JP2006050434A - Display control device, data processing device, display control method, program therefor, and record medium having recorded the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a record reproduction apparatus displaying content data distribution state in an appropriate manner. <P>SOLUTION: The CPU 290 of the record reproduction apparatus 200 recognizes the time periods of air time of a display program to be displayed on the program display screen based on each time information of an EPG data-based program information table. The CPU 290 sequentially obtains timer recording information stored in a memory 280. If the CPU 290 perceives that there is an overlap between the time period when timer recording is performed according to the recording time information of the timer recording information and at least part of the time period of the air time of the display program, it recognizes that the display program overlaps. The CPU 290 displays the broadcast program information of the overlapping program on the program table screen in a manner different from when displaying broadcast program information other than the overlapping program. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a display control apparatus, a data processing apparatus, a display control method, a program thereof, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a configuration in which an electronic program guide is displayed based on an EPG (Electric Program Guide) transmitted as program information using a broadcast wave is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  When the program table is appropriately displayed based on the EPG, the program described in Patent Document 1 displays a program reserved for recording or viewing and a program not reserved for the program in different colors. Further, when the broadcast time zones of a plurality of programs for which reservations are set partially overlap each other, the overlapping time zones are displayed with colors different from those of the non-overlapping time zones.

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  However, in the configuration as in Patent Document 1 as described above, for example, there is a problem that it is not possible for the user to recognize whether reservations set only after the program guide is displayed or not. .

  In view of such circumstances, the present invention provides a display control device, a data processing device, a display control method, a program thereof, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded, which can appropriately display a data distribution state. Is one purpose.

  The invention according to claim 1 acquires distribution information in which distribution time information related to a distribution time for distributing predetermined data and distribution schedule information regarding a distribution schedule for distributing the predetermined data are configured as one data structure. Distribution information acquisition means for acquiring, acquisition information acquisition means for acquiring acquisition information having acquisition time information relating to acquisition time for acquiring specific data distributed separately from the predetermined data, and distribution time of the distribution time information; A determination means for determining an overlapping state with the acquisition time of the acquisition time information; and when it is determined that at least a part of the distribution time and the acquisition time overlaps, at least a part of the distribution schedule information Display control means for controlling the display means to display in a display form different from the distribution schedule information when it is determined that there is no duplication. A display control apparatus characterized by.

  The invention according to claim 13 is the display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 12 and the acquisition acquired by the acquisition information acquisition means of the display control device in the data acquisition means for acquiring data. A data processing apparatus comprising: a data acquisition control unit configured to control to acquire the specific data at a time information acquisition time.

  The invention according to claim 15 is a display control method for controlling the display of distribution schedule information related to a distribution schedule to which predetermined data is distributed by the calculation means, wherein the calculation means distributes the predetermined data. The acquisition time information regarding the acquisition time for acquiring the distribution information related to the distribution time to be distributed and the distribution information in which the distribution schedule information is configured as one data structure and acquiring the specific data distributed separately from the predetermined data Is acquired, and an overlapping state between the distribution time of the distribution time information and the acquisition time of the acquisition time information is determined, and it is determined that at least a part of the distribution time and the acquisition time overlap. The distribution schedule information is displayed on the display means in a display form different from the distribution schedule information when it is determined that at least part of the distribution schedule information is not duplicated. A display control method, characterized by the control that.

  According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display control program that causes a computing unit to function as the display control device according to any one of the first to twelfth aspects.

  The invention described in claim 17 is a display control program characterized by causing a calculation means to execute the display control method described in claim 15.

  The invention described in claim 18 is a recording medium on which the display control program according to claim 16 or 17 is recorded so as to be readable by the arithmetic means.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the recording / reproducing apparatus including the display control apparatus and the data processing apparatus of the present invention will be described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the recording apparatus that only records data, and further the recording apparatus and recording The present invention can also be applied to an independent display control device that displays a data distribution state on a playback device. Further, in the present embodiment, processing for acquiring content data of a television broadcast program as data based on a program guide based on, for example, EPG (Electric Program Guide) data will be described. Broadcast programs, content such as distributed music and video, and various programs such as game software can be targeted for information, and any configuration that displays the distribution status of each data can be applied. Further, the recording process, which is data acquisition, is appropriately referred to as a content recording process, and the data processing is appropriately referred to as a content reproduction process. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a content recording / playback system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of the program information table. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of the recording reservation list information. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of a CPU constituting the recording / reproducing apparatus. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a time-based program guide screen. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a channel-specific program guide screen.

[Configuration of content recording and playback system]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes a content recording / reproducing system (hereinafter referred to as a recording / reproducing system). This recording / reproducing system is, for example, data having audio data, video data, data for data broadcasting, etc. This is a system for recording the content data and reproducing the recorded content data. The recording / reproducing system 100 includes a recording / reproducing apparatus 200 and an output apparatus 300.

  Examples of the output device 300 include a personal computer, a television, a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). The output device 300 receives and outputs content data output from the recording / reproducing device 200. The output device 300 includes an audio output unit 310, a display unit 320 that also functions as a display unit, and the like.

  The audio output unit 310 includes sounding means such as a speaker (not shown). The sound output unit 310 performs processing for outputting sound data transmitted as an analog signal or a digital signal from the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 as sound from the sound generation means. Note that the sound generation means can appropriately output, for example, TV sound data received by a TV receiver (not shown).

  The display unit 320 displays video data, data broadcasting data, EPG data, composite data, and the like transmitted from the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 as analog signals or digital signals. Here, as the video data to be displayed, video of a television broadcast program can be exemplified. Moreover, as data for data broadcasting, the subtitles, data broadcasting, etc. of a television broadcast program can be illustrated. Furthermore, as the EPG data, for example, program guide screens 600 and 700 (see FIGS. 5 and 6) on which program names, contents, broadcast start date and time, etc. of TV broadcast programs broadcast on each channel are described. It can be illustrated. Examples of the composite data include a composite video in which captions are superimposed on a video of a television broadcast program, a video in which a data broadcast and a program table are arranged, and the like. Examples of the display unit 320 include a liquid crystal display panel, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) panel, a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), a CRT (Cathode-Ray Tube), an FED (Field Emission Display), and an electrophoretic display panel. . Note that the display unit 320 can appropriately output, for example, TV video data received by a TV receiver.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 200 performs processing for acquiring and recording content data having audio data, video data, data broadcasting data, and the like distributed as a TS (Transport Stream) and outputting the content data with the output apparatus 300. Further, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 performs a process of appropriately reproducing the recorded content data and causing the output apparatus 300 to output it. Further, the recorded content data is automatically deleted appropriately. The recording / reproducing apparatus 200 includes a communication unit 210 that functions as an information acquisition unit and a content information acquisition unit, a demultiplexer (Demux) 220, a decoder 230, and a recording / reproduction processing unit that also functions as a data acquisition unit. 250, an input unit 260, a hard disk drive (HDD) 270, a memory 280, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 290, and the like.

  The communication unit 210 acquires various information such as content data input from the outside, and appropriately outputs various information such as acquired content data to the outside. The communication means 210 is connected to an antenna 211 that receives broadcast waves such as terrestrial digital broadcasts and satellite digital broadcasts, and is used from information transmitted from the antenna 211 as analog signals or digital signals, for example, a plurality of TSs. The TS corresponding to the TV broadcast program selected by the person is acquired. Then, the communication unit 210 outputs the acquired TS to the Demux 220. The communication unit 210 has an interface of, for example, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 1394 standard capable of high-speed data processing, and is transmitted as a digital signal from an external device (not shown) provided outside the recording / reproducing device 200. Obtained TS, a partial TS, which will be described later, etc. are acquired and output to the Demux 220. Furthermore, the communication unit 210 acquires the partial TS output from the recording / playback processing unit 250, processes it appropriately, and transmits it as a digital signal to an external device (not shown) provided outside the recording / playback device 200.

  The Demux 220 is connected to the decoder 230, the recording / playback processing unit 250, the CPU 290, and the like, acquires the TS from the communication unit 210, and appropriately separates and outputs the TS packet from the acquired TS. More specifically, the Demux 220 controls the CPU 290 to control the TS packet in which audio data is incorporated (hereinafter referred to as “audio packet”), the TS packet in which video data is incorporated (hereinafter referred to as “video packet”), data TS packets incorporating broadcast data or EPG data (hereinafter referred to as data packets) are acquired. Then, the Demux 220 outputs the acquired audio packet, video packet, and data packet to the decoder 230. In addition, when the Demux 220 acquires each TS packet corresponding to the selected television broadcast program from the acquired TS under the control of the CPU 290, the Demux 220 reconfigures each TS packet into a series of data string structure TSs, that is, partial TSs. And output to the recording / reproducing processing means 250. Further, when the Demux 220 appropriately acquires a partial TS from the communication unit 210 or the recording / reproduction processing unit 250 under the control of the CPU 290, the Demux 220 is separated into an audio packet, a video packet, and a data packet, and the decoder 230 is separated. Output to.

  Here, EPG data is data in which information about contents such as TV broadcast programs of each TS that can be acquired by the communication means 210 is described in a text format such as BML (Broadcast Markup Language) or XML (eXtensible Markup Language). It is. In other words, the EPG data, which will be described in detail later, includes information such as a program name, a program description related to the contents of the program, a broadcast start date and time, a program time length, a channel number, a genre, and a series name as one data structure. It is configured.

  The decoder 230 is connected to the Demux 220, the OSD 240, the CPU 290, the output device 300, and the like, and appropriately demodulates each packet acquired from the Demux 220 and outputs it appropriately to the OSD 240 and the output device 300. Specifically, the decoder 230 acquires a voice packet from the Demux 220 under the control of the CPU 290, demodulates the voice data embedded in the voice packet, and transmits the demodulated data as an analog signal to the voice output unit 310 of the output device 300. Or obtains a video packet from the Demux 220, demodulates the video data incorporated in the video packet, outputs the demodulated data to the output device 300, obtains a data packet from the Demux 220, and is used for data broadcasting incorporated in the data packet. Data and EPG data are demodulated and output to the output device 300. Further, when EPG data is incorporated in the data packet, the decoder 230 appropriately outputs the EPG data to the HDD 270 under the control of the CPU 290.

  The recording / playback processing unit 250 is connected to the HDD 270, the CPU 290, and the like. Then, the recording / playback processing unit 250 appropriately acquires the partial TS from the Demux 220 and stores the partial TS in the HDD 270, or appropriately acquires the partial TS stored in the HDD 270 and outputs the partial TS to the communication unit 210 and the Demux 220.

  The input means 260 is connected to the CPU 290 and the like. The input means 260 has various operation buttons (not shown), operation knobs, and the like that are arranged so as to be able to perform input operations facing the front of a case body (not shown). The contents of the input operation of the operation buttons and operation knobs are setting items such as setting of operation contents of the recording / reproducing apparatus 200, for example. Specifically, settings relating to recording and playback of TV broadcast programs, settings of TS received by the communication means 210, and the like can be exemplified. The input unit 260 also functions as a unit that generates request information for requesting execution of recording or reproduction in accordance with an input operation. Then, the input unit 260 transmits various information as operation signals to the CPU 290 for setting by an input operation of setting items. Here, as the input means 260, for example, a remote controller light receiving unit that receives various information transmitted via infrared rays from a remote controller (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller) (not shown) and transmits the various information as operation signals to the CPU 290. It is good also as a structure provided with.

  The HDD 270 is connected to the CPU 290 and the like. The HDD 270 is controlled by, for example, an ATA (AT Attachment) interface. Although the configuration in which the HDD 270 is controlled by the ATA interface is illustrated here, a configuration in which the HDD 270 is controlled by an IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) interface, a SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) interface, or the like may be used. Further, in place of the HDD 270, an optical disk such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a magneto-optical disk, a memory card or the like can be attached or detached, and a drive or a driver that stores various information in a readable manner on various recording media such as a fixed memory. It is good also as a structure provided with these. The HDD 270 stores a partial TS of content input from the recording / playback processing unit 250, that is, content data, EPG data, and the like so as to be appropriately readable.

  That is, the HDD 270 includes a data storage area (not shown) that stores content data, and an EPG storage area (not shown) that stores EPG data as a program information table 400 that also functions as distribution information as shown in FIG. Yes. The data storage area and the EPG storage area may be stored in the memory 280 and constructed.

  The program information table 400 is generated based on the EPG described in the EPG data output from the decoder 230. Here, the EPG included in the broadcast wave transmitted from each broadcast station is program information centered on a television broadcast program scheduled to be broadcast by the broadcast station. Further, content data of a television broadcast program whose various information is shown in the program information table 400 functions as predetermined data of the present invention. The program information table 400 is stored in the EPG storage area as a table structure combining the EPGs of the respective broadcasting stations. The EPG storage area for storing the program information table 400 has, for example, channel information 420 as distribution schedule information related to a broadcast channel of a television broadcast program, program basic information 430, and the like as one data structure. The table structure is configured to record a plurality of program information 410 to be configured.

  The channel information 420 is information regarding a channel on which a television broadcast program is broadcast. The channel information 420 is individually set depending on the area where the TV broadcast program is broadcast.

  The program basic information 430 records the broadcast time of a television broadcast program, detailed information about the program contents, and the like. The program basic information 430 includes, for example, program ID information 431, program start time information 432 as distribution time information and distribution schedule information, program end time information 433 as distribution time information, and program title as distribution schedule information. Information 434, program subtitle information 435, program genre information 436, program description information 437, and the like are configured as one data structure. The various information described in the program basic information 430 is described in, for example, a text format, that is, a simple structure of a character string.

  The program ID information 431 is unique identification information given to each program basic information 430 in order to specify a television broadcast program. As the program ID information 431, for example, a so-called G code used for identifying a television broadcast program at the time of recording reservation of the television broadcast program can be exemplified. Further, the ID information is not limited to the G code and may be unique ID information for identifying other TV broadcast programs.

  The program start time information 432 is information related to the scheduled time at which the broadcast of the television broadcast program is started. The program start time information 432 describes the date and time when the TV broadcast program is broadcast. This program start time information 432 is referred to in the process of generating the recording reservation list information 500, which will be described later, and the recording start processing of the TV broadcast program in the recording / playback processing means 250.

  The program end time information 433 is information related to the scheduled time when the broadcast of the television broadcast program ends. The program end time information 433 describes the date and time when the broadcast of the television broadcast program ends. This program end time information 433 is referred to in the recording end processing of the television broadcast program in the recording / playback processing means 250.

  The program title information 434 is information relating to the name of a television broadcast program, such as a program name and a title name. The program subtitle information 435 is information regarding names such as subtitle names of television broadcast programs.

  The program genre information 436 is information describing which genre a television broadcast program belongs to when classified by genre, which is a type for each content. Examples of the genre include “variety”, “drama”, “movie”, “report”, “news”, “sports”, and the like. Further, as the program genre information 436, for example, information that is further classified into genres as a small category such as “kayo” or “entertainment” may be associated with “variety”.

  The program description information 437 is, for example, a description that briefly describes the broadcast contents of a TV broadcast program, a summary of the broadcast program, and a detailed description of the TV broadcast program such as personal names of performers, directors, screenwriters, etc. Information described in a format.

  The memory 280 stores various data necessary for acquiring and recording desired content data from the TS output from the communication unit 210, and reproducing the recorded content data, so as to be appropriately readable. Further, the memory 280 stores, for example, the recording reservation list information 500 as shown in FIG.

  The scheduled recording list information 500 is information relating to a scheduled recording list. The recording reservation list information 500 includes, for example, reservation number information 510 and recording reservation information 520 as at least one acquisition information associated with each other as one data structure.

  The reservation number information 510 is information regarding the total number of recording reservation information 520. This reservation number information 510 is incremented by 1 according to the setting for adding a recording reservation by the CPU 290, and is subtracted by 1 when recording based on the recording reservation is completed.

  The recording reservation information 520 is information related to recording reservation of content data. Here, content data of a television broadcast program to be recorded by the recording reservation information 520 functions as specific data of the present invention. The recording reservation information 520 associates recording date / time information 521 as acquisition time information, recording channel information 522, recording mode information 523, recording destination information 524, generation date / time information 525, and the like as one data structure. Is configured. The recording date / time information 521 is information relating to the recording start date / time and end date / time. The recording channel information 522 is information regarding the channel of the television broadcast program to be recorded. The recording mode information 523 is information regarding the recording mode. Specifically, it is information indicating, for example, a manually set recording mode (hereinafter referred to as a manually set recording mode) or a predetermined mode set in advance (hereinafter referred to as a predetermined set recording mode). The recording destination information 524 is information for specifying a recording medium for storing content data. The generation date / time information 525 is information related to the date / time when the recording reservation information 520 was generated.

  The storage area for the recording reservation information 520 or the like may be configured appropriately in the HDD 270. Further, the memory 280 stores various programs and the like developed on an OS (Operating System) that controls the operation of the entire recording / reproducing apparatus 200 in a readable manner. As this memory 280, it is desirable to use, for example, a memory (eg, a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) memory) that retains memory even when the power is suddenly turned off due to a power failure or the like. Note that the memory 280 may be configured to include a drive, a driver, and the like that are readable and stored in a removable recording medium such as an HD, a DVD, or an optical disk.

  The CPU 290 is connected to various configurations and controls the operation of each configuration. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 290 is a program acquisition control unit 291 serving as a calculation unit, a recording reservation setting unit 292, and a data acquisition control unit that also functions as an acquisition time overlap determination unit. A recording control unit 293, a reproduction control unit 294, a timing unit 295, and the like are provided.

  Based on the EPG data stored in the HDD 270 as the program information table 400, the program guide display control means 291 is based on the time-based program guide screen 600 as shown in FIG. 5 or the channel-specific program guide screen as shown in FIG. 700 is appropriately displayed on the display unit 320 of the output device 300. The program guide display control means 291 includes program attribute recognition means 291A as determination means that also functions as distribution information acquisition means and acquisition information acquisition means, and program guide screen setting means 291B as display control means. Yes. The program attribute recognition unit 291A and the program guide screen setting unit 291B constitute the display control apparatus of the present invention. The program attribute recognition unit 291A, the program guide screen setting unit 291B, and the recording control unit 293 constitute the data processing apparatus of the present invention.

  The program attribute recognizing means 291A is a program in which a recording reservation is set for a television broadcast program (hereinafter referred to as a display program) whose various information is displayed on the program guide screens 600 and 700 (hereinafter referred to as a recording reservation program). And whether it is a program whose broadcast time overlaps with a scheduled recording program (hereinafter referred to as a duplicate program). Specifically, when the program attribute recognition unit 291A obtains an operation signal for displaying the program guide screens 600 and 700 based on the input operation in the input unit 260, the program attribute recognition unit 291A displays a display program from the program information table 400 stored in the HDD 270. Search for.

  Here, when the program attribute recognition unit 291A retrieves a display program from the program information table 400, for example, when the operation attribute signal for displaying the time-specific program guide screen 600 corresponding to a predetermined time is acquired, The following processing is performed. That is, a TV broadcast program broadcast on each channel at the predetermined time is searched based on the time information 432 and 433 in the program information table 400. Then, the searched TV broadcast program is specified as a display program. Further, for example, the recording reservation information 520 stored in the memory 280 is sequentially acquired, and it is determined whether or not the television broadcast program reserved for recording by the acquired recording reservation information 520 is a display program. That is, the recording reservation information 520 related to the display program is searched from the memory 280. When the recording reservation information 520 related to the display program can be retrieved, the display program is recognized as a recording reservation program. Further, the program attribute recognition unit 291A recognizes the time zone of the broadcast time of the display program based on the time information 432 and 433 of the program information table 400. Then, for example, the recording reservation information 520 stored in the memory 280 is sequentially acquired, and the time slot for performing recording based on the recording date / time information 521 of the acquired recording reservation information 520, and the time slot of the broadcast time of the display program, It is determined whether or not at least a part of is duplicated. That is, the recording reservation information 520 having the recording date / time information 521 in a time zone at least partially overlapping with the broadcast time of the display program is searched from the memory 280. When the recording reservation information 520 having the recording date / time information 521 in at least a part of the overlapping time zone can be searched, the display program is recognized as a duplicate program.

  When the program attribute recognition unit 291A retrieves a display program from the program information table 400, for example, the program attribute recognition unit 291A acquires an operation signal for displaying a channel-specific program guide screen 700 corresponding to a predetermined channel at a predetermined time. The following processing is performed. That is, a TV broadcast program broadcast at a predetermined time on the predetermined channel is searched based on the channel information 420 and the time information 432 and 433 of the program information table 400. Then, the searched TV broadcast program is specified as a display program. Furthermore, the same processing as when an operation signal for displaying the time-based program guide screen 600 is acquired is performed to recognize whether this display program is a scheduled recording program or a duplicate program.

  The program guide screen setting unit 291B appropriately sets the display form of the time-based program guide screen 600 and the channel-specific program guide screen 700 based on the recognition processing result in the program information table 400 and the program attribute recognition unit 291A, and outputs the result. The display area 321 of the display unit 320 of the apparatus 300 is appropriately controlled to be displayed. In addition, although the structure which displays the program schedule screen 600,700 is illustrated and demonstrated here, when displaying the program schedule screen of other structures, such as classified by genre, for example, it is displayed similarly.

  Here, the time-based program guide screen 600 includes a broadcast program information area 610, a content information area 620, an operation content area 630, a received image area 640, and two advertisement image areas 650. Here, a configuration in which the time-based program guide screen 600 includes the above-described regions 610, 620, 630, 640, and 650 is illustrated, but other configurations such as a configuration that does not include the regions 640 and 650 are appropriately used. It is good.

  The broadcast program information area 610 is provided from the right side in the time-based program guide screen 600 to the left side in the horizontal direction. For example, a program schedule date and time 611 set by the user is displayed in the upper center of the broadcast program information area 610. Further, below the program schedule date and time 611, a plurality of broadcast program information 612 related to a television broadcast program broadcast on each channel on the program schedule date and time 611 is displayed side by side in the vertical direction. The broadcast program information 612 includes a channel name 613 based on the channel information 420 and a program name 614 based on the program title information 434. On the left side of each broadcast program information 612, a substantially circular recording reservation mark 615 or a duplication mark 616 as duplication information having a substantially square shape is appropriately displayed. Here, a substantially square shape is illustrated as the duplication mark 616, but the present invention is not limited to this. The recording reservation mark 615 indicates that the television broadcast program corresponding to the broadcast program information 612 is at least a recording reservation program, that is, a recording reservation program and a duplicate program, or a recording reservation program and not a duplicate program. Indicates. The duplication mark 616 indicates that the TV broadcast program corresponding to the broadcast program information 612 is not a scheduled recording program but a duplicate program. Further, on the right side in the broadcast program information area 610, in addition to the TV broadcast program corresponding to the currently displayed broadcast program information 612, whether there is a TV broadcast program broadcast on each channel at the program schedule date 611 or not. A scroll bar 617 is displayed. In the broadcast program information area 610, a selection cursor 618 is displayed so as to surround any one of the plurality of broadcast program information 612 and the marks 615 and 616 for the broadcast program information 612. The The selection cursor 618 is appropriately moved in the vertical direction by an operation signal based on an input operation in the input unit 260.

  The content information area 620 is provided below the broadcast program information area 610. In the content information area 620, various information related to the television broadcast program of the broadcast program information 612 surrounded by the selection cursor 618 is displayed. Specifically, the broadcast date and time 621 and the channel name 622 are displayed side by side in the left-right direction on the upper left side in the content information area 620. Furthermore, program content 623 based on the program description information 437 is displayed from approximately the center in the vertical direction in the content information area 620 to the bottom.

  The operation content area 630 is provided below the content information area 620. In this operation content area 630, information related to the operation content of, for example, an operation button of the input means 260 is displayed.

  The received image area 640 is provided on the left side of the broadcast program information area 610 and in the vicinity of the left corner of the time-based program guide screen 600. In the received image area 640, the video data of the currently received content data is displayed as appropriate.

  The advertisement image area 650 is provided in the vertical direction below the reception image area 640. In this advertisement image area 650, for example, advertisement data distributed together with EPG data is displayed as appropriate.

  The channel-specific program guide screen 700 includes a broadcast program information area 710, a content information area 620, an operation content area 630, a received image area 640, and two advertisement image areas 650.

  The broadcast program information area 710 is provided at a position corresponding to the broadcast program information area 610 of the time-based program guide screen 600. For example, a channel name 711 based on the channel information 420 is displayed at a position corresponding to the program schedule date and time 611 in the broadcast program information area 710. Further, below the channel name 711, a plurality of broadcast program information 712 relating to each television broadcast program broadcast on the channel of the channel name 711 is displayed side by side in the vertical direction. The broadcast program information 712 includes a broadcast date 713, a broadcast start time 714, and a program name 614 based on the program start time information 432. In addition, a recording reservation mark 615 or a duplication mark 616 is appropriately displayed on the left side of each broadcast program information 712. In the broadcast program information area 710, a scroll bar 617 and a selection cursor 618 are displayed.

  The recording reservation setting unit 292 appropriately performs a recording reservation setting process. Specifically, the recording reservation setting unit 292 requests the recording reservation of the television broadcast program based on the input operation in the input unit 260 in a state where the time-specific program table screen 600 as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed, for example. When the operation signal indicating that is acquired, the following processing is performed. That is, the recording reservation setting unit 292 searches the program information table 400 for program information 410 having various information corresponding to the broadcast program information 612 surrounded by the selection cursor 618. Furthermore, an operation signal for specifying a recording mode based on an input operation in the input unit 260 and a recording medium to be recorded is acquired. And the time of each time information 432,433 of the searched program information 410 is set as recording date information 521, the channel of the channel information 420 is set as recording channel information 522, and the recording mode specified based on the operation signal is set as recording mode information 523. The recording reservation information 520 incorporated therein is generated using the recording medium specified based on the operation signal as the recording destination information 524, for example, the date and time when the operation signal for requesting the recording reservation is acquired as the generation date and time information 525. The date / time of the generation date / time information 525 is not limited to the date / time when the operation signal for requesting the recording reservation is acquired, but may be the date / time when the operation signal for specifying the recording mode or the recording medium is acquired. Then, this recording reservation information 520 is incorporated into the recording reservation list information 500.

  When the recording reservation setting unit 292 acquires an operation signal for manually setting a recording reservation based on an input operation in the input unit 260, the recording reservation setting screen (not shown) is displayed on the display unit 320. Then, based on an operation signal for setting various information based on an input operation in the input unit 260, the recording reservation information 520 is generated and incorporated in the recording reservation list information 500.

  The recording control unit 293 controls the operation of the communication unit 210, the Demux 220, the recording / playback processing unit 250, and the like, and performs processing for receiving content data of a desired television broadcast program and storing it in the HDD 270 so that it can be read out appropriately. Specifically, the recording control unit 293 stores the content data currently received and reproduced by the operation signal based on the input operation in the input unit 260 or measures the time by the timing unit 295 based on the recording reservation information 520. Processing for receiving and storing content data whose current time is the recording start date and time in the recording reservation information 520 is performed. Note that the recording control means 293 recognizes that the current time is the recording start date and time of other content data in the state where the processing for storing the content data is being performed, that is, at least one of the recording time. If it is recognized that the parts overlap, the following processing is performed. That is, the recording control unit 293 acquires the generation date information 525 incorporated in the recording reservation information 520 corresponding to the currently stored content data and other content data whose current time is the recording start date. Further, based on the acquired generation date / time information 525, the date / time when the recording reservation information 520 is generated, that is, the date / time when the recording reservation is set is recognized. Then, the recording control unit 293 performs a process of preferentially recording the content data set after the recording reservation. For example, when the recording control unit 293 recognizes that the recording reservation of the currently stored content data is set later, the recording control unit 293 continues the process of storing the content data. Then, for example, after the process of storing the content data is completed, the process of storing other content data for which the recording reservation has been set first is started. When the recording control unit 293 recognizes that the recording reservation of the currently stored content data is set first, the recording control unit 293 ends the process of storing the content data, and the recording reservation is set later. The process of storing the content data is started. When the process for storing the content data, that is, the recording process is performed, the recording reservation information 520 corresponding to this recording process is deleted.

  The reproduction control unit 294 controls the operation of the Demux 220, the decoder 230, the recording / reproduction processing unit 250, and the like, and performs processing for outputting content data of a desired television broadcast program to the output device 300 for reproduction. Specifically, it is specified by an operation signal based on an input operation in the input unit 260, for example, content data specified by an input operation for selecting thumbnails displayed in a list on the output device 300, or a predetermined value such as so-called timer playback in advance. The content data requested to be played back in time is read from the HDD 270, processed appropriately by the decoder 230, and output to the output device 300.

  The time measuring means 295 measures the current date and time based on a reference pulse such as an internal clock. Then, the current date and time information regarding the current date and time is output as appropriate.

[Operation of content recording and playback system]
Next, as an operation of the recording / reproducing system 100, display processing of the program guide screens 600 and 700 will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, in a state where recording reservations are set for TV broadcast programs broadcast on channels other than “N TV” at 6:57 PM and 10 PM, “N TV” as shown in FIG. The display processing of the channel-specific program guide screen 700 will be described as an example. Further, a configuration in which the number n of broadcast program information 712 that can be displayed in the broadcast program information area 710 (hereinafter, the displayable number n (n is a natural number of 1 or more)) is 8 will be described as an example. Further, for example, when displaying a time-based program guide screen 600 as shown in FIG. 5, a genre-specific program guide screen, or a program guide screen with a displayable number n other than 8, the following display processing is performed. Similar processing is performed. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing display processing of the program guide screens 600 and 700.

  First, the user makes a setting input to request display of the channel-specific program guide screen 700 corresponding to a predetermined channel at a predetermined time, for example, by an input operation of the input means 260. When the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 recognizes a request for requesting display of the program guide screens 600 and 700 by the program attribute recognition means 291A of the program guide display control means 291 as shown in FIG. From the program information table 400, a displayable number of n television broadcast programs broadcast after a predetermined time in a predetermined channel set by the user is recognized as a display program (step S101). Here, eight TV broadcast programs broadcast after 4 pm on “N TV”, “Aiming for a complete game”, “Tanga story”, “News River”, “Pangani Tiger”, “I Recognizes “Harmonica”, “Eighth Greeting”, “News from 11:00”, and “Liquor Road” as display programs.

  Then, the program guide display control unit 291 includes a program guide screen 600 including n displayable display programs recognized by the program attribute recognition unit 291A based on the program information table 400 by the program guide screen setting unit 291B. , 700 are displayed (step S102). Here, for example, a channel-specific program guide screen 700 as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. Thereafter, the program attribute recognizing unit 291A sets a counter value i of a counter (not shown) to 1 (step S103), and sets the upper part of the display program displayed in the i-th display program, for example, the broadcast program information area 710. To recognize whether the i-th display program is a scheduled recording program (step S104). Further, it is recognized whether or not the i-th display program is a duplicate program (step S105). Here, it is determined whether or not the i-th display program is a television broadcast program broadcast at 6:57 pm or 10 pm. Then, it is determined whether or not the i-th display program is at least a scheduled recording program (step S106).

  In this step S106, when the program guide display control means 291 determines that there is at least a recording reservation program by the program attribute recognition means 291A, the program guide screen setting means 291B uses the broadcast program information corresponding to this i-th display program. A recording reservation mark 615 is displayed in the vicinity of 712 (step S107). Here, as described above, the recording reservation mark 615 is displayed when the display program is a scheduled recording program and a duplicate program, or when it is a scheduled recording program and not a duplicate program. Then, the program attribute recognition unit 291A determines whether or not the counter value i is equal to the displayable number n (step S108). If it is determined in step S108 that the displayable number is equal to n, the display process of the program guide screens 600 and 700 is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S108 that it is not equal to the displayable number n, that is, less than the displayable number n, a process of adding 1 to the counter value i is performed (step S109), and the process returns to step S104.

  In step S106, when the program attribute recognizing unit 291A determines that the i-th display program is not a reserved recording program, the program attribute recognition unit 291A determines whether the i-th display program is a duplicate program (step S110). If it is determined in step S110 that the program is not a duplicate program, the process of step S108 is performed. On the other hand, in step S110, when the program guide display control means 291 determines that the program attribute recognition means 291A is an overlapping program, the program guide screen setting means 291B uses the broadcast program information corresponding to this i-th display program. An overlap mark 616 is displayed in the vicinity of 712 (step S111). Here, if the i-th display program is “Pangani Tiger” broadcast at 6:57 pm and “8th greeting” broadcast at 10 pm, it is determined that these are duplicate programs. The overlap mark 616 is displayed. Thereafter, the program attribute recognition unit 291A performs the process of step S106.

[Operational effects of content recording / playback system]
As described above, in the above embodiment, the CPU 290 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 recognizes a request for requesting display of the program guide screens 600 and 700 by the program attribute recognition unit 291A of the program guide display control unit 291. Then, based on the time information 432 and 433 of the program information table 400 based on the EPG data, the time zone of the broadcast time of the displayed program is recognized. Then, the recording reservation information 520 in the memory 280 is sequentially acquired, and at least one of the time slot for performing recording based on the recording date / time information 521 of the acquired recording reservation information 520 and the broadcast time period of the display program is provided. It is determined whether or not the parts overlap. When the recording reservation information 520 having the recording date / time information 521 in at least a part of the overlapping time zone can be searched, the display program is recognized as a duplicate program. Thereafter, the program guide display control unit 291 uses the program guide screen setting unit 291B to display the broadcast program information 612 and 712 relating to the duplicate program in a display form different from the broadcast program information 612 and 712 other than the duplicate program. , 700. For this reason, the user sets a recording reservation overlapping with the broadcast time of a predetermined television broadcast program based on the display form of the broadcast program information 612 and 712 relating to each television broadcast program on the program guide screens 600 and 700. It can be recognized whether there is a TV broadcast program. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can appropriately display the distribution state of the content data.

  Further, the program guide screen setting means 291B displays the duplication mark 616 on the left side of the broadcast program information 612 and 712 of the duplicate program, and displays the duplication mark 616 on the left side of the broadcast program information 612 and 712 of the TV broadcast program that is not the duplicate program. Do not display. For this reason, whether there is a TV broadcast program in which a recording reservation is set overlapping with the broadcast time of a predetermined TV broadcast program by a simple method in which the user simply recognizes whether or not the overlap mark 616 is displayed. Can recognize whether or not. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can make a user recognize the distribution state of content data appropriately and easily.

  Further, the program guide screen setting unit 291B sequentially acquires the recording reservation information 520 stored in the memory 280, and determines whether or not the TV broadcast program reserved for recording by the acquired recording reservation information 520 is a display program. to decide. When the recording reservation information 520 related to the display program can be retrieved, the display program is recognized as a recording reservation program. Thereafter, the program guide screen setting means 291B displays a recording reservation mark 615 on the left side of the broadcast program information 612 and 712 related to the recording reservation program, and on the left side of the broadcast program information 612 and 712 of the TV broadcasting program that is not the recording reservation program. The recording reservation mark 615 is not displayed. For this reason, the user can recognize whether or not a recording reservation for a predetermined television broadcast program is set based on the display form of the broadcast program information 612 and 712 relating to the respective television broadcast programs on the program guide screens 600 and 700. . Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can display the distribution state of the content data more appropriately.

  When the program guide screen setting unit 291B recognizes that the displayed program is a duplicate program and a scheduled recording program, the program schedule screen setting unit 291B displays the scheduled recording mark 615 instead of the duplicate mark 616. For this reason, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 displays a recording reservation mark 615 corresponding to each TV broadcast program when, for example, recording reservations for two TV broadcast programs in which at least part of the recording time overlaps are set. As a result, the user can recognize that the recording reservation of each TV broadcast program is set. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can display the distribution state of the content data more appropriately as compared with the configuration in which the duplication mark 616 is displayed regardless of whether or not the program is a scheduled recording program.

  Further, the program guide screen setting means 291B controls to display broadcast program information 612 and 712 related to eight television broadcast programs on the program guide screens 600 and 700 at a time. For this reason, the user can recognize that a plurality of television broadcast programs are duplicate programs or scheduled recording programs only by visually recognizing one program guide screen 600, 700. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can display the distribution state of the content data more appropriately.

  Furthermore, the display control apparatus of the present invention is applied to the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 provided with the recording control means 293 that controls to store the content data based on the recording reservation information 520. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can appropriately display the distribution state of the content data and can store the content data. Therefore, the convenience of the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can be improved.

  In addition, when the recording control unit 293 recognizes that at least a part of time for recording different content data is overlapped, the recording control unit 293 acquires the generation date / time information 525 of the recording reservation information 520 corresponding to each content data. . Then, the recording process is performed by giving priority to the content data set after the recording reservation. For this reason, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can record content data based on the recording reservation set after the high priority generally when the time which records several content data overlaps. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can appropriately record the content data.

[Modification of Embodiment]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and includes the following modifications as long as the object of the present invention can be achieved.

  That is, the configuration in which the presence / absence of the display of the duplication mark 616 is set based on whether or not the display program is a duplication program is illustrated, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the following configuration may be used without displaying the duplication mark 616. Good. For example, the display color of the broadcast program information 612 and 712 may be set to a display color corresponding to whether or not the program is a duplicate program. Further, for example, the characters of the broadcast program information 612 and 712 of the overlapping program may be displayed in a blinking state, and the characters of the broadcast program information 612 and 712 of the television broadcast program other than the overlapping program may be displayed in a lighting state. Furthermore, it is good also as a structure etc. which make the character form of the broadcast program information 612,712 of an overlapping program different from the character form of the broadcast program information 612,712 of a program other than an overlapping program. Examples of the character form include, but are not limited to, a so-called Gothic form and Mincho form. In addition, a frame mark different from the selection cursor 618 may be displayed around the broadcast program information 612 and 712 of the duplicate program. With such a configuration, the user can recognize, for example, whether or not the program is a duplicate program simply by visually recognizing the vicinity of the program name 614, and the position where the duplicate mark 616 is displayed as in the above embodiment. There is no need to move it up. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can display the distribution state of the content data more appropriately.

  Further, for example, the size of the characters of the broadcast program information 612 and 712 may be set to a size corresponding to whether or not it is a duplicate program without displaying the duplicate mark 616. For example, it is good also as a structure which displays the character of the broadcast program information 612,712 of a duplicate program larger than the thing of the television broadcast program other than a duplicate program. With such a configuration, the user can easily recognize that the television broadcast program indicated by the broadcast program information 612 and 712 is a duplicate program from the broadcast program information 612 and 712 displayed larger. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can display the distribution state of the content data more appropriately.

  Further, for example, when the broadcast program information 612, 712 of the duplicate program is selected with the selection cursor 618, it is a duplicate program in the left side of the broadcast program information 612, 712, each area 610, 620, 630, 640, 710, or the like. The character information or mark may be displayed. Even with such a configuration, the user can record a scheduled recording program that overlaps the broadcast time of a predetermined television broadcast program due to character information or marks displayed in the areas 610, 620, 630, 640, and 710. Can recognize whether or not it exists. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can appropriately display the distribution state of the content data.

  Further, the recording reservation mark 615 when the display program is a scheduled recording program and a duplicate program may be set to a different display form from the recording reservation mark 615 when the display program is a scheduled recording program and not a duplicate program. Good. For example, the recording reservation mark 615 may be set to blue when the display program is a recording reservation program and an overlapping program, and may be set to red when the display program is a recording reservation program and is not an overlapping program. With such a configuration, the user can recognize whether or not the displayed program is a scheduled recording program and a duplicated program by the display form of the scheduled recording mark 615. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can display the distribution state of the content data more appropriately.

  Then, for example, at least one of program title information 434, program subtitle information 435, program genre information 436, and program description information 437 of the program information 410 is caused to function as content character information of the present invention. Then, in accordance with the contents of the scheduled recording program whose broadcast time overlaps with the overlap program, a configuration for setting the display form of the overlap mark 616 and the broadcast program information 612 and 712, for example, the display color and the display size, is set. And so on. Specifically, for example, the program information 410 of the scheduled recording program is retrieved from the program information table 400 based on the scheduled recording information 520. Furthermore, based on, for example, the program genre information 436 of the program information 410, the genre of the scheduled recording program that overlaps with the duplicate program is recognized. A configuration in which the display form of the duplication mark 616 is set corresponding to this genre, for example, a configuration in which the duplication mark 616 is set in blue when the genre is “sports” and red is set in the case of “drama”. Also good. Here, it is good also as a structure which incorporates beforehand the information regarding the genre of the television broadcast program to record in the recording reservation information 520. FIG. With such a configuration, the user can recognize the genre of the scheduled recording program that overlaps with the duplicate program by the display form of the duplication mark 616. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can display the distribution state of the content data more appropriately.

  Also, a configuration for setting the display form of the characters and background of the overlap mark 616 and the broadcast program information 612 and 712 corresponding to the length of the overlap time between the overlap program and the scheduled recording program, for example, when the overlap time is less than 30 minutes Alternatively, the overlap mark 616 may be set in blue, and red for 30 minutes or more. With this configuration, the user can recognize the overlap time between the overlap program and the scheduled recording program based on the display form of the overlap mark 616. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can display the overlapping state between the overlapping program and the recording reservation program, and can more appropriately display the distribution state of the content data.

  Furthermore, a configuration for setting the display form of characters and background of the duplication mark 616 and the broadcast program information 612 and 712 corresponding to the ratio of the duplication time length with the scheduled recording program to the duplication program broadcast time length, etc. It is good. For example, the overlap mark 616 may be set to blue when the ratio of the overlap time length to the broadcast time length of the overlap program is less than 50%, and red when the ratio is 50% or more. With such a configuration, the user can, for example, display the overlapping mark 616, even if the overlapping time is the same 10 minutes, the overlapping program broadcast time is 12 minutes, and most of the overlapping programs overlap. It can be recognized that the broadcast time of the duplicate program is 120 minutes and a small part of the duplicate program is duplicated. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can more appropriately display the overlapping state between the overlapping program and the scheduled recording program, and can more appropriately display the distribution state of the content data.

  And it is good also as a structure etc. which set the display form of the character and background of the duplication mark 616 and the broadcast program information 612,712 corresponding to the position which overlaps with the recording reservation program in the broadcast time slot | zone of an overlap program. For example, the duplication mark 616 may be set to blue when the first half of the duplicate program overlaps with the scheduled recording program, and may be set to red when the second half is duplicated. With such a configuration, the user can recognize the position where the scheduled recording program overlaps in the broadcast time zone of the duplicate program by the display form of the duplication mark 616. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can more appropriately display the overlapping state between the overlapping program and the scheduled recording program, and can more appropriately display the distribution state of the content data.

  Furthermore, an acquisition number counting means for counting the number of times of recording for a television broadcast program related to the television broadcast program reserved and recorded based on the recording reservation information 520 (hereinafter referred to as a related television broadcast program) is provided. Here, examples of related television broadcast programs include series and continuous television broadcast programs, television broadcast programs having substantially the same genre, and the like. Then, it is possible to set the display form of the characters and background of the duplication mark 616 and the broadcast program information 612 and 712 corresponding to the number of times of recording. With such a configuration, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can display the duplication mark 616 that reflects, for example, the user's preference corresponding to the number of times the related television broadcast program has been recorded. Therefore, the user can recognize whether or not the scheduled recording program that overlaps with the duplicate program meets the preference by the display form of the duplication mark 616. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can display the distribution state of the content data more appropriately.

  The broadcast program information 612 and 712 related to one television broadcast program may be displayed on the program guide screens 600 and 700. With such a configuration, the size of the broadcast program information areas 610 and 710 can be minimized. Therefore, the content information area 620 and the received image area 640 can be enlarged, and the contents of the television broadcast program corresponding to the broadcast program information 612 and 712 can be displayed more, or the video data of the currently received television broadcast program can be displayed larger. it can.

  Moreover, although the recording reservation mark 615 is displayed when the display program is a duplicate program and a recording reservation program, and the duplication mark 616 is displayed when the display program is a duplication program and not a recording reservation program, Not limited to this, if the displayed program is a duplicate program, the duplicate mark 616 may be displayed regardless of whether it is a reserved recording program or not.

  Then, when at least a part of the time for recording different content data is overlapped, the configuration for prioritizing the recording reservation set later is exemplified, but the configuration for prioritizing the recording reservation set earlier, etc. It is good.

  Furthermore, the display control apparatus of the present invention may be applied to a configuration for displaying an overlapping state with respect to a broadcast time of a television broadcast program for which viewing reservation is set. Further, the present invention is not limited to the configuration in which the display control apparatus of the present invention is applied to the recording / reproducing apparatus 200. For example, the display control apparatus 291 may be applied to a program guide display control apparatus in which the program guide display control means 291 is made independent. Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the configuration in which the data processing apparatus of the present invention is applied to the recording / reproducing apparatus 200, and may be applied to, for example, a recording control apparatus in which the program guide display control means 291 and the recording control means 293 are made independent.

  Each function described above is constructed as a program. However, for example, it may be configured by hardware such as a circuit board or an element such as one integrated circuit (IC), and can be used in any form. In addition, by adopting a configuration that allows reading from a program or a separate recording medium, handling is easy, and usage can be easily expanded.

  In addition, the specific structure and procedure for carrying out the present invention can be changed as appropriate to other structures and the like within the scope of achieving the object of the present invention.

[Effects of Embodiment]
As described above, in the above embodiment, the CPU 290 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 uses the program attribute recognition unit 291A of the program guide display control unit 291 to store the time information 432 and 433 in the program information table 400 based on the EPG data. Based on this, the time zone of the broadcast time of the display program displayed on the program guide screens 600 and 700 is recognized. Then, the recording reservation information 520 in the memory 280 is sequentially acquired, and at least a part of the time zone for performing recording based on the recording date / time information 521 of the acquired recording reservation information 520 and the broadcast program time zone overlap. If it is recognized that this is the case, this display program is recognized as a duplicate program. Thereafter, the program guide display control means 291 displays, in the program guide screen setting means 291B, the broadcast program information 612 and 712 based on the program information table 400 related to the duplicate program different from the broadcast program information 612 and 712 other than the duplicate program. It is displayed on the program guide screens 600 and 700 in the form. For this reason, the user sets a recording reservation overlapping with the broadcast time of a predetermined television broadcast program based on the display form of the broadcast program information 612 and 712 relating to each television broadcast program on the program guide screens 600 and 700. It can be recognized whether there is a TV broadcast program. Therefore, the recording / reproducing apparatus 200 can appropriately display the distribution state of the content data.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the recording / reproducing system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows schematic structure of the program information table in the said one Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows schematic structure of the video recording reservation list information in the said one Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows schematic structure of CPU which comprises the recording / reproducing apparatus in the said one Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the program table screen according to time in the said embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the program guide screen classified by channel in the said embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the display process of the program schedule screen in the said one Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

250 Recording / playback processing means that also functions as data acquisition means 291 Program guide display control means 291A as calculation means 291A As determination means that also functions as distribution information acquisition means and acquisition information acquisition means that constitute the display control device and data processing device Program attribute recognition means 291B Program table screen setting means as display control means constituting the display control apparatus and data processing apparatus 293 Recording as data acquisition control means that also functions as acquisition time overlap judgment means constituting the data processing apparatus Control unit 320 Display unit 321 that also functions as display unit Display area 400 Program information table that also functions as distribution information 420 Channel information as distribution schedule information 432 Distribution time information and program start time information as distribution schedule information 433 Distribution time information As the program ends Time information 434 Program title information as distribution schedule information that can also function as content character information 435 Program subtitle information that can also function as content character information 436 Program genre information that can also function as content character information 437 Also function as content character information Possible program description information 520 Recording reservation information as acquisition information 521 Recording date and time information as acquisition time information 525 Generation date and time information 616 Duplication mark as duplication information

Claims (18)

Distribution information acquisition means for acquiring distribution information related to a distribution time for distributing predetermined data and distribution schedule information regarding a distribution schedule for distributing the predetermined data as one data structure;
Acquisition information acquisition means for acquiring acquisition information having acquisition time information relating to acquisition time for acquiring specific data distributed separately from the predetermined data;
Determining means for determining an overlap state between the distribution time of the distribution time information and the acquisition time of the acquisition time information;
When it is determined that at least a part of the distribution time and the acquisition time overlap, the distribution schedule information is different from the distribution schedule information when it is determined that at least a part does not overlap. Display control means for controlling display on the display means in a display form;
A display control apparatus comprising: The display control device according to claim 1,
The display control means adds the duplicate information indicating that the information is duplicated to the distribution schedule information when it is judged that the information is duplicated, and displays the duplicate information. A display control apparatus that controls display without adding the duplicate information to the distribution schedule information. The display control device according to claim 1 or 2,
The determination unit determines whether the acquisition information corresponding to the predetermined data is acquired by the acquisition information acquisition unit,
When the display control means determines that the acquisition information corresponding to the predetermined data has been acquired, the display control means determines that the acquisition information corresponding to the predetermined data is not acquired as the distribution schedule information. A display control apparatus that controls display on a display unit in a display form different from the distribution schedule information. The display control device according to claim 3,
The display control means performs control to display the distribution schedule information in a display form corresponding to whether or not the acquisition information corresponding to the predetermined data is acquired when it is determined that the information overlaps. A display control device characterized by. A display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The acquired information is associated with content character information indicating the content of the specific data,
The display control device, wherein it is determined that the display control means displays the distribution schedule information in a display form corresponding to the content of the content character information when it is determined that they overlap. A display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The display control means performs control to display the distribution schedule information in a display form corresponding to the length of the overlapping time when it is determined that the overlapping is performed. apparatus. A display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The display control means displays the distribution schedule information in a display form corresponding to the ratio of the length of the distribution time and the length of the overlapping time when it is determined that the display overlaps. A display control device characterized by performing control. A display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The display control means performs control to display the distribution schedule information in a display form corresponding to the overlapping position in the distribution time period when it is determined that the display overlaps. Display control device. A display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
Comprising an acquisition number counting means for counting the number of times data related to the specific data has been acquired;
The display control means performs control to display the distribution schedule information in a display form corresponding to the number of times counted by the acquisition number counting means when it is determined that the information is duplicated. Control device. A display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The display control apparatus is characterized in that the display form is at least one of brightness, hue, and saturation. A display control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display form is a display size. A display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
The display control device controls the display of a plurality of the distribution schedule information in one display area displayed on the screen by the display device. A display control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
Data acquisition control means for controlling the data acquisition means for acquiring data to acquire the specific data at the acquisition time of the acquisition time information acquired by the acquisition information acquisition means of the display control device;
A data processing apparatus comprising: 14. A data processing apparatus according to claim 13, comprising:
The acquisition information has generation date / time information related to the date / time when the acquisition information was generated,
Including an acquisition time duplication determination means for judging an overlap state of acquisition times of the acquisition time information in the acquisition information and the other acquisition information;
When it is determined that at least a part of the acquisition time overlaps, the data acquisition control unit determines whether the generated date / time is based on the date / time of the generation date / time information of the acquisition information and the other acquisition information. A data processing apparatus that controls to acquire the specific data at an acquisition time of the acquisition time information in the subsequent acquisition information or the other acquisition information. A display control method for performing control to display distribution schedule information related to a distribution schedule in which predetermined data is distributed by an arithmetic means,
The computing means is
A distribution time information relating to a distribution time during which the predetermined data is distributed, and distribution information in which the distribution schedule information is configured as one data structure;
Obtaining acquisition information having acquisition time information relating to acquisition time for acquiring specific data distributed separately from the predetermined data;
Determining an overlap state between the distribution time of the distribution time information and the acquisition time of the acquisition time information;
When it is determined that at least a part of the distribution time and the acquisition time overlap, the distribution schedule information is different from the distribution schedule information when it is determined that at least a part does not overlap. A display control method, comprising: controlling display on a display means in a display form. A display control program for causing a calculation means to function as the display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 12. A display control program for causing a calculation means to execute the display control method according to claim 15. 18. A recording medium on which a display control program is recorded, wherein the display control program according to claim 16 or 17 is recorded so as to be readable by an arithmetic means.

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