JP2004153432A - Device and method for receiving television signal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that the selection and decision of a desired program title cannot be made easily and quickly, because many genres and many pieces of program information exist and the selection of the program title is complicated and takes time even when the title is selected by genre one by one from the program information displayed on a monitor. <P>SOLUTION: After genres frequently viewed are selected and set on a genre retrieving picture 30, a genre selecting picture 54 showing the set results is displayed on a screen 50 together with the program information. Then the program information selected on the picture 54 is displayed by only using the program titles of a genre selected by erasing the program titles of nonselected genres. Thereafter, a desired program title is selected and decided on the picture only displaying the selected program titles. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a television signal receiving apparatus that receives a television signal transmitted from a broadcast transmitting side, and selects and determines a desired program title based on program information data related to the television signal, and a television. The present invention relates to a John signal receiving method.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, in digital satellite television broadcasting using a communication satellite broadcast (CS) or a broadcasting satellite (BS), an electronic program guide (EPG: Electronic Program Guide) is provided as part of a service for viewers. Sent together with audio data. It is also considered that the EPG service will be provided in terrestrial digital television broadcasting scheduled for broadcasting in the future.
[0003]
Since digital television broadcasting is a multi-channel broadcasting, the EPG is extremely important as an information source for selecting a channel of a viewer. Therefore, the receiving side displays the EPG included in the received data on the screen. Then, the viewer grasps the program title, contents, broadcast time, and the like of each channel on the screen, and selects a program title of a desired channel from the large number of pieces of program information.
[0004]
When a large number of information such as channels, programs, and times are displayed on the screen at the same time, the viewer takes time to select the information. Therefore, it has been attempted to select a program title of a desired channel by searching from a genre desired by a viewer.
[0005]
As a technique for searching from a genre, a technique for displaying a search condition setting screen for genre search on a monitor and performing a genre search on this screen has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0006]
In the above-described conventional technique, when a large number of genres are displayed on the search screen at the same time, it is troublesome to select a target genre from the genres. Therefore, a method is conceivable in which a genre selected by the viewer is always selected in advance, and a desired program is narrowed down from a small number of genres based on this data. However, although there is a technique for rearranging searched programs so that the programs can be easily viewed (for example, see Patent Document 2), there is no technique for editing a genre for search so as to be easy to handle. Especially, there are many genres. In addition, when there are many program titles to be selected, it takes a great deal of trouble before a target program title can be selected.
[0007]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-341601 [Patent Document 2]
JP-A-2002-112142
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In view of the above, the present invention provides a television which can edit and display a genre most used by a viewer in a state suitable for a search, and can easily select a target program title without hesitation by solving the problems of the related art. It is an object to provide a signal receiving device and a television signal receiving method.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a television signal receiving apparatus for receiving a television signal transmitted from a broadcast transmitting side, wherein a program information storage means for storing program information data related to the television signal. Display means (for example, an EPG decoder 6, an EPG screen construction unit 17, and the like) which read the program information data from the program information storage means and display the program information on a monitor screen. A genre search screen (for example, a genre search screen) for selecting and setting a desired genre for search from classification data including a predetermined large genre and a medium genre; A genre search screen forming means (for example, EPG decoder 6, E) for forming screen 30) on the screen of the display means. A screen composed of a G screen composing unit 17, a genre processing unit 18, an image display unit 10 and the like, and a genre of the result set for search by the genre search screen forming unit. A genre selection screen display means (for example, the EPG screen construction unit 17, the genre processing unit 18, the image display unit 10) which is displayed on the screens 50 and 60 together with the program information as a genre selection screen (for example, a genre selection screen 54). Etc.), a genre selecting means for selecting a genre according to the genre selecting screen (for example, a means comprising a system control unit 14, a cursor control unit 15, etc.), and a selection by the genre selecting means. Selected program display means for deleting unselected program titles and displaying only selected program titles (for example, A means comprising the EPG screen forming unit 17, the image display unit 10 and the like; and a scroll means for scrolling the program information display screen displayed by the selected program display means (for example, a means comprising the scroll control unit 16) Scroll display means (for example, the EPG decoder 6, which deletes the program title of the genre in which the new program information obtained by the scroll means is not selected by the genre selection means and displays only the program title of the selected genre) Means comprising an EPG screen forming unit 17, an image display unit 10 and the like, and means for selecting a desired program title from each program information and determining reception (for example, from the system control unit 14, the cursor control unit 16 etc.) (A means configured).
[0010]
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a television signal receiving apparatus for receiving a television signal transmitted from a broadcast transmitting side, wherein a program information storage for storing program information data related to the television signal is provided. Means (for example, a means comprising a memory 7) and display means for reading out the program information data from the program information storage means and displaying the program information on a monitor screen (for example, an EPG decoder 6, an EPG screen forming unit 17) , An image display unit 10 and the like) and a genre search screen (for example, a screen search screen 30) for selecting and setting a desired genre for search from predetermined classification data. A genre search screen forming means (for example, EPG decoder 6, EPG screen forming unit 17, genre processing unit 18) formed on the screen A genre of the result set for search by the genre search screen forming means on the screen (for example, screens 50 and 60) of the display means together with the program information. A genre selection screen display unit (for example, a unit including an EPG screen configuration unit 17, a genre processing unit 18, an image display unit 10 and the like) to be displayed as a selection screen (for example, a genre selection screen 54); A genre selection unit (for example, a unit including the system control unit 14, the cursor control unit 15 and the like) for selecting a genre according to the selection screen, and a program title not selected by the selection by the genre search unit are deleted and selected. Selected program display means (for example, EPG screen forming unit 17, image display unit 10) Means for selecting a desired program title from the program information displayed by the selected program display means and determining reception (for example, means comprising the system control unit 14, the cursor control unit 15, etc.) ).
[0011]
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a television signal receiving apparatus in which the classification data in the genre search screen forming means in the above invention is composed of a predetermined large genre and a medium genre.
[0012]
On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a method of the present invention is a television signal receiving apparatus for receiving a television signal transmitted from a broadcast transmitting side, wherein program information data related to the television signal is stored, and A genre search screen for reading the set program information data (for example, control of reading by the EPG decoder 6) and selecting and setting a desired genre as a search from classification data including predetermined large genres and medium genres ( For example, a genre search screen 30 is formed (for example, formation control by the EPG decoder 6, the EPG screen construction unit 17, the genre processing unit 18, the image display unit 10 and the like), and the result set on the genre search screen is displayed. A genre selection screen (for example, a genre selection screen 54) is displayed together with the read program information. It is displayed on one screen (for example, display control by the EPG decoder 6, the EPG screen construction unit 17, the genre processing unit 18, the image display unit 10 and the like), and the genre is selected according to the genre selection screen (for example, the system control unit 14). Selection control by the cursor control unit 15 or the like), the program title of the genre in which the selected result is not selected is deleted, and only the program title of the selected genre is displayed (for example, the EPG screen forming unit 17, the image display unit 10). Display control by scrolling, etc.), a new program title obtained by scrolling deletes a program title of a genre that is not selected similarly to the selection result of the genre, and displays only a program title of the selected genre (for example, a scroll control unit). 16, EPG decoder 6, EPG screen composing unit 17, display control by image display unit 10, etc.) A desired program title is selected from the display screen of the program title of each selected genre and reception is determined (for example, determination control by the system control unit 14, the cursor control unit 15, etc.). is there.
[0013]
In order to achieve the above object, a method of the present invention is a television signal receiving apparatus for receiving a television signal transmitted from a broadcast transmitting side, wherein program information data related to the television signal is stored, A genre search screen (for example, genre search screen 30) for reading out the set program information data (for example, control for reading by EPG decoder 6) and selecting and setting a desired genre for search from predetermined classification data. ) Is formed (for example, formation control by the EPG decoder 6, the EPG screen forming unit 17, the genre processing unit 18, the image display unit 10 and the like), and the result set on the genre search screen is displayed on the genre selection screen (for example, A genre selection screen 54) is displayed on the same screen together with the read program information (for example, EPG). The display control is performed by the coder 6, the EPG screen configuration unit 17, the genre display unit 18, the image display unit 10 and the like, and the genre is selected according to the genre selection screen (for example, the selection control by the system control unit 14, the cursor control unit and the like). Then, the program titles of the genre for which the selected result is not selected are deleted and only the program titles of the selected genre are displayed (for example, display control by the EPG screen forming unit 17, the image display unit 10, etc.), and the selected program title is displayed. This is a television signal receiving method in which a desired program title is selected from a genre program title display screen and reception is determined (for example, determination control by the system control unit 14, the cursor control unit 15, and the like).
[0014]
Further, in order to achieve the above object, the method of the present invention is a television signal receiving method according to the above invention, wherein the classification data includes a predetermined large genre and a medium genre.
[0015]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0016]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a television signal receiving apparatus for digital television broadcasting according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a television signal receiving apparatus, which includes a tuner unit 2, a demultiplexer 3, a video decoder 4, an audio decoder 5, an EPG decoder 6, a memory 7, a display control unit 8, a digital / analog conversion unit 9, an image display unit 10, It comprises an audio output unit 11, a light receiving unit 12, a remote controller 13, a system control unit 14, a cursor control unit 15, a scroll control unit 16, an EPG screen composition unit 17, a genre processing unit 18, and a bus 19 connecting these components. I have. Although the television signal receiving apparatus 1 is provided with an operation unit having substantially the same configuration as that of the remote controller 13, the description thereof will be omitted for convenience of description.
[0017]
The tuner unit 2 receives broadcast data from an antenna and performs processing such as demodulation and error correction. The data and transport stream (TS) processed by the tuner unit 2 are supplied to a demultiplexer 3, that is, from a TS in which video data, audio data, EPG data, and the like for a plurality of channels are time-division multiplexed, The video data D1, audio data D2, and EPG data D3 of the channel are extracted. Then, the video data D1 is supplied to the video decoder 4, the audio data D2 is supplied to the audio decoder 5, and the EPG data D3 is supplied to the memory.
[0018]
The video decoder 4 decodes the video data D1 from the demultiplexer 3 and supplies the decoded data to the display control unit 8 so that the video is displayed on the image display unit 10, that is, on the monitor screen. The audio decoder 5 decodes the audio data D2 from the demultiplexer 3. The decoded data is supplied to the digital / analog conversion unit 9 and the audio is output from the audio output unit 11, that is, the speaker.
[0019]
The EPG decoder 6 decodes the EPG data D3 from the demultiplexer 3 to generate EPG display data D4. The EPG data D3 is temporarily stored in the memory 7 before being supplied to the EPG decoder 6. Then, the EPG data D3 stored in the memory 7 is input to the EPG decoder 6 when a start instruction of the EPG display is given by the operation of the remote controller 13. Therefore, the EPG decoder 6 decodes the EPG data D3 from the memory 7, generates EPG display data D4, and supplies it to the EPG screen construction unit 17. The EPG screen forming unit 17 forms an EPG screen based on the EPG display data D4. The configured data is supplied to the display control unit 8 and displayed on the monitor screen in the image display unit 10 as described later.
[0020]
The EPG displayed on the screen display unit 10 is transmitted in a data structure defined by the Radio Industry Association (ARIB) standard “program arrangement information used for digital broadcasting” and the like, and includes a large number of channel numbers and program titles. , Time, etc. The genre data D5 based on the classification code of the predetermined program genre code table shown in FIG. 2 is obtained by the EPG decoder 6. The genre data D5 is temporarily stored in the genre processing unit 18 and is temporarily stored in the genre processing unit 18. It is edited by control and supplied to the EPG screen construction unit 17 as genre search data D6.
[0021]
As shown in FIG. 2, there are two kinds of program genre code tables, a large genre 20 and a medium genre 21, and the large genre 20 is "news / report", "sports", "information wide show", "drama", "music", and "music". It is divided into 13 categories: variety, movie, animation / sFX, documentary / education, theater performances, hobbies / education, welfare, and other. Each large genre 20 has many medium genres 21.
[0022]
The genre search screen 30 shown in FIG. 3 is called on the screen of the image display unit 10 by operating the remote controller 13. An operation screen table 31 is attached to the genre search screen 30, and a screen to be operated is selectively read. Up to four types of genres can be selected and set, and a maximum of three types can be selected and set by a combination of a large genre and a medium genre for each type. For example, genre 1 is only a large genre of "sports". In genre 2, two types are set, such as a large genre "animation / sFX" as the first (1), a large genre "movie", and a middle genre "Western" combination as the second (2). . Hereinafter, the genre search item can be edited for genre 3, such as setting the genre of "soccer" or "baseball" of "sports". In this example, up to three types of genres 1 to 3 are set. However, up to genre 4 can be set as necessary.
[0023]
FIG. 4 shows a case where genre 3 is selected from the operation screen table 31 of FIG. Here, reference numeral 40 denotes a large genre table indicating that the contents of the large genre are read and displayed in order to select and set a large genre in genre 3 on the genre search screen 30, and displayed at the position of genre 3. . In this example, “sports” is selected and set. Although not shown, for example, in the selection and setting of the middle genre in genre 3, the contents of the middle genre are read and displayed at the position of genre 3. Therefore, similarly, the middle genres "soccer" and "baseball" are selected and set.
[0024]
The screen selected and set in FIG. 4 is obtained as genre search data D6 by operating the remote controller 13. The data D6 is supplied to the EPG screen forming unit 17 together with the display data D4, and is displayed together with the program information as shown in FIG. In this screen 50, 51 is a program table, the horizontal axis 52 is the broadcast time, the vertical axis 53 is the channel, and the broadcast time and the title of the program corresponding to the channel are displayed. Below the screen 50, a genre selection screen 54 created by the genre search data D6 described above is displayed.
[0025]
In order to select a target genre on the screen 50, the cursor control unit 15 is controlled by the remote control 13, and the cursor is moved to, for example, genre 1 on the genre selection screen 54. 14 controls the display control unit 8 so that only the program title of the genre of “sports”, that is, the program title of another genre that is not selected is deleted and displayed on the image display unit 10. This is obtained by the EPG screen forming unit 17 determining the index data of the genre added to each program information.
[0026]
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the selection result of the genre described above. On the screen 60, the program title of the unselected genre is deleted, and the program table 61 of only "sports" specified in the genre 1 is displayed. In this way, the program guide 61 specified by genre 1 is displayed on the monitor screen. Next, in the genre selection screen 54 displayed below the screen 60, for example, if the first (1) of the genre 3 is selected, and if the genre 3 is selected, "soccer" in {sports} is selected. Is displayed (not shown).
[0027]
Here, when the cursor control unit 15 is controlled by the remote controller 14 to select and determine a desired program title from those displayed in the program table 61, the tuner unit 2 transmits the television program transmitted from the broadcast transmitting side. The video data D1 and the audio data D2 are decoded by the video decoder 4 and the audio decoder 5, and the video data D1 and the audio data D2 are decoded by the video control unit 8 and the digital / analog conversion unit 9, respectively. The image is supplied to the image display unit 10 and the audio output unit 11.
[0028]
The EPG displayed on the image display unit 10 is scrolled in the horizontal axis 52 direction or the vertical axis 53 direction by controlling the scroll control unit 16 by the remote controller 13. In this case, the EPG decoder 6 reads the scrolled new EPG data D3 from the memory 7 and generates new EPG display data D4, thereby continuously exchanging the new and old program tables. At this time, on the genre selection screen 54, since the genre selected and set is fixed, the system control unit 14 displays data obtained from the EPG screen configuration unit 17 so that only the program title of the selected genre is displayed. Control. Therefore, only the program title corresponding to the selected genre is displayed on the image display unit 10 even if the scroll is performed.
[0029]
Next, a method of handling the viewer will be described with reference to the explanatory diagram of the remote controller of FIG. 7 and the flowchart of FIG.
[0030]
If the viewer operates the television signal receiving device 1 by operating the power button 70 of the remote controller 13, the television signal receiving device 1 receives program information transmitted with the television signal, that is, EPG. . The viewer operates the EPG button 71 to select and set a genre from the EPG, and starts program selection.
[0031]
In step S1, since the genre search screen 30 is displayed as shown in FIG. 3 described above, for example, genre 1 is selected and determined from the operation screen table 31.
[0032]
In step S2, the viewer operates the cursor button 72 to move the cursor to, for example, “sports” in the large genre table 40, and operates the determination button 73 to determine. Next, the middle genre is not determined, and the genre is moved to genre 2. In genre 2, there is disclosed a large genre table 40, similarly selects and sets two types of "animation / sFX" and "movie", discloses a medium genre table (not shown), and selects "Western". Set. If this selection setting is performed in the following order and the operation of completion is performed, the program guide 51 and the genre selection screen 54 are simultaneously displayed as shown in FIG.
[0033]
When the viewer selects, for example, genre 1 from the genre selection screen 54 in step S3, only the program title of "sports" is displayed as shown in FIG.
[0034]
Finally, the viewer selects and determines a desired program title from the program table 61 by operating the cursor button 72 and the determination button 73 as shown in step S4. The channel of the selected and determined program title is received, the video of the program title is displayed on the image display unit 10, and the audio is transmitted by the audio output unit 11.
[0035]
According to an example of the embodiment of the present invention, when a desired program is selected by searching for a desired genre from a plurality of genres of a large genre and a medium genre from the EPG displayed on the image display unit 10, the genre is selected. On the search screen 30, a genre with a high viewing frequency can be selected and set in advance. This setting result is displayed on the same screen as the program guides 51 and 61 as a genre selection screen 54, and the genre can be selected on the same screen. Then, the user can directly search the program table 61 on which the program title selected by this selection is displayed by using the cursor to set a desired genre.
[0036]
Even if the program title is newly displayed even when scrolling, only the selected genre is automatically displayed. Therefore, even if the search range is changed, it is not necessary to set again on the genre selection screen 54 again.
[0037]
In one example of the embodiment of the present invention, the image of the channel of the selected and determined program title is immediately displayed on the image display unit 10 and the audio is output from the audio output unit 11. It can also be recorded by recording.
[0038]
Further, in one example of the embodiment of the present invention, the program information data is transmitted together with the television signal. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The program information data may be transmitted via the Internet, and further distributed on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. There are various methods such as the use of a device.
[0039]
Furthermore, in the example of the embodiment of the present invention, the image display unit 10 and the audio output unit 11 are integrated with the television signal receiving device 1, but may be separate units.
[0040]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in the genre search screen displayed by the display unit, a large genre, a medium genre, a plurality of layers, each of which is composed of a large number of genres, are used. Alternatively, a plurality of genres having a high viewing frequency can be selected in advance, and the results can be displayed on the same screen as the program guide as a genre selection screen. Then, the program title not selected on this screen is erased to display the selected program, so that an apparatus having the following effects can be provided.
[0041]
First, the viewer searches and sets frequently used genres in advance, and selects a desired program title from each genre, thereby selecting an extremely large number of genres each time. Troublesome operation can be eliminated.
[0042]
Second, the viewer has a correlation between the program information and the genre selection screen on the same screen, that is, how many program titles to select overall and how many selections have been made. , The user can select a desired program title without any hesitation from a large number of pieces of program information.
[0043]
Also, since only the selected genre is automatically displayed as the program title that is newly displayed when the screen is scrolled, even if the search range is expanded by changing the channel, broadcast time, etc. There is no need to perform a genre search operation again. Therefore, it is possible to provide a device that allows a viewer to select a desired program title by expanding a search range by a simple operation.
[0044]
As described above, according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the genre search screen displayed by the display unit, a plurality of genres having a high viewing frequency are previously selected from a large number of genres, and the result is used as the genre selection screen. It can be displayed on the same screen as the program guide. Then, the program title not selected on this screen is erased to display the selected program, so that an apparatus having the following effects can be provided.
[0045]
First, the viewer searches and sets frequently used genres in advance, so that each time a desired program title is selected from the genres, the viewer selects from a large number of genres. The troublesome operation can be eliminated.
[0046]
Second, the viewer has a correlation between the program information and the genre selection screen on the same screen, that is, how many program titles to select overall and how many selections have been made. , The user can select a desired program title without any hesitation from a large number of pieces of program information.
[0047]
According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect, the genre can be set in advance from a complex and extremely large number of genres including a plurality of layers, such as a large classification and a middle classification. For this reason, it is possible to provide a device that eliminates the troublesome operation of selecting an extremely large number of genres each time the viewer selects a desired program title from the genres.
[0048]
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the genre search screen displayed by the display means, a plurality of layers of a large genre and a medium genre, each of which is composed of a large number of genres, are displayed in advance. A plurality of genres having a high genre can be selected, and the result can be displayed on the same screen as the program guide as a genre selection screen. Then, since the program title not selected on this screen is erased and the selected program is displayed, a method having the following effects can be provided.
[0049]
First, the viewer searches and sets frequently used genres in advance, and selects a desired program title from each genre, thereby selecting an extremely large number of genres each time. Troublesome operation can be eliminated.
[0050]
Second, the viewer has a correlation between the program information and the genre selection screen on the same screen, that is, how many program titles to select overall and how many selections have been made. , The user can select a desired program title without any hesitation from a large number of pieces of program information.
[0051]
Also, since only the selected genre is automatically displayed as the program title that is newly displayed when the screen is scrolled, even if the search range is expanded by changing the channel, broadcast time, etc. There is no need to perform a genre search operation again. Therefore, a method can be provided in which the viewer can select a desired program title by expanding the search range by a simple operation.
[0052]
As described above, according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, on the genre search screen displayed by the display means, a plurality of genres having a high viewing frequency are previously selected from a large number of genres, and the result is used as a genre selection screen. It can be displayed on the same screen as the program guide. Then, the program title not selected on this screen is erased to display the selected program, so that an apparatus having the following effects can be provided.
[0053]
First, the viewer searches and sets frequently used genres in advance, so that each time a desired program title is selected from among the genres, a large number of genres are selected from among them. The troublesome operation can be eliminated.
[0054]
Second, the viewer has a correlation between the program information and the genre selection screen on the same screen, that is, how many program titles to select overall and how many selections have been made. , The user can select a desired program title without any hesitation from a large number of pieces of program information.
[0055]
According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect, the genre can be set in advance even from a complex and extremely large number of genres including a plurality of layers such as a large classification and a middle classification. Therefore, it is possible to provide a method in which the viewer does not have to perform a troublesome operation of selecting from a very large number of genres each time a desired program title is selected from the genres.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a television signal receiving device illustrating an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a program genre code based on classification data according to an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a genre search screen for genre search according to an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a genre setting state according to an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state before genre selection according to an example of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a genre selection result according to an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation surface of a remote controller applied to an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation according to an example of an embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Television signal receiving device 6 EPG decoder 7 Memory 8 Display control unit 10 Image display unit 11 Audio output unit 13 Remote controller 14 System control unit 15 Cursor control unit 16 Scroll control unit 17 EPG screen processing unit 18 Genre processing unit 20 Large genre 21 Medium genre 30 Genre search screen 31 Operation screen table 40 Large genre table 51, 61 Program table 54 Genre selection screen 70 Power button 71 EPG button 72 Cursor button 73 Enter button

Claims (6)

In a television signal receiving apparatus for receiving a television signal transmitted from a broadcast transmitting side, a program information storage means for storing program information data relating to the television signal, and reading the program information data from the program information storage means Display means for displaying program information on a monitor screen, and a genre search screen for selecting and setting a desired genre for search from classification data consisting of predetermined large genres and medium genres. A genre search screen forming means formed on a screen, and a genre selection for displaying the genre of the result set for search by the genre search screen forming means on the screen of the display means together with the program information as a genre selection screen. Screen display means and a jar for selecting a genre according to the genre selection screen. Selected program display means for erasing program titles not selected by the genre selection means and displaying only selected program titles, and a program information display screen displayed by the selected program display means. Scroll means for scrolling, and scroll display means for displaying only program titles of a genre selected by erasing program titles of a genre in which new program information obtained by the scroll means is not selected by the genre selection means, And a decision means for selecting a desired program title from the program information display screen displayed by the selected program display means and deciding reception. In a television signal receiving apparatus for receiving a television signal transmitted from a broadcast transmitting side, a program information storage means for storing program information data relating to the television signal, and reading the program information data from the program information storage means Means for displaying program information on a monitor screen by a user, and a genre search for forming a genre search screen for selecting and setting a desired genre for search from predetermined classification data on the screen of the display means. Genre selection screen display means for displaying the genre of the result set for search by the genre search screen formation means together with the program information on the screen of the display means as a genre selection screen; Genre selection means for selecting a genre according to a genre selection screen; A selected program display means for erasing a program title not selected by the column and displaying only the selected program title; and selecting a desired program title from a program information display screen displayed by the selected program display means. A television signal receiving apparatus, comprising: determining means for determining reception. 3. The television signal receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the classification data in said genre search screen forming means includes predetermined large genres and medium genres. In a television signal receiving apparatus for receiving a television signal transmitted from a broadcast transmitting side, a program information data relating to the television signal is stored, the stored program information data is read out, and a predetermined large genre and medium are determined. Forming a genre search screen for selecting and setting a desired genre as a search from the categorized data composed of genres, and setting the result set on the genre search screen to the read program information as a genre selection screen Along with the genre selection screen, select the genre according to the genre selection screen, delete the program title of the genre for which the selected result is not selected, display only the program title of the selected genre, and scroll to obtain A program of a genre in which a new program title is not selected in the same manner as the genre selection result A television signal, wherein a title is erased and only a program title of a selected genre is displayed, a desired program title is selected from a display screen of the program title of the selected genre, and reception is determined. Receiver. In a television signal receiving device for receiving a television signal transmitted from a broadcast transmitting side, a program information data relating to the television signal is stored, the stored program information data is read, and a search is performed from predetermined classification data. Forming a genre search screen for selecting and setting a desired genre for use, displaying the result set in the genre search screen on the same screen as the genre selection screen together with the read program information, A genre is selected in accordance with the genre selection screen, the program title of the genre in which the selected result is not selected is erased, and only the program title of the selected genre is displayed. From the display screen of the program title of the selected genre, A television signal receiving method comprising selecting a desired program title and determining reception. 6. The television signal receiving method according to claim 5, wherein the classification data includes a predetermined large genre and a medium genre.

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