JP2013026670A - Broadcast receiving apparatus and broadcast receiving method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a broadcast receiving apparatus and a broadcast receiving method which, even if there is only one tuner and the storing time of a content comes when another content is viewed, allows the viewer to view both of the contents.SOLUTION: A storage part 24 stores information on the storing time of a first content to be put on air by storage type broadcasting. A time determination part 25c determines whether the storing time of the first content has come while the user views a second content. If the time determination part 25c determines that the storing time has come, a storing time setting part 25d sets a broadcasting time of the first content later than the storing time determined to have come as the storing time of the first content.

Description

  The present invention relates to a broadcast receiving apparatus and a broadcast receiving method for receiving a broadcast.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a television receiver that accepts a television program viewing reservation and automatically switches the channel from the currently viewed television program channel to the television program channel for which the viewing reservation has been made.

  When the channel is switched, the viewer cannot continue watching the TV program that has been viewed. Therefore, a broadcast that allows the viewer to select whether to change the channel from the currently viewed TV program to the reserved TV program, and whether to record the currently viewed TV program or the reserved TV program. A receiving apparatus has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2005-252764 A

  In order to receive either one of the TV program being watched or the TV program that has been reserved for viewing and to record the other TV program, two tuners can be used to simultaneously receive the broadcast waves of the two TV programs. Is required. However, in the case of a portable device such as a smartphone, there is a problem that it is difficult to mount two tuners due to hardware arrangements and power consumption restrictions.

  Then, when the portable device has only one tuner and the viewer watches the TV program on the portable device, when the reservation date and time of the reserved TV program arrives, the viewer You have to give up watching.

  The same applies to the case where content storage reservation is made in the storage-type broadcasting. In other words, if the storage date of the content arrives while the viewer is watching a certain content, and the mobile device cannot be equipped with two tuners, the viewer will not give up watching one content. must not.

  In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a broadcast that allows a viewer to view both contents even when there is only one tuner and the accumulation time of another content comes while viewing one content. An object of the present invention is to provide a receiving apparatus and a broadcast receiving method.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a first technical means of the present invention is a broadcast receiving device that receives a broadcast, and a storage unit that stores information on an accumulation time of the first content broadcast by the accumulation type broadcast A time determination unit that determines whether or not the accumulation time of the first content has arrived while the user is viewing the second content, and a case where the accumulation determination time has been determined by the time determination unit And a storage time setting unit that sets the storage time of the first content at a broadcast time of the first content after the storage time.

  The second technical means of the present invention instructs whether or not to continue viewing the second content when the first technical means determines that the accumulation time has arrived by the time determination unit. An input unit that accepts an input to be performed from a user, and the accumulation time setting unit receives an input that instructs to continue viewing the second content from the user, and The storage time of the first content is set to the broadcast time of the first content.

  According to a third technical means of the present invention, when the second technical means does not accept an input instructing to continue viewing the second content from a user, the third content is a broadcast to be viewed. And a broadcast switching unit for switching from the first broadcast to the first content broadcast.

  According to a fourth technical means of the present invention, in the second or third technical means, when an input instructing whether or not to continue viewing the second content is received from a user, A display unit for displaying rebroadcast information is further provided.

  According to a fifth technical means of the present invention, in the fourth technical means, the rebroadcast information of the first content includes information on the number of times the first content is rebroadcast.

  According to a sixth technical means of the present invention, in the fourth or fifth technical means, the rebroadcast information of the first content includes information on a time when the first content is rebroadcast. And

  According to a seventh technical means of the present invention, there is provided a broadcast receiving method for receiving a broadcast, wherein the storage time information is read from a storage unit storing the storage time information of the first content broadcast by the storage-type broadcast. An information reading step and a time determination for determining whether or not the first content storage time has arrived during viewing of the second content by the user based on the information on the storage time read in the information reading step And a storage time for setting the storage time of the first content to the broadcast time of the first content after the storage time when it is determined in the step and the time determination step that the storage time has come And a setting step.

  According to the present invention, it is determined whether or not the accumulation time of the first content has arrived while the user is viewing the second content, and when it is determined that the accumulation time has arrived, the accumulation time is later than the accumulation time. The accumulation time of the first content is set to the broadcasting time of the first content. As a result, even when there is only one tuner and the viewer is viewing a certain content and the accumulation time of another content arrives, the storage-type broadcast content is shifted to the next broadcast time of the content. By allowing the viewer to view the content that has been stored and stored later, the viewer can view both content.

It is a figure which shows an example of the broadcast system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the broadcast receiver which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence of the broadcast reception process which concerns on this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, a broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a broadcasting system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, this broadcasting system includes a broadcasting station 1, a communication base station 2, and a broadcast receiving device 10.

  The broadcast station 1 is a broadcast station that transmits broadcast waves such as multimedia broadcasts. The communication base station 2 is a communication base station that relays communication between the broadcast receiving apparatus 10 and the telephone network. The broadcast receiving apparatus 10 is an apparatus such as a portable terminal that receives a broadcast wave transmitted from the broadcast station 1 and communicates with the communication base station 2.

  In the following, the case where the broadcast receiving apparatus 10 is a mobile terminal will be described. However, the broadcast receiving apparatus 10 is not limited to a mobile terminal, but may be a hard disk recorder or a Blu-ray disc recorder that receives broadcast waves transmitted from the broadcast station 1. It may be a device.

  Next, the configuration of the broadcast receiving apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the broadcast receiving apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the broadcast receiving apparatus 10 includes a broadcast wave receiving antenna 11, a tuner unit 12, a demodulating unit 13, an error correcting unit 14, a demultiplexing unit 15, a decoding unit 16, an image superimposing unit 17, a display unit 18, An audio output unit 19, a communication antenna 20, a communication unit 21, an input unit 22, a time measuring unit 23, a storage unit 24, and a control unit 25 are provided.

  The broadcast wave receiving antenna 11 is an antenna that receives a broadcast wave of a multimedia broadcast transmitted from the broadcast station 1. The tuner unit 12 is a tuner that selects a channel and outputs a broadcast signal of the selected channel to the demodulation unit 13. The demodulation unit 13 is a processing unit that acquires a digital signal by demodulating the broadcast signal acquired from the tuner unit 12 and outputs the acquired digital signal to the error correction unit 14.

  The error correction unit 14 is a processing unit that performs error correction on the digital signal acquired from the demodulation unit 13. Thereby, a TS (Transport Stream) packet transmitted by the broadcasting station 1 is restored.

  The demultiplexing unit 15 is a processing unit that separates the TS packets into video packets, audio packets, and data broadcast packets, and outputs the video packets and audio packets to the decoding unit 16 and the data broadcast packets to the control unit 25.

  The decoding unit 16 is a processing unit that decodes the video packet and the audio packet, and outputs the video signal obtained as a result to the image superimposing unit 17 and the audio signal to the audio output unit 19.

  The image superimposing unit 17 superimposes the video signal acquired from the decoding unit 16 and the image signal obtained by processing the data broadcast packet in the control unit 24, and outputs the resulting signal to the display unit 18. Part.

  The display unit 18 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display. The display unit 18 receives the signal output from the image superimposing unit 17 and displays a video according to the signal.

  The audio output unit 19 is an output device such as a speaker that outputs audio. The audio output unit 19 receives the audio signal output from the decoding unit 16 and outputs audio according to the audio signal.

  The communication antenna 20 is an antenna that transmits and receives communication radio waves for communication and data communication with the communication base station 2. The communication unit 21 is a processing unit that performs call processing and data communication processing. The input unit 22 is an input device such as a button or a touch pad. The timer 23 is a clock that measures the date and time.

  The storage unit 24 is a storage device such as a nonvolatile memory. The storage unit 24 stores user data 24a, broadcast time data 24b, accumulation time data 24c, switching setting data 24d, and content data 24e.

  The user data 24a is user personal data such as transmitted / received e-mails and telephone books. The broadcast time data 24b is data of the date and time (broadcast date and broadcast time zone) when the content is broadcast / rebroadcast in the accumulation type broadcast, and the remaining number of times the content is rebroadcast.

  For example, an ECG (Electronic Content Guide) transmitted by the broadcast station 1 includes information on the date and time when the content is broadcast / rebroadcast. Therefore, the broadcast reception control unit 25b, which will be described later, acquires information on the date and time when the content is broadcast / rebroadcast from the ECG, and generates and acquires information on the remaining number of times the content is rebroadcast from the acquired information. Alternatively, the generated information is stored in the storage unit 24 as broadcast time data 24b.

  The accumulation time data 24c is data on the accumulation date and time (accumulation date and accumulation time zone) of the content for which the accumulation reservation has been made. In the storage date / time data 24c, identification information of the content for which the storage reservation has been made, information on the channel on which the content is broadcast, and information on the storage date / time are stored in association with each other. The accumulation time data 24c is stored in the storage unit 24 by an accumulation time setting unit 25d described later.

  The switch setting data 24d is data in which setting information indicating whether or not to forcibly switch the received broadcast to the storage type broadcast when the content viewing date and time overlaps with the content storage date and time in the storage type broadcast is stored. The switch setting data 24d is set in advance by the user. When the content viewing date / time overlaps with the content storage date / time in the storage-type broadcast and information set by the user to forcibly switch the received broadcast to the storage-type broadcast is stored in the switching setting data 24d, Broadcasting to be forcibly switched to storage-type broadcasting.

  Here, based on the setting by the user, the broadcast to be received is forcibly switched to the storage type broadcast. However, regardless of the setting by the user, the content viewing date and time is the content storage date and time in the storage type broadcasting. In the case of duplication, the broadcast that is forcibly received may be switched to the storage-type broadcast.

  The content data 24e is content data stored by a storage processing unit 25e described later.

  The control unit 25 is a control device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that controls the broadcast receiving apparatus 10 as a whole. The control unit 25 includes a communication control unit 25a, a broadcast reception control unit 25b, a time determination unit 25c, an accumulation time setting unit 25d, an accumulation processing unit 25e, and a broadcast switching unit 25f.

  The communication control unit 25a is a processing unit that controls call processing and data communication processing performed by the communication unit 21. Specifically, the communication control unit 25a is designated by the user when a process of storing the e-mail received by the communication unit 21 in the storage unit 24 as user data 24a or when the user designates a call partner for a call. The information of the telephone number of the called party is read from the data in the telephone book stored in the user data 24a, and a process of making a call to the read telephone number is performed.

  The broadcast reception control unit 25b is a processing unit that controls content broadcast reception processing. Specifically, the broadcast reception control unit 25b controls the tuner unit 12 to select a channel specified by the user, controls the demodulation unit 13 to demodulate the broadcast signal, A data broadcast packet is acquired, decoded, and a process of outputting the data signal of the data broadcast obtained as a result to the image superimposing unit 17 is performed.

  In addition, as described above, the broadcast reception control unit 25b acquires information on the date and time when the content is broadcast / rebroadcast from the ECG transmitted by the broadcast station 1, and the content is rebroadcast from the acquired information. The remaining number of times of information is generated, and the acquired or generated information is stored in the storage unit 24 as broadcast time data 24b.

  The time determination unit 25c is a processing unit that determines whether or not the storage date and time of the content stored in the storage time data 24b has arrived while the user is viewing the content. The time determination unit 25c performs the above determination by comparing the measurement result of the date and time by the time measuring unit 23 with the content storage date and time stored in the storage time data 24b.

  The accumulation time setting unit 25d, when it is determined by the time determination unit 25c that the accumulation time of the content of the accumulation type broadcast has arrived while the user is viewing the content, the accumulation type broadcast that has been reserved for accumulation at the accumulation date and time Is a processing unit that sets the storage date and time of the content to the next broadcast date and time of the content. At that time, the accumulation time setting unit 25d reads information on the next broadcast date and time from the broadcast time data 24b and performs the above setting.

  The accumulation processing unit 25e is a processing unit that accumulates content on the accumulation date and time set by the accumulation time setting unit 25d. However, when the user is viewing other content at the accumulation date and time set by the accumulation time setting unit 25d, the accumulation processing unit 25e determines whether there is an instruction from the user to continue viewing the content. To do.

  When there is an instruction from the user who continues to view the content, the accumulation processing unit 25e does not accumulate the content at the accumulation date and time. In this case, the storage date and time of the content is set by the storage time setting unit 25d to the next broadcast date and time of the content. If there is no instruction from the user who continues to view the content, the storage processing unit 25e stores the content on the storage date and time.

  The broadcast switching unit 25f is a processing unit that switches the broadcast of the currently viewed content to another content broadcast. Specifically, the broadcast switching unit 25f reads the switching setting data 24d from the storage unit 24 and broadcasts the switching setting data 24d when the storage time of the storage-type broadcast content arrives while the user is viewing the content. It is determined whether or not it is set to forcibly switch to storage-type broadcasting.

  When the switching setting data 24d is set to forcibly switch the broadcast to the storage type broadcast, the broadcast switching unit 25f forcibly switches the broadcast of the content currently being viewed to the storage type broadcast. When the switching setting data 24d is not set to forcibly switch the broadcast to the storage-type broadcast, the broadcast switching unit 25f re-broadcasts information on the content whose storage date and time has arrived (re-broadcast date and time information) ) Is displayed on the display unit 18. This rebroadcast information is acquired from the broadcast time data 24b.

  Then, the broadcast switching unit 25f receives input from the user for a predetermined time via the input unit 22 to instruct whether or not to continue viewing the currently viewed content. When the instruction to continue viewing is not received from the user within a predetermined time, the broadcast switching unit 25f switches the broadcast of the currently viewed content to the storage-type broadcast.

  When receiving an instruction to continue viewing from the user, the broadcast switching unit 25f does not switch broadcasts. In this case, the storage date / time of the content whose storage date / time has arrived is reset by the storage time setting unit 25d to the next broadcast date / time of the content.

  In addition, while the accumulation processing unit 25e is accumulating content, the broadcast switching unit 25f prohibits switching to broadcasting of other content.

  In this manner, the user can select whether to continue viewing the currently viewed content or to switch to storage-type broadcast reception. In addition, even when the user selects to continue viewing the currently viewed content, the user can view the accumulated content by accumulating the content that has been accumulated on the next broadcast date and time. Thus, the user can view both the currently viewed content and the content that has been stored.

  In addition, when selecting whether to continue viewing the content that the user is currently viewing or to switch to receiving storable broadcasting, information on the rebroadcast such as the date and number of times the content is rebroadcast is displayed. By displaying, it is possible to provide useful information to the user when making the selection. For example, when the content is rebroadcast many times, the user can select to continue viewing the currently viewed content.

  Next, the processing procedure of the broadcast receiving process according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure of the broadcast receiving process according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, first, the display unit 18 and the audio output unit 19 of the broadcast receiving apparatus 10 respectively execute the received content video display processing and audio output processing (step S <b> 101).

  Then, the broadcast switching unit 25f reads the storage time data 24c from the storage unit 24, and determines whether or not the storage date and time of the storage-type broadcast content registered in the storage time data 24c has arrived (step S102). Here, it is assumed that the content for which the video display processing and the audio output processing are performed in step S101 is different from the content for which it is determined whether or not the accumulation date / time has arrived in step S102.

  When the storage date and time of the storage-type broadcast content has not arrived (NO in step S102), the process proceeds to step S101, and the video display processing and audio output processing of the received content are continued.

  When the storage date and time of storage-type broadcast content has arrived (YES in step S102), the broadcast switching unit 25f reads the switch setting data 24d from the storage unit 24 and forces the broadcast to the storage-type broadcast in the switch setting data 24d. It is determined whether or not it is set to switch automatically (step S103).

  When the switching setting data 24d is set to forcibly switch the broadcast to the storage type broadcast (YES in step S103), the broadcast switching unit 25f controls the tuner unit 12 to store the received broadcast. Forcibly switching to type broadcasting (step S107). Then, the accumulation processing unit 25e performs accumulation processing of the content of the accumulation type broadcast (Step S108). Thereafter, the broadcast reception process ends.

  In step S103, when the switching setting data 24d is not set to forcibly switch the broadcast to the storage-type broadcast (NO in step S103), the broadcast switching unit 25f stores the broadcast time data 24b from the storage unit 24. A display process is performed to display the date and time of rebroadcasting of the content of the storage-type broadcast and the remaining number of rebroadcasts on the display unit 18 (step S104).

  Thereafter, the broadcast switching unit 25f receives input from the user for a predetermined time via the input unit 22 to instruct whether to continue viewing the currently viewed content (step S105). Then, the broadcast switching unit 25f determines whether or not there is an instruction from the user who continues to view the content currently viewed within a predetermined time (step S106).

  When there is no instruction from the user who continues to view the currently viewed content (NO in step S106), the broadcast switching unit 25f controls the tuner unit 12 to receive the TS (Transport Stream) of the received broadcast. Is switched to TS for storage type broadcasting (step S107). Then, the accumulation processing unit 25e performs accumulation processing of the content of the accumulation type broadcast (Step S108). Thereafter, the broadcast reception process ends.

  When there is an instruction from the user who continues to view the currently viewed content (YES in step S106), the accumulation time setting unit 25d determines whether or not the number of rebroadcasts for the content is zero. Is determined (step S109).

  If the number of rebroadcasts for the content is not 0 (NO in step S109), the accumulation time setting unit 25d performs a process of resetting the accumulation date and time of the content of the accumulation type broadcast (step S110). Specifically, the accumulation time setting unit 25d reads the broadcast time data 24b from the storage unit 24, and performs a process of setting the accumulation date and time of the storage-type broadcast content to the next broadcast date and time of the storage-type broadcast content. .

  If the number of rebroadcasts for the content is 0 (YES in step S109), the process proceeds to step S101, and for the content currently being viewed by the user, video display processing and audio output processing of the content Is continued as it is.

  In step S109, it is determined whether or not the number of rebroadcasts is 0. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of rebroadcasts is equal to or less than a predetermined number of times set by the user, or It is determined whether or not the number of rebroadcasts is equal to or less than a predetermined number of times, and if the number of rebroadcasts is not less than or equal to the predetermined number of times, the process of step S110 is performed, In the following cases, the process may proceed to step S101 and the subsequent processing may be executed.

  Also, in the process of step S104, when the remaining number of re-broadcasts for the storage-type broadcast content is 1, the broadcast switching unit 25f notifies the user that the next re-broadcast is the last broadcast. Display processing for displaying a message on the display unit 18 may be further performed. Accordingly, the user can clearly recognize that the next rebroadcast is the last broadcast, and in step S105, the user can appropriately determine whether or not to continue viewing the currently viewed content. be able to.

  Here, when the remaining number of re-broadcasts for the storage-type broadcast content is 1, the broadcast switching unit 25f sends a message notifying the user that the next re-broadcast is the last broadcast. Although the display process to be displayed on the display unit 18 is further performed, the present invention is not limited to this, and there is no next rebroadcast when the remaining number of times is 0 or a predetermined number of times of 2 or more. Or a message for notifying the user of the number of remaining rebroadcasts including the next rebroadcast may be displayed on the display unit 18. Here, the predetermined number of times may be set in advance or may be set by the user.

  In the process of step S107, the broadcast switching unit 25f switches the received broadcast TS to a storage-type broadcast TS that is different from the TS. However, the TS includes a plurality of broadcasts. When storing the content broadcast by one of them, the broadcast may be switched within the same TS. Here, whether the broadcast to be switched is included in the same TS is determined by analyzing a NIT (Network Information Table).

  The embodiments of the broadcast receiving apparatus and the broadcast receiving method have been described so far. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and a computer program for realizing the functions of the broadcast receiving apparatus. The present invention may be implemented in the form of a computer-readable recording medium in which the computer program is recorded.

  Here, as a recording medium, a disk system (for example, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc.), a card system (for example, memory card, optical card, etc.), a semiconductor memory system (for example, ROM, nonvolatile memory, etc.), a tape system (for example) For example, various forms such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape can be employed.

  By recording and distributing a computer program for realizing the functions of the broadcast receiving device in the above embodiment or a computer program for causing a computer to execute the broadcast receiving method on these recording media, cost reduction, portability and general-purpose Can be improved.

  Then, the above-mentioned recording medium is mounted on the computer, the computer program recorded on the recording medium is read by the computer and stored in the memory, and the processor (CPU: Central Processing Unit, MPU: Micro Processing Unit) included in the computer is the computer program. Is read from the memory and executed, the function of the broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment can be realized, and the broadcast receiving method can be executed.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and corrections can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Broadcast receiving apparatus, 11 ... Broadcast wave receiving antenna, 12 ... Tuner part, 13 ... Demodulation part, 14 ... Error correction part, 15 ... Demultiplexing part, 16 ... Decoding part, 17 ... Image superimposition part, 18 ... Display part , 19 ... Audio output unit, 20 ... Communication antenna, 21 ... Communication unit, 22 ... Input unit, 23 ... Timekeeping unit, 24 ... Storage unit, 24a ... User data, 24b ... Broadcast time data, 24c ... Accumulation time data, 24d ... switch setting data, 24e ... content data, 25 ... control unit, 25a ... communication control unit, 25b ... broadcast reception control unit, 25c ... time determination unit, 25d ... accumulation time setting unit, 25e ... accumulation processing unit, 25f ... broadcast Switching part

Claims (7)

A broadcast receiving device for receiving a broadcast,
A storage unit for storing information on an accumulation time of the first content broadcast by the accumulation type broadcast;
A time determination unit that determines whether or not the accumulation time of the first content has arrived during viewing of the second content by the user;
An accumulation time setting unit that sets the accumulation time of the first content at the broadcast time of the first content after the accumulation time when the accumulation time is determined by the time determination unit; ,
A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:   When the time determination unit determines that the accumulation time has arrived, the storage unit further includes an input unit that receives an input for instructing whether or not to continue viewing the second content from a user. When the input of instructing to continue viewing the second content is received from the user, the storage time of the first content is set to the broadcast time of the first content after the storage time. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast receiving apparatus is set.   A broadcast switching unit that switches a broadcast to be viewed from a broadcast of the second content to a broadcast of the first content when an input instructing to continue viewing the second content is not received from the user. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 2.   3. A display unit for displaying rebroadcast information of the first content when receiving an input from a user indicating whether or not to continue viewing the second content. Or the broadcast receiving apparatus of 3.   5. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the rebroadcast information of the first content includes information on the number of times the first content is rebroadcast.   6. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the rebroadcast information of the first content includes information on a time when the first content is rebroadcast. A broadcast receiving method for receiving a broadcast,
An information reading step of reading out the information on the storage time from the storage unit storing the information on the storage time of the first content broadcast by the storage-type broadcasting;
A time determination step of determining whether or not the storage time of the first content has arrived during viewing of the second content by the user based on the information of the storage time read in the information reading step;
An accumulation time setting step for setting the accumulation time of the first content at a broadcast time of the first content after the accumulation time when it is determined that the accumulation time has arrived in the time determination step; ,
A broadcast receiving method comprising:

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