JP2008211436A - Device for selecting movement - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for selecting movement and a movement selection method, capable of extracting a recorded title which is identical or similar to a recorded title selected as an object to move from recorded title data and simplifying selection of recorded titles for movement and movement setting. <P>SOLUTION: Whether a recorded title identical or similar to a recorded title selected as an object to move has ever been moved is retrieved. If there is an identical or similar title which has ever been moved, the information is fetched, and a selected title of a recorded program and a title of a similar program are included; and a movement method that is visually easily recognizable is presented to the operator. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention records and saves a broadcast program once in a built-in storage device such as an HDD (hard disk recording device), and then moves the recorded program to a removable medium such as an optical disk medium (DVD-RAM or the like). The present invention relates to a method for selecting a recorded program to be moved in an apparatus.

  “Move” refers to an operation of erasing a program recorded on a built-in storage medium in the recording apparatus and moving it to a removable disk that can be transported together.

  A TV program recording apparatus such as a DVD / HDD recorder has a function of setting a program reservation by using an EPG (electronic program guide). Thereby, the TV program recording can be automatically performed by performing the reserved recording setting. As the capacity of a storage device for recording a recorded program increases, the number of programs recorded by the user tends to increase. It is necessary to move to take out the recorded program from the recording device.

In the invention described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-165186 (Patent Document 1), the level of the recording rate automatically calculated from the recordable recording time for one program is displayed in a visually easy-to-understand manner. This makes it easier for the user to determine the condition settings.
JP 2002-165186 A

  However, it is troublesome to search for and select a plurality of programs to be moved from among many recorded programs. Even in Patent Document 1, there is no disclosure regarding the duplication of a plurality of programs, although conditions are disclosed when duplicating one program.

  In addition, the data capacity of the removable media is smaller than the data capacity of the storage device built in the recording device that stores the recorded program. For this reason, it is necessary to compress the content data of the recorded program, and it is generally necessary to move while reducing the video information data. However, if the total recording time of a plurality of recorded programs becomes too long, it is necessary to reduce a great amount of video information data. For this reason, there is a tendency that the image quality of the video itself deteriorates as a result.

  The current operation method for moving to an optical disk medium in a recording apparatus does not provide a simple and easy-to-use move selection method that selects an appropriate recorded title in consideration of the total recording time.

  An object of the present invention is to extract a title that is the same as or similar to a title of a program to be moved from recorded title data when a program to be moved is selected from a large number of recorded programs. The title. It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of simplifying the selection of a move title and facilitating the operation up to the start of the move by preparing a plurality of move patterns in which the title to be moved and the image quality designation value are combined.

  The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will be apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

  Of the inventions disclosed in the present application, the outline of typical ones will be briefly described as follows.

  The move selection device according to the present invention includes a target title information setting unit that prompts an operator to input a title of a recorded program to be moved, and a title that is the same as or similar to the target title input by the target title information setting unit. A similar title extraction unit that searches for the presence or absence of a recorded program, and a move pattern generation unit that outputs move pattern data having one or more move patterns. The move pattern generation unit is input by the target title information setting unit. If there is a moved title having the same or similar title in the past as the target title, the moving pattern data is generated together with the recorded title extracted by the similar title extracting unit.

  The move selection device can also take over the attribute of the moved title in the move pattern data when the moved title has an attribute for the move.

  The move pattern generation unit can further display the generated one or more move patterns in a selectable manner.

  The effects obtained by typical ones of the inventions disclosed in the present application will be briefly described as follows.

  According to the present invention, when one title of a recorded program to be moved is selected, the same or similar recorded title is extracted from the recorded title data and the title that has been moved in the past (moved data). This makes it easy to select the title to be moved.

  Also, since past moved title information is also recorded in the move selection device, it is easy to manage the moved title.

  Furthermore, since a plurality of move patterns are prepared and displayed so as to be selectable by the operator, the start of the move is facilitated.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present specification, “program” refers to a combination of program information (hereinafter referred to as title data) and the program content (hereinafter referred to as content).

(First embodiment)
(Basic configuration of the present invention)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a move selection device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a basic configuration of software of the move selection device of the present invention.

  The move selection device according to the present invention includes a TV tuner circuit 10, an MPEG encoder 11, an MPEG decoder 12, a display control unit 13, a CPU 14, an input unit 15, a storage device (HDD) 16, a removable disk drive 17, and an operation panel 18. The Further, there are a monitor 19 and a remote controller 20 as connected devices around the move selection device.

  The TV tuner circuit 10 is a component that receives a television broadcast from a master station or a relay station of a television station (not shown), or a circuit or a board that includes the component. The present invention does not specify a broadcasting system such as terrestrial digital broadcasting or via satellite waves. Even if they are combined according to the purpose, the description will be given collectively as the TV tuner circuit 10 in this specification. In the present specification, the contents of the program are described as being in the MPEG data format regardless of the transmission method.

  The MPEG encoder 11 is a component that encodes moving image data in the MPEG format, or a circuit or a board that includes the component.

  The MPEG decoder 12 decodes the program content received by the TV tuner circuit 10, the program content stored in the storage device 16, or the program content read from the recording medium inserted in the removable disk drive 17 so that it can be displayed. Or a circuit or a board including the component.

  The display control unit 13 is a component that actually outputs content that has become information that can be displayed by the MPEG decoder 12, or a circuit or a board including the component.

  A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 14 is a component that controls the entire move selection device. A DSP (Digital Signal Processor) may be used as long as the move selection device itself has a small circuit scale and a relatively limited function.

  The input unit 15 is an infrared receiver that receives an operation process from the remote controller 20 or a circuit similar thereto, and its peripheral circuit. In this figure, the operation panel 18 provided in the move selection device is described separately for convenience, but there is no problem even if it is configured integrally.

  The storage device 16 is a storage means for storing received moving image data and the like. Generally, an HDD (hard disk drive) is used, but a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory may be used instead. The storage device 16 stores the title data and content data of the recorded program.

  The removable disk drive 17 is a component that writes moving image data stored in the storage device 16 to a DVD (digital video disk) as a removable medium, or a peripheral circuit thereof.

  The operation panel 18 is a place where an operator directly inputs an operation to the move selection device.

  A monitor 19 as a peripheral connection device is a component that actually displays still image / moving image data output from the display control unit 13 and made displayable.

  The remote controller 20 is a device for the operator to move the move selection device at a location away from the move selection device. As a communication means between the move selection device and the remote controller 20, infrared communication is generally used, but even Bluetooth (TM) or wireless LAN does not affect the implementation of the present invention.

  Next, the basic concept of the software configuration and operation of this move selection device will be described with reference to FIG. The software module described below is configured in software by the CPU 14 in FIG. 1, and specific data processing is assumed to be performed by hardware components such as the MPEG encoder 11 as appropriate in the following description.

  The software configuration of the present invention includes a target title information setting unit 1, a similar title extraction unit 2, and a move pattern generation unit 3. In addition, recorded title data 4, move pattern data 5, and moved data 6 exist as data objects handled by these. These are assumed below to be stored in the storage device 16.

  Here, the recorded title data 4 is data representing a list of recorded programs currently stored in the move selection device. This is information that the move selection device always has.

  The move pattern data 5 is information that is temporarily created after the selected title is input to the target title information setting unit 1 until the move is completed, and any move according to the move quality of the image. This data indicates whether the format can be considered.

  The data 6 that has been moved is data that is created for each title that has been moved. The past move history is stored, and one piece of data 6 that has been moved is prepared for each identical similar program.

  Next, a software operation will be described.

  First, the operator specifies a program that is a candidate for the move with respect to the target title information setting unit 1. As an input method at this time, it is conceivable to directly input a title or to select data of recorded title data 4 by using a GUI (Graphic User Interface). When the input is completed, the target title information setting unit 1 sends information on the input title to be moved from the recorded title data 4 to the similar title extraction unit 2.

  The similar title extraction unit 2 extracts from the recorded title data 4 title data that is the same as or similar to the title of the program sent from the target title information setting unit 1. Hereinafter, “same title” is also included in “similar title” and “similar title”.

  As described above, the recorded title data 4 is stored in the storage device 16. The recorded title data 4 includes recorded title information of each recorded title. The recorded title information includes information about broadcast programs (for example, broadcast station ID, broadcast start time, series ID, etc.) that can be acquired by EPG (Electric Program Guide) data at the time of recording, image quality at the time of recording, and recording time. Has been. These pieces of information can be browsed as a list of recorded title information on the monitor 19. After the extraction, the similar title extraction unit 2 transmits the extraction result to the move pattern creation unit 3.

  The move pattern creation unit 3 raises a plurality of combinations of recorded titles and video image quality designation values when moving the title extracted by the similar title extraction unit 2 to the removable medium set in the removable disk drive 17, and moves pattern data 5 Generate as At this time, the moved data 6 which is the history of the movement of the same similar program in the past is taken into consideration.

  The operator can move similar titles at once by selecting specific information from the information of the move pattern data 5.

  After the move, the moved data 6 is updated with reference to the created move pattern data 5 and the like, and the series of move processing ends.

  It is also possible to create the move pattern data 5 without taking the moved data 6 into consideration. In addition, whether to discard the move pattern data 5 after the move is a design matter.

(Specific operation)
Specific operations will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a specific example of the recorded title data 4.

  The recorded title data 4 includes broadcast station ID 101, title name 102, date and time 103, start time 104, recording time 105, image quality 106, genre 107, and series ID 108 as data items representing the attributes of the program. One set of these is prepared for each recorded title. Individual title data 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, etc. represent each attribute of one recorded program including the above data items.

  Broadcast station ID 101 corresponds to a channel number.

  The title name 102 is a name given to the program. Even in the same configuration program broadcast continuously, the title names are not necessarily the same, and are determined by the creator of the EPG data to be acquired. Although the title name 102 has been described on the assumption that it is text data, this is not particularly limited in some embodiments.

  The date and time 103 indicates the date on which the program was broadcast.

  The start time 104 indicates the time when the broadcast of the program is started.

  The recording time 105 indicates the actual recording time.

  The image quality 106 indicates the quality of the recorded video data, and “TS” in the figure indicates that the video data at the time of broadcasting is stored in the move selection device with the same quality (received video quality).

  The genre 107 is data relating to the genre to which the program content indicated by the EPG data belongs, and is determined by the EPG data creator.

  When the contents of a program are broadcast in a plurality of times, the same unique ID (series ID) is assigned and set to those programs. The place holding the value of the series ID assigned to this program is the series ID 108. As an example in which the series ID 108 is set, for example, a continuous drama can be considered.

  Depending on the program, the series ID 108 may not be set. In this case, this item may not be described, or involuntary data may be input (see the corresponding part of item number 1003 in FIG. 3).

  A set of these information is added and updated in the storage device 16 every time a program is recorded. In addition, when the title itself is deleted from the storage device 16 due to an operator deletion process or the like, the title is deleted and updated.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation when the target title information setting unit 1, the similar title extraction unit 2 and the move pattern generation unit 3 create the move pattern data 5 using the recorded title data 4. Here, description will be made assuming that the target title information setting unit 1 selects a title of a program stored using the GUI.

  First, the target title information setting unit 1 reads the recorded title data 4 shown in FIG. 3 from the storage device 16 (step S51), creates a viewable / selectable screen configuration, and then displays it on the monitor 19 via the display control unit 13. Displayed (step S52).

  In this state, if a move candidate is selected from the displayed recorded title list by operating the operation panel 18 or the remote controller 20 (step S53: Yes), the individual title of the move candidate selected by the target title information setting unit 1 The data is sent to the similar title extraction unit 2. In this embodiment, it is assumed that individual title data 1002 is selected.

  The similar title extraction unit 2 extracts a similar title based on the individual title data of the move candidate sent (step S54).

  The following can be considered as a similar determination method here.

  1) Based on the received title information, the recorded title data 4 is searched for a title having the same ID value as the series ID 108.

  2) A search is made as to whether there is an identical character with the characteristic part of the title name (item number 102 in FIG. 3) as character information.

  Here, it is described that the move candidate is selected using “drama OO” of the title name 102 as a search key. FIG. 5 shows the structure of data extracted from the recorded title data 4 of FIG. 3 using the title name 102 or series ID 108 as a search key under the above conditions.

  As a result, the titles 1002, 1004, 1005, and 1007 described in FIG. 3 are extracted. The data of FIG. 5 is handled as extracted title data (step S55).

  Since the data items of each extracted title are the same in FIG. 5 and FIG. 3 because of the extraction, the item number 100 is added at this stage. This is to facilitate identification of individual titles.

  The extracted extracted title data is sent to the move pattern generation unit 3. Based on this, the move pattern generation unit 3 creates the move pattern data 5 (step S56). FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the data structure of the move pattern data 5.

  The generated move pattern data 5 includes a header portion 600 and a data portion 610 as shown in FIG. The header portion 600 includes a quality 601, an image quality 602, a target title 603, and a recommendation display portion 604. On the other hand, the extracted title data shown in FIG.

  Quality 601 is a pattern name included in the generated move pattern data 5. The data format of this data is a text format for display to be described later, but it is not necessarily required to be directly associated with image quality as shown in the figure. In addition, as long as the display is not premised, it is not limited to text data.

  The image quality 602 represents the image quality when stored in a removable medium. Generally, if the compression rate is increased by performing irreversible conversion or the like, block noise or the like is generated and the reproduction quality is lowered. On the other hand, if the compression rate is lowered, the image quality is improved, but the storage capacity is increased, and the number of titles that can be stored in one removable medium and the recording time are reduced. The number of header items is also determined according to the type of image quality. Although shown in text format on the figure, it is not related to this data format.

  Here, when creating the move pattern data 5, the image quality is defined for convenience as follows. That is, an XP image quality is defined as a high image quality type that can be moved only for about one hour of recording time on one disk medium. Also, the normal image quality type that can be moved for about 2 hours of recording time on one disk medium is defined as SP image quality, and the storage capacity priority type that can be moved for about 4 hours of recording time on one disk medium is defined as LP image quality. Therefore, the number of items (number of rows) in the header of FIG. 6 is “3”. Therefore, here, move patterns having three types of image quality are prepared in the header, but it is not always necessary to stick to this. If there are four types of image quality, there may be four types of move patterns.

  The target title 603 indicates the number (number 100 in FIG. 5) assigned to the extracted recorded title to be moved in the case of each image quality 602. If the compression rate is high (if the image quality is low), the number specified here will increase. If the compression rate is low (if the image quality is high), the specified number will decrease.

  The recommendation display unit 604 is an item indicating which pattern is determined to be optimal by the move selection device in the generated move pattern data 5. Which is recommended depends on the design of each move selection device. Here, it is assumed that the move pattern generation unit 3 has the genre and quality comparison table of FIG. 7 and determines the best quality for the move by comparing with the genre 107 of the recorded data. I will explain. That is, when the genre 107 is “drama”, referring to the genre of FIG. 7, the SP image quality is “recommended” for those that move quickly and are easy to ride, such as “sport relay”, and the move quality pattern The generation unit 3 marks the recommendation display unit 604.

  Here, even if the genre 107 is “sports relay”, that is, the movement with the XP image quality can be determined to be optimal, the LP image quality is inferior in quality when the free space of the removable medium at the move destination is small. You may mark as recommended.

  After the creation of the move pattern data 5, the recorded data 6 is searched for whether a recorded title having a title name or series ID that matches the data to be moved has been moved in the past (step S57).

  FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of the moved data 6 to be searched.

  The moved data 6 in this figure is composed of a header portion 700 and a data portion 710. The header portion includes a shared title name 701, a series ID 702, a broadcast station ID 703, a move media 704, the number of titles 705, and an image quality 706.

  The shared title name 701 is an item that is one of the search keys, and the title name is held in a text format or the like.

  The series ID 702 is one of the search key items, and holds a series ID unique to the title, similar to the series ID 108.

  The broadcast station ID 703 corresponds to the channel number of the title.

  The move medium 704 is data indicating the type of the disk medium at the move destination. In the case of a move selection device that has only one move destination, this item does not matter.

  The number of titles 705 indicates the number of titles that have been moved in the past with the shared title name 701 or series ID 702 that is the target of the search key.

  The image quality 706 represents what image quality was used in the past moves. Although only one type is displayed in FIG. 8, it is assumed that a plurality of different image quality is used in past moves. In such a case, the number of lines in the header portion 700 may be increased so that the number of moves at each image quality can be displayed.

  A data portion 710 indicates data of titles that have been moved in the past. In these, items corresponding to the data portion 610 of the move pattern data 5 moved in the past are added each time. Therefore, the data items also conform to FIG.

  If a program having the same shared title name 701 and series ID 702 has been moved in the past, the moved data 6 for these programs exists in the storage device 16 (step S57: Yes). This moved data 6 is read out and used as the basis for generating display data as title information (step S58). The move pattern data 5 extracted in step S56 is also used as a basis for generating displayable data (step S59).

  Thereafter, display data is generated using the moved data 6 read in step S58 and the move pattern data 5 created in step S56, and is displayed on the monitor 19 via the display control unit 13 (step S60). .

  FIG. 9 shows an example of a screen displayed in step S60. It should be noted that the description will be made using the data items of FIGS. 6 and 8 attached.

  The screen configuration to be displayed is divided into a selection unit 810 and a display unit 820.

  In the selection unit 810, the CPU 14 processes an instruction input from the remote controller 20 or the operation panel 18, and corresponds to the XP image quality, SP image quality, and LP image quality defined by the image quality 602 of the item 610 of the move pattern data 5 in FIG. Then, the selection items of “clean” 811, “normal” 812, and “plentiful” 813 which are text data of quality 610 are displayed. The display of “beautiful”, “normal”, and “plentiful” corresponds to the data described in the item of the quality 601 in the header portion 600 of FIG.

  At the time of display, the recommended display portion 613 of the move pattern data 5 in FIG. 6 is set to SP image quality. Therefore, when the display data is generated by the selection unit 810, the word “recommended” is added to the “normal” display location corresponding to the SP image quality. In addition, the “selected state”, that is, a broken line frame is initially displayed. In addition, the display is bolded to enhance the discrimination for the operator.

  The operator can move this “selected state” by an input from the operation panel 18 or the remote controller 20. For example, an intuitive operation mode is desirable in which the selection state moves to “beautiful” 811 when the “↑” button of the remote controller 20 is pressed, and the selection state moves to “full” 813 when the “↓” button is pressed.

  In the display unit 820, the title “823” and the title 824, which are initially to be moved when “Normal” is selected, are displayed in bold, and the text “← Target” is added. That is, since the title 821 for the recording recorded on February 6, 2006 and the title 822 for the recording recorded on February 13, 2006 are already included in the moved data 6 in FIG. I can't do it. Further, since the SP image quality is assumed to be recorded for 2 hours, the title 825 for the recording on March 6, 2006 and the title 826 for the recording on March 13, 2006 cannot be recorded in capacity. The titles 823 recorded on February 20, 2006 and the titles 824 recorded on February 27, 2006 are excluded from the movement. In addition, about the thing already moved, the display part 820 displays that.

  FIG. 10 is a display example showing a change of the display unit 820 when the “selection state” of the selection unit 810 is moved to “full” 813 by the operation of the above-described remote controller or the like.

  When the “selection state” shifts to “full” 813 in the selection unit 810, the broken line frame moves to “full” 813 and changes to bold display. On the other hand, the broken line frame of “normal” 812 disappears and the bold display returns to the normal state.

  In addition, in the display unit 820, items for 4 hours that can be moved with the LP image quality corresponding to the “plentiful” selection are switched to bold display. That is, the title 825 for the recording on March 6, 2006 and the title 826 for the recording on March 6, 2006, which are not displayed in bold in FIG. 9, are also bold, and the characters “← target” are added.

  Due to these changes, the operator can visually confirm that the recorded title to be moved has been extended to the title 825 and the title 826.

  In this screen state, when the operator makes a move start request, the title 823, the title 824, the title 825, and the title 826 are moved. At the end of the move, the information at the time of the move is in the same format as in FIG. Is stored as completed data 6 (see FIG. 13).

  Similarly, when the “selected state” shifts to “beautiful” 811, the broken line frame of the selection unit 810 moves to “beautiful” and the title 824 for the recording on February 27, 2006 on the display unit 820 is changed from bold to normal. The character of “← target” disappears. When recording is started at this time, only the titles 823 recorded on February 20, 2006 with XP image quality are moved.

  In FIG. 10, there is no shortage of objects to be moved even when the “selected state” shifts. However, in actual use, it may be considered that there is no data to be moved even if there is a free disk in the removable disk.

  FIG. 11 shows a display example when there are not enough recorded titles to be presented as a move pattern. In the case of FIG. 11, description will be made assuming that the titles 826 recorded on March 13, 2006 in FIGS. 9 and 10 are not recorded.

  When the selection state is “plentiful” 813, since the image quality is LP, four titles can be moved. However, the title 821 recorded on February 6, 2006 and the title 822 recorded on February 13, 2006, which have already been moved, cannot be moved. Accordingly, a total of three hours of the title 823, the title 824, and the title 825 can be recorded (see the recording time 314).

  Here, the title 823, the title 824, and the title 825, which are candidates for the move, each have a recording time of 1 hour. Therefore, the recording time of the similar title to be recorded next is also predicted to be 1 hour. This “similar title assumed to be recorded next” is also determined to be adoptable as a moving target if recorded, and a blank or tentative title name is set and displayed in the title 826 of the display unit 820. As a result of this display, the next similar title is recorded to the user, so that the operator can be informed that a move using the optimum number of titles in accordance with the data capacity of the disc medium is possible in the future.

  Thus, the operator can easily determine whether to perform the move operation now or to perform the move operation at a later date.

  Finally, the operation after selecting the move pattern will be described.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the process from the selection of the move pattern to the completion of the move.
Through the selection screens shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the operator selects a move method and a move target (step S61). When the selection is made, the target title is moved according to the contents (step S62). Specifically, the content data (received image data of the TV tuner circuit 10) of the target title program existing in the storage device 16 is designated as image quality (in the present embodiment, among the XP image quality, SP image quality, and LP image quality). 1), and is recorded on a removable medium set in the removable disk drive 17. Further, the moving image data in the storage device 16 is deleted.

  Thereafter, information on the title to be moved is added to the read data 6 that has been read, the information in the storage device 16 is updated, and the series of processing ends (step S63).

  This series of processing is described as follows using the figures presented so far.

  For example, if the move is executed with the “selected state” set to “normal” 812 on the screen of FIG. 9, the title 823 (recorded on February 20, 2006) and the title 824 (February 27, 2006) are displayed. Recorded) is copied to the removable media with SP image quality. After copying, the moving image data of the corresponding title in the storage device 16 is deleted.

  Thereafter, the contents of the title 823 and the title 824 are added to the data 710 of the moved data 6. At this time, the image quality item is set to “SP” used at the time of the move. Also, “2”, which is the number of objects to be moved, is added to the number of titles 714 to obtain “4”. FIG. 13 shows the moved data 6 after this data processing.

  As described above, during the move, it is possible to easily set the move by presenting a preferable recording image quality according to the type of the recording title, and providing a method that makes it easy to visually understand the change. Become.

(Second Embodiment)
In the first embodiment, when the move pattern data 5 is created, the recommendation display unit 604 is determined only by the comparison table of FIG. However, this is a uniform determination method that does not take into account individual operator preferences.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, it is considered to execute the move operation without bothering the operator by proposing the move operation selected in the past as “recommendation”.

  Specifically, it is as follows.

  In the first embodiment, “recommended” is determined in step S56 of FIG.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, “recommended” is not determined in step S56.

  In the present embodiment, the moved data 6 is searched in step S57, and when the moved data 6 exists, the image quality 706 of the header portion is referred to. Those frequently used in the image quality 706 are reflected in the move pattern data 5 of FIG. 6 as “recommended”. Based on this, “recommend” is set and reflected in the display.

  As a result, “recommendation” can be set according to the past operation situation, and further simple operation becomes possible.

  As mentioned above, the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Needless to say.

  The move selection apparatus according to the present invention is premised on the use of an HDD recorder or the like, but is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, the present invention can be applied to a personal computer having a digital broadcast receiving function.

  Further, the image is not limited to an image as long as it is an object to be moved. For example, if a restriction such as copy-once is imposed at the time of radio recording that is voice exchange, there is room for application of the present invention. In this case, it can be applied not only to radio but also to mobile phones.

It is a block diagram showing the hardware constitutions of the move selection apparatus concerning this invention. It is a block diagram showing the software structure of the move selection apparatus in connection with this invention. It is a block diagram showing the data structure of the recorded title data concerning this invention. It is a flowchart showing the move process target determination operation | movement concerning this invention. It is a block diagram showing the data structure of the extraction title data in connection with this invention. It is a block diagram showing the data structure of the move pattern data in connection with this invention. It is a genre and quality comparison table which the move pattern generation part concerning this invention has. It is a block diagram showing the data structure of the moved data concerning this invention. It is a figure showing the example of a display of the move selection apparatus concerning this invention. It is a figure showing the example of a display of the move selection apparatus concerning this invention. It is a figure showing the example of a display of the move selection apparatus concerning this invention. It is a flowchart showing the move process operation | movement concerning this invention. It is a block diagram showing the data structure of the moved data after the move process concerning this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Target title information setting part, 2 ... Similar title extraction part, 3 ... Move pattern production | generation part, 4 ... Recorded title data, 5 ... Move pattern data, 6 ... Moved data,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... TV tuner circuit, 11 ... MPEG encoder, 12 ... MPEG decoder, 13 ... Display control part, 14 ... CPU, 15 ... Input part, 16 ... Storage device, 17 ... Removable disk drive, 18 ... Operation panel, 19 ... Monitor 20 ... Remote control

Claims (3)

A target title information setting section that prompts the operator to input the title of a recorded program to be moved;
A similar title extraction unit that searches for the presence or absence of a recorded program having the same or similar title as the target title input in the target title information setting unit;
A move selection device including a move pattern generation unit that outputs move pattern data having one or more move patterns,
The move pattern generation unit extracts a moved title having a title that is the same as or similar to the target title input in the target title information setting unit in the past, and the recorded title extracted by the similar title extraction unit And a move selection device for generating the move pattern data.   2. The move selection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the title that has been moved has an attribute for the move, the attribute of the title that has been moved is inherited in the move pattern data.   The move selection device according to claim 1, wherein the move pattern generation unit further displays the one or more move patterns in a selectable manner.

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