JP2008167074A - Broadcast receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program display control unit that does not make a user feel inconvenience even if delaying or stopping channel change processing. <P>SOLUTION: The broadcast receiver 100 comprises: a reception means for reception; an operation input means 108 for inputting the change request of a channel to be received; a channel change means 101 for changing a plurality of channels received by the reception means to a channel corresponding to the change request according to the input of a change request; a display means 107 for displaying the video image of the channel to be received; an acquisition means 111 for acquiring a program list including program names, channels, broadcast time, and the like; a count means 114 for counting the number of channel switching times by the channel change means 101; and a control means 110 for controlling the display means 107 so that the program list corresponding to the channel of a change destination by the most recent channel change is displayed, when the channel change is counted by the count means 114 by the number of times preset within prescribed time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a broadcast receiving apparatus capable of receiving terrestrial digital broadcasting, and more specifically, has a function of acquiring and storing an EPG (Electric Program Guide) from a broadcast wave or the Internet, and a channel of the broadcast receiving apparatus. The present invention relates to a broadcast receiving apparatus that displays an EPG screen on its display unit in accordance with a user operation and / or a broadcast wave reception state during a channel selection process.

When switching channels in a receiving device that is viewing digital terrestrial broadcasting, it takes a few seconds at the shortest time from switching the channel until the video of the switching destination channel is displayed on the screen. There is a problem that it takes much time compared with the conventional terrestrial analog broadcasting in which video is displayed at the same time. This is because the processing at the time of channel switching in terrestrial digital broadcasting requires the following complicated processing, unlike analog broadcasting.
・ Process to acquire a stable signal in synchronization with the broadcast wave ・ Process to reproduce the received signal synchronously ・ Error correction processing ・ Broadcast TS (Transport Stream) decoding processing ・ Video (audio) decoding processing ・ Screen output ( (Audio output)

  Also, in terrestrial digital broadcasting, when the radio wave propagation state deteriorates during viewing and broadcast waves cannot be received, video decoding processing by the broadcast receiving device stops. At this time, the screen of the broadcast receiving device is in a state where the video displayed immediately before the decoding process is stopped or in a blue screen state, and the sound is interrupted or silenced. become. This state is a state in which the user cannot view the program he / she wants to watch and the broadcast receiving apparatus is not functioning, which is very inconvenient and inconvenient.

As another example of such a state in which the desired program cannot be viewed, there is a case where the switching destination channel is broadcasting a commercial (CM) instead of a program. In this case, in order to prevent the user from feeling inconvenience, as a conventional technique, when the switching destination channel is being broadcasted on CM, the program information currently being broadcast on the switching destination channel is obtained and displayed on the screen. Has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-57956 A

  In the case of terrestrial digital broadcasting, frequent channel switching commonly referred to as zapping (here, zapping refers to an operation in which a user frequently switches channels in a short period of time while checking the contents of a program by video, The operation is to be distinguished from the operation of switching the channel before the image is displayed on the screen.) As described above, since the channel switching process takes time as described above, the channel switching as intended by the user, that is, The transition of the channel image displayed on the screen is not performed smoothly, which is inconvenient and inconvenient for the user. If it takes 2 seconds for the channel switching process and 3 to 5 seconds for the user to grasp the contents of the program, the time required for zapping will be 5 to 7 seconds per channel. Under such conditions, it is not possible to switch channels as quickly as when analog broadcasting is received.

  Also, when viewing terrestrial digital broadcasting in an environment where radio wave propagation is poor, broadcast waves cannot be received correctly, so the time required to switch channels is longer than in normal cases where broadcast waves can be received normally, and user operations Sex is getting worse. Furthermore, when viewing with a portable terminal capable of viewing digital terrestrial broadcasting, it is also conceivable that the user may move into the shadow, underground, or building of a building that cannot receive broadcast waves. The technique according to Patent Document 1 provides a method for solving the inconvenience that a user cannot watch a program that the user wants to watch in a state in which broadcast waves can be received. However, it does not provide a method for preventing the user from feeling inconvenience that the program cannot be viewed when the channel switching process of the receiving apparatus is slow.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to delay or stop channel switching processing by a broadcast receiving device such as zapping by a user or stop of reception of a broadcast wave due to movement of the user or a change in radio wave propagation environment when viewing digital terrestrial broadcasting. To provide a technique (apparatus and method) that does not make the user feel inconvenience even when the program video is not displayed.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the broadcast receiving apparatus according to the first invention provides:
Receiving means for receiving a broadcast signal (digital terrestrial broadcast signal) having a plurality of channels (transmitted from a broadcast station);
Operation input means (for the user) to input a channel switching request received by the receiving means;
Channel switching means for switching from a plurality of channels received by the receiving means to a channel according to the switching request in response to an input of the switching request;
Display means for displaying an image of a channel received by the receiving means;
A program table (including a single channel), a program broadcast time, a program name, and a description of the program broadcast contents (broadcast signal transmitted from a broadcasting station or data communication via the Internet, etc. periodically or Obtaining means for obtaining when receiving a command from the user via the input means;
(And storage means for storing the acquired program guide)
Counting means for counting the number of channel switching by the channel switching means;
Control for controlling the display means to display the program table corresponding to the channel to be switched by the latest channel switching when the channel switching is counted a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time by the counting means. Means,
It is characterized by providing.
The program guide displays the program broadcast time, program name, and description of the program broadcast contents of a single channel on the display means, and it is preferable that the program guide is configured for each channel.

The broadcast receiving apparatus according to the second invention is
The control means controls the display means to display the program table (for a single channel) when the counting means counts the preset number of channel switching times within the predetermined time. In addition, in response to a new channel switching request input by the operation input means, the program guide is controlled to be switched and displayed for each channel, and the operation input is performed during the switching process of the program guide for each channel. When a predetermined period has passed without receiving a new channel switching request by the means (that is, when the program table switching process for each channel is completed), the video of the channel corresponding to the displayed program table is displayed. Controlling the display means to
It is characterized by that.

Furthermore, the broadcast receiving apparatus according to the third invention is:
The control means, when the broadcast signal is not received by the receiving means during the channel switching processing from when the switching request is made until the video of the switching destination channel is displayed by the display means (that is, If there is a broadcast receiving device outside the broadcasting area), the channel switching process is stopped, and the display is performed so as to display the program table (for all channels in the time zone at the time of reception) corresponding to the channel to be switched to. Control means,
It is characterized by that.

The control means is a broadcast signal of a channel that has been focused on the program guide after the program guide is displayed on the display means (indicated by highlighting such as cursor or display color change, black and white reversal as a selection target). However, when receiving by the receiving means, the display means is controlled to switch from displaying the program guide to displaying the video of the focused channel.
Is preferred.

  In this way, the broadcast receiving apparatus displays the EPG on the screen at the timing when the user's channel switching instruction is determined to be zapping, so that the user can actually check the video of the zapping (switching) destination by channel switching. By displaying the program guide of the zapping destination channel, the program contents can be confirmed and grasped quickly and reliably.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a functional block diagram of a broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention. The broadcast receiving apparatus 100 includes antennas ANT1 and ANT2, a tuner unit 101, a demodulation unit 102, an audio decoder unit 103, a video decoder unit 104, a screen control unit 105, a speaker 106, a display unit 107, an operation input unit 108, and a telephone transmission / reception unit 109. A control unit 110, an EPG acquisition unit 111, an EPG storage unit 112, a zapping detection unit 113, and a counting unit 114. The antenna ANT1 receives a digital terrestrial broadcast signal (RF signal), and the received RF signal is tuned (frequency converted) by the tuner unit 101 based on a frequency (channel) designation command from the control unit 110. . The channel designation command from the control unit 110 is based on the channel designated by the user using the operation input unit 108. The RF signal tuned by the tuner unit 101 is demodulated into an MPEG format TS signal by the demodulation unit 102. Further, the demodulator 102 detects an audio packet, a video packet, and a data broadcast packet based on the packet ID in the demodulated TS signal, and transmits the audio packet to the audio decoder unit 103, the video packet to the video decoder unit 104, and the data. The broadcast packet is output to the screen control unit 105. The audio decoder unit 103 decodes the audio data in the input audio packet and outputs it to the speaker 106. The video decoder unit 104 decodes the video data in the input video packet and outputs it to the screen control unit 105. The screen control unit 105 generates screen data based on the input video data and the data broadcast packet, and controls the display unit 107 to display the video or EPG.

    The zapping detection unit 113 determines whether or not zapping is performed based on a user input operation in the operation input unit 108 and a channel designation command (progress of channel selection processing) sent from the control unit 110 (determination criterion, determination The method will be described later). The EPG acquisition unit 111 acquires an EPG from a broadcast wave or the Internet, and the EPG storage unit (memory) 112 stores the EPG acquired by the EPG acquisition unit 111. The counting unit 114 counts the number of channel switching requests from the user in the operation input unit 108. The antenna ANT2 is used for wireless communication, and transmits and receives RF signals in voice calls, mail transmission and reception, data download from the Internet, and the like. In addition, the telephone transmission / reception unit 109 performs control during a voice call.

First Embodiment In the first embodiment, when the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 detects zapping by a user, the display of the display unit 107 is switched from a program video to an EPG, and then the user zapping is not a program video but a channel. This can be done by switching the EPG display for each. This embodiment will be described below with reference to flowcharts and drawings. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of channel switching processing by the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 when zapping is detected. First, when the control unit 110 detects a user input operation (channel switching command, that is, a channel selection command) in the operation input unit 108 (step S11), the control unit 110 tunes to a frequency assigned to the channel selected by the user. The tuner unit 101 is instructed to start the channel selection process (step S12). The control unit 110 continues the channel selection process unless the operation input unit 108 determines that the channel selection command from the user is zapping (steps S12 to S15). The channel selection processing refers to channel signal tuning by the tuner unit 101, output of audio data to the speaker 106 by the audio decoder unit 103, and video as described in the functional block diagram of the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 described above. A series of processing until the video data is output to the screen control unit 105 by the decoder unit 104.

  The zapping detection unit 113 determines whether or not the channel selection command is due to zapping (step S13). Whether or not the channel selection command is due to zapping is determined based on the counting unit 114 and clock means (not shown) when it is determined that channel selection has been performed a predetermined number of times within a predetermined period. It is determined that If the zapping detection unit 113 does not determine that the zapping is caused, the process proceeds to step S14 and the channel selection process is continued. Thereafter, the screen control unit 105 creates screen data to be output to the display unit 107, and controls to display video or EPG on the display unit 107 (step S16). At the same time, the counting unit 114 counts the number of occurrences of the channel selection command from the user in the operation input unit 108 and stores it in a storage unit (memory or the like) (not shown).

  In step S13, when zapping is determined by the zapping detection unit 113, the process proceeds to step S17, and the control unit 110 stops the current channel selection process. Note that only the video display process in the tuning process may be stopped, and the tuning process (tuning) in the tuner unit 101 may be continued. In this way, the switching process from EPG display to program video when the zapping mode is determined to be OFF as described later can be performed quickly. Here, a method for determining whether or not zapping is performed by the zapping detection unit 113 will be described. With respect to each channel selection command from the user in the operation input unit 108, the time measuring means (not shown) and the counting unit 114 count the channel switching frequency, that is, the number of times the channel selection command is input in a predetermined period. In step S13, when the zapping detection unit 113 counts a channel selection command more than a predetermined number of times within a predetermined period, it is determined that zapping is performed. The predetermined period and the predetermined number of times are determined based on the processing capability of a calculation unit (CPU or the like) (not shown) of the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 or a user set value (for example, twice in 5 seconds) and stored. Stored in the means.

  After stopping the current channel selection process in step S17, the control unit 110 acquires EPG data from the EPG storage unit 112 based on the latest channel selection command and the current time acquired from the clock means (not shown) ( Step S18). Thereafter, the control unit 110 controls the screen control unit 105 to display the EPG on the display unit 107 (step S19). FIG. 11 is an example of the EPG displayed on the display unit 107 at this time, and shows a list of programs for each time zone in a single channel.

  FIG. 3 shows the display mode (program video or EPG) displayed on the screen from when the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 detects zapping until it is determined that zapping has stopped in response to a channel selection command by the user. A transition diagram is shown. In the example of FIG. 3, the third channel switching instruction from the user, that is, when the video on the display unit 107 is switched three times, the zapping detection unit 113 determines zapping (when the zapping mode is ON in the figure). 11), an EPG of a list of programs broadcast by a single channel as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the display unit 107 (steps S17 to S19 in FIG. 2). Thereafter, based on channel switching (channel selection command) in the operation input unit 108 by the user, the control unit 110 switches the EPG of each channel instead of the program video of each channel (“EPG display” in FIG. 3). When the number of channel selection commands from the user detected by the operation input unit 108 decreases (when the zapping mode is OFF in FIG. 3), the control unit 110 switches the display on the display unit 107 from EPG display to video display. At this time, the channel displayed on the display unit 107 is a channel on which an EPG screen corresponding to the latest channel selection command by the user is displayed (channel corresponding to the ninth channel selection command in FIG. 3). Thereafter, normal channel selection processing (steps S12 to S15 in FIG. 2) is continued. Even when the zapping mode is ON, the channel selection process according to the channel selection command is performed in the background, and when the channel selection process is completed before the next channel selection command is input, the video is displayed from the EPG display. The display may be switched (that is, the zapping mode is OFF).

  In this way, in response to frequent channel switching instructions by the user, an EPG that can be displayed faster than the program video because it is stored in advance in the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 instead of the program video that takes time in the channel selection process. By displaying, it is possible to prevent the user who wants to immediately grasp the contents of the broadcast program from feeling inconvenience.

Second Embodiment In the second embodiment, when the broadcast wave cannot be received due to the movement of the user or the like during the channel selection process by the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 (that is, when the broadcast receiving apparatus is outside the broadcast area), The channel selection process is stopped, and the program guide (for all channels in the current time zone) is displayed on the display unit 107. This embodiment will be described below with reference to flowcharts and drawings. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of channel switching processing by the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 when the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 is out of the broadcasting area, and FIG. 5 shows screen transitions on the display unit 107 of the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 at that time. First, when the program image is displayed on the display unit 107 (D11 in FIG. 5), the control unit 110 detects a user input operation (channel selection command) in the operation input unit 108 (step K11). Tuner 101 is instructed to tune to the frequency assigned to the selected channel, and the tuning process is started (step K12). At this time, the display unit 107 displays a message indicating that the channel selection process is in progress, such as “channel selection in progress” indicated by D12 in FIG. As long as the control unit 110 is within the broadcast reception area (as long as the broadcast wave can be received), the control unit 110 continues the channel selection process for each channel selection command (steps K12 to K15).

  During the channel selection process, the control unit 110 determines whether or not the broadcast receiving device 100 is in the broadcast wave reception area, that is, whether the tuner 101 can synchronize the broadcast wave of the selected channel, at step K13. Determine whether or not. If it is determined that it is within the reception area, the channel selection process as described above is continued (step K14). When the channel selection process is completed, the program video is displayed on the display unit 107 (for example, D14 in FIG. 5) (step K16). If it is determined that it is not within the reception area, the control unit 110 stops the current channel selection process, and obtains EPG data from the EPG storage unit 112 based on the latest channel selection command and the current time acquired from the clock means. Obtain (Steps K17, K18). Thereafter, the control unit 110 controls the screen control unit 105 to display the EPG on the display unit 107 (D13 in FIG. 5, step K19). Note that only the video display process in the tuning process may be stopped, and the tuning process (tuning) in the tuner unit 101 may be continued. In this way, switching processing from EPG display to program video when entering the reception area as described later can be performed quickly. FIG. 10 is an example of the EPG displayed on the display unit 107 at this time, and shows a program list of each channel broadcast in a certain time zone. Here, the EPG displayed on the display unit 107 may be a program list for each time zone in a single channel in FIG. When the EPG of FIG. 11 is displayed, the user can switch the program guide for each channel by operating the operation input unit 108.

  Here, in step K13, whether or not it is within the reception area is determined by the process of channel selection processing such as when the video decoder unit 104 cannot decode the video or the audio decoder unit 103 cannot decode the audio. The condition may be that each member cannot be processed correctly.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the broadcast receiving device displays an EPG at a timing when it is determined that broadcast waves cannot be received (video or audio cannot be output) during the channel selection process. Thus, it is possible to quickly confirm what kind of program is being broadcast by the switching destination channel.

Third Embodiment In the third embodiment, when the EPG is displayed on the display unit 107 because it is out of the broadcast wave reception area in the second embodiment, the broadcast wave of the currently selected channel is broadcast received. When reception by the apparatus 100 is enabled, the display on the display unit 107 is switched from EPG display to video display. This embodiment will be described below with reference to flowcharts and drawings. FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of channel switching processing by the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 in the present embodiment, and FIG. 7 shows screen transitions on the display unit 107 of the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 at that time. First, in step P11, when the program video is displayed on the display unit 107 (the display mode is “video”), the control unit 110 performs a channel input operation by the user through the operation input unit 108. If the EPG is displayed on the display unit 107 (display mode is “EPG”), channel selection processing on the EPG screen (for example, a program on the EPG screen) As a focus or a process of changing the cursor from a program to a program).

  Here, it is assumed that EPG is displayed on the display unit 107 in step P11, that is, the display mode is “EPG” (D23 in FIG. 7). When detecting a user input operation (channel selection command) in the operation input unit 108 (step P11), the control unit 110 determines the display mode in the display unit 107 (step P12). When the display mode is “video”, the channel selection process is started (steps P13 to P16). Since this channel selection process is the same as the channel selection process steps K12 to K16 in the second embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted. When it is determined in step P12 that the display mode is “EPG”, the display is focused on the EPG screen (“wide show” is focused in D23 in FIG. 7) or selected by the cursor. It is determined whether or not the channel in which the program is broadcast is within the reception area (step P18). The determination method is the same as the processing in step K13 in the second embodiment. If it is determined that it is out of the reception area, the process ends without doing anything. If determined to be within the reception area, the display mode is set to “video” (step P19), and the channel selection process of steps P13 to P16 is started (the description is omitted for the same reason as described above). During the channel selection process, when it is determined in step P14 that the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 is within the reception area, the control unit 110 changes from the EPG display of D23 in FIG. 7 to the program video display of D24 in FIG. Control is performed to switch the display of the display unit 107. When the channel selection process is completed, the program video is displayed on the display unit 107 (step P17).

  As described above, since the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 is switched from the EPG display to the program video display at the timing when the broadcast wave can be received, the user immediately confirms that the selected channel is ready for viewing. In addition, the contents of the program can be quickly grasped without feeling inconvenience.

Fourth Embodiment In the fourth embodiment, when the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 detects a new channel switching command (channel selection command) from the user in the operation input unit 108 during the channel selection process, the channel switching command is received. The EPG is displayed on the display unit 107 without performing a new channel selection process according to the above. This embodiment will be described below with reference to flowcharts and drawings. FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of the channel switching process by the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 in this embodiment, and FIG. 9 shows the transition of the display screen in the display unit 107 at that time. First, when detecting a channel selection command from the user in the operation input unit 108 (step T11), the control unit 110 instructs the tuner unit 101 to tune to the frequency assigned to the channel selected by the user, The tuning process is started (step T12). The control unit 110 continues the channel selection process unless a new channel selection command from the user is detected in the operation input unit 108 (steps T12 to T15).

  During the channel selection process, the display unit 107 displays a message indicating that the channel selection process is in progress, such as “During channel selection” in D32 of FIG. In this state, the control unit 110 determines whether or not a new channel selection command is detected from the user, that is, whether or not a channel selection command from the user in the operation input unit 108 is detected (step T13). . If a new channel selection command is not detected by the control unit 110, the process proceeds to step T14 and the channel selection process is continued. When the channel selection process is completed, screen data is created by the screen control unit 105, and the display unit 107 is controlled to display video (for example, D34 in FIG. 9). Audio is output (step T16).

  If a new channel selection command is detected by the control unit 110 in step T13, the process proceeds to step T17, and the control unit 110 stops the current channel selection process. Note that only the video display process in the tuning process may be stopped, and the tuning process (tuning) in the tuner unit 101 may be continued. In this way, the process of switching from EPG display to program video can be performed quickly. Thereafter, the control unit 110 acquires EPG data from the EPG storage unit 112 based on the latest channel selection command and the current time acquired from the clock means (not shown) (step T18), and controls the screen control unit 105. Then, the EPG is displayed on the display unit 107 (D33 in FIG. 9, step T19). FIGS. 10 and 11 are examples of the EPG displayed on the display unit 107 at this time, and show a list of programs for each time zone in a single channel and a list of programs for each channel in a certain time zone, respectively. Yes.

  As described above, when a channel switching command is issued from the user before the channel switching process by the broadcast receiving device is completed (in this case, since the channel switching process by the receiving device is slow, an image is displayed on the screen). By displaying the EPG on the screen, the user can quickly and surely confirm and grasp the program contents by displaying the program table of the channel to which the channel is switched rather than actually checking the video by switching the channel. Will be able to.

Fifth Embodiment In the fifth embodiment according to the present invention, even if a channel selection command is further requested by the user in the operation input unit 108 during the channel selection process by the control unit 110, the channel selection command is not changed at a predetermined interval. If it is continuous every time, the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 does not display the EPG as in the fourth embodiment, and continues the channel switching process. The predetermined interval is stored in advance in storage means (memory or the like) (not shown) of the broadcast receiving apparatus 100, and the counting unit 114 counts the number of channel switching requests from the user. The control unit 110 determines whether or not to display the EPG on the display unit 107 based on the number of channel switching requests counted by the counting unit 114 and a predetermined interval stored in the storage unit, or a channel switching process. It is determined whether or not to continue.

  For example, when the currently displayed program video is a channel # 1 program video and the user wants to switch to the channel # 6 program video, the operation input unit (for example, the channel selection button) is continuously depressed five times. There are cases. In this case, the control unit 110 determines to continue the channel switching process, and the control unit 110 controls the display unit 107 not to display the EPG. In this way, a broadcast receiving apparatus with good operability can be displayed without causing annoyance by displaying the EPG for a user who is operating the operation input unit 108 with a clear channel to select. Can provide.

  According to the present invention, the broadcast receiving apparatus displays EPG instead of program video on the screen in accordance with the timing or frequency of channel switching, so that the user can perform the following check rather than actually confirming the switching destination video. It is possible to quickly and surely confirm and grasp the contents of programs to be broadcast and the contents of previous and subsequent channels. Also, EPG information can be acquired from broadcast waves or the Internet when broadcast receivers can receive broadcast waves and stored in the apparatus in advance, so that EPG can be stored even in environments where broadcast waves cannot be received. Can be displayed.

  As described above, the solving means of the present invention has been described as an apparatus, but the present invention can also be realized as a method, a program, and a storage medium storing the program, which are substantially equivalent thereto. It should be understood that these ranges are also included.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various modifications and corrections based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations and modifications are included in the scope of the present invention. For example, the functions included in each means, each step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to be logically contradictory, and a plurality of means, steps, etc. can be combined into one or divided. .

It is a block diagram of the broadcast receiving apparatus by this invention. It is a flowchart of a channel switching process when the broadcast receiving apparatus by this invention detects zapping. It is a time transition diagram of the display mode of the screen according to a channel selection command after the broadcast receiving apparatus by this invention detects zapping until it determines with zapping having stopped. It is a flowchart of a channel switching process in case the broadcast receiving apparatus by this invention is out of a broadcast area. It is a transition diagram of the screen of the broadcast receiving apparatus when the broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention is out of the broadcasting area. It is a flowchart of a channel switching process when the broadcast receiver according to the present invention is changed from outside the broadcast area to the broadcast area. It is a transition diagram of the screen of the broadcast receiving apparatus when the broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention is changed from outside the broadcasting area to the broadcasting area. It is a flowchart of a channel switching process when the broadcast receiving apparatus by this invention detects a new channel selection command during a channel selection process. It is a transition diagram of the screen of the broadcast receiving apparatus when the broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention detects a new channel selection command during the channel selection process. It is an example of EPG which displays the program list of each channel broadcast in a certain time slot | zone. It is an example of EPG which displays the program list in each time zone which a single channel broadcasts.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Broadcast receiving apparatus 101 Tuner part 102 Demodulator part 103 Audio decoder part 104 Video decoder part 105 Screen control part 106 Speaker 107 Display part 108 Operation input part 109 Telephone transmission / reception part 110 Control part 111 EPG acquisition part 112 EPG storage part 113 Zapping detection part 114 Counter ANT1, ANT2 Antenna D11-D14, D21-D24, D31-D34 Screen

Claims (3)

Receiving means for receiving a broadcast signal having a plurality of channels;
Operation input means for inputting a channel switching request received by the receiving means;
Channel switching means for switching from a plurality of channels received by the receiving means to a channel according to the switching request in response to an input of the switching request;
Display means for displaying an image of a channel received by the receiving means;
An acquisition means for acquiring a program table including a description of a channel, program broadcast time, program name, and program broadcast content;
Counting means for counting the number of channel switching by the channel switching means;
Control for controlling the display means to display the program table corresponding to the channel to be switched by the latest channel switching when the channel switching is counted a predetermined number of times within a predetermined time by the counting means. Means,
A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising: The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1,
The control means includes
When the counting means counts the preset number of times of channel switching within the predetermined time, the display means controls the display means to display the program guide and a new one input by the operation input means. In response to a channel switching request, control is performed so that the program guide is switched and displayed for each channel, and a predetermined channel switching request is not received by the operation input means during the switching process of the program guide for each channel. When the period has elapsed, the display means is controlled so as to display the video of the channel corresponding to the displayed program guide;
A broadcast receiver characterized by that. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1,
The control means includes
If the broadcast signal is not received by the receiving means during the channel switching process from when the switching request is input until the video of the switching destination channel is displayed by the display means, the channel switching process is performed. Controlling the display means to stop and display the program guide corresponding to the channel to be switched to,
A broadcast receiver characterized by that.

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