JP2003209792A - Television broadcasting video recording and reproducing device and information providing service system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To additionally register reproduction and edition information, such as bookmark time information of a live broadcast and jump destination information by downloading the reproduction and edition information from the outside after the broadcasting is finished regardless of even the live broadcast. <P>SOLUTION: A television broadcasting video recording and reproducing device is provided with a function that obtains the bookmark time information and information on a condition to make a jump to which bookmark among a plurality of bookmarks from the outside. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for recording and reproducing a received television broadcast, and more specifically, it is possible to register reproduction / edit information for viewing a recorded program, and the information can be registered. The present invention relates to a television broadcast recording / playback device capable of playing back according to the following. The present invention also relates to an information providing service system that provides this reproduction editing information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, not only conventional television recording using a tape medium but also a television broadcast recording / reproducing apparatus using a disk medium has been put into practical use. Using a disk medium has an advantage that random access such as so-called cueing can be easily realized.

Furthermore, in recent years, various digital television broadcasts such as broadcast satellite (BS) broadcasts, communication satellite (CS) broadcasts, and cable television broadcasts have already been realized, and in the future, various television broadcasts such as digital terrestrial broadcasts. Is expected to start.

In these new broadcasting systems, information on programs to be broadcast (broadcast station, channel number, broadcast time, program name, number of broadcasts, genre, program content, etc.)
When the program is recorded, it is possible to superimpose it on the same modulated wave as video and audio, and record the program information together as recording information.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a video list (program list) screen of the television broadcast recording / reproducing apparatus according to the first conventional example. This example is an example of a BS digital tuner device with a digital broadcast recording function.

In the video list, when a digital BS broadcast program is recorded, the program name is UHF or VHF.
In the case of a program recorded from broadcasting, its channel number and recording start time are displayed. Then, a recording date, a director, a mark indicating whether or not the user has not watched, and the like are displayed.

The recording length and recording mode of each content (program) (H when recording from digital broadcasting
(D, SD, SP, LP, etc. for analog broadcasting) are also displayed.

Also, with this television broadcast recording / playback apparatus, if a bookmark is attached to a scene of interest during content viewing,
When playing back later, you can select a scene with a bookmark by using the operation button on the remote control, or you can specify a scene between two bookmarks as an unnecessary scene and skip it.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a playback position display screen of such a television broadcast recording / playback apparatus. In FIG. 8, the length of the progress bar 16 indicates the length of the content. In the playback position display screen of FIG. 8, the bookmark position 17 set so far and the commercial end position 1
8, automatically set break <large> 20, break <small> 19, current playback point 22, counter display 21,
The content recording length 23 and the like are displayed. At this time, if the user wants to move to the bookmark scene, he or she can move to the bookmark scene by selecting a desired bookmark with the left and right cursor buttons of the remote controller and then pressing the enter button.

As a method of designating a skip section, a bookmark is first set at a skip start position and a skip end position, and then skip setting is performed, so that the section can be skipped and reproduced at the next viewing.

Next, as a second conventional example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-2000
The technique described in the -270290 publication will be described. This second
In the conventional example, information about a scene different from the original program content, such as a commercial or news scene in the program, is obtained from the server. Then, based on this information, when a program is edited / copied to another recording medium, scenes such as commercials and news are moved or cut.

FIG. 9 shows an example of time information of the second conventional example,
Then, FIG. 10 shows a time table edited and reproduced based on the time information. In the second conventional example, the portion described as "Original" at the moving position in FIG. 9 is first reproduced, and then the portion described as "1" at the moving position is reproduced. Becomes as shown in FIG. That is, first, the main part is played back without being interrupted, and then the selected CM (commercial) is played back. In addition, "0" is displayed in the column of the movement position in FIG.
Is not played.

Next, as a third conventional example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-2000
The technique described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 224554 will be described. This third
In the related art example, it is proposed to display other data such as video, audio and text at the position of the bookmark.

In a read-only (recorded) medium such as a DVD or a laser disc, the content is already divided into tracks and chapters.
By using these, functions such as quick cueing and repeat playback are realized.

[0015]

However, in the first conventional example, the bookmark information must be set by the viewer himself, and when he / she views it for the first time, he / she jumps forward by using this function. It was impossible.

Further, even when a bookmark has already been set, when a plurality of bookmarks are set, it is necessary to judge which bookmark to jump to, which is a troublesome work. .

In addition, in the second and third conventional examples, when the viewer is watching based on the above-mentioned editing information, the viewer does not need to watch the scene and wants to jump. In such a case, it was necessary to once stop the reproduction based on the editing information and manually perform fast-forwarding, rewinding, or the like.

Further, as described above, reproduction-editing information is often included in a reproduction-only medium such as a DVD,
However, these are possible only because they are reproduction-only (recorded) media, and the same function cannot be realized especially when the viewer tries to record a live broadcast.

Moreover, as a matter of course, since the video provider is the provider of the reproduction / edit information, in order for the other service providers to provide the reproduction / edit information, the information is provided to the video provider. Had to take.

Also, it was not possible to add to the existing reproduction editing information.

[0021]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the television broadcast recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, the bookmark time information and the condition such as which bookmark among a plurality of bookmarks should be jumped to are set. It has a function of obtaining information from the outside of the device.

[0022]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a television broadcast recording / playback apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, digital BS broadcast and VHF / UHF are used.
This is an example of application to a television broadcast recording / playback device capable of receiving broadcasts.

In FIG. 1, 1 is U / V (UHF / VH
F) tuner, 2 amplification / detection unit, 3 MPEG encoder, 4 input switching unit, 5 MPEG decoder, 6 graphics processing unit, 7 video recording unit, 8 program information recording unit, 9 BS Tuner, 10 demodulator, 11 DE
MUX (demultiplexer) part, 12 is a modem, 13 is I
The Internet processing unit, 14 is a program information processing unit, and 15 is a television broadcast recording / reproducing device.

First, in addition to digitally-modulated video and audio signals, data such as characters and program information are multiplexed together in the BS digital broadcasting radio waves sent via satellites. This BS digital broadcast radio wave is received by the parabolic antenna and enters the television broadcast recording / reproducing device 15 via a cable.

In the television broadcast recording / reproducing apparatus 15, the BS tuner 9, the demodulator 10, and the DEMUX unit 11 extract only the video and information of a desired program. When recording a program, the video is recorded by the video recording unit 7 and the program information is recorded by the program information recording unit 8. Also, the video is converted back into an analog signal by the MPEG decoder 5, and the graphics processing unit 6 performs scaling and OS.
After graphics processing such as D is performed, it is output to the television.

When recording an analog broadcast, the signal received by the terrestrial antenna is the U / V tuner 1.
The desired broadcast is selected by, amplified and detected by the amplification / detection unit 2, and then converted into a digital signal by the MPEG encoder 3. Then, it is recorded in the video recording unit 7. At this time, the program information recording unit 8 records broadcast channel information and time information.

In order to obtain the reproduction / edit information of the recorded broadcast, the Internet is accessed from the Internet processing unit 13 via the modem 12, and the server of the reproduction / edit information provider is accessed to provide the information. Make a request.

As a method of obtaining this information, the information may be obtained via the Internet, or the BS digital broadcasting system may be used.

The BS digital broadcasting receiver includes a B-CA.
An IC card called an S card is inserted, and a unique ID number is given to this card. And for BS digital broadcasting, EMM (Entitlement Manage)
message), and this individual message can be sent to a receiving terminal in which an IC card having a unique ID number is inserted. By using this message, you can free yourself from the hassle of accessing the Internet every time, for example, to obtain the playback editing information of the program being broadcast in the series, and once you request the information, the broadcast will end each time. Later, information is sent using EMM.

In the television broadcast recording / reproducing apparatus 15, when the reproduction / editing information is obtained in this way, first, in the program information recording section 8, the program of the information provided this time is added to the list of already recorded programs. Check if it is included. If it is included (that is, if it is recorded), it is additionally registered in the program information recording unit 8 as reproduction / edit information of the program.

When the recorded program is reproduced and viewed, a list is created based on the program information recorded by the program information processing section 14, and is output to the television as a video list (program list).

FIG. 2 shows an example of the video list. As shown in FIG. 2, when a digital BS broadcast program is recorded in the video list, the program name is displayed, and UHF,
In the case of a program recorded from VHF broadcast, its channel number and recording start time are displayed. Then, a recording date, a recording length, a mark indicating whether or not the program has been viewed, and a mark indicating a program genre are displayed. Also, the recording length and recording mode of each content (HD, SD when recorded from digital broadcast, SP, LP when recorded from analog broadcast, etc.) are displayed.

Further, if there is reproduction / edit information that has been downloaded, this information is also displayed in the video list. For example, in FIG. 2, in the program “Music 1”, in addition to the reproduction / editing information edited by the user, two types of downloaded reproduction / editing information “for quick viewing” and “singer C scene collection” are included. However, you can see that it is saved.

If the user wants to view the program "Music 1" based on the reproduction / edit information for "quick viewing", he / she can operate the cursor button on the remote controller to select "DL information-for quick viewing". By selecting a place and pressing the enter button, playback and viewing can be performed based on this playback editing information.

Next, an example of the reproduction / edit information to be downloaded and a video image reproduced based on this will be described.

For example, assume that the content of a live song program is broadcast as shown in FIG. In this case, since it is a live broadcast, it is not possible to completely comprehend its content and broadcast time before broadcasting.

Therefore, the service provider who has viewed this broadcast creates the reproduction editing information including the bookmark information and provides it to the viewer.

FIG. 4 shows an example of reproduction editing information. This includes only bookmark time information (needless to say, information for identifying the program itself, such as broadcast date and time, program name, etc., is also transmitted).

Based on this reproduction / edit information, "Music
When "1" is played back, the programs are played sequentially from the opening title. Then, if the "Jump" button is pressed in the middle, it is possible to jump to the bookmark next to the scene currently being played. For example, singer B When the jump button is pressed at 19:11:56, which is playing the scene of the song, the next bookmark, "9", is set to 19: 1.
It will fly at 5:25 and playback will start from there. That is,
It is possible to easily move to the next singer's scene without listening to the rest of the singer's song. In this way, it becomes possible to reproduce and view only the necessary part of the program in a short time.

Next, an example of reproduction based on the reproduction edit information of FIG. 5 will be shown. In this case, the location of the bookmark to fly is set depending on the location where the jump button is pressed, and information for automatically jumping from the bookmark to the bookmark is included so that a scene that is not needed for viewing is not reproduced.

By using this reproduction / editing information, "Music
When you play 1 ", the opening screen is played first,
Next, the CM is skipped and the opening talk is reproduced.
And the introduction of the singer who is performing continues. If there is a singer who wants to listen to the song while introducing the singer, you can jump to the singing scene of the singer by pressing the jump button in the introduction scene of the singer. Then, when the song ends, the scene of the introduction of the next singer comes back. If there is no song you want to listen to, if you do not press the jump button at all, playback will end with only the opening title, introduction of each singer, and ending.

Next, an example of reproduction based on the reproduction edit information of FIG. 6 will be shown. In this case, in addition to the information for identifying the program such as the program name and the broadcast date and time, and the bookmark time information in FIG. 3, the information for displaying the content in FIG. 6 is provided from the information provider as the reproduction and editing information.

The reproduction progress of the program at this time is the same as that described with reference to FIG. 3, but in the scene where there is a content in the "display" portion of FIG. 6, the information of the jump destination is OSD during reproduction and viewing. Etc. can be displayed. For example, when the bookmarks “4” to “5” are being reproduced, the OSD includes an OSD such as “jump to song of singer C with“ jump ”button”.
Can be displayed. At this time, "Singer C song"
The expressions other than the above are registered in advance as fixed phrases, and the "song of singer C", which is the difference from them, is downloaded as reproduction and editing information.

It should be noted that the reproduction and edit information used during viewing can be changed by the user, that is, for example, information for automatically jumping from a bookmark to a bookmark can be changed to information for jumping by a user operation. Information jumped by a user operation may be automatically changed to information for jumping from a bookmark to a bookmark, and so on.

[0045]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention has the above-described configuration, even if it is a live broadcast, reproduction / edit information such as bookmark time information and jump destination information is downloaded from the outside after the broadcast and additionally registered. can do. Then, if the program is reproduced and viewed based on the information, the program can be efficiently viewed and the desired scene can be selected and viewed. Therefore, the reproduction and viewing time of the TV recorded program can be improved. Can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a television broadcast recording / playback apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a video list according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a program configuration of a live broadcast song program.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of bookmark time information used in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of reproduction editing information used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of reproduction editing information used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a video list according to a conventional technique.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a reproduction position display screen according to a conventional technique.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of reproduction editing information according to a conventional technique.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a time table according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 U / V tuner 2 Amplification / detection unit 3 MPEG encoder 4 input switching section 5 MPEG decoder 6 Graphics processing unit 7 Video recording section 8 Program information recording section 9 BS tuner 10 demodulator 11 DEMUX section 12 modem 13 Internet processing unit 14 Program information processing unit 15 TV broadcast recording / playback device 16 progress bar 17 Bookmark position 18 Commercial end position 19 Automatic setting break <Small> 20 Automatic setting break <Large> 21 Counter display 22 Current playback point 23 Content Recording Length

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A means for recording a content such as a television broadcast, a means for bookmarking a scene of interest while watching the content, a means for moving to a bookmarked scene while watching the content, In a TV broadcast recording / playback device that has means for setting unnecessary scenes and for viewing only the desired scenes, a means for externally obtaining reproduction / editing information such as bookmarks and unnecessary viewing scenes, and a reproduction / editing information obtained from outside And a recording means for storing the television broadcast. 2. The television broadcast recording / playback according to claim 1, wherein when a plurality of bookmarks are set, the bookmark of the moving destination is determined depending on the scene instructing the moving to the bookmark. apparatus. 3. The scene according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the scene in which the movement to the bookmark is instructed is stored, and when the movement to the bookmark is instructed again, the stored scene before the movement is returned. A television broadcast recording / playback apparatus comprising means. 4. The content according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein reproduction editing information is also displayed as a list on a list display screen of the contents recorded and recorded, and contents having a plurality of reproduction editing information are displayed. A television broadcast recording / playback apparatus comprising means for selecting which playback / edit information to play back when playing back. 5. A means for notifying a viewer of information about a jump destination while watching a scene in which a bookmark of the jump destination is set according to any one of claims 1 to 4. A television broadcast recording / playback device characterized by being provided. 6. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a unit for changing the reproduction editing information used during viewing when a plurality of reproduction editing information such as a bookmark is registered. A television broadcast recording / playback device characterized in that 7. The playback / editing information for use in the television broadcast recording / playback apparatus according to claim 1, is provided to a television broadcast recording / playback apparatus of a viewer after the end of television broadcast. An information providing service system comprising means for performing.