JP2006203535A - Electronic program guide display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic program guide display device which enhances the visibility of an interesting program designated by a televiewer in a program guide, and can display more program information suited to the taste of the televiewer. <P>SOLUTION: When the program guide is displayed on a two-dimensional matrix, a display block for the interesting program is enlarged, and the visibility of the program is enhanced, by more widening only the scale intervals for a channel and time for the program 26 drawing the televiewer's attention to be broadcast than those for other channels and time. Moreover, since display blocks for other programs to be broadcast at the same channel and time as the interesting program becomes wide in the same program guide, more program information can be displayed without changing the size of letters or the like, and program information in the same category as that of the interesting program can be displayed to the televiewer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention receives and accumulates an electronic program guide (EPG) of a television program from a wired or wireless information medium, and stores the information of the television program contained in this EPG with time on the horizontal axis and channel on the vertical axis. The present invention relates to an electronic program guide display device that is displayed on a two-dimensional table.

  Conventionally, in television broadcasting, the broadcast schedule of each program is determined in advance, and in recent years, this broadcast schedule is distributed on various information media in the form of an electronic program guide.

  FIG. 8 is a table showing an example of a program table displayed by a conventional electronic program guide display device.

  In the program table shown in the figure, as a section where each channel number or broadcast station name (84) on the vertical axis of the table intersects with the time (83) on the horizontal axis of the table, in a two-dimensional matrix equally divided, The program name (85) is displayed.

  In addition, the display information (82) of the channel (80) selected by the user is shown outside the table, and further, the program of interest (in the program name (85)) is shown in other places outside the table. Detailed information (information not omitted) (81) of the hatched program) is displayed.

  However, in the conventional electronic program guide display device, the number of channels that can be displayed is about 6 to 8 channels due to the relationship between the screen size and the resolution, and in the time axis (horizontal axis) direction, Unless the time is limited to about 2 to 3 hours, it is difficult for the viewer to read the information displayed in the section, and there is a problem that the listability is poor.

  In order to avoid this problem, for example, according to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-313291), the horizontal channel number and the vertical time interval are reduced by 1 / f. By using and displaying many programs and times, a large number of programs can be displayed in a list.

  Further, the conventional electronic program guide display device has a problem that the title is omitted in the middle of a program with a long title due to the size of the display block because the broadcast schedule is displayed in a two-dimensional matrix display. there were. Moreover, even if the program has a long title, the section (publishing space) is narrowed for a short-time program or the like.

  In order to avoid this problem, for program titles that do not fit in the table (matrix), a technique is generally used in which all titles that are not omitted are displayed in the marginal area of the table.

  In addition, as a method for displaying program information, in the method disclosed in Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-155110), in order to display detailed information of a program, a program (a program of interest) that a viewer wants to select is displayed. Etc.) is clicked with a mouse to expand the space in the display column of this program and display detailed information.

However, in recent years, the amount of television program information included in the received EPG can be displayed on a single screen (ie, the amount that can be displayed at a time) more than ever with the increase in screen size and resolution. It has become possible to increase. For this reason, even if the number of channels and the time that can be displayed are more than doubled, for example, 20 channels × 8 hours, the viewer can easily read the displayed information. This makes it possible to improve the listability of the program guide.
JP 11-313291 A JP 11-155110 A

  However, in the conventional electronic program guide display device described in the background art, the listability is improved due to the enlargement of the screen, and so many programs can be displayed as much as the list. On the other hand, there is a problem that the title of the program cannot be displayed entirely because of the block size of the table area of the program table.

  For this reason, the viewer needs to look at the information displayed outside the table area in order to see the entire omitted title, which increases the amount of movement of the line of sight.

  If there are multiple programs of interest, check the entire title of the program of interest, move the cursor to the next program of interest again, and check the entire title of this program again. There is a problem that it is necessary to work, and such work involves a great deal of fatigue.

  By the way, due to the high definition of the screen, the program of interest can be displayed even if the section size indicating the broadcast channel and broadcast time of each program is reduced. However, in this case, on the other hand, the ratio of the partition size for displaying the program to the entire screen becomes extremely small, so in the displayed list, the program that the viewer notices is lost. There is a problem that the possibility of the occurrence of the error becomes very high.

  In the case of the technique disclosed in the above-described Patent Document 1, that is, the display method using 1 / f fluctuation, the size of the display section becomes smaller as the distance from the program of interest increases, and the distance from the program of interest increases. There is a problem that it becomes difficult to read out necessary information in the portion, and the efficiency of using the listability obtained by increasing the resolution of the large screen is deteriorated. Furthermore, since the 1 / f fluctuation is used, it is not possible to emphasize the noticed program by increasing the visual difference between the noticed program and the adjacent program. There is a problem that it is difficult to distinguish.

  Further, the method disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 2, that is, a method for displaying detailed information by expanding the space in the display column of the program when the viewer clicks on a program (such as a program of interest) desired by the mouse. In the first place, it becomes meaningless when the viewer cannot find the display area of the program of interest or when the display area of the program of interest is lost, and in such a case, all titles are displayed. However, there is a problem that an extra operation of moving the cursor again and clicking a predetermined icon or button becomes complicated, and the operation becomes complicated.

  In addition, when viewing the entire list, unnecessary program titles other than the program of interest are also displayed, so the amount of information on the entire screen becomes too large, making it difficult to intuitively capture the program of interest. There is a point.

  In general, the program content broadcast by a broadcasting station has characteristics, and there is a tendency that programs belonging to the same category are broadcast in the same time zone. However, in the conventional electronic program guide, the scales of the two-dimensional matrix (table) are all equally distributed. For example, “I want to check only programs broadcast on a specific channel”, “ I ca n’t answer the viewer ’s request, “I want to see only the programs that are broadcast during that time.” There was a problem of being displayed.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and when displaying a program table, only the channel and time for broadcasting a program of interest designated by the viewer are compared with other channels and time intervals. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic program guide display device capable of improving the visibility of a program of interest by increasing the size of a block for displaying the program of interest by expanding the size of the program.

  In addition, when displaying the program guide, the display block of another program broadcast on the same channel and at the same time as the program of interest also becomes larger, so that more program information can be displayed without changing the size of characters. An electronic program guide display device capable of displaying program information of the same category as the program of interest to the viewer is provided.

  In order to solve the above problems, an electronic program guide display device according to the invention has the following features.

  An electronic program guide display device according to the present invention is an electronic program guide display device that creates and displays a program table in which a schedule for television broadcasting is described, and receives a broadcast including information on the electronic program guide. Necessary for creating a program table from a receiving means, a decoding means for decoding the program information of the electronic program guide received by the receiving means, a storage means for storing the program information decoded by the decoding means, and the storage means Means for retrieving program information, external input means for the viewer to specify the program of interest, program information of the designated program of interest, broadcast channel name, and broadcast time zone by searching the storage means The width of the line including the channel name display of the channel on which the searched program of interest is broadcast is obtained and the width of the line including the channel name display of the other channel is acquired. The width of the column describing the broadcast time of the program specified by the viewer is also expanded in the program table so as to be larger than the width of the column describing the broadcast time of other programs. Means for calculating the size of the display section based on the broadcast channel name and the broadcast time zone of the program of interest, and a program in a two-dimensional matrix representation with the broadcast channel name on the vertical axis and the scheduled broadcast time on the horizontal axis When creating a display section for program information constituting a table, the display section corresponding to the program of interest is created according to the calculated size, and the program information of the program including the program of interest is associated with the display. The present invention provides an electronic program guide display device comprising means for creating a program guide described in each section and display means for displaying the program guide.

  Further, in the electronic program guide display device, the program table has a width of a line including a channel name display of a channel on which a program designated by a viewer is broadcasted is wider than a line width including a channel name display of another channel. The width of the column describing the broadcast time of the program designated by the viewer is the same as the width of the column describing the broadcast time of the other program. .

  In the electronic program guide display device, the program table is obtained by expanding the width of a column describing a broadcast time of a program designated by a viewer to a width of a column describing the broadcast time of another program. In addition, the width of the line including the channel name display of the channel on which the program specified by the viewer is broadcast is the same as the width of the line including the channel name display of the other channel. .

  Further, in the electronic program guide display device, the program table has a width of a line including a channel name display of a channel on which a program designated by a viewer is broadcasted is wider than a line width including a channel name display of another channel. As for the width of the column describing the broadcast time of the program designated by the viewer, only the certain time zone within the broadcast time is larger than the width of the column describing the broadcast time of other programs. It is an enlarged one.

  Further, in the electronic program guide display device, the program table describes a broadcast width of a program designated by a viewer, a width of a column describing a broadcast time of a program designated by a viewer, and a broadcast time of another program only in a certain time zone within the broadcast time. The width of the line including the channel name display of the channel on which the program specified by the viewer is broadcast is the same as the width of the line including the channel name display of other channels. It is characterized by that.

  In addition, a digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes the electronic program guide display device.

  As described above, according to the electronic program guide display device of the present invention, when the program guide is displayed, the display block of the program of interest designated by the viewer is enlarged and displayed, so that the viewer is displayed. There is an effect that the part where the program information of the designated program of interest is posted can be easily found from the program table.

  In addition, even after the viewer moves his / her line of sight to a program other than the program of interest in the broadcast channel or broadcast time, or moves his / her line of sight to other than the program table displayed by the apparatus, the program of the program of interest There is an effect that a place where information is posted can be easily found.

  Furthermore, since it is possible to display the whole program without omitting the title in the expanded display section, the viewer can watch the title that is not omitted as in the past. This eliminates the need to move the line of sight to another area in the program guide in which the entire title is displayed, and is effective in reducing fatigue associated with movement of the line of sight.

  Also, other programs broadcast in the same channel and the same time zone as the program of interest can be displayed in a larger size and more characters can be displayed, so that more program information can be provided. Therefore, the viewer is highly likely to broadcast a program of the same channel that is characteristic of the program content or a program belonging to the same category without performing an operation of changing the program of interest other than the program of interest. It is possible to easily view a program that matches the user's preference, such as a program that is broadcast at the same time, and there is an effect of improving the usability and usability of the viewer.

  DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of an electronic program guide display device according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a digital broadcast receiving apparatus provided with an electronic program guide display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In the figure, a digital broadcast receiving apparatus equipped with an electronic program guide display device according to the present embodiment decodes a tuner unit 10 that receives a digital broadcast program and digital broadcast program information received by the tuner unit 10. A broadcast information decoding unit 11 and a video / audio decoding unit 12 for decoding and reconstructing the video / audio stream separated by the broadcast information decoding unit are provided.

  The apparatus also includes a display unit 13 for displaying the video reconstructed by the video / audio decoding unit 12, a program information storage unit 14 for storing program information decoded by the broadcast information decoding unit 11, and a program information storage unit. 14 includes a control unit 15 which is a control means for extracting necessary program information from 14, and an input unit 17 which receives an instruction from a user via a remote commander (controller) or the like.

  Further, the apparatus analyzes the input information input by the input unit 17 and transmits the information to the control unit 15 as necessary, and the control unit 15 according to the information instructed by the input unit 17. And a program table creation unit 16 that makes it possible to display the program information extracted from the program information storage unit 14 on the display unit 13.

  Hereinafter, functions of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus including the electronic program guide display apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.

  The tuner unit 10 selects a plurality of channels of digital broadcast signals received by an antenna (not shown) and transmits the selected channel to the broadcast information decoding unit 11.

  The broadcast information decoding unit 11 extracts and decodes broadcast information (including program information and program additional information) from the digital broadcast signal sent from the tuner unit 10 and sends it to the program information storage unit 14. The video / audio information is sent to the video / audio decoding unit 12 as it is.

  The video / audio decoding unit 12 extracts and decodes video / audio information from the digital broadcast signal transmitted from the tuner unit 10 via the broadcast information decoding unit 11, and transmits the video / audio information to the display unit 13.

  The program information storage unit 14 extracts program information from the broadcast information transmitted and stores it in a database (not shown).

  The input unit 17 inputs viewer instructions and the like. In this instruction, in addition to a program guide display request including designation of a program of interest that the viewer is likely to place the cursor on first, a program of another channel broadcasted at the same time as the program of interest is newly noticed. Instruction for moving the program of interest designated as a program (instruction for movement to the channel axis), and instruction for movement of a program of interest to designate a program in another time zone of the same channel as the program of interest as a new program of interest (to the time axis) Move instructions).

  In addition, it is also possible to configure such that each movement instruction can be input only by operating a button or an icon, for example, so that it does not need to be performed by a cursor operation.

  The input information analysis unit 18 analyzes the content of the instruction from the viewer input via the input unit 1, responds appropriately with the viewer, and sends the instruction to the control unit 15 as necessary. Send it out.

  Upon receiving the program guide display request, the control unit 15 searches the program information stored in the program information storage unit 14 for the designated program of interest that the viewer can first place the cursor on. Further, the program information stored in the program information storage unit 14 is searched (acquired) for the channel and time for the program to be displayed on the program guide as the program of interest. After that, the control unit 15 calculates the size of the display section to be widened for the channel and time zone in which the program of interest is broadcast, and together with the program information of the program to be displayed as a list, the calculated size of the program of interest display section Is sent to the program guide creation unit 16.

  In this process, for example, the display interval for displaying the program information of the program of interest in the program table shown in FIG. 2 is set to the horizontal display interval for displaying 20:00 to 21:00 and the channel name of the television CC. The height in the vertical direction to be displayed can be calculated as twice the size of the normal display section (an example of a program table to be created is shown in FIGS. 2 to 6).

  In addition, after sending the information to the program guide creation unit 16, the control unit 15 continues to wait for an instruction from the viewer (user), and this instruction moves the program of interest in the time axis (horizontal axis) direction. If instructed, change the program of interest to the program broadcast at the next time of the broadcast time of the current program of interest on the same channel, and then recalculate the size of the display section and then the same Continue the display process. Further, if the instruction from the viewer (user) instructs the movement of the program of interest in the channel axis (vertical axis) direction, the control unit 15 determines the channel next to the channel that broadcasts the current program of interest. The program of interest is changed to a program broadcast in the same time zone, and after that, the size of the display section is calculated again, and then the display process is continued in the same manner.

  The program guide creation unit 16 receives the program information and the calculated size of the program of interest display section, and displays the program information of each program to be displayed in the display section at the intersection of the channel and the time zone. A two-dimensional matrix to be enabled is created, and a program table to be displayed as a list including the two-dimensional matrix is created in accordance with the screen size of the display unit 13 and sent to the display unit 13.

  The display unit 13 displays the transmitted video / audio information and the transmitted program guide on the display screen at the timing of transmission.

  FIG. 2 is a table showing an example of a program guide displayed by the electronic program guide display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In the program table shown in the figure, the vertical axis (broadcast channel axis) in the table area is 10 channels from AA broadcast to JJ, and the horizontal axis (time axis) is from 18:00 to 24:00 on August 31. In the program table, the broadcast program information is displayed in the section where the vertical axis and the horizontal axis intersect.

  In the upper area 20 of the program guide, a channel name (in this example, a television CC) that is a broadcast channel of the program of interest and a channel number “103ch” are displayed.

  Further, in the program guide area 21, information (title and broadcast time) of the program of interest among the programs in the program guide is displayed.

  Also, in the area 22 of the program guide, the date of broadcast date of the broadcast program that is incorporated and displayed in the broadcast schedule is displayed. Further, a time scale as a horizontal axis of the table is displayed in the area 23 of the program guide, and a channel name as the vertical axis of the table is displayed in the area 24 of the program guide.

  In the two-dimensional matrix indicated by the horizontal axis (time) and vertical axis (channel name), each display section is located at each intersection, and the corresponding program information is displayed in each display section. Yes.

  Reference numeral 26 indicates program information of a program that is currently focused on (that is, a program of interest designated in advance by a viewer). This program of interest is a broadcast program of a channel (TV CC) on the vertical axis, and is a program broadcast from 20:00 to 21:00. Since this TV CC program is displayed with a wider table row than other channels, the viewer must have the program information of the program that is currently focused on in the row where the TV CC is described. Can be easily recognized.

  Furthermore, since the time zone from 20:00 to 21:00, which is the time zone in which this program of interest is broadcast, is displayed in a wider range than the time zone of other programs, the viewer can select this time zone. In addition, it can be easily seen that the program of interest is being broadcast.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, in the table area of the program guide, the program of interest is easily viewed by increasing the size of the display section of the channel and the broadcast time zone in which the program of interest is broadcast, More program information of the program of interest is displayed in the display block. Furthermore, the size of characters to be displayed is changed for other programs broadcast on the same channel as the program of interest and program information (title name, etc.) of other programs broadcast at the same time as the program of interest. Without increasing the number of characters to be displayed.

  For this reason, since the opportunity for the entire program title to be displayed is significantly increased for the program of interest, the viewer does not move the line of sight to the area 21 where the entire title is displayed. The title can be easily viewed.

  Or, for the program of interest, if the size of the characters is increased to match the size of the expanded display area, it will be possible to attract the attention of the viewer, and the possibility of the viewer losing sight of the program of interest Can be reduced.

  Furthermore, more title characters can be displayed for titles of other programs broadcast on the same channel as the program of interest and programs of other channels broadcast at the same time as the program of interest. Become. Thereby, apart from the program of interest designated in advance by the viewer, it is possible to provide more information of other programs that may match the viewer's preference than before.

  3 to 6 show other display examples of the program table displayed by the electronic program guide display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Only the parts different from the display screen example shown in FIG. 2 will be described below.

  The program guide shown in FIG. 3 shows a program guide for the same time and the same channel as FIG. In the program table shown in FIG. 2, the time zone (horizontal axis) where the program of interest is broadcast and the channel (vertical axis) are both enlarged and displayed twice, but in the screen display example shown in FIG. Only the channel (vertical axis) is magnified twice.

  The program guide shown in FIG. 4 also shows a program guide for the same time and the same channel as FIG. In the program table shown in FIG. 2, the time zone (horizontal axis) where the program of interest is broadcast and the channel (vertical axis) are both enlarged and displayed twice, but in the screen display example shown in FIG. Only the time zone (horizontal axis) is enlarged and displayed twice.

  Further, the program table shown in FIG. 5 shows the program table for the same time and the same channel as in FIG. However, the program of interest is a program that is broadcast from 19:00 to 21:00 on the channel number 104ch under the broadcasting station name DD-TV. In the program table shown in FIG. 2, the time zone (horizontal axis) where the program of interest is broadcast and the channel (vertical axis) are both enlarged and displayed twice. In the screen display example shown in FIG. The channel (vertical axis) is magnified and displayed twice, but for the time zone (horizontal axis), even if the program of interest is a two-hour program, the time zone that is doubled is the second half hour. Limited to only.

  Further, the program guide shown in FIG. 6 shows the program guide for the same time and the same channel as FIG. However, the program of interest is a program that is broadcast from 19:00 to 21:00 on the channel number 104ch under the broadcasting station name DD-TV.

  In the program table shown in FIG. 2, the time zone (horizontal axis) where the program of interest is broadcast and the channel (vertical axis) are both enlarged and displayed twice. In the screen display example shown in FIG. The channel (vertical axis) is displayed in the normal width, and the time zone (horizontal axis) is the time for which the actual broadcast time of the program of interest is 2 hours (2 hours program) and is enlarged twice. The band is limited to only the last half hour (from 20:00 to 21:00).

  As a result, even when the program of interest is moved, the horizontal axis (time) always has a constant expansion width, so that the display feeling of the entire screen does not change depending on the program, and the viewer's operational feeling can be improved. become.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of display processing of a program guide including a program of interest in the electronic program guide display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the program information screen display process by the electronic program guide display device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, a program guide display request including designation of a program of interest to which the viewer first places the cursor is input to the control unit 15 via the input unit 17 and the input information analysis unit 18 (step S1). .

  In response to this, the control unit 15 searches for and acquires program information including the designated program of interest from the program information stored in the program information storage unit 14, and also displays program information of the entire program to be displayed as a list. Is also acquired (step S2).

  Next, the control unit 15 searches and acquires the channel and time of the program of interest from the program information stored in the program information storage unit 14 (step S3).

  Next, the control unit 15 calculates the size of the display section to be expanded corresponding to the channel and the time zone where the program of interest is scheduled to be broadcast, and displays the calculated size as a list. Along with the program information of all the programs, it is sent to the program guide creation unit 16 (step S4).

  In response to this, the program table creation unit 16 creates a two-dimensional matrix that allows the program information of each program to be displayed to be displayed in the display section at the intersection of the channel and the time zone, and displays the screen of the display unit 13. A program guide to be displayed as a list including the two-dimensional matrix is created in accordance with the size (step S5).

  Next, the program guide creation unit 16 sends the created program guide to the display unit 13 for display (step S6).

  Next, the control unit 15 waits for an instruction from the viewer (user), and if this instruction instructs to move the program of interest in the time axis (horizontal axis) direction, the control unit 15 proceeds to step S8. If the instruction from the user (user) instructs to move the program of interest in the channel axis (vertical axis) direction, the process proceeds to step S9 (step S7).

  In step S8, the control unit 15 changes the program of interest to a program broadcast on the same channel at the time next to the broadcast time of the current program of interest, and then returns to step 4 where the size of the display section is calculated. Then, after recalculating the size of the display section, the display process is continued in the same manner.

  In step S9, the control unit 15 changes the program of interest to a program broadcast in the same time zone of the channel next to the channel that broadcasts the current program of interest, and then calculates the size of the display section in step 4 After returning and recalculating the size of the display section, the display process is continued in the same manner.

  In this embodiment, the search process and the calculation process are executed only by the control unit 15 in the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7, but instead, the control unit 15 and the program guide creation unit 16 are executed. It is also possible to configure so that the functions are shared and executed. In general, it is only necessary to obtain the necessary information from the program information storage unit 14 and perform the information processing for displaying the program guide shown in FIGS. 2 to 6 on the display screen of the display unit 13.

  In step S7, it is verified whether or not the user instruction is a program guide display request including a new program of interest. If the user instruction is a program guide display request including a new program of interest, the flow of control is performed. It is also possible to configure to return to step S2.

  Further, at least a part of the processing of each component of the electronic program guide display device according to the present invention is executed by computer control, and the program causes the computer to execute the above processing according to the procedure shown in the flowchart of FIG. May be stored and distributed in a computer-readable recording medium such as a semiconductor memory, a CD-ROM, or a magnetic tape. A computer including at least a microcomputer, a personal computer, and a general-purpose computer may read the program from the recording medium and execute the program.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the digital broadcast receiver provided with the electronic program guide display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a table which shows an example of the program schedule displayed by the electronic program guide display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a table which shows another example of the program schedule displayed by the electronic program guide display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a table which shows another example of the program schedule displayed by the electronic program guide display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a table which shows another example of the program schedule displayed by the electronic program guide display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a table which shows another example of the program schedule displayed by the electronic program guide display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of the display process of the program schedule containing the attention program in the electronic program guide display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a table which shows an example of the program schedule which the conventional electronic program guide display apparatus displays.

Explanation of symbols

10 Tuner (digital broadcast receiving means)
11 Broadcast information decoding unit (broadcast information decoding means)
12 Video / audio decoding unit (video / audio decoding means)
13 Display section (display means)
14 Program information storage unit (program information storage means)
15 Control unit (control means)
16 Program guide creation part (program guide creation means)
17 Input section (external input means)
18 Input information analysis section 20 Program guide area (attention broadcast station display section)
21 Program guide area (attention program information display part)
22 Program guide area (program broadcast date display section)
23 Program guide area (program time display area)
24 Program guide area (channel display section)
25 Program guide area (program information display section)
26 Program guide area (attention program information display section)

Claims (6)

An electronic program guide display device for creating and displaying a program guide on which a schedule for television broadcasting is described,
Receiving means for receiving a broadcast including information of an electronic program guide;
Decoding means for decoding program information of the electronic program guide received by the receiving means;
Storage means for storing program information decoded by the decoding means;
Means for extracting program information necessary for creating a program guide from the storage means;
An external input means for causing the viewer to specify the program of interest, and to change the program of interest and specify the change method;
Means for retrieving the program information, broadcast channel name, and broadcast time zone of the designated program of interest by searching the storage means;
The width of the line including the channel name display of the channel on which the searched target program is broadcast is made wider than the line width including the channel name display of other channels, and the program specified by the viewer is displayed. Regarding the width of the column describing the broadcast time, the size of the display section in the program table is set so as to be larger than the width of the column describing the broadcast time of other programs, the broadcast channel name of the program of interest and the broadcast Means for calculating based on the time zone;
When creating a display section of program information that constitutes a two-dimensional matrix representation program table with the broadcast channel name on the vertical axis and the scheduled broadcast time on the horizontal axis, the display section corresponding to the program of interest is calculated as described above. Means to create according to the size,
Means for writing program information of a program including the program of interest in each of the corresponding display sections to create a program table;
Display means for displaying the program guide;
An electronic program guide display device comprising:   The program table is obtained by expanding the width of the line including the channel name display of the channel on which the program designated by the viewer is broadcasted to be wider than the width of the line including the channel name display of other channels. 2. The electronic program guide display according to claim 1, wherein the width of the column describing the broadcast time of the program designated by is set to be the same as the width of the column describing the broadcast time of the other program. apparatus.   The program table is obtained by expanding the width of the column describing the broadcast time of the program designated by the viewer to the width of the column describing the broadcast time of the other program. 2. The electronic program guide display according to claim 1, wherein the width of the line including the channel name display of the broadcast channel is the same as the width of the line including the channel name display of the other channels. apparatus.   The program table is obtained by expanding the width of the line including the channel name display of the channel on which the program designated by the viewer is broadcasted to be wider than the width of the line including the channel name display of other channels. As for the width of the column describing the broadcast time of the program designated by, only a certain time zone within the broadcast time is expanded from the width of the column describing the broadcast time of other programs, The electronic program guide display device according to claim 1.   The program table is obtained by expanding the width of a column describing the broadcast time of a program designated by a viewer only in a certain time zone within the broadcast time than the width of a column describing the broadcast time of another program. In addition, the width of the line including the channel name display of the channel on which the program specified by the viewer is broadcast is the same as the width of the line including the channel name display of the other channel. The electronic program guide display device according to claim 1. A digital broadcast receiver comprising the electronic program guide display device according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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