JP2007329625A - Television receiver containing external videotape recording checking function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a television receiver having a videotape recording reservation function, in which when a videotape recording reservation is set from the television receiver to an external videotape recording device, information from a checking external videotape recording device is displayed on the television receiver side, when setting the videotape recording, thereby performing setting of the videotape recording without fail. <P>SOLUTION: The television receiver has a configuration which comprises a means, in which when a signal R is outputted through a remote control transmitter 21 by a means in which the videotape recording reservation is set in the television receiver by an operation part 13, a reservation checking screen output V set by the signal R and outputted by an external device is composited by a video signal compositing part 32, and reservation setting content can be checked with a screen display unit 33. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a television receiver having a function of displaying a status from an external recording reservation device.

  When recording control is performed on a video recording device connected to the television receiving device, recording reservation information from the television receiving device is unilaterally transmitted to the video recording device. As the information of the video recording device for which the television receiving device makes a recording reservation, information corresponding to the model of the video recording device is registered in the television receiving device. Video equipment has different remote control information systems depending on the model, and cannot be handled with unique information. Therefore, it is necessary for the receiver to recognize the setting for each model according to the video model.

  A series of processing in the prior art of recording reservation performed from the television receiving apparatus to the video recording apparatus is as follows.

(1) A model for which a recording reservation is made on the television receiver is selected, and information such as a recording date, a recording time, a recording channel, and a recording tape speed is selected. (2) Next, the information is determined by a screen operation on the television receiver. (3) A recording signal of the corresponding video device is transmitted from the infrared remote control transmitter in the television receiver. (4) The video apparatus receives the remote control signal and performs recording settings. (5) The video device outputs a reservation confirmation screen as a video signal immediately after that.
JP-A-8-107538

  In the conventional television receiver, in order to check whether the recording reservation information transmitted to the connected external recording device is correctly transmitted, the input connected to the television receiver is used for recording operation. It is necessary to switch to an external recording device manually and check each time.

  The present invention allows the television receiver to confirm whether or not the recording reservation signal sent from the television receiver has been reliably set in the video recording device, and further displays the recording reservation confirmation screen output from the video device. It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to confirm the contents of the recording setting and the setting result by displaying on the receiving device side.

  According to the present invention, a video recording device receives a remote control signal for reserved recording sent from the television receiver side, performs a recording reservation operation, and simultaneously displays a reservation confirmation screen output from the video recording device side. The display device can automatically switch to and display the input from the corresponding video device.

  The recording reservation content confirmation means displays and compares the recording reservation information set on the television receiver side and the recording setting status of the video recording device sent through the remote control transmitter at the same time by screen division processing. The video apparatus is characterized by comprising display means for confirming that the recording setting has been executed reliably.

  The confirmation means in the case of having a plurality of recording devices has a function of sequentially confirming the setting state of the corresponding device by an operation on the television receiver based on the information of the recording device preset in the television receiver. Features.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to confirm that the recording setting from the television receiving apparatus to the video recording apparatus has been performed reliably. Furthermore, the recording setting correction performed by the video recording apparatus can be performed while being confirmed by the television receiving apparatus.

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

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a television receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  This television receiving apparatus has a recording reservation function for an external recording device, has a remote control transmission unit 21 for controlling the external recording device, and transmits a remote control signal toward a remote control signal light receiving unit R of the external video recording device. The function to transmit.

  As a function of the television receiver, a television signal received by the antenna A is converted into a video signal by the television tuner unit 41, processed by the video signal synthesis unit 32, and viewed by the screen display unit 33. Further, it has a function of connecting the video output signal V of the external video recording device to the video input unit 31.

  The recording reservation is input by displaying the characters output by the display control unit 12 on the screen display unit 33 by the video signal synthesis unit 32 inside the television receiver. In the recording reservation setting, the reservation information input by the operation unit 13 is processed by the microcomputer 10, and the recording information is managed by the recording reservation management unit 11.

  In the recording of the external video device, the reservation information based on the information set in the recording reservation management unit 11 is transmitted to the external recording device R through the remote control transmission unit 21 by the processing of the microcomputer 10.

  When the setting to the external recording device is completed by the remote control signal from the television receiver, a recording reservation confirmation screen is output from the external recording device. At this time, the recording reservation management unit 11 controls the video input unit 31 according to the corresponding input, and the display control unit 12 controls the video signal synthesizing unit 32 by the processing of the microcontroller 10 and is input by the operation unit 13. The recording reservation information and the recording device reservation confirmation screen are combined and can be simultaneously confirmed on the screen display unit 33.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen configuration of the television receiver according to the embodiment of the present invention. A method of recording on an external recording device in the television receiver of the present invention will be described.

  Step 1 is a procedure for inputting necessary information for recording reservation in the television receiver. In this procedure, information necessary for transmission to an external recording device is sequentially set by an operation on the television receiver.

  Next, Step 2 is a screen that provides means for transmitting the information for recording reservation set in Step 1 to an external recording device. On this screen, the recording reservation information is sent from the television receiver to the external recording device through the remote control transmitter.

  Step 3 is a screen for simultaneously displaying the reservation confirmation information output from the recording device that has transmitted in Step 2 and the recording reservation screen of Step 1. When the recording reservation information is sent out by the operation of step 2, the screen of the television receiver automatically moves to step 3. From the display screen of step 3, it can be confirmed that the recording reservation information input by the television receiver is accurately transmitted to the external recording device and reserved.

  After confirming the recording reservation information, the screen returns to the recording reservation screen of the television receiver in step 4.

  According to the television receiving apparatus with an external recording confirmation function according to the present invention, it is possible to confirm that the recording setting from the television receiving apparatus to the video recording apparatus has been performed reliably. This is useful in a television receiver or the like having a status display function.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the video recording reservation apparatus to the external video recording apparatus in the television receiver in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The flowchart which shows the method of the external recording reservation in the television receiver in Embodiment 2 of this invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Microcomputer 11 Recording reservation management part 12 Display control part 13 Operation part 21 Remote control transmission part 31 Video input part 32 Video signal synthetic | combination part 33 Screen display part 41 Television tuner part

Claims (2)

A television receiver comprising a remote control transmitter and means for making a recording reservation to an external recording device,
When performing the reservation setting for the external recording device, the screen for displaying the recording reservation setting content to be performed for the external recording device and the reservation confirmation screen for the reservation output from the external recording device are on the same screen. A television receiver for displaying. 2. A reservation setting screen for operating reservation of a recording device is displayed on a screen of a television receiving device, and a reservation confirmation screen from a recording target device connected to the television receiving device is simultaneously displayed. The television receiver as described.

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