JP2014042212A - Recording and reproducing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording and reproducing apparatus which presents programs that a user probably desires to reproduce, thereby reducing user's labor to find a desired program.SOLUTION: When an instruction to start reproduction of a program is given via an operation unit 16, a controller 10 of a recording and reproducing apparatus 1 searches a reproduction history table 12b for reproduction history information corresponding to the day of the week and the time at the time point. If the reproduction history information is found, the controller 10 reads a genre from the found reproduction history information and reads program information stored in a video record information table 12a in accordance with the genre. The controller 10 generates a program list of the read program information, generates reception screen information for displaying the generated program list, and displays the information on a display 2.

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording / reproducing apparatus capable of recording a received television broadcast signal and reproducing the recorded television broadcast signal.

  2. Description of the Related Art Recording / reproducing apparatuses that receive a television broadcast signal, record it on a recording medium, read it from the recording medium as needed, and reproduce it on its own monitor or a connected external display device have become widespread. In the recording / reproducing apparatus, when execution of a recording process (recording process) is reserved by a user, the recording process is performed according to information related to the reserved recording process (for example, broadcast channel, scheduled start date and time and scheduled end date and time). .

In recent years, with the increase in capacity of recording media, recording / reproducing apparatuses that are equipped with a plurality of tuners and that automatically record television broadcast signals of a plurality or all of the broadcast channels are on the market. When such a recording / reproducing apparatus is used, the user does not need to select a program that the user wants to watch before broadcasting, and may select a program that the user wants to view from the recorded programs.
However, in such a recording / reproducing apparatus, a large number of programs are continuously recorded regardless of whether the user wants to view or not, and therefore, a program that the user wants to view is searched out of a huge number of recorded programs. It is very difficult.

  Patent Document 1 proposes an apparatus for displaying a list of program information such as a program name scheduled to be broadcast and a scheduled broadcast date and time for each preset genre when selecting a program to be viewed by a user or a program to be scheduled for recording. Has been. In the apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, the user can set the favorite genre in advance, so that the program information displayed in a list can be limited to the program information of the user's favorite genre. Therefore, the user can easily find a program to be viewed or reserved for recording from the list of program information restricted in this way.

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  However, the apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a problem that the user needs to set a favorite genre in advance. In addition, in a situation where a single device is shared by a plurality of users such as family members, when each user sets a favorite genre, there is a possibility that many genres are set. In this case, although the program information is displayed as a list for each genre, a list of a plurality of genres is created, and thus the program information displayed as a list cannot be appropriately limited. Therefore, it is necessary to select a list of genres desired by a user from a list of program information for each of a plurality of genres, and to select a desired program from the selected list, and it is difficult to reduce time and effort for searching for a desired program. There is a problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. The object is to provide a recording / reproducing apparatus that allows a user to easily find a program to be reproduced even when a huge number of programs are recorded.

  A recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention includes a recording unit that receives and records a television broadcast signal, a reception unit that receives a reproduction instruction for the television broadcast signal recorded in the recording unit, and a reproduction that is received by the reception unit. In a recording / reproducing apparatus including a reproducing unit that reproduces a television broadcast signal according to an instruction, program information related to the television broadcast signal recorded in the recording unit is stored in association with genre information of the television broadcast signal A program information storage unit, and a playback history storage unit that stores genre information of the reproduced television broadcast signal in association with the day of the reproduction start date and the reproduction start time when the reproduction unit reproduces the television broadcast signal. A specifying unit that specifies a day of the week and a time when the receiving unit receives the reproduction instruction, a day of the reproduction start day that matches the day of the week specified by the specifying unit, and A genre reading unit that reads genre information corresponding to a reproduction start time within a predetermined time before and after the time specified by the specifying unit from the reproduction history storage unit, and program information corresponding to the genre information read by the genre reading unit. A program information reading unit that reads from the program information storage unit, and a screen information generation unit that generates reception screen information for accepting designation of a television broadcast signal to be reproduced based on the program information read by the program information reading unit; A sending unit for sending the reception screen information generated by the screen information generation unit to an external display device; and a playback program receiving unit for receiving designation of a television broadcast signal to be played back, wherein the playback unit includes the playback program The television broadcast signal received by the receiving unit is reproduced.

According to the present invention, each time a television broadcast signal is recorded, the recording / reproducing apparatus stores the program information of the recorded television broadcast signal in the program information storage unit in association with the genre information of the television broadcast signal. . The recording / reproducing apparatus stores the genre information of the reproduced television broadcast signal in the reproduction history storage unit in association with the reproduction start day of the week and the reproduction start time each time the television broadcast signal is reproduced. When receiving a playback instruction, the recording / playback apparatus receives from the playback history storage unit the genre information corresponding to the playback start date that coincides with the current day of the playback and the playback start time within a predetermined time before and after the current time. read out. Thereby, when a reproduction instruction is given, the genre of a program (television broadcast signal) reproduced in the past on the same day and time as the day and time at this time can be specified. The recording / reproducing apparatus reads program information corresponding to the genre information read from the reproduction history storage unit from the program information storage unit. Thereby, program information of the same genre as the genre of the program reproduced in the past in the same day and time zone can be extracted from the program information of the recorded television broadcast signal. Based on the program information read from the program information storage unit, the recording / reproducing device generates reception screen information for accepting designation of a television broadcast signal to be reproduced, and sends it to an external display device. Thereby, the reception screen displaying the program information of the same genre as the genre of the program reproduced in the past on the same day of the week and time zone can be displayed on the external display device. The recording / reproducing apparatus receives designation of a television broadcast signal to be reproduced, and reproduces the designated television broadcast signal.
Thus, in the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present invention, since it is possible to present program information that the user is likely to desire to reproduce based on the day of the week and the time zone at the time when the reproduction is instructed and the past reproduction history, The user can easily find a program to be reproduced. For example, when a program of the same genre is routinely played back in the same time zone on the same day of the week, program information that is highly likely to be desired by the user can be presented.

  In the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, when the reproduction program accepting unit accepts designation of a television broadcast signal, the day of the week and the time when the designation is accepted are designated as the day of the reproduction start day and the reproduction start time. And a storage control unit for storing the genre information of the television broadcast signal in the reproduction history storage unit as the genre information of the reproduced television broadcast signal.

  According to the present invention, when a television broadcast signal to be reproduced is designated, the day of the week and the time at this time are set as the day of the reproduction start date and the reproduction start time, and the genre information of the designated television broadcast signal is reproduced. And stored in the reproduction history storage unit as genre information of the television broadcast signal. Every time a television broadcast signal is reproduced, the stored contents of the reproduction history storage unit are accumulated, so that program information that is more suitable for the user's preference can be presented based on the information stored in the reproduction history storage unit.

  In the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, the program information storage unit stores the program information related to the television broadcast signal recorded in the recording unit in association with the genre information and the broadcast time zone of the television broadcast signal. The reproduction history storage unit stores genre information and a broadcast time zone of the reproduced television broadcast signal in association with the day of the reproduction start day and the reproduction start time, and the genre reading unit is The genre information and the broadcast time zone corresponding to the day of the week and the time specified by the specifying unit are read from the reproduction history storage unit, and the program information reading unit reads the genre information and the broadcast read by the genre reading unit. The program information corresponding to the time zone is read from the program information storage unit.

  According to the present invention, the program information storage unit stores the program information of the recorded television broadcast signal in association with the genre information and the broadcast time zone. The reproduction history storage unit stores the genre information and the broadcast time zone of the reproduced television broadcast signal in association with the day of the reproduction start day and the reproduction start time. When the recording / reproducing apparatus accepts the reproduction instruction, the day of the reproduction start day that coincides with the day of the week at this time, and the genre information and the broadcast time zone corresponding to the reproduction start time within a predetermined time before and after the time at this time Is read from the reproduction history storage unit. That is, the genre and broadcast time zone of the program (television broadcast signal) reproduced in the past on the same day and time as the day and time at the time when the playback instruction is given are specified. The recording / reproducing apparatus reads program information corresponding to the read genre information and broadcast time zone from the program information storage unit. Therefore, it is possible to extract program information of the same genre and broadcast time period as the genre and broadcast time period of the program reproduced in the past on the same day of the week and time period as when the reproduction instruction was given. Therefore, it is possible to present program information that matches not only the genre of the program that has been played in the past on the same day and time as the day and time when the playback is instructed, but also the broadcast time. For example, if a program with the same genre and broadcast time is being played in the same time zone on the same day of the week, the user can present program information that the user is likely to want to play. It can be easily found.

  In the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, the reproduction history storage unit stores a storage date and time when the genre information is stored in association with the genre information, and the reproduction program receiving unit is the program information reading unit. When the designation of the television broadcast signal of the program information read out is received, the storage date and time stored in the reproduction history storage unit in association with the genre information corresponding to the program information is the date and time when the designation is received. It is characterized by comprising an update unit for updating to.

  According to the present invention, the reproduction history storage unit stores the genre information of the reproduced television broadcast signal in association with the reproduction start day of the week and the reproduction start time, and in association with the genre information, The storage date and time when the genre information is stored is further stored. When a television broadcast signal whose program information is displayed on the reception screen is designated as the television broadcast signal to be reproduced, the recording / reproducing device associates the television broadcast signal with the genre information of the designated television broadcast signal and reproduces the reproduction history. The storage date and time stored in the storage unit is updated to the date and time at this time. Thereby, it is possible to grasp which reproduction processing history is newer in the past reproduction processing history indicated by the information stored in the reproduction history storage unit.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention deletes information stored in the reproduction history storage unit corresponding to the storage date and time when a predetermined time has elapsed from the storage date and time stored in the reproduction history storage unit. It comprises a part.

  According to the present invention, when a predetermined time has elapsed from the storage date / time stored in the reproduction history storage unit, the recording / reproduction device stores information (reproduction start date) stored in the reproduction history storage unit corresponding to the storage date / time. Day of the week, playback start time and genre information). Therefore, program information can be presented based on a reproduction history based on the latest user habits (program reproduction habits, viewing habits).

  The recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention specifies a similar genre storage unit that stores similar genre information in association with each other, and the reproduction program receiving unit designates the program information read by the program information reading unit other than the television broadcast signal. A similarity determination unit that determines whether or not the genre information of the designated television broadcast signal is similar to the genre information read out by the genre reading unit, based on the storage information in the similar genre storage unit. And the update unit accepts designation of the storage date and time stored in the reproduction history storage unit in association with the genre information read by the genre reading unit when the similarity determination unit determines that the similarity is similar It is characterized in that it is updated to the date and time at the time.

  According to the present invention, the recording / reproducing apparatus is designated when designation other than the television broadcast signal displayed on the reception screen generated based on the day of the week and the time when the reproduction is instructed and the reproduction history is accepted. It is determined whether the genre of the television broadcast signal is similar to the genre of the television broadcast signal displayed on the reception screen. In the case of being similar, the recording / reproducing apparatus updates the storage date and time stored in the reproduction history storage unit corresponding to the genre information of the television broadcast signal displayed on the reception screen to the date and time at that time. Even when the program information desired by the user is not presented on the acceptance screen presented based on the day of the week and the time when the reproduction is instructed and the reproduction history, the program presented on the acceptance screen The genre of information may be similar to the genre of program information desired by the user. In this case, it is assumed that the genre presented on the reception screen is instructed to be reproduced, and the reproduction history (corresponding storage date / time) is updated.

  In the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, the reproduction history storage unit stores information of an instructor instructing reproduction of a television broadcast signal in association with each piece of information, and the reception unit includes a television broadcast When receiving a signal reproduction instruction, information of an instructor instructing reproduction is received, and the genre reading unit corresponds to the information of the instructor received by the reception unit when reading the genre information. The genre information to be read is read out.

  According to the present invention, the reproduction history storage unit stores information on an instructor who has instructed reproduction of a television broadcast signal in association with each piece of information. The recording / reproducing apparatus accepts information of an instructor instructing reproduction when accepting an instruction to reproduce a television broadcast signal, and reads out genre information corresponding to the information of the instructor when reading out genre information from the reproduction history storage unit. read out. Therefore, it is possible to specify not only the day of the week and the time when the reproduction instruction is given, but also the genre of the program (television broadcast signal) corresponding to the user who has given the reproduction instruction.

  In the present invention, a program that is highly likely to be reproduced by the user who has instructed reproduction can be presented. Therefore, even when a large number of programs are recorded, the user can easily find a program that the user wants to reproduce. it can.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a recording / reproducing apparatus according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the memory content of a video recording information table. It is a schematic diagram which shows the memory content of a reproduction history table. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the update process of the video recording information table by a recording / reproducing apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the reproduction | regeneration processing by a recording / reproducing apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the reproduction | regeneration processing by a recording / reproducing apparatus. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of a reception screen. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structural example of a reception screen. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating the storage contents of a recording information table according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating the storage contents of a reproduction history table according to the second embodiment. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a recording information table update process performed by the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the second embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a part of a procedure of reproduction processing by the recording / reproducing apparatus of Embodiment 3. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a part of a procedure of reproduction processing by the recording / reproducing apparatus of Embodiment 4.

  Hereinafter, a recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings illustrating an embodiment thereof.

(Embodiment 1)
The recording / reproducing apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described below.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the recording / reproducing apparatus of the first embodiment. The recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1 includes a control unit 10, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 11, a storage unit 12, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 13, a tuner 14, a signal processing unit 15, an operation unit 16, and a display device connection. Part 17 and the like. These units are connected to each other via a bus.

  The control unit 10 is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or an MPU (Micro Processor Unit). The control unit 10 appropriately loads the control program stored in the storage unit 12 into the RAM 11 and executes it, thereby controlling the above-described units and causes the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 to operate as the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention. The control unit 10 has a clock that indicates the absolute time (year / month / day / hour / minute / second). The clock of the control unit 10 also has information on the day of the week corresponding to the date.

  The RAM 11 is an SRAM (Static RAM), a DRAM (Dynamic RAM), a flash memory, or the like. The RAM 11 temporarily stores various data generated when the control unit 10 executes various programs.

The storage unit 12 is a nonvolatile memory such as an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable ROM), a flash memory, or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). The storage unit 12 stores in advance a control program to be executed by the control unit 10 and various data. For example, the storage unit 12 stores a recording information table 12a as shown in FIG. 2 and a reproduction history table 12b as shown in FIG. The configuration of the recording information table 12a and the reproduction history table 12b will be described later.
The HDD 13 includes a large-capacity HD (recording unit), and stores (records) a television broadcast signal (a program signal of a broadcast program) received via the tuner 14 in the HD for each program.

The tuner 14 is connected to an antenna (not shown), and receives a broadcast signal (television broadcast signal) of a television broadcast by detecting a radio wave received by the antenna according to a broadcast channel selected by the user. The tuner 14 sends the received broadcast signal to the signal processing unit 15. Note that the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment includes a plurality of tuners 14.
The radio wave received by the antenna includes, in addition to the radio wave related to the program signal (program content) of the broadcast program, the genre of the broadcast program broadcast by each broadcast station, the broadcast channel, the scheduled broadcast start date and time, the scheduled broadcast end date and time, Radio waves related to EPG (electronic program guide) signals including program information indicating program titles and the like are periodically included. Therefore, the broadcast signal received by the tuner 14 includes not only a program signal but also an EPG signal.

  The signal processing unit 15 performs predetermined processing on the broadcast signal received by the tuner 14 and extracts a program signal and an EPG signal of the broadcast program from the broadcast signal, respectively. The signal processing unit 15 sends the program signal of the extracted broadcast program to the HDD 13 for storage (recording), or sends it to the display device 2 via the display device connection unit 17 for display. The signal processing unit 15 sends out the extracted EPG signal from the display device connection unit 17 to the display device 2 for display. The program signal extracted from the broadcast signal by the signal processing unit 15 includes an audio signal, and the audio signal is input to a speaker (not shown) and output as audio. In addition, since the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of this Embodiment 1 is a structure provided with the several tuner 14, you may provide the signal processing part 15 corresponding to each tuner 14 with two or more. In addition, broadcast signals transmitted in parallel from a plurality of tuners 14 may be sequentially switched and processed by one signal processing unit 15.

The operation unit 16 includes various keys necessary for the user to operate the recording / reproducing apparatus 1. When each key is operated by the user, a control signal corresponding to the operated key is sent to the control unit 10. Send it out. The control unit 10 executes various processes according to the control signal acquired from the operation unit 16. For example, the operation unit 16 is provided with a reproduction key for starting reproduction processing of a broadcast program recorded in the recording / reproducing apparatus 1, a stop key for ending reproduction processing, and the like.
Note that the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 may include a receiving unit that receives a remote control signal transmitted from a remote control device for remote operation. In this case, the receiving unit sends the received remote control signal to the control unit 10, and the control unit 10 analyzes the remote control signal and controls the operation of each unit of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 according to the remote control signal.

The display device connection unit 17 is a connection unit to which the display device 2 is wired or wirelessly connected.
The display device 2 is a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display, or the like. The display device 2 displays a program (video) based on a program signal sent from the recording / reproducing device 1 via the display device connection unit 17. The display device 2 displays an operation state of the recording / reproducing device 1, information to be notified to the user, a menu screen for operating the recording / reproducing device 1, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the stored contents of the recording information table 12a. The recorded information table (program information storage unit) 12a shown in FIG. 2 stores program information of broadcast programs (program signals) recorded (recorded) in the HDD 13 for each genre (genre information) of the broadcast programs. . The genre can use the genre indicated by the EPG signal, and the program information can also use various types of information included in the EPG signal. As the program information, for example, information such as broadcast day of the week, broadcast time, program title, broadcast channel, and broadcast date is used, which is information specified from information included in the EPG signal. For example, the broadcast day of the week and the broadcast date can be specified from the scheduled broadcast start date and time included in the EPG signal, and the broadcast time is the time from the scheduled broadcast start date and time included in the EPG signal to the scheduled broadcast end date and time. The information stored in the recording information table 12a is stored by the control unit 10 when the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 completes the recording process.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the contents stored in the reproduction history table 12b. In the reproduction history table (reproduction history storage unit) 12b shown in FIG. 3, the reproduction history information indicating the reproduction processing performed by the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 in the past and the update date and time when the reproduction history information is registered or updated correspond to each other. It is remembered. As the reproduction history information, for example, information such as the day of the week (reproduction day) of the reproduction start date (the day when reproduction processing is started), the reproduction start time, and the genre of the reproduced program signal are used. The playback history information stored in the playback history table 12b is stored by the control unit 10 when the recording / playback apparatus 1 starts playback processing. The update date and time stored in the reproduction history table 12b is newly registered when the control unit 10 stores the reproduction history information, and is updated when the reproduction history information is used in a reproduction process described later.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 1 having the above-described configuration is configured to continuously record program signals of a plurality of broadcast channels received by the plurality of tuners 14 on the HDD 13. The recording / reproducing apparatus 1 registers the program information of the recorded program signal in the recording information table 12a in association with the genre every time the recording processing of one program (program signal) is completed.

Hereinafter, a process performed after the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment has completed the recording process will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the update process of the recording information table 12a by the recording / reproducing apparatus 1.
The control unit 10 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 determines whether or not the recording process has been completed (S1). If it is determined that the recording process has not been completed (S1: NO), other processes are being performed until the recording process is completed. stand by. The control unit 10 grasps the scheduled broadcast start date and time and the scheduled broadcast end date and time of each program signal based on the EPG signal included in the broadcast signal received via the tuner 14. Then, based on the date and time indicated by its own clock, the control unit 10 starts the recording process when the scheduled broadcast start date and time of each program signal has elapsed, and ends the recording process when the scheduled broadcast end date and time has elapsed. .

If it is determined that the recording process has been completed (S1: YES), the control unit 10 identifies the genre of the recorded program signal in the completed recording process (S2). Note that the control unit 10 can specify the genre from the EPG signal, and may specify the genre when starting the recording process or during the execution of the recording process, not after the completion of the recording process.
Next, the control unit 10 acquires program information of the recorded program signal (S3). Note that the program information can also be acquired from the EPG signal by the control unit 10 and not when the recording process is completed, but when the recording process is started or during the execution of the recording process. Also good. Here, the program information is information including a broadcast day, a broadcast time, a program title, a broadcast channel, and a broadcast date.

  The control unit 10 stores the program information acquired in step S3 in the recording information table 12a in association with the genre specified in step S2 (S4), and ends the updating process of the recording information table 12a. When the genre specified in step S2 is already stored in the recording information table 12a, the control unit 10 stores the program information acquired in step S3 in addition to the program information corresponding to the genre. If the genre specified in step S2 is not stored in the recording information table 12a, the control unit 10 stores the genre specified in step S2 in the recording information table 12a and associates it with the stored genre. The program information acquired in step S3 is stored.

The control unit 10 performs the above-described process every time the recording process is completed, so that the program information of the program signal recorded in the HDD 13 is accumulated in the recording information table 12a.
Next, program signal playback processing performed by the recording / playback apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1 and processing performed during playback processing will be described. FIGS. 5 and 6 are flowcharts showing the procedure of playback processing by the recording / playback apparatus 1, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are schematic diagrams showing configuration examples of a reception screen for accepting selection of a program signal to be played back.

  The control unit (accepting unit) 10 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 determines whether or not an instruction to start the reproduction process of the program signal recorded in the HDD 13 is given by a user operation through the operation unit 16 (S11). The user may instruct the start of reproduction processing by operating the reproduction key of the operation unit 16, or through a menu screen displayed on the display device 2 by performing a predetermined operation via the operation unit 16. You may instruct | indicate the start of a reproduction | regeneration process. When it is determined that the start of the reproduction process is not instructed (S11: NO), the control unit 10 stands by while performing other processes until instructed.

  When it is determined that the start of the reproduction process has been instructed (S11: YES), the control unit (specifying unit) 10 acquires the current day of the week and time from information (year / month / day, time, day of the week) indicated by its own clock. (S12). From the reproduction history information stored in the reproduction history table 12b, the control unit 10 matches the reproduction day of the week with the acquired day of the week, and the reproduction start time is within a predetermined time (for example, 30 minutes) before and after the acquired time. The reproduction history information that is the time of is searched (S13).

  The control unit (genre reading unit) 10 determines whether or not such reproduction history information has been searched (S14). If it is determined that the search has been performed (S14: YES), the control unit (genre reading unit) 10 The genre is read (S15). Next, the control unit (program information reading unit) 10 reads program information stored in the recording information table 12a in association with the read genre (S16). If a plurality of reproduction history information can be searched in step S13 and a plurality of genres are read in step S15, the control unit 10 reads program information for each genre. The read program information is stored in the RAM 11 for each genre.

The control unit 10 generates a program list in which the program information read from the recording information table 12a is displayed as a list (S17). Again, when program information of a plurality of genres is read in step 16, the control unit 10 generates a program list for each genre.
The control unit (screen information generation unit) 10 generates reception screen information for displaying a reception screen for receiving selection (designation) of a program signal to be reproduced, using the generated program list (S18). The control unit 10 sends the generated reception screen information from the display device connection unit (sending unit) 17 to the display device 2, and displays the reception screen on the display device 2 (S20).

  The reception screen shown in FIG. 7A shows an example where one piece of reproduction history information is retrieved in step S13 and the genre read in step S15 is drama. In this case, it is possible to notify the user of a list (program list) of program information whose genre is drama among the program information of the program signal recorded in the HDD 13. 7B shows an example in which two pieces of reproduction history information are searched in step S13 and the genre read in step S15 is drama and news. When a plurality of genres are read out, a plurality of program lists are generated for each genre. When a plurality of program lists are displayed, as shown in FIG. 7B, the reception screen has a plurality of tabs, and each tab displays a program list of each genre. The reception screen can sequentially switch and display the program list of each genre by switching tabs. FIG. 7B shows a state in which a program list whose genre is news is displayed.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the reproduction history information could not be retrieved by the retrieval process in step S13 (S14: NO), the control unit 10 uses the program information stored in the recording information table 12a to obtain the reception screen information. Generate (S19). Then, the control unit 10 sends the generated reception screen information to the display device 2 from the display device connection unit 17, and causes the display device 2 to display a reception screen as shown in FIG. 8 (S20). The reception screen shown in FIG. 8 displays the program information stored in the recording information table 12a, for example, in order from the oldest broadcast date and broadcast time (broadcast start time). The reception screen here also has a plurality of tabs, and the program information of each genre may be displayed by switching the tabs.

  The user confirms the reception screen displayed on the display device 2 and operates the operation unit 16 to select a program to be reproduced. When the reception screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, the user can select a desired program only via the displayed reception screen. On the other hand, when the reception screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed, the user can select a desired program via the displayed reception screen and also select a desired program via the reception screen shown in FIG. You can choose. That is, when the program information of a desired program is not displayed on the reception screen shown in FIG. 7, the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation unit 16 to display the reception screen shown in FIG. A desired program can be selected via the reception screen shown in FIG. Since all the program information stored in the recording information table 12a is displayed on the reception screen shown in FIG. 8, the user can surely select a desired program.

  The control unit (reproduced program receiving unit) 10 determines whether or not a program to be reproduced is selected (designated) by a user operation via the operation unit 16 (S21), and determines that it is not selected. If so (S21: NO), it waits until it is selected. When it is determined that any program has been selected (S21: YES), the control unit (reproduction unit) 10 starts reproduction processing of the selected program (S22). Specifically, the control unit 10 reads out the program signal of the selected program from the HDD 13, sends the program signal from the display device connection unit 17 to the display device 2, and starts processing to display on the display device 2.

The control unit 10 performs the following processing in parallel while performing the reproduction processing of the program signal.
The control unit 10 determines whether the program selected by the user is a program whose program information is included in the program list generated in step S17 (S23). When it is determined that the program is in the program list (S23: YES), the control unit 10 specifies the reproduction history information searched from the reproduction history table 12b in step S13 when generating this program list, and this reproduction is performed. The history information and update date / time are updated (S24). That is, when a program to be reproduced is selected via the reception screen shown in FIG. 7, the control unit (update unit) 10 updates the reproduction history table 12b.

  Specifically, the playback start time of the specified playback history information is updated to the time acquired in step S12, and the update date and time corresponding to the specified playback history information is updated to the date and time at this time. More specifically, if the start of playback processing is instructed at 22:00 on 2012/8/20 / Monday, in step S13, the playback day is Monday, the playback start time is 22:10, and the genre is drama. The playback history information of is searched. When a program included in the drama program list generated in step S17 is selected as a playback target, the playback start time in the searched playback history information is updated to 22:00. The corresponding update date and time is updated to the date and time at this time, for example, 2012/8/20/22: 01.

When it is determined that the program is not in the program list (S23: NO), that is, when a program to be played back is selected via the reception screen shown in FIG. 8, the control unit (storage control unit) 10 displays the playback history table. New reproduction history information is added to 12b (S25). Specifically, the control unit 10 generates reproduction history information that uses the reproduction day of the reproduction history information, the reproduction start time, and the genre as the day of the week, time, and the genre of the program selected by the user in step S12. And stored in the reproduction history table 12b. Further, the date and time at this time is stored in the update date and time corresponding to the stored reproduction history information. Accordingly, it is possible to add to the reproduction history table 12b reproduction history information indicating behavioral habits (viewing habits) indicating what kind of program the user has played on what day of the week.
Even when the program selected by the user is a program in the program list, the playback history information may be newly added and the playback history information may be accumulated instead of updating the playback history information. .

  Next, the control unit 10 sequentially reads the update date and time of each piece of reproduction history information stored in the reproduction history table 12b, and determines whether there is reproduction history information that has not been updated for a predetermined period (unupdated reproduction history information). Is determined (S26). Specifically, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the update date / time of each reproduction history information is before a predetermined period (for example, one month, three months, etc.) from the date / time at this time (current date / time). . When it is determined that there is reproduction history information that has not been updated for a predetermined period or longer (S26: YES), that is, when there is reproduction history information whose update date and time is more than a predetermined period before the current date and time, the control unit (deletion unit) 10 Deletes the unupdated reproduction history information from the reproduction history table 12b (S27). Note that the control unit 10 deletes the corresponding update date and time together with the reproduction history information from the reproduction history table 12b.

When determining that there is no reproduction history information that has not been updated for a predetermined period or longer (S26: NO), the control unit 10 skips the process of step S27 and ends the above-described process. In addition, you may perform the process of step S22 after completion | finish of the process of step S27.
Based on the playback history information (past playback history) registered in the playback history table 12b, the user selects from the day of the week and the time zone when the user has instructed to start the playback process (desired to play). Yes) it is possible to narrow down programs that are highly likely. Then, by presenting a narrowed program list (program information list), the user can easily find a program to be reproduced (viewed) from such a program list. Therefore, even if a huge number of program signals are recorded in the HDD 13, only the programs narrowed down based on the user's past reproduction history are presented as selection targets, so that the user can select a desired program. The search effort can be reduced.

(Embodiment 2)
The recording / reproducing apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described below. Since the recording / reproducing apparatus of the second embodiment has the same configuration as that of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment described above, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the second embodiment, the configurations of the recording information table 12a and the reproduction history table 12b stored in the storage unit 12 are different from those of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment.

  FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the storage contents of the recording information table 12a according to the second embodiment. The recorded information table 12a shown in FIG. 9 stores program information of broadcast programs recorded in the HDD 13 for each broadcast program genre and broadcast time period. Broadcast hours are divided into 24 hours, for example, 5:00 to 11:00, 11:00 to 17:00, 17:00 to 23:00, 23:00 to 5:00 Is the time zone. The information stored in the recording information table 12a of the second embodiment is also stored by the control unit 10 when the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 completes the recording process.

  FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating storage contents of the reproduction history table 12b according to the second embodiment. In the reproduction history table 12b shown in FIG. 10, reproduction history information indicating reproduction processing performed by the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 in the past and an update date and time when this reproduction history information is registered or updated are stored in association with each other. . The reproduction history information stored in the reproduction history table 12b of the second embodiment includes a broadcast time zone in which the reproduced program signal is broadcast, in addition to the reproduction day of the week, the reproduction start time, and the genre. The broadcast time zone is the same as the broadcast time zone used for the recording information table 12a. For example, 5:00 to 11:00, 11:00 to 17:00, 17:00 to 23: 00, 23: 00-5: 00. The playback history information stored in the playback history table 12b is also stored by the control unit 10 when the recording / playback apparatus 1 starts playback processing.

  Hereinafter, a process performed after the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment has completed the recording process will be described. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the update process of the recording information table 12a by the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the second embodiment. Since the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the second embodiment performs the same process as the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment, detailed description of the same process is omitted.

The control unit 10 of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 determines whether or not the recording process has been completed (S31). If it is determined that the recording process has not been completed (S31: NO), other processes are being performed until completion. stand by. If it is determined that the recording process has been completed (S31: YES), the control unit 10 identifies the genre of the recorded program signal in the completed recording process (S32).
Next, the control unit 10 acquires program information of the recorded program signal (S33), and specifies a broadcast time zone in which the program signal is broadcast from the scheduled broadcast start date and time included in the acquired program information (S34). . In addition, the control unit 10 sets the scheduled broadcast start date and time in the time zone from 5:00 to 11:00, 11:00 to 17:00, 17:00 to 23:00, and 23:00 to 5:00. Specify the time zone to include.

  The control unit 10 stores the program information acquired in step S33 in the recording information table 12a in association with the genre specified in step S32 and the broadcast time period specified in step S34 (S35), and the recording information table 12a. The update process is terminated. When the genre specified in step S32 and the broadcast time zone specified in step S34 are already stored in the recording information table 12a, the control unit 10 adds the program information corresponding to the genre and the broadcast time zone to step S33. The program information acquired in is added and stored. When the broadcast time zone specified in step S34 is not stored in the recording information table 12a, the control unit 10 sets the broadcast time zone specified in step S34 to the broadcast time zone corresponding to the genre specified in step S32. The program information acquired in step S33 is additionally stored in the program information corresponding to the broadcast time zone. Further, when the genre specified in step S32 is not stored in the recording information table 12a, the control unit 10 newly stores the genre specified in step S32 and the broadcasting time period specified in step S34 in the recording information table 12a. At the same time, the program information acquired in step S33 is stored in association with the stored genre and broadcast time zone.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the second embodiment performs the same process as the program signal reproduction process and the reproduction process performed by the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment. That is, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 according to the second embodiment performs the same processing as the processing shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, so the description of the same processing is omitted and only the different processing is described.

In the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the second embodiment, the control unit 10 reads not only the genre but also the broadcast time zone from the reproduction history information retrieved from the reproduction history table 12b in step S15 in FIG. Further, in step S16 in FIG. 5, the control unit 10 reads out the program information stored in the recording information table 12a in association with the genre and the broadcast time zone read out from the reproduction history information.
And the control part 10 performs the process after step S16 in FIG. 5, and displays the reception screen as shown in FIG.

  Also in the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the second embodiment, programs that are likely to be selected by the user can be narrowed down and presented based on the reproduction history information (past reproduction history) registered in the reproduction history table 12b. . Therefore, the user can easily find a program to be reproduced (viewed) from the narrowed program list (program information list). In the second embodiment, the programs to be presented are narrowed down based on the genre and broadcast time zone of the program played back by the user in the past, so that the number of programs can be narrowed down compared to the case of narrowing down based only on the genre. . Therefore, when a desired program is selected from the presented programs, it is possible to further reduce labor when the user searches for the desired program.

(Embodiment 3)
The recording / reproducing apparatus according to the third embodiment will be described below. Since the recording / reproducing apparatus of the third embodiment has the same configuration as that of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment described above, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of Embodiment 3, a similar genre table (not shown) that stores similar genres in association with each other is stored in the storage unit (similar genre storage unit) 12 in advance. In the similar genre table, for example, dramas and movies, sports and sports news, wide shows and variety are stored in association with each other. As the genre, a genre obtained from the EPG signal can be used. The similar genre table is stored in advance in the storage unit 12 and may be downloaded via a network as long as the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 can be connected to a network such as the Internet. Further, if the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 can read information from the external storage medium, it may be read from the external storage medium and stored in the storage unit 12.

  In the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment described above, the program to be reproduced is selected via the reception screen shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8, and after the reproduction process is started, the selected program is shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not the program is selected through the reception screen (step S23 in FIG. 6). When the program is not selected via the reception screen shown in FIG. 7 (NO in step S23 in FIG. 6), the recording / playback apparatus 1 newly plays back playback history information related to the selected program. 12b.

  On the other hand, if the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the third embodiment is not a program selected via the reception screen shown in FIG. 7, the genre of the selected program is displayed on the reception screen shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not the program list is similar to the genre. If it is determined that they are not similar, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 newly adds the reproduction history information regarding the selected program to the reproduction history table 12b. On the other hand, if it is determined that they are similar, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 specifies the reproduction history information retrieved from the reproduction history table 12b when generating the program list displayed on the reception screen shown in FIG. Update the update date. In other words, even if the desired program is not selected from the displayed program list (acceptance screen), it is displayed if the selected program is a genre similar to the genre of the displayed program list. Assuming that a program is selected from the program list, the update date and time are updated. Even if the program selected as the reproduction target is different from the genre of the program narrowed down from the past reproduction history, it is considered that the past reproduction history is effective if it is a similar genre. Therefore, by updating the update date and time of the corresponding playback history information to the current date and time, this playback history information can be used thereafter.

  Below, the process which the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of this Embodiment 3 performs is demonstrated. The recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the third embodiment performs the same process as the process performed after the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment completes the recording process. That is, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the third embodiment performs the same processing as the processing shown in FIG. Further, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the third embodiment performs the same processing as the program signal reproduction process and the reproduction process performed by the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment described above. That is, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 according to the third embodiment performs the same processing as the processing illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, and thus description of the similar processing is omitted, and only different processing is described.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a part of the procedure of reproduction processing by the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the third embodiment. In addition, about the process similar to the process which the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1 performs, the same step number is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted.
In the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the third embodiment, when the control unit 10 determines that the program selected by the user is the program in the program list generated in step S17 (as in the first embodiment described above) ( (S23: YES), the reproduction history table 12b is updated (S24).

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the program is not in the program list (S23: NO), the control unit (similarity determination unit) 10 of the third embodiment determines that the genre of the program selected by the user is the program list generated in step S17. It is determined whether or not the genre is similar (S28). Specifically, the control unit 10 determines whether the genre of the program selected by the user is similar to the genre read from the reproduction history table 12b in step S15 in order to generate the program list in step S17. Judge whether or not. The control unit 10 makes a determination based on the similar genre table stored in the storage unit 12.

If it is determined that the program list is not similar to the genre of the program list (S28: NO), the control unit 10 proceeds to step S25, and if it is determined that the program list is similar to the genre of the program list (S28: YES), the process proceeds to step S24. To migrate.
In step S24, when generating the program list, the control unit 10 specifies the reproduction history information searched from the reproduction history table 12b in step S13, and acquires the reproduction start time of the reproduction history information in step S12. The update date and time corresponding to the specified playback history information is updated to the date and time at this time. Note that the control unit 10 may update the genre of the reproduction history information to the genre of the program selected by the user. That is, you may update to a similar genre.

  Also in the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the third embodiment, programs that are likely to be selected by the user can be narrowed down and presented based on the reproduction history information (past reproduction history) registered in the reproduction history table 12b. . Therefore, the user can easily find a program to be reproduced (viewed) from the narrowed program list (program information list).

(Embodiment 4)
The recording / reproducing apparatus according to Embodiment 4 will be described below. Since the recording / reproducing apparatus of the fourth embodiment has the same configuration as that of the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment described above, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the fourth embodiment, the reproduction history table 12b is generated for each user registered in advance and stored in the storage unit 12. In the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the fourth embodiment, for example, a user switching key is provided in the operation unit 16, and a user in use (viewing) can be specified by operating the user switching key. In addition, the structure which displays a predetermined | prescribed menu screen on the display apparatus 2, and performs user switching via a menu screen may be sufficient.

  In the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the fourth embodiment, a user who has been registered in advance performs user switching, for example, by operating a user switching key of the operation unit 16 when using the recording / reproducing apparatus 1. In the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the fourth embodiment, the control unit 10 can grasp who the currently used user is as a user registered by the user's operation of the user switching key. Note that a user who is not registered does not need to operate the user switching key. In this case, the control unit 10 recognizes that the user currently in use is a user who is not registered as a user. Therefore, the control part 10 can perform the process according to who the user who is using now. For example, the control unit 10 can cause the display device 2 to display a list of program information of recorded programs distributed in advance for each user.

  Below, the process which the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of this Embodiment 4 performs is demonstrated. The recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the fourth embodiment performs the same process as the process performed after the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment completes the recording process. That is, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the fourth embodiment performs the same processing as the processing shown in FIG. Further, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the fourth embodiment performs the same processing as the program signal reproduction process and the reproduction process performed by the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the first embodiment described above. That is, the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 according to the fourth embodiment performs the same processing as the processing shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, and thus description of the same processing is omitted, and only different processing is described.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a part of the procedure of the reproducing process by the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the fourth embodiment. In addition, about the process similar to the process which the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of Embodiment 1 performs, the same step number is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted.
In the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 according to the fourth embodiment, when the control unit 10 determines that the user has instructed the start of program signal reproduction processing (S11: YES), the user currently registered as a user is registered as a user It is determined whether or not (S41). If it is determined that the user is not registered as a user (S41: NO), the control unit 10 shifts the process to step S19, and uses all program information stored in the recording information table 12a to receive screen information. Is generated (S19).

When it is determined that the user is a registered user (S41: YES), the control unit 10 shifts the process to step S12, and acquires the current day of the week and time (S12). The control unit 10 specifies the reproduction history table 12b of the user currently in use from the reproduction history table 12b for each user stored in the storage unit 12 (S42). Then, the control unit 10 determines from the playback history information stored in the specified playback history table 12b that the playback day matches the acquired day of the week, and the playback start time is a time within a predetermined time before and after the acquired time. The reproduction history information is searched (S13). Then, the control part 10 transfers a process to step S14.
Processes other than the above-described processes are the same as the processes performed by the recording / reproducing process 1 of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

Also in the recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the fourth embodiment, programs that are likely to be selected by the user can be narrowed down and presented based on the reproduction history information (past reproduction history) registered in the reproduction history table 12b. . Therefore, the user can easily find a program to be reproduced (viewed) from the narrowed program list (program information list). In the fourth embodiment, since the program list of programs that are likely to be selected by the currently used user can be presented based on the reproduction history table 12b corresponding to the currently used user, the user can select a desired program. Can be found more easily.
Further, for example, even when there is reproduction history information for different users in the same time zone on the same day of the week, the reproduction history table 12b is generated for each user in the fourth embodiment, so that the reproduction history information for each user is not mixed. Therefore, it is possible to reliably present a program list of programs that are likely to be selected by a user currently in use.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been specifically described above. However, each configuration, operation, and the like can be changed as appropriate, and are not limited to the above-described embodiments.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Recording / reproducing apparatus 2 Display apparatus 10 Control part (Reception part, reproduction | regeneration part, specific part, genre reading part, program information reading part, image information generation part, reproduction | regeneration program reception part, update part, storage control part, deletion part, similar Judgment Department)
12 storage unit (similar genre storage unit)
12a Recording information table (program information storage unit)
12b Playback history table (playback history storage unit)
13 HDD (recording unit)
16 Operation part 17 Display unit connection part (sending part)

Claims (7)

A recording unit that receives and records a television broadcast signal, a reception unit that receives a reproduction instruction for the television broadcast signal recorded in the recording unit, and a television broadcast signal that is received according to the reproduction instruction received by the reception unit In a recording / reproducing apparatus comprising a reproducing unit for reproducing,
A program information storage unit for storing program information related to the television broadcast signal recorded in the recording unit in association with the genre information of the television broadcast signal;
A reproduction history storage unit for storing genre information of the reproduced television broadcast signal in association with a reproduction start day of the week when the reproduction unit reproduces the television broadcast signal and a reproduction start time;
A specifying unit for specifying a day of the week and a time when the receiving unit receives a reproduction instruction;
A genre reading unit that reads out from the playback history storage unit the genre information corresponding to the day of the reproduction start date that matches the day of the week specified by the specifying unit and the playback start time within a predetermined time before and after the time specified by the specifying unit. When,
A program information reading unit for reading program information corresponding to the genre information read by the genre reading unit from the program information storage unit;
A screen information generation unit that generates reception screen information for receiving designation of a television broadcast signal to be reproduced based on the program information read by the program information reading unit;
A sending unit for sending the receiving screen information generated by the screen information generating unit to an external display device;
A reproduction program receiving unit for receiving designation of a television broadcast signal to be reproduced,
The recording / reproducing apparatus, wherein the reproduction unit reproduces a television broadcast signal received by the reproduction program reception unit.   When the playback program receiving unit receives the designation of the television broadcast signal, the day of the week and the time when the designation is accepted are the day of the reproduction start date and the reproduction start time, and the genre information of the designated television broadcast signal is The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage control unit that stores the reproduction history storage unit as genre information of the reproduced television broadcast signal. The program information storage unit stores program information related to the television broadcast signal recorded in the recording unit in association with the genre information and the broadcast time zone of the television broadcast signal,
The reproduction history storage unit stores genre information and a broadcast time zone of the reproduced television broadcast signal in association with the day of the reproduction start day and the reproduction start time.
The genre reading unit reads genre information and a broadcast time zone corresponding to the day of the week and time specified by the specifying unit from the reproduction history storage unit,
The said program information reading part reads the program information corresponding to the genre information and broadcast time zone which the said genre reading part read from the said program information storage part, The Claim 1 or 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. Recording / playback device. The reproduction history storage unit stores a storage date and time when the genre information is stored in association with the genre information,
When the reproduction program receiving unit receives the designation of the television broadcast signal of the program information read by the program information reading unit, it is stored in the reproduction history storage unit in association with the genre information corresponding to the program information. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an update unit that updates the storage date and time to the date and time when the designation is received.   And a deletion unit that deletes information stored in the reproduction history storage unit corresponding to the storage date and time when a predetermined time has elapsed from the storage date and time stored in the reproduction history storage unit. Item 5. The recording / reproducing apparatus according to Item 4. A similar genre storage unit that stores similar genre information in association with each other;
When the reproduction program receiving unit receives a designation other than the television broadcast signal of the program information read by the program information reading unit, the genre of the designated television broadcast signal based on the storage information of the similar genre storage unit A similarity determination unit for determining whether the information is similar to the genre information read by the genre reading unit;
When the update unit determines that the similarity determination unit is similar, the storage date and time stored in the reproduction history storage unit in association with the genre information read by the genre reading unit is the date and time when the designation is received The recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the recording / reproducing apparatus is updated. The reproduction history storage unit stores information of an instructor who has instructed reproduction of a television broadcast signal in association with each information,
The reception unit is configured to receive information of an instructor instructing reproduction when receiving an instruction to reproduce a television broadcast signal,
The genre reading unit reads genre information corresponding to the information of the instructor received by the receiving unit when reading the genre information. The recording / reproducing apparatus described in 1.

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