JP2014045491A - Information processing system, portable terminal, television receiving device, and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing system and an information processing method capable of easily adding a new function even after product shipment and also be dealt with by the same software even when a model is different.SOLUTION: An information processing system comprises: a television receiving device; and a portable terminal wirelessly connected to the television receiving device; and comprising control means that acquires a state signal from the television receiving device and supplies a control signal to the television receiving device. Any one of the television receiving device and the portable terminal comprise an interface for converting a state acquisition request and the control signal from the control means into a request and a signal to be decoded by the television receiving device, and converting the state signal from the television receiving device into a state signal to be decoded by the control means.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an information processing system and an information processing method including video equipment such as a television receiver.

  Recent television receivers have various functions. For example, a built-in hard disk drive or an external hard disk drive can be connected, and has a function of recording a television program. An electronic program guide (EPG) is displayed to select a program to be recorded, and a desired program can be easily reserved for recording by selecting the program. Accordingly, it is possible to record a television program without a disc recording / reproducing device for dubbing a recorded program on a DVD or a BD. However, the disc recording / playback apparatus has various editing functions such as chapter editing, playlist editing, title combination, and frame-by-frame editing. The recordable television receiving apparatus has these editing functions. Often not.

  In recent years, it has become possible to view and record television programs using a personal computer with a built-in tuner. A personal computer can freely add various functions by adding software. Therefore, by installing video editing software after purchasing a personal computer, it is possible to realize an editing function similar to that of a disk recording / playback apparatus.

  However, in the conventional television receiver, the user cannot install software, and functions cannot be added after purchase. Although it is possible to cope with some functional changes by uploading the software provided in the product from the beginning, it is necessary to change the basic configuration of the software in order to update the software. New features could not be added flexibly.

  Further, the television receiver has different functions required for each country / region, and software must be developed for each country / region, leading to an increase in development cost. In addition, even for the same function, the graphic user interface may differ from country to region. For example, in Japan, the display format of the program table is channel on the horizontal axis and time on the vertical axis, but in Europe and America, the horizontal axis is time and the vertical axis is channel.

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  Conventional television receivers have various functions, but there is a problem that new functions cannot be added flexibly after product shipment.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing system and an information processing method including video equipment such as a television receiver that can easily add a new function even after product shipment.

  According to the embodiment, the information processing system includes a television receiver and a control unit that is wirelessly connected to the television receiver, acquires a status signal from the television receiver, and supplies a control signal to the television receiver. A portable terminal. The television receiving apparatus includes a control unit that controls a plurality of devices constituting the television receiving apparatus, and the control unit is a control unit for each sales country or sales region of the television receiving apparatus. The portable terminal converts the status acquisition request and control signal from the control means into a status acquisition request and control signal that can be decoded by the control unit in each selling country or sales region, and the control means can decode the status signal of the television receiver. An interface for converting to a status signal is provided. The interface includes components for a plurality of functions implemented by one of a plurality of devices or a combination of two or more.

It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the information processing system of embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the television receiver of embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the portable terminal of embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the software configuration of the information processing system of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the 1st example of operation | movement of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the 2nd example of operation | movement of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the 3rd example of operation | movement of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the 4th example of operation | movement of embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment. The television receiver 12 has a network function and is connected to the wireless LAN router 18 together with the disk recording / reproducing device 14 and the personal computer 16 to constitute a home network. The disk recording / reproducing device 14 and the personal computer 16 are not essential, and are connected as necessary. A mobile terminal 20 such as a smartphone or a tablet is connected to the wireless LAN router 18 by radio. Thereby, the portable terminal 20 is also connected to the television receiver 12 via a home network. Note that the mobile terminal 20 may be directly connected to the television receiver 12 using short-range wireless communication without using a network. As the portable terminal 20, a personal computer, a game machine, etc. can also be used. The wireless LAN router 18 is connected to the Internet 24 via a modem 22. Although not shown, an external hard disk drive of the television receiver 12 can be connected to the wireless LAN router 18.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the television receiver 12. The satellite digital broadcast signal received by the BS / CS digital broadcast receiving antenna 102 is supplied to the satellite digital broadcast tuner 108 via the input terminal 106, so that the broadcast signal of the desired channel is selected. .

  The terrestrial digital television broadcast signal received by the terrestrial broadcast receiving antenna 104 is supplied to the terrestrial digital broadcast tuners 112A, 112B, and 112C via the input terminal 110, so that the broadcast signal of the desired channel can be obtained. To be selected.

  The broadcast signal for pay broadcasting is scrambled. Although four tuners are shown in the figure, the number of tuners may be further increased, and may be three or less. The broadcast is not limited to receiving radio waves propagating in the air, but may be broadcast capable of receiving a program distributed from a broadcasting station via a network such as a cable or an IP (Internet Protocol) network.

  Broadcast program signals received by the tuners 108, 112A, 112B, and 112C are input to the TS processing unit 122 functioning as a re-multiplexing unit, and TS (transport streams) of a plurality of channels (CH) are combined into one TS. Remultiplexed.

  In the TS output from the TS processing unit 122, TS packets of a plurality of channels are time-division multiplexed. Therefore, for example, in the case of 4CH input, the TS processing unit 122 outputs a multiplexed TS by time-division multiplexing the packet arrangement at a rate five times the input. The control information packet is embedded in the packet array of the multiple TS. The control information packet carries control information such as time stamp information and packet arrangement order information of channel packets for each multiplexed channel.

  The TS re-multiplexing method is not limited to the method described here, and various methods are possible. The TS remultiplexed by the TS processing unit 122 is sent to the TS separator 123. The TS separator 123 generates an ECM (Entitlement Control Message) that is encrypted information from a broadcast program signal, and an EIT (Event Information Table) that is a table describing event information such as a program name, performer, and start time. To separate. Also, EPG (Electric Program Guide) data and the like are separated and supplied to the control device 150. The TS of the broadcast program is sent to the program TS processing unit 124.

  The television receiver 12 is centrally controlled by the control unit 150 for all the operations including the various reception operations described above. The control unit 150 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 154 and receives operation information from the operation unit 152 disposed on the front surface of the cabinet, or is transmitted from the remote controller 170 and received by the light receiving unit 172. Receiving information, each part is controlled to reflect the operation content. Further, the control unit 150 receives operation information from the mobile terminal 20 supplied via the wireless LAN router 18, the LAN terminal 180, and the communication I / F 182 and controls each unit so that the operation content is reflected. In addition, various status signals of the television receiver 12 can be supplied to the portable terminal 20 via the communication I / F 182, the LAN terminal 180, and the wireless LAN router 18.

  The control unit 150 mainly includes a ROM (read only memory) 156 that stores a control program executed by the CPU 154, a RAM (random access memory) 158 that provides a work area to the CPU 154, and various setting information and control information. , A non-volatile memory 160 in which EPG data and the like are stored, a reservation setting unit 162, a program guide creation control unit 164, a recording / playback control unit 166, and an image quality adjustment unit 168. The program guide creation control unit 164 creates an electronic program guide based on EPG data acquired in advance via a broadcast signal or a network and displays the video on the screen. The EPG data is usually obtained via a broadcast signal, and the EPG data is separated from the broadcast signal received via the antenna by controlling the tuners 108, 112A, 112B, and 112C. However, it is also possible to acquire EPG data from the network via the communication I / F 182 and the LAN terminal 180. The EPG data is stored in the nonvolatile memory 160. As a result, the user can select a desired program from the electronic program guide displayed as a video, and perform viewing or recording reservation. The reservation setting unit 162 reserves recording / viewing of a broadcast program. The recording / playback control unit 166 performs reserved recording of the program by executing recording based on the reservation information of the reservation setting unit 162.

  The control unit 150 is connected via a card I / F 178 to a card holder 176 in which a memory card (IC card) 174 can be mounted. Thereby, the control unit 150 can perform information transmission via the memory card 174 mounted in the card holder 176 and the card I / F 176. The memory card 174 records contract information of a broadcast reception contract, for example.

  The control unit 150 can perform information transmission with the disk recording / reproducing apparatus 14, the personal computer 16, and the like connected to the wireless LAN router 18. The control unit 150 is also connected to the Internet via the wireless LAN router 18 and the modem 22.

  The control unit 150 is connected to the USB terminal 186 via the USB I / F 188. As a result, the control unit 150 can perform information transmission via the USB I / F 188 and the USB compatible hard disk drive (HDD) 184 connected to the USB terminal 186. The hard disk drive is not limited to being externally attached, and may be built in. The internal hard disk drive is connected to the control unit 150 via an ATA interface (not shown). Further, the number of external hard disks is not limited to one, and a plurality of hard disk drives can be connected. Further, the hard disk drive may be a LAN connected drive.

  In the program TS processing unit 124, descrambling or the like is performed on the program stream related to the pay program. A key for descrambling is generated by the control unit 150. The control unit 150 generates a key using information included in the ECM, contract information of the memory card 174, and the like. The program stream related to the free program passes without being descrambled.

  The program TS output from the program TS processing unit 124 is supplied to the selector 125 and the recording / playback control unit 166 in the control unit 150. The selector 125 selects a TS of a program that the user intends to view and supplies the selected TS to the AV decoder 126. Video data included in a video packet in the program TS is encoded by, for example, an MPEG (Moving Picture Expert Group) method, an AVC (Advanced Video Coding) method, or the like. The audio data in the audio packet is encoded by, for example, a PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) method, a Dolby method, an MPEG method, or the like. The AV decoder 126 separates the video packet and the audio packet of the program, and decodes the data in each packet according to each method.

  The decoded audio data is supplied to the speaker system 132 after the sound processing unit 130 adjusts the sound volume and sound quality and converts it into an analog sound signal.

  The decoded video data is supplied to the graphics processing unit 134. The graphics processing unit 134 has a function of superimposing and outputting the OSD signal generated by the OSD (on screen display) signal generation unit 136 on the digital video signal supplied from the AV decoder 126. Further, the graphics processing unit 134 selectively outputs the output video signal of the AV decoder 126 and the output OSD signal of the OSD signal generation unit 134, or combines both outputs so as to constitute half of the screen. Can be output.

  The digital video signal output from the graphics processing unit 134 is supplied to the video processing unit 138. The video processing unit 138 converts the input digital video signal into an analog video signal in a format that can be displayed on the display 140 such as an LCD panel, a plasma display panel, or an SED panel, and then outputs the analog video signal to the display 140 to display the video. Let The video processing unit 138 also adjusts image quality, color, display scale, number of lines, resolution, and the like. Adjustment / control data for the audio processing unit 130 and the video processing unit 138 is provided from the control device 150.

  The recording / playback control unit 166 supplies the program TS from the program TS processing unit 124 to the hard disk drive 184 via the USB terminal 186 and / or records the disk via the communication I / F 182, the LAN terminal 180, and the wireless LAN router 18. It can be supplied to the playback device 14. The hard disk drive 184 has a large capacity capable of recording received broadcast programs of a plurality of channels for several days. The disk recording / reproducing apparatus 14 can reproduce a removable disk such as a DVD or a BD, or perform signal recording on the disk. The disk recording / reproducing apparatus 14 is connected via a home network as shown in FIG. 1, and can also function as a home server.

  The control device 150 includes a program guide creation control unit 164. The program guide creation control unit 164 uses EPG data related to past, present, and future programs, and a program guide related to programs broadcast in the past and a program guide related to programs currently being broadcast, which are already stored in the hard disk drive 184. It is possible to connect and manage program guides related to future (about one month) programs.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the mobile terminal 20. Here, although it demonstrates as a tablet-type terminal operated with a touch panel, the terminal called a smart phone provided with a telephone function may be sufficient. Although not shown, the mobile terminal 20 is driven by a rechargeable battery. An antenna 202 for communication with the wireless LAN router 18 is provided, and the antenna 202 is connected to the system bus 208 via the transceiver 204 and the communication I / F 206. The system bus 208 includes a CPU 210, a ROM 212 storing a control program executed by the CPU 210, a RAM 214 providing a work area for the CPU 210, a non-volatile memory 216 storing various setting information and control information, a database 218, A high speed cache memory 220 is connected. The database 218 is a nonvolatile memory that stores various types of metadata such as program information. The cache memory 220 stores EPG data. The metadata and EPG data may be transferred from the television receiver 12 to the mobile terminal 20, or the mobile terminal 20 may download the metadata and EPG data directly from the Internet 24.

  The touch panel 230 operates as a video display unit and can operate as a touch screen. When the menu screen is displayed by the display controller 232, when the user touches a desired item, the operation input is recognized by the operation command processing unit 234, and a corresponding command is generated. For example, if the touch operation is a touch operation on a menu item or button related to the control of the television receiver 12, a control command to the television receiver is generated and the television receiver is connected via the wireless LAN router 18. 12 is supplied. Thereby, the television receiver 12 can be controlled by the operation of the portable terminal 20, and the portable terminal 20 functions as a remote controller of the television receiver 12.

  For example, the portable terminal 20 can download content or an application via the Internet. Also, the downloaded content or application can be transferred to, for example, the television receiver 12 shown in FIG. 1 based on the control of the data transfer unit 236. In this case, the mobile terminal 20 functions as a repeater in appearance. The mobile terminal 20 can also request a recorded program from the television receiver 12. The portable terminal 20 stores the recorded program sent from the television receiver in the nonvolatile memory 216. However, since the data amount of the recorded program sent from the television receiving device is large, the recorded program is not stored, and the mobile terminal 20 may only function as a monitor. Applications downloaded via the Internet are stored in the nonvolatile memory 216.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a software configuration of the entire system. The application 302 is connected to _{one of} the middlewares 310 ₁ and 310 ₂ via the interface 306. Middleware consists of drivers that control various devices, and is provided for each country, region, and model. The application 302 and the interface 306 are mounted on the mobile terminal 20 side, and the middlewares 310 ₁ and 310 ₂ are mounted on the television receiver 12 side. Note that the interface 306 may be mounted on the television receiver 12.

  The application 302 includes, for example, applications such as a home menu (menu displayed when the power is turned on) 302a, reservation 302b, video adjustment 302c, playback 302d, editing 302e, viewing 302f, download 302g, and HTML5 compatible browser 302h.

The application 302 transmits / receives an asynchronous event to / from the interface 306. Events are issued to the middleware 310 ₁ , 310 ₂ to acquire various states of the television receiver 12, and to the middleware 310 ₁ , 310 ₂ to operate and control the television receiver 12. And a request for status change of the television receiver 12 received from the middleware 310 ₁ , 310 ₂ . Requests for acquiring various states of the television receiver 12 include, for example, (1) a content acquisition request (herein, broadcast programs and download content are collectively referred to as content) (the request includes an acquisition range, (Reply is content index), (2) Thumbnail acquisition request (request includes content index, reply is image data (thumbnail image)), (3) Program table information acquisition request (request is acquisition range (date, etc.) Included, reply is program guide information), (4) request for acquisition of program description information (request includes program index, reply is program description information), (5) request for acquisition of recording reservation list (request is acquisition range (date and time, etc.) ) And the reply includes reservation information. Controls for operating and controlling the television receiver 12 include, for example, (1) content search (reply is a search result index), (2) content playback (including playback information (position, etc.)), and (3) content being played back (4) Channel selection (including channels), (5) Recording reservation registration (including program index). The state change notification of the television receiver 12 has a state variable as a parameter.

The interface 306 includes components for each function for commonly controlling the devices of the television receiver 12 using the drivers of the middlewares 310 ₁ and 310 ₂ . Components are created as highly versatile programs called libraries. Components for each function include, for example, a program component 306b related to display of a program guide, a reservation component 306c related to recording reservation, and a content component 306d related to video adjustment. Further, the component absorbs the difference between the middleware 310 ₁ and 310 ₂ for each country, region, and model. That is, each component of the interface 306 converts the television receiver status acquisition request and the control signal to the television receiver transmitted from the application 302 into requests and control signals that can be decoded by the middlewares 310 ₁ and 310 _2. In addition, it has a function of converting the notification information of the state change of the television receiver 12 transmitted from each middleware 310 ₁ , 310 ₂ into information that can be decoded by the application 302. Thereby, even if the middleware 310 ₁ , 310 ₂ is developed for each country, region, and model, there is no need to develop the various applications 302a to 302h for each country, region, and model. Various applications 302 a to 302 h are downloaded to the portable terminal 20 via the Internet and stored in the nonvolatile memory 216. For this reason, it is possible to add a new function to the television receiving apparatus 12 without installing the application on the portable terminal 20 and changing the television receiving apparatus 12 side at all.

  An example of the operation of the application according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, an example will be described in which when the user performs a touch operation on the touch panel 230 of the mobile terminal 20, the operation result is transmitted to the television receiver 12 and the television receiver 12 is controlled. For example, a home menu that is an application selection screen is displayed on the touch panel of the mobile terminal 20 by the home menu application 302a that is activated when the power is turned on. When an icon of a remote controller application (not shown in FIG. 4) is touched from the home menu, a menu screen similar to the buttons of the remote controller 170 is displayed on the touch panel 230 of the mobile terminal 20. The screen display is executed by the browser application 302h. The user designates a point corresponding to a predetermined item in the menu screen displayed on the touch panel 230. A command (for example, power-on, channel switching, volume increase / decrease, etc.) corresponding to the coordinates of the designated point is transmitted to the television receiver 12, and a predetermined operation is performed by the control unit 150. Thereby, the portable terminal 20 functions as a remote controller of the television receiver 12. Since the mobile terminal 20 includes the touch panel 230, it is possible to provide a user interface that can be easily operated by the user as compared with the button operation of the remote controller and can cope with various complicated controls.

  FIG. 5 shows an operation example of the reservation application 302b. Conventionally, since a program was selected by operating a button on the remote controller, it took time and effort to reserve the program. When the reservation application 302 b is selected from the home menu on the touch panel 230, an electronic program guide is displayed on the touch panel 230. In order to display the program guide, the mobile terminal 20 requests the television receiver 12 to acquire program guide information (specifies an acquisition range (date and time)) and a program description information acquisition request (program index is set). Send). Program guide information and program description information returned from the television receiver 12 are stored in the cache memory 20 and the database 218, respectively, and an electronic program guide is displayed based on these stored data. When the portable terminal 20 is used in front of the screen of the television receiving device 12, the electronic program guide may be transferred to the television receiving device 12 and displayed at the same time. There is no need to transfer and display to the John receiver 12.

  Since the user can operate the electronic program guide on the touch panel 230 of the portable terminal 20 at hand (page turning or the like) with a finger, the user can quickly select a desired program (touch operation). When a program is selected, a message “Do you want to reserve this program?” Is displayed. If “YES” is selected, the index of the selected program is transferred to the television receiver 12 and reserved for recording by the reservation setting unit 162. In addition to selecting a program by browsing the program guide, it is also possible to input a keyword, search for a program including the keyword, and select from the search results.

  Note that the viewing application 302f operates in the same manner with the same user interface as the reservation application 302b.

  FIG. 6 shows an operation example of the video adjustment application 302c. Conventional video adjustment is complex. A video setting is selected from the menu of the television receiver 12, and the value of each parameter is adjusted (increased or decreased). After setting all parameters, return to video display. Since no video is displayed during parameter adjustment, the parameter value is adjusted on a trial and error basis. For this reason, it took time and effort to adjust the image. However, according to the present embodiment, when the video adjustment application 302c is selected from the home menu on the touch panel 230 while video is being displayed on the television receiver 12, the video display on the television receiver 12 remains unchanged. A brightness and color adjustment screen, for example, a CIExy chromaticity diagram is displayed on the touch panel 230. The video displayed on the television receiver 12 may be a broadcast program being viewed, a recorded program recorded on the hard disk drive 184, or a downloaded content.

  The user designates a point corresponding to a desired color on the chromaticity diagram displayed on the touch panel 230 (touch operation) while watching the video being displayed on the television receiver 12. CIExy color information corresponding to the coordinates of the designated point is transmitted to the television receiver 12, and the image quality of the image is adjusted by the control unit 150 and the image processing unit 138. The above is repeated until the desired image quality is obtained. Since the adjustment value is immediately reflected in the video in this way, it can be adjusted to a desired image quality very easily.

  Image adjustment is not limited to color and brightness, and resolution may be used. Furthermore, adjustments related to sound such as sound quality and volume are not limited to video. Adjustment data such as various adjustment levels can be stored in the non-volatile memory 216 and can be used for the next adjustment. For example, the adjustment data can be adjusted for other television receivers registered for use. It is also possible to provide data. Thus, for example, if the optimal image quality adjustment value for a certain movie is stored, when the same movie is viewed on another television receiver, the optimal adjustment can be easily performed using the stored adjustment data without newly adjusting the image quality. The image quality can be reproduced.

  FIG. 7 shows an operation example of the playback application 302d. When the playback application 302d is selected from the home menu on the touch panel 230, the mobile terminal 20 requests the television receiver 12 to acquire a content list (specify an acquisition range) and a thumbnail acquisition request (content index is set). Send). The content index and thumbnail image returned from the television receiver 12 are stored in the cache memory 20, and a list of recorded content is displayed on the touch panel 230 based on the stored data. The list of recorded contents may be transferred to the television receiver 12 and displayed, or may not be transferred.

  Since the user can operate the list of recorded contents on the touch panel 230 of the portable terminal 20 at hand (page turning or the like) with a finger, the user can quickly select desired contents (touch operation). When a content is selected, a reproduction request for the selected content (designating reproduction information (position) or the like) is transferred to the television receiver 12 and reproduction of the selected content is started. The reproduction is performed on the display 140 of the television receiver 12 and / or the touch panel 230 of the mobile terminal 20. In addition to selecting the contents to be reproduced by browsing the list, it is also possible to input a keyword, search for contents including the keyword, and select from the search results.

  FIG. 8 shows an operation example of the editing application 302e. When the editing application 302e is selected from the home menu on the touch panel 230, the editing menu is displayed on the touch panel 230. The edit menu may be transferred to the television receiver 12 and displayed, or may not be transferred. The edit menu includes thumbnail setting, title combination, chapter editing, playlist editing, and the like. When playlist editing is selected, the portable terminal 20 requests the television receiver 12 for a list of recorded programs (thumbnail images) in the hard disk 184. When a folder is selected, a list of files in the folder is displayed. When a certain file is selected, the portable terminal 20 sends an acquisition request for the thumbnail image of the chapter of the file and time information (chapter start time and end time) to the television receiver 10. Here, it is assumed that the television receiver 10 has a function of automatically dividing into chapters when a program is recorded. However, when a program (file) is transferred from the television receiver 10 to the mobile terminal 20, it may be divided into chapters on the mobile terminal 20 side. Based on the thumbnail image and time information transmitted from the television receiver 12, the portable terminal 20 displays a chapter of the selected file in the selected folder in the recorded program in the hard disk 184 on the touch panel 230 as shown in FIG. Display a list.

  The user can operate (page turning etc.) the chapter list on the touch panel 230 of the portable terminal 20 at hand, so that a desired chapter can be quickly selected (touch operation). The selected chapter is placed at a desired position in the playlist. If necessary, the chapter of another file is displayed and the above operation is repeated to edit the playlist. In this way, a playlist can be easily created simply by selecting a chapter at hand. New content is created by dubbing the playlist.

  Next, an operation example of the download application 302g will be described. When the download application 302g is selected from the home menu on the touch panel 230, a list of contents as shown in FIG. The list of contents may be transferred to the television receiver 12 and displayed, or may not be transferred.

  Since the user can operate a list of contents on the touch panel 230 of the portable terminal 20 at hand (page turning or the like) with a finger, the user can quickly select desired contents (touch operation). When a content is selected, the index of the selected content is transferred to the television receiver 12. The television receiver 12 transfers the selected content to the mobile terminal 20. The portable terminal 20 stores the content transmitted from the television receiver in the nonvolatile memory 216. Thereby, the user can save the content stored in the television receiver 12 in the portable terminal 20, take it out, and reproduce the content at an arbitrary location.

  When downloading, the image quality may be changed. The content stored in the HD image quality on the television receiver 10 side may be downloaded to the mobile terminal 20 and then converted to the SD image quality to be stored with the data size reduced.

  In addition, when the television receiver 10 issues a download request for a recorded program while performing another process (for example, recording), the download is impossible. However, since the television receiver 10 does not have a function of sending an alarm message to the mobile terminal 20 in such a case, the reason why the mobile terminal 20 cannot download is unknown. In order to cope with this, the recording reservation list created by the reservation application by the portable terminal 20 is stored in the non-volatile memory 216, and a download request is issued when the television receiver 12 is not recording. Thereby, the television receiver 10 side can avoid the impossibility of processing due to the duplicate request without changing. It should be noted that although priority is given to other processing than the download request for the recorded program, depending on the type of other processing, control may be performed so that the other request is interrupted and the download request for the recorded program is given priority.

  The contents to be downloaded are selected one by one using the mobile terminal 20 and downloaded each time. However, a plurality of contents are selected and the plurality of contents are downloaded from the television receiver 12 to the mobile terminal 20 at once. The content designated at the time of recording reservation may be automatically downloaded when it is recognized that the mobile terminal 20 is connected to the wireless LAN router 18.

  As described above, according to the embodiment, a user can add a function after purchasing the television receiving device 12 by mounting the application on the mobile terminal 20 different from the television receiving device 12. Various status information (reservation list, recorded content list, etc.) of the television receiver, which is information necessary for the application to control, is acquired by issuing an acquisition request from the application side, so that it is different from the television receiver 12. The portable receiver 20 can control the television receiver 12. In addition, by interposing an interface that converts signals, requests, etc. between the application and middleware, there is no need to change the application even if the middleware is different. On the other hand, functions can be added with a common application.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Further, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, you may combine suitably the component covering different embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 ... Television receiver, 18 ... Wireless LAN router, 20 ... Portable terminal, 150 ... Control part, 230 ... Touch panel, 302 ... Application, 306 ... Interface.

Claims (11)

A television receiver;
An information processing system comprising: a wireless terminal that is wirelessly connected to the television receiver, includes a control unit that obtains a status signal from the television receiver and supplies a control signal to the television receiver. There,
The television receiver is
Comprising a control unit for controlling a plurality of devices constituting the television receiver, the control unit is a control unit for each country or sales region of the television receiver,
The portable terminal is
The status acquisition request and control signal from the control means are converted into a status acquisition request and control signal that can be decoded by the control unit for each selling country or sales area, and the status signal of the television receiver can be decoded by the control means. An interface for converting to a status signal;
The interface is an information processing system comprising components for a plurality of functions realized by one of the plurality of devices or a combination of two or more. The portable terminal is
A touch panel that displays a program reservation screen;
Transmitting means for transmitting program information of a program selected on the program reservation screen on the touch panel to the television receiver;
Comprising
2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the television receiving device comprises means for reserving recording of a program based on program information transmitted from the transmitting means. The portable terminal is
A touch panel for displaying an image quality adjustment screen for adjusting the image quality of the video displayed on the television receiver;
Transmitting means for transmitting image quality adjustment information set on the image quality adjustment screen on the touch panel to the television receiver;
Comprising
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the television receiver includes means for adjusting the image quality of the video based on the adjustment information transmitted from the transmission means. The television receiver comprises a recording means,
The portable terminal is
A touch panel that displays a list of recorded programs;
Transmitting means for transmitting index information of a program selected in the video list on the touch panel to the television receiver;
Comprising
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the television receiver includes means for reproducing a recorded program based on the index information transmitted from the transmission means. The television receiver comprises a recording means,
The portable terminal is
A touch panel that displays a recording program editing screen;
Transmitting means for transmitting the editing information selected on the editing screen on the touch panel to the television receiver;
Comprising
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the television receiver includes an editing unit that edits a recorded program based on editing information transmitted from the transmitting unit.   6. The information processing system according to claim 5, further comprising means for dubbing the recorded program edited by the editing means onto a portable storage medium. The television receiver comprises a recording means,
The portable terminal is
A touch panel that displays a list of recorded programs;
First transmission means for transmitting index information of a program selected in the list on the touch panel to the television receiver;
Comprising
The television receiving apparatus includes second transmission means for transmitting a recorded program to the portable terminal based on the index information transmitted by the first transmission means,
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal includes means for recording the recorded program image transmitted by the second transmission means. The control means includes an application for transmitting the status acquisition request and the control signal and receiving the status signal,
The control unit includes middleware including a driver that controls a device constituting the television receiver,
The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the interface includes a library for commonly controlling devices constituting the television receiver. A control unit that controls a plurality of devices that constitute a television receiver, and is a mobile terminal that is wirelessly connected to a television receiver that includes a control unit for each sales country or sales region,
Control means for obtaining a status signal from the television receiver and supplying a control signal to the television receiver;
The status acquisition request and control signal from the control means are converted into a status acquisition request and control signal that can be decoded by the control unit for each selling country or sales area, and the status signal of the television receiver can be decoded by the control means. An interface for converting to a status signal;
The said interface is a portable terminal which consists of a component for every some function implement | achieved by one of the said some devices, or the combination of 2 or more. A television receiver, and a portable terminal that is connected to the television receiver wirelessly, includes a control unit that acquires a status signal from the television receiver and supplies a control signal to the television receiver. And a control unit for controlling a plurality of devices constituting the television receiver, wherein the television receiver is provided with a control unit for each sales country or sales region of the television receiver. An information processing method for a processing system,
An interface that is provided in the portable terminal and includes components for each of a plurality of functions that are realized by one of the plurality of devices or a combination of two or more thereof, receives the status acquisition request and the control signal from the control unit. An information processing method for converting a status acquisition request and a control signal that can be decoded by a control unit for each country or sales area, and converting a status signal of the television receiver into a status signal that can be decoded by the control means. Control means for outputting a state acquisition signal and control signal in the first format, and converting the state acquisition signal and control signal in the first format output from the control means into a state acquisition signal and control signal in the second format A television receiver that is wirelessly connected to a portable terminal comprising:
A control unit for controlling a plurality of devices constituting the television receiving device, comprising a control unit for each sales country or sales region of the television receiving device;
The control unit inputs a status acquisition signal and a control signal in a second format specific to the selling country or sales area transmitted from the mobile terminal, and transmits a status signal in the second format to the mobile terminal,
A television receiver that converts a status signal in the second format output from the television receiver into a status signal in the first format at the interface.

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