JP2010239238A - Recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce failures of a user such as forgetting to dub series programs in a recording and reproducing device. <P>SOLUTION: The recording and reproducing device records programs of television broadcast in a hard disk which is an inside recording medium, and if the recording finishes (#1), it performs final episode discrimination processing of a series which distinguishes whether or not the recorded program of the time is the final episode program of the series (#2). If the recorded program of the time is the final episode program of the series (YES in #3), it reports a message which urges the user to dub all programs of the same series of the final episode program of the series which is recorded at the time (#6). If the operation responding that the all programs of the same series of the final episode program which is recorded to dub at the time by the user (YES in #7), it performs batch dubbing processing in which all programs of the same series of the final episode program of the series which is recorded at the time out of programs recorded to dub in the hard disk, are collectively carried out total dubbing processing in an optical disk of an external recording medium (#8). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus for recording a television broadcast program broadcast from a television broadcast station and reproducing the recorded television broadcast program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a recording / playback apparatus that records a television broadcast program and plays back the recorded television broadcast program. Such a recording / playback apparatus records a television broadcast program on an internal recording medium such as a hard disk built in the recording / playback apparatus. In addition, such a recording / playback apparatus has a dubbing function capable of dubbing a television broadcast program recorded on the internal recording medium to an external recording medium such as an optical disc that is attached / detached to / from the recording / playback apparatus. There is something.

  In the recording / playback apparatus having such a dubbing function, when dubbing a plurality of programs at once, the user selects one program to be dubbed one by one from the program list of the recorded programs, There is one in which a dubbing list, which is a list of a plurality of programs to be dubbed, is created, and a plurality of programs in the dubbing list are collectively dubbed. However, such a recording / playback apparatus requires a user operation for creating a dubbing list, which is troublesome.

  Therefore, in a recording / playback apparatus having a dubbing function, the recording / playback apparatus automatically groups the recorded programs, and is automatically grouped in units (that is, a plurality of groups automatically grouped). Some of them are dubbed together.

  On the other hand, when an instruction for dubbing by specifying one content is made by the user, if the specified content is associated with a group identifier, all content associated with the group identifier is dubbed. What was made into is known (for example, refer patent document 1). Also, a recording device that collectively dubbes video / audio information that has not yet been dubbed among video / audio information set to be protected from being erased when a batch dubbing instruction is given by the user. Is known (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2008-77735 A JP 2007-200402 A

  By the way, television broadcast programs include a series of programs that are broadcast a plurality of times. With respect to such a series of programs, it is conceivable that after the last program of the series is recorded, all the programs in the series are dubbed together.

  However, in the conventional recording / playback apparatus, even if the last program of the series is recorded, no message is notified to the user. For this reason, after the last program of a series is recorded, the user may forget to dubb the program of that series, and as a result, the series of programs will be deleted without being dubbed. May fail to dubb. Even if the contents disclosed in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above are applied, the above problem cannot be solved.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a recording / playback apparatus that can reduce a user's failure to forget to dubb a series of programs.

  In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides a recording / playback apparatus for recording a television broadcast program broadcast from a television broadcast station and reproducing the recorded television broadcast program. A TV recording program for recording a TV broadcast program broadcasted on the internal recording medium built in the apparatus, and an external for installing / removing the TV broadcast program recorded on the internal recording medium on the apparatus When the last program of the series, which is the last program of the series, is recorded as a television broadcast program by the program dubbing means for dubbing on the recording medium and the program recording means, all programs in the same series as the last program of the series are recorded. Dubbing message notification means for reporting a dubbing message that is a message prompting the user to perform dubbing. Is shall.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the first aspect, the dubbing message notifying means determines whether or not the dubbing message notifying unit responds to dubbing all the programs in the same series as the last series program as a dubbing message. The program dubbing means notifies the dubbing message by the dubbing message notifying means, and after the dubbing message is notified by the dubbing message notifying means, the user performs an operation to respond to dubbing all the programs in the same series as the last series program. If done, all programs in the same series as the last program in the series among the programs recorded on the internal recording medium are collectively dubbed to the external recording medium.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the second aspect, the program recording means receives a recording operation by the user and records a program broadcast at that time, and a program by the user Or a reserved recording means for recording a program that is automatically designated or broadcasted in a designated time period in response to the designation of time or the time zone, and the normal recording means is based on the normal recording means. After the recording is finished, the power of the apparatus is kept on, and the reserved recording unit is configured to store the reserved recording unit when the power of the apparatus is turned on when recording by the reserved recording unit is started. After the video recording is completed, the power of the apparatus is kept on. If the power of the apparatus is turned off when recording by the reserved recording means is started, the power of the apparatus is automatically turned off. Turn on the reserved recording means After the recording by the reservation recording means is started, the apparatus is automatically turned off, and the dubbing message notification means is used for recording the final series of the series by the program recording means by the normal recording means. If the recording is performed by the reserved recording unit from the state in which the power of the apparatus is turned on, the dubbing message is displayed when the recording of the last program of the series by the program recording unit is completed. If the recording of the last program of the series by the program recording means is by the reserved recording means from a state in which the power of the apparatus is turned off, the power of the apparatus is then turned on by the user's operation. When turned on, a dubbing message is notified.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a series final program, which is a final program of a series, is recorded as a television broadcast program, the series final program is recorded, and then (this time recorded) ) A dubbing message that is a message prompting the user to dubb all the programs in the same series as the last program of the series is notified. Thereby, the user is alerted by the dubbing message as to whether or not all the programs in the same series as the last program recorded in the series should be dubbed. Therefore, the user's failure to forget to dubb a series program can be reduced, and further, the situation that the series program is deleted without being dubbed can be prevented. You can prevent the situation.

  According to the invention of claim 2, after the dubbing message is notified, the user responds to the dubbing message (corresponds to dubbing all the programs in the same series as the last series recorded in this time). By simply performing an operation, it is possible to dubb a program of the same series as the last recorded series of the current recorded program from a plurality of recorded programs onto an external recording medium. Thereby, the troublesome operation of selecting a program or a group of programs to be dubbed from a plurality of recorded programs can be eliminated. Therefore, the user can dubb a series of programs by a simple operation, and the user is not uncomfortable.

  According to the invention of claim 3, after the last program of the series is recorded, the dubbing message is notified at an appropriate timing that is easy for the user to notice. As a result, the user is more surely alerted as to whether or not all programs in the same series as the last program recorded in the series should be dubbed. Therefore, the user's failure to forget to dubb a series program can be further reduced.

1 is an electrical block configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of a recording / playback apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The flowchart which shows the dubbing assistance operation | movement of the recording / reproducing apparatus.

  Hereinafter, a recording / reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a recording / playback apparatus according to the present embodiment. The recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is an apparatus for recording and recording a television broadcast program broadcast from a television broadcasting station, and reproducing the recorded and recorded television broadcast program. The recording / playback apparatus 1 is used by connecting to an external device 90, and the recorded and recorded television broadcast program is played back by the external device 90.

  The recording / playback apparatus 1 is capable of dubbing (copying) a recorded and recorded television broadcast program to an optical disc 50 as an external recording medium in response to an operation by a user. In addition, the recording / playback apparatus 1 automatically performs a dubbing assisting operation for assisting a user to dub a television broadcast program.

  The recording / playback apparatus 1 includes a tuner 2, an encoder 3, an HDD device 4, an optical disk drive device 5, a decoder 6, an OSD processing unit 7, a video output unit 8, an audio output unit 9, and a remote controller 10. The remote control receiving unit 11, the flash ROM 12, the RAM 13, and the system control unit 14 for controlling the operation of the recording / playback apparatus 1 are provided.

  Under the control of the system control unit 14, the tuner 2 sets the reception frequency to a frequency corresponding to the channel of the television broadcast, whereby a television signal (from the television broadcast station) of the channel (the frequency) is set. TV signals broadcast in the form of radio waves) are received via the antenna 2a, and the received television signals are output.

  The television signal includes a video signal of video by television broadcasting, an audio signal of audio by television broadcasting, a program information signal representing program information relating to a program of television broadcasting, and the like. The program information includes information on whether or not a television broadcast program is a series program that is broadcast a plurality of times, and if the television broadcast program is a series program, Various information such as information on whether there is information, information identifying the series, broadcast date and time, and the like is included.

  The encoder 3 encodes the television signal output from the tuner 2 to perform video processing of video data (video data of a television broadcast program) and audio data of television broadcasting (television broadcasting). The program information data relating to the television broadcast program is generated.

  The HDD device 4 includes a hard disk 40 that is an internal recording medium, and records video data, audio data, and program information data generated by the encoder 3 on the hard disk 40 under the control of the system control unit 14. The HDD device 4 reads video data, audio data, and program information data recorded on the hard disk 40 under the control of the system control unit 14.

  The optical disk drive device 5 is configured such that an optical disk 50 such as a CD, DVD, or BD (Blu-ray Disc) as an external recording medium is mounted / removed, and is generated by the encoder 3 under the control of the system control unit 14. The recorded video data, audio data, and program information data are recorded on the optical disc 50. In addition, the optical disk drive device 5 records video data, audio data, and program information data read from the hard disk 40 by the HDD device 4 on the optical disk 50 under the control of the system control unit 14. Further, the optical disk drive device 5 reads video data, audio data, and program information data recorded on the optical disk 50 under the control of the system control unit 14.

  The decoder 6 decodes the video data and the audio data read from the hard disk 40 by the HDD device 4 under the control of the system control unit 14 and generates a video signal and an audio signal based on the video data and the audio data. . The decoder 6 decodes the video data and the audio data read from the optical disc 50 by the optical disc drive device 5 under the control of the system control unit 14, and the video signal and the audio signal based on the video data and the audio data are decoded. Is generated. The decoder 6 decodes the video data and audio data generated by the encoder 3 under the control of the system control unit 14 and generates a video signal and an audio signal based on the video data and audio data.

  Under the control of the system control unit 14, the OSD processing unit 7 generates a video signal for OSD display of various videos such as various operation procedures and various setting guidance by the remote controller 10 and messages to the user.

  The video output unit 8 performs various processes such as image quality adjustment processing on the video signal output from the decoder 6 and outputs the processed video signal. The video output unit 8 performs various processes such as an image quality adjustment process on the video signal output from the OSD processing unit 7 and outputs the processed video signal. The audio output unit 9 performs various processes such as a sound quality adjustment process on the audio signal output from the decoder 6 and outputs the processed audio signal. The video signal output from the video output unit 8 and the audio signal output from the audio output unit 9 are supplied to the external device 90, and the video based on the video signal output from the video output unit 8 is displayed on the display 91 of the external device 90. In addition to being displayed, a sound based on the sound signal output from the sound output unit 9 is output from the speaker 92 of the external device 90.

  The remote controller 10 instructs various operations of the recording / playback apparatus 1 such as channel selection of a television broadcast reception channel of the recording / playback apparatus 1, recording of a television broadcast program, playback of a recorded program, dubbing of a recorded program, and the like. Therefore, it is operated by the user. The remote controller 10 is provided with various operation keys operated by the user to instruct various operations of the recording / playback apparatus 1, and transmits an operation signal indicating the operation content when the various operation keys are operated. The remote control receiving unit 11 receives an operation signal transmitted from the remote control 10 and outputs a remote control reception signal indicating the operation content of the remote control 10.

  The flash ROM 12 stores a program for controlling the operation of the recording / playback apparatus 1 and various data. The RAM 13 temporarily stores various data related to the operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 under the control of the system control unit 14.

  The system control unit 14 determines the operation content of the remote control 10 based on the remote control reception signal output from the remote control reception unit 11. The system control unit 14 receives various operations of the remote controller 10 by the user and controls various operations of the recording / playback apparatus 1 based on programs and various data stored in the flash ROM 12.

  The system control unit 14 controls operations such as a broadcast program viewing operation, a hard disk recording operation, an optical disk recording operation, a dubbing operation, a hard disk reproduction operation, an optical disk reproduction operation, and an OSD display operation as various operations of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1.

  The broadcast program viewing operation is an operation in which a television broadcast program broadcast from a television broadcast station is output by an external device 90 so that the program can be viewed. The broadcast program viewing operation is performed as follows under the control of the system control unit 14. That is, the system control unit 14 causes the tuner 2 to receive a television signal broadcast from a broadcasting station, causes the encoder 3 to encode the television signal output from the tuner 2, and generates video data generated by the encoder 3. The decoder 6 decodes the (video data of video by television broadcasting) and audio data (audio data of audio by television broadcasting). As a result, the video signal of the television broadcast program broadcast from the broadcast station is output from the video output unit 8 and supplied to the external device 90, and the television broadcast program broadcast from the broadcast station is provided. The audio signal is output from the audio output unit 9 and supplied to the external device 90, and a television broadcast program broadcast from a broadcasting station is output by the external device 90 so as to be viewable. The broadcast program viewing operation is performed in response to an operation of the remote controller 10 by the user.

  The hard disk recording operation is an operation of recording a television broadcast program broadcast from a television broadcasting station on the hard disk 40. The hard disk recording operation is performed as follows under the control of the system control unit 14. That is, the system control unit 14 causes the tuner 2 to receive a television signal broadcast from a broadcasting station, causes the encoder 3 to encode the television signal output from the tuner 2, and generates video data generated by the encoder 3. (Video data of video by television broadcasting) and audio data (audio data of audio by television broadcasting) are recorded on the hard disk 40 by the HDD device 4. Thus, a television broadcast program broadcast from the television broadcast station is recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40. At this time, the system control unit 14 causes the HDD device 4 to record the program information data generated by the encoder 3 on the hard disk 40 in order to manage the programs recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40. The program information data is recorded in association with a recorded and recorded television broadcast program. The hard disk recording operation is performed in response to an operation of the remote controller 10 by the user.

  The hard disk recording operation includes a normal recording (immediate recording) operation and a reserved recording operation. The normal recording operation is an operation of receiving a recording operation by the user, and recording and recording a television broadcast program broadcast at that time on the hard disk 40, and outputting it so as to be viewable by the broadcast program viewing operation. This is an operation of recording and recording a television broadcast program on the hard disk 40. That is, the system control unit 14 receives a recording start operation of the remote controller 10 by the user while performing a broadcast program viewing operation, and the television broadcast program output so as to be viewable by the external device 90 at that time. Recording to the hard disk 40 is started, and when the user finishes recording on the remote controller 10, the recording and recording ends. Thus, the television broadcast program that is output so as to be viewable in the broadcast program viewing operation is recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40. The system control unit 14 maintains the power of the recording / playback apparatus 1 after the normal recording operation is finished, and performs the broadcast program viewing operation.

  The reserved recording operation is an operation of automatically recording and recording the designated program or the program broadcast in the designated time zone on the hard disk 40 in response to the designation of the program or the time zone by the user. is there. The designation of the program and the designation of the time zone are performed by the user operating the remote controller 10. The scheduled recording operation is performed as follows under the control of the system control unit 14. That is, the system control unit 14 receives the operation of the remote controller 10 by the user, sets the program or time zone to be recorded by the reserved recording operation, and automatically when the set program is broadcast or the set time zone is reached. In addition, recording and recording of the set program or the program broadcast in the set time zone to the hard disk 40 is started, and when the set program broadcast ends or after the set time zone, automatically, The recording ends. As a result, a program designated in advance by the user or a program broadcast in a designated time zone is automatically recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40.

  At this time, when the system control unit 14 starts recording and recording (recording and recording of a program specified by the user or a program broadcast in a specified time zone) by the reserved recording operation, Is turned on, after recording and recording by the reserved recording operation are completed, the recording / playback apparatus 1 is kept on and the broadcast program viewing operation is performed. Further, the system control unit 14 automatically turns on the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 when the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is turned off when recording or recording by the reserved recording operation is started. Recording by the scheduled recording operation, recording is started, and recording and recording by the scheduled recording operation are completed (after recording program search processing (# 4) in dubbing assistance operation described later) is performed, recording and playback are automatically performed. The apparatus 1 is turned off. The television broadcast program broadcast from the television broadcast station is recorded on the hard disk 40 by the tuner 2, the encoder 3, the HDD device 4, the program and various data stored in the flash ROM 12, and the system control unit 14 or the like. Program recording means, normal recording means, and reserved recording means are configured.

  The optical disc recording operation is an operation of recording a television broadcast program broadcast from a television broadcasting station on the optical disc 50. The optical disk recording operation is performed as follows under the control of the system control unit 14. That is, the system control unit 14 causes the tuner 2 to receive a television signal broadcast from a broadcasting station, causes the encoder 3 to encode the television signal output from the tuner 2, and generates video data generated by the encoder 3. And the audio data are recorded on the optical disk 50 by the optical disk drive device 5. Thus, a television broadcast program broadcast from the television broadcast station is recorded and recorded on the optical disc 50. The optical disk recording operation is performed in response to an operation of the remote controller 10 by the user.

  The recorded program dubbing operation is an operation of dubbing (recording and recording by copying) a television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 to the optical disc 50. The recorded program dubbing operation is performed as follows under the control of the system control unit 14. That is, the system control unit 14 causes the HDD device 4 to read video data and audio data of a television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40, and the video data and audio data read by the HDD device 4 to the optical disk. Recording is performed on the optical disk 50 by the drive device 5. Thus, the television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 is dubbed (recorded and recorded by copying) on the optical disk 50. The recorded program dubbing operation is performed in response to an operation of the remote controller 10 by the user. A program dubbing means for dubbing a television broadcast program recorded on the hard disk 40 onto the optical disc 50 is configured by the program and various data stored in the optical disc drive device 5 and the flash ROM 12, the system control unit 14, and the like. Yes.

  The hard disk playback operation is an operation of playing back a television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 so that the external device 90 can view the program. The hard disk reproduction operation is performed as follows under the control of the system control unit 14. That is, the system control unit 14 causes the HDD device 4 to read video data and audio data of a television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40, and decodes the video data and audio data read by the HDD device 4. 6 for decoding processing. As a result, the video signal of the television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 is output from the video output unit 8 and supplied to the external device 90, and the television signal recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 is recorded. An audio signal of the sound of the John broadcast program is output from the audio output unit 9 and supplied to the external device 90, and the television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 is reproduced by the external device 90 so as to be viewable. . The hard disk reproduction operation is performed in response to an operation of the remote controller 10 by the user.

  The optical disc playback operation is an operation of playing back a television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the optical disc 50 so that the external device 90 can view the program. The optical disc reproduction operation is performed as follows under the control of the system control unit 14. That is, the system control unit 14 causes the optical disc drive device 5 to read out video data and audio data of a television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the optical disc 50, and the video data and audio data read out by the optical disc drive device 5. Is decoded by the decoder 6. Thereby, a video signal of a television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the optical disc 50 is output from the video output unit 8 and supplied to the external device 90, and the television recorded and recorded on the optical disc 50 is recorded. An audio signal of the sound of the John broadcast program is output from the audio output unit 9 and supplied to the external device 90, and the television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the optical disc 50 is reproduced by the external device 90 so as to be viewable. . The optical disc playback operation is performed in response to an operation of the remote controller 10 by the user.

  The OSD display operation is an operation of OSD displaying various images such as various operation procedures and various setting guides by the remote controller 10 and messages to the user. The OSD display operation is performed as follows under the control of the system control unit 14. That is, the system control unit 14 causes the OSD processing unit 7 to generate a video signal of a video to be displayed by the external device 90 in accordance with the operation of the remote controller 10 by the user and the operation of the recording / playback apparatus 1. As a result, the video signal of the video is output from the video output unit 8 and supplied to the external device 90, and the video is OSD-displayed on the display 91 of the external device 90.

  Further, the system control unit 14 controls a dubbing assist operation as various operations of the recording / playback apparatus 1. The dubbing assistance operation is an operation that assists the user in dubbing the television broadcast program so that the user does not forget to dubb the television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 onto the optical disc 50. The dubbing assistance operation is automatically performed when a hard disk recording operation (normal recording operation or reserved recording operation) is performed.

  FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of the dubbing assistance operation of the recording / playback apparatus 1. The dubbing assistance operation is performed as follows under the control of the system control unit 14. That is, when the system control unit 14 finishes recording and recording the television broadcast program to the hard disk 40 by the hard disk recording operation (# 1), the system controller 14 records and records (records on the hard disk 40 by the current hard disk recording operation. A final discriminating process for discriminating whether or not the recorded television broadcast program is the final program of the series which is the final program of the series is performed (# 2). The final discriminating process is performed on the basis of program information data of a television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 by the current hard disk recording operation.

  Here, as a result of the final discriminating process in # 2, if the television broadcast program recorded and recorded on the hard disc 40 by the current hard disc recording operation is the series final program (YES in # 3), system control is performed. The unit 14 programs other than the last series (before the last series) of the same series as the last series program recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 by the current hard disk recording operation from the programs recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40. The recorded program search process for searching for is performed (# 4). The recorded program search process is performed based on program information data of a television broadcast program recorded and recorded in the hard disk 40 in the past.

  Based on the result of the recorded program search process in # 4, the system control unit 14 records the program before the last series of the same series as the last series program recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 by this hard disk recording operation. It is determined whether or not the video is recorded at 40 (# 5).

  Here, when a program before the last series of the same series as the last series program recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 by the hard disk recording operation of this time is recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 (YES in # 5), The system control unit 14 notifies a dubbing message which is a message prompting the user to dubb all the programs in the same series as the last program of the series recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 by the current hard disk recording operation (# 6). .

  Note that the recording and recording of the last series of the series by the hard disk recording operation this time is due to the normal recording operation, or the reserved recording operation from the state in which the recording / playback apparatus 1 is turned on. In some cases, the system control unit 14 ends recording and recording on the hard disk 40 in # 1, and then keeps the recording / playback apparatus 1 powered on according to the control operation in the hard disk recording operation to view the broadcast program. Perform the action. When the recording and recording of the last series program by the hard disk recording operation of this time is due to the reserved recording operation from the state where the power of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is turned off, the system control unit 14 After determining whether or not a program before the last round of the same series as the last series of the series is recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 in # 5 above, the power of the recording / playback apparatus 1 is turned on according to the control operation in the hard disk recording operation. Turn off.

  Therefore, when the recording and recording of the last program in the series by the hard disk recording operation of this time is by the normal recording operation, or by the reserved recording operation from the state in which the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is turned on. In some cases, the system control unit 14 notifies the dubbing message when the recording and recording of the last program in the series by the current hard disk recording operation is finished (immediately after the recording and recording are finished). When the recording and recording of the last series program by the hard disk recording operation of this time is due to the reserved recording operation from the state where the power of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is turned off, the system control unit 14 When the recording / playback apparatus 1 is next turned on by a user operation (immediately after the power is turned on), a dubbing message is notified.

  The notification of the dubbing message is performed by OSD displaying a video representing the dubbing message on the display 91 of the external device 90 by an OSD display operation. That is, the system control unit 14 causes the OSD processing unit 7 to generate a video signal of a video representing a dubbing message. Thus, a video signal representing a dubbing message is output from the video output unit 8 and supplied to the external device 90, and a video representing the dubbing message is OSD-displayed on the display 91 of the external device 90 to notify the dubbing message. The This message prompts dubbing of all programs in the same series as the last series of programs by the OSD processing unit 7, the video output unit 8, the program and various data stored in the flash ROM 12, and the system control unit 14 and the like. A dubbing message notifying means for notifying a dubbing message is configured.

  At this time, the system control unit 14 notifies the user of a message as a dubbing message for allowing the user to select whether or not to respond to dubbing all the programs in the same series as the last program in the series. In other words, the system control unit 14 uses, for example, “The recording of the last program in the series has been completed. All programs in the series can be dubbed together. When dubbing, set the optical disc and press the OK button. When not dubbing, press the cancel button ".

  Here, after the notification of the dubbing message in # 6, the remote controller 10 is operated by the user within a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) to respond to the dubbing of all the programs in the same series as the last series of the series. When an operation (for example, an operation of pressing the OK button on the remote controller 10) is performed by the user (YES in # 7), the system control unit 14 ends the dubbing message notification, and the last recorded series of the series recorded and recorded this time. A batch dubbing process is performed in which all programs of the same series are collectively dubbed (# 8). The batch dubbing process includes all programs in the same series as the last recorded series of the current recorded and recorded series among the programs recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 by the above-described recorded program dubbing operation (the last recorded series and the last recorded series). And the like) are collectively dubbed onto the optical disc 50.

  Then, after performing the collective dubbing process in # 8, the system control unit 14 ends the dubbing assist operation. If the recorded and recorded television broadcast program is not a series final program as a result of the final discriminating process in # 2 above (NO in # 3), the system control unit 14 performs the processes after # 6. The dubbing assisting operation is terminated without performing (that is, without notifying the dubbing message and performing the batch dubbing process). Also, as a result of the recorded program search process in # 4 above, even when the program before the last series of the same series as the recorded and recorded series last program is not recorded or recorded on the hard disk 40 (NO in # 5), The system control unit 14 ends the dubbing assistance operation without performing the processes after # 6. Further, after the notification of the dubbing message in # 6, if the user does not respond to the dubbing within a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds), or no operation is performed by the user ( If NO in # 7, the system control unit 14 ends the dubbing message notification, and ends the dubbing assistance operation without performing the process of # 8 (that is, without performing the batch dubbing process). The dubbing assist operation is performed in this way.

  According to the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 having such a configuration, when a series final program is recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 as a television broadcast program, the series final program is recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40, A dubbing message that prompts the user to dubb all the programs in the same series as the last program of the series (recorded and recorded this time) is notified. Thus, the user is alerted by the dubbing message as to whether or not all programs in the same series as the last series of programs recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 should be dubbed to the optical disc 50. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a user's failure to forget to dubb a series of programs recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 onto the optical disk 50. Further, it is possible to prevent a series of programs recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 from being erased without being dubbed to the optical disk 50, and a series of programs recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 to the optical disk 50 can be prevented. The situation where dubbing fails can be prevented.

  In addition, after the dubbing message is notified, the user performs an operation to respond to the dubbing message (according to dubbing all programs in the same series as the last series recorded and recorded this time). Of the programs recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40, all the programs in the same series as the last program recorded and recorded this time are collectively dubbed onto the optical disc 50. That is, after the dubbing message is notified, the user simply performs an operation to respond to the dubbing message, and from the plurality of programs recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40, the last recorded and recorded series is recorded. Programs of the same series as the times program can be dubbed to the optical disc 50 at once. Thereby, the troublesome operation of selecting a program or a group of programs to be dubbed from a plurality of programs recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 can be eliminated. Therefore, the user can dubb a series of programs recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 onto the optical disc 50 by a simple operation, and the user is not uncomfortable.

  Also, the dubbing message is notified when the recording and recording of the last program in the series is completed, or when the recording / playback apparatus 1 is turned on by a user operation. That is, the dubbing message is notified at an appropriate timing that is easy for the user to notice. As a result, the user is more surely alerted as to whether or not all programs in the same series as the last series of programs recorded and recorded on the hard disk 40 should be dubbed to the optical disc 50. Therefore, the user's failure to forget to dubb a series of programs onto the optical disc 50 can be further reduced.

  In addition, this invention is not restricted to the structure of the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible. For example, the dubbing message may be a message such as “The recording of the last program in the series has been completed. It is recommended that all programs in the series be dubbed.” Such a dubbing message can also alert the user as to whether or not all programs in the same series as the last series recorded this time should be dubbed, and users who forget to dubb a series of programs. Can reduce the failure. In addition, the dubbing message may include a message useful for determining whether or not the user performs dubbing, such as a message indicating how many times the series of the program has been recorded or recorded.

  Further, the notification of the dubbing message is not limited to displaying a video representing the dubbing message, and may be performed by outputting a voice representing the dubbing message. Also, the recording destination of a television broadcast program is not limited to a hard disk, and may be an internal recording medium other than the hard disk. Further, the dubbing destination of the recorded program is not limited to the optical disc, and may be an external recording medium other than the optical disc.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Recording / reproducing apparatus 2 Tuner 2a Antenna 3 Encoder 4 HDD apparatus 5 Optical disk drive apparatus 6 Decoder 7 OSD process part 8 Video output part 9 Audio | voice output part 10 Remote control 11 Remote control reception part 12 Flash ROM
13 RAM
14 System control unit 40 Hard disk 50 Optical disk 90 External device 91 Display 92 Speaker

Claims (3)

In a recording / playback apparatus for recording a television broadcast program broadcast from a television broadcast station and playing back the recorded television broadcast program,
Program recording means for recording a television broadcast program broadcast from a television broadcast station on an internal recording medium built in the apparatus;
Program dubbing means for dubbing a television broadcast program recorded on the internal recording medium to an external recording medium to be attached / detached to / from the apparatus;
When the program recording unit records a series final program, which is the last program in the series, as a television broadcast program, a message prompting the user to copy all the programs in the same series as the series final program Dubbing message notifying means for notifying a dubbing message that is:
A recording / playback apparatus comprising: The dubbing message notification means includes:
As the dubbing message, a message for letting the user select and operate whether or not to respond to dubbing all programs of the same series as the last program of the series,
The program dubbing means includes:
After the notification of the dubbing message by the dubbing message notification means, when the user performs an operation to respond to dubbing all the programs in the same series as the series final program,
Of the programs recorded on the internal recording medium, dubbing all the programs of the same Leeds as the last program in the series to the external recording medium at a time,
The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1. The program recording means includes:
Normal recording means for receiving a recording operation by the user and recording the program being broadcast at that time;
Scheduled recording means for automatically recording the designated program or the program broadcast in the designated time zone in response to designation of a program or a time zone by a user;
The normal recording means includes
After the recording by the normal recording means is completed, the apparatus is kept on.
The reserved recording means includes:
If the apparatus is turned on when recording by the reserved recording unit is started, after the recording by the reserved recording unit is finished, the apparatus is kept on.
If the power of the apparatus is turned off when recording by the reserved recording means is started, the apparatus is automatically turned on to start recording by the reserved recording means. After recording by means, automatically turn off the power of the device,
The dubbing message notification means includes:
When the recording of the last program in the series by the program recording means is by the normal recording means, or by the reserved recording means from a state in which the power of the apparatus is on , When the recording of the last program of the series by the program recording means is completed, the dubbing message is notified,
When the recording of the last program in the series by the program recording means is performed by the reserved recording means from a state where the power of the apparatus is turned off, the power of the apparatus is then turned on by a user operation. When the dubbing message is notified when turned on,
The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2.

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