JP2009105584A - Reproducer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reproducer which simplifies the operation by setting a skip time for every classification of program recorded on a recording medium thereby limiting the number of times of skip operation being performed by a user in order to search a reproduction position that the user wants to view and listen. <P>SOLUTION: A set table which is setting skip times being skipped by skip operation for every classification is stored in a storage section 3. The setting table is referred to when a program of a classification set on the set table is reproduced from a recording medium at a recording/reproducing section 5. A skip time set in a classification of a program to be reproduced is set to a skip time being skipped by skip operation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a playback apparatus having a skip function for skipping a playback position when a program recorded on a recording medium is played back.

  Conventionally, a reproducing apparatus for reproducing a program recorded on a recording medium (for example, a hard disk, a DVD, or a BD) has become widespread. Since the program recorded on the recording medium may include a commercial, if the user does not want to view the commercial when viewing the program, the user performs a skip operation to skip the commercial. By performing the skip operation, the user can view the program while skipping the commercial.

Further, Patent Document 1 proposes a playback device that suppresses the number of skip operations for skipping commercials by arbitrarily changing a skip time to be skipped when the user performs a skip operation.
JP 2006-60752 A

  However, in the conventional skip operation, as a result of performing the skip operation, the program skips to the middle of the program beyond the commercial time, and rewinding operation and fast-forwarding operation are likely to be frequently performed. Therefore, the operation is complicated by performing the skip operation many times.

  On the other hand, even if the user arbitrarily sets the skip time as in the configuration of Patent Document 1, it is necessary for the user to perform an operation for setting the skip time, and the operation is complicated. In addition, when the set skip time and the commercial time in the middle of the program do not match, it is necessary to perform an operation to change the setting again, so that the operation is complicated.

  An object of the present invention is to set a skip time for each category of a program to be reproduced, thereby changing the skip time according to the category of the program, thereby suppressing the number of rewinding operations and fast-forwarding operations. It is an object of the present invention to provide a playback device that simplifies the process.

  In view of the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration.

  The reproduction means reproduces the program recorded on the recording medium. The skip means causes the playback position of the program being played back by the playback means to be skipped for the skip time. The table recording means records a setting table in which the skip time for skipping by the skip means is set for each program category recorded in the recording medium. The skip means skips the playback position of the program at a skip time for each category of the program recorded by the table recording means. In this way, by changing the skip time according to the program classification, the number of rewinding operations and fast-forwarding operations can be suppressed and the operation can be simplified.

  It becomes easy to change the skip time according to the classification of the program, the number of rewinding operations and fast-forwarding operations can be suppressed, and the operation can be simplified.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a playback apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The playback device 1 includes a control unit 2, a storage unit 3, an operation unit 4, a recording / playback unit 5, an OSD generation unit 6, and an output unit 7.

  The control unit 2 controls the operation of each part of the main body. Also, creation of a setting table in which a skip time is set for each program category, control of changing the skip time of the setting table, control for setting a sub category for the category, control for changing the skip time for each sub category, OSD Control of outputting the signal of the OSD image generated by the generation unit 6 to the output unit 7 is performed. Details of each control will be described later.

  The storage unit 3 stores a skip time for each program category and a skip time for each sub-category with respect to the category. Details of the contents stored in the storage unit 3 and the format thereof will be described later.

  The operation unit 4 is provided with a receiving unit that receives a signal transmitted from a remote control device (not shown), an operation key, and the like. A signal received from the remote control device or a signal input by an operation key is input to the control unit 2.

  The recording / playback unit 5 performs playback processing of a program recorded on a recording medium such as a DVD or a hard disk. In a playback apparatus having a recording function, the recording / playback unit 5 records a program input from an antenna or a tuner (not shown) on a hard disk, an optical disk such as a DVD, or another recording medium. At this time, the classification of the recorded program is extracted from the electronic program guide information. The recording / reproducing process performed by the recording / reproducing unit 5 is a known process.

  The OSD generation unit 6 generates an OSD image and outputs the generated OSD image to the output unit 7 as a video signal.

  The output unit 7 outputs the program reproduced by the recording / reproducing unit 5 to a connected display (not shown). Further, the setting table stored in the storage unit 3 is output as an OSD image generated by the OSD generation unit 6 to a connected display (not shown).

  Operations performed by the playback apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  When the user operates the operation unit 4 to input an instruction to change the setting table, the playback device 1 causes the OSD generation unit 6 to generate the setting table shown in FIG. , Output to the output unit 7. The setting table shown in FIG. 2 shows program classification, sub-classification, and skip time for each classification. In the setting table of FIG. 2, the category indicates a program category that can be acquired from the electronic program guide information. This program classification includes sports, movies, plays, animations, and the like. The sub-category set for one category may be set arbitrarily by the user, or may be set from the beginning. The user sets a skip time when a skip operation described later is performed for each category or sub-category.

  When the control unit 2 generates the setting table stored in the storage unit 3 from the output unit 7 by the OSD generation unit 6 and outputs the setting table, the display unit (not shown) displays the setting table shown in FIG. This setting table has three classifications and seven sub-classifications. The “other” column in which the category names are set to “sports” and “movie” indicates the category skip time. “Boxing”, “soccer”, and “baseball” are sub-categories for the “sports” category. “Japanese” and “Western” are sub-categories for the “movie” category. No sub-category is set for “Anime”. The user operates the operation unit 4 to move the arrow up and down. By moving this arrow, the user selects the fields of the skipping time of the classification to be changed, the name of the subclassing, and the skipping time. The name of the selected column and the skip time are changed by operating the operation unit 4. When the user wants to add a new sub-class, the arrow is moved to the “add sub-class” field indicated by hatching set for each class, and this field is selected. Here, the user can add a new sub-class. The indicator highlights the “add sub-category” column shown by hatching.

  When the user finishes changing the setting table, the arrow is moved to the “setting end” column and this column is selected. The setting table stored in the storage unit 3 is overwritten with the contents of the setting table changed by the user.

  In this way, the user can set the skip time for each program classification. Therefore, when the user performs a skip operation, it becomes easy to change the skip time according to the category being reproduced, and it becomes easy to correspond the change in commercial time according to the category to the skip time. Therefore, the number of rewinding operations and fast-forwarding operations can be suppressed, and the operation is simplified. Further, since a sub-class can be set for the class, it becomes easy to correspond the change in commercial time according to the sub-class and the skip time. Therefore, the number of times of performing the rewinding operation and fast-forwarding operation can be further suppressed, and the operation is further simplified.

  In the present embodiment, three classifications are shown. However, the classification may set all the program classifications that can be extracted from the electronic program guide information, or some program classifications are arbitrarily set by the user. May be. Further, although seven sub-classifications are shown, the number of sub-classifications and the names may be arbitrarily set by the user.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart of processing in which the playback apparatus 1 sets the skip time.

  When the recording / reproducing unit 5 reproduces a program, the reproducing apparatus 1 sets a skip time using a setting table stored in the storage unit 3.

  When the user operates the operation unit 4 to input a reproduction operation (S1), the recording / reproducing unit 5 reproduces the program recorded on the recording medium. The control unit 2 confirms the classification of the program to be played back (S2). Then, it is determined whether or not the classification of the program to be reproduced is the classification set in the setting table of FIG. 2 stored in the storage unit 3 (S3). When there is no classification of the program to be reproduced (N in S3), the skip time skipped by the skip operation is set to a normal skip time, for example, 15 seconds, 30 seconds, and 60 seconds (S4).

  If it is determined that the category of the program to be reproduced is the category set in the setting table shown in FIG. 2 (Y in S3), it is next determined whether or not there is a sub-category in this setting table (S5). ). When the sub classification is not set (N in S5), the skip time for skipping by the skip operation is set to the skip time in the classification set in the setting table of FIG. 2 (S6). For example, when the category of the program to be reproduced is sports, the skip time is set to 2 minutes. When the category of the program to be reproduced is a movie, the skip time is set to 3 minutes.

  When the sub-category is set for the category of the program to be played back (Y in S5), the skip time set by the skip operation is set to the skip time set for the sub-category (S7). For example, when the program to be played is a program in which the “boxing” sub-category is set, the setting table stored in the storage unit 3 is referred to, and the skip time set for this sub-category is 1 minute. Set the skip time to.

  When the user performs a skip operation while the recording / playback unit 5 is playing a program, the program skips at the skip time set in any of S4, S6, and S7. Then, when the reproduction of the program ends and another program is reproduced, the process of S1 is started again.

  When the user operates the operation unit 4 during the reproduction of the program, the control unit 2 generates an OSD image of the setting table by the OSD generation unit 6 and outputs it to the output unit 7. indicate. The user can freely change the skip time during the reproduction of the program by using a setting table displayed by a display (not shown).

  When the playback apparatus 1 records a program on the recording medium of the recording / playback unit 5, it also records the classification and sub-classification of the recorded program at the same time. The category and sub-category recorded here are extracted from the electronic program guide information. In the program recorded on the recording medium this time, if the category is “sports” and the sub-category is “boxing”, when the program is played, the playback device 1 performs the above processing and sets the skip time to 1 minute. To do.

  In the program recorded on the recording medium, when the category is “animation”, when the sub category is a program set in the electronic program guide information, this sub category is set. When the playback apparatus 1 plays back this program, since the sub-classification is not set in the setting table, the skip time to be skipped by the skip operation is set to the skip time set in the classification. In the program recorded on the recording medium, if the category is “sports” but the sub category cannot be extracted, “others” is recorded.

  By doing so, it becomes easier to change the skip time when playing a program recorded on a recording medium, the number of rewinding operations and fast-forwarding operations can be suppressed, and the operation is simplified.

  When the commercial start time and end time are superimposed on the electronic program guide information, the start time and end time are recorded during streaming, and the skip time is changed according to the start time and end time. Anyway.

  Further, the playback device for playing back the program may be a personal computer, a playback device such as a DVD player, a BD player, or an HD player, or a recording device such as an HD recorder, a DVD recorder, or a BD recorder. It may be a device or another device.

It is a block diagram of the configuration of the playback device. It is a figure which shows the setting table memorize | stored in the memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows the setting table output to an output part. It is a flowchart which shows the process which determines the skip time for every program.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Playback apparatus 2 ... Control part 3 ... Memory | storage part 4 ... Operation part 5 ... Recording / reproducing part 6 ... OSD production | generation part 7 ... Output part

Claims (4)

In a playback apparatus having playback means for playing back a program recorded on a recording medium,
Skip means for skipping the playback position of the program being played by the playback means for a skip time when a skip instruction is input;
Table storage means for storing a setting table in which a skip time for skipping by the skip means is set for each classification of programs recorded in the recording medium,
The playback device, wherein the skip means is means for skipping the playback position of the program at a skip time for each program category stored in the table storage means. Recording means for recording a program on a recording medium;
The playback apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: extraction means for extracting a classification of a program recorded in the recording means from electronic program guide information.   3. The playback apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising setting means for setting a skip time recorded in the table recording means for each program classification. Sub-classification setting means for setting a sub-class for the program classification stored in the table storage means,
4. The playback apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the setting means is means for setting a skip time for each sub-class set by the sub-class setting means.

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