JP2013017193A - Broadcast receiver and broadcast display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a broadcast receiver and a broadcast display method with which user convenience is improved by enabling next program information of a current channel to be displayed on a screen without input operation by a user.SOLUTION: A broadcast receiver 100-1 of the present invention comprises: a receiving unit 120 for receiving a broadcast signal including a plurality of channels; an operating unit 160 corresponding to channel switching means for selecting a prescribed channel by switching a plurality of channels received in the receiving unit 120; a program guide analysis unit 170 and a storage unit 150 corresponding to information acquiring means for acquiring program related information containing a channel, a program broadcasting time, a program title and a program content explanation; and a control unit 210 which controls output to a display unit so as to display information of a program to be next broadcasted by judging that a time to start the program to be next broadcasted on a channel being received by the receiving unit 120 becomes closer on the basis of the program related information and the present time.

Description

  The present invention relates to a broadcast receiving apparatus and a broadcast display method for displaying information on a program to be broadcast next on a receiving channel on a screen of the broadcast receiving apparatus.

  In recent years, with the spread of broadcast receivers compatible with digital terrestrial broadcasting (hereinafter referred to as terrestrial digital) and high-definition broadcasts, the number of broadcast receivers equipped with an electronic program guide (EPG) reception function is also increasing. . In a broadcast receiving device having such an electronic program guide (EPG) reception function, a part of the program guide is cut out and displayed on the screen in response to a user input (for example, a selection input from a remote control transmitter). Thus, it is possible to display information such as the program name and program broadcast time of the currently viewed program (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

JP-A-6-153109 JP-A-11-266408

  For example, when viewing a program guide while viewing terrestrial digital broadcasting, it is necessary to switch the screen from the television (TV) screen shown in FIG. 8 (a) to the program guide screen shown in FIG. 8 (b). Cannot watch continuously. As shown in FIG. 9, the program name acquired from the program guide can be displayed on the TV screen in a superimposed manner. In this case, only the program name of the program currently being broadcast (currently being viewed) on the channel is displayed. Since it is displayed, it is impossible to know what program is to be broadcast next. Normally, since the current program is set up to the start time of the next program in TV broadcasting, for example, the program of the current program as shown in FIG. 10 (b) showing a screen of 9:58 of the channel where the next program starts from 10:00. Even in the case where the main program ends and CM broadcasting is in progress until the next program, the program information (current program name) of the current program broadcast in that time zone is displayed. In addition, the broadcast receiving apparatuses described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above are for checking the next program during a commercial (CM) two minutes before the start of the next program as shown in FIG. By switching to the program guide screen (EPG screen) as shown in FIG. 10 (a), the program guide can be displayed and confirmed by the user (viewer). In addition, since the display of the program being viewed is interrupted or the TV screen is occupied by the program guide, it becomes impossible to continue watching the program in a comfortable environment.

The present invention provides broadcast reception with improved user convenience by providing a function for displaying information of a program to be broadcast next on the channel being received on the screen without requiring an input operation by the user. It is a first object to provide an apparatus.
The present invention provides a broadcast display method that improves user convenience by displaying on a screen information of a program to be broadcast next on a receiving channel without requiring an input operation by the user. This is the second purpose.

  In order to achieve the first object, a broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1 includes: a receiving unit that receives a broadcast signal having a plurality of channels; and a predetermined channel by switching the plurality of channels received by the receiving unit. Based on the program related information and the current time, the receiving means is receiving the channel switching means for selecting the information, the information acquiring means for acquiring the program related information including the channel, the program broadcast time, the program name, and the program content description. Control means for determining that the start time of the next broadcasted program is approaching in the channel and controlling the output to the display unit so as to display the information of the next broadcasted program. It is characterized by comprising.

  The information of the next broadcasted program preferably includes at least the program name in order to provide a broadcast receiving apparatus with improved user convenience.

  If the control means determines that the start time of the next broadcasted program is approaching on the channel being received by the receiving means, the control means is set to another channel at the start time of the next broadcasted program. Controlling the output to the display unit so as to further display the information of the program being broadcast is preferable for providing a broadcast receiving apparatus with improved user convenience.

  For the convenience of the user, the control means controls the output to the display unit so as to display only the information of the program to be broadcast on another channel at the start time of the next broadcast program. This is preferable in providing an improved broadcast receiving apparatus.

  The apparatus further comprises information selection means for selecting any one of the program information displayed on the display section based on user input to the display section, and the channel switching means selects a channel received by the receiving means. Switching to the channel corresponding to the information selected by the information selection means is preferable for providing a broadcast receiving apparatus with improved user convenience.

  In order to achieve the second object, a broadcast display method according to claim 6 receives a broadcast signal having a plurality of channels by a receiving means, and switches the plurality of channels received by the receiving means to a predetermined channel. To obtain program-related information including a channel, program broadcast time, program name, and program description, and then broadcast on the channel being received by the receiving means based on the program-related information and the current time. It is determined that the start time of the program is approaching, and the output to the display unit is controlled to display the information of the next broadcasted program.

  It is preferable that the information on the next broadcasted program includes at least the program name in order to provide a broadcast display method with improved user convenience.

  If it is determined that the start time of the next broadcasted program is approaching in the channel being received by the receiving means, the start time of the next broadcasted program is Controlling the output to the display unit so as to further display information is preferable in providing a broadcast display method with improved user convenience.

  Broadcast display with improved convenience for the user by controlling the output to the display unit so that only the information of the program to be broadcast on other channels is displayed at the start time of the next broadcast program Preferred for providing a method.

  Based on user input to the display unit, any one of the information of the next broadcasted program is selected, and a channel received by the receiving unit is changed to a channel corresponding to the information selected by the information selecting unit. Switching is preferable in providing a broadcast display method with improved user convenience.

  According to the present invention, when the broadcast start time approaches, information on a program to be broadcast next on the channel being received is displayed on the screen. Therefore, a broadcast receiving apparatus and a broadcast display method that improve user convenience are provided. Can be provided.

It is a block diagram which shows the 1st structure of the broadcast receiving apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the 2nd structure of the broadcast receiver of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the information display control in the broadcast receiver of 1st Embodiment. (A), (b) is a figure for demonstrating the operation example 1 of the information display control in the broadcast receiver of 1st Embodiment. (A)-(c) is a figure for demonstrating the operation example 2 of the information display control in the broadcast receiver of 1st Embodiment. (A), (b) is a figure for demonstrating the operation example 3 of the information display control in the broadcast receiver of 1st Embodiment. (A), (b) is a figure for demonstrating the operation example 4 of the information display control in the broadcast receiver of 1st Embodiment. (A), (b) is a figure for demonstrating the display switching operation | movement for the display of the program schedule in the conventional broadcast receiving apparatus. It is a figure for demonstrating the display state of the program name in the conventional broadcast receiving apparatus. (A), (b) is a figure for demonstrating the display switching operation | movement for the display of the program schedule in the conventional broadcast receiving apparatus.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first configuration of the broadcast receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a second configuration of the broadcast receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. is there.

  A broadcast receiving apparatus 100-1 shown in FIG. 1 has a configuration in which a receiving unit and a display unit are separated (separated type), and corresponds to a terrestrial digital tuner device or a recording device equipped with a terrestrial digital receiving function. The broadcast receiving apparatus 100-1 receives an antenna 110, a receiving unit 120 that receives a broadcast signal having a plurality of channels via the antenna 110, a video analysis unit 130 that performs video analysis based on the received broadcast signal, and Audio analysis unit 140 that performs audio analysis based on broadcast signals, storage unit 150 that stores received broadcast signals, data, and the like, and input information that accompanies various operations when a user (viewer) views a terrestrial digital broadcast or the like An operation unit 160 that processes the program, a program table analysis unit 170 that performs program table analysis based on the received broadcast signal, a time management unit 180 that performs time management such as reserved recording, and a video that outputs a video signal of a program to be viewed An output unit 190, an audio output unit 200 that outputs audio signals of a program to be viewed, a receiving unit 120, a video analysis unit 130, an audio analysis unit 140, a storage unit 150, an operation 160, the program guide analyzing unit 170, time management unit 180, and and a control unit 210 for controlling the operation of the video output unit 190 and the audio output unit 200. Note that a plurality of receiving units 120 may be mounted.

A broadcast receiving apparatus 100-2 shown in FIG. 2 has a configuration (integrated type) in which a receiving unit and a display unit are integrated, and various mobile terminals having a receiving function of one-segment broadcasting (hereinafter referred to as one-segment broadcasting). (One-seg compatible mobile phone, one-seg compatible PDA, etc.). The broadcast receiving apparatus 100-2 receives an antenna 110, a receiving unit 120 that receives a broadcast signal having a plurality of channels via the antenna 110, a video analysis unit 130 that performs video analysis based on the received broadcast signal, and Audio analysis unit 140 that performs audio analysis based on broadcast signals, storage unit 150 that stores received broadcast signals, data, and the like, and input information that accompanies various operations when a user (viewer) views a terrestrial digital broadcast or the like An operation unit 160 for processing, a program table analysis unit 170 for analyzing a program table based on the received broadcast signal, a time management unit 180 for managing time such as reserved recording, and a display unit for displaying video of a program to be viewed 195, a speaker 205 for converting a sound signal of a program to be viewed into sound, a receiving unit 120, a video analysis unit 130, a sound analysis unit 140, a storage unit 150, and an operation unit 1 0, the program table analysis unit 170, and and a control unit 210 for controlling the operation of the time management unit 180, a display unit 195 and the speaker 205. Note that a plurality of receiving units 120 may be mounted.
Hereinafter, the broadcast receiving device 100 will be described as including the broadcast receiving device 100-1 and the broadcast receiving device 100-2.

  Next, information display control in the broadcast receiving apparatus of this embodiment will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating information display control performed in the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. First, in step S11 of FIG. 3, it is determined whether or not it is within the first threshold time until the start of broadcasting of the program (next program) broadcast next to the program currently broadcast on the channel being viewed (current program). Then, the self-loop is repeated until the first threshold time is reached, and when it is within the first threshold time, the process proceeds to step S12 to acquire next program information including the program name and the like. The first threshold time is set to a time corresponding to the commercial (CM) broadcast after the main program ends, for example, 3 minutes. As a method of acquiring next program information, a method of acquiring next program information from program-related information (for example, an electronic program guide (EPG), etc.) included in the received broadcast signal, or acquiring next program information via the Internet The technique to be used is used. Further, the next program information may be acquired from a broadcast signal or the Internet periodically and from the electronic program guide stored in the storage unit 150. In the next step S13, the next program information of the channel is displayed on the display unit inside or outside the broadcast receiving apparatus.

  In the next step S14, it is determined whether or not it is within the second threshold time until the start of broadcasting of the next program. The self-loop is repeated until the second threshold time is reached, and when it is within the second threshold time, step S15 is performed. Proceed to The second threshold time is set to a short time corresponding to immediately before the start of broadcasting of the next program, for example, 1 minute. In step S15, program information broadcast on a channel other than the channel being viewed (hereinafter referred to as back program information) is displayed on a display unit inside or outside the broadcast receiving apparatus. Note that a program broadcast on another channel at the start of the next program of the channel being viewed is a “program currently being broadcast on another channel” if the program is broadcast across that time. If a new program starts, it is a “program to be broadcast next on another channel”, and basically all program information broadcast at that time is displayed. However, of course, for example, only “programs of other channels” starting from that time may be displayed. As a method for displaying the back program information, as described later, “display method for displaying the back program information in an overlapped manner on the TV screen” or “one channel of the back program information at a predetermined position (for example, the upper end) of the TV screen” Any one of “display methods for scrolling by minute” is used.

  In the next step S16, it is determined whether or not the broadcast start time of the next program has been reached. If the broadcast start time has not been reached, the process proceeds to step S17, and if the broadcast start time has been reached, the process ends. In step S17, it is determined whether or not the “OK” button has been pressed. If the “OK” button has not been pressed, the process returns to step S16 to continue displaying the back program information, and if the “OK” button has been pressed. Advances to step S18. In step S18, if the display of the back program information in step S15 is performed by the "display method in which the back program information is scroll-displayed by one channel at a predetermined position (for example, the upper end) of the TV screen", scroll display is performed. Switch to the middle channel. Further, when the display of the back program information in the above step S15 is performed by the “display method of displaying the back program information superimposed on the TV screen”, if the displayed back program information is one, the processing of step S17 is performed. When the “decision” button is pressed, the channel corresponding to the back program information is switched (step S18), and if the displayed back program information is plural, the “decision” button is selected after any one is selected by the user. Is pressed (step S17), switching to the corresponding channel is performed (step S18). The user selects desired back program information by pressing the “up / down” key on the broadcast receiving apparatus main body or the remote control.

  Next, an operation example of information display control in the broadcast receiving apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Operation example 1: Display of next program information of channel being viewed]
By executing YES-step S12-step S13 of step S11 in FIG. 3, when the program of a certain channel is being viewed, when the next program of the channel starts within the first threshold time, the next of the channel Display program information.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the TV screen currently being viewed displays a program of channel 1 (CH1), the first threshold time is set to 3 minutes, and the current program of CH1 When information (in the example shown, “CH1 program name: news 9”) is displayed at the top of the TV screen, when the current time is 9:57, the current program information on CH1 The next program information of the channel (in the illustrated example, “next program 10: 00-11: 0 news 10”) is displayed. It should be noted that the ratio of the next program information display to the TV screen is set to such a size that the TV screen does not become difficult to see as shown in FIG. 4B, for example.

  According to the operation example 1 of the information display control in the broadcast receiving apparatus of the present embodiment, when the program of a certain channel is being viewed, the next of the channel is reached when the next program of the channel starts broadcasting within the first threshold time. Since the program information is displayed on the screen, the user can visually know the content of the next broadcasted program on the channel being viewed, and the broadcast receiving apparatus and broadcast display that improve user convenience A method can be provided.

[Operation example 2: Display of back program information immediately before the start of the next program broadcast]
By executing YES-step S12-step S13-YES in step S14-step S15 in FIG. 3 during the viewing of the program of a certain channel, the broadcasting of the next program of that channel is started within the second threshold time. When this happens, back program information consisting of program information broadcast on a channel other than the channel at the broadcast start time of the next program of the channel is displayed.
For example, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), a program of channel 1 (CH1) is displayed on the currently viewed TV screen, the second threshold time is set to 1 minute, and the current program of CH1 is displayed. When the information (in the illustrated example, “CH1 program name: news 9”) is displayed at the top of the TV screen, the current time is 9:58, and therefore the current program information of CH1 is displayed at the bottom of the current program information. Next program information (in the example shown, “next program 10: 00-11: 0 news 10”) is displayed. When time elapses from the state of FIG. 5A and the current time becomes 9:59 immediately before the start of the next program broadcast, for example, as shown in FIG. 5B, the next program information of CH1 (in the case of the illustrated example) , “Next program 10: 00-11.00 News 10”), program information broadcast on channels other than channel 1 at 10:00, which is the broadcast start time of the next program “News 10” of CH1. Back program information (in the example shown, “CH2 news”, “CH3 drama”, and “CH4 animation”) is displayed. The ratio of the back program information display to the TV screen is set to a size that does not interfere with viewing as shown in FIG. 5C, for example. When it is difficult to make the size so as not to interfere, the back program information is scroll-displayed by one channel at a time as in operation example 3 described later.

  According to the operation example 2 of the information display control in the broadcast receiving apparatus of the present embodiment, when the program of a certain channel is being viewed, the next of the channel is reached when the next program of the channel starts broadcasting within the second threshold time. Since the back program information consisting of program information broadcast on a channel other than the corresponding channel is displayed on the screen at the broadcast start time of the program, the user can visually see the contents of the next program broadcast on the channel other than the channel being viewed. Therefore, it is possible to provide a broadcast receiving apparatus and a broadcast display method that improve user convenience.

[Operation example 3; scroll display of back program information of operation example 2]
When the back program information of the operation example 2 illustrated in FIG. 5B is displayed, if the display unit that the broadcast receiving apparatus 100 has or is connected to is large, viewing is not hindered as shown in FIG. For example, when the display area is narrow like a one-segment mobile phone, it is difficult to display as shown in FIG. Information is scrolled by one channel at a time.
That is, when an attempt is made to display the back program information shown in FIG. 5B in a certain broadcast receiving apparatus 100, for example, as shown in FIG. 6A, the display of the back program information interferes with viewing. 6B, as shown in FIG. 6B, a program of another channel constituting the back program information at a predetermined position on the TV screen (lower part of the next program information of CH1 in the upper part of the screen in the illustrated example). Information (in the example shown, “CH2 report”,...) Is scroll-displayed by one channel at a time. The above scroll display uses “scroll display that continuously moves program information to the left at a constant speed”, but “the program information for one channel is moved to the left and constant at the display position shown in the figure. After the display is stopped for a time, a scroll display in which the program information for the next one channel is moved leftward and stopped at a display position shown in the drawing for a certain period of time may be used. Whether the display method of FIG. 5B or the display method of FIG. 6B is used is based on “occupation ratio of the back program information display area to the TV screen display area in the broadcast receiving apparatus”. To decide.

  According to the operation example 3 of the information display control in the broadcast receiving apparatus of the present embodiment, when the program of the certain channel is being viewed, the next of the channel is reached when the broadcast of the next program of the channel is within the second threshold time. Since the back program information consisting of program information broadcast on a channel other than the channel at the broadcast start time of the program is scrolled and displayed on the screen one channel at a time, the user can visually view the back program information without disturbing viewing. Thus, it is possible to provide a broadcast receiving apparatus and a broadcast display method that improve user convenience.

[Operation example 4; channel switching during scroll display of back program information of operation example 3]
Step S11 in FIG. 3 -Step S12 -Step S13 -YES in Step S14 -Step S15 -NO in Step S16 -YES in Step S17 -Step S18 Scroll display of back program information in Operation Example 3 When the “OK” button is pressed, the channel is switched to the channel corresponding to the back program information.
For example, as shown in FIG. 7A, program information of other channels constituting back program information at a predetermined position on the TV screen (lower part of the next program information of CH1 at the upper part of the screen in the illustrated example) (in the illustrated example, “ When the user presses the “OK” button while scrolling “CH2 news”,...) By one channel at a time, the channel is set to CH2, which is the channel corresponding to the displayed back program information. Can be switched. At this time, for example, as shown in FIG. 7B, the current time is also 9:59 in CH2 and is within the second threshold time until the broadcast disclosure time of the next program “Report 10”. The scroll display (in the illustrated example, “CH3 drama”...) Is continued.

According to the operation example 4 of the information display control in the broadcast receiving apparatus of the present embodiment, the scroll display is being performed in response to the user pressing the “decision” button within the second threshold time during the scroll display of the back program information. Since channel switching to a channel is performed, it is possible to provide a broadcast receiving apparatus and a broadcast display method that improve user convenience.
In the above embodiment, the first threshold time and the second threshold time are provided, and the display timing of the next program information of the channel currently being viewed and the display timing of the back program information are separated. These may be displayed at the timing.

100, 100-1, 100-2 Broadcast receiving apparatus 110 Antenna 120 Reception unit 130 Video analysis unit 140 Audio analysis unit 150 Storage unit 160 Operation unit 170 Program guide analysis unit 180 Time management unit 190 Video output unit 195 Display unit 200 Audio output Unit 205 speaker 210 control unit

To achieve the first object, a broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention, the start time is near with ECTS of the program are then broadcast on the channel being received, prior to the start time, the other channels Next, display means for displaying information of a program to be broadcast is provided .

To achieve the above second object, a broadcast display method according to the present invention, the start time is near with ECTS of the program are then broadcast on the channel being received, prior to the start time, the other channels Next , information on the program to be broadcast is displayed.

Claims (10)

Receiving means for receiving a broadcast signal having a plurality of channels;
Channel switching means for selecting a predetermined channel by switching a plurality of channels received by the receiving means;
Information acquisition means for acquiring program related information including a channel, program broadcast time, program name, and program description;
Based on the program related information and the current time, it is determined that the start time of the next broadcasted program on the channel being received by the receiving means is approaching, and information on the next broadcasted program is displayed. Control means for controlling the output to the display unit,
A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:   The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information of the next broadcasted program includes at least a program name.   If the control means determines that the start time of the next broadcasted program is approaching on the channel being received by the receiving means, the control means is set to another channel at the start time of the next broadcasted program. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein output to the display unit is controlled so as to further display information of a program being broadcast.   The control means controls the output to the display unit so as to display only information of a program to be broadcast on another channel at the start time of the next broadcast program. The broadcast receiving apparatus described in 1. Further comprising information selection means for selecting any one of the program information displayed on the display unit based on a user input to the display unit;
The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the channel switching means switches the channel received by the receiving means to a channel corresponding to the information selected by the information selecting means. Receiving a broadcast signal having a plurality of channels by a receiving means;
A plurality of channels received by the receiving means are switched to select a predetermined channel,
Get program related information including channel, program airtime, program name and program description,
Based on the program related information and the current time, it is determined that the start time of the next broadcasted program on the channel being received by the receiving means is approaching, and information on the next broadcasted program is displayed. A broadcast display method characterized by controlling output to the display unit.   The broadcast display method according to claim 6, wherein the information of the next broadcasted program includes at least a program name.   If it is determined that the start time of the next broadcasted program is approaching in the channel being received by the receiving means, the start time of the next broadcasted program is 8. The broadcast display method according to claim 6, wherein output to the display unit is controlled so as to further display information.   9. The broadcast display according to claim 8, wherein output to the display unit is controlled so that only information on a program to be broadcast on another channel is displayed at a start time of the next broadcast program. Method. Based on user input to the display unit, select any one of the information of the next broadcast program,
8. The broadcast display method according to claim 6, wherein a channel received by the receiving unit is switched to a channel corresponding to the information selected by the information selecting unit.

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