration, it is possible to suppress interruption even when viewing a broadcast program for which program related information cannot be acquired by the image processing apparatus or a program recorded on a VTR or a DVD.

<Second Embodiment> In the above-described first embodiment, the program or program being viewed is not displayed by the viewer by not displaying the icons and characters that are compositely displayed on the display screen of the image processing apparatus. Although the configuration is such that the viewing of the program is not hindered, in view of the usage status of the image processing device in the environment used by a plurality of users, other than the program viewing of the image processing device by the user other than the user who is viewing the program. The function may be used, and the program may be continuously viewed by a user who is viewing the program even when the image processing apparatus is placed in any situation.

For example, as in the case of the designating method of the first embodiment, when the user who is watching the program wants to continue watching the program, he or she operates the button on the remote controller to set the end time of the program. Until the time comes, or until the time set by the one-touch timer elapses, means for always displaying the program on a part of the screen is provided regardless of the configuration of the screen of the image processing apparatus. As a result, even when another user of the image processing apparatus switches the input source, the entire screen normally becomes the image of the switched input source. However, in the present embodiment, the screen of the image processing apparatus becomes the two-screen mode. The program desired to be continued is displayed on one screen, and the video of the input source designated by another user is displayed on one screen. With such a configuration, the program being viewed is always protected against unintentional operations by other users, and continuous viewing is possible.

<Third Embodiment> In the above-described two embodiments, a user who is a viewer operates a remote controller or the like to view a program that is currently being viewed. Although the protection is provided, in the present embodiment, after dinner, in a home where the whole family is in a habit of watching the program of the image processing apparatus together for a certain period after dinner, for example, after dinner. By presetting a certain period of time and eliminating or postponing any disturbance that arrives at the image processing apparatus, it is possible to provide a comfortable gathering through viewing the program of the image processing apparatus.

In order to operate various devices to implement the functions of the above-described embodiments, software for implementing the functions of the above-described embodiments is provided to a computer in an apparatus or system connected to the various devices. What was implemented by supplying the program code and operating the above various devices according to the program stored in the computer (CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus is also included in the scope of the present invention.

Further, in this case, the program code itself of the software realizes the function of the above-described embodiment, and the program code itself and a means for supplying the program code to the computer,
For example, a recording medium storing such program code constitutes the present invention. As a recording medium for storing the program code, for example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-RO.
M, a magnetic tape, a non-volatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

Further, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by executing the supplied program code by the computer, but also the OS (operating system) or other OS in which the program code is operating in the computer. Needless to say, the program code is also included in the embodiments of the present invention when the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized in cooperation with application software or the like.

Further, after the supplied program code is stored in the memory provided in the function expansion board of the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board or function expansion unit is instructed based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that the present invention also includes a case where the CPU or the like included in the above performs a part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

[0066]

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to set prohibition of interrupt notification during reception of a program, so that the user may be disturbed by various interrupt notifications when listening to the program. If you do not want to do so, you can enjoy comfortable viewing of the program without any disturbance by setting that effect.

Further, according to the present invention, the interrupt notifications that have been suppressed are re-notified when the program ends, so that the user can receive these notifications without leakage.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a first display screen example of the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a second display screen example of the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a table configuration storing signals of various interrupt information notifications according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a table configuration example in which signals of various interrupt information notifications are arranged and stored according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a first flowchart showing an operation flow of the image processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a second flowchart showing a flow of operations of the image processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a third flowchart showing a flow of operations of the image processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a fourth flowchart showing a flow of operations of the image processing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an external view of a remote control device applicable to the image processing device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an interrupt suppression mode setting screen of the image processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 DTV device 102 VTR device 103 DV device 104 video disc unit 105 memory card device

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Shuntaro Araya             3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo             Non non corporation F-term (reference) 5C025 BA28 CA02 CA09 CB07 DA10

Claims (24)

[Claims] 1. Setting means for setting suppression of interruption notification of other information during reception of a television signal, display means for displaying an image relating to the television signal, and suppression of interruption notification by the setting means. According to the setting
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a control unit for prohibiting an interrupt notification of the other information by the display unit during reception of the television signal. 2. Setting means for setting suppression of interruption notification of other information during reception of a television signal, display means for displaying an image relating to the television signal, and suppression of interruption notification by the setting means. According to the setting
An image processing apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to combine the other information to be notified of the interruption and an image related to the television signal being received and display the synthesized image on the display unit. 3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control means displays the image related to the television signal being received and the other information in a two-screen display form. 4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the other information includes information other than a television signal. 5. A setting unit configured to set a time period in which the interrupt notification is suppressed, wherein the control unit performs an interrupt notification suppression process of the other information in the time period set by the setting unit. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, which is executed. 6. The control means has a storage means for storing additional information related to other information to be notified of the interruption, and the control means is operable in response to the fact that the suppression of the interruption notification is released. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the other information to be notified of the interrupt is notified based on the additional information stored in the storage unit. 7. A setting means for setting the suppression of the interrupt notification is provided, and the control means releases the suppression of the interrupt notification when a predetermined period has elapsed after the setting by the setting means. The image processing device according to claim 6. 8. The control means detects an end time of a program in the television signal being received, and cancels suppression of the interrupt notification according to the end time of the program. The image processing device described. 9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control unit detects an end time of the program based on a start time and a length of the program included as the related information of the program. 10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control unit deletes an interrupt notification corresponding to a predetermined condition based on the additional information stored in the storage unit. 11. A control level setting means for setting a suppression control level of interrupt notification by the control means, and a priority detection means for detecting priority attached to the interrupt notification, wherein the control means sets the control level. 6. The suppression control level set by the means is compared with the priority detected by the priority detection means, and it is determined whether or not to perform the interrupt notification according to the comparison result. The image processing device according to 1 or 2. 12. A setting step for setting suppression of interrupt notification of other information during reception of a television signal; and when suppression of interrupt notification is set by the setting step, during reception of a program being received. And a control step for controlling interruption notification of other programs to be prohibited. 13. A setting step for setting suppression of interrupt notification of other information during reception of a television signal, and when displaying the interrupt notification on the screen when suppression of interrupt notification is set by the setting step. And a control step of controlling to display the received program on at least a part of the screen. 14. A first timing step for setting an execution time zone of the interrupt notification suppression control by the control step and clocking the set execution time zone, wherein the control step comprises the first timing 14. The suppression control of interrupt notification is executed during the period in which the execution time zone is measured by the step.
The described image processing method. 15. A storage step of storing the interrupt notification suppressed by the control step, and a re-notification for notifying the interrupt notification stored by the storage step after the suppression control of the interrupt notification by the control step is released. The image processing method according to any one of claims 12 to 14, further comprising a step. 16. A second timing step of setting an execution period from the start of suppression control of interrupt notification by said control step, and timing the elapse of the set execution period, said control step comprising: 16. The image processing method according to claim 15, wherein when the passing of the execution period is timed by the second time counting step, the interrupt notification suppression control is released. 17. A monitoring step of calculating an end time of the program, and monitoring the end of the program based on the calculated program end time, wherein the control step determines whether the program end is completed by the monitoring step. 16. The image processing method according to claim 15, wherein the suppression control of the interrupt notification is canceled when the interrupt notification is detected. 18. The image processing method according to claim 17, wherein the monitoring step calculates an end time of the program based on a start time and a length of the program included as related information of the program. 19. The image processing method according to claim 15, further comprising a deleting step of deleting an interrupt notification corresponding to a predetermined condition from among the interrupt notifications stored in said storing step. 20. A control level setting step of setting a suppression control level of interrupt notification by the control step, a priority detection step of detecting a priority attached to the interrupt notification, and the control level setting step set by the control level setting step. A priority comparison in which the suppression control level is compared with the priority detected by the priority detection unit, and even if the interrupt notification is suppressed by the control unit, the interrupt notification of the interrupt notification is issued according to the comparison result. The image processing method according to claim 12, further comprising: 21. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to function as each unit according to any one of claims 1 to 11 is recorded. 22. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the processing steps of the image processing method according to claim 12 is recorded. 23. A program for causing a computer to function as each unit according to any one of claims 1 to 11. 24. A program for causing a computer to perform the processing steps of the image processing method according to any one of claims 12 to 20.