JP2009077014A - Program guide display device, and digital broadcast receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily search a target program from an electronic program guide without the need of complicated operations by improving the browsability of the electronic program guide. <P>SOLUTION: An electronic program guide screen 101 is for listing and displaying program information (program names) for the fixed time of only one channel, and displays the program names of the time longer than before by using the entire display area capable of displaying the program information for one channel. The electronic program guide can be switched from the display of a conventional electronic program guide of arranging and displaying the program information of the plurality of channels, and a plurality of columns wherein the program information is arranged for respective time zones are displayed. In an example indicated in the figure, the program names of one channel are displayed using a program frame for three columns. Thus, while conventionally display is performed only for 5 hours per channel for instance, the program names for continuous 15 hours can be displayed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a program guide display device and a digital broadcast receiver, and more particularly, a program guide display device for displaying an electronic program guide created using program information acquired from a digital broadcast signal, and the device. The present invention relates to a digital broadcast receiving apparatus provided.

  In the digital broadcast receiving apparatus, an electronic program guide (EPG) is created based on program information acquired from broadcast signals. In a conventional electronic program guide, program names are displayed in a format in which the vertical axis is a time axis and the horizontal axis is a channel number axis. On the other hand, the channel number axis is arranged on the vertical axis and the time axis is arranged on the horizontal axis, or the vertical axis and the horizontal axis can be switched.

  In the electronic program guide, a program frame corresponding to the broadcast time of each program is displayed, and a program name is displayed in each program frame. In addition, detailed program information about the program selected with the cursor can be displayed. Using such an electronic program guide, the user can search for a program, make a recording reservation, and check program information.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a program table in which one of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis is a channel number axis and the other is a time axis, the time axis direction is divided in predetermined time units, and There has been disclosed a digital broadcast receiver that displays a program guide in which a color for identifying a genre of a program corresponding to each partition frame is displayed without displaying characters.
JP 2001-1973390 A

When an electronic program guide is displayed on the display screen of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus, only program names of about 5 hours per channel can be displayed on the program guide display section. When the user wants to see the information of the program ahead, it is necessary to scroll the displayed electronic program guide or perform page turning.
Recently, in particular, there is a demand for a user who subscribes to a specific channel such as a movie-specific channel to see a list of program names broadcast on the channel. In this case as well, there is a problem that an operation for scrolling the electronic program guide is required, which is troublesome for the user.

  In the digital broadcast receiver disclosed in Patent Document 1, in the state where the program table is displayed as a list, the program name is not displayed, and it is only possible to determine the program information by the color-coded genre, so that the user knows the program name. Needs to move the cursor to display the program name, and there is a problem that the listability and operability are not good.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by improving the listability of the electronic program guide, it is possible to easily search for a target program from the electronic program guide without requiring a complicated operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a program guide display device that can be used and a digital broadcast receiver that includes the program guide display device.

  In order to solve the above problems, a first technical means of the present invention includes a program guide generation unit that generates an electronic program guide using program information included in a digital broadcast signal, and an electronic program generated by the program guide generation unit. In a program guide display device comprising a display unit for displaying a table, the program guide generator generates a constant for only one channel using all display areas capable of displaying a list of program information according to a predetermined operation input. An electronic program guide for displaying a list of time program information in a list is generated.

  According to a second technical means, in the first technical means, the electronic program guide displaying the program information of only one channel in a list displays a plurality of columns in which the program information is arranged by time zone, The time zones displayed in a plurality of columns are characterized by being displayed by dividing a continuous time zone into a plurality of columns.

  According to a third technical means, in the first or second technical means, the program guide generating unit generates an electronic program guide that simultaneously displays program information of a plurality of channels, and simultaneously displays the program information of a plurality of channels. When a predetermined operation input is performed while the table is displayed on the display unit, an electronic program table that lists program information of only one channel is generated.

  According to a fourth technical means, in the third technical means, when the program guide generation unit generates an electronic program guide that displays program information of only one channel, an electronic program that simultaneously displays program information of a plurality of channels. An electronic program guide is generated for a channel of program information in which a cursor is present on the table display screen.

  According to a fifth technical means, in any one of the first to fourth technical means, the program guide generation unit sets a starting point of a predetermined time as a time when a predetermined operation input is performed. Is.

  A sixth technical means is characterized in that, in any one of the first to fourth technical means, the program table generation unit sets a start time of a certain time as a broadcast start time of program information where a cursor exists. It is a thing.

  According to a seventh technical means, in the second technical means, the program guide generating unit is configured such that the cursor displayed on the display unit together with the electronic program guide is in an end region in the arrangement direction of a plurality of columns, When an operation of moving the cursor toward the outside of the screen in the column arrangement direction is performed, an electronic program guide is generated by sequentially scrolling a column of program information in a new time zone following the currently displayed time zone. It is characterized by that.

  According to an eighth technical means, in the second technical means, the program guide generating unit is configured such that the cursor displayed on the display unit together with the electronic program guide is in an end region in any time axis direction of a plurality of columns, Furthermore, when an operation for moving the cursor toward the outside of the screen in the time axis direction is performed, an electronic program guide in which program information in which the time axis is continuous is sequentially scrolled with respect to program information with the current cursor, In addition, the electronic program guide is generated by changing the display of each column so that the time axis in which the time zone of each column is continuous is divided into a plurality of columns and displayed.

  According to a ninth technical means, in the second technical means, the program guide generating unit sets the channel number display area to the electronic program guide, and the cursor displayed on the display unit together with the electronic program guide is the channel number display area. Then, when an operation for further moving the cursor to the right or left is performed, the channel is sequentially changed, and an electronic program guide for displaying a list of program information for a certain period of time for the changed channel is generated. It is what.

  A tenth technical means is a digital broadcast receiving apparatus including any one of the first to ninth technical means.

  According to the present invention, by improving the listability of the electronic program guide, a program guide display device that can easily find a target program from the electronic program guide without requiring a complicated operation; A digital broadcast receiver provided with the program guide display device can be provided.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a digital broadcast receiver provided with a program guide display device according to the present invention.
The front end 1 receives a digital broadcast signal and a terrestrial digital broadcast signal transmitted from a broadcast satellite (BS) or a communication satellite (CS) received by an antenna.
The front end 1 has a tuner unit, a demodulation circuit unit, an error correction unit, and the like. Here, a single tuner unit can select a BS / CS broadcast signal and a terrestrial digital broadcast signal. The tuner unit selects and receives a digital broadcast signal related to a broadcast channel of a predetermined digital broadcast network in accordance with a user's channel selection instruction, and supplies it to the demodulation circuit unit. The demodulation circuit unit digitally demodulates the digital broadcast signal selected and received by the tuner unit. The error correction unit performs restoration and correction related to an error in the digital demodulated digital broadcast signal and reproduces it as transport stream data.

The demultiplexer 2 separates the broadcast video signal, the broadcast audio signal, and the data signal from the transport stream data of the digital broadcast signal.
Then, the broadcast video signal and the broadcast audio signal separated by the demultiplexer 2 are supplied to the video / audio decoding unit 3. The data signal separated by the demultiplexer 2 is supplied to the control unit 10 and processed based on system software held in the ROM or the like of the memory unit 11.

  The video / audio decoding unit 3 decodes the data of the broadcast video signal and the broadcast audio signal separated by the demultiplexer 2, outputs the video signal to the screen synthesis unit 7, and outputs the audio signal to the audio output unit 4. . The audio output unit 4 outputs the decoded broadcast audio signal from the speaker.

  The program information decoding unit 5 acquires and decodes program information (SI: Service Information) included as a data signal in the received digital broadcast signal of the broadcast channel or transport stream data of the terrestrial digital broadcast signal. The decoded program information is temporarily stored in the memory unit 11. The program guide data generation unit 6 generates an electronic program guide (EPG) using the decoded program information and outputs it to the screen composition unit 7. The program guide data generation unit 6 corresponds to a program guide generation unit according to the present invention that generates an electronic program guide using program information included in a digital broadcast signal. The screen synthesizing unit 7 synthesizes the broadcast video signal output from the video / audio decoding unit 3 and the electronic program guide output from the program guide data generating unit 6, and outputs them to the display unit 8. The display unit 8 displays the video signal output from the screen combining unit 7 on a display screen such as a liquid crystal panel.

  The control unit 10 is connected to each of the front end 1, the demultiplexer 2, the video / audio decoding unit 3, the program information decoding unit 5, the program guide data generating unit 6, and the screen synthesizing unit 7, and the memory unit 11. Control each element. The memory unit 11 includes a ROM, a RAM, a nonvolatile auxiliary storage device, and the like.

  The remote control light receiving unit 9 receives a control signal transmitted from a remote control (not shown) by a user's remote control operation and passes it to the control unit 10. The control unit 10 manages and controls the processing by the system software stored in the memory unit 11 based on the control signal from the remote controller, and controls each unit of the digital broadcast receiver.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of an electronic program guide displayed by the electronic program guide display device according to the present invention, which is the same as a conventionally used electronic program guide. The electronic program guide screen 100 in FIG. 2 can be displayed by pressing a predetermined button (for example, a “program guide” button) on a remote controller attached to the digital broadcast receiver.

In the electronic program guide screen 100, a program guide display unit 110 for displaying a program guide and a program information display unit 120 for displaying detailed program information are set.
The program guide display unit 110 displays program frames corresponding to the time axis on the vertical axis and the channel number axis on the horizontal axis. In the program guide display unit 110, a channel number display area 113 for displaying each channel number in the horizontal axis direction is set. In the vertical axis direction, a time axis display area 111 for displaying a time axis is set, and a program frame display area 112 for displaying program information for each channel is set. In each program frame, a program name which is one piece of program information is displayed. In each channel, program information is arranged by setting a program frame for each continuous time zone.

  The program information display unit 120 displays detailed program information of the program selected by the cursor 114 in the program guide display unit 110. In this example, the cursor 114 is placed in the “English conversation” program frame broadcast from 22:00 on the channel “021”. The program information displayed on the program information display unit 120 includes a channel number, a remote control channel button number, a channel logo, broadcast time (broadcast start time and broadcast end time), program name, current time, and the like.

  In the electronic program guide screen 100 of FIG. 2, program names are displayed for a plurality of channels. At this time, in this example, the program name can be displayed for each channel for 5 hours. On the electronic program guide screen 100, as in the conventional case, if scrolling operation or page turning operation is performed, it is possible to view information on programs in time zones and channels that are not displayed.

  In the embodiment according to the present invention, in the display state of the electronic program guide screen 100 in the state of FIG. 2, the user further operates the “program guide display switching button” provided in the remote controller, as shown in FIG. An electronic program display can be displayed. The “program guide display switching button” is a button for switching the display of the electronic program guide. When the user presses this button, an electronic program guide with a plurality of channels as shown in FIG. 2 and a program guide display as shown in FIG. A single channel electronic program guide can be toggled alternately. That is, by operating the “program guide display switching button” while the electronic program guide screen 100 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed, the electronic program guide screen 101 shown in FIG. By operating the “program guide display switching button” while the program guide screen 101 is displayed, it is possible to switch to the electronic program guide screen 100 shown in FIG. The “program table display switching button” may be any button that assigns a function for switching display of the electronic program table to a specific key, and its name or the like is not limited. Moreover, it may be provided as an operation button on the main body of the digital broadcast receiver as well as the remote controller.

  The electronic program guide screen 101 in FIG. 3 displays a list of program information (in this case, program names) for only a single channel for a certain period of time, and can display all the program information for one channel in a list. The display area is used to display a longer program name than before. This electronic program guide displays a plurality of columns in which program information is arranged by time zone, and the time zones displayed in the plurality of columns are obtained by dividing continuous time zones into a plurality of columns. It has become.

In the example of FIG. 3, the program of one channel is displayed using the program frame for 3 columns. As a result, programs that can only be displayed for 5 hours per channel can display program names in a continuous 15-hour time zone. Accordingly, only one channel number is displayed in the channel number display area 113.
The plurality of columns are set in the vertical direction of the screen. However, the columns may be set in the horizontal direction with the time axis in the horizontal direction of the screen.

In each column of the program guide display unit 110, a time axis display area 111 for displaying a time axis in the vertical axis direction and a program frame display area 112 for displaying program information are set. The time zone displayed in the time axis display area 111 of each column is displayed by dividing a continuous time zone into a plurality of columns. Here, the time zone from 18:00 to 9:00 the next morning (up to the time zone from 8 to 9 o'clock) is represented by three columns.
In each program frame of each column, a program name which is one piece of program information is displayed. The program information display unit 120 displays detailed program information of the program selected with the cursor 114.

  In this example, for the sake of explanation, the program guide display unit 110 displays programs for three columns. However, the program guide for a longer time is displayed according to the number of channels that can be displayed in the program guide display unit of FIG. Display is also possible. Here, the number of columns of the program frame along the time axis can be arbitrarily determined as appropriate, and the size of each program frame, the size of characters in the program frame, and the like can be arbitrarily changed. The present embodiment is characterized in that the entire program guide display unit 110 is used to display the program information of one channel for a long time.

The channel for displaying the program information on the program guide display unit 110 in FIG. 3 is the channel on which the cursor 114 was placed on the electronic program guide screen 100 shown in FIG.
In this example, the time zone displayed in the time axis display area 111 of the program guide display unit 110 starts from the current time, that is, when an operation is input to display the electronic program guide. This makes it possible to display a list of program names from the current time to 15 hours later. A scroll operation or page turning operation may be performed in order to view information on a program in a time zone not displayed on the program guide display unit 110.
Further, the starting point of the time zone displayed in the time axis display area 111 may be the starting point of the time zone including the current time instead of the current time.

When the display is switched from the multi-channel electronic program guide as shown in FIG. 2 to the one-channel electronic program guide as shown in FIG. 3, the program guide data generator 6 stores the time stored in the memory 11. Using the program information such as information, channel information, and program content, a new electronic program guide is generated each time and displayed on the display unit 8.
Similarly, when switching from the electronic program guide shown in FIG. 3 to the electronic program guide shown in FIG. 2, the program guide data generation unit 6 uses the program information to generate an electronic program guide.

Note that the electronic program guide screen 101 displaying program information of one channel as shown in FIG. 3 can be operated by a predetermined key such as a remote controller without going through the electronic program guide screen 100 displaying a plurality of channels of FIG. You may make it display directly with. The channel displayed at this time may be the channel currently being viewed or may be a preset channel. Channel switching can be performed by operating a channel selection switching button, a channel button, or the like on the remote controller. Further, when the electronic program guide is first displayed, the electronic program guide screen 100 of FIG. 2 and the electronic program guide screen 101 of FIG. 3 may be arbitrarily selected.
By displaying the electronic program guide in such a configuration, the listing of the electronic program guide can be improved, and the user can easily search for the target program from the electronic program guide without requiring complicated operations. Will be able to.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of the display screen of the electronic program guide. In the electronic program guide screen 101 of FIG. 3, the electronic program guide is displayed starting from the time zone including the current time, but in this example, the program on which the cursor 114 is placed on the electronic program guide screen 100 of FIG. Display starts from the broadcast start time of the frame.
For example, in the example of FIG. 2, the cursor 114 is in the “English conversation” program frame broadcast from 22:00 on the channel “021”. When the “program guide display switching button” is pressed in this state, as shown in FIG. 4, an electronic program guide is generated for the channel “021” with the starting point of the time zone displayed in the time axis display area 111 as 22:00. Displayed. As a result, it is possible to display information on programs with a high listability starting from the time zone at the cursor position.
Since the other display forms and display switching functions of the electronic program guide screen 102 are the same as those of the electronic program guide screen 101 of FIG.

  In addition, in the electronic program guide screen displaying the program information of a plurality of channels, broadcasting of the electronic program guide screen starting from the current time as shown in FIG. 3 and the program frame where the cursor as shown in FIG. 4 is placed is started. Any one of the electronic program guide screens starting from the time may be arbitrarily selected. For example, a menu capable of selecting any one of these can be prepared, and any electronic program guide screen can be displayed in accordance with a user operation.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of display control when the cursor is moved on the electronic program guide screen. The display control when the cursor is moved in this example can be applied to both the electronic program guide screen 101 in the example of FIG. 3 and the electronic program guide screen 102 in the example of FIG.
5A is assumed to be the electronic program guide screen 101 shown in FIG. 3 or the electronic program guide screen 102 shown in FIG. Here, it is assumed that the cursor 114 is in the upper left program frame of the program guide display unit 110.

FIG. 5B shows a state in which the user has moved the cursor by operating the right cursor key of the remote controller to the position of the program frame on the upper right of the program guide display unit 110.
When the user further performs an operation of moving the cursor to the right by using the right cursor key of the remote controller, the display content of the program guide display unit 110 is scrolled to the left as shown in FIG. Here, a column of program information having a new time zone appears.

  The new time zone follows the time zone of the column displayed on the rightmost in the state of FIG. In this example, the time zone from 22:00 to 13:00 in the state of FIG. 5B (the “12:00” program frame represents the program frame in the time zone from 12:00 to 13:00) is displayed. However, in the state of FIG. 5C, a new time zone display from 13:00 to 18:00 appears, and a time zone display from 3 o'clock to 8 o'clock disappears. That is, the time zones displayed in the plurality of columns displayed on the program guide display unit 110 are always displayed by dividing a continuous time zone into a plurality of columns.

  When the display is switched from the electronic program guide as shown in FIG. 5 (B) to the electronic program guide as shown in FIG. 5 (C), the program guide data generation section 6 stores time information stored in the memory section 11, Using the channel information and program information such as program contents, an electronic program guide having a new time zone is generated and displayed on the display unit 8. That is, the program guide data generation unit 6 uses the time information after scrolling to reconstruct and display the electronic program guide.

  In the above example, the cursor is moved in the right direction, but the same applies when the cursor is moved in the left direction. That is, when an operation for further moving the cursor to the left in the state of FIG. 5A is performed, the display content of the program guide display unit 110 scrolls to the left. The new time zone that appears by scrolling at this time is one that continues back in the time axis direction from the time zone of the column displayed at the left end before scrolling.

  As described above, in this example, there is an operation of moving the cursor toward the outside of the screen in the arrangement direction of the plurality of columns by placing the cursor in the end region in the arrangement direction of the plurality of columns for displaying the program information. When it is performed, an electronic program guide is generated and displayed by sequentially scrolling a column of program information in a new time zone following the currently displayed time zone. This makes it possible to display an electronic program guide that is easy for the user to operate and can easily search for programs.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining another example of display control when the cursor is moved on the electronic program guide screen. The example of FIG. 6 shows an example of display control when the cursor is moved downward by operating the down cursor key on the electronic program guide screens 101 and 102 similar to the example of FIG.

In FIG. 6A, it is assumed that the cursor 114 is in the upper left program frame of the program guide display unit 110. FIG. 6B shows a state where the user has moved the cursor by operating the lower cursor key of the remote controller to the position of the program frame at the lower left of the program guide display unit 110.
When the user further performs an operation of moving the cursor downward by using the down cursor key of the remote controller, as shown in FIG. 6C, the time axis 111 scrolls upward, and the program frame is also upward. Scroll to. In this case, the time zone displayed in the lowermost row is a time zone that follows the upper time zone. Then, the time zone in the upper left (first row in the first column) in FIG. 6B disappears, and a new time zone appears in the lower right (lowermost row in the last column) of the program guide display unit 110. It becomes a state.

  That is, in the state of FIG. 6B, the time zone from 22:00 to 13:00 is displayed in three columns, but in the state of FIG. 6C, a new 13:00 to 14:00 ("13:00" The "" program frame represents a program frame in the time zone from 13:00 to 14:00), and the display of the time zone from 22:00 to 23:00 disappears.

  When switching the display from the electronic program guide as shown in FIG. 6 (B) to the electronic program guide as shown in FIG. 6 (C), the program guide data generation section 6 stores time information stored in the memory section 11, Using the channel information and program information such as program contents, an electronic program guide having a new time zone is generated and displayed on the display unit 8. That is, the program guide data generation unit 6 uses the time information after scrolling to reconstruct and display the electronic program guide.

  In this example, the cursor is moved downward, but the same applies when the cursor is moved upward. That is, when an operation for further moving the cursor upward is performed in the state of FIG. 6A, the display content of the program guide display unit 110 scrolls downward. At this time, the new time zone that appears in the top row by scrolling is a time zone that is displayed at the top before scrolling and continues in the time axis direction.

  As described above, in this example, the cursor is in the end region in the time axis direction of any of a plurality of columns for displaying program information, and the cursor is further moved outward in the time axis direction. When an operation is performed, an electronic program guide is created and displayed by sequentially scrolling the program information in which the time zone is continuous with respect to the program information with the current cursor, and the time zone in which each time zone is continuous is displayed. The display of each column changes so as to be displayed divided into a plurality of columns. This makes it possible to display an electronic program guide that is easy for the user to operate and can easily search for programs.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of display control at the time of channel change in the electronic program guide screen. The display control at the time of channel change in this example can be applied to both the electronic program guide screen 101 in the example of FIG. 3 and the electronic program guide screen 102 in the example of FIG.
7A is the electronic program guide screen 101 shown in FIG. 3 or the electronic program guide screen 102 shown in FIG. Here, it is assumed that the cursor 114 is in the channel number display area 113 of the program guide display unit 110. Since the electronic program guide screens 101 and 102 display program information for one channel, only one channel number is displayed in the channel number display area 113.

When the user performs an operation of moving the cursor to the right by using the right cursor key of the remote controller, the channel number displayed in the channel number display area 113 is changed as shown in FIG. 7B. When an operation for further moving the cursor to the right with the right cursor key is performed, the channel number is further changed as shown in FIG.
In this case, it is changed to the next channel by moving the cursor in the right direction according to the set channel order. Then, along with the change of the channel number, information on the program corresponding to the channel is displayed on the program guide display unit 110.

  Also in this case, the program guide data generation unit 6 uses the program information such as time information, channel information, and program contents stored in the memory unit 11 in accordance with the channel switching to generate a new electronic program guide. The process which produces | generates and displays on the display part 8 is performed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining another example of display control at the time of channel change in the electronic program guide screen. FIG. 7 shows an example of channel change control when the cursor in the channel number display area 113 is moved in the right direction. FIG. 8 shows an example of channel change control when the cursor is moved in the left direction. ing.
Similarly, when the user performs an operation of moving the cursor to the left by the left cursor key of the remote controller, the channel number displayed in the channel number display area 113 is changed as shown in FIG. 8B. If an operation for further moving the cursor to the left is performed, the channel number is further changed as shown in FIG. In this case, the channel number is changed so as to advance the set channel order in the reverse direction. Then, along with the change of the channel number, information on the program corresponding to the channel is displayed on the program guide display unit 110.

  As described above, in this example, when the cursor is in the channel number display area 113 and an operation for further moving the cursor to the right or left is performed, the channel is sequentially changed, and the program information for a certain period of time for the changed channel. Is generated and displayed. This makes it possible to display an electronic program guide that is easy for the user to operate and can easily search for programs.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the electronic program guide display switching process in the program guide display apparatus of the present invention.
In the electronic program display device, it is determined whether or not there is an instruction to switch display of an EPG (electronic program guide) (step S1). Here, when the “program guide display switching button” is pressed while the electronic program guide is being displayed, it is determined that there has been a display switching instruction.

  When there is a display switching instruction, current time information is acquired. The current time information can be acquired from a stream of broadcast signals or can be acquired from a clock built in the apparatus. Then, when there is a display switching instruction, it is determined whether or not the currently displayed electronic program guide is a multi-channel display (step S3). In the multi-channel display, program information (program names) of a plurality of channels as shown in FIG.

  If the current display is an electronic program guide of a plurality of channels (step S3-YES), a single channel electronic program of a fixed time from the current time (operation input for displaying the electronic program guide) as shown in FIG. A table is displayed (step S5). On the other hand, if the current display is not a multi-channel electronic program guide (step S3-NO), a multi-channel electronic program guide for a predetermined time from the current time as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed (step S4).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining another example of the electronic program guide display switching process in the program guide display apparatus of the present invention.
In the electronic program display device, it is determined whether or not there is an instruction to switch display of the EPG (electronic program guide) (step S11). Similarly to the example of FIG. 9, when the “program guide display switching button” is pressed while the electronic program guide is being displayed, it is determined that a display switching instruction has been issued.

  If there is a display switching instruction, the cursor position and program information of the currently displayed electronic program guide are acquired (step S12), and the currently displayed electronic program guide is displayed in multiple channels as shown in FIG. Is determined (step S13).

  If the current display is an electronic program guide for a plurality of channels (step S13-YES), a single channel electronic program guide for a fixed time is displayed from the time of the acquired cursor position (step S15). On the other hand, if the current display is not a multi-channel electronic program guide (step S13-NO), a multi-channel electronic program guide for a predetermined time is displayed from the acquired cursor position (step S14).

It is a block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the digital broadcast receiver provided with the program schedule display apparatus by this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the electronic program guide displayed with the electronic program guide display apparatus by this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of the display screen of the electronic program guide in the electronic program guide display apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of the display screen of the electronic program guide in the electronic program guide display apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the display control at the time of the cursor movement in an electronic program guide screen. It is a figure for demonstrating the other example of the display control at the time of the cursor movement in an electronic program guide screen. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the display control at the time of the channel change in an electronic program guide screen. It is a figure for demonstrating the other example of the display control at the time of the channel change in an electronic program guide screen. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the display switching process of an electronic program guide in the program guide display apparatus of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the other example of the display switching process in the program guide display apparatus of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Front end, 2 ... Demultiplexer, 3 ... Video | audio decoding part, 4 ... Audio | voice output part, 5 ... Program information decoding part, 6 ... Program schedule data generation part, 7 ... Screen composition part, 8 ... Display part, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 9 ... Remote control light-receiving part, 10 ... Control part, 11 ... Memory part, 100 ... Electronic program guide screen, 101,102 ... Electronic program guide screen, 110 ... Program guide display part, 111 ... Time-axis display area, 112 ... Program frame Display area 113... Channel number display area 114. Cursor 120 120 Program information display section.

Claims (10)

In a program guide display device comprising: a program guide generator that generates an electronic program guide using program information included in a digital broadcast signal; and a display that displays an electronic program guide generated by the program guide generator;
The program guide generation unit generates an electronic program guide that displays program information for a certain period of time for only one channel in a list using all display areas in which the program information can be displayed in a list according to a predetermined operation input. A program guide display device characterized by the above.   2. The program guide display device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic program guide displaying the program information of only one channel in a list displays a plurality of columns in which program information is arranged for each time zone, The program table display device characterized in that the time zones displayed in the column are displayed by dividing a continuous time zone into a plurality of columns.   3. The program guide display device according to claim 1, wherein the program guide generation unit generates an electronic program guide that simultaneously displays program information of a plurality of channels, and simultaneously displays the program information of the plurality of channels. When the predetermined operation input is performed when the display unit is displayed, the program guide display device generates an electronic program guide listing the program information of only the one channel. .   4. The program guide display device according to claim 3, wherein the program guide generator generates an electronic program guide that displays program information of only one channel, and simultaneously displays the program information of the plurality of channels. A program guide display device for generating the electronic program guide for a channel of program information where a cursor is present on a program guide display screen.   5. The program guide display device according to claim 1, wherein the program guide generation unit sets a start point of the predetermined time as a time when the predetermined operation input is performed. Program guide display device.   5. The program guide display device according to claim 1, wherein the program guide generation unit sets the start point of the predetermined time as a broadcast start time of program information in which the cursor exists. A program display device.   3. The program guide display device according to claim 2, wherein the program guide generation unit includes a cursor displayed on the display unit together with the electronic program guide in an end region in the arrangement direction of the plurality of columns, and The electronic program that sequentially scrolls a column of program information in a new time zone following the currently displayed time zone when an operation of moving the cursor toward the outside of the screen in the arrangement direction of the plurality of rows is performed A program guide display device characterized by generating a table.   3. The program guide display device according to claim 2, wherein the program guide generation unit is configured such that a cursor displayed on the display unit together with the electronic program guide is in an end region in the time axis direction of any of the plurality of columns. Further, when the operation of moving the cursor toward the outside of the screen in the time axis direction is further performed, the electronic program guide sequentially scrolling the program information in which the time zone continues with respect to the program information with the current cursor A program characterized in that the electronic program guide is generated by changing the display of each column so that the time zone in which each column is continuous is divided into a plurality of columns and displayed. Table display device.   3. The program guide display device according to claim 2, wherein the program guide generation unit sets a channel number display area in the electronic program guide, and a cursor displayed on the display unit together with the electronic program guide is the channel number. When the operation to move the cursor further to the right or left is performed, the channel is changed sequentially, and an electronic program guide that displays a list of program information for a fixed time for the changed channel is generated. A program guide display device characterized by:   A digital broadcast receiver comprising the program guide display device according to claim 1.

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