JP2007250040A - Recording/reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording/reproducing device capable of reducing the time and labor of user's program title arrangement. <P>SOLUTION: This recording/reproducing device is characterized by generating folders where parts of the title names are set as folder names when there are a plurality of programs where parts of the title names of recorded programs overlap each other while there are no files where parts of the title names overlap each other. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording and reproducing video information.

  It is known that a recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording and reproducing video information can make a recording reservation for a program including video information using an electronic program guide (EPG) supplied from a broadcasting station or a server. The recording / reproducing apparatus stores a recorded program as one title on an HDD or a DVD disk, and provides a list of a plurality of recorded titles as a list to a user as recorded title information. In this list, titles are usually arranged in the order of recording, and the user searches the list for the title he / she wants to view. However, when the number of titles is too large, it is difficult for the user to search for a title that the user wants to view from the list. For this reason, it is equipped with a folder function that makes it easy for users to organize titles, and by manually creating multiple folders and moving program titles into the folders as desired, It is possible to visually organize the program list, and it becomes easy to search for a title that the user wants to watch at the same time.

It is known that a new folder is automatically generated based on a program reserved for recording.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-348807

  However, in the conventional apparatus, it is necessary to manually create a folder and move a title to the folder, and there is a problem that as the number of recorded titles increases, the user's trouble of the title organization work is generated. It was.

  An object of this invention is to provide the recording / reproducing apparatus which can reduce the effort of a user's program title arrangement.

In order to achieve the above object, a recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention comprises: receiving means for receiving program data including a program title name and video information of the program from outside the apparatus;
Recording means for recording the program data and the program by the receiving means;
A folder for managing the program data and the program as a whole;
Control means for controlling the generation of the folder,
The control means;
When there are a plurality of programs in which a part of the title name of the recorded program overlaps and there is no folder in which a part of the title name overlaps, the folder having the part of the title name as a folder name is generated. It is characterized by comprising.

Receiving means for receiving program data including the title name of the program from the outside of the apparatus and video information of the program;
Recording means for recording the program data and the program by the receiving means;
A folder for managing the program data and the program as a whole;
Control means for controlling the generation of the folder,
The control means;
When there is the folder having a folder name in which a part of the title name of the recorded program is duplicated, the recorded program is moved to the folder.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the effort of a user's program title organization can be reduced.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a recording / reproducing apparatus 10 having an embodiment according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a recording / reproducing apparatus 10 incorporates a so-called terrestrial broadcast reception tuner (hereinafter abbreviated as a terrestrial tuner) 1, and the terrestrial tuner 1 is connected to an antenna terminal 11. A reception signal from a broadcast reception antenna (hereinafter abbreviated as a terrestrial antenna) 20 is supplied. Also, a received signal from a so-called satellite (BS / CS) broadcast receiving antenna (hereinafter abbreviated as satellite antenna) 30 is sent to an external satellite broadcast receiving tuner (hereinafter abbreviated as BS / CS tuner) 31. The supplied and demodulated digital data signal and the decoded analog television signal are taken out. Further, an analog television signal taken out from the external BS / CS tuner 31 is supplied to the analog input terminal 12 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 10, and a digital data signal taken out from the BS / CS tuner 31 is inputted to the recording / reproducing apparatus. 10 data input terminals 13 are supplied. Note that the BS / CS tuner 31 may be in the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 in the same manner as the terrestrial tuner 1.

  Then, a digital data signal supplied to the data input terminal 13 is supplied to a control CPU (Central Processing Unit) 2, and for example, an electronic program guide (Electric Program Guide: hereinafter abbreviated as EPG) included in the digital data signal. Data (program data) is acquired, and an electronic program guide is formed.

  The superimposed EPG data is also extracted from the analog television signal received and demodulated by the terrestrial tuner 1 built in the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 and supplied to the control CPU 2. An electronic program guide is also formed for the terrestrial EPG data (program data).

  Further, the network connection terminal 17 from the communication unit 16 constituting the recording / reproducing apparatus 10 is connected via a network 70 such as the Internet, and EPG data (program data) is acquired by access from the control CPU 2 to obtain an electronic program guide. Is formed.

  Then, the user operates the remote control device 50 using the electronic program guide, and the remote control receiver 15 provided in the recording / reproducing device 10 receives the output of the remote control device 50 and is supplied to the control CPU 2. Thus, when the broadcast time zone and the broadcast channel of the program to be recorded are set, the recording device 3 (for example, HDD and DVD-RAM drive. Only one of these may be used depending on the set content. ) Is driven, and a control signal for channel selection or the like is supplied to the built-in terrestrial tuner 1 and the external BS / CS tuner 31. Thus, the video signal and the audio signal of the television signal received and demodulated and decoded by the built-in terrestrial tuner 1 and the external BS / CS tuner 31 are recorded in the recording device 3. At this time, program data (title name, etc.) is recorded together with the program. These are controlled by the control CPU2. In the recording / reproduction by the recording apparatus 3, well-known A / D, D / A conversion and the like are performed, but illustration is omitted.

  Further, the video signal and audio signal of the television signal recorded in the recording device 3 are reproduced under the control of the control CPU 2 and taken out to the output terminal 14 through the mixer 4. Then, the signal taken out to the output terminal 14 is supplied to the receiver 40 to display a video signal and output an audio signal.

  Further, an image of the electronic program guide formed by the control CPU 2 and an image of other operation guides are supplied to the mixer 4 and superimposed on the video signal reproduced from the recording device 3. As a result, the images such as the electronic program guide and the operation guide are superimposed on the screen of the video signal received by the receiver 40 and displayed.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a screen showing a list example of a plurality of titles recorded by the user, and FIG. 3 shows a flowchart for automatically creating a folder.

  First, FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 2 (a) shows a title list before automatic organization. In FIG. 2, “Folder” indicates a folder in which a plurality of titles can be put, and “Title” indicates a program and program data with one title. In Fig. 2 (a), there is only one folder "Dangerous sister", and there are multiple titles ("Dangerous sister" Ome City Council ~ ")," Millionaire finally tonight 10 "," Millionaire autumn entertainer "Special ~", "Doraemon" 2 etc.) Indicates that it is recorded. From the state of FIG. 2 (a), as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, the control CPU 2 determines whether or not there is a pre-created folder having a character string overlapping with the title names of all the recorded titles. Is checked (step S401). In this check, the character string of the nth title (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 1) is searched for and compared with the character strings of a plurality of folders. The comparison at this time may be either a forward match (“Dangerous sister”?) Or a complete match (“Doraemon”), but these may be displayed in advance in the initial settings and selected by the user. Good.

  When the control CPU 2 checks the nth title “Dangerous sister“ Ome City Council ”, there is an existing folder“ Dangerous sister ”, so the title“ Dangerous sister ”“ Ome City Council ”appears in the existing folder. Move to “Dangerous sister” (step S402). FIG. 2B shows an example of a screen after the title “Dangerous sister“ Ome City Council ”has moved to the existing folder“ Dangerous sister ”.

  It is checked whether or not the above check has been performed for all the recorded titles (step S404), and in the case of No, the check of S401 is performed for the (n + 1) th title.

  In step S401, in the case of No, for example, when the title “Doraemon” at the upper right of the screen in FIG. 2B is checked, there is no existing folder, so whether there is a duplicate title with another title name. Is checked (step S403). If Yes in step S403, a folder having the character string “Doraemon” used for the search as a folder name is automatically created (step S405). Then, the two titles “Doraemon” in FIG. 2B are moved to the newly created folder “Doraemon” in FIG. 2C. As a result, the state shown in FIG. If No in S403, the process proceeds to step S404. As a result of the check in step S403, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), no folder is created for titles whose title names do not overlap, for example, “Soccer Japan × France”.

  If Yes in step S404, it is determined that all the titles have been checked, and the process ends.

  By performing the above operation, a character string search is performed from a large amount of recorded title information, and automatic creation and classification of folders are effective in reducing the user's trouble of organizing program titles.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a recording / reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The example of a screen which shows the example of a list of several titles which the user in connection with the embodiment recorded. 6 is a flowchart for automatically creating a folder according to the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

2 Control CPU
3 Recording device
10 Recording / playback device

Claims (2)

Receiving means for receiving program data including the title name of the program from outside the apparatus, and video information of the program;
Recording means for recording the program data and the program by the receiving means;
A folder for managing the program data and the program as a whole;
Control means for controlling the generation of the folder,
The control means;
When there are a plurality of programs in which a part of the title name of the recorded program overlaps and there is no folder in which a part of the title name overlaps, the folder having the part of the title name as a folder name is generated. A recording / reproducing apparatus characterized by being configured to perform the above. Receiving means for receiving program data including the title name of the program from outside the apparatus, and video information of the program;
Recording means for recording the program data and the program by the receiving means;
A folder for managing the program data and the program as a whole;
Control means for controlling the generation of the folder,
The control means;
A recording / reproducing apparatus configured to move the recorded program to the folder when there is the folder having a folder name that partially overlaps a title name of the recorded program.

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