JP2004312404A - Tv incorporated dvd device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a TV incorporated DVD device whose user-friendliness is improved by arranging an editing function and displaying the images recorded on DVD set in the main body to edit them. <P>SOLUTION: A TV incorporated DVD device 1 is provided with an editing part 9 for editing the images recorded on a DVD 15. Consequently, since the images recorded on the DVD 15 can be edited without using another device, the load upon communication of images is eliminated, and the images recorded on the DVD 15 are smoothly edited, and the time required for editing is shortened to improve the user-friendliness. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a television integrated type in which a television device for receiving television broadcast and outputting video and audio of a broadcasted program is incorporated with a DVD device for reproducing video and audio recorded on a DVD set in a main body. It relates to a DVD device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, editing of a video recorded on a recording medium such as a video tape, a DVD, a VCD, and a hard disk has been performed by a personal computer (hereinafter, simply referred to as a personal computer). Editing of video on a personal computer is performed in the following procedure.
[0003]
First, a video recording device (having a reproduction function) for reading and outputting a video from a recording medium on which a video is recorded is connected to a personal computer, and the video recorded on the recording medium is transmitted from the video recording device to the personal computer. The user displays the transmitted video on the display unit of the personal computer, and edits the video using installed editing software. The user operates a keyboard having character keys and a mouse as a pointing device to edit the video while viewing the video displayed on the display unit of the personal computer. Video editing is generally performed by giving a title to a video, cutting out a part of a video, pasting another video to a part of a video, and the like.
[0004]
When the editing of the video on the personal computer is completed, the edited video is transferred from the personal computer to a video recording device (this device may be a device that inputs the video to be edited to the personal computer or may be another device). Send. In the video recording device to which the video has been transmitted from the personal computer, the edited video is recorded on a recording medium.
[0005]
As described above, when editing video with a personal computer, communication for transmitting the video before editing from the video recording device to the personal computer and communication for transmitting the video after editing from the personal computer to the video recording device (two-time communication) are performed. Is The data amount of general video data is as large as several tens of megabytes to several gigabytes, and there is a problem that a load on video communication performed between the video recording device and the personal computer is large and it takes time.
[0006]
In order to solve the above-described problem, in editing video recorded on a recording medium, Patent Documents 1 and 2 and the like have proposed editing systems that reduce a communication load of video between a video recording device and a personal computer.
[0007]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-45429 A [Patent Document 2]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-291370
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Recently, a television-integrated DVD device in which a DVD device (having a reproducing function) as a video recording device is incorporated in a television receiver has been put to practical use.
[0009]
However, the conventional TV-integrated DVD device can only reproduce a video recorded on a DVD set in the main body and record a video on the DVD, and can edit a video recorded on the DVD. Couldn't (there was no video editing function).
[0010]
In other words, even the user of the television-integrated DVD device cannot display the video recorded on the DVD on the display unit provided in the main body and edit the video. Therefore, in order to edit a video recorded on a DVD, it is necessary to use a personal computer on which editing software is installed as in the conventional case. As described above, the television-integrated DVD device has a problem in that the video recorded on the DVD cannot be edited by the main body, and the usability is not good despite the display unit for displaying the video.
[0011]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a television with improved usability by providing an editing function in a main body so that a video recorded on a DVD set in the main body can be displayed and edited on a display section of the main body. It is to provide an integrated DVD device.
[0012]
In addition, the present invention provides a television-integrated DVD that suppresses a decrease in operability related to video editing by allowing an input operation related to video editing to be performed by a pointing device such as a keyboard or a mouse having character keys. It is intended to provide a device.
[0013]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A television-integrated DVD device according to the present invention has the following arrangement to solve the above-mentioned problems.
[0014]
Receiving means for receiving a television broadcast signal, extracting and outputting a video signal and an audio signal of a program broadcast on a selected channel,
Playback means for reading AV data recorded on a DVD set in the main body, generating and outputting a playback video signal and a playback audio signal,
Display means for displaying a video based on the video signal output by the receiving means, or a video based on the reproduced video signal output by the reproducing means,
Editing means for editing the image displayed on the display means according to an input from the input means;
Recording means for recording the video edited by the editing means on a DVD set in the main body.
[0015]
In this configuration, the editing unit edits the video displayed on the display unit according to the input from the input unit. The recording means records the video edited by the editing means on a DVD set in the main body. Therefore, the editing of the video recorded on the DVD can be performed by the main body without using a personal computer (hereinafter, simply referred to as a personal computer) as in the related art, so that the usability can be improved. Further, since a personal computer is not used, no video communication is performed between the apparatus main body and the personal computer, and the time required for video editing can be reduced.
[0016]
In addition, in editing video, in many cases, a title is given to the video, a part of the video is cut, or another video is pasted to a part of the video, so that a keyboard having character keys, By configuring so that an input operation at the time of editing can be performed with a pointing device such as a mouse, a decrease in operability at the time of editing can be prevented.
[0017]
Furthermore, if input from a keyboard or pointing device is configured to be performed wirelessly (infrared or electromagnetic waves), the interface for receiving input from the keyboard or pointing device can be handled by changing software without changing hardware. The cost of the main body can be suppressed.
[0018]
It should be noted that a general television-integrated DVD device is wirelessly transmitted from a remote control so that input to the main unit such as switching of channels, reproduction and stop of a DVD set in the main unit, and adjustment of volume can be performed by the remote control. And a receiving unit for receiving the code. Therefore, an input from a keyboard or a pointing device can be accepted by changing the software that processes the code received by the receiving unit.
[0019]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a television integrated DVD device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0020]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a main part of a television integrated DVD device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The television-integrated DVD device 1 according to this embodiment receives a television broadcast signal, displays a video of a program broadcast on a selected channel, and outputs audio, and is set in the main body. DVD playback function for reading AV data recorded on DVD 15 and displaying video and outputting audio based on the AV data, video and audio input from outside (including video and audio of TV broadcast programs) It has a DVD recording function of recording AV data based on the DVD on the DVD 15, and an editing function of editing a video of the AV data recorded on the DVD 15.
[0021]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes a control unit for controlling the operation of the main body. Reference numeral 3 denotes a receiving unit, a so-called tuner, which extracts a video signal and an audio signal of a program broadcast on a selected channel from a television broadcast signal received by the antenna 16 and outputs the extracted signal. Reference numeral 4 denotes a reading / recording unit for reading AV data recorded on the DVD 15 and recording AV data on the DVD 15. On a general DVD 15, AV data encoded in the MPEG2 format is recorded. The reading / recording section 4 is provided with a pickup head that irradiates the DVD 15 with laser light and detects the reflected light. Reference numeral 5 denotes an AV data processing unit that decodes the AV data read from the DVD 15 by the reading / recording unit 4, and reference numeral 6 denotes an AV data generation unit that generates AV data to be recorded on the DVD 15. The AV data generation unit 6 encodes a television broadcast signal received by the reception unit 3 and an AV signal input from an external device in an MPEG2 format. Reference numeral 7 denotes a display control unit that controls display of an image on the display unit 8. The display controller 7 receives the television broadcast signal received by the receiver 3 and the AV signal decoded by the AV data processor 5. Reference numeral 9 denotes an editing unit for editing a video displayed on the display unit 8.
[0022]
The sound based on the AV data read from the DVD 15 is emitted from a speaker (not shown) provided in the main body. Further, in the following description, description of audio output from the main body will be omitted.
[0023]
An input unit 10 receives an input to the main body. The input unit 10 includes an operation unit for performing an input operation on the main body and a receiving unit for receiving a code transmitted by infrared rays or electromagnetic waves. Input devices for transmitting the code to the receiving unit are a keyboard 11 having character keys and a mouse 12 which is a pointing device. The keyboard 11 and the mouse 12 are generally used as input units of a personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a personal computer).
[0024]
Note that a keyboard or mouse that transmits a code to the main body wirelessly (infrared rays or electromagnetic waves) has already been put to practical use.
[0025]
Next, the operation of the television-integrated DVD device 1 of this embodiment will be described. The operations of the television function, the DVD reproduction function, and the DVD recording function in the television-integrated DVD device 1 are the same as those of the conventional device and are well known, and thus will be briefly described. First, the television function will be described. In the television-integrated DVD device 1, a television broadcast signal received by the antenna 16 is input to the receiving unit 3. The receiving unit 3 extracts a television broadcast signal of the channel selected by the user and inputs the extracted signal to the display control unit 7. The display control unit 7 displays an image based on the input television broadcast signal on the display unit 8. The channel to be extracted by the receiving unit 3 is specified by the control unit 2, and the control unit 2 instructs the receiving unit 3 to select a channel from which a television broadcast signal is to be extracted in accordance with a channel selection input from the input unit 10.
[0026]
The DVD recording function will be described. Here, an operation when recording video and audio based on the television broadcast signal extracted by the receiving unit 3 on the DVD 15 will be described. The television broadcast signal of the channel extracted by the receiving unit 3 is input to the AV data generating unit 6. FIG. 1 shows an example in which a television broadcast signal is input from the receiving unit 3 to the AV data generating unit 6 via the display control unit 7 and the editing unit 9. You may comprise so that a television broadcast signal may be input. The AV data generation unit 6 generates AV data obtained by encoding the input television broadcast signal in the MPEG2 format, and inputs the encoded AV data to the reading / recording unit 4. The reading / recording unit 4 controls the output level of the laser beam emitted from the pickup head to the DVD 15 based on the input AV data, and records the AV data on the DVD 15.
[0027]
The DVD playback function will be described. The reading / recording unit 4 irradiates the DVD 15 with laser light of a predetermined output level from the pickup head, and detects the reflected light. The reading / recording unit 4 inputs the level waveform of the reflected light to the AV data processing unit 5. The AV data processing unit 5 detects AV data encoded in the MPEG2 format recorded on the DVD 15 from the level waveform of the input reflected light, decodes the detected AV data, and decodes the decoded AV data. Is output. The AV data output from the AV data processing unit 5 is input to the display control unit 7 via the editing unit 9. The editing unit 9 develops video data included in the input AV data. Further, the display control unit 7 displays an image based on the input AV data on the display unit 8.
[0028]
Next, the editing function will be described. When the editing function is selected, the television-integrated DVD device 1 reads the AV data recorded on the DVD 15 set in the main body by the reading / recording unit 4 as described in the reading function. The AV data read from the DVD 15 is input to the AV data processing unit 5. The AV data processing unit 5 decodes and outputs the input AV data. The AV data output from the AV data processing unit 5 is input to the display control unit 7 via the editing unit 9. The display control unit 7 displays an image based on the input AV data on the display unit 8. The editing unit 9 develops the video data of the video displayed on the display unit 8.
[0029]
The user performs editing work on the video while viewing the video displayed on the display unit 8. For example, editing is performed by giving a title to a video, cutting a part of the video, and pasting another video to a part of the video. In editing the video, the user operates the keyboard 11 and the mouse 12.
[0030]
For example, when performing editing to add a title to a video, a character key on the keyboard 11 is operated to input a title. The keyboard 11 wirelessly transmits a code corresponding to the operated character key to the television-integrated DVD device 1. In the television-integrated DVD device 1, the code transmitted from the keyboard 11 is received by the receiving unit provided in the input unit 10. The television-integrated DVD device 1 has an edited video in which a character corresponding to the code received by the receiving unit of the input unit 10 is superimposed on the video being edited by the editing unit 9 (the video displayed on the display unit 8). Generated. The edited video is displayed on the display unit 8 via the display control unit 7.
[0031]
The mouse 12 can be used to operate the keyboard 11 to specify the position at which the input character is superimposed on the video displayed on the display unit 8.
[0032]
When editing to cut out a part of the video displayed on the display unit 8, the region to be cut out is designated by the mouse 12. Further, when performing editing for pasting another video to a part of the video displayed on the display unit 8, the area to paste the video is designated by the mouse 12.
[0033]
The mouse 11 outputs the position information of the cursor displayed on the display unit 8 as a wireless signal. The position information of the cursor output from the mouse 12 is received by a receiving unit provided in the input unit 10.
[0034]
The video (edited video) displayed on the display unit 8 is stored in the image memory of the editing unit 9.
[0035]
The user edits the video recorded on the DVD 15 into a desired video while checking the video displayed on the display unit 8. When the editing of the video is completed, the user performs an operation of recording the edited video on the DVD 15 set in the main body. This operation can be performed by operating the keyboard 11 or the mouse 12. When the editing of the video is completed and recording of the edited video is instructed, the TV-integrated DVD device 1 records the video displayed on the display unit 8 on the DVD 15 set in the main body. The edited video data is stored in the editing unit 9 as described above. The edited video data is input to the AV data generator 6 and encoded in the MPEG2 format as described in the recording function. The reading / recording unit 4 records the encoded data on the DVD 15.
[0036]
As described above, the television-integrated DVD device 1 of this embodiment can edit the video recorded on the DVD 15 set in the main body without using another device such as a personal computer as in the related art. When a video recorded on the DVD 15 is edited, no video communication is performed with another device. Therefore, no load is imposed on video communication. In addition, since video communication with other devices is not performed, the video recorded on the DVD 15 can be edited smoothly, the time required for editing work can be shortened, and the usability of the user can be improved.
[0037]
In addition, since the operation unit operated by the user at the time of editing is the keyboard 11 having character keys and the mouse 12 which is a pointing device, inputting characters, cutting out the image, or pasting another image in editing the image. Operations such as area designation can be performed smoothly, and a decrease in operability can be suppressed.
[0038]
Further, since the keyboard 11 and the mouse 12 to be used are configured to wirelessly transmit a code corresponding to an input operation, an interface for receiving an input from the keyboard 11 and the mouse 12 is not changed in hardware, and software is not changed. The change can be accommodated, and the cost of the main body can be reduced. More specifically, a general television-integrated DVD device 1 is provided with a remote control so that input to the main unit such as channel switching, reproduction and stop of a DVD set in the main unit, volume adjustment, and the like can be performed by the remote control. And a receiving unit for receiving the code transmitted in the step (a). Therefore, an input from the keyboard 11 or the mouse 12 can be accepted by changing the software for processing the code received by the receiving unit.
[0039]
If the keyboard and the mouse used as input devices of the personal computer can be used for the keyboard 11 and the mouse 12 which are operated at the time of editing the video described in the above embodiment, the operation is performed for video editing. There is no need to separately prepare the keyboard 11 and the mouse 12.
[0040]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, since the editing function is provided in the television-integrated DVD device, it is possible to edit the video recorded on the DVD without using another device. This load is not applied, and the video recorded on the DVD can be edited smoothly, the time required for the editing work can be shortened, and the usability of the user can be improved.
[0041]
In addition, since the operation unit operated by the user at the time of editing is a keyboard having character keys and a pointing device, operations such as inputting characters, editing a video, and specifying an area for pasting another video are performed in video editing. Can be performed smoothly, and a decrease in operability can be suppressed.
[0042]
Furthermore, because the keyboard and pointing device used are wirelessly transmitting codes in accordance with input operations, the interface for receiving input from the keyboard and pointing device can be changed by software without changing the hardware. It can respond, and the cost of the main body can be reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a main part of a television integrated DVD device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1-TV integrated DVD device 2-controller 3-receiver 4-read / recorder 5-AV data processor 6-AV data generator 7-display controller 8-display 9-editor 10-input unit 11-keyboard 12-mouse

Claims (4)

Receiving means for receiving a television broadcast signal, extracting and outputting a video signal and an audio signal of a program broadcast on a selected channel,
Playback means for reading AV data recorded on a DVD set in the main body, generating and outputting a playback video signal and a playback audio signal,
Display means for displaying a video based on the video signal output by the receiving means, or a video based on the reproduced video signal output by the reproducing means,
Editing means for editing the image displayed on the display means according to an input from the input means;
Recording means for recording the video edited by the editing means on a DVD set in the main body,
The input means is a television-integrated DVD device having a keyboard having character keys and an input interface for receiving wireless input from a pointing device. Receiving means for receiving a television broadcast signal, extracting and outputting a video signal and an audio signal of a program broadcast on a selected channel,
Playback means for reading AV data recorded on a DVD set in the main body, generating and outputting a playback video signal and a playback audio signal,
Display means for displaying a video based on the video signal output by the receiving means, or a video based on the reproduced video signal output by the reproducing means,
Editing means for editing the image displayed on the display means according to an input from the input means;
Recording means for recording the video edited by the editing means on a DVD set in the main body. 3. The television-integrated DVD device according to claim 2, wherein said input means has a keyboard having character keys and an input interface for receiving an input from a pointing device. 3. The television-integrated DVD device according to claim 2, wherein the input means has a keyboard having character keys and an input interface for receiving wireless input from a pointing device.

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