JP2006157826A - Television program recording method and mobile communications terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a television program recording method, capable of enabling a nobile communications terminal device to record a television program content easily, and to form a recording file which is easy to discriminate. <P>SOLUTION: A channel designating means 35 of an application A33 designates a channel selected from among EPG information acquired by a television program information means 34 and sends a request for receiving together with the program information on the channel to a channel receiving control means 39 through the intermediary of a channel check means 38. When the channel-receiving control means 39 receives a request for receiving the television program, it makes a request to a television tuner 23 for receiving the television program and carries out processings for enabling a display unit 13 and a guide speaker 16 to output the received image/sound information and making a receiving-channel recording means 40 record the received image/sound information. The receiving-channel recording means 40 stores the image/sound information together with the program information and creates recording files that are easily discriminated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a television program recording method and a mobile communication terminal device, and more particularly to a television program recording method in a mobile communication terminal device with a television tuner and a mobile communication terminal device using the television program recording method.

  Conventionally, mobile communication terminal devices such as mobile phones have been widely used. Such mobile communication terminal devices can have various functions in addition to a call function and a mail communication function. Among such mobile communication terminal devices having various functions, a mobile phone having a TV tuner and having a TV viewing and recording function has also appeared (see Non-Patent Document 1).

  In such a mobile communication terminal device with a TV function, a frequency of a region where the user mainly lives is assigned in advance as a TV channel to the operation key, and the user can view from the channel of the operation key. Alternatively, the channel is selected by selecting the channel of the program to be recorded.

In addition, not only for mobile communication terminal devices, but also when recording television, an electronic program guide (EPG: Electric Program Guide) is acquired via broadcast radio waves or the Internet, and the electronic information of the program is obtained from the television program. It has also become common to make a recording reservation by transmitting it to a recording device (see Patent Document 1).
“Product information V601N”, [online], Vodafone, [November 15, 2004 search], Internet <URL: http://www.vodafone.jp/japanese/products/kisyu/v601n/index.html> JP 2000-278623 A

  As described above, it is common to view or record television with a mobile phone and to use television program information such as EPG as television program information.

  However, in the case of a mobile communication terminal device, although a TV program can be easily recorded anywhere, it is difficult to find a program to be recorded because the operation is complicated or character input is difficult, and the file name is recorded in the recording file. It took a lot of time and effort to keep things organized.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and uses a television program recording method and a television program recording method capable of easily recording a mobile communication terminal device and creating an easily-identified recording file. An object is to provide a mobile communication terminal device.

  The television program recording method of the present invention is a television program recording method in a mobile communication terminal device with a television tuner, the program information obtaining step for obtaining television program information; and the television program information obtained by the program information obtaining step. A program information transmission recording requesting step for requesting recording of a television program corresponding to the television program information, using at least a part of the program as a parameter; recording the television program requested by the program information transmission recording requesting step; And storing the TV program information in an area of the recording file that is different from the area in which the TV program is recorded.

  In this television program storage method, first, television program information is obtained in a program information obtaining step. Here, “television program information” means information relating to a television program including a channel, program name, performer, and broadcast time. The TV program information is acquired from sources other than the mobile communication terminal device, such as a network or an information recording medium. Next, in the program information transmission recording requesting step, recording of the TV program of the acquired TV program information is requested using at least a part of the TV program information as a parameter among the acquired TV program information. The request here may be made together with a request for starting television reception, or may be a request for starting recording for a currently received television program. Subsequently, in the program information storing and recording step, the requested TV program is recorded and stored as a recording file, and the TV program information is stored in an area of the recording file that is different from the area where the TV program is recorded.

  Therefore, the user can easily record from the acquired television program information, and is stored together with the program information, so that the user can easily identify the recorded file.

  In the television program recording method of the present invention, the acquisition of the television program information in the program information acquisition step may be performed by acquiring an electronic program guide distributed through the Internet or broadcast. Here, TV program information means so-called EPG (Electric Program Guide) information, and it is easier to use information that is generally distributed through broadcasting, the Internet, and the like. Program information can be acquired and recorded. In addition, broadcasting here refers to transmission of wireless communication performed for the purpose of simultaneously receiving the same content to the public, regardless of whether it is television or radio, or analog or digital.

  In the television program recording method of the present invention, the television program information may be stored in a file name area of the recording file in the program information storage recording step. Therefore, the user can easily identify the program by checking the file name.

  In the television program recording method of the present invention, the program information acquisition step and the program information transmission recording request step are executed by an application program described in a language that can be used universally in different execution environments. It can be. Here, a language that can be used universally even in different execution environments refers to a language such as a so-called JAVA (registered trademark). Therefore, the user can use the application in various mobile communication terminal devices.

  The mobile communication terminal device of the present invention includes a television tuner; program information obtaining means for obtaining television program information; and at least a part of the television program information obtained by the program information obtaining means as a parameter in the television program information. A program information transmission recording requesting unit for requesting recording of a corresponding TV program; the TV program requested by the program information transmission recording requesting unit is received and recorded by the TV tuner, and is stored as a recording file; And a program information storing and recording unit that stores the TV program information in an area of the recording file that is different from an area where the TV program is recorded.

  In this mobile communication terminal device, the program information acquisition means acquires television program information. Here, “television program information” means information relating to a television program including a channel, program name, performer, and broadcast time. The TV program information is acquired from sources other than the mobile communication terminal device, such as a network or an information recording medium. The program information transmission recording requesting unit requests recording of the TV program of the TV program information using at least a part of the acquired TV program information as a parameter. Further, the program information storage recording means records the TV program requested by the program information transmission recording request means, receives and records it by the TV tuner, stores it as a recording file, and stores the TV program information in the recording file. Of these, the TV program is stored in a different area from the recorded area.

    Therefore, the user can easily record from the acquired television program information, and is stored together with the program information, so that the user can easily identify the recorded file.

  In the mobile communication terminal device of the present invention, the program information acquisition unit may acquire the television program information by acquiring an electronic program guide distributed through the Internet or broadcast. Here, TV program information means so-called EPG (Electric Program Guide) information, and it is easier to use information that is generally distributed through broadcasting, the Internet, and the like. Program information can be acquired and recorded. The word “broadcast” here is used in the same meaning as the above-described television program recording method.

  In the mobile communication terminal device of the present invention, the program information storing and recording unit may store the television program information in a file name area of the recording file. Therefore, the user can easily identify the program by checking the file name.

  Further, in the mobile communication terminal device of the present invention, the program information acquisition means and the program information transmission recording request means are constituted by an application program described in a language that can be used universally even in different execution environments. can do. Here, a language that can be used universally even in different execution environments refers to a language such as a so-called JAVA (registered trademark). Therefore, the user can use the application in various mobile communication terminal devices.

  As described above, the television reception method of the present invention and the mobile communication terminal device using the method can easily record a television program of the mobile communication terminal device and create a recording file that is easy to identify. .

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In these drawings, the same or equivalent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  FIG. 1 schematically shows an external configuration of the mobile phone 10. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 10 includes (a) an operation unit 12 having a numeric keypad for inputting a telephone number, and function keys for inputting various commands such as switching of operation modes; b) a display unit 13 having a liquid crystal display device for displaying operation guidance, operation status, received messages and the like of the mobile phone 10; and (c) a call speaker 14 for reproducing a voice signal sent from a communication partner during a call. (D) a microphone 15 for inputting sound during sound collection or for inputting sound during a call; (e) a guidance speaker 16 for generating a ringtone or guidance sound; and (f) a base. An antenna 17 for performing wireless communication with the station is provided.

  FIG. 2 schematically shows an internal system 11 that is an information processing system inside the mobile phone 10. The internal system 11 includes a control unit 21 that performs overall control of the mobile phone 10, a transmission / reception unit 22 that performs wireless communication with a base station via an antenna 17, a television antenna 24 that receives radio waves of a television broadcast, It includes a television tuner 23 that receives a designated frequency of broadcast radio waves and encodes it into a format that is processed by the control unit 21.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 21 includes a general-purpose application unit 31 and a basic processing unit 32, and includes a central processing unit (CPU), a digital signal processing unit (DSP), and It is executed and processed by hardware such as a storage device (RAM or the like). The general-purpose application part is a part having an application program that can be used for general purposes without depending on the terminal of the mobile phone, and stores a program written in a language such as so-called JAVA (registered trademark). On the other hand, the basic processing unit 32 represents a part of the control unit 21 other than the general-purpose application unit.

  Further, the general-purpose application unit 31 includes an application A33 that is an application program for using a television function. The application A33 is (i) the EPG (TV program information from the Internet via the antenna 17 and the transmission / reception unit 22). Electric program guide) TV program information acquisition means 34 for acquiring information and displaying it on the display unit 13, and (ii) channel specifying means for requesting the basic processing unit 32 to start TV reception and specify a reception channel. 35, (iii) a reception channel acquisition / save unit 36 that acquires and stores a channel received from the basic processing unit, and (iv) a reception channel storage in which a channel acquired by the reception channel acquisition / save unit 36 is stored. Region 37.

  The basic processing unit 32 (i) whether or not the channel specified by the channel specifying means 35 is a channel assigned to the key of the operation unit 12 and whether or not the channel can be received by the TV tuner 23. (Ii) a channel reception control means 39 that acquires a channel received from an allocated channel storage area 41 or a virtual channel storage area 42, which will be described later, and requests the television tuner 23 to receive, iii) receiving channel recording means 40 for recording (including recording) the receiving channel, (iv) an assigned channel recording area 41 for holding information on the channel assigned to the key of the operating unit 12, and (v) the operating unit 12 A virtual channel that is not assigned to any of the keys and temporarily holds information on channels that can be received by the TV tuner 23 And a 憶領 region 42.

  Next, a television reception method in the mobile phone 10 configured as described above will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 4, first, electronic TV program guide (EPG) information is acquired by the running application A via the Internet and displayed on the display unit 13. Here, when the user performs an operation for selecting and viewing a program from the displayed EPG information, the TV program information acquiring unit 34 specifies the selected channel to the channel specifying unit 35 and performs TV reception. Make a request.

  Receiving the request for television reception, the channel designating means 35 requests the channel checking means 38 for television reception using the designated channel as a parameter. Upon receiving this request, the channel check means 38 performs a channel check S50. As shown in FIG. 5, the channel check S50 first acquires the channel assigned to the key of the operation unit 12 from the assigned channel storage area 41 in step S51, and checks whether or not the designated channel is included. judge.

  If this determination is affirmative, a television reception request is made on a channel included in the allocated channel storage area 41 in step S52. Further, in step S53, the mobile phone 10 requests the application A to pause in order to start television reception and display the image. The application A requested to pause is suspended.

  On the other hand, if the determination in step S51 is negative, it is determined in step S54 whether the designated channel is a channel that can be received by the television tuner 23. If this determination is affirmative, the channel check means 38 stores the channel designated in the virtual channel storage area 42 in step S55, and makes a television reception request on the virtual channel in step S56. In step 57, the application A is requested to pause in the same manner as in the case where an affirmative determination is made in step S51.

  If the determination in step S54 is negative, in step S58, an error indicating that the channel is not receivable is notified to the application A.

  Here, it is assumed that the designated channel is a channel that can be received by the television tuner 23 but is not assigned to the key of the operation unit 12. Therefore, in this case, television reception is performed using the channel saved in the virtual channel storage area in the channel check S50. Returning to FIG. 4, the channel reception control means 39 that has received the television reception request acquires a channel from the virtual channel storage area 42 and makes a television reception start request to the television tuner 23.

  The TV tuner 23 receiving the TV reception request receives the radio signal of the frequency of the designated channel via the TV antenna 24, encodes the received video / audio information into a format that can be processed by the control unit 21, and then receives the channel reception. This is sent to the control means 39. The channel reception control means 39 that has received the encoded image / sound signal decodes the image / sound information and sends the image information to the display unit 13 and the sound information to the guidance speaker 16. The display unit 13 that has received the image information outputs an image on its display surface, and the guidance speaker 16 that has received the sound information outputs a sound.

  Here, when the user repeatedly presses the right key of the cross key of the operation unit 12, the channel reception control means 39 is assigned to the operation key of the operation unit 12 stored in the assigned channel storage area 41 in advance. Receives channels in order. When all the channels stored in the assigned channel storage area 41 have been specified and the user repeatedly presses the up key repeatedly, the channel reception control means 39 specifies and receives the channels stored in the virtual channel storage area 42. To do. If the upper key is repeatedly pressed, the channel stored in the assigned channel storage area 41 is received again, and the cross key operates as a so-called toggle key.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 6, operations when the television reception is paused and when the television reception is resumed will be described. It is assumed that the channel received when the television reception is paused is a channel that can be received by the television tuner 23 but is not assigned to the key of the operation unit 12.

  When the channel reception control means 39 during the reception process receives a request to end the reception process, it requests the television tuner 23 to end the reception, ends the decoding process, and requests the application A to resume. . The reception channel acquisition / save means 36 of the application A resumed by the resume request requests the channel information received from the channel reception control means 39. Here, the channel information includes “channel type” and “flag information indicating whether or not channel type information is included” in addition to “channel”.

  The channel reception control means 39 requested for the channel information responds to the reception channel acquisition storage means 36 with the channel information received at the end of reception. Receiving channel acquisition and storage means 36 that has received the channel information stores the channel information in the receiving channel storage area 37.

  Subsequently, in the active application A, when there is a television reception request without specifying a channel, the channel specifying means 35 acquires the stored channel information from the reception channel storage area 37. Then, the channel of the acquired channel information is designated and a television reception request is made to the channel check means 38.

  Thereafter, as in the case described with reference to FIG. 4, the channel check means 38 that has received the television reception recording request performs channel check S50 and requests the channel reception control means 39 to receive the virtual channel. The channel reception control means 39 requested to receive the channel acquires the channel from the virtual channel storage area 42 and requests the television tuner 23 to start reception. Subsequently, the TV tuner 23 that has received the TV reception request receives the radio signal, encodes the received image / audio information, and sends it to the channel reception control means 39. The channel reception control means 39 that receives the image / audio signal receives the signal. Then, the image / sound information is decoded. The decoded image information and audio information are sent to the display unit 13 and the guidance speaker 16, respectively.

  Next, the case of recording from EPG information will be described with reference to FIG.

  As in the case described with reference to FIG. 4, the TV program information acquisition unit 34 of the application A 33 acquires EPG information from the Internet and displays it on the display unit 13. When the user selects a program from the displayed EPG information and performs an operation for recording and viewing, the television program information acquisition unit 34 requests the channel designation unit 35 to receive and record the television, and selects the program. And the program information of that channel acquired from the EPG information.

  The channel designating means 35 that has received the television reception recording request designates the selected channel to the channel checking means 38 to make a television reception recording request and sends program information of the channel. The channel check means 38 that has received the TV reception recording request performs channel check S50 and requests the channel reception control means 39 to receive and record together with the program information. The channel reception control means 39 requested for reception recording acquires the channel stored in the allocated channel storage area 41 or the virtual channel storage area 42, requests the television tuner 23 to start reception, and sends the reception channel recording means 40 to the reception channel recording means 40. Request recording start together with program information.

  The TV tuner 23 that has received the TV reception request receives the radio signal, encodes the received video / audio information, and sends it to the channel reception control means 39 as in the case described with reference to FIG. Upon receiving the image / audio signal, the channel reception control means 39 decodes the image / audio information and sends the image information to the display unit 13, the audio information to the guidance speaker 16, and the image / audio information to the reception channel recording means 40. send.

  Similar to the case described with reference to FIG. 4, the display unit 13 and the guidance speaker 16 output image information to the display surface and output audio information to the guidance speaker 16, respectively. The reception channel recording means 40 that has received the image / audio information records and stores the image / audio information using the program information notified from the channel reception control means 39 as a file name.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the channel specifying unit 35 of the application A 33 specifies the channel selected from the EPG information acquired by the TV program information unit 34, and the channel checking unit 38 of the basic processing unit 32. Make a TV reception request. The channel check means 38 checks whether it is assigned to the key of the operation unit 12 in the process of the channel check S50, and in the case of a channel not assigned to the key, it is stored in the virtual channel storage area 42. Save the channel.

  Subsequently, the channel check means 38 makes a reception request to the channel reception control means 39 and suspends the application A33. In response to the reception request, the channel reception control means 39 requests the TV tuner 23 to receive the channel stored in the virtual channel storage area 42 and outputs the received video / audio information to the display unit 13 and the guidance speaker 16. Process to do.

  When the television reception is terminated, the channel reception control means 39 resumes the application A33 and terminates the television reception process together with the television tuner 23. The resumed channel acquisition / save means 36 of the application A 33 acquires the received channel information from the channel reception control means 39 and stores it in the reception channel storage area 37. Next, in the application A33, when a television reception request without a channel designation is made, the channel designation unit 35 obtains channel information from the reception channel storage area 37 and designates the channel of the obtained channel information. Then, a television reception request is made to the channel check means 38.

  When recording a TV program, the channel specifying means 35 of the application A33 specifies a channel selected from the EPG information acquired by the TV program information means 34, and together with the program information of the channel, the basic processing unit A television reception request is made to the 32 channel check means 38. The channel check means 38 checks whether it is assigned to the key of the operation unit 12 in the process of the channel check S50, and in the case of a channel not assigned to the key, it is stored in the virtual channel storage area 42. Save the channel.

  Subsequently, a reception request is made to the channel reception control means 39 together with the program information, and the application A33 is temporarily stopped. In response to the reception request, the channel reception control means 39 requests the television tuner 23 to receive the channel stored in the channel storage area 41 or the channel stored in the virtual channel storage area 42 and receives the received audio / video information. Is output to the display unit 13 and the guidance speaker 16 and the reception channel recording means 40 is recorded. The reception channel recording means 40 stores image / audio information together with program information.

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the user can easily view or record from TV program information acquired via the Internet, broadcast radio waves, or the like. In addition, since the TV program information can be left in the recorded file information, a file that can be easily identified can be created without inputting information for identifying the recorded program. Further, the user can view or record a channel other than the channel set in the operation key that has been received in the past without resetting the channel at the start of reception. Furthermore, since the application A33 is a versatile application program, the user can use the application on various terminals.

  In the present embodiment, the television program information is acquired from the EPG information. However, the television program information may be acquired without using the EPG information.

  In the present embodiment, the TV program information is acquired from the Internet, but may be acquired from a broadcast such as a TV broadcast.

  In the present embodiment, the reception request and the recording request are made at the same time. However, the reception request and the recording request may be made separately, or the recording request may be made for a channel that has already been received.

  In the present embodiment, the channel designation means 35, the television program information acquisition means 34, the reception channel acquisition storage means 36, and the reception channel storage area 37 are stored in the general-purpose application unit 31 using a language such as JAVA (registered trademark). Although the application A33 is used, part or all of the application A33 may be a part of the basic processing unit 32.

  In the present embodiment, a mobile phone is used as the mobile communication terminal device, but other mobile communication terminal devices may be used.

  As described above, the television reception method of the present invention can be applied to a mobile communication terminal device having a television reception function. The mobile communication terminal device of the present invention can be applied to mobile communication terminal devices such as mobile phones.

1 is a diagram schematically showing an external configuration of a mobile phone 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows schematically the internal system 11 of the mobile telephone 10 of FIG. It is a figure which shows schematically the control part 21 of the mobile telephone 10 of FIG. It is a sequence diagram for demonstrating the processing method of the television reception of the mobile telephone 10 of FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a process of channel check S50 of FIG. It is a sequence diagram for demonstrating the processing method of suspension and resumption of television reception of the mobile phone 10 of FIG. It is a sequence diagram for demonstrating the processing method of television reception and recording of the mobile telephone 10 of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Mobile phone (mobile communication terminal device), 12 ... Operation part, 13 ... Display part, 14 ... Speaker for call, 15 ... Microphone, 16 ... Speaker for guidance, 17 ... Antenna, 21 ... Control part, 22 ... Transmission / reception part , 23 ... TV tuner, 24 ... TV antenna, 31 ... general-purpose application section, 32 ... basic processing section, 33 ... application A, 34 ... TV program information acquisition means (program information acquisition means), 35 ... channel designation means (program information) Transmission recording request means), 36... Reception channel acquisition and storage means, 37... Reception channel storage area, 38... Channel check means, 38... Channel reception control means, 40 .. reception channel recording means (program information storage recording means), 41. Allocated channel storage area, 42... Virtual channel storage area.

Claims (8)

A TV program recording method in a mobile communication terminal device with a TV tuner,
A program information acquisition step of acquiring TV program information;
A program information transmission recording requesting step for requesting recording of a television program corresponding to the television program information using at least a part of the television program information obtained by the program information obtaining step as a parameter;
The television program requested by the program information transmission recording requesting step is recorded and stored as a recording file, and the television program information is stored in an area different from the area where the television program is recorded in the recording file. A television program recording method comprising: a program information storage recording step for storing.   2. The television program recording method according to claim 1, wherein the television program information is acquired in the program information acquisition step by acquiring an electronic program guide distributed through the Internet or broadcast.   3. The television program recording method according to claim 1, wherein, in the program information storing and recording step, the television program information is stored in a file name area of the recording file.   The program information acquisition step and the program information transmission recording request step are executed by an application program described in a language that can be used universally even in different execution environments. The television program recording method as described in any one of Claims. With a TV tuner;
Program information acquisition means for acquiring TV program information;
Program information transmission recording requesting means for requesting recording of a television program corresponding to the television program information using at least a part of the television program information obtained by the program information obtaining means as a parameter;
The TV program requested by the program information transmission recording request means is received and recorded by the TV tuner and stored as a recording file, and the TV program information is recorded by the TV program out of the recording files. A mobile communication terminal apparatus comprising: program information storage and recording means for storing the program information in an area different from the recorded area.   6. The mobile communication terminal apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the program information acquisition unit acquires the television program information by acquiring an electronic program guide distributed through the Internet or broadcast.   7. The mobile communication terminal apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the program information storage recording unit stores the television program information in a file name area of the recording file. 8. The program information acquisition unit and the program information transmission recording request unit are configured by an application program described in a language that can be used universally even in different execution environments. The mobile communication terminal device according to any one of claims.

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