JP2010063187A - Receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a receiver of which the program information displayed on a screen can be recognized easily. <P>SOLUTION: By identifying a certain specific code, a character code, etc., in received program information, a display using a specific character color, a specific character type and a specific background color is performed by the certain specific code, and the character code, etc., and a display is performed by adding a specific image. Through the recognition of the currently broadcast program from current time information, display is performed, after performing a certain process to those programs; and a point that indicates the current time is displayed in an area that displays a time zone with a width. By holding more than 2 sizes of character fonts to be displayed, the character size to be displayed can be made small, and the amount of information in a screen can be increased. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a receiving apparatus that displays program information.

  In recent years, information such as program guides has been sent in digital broadcasting using satellites, and there are receivers that display program guide information on a screen. The program guide information that is sent consists of the title, detailed information, broadcast time, channel, and program category (movie, sports, drama, etc.) of each program. It is displayed in the form of a table based on the axis of the broadcasting station or a list display format for each program category.

  Further, in the case of display on the screen, a certain amount of character noise is necessary due to the resolution of the display device, viewing distance, and the like, and thus the amount of information that can be displayed is limited.

When the program guide is displayed on the screen in a table format having axes such as a time axis and a broadcasting station name, it is difficult to recognize a program of a specific genre. (Fig. 5)
Further, when the program table is displayed in the above table format or the like, it is difficult to recognize whether the displayed program is a program that is currently being broadcast, a program that is ahead, or a time before that. (Fig. 5)
In addition, in the case of a program that is currently being broadcast, it is difficult to recognize how much broadcast time the program has.

  Also, the size of characters displayed on the screen needs to be a certain size due to the viewing distance of the user and the resolution of the display, and the number of characters that can be displayed is limited, so the program titles are not all displayed. In some cases, it may be difficult to recognize the contents of the program.

  In addition, there is a means for performing a specific setting such as a recording reservation, and there is a program in which it is possible to check which program is set by displaying a list of the set programs, but the specific setting is made. In a program guide display in which a mixed program and a program that has not been specified are mixed, it is not possible to distinguish the program that has been specifically set. Also, the conventional operation of switching to the list display of programs with specific settings is troublesome.

  In addition, as described above, it is difficult to recognize the time zone in which the specific setting is performed because the program having the specific setting must be confirmed by switching the screen by a specific operation. In particular, when a specific program is set for scheduled recording, it is essential to prepare a video tape for recording on the VTR. Forget the time zone for which scheduled recording is set, and prepare for video tape installation. You may forget to record.

  In the program guide in printed matter, the user can mark the program that the user is interested in by using a writing tool, etc., but in the program guide displayed on the screen, Of course, it is difficult to mark with a writing instrument. Conventional receivers that display program guides have means for setting to mark specific programs, and there are those that display with specific symbols added to those programs. The symbol is difficult to recognize.

  Further, in a program table displayed in a tabular format having a time axis, the display time zone is fixed, so that, for example, even when it is desired to display a wider time zone for display, the display cannot be switched.

  At this time, if the time zone to be displayed is expanded and displayed, the number of display characters per program decreases, and it may be difficult to recognize the contents of the program.

  In a program table displayed in a table format having a channel axis, an operation of switching the displayed channel group is complicated, such as a menu selection operation on the screen and a plurality of operations of a controller key.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned object, the present invention identifies a specific code, character code, etc. from the received program information, and uses a specific character color, specific font, specific background color by the specific code, character code, etc. Display or add a specific image. In addition, it recognizes currently broadcasted programs from the current time information, displays them with some processing, and displays the point indicating the current time in an area where the time zone is displayed with a width. . In addition, by holding two or more character fonts to be displayed, the character size to be displayed can be reduced, and the amount of information in the screen is increased.

  According to the present invention, in a receiving device that displays program guide information, usability of the program guide information can be improved.

The block diagram which shows a part of circuit of the receiver of this invention. Explanatory drawing of the display process by the information of a program category. Explanatory drawing of the display process by the broadcast time of a program. Explanatory drawing which shows the operation button of the remote control used for the receiver of this invention. A display example of the current program guide. Explanatory drawing which added and displayed image information to the program data of a specific program category. Explanatory drawing which changed and displayed the character color of specific program category program data. Explanatory drawing which has a thing with which the program title is not all displayed in the specific area. Explanatory drawing which converted and displayed what the program title is not displayed in the specific area | region into the specific icon. Explanatory drawing which shows the example which displays the program data of the program currently broadcast on the background color different from another part. Explanatory drawing which shows the example which displayed the character color of the program data of the program currently broadcast, or the thickness of a character by the background color different from another part. Explanatory drawing which shows the example which added and displayed the line display to the part which corresponds to the present time. Explanatory drawing which shows the example which added and displayed the image to the part which corresponds to the present time. Explanatory drawing which shows the example of how to display the part of a time slot | zone. Explanatory drawing which shows the example which added and displayed the image to the remaining broadcast time part of the program currently broadcast. Explanatory drawing which shows the example which expanded and displayed the time slot | zone to 3 hours. Explanatory drawing which shows the example displayed using the character of small character size. Explanatory drawing which shows the example of operation which performs a specific setting to a specific program. Explanatory drawing which shows the example by which the program in which the specific setting was performed was displayed with the background color different from another program. Explanatory drawing which shows the example by which the program in which the specific setting was performed was displayed with the character color different from another program. Explanatory drawing which shows the example which performs the display which shows that it is the time slot | zone to which the specific setting is carried out in the part of a time slot | zone. Explanatory drawing which shows the example of how to display the part of a time slot | zone. Explanatory drawing which shows the example of the character used for the display of the part of a time slot | zone. Explanatory drawing of the Example which switches the channel group displayed on a program schedule. Explanatory drawing of the Example which switches the channel group displayed on a program schedule. Explanatory drawing of the Example which switches the channel group displayed on a program schedule. Explanatory drawing of the Example which switches the channel group displayed on a program schedule. Explanatory drawing of the Example which switches the channel group displayed on a program schedule.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment according to the present invention, where 101 is a signal input terminal, 102 is a signal separation unit, 103 is an image processing unit, 104 is an image reproduction unit, 105 is an image processing unit, and 106 is an image composition unit. 107 is a signal output terminal, 108 is an information processing unit, 109 is a data extraction unit, 110 is a data storage unit, 111 is a display data creation unit, 112 is a central processing unit, and 113 is an external control input unit.

  Next, circuit operation will be described.

  First, a signal input to the signal input terminal 101 is input to the signal separation unit 102. The signal separation unit 102 separates and outputs image information and data information from the input signal, and the image information is input to the image processing unit 103 and the data information is input to the information processing unit 108.

  The image processing unit 103 processes, processes, and outputs the input image signal so that it can be displayed on the screen.

  For example, the image processing unit 103 includes an image reproduction unit 104 and an image processing unit 105, and reproduces the image information encoded by the image reproduction unit 104 into an original image. The reproduced image is input to the image processing unit 105, and the brightness, contrast, and contour correction processing of the image, image reduction and enlargement are performed, and the image is input to the image composition unit 106.

  The information processing unit 108 creates and outputs a program guide image from the data information separated by the signal separation unit 102.

  For example, the information processing unit 108 includes a data extraction unit 109, a data storage unit 110, and a display data creation unit 111. The data extraction unit 109 extracts and decodes program information from the data information output from the signal separation unit 102 and outputs the program information to the data storage unit 110. The data storage unit 110 accumulates input program information. The accumulated program information is output to the display data creation unit 111 when a program guide image is formed. The display data creation unit 111 creates a program guide image from the program guide information output from the data storage unit 110 and outputs it. The output program guide image is input to the image composition unit 106.

  The image synthesis unit 106 synthesizes the input image signal and the program guide image into one image and outputs it. The output image is output from the signal output terminal 107 and displayed on the screen by a display unit (not shown).

  Here, the central processing unit 112 controls the image processing unit 103 and the information processing unit 108 in response to a command input from the external control input unit 113 such as a remote control operated by the viewer. For example, the image processing unit 103 is controlled for image display size and image quality correction. Further, the information processing unit 108 performs control, editing, and search of program guide data accumulation, and further control or processing of a display form.

  In the figure, terrestrial broadcasts received by an antenna (not shown), satellite broadcasts such as CS and BS, and communication are supplied to a signal separation device, and program guide information is stored in a data recording unit.

  The program guide information is supplied to an information decoder, and for each program included in the program guide information, the broadcast date / time, program title, program information, program category, etc. are interpreted and stored in the buffer as individual program guide information. The

When the command for displaying the program guide is received from the remote control shown in FIG. 4, the program currently being broadcast is displayed on the screen according to a certain format by comparison with the clock device.
Screen 1 in FIG. 5 is an example in which the horizontal axis represents time, the vertical axis represents a broadcast station, and the time zone to be displayed is 2 hours.

  Here, because of the number of characters that can be displayed, all information of the program title is not displayed depending on the program, and usually, from the first character of the program title to the number of characters that can be displayed.

  In addition, when the user wants to search for a program of a specific category or the like on the screen 1, the user must understand the category or the like by reading the text.

  Therefore, the display data creation unit 111 shown in FIG. 1 determines the category code (for example, the category code of a program such as sports, movie, etc.) to which each program data in the program data stored in the data storage unit is added. By doing so, the category of the program is judged, and the program content data is processed and output.

  Processing of program data from the data storage unit 110 will be described with reference to FIG. 121, the program category of each program data input from the data storage unit 110 is determined (121), and when it matches a specific category (in the case of this example, the category is movie, sports, music) program data Is processed (122), and program data is output (123).

  As an example of processing, image data such as an icon related to each category held in the memory (124) shown in FIG. 1 is added to the program data matching the program category and displayed in the display data creation unit 111. .

  Alternatively, the character color displayed by the corresponding program is displayed separately for each program category.

  Some programs display the selected program using the background color of the selected program different from that of other programs. However, if the background color is color-coded by program category, the visibility of the selected program is reduced. However, color coding of character colors hardly causes the problem.

  FIG. 6 shows an example in which icon images 301, 302, and 303 representing the respective categories are added and displayed for each recognized program category. By adding such image information such as an icon, the user can easily recognize the program category.

  FIG. 7 shows an example in which the recognition of the program category is facilitated by changing the character color displayed for each recognized program category (304, 305, 306, 307).

  FIG. 8 shows an example in which, when the program guide is displayed, all the program titles 308 are displayed and the program title 309 cannot be displayed, making it difficult to grasp the contents.

  Therefore, in the information processing unit 108 shown in FIG. 1, if the program title does not fit in the predetermined area, the predetermined text data is changed to an icon and displayed as shown in FIG. To be able to understand more. The association data between the text to be converted and the icon is stored in advance in the memory 114 shown in FIG.

  Further, when a program guide is displayed on the screen as in screen 1, it is difficult to recognize at a glance which program is currently being broadcast. In particular, when a time zone is changed and displayed, such as when a program guide for the previous time is displayed, it is difficult to determine whether the program is currently being broadcast.

  Therefore, in the program data stored in the data storage unit 110 in FIG. 1, it is determined whether the program is currently being broadcast by comparing the data of the start time and end time of each program with the current time information by the clock device 115. If it is determined that the program is currently being broadcast, the display data creation unit 111 processes and displays the program data.

  A screen 6 in FIG. 10 is an example in which a currently broadcast program is displayed using a background color different from that of other programs.

  A screen 7 in FIG. 11 is an example in which a currently broadcast program is displayed using a character color or character thickness different from that of other programs.

  The screen 8 in FIG. 12 is an example in which a currently broadcast program can be easily recognized by performing a line display 308 in a direction perpendicular to the time axis at a portion corresponding to the current time.

  The screen 9 in FIG. 13 is an example in which a ▼ display 309 indicating the current time is added to the portion corresponding to the current time in the band-like time zone display area.

  An embodiment for realizing the display of the screen 13 will be described below.

  FIG. 14 is an enlarged view around the portion 315 in FIG. As shown in this figure, the one-hour time zone is composed of 20 character data. That is, one character has a width of 3 minutes.

  When receiving a program guide display instruction in the control input unit 113 of FIG. 1, the current time is recognized from the clock device, and display data is created in such a manner that the time of the current time appears in the information processing unit.

  At this time, based on the current time information obtained by the clock device 115, the display data creation unit determines which of the 20 characters shown in FIG.

  In the example of FIG. 14, the current time is PM8: 16, and one character has a width of 3 minutes, so the fifth character from the left is the character with ▼ displayed from the memory 114. Extract and create display data.

  In this way, as shown in FIG. 13, the display indicating the current time is displayed at an appropriate position with respect to the time width, and the current broadcast is recognized by recognizing ▼ displayed above the program title. It becomes easy to grasp the programs inside and the remaining broadcast times of those programs.

  The screen 10 in FIG. 15 is an example in which a band-shaped display 311 is added to the portion corresponding to the remaining broadcast time of a program that is currently being broadcast so that it is easy to recognize how much time is remaining in the program. .

  FIG. 16 shows whether or not a program selected by the cursor is a program currently being broadcast by displaying blinking characters of the selected program when the cursor is in a selected state. This is an example that makes it easy to recognize.

  A screen 11 shown in FIG. 16 shows an example in which the display data creation unit 111 changes the display time zone to 3 hours and displays it according to an instruction from the external control unit 113 in FIG.

  When the display time zone is widened, the display area assigned to one program is narrowed, and the number of characters that can be displayed per program is reduced. Therefore, FIG. 17 shows an example in which the number of characters per program is not reduced even when the size of characters to be displayed is reduced and the display time width is widened.

  This is displayed by changing to another small-sized text font in the memory 114 of FIG.

  The time width and character size of the program guide to be displayed can be changed by the user using the controller buttons or selection operations on the screen, making it suitable for the program time length, user viewing distance, user vision, etc. Display can be performed.

  18 to 20, an example will be described in which when a user designates a program of interest from the program guide and displays the program guide, the programs become prominent.

FIG. 18 is an example of an operation procedure for specifying a program of interest.
First, in a state where the program guide (screen 13) is displayed, the cursor is moved to a program of interest to the user using the cursor button of the remote controller (FIG. 4.204).

Next, in this state, when the determination button 209 of the remote controller is pressed, detailed information of the program and a setting box for program check are displayed. (Screen 15.315)
Here, the program checking box is selected with the cursor button 204 of the remote controller, and the enter button 209 is pressed to complete the designation operation. (Screen 16)
By this designation operation, the program data set in the memory 114 of FIG. 1 is accumulated, and when the corresponding program is displayed, the display data creation unit 111 processes and displays the display.

  FIG. 19 shows an example in which the background color 316 of the corresponding program is displayed in a color different from that of the non-corresponding program.

  FIG. 20 shows an example in which the character color 317 of the corresponding program is displayed in a color different from that of the non-corresponding program.

  The screen 19 of FIG. 21 shows that the set time zone is displayed in the display area showing the time zone when the recording reservation or mark is set for the program. Is an example of This embodiment is shown below.

  When the setting operation is performed on the specific program by the above-described method and the setting is performed, the set time zone is stored in the memory 114 shown in FIG. When the display data of the program guide is created in the information processing unit 108, the time zone to be displayed is compared with the data of the time zone set in the memory 114, and the program guide to be displayed is displayed. When the time zone matches the set time zone, the following processing is performed.

  First, as shown in FIG. 22, the display of the time zone portion is composed of 20 characters per hour, and one character represents 3 minutes in this example.

  Based on the set time data stored in the memory 114 of FIG. 1, the display data creation unit 111 uses a specific character previously stored in the memory 114 as the character that represents the time zone portion of the program guide. A character expressing the set time zone is shown in FIG.

  For example, in the case where reservations are made for programs from PM9: 00 to PM9: 20 by the above processing, six time slots from PM9: 00 to PM9: 59 are shown from the left as shown in FIG. Are displayed using a predetermined character.

  In the example of FIG. 21, the set program is also displayed on the screen at the same time. However, for example, when there is a setting for a channel program after CH7, the set program is displayed on the screen. Even if there is not, the main display is made in the time zone.

  This makes it possible to easily recognize a time zone in which a certain setting has been made.

  Next, an embodiment in which the channel group displayed in the program guide is simply switched will be described.

  A state where the program guide is displayed is shown in FIG. At this time, in order to switch to the program guide of the channel after CH 200, the “2” button in the number keys of the controller shown in FIG. 4 is pressed.

  At this time, the control input unit 113 shown in FIG. 1 detects the control signal, and the information processing unit 108 performs a display for confirming the controller input as shown in FIG. As shown in the screen 22, the display is switched to the display of the channel after the channel with the lowest number, that is, the channel after CH 200, where the number of the channel is 100.

  When the user wants to view the program table after CH200, the user can switch the program by pressing the button once as described above.

  Next, when “5” of the controller is inputted within a certain time, the channel number after the channel having the smallest number among the tenth channel numbers is 5, that is, as shown in FIG. Switch to CH250 or later channel display.

  Further, when “8” of the controller is input within a certain time, the display is switched to the channel of which the first place of the channel number is 8, that is, the channel after CH258 as shown in FIG.

  At this time, if the CH 258 does not exist, the channel is displayed from a channel with a number one lower than the number 258 among the existing channels.

  This example is possible when all channels are designated by the same number of digits.

  This makes it very easy to switch channels displayed in the program guide.

  102: Signal separation unit, 103: Image reproduction unit, 104: Image processing unit, 105: Image processing unit, 106: Image synthesis unit, 108: Information processing unit, 109: Data extraction unit, 110: Data storage unit, 111: Display data creation unit, 114: memory, 115: clock device, 112: central processing unit, 113: control input unit, 116: control output unit.

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  A receiving apparatus that displays program information added to broadcast or program information received by communication, and displays the information using different character colors by identifying codes added to the program information.   Display program information added to broadcast or program information received by communication, and identify code or text group added to program information to add image information such as icons or specific characters A receiving device characterized by displaying.   A receiving apparatus that displays program information added to broadcasting or program information received through communication, and converts a specific character group into an icon image or the like according to the number of characters.   Program information added to the broadcast or program information received by communication is displayed, and currently broadcast program information is displayed in a color or thickness different from other program information, or currently broadcast A receiving apparatus that adds a symbol or the like indicating that the program is displayed.   A receiver for displaying program information added to broadcast or program information received by communication with a time zone in a receiver that displays the current time in a time zone display area.   In the receiver that displays the program information added to the broadcast or the program information received by communication with the time width of the program, in the expression of the currently broadcast program, the broadcast end portion and the unbroadcast portion are displayed separately. Receiving device.   Program information added to the broadcast or program information received by communication is displayed, and has a setting means for a specific program, and the set program information has a different character color or background from the non-set program information A receiving device that displays by adding a symbol indicating that it is displayed or set in color.   The program information added to the broadcast or the program information received by communication is displayed, and there is a setting means for a specific program, and the time zone where a certain setting is made within the display area showing the time zone A receiving device that performs a display showing something.   In the receiver that displays the program information added to the broadcast or the program information received by communication and displays the broadcast time zone with a width, the time zone of the program to be displayed and the time duration of the program to be displayed are variable. There is a receiving device.   A receiving apparatus characterized by displaying program information added to broadcasting or program information received by communication, and changing a size of characters to be displayed.   In the receiver that has the numeric key in the controller unit and displays program information added to the broadcast or program information received by communication, the channel whose channel number maximum digits match by the input of the numeric key of the controller The program guide of the channel after the channel with the smallest number is displayed, and when the next numeric key is entered within a certain time, the program information of the channel whose next digit matches the entered number is displayed. Receiving device.   Multiple selection items are displayed on the screen, and by a specific operation, a specific meaning other than indicating that the selected item is displayed has been selected in a receiver that can select any of them. A receiving apparatus characterized by displaying by distinguishing display colors of items or blinking.

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