JP2011229139A - Recording apparatus, recording system, display device, television receiver, recording method, program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording apparatus capable of associating content designation information with user identification information and recording them when recording is instructed without requiring a user to perform complex operations.SOLUTION: The recording apparatus comprises a user specification part 72 for acquiring from an external device user identification information for identifying a user specified by the external device from another user, the external device having a user identification function for identifying a user, and a drive control part 74 for associating content designation information specifying a content, to which a recording processing is instructed, with the user identification information acquired when the recording processing is instructed of the user identification information acquired by the user specification part 72 and recording them.

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus for recording content. The present invention also relates to a recording system including such a recording apparatus. The present invention also relates to a television receiver including such a recording device. The present invention also relates to a display device that records content in a recording device and a television receiver including such a display device.

  AV equipment is used to view video. Examples of AV devices include a recording device (recorder) that records video, and a display device (television) that displays video indicated by a broadcast signal and video recorded on the recording device.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, techniques related to AV equipment that can detect the presence of a user or detect a user's biological information are known.

  Patent Document 1 discloses an AV device that includes a human sensor, and automatically switches to a standby mode when the human sensor cannot detect the presence of a user, thereby increasing the power saving effect.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a display device that controls the hue of a display image in accordance with the number of blinks of a user's eyes detected by a CCD camera or the blinking time of one eye. Yes.

  Further, Patent Document 3 includes detection means for detecting the size of the user's palm, and the TV channels that can be viewed are determined according to the comparison result between the detected palm size and a pre-registered reference value. An authentication device to be provided is disclosed.

  Patent Document 4 describes a display system in which an infrared angle sensor is provided on the display device main body side, and when the display unit is operated by remote control from different angles, the viewing angle is registered in the remote control main body and an angle registration signal is output. Yes.

  Non-Patent Document 1 describes a television that automatically adjusts the image quality so as to display the optimum image quality in accordance with the brightness of the room and the color of the illumination.

  Incidentally, in general, AV devices are often used by a plurality of users. For example, in a general household, the recording device is usually used by a plurality of users such as a father, a mother, and a child.

  When the recording device is used by a plurality of users in this way, when each user wants to view the content recorded by himself / herself, the user himself / herself is selected from the contents recorded by all users including other users. There is a problem that a lot of labor is required to find the content instructed to record.

  In a conventional recording apparatus, content specifying information (for example, information such as a title and broadcast date / time) that specifies content for which recording is instructed is usually used as user identification information (for example, information for identifying the user who has instructed recording). , The above problem is solved.

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  However, in the conventional recording apparatus, in order to record the content designation information in association with the user ID as described above, it is necessary for the user himself to input the user ID of the user who has instructed the content recording. There is a problem that the operation for instructing recording becomes complicated. Further, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 4 is troublesome in that a plurality of users must set the angle with a remote controller in advance. In addition, an angle detection sensor that uses infrared rays is provided on the front surface of the main unit of the device. However, in televisions that use fluorescent tubes as backlights, interference from infrared rays emitted from the fluorescent tube side when the power is turned on, etc. There is a problem that the incident angle of infrared rays cannot be accurately determined.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and its main purpose is to associate content designation information with user identification information without performing complicated operations when a recording instruction is given. It is to realize a recording apparatus capable of recording in the above manner.

  In order to solve the above problem, a recording apparatus according to the present invention, in a recording apparatus for recording content on a recording medium, identifies a user specified by an external device having a user specifying function for specifying a user from other users. Acquisition means for acquiring user identification information from the external device, and content designation information for specifying content for which recording processing is instructed. Among the user identification information acquired by the acquisition means, the recording process Recording means for recording in association with the user identification information acquired when instructed.

  The recording apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above uses the acquisition unit to obtain user identification information for identifying a user specified by an external device having a user specifying function for specifying a user from other users. Content specification information that is acquired from an external device and specifies the content for which recording processing is instructed is included in the user identification information that is acquired when the recording processing is instructed among the user identification information acquired by the acquisition means. Record in association.

  Therefore, according to the recording apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above, the user who has instructed recording can be performed without performing a complicated operation in which the user who has instructed recording content inputs his user identification information. The user identification information for identification and the content designation information for designating the content instructed to be recorded can be recorded in association with each other.

  In addition, since the recording device acquires user identification information from the external device, the user identification information and the content designation information are associated with each other without separately providing a user specifying unit for specifying the user in the recording device. Can be recorded.

  The “recording process” includes a “recording process” for recording an image. The “recording process” includes a “real-time recording process” (“real-time recording process”) that is a recording process that performs recording immediately, and a “recording reservation process” that is a recording process that performs recording in the future. ("Recording reservation process").

  The recording apparatus according to the present invention is an output means for outputting at least a part of the content designation information recorded by the recording means based on an instruction from a user, the user identification obtained by the obtaining means. It is preferable that the information processing apparatus further includes an output unit that outputs content designation information associated with the user identification information acquired when the instruction is performed.

  According to said structure, since the said output means outputs the content specification information linked | related with the user identification information acquired when the said instruction | indication was performed among the user identification information acquired by the said acquisition means, The user who has given the instruction can identify which content has been instructed by referring to the content specifying information output from the recording apparatus.

  The output screen output by the output means includes a content list composed of content designation information associated with the user identification information acquired when the instruction is performed, and when the instruction is performed. It is preferable that the content list includes content designation information associated with user identification information different from the acquired user identification information, and is configured to be switchable by a tab indicating each user identification information.

  The recording means registers the new user identification information when the new user identification information acquired by the acquisition means does not match any of the already acquired user identification information, and the output means Preferably, a tab indicating the new user identification information is added to the output screen.

  The recording apparatus according to the present invention preferably further includes setting screen output means for outputting a setting screen for setting an image quality adjustment value for each user.

  A recording system according to the present invention is a recording system including a display device that displays content on a display unit and a recording device that records content on a recording medium, and the recording device includes the above-described recording device. The display device includes user specifying means for specifying a user, and user identification information output means for outputting user identification information for identifying the user specified by the user specifying means from other users. It is characterized by that.

  According to the recording system configured as described above, first, the display device specifies a user who is using the device, and outputs user identification information for identifying the specified user. Subsequently, the recording device records the user identification information acquired by the acquisition unit in association with the user identification information acquired when the recording process is instructed.

  Therefore, according to the recording system configured as described above, the user who has instructed to record content can identify the user who has instructed recording without performing a complicated operation of inputting his / her user identification information. It is possible to record the user identification information and the content designation information for designating the content instructed to be recorded in association with each other.

  The recording system according to the present invention is a recording system including a display device that displays content on a display unit and a recording device that records content on a recording medium. The recording device includes the output unit. The display device includes: a user identification unit that identifies a user; and a user identification information output that outputs user identification information for identifying the user identified by the user identification unit from other users. Means for displaying content designation information output from the recording device on the display unit.

  According to the recording system configured as described above, the identification information for identifying the user who has instructed recording without performing a complicated operation in which the user who has instructed recording the content inputs his / her user identification information. And content designation information for designating the content instructed to be recorded can be recorded in association with each other. Further, the user can easily identify which content the user has instructed to record by visually recognizing the content designation information displayed on the display unit.

  A television receiver according to the present invention includes the above-described recording device.

  The display device according to the present invention includes a user identification unit for identifying a user and a user identification for identifying the user identified by the user identification unit from other users in the display device for recording content in the recording device. A user identification information output means for outputting information and content designation information for designating a content for which recording processing is instructed, among the user identification information output by the user identification information output means, when the recording processing is instructed And recording means for recording in association with the acquired user identification information.

  In addition, a television receiver according to the present invention includes the display device.

  The recording method according to the present invention is a recording method for recording content on a recording medium, and identifies a user specified by an external device having a user specifying function for specifying a user from other users. When the recording process is instructed among the user identification information acquired in the acquisition process, the acquisition process for acquiring information from the external device, and the content designation information for specifying the content instructed for the recording process And a recording step of recording in association with the acquired user identification information.

  According to said recording method, there exists an effect similar to the said recording device.

  Further, a program for operating a computer included in the recording apparatus according to the present invention, the program for causing the computer to function as each unit included in the recording apparatus, and the programs recorded therein Computer-readable recording media are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the recording apparatus according to the present invention is a user for identifying a user specified by an external device having a user specifying function for specifying a user from other users in the recording apparatus for recording content on a recording medium. An acquisition unit that acquires identification information from the external device, and content designation information that specifies content for which recording processing is instructed. Among the user identification information acquired by the acquisition unit, when the recording processing is instructed. Recording means for recording in association with the acquired user identification information.

  According to the recording apparatus of the present invention configured as described above, the user who has instructed recording is identified without performing a complicated operation in which the user who has instructed recording content inputs his or her own user identification information. Therefore, the user identification information for recording and the content specifying information for specifying the content instructed to be recorded can be recorded in association with each other.

It is a figure which shows the structure of a video recording system provided with the video recording apparatus and display apparatus which concern on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the example of cooperation operation | movement with the display apparatus and recording device which concern on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the video recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is for demonstrating the flow of operation | movement of the video recording apparatus which concerns on embodiment, Comprising: (a) is a flowchart which shows the flow of the video recording process by a video recording apparatus, (b) is the recording reservation process by a video recording apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows a flow. It is for demonstrating the flow of operation | movement of the recording device which concerns on embodiment, Comprising: (a) is a flowchart which shows the flow of the reproduction | regeneration processing by a recording device, (b) is a recording device connected to self. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing when a display device is instructed to display a reservation list. It shows the information recorded on the recording part with which the video recorder concerning an embodiment is provided, and (a) is a figure showing an example of a user list recorded on a recording part, and (b) It is a figure which shows an example of the content list comprised from the content information of the content linked | related with the user, (c) is a figure which shows an example of the content list comprised from the content information of the content linked | related with the specific user. It is. It is a content list which the recording apparatus which concerns on embodiment produces | generates, Comprising: It is a figure which shows an example of the content list displayed on the display part of the display apparatus connected to the recording apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the display apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the image quality setting screen displayed on the display part with which the display apparatus which concerns on embodiment is provided. The example of the information recorded on the recording part with which the display apparatus which concerns on embodiment is provided, Comprising: (a) is a figure which shows the preference setting information recorded in relation with the user ID of each user. (B) is a figure which shows an example of the information which comprises preference setting information. It is a figure which shows the structure of a video recording system provided with the mobile telephone terminal and display apparatus which concern on the modification of embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone terminal which concerns on the modification of embodiment. It is a figure which shows another structure of the display apparatus which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows another structure of the display apparatus which concerns on embodiment.

  An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<Recording system including display device and recording device>
First, a recording system (recording system) including a display device and a recording device (recording device) will be described with reference to FIG. Note that details of the configurations of the display device 10 and the recording device 50 will be described later, and the cooperative operation between the display device 10 and the recording device 50 will be described below.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a recording system including a display device 10 and a recording device 50.

  The display device 10 displays a video signal supplied from the recording device 50 or a video indicated by a broadcast signal. As shown in FIG. 1, the display device 10 includes a camera 25 on its front surface, identifies a user located in front of the display device 10 based on an image captured by the camera 25, and indicates the identified user. Output user information. The user information is also referred to by the display device 10 itself. Here, the user information is information for identifying the specified user from other users.

  The display device 10 stores various setting information for each user registered in advance in association with the user identification information of each user. Here, the various setting information for each user includes, for example, information such as an image quality adjustment value for each user, a favorite genre for each user, a favorite program for each user, and a main viewing time zone for each user. Preference setting information. As shown in FIG. 1, for example, the display device 10 records preference setting information of each user in association with each user identification information of “dad”, “mother”, “daughter”, and “son”. ing.

  The recording device 50 records content indicated by an externally supplied video signal on a recording medium. The recording device 50 can also play back the content recorded on the recording medium. In addition, the recording device 50 stores content information indicating content that has been registered by a previously registered user in association with user identification information of the user who has instructed recording.

  Below, with reference to FIG. 2, the cooperation operation | movement with the display apparatus 10 and the video recording apparatus 50 is demonstrated.

  FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a cooperative operation between the display device 10 and the recording device 50.

(Step S1001)
First, the display device 10 captures a user located in front of the device with the camera 25, and identifies the user based on the captured image. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the display device 10 specifies that the user located in front of the device is “mom”.

(Step S1002)
Subsequently, the display device 10 transmits user identification information for identifying the identified user from other users to the recording device 50. For example, the display apparatus 10 transmits user identification information for identifying “mother” from other registered users “dad”, “daughter”, and “son” to the recording apparatus 50.

(Step S1003)
Subsequently, the recording device 50 receives the user identification information transmitted from the display device 10. For example, the recording device 50 acquires user identification information of “mother”.

(Step S1004)
Subsequently, the display device 10 reads various settings associated with user identification information indicating the identified user. For example, the display device 10 reads preference setting information associated with the user identification information of “mom”.

(Step S1005)
On the other hand, the recording device 50 generates a content list including content designation information associated with the user identification information received in (step S1003). Further, the recording apparatus 50 may generate a reservation content list including reservation information associated with the user information. For example, the recording device 50 generates a content list including content designation information of content associated with the user identification information of “mom”.

(Step S1006)
Subsequently, the display device 10 switches the input to the recording device 50. That is, the display device 10 switches its state to a state in which an image represented by the data supplied from the recording device 50 can be displayed.

(Step S1007)
On the other hand, the recording device 50 supplies the content list generated in (Step S1005) to the display device 10.

(Step S1008)
Subsequently, the display device 10 displays the content list supplied from the recording device 50. When the reserved content list is also supplied from the recording device 50, the display device 10 also displays the reserved content list.

  When the display device 10 and the recording device 50 perform the above-described operation, the recording device 50 is content designation information for designating the content instructed to be recorded, and the user specified by the display device 10 The content designation information associated with the user identification information is output, and the display device 10 can display the content designation information output from the recording device 50.

<Recording device>
Hereinafter, the configuration of the recording apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the recording apparatus 50 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the recording device 50 includes a remote control light receiving unit 61, an external input / output unit 62, a video signal acquisition unit 63, a recording unit 64, a disk drive unit 65, and a main control unit 70. As shown in FIG. 3, the main control unit 70 includes an instruction acquisition unit 71, a user identification unit 72 (user identification unit, user identification information output unit), a content information acquisition unit 73, and a drive control unit 74. ing. The recording device 50 is configured to be able to acquire a signal from a remote controller (remote controller) 80.

  The remote control light receiving unit 61 receives a remote control signal from the remote control 80 with light such as infrared rays, and supplies the received remote control signal to the main control unit 70.

  The user can instruct the recording apparatus 50 to perform various operations by operating the remote controller 80. For example, by operating the remote controller 80, the user can instruct the reproduction of the content recorded in the recording device 50, the recording of the content to the recording device 50, the reservation for recording the content, and the like.

  The external input / output unit 62 acquires a signal supplied from an external device (for example, the display device 10) and supplies the signal to the main control unit 70. The signal supplied from the external device to the external input / output unit 62 includes a user identification signal. Here, the user identification signal is a signal referred to for identifying a user who uses the external device.

  The external input / output unit 62 is supplied with a control signal for controlling each unit of the recording device 50 from an external device, and the recording device 50 controls each unit included in the recording unit 50 based on the control signal. It is good also as a simple structure.

  More specifically, the user issues a content recording instruction to the display device 10 connected to the recording device 50, and the display device 10 supplies a recording instruction signal to the external input / output unit 62. It is good also as a structure. In the case of such a configuration, the external input / output unit 62 supplies a control signal supplied from an external device to the main control unit 70.

  The above configuration is realized by connecting the external input / output unit 62 and the display device 10 by an HDMI cable that transmits the control signal as a CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) signal, for example.

  The external input / output unit 62 outputs the video data supplied from the disk drive unit 65 to an external device in accordance with an instruction from the main control unit 70.

  The communication mode between the recording device 50 and the external device may be wired communication using a signal cable such as the HDMI cable described above, or wireless communication in which information is exchanged by using electromagnetic waves. Also good.

  The video signal acquisition unit 63 acquires video signals such as digital and analog broadcast content, content recorded in other recording devices, or content acquired via a network, and the acquired video signal is transmitted to the main control unit 70. And to the disk drive unit 65.

  The recording unit 64 stores various data supplied from the main control unit 70 and a program for operating the main control unit 70. As an example of the recording unit 64, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that is a read-only semiconductor memory that stores fixed data such as a program necessary for the operation of the main control unit 70, or data and arithmetic used for computation Examples thereof include a RAM (Random Access Memory) as a so-called working memory for temporarily storing results and the like.

  In the present embodiment, user information and content information (program information) are stored in the recording unit 64 in association with each other. Here, the user information is information about the user such as identification information of the user who has instructed the recording apparatus 50 to record. The user information may be specified based on a user identification signal supplied from an external device via the external input / output unit 62. The content information is information related to content recorded in the disk drive unit 65 or content supplied from an external device.

  The content information includes, for example, program identification information such as the title of the content, the date and time when the content was recorded, and the length (recording time) of the content. The content information may be information including the title, genre, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, and the like of the content represented by the video signal supplied from the external device.

  The recording unit 64 stores a user list including user information of registered users.

  When the recording device 50 receives a recording reservation instruction from the user, the recording unit 64 stores the recording reserved content channel, the content broadcast start time, the content broadcast end time, and the recording reservation. Reservation information, which is information including content identification information for identifying the obtained content from other content, is stored.

  The recording unit 64 may be configured by a non-removable recording unit such as a RAM, or may be configured by a removable recording unit such as an SD card.

  The disk drive unit 65 receives an instruction from the drive control unit 74, converts the video signal supplied from the video signal acquisition unit 63 into a predetermined format, and then performs DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) or BD (Blue-ray). Disk). Further, the disk drive unit 65 may be configured to record the video signal supplied from the video signal acquisition unit 63 on an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) instead of the optical disk. Hereinafter, the optical disk and the HDD are simply referred to as “recording medium”.

(Configuration of main controller 70)
The main control unit 70 comprehensively controls each unit constituting the recording device 50. The function of the main control unit 70 is realized by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executing a program stored in a storage device such as a RAM or a flash memory. The instruction acquisition unit 71, user identification unit 72, content information acquisition unit 73, and drive control unit 74 included in the main control unit 70 will be described below.

  The instruction acquisition unit 71 acquires an instruction (remote control signal) from the user by operating the remote control 80 from the remote control light receiving unit 61. The instruction acquisition unit 71 supplies various instruction signals to the drive control unit 74 based on the acquired remote control signal. Here, examples of the instruction signal include a reproduction instruction signal for instructing reproduction of content, a recording instruction signal for instructing recording of content, and a recording reservation signal for instructing recording reservation of content. When the acquired remote control signal is a signal related to user information, the remote control signal is supplied to the user specifying unit 72.

  The user identification unit 72 refers to a user identification signal supplied from an external device via the external input / output unit 62 and identifies a user who uses the external device. The user specifying unit 72 outputs user information indicating the specified user. The user information output from the user specifying unit 72 is supplied to the drive control unit 74.

  The user specifying unit 72 may be configured to acquire user information supplied from an external device and output the acquired user information to the drive control unit 74 as it is.

  Further, the user specifying unit 72 may be configured to specify a user who uses the recording device 50 with reference to a remote control signal supplied from the instruction acquiring unit 71. That is, the user specifying unit 72 may be configured to specify a user who is using the recording device 50 based on a user ID input by the user via the remote controller 80.

  The recording device 50 captures a person who uses the device, outputs a captured image information that is information about the captured image, and the user's face from the captured image information supplied from the camera. And a face extracting unit that outputs face information relating to the extracted facial feature points to the user specifying unit 72, and the user specifying unit 72 includes the face information supplied from the face extracting unit. The configuration may be such that the user is specified based on the above.

  Based on the video signal supplied from the video signal acquisition unit 63, the content information acquisition unit 73 acquires content information regarding the content represented by the video signal.

  In addition, as a method of acquiring content information, when a video signal is digital broadcasting, a method of acquiring content information included in EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data, or a method of acquiring content information from characteristics of a video signal Etc. Further, the content information acquisition unit 73 supplies the acquired content information to the drive control unit 74.

  The drive control unit 74 controls the disk drive unit 65 based on the instruction signal supplied from the instruction acquisition unit 71. For example, when the drive control unit 74 receives a reproduction instruction signal from the instruction acquisition unit 71, the drive control unit 74 instructs the disk drive unit 65 to read the video data and also instructs the external input / output unit 62 to read the disk data. An instruction to output video data read from the drive unit 65 is given.

  In addition, when receiving a recording instruction signal from the instruction acquisition unit 71, the drive control unit 74 instructs the disk drive unit 65 to record the video signal supplied from the video signal acquisition unit 63.

  In addition, when receiving a recording reservation instruction signal from the instruction acquisition unit 71, the drive control unit 74 uses information (hereinafter referred to as “reservation information”) for specifying content to be reserved for recording. The information is stored in the recording unit 64 in association with the user information indicating the user who made the reservation instruction. The reservation information includes a channel of content to be reserved for recording, a broadcast start time, a broadcast end time, and the like. Further, the reservation information may include the title of the content to be reserved for recording, the genre, and the like.

  Further, when receiving the recording instruction signal or the recording reservation instruction signal, the drive control unit 74 notifies the external device via the external input / output unit 62 of an instruction to notify the user information.

(Operation example 1 of recording device)
In the following, the flow of the operation of each unit included in the recording device 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (b) to FIG.

  FIG. 4A shows the case where the video signal acquisition unit 63 instructs the recording device 50 to record the video signal being input to the recording device 50, that is, at the time when the user gives a recording instruction. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of each part of the video recording apparatus 50 when recording of the content in acquisition is instruct | indicated.

(Step S101)
First, a recording instruction from the user is supplied to the instruction acquisition unit 71 via the remote controller 80. The instruction acquisition unit 71 transmits a recording instruction to the drive control unit 74. Here, the recording instruction from the user may be supplied from the external device to the drive control unit 74 via the external input / output unit 62.

(Step S102)
The drive control unit 74 notifies the external device via the external input / output unit 62 of an instruction to notify the user information. Further, the user specifying unit 72 specifies the user who has given the recording instruction with reference to the user identification signal supplied from the external device via the external input / output unit 62. User information indicating the identified user is supplied to the drive control unit 74. An example of the external device is a display device 10 to be described later.

(Step S103)
Subsequently, the content information acquisition unit 73 acquires content information of the content represented by the video signal input to the video signal acquisition unit 63, and outputs the acquired content information to the drive control unit 74.

(Step S104)
Subsequently, the drive control unit 74 stores the user information supplied from the user specifying unit 72 and the content information supplied from the content information acquiring unit 73 in the recording unit 64 in association with each other.

(Step S105)
Subsequently, the drive control unit 74 converts the video signal supplied from the video signal acquisition unit 63 into a predetermined format, and then records the video signal on its own recording medium.

  The main control unit 70 included in the recording device 50 records the content represented by the video signal input to the recording device 50 on the recording medium by performing the operation as described above, and the content information of the content, User information indicating a user who has instructed recording of the content can be associated with each other and stored in the recording unit 64.

  FIG. 6A is a diagram illustrating an example of a user list indicating association between user information and users. As shown in FIG. 6A, each user included in the user list is identified by, for example, a user ID that is an example of user information. In the example shown in FIG. 6A, the user ID “01” indicates the user “mother”, the user ID “02” indicates the user “father”, and the user ID “03” indicates the user “mother”. "Daughter".

  FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating an example of a content list including content information stored in the recording unit 64 after the main control unit 70 repeats the operation of this operation example a plurality of times, together with a user ID. It is. In the example shown in FIG. 6B, the content information includes the content genre (“drama”, “movie”, “sports”, “variety”) and the identification number (“1”, “2”, “ 3)).

  As shown in FIG. 6B, the content “drama 1” is associated with the user ID “01”, and the content “drama 2” is associated with the user ID “02”. The same applies to the other contents shown in FIG.

  The operation of the main control unit 70 in this example is not limited to the above order. For example, the order of the operations from (Step S102) to (Step S105) may be appropriately changed according to the specific design of the recording device 50.

(Operation example 2 of recording device)
Next, the flow of operation of each part of the recording device 50 when the user instructs the recording device 50 to make a recording reservation for content will be described with reference to FIG.

(Step S201)
First, an instruction to make a recording reservation for content is supplied from the user to the instruction acquisition unit 71 via the remote controller 80 together with reservation information for specifying content to be reserved for recording. The instruction acquisition unit 71 transmits a recording reservation instruction to the drive control unit 74. Here, the recording reservation instruction from the user may be supplied from the external device to the drive control unit 74 via the external input / output unit 62 together with the reservation information.

(Step S202)
The drive control unit 74 notifies the external device via the external input / output unit 62 of an instruction to notify the user information. Further, the user specifying unit 72 specifies the user who has instructed the recording reservation based on the user information supplied from the external device via the external input / output unit 62, and displays user information indicating the specified user. This is supplied to the drive control unit 74. An example of the external device is a display device 10 to be described later.

(Step S203)
Subsequently, the drive control unit 74 stores the user information supplied from the user specifying unit 72 and the reservation information in the recording unit 64 in association with each other.

  Further, the drive control unit 74 instructs the disk drive unit 65 to record the content broadcast on the channel specified by the reservation information from the recording start time specified by the reservation information to the recording end time. To do.

  The main control unit 70 included in the recording device 50 performs the above operation, thereby providing user information supplied from the user specifying unit 72 and reservation information that is information related to a recording reservation made by the user indicated by the user information. Can be stored in the recording unit 64 in association with each other.

  As described above, the recording apparatus 50 according to the present embodiment is a recording apparatus that records (records) content on a recording medium, and identifies a user specified by an external device having a user specifying function for specifying a user from other users. Acquisition means (user specifying unit 72) for acquiring user identification information (user information) for identification from the external device, and content designation information (content information) for designating content for which recording processing (recording processing) is instructed Is recorded in association with the user identification information acquired when the recording process is instructed among the user identification information acquired by the acquisition means.

  According to the recording device 50, user identification information for identifying a user who has instructed recording without performing a complicated operation in which the user who has instructed recording (recording) content inputs his / her user identification information; It is possible to record the content specifying information specifying the content instructed to be recorded in association with each other.

(Operation example 3 of recording device)
As shown in (Recording Device Operation Example 1), the recording device 50 can record content in association with user information. The recording device 50 can also play back content associated with the user information.

  Hereinafter, an example of the flow of operation of each unit of the recording device 50 when the user instructs the recording device 50 to reproduce the content will be described. More specifically, based on an instruction from the user, the recording apparatus 50 generates a content list that is recorded content and includes content information of the content associated with the user, and the instruction from the user The case of reproducing any content included in the content list will be described with reference to FIG. In this operation example, a display device including a display unit is assumed as an external device.

(Step S301)
First, a content list generation instruction is supplied from the user to the instruction acquisition unit 71 via the remote controller 80. The instruction acquisition unit 71 transmits a content list generation instruction to the drive control unit 74. Here, the content list generation instruction from the user may be supplied from the external device to the drive control unit 74 via the external input / output unit 62.

(Step S302)
The drive control unit 74 notifies the external device via the external input / output unit 62 of an instruction to notify the user information. In addition, the user specifying unit 72 specifies the user who has instructed the content list generation based on the user information supplied from the external device via the external input / output unit 62. User information indicating the identified user is supplied to the drive control unit 74. An example of the external device is a display device 10 to be described later.

(Step S303)
Subsequently, the drive control unit 74 searches the content information recorded in the recording unit 64 for content information associated with the same user information as the user information supplied from the user specifying unit 72, and the searched content A content list composed of lists is generated.

  FIG. 6C illustrates a content list including content information associated with the user ID “01” indicating “mother” among the content information included in the content list illustrated in FIG. It is.

  Further, the drive control unit 74 supplies the generated content list to the external device via the external input / output unit 62. The external device displays the content list on its own display unit.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a content list (“play list”) displayed on the display unit of the external device. As shown in FIG. 7, the display unit of the external device has a list of content information associated with the user ID “01” indicating “mother” along with an icon indicating that the list is associated with the user “mother”. Is displayed.

  In addition, when there are many pieces of content information associated with the same user ID, the content information associated with the same user ID may be displayed for each genre.

  In addition, the user can switch the user by operating the remote controller 80, and can view the content list of another user.

  As described above, the output screen displayed on the display unit of the external device has a content list including the content designation information associated with the user identification information acquired when the recording instruction is performed, and the recording instruction. Including a content list composed of content designation information associated with user identification information different from the user identification information acquired when the user identification information is received, and is configured to be switchable by a tab indicating each user identification information.

(Step S304)
Subsequently, selection information indicating which content of the content indicated in the content list is to be reproduced is supplied to the instruction acquisition unit 71 via the remote controller 80. The instruction acquisition unit 71 transmits the selection information to the drive control unit 74. Here, the selection information from the user may be supplied from the external device to the drive control unit 74 via the external input / output unit 62.

(Step S305)
Subsequently, the drive control unit 74 instructs the disk drive unit 65 to reproduce the content specified by the selection information. The disk drive unit 65 reproduces the content specified by the selection information, that is, reproduces the video signal indicating the content, and supplies the reproduced video signal to the external device via the external input / output unit 62. . The external device displays the video represented by the video signal.

  Even when the recording device 50 is used by a plurality of users, each user can visually recognize a list of contents recorded by the recording device 50 by performing the above-described operation. Therefore, each user can easily select the content he / she wants to view from the content list without confusing the content recorded by himself / herself with the content recorded by another user.

  The recording apparatus 50 registers the new user identification information when the new user identification information acquired by the user specifying unit 72 does not match any of the already acquired user identification information, It can be set as the structure which adds the tab which shows the said new user identification information to the output screen displayed on the display part of an external apparatus.

(Operation example 4 of recording apparatus)
As shown in (Recording Device Operation Example 2), the recording device 50 can store reservation information and user information in association with each other. In addition, the recording device 50 can generate a reservation content list including reservation information associated with user information supplied from the user specifying unit 72 among reservation information recorded in the recording unit 64.

  Below, the production | generation operation | movement of the reservation content list by the video recording apparatus 50 is demonstrated with reference to FIG.5 (b). In this operation example, a display device including a display unit is assumed as an external device.

(Step S401)
First, a reservation content list generation instruction is supplied from the user to the instruction acquisition unit 71 via the remote controller 80. The instruction acquisition unit 71 transmits a reservation content list generation instruction to the drive control unit 74. Here, the reserved content list generation instruction from the user may be supplied from the external device to the drive control unit 74 via the external input / output unit 62.

(Step S402)
The drive control unit 74 notifies the external device via the external input / output unit 62 of an instruction to notify the user information. In addition, the user specifying unit 72 specifies the user who has instructed the generation of the reserved content list based on the user information supplied from the external device via the external input / output unit 62. User information indicating the identified user is supplied to the drive control unit 74. An example of the external device is a display device 10 to be described later.

(Step S403)
Subsequently, the drive control unit 74 searches the reservation information recorded in the recording unit 64 for reservation information associated with the same user information as the user information supplied from the user specifying unit 72, and the searched reservation A reserved content list composed of information is generated.

  Further, the drive control unit 74 supplies the generated reserved content list to the external device via the external input / output unit 62. The external device displays the reserved content list on its own display unit.

  Even when the recording device 50 is used by a plurality of users, the recording device 50 performs the above-described operation, so that each user can visually recognize a list of contents that the user has reserved for recording. Therefore, each user can easily recognize the content reserved for his / her recording without confusing the content reserved for his / her recording with the content reserved for recording by another user.

  As described above, the recording apparatus 50 is an output unit that outputs at least a part of the content designation information recorded by the recording unit (drive control unit 74) based on an instruction from the user, and is obtained by the acquisition unit. Expressing that it comprises output means (drive control unit 74) that outputs content designation information associated with the user identification information acquired when the above instruction is performed among the acquired user identification information Can do.

  In addition, the television device according to the present embodiment can be configured to include the recording device 50 described above.

<Display device>
Next, the configuration of the display device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the display device 10 according to the present embodiment. The display device 10 is a device that displays a video signal supplied from the outside or a video indicated by a broadcast signal.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the display device 10 displays, for example, a video represented by the video signal supplied from the recording device 50 described above.

  The display device 10 is a display device having a user specifying function for specifying a user, and is connected to user information for identifying the user specified by the user specifying function from other users. In accordance with an instruction from the external device, it can be supplied to the external device.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the display device 10 includes a remote control light receiving unit 20, a recording unit 21, an image quality adjustment unit 22, a display unit 23, a camera 25, an external input / output unit 26, a video signal selection unit 27, and a main control unit. 100.

  The main control unit 100 also includes an image quality setting unit 121, a user specifying unit 131, a content information acquisition unit 140, an image quality adjustment instruction unit 150, and a face extraction unit 161. The display device 10 is configured to be able to acquire a signal from a remote controller (remote controller) 30.

  The remote control light receiving unit 20 receives a remote control signal from the remote control 30 with light such as infrared rays. The remote control light receiving unit 20 notifies the main control unit 100 of the received remote control signal.

  The recording unit 21 stores various data and programs. As an example of the recording unit 21, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that is a read-only semiconductor memory that stores fixed data such as a program necessary when the main control unit 100 operates, data used for calculation, and calculation results RAM (Random Access Memory) as a so-called working memory for temporarily storing and the like. The recording unit 21 stores image quality adjustment values and user information. Here, the image quality adjustment value is a setting value for adjusting the image quality for each video genre, and the user information is information about the user such as identification information of the user who has set the image quality adjustment value.

  The external input / output unit 26 receives a video signal supplied from an external device (for example, the recording device 50) connected to the display device 10 and supplies the video signal to the video signal selection unit 27. The external input / output unit 26 can also supply a video signal to an external device.

  Note that the communication mode between the display device 10 and the external device may be wired communication using a signal cable, or wireless communication in which information is exchanged by using electromagnetic waves.

  Based on an instruction from the user, the video signal selection unit 27 selects either a broadcast signal supplied from the outside or a video signal supplied from an external device (recording device 50) via the external input / output unit 26. The content information acquisition unit 140 and the image quality adjustment unit 22 are supplied.

  The image quality adjustment unit 22 displays video signals such as digital and analog broadcast content supplied from the video signal selection unit 27, content recorded on a DVD, BD, HDD, and the like, content acquired via a network, and the like. To supply. Further, the image quality adjustment unit 22 adjusts the image quality of the video represented by the video signal based on the image quality adjustment value acquired from the main control unit 100, and supplies the adjusted adjusted video signal to the display unit 23.

  The display unit 23 displays video based on the video signal from the image quality adjustment unit 22. Specifically, the display unit 23 includes a display element such as an LCD, an EL (Electroluminescence) display, and a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), and a driver circuit that drives the display element based on the received video signal. . Note that the video includes characters in addition to pictures and graphics, and also includes still images and moving images.

  The main control unit 100 comprehensively controls various components in the display device 10. The function of the main control unit 100 is realized by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executing a program stored in a storage device such as a RAM or a flash memory.

  The instruction acquisition unit 110 acquires an instruction (remote control signal) from the user by operating the remote control 30 from the remote control light receiving unit 20. The instruction acquisition unit 110 transmits the remote control signal to the image quality setting unit 121, the user specifying unit 131, the face extraction unit 161, and the image quality adjustment instruction unit 150 according to the content of the instruction indicated by the acquired remote control signal.

  Specifically, the instruction acquisition unit 110 notifies the image quality setting unit 121 of the remote control signal when the acquired remote control signal is a signal related to the setting of the image quality adjustment value, and if the acquired remote control signal is a signal related to user registration, the image quality setting unit 121. When the signal is related to the user identification, the user identification unit 131 is notified of the remote control signal. Examples of the signal relating to the setting of the image quality adjustment value, the signal relating to the user registration, and the signal relating to the user identification include a signal (setting screen display instruction) for displaying a screen for setting the image quality adjustment value (image quality setting screen), A signal for registering a user name (user name registration instruction), a signal for selecting which user among registered users (user selection operation) (user selection instruction), etc. Each can be mentioned.

  The image quality setting unit 121 sets an image quality adjustment value for each genre of content based on an instruction from the user, and stores the set image quality adjustment value in the recording unit 21 in association with user information supplied from the user specifying unit 131. To do. Specifically, when acquiring the setting screen display instruction from the instruction acquisition unit 110, the image quality setting unit 121 notifies the image quality adjustment unit 22 to display the image quality setting screen. Further, the image quality setting unit 121 sets an image quality adjustment value in accordance with the acquired image quality setting instruction. The image quality setting unit 121 records the set image quality adjustment value in the recording unit 21 in association with the user information supplied from the user specifying unit 131.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image quality setting screen displayed on the display unit 23.

  As shown in FIG. 9, on the image quality setting screen, an image quality adjustment value for each genre of content is displayed together with an icon indicating the user. In FIG. 9, the image quality adjustment value when the user is “mother” and the genre is “movie” is displayed. As shown in FIG. 9, the image quality adjustment value includes, for example, an adjustment value related to “brightness”, an adjustment value related to “video”, an adjustment value related to “black level”, an adjustment value related to “color density”, “ It is specified by an adjustment value relating to “hue” and an adjustment value relating to “image quality”.

  For example, the user can set each of the adjustment values by operating the remote controller 30.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, by referring to the image quality setting screen, the user can set a setting value related to “AV position (image quality switching)” and a setting related to ON / OFF of “brightness sensor”. It is good also as a structure which can be performed.

  Further, the user can change the setting of another user or instruct reading by operating the remote controller 30.

  When the image quality setting unit 121 receives an instruction to display a user name registration screen (user registration screen) from the instruction acquisition unit 110, the image quality setting unit 121 displays a user registration screen on the display unit. The user inputs his / her user name by operating the remote controller 30 while referring to the user registration screen. The input user name is transmitted to the image quality setting unit 121 via the instruction acquisition unit 110. The image quality setting unit 121 also records the user face information and the user name supplied from the face extraction unit 161 in the recording unit 21 as user information in association with each other.

  The image quality setting unit 121 preferably records in the recording unit 21 a user ID that can be referred to in order to identify each user name in association with each user. In other words, it is preferable that each user information includes a user ID that can be referred to for identification from other user information. For example, the image quality setting unit 121 associates the user name “mother” with the user ID “01”, associates the user name “father” with the user ID “02”, and associates the user name “daughter” with the user ID “03”. Are preferably recorded in the recording unit 21 in association with each other.

  By setting it as such a structure, each part with which the display apparatus 10 is provided can identify a user by referring user ID. Further, the external device connected to the display device 10 can identify the user by referring to the user ID supplied from the display device 10.

  The image quality setting unit 121 records information such as each user's favorite genre, each user's favorite program, and each user's main viewing time zone in the recording unit 21 in association with each user ID. It is good also as such a structure.

  Further, a part having the same function as the image quality setting unit 121 may be provided in an external device (for example, the recording device 50) connected to the display device 10. In other words, the recording apparatus 50 may include a setting screen output unit that outputs a setting screen for setting an image quality adjustment value for each user.

  FIG. 10A is a diagram showing settings (“favorite settings” for each user) associated with each of a plurality of users and recorded in the recording unit 21 together with user IDs. As shown in FIG. 10A, for example, the user ID “01” is associated with the preference setting information of the user “mother”, and the user ID “02” is associated with the preference setting information of the user “father”. The user ID “03” is associated with the preference setting information of the user “daughter”. Here, the preference setting information of each user is, for example, as shown in FIG. 10B, the image quality adjustment value of each user, the favorite genre of each user, the favorite program of each user, and each user. This information is composed of information such as the main viewing time zone.

  The camera 25 captures a person using the display device 10 and notifies the face extraction unit 161 of the main control unit 100 of captured image information that is information about the captured image. The arrangement of the camera 25 in the display device 10 does not limit the present invention. For example, the camera 25 is on the front side of the display device 10, that is, the side facing the user who views the video displayed on the display device 10. It is preferable to arrange | position. Thus, by arranging the camera 25 on the front side of the display device 10, the camera 25 can photograph the user from the front, so that the main control unit 100 can identify the user more accurately. . The camera 25 may be a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera, for example, but is not limited thereto.

  The face extraction unit 161 extracts feature points of the user's face from the captured image information supplied from the camera 25. The face extraction unit 161 notifies the image quality setting unit 121 and the user specifying unit 131 of the information on the extracted facial feature points as user face information. As a method for extracting facial feature points, for example, a conventionally known method may be used.

  The user specifying unit 131 is a unit that specifies which of the users registered in the recording unit 21 is using the display device 10. Specifically, the user specifying unit 131 acquires user face information from the face extraction unit 161 and collates the acquired user face information with user face information registered in the recording unit 21. As a specific collation method, a conventionally known method may be used. As a result of the collation, when the matching rate between any of the user face information registered in the recording unit 21 and the user face information acquired from the face extracting unit 161 is higher than a predetermined value, the user face having a high matching rate User information including information is read from the recording unit 21. The user specifying unit 131 notifies the image quality adjustment instruction unit 150 of the read user information.

  In addition, when receiving an instruction for notifying user information from an external device, the user specifying unit 131 sends user information corresponding to the user face information from the face extracting unit 161 to the external input / output unit 26 when the instruction is received. Output. The external input / output unit 26 outputs the user information supplied from the user specifying unit 131 to the external device.

  The user specifying unit 131 notifies the read image quality adjustment value to the image quality adjustment instruction unit 150, reads the user name associated with the matched user face information from the recording unit 21, and displays the read user name. You may make it display on the part 23. FIG.

  The content information acquisition unit 140 is means for acquiring content information (program information) related to content supplied from outside. The content information includes information such as a content title, a content genre, a content broadcast start time, and a content broadcast end time. As a method for acquiring content information, when the video signal is digital broadcasting, a method for acquiring content information included in EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data, and a method for acquiring content information from the characteristics of the video signal. Etc.

  The image quality adjustment instruction unit 150 is genre information that is information related to the content genre among the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit 140 among the image quality adjustment values set by the user specified by the user specifying unit 131. Is a means for instructing the image quality adjustment unit 22 to adjust the image quality based on the image quality adjustment value set for. Specifically, the image quality adjustment instruction unit 150 acquires user information of a user who uses the display device 10 from the user specifying unit 131, and acquires content information of a video to be displayed from the content information acquisition unit 140. To do. The image quality adjustment instruction unit 150 reads from the recording unit 21 the image quality adjustment value corresponding to the genre information acquired from the content information acquisition unit 140 among the image quality adjustment values associated with the acquired user information. The image quality adjustment instruction unit 150 notifies the image quality adjustment unit 22 of the read image quality adjustment value. As a result, an image can be displayed with an image quality suitable for the preference of the user who uses the display device 10.

  The display device according to the present embodiment may be configured to include each unit of the recording device 50 described above. For example, the display device according to the present embodiment is a display device that records content on a recording device, and includes a user specifying unit (user specifying unit 72) for specifying a user and a user specified by the user specifying unit. The user identification information output means (user specifying unit 72) for outputting user identification information for identification from the user and the content specification information for specifying the content instructed for the recording process are output by the user identification information output means. Among the user identification information, a recording unit (drive control unit 74) for recording in association with the user identification information acquired when the recording process is instructed may be provided.

[Other forms]
In the above-described embodiment, the mode in which the camera 25 is built in the main body of the display device (television receiver) 10 and the user's face is photographed has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 13, the display device 10 and the external camera 42 may be connected via an HDMI receiver 41 by an interface unit conforming to the HDMI standard. Although FIG. 13 shows a case where the HDMI standard is adopted, the connection may be realized by an interface unit compliant with the USB standard, the Wi-Fi standard, the DLNA communication standard, or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the external camera 42 may be a camera mounted on a camera-equipped mobile phone 43. In FIG. 14, the camera-equipped mobile phone 43 is connected to the display device 10 via the HDMI cable 44. Further, the transmission path may be wired or wireless.

  In addition, the user's viewing position can be specified by using both the camera 25 and the external camera 42 provided in the main body of the display device 10 to increase the user's face detection accuracy.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 13, the display device 10 may include a human sensor 51. Moreover, you may provide a gaze detection sensor instead of the human sensor 51 or with the human sensor 51. FIG. The display device 10 incorporates a human sensor 51 and / or a line-of-sight detection sensor to detect the movement and / or line of sight of a person, and only when the user is present, the camera is photographed via the main control unit 100. If controlled, it is possible to reduce the power consumption for driving the camera of the display device 10 main body.

  Further, the body of the camera 25 may be rotated and tracked so that the user's face can be photographed by tracking in the direction of the moving user in conjunction with the human sensor 51.

  In addition, the display device 10 may be connected to the Internet and may incorporate Skype (registered trademark) software to realize the Skype (registered trademark) function. In that case, as shown in FIG. 13, the display device 10 may further include an audio control unit 91, a microphone 92, and a speaker 93. Then, by incorporating software for realizing the Skype (registered trademark) function in the main control unit 100, the user can use the Skype (registered trademark) function. Specifically, the display device 10 transmits the user's figure taken by the external camera 42 (or the built-in camera 25 as in the above-described embodiment) and the voice uttered by the user blown into the microphone 92 over the Internet. The call partner transmitted from the call partner is displayed on the display unit 23, and the voice uttered by the call partner is displayed on the speaker 93 of the display device 10 or on the display device 10 body. The sound may be emitted from externally connected headphones (not shown) connected to a headphone terminal (not shown).

(Program and recording medium)
Finally, each block included in the recording device 50 and the display device 10, in particular, the main control unit 70 and the main control unit 100 may be configured by hardware logic, or using a CPU as follows. It may be realized by software.

  That is, the recording device 50 and the display device 10 include a CPU (central processing unit) that executes instructions of a control program that realizes each function, a ROM (read only memory) that stores the program, and a RAM (random) that expands the program. access memory), a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data. The object of the present invention is to record the program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of the control program for the recording device 50 and the display device 10 which are software for realizing the functions described above so as to be readable by a computer. This can also be achieved by supplying the recording medium to the recording device 50 and the display device 10 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, and an optical disk such as a CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  Further, the recording device 50 and the display device 10 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Further, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

<Modification>
In the above description, the recording apparatus 50 having the configuration shown in FIG. 3 is described as an example of the recording apparatus according to the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The recording apparatus according to the present invention may include a recording unit capable of writing and reading information to and from a semiconductor recording medium such as a flash memory, for example, instead of the disk drive unit 82. With such a configuration, the recording apparatus according to the present invention can be realized as a recording apparatus that can be easily carried.

  Hereinafter, a mobile phone terminal 60 will be described as an example of such a portable recording device. A recording system including the mobile phone terminal 60 and the display device 10 will also be described. In the following description, parts having the same functions as those already described are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a recording system including the display device 10 and the mobile phone terminal 60.

  Similar to the recording device 50, the mobile phone terminal 60 records content indicated by an externally supplied video signal in a recording medium such as a flash memory or a memory card that is built in or removable from the main body. In addition, the mobile phone terminal 60 can play back the content recorded on the recording medium. Similarly to the recording device 50, the mobile phone terminal 60 stores content information indicating content registered by a previously registered user in association with user identification information of the user who has instructed recording.

  The display device 10 and the mobile phone terminal 60 perform the same cooperative operation as the cooperative operation (steps S1001 to S1008) between the display device 10 and the recording device 50 described with reference to FIG.

  Note that the mode of communication between the display device 10 and the mobile phone terminal 60 may be wired communication using a signal cable conforming to the HDMI standard, the IEEE 1394 standard, or the USB standard, or the IEEE 802.11n standard, the UWB standard, Wireless communication that exchanges information by using electromagnetic waves compliant with each of the Bluetooth standards may be used.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile phone terminal 60. As shown in FIG. 12, the mobile phone terminal 60 includes an external input / output unit 62, a video signal acquisition unit 63, a recording unit 64, a main control unit 80, and an operation unit 81. Further, the mobile phone terminal 60 includes a recording unit 82 instead of the disk drive unit 65 included in the recording device 50. The main control unit 80 includes an instruction acquisition unit 71, a user identification unit 72, a content information acquisition unit 73, and a recording control unit 84.

  The instruction acquisition unit 71 acquires an instruction from the user that is input by operating the operation unit 81. The instruction acquisition unit 71 supplies various instruction signals to the recording control unit 84 based on instructions from the user.

  The recording control unit 84 performs the same operation as the drive control unit 84 included in the recording device 50. However, the recording control unit 84 controls the recording unit 82 instead of the disk drive unit 82 included in the recording device 50.

  The recording unit 82 receives an instruction from the recording control unit 84, converts the video signal supplied from the video signal acquisition unit 63 into a predetermined format, and then records the video signal on a semiconductor recording medium. The semiconductor recording medium may be removable such as a memory card, or may be non-removable.

  The mobile phone terminal 60 configured as described above performs various operations performed by the recording device 50, for example, operations similar to the operations described in (Recording Device Operation Example 1) to (Recording Device Operation Example 4). .

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and the embodiment can be obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in the above-described embodiment. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  The present invention can be suitably applied to a recording apparatus that records content and a recording system including such a recording apparatus.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Display apparatus 21 Recording part 22 Image quality adjustment part 23 Display part 25 Camera 26 External input / output part 100 Main control part 121 Image quality setting part 131 User specification part (user specification means, user identification information output means)
140 Content information acquisition unit 150 Image quality adjustment instruction unit 161 Face extraction unit 50 Recording device (recording device)
60 Mobile phone terminal (recording device)
62 external input / output unit 64 recording unit 65 disk drive unit 70 main control unit 72 user specifying unit (acquisition means)
73 Content information acquisition unit 74 Drive control unit (recording means, output means)

Claims (13)

In a recording apparatus for recording content on a recording medium,
Acquisition means for acquiring, from the external device, user identification information for identifying the user specified by the external device having a user specifying function for specifying the user from other users;
Recording means for recording content designation information for designating a content instructed for recording processing in association with user identification information acquired when the recording processing is instructed among user identification information acquired by the acquisition means. When,
A recording apparatus comprising: Output means for outputting at least a part of the content designation information recorded by the recording means based on an instruction from a user, wherein the instruction is performed among the user identification information acquired by the acquisition means Output means for outputting content designation information associated with the user identification information acquired at the time,
The recording apparatus according to claim 1. The output screen output by the output unit is acquired when a content list including content designation information associated with the user identification information acquired when the instruction is performed and when the instruction is performed. A content list including content designation information associated with different user identification information from the user identification information, and configured to be switchable by a tab indicating each user identification information.
The recording apparatus according to claim 2. The recording means registers the new user identification information when the new user identification information acquired by the acquisition means does not match any of the already acquired user identification information,
The output means adds a tab indicating the new user identification information to the output screen.
The recording apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the recording apparatus is a recording apparatus.   5. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising setting screen output means for outputting a setting screen for setting an image quality adjustment value for each user. A recording system comprising: a display device that displays content on a display unit; and a recording device that records content on a recording medium,
The recording apparatus is the recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The display device includes user specifying means for specifying a user, and user identification information output means for outputting user identification information for identifying the user specified by the user specifying means from other users.
A recording system characterized by that. A recording system comprising: a display device that displays content on a display unit; and a recording device that records content on a recording medium,
The recording apparatus is the recording apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 5,
The display device includes user specifying means for specifying a user, and user identification information output means for outputting user identification information for identifying the user specified by the user specifying means from other users, The content designation information output by the recording device can be displayed on the display unit.
A recording system characterized by that.   A television receiver comprising the recording apparatus according to claim 1. In a display device for recording content in a recording device,
A user identification means for identifying a user;
User identification information output means for outputting user identification information for identifying the user specified by the user specifying means from other users;
Content designation information for designating content for which recording processing is instructed is recorded in association with user identification information acquired when the recording processing is instructed among user identification information output by the user identification information output means. Recording means to
A display device comprising:   A television receiver comprising the display device according to claim 9. A recording method for recording content on a recording medium,
An acquisition step of acquiring from the external device user identification information for identifying the user specified by the external device having a user specifying function for specifying the user from other users;
Recording that records content designation information for designating content for which recording processing is instructed in association with user identification information acquired when the recording processing is instructed among the user identification information acquired in the acquisition step. Process,
The recording method characterized by including.   The program for operating a computer as each means with which the recording apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 5 is provided.   A computer-readable recording medium in which the program according to claim 12 is recorded.

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