JP2009218734A - Method for displaying program information and television receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for displaying program information, with which processing loads can be reduced, and a television receiver for displaying the program information. <P>SOLUTION: The program information included in television signals tuned by a tuning part 11 is stored in a program information storage part 15, and a program guide indicating program names included in the respective program information of a plurality of programs is displayed at a video display part 18. By a cursor moving operation received by an operation part 23, one program at which a cursor is positioned is specified from among the plurality of programs. When the cursor is stopped, a CPU 19 makes a timer 20 clock the cursor stop time. When the stop time exceeds the prescribed time, the CPU 19 reads the program information of the program specified by the cursor from the program information storage part 15, and displays it in an area different from the area where the program guide is displayed on the display screen of the video display part 18. When the cursor starts to move before exceeding the prescribed time, the CPU 19 does not display the program information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a program information display method for displaying program information together with a program guide, and a television receiver.

  In recent years, digital television broadcasting using digital television signals has been widely put into practical use. The digital television signal includes EPG (Electronic Program Guide) information indicating the program name, broadcast time, broadcast channel, and the like. The program table is displayed based on the acquired EPG information, and the channel is selected by the viewer. For example, a television receiver and a recording device are used. In the program guide, a plurality of program names of programs broadcast on each channel are shown along the time axis and the channel axis based on the respective broadcast times and broadcast channels. A user moves a cursor displayed on the program guide by operating a cursor key or the like provided on the television receiver so as to designate one program among a plurality of programs shown in the program guide. It is configured.

Also, a television receiver that shows the contents of a program and obtains and displays detailed information on the program information from a digital television signal or an external server device via a network such as the Internet is also used. In general, since the amount of information that can be displayed on the display screen is limited, only the abbreviations of the program names included in the program information are often displayed in the program guide, and the user can display detailed broadcast times and It was difficult to know detailed information about program information. Therefore, in the display method used in the television receiver described in Patent Document 1, the program information and detailed information related to the program corresponding to the cursor position are displayed in a different area from the area where the program guide is displayed, thereby allowing the user to Changes the designated program by moving the cursor, and the program information and detailed information related to each program can be confirmed.
Japanese Patent No. 3968067

  However, in the display method described in Patent Document 1, when the cursor continuously moves on the program table over a plurality of programs, the changed program is changed each time the designated program is changed as the cursor moves. This requires a process for displaying the program information and a process for acquiring and displaying detailed information, resulting in an excessive processing load on the processing unit of the television receiver. In addition, depending on the digital television broadcasting system, the detailed information provided in each channel may be only related to the program broadcast on that channel. In such a case, the designated program is moved to the cursor. Each time the program is changed to a program broadcast on a different channel, a process for switching the channel selection to the channel on which the changed program is broadcast is required, and the processing load of the television receiver is excessive due to such a process. There was a problem that occurred.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, a detection means for detecting the stop of the cursor displayed on the program guide, a time measuring unit for measuring the stop time of the cursor, and the cursor exceeding a predetermined time. When the program is stopped, display means for displaying the program information and detailed information of the program designated by the cursor, so that the program information display process and the detailed information display during the period when the cursor is moving on the program guide It is an object of the present invention to provide a program information display method and a television receiver capable of reducing the processing load due to the processing without performing the channel selection processing associated with the above.

  The program information display method according to the present invention includes a program guide comprising a part of program information relating to a plurality of programs, a cursor arranged on the program guide, and program information relating to one program among the plurality of programs. A display unit for displaying and an operation unit for operating movement of the cursor, wherein the cursor is moved to designate one program where the cursor is located among the plurality of programs, and program information relating to the designated program In the method for displaying program information on a television receiver that displays the time, the cursor stop time is measured, and when the stop time exceeds a predetermined set time, program information related to the designated program is displayed. It is comprised so that it may be comprised.

  In the present invention, a program table showing program names included in program information of a plurality of programs is displayed in a partial area of the display screen. The user operates the movement of the cursor displayed on the program guide to designate one program where the cursor is located among a plurality of programs. When the cursor has not been moved and has stopped for a predetermined time, program information such as the broadcast time of the program having the program name designated by the stopped cursor is displayed in an area different from the area where the program guide is displayed. Is displayed. When the stopped cursor starts to move before the predetermined time is exceeded, the program information is not displayed, and the load caused by such display processing is reduced. Also, program information is not displayed even during a period in which the cursor is moving, and the processing load due to such display processing is reduced.

  The television receiver according to the present invention displays a program guide comprising a part of program information relating to a plurality of programs, a cursor arranged on the program guide, and program information relating to one program among the plurality of programs. Display means for controlling the movement of the cursor, the cursor is moved to designate one program where the cursor is located among the plurality of programs, and program information relating to the designated program is displayed. In the television receiver for displaying, the display unit includes a detection unit that detects stop of the cursor, and a timer unit that counts the stop time of the cursor when the detection unit detects stop of the cursor, and the display unit includes: When the stop time exceeds a predetermined set time, program information relating to the designated program is displayed.

  In the present invention, when the cursor displayed on the program guide is moved by a user operation and the cursor stops, the stop time of the cursor is counted. When the cursor stop time exceeds a predetermined time, program information such as the broadcast time of the program having the program name designated by the stopped cursor is displayed in a different area from the area where the program guide is displayed. When the cursor starts moving before the cursor stop time exceeds the predetermined time, the program information is not displayed, and the processing load due to the display processing is reduced. Also, program information is not displayed even during a period in which the cursor is moving, and the processing load due to such display processing is reduced.

  The television receiver according to the present invention further includes detailed information acquisition means for acquiring detailed information for the program information, and the detailed information acquisition means is configured to store the detailed information when the detection means detects stop of the cursor. The acquisition unit is configured to start acquisition, and the display unit is configured to display the detailed information acquired by the detailed information acquisition unit when the stop time exceeds the predetermined set time. It is characterized by.

  In the present invention, when the cursor stops, acquisition of detailed information for the program information related to the program designated by the cursor is started. When the cursor stop time exceeds a predetermined time, detailed information that has already been acquired until the predetermined time has elapsed is displayed immediately after the acquisition is completed. When the cursor moves before the cursor stop time exceeds the predetermined time, detailed information is not displayed, and the processing load due to such display processing is reduced.

  The television receiver according to the present invention may further include a channel selection unit that selects a channel on which the designated program is broadcast among the plurality of channels on which the plurality of programs are broadcast when the detection unit detects a stop of the cursor. And the display means displays the program guide and program information on a main screen, and when the stop time exceeds the predetermined set time, the video of the channel selected by the channel selection unit is displayed on a sub-screen. It is configured to display.

  In the present invention, the program guide and program information are displayed on the parent screen. When the cursor displayed on the program guide stops, the channel of the program designated by the cursor is selected. When the cursor stop time exceeds a predetermined time, the video of the already selected channel is immediately displayed on the sub-screen. If the cursor moves before the cursor stop time exceeds the predetermined time, channel selection and video display on the child screen are not performed, and the processing load due to such processing is reduced.

  In the present invention, the detection means for detecting the stop of the cursor displayed on the program guide, the time measuring unit for measuring the stop time of the cursor, and when the cursor has stopped for a predetermined time, the cursor is By providing display means for displaying the program information and detailed information of the designated program, the period during which the cursor is moving on the program table, the display processing of the program information, the channel selection processing associated with the display of the detailed information, etc. It is possible to reduce the processing load due to such processing.

Embodiment 1
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing embodiments thereof. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the television receiver according to the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, a case where a digital television signal used for terrestrial digital wave broadcasting or the like is received as a television signal will be described. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a television receiver, which is connected to an antenna 3 provided outside for receiving a television signal, and has a function of receiving a television signal for broadcasting a program using infrared rays. The remote control device 4 can be operated remotely using wireless communication in accordance with the IrDA (Infrared Data Association) standard used.

  Note that the television receiver 1 and the remote control device 4 not only perform wireless communication using infrared rays, but also, for example, wireless LAN conforming to the IEEE 802.1 standard and wireless communication conforming to the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard. You may connect using. The television receiver 1 includes a channel selection unit 11 that selects a television signal, a TS demodulation unit 12 that demodulates a TS (Transport Stream) signal from the television signal of the selected channel, and a video / audio signal from the TS signal. And an audio output unit 14 that amplifies an audio signal included in the audio / video signal and outputs the amplified audio signal from a speaker or the like.

  The television receiver 1 also includes a program information storage unit 15 that stores program information and detailed information, an image generation unit 16 that generates an image of the program guide screen, and an OSD that superimposes the image of the program guide screen on the video signal. An (On-Screen Display) unit 17 and a video display unit 18 configured by a liquid crystal display panel and the like for displaying video are provided. The television receiver 1 stores a CPU 19 that executes various control programs necessary for operating the television receiver 1, a timer 20 that measures the cursor stop time, a control program, and the like. Communication for downloading detailed information by connecting to a ROM 21, a RAM 22 that temporarily stores a flag generated when the control program is executed by the CPU 19, and a server device (not shown) provided outside via a communication line such as the Internet. Part 25.

  Furthermore, the television receiver 1 includes various keys, and receives a communication wave transmitted from the remote control device 4 and an operation unit 23 that accepts a cursor movement operation and various operations displayed on the video display unit 18. And an operation receiving unit 24. The remote operation device 4 includes various keys, an operation unit 41 that receives a movement operation of the cursor displayed on the video display unit 18 and various operations that are instructed to the television receiver 1, and an operation that the operation unit 41 receives. And an operation transmission unit 42 for transmitting a communication wave for transmitting an identification signal corresponding to 1 to the television receiver 1. The CPU 19 reads a control program stored in the ROM 21 into the RAM 22, executes various processes according to the read control program, and controls each hardware of the television receiver 1 via the bus 26.

  The timer 20 is set with a timer value corresponding to a predetermined set time, and indicates the end of the countdown when the timer value starts counting down by the instruction from the CPU 19 and becomes 0. The timer signal is output to the bus 26 and applied to the CPU 19 until a clear signal is received from the CPU 19 via the bus 26. The CPU 19 selects the channel selection unit 11 when a channel is selected by an operation received by the operation unit 23 or the operation unit 41 of the remote control device 4 or when a channel is selected in a process of displaying a program guide screen described later. The specified channel. The channel selection unit 11 selects a channel designated by the CPU 19 from the received television signals composed of a plurality of channels, and gives the television signal of the channel to the TS demodulation unit 12.

  The TS demodulator 12 demodulates the digitally modulated television signal, separates the video / audio signal and the EPG information from the TS signal obtained by executing error correction processing, etc. To the program information storage unit 15. The video / audio demodulation unit 13 provides the video signal and the audio signal obtained by demodulating the given video / audio signal to the OSD unit 17 and the audio output unit 14, respectively. The audio output unit 14 performs analog signal conversion, amplification, and the like on a given audio signal and outputs audio from a speaker (not shown). The OSD unit 17 superimposes the image of the program guide screen given from the image generation unit 16 on the given video signal, and outputs and superimposes it on the video display unit 18.

  In terrestrial digital wave broadcasting, only the EPG information of programs broadcast on the respective channels is included in the television signals of the respective channels. The EPG information includes program information including the program name and broadcast time, and detailed information including the introduction text and performer name of each program. The program information storage unit 15 stores the program included in the EPG information. Information is stored, and the stored program information is updated using program information included in EPG information given from the TS demodulator 12 at regular time intervals. The program information storage unit 15 is configured to store detailed information included in the EPG information given from the TS demodulation unit 12 in accordance with a detailed information acquisition instruction given from the CPU 19.

  The television receiver 1 not only acquires detailed information from the EPG information included in the television signal, but also downloads it from an external server device connected to the communication unit 25 via the network in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 19. The acquired detailed information is stored in the program information storage unit 15. The CPU 19 creates a program table in which each program name is associated with each channel and each broadcast time from the program information of all channels stored in the program information storage unit 15 and supplies the program table to the image generation unit 16 via the bus 26. . The image generation unit 16 generates an image of the program guide screen on which the cursor is displayed together with the program guide, and provides the generated image to the OSD unit 17. The image on the program guide screen is superimposed on the video signal by the OSD unit 17 and displayed on the video display unit 18.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a program guide screen according to the first embodiment. The program guide screen is displayed on the video display unit 18 by being superimposed on the video of the selected channel. In the figure, reference numeral 5 denotes a program guide screen displayed superimposed on the video signal. The program guide screen is displayed in the title “program guide” indicating the program guide screen, the program guide display area 51 for displaying the program guide, and the program guide. The program information display area 52 displays program information related to one program among the plurality of programs. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the cursor is positioned on a program having the program name “domestic news” displayed in the program guide display area 51, and the program name is highlighted. The position of the cursor is set between the programs constituting the program guide displayed in the program guide display area 51 by the user operating an arrow key or the like provided on the operation unit 23 or the operation unit 41 of the remote control device 4. The CPU 19 controls the movement. Thereby, the CPU 19 also functions as a detection unit that detects the stop of the cursor based on the operation received by the operation unit 23 or the operation unit 41 of the remote operation device 4.

  When the cursor moves, the display content of the program information display area 52 is cleared. When the cursor is stopped, the program information storage unit 15 and the communication unit 25 are started to acquire detailed information related to the program specified by the stopped cursor. In addition, when the program information storage unit 15 acquires detailed information, if the channel specified in the channel selection unit 11 is different from the channel on which the program specified by the cursor is broadcast, the program specified by the cursor is broadcast. After the channel is designated by the channel selection unit 11, acquisition of detailed information is started. When the cursor stop time exceeds a predetermined time, the program information related to the program specified by the cursor and the acquired detailed information are displayed in the program information display area 52. The predetermined time is, for example, 1 second, and is selected in advance according to a time interval or the like in which the operation unit 23 or the operation unit 41 of the remote control device 4 receives an operation by the user and gives an identification signal related to the operation to the CPU 19 It is good to set.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2, the program information display area 52 has a title “program information” indicating that the program information is displayed, a program name “domestic news” designated by the cursor, and a program having the program name. As well as the broadcast time of “10: 00-10: 30”, “Domestic news is easily explained!” Is displayed as detailed information. When the cursor moves continuously over a plurality of programs, the stop time during which the cursor is stopped on each program is less than or equal to a predetermined time. Therefore, acquisition of detailed information on each program and the program information and detailed information The display is not continuously executed, and the processing load due to such processing is reduced. In addition, since the acquisition of detailed information is started during the period from when the cursor is stopped until the detailed information is displayed, the time until the detailed information is displayed after the cursor stop time exceeds a predetermined time. Shortened.

  3 and 4 are flowcharts showing the procedure of the display process of the program guide screen according to the first embodiment. The CPU 19 creates a program guide from the program information for all channels stored in the program information storage unit 15 and displays a program guide screen (step S11). The CPU 19 determines whether or not the stop of the cursor is detected (step S12). If the CPU 19 determines that the cursor stop is not detected (NO in step S12), the display content of the program information display area 52 is cleared (step S22), and it is determined whether the cursor stop is detected. The process returns to step S12.

  If the CPU 19 determines that a cursor stop has been detected (YES in step S12), the timer 19 starts to count down a preset timer value in the timer 20 to start measuring the cursor stop time (step S13). . The CPU 19 executes a detailed information acquisition process for instructing to start acquisition of detailed information described later (step S14). The CPU 19 determines whether or not the stop of the cursor is detected (step S15). If it is determined that the cursor stop has been detected (YES in step S15), the CPU 19 determines whether or not a timer signal output when the timer 20 finishes counting down is detected (step S16).

  If it is determined that the timer signal is not detected (NO in step S16), the CPU 19 returns the process to step S15 for determining whether or not the stop of the cursor is detected. When it is determined that the timer signal is detected (YES in step S16), the CPU 19 displays the program information read from the program information storage unit 15 in the program information display area 52 (step S17). The CPU 19 determines whether or not acquisition of detailed information by the detailed information acquisition process has ended (step S18). If the CPU 19 determines that the acquisition of the detailed information has not ended (NO in step S18), the CPU 19 returns the process to step S15 for determining whether or not the stop of the cursor has been detected.

  If the CPU 19 determines that the acquisition of the detailed information has ended (YES in step S18), the CPU 19 displays the detailed information in the program information display area 52 (step S19). The CPU 19 resets the timer 20 by giving a clear signal (step S20). The CPU 19 determines whether or not the display of the program guide screen is turned off by the operation received by the operation unit 23 or the operation unit 41 of the remote operation device 4 (step S21). When determining that the display of the program guide screen is not turned off (NO in step S21), the CPU 19 returns the process to step S12 for determining whether or not the stop of the cursor is detected. If the CPU 19 determines that the display of the program guide screen has been turned off (YES in step S21), the CPU 19 ends the program guide screen display process. If the CPU 19 determines in step S15 whether or not a cursor stop has been detected (NO in step S15), the CPU 19 gives a clear signal to the timer 20 to reset it. Move processing.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of detailed information acquisition processing according to the first embodiment. The CPU 19 determines whether or not the channel has been moved by determining whether or not the channel set in the channel selection unit 11 matches the channel on which the program designated by the cursor is broadcast (step S31). ). If the CPU 19 determines that the channel has been moved (YES in step S31), the CPU 19 sets a channel on which the program designated by the cursor is broadcast in the channel selection unit 11 (step S33). The CPU 19 causes the program information storage unit 15 to start acquiring detailed information related to the program specified by the cursor from the TS demodulator 12 and the communication unit 25 (step S34), and ends the detailed information acquisition process.

  If the CPU 19 determines that the channel is not moved (NO in step S31), the CPU 19 determines whether or not the detailed information related to the program designated by the cursor is stored in the program information storage unit 15. It is determined whether or not detailed information has been acquired (step S32). When determining that the detailed information has not been acquired (NO in step S32), the CPU 19 shifts the processing to step S34 for starting acquisition of the detailed information from the TS demodulator 12 and the communication unit 25. If the CPU 19 determines that the detailed information has been acquired (YES in step S32), the CPU 19 ends the detailed information acquisition process.

  In the first embodiment, the detailed information acquired from the EPG information included in the television signal and the detailed information downloaded from the external server device by the communication unit 25 are shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Any one of the detailed information may be used. In addition, the case where the acquisition of the program information of all channels necessary for generating the program guide is executed when the program guide screen is displayed is not limited to this. You may perform regularly during the period when you do not watch.

  Moreover, although the case where only the EPG information of the program broadcast on each channel is applied to the terrestrial digital wave broadcast that is broadcast by being included in the television signal of each channel has been shown, it is not limited to this. You may use for the BS digital wave broadcast etc. by which the EPG information of all the channels is contained in the television signal of each channel, and is broadcast. In this case, it is not necessary to set a channel on which the program designated by the cursor is broadcast to the channel selection unit 11 when acquiring the detailed information.

Embodiment 2
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a program guide screen according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, the program table and the program information and detailed information related to the program specified by the cursor are displayed on the program guide screen in the first embodiment, whereas the channel corresponding to the program specified by the cursor is displayed. A sub-screen for displaying the image of the broadcast television signal is further added. Since the program guide screen is superimposed on the video signal of the selected channel and has a wide display area, it is difficult to visually recognize the video of the selected channel. Therefore, by reducing the display area of the image of the selected channel and displaying it as a sub-screen, the visibility of the image is improved.

  In the figure, reference numeral 6 denotes a program guide screen superimposed on the video signal and displayed on the video display unit 18, and includes a sub-screen 61 that displays the video of the selected channel. The OSD unit 17 performs a scaling process so that the video signal demodulated from the television signal selected by the channel selection unit 11 is displayed on the sub screen 61, and superimposes it on the video signal together with the image of the program guide screen. It functions as a screen display means. The OSD unit 17 is configured to control the start and stop of video display on the sub-screen 61 in accordance with an instruction given from the CPU 19 via the bus 26. When the cursor moves, the display content of the program information display area 52 is cleared and the display of the video on the sub-screen 61 is stopped.

  When the cursor stops, the channel specified in the channel selection unit 11 is set to match the channel on which the program specified by the cursor is broadcast. When the cursor stop time exceeds a predetermined time, display of the video of the channel set in the channel selection unit 11 is started on the sub-screen 61. In the example shown in FIG. 6, the video broadcast on the channel 1 (CH1) corresponding to the program name “domestic news” designated by the cursor is displayed on the sub-screen 61 together with the channel number “CH1”. Yes. When the cursor moves continuously over a plurality of programs, the stop time during which the cursor is stopped on each program is equal to or shorter than a predetermined time. Therefore, the channel setting to the channel selection unit 11 and the sub screen 61 are displayed. The display of video is not continuously executed, and the processing load due to such processing is reduced.

  7 and 8 are flowcharts showing the procedure of the display process of the program guide screen according to the second embodiment. The CPU 19 creates a program table from the program information of all channels stored in the program information storage unit 15 and displays a program table screen (step S41). The CPU 19 determines whether or not a cursor stop has been detected (step S42). If the CPU 19 determines that the stop of the cursor has not been detected (NO in step S42), the CPU 19 clears the display content of the program information display area 52 (step S53). The CPU 19 stops the video display on the sub-screen 61 (step S54), and returns the process to step S42 for determining whether or not the stop of the cursor is detected.

  If the CPU 19 determines that the stop of the cursor has been detected (YES in step S42), the CPU 19 starts counting the cursor stop time by causing the timer 20 to start counting down a preset timer value (step S43). . The CPU 19 executes detailed information acquisition processing (step S44). Since the detailed information acquisition process at this time is the same process as the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 described in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted. The CPU 19 determines whether or not the stop of the cursor is detected (step S45). If it is determined that the cursor stop has been detected (YES in step S45), the CPU 19 determines whether or not a timer signal output when the timer 20 finishes counting down is detected (step S46).

  If it is determined that the timer signal is not detected (NO in step S46), the CPU 19 returns the process to step S45 for determining whether or not the stop of the cursor is detected. If it is determined that the timer signal has been detected (YES in step S46), the CPU 19 displays the program information read from the program information storage unit 15 in the program information display area 52 (step S47). The CPU 19 starts displaying the video selected by the detailed information acquisition process on the sub-screen 61 (step S48). The CPU 19 determines whether or not acquisition of detailed information by the detailed information acquisition process has been completed (step S49). If the CPU 19 determines that the acquisition of detailed information has not ended (NO in step S49), the CPU 19 returns the process to step S45 for determining whether or not the stop of the cursor has been detected.

  If the CPU 19 determines that the acquisition of the detailed information has ended (YES in step S49), the CPU 19 displays the detailed information in the program information display area 52 (step S50). The CPU 19 resets the timer 20 by giving a clear signal (step S51). The CPU 19 determines whether or not the display of the program guide screen is turned off by the operation received by the operation unit 23 or the operation unit 41 of the remote operation device 4 (step S52). When determining that the display of the program guide screen is not turned off (NO in step S52), the CPU 19 returns the process to step S42 for determining whether or not the stop of the cursor is detected. When determining that the display of the program guide screen has been turned off (YES in step S52), the CPU 19 ends the program guide screen display process. If it is determined in step S45 that determines whether or not the movement of the cursor is detected (NO in step S45), the CPU 19 moves the process to step S51 that resets the timer 20.

  The second embodiment is configured as described above, and other configurations and operations are the same as those of the first embodiment. Therefore, corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the television receiver according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a program guide screen according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure of display processing of a program guide screen according to the first embodiment. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure of display processing of a program guide screen according to the first embodiment. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of detailed information acquisition processing according to the first embodiment. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a program guide screen according to Embodiment 2. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure of display processing of a program guide screen according to the second embodiment. 10 is a flowchart showing a procedure of display processing of a program guide screen according to the second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Television receiver 3 Antenna 4 Remote control device 5 and 6 Program guide screen 11 Channel selection part 12 TS demodulation part 13 Video audio demodulation part 14 Audio output part 15 Program information storage part 16 Image generation part 17 OSD part 18 Video display part 19 CPU
20 Timer 21 ROM
22 RAM
23, 41 Operation unit 24 Operation reception unit 25 Communication unit 26 Bus 42 Operation transmission unit 51 Program guide display area 52 Program information display area 61 Sub-screen

Claims (4)

A program table comprising a part of each program information related to a plurality of programs, a cursor arranged on the program guide, a display unit for displaying program information related to one program among the plurality of programs, and movement of the cursor Program information in a television receiver that includes an operation unit to operate, designates one program where the cursor is located among the plurality of programs by moving the cursor, and displays program information related to the designated program In the display method of
Time the cursor stop time,
A program information display method characterized in that when the stop time exceeds a predetermined set time, program information relating to the designated program is displayed. A program table comprising a part of each piece of program information related to a plurality of programs, a cursor arranged on the program guide, display means for displaying program information related to one program among the plurality of programs, and movement of the cursor In a television receiver that includes an operation unit to be operated, designates one program where the cursor is located among the plurality of programs by moving the cursor, and displays program information related to the designated program.
Detecting means for detecting stop of the cursor;
A timing unit that counts the cursor stop time when the detection means detects the stop of the cursor;
The television receiver is configured to display program information relating to a designated program when the stop time exceeds a predetermined set time. Further comprising detailed information acquisition means for acquiring detailed information on the program information;
The detailed information acquisition means is configured to start acquiring the detailed information when the detection means detects a stop of the cursor,
The said display means is comprised so that the detailed information acquired by the said detailed information acquisition means may be displayed when the said stop time exceeds the said predetermined setting time. Television receiver. When the detection unit detects a stop of the cursor, the channel further includes a channel selection unit that selects a channel on which the designated program is broadcast among the plurality of channels on which the plurality of programs are broadcast,
The display means includes
Displaying the program guide and program information on the main screen;
4. The configuration according to claim 2, wherein when the stop time exceeds the predetermined set time, the channel selection channel is configured to display an image of the channel selected on the sub-screen. The television receiver described.

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