JP2009284437A - Program guide display, program guide display method, and broadcast receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program guide display and a program guide display method which enhances user-friendliness. <P>SOLUTION: Referring to program information displayed in each program cell on an electronic program guide, it is determined whether gray-out processing is to be applied to a program cell where a cursor is located (at step 303). When the program cell to which the gray-out processing is to be applied exists on the electronic program guide ("Yes" at step 303), the user inputs an execution order of the gray-out processing by operating a remote controller 117 or other similar operation. After the execution order of the gray-out processing is input, the selected program cell is brought into a state in which colors and luminance of letters or background for example in the cell are changed from a normal state, based on control of a program guide preparation controller. The user finds out quickly a favorite program out of the programs where the gray-out processing is not applied. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a program guide display device, a program guide display method, and a broadcast receiver used in, for example, a television broadcast receiver.

  As is well known, in recent years, digitization of television broadcasting has been promoted. For example, in Japan, not only satellite digital broadcasting such as BS (broadcasting satellite) digital broadcasting and 110-degree CS (communication satellite) digital broadcasting but also terrestrial digital broadcasting has been started.

  A broadcast receiving apparatus that receives such digital television broadcasts creates an electronic program guide based on EPG (electronic program guide) information acquired from broadcast signals, and displays an image on the screen. As a result, the user can select a desired program from the electronic program guide displayed on the video, and can view the selected program, make a recording reservation, or the like.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for displaying an electronic program guide edited for each specific genre.
JP 2001-238144 A

  By the way, in the electronic program guide, a large number of channels and programs are displayed in a very overcrowded state, so that the user really searches for and selects a program that the user really wants to view or record from the electronic program guide (view or Performing a recording reservation) may require a considerable amount of time and effort. Therefore, it is important to further devise the display form of the electronic program guide so that the user can easily use the electronic program guide.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a new program guide display device and program guide display method that are convenient for the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its main features are as follows. That is, the program guide display device of the present invention includes an acquisition means for acquiring program information, a creation means for creating an electronic program guide based on the program information acquired by the acquisition means, and a display for displaying the electronic program guide. Means, selection means for selecting an arbitrary program cell constituting the electronic program guide created by the creation means based on a user instruction, and at least one of the background and characters of the program cell selected by the selection means Program cell display mode changing means for changing the display mode of at least one of the color and the luminance.

  Further, the program guide display device of the present invention includes an acquisition means for acquiring program information, a creation means for creating an electronic program guide based on the program information acquired by the acquisition means, and a display for displaying the electronic program guide Means, selection means for selecting an arbitrary program cell constituting the electronic program guide created by the creation means based on a user instruction, and a program cell for changing the program cell selected by the selection means to a blank Display mode changing means.

  Further, the program guide display device of the present invention includes an acquisition means for acquiring program information, a creation means for creating an electronic program guide based on the program information acquired by the acquisition means, and a display for displaying the electronic program guide A means for selecting an arbitrary program cell constituting the electronic program guide created by the creating means based on a user instruction, and a display mode of a frame line for the program cell selected by the selecting means Program cell display mode changing means for changing the program cell display mode.

  The program guide display method of the present invention includes a step of acquiring program information, a step of selecting an arbitrary program based on a user instruction, and a program cell on the electronic program guide corresponding to the selected program. And a step of changing the display mode of at least one of at least one of the background and characters.

  The broadcast receiving apparatus of the present invention includes a selection unit that selects an arbitrary program based on a user instruction, a channel switching unit that switches to a desired channel during program viewing, and a channel that is a switching destination by the channel switching unit. Detection means for detecting whether or not a program is selected by the selection means, and when the detection means detects that the program of the switching destination channel is selected by the selection means, the channel is skipped. And a control means for controlling such that.

  In the present invention, the display mode of any program cell among the program cells displayed on the electronic program guide can be changed. Therefore, the user can distinguish a program cell whose display mode has been changed from a program cell that has not been changed, and can easily find a desired program on the electronic program guide.

  DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows an example of the appearance of a television broadcast receiver 111 described in the following embodiment.

  That is, the television broadcast receiving apparatus 111 mainly includes a thin cabinet 112 and a support base 113 that supports the cabinet 112 upright. In the cabinet 112, for example, a video display 114 which is a flat panel display including a liquid crystal display panel, a pair of speakers 115, an operation unit 116, and a remote control light receiving unit 118 which receives operation information transmitted from the remote controller 117. Etc. are installed.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a main signal processing system of the television broadcast receiver 111. That is, the satellite digital broadcast signal received by the BS / CS digital broadcast receiving antenna 243 is supplied to the satellite digital broadcast tuner 245 via the input terminal 244, so that the broadcast signal of the desired channel is selected. Is done.

  The broadcast signal selected by the tuner 245 is supplied to a PSK (Phase Shift Keying) demodulator 246 to demodulate a TS (Transport Stream). This TS is supplied to the TS decoder 247 and decoded into a digital video signal, audio signal, data signal, etc., and then output to the signal processing unit 248.

  The terrestrial digital television broadcast signal received by the terrestrial broadcast receiving antenna 249 is supplied to the terrestrial digital broadcast tuner 251 via the input terminal 250, so that the broadcast signal of the desired channel is selected. Is done.

  The broadcast signal selected by the tuner 251 is supplied to an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) demodulator 252 to demodulate the TS. This TS is supplied to the TS decoder 253, decoded into a digital video signal, audio signal, data signal, etc., and then output to the signal processing unit 248.

  The terrestrial analog television broadcast signal received by the terrestrial broadcast receiving antenna 249 is supplied to a terrestrial analog broadcast tuner (not shown) via the input terminal 250, so that a broadcast signal of a desired channel is obtained. Is selected. The broadcast signal selected by the tuner is supplied to an analog demodulator (not shown), demodulated into an analog video signal and audio signal, and then output to the signal processing unit 248.

  The signal processing unit 248 selectively performs predetermined digital signal processing on the digital video signal and audio signal respectively supplied from the TS decoder 247 and the TS decoder 253 at the time of watching the television, and performs graphic processing. Output to the unit 254 and the audio processing unit 255. Data is supplied from the TS decoder 247 and the TS decoder 253 to the channel information detection unit 256 included in the control unit 261. The channel information detection unit 256 detects PSI / SI (Program Specific Information / Service Information) from the supplied data signal.

  The control unit 261 receives various data, electronic program guide (EPG) information, program attribute information (program genre, etc.), subtitle information, etc. (service) from the signal processing unit 248 and TS decoders 247, 253. Information, SI and PSI) are input. The control unit 261 performs image generation processing to display EPG and subtitles from the input information, and outputs the generated image information to the graphic processing unit 254.

  The graphic processor 254 has a function of superimposing and outputting the OSD signal generated by the OSD (On Screen Display) signal generator 257 on the digital video signal supplied from the signal processor 248. Further, the graphic processing unit 254 selectively outputs the output video signal of the signal processing unit 248 and the output OSD signal of the OSD signal generation unit 257, and both outputs constitute half of the screen. Can be output in combination.

  The digital video signal output from the graphic processing unit 254 is supplied to the video processing unit 258. The video processing unit 258 converts the input digital video signal into an analog video signal in a format that can be displayed on the video display 114, and then outputs the analog video signal to the video display 114 to display the video. 259 to the outside.

  The audio processing unit 255 converts the input digital audio signal into an analog audio signal in a format that can be reproduced by the speaker 115, and then outputs the analog audio signal to the speaker 115 for audio reproduction. Through the outside. Further, the television broadcast receiving apparatus 111 includes a clock 280 that measures the current time.

  Here, in the television broadcast receiving apparatus 111, all operations including the above-described various receiving operations are comprehensively controlled by the control unit 261. The control unit 261 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, and receives operation information from the operation unit 116 or receives operation information received from the remote controller 117 via the light receiving unit 118. Each unit is controlled so that the operation content is reflected.

  In this case, the control unit 261 mainly includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 261a storing a control program executed by the CPU, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 261b providing a work area for the CPU, an on-timer time, A nonvolatile memory 261c in which various setting information, control information, and the like are stored is used.

  In addition, the control unit 261 includes a program guide creation control unit 261d. The program guide creation control unit 261d controls the creation of an electronic program guide displayed on the video display 14, and displays an electronic program guide in accordance with a user operation by the operation unit 116, the remote controller 117, or the like. Control is performed to change the display mode of a predetermined program cell to be configured. Details will be described later.

Next, the operation of the television broadcast receiving apparatus 111 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, in the television broadcast receiving apparatus 111, electronic program guide (EPG) information and program attribute information (program information) included in the digital broadcast multiplexed from the signal processing unit 248 and the TS complex units 247 and 253 to the control unit 261 are included. Program information such as genre) is input. The program information is stored in, for example, the non-volatile memory 261c and updated as needed. The program information may be for one day, one week, or one month, and the data amount is arbitrary.

  Next, the electronic program guide is displayed on the video display 114 based on a predetermined operation by the user (for example, pressing a program guide call button of the remote controller 117) (step 301). FIG. 4 shows an example of an electronic program guide displayed on the video display 114. This electronic program guide includes a channel axis 401 in which a plurality of (five in the case of FIG. 4) channel display frames corresponding to services (broadcast stations) are arranged in the horizontal direction, and unit time continuous in time series in the vertical direction. A time axis 402 in which a plurality of time frames (5 hours in the case of FIG. 4) corresponding to (one hour in the case of FIG. 4) are arranged. Various information (A1 to A5, B1 to B4, C1 to C4, D1 to D4, and E1 to E4) such as the title of each program scheduled to be broadcast and the time axis 402 It is displayed in each area (program cell) designated by. In the electronic program guide, a display showing the date and time of the program guide is made.

  Next, when the user operates a predetermined key of the remote controller 117 while referring to the electronic program guide displayed on the video display 114, the cursor 403 moves up and down or left and right between the program cells. Alternatively, a program desired to be viewed or recorded in the future can be searched (step 302).

  Next, the user determines whether or not to gray out the program cell in which the cursor 403 is located while referring to the program information displayed in each program cell (step 303). Grayout processing here is based on the control of the program guide creation control unit 261d, for example, the color of one or both of the characters and the background of the characters in the selected program cell is reduced, or the luminance is reduced. This is a process of changing the display mode of the selected program cell from the normal state by dropping it, etc., and is basically a process assuming that the user does not want to view or record the program cell.

  The contents of the change based on the program guide creation control unit 261d can be easily visually distinguished from the program cell selected by the cursor 403 and other program cells not selected, and the selected program cell. This is preferably a process of changing to a display mode that is visually inconspicuous compared to other program cells that are not selected, and the content of the change is not limited. For example, it is possible to prevent the contents of a program from being grasped by changing all the selected program cells to black, but in that case, the contents will not be regenerated unless the graying process is canceled. Since the confirmation cannot be performed, it is preferable to make the character or background color thin so that the content can be confirmed delicately, so that the content becomes inconspicuous.

  In the above description, the expression gray-out is used, but this does not indicate the appearance state itself but is used for convenience to indicate the state selected by the user. Further, as another example of the gray-out process, a process of changing the selected program cell to a blank (no character) or a process of changing the display mode of the frame line of the program cell (for example, a frame) Line thickness, color, line type: processing for changing a broken line, a wavy line, or the like).

  When a program cell to be grayed out (= program cell that does not want to be viewed or recorded) is present on the electronic program guide (Yes in step 303), the user executes the grayout processing by operating the remote controller 117 or the like. input. After execution of the grayout process is input, the selected program cell is displayed on the grayout display 501 as shown in the program cell according to A1 or C3 in FIG. 5, for example, based on the control of the program guide creation control unit 261d. (Step 304). As described above, the gray-out display 501 is changed from the normal state by, for example, making the color of characters or background in the program cell light or reducing the brightness.

  Various specific operation methods for executing the gray-out process are conceivable. For example, it is preferable to display on the video display 114 a GUI (Graphic User Interface) that allows the user to select whether or not to perform gray-out processing based on the operation of the remote controller 117 (for example, the sub-displays shown in FIGS. 7 and 9). Menu 701).

  In addition, as described above, the grayout process may be configured such that execution input is performed when the cursor operation is performed on the electronic program guide, or the electronic program guide is not displayed (for example, the program It may be configured to be performed during viewing). For example, by executing a gray out process while viewing a certain program, and subsequently displaying an electronic program guide, the program cell corresponding to the program that has been subjected to the gray out process during viewing is grayed out. It can also be configured to be displayed.

If the user determines that there is no other program for which grayout processing is desired (No in step 305), the process ends.
On the other hand, if the user determines that there are other program cells to be displayed in gray (Yes in step 305), the process returns to step 302 and the same steps are repeated. In order to return the program cell once grayed out to the original state, for example, the user operates the remote controller 117 while referring to the submenu 701 shown in FIGS. Any configuration may be used as long as the program guide creation control unit 261d controls so that the gray-out process is canceled in response to an operation of selecting “process cancel”.

  As described above, in the present embodiment pair, the display mode of the program cell selected based on the user's instruction (for example, the background of the program cell, the color of the character, and the brightness) can be easily changed. What should be noted in the present embodiment is that a program cell that the user does not want to view or record is selectively grayed out. That is, program cells that have not been grayed out are relatively more prominent than program cells that have been grayed out, so that the user can quickly find a favorite program from among the programs that have not been grayed out.

  In addition, it is possible to perform a process of changing the display mode (for example, a process for making the desired program stand out) for the program cell of the program that is desired to be viewed or recorded. The possibility of missing a program that was originally desired to be viewed or recorded cannot be forgotten. On the other hand, according to the configuration according to the present embodiment, even if a program that the user has failed to gray out remains on the electronic program guide, it is a program that the user originally does not want. Therefore, the configuration according to the present embodiment can reliably and quickly find a favorite program from among the programs that have not been grayed out.

  In the first embodiment, the example in which the user determines whether or not to perform the gray-out process has been described. However, the television broadcast receiver 111 side automatically determines based on the control of the control unit 261. It may be configured to perform gray out processing. For example, each time grayout processing is executed, program information (for example, genre information) that is the target is recorded, and it is determined that there is a high possibility that the user does not want to view the program based on the program information. The program cell may be configured to automatically perform gray-out processing based on the control of the control unit 261.

  In the first embodiment, only one program cell is grayed out by one operation. However, several program cells are selected in advance on the electronic program guide, and then these program cells are selected. On the other hand, a configuration in which gray-out processing can be performed collectively may be used.

Next, the operation of the television broadcast receiving apparatus 111 according to the second embodiment will be described.
First, in the control unit 261 of the television broadcast receiving apparatus 111 according to the second embodiment, the acquired program is used to determine whether or not the program cell selected when the gray-out process is executed and the other program cells are related. Detect based on information. Then, at the same time that the selected program cell is grayed out, the program table is created so that the program cell detected as having a relationship with the selected program cell (including when the relationship is high) is also grayed out in the same manner. The control unit 261d controls.

  The presence or absence of relevance may be detected by, for example, genre information (sports, music, movies, variety, etc.) included in the acquired program information. For example, it may be a small concept category such as rock, pop, enka, opera, drama ...). That is, when the genre of the selected program cell is, for example, sports, the program guide creation control unit 261d searches for program cells whose genre is sports based on the acquired program information. Then, the program table creation control unit 261d controls the program cells detected as being of the same genre so that the selected program cells are grayed out at the same time and are grayed out in the same manner.

  In addition, when the selected program is a so-called series program (for example, broadcast every week on the same channel and at the same time), all the series programs (may be monthly) can be grayed out. In this case, the presence or absence of the next program based on the tracking criteria (broadcast day and time of the selected program) and tracking keywords (keywords such as the program name) included in the program information, that is, the selected program and other programs When there is a next program, the selected program cell is grayed out, and at the same time, the program cells of all the series programs including the next program are similarly displayed. The program guide creation control unit 261d controls the grayout process. In order to determine whether or not the selected program is a series program, for example, an identifier (series descriptor) included in the program information may be used as disclosed in JP-A-2002-354354.

  Next, the operation of the television broadcast receiving apparatus 111 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that description of operations similar to those in the first embodiment is omitted or simplified.

  First, based on the operation of the remote controller 117 or the like by the user, an electronic program guide as described with reference to FIG. 4 is displayed on the video display 114 (step 601).

  Next, when the user operates the remote controller 117 or the like while referring to the electronic program guide displayed on the video display 114, the cursor 403 moves up and down or left and right between the program cells on the electronic program guide, It is possible to search for a program that the user wishes to view now or in the future or a program that desires recording reservation (step 602).

  Next, the user determines whether or not to gray out the program cell where the cursor 403 is located while referring to the program information displayed in each program cell (step 603). When the program cell to be grayed out is present on the electronic program guide (Yes in step 603), the user inputs execution of grayout processing by operating the remote controller 117 or the like.

  For example, when the program cell related to A1 is selected with the cursor 403 and the determination key of the remote controller 117 is pressed, a submenu 701 superimposed on the electronic program guide is displayed as shown in FIG. 7 (step 604). The submenu 701 is used to (1) reserve recording for the program selected with the cursor 403 (A1 in FIG. 7), (2) to gray out the selected program, or (3) (already grayed out) This is a menu screen for operating one of the operations of canceling the grayout process (if done).

  When “gray-out process” in the sub menu 701 is selected, a further sub menu 702 is displayed (step 604). The submenu 702 displays whether the selected program (A1 in FIG. 7) is grayed out only (1) this time, or (2) is grayed out continuously every time (if it is a series program) (3 This is a menu screen for operating either the grayout process for all the programs belonging to the same genre (drama in FIG. 7) as the selected program. In other words, the submenu 702 is a menu for selecting an execution pattern for grayout processing. The submenus 701 and 702 may be so-called pop-up menus that are automatically displayed when a cursor is selected, or menus that are displayed when a predetermined determination operation of the remote controller 117 is performed. Any of these may be used. In addition, the display of “every time” or “only this time” is displayed in the submenu 702 only when the selected program (A1 in FIG. 7) is a series program, and is not displayed when it is a single program that is not a series program. The structure which the program schedule preparation control part 261 controls based on program information may be sufficient.

  Next, an execution pattern for grayout processing is selected with reference to the submenu 702 (step 605). If “only this time” is selected in the submenu 702, only the selected program cell is grayed out as shown in FIG. 5 (step S606).

  When “every time” is selected in the submenu 702, all series programs continuing to the program such as next time, next time, etc. are grayed out in addition to the program based on the control of the program guide creation control unit 261d. And displayed on the electronic program guide (step 607).

  When “genre” is selected in the submenu 702, all programs of the same genre are grayed out in addition to the program based on the control of the program guide creation control unit 261d (step 608). FIG. 8 shows an outline of a state in which program cells (A5, C3, D4, E4) of the same genre (for example, drama) are grayed out in addition to the selected program (A1).

  Also, a submenu as shown in FIG. 9 can be displayed. That is, if the selected program (B2 in FIG. 9) is a program of a professional baseball game, for example, as shown in the submenu 901 of FIG. Whether the game will be continuously grayed out when the same match card is broadcast in the future, (3) whether all professional baseball games are grayed out, or (4) whether the entire sports program is grayed out A menu screen for operating any one of the above operations can be displayed, and any processing can be executed. In the grayout process, as described above, for example, the control unit 261 determines whether or not predetermined characters are included in the acquired program information (program name or program description), and the acquired program information The program guide creation control unit 261d controls based on the above. In addition, the display of “same battle card as this time” or “only this time” indicates that the selected program displays a battle card based on whether or not predetermined characters (such as team characters) are included in the program information. The structure which the control part 261 controls so that it may be displayed only in the case of a sports program including, and not displayed in the case of a program not including a battle card may be sufficient. As described above, the sub-menu may be configured so that the range for performing the gray-out process at a time can be selected from among several categories.

If the user determines that there is no other program for which grayout processing is desired (No in step 609), the process ends.
On the other hand, if the user determines that there are other program cells to be grayed out (Yes in step 609), the process returns to step 602 and the same steps are repeated. In order to return the grayed-out program cell to the original state, the user operates the remote controller 117, and the program table creation control unit so that the grayed-out processing is canceled individually or collectively according to this operation. Any configuration that is controlled by 261d may be used.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the program related to the selected program can be grayed out simultaneously based on the acquired program information. Therefore, in addition to the effects obtained in the first embodiment, programs that are not desired to be viewed can be grayed out simultaneously, and the operability for the user can be further improved.

  Next, the operation of the television broadcast receiving apparatus 111 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The third embodiment has a main feature in controlling the cursor operation on the electronic program guide after the grayout process is performed. Note that description of operations similar to those in the first or second embodiment is omitted or simplified.

  First, based on the operation of the remote controller 117 or the like by the user, an electronic program guide as described with reference to FIG. 4 is displayed on the video display 114 (step 1001).

  Next, the user can move the cursor 403 up and down or left and right on the electronic program guide by operating the remote controller 117 and the like while referring to the electronic program guide (step 1002).

  Next, based on the control of the control unit 261, it is detected whether or not the program cell to which the cursor 403 is moved has already been grayed out (step 1003). When the program cell to which the cursor is moved has already been grayed out (Yes in step 1003), the program cell (for example, A2, A5, C3, etc.) along the time axis as shown by the arrow in FIG. The cursor operation is controlled by the control unit 261 so that the cursor 403 skips D4 and E4) (step 1004), and the process returns to step 1002. Note that the cursor operation may be controlled by the control unit 261 to skip along the channel axis as well as along the time axis.

  When the program cell to which the cursor is moved is not grayed out (No in step 1003), the control unit 261 controls the skip processing as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 1005).

  As described above, in the third embodiment, it is detected whether or not the program cell at the cursor operation destination has been grayed out, and when the gray is processed, the program is controlled based on the control of the control unit 261. The cell skip process is executed. According to such a configuration, since a program that is not desired to be viewed or recorded is skipped in the cursor operation on the electronic program guide, the desired program can be searched in a short time, and the operability for the user can be further improved. .

  Next, the operation of the television broadcast receiving apparatus 111 according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The third embodiment has a main feature in controlling the channel switching operation during viewing of a program after the grayout process is performed. The description of operations similar to those in the first to third embodiments will be omitted or simplified.

First, it is assumed that the user is watching a certain program and performs a channel switching operation based on the operation of the remote controller 117 or the like (step 1201).
Next, based on the control of the control unit 261, it is detected whether or not the switching destination program cell has already been grayed out (step 1202). If the gray-scale processing has already been performed on the switching destination program (Yes in step 1202), the switching destination program does not want to be viewed. Control is performed based on the control unit 261 so as to switch to a channel (step 1203). If the program of the next channel to be switched to is grayed out, the same skip processing is performed.

  When it is detected that the switching destination program is not grayed out (No in step 1202), the control unit 261 controls the channel so that the skip process is not performed (step 1204). .

  As described above, in the fourth embodiment, it is detected whether or not the channel operation destination program is grayed out. If the program is grayed out, the program is controlled based on the control of the control unit 261. The skip processing is executed. According to such a configuration, since a program that is not desired to be viewed or recorded is skipped in the channel switching operation while the program is being viewed, the desired program can be searched in a short time even during the channel switching operation. Further improvement can be achieved. Further, the control unit 261 determines that the program being viewed has ended and the start time of the grayed-out program has been reached, and the grayed-out program is started, and a program that is not originally desired to be viewed is currently displayed. The control unit 261 may control to display on the video display 114 a GUI that prompts the user to be aware that the user is watching. Alternatively, the control unit 261 may be configured to automatically switch to another channel when the program being viewed ends and the start time of the grayed-out program is reached.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

It is a figure for demonstrating the external appearance of the television broadcast receiver which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the main signal processing systems of the television broadcast receiver which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows operation | movement of the television broadcast receiver which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the electronic program guide which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the gray-out process which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows operation | movement of the television broadcast receiver which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure of the electronic program guide which shows operation | movement of the television broadcast receiver which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure of the electronic program guide which shows operation | movement of the television broadcast receiver which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure of the electronic program guide which shows operation | movement of the television broadcast receiver which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows operation | movement of the television broadcast receiver which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure of the electronic program guide which shows operation | movement of the television broadcast receiver which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows operation | movement of the television broadcast receiver which concerns on 4th Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 111 ... Television broadcast receiver, 112 ... Cabinet, 113 ... Support stand, 114 ... Video display, 115 ... Speaker, 116 ... Operation part, 117 ... Remote controller, 118 ... Light receiving part, 243 ... Antenna, 244 ... Input terminal 245 ... tuner, 246 ... PSK demodulator, 247 ... TS decoder, 248 ... signal processing unit, 249 ... antenna, 250 ... input terminal, 251 ... tuner, 252 ... OFDM demodulator, 253 ... TS decoder, 254 ... Graphic processing unit, 255 ... Audio processing unit, 256 ... Channel information detection unit, 257 ... OSD signal generation unit, 258 ... Video processing unit, 259 ... Output terminal, 260 ... Output terminal, 261 ... Control unit, 261a ... ROM, 261b ... RAM, 261c ... Non-volatile memory, 261d ... Program guide creation control unit, 401 ... H Tunnel shaft, 402 ... time base, 403 ... cursor, 701 ... sub-menu, 702 ... sub-menu, 901 ... sub-menu.

Claims (9)

Obtaining means for obtaining program information;
Creating means for creating an electronic program guide based on the program information obtained by the obtaining means;
Display means for displaying the electronic program guide;
Selecting means for selecting an arbitrary program cell constituting the electronic program guide created by the creating means based on a user instruction;
A program cell display mode changing unit that changes a display mode of at least one of the background and the characters of the program cell selected by the selection unit and having at least one of color and brightness;
A program guide display device comprising: Detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of relevance between the program cell selected by the selecting means and other program cells based on the program information acquired by the acquiring means;
The program cell display mode changing unit changes the display mode of the program cell selected by the selection unit, and also changes the display mode of the program cell detected as relevant by the detecting unit. The program guide display device according to claim 1.   The program cell display mode changing means changes the display mode of the program cell selected by the selection means, and also changes the display mode for program cells of the same genre or the same series as the selected program cell. The program guide display device according to claim 1, wherein Obtaining means for obtaining program information;
Creating means for creating an electronic program guide based on the program information obtained by the obtaining means;
Selecting means for selecting an arbitrary program based on a user's instruction;
Program cell display for changing the display mode of at least one of the background and characters of the program cell on the electronic program guide corresponding to the program selected by the selection means, at least one of color and brightness An aspect changing means;
A program guide display device comprising: Furthermore, an operation means for performing a cursor operation on the electronic program guide is provided,
5. The program display device according to claim 1, wherein the operation unit skips a program cell whose display mode has been changed by the program cell display mode change unit. Selecting means for selecting an arbitrary program based on a user's instruction;
Channel switching means for switching to a desired channel during program viewing;
Detecting means for detecting whether a program of a channel to be switched by the channel switching means is selected by the selecting means;
Control means for controlling to skip the channel when the detection means detects that the program of the switching destination channel is selected by the selection means;
A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising: Obtaining program information;
Selecting any program based on user instructions;
Changing the display mode of at least one of the background and the characters of the program cell on the electronic program guide corresponding to the selected program, at least one of color and brightness;
A program guide display method characterized by comprising: Obtaining means for obtaining program information;
Creating means for creating an electronic program guide based on the program information obtained by the obtaining means;
Display means for displaying the electronic program guide;
Selecting means for selecting an arbitrary program cell constituting the electronic program guide created by the creating means based on a user instruction;
Program cell display mode changing means for changing the program cell selected by the selection means to a blank,
A program guide display device comprising: Obtaining means for obtaining program information;
Creating means for creating an electronic program guide based on the program information obtained by the obtaining means;
Display means for displaying the electronic program guide;
Selecting means for selecting an arbitrary program cell constituting the electronic program guide created by the creating means based on a user instruction;
A program cell display mode changing unit for changing a display mode of a frame line of the program cell selected by the selection unit;
A program guide display device comprising:

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