JP2015076726A - Digital broadcast receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital broadcast receiver in which a user is not required to select view reservation and recording reservation every time when setting reservation.SOLUTION: A digital broadcast receiver includes a video recording section having a video recording function for video recording a digital broadcast on a recording medium, a setting section for setting use of the recording reservation function of the recording section, and use of the view reservation function while selecting beforehand alternatively, and a reservation management section for setting the recording reservation of a program involved in the reservation request of the user if the recording function in the setting section is effective, otherwise setting the view reservation.

Description

  The present invention relates to a digital broadcast receiver for receiving a digital broadcast, and more particularly, a digital broadcast receiver having a viewing function for outputting the received digital broadcast to an output means such as a display or a speaker, and a recording function for recording on a recording medium. About.

  In a conventional digital broadcasting receiver having a recording function to an external recording medium such as an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), when a user selects a program to be reserved from an electronic program guide (hereinafter referred to as EPG), the reservation is selected. The screen is displayed, and the user has selected whether to make a reservation setting for viewing reservation or recording reservation on the reservation selection screen (for example, paragraphs [0046] to [0053] in FIG. 4 and FIG. 4). reference).

JP 2006-94438 A

  However, it is troublesome for the user to manually select whether to set the viewing reservation or the recording reservation on the reservation setting screen every time the reservation setting is made, and this causes a decrease in the usability of the digital broadcast receiver. It was.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention has an object to provide a digital broadcast receiver that does not require the user to select viewing reservation and recording reservation each time reservation setting is made.

  The digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention selectively selects, in advance, a recording unit having a recording function for recording a digital broadcast on a recording medium, use of a recording reservation function of the recording unit, and use of a viewing reservation function. If the recording function in the setting unit is enabled for the program related to the reservation request and the setting request to be set by the user and the program related to the reservation request, the recording reservation is set. A reservation management unit for setting a reservation.

  The digital broadcast receiver according to the present invention selectively selects, in advance, a recording unit having a recording function for recording a digital broadcast on a recording medium, use of a recording reservation function of the recording unit, and use of a viewing reservation function. If the recording function in the setting unit is enabled for the program related to the reservation request and the setting request to be set by the user and the program related to the reservation request, the recording reservation is set. A reservation management unit for setting a reservation. Therefore, when the user reserves a program, it is not necessary to select either the viewing reservation setting or the recording reservation setting, which is convenient.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a digital broadcast receiver according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a reservation setting operation of the digital broadcast receiver according to the first embodiment. 4 is a diagram showing a recording setting screen of the digital broadcast receiver according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a recording reservation setting screen of the digital broadcast receiver according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a viewing reservation setting screen of the digital broadcast receiver according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation when an external recording medium is connected to the digital broadcast receiver according to Embodiment 1. FIG.

<A. Embodiment 1>
<A-1. Configuration>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a digital broadcast receiver 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The digital broadcast receiver 1 is connected to an external recording medium 4 that stores recorded data and a display unit 3 that displays video and the like.

  In addition, the digital broadcast receiver 1 can perform infrared communication with the input device 2, and the digital broadcast receiver 1 can be remotely operated using the input device 2. The input device machine 2 is generally a remote controller (remote controller) and includes switches that can operate the digital broadcast receiver 1.

  The display unit 3 includes a liquid crystal panel, a plasma display, and the like, and displays an image. In FIG. 1, the display unit 3 is shown as a separate device from the digital broadcast receiver 1, but for example, the digital broadcast receiver 1 and the display unit 3 may be integrated as a digital television.

  The external recording medium 4 is composed of, for example, an external HDD connected to the digital broadcast receiver 1 via a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface, but can be written / read to / from a recording medium such as a USB memory, an SD card, or a DVD. It may be a simple device.

  The digital broadcast receiver 1 includes an antenna 13, a reception processing unit 5, a program information management unit 6, a reservation management unit 7, a channel selection control unit 8, a recording control unit 9, a display control unit 10, and a controller 11. The antenna 13 receives a digital broadcast signal. The reception processing unit 5 includes a digital tuner and a circuit (not shown) for amplifying and demodulating the signal, and extracts program information and a video signal from the digital broadcast signal received by the antenna 13. The program information management unit 6 accumulates and manages the program information extracted by the reception processing unit 5. The reservation management unit 7 sets and manages viewing reservations and recording reservations. The channel selection control unit 8 controls channel selection. The recording control unit 9 writes the recording data to the external recording medium 4 during recording, and reads the recording data from the external recording medium 4 during reproduction. The display control unit 10 controls the display unit 3. The controller 11 is composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, and performs overall control of various controls, adjustments, and settings of the digital broadcast receiver 1 as described above. The reception processing unit 5, program information management unit 6, reservation management unit 7, channel selection control unit 8, recording control unit 9, and display control unit 10 are also realized by a CPU that executes a program stored in a memory such as a RAM. To do.

  The digital broadcast receiver 1 includes a receiver switch 12 that can operate the digital broadcast receiver 1 in the same manner as the input device 2. An operation signal generated by the user operating the input device 2 or the receiver switch 12 is input to the controller 11 and used for various controls, adjustments, and settings.

  Instead of the external recording medium 4, a recording medium may be provided inside the digital broadcast receiver 1.

<A-2. Operation>
Next, the operation of the digital broadcast receiver 1 will be described.

  In FIG. 1, a digital broadcast signal received by an antenna 13 is demodulated and decoded by a reception processing unit 5 to extract program information and a video signal. The program information and video signal are converted into data that can be displayed on the display unit 3 by the display control unit 10 and displayed on the display unit 3. The program information extracted by the reception processing unit 5 is stored and managed by the program information management unit 6, and is used for EPG display, program genre search, and the like. Also, based on this program information, the reservation management unit 7 sets a trial listening reservation and a recording reservation that specify the program. Since EPG and genre search using program information are well-known techniques, further detailed description is omitted.

  The channel selection operation in response to the operation from the input device 2 and the receiver switch 12 is executed by the channel selection control unit 8. The viewing reservation and the recording reservation are set and executed by the reservation management unit 7. In the case of viewing reservation, the channel selection control unit 8 selects the channel when the reserved program starts, and in the case of recording reservation, the recording control unit 9 writes the recording data to the external recording medium 4.

<A-3. Reservation settings>
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the digital broadcast receiver 1 when a reservation is set by designating a program. Whether or not the recording function is valid is set before the reservation setting operation through a recording setting screen on the menu as shown in FIG. Specifically, the user operates the input device 2 or the receiver switch 12 to display a recording setting screen. The user can manually set whether to use the recording function or not on the recording setting screen shown in FIG. For example, when the external recording medium 4 is connected to the digital broadcast receiver 1, it is set to “use recording function (recording function enabled)”, and when the external recording medium 4 is not connected, “recording function” Set to “Do not use (Recording function disabled)”. This setting result is stored in a non-volatile memory (not shown) in the receiver controller 11.

  In FIG. 2, the user operates the input device 2 or the receiver switch 12 to display the EPG on the display unit 3 (step S201). Here, the display control unit 10 creates an EPG based on the program information in the program information management unit 6 and displays it on the display unit 3. Next, the user selects a program to be reserved from the EPG (step S202). The reservation manager 7 determines whether or not the recording function is valid from the information stored in the nonvolatile memory in the receiver controller 11 (step S203). If the recording function is valid, the display control unit 10 displays a recording reservation setting screen as shown in FIG. 4 on the display unit 3 (step S204). If the recording function is invalid, the display control unit 10 5 is displayed on the display unit 3 (step S205).

  In the recording reservation setting screen of FIG. 4, a “recording reservation” button is displayed in addition to the program content selected by the user, such as a broadcast station name and a program name. The recording reservation is set by the user selecting the “recording reservation” button. In addition, the viewing reservation setting screen in FIG. 5 displays a “viewing reservation” button in addition to the program content selected by the user. The viewing reservation is set by the user selecting the “viewing reservation” button. The “viewing reservation” button is not displayed on the recording reservation setting screen, and the “recording reservation” button is not displayed on the viewing reservation setting screen. Thus, when a user makes a program reservation, either the recording reservation setting screen or the viewing reservation setting screen is automatically displayed depending on whether or not the recording function is enabled. Does not require manual selection of recording reservations or viewing reservations, making it easy to set reservations.

  When the user selects a recording reservation on the recording reservation setting screen or selects a viewing reservation on the viewing reservation setting screen, the reservation content is registered in the reservation management unit 7 and the reservation setting is completed (step S206).

  In FIG. 2, the case where the user designates a program from the EPG and performs reservation setting has been described, but the same applies to the time designation reservation in which the start time, the end time, and the broadcast station are designated and reserved. In this case, steps S201 and S202 in FIG. 2 are replaced with the start time and end time of the program and designation of the broadcast station by the user operation.

<A-4. Automatic recording function setting>
In the above description, the method for manually setting whether or not the recording function is enabled by the user on the recording setting screen shown in FIG. 3 is shown. However, when the external recording medium 4 is used, the recording function is set as follows. You can do this automatically.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of automatically setting the recording function when the external recording medium 4 is connected to the digital broadcast receiver 1. It is assumed that the external recording medium 4 needs to be registered in the digital broadcast receiver 1 before use.

  First, when the controller 11 detects the connection of the external recording medium 4 (step S601), it confirms whether or not the connected external recording medium 4 has been registered in the digital broadcast receiver 1 (step S602). If the external recording medium 4 has not been registered, the display control unit 10 determines whether or not to newly register the external recording medium 4 for recording by the digital broadcast receiver 1 (step S603). Specifically, the display control unit 10 displays a confirmation screen for the user on the display unit 3. If the user selects new registration through the confirmation screen, it is determined that new registration is performed, and the user does not select new registration. Then, it is determined that new registration is not performed, and the process is terminated.

  If it is determined that new registration is to be performed, the controller 11 registers the external recording medium 4 (step S604). Then, the display control unit 10 displays a confirmation screen on the display unit 3 as to whether or not to execute initialization of the external recording medium 4 for the recording function (step S605). When the user selects initialization through the confirmation screen, the controller 11 initializes the external recording medium 4 (step S606).

  When the initialization of the external recording medium 4 is completed, the display control unit 10 displays the recording setting screen shown in FIG. 3 (step S607). The user manually sets whether or not to use the recording function on the recording setting screen.

  Next, the controller 11 determines whether or not the recording function is valid (step S608). When the user sets to use the recording function on the recording setting screen, it is determined that the recording function is valid. In this case, the reservation management unit 7 cancels all the viewing reservations that have already been set (step S609). Alternatively, it may be replaced with a recording reservation instead of canceling. If the user sets not to use the recording function on the recording setting screen, the controller 11 determines that the recording function is invalid (NO in step S608). In this case, the reservation management unit 7 cancels all the set recording reservations (step S610). Alternatively, it may be replaced with a viewing reservation instead of canceling. Thereby, mixing of viewing reservation and recording reservation can be prevented.

  Note that it is desirable that the operation in steps S609 and S610, that is, whether to cancel or replace a set reservation, can be selected by a user operation. Further, it may be possible to select none of them.

  The recording setting screen can be displayed at any time from the menu, and it is desirable that the recording function can be enabled or disabled by user operation through the recording setting screen at any time, not only when the external recording medium 4 is connected.

  As described above, after the external recording medium 4 is connected to the digital broadcast receiver 1 for registration and initialization, the recording setting screen is automatically displayed to prompt the user to set whether or not to use the recording function. In this way, setting omissions can be prevented. In addition, since it is not necessary for the user to manually display the recording setting screen from the menu, even a user who is not familiar with the menu operation can set the recording function to be valid or invalid.

  Note that, not only after the external recording medium 4 is registered and initialized, but also when the external recording medium 4 is connected, the recording setting screen may be automatically displayed. Alternatively, the external recording medium 4 may be identified, and the recording function setting for each external recording medium 4 may be stored in a non-volatile memory in the receiver controller 11.

<A-5. Effect>
The digital broadcast receiver 1 according to Embodiment 1 includes a recording control unit 9 that records a digital broadcast on a recording medium, a controller 11 (setting unit) that sets whether to use a recording function in the recording control unit 9, and a user's A reservation management unit 7 configured to set either a recording reservation or a viewing reservation in response to a reservation request, and the reservation management unit 7 is configured to use a recording function for a program related to the reservation request. Only the recording reservation can be set, and if the recording function is set not to be used, only the viewing reservation can be set. Therefore, when the user makes a reservation request, the trouble of selecting a recording reservation or a viewing reservation becomes unnecessary, and the usability of the digital broadcast receiver 1 is improved.

  In addition, the controller 11 (setting unit) sets whether or not the recording function is used based on the user's input. Therefore, when the user performs the setting in advance, it is troublesome to select a recording reservation or a viewing reservation in a subsequent reservation request. Is no longer necessary.

  The recording control unit 9 records the digital broadcast on a recording medium (external recording medium 4) outside the digital broadcast receiver, and the digital broadcast receiver 1 connects the external recording medium 4 to the digital broadcast receiver 1. Is detected, the display unit 3 for displaying a screen for setting whether or not the recording function is used is further provided, so that it is possible to prevent omission of setting whether or not the recording function is used. In addition, since it is not necessary for the user to manually display the recording setting screen from the menu, even a user who is not familiar with the menu operation can set whether to use the recording function.

  In addition, when the recording function is switched from “not used” to “used” in the setting unit, the reservation management unit 7 replaces the viewing reservation of the set program with the recording reservation, and when the recording function is switched from “used” to “not used” in the setting unit. Since it has a reservation replacement function that replaces a recording reservation of a reserved program with a viewing reservation, it is possible to prevent the viewing reservation and the recording reservation from being mixed.

  In addition, the reservation management unit 7 cancels the viewing reservation of the set program when the recording function is switched from not used to used in the setting unit, and sets when the recording function is switched from used to not used in the setting unit. Since it has a reservation canceling function for canceling recording reservations for already-programmed programs, mixing of viewing reservations and recording reservations can be prevented.

  Further, the reservation management unit 7 has the reservation replacement function and the reservation cancellation function, and executes one of the reservation replacement function and the reservation cancellation function selected by the user operation. Mixing of reservations can be prevented.

  In the present invention, the embodiments can be appropriately modified and omitted within the scope of the invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Digital broadcast receiver, 2 Input device machine, 3 Display part, 4 External recording medium, 5 Reception processing part, 6 Program information management part, 7 Reservation management part, 8 Channel selection control part, 9 Recording control part, 10 Display control Part, 11 controller, 12 receiver switch, 13 antenna.

Claims (6)

A recording control unit for recording digital broadcasting on a recording medium;
A setting unit for setting whether to use the recording function in the recording control unit;
A reservation management unit that performs either recording reservation or viewing reservation according to a user's reservation request;
The reservation management unit can set only the recording reservation for the program related to the reservation request if the recording function is set to be used, and can only set the viewing reservation if the recording function is set not to be used. And
Digital broadcast receiver. The setting unit sets whether to use the recording function based on a user input;
The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1. The recording control unit records the digital broadcast on the recording medium outside the digital broadcast receiver,
When a connection of the recording medium to the digital broadcast receiver is detected, the digital broadcast receiver further includes a display unit that displays a screen for setting whether or not the recording function is used.
The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 2. The reservation management unit replaces the viewing reservation of a set program with the recording reservation when the recording function is switched from non-use to use in the setting unit, and the recording function is used from use to use in the setting unit. When it is switched to nothing, it has a reservation replacement function that replaces the recording reservation of the reserved program with the viewing reservation,
The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1. The reservation management unit cancels the viewing reservation of the set program when the recording function is switched from non-use to use in the setting unit, and the recording function is switched from use to non-use in the setting unit. And a reservation cancel function for canceling the recording reservation of the set program.
The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1. The reservation management unit cancels the viewing reservation of the set program when the recording function is switched from non-use to use in the setting unit, and the recording function is switched from use to non-use in the setting unit. And canceling the recording reservation of the set program, having a reservation cancel function, and executing one of the reservation replacement function and the reservation cancel function selected by a user operation,
The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 4.

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