JP2010200156A - Television receiver, and display control method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce an operational burden at the time of stopping recording of contents. <P>SOLUTION: A digital television broadcast receiver 100 comprises: a plurality of digital tuners 124, 127 for receiving programs; an HDD 111 for recording any one of or more of a plurality of received programs; a display control section 153 for displaying any one of the plurality of received programs; a receiving section 155 for receiving recording stop operation of a program to the HDD 111; a specifying section 154 for specifying a program to be brought into a selected state by a cursor, as a recording stop target, from among a plurality of programs, based on whether or not any one of the plurality of programs is to be displayed by the display control section 153, when the recording stop operation is received while the plurality of programs are recorded; a selective display control section 156 for displaying a recording stop dialog including selectable programs in the state where the specified program is selected; and a selection receiving section 157 for receiving a selection of any one of a plurality of displayed programs. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a television receiver that performs display control when storing a plurality of contents, and a display control method.

  In recent years, there is a tendency to install various functions on the television in accordance with the progress of digitization of the television. For example, as a television receiver, a product that can record and play back a program without being connected to a recording device that records a program by installing a storage device for recording the program is provided.

  By the way, in the program recording apparatus, a product that simultaneously records a plurality of programs by installing a plurality of tuners is provided. Therefore, a television receiver can also record a plurality of programs simultaneously by installing a plurality of tuners.

  Thus, there are situations where it is desired to stop recording when a television receiver is recording a plurality of programs simultaneously. Therefore, as a technique for stopping recording when a plurality of programs are recorded simultaneously, for example, a technique described in Patent Document 1 exists. Patent Literature 1 describes a technique for stopping recording of any program in accordance with a user operation.

JP 2001-197413 A

  However, the technique described in the cited document 1 does not consider which of a plurality of programs should be stopped preferentially. For this reason, the operation burden of selecting which one to stop among a plurality of programs arises in a user.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides a television receiver and a display control method that reduce an operation burden.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, a television receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes any one of a plurality of tuners for receiving content and a plurality of contents received for each of the plurality of tuners. Recording means for recording the above, display means for displaying any one of the plurality of contents received by the tuner, accepting means for accepting an operation for stopping recording of the contents to the recording means, and the plurality of the plurality of contents When the receiving unit accepts an operation to stop recording while recording the content, the plurality of contents are based on whether one of the plurality of contents is displayed by the display unit. Among these, a specifying means for specifying the content to be selected as a recording stop target, and a specification specified by the specifying means. In the state where the content is selected, a selection display unit that displays content that can be selected as a stop target, and a selection reception unit that receives any one of the plurality of contents displayed by the selection display unit It is characterized by providing.

  The display control method according to the present invention is a display control method executed by a television receiver, wherein the television receiver receives a plurality of tuners for receiving content and each of the plurality of tuners. Recording means for recording any one or more of a plurality of contents, a display means for displaying any one of the plurality of contents received by the tuner, and an accepting means, An accepting step for accepting an operation for stopping the recording of the content to the recording means; and when the accepting step accepts an operation for stopping the recording when the specifying means is recording the plural contents, the plurality of contents Among the plurality of contents based on whether one of them is displayed by the display means. A specifying step for specifying the content to be selected as a recording stop target, and a selection display means displaying a list of contents selectable as a stop target in a state where the content specified in the specifying step is selected And a selection receiving step, wherein the selection receiving unit receives a selection of any one of the plurality of contents displayed by the selection display step.

  According to the present invention, there is an effect that operability can be improved because the user can save time and effort to select content.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external appearance of the front side of a digital television receiver described in the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of hardware of the digital television receiver according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process in the case where a recording stop operation is accepted when a program is being recorded in the digital television receiver. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display panel in the program display control by the display control unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a program selection screen displayed by the recording stop dialog displayed by the selection display control unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen that is displayed by the selection display control unit according to the first embodiment and that selects whether or not to stop recording of the program selected on the dialog of FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a dialog displayed by the display control unit according to the first embodiment and indicating that recording of a program has been stopped. FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of hardware of a digital television receiver according to the second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display panel in the program display control by the display control unit according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program selection screen displayed by the recording stop dialog displayed by the selection display control unit according to the second embodiment.

  Exemplary embodiments of a television receiver and a display control method according to the present invention will be explained below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an external appearance of a front side of a digital television receiving device 100 described in the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a digital television receiver 100 is mainly composed of a thin cabinet 11 formed in a substantially quadrangular shape as a main body of a device, and a stand 12 that stands up and supports the cabinet 11. ing.

  The cabinet 11 includes a flat liquid crystal display panel 13, a right speaker 14a, a left speaker 14b, a status display unit 15, and a light receiving unit 16 that receives operation information transmitted from a remote controller. The status display unit 15 displays the presence / absence of a power source by light emission by an LED.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of hardware of the digital television receiving device 100 according to the first embodiment. In the digital television receiver 100 according to the first embodiment, an example in which a hard disk is mounted as a recording medium is shown. However, a recording medium such as a semiconductor memory may be substituted.

  The block diagram shown in FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of a television having a recording function with a built-in hard disk. That is, the digital television receiver 100 is an image in which the main body functional unit 110 including an encoder, a recording medium, and the like is built in the television. Each block in the main body functional unit 110 is roughly divided into a right side and a left side. Then, on the left side, a main block is composed of a receiving unit that receives the content and a recording unit that records the received content. The right side is composed of main blocks of a playback unit that plays back the received or recorded content.

  The digital television receiver 100 in FIG. 2 has an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 111 that drives a hard disk as a recording medium. The data processor unit 112 supplies content to the HDD 111 and receives reproduced content, and includes a buffer circuit, a modulation / demodulation circuit, an error correction unit, and the like. Further, the data processor unit 112 outputs the reproduced content to the PS decoder unit 114.

  A digital television receiver 100 in FIG. 2 includes an A / V input unit 118, a TV tuner unit 119, a first digital tuner unit 124, a second digital tuner unit 127 constituting a receiving side, and a PS encoder unit constituting a recording side. 113, a stream processor unit 125, a PS decoder unit 114 and a TS decoder unit 126 constituting the playback side, and a microcomputer block 115 for controlling the operation of the apparatus main body.

  The A / V input unit 118 receives content input from an external device using an external analog video signal and an external analog audio signal.

  The TV tuner unit 119 receives a program (content) based on an analog broadcast signal (including an analog video signal and an analog audio signal). Here, analog broadcast program information used to display an EPC (ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE) screen is also superimposed on the analog broadcast signal input to the TV tuner unit 119.

  The PS encoder unit 113 includes a video and audio analog-digital converter that digitizes an input analog video signal or analog audio signal, a video encoder, and an audio encoder. Furthermore, a sub-picture encoder is also included.

  The output of the PS encoder unit 113 is converted into a predetermined format by the formatter 116 including the buffer memory 117 and supplied to the data processor unit 112.

  The PS encoder unit 113 receives an external analog video signal and an external analog audio signal from the AV input unit 118 or an analog video signal and an analog audio signal from the TV tuner unit 119.

  Note that the PS encoder unit 113 can also directly supply the video mixing unit 120 and the audio selector 121 without encoding the analog-digital converted digital video signal or audio signal.

  In the video encoder included in the PS encoder unit 113, the digital video signal is converted into a digital video signal compressed at a variable bit rate based on the MPEG2 or MPEG1 standard. The digital audio signal is converted into a digital audio signal compressed at a fixed bit rate based on the MPEG or AC-3 standard or a linear PCM digital audio signal.

  The encoded digital video signal, digital audio signal, and sub-picture data are packed by the formatter 116 to become a video pack, an audio pack, and a sub-picture pack, and these are collected and converted into a format suitable for recording on the HDD 111. Is done.

  Here, the digital television receiving apparatus 100 in FIG. 2 receives information (packets of video, audio, sub-picture data, etc.) formatted by the formatter 116 and the created management information via the data processor unit 112 in the HDD 111. Output to. The HDD 111 can supply and record.

  The PS encoder unit 113 is mainly used for recording analog broadcast content. On the other hand, when digital broadcast content such as terrestrial / BS / CS is recorded, a first digital tuner unit 124 and a stream processor unit 125 described below are used.

  In the case of terrestrial / BS / CS digital broadcasting, video and audio are already encoded on the broadcasting station side and transmitted in the form of MPEG2-TS signals. In the MPEG2-TS signal, video data and audio data of various programs divided into small TS packets are multiplexed. In this, various management information defined by the standard of digital broadcasting is included in the form of packets.

  In addition, digital broadcast program information used for displaying an EPG (ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE) screen is also packetized and included.

  The first digital tuner unit 124 receives an MPEG2-TS signal by terrestrial / BS / CS digital broadcasting, and extracts TS packets such as video and audio of a program selected by the user from the MPEG2-TS signal. Input to the stream processor unit 125. The second digital tuner unit 127 is assumed to perform the same processing as the first digital tuner unit 124. Thus, by providing a plurality of digital tuners in this way, a plurality of programs using digital broadcast signals can be received simultaneously. This enables simultaneous display of multiple screens and simultaneous recording of multiple programs.

  The stream processor unit 125 performs conversion processing such as processing video data and audio data divided into small TS packets into packets of a large size suitable for recording on the HDD 111. The converted information is supplied to the HDD 111 via the data processor unit 112 and recorded.

  The PS decoder unit 114 separates each pack such as video and audio from a multiplexed signal recorded with a pack structure, separates the memory used for pack separation and other signal processing, and the separator. A video decoder for decoding the main video data (video pack contents), a sub-picture decoder for decoding the sub-video data (sub-picture pack contents) separated by the separator, and audio data (audio) separated by the separator And an audio decoder for decoding the contents of the pack). A video processor is also provided that appropriately synthesizes the decoded sub-video with the decoded main video and outputs the main video with a menu, a highlight button, subtitles, and other sub-videos.

  The output video signal of the PS decoder unit 114 is input to the video mixing unit 120. The video mixing unit 120 synthesizes text data. The video mixing unit 120 is also connected to a line that directly takes in signals from the TV tuner unit 119 and the AV input unit 118. A frame memory unit 122 used as a buffer is connected to the video mixing unit 120. When the output of the video mixing unit 120 is an analog output, it is output to the outside via an I / F (interface) 133, and when it is a digital output, it is output to the outside via a digital / analog converter 134.

  The output audio signal of the PS decoder unit 114 is converted into an analog signal by a digital / analog converter (D / A) 123 via an audio selector 121 and output to the outside. The selector 121 is controlled by a select signal from the microcomputer block 115. Thus, the selector 121 can directly select a signal that has passed through the PS encoder unit 113 when directly monitoring a digital signal from the TV tuner unit 119 or the AV input unit 118.

  The PS decoder unit 114 is mainly used for reproducing analog broadcast content encoded by the PS encoder unit 113 and recorded on the hard disk. On the other hand, when reproducing the recorded terrestrial / BS / CS digital broadcast content, the TS decoder unit 126 is used.

  The TS decoder unit 126 includes a separator that separates and extracts video and audio from the recorded multiplexed signal, a video decoder that decodes the separated video data, and an audio decoder that also decodes the separated audio data. Have. The output video signal from the TS decoder unit 126 is input to the video mixing unit 120 in the same manner as the output video signal from the PS decoder unit 114. Similarly to the output audio signal of the PS decoder unit 114, the output audio signal of the TS decoder unit 126 is analog-converted by the digital-analog converter 123 via the selector 121 and output to the outside. The subsequent operation is almost the same as that of the PS decoder unit 114, and the description thereof is omitted here.

  The data processor unit 112 receives data from the formatter 116 of the PS encoder unit 113 when recording analog broadcast content and from the stream processor unit 125 when recording digital broadcast content, and supplies the data to the HDD 111. Yes. Further, the MPU of the microcomputer block 115 creates management information necessary for reproducing the recorded data. When the MPU recognizes a data recording end command, it sends the created management information to the data processor unit 112. Thereby, the management information is recorded on the disc. The MPU of the microcomputer block 115 recognizes the file system management information read from the hard disk at the start of recording, recognizes the unrecorded area of the hard disk, and sets the data recording area in the HDD 111 via the data processor unit 112. is doing.

  The key input unit 131 receives input of operation information input from a remote controller (not shown) input via the light receiving unit 16 in addition to operation information input from the operation unit included in the digital television receiver 100. .

  The microcomputer block 115 includes an MPU (not shown), a ROM (not shown) in which a control program and the like are written, and a work area RAM 151 for providing a work area necessary for program execution.

  The timing at which the microcomputer block 115 controls the HDD 111, the data processor unit 112, the PS encoder unit 113, the stream processor unit 125, the PS decoder unit 114, the TS decoder unit 126, and the like is from an STC (system time clock) 132. It can be performed based on time data. Recording and playback operations are normally executed in synchronization with the time clock from the STC 132, but other processing may be executed at a timing independent of the STC 132.

  The MPU of the microcomputer block 115 uses the work RAM 151 as a work area and cooperates with a control program stored in the ROM to record a recording control unit 152, a display control unit 153, a specifying unit 154, and a receiving unit 155. Each function part is realized.

  The reception unit 155 includes a selection reception unit 157 and receives operation information input from the key input unit 131. The accepting unit 155 accepts, for example, operation information indicating that recording (recording) of a program (content) by the HDD 111 is started or stopped. In addition, the reception unit 155 receives operation information indicating that a program or broadcast type (terrestrial digital, BS, CS, or terrestrial analog) is changed.

  The recording control unit 152 performs one or more recording controls on the data processor unit 112 among a plurality of programs received for each of the plurality of tuners according to the operation information received by the receiving unit 155. By the recording control, the data processor unit 112 causes the program (contents) received by the TV tuner unit 119, the program (contents) received by the first digital tuner unit 124, and the program (contents) received by the second digital tuner unit 127. ) Can be started and stopped. The recording control unit 152 also controls the data processor unit 112 to simultaneously record a plurality of programs. In the present embodiment, the number of programs that can be recorded simultaneously by the data processor unit 112 is two.

  The display control unit 153 includes a selection display control unit 156 and controls each of the above-described components to perform display control on the liquid crystal display panel 13. For example, the display control unit 153 selects one of a plurality of programs received by the TV tuner unit 119, the first digital tuner unit 124, and the second digital tuner unit 127 according to the operation information input from the key input unit 131. Is performed on the selector 121, the PS decoder unit 114, the TS decoder unit 126, and the like.

  Then, when the digital television receiver 100 is recording a plurality of programs, if the receiving unit 155 receives operation information indicating that recording is to be stopped, the specifying unit 154 selects a program to stop recording. In the stop dialog, specify the program selected with the cursor first.

  In the present embodiment, when a program input from both the first digital tuner unit 124 and the second digital tuner unit 127 is simultaneously recorded, one of the programs being recorded is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 13. If it is, the specifying unit 154 specifies the currently displayed program as a program to be selected with the cursor.

  The recording stop dialog is displayed when an operation to stop recording is received.

  By the way, in the digital television receiving apparatus 100, when two terrestrial digital broadcast programs are simultaneously recorded using two digital tuner units, there is no digital tuner for receiving other programs. I can't see the program. If it is desired to refer to another program, it is necessary to stop recording the program. Even in such a situation, a recording stop dialog is displayed.

  Then, the specifying unit 154 specifies the program that is currently displayed on the program that is first selected by the cursor on the recording stop dialog.

  This is based on the fact that the currently displayed program is more likely to be stopped if a recording stop operation is accepted during simultaneous recording. That is, when the recording is accepted while the user is currently browsing, the program is currently being browsed, so it is considered that the possibility of reviewing (reproducing) again is lower than that of the program that has not been browsed. . Therefore, in the digital television receiving device 100 according to the present embodiment, the specifying unit 154 specifies the currently displayed program as the program to be selected first with the cursor. Thereby, since the operation procedure for selecting a program is reduced, the operation burden can be reduced.

  The selection display control unit 156 controls the video mixing unit 120 to display a recording stop dialog in which the specified program is selected with the cursor. Thereby, the video mixing unit 120 combines the output video signal and the like, and displays a recording stop dialog. The recording stop dialog is a dialog (selection screen) for selecting a program to be stopped from the list of programs being recorded.

  The selection accepting unit 157 accepts selection of any one program from the program list displayed in the recording stop dialog by the user's operation. Thereafter, the recording control unit 152 controls the data processor unit 112 to stop recording the program whose selection has been accepted.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process in the digital television receiving device 100 when a recording stop operation is accepted when a program is being recorded.

  First, the recording control unit 152 controls the data processor unit 112 to start recording a program (step S301). There may be one or more programs that have started recording. Further, when recording a plurality of programs, the recording start time may be different. Furthermore, when recording a plurality of programs, broadcast types such as terrestrial analog, terrestrial digital, BS, and CS may be different.

  Next, the display control unit 153 controls the program display on the selector 121, the PS decoder unit 114, the TS decoder unit 126, and the like according to the operation information received by the receiving unit 155 (step S302).

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 13 by the program display control by the display control unit 153. In the example shown in FIG. 4, it is assumed that two digital terrestrial broadcast programs are simultaneously recorded in the digital television receiver 100. Therefore, the display control unit 153 instructs the video mixing unit 120 to display the display information 401 indicating that two terrestrial digital broadcast programs are being recorded simultaneously.

  Thereafter, the accepting unit 155 accepts input of operation information indicating that the recording stop button has been pressed (step S303). The digital television receiving apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment starts a series of recording stop processes using the input reception as a trigger.

  First, the specifying unit 154 determines whether or not a plurality of programs are simultaneously recorded (step S304). If a plurality of programs are not recorded simultaneously (step S304: No), that is, if only one program is recorded, the process proceeds to step S310.

  On the other hand, if the specifying unit 154 determines that a plurality of programs are being recorded simultaneously (step S304: Yes), it is determined whether or not the program currently displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 13 is being recorded ( Step S305). When the specifying unit 154 determines that the currently displayed program is not recorded (step S305: No), the one that starts earlier is specified as the selection target of the cursor (step S306). That is, in step S306, the program with the earlier recording start time is regarded as the first priority candidate for the recording stop process.

  If the specifying unit 154 determines that the currently displayed program is recorded (step S305: Yes), the program being displayed and being recorded is specified as a cursor selection target (step S307).

  Thereafter, the selection display control unit 156 performs control to display the program selection screen by the recording stop dialog in a state where the program specified in step S306 and step S307 is selected with the cursor (step S308).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program selection screen displayed by the selection display control unit 156 using a recording stop dialog. The screen example shown in FIG. 5 is a screen in which the selection display control unit 156 performs display control because the reception unit 155 receives a press of the recording stop button when two terrestrial digital broadcast programs are recorded simultaneously. To do.

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, the recording stop dialog 501 displays a program name indicating a program that is being recorded simultaneously. The liquid crystal display panel 13 displays the program “Japanese song”. In this case, the specifying unit 154 specifies the program “Japanese song” as a selection target of the cursor. Therefore, the selection display control unit 156 displays a recording stop dialog in which a list of programs to be stopped is displayed as a first priority candidate for the recording stop process in a state where the program “Japanese 侍” 502 is selected with the cursor. . As a result, the user selects a program to actually stop recording on the dialog 501.

  Returning to FIG. 3, next, the selection receiving unit 157 receives selection of a program that actually stops recording in accordance with a user operation (step S <b> 309). In other words, in step S308, a program with a high priority to stop recording is displayed in a state selected by the cursor, but it is left to the user to determine whether or not the program first selected by the cursor is acceptable.

  Thereafter, the selection display control unit 156 displays a dialog for selecting whether or not to stop recording (step S310). In the dialog, if only one program is recorded, whether the recording is actually canceled for the program or the program that has been selected in step S309 in a situation where a plurality of programs are recorded simultaneously. Displays a screen that prompts the user to confirm.

  6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed by the selection display control unit 156 for selecting whether or not to stop recording of the program selected on the dialog shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 6, a program “Japanese song” 602 selected as a recording stop target is displayed on a dialog 601 urging confirmation of whether or not to stop. Then, the user is finally made to select whether or not to really stop recording for this program 602.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the selection receiving unit 157 determines whether or not a selection to stop recording has been received (step S <b> 311). If it is determined that the selection to cancel the recording is not accepted (step S311: No), the recording is continued, the display of the dialog regarding the recording cancellation is stopped (step S314), and the series of processes is ended.

  On the other hand, when the selection receiving unit 157 determines that the selection to stop the recording is received (step S311: Yes), the recording control unit 152 performs a process of stopping the recording of the selected program (step S312). Thereafter, the display control unit 153 displays a dialog indicating that the recording of the program has been stopped (step S313), and ends the series of processes.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a dialog displayed by the display control unit 153 and indicating that recording of a program has been stopped. In the screen example illustrated in FIG. 7, the display control unit 153 displays a message 701 indicating that the recording control unit 152 has stopped the recording after the recording process of the program “Japanese Samurai” selected by the user is performed. indicate.

  With the above-described processing, the operation load is reduced because the number of operations is reduced when selecting a program for which recording is to be stopped. Further, when the same number of programs are recorded by a plurality of digital tuners, when the recording is stopped by the above-described processing, an operation on the digital tuner that has received the stopped program is performed. Therefore, it becomes possible to browse a program desired by the user.

  When recording the same content as the currently displayed content while recording multiple programs at the same time, the recording stop screen is displayed with the cursor placed as the first priority candidate of the content to be stopped. By displaying the stop operation screen displayed in the above, it is possible to improve convenience by reducing the complexity of the user's operation. Further, since it is possible to save the trouble of selecting a program that is currently being viewed as a recording stop target, it is possible to improve user convenience.

(Modification)
Moreover, it is not limited to each embodiment mentioned above, The various deformation | transformation which is illustrated below is possible.

  In the first embodiment described above, an example in which a list of programs to be stopped is displayed in a state where the currently displayed program is selected with the cursor has been described. However, the program selected by the cursor is not limited to the currently displayed program.

  Therefore, as a modification, a program based on an analog broadcast signal currently input from the analog TV tuner unit 119 is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 13 and input from the first digital tuner unit 124 and the second digital tuner unit 127. It is assumed that the operation information indicating that the reception unit 155 stops in a situation where the recorded program is being recorded at the same time. In this case, since the programs input from the first digital tuner unit 124 and the second digital tuner unit 127 that are recorded in this case are not displayed, they cannot be specified as in the first embodiment. Therefore, the specifying unit of Modification 1 selects a program that has been displayed in the past on the liquid crystal display panel 13 from the programs input from the first digital tuner unit 124 and the second digital tuner unit 127 with the cursor. Identifies the program that should be In this modification, the program displayed in the past is considered to be a program that is more likely to be stopped than other programs because the user has confirmed the contents. Since the program is displayed with the cursor selected in the program cancellation dialog, the operation burden can be reduced.

  If any of the programs input from the first digital tuner unit 124 and the second digital tuner unit 127 has been displayed in the past, the specifying unit displays the program most recently displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 13. Is identified as the program to be selected with the cursor. This is because the content has been confirmed immediately before, and it is highly likely that the user has determined that the recording of the program is unnecessary. Since the specified screen is displayed in the state selected with the cursor in the program stop dialog, the operation burden can be reduced.

(Second Embodiment)
In the first embodiment, an example in which two digital tuners are provided has been described. However, the number of digital tuners is not limited to two but may be three or more.

  Therefore, in the second embodiment, a case where the digital television receiving device 800 includes three digital tuners will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic hardware configuration of a digital television receiving device 800 according to the second embodiment. In the example shown in FIG. 8, the third digital tuner unit 811 is added to the main body functional unit 810, and the control program stored in the microcomputer block 115 is changed to a different microcomputer block 850.

  The third digital tuner unit 811 also performs the same processing as the first digital tuner unit 124 and the second digital tuner unit 127, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  The MPU of the microcomputer block 850 uses the work RAM 151 as a work area and cooperates with the control program stored in the ROM to record the recording control unit 152, the display control unit 852, the specifying unit 851, and the receiving unit 155. Each function part is realized. In the following description, the same components as those in the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  In addition to the function of the display control unit 153, the display control unit 852 includes a liquid crystal display among programs input by the first digital tuner unit 124, the second digital tuner unit 127, the third digital tuner unit 811, and the TV tuner unit 119. Control for simultaneously displaying a plurality of programs on the display panel 13 is performed.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 13 by program display control by the display control unit 852. In the example illustrated in FIG. 9, it is assumed that the digital television receiver 100 simultaneously displays two terrestrial digital broadcast programs and three terrestrial digital broadcast programs. Therefore, the display control unit 852 instructs the video mixing unit 120 to display display information indicating that three terrestrial digital broadcast programs are being recorded simultaneously. Thereby, the display information indicated by reference numeral 901 is displayed.

  Further, even when the display control unit 852 controls the display of two programs at the same time, only the sound of one of the two programs is output from the speakers 14a and 14b. This is because it becomes difficult for the user to recognize the contents of the output audio if the audio of the two programs is output simultaneously.

  When a plurality of programs are displayed at the same time, the specifying unit 851 specifies a program that should be selected as a stop target based on the display status of the plurality of programs. The identifying unit 851 according to the present embodiment identifies a program based on which program is the sound output from the speakers 14a and 14b as the display status. That is, the specifying unit 851 specifies a program that outputs audio from the speakers 14a and 14b as a program to be selected with the cursor as a stop target.

  Similarly, the selection display control unit 853 also performs display control of a recording stop dialog for selecting a program to stop recording from three or more programs.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a program selection screen displayed by the selection display control unit 853 using a recording stop dialog. The screen example shown in FIG. 10 is selected and displayed because the reception unit 155 has received a press of the recording stop button when simultaneously recording three digital terrestrial broadcast programs and simultaneously displaying two programs. The screen is display-controlled by the control unit 853.

  In the example shown in FIG. 10, a program name indicating programs that are simultaneously recorded is displayed in the recording stop dialog 1001. On the liquid crystal display panel 13, the programs “Japanese samurai” and “Ai no O △ □” are displayed. Then, the sound of the program “Japanese song” is output from the speakers 14a and 14b. In this case, the identifying unit 851 identifies “Japanese samurai” as a cursor selection target. Accordingly, the display control unit 852 displays a recording stop dialog in which a list of programs to be stopped is displayed as the first priority candidate for the recording stop process in a state where the program “Japanese candy” 1002 is selected with the cursor. As a result, the user selects a program to actually stop recording on the dialog.

  Further, in the digital television broadcast receiving apparatus 800 according to the present embodiment, the case where three tuners are provided and simultaneous recording is performed has been described. However, the number of tuners is not limited to three, but may be four or more or two.

  In the digital television broadcast receiving apparatus 800 according to the second embodiment described above, in addition to the effects shown in the first embodiment, even when a plurality of programs are simultaneously displayed, the selection should be made with the cursor. Since the program can be specified, the operation burden can be further reduced.

  The control program executed by the digital television receiver according to the above-described embodiment is provided by being incorporated in advance in a ROM or the like.

  The control program executed by the digital television receiver of the above-described embodiment is a file in an installable format or executable format, and is a CD-ROM, flexible disk (FD), CD-R, DVD (Digital Versatile Disk). ) Or the like may be recorded and provided on a computer-readable recording medium.

  Further, the control program executed by the digital television receiver of the above-described embodiment may be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by being downloaded via the network. good. The control program executed by the digital television receiver of the above-described embodiment may be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  The control program executed by the digital television receiver of the present embodiment has a module configuration including the above-described units (recording control unit, display control unit, specifying unit, reception unit), and as actual hardware The CPU (processor) reads out and executes the control program from the ROM, and the above-described units are loaded onto the main storage device. It has become so.

  It should be noted 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 constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments. 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.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Cabinet 12 Stand 13 Liquid crystal display panel 14a Right speaker 14b Left speaker 15 Status display part 16 Light-receiving part 100,800 Digital television receiver 110,810 Main body functional unit 111 HDD
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 112 Data processor part 113 PS encoder part 114 PS decoder part 115,850 Microcomputer block 116 Formatter 117 Buffer memory 118 A / V input part 119 TV tuner part 120 Video mixing part 121 Audio selector 122 Frame memory part 123 Digital analog converter 124 First digital tuner unit 125 Stream processor unit 126 TS decoder unit 127 Second digital tuner unit 131 Key input unit 132 STC
133 Interface 134 Digital / analog converter 151 Work RAM
152 Recording control unit 153, 852 Display control unit 154, 851 Identification unit 155 Reception unit 156, 853 Selection display control unit 157 Selection reception unit 811 Third digital tuner unit

Claims (8)

Multiple tuners to receive content,
Recording means for recording any one or more of the plurality of contents received for each of the plurality of tuners;
Display means for displaying any one of the plurality of contents received by the tuner;
Accepting means for accepting an operation to stop recording the content to the recording means;
When the receiving unit receives an operation to stop recording when recording the plurality of contents, based on whether any one of the plurality of contents is displayed by the display unit, A specifying means for specifying the content to be selected as a recording stop target among a plurality of contents;
Selection display means for displaying content that can be selected as a stop target in a state where the content specified by the specifying means is selected;
A selection receiving means for receiving one of the plurality of contents displayed by the selection display means;
A television receiver characterized by comprising: The display means simultaneously displays the plurality of contents received by the tuner,
The specifying unit specifies the content to be selected based on a display status of the plurality of contents;
The television receiver according to claim 1. Voice output means for outputting any one of the plurality of contents simultaneously displayed by the display means;
The specifying means specifies, as the content to be selected, the content from which the audio output means outputs audio among the plurality of contents displayed simultaneously;
The television receiver according to claim 2. The display means displays display information indicating that the plurality of contents are being recorded;
The television receiver according to claim 2 or 3, The specifying means specifies the content currently displayed by the display means as the content to be selected;
The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein the television receiver is a TV receiver. The specifying means specifies the content that has been displayed in the past by the display means among the plurality of contents as the content to be selected;
The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein the television receiver is a TV receiver. The specifying means specifies, as the content to be selected, the content that the display means has most recently displayed among the plurality of contents;
The television receiver according to claim 6. A display control method executed by a television receiver,
The television receiver includes a plurality of tuners for receiving content,
Recording means for recording any one or more of the plurality of contents received for each of the plurality of tuners,
A display step for displaying any one of the plurality of contents received by the tuner;
An accepting step for accepting an operation for stopping the recording of the content to the recording means;
Whether or not any one of the plurality of contents is displayed by the display means when the receiving unit receives an operation for stopping the recording while the specifying unit is recording the plurality of contents. Based on the plurality of contents, a specifying step for specifying the contents to be selected as a recording stop target;
A selection display step in which a selection display means displays a list of contents that can be selected as a stop target in a state where the content specified in the specific step is selected;
A selection receiving step in which a selection receiving unit receives any one of the plurality of contents displayed in the selection display step;
A display control method characterized by comprising:

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