JP2015126520A - Video recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video recording device capable of recording a broadcast program with appropriate video recording quality even when a user does not have sufficient knowledge on video recording quality.SOLUTION: A hard disk recorder 1 comprises: a broadcast reception unit 12 for receiving a broadcast program; a hard disk drive 13 for recording a broadcast program received by the broadcast reception unit 12; and a control unit 11 for controlling operation of entire hard disk recorder 1. The control unit 11 is configured to perform control so as to acquire reservation video recording information on another user through a network 4 and, on the basis of the setting of video recording quality based on the acquired reservation video recording information on the another user, record the broadcast program with the set video recording quality.

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus, and more particularly to a recording apparatus including a control unit having a reserved recording function.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a recording apparatus including a control unit having a reserved recording function is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  Patent Document 1 discloses a storage device including a calculation unit that calculates a qualitative recording condition (recording quality) of a recorded reserved program. The storage device includes a category filter unit that categorizes the recorded reserved program, and the arithmetic unit is based on the reservation history information for each category of the recorded reserved program that has been categorized by the category filter unit. It is configured to calculate qualitative memory conditions. And it is comprised so that the reservation program may be memorize | stored by the qualitative memory condition reflecting the past reservation history information for every user category.

JP-A-2005-353112

  However, in the storage device of Patent Document 1, when the user who uses the storage device does not have sufficient knowledge about recording quality (for example, recording bit rate) which is a qualitative storage condition, It is considered that the recording quality set when making a reservation may not be appropriate. For this reason, there is a problem that a broadcast program recorded with recording quality based on past reservation history information of a user who does not have sufficient knowledge about recording quality may not be recorded with appropriate recording quality. Conceivable. A broadcast program recorded with a recording quality lower than the appropriate recording quality may not be viewable due to a lot of block noise, and a broadcast program recorded with a recording quality higher than the appropriate recording quality may be Since the recording quality is high, the storage capacity of the recording unit may be used more than necessary.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and one object of the present invention is to provide a broadcast program with an appropriate recording quality even when the user does not have sufficient knowledge about the recording quality. It is an object to provide a recording apparatus capable of recording the above.

  To achieve the above object, a recording apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention controls a receiving unit that receives a broadcast program, a storage unit that records the broadcast program received by the receiving unit, and the operation of the entire recording apparatus. And a control unit configured to acquire reservation recording information of another user via a network and set based on a recording quality setting based on the acquired reservation recording information of the other user Control is performed to record a broadcast program according to the recording quality.

  In the recording apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, as described above, the control unit sets the recording quality set based on the recording quality setting based on the reserved recording information of another user acquired via the network. Is configured to control the recording of the broadcast program. As a result, the recording quality can be set based on the recording quality setting contents based on the reserved recording information of other external users who are considered to include users who have sufficient knowledge about the recording quality. Even when the user does not have sufficient knowledge about the quality, the broadcast program can be recorded with an appropriate recording quality.

  In the recording apparatus according to the first aspect, preferably, the scheduled recording information of another user includes statistical information corresponding to a broadcast program to be scheduled for recording and based on recording quality information set by a plurality of other users. The control unit acquires the statistical information, and records the broadcast program with the set recording quality based on the recording quality setting of the broadcast program to be reserved for recording based on the statistical information corresponding to the broadcast program to be reserved for recording. It is configured to perform control. According to this configuration, even when there is variation in the reserved recording information of other users, it is possible to record a broadcast program with a more appropriate recording quality by setting the recording quality based on the statistical information.

  In the recording apparatus according to the first aspect, preferably, the control unit acquires the reserved recording information of another user via the network, and determines the recording quality of the user based on the acquired reserved recording information of the other user. Based on the setting operation, the broadcast program is controlled to be recorded with the set recording quality. With this configuration, the user can set the recording quality while referring to the reserved recording information of other users. Further, when the reserved recording information of other users is inappropriate, the recording quality setting can be corrected.

  In this case, it is preferable that the control unit acquires the reserved recording information of another user via the network and then records the recording quality of the broadcast program to be reserved for recording before recording the broadcast program with the set recording quality. The first inquiry display for inquiring the setting contents to the user is controlled to be displayed on an external display device connected to the recording device. With this configuration, the user can accept the recording quality setting operation while displaying the first inquiry display on the external display device, so that the user can easily refer to the scheduled recording information of other users. While recording quality can be set.

  In the recording apparatus according to the first aspect described above, preferably, the recording apparatus further includes a communication unit connected to a network and capable of communicating with an external server that holds reserved recording information of other users, and the control unit is configured to communicate with the communication unit via the communication unit. Retrieval recording information of another user is acquired from an external server, and based on the recording quality setting based on the acquired reservation recording information of the other user, control to record a broadcast program with the set recording quality is performed. It is configured. If comprised in this way, since it can acquire the reservation video recording information of another user from an external server by communicating with an external server via a communication part, other than an external server (for example, many other users) As a result, it is possible to suppress an increase in the processing load of the control unit.

  In this case, preferably, the control unit is configured to perform control to transmit the recording quality information set in its own recording device to the external server via the communication unit. If comprised in this way, the information of the recording quality set to the own video recording apparatus can be reflected in the reservation video recording information which an external server has. Thereby, the information of the recording device set to the own recording device can be used by other users via the external server.

  In the recording apparatus configured to perform control for transmitting the recording quality information set in the recording apparatus to the external server, preferably, the control unit reproduces the broadcast program recorded on the external display apparatus. Control configured to perform display control, and in addition to the recording quality information set in the own recording device, the screen size information of the external display device is transmitted to the external server via the communication unit. Is configured to do. Here, the appropriate recording quality varies depending on the screen size of the external display device. Therefore, in the present invention, as described above, by controlling the transmission of the screen size information of the external display device to the external server, it is reflected in the scheduled recording information so that an appropriate recording quality can be set according to the screen size. Can be made.

  In the recording apparatus according to the first aspect, preferably, the control unit is configured to perform reproduction control of the broadcast program recorded on the external display device, and finishes reproduction of the recorded broadcast program. In this case, the second display for inquiring whether or not to change the recording quality of the recorded broadcast program is displayed on the external display device. With this configuration, the recording quality can be reset by the user's change operation after viewing the recorded video. If the recording quality is too high, the recording quality can be lowered and stored again. In this case, it is possible to suppress the use of the storage capacity of the storage unit more than necessary.

  In the recording apparatus according to the first aspect, preferably, the broadcast program includes a series program, and the control unit is configured to perform control to reproduce and display the broadcast program recorded on the external display device. The section reserves the recording of the series program, and when the recorded series program finishes playing, externally displays a third inquiry display for inquiring whether or not to change the recording quality of the series program to be broadcast next time. It is comprised so that the control displayed on an apparatus may be performed. With this configuration, the recording quality of the series program that will be broadcast next time is set. If the recording quality of the series program that has been recorded so far is inappropriate, the appropriate recording quality will be improved by the user from the next broadcast. Can be set.

  A recording system according to a second aspect of the present invention records a server that holds reserved recording information of other users, a recording device side receiving unit that receives a broadcast program, and a broadcast program received by the recording device side receiving unit. A recording device including a recording device-side storage unit, a recording device-side control unit that controls the operation of the entire recording device, and a recording device-side communication unit that can communicate with the server. Acquires scheduled recording information of other users from the server via the side communication unit, and records a broadcast program with the set recording quality based on the recording quality settings based on the acquired scheduled recording information of other users It is configured to perform control.

  In the non-contact power feeding system according to the second aspect of the present invention, as described above, the recording device side control unit is set based on the recording quality setting based on the reserved recording information of other users acquired from the server. Based on the setting of the recording quality based on the reserved recording information of other external users who are considered to include users who have sufficient knowledge about the recording quality by configuring the control to record the broadcast program according to the recording quality Since the recording quality can be set, even when the user does not have sufficient knowledge about the recording quality, the broadcast program can be recorded with an appropriate recording quality.

  According to the present invention, as described above, it is possible to record a broadcast program with an appropriate recording quality even when the user does not have sufficient knowledge about the recording quality.

1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a recording system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which showed the recording reservation screen by 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the recording quality statistics screen by 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the recording reservation and the recording quality setting screen by 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the upload and download process of the reservation video recording information of the video recording system by 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the recording quality setting control processing of the video recording system by 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the confirmation screen of the recording quality by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the reset screen of the recording quality by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the statistics screen of the recording quality by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the confirmation screen of the recording quality of the series program by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the recording quality setting screen of the series program of the next broadcast by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the statistics screen of the recording quality of the series program by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the recording quality reset control process of the recording system by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the setting control process of the recording quality of the series program of the recording system by 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the statistics screen of the recording quality by 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the recording quality setting control processing of the video recording system by 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

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

(First embodiment)
With reference to FIG. 1, the configuration of a recording system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the recording system 100 according to the first embodiment includes a hard disk recorder 1, a TV 2, a server 3, the Internet 4, and a cable 5. The server 3 is configured to be able to communicate with hard disk recorders of users other than the hard disk recorder 1 via the Internet 4. The cable 5 connects the hard disk recorder 1 and the TV 2 and is configured to transmit a control signal and a video / audio signal based on the HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) (registered trademark) standard. The hard disk recorder 1 is an example of the “recording apparatus” in the present invention. The TV 2 is an example of the “external display device” in the present invention. The server 3 is an example of the “external server” in the present invention. The Internet 4 is an example of the “network” in the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the hard disk recorder 1 includes a control unit 11, a broadcast receiving unit 12, a hard disk drive 13, a demodulating unit 14, a communication unit 15, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 16, and an operation. A receiving unit 17, a connecting unit 18, and a remote controller 19 are included. The broadcast receiving unit 12 is an example of the “receiving unit” in the present invention. The hard disk drive 13 is an example of the “storage unit” in the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the broadcast receiving unit 12 of the hard disk recorder 1 has a receiving antenna 12a and a receiving tuner (not shown), and the receiving antenna 12a is a television broadcast distributed from each broadcaster. It is configured to receive waves. The reception tuner is configured to select a predetermined transmission channel and receive television broadcast waves and EGP data (Electronic Program Guide) for each broadcaster. The demodulator 14 includes a demodulator circuit and the like, and is configured to perform error correction of the television broadcast wave received by the broadcast receiver 12 and demodulate the TS (Transport Stream) signal. The demodulated TS signal is compressed by the control unit 11 to be described later and then stored in the hard disk drive 13 or is decoded (decoded) by the control unit 11 and then connected via the connection unit 18. , It is configured to be transmitted to the TV 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the communication unit 15 of the hard disk recorder 1 is configured to be communicable with the Internet 4, and configured to be able to transmit / receive information data to / from the server 3 via the Internet 4. ing. The RAM 16 is configured to temporarily store data associated with the processing operation of the control unit 11. The remote controller 19 is configured to accept user operations. The remote controller 19 includes a light emitting element and the like, and is configured to transmit the received user operation information from the light emitting element to the operation receiving unit 17 using infrared light. The operation receiving unit 17 includes a light receiving element and the like, and the light receiving element is configured to receive infrared light emitted from the remote controller 19 and acquire user operation information. Then, the operation receiving unit 17 is configured to transmit the acquired user operation information to the control unit 11.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the hard disk drive 13 is configured to store data such as broadcast programs and reserved recording information. The connection unit 18 includes an HDMI (registered trademark) terminal and is configured to be connectable to the TV 2 via the cable 5. The hard disk recorder 1 is connected to the TV 2, the video / audio data of the broadcast program, and the TV 2. The control signal for switching between the standby state and the driving state can be transmitted.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 11 of the hard disk recorder 1 includes a CPU 11a, a signal processing unit 11b, a compression unit 11c, an OSD unit 11d, a communication I / F (interface) 11e, and an audio / video I / O. F11f. The signal processing unit 11b includes a moving picture experts group (MPEG) (registered trademark) decoder and the like, and a TS signal (MPEG-TS) demodulated by the demodulating unit 14 or a broadcast read from the hard disk drive 13 described later. The program data is configured to be decoded into video / audio data. The signal processing unit 11b is configured to transmit the decoded video / audio data to the video / audio I / F 11f. The video / audio I / F 11 f is configured to transmit the transmitted video / audio data to the TV 2 via the connection unit 18.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the compressing unit 11c is configured to compress the TS signal demodulated by the demodulating unit 14, and the TS signal is recorded with a recording quality (predetermined recording) according to a command from the CPU 11a. (Bit rate) broadcast program data. The CPU 11a is configured to store (record) the broadcast program data converted to a predetermined recording bit rate in the hard disk drive 13.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the OSD unit 11d is configured to output image data such as a recording reservation screen or a recording quality statistics screen, which will be described later, based on a command from the CPU 11a. And communication I / F11e is comprised so that CPU11a and the communication part 15 may be connected, and it is comprised so that a signal can be transmitted. Also, the video / audio I / F 11f is configured to connect the signal processing unit 11b and the connection unit 18 and between the OSD unit 11d and the connection unit 18, and is configured to be able to transmit signals. ing. The recording quality statistics screen is an example of the “first inquiry display” in the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the TV 2 includes a control unit 21, a display unit 22, and a connection unit 23. The TV 2 (connection unit 23) and the hard disk recorder 1 (connection unit 18) are configured to be connected via the cable 5. The control unit 21 is configured to acquire the video / audio signal of the broadcast program from the hard disk recorder 1 via the connection unit 23, and broadcasts based on the acquired video / audio signal of the broadcast program are displayed on the display unit 22. The video of the program is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the server 3 includes a control unit 31, a storage unit 32, and a communication unit 33. The communication unit 33 of the server 3 is configured to be able to communicate with the hard disk recorders of a plurality of other users via the Internet 4 and configured to acquire the scheduled recording information from the hard disk recorders of the other users. ing. The control unit 31 of the server 3 is configured to record the acquired scheduled recording information of a plurality of other users in the storage unit 32 and requests the scheduled recording information of other users from the hard disk recorder 1. When the signal is acquired, the scheduled recording information (and statistical information) of the other user is read from the storage unit 32 and controlled to be transmitted to the hard disk recorder 1 via the communication unit 33. . Then, the control unit 11 of the hard disk recorder 1 is configured to acquire the transmitted scheduled recording information (and statistical information) of other users via the communication unit 15.

  Next, a recording reservation screen according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The control unit 11 (the CPU 11a and the OSD unit 11d) of the hard disk recorder 1 creates a recording reservation screen when making a recording reservation, and the created recording reservation screen is connected to the display unit 22 of the TV 2 via the connection unit 18. Is configured to transmit data. And the control part 21 of TV2 is comprised so that the data of the transmitted recording reservation screen may be acquired, and it is comprised so that the acquired recording reservation image may be displayed on the display part 22. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the recording reservation screen displayed on the display unit 22 of the TV 2 includes a broadcast program name (program name), a program genre, a recording date and time, a day of week for recording setting, and an automatic recording setting. (For example, a setting that determines whether or not to execute a function to start recording from the time when the broadcast program is started after the preset recording start time is started) and recording described later An inquiry display for inquiring whether or not to proceed to the quality statistics screen (see FIG. 3). Then, on the recording reservation screen (see FIG. 2), the control unit 11 proceeds to the broadcast program name, program genre, recording date and time, day of week recording setting, automatic recording setting, and recording quality statistics screen. Whether or not is set based on the input operation of the user's remote controller 2 is controlled.

  Here, in the first embodiment, the control unit 11 receives the user's setting operation on the recording reservation screen (see FIG. 2), and then proceeds to the recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 3). Of the reserved recording information of other users stored in the drive 13, the content that matches the content (program name) set by the user is detected. When the control unit 11 detects the content (program name) that matches the content (program name) set and operated by the user from the reserved recording information of other users, as shown in FIG. An image signal of a recording quality statistics screen corresponding to the set operation content is transmitted to the TV 2. In addition, when the control unit 11 does not detect content that matches the content set by the user among the scheduled recording information of other users, there is no statistical information data corresponding to the content set by the user. After transmitting a display (not shown) indicating to the TV 2, data of a recording reservation and recording quality setting screen (see FIG. 4) to be described later is transmitted to the TV 2.

  Next, the recording quality statistics screen in the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

  In the first embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the control unit 11 of the hard disk recorder 1 acquires reserved recording information of another user via the network 4 and then broadcasts with the set recording quality. Before recording the program, the recording quality statistics screen for inquiring the user about the recording quality setting contents of the broadcast program to be reserved for recording is controlled to be displayed on the TV 2 connected to the hard disk recorder 1. .

  Specifically, the control unit 31 of the server 3 performs control to create statistical information for each broadcast program name and TV screen size after acquiring the above-described reserved recording information of a plurality of other users. It is configured. For example, the control unit 31 of the server 3 is configured to perform control for calculating the number of users corresponding to each recording quality. In the case of a broadcast program with the program name “AAA (Episode 3)”, the recording quality is 4 Mbps, 8 Mbps, and TS (recording quality recorded in the hard disk drive 13 without being compressed in the compression unit 11c in the state of the TS signal. In the case of 24 Mbps high-definition broadcasting, when other users are already set according to the recording quality of 24 Mbps), the number of users reserved for recording at 4 Mbps is three (three), the number of users reserved for recording at 8 Mbps is two, And it is configured to create (calculate) information indicating that the number of users reserved for recording by TS is 10.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 11 of the hard disk recorder 1 is configured to perform control for obtaining the above-described statistical information from the server 3 via the Internet 4 and the communication unit 15. Then, the CPU 11a of the control unit 11 selects the optimum recording quality (recommended recording quality) corresponding to the broadcast program set on the recording reservation screen (see FIG. 2) and the screen size of the TV 2 among the acquired statistical information. In addition to the setting, the CPU 11a and the OSD unit 11d are configured to create a recording quality statistics screen based on the acquired statistical information. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the recording quality statistics screen includes a broadcast program name, a TV2 screen size, a bar graph image corresponding to the number of users corresponding to the broadcast program name and the TV2 screen size, and a program. It comprises a genre, a recording time, a recommended recording quality, and an inquiry display for inquiring whether or not to set the recording quality for recording reservation to the recommended recording quality. Then, the control unit 11 of the hard disk recorder 1 is configured to transmit the data of the created recording quality statistics screen to the TV 2 via the connection unit 18.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 21 of the TV 2 obtains the recording quality statistics screen data from the hard disk recorder 1 via the connection unit 23 and displays the recording quality statistics screen on the display unit 22. Is configured to do.

  Here, in the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 11 of the hard disk recorder 1 is set based on the user's recording quality setting operation based on the acquired reserved recording information of other users. Control is performed to record a broadcast program according to the recording quality. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the control unit 11 performs recording based on operation information of the user's remote control 19 performed based on the recording quality statistics screen displayed on the display unit 22 of the TV 2. It is configured to determine whether or not to set the recording quality to be reserved to the recommended recording quality. When the recording quality is set to the recommended recording quality by the user's setting operation (when “Yes” in FIG. 3 is selected), the control unit 11 sets the broadcast program reserved for recording to the recommended setting set. The hard disk drive 13 is recorded according to the recording quality.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 11 sets the recording quality to be reserved for recording by the user's operation of the remote controller 19 performed based on the recording quality statistics screen displayed on the display unit 22 of the TV 2. When not set to (when “No” in FIG. 3 is selected), the recording reservation and recording quality setting screen is controlled to be displayed on the display unit 22 of the TV 2. The control unit 11 is configured to set the recording quality based on the operation information of the user's remote control 19, and records the broadcast program reserved for recording on the hard disk drive 13 according to the set recording quality. Is configured to do.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the recording reservation and recording quality setting screen includes a recording quality (recording bit rate) setting display in addition to the display of the recording reservation screen (see FIG. 2). And the control part 11 is comprised so that recording quality setting display can be set to arbitrary recording quality (recording bit rate) based on the input operation of the remote control 19 of a user. For example, when the recording quality is set to 4.0 Mbps based on the input operation of the user's remote controller 19, the control unit 11 receives the broadcast program reserved for recording, and then compresses the compression unit 11c of the control unit 11. Thus, the TS signal (for example, 24 Mbps for high-definition broadcasting) is compressed to 4.0 Mbps and recorded on the hard disk drive 13.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 5, a description will be given of a process flow for downloading and uploading reserved recording information in the recording system 100 according to the first embodiment. Processing in the hard disk recorder 1 is performed by the CPU 11a. The processing in the server 3 is performed by the CPU 31.

  First, as shown in FIG. 5, in the hard disk recorder 1, it is determined in step S1 whether or not the power is switched from off to on. This determination is repeated until the power source is switched from off to on. When the power source is switched from off to on, the process proceeds to step S2. Then, in step S2, a signal for requesting reservation recording information of another user is transmitted. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S3.

  In step S3, the statistical information of the scheduled recording information of other users is acquired. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S4. In step S4, the scheduled recording information of other users is stored in the hard disk drive 13. That is, the process of storing the statistical information of the reserved recording information of other users acquired in step S3 in the hard disk drive 13 is performed. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S5.

  In step S5, it is determined whether or not to make a recording reservation. This determination is repeated until a recording reservation is made. If a recording reservation is made, the process proceeds to step S6. Specifically, the CPU 11a of the hard disk recorder 1 is configured to perform control to display a recording reservation screen (see FIG. 2) when receiving an input operation of the remote controller 19 of the user who starts the recording reservation. Yes. Then, as described above, when the CPU 11a receives a user setting operation in a state where the image signal of the recording reservation screen (see FIG. 2) is transmitted to the TV 2, the recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 3). Alternatively, the image signal of the recording reservation and recording quality setting screen (see FIG. 4) is transmitted to the TV 2. Then, after the processing (see FIG. 6) on the recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 3) or the recording reservation and recording quality setting screen (see FIG. 4) ends, the process proceeds to step S7.

  In the first embodiment, the set recording quality information is transmitted to the server 3 in step S7. That is, the control unit 11 of the hard disk recorder 1 transmits the recording quality information and the screen size information of the TV 2 set in its hard disk recorder 1 in step S6 to the server 3 via the communication unit 15 (upload). Is configured to perform control. Thereafter, the process of downloading and uploading the scheduled recording information by the hard disk recorder 1 is ended.

  On the other hand, in the server 3, in step S11, a signal for requesting reservation recording information of another user is obtained. That is, the control unit 31 of the server 3 is configured to acquire the signal for requesting the scheduled recording information of another user sent from the hard disk recorder 1 in step S2 described above via the communication unit 33. Yes. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S12. In step S12, the statistical information of the scheduled recording information of other users is transmitted. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S13.

  In step S13, the set recording quality information and the TV 2 screen size information are acquired. That is, the control unit 31 of the server 3 is configured to acquire the set recording quality information transmitted from the hard disk recorder 1 in step S7 described above via the communication unit 33. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S14. In step S14, the information on the set recording quality of the hard disk recorder 1 acquired in step S13 is stored in the storage unit 32. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S15.

  In step S15, the statistical information is updated. In other words, the control unit 31 of the server 3 updates the statistical information by performing a control for combining the acquired recording quality information of the hard disk recorder 1 acquired with the existing statistical information. For example, for the program name “AAA (Episode 3)”, when the information that the TV size is 32 inches and the recording quality is 8 Mbps is acquired, the program name “AAA (Episode 3)” and the TV size is set. Control is performed to increase the number of users recorded at 8 Mbps in the 32-inch statistical information by one. Thereafter, the process for downloading and uploading the reserved recording information by the server 3 is terminated.

  Next, a recording quality setting control process flow of the recording system 100 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Processing in the hard disk recorder 1 is performed by the CPU 11a.

  First, in step S21, it is determined whether or not an operation for proceeding to the recording quality statistics screen has been accepted on the above-described recording reservation screen (see FIG. 2). That is, the CPU 11a performs an input operation for displaying the recording quality statistics screen by the user ("go to the recording quality statistics screen") while performing control to transmit the image signal of the recording reservation screen (see FIG. 2) to the TV 2. It is determined whether or not an input operation indicating () is accepted. This determination is repeated until an operation for proceeding to the recording quality statistics screen is accepted. When an operation for proceeding to the recording quality statistics screen is accepted, the process proceeds to step S22.

  Then, in step S22, it is determined whether or not the setting is for acquiring reserved recording information. If it is set to acquire the reserved recording information, the process proceeds to step S23. If it is not set to acquire the reserved recording information, the process proceeds to step S29.

  In step S23, it is determined whether or not the program name input by the user's input operation matches any program name in the statistical information of the reserved recording information stored in the hard disk drive 13. The If there is a matching program name, the process proceeds to step S24, and if there is no matching program name, the process proceeds to step S29.

  In step S24, the recommended recording image quality is set. That is, the CPU 11a sets a recording quality (recommended recording quality) for recommendation on a recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 3) described later based on the above statistical information. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S25.

  In step S25, a recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 3) is displayed. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S26. In step S26, it is determined whether or not to make a recording reservation with the recommended recording quality. When making a recording reservation with the recommended recording quality, the process proceeds to step S27, and when not making a recording reservation with the recommended recording quality, the process proceeds to step S29.

  In step S27, the recording quality of the broadcast program to be reserved for recording is set. That is, the recording quality selected by the user's input operation in step S26 or step S30 is set as the recording quality of the broadcast program reserved for recording. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S28. In step S28, recording quality information is stored. That is, the CPU 11a is configured to store information on a program reserved for recording (program name and the like) and information on recording quality corresponding to the screen size of the TV 2 in the hard disk drive 13. Thereafter, the recording quality setting control processing flow in the hard disk recorder 1 is terminated.

  Then, if it is not set to acquire the reserved recording information in step S22, if there is no program name that matches the reserved recording information in step S23, or if no recording reservation is made with the recommended recording quality in step S26, step S29 is reached. , The recording reservation and recording quality setting screen (see FIG. 4) is displayed. That is, the CPU 11 a is configured to transmit an image signal of a recording quality setting screen to the TV 2 via the connection unit 18. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S30.

  In step S30, it is determined whether a recording quality setting operation has been accepted. That is, the CPU 11a determines whether or not a recording quality setting operation by the user has been received while the signal of the recording quality setting screen (see FIG. 4) is being transmitted to the TV 2. This determination is repeated until a recording quality setting operation is accepted. If a recording quality setting operation is accepted, the process proceeds to step S27.

  In addition, after the recording quality setting control process, at the reserved date and time, the CPU 11a is configured to control to record the broadcast program reserved for recording according to the recording quality set in step S27.

  After the recording quality setting control process, the CPU 11a uses the recording quality information stored in step S30 as a set recording quality information when executing the above-described reservation recording information uploading and downloading processes. 3 to transmit to.

  In the first embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.

  In the first embodiment, as described above, the control unit 11 transmits a broadcast program with the set recording quality based on the recording quality setting based on the reserved recording information of another user acquired via the network 4. It is configured to perform control for recording. As a result, the recording quality can be set based on the recording quality setting contents based on the reserved recording information of other external users who are considered to include users who have sufficient knowledge about the recording quality. Even if you do not have enough knowledge about quality, you can record broadcast programs with appropriate recording quality

  In the first embodiment, as described above, the scheduled recording information of other users includes statistical information corresponding to the broadcast program to be scheduled for recording and based on the recording quality information set by a plurality of other users. The control unit 11 acquires the statistical information, and records the broadcast program with the set recording quality based on the recording quality setting of the broadcast program to be reserved for recording based on the statistical information corresponding to the broadcast program to be reserved for recording. Configure to perform control. As a result, even if there are variations in the reserved recording information of other users, it is possible to record a broadcast program with a more appropriate recording quality by setting the recording quality based on the statistical information.

  In the first embodiment, as described above, the control unit 11 acquires other user's reserved recording information via the network 4 and records the user's recording based on the acquired other user's reserved recording information. Based on the quality setting operation, the broadcast program is controlled to be recorded with the set recording quality. Thereby, the user can set the recording quality while referring to the reserved recording information of other users. Further, when the reserved recording information of other users is inappropriate, the recording quality setting can be corrected.

  In the first embodiment, as described above, the control unit 11 acquires the reserved recording information of another user via the network 4 and then records the broadcast program with the set recording quality. The recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 3) for inquiring the user about the recording quality setting contents of the broadcast program to be reserved for recording is controlled to be displayed on the TV 2 connected to the hard disk recorder 1. Thereby, since the recording quality setting screen by the user can be accepted while displaying the recording quality statistics screen on the TV 2, the user can easily set the recording quality while referring to the reserved recording information of other users. It can be corrected.

  In the first embodiment, as described above, the communication unit 15 further includes a communication unit 15 that is connected to the network 4 and can communicate with the server 3 that stores the scheduled recording information of other users. Control for acquiring the scheduled recording information of other users from the server 3 and recording the broadcast program with the set recording quality based on the recording quality settings based on the acquired scheduled recording information of the other users Configure to do. As a result, by communicating with the server 3 via the communication unit 15, it is possible to acquire the scheduled recording information of other users from the server 3. It is possible to suppress an increase in the processing load of the control unit 11 because it is not necessary to communicate with the control unit 11.

  In the first embodiment, as described above, the control unit 11 performs control to transmit the recording quality information set in its own hard disk recorder 1 to the server 3 via the communication unit 15. Configure. Thereby, the recording quality information set in its own hard disk recorder 1 can be reflected in the reserved recording information of the server 3. As a result, the information of the recording device set in the own hard disk recorder 1 can be used by other users via the server 3.

  Further, in the first embodiment, as described above, the control unit 11 is configured to perform control to reproduce and display the broadcast program recorded on the TV 2, and the recording quality set in the hard disk recorder 1 of itself is set. In addition to the information, the screen size information of the TV 2 is controlled to be transmitted to the server 3 via the communication unit 15. Here, the appropriate recording quality varies depending on the screen size of the TV 2. Therefore, in the present invention, as described above, by controlling the transmission of the screen size information of the TV 2 to the server 3, it is reflected in the reserved recording information so that an appropriate recording quality can be set according to the screen size. Can do.

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Next, the configuration of the recording system 101 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 7 to 12. In the second embodiment, when the reproduction of the recorded broadcast program is finished, a display asking whether or not to change the recording quality of the recorded broadcast program is displayed, and the recorded broadcast program is a series program. In this case, a display for inquiring whether or not to change the recording quality of the series program to be broadcast next time is performed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the recording system 101 by 2nd Embodiment contains the hard disk recorder 6, the hard disk recorder 6 contains the control part 61, and the control part 61 contains CPU61a.

  Next, display for inquiring whether or not to change the recording quality of the recorded broadcast program of the recording system 101 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, as shown in FIG. 7, the CPU 61 a of the hard disk recorder 6 transmits an image signal of a recording quality confirmation screen to the TV 2 via the connection unit 18 when the reproduction of the recorded broadcast program is finished. The control unit 21 of the TV 2 performs control to acquire the image signal of the recording quality confirmation screen via the connection unit 23 and display the recording quality confirmation screen on the display unit 22. It is configured as follows. The recording quality confirmation screen is an example of the “second inquiry display” in the present invention.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the recording quality confirmation screen has a display for inquiring whether or not to change the recording quality of the recorded broadcast program (for example, a display of “Do you want to change the recording quality?”), Operation image (for example, “Yes” or “No” display) and an operation image asking whether or not to view a recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 9) described later (for example, “view recording settings of other users”). Display).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 8, when the CPU 61a of the hard disk recorder 6 accepts a setting operation by the user to change the recording quality of the recorded broadcast program on the recording quality confirmation screen, it connects to the TV 2 The control unit 21 of the TV 2 is configured to perform control to transmit the image signal of the recording quality reset screen via the unit 18, and the control unit 21 of the TV 2 receives the image signal of the recording quality reset screen via the connection unit 23. The recording quality reset screen is acquired and displayed on the display unit 22.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the recording quality reset screen displays the current recording quality (recording quality of the reproduced broadcast program) and the display of the changed recording quality that can be input by the user's input operation. It is configured to include. And the control part 61 is comprised so that the magnitude | size of data may be controlled by compressing and converting the data of the recorded broadcast program into the input recording quality after the change.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when the CPU 61a of the hard disk recorder 6 accepts an input operation by the user for an operation image asking whether or not to view the recording quality statistics screen on the recording quality confirmation screen, The control unit 21 of the TV 2 is configured to perform control to transmit the image signal of the recording quality statistics screen to the TV 2 via the connection unit 18, and the control unit 21 of the TV 2 receives the image of the recording quality statistics screen via the connection unit 23. Control is performed to acquire a signal and display the recording quality statistics screen on the display unit 22.

  Next, a display for inquiring whether or not to change the recording quality of a series program broadcast next time in the recording system 101 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, as shown in FIG. 10, when the CPU 61a of the hard disk recorder 6 finishes reproducing the recorded series program, it sends an image signal of the series program recording quality confirmation screen to the TV 2 via the connection unit 18. The control unit 21 of the TV 2 acquires the image signal of the series program recording quality confirmation screen via the connection unit 23 and displays the series program recording quality confirmation screen on the display unit 22. It is comprised so that the control displayed may be performed. The series program recording quality confirmation screen is an example of the “third inquiry display” in the present invention.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 10, the series program recording quality confirmation screen displays an inquiry as to whether or not to change the recording quality of the series program to be broadcast next time (for example, “Do you want to change the recording quality for the next broadcast? ?), An operation image (for example, “Yes” or “No” display), and an operation image for asking whether to view a series program recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 11) described later (for example, “ Display of “view recording settings of other users”).

  As shown in FIG. 11, when the CPU 61a of the hard disk recorder 6 receives a setting operation by the user to change the recording quality of the series program to be broadcast next time on the series program recording quality confirmation screen, the TV 2 In addition, the control unit 21 of the TV 2 is configured to perform control for transmitting the image signal of the setting screen of the series program recording quality of the next broadcast via the connection unit 18. An image signal of a broadcast series program recording quality setting screen is acquired, and control is performed to display the next broadcast series program recording quality setting screen on the display unit 22.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the series program recording quality setting screen for the next broadcast shows the program name of the series program to be broadcast next time (for example, if the reproduced series program is “AAA episode 3”, the series to be broadcast next time). The program is “AAA episode 4”), the program genre, the date and time of the next broadcast, the recording quality of the replayed series program (current recording quality), and the recording quality of the series program to be broadcast next time (next recording) Display). The CPU 61a is configured to be able to change the recording quality of a series program to be broadcast next time based on a user setting operation. For example, when the hard disk recorder 6 increases the recording quality of the series program to be viewed next time higher than the recording quality of the series program viewed based on the result of the user viewing the series program, the numerical value of the next recording quality The input operation is configured so as to increase. And the control part 61 is comprised so that the series program broadcasted next may be recorded by the input recording quality after the change.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the CPU 61a of the hard disk recorder 6 accepts an input operation by the user for an operation image asking whether to view the series program recording quality statistics screen on the series program recording quality confirmation screen. In this case, the control unit 21 of the TV 2 is configured to perform control for transmitting the image signal of the series program recording quality statistics screen to the TV 2 via the connection unit 18. An image signal of the series program recording quality statistics screen is acquired, and control for displaying the series program recording quality statistics screen on the display unit 22 is performed. The other configuration of the recording system 101 according to the second embodiment is the same as that of the recording system 100 according to the first embodiment.

  Next, a recording quality setting control process flow of the recording system 101 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Processing in the hard disk recorder 6 is performed by the CPU 61a.

  First, in step S101, the reproduction of the recorded broadcast program is terminated. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S102. In step S102, a recording quality confirmation screen (see FIG. 7) is displayed. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S103.

  In step S103, it is determined whether or not “Yes” is selected. That is, it is determined whether or not a user input operation for changing the recording quality of the recorded broadcast program has been received on the recording quality confirmation screen (see FIG. 7). If “yes” is selected, the process proceeds to step S104. If “yes” is not selected, the process proceeds to step S108.

  In step S104, a recording quality reset screen (see FIG. 8) is displayed. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S105. In step S105, the recording quality of the recorded broadcast video is reset. That is, on the recording quality reset screen (see FIG. 8), the setting of the recording quality of the broadcast video is changed based on the recording quality input by the user's operation. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S106.

  In step S106, the recording quality of the broadcast program is converted. That is, the CPU 61a performs control to compress the recorded broadcast program based on the recording quality value of the broadcast video read from the hard disk drive 13 to the compression unit 11c and changed in step S105. Then, the process proceeds to step S107.

  In step S107, it is determined whether the broadcast program is a series program. If the broadcast program is a series program, the process proceeds to step S111. If the broadcast program is not a series program, the recording quality reset control process in the hard disk recorder 6 is terminated.

  Further, it is determined whether or not “No” is selected in Step S108 which is advanced when “Yes” is not selected in Step S103. That is, it is determined whether or not a user input operation for not changing the recording quality of the recorded broadcast program is accepted on the recording quality confirmation screen (see FIG. 7). If “No” is selected, the process proceeds to step S107. If “No” is not selected, the process proceeds to step S109.

  In step S109, it is determined whether or not “view recording settings of other users” is selected. That is, on the recording quality confirmation screen (see FIG. 7), it is determined whether or not an input operation of a user who selects “view recording settings of other users” has been accepted. If “view other user's recording settings” is selected, the process proceeds to step S110. If “view other user's recording settings” is not selected, the process returns to step S103.

  In step S110, a recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 9) is displayed. After receiving a user input operation for returning to the recording quality confirmation screen (see FIG. 7) on the recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 9) (for example, when “Return” of the operation image is selected), The process returns to step S102.

  Then, in step S111 that proceeds when the broadcast program recorded in step S107 is a series program, a series program recording quality setting control process (see FIG. 14) described later is executed. Thereafter, the recording quality reset control process is terminated.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 14, the setting control processing flow of the series program recording quality of the recording system 101 according to the second embodiment will be described. Processing in the hard disk recorder 6 is performed by the CPU 61a.

  First, in step S121, a series program recording quality confirmation screen (see FIG. 10) is displayed. That is, the CPU 61 a of the hard disk recorder 6 transmits the image signal of the series program recording quality confirmation screen to the TV 2 via the connection unit 18. Then, the control unit 21 of the TV 2 performs control to acquire the transmitted image signal of the series program recording quality confirmation screen via the connection unit 23 and display the series program recording quality reset screen on the display unit 22. .

  In step S122, it is determined whether or not “Yes” is selected (see FIG. 10). If “yes” is selected, the process proceeds to step S123. If “yes” is not selected, the process proceeds to step S126.

  In step S123, the next broadcast series program recording quality setting screen (see FIG. 11) is displayed. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S124. In step S124, the recording quality of the next broadcast series program is set. That is, the recording quality of the next broadcast series program is set by the user's setting operation based on the next broadcast series program recording quality setting screen (see FIG. 11) displayed in step S124. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S125. In step S 125, information on the recording quality of the set series program for the next broadcast is stored in the hard disk drive 13. Thereafter, the series program recording quality setting control processing in the hard disk recorder 6 is terminated.

  Then, it is determined whether or not “No” has been selected in Step S123 which proceeds when “Yes” is selected in Step S122 (see FIG. 10). If “No” is selected, the series program recording quality setting control process is terminated. If “No” is not selected, the process proceeds to step S127. In step S127, it is determined whether or not “view recording settings of other users” is selected (see FIG. 10). If “view other user's recording settings” is selected, the process proceeds to step S128. If “view other user's recording settings” is not selected, the process returns to step S122.

  In the second embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.

  In the second embodiment, as described above, the control unit 61 is configured to perform control to reproduce and display the broadcast program recorded on the TV 2, and when the reproduction of the recorded broadcast program is finished, The TV 2 is configured to control to display a recording quality confirmation screen (second inquiry display) for inquiring whether or not to change the recording quality of the recorded broadcast program. Thus, the recording quality can be reset by the user's change operation after viewing the recorded video. If the recording quality is too high, the recording quality can be lowered and stored again. In this case, it is possible to suppress the use of the storage capacity of the hard disk drive 13 more than necessary.

  In the second embodiment, as described above, the broadcast program includes a series program, and the control unit 61 is configured to perform control to reproduce and display the broadcast program recorded on the TV 2. When a program is scheduled to be recorded and playback of the recorded series program ends, a series program recording quality confirmation screen (third inquiry display) that inquires whether or not to change the recording quality of the series program to be broadcast next time Are configured to perform display control on the TV 2. This sets the recording quality of the series program to be broadcast next time, so if the recording quality of the series program recorded so far is inappropriate, the user sets the appropriate recording quality from the next broadcast. be able to. The other effects of the recording system 101 according to the second embodiment are the same as those of the recording system 100 according to the first embodiment.

(Third embodiment)
Next, the configuration of the recording system 102 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 15. In the third embodiment, when there is no broadcast program that matches the program name set and operated by the user among the scheduled recording information of other users, the recommended recording quality is not set. Unlike the recording system 100 according to the embodiment, when there is no broadcast program that matches the program name set and operated by the user among the reserved recording information of other users, the user of the reserved recording information of other users The recommended recording quality is set based on the reserved recording information of the program genre that matches the set program genre.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the recording system 102 according to the third embodiment includes a hard disk recorder 7 and a server 8. The hard disk recorder 7 includes a control unit 71, and the control unit 71 includes a CPU 71a. The server 8 includes a control unit 81.

  Here, in the third embodiment, the control unit 81 of the server 8 acquires the reserved recording information of a plurality of other users, then broadcast program names and TV screen sizes, and program genres and TV screen sizes. It is configured to perform control for creating statistical information every time. And the control part 71 of the hard disk recorder 7 performs control which records a broadcast program by the set recording quality based on the setting operation of the recording quality of the user based on the reservation recording information regarding the acquired program genre of the other user. It is configured as follows.

  Specifically, the control unit 81 of the server 8 is configured to perform control to create statistical information for each program genre and TV screen size after acquiring the above-described reserved recording information of a plurality of other users. Has been. For example, the control unit 81 of the server 8 is configured to perform control for calculating the number of users corresponding to each recording quality. In the case of the program genre “sports”, when the recording quality of 4 Mbps, 8 Mbps and TS is already set by another user, the number of users who reserved recording at 4 Mbps is 123 users (123 units) and the users who have reserved recording at 8 Mbps Statistical information is created (calculated) that the number is 215 and the number of users reserved for recording by TS is 142.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 71 of the hard disk recorder 7 is configured to perform control for acquiring the statistical information from the server 8 via the Internet 4 and the communication unit 15. Then, the CPU 71a of the control unit 71 sets the optimum recording quality (recommended recording quality) corresponding to the program genre set on the above-described recording reservation screen (see FIG. 2) and the screen size of the TV 2 among the acquired statistical information. In addition to the setting, the CPU 71a and the OSD unit 11d are configured to create a recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 15) based on the acquired statistical information. For example, the recommended recording quality is set to 8 Mbps when the number of users who have reserved recording with the recording quality of 8 Mbps is the largest.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the recording quality statistics screen includes a program genre, a bar graph image corresponding to the number of users corresponding to the screen size of TV 2, the screen size of TV 2, recommended recording quality, and recording. An inquiry display for inquiring whether or not to set the recording quality to be reserved to the recommended recording quality is configured. The control unit 71 of the hard disk recorder 7 is configured to transmit the image signal of the created recording quality statistics screen to the TV 2 via the connection unit 18. The other configuration of the recording system 102 according to the third embodiment is the same as that of the recording system 100 according to the first embodiment.

  Next, a recording quality setting control process flow of the recording system 102 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Processing in the hard disk recorder 7 is performed by the CPU 71a.

  First, in steps S21 and S22, processing similar to that in steps S21 and S22 in the recording quality setting control processing of the first embodiment is performed. In the third embodiment, if there is no program name that matches the reserved recording information in step S23 that follows step S22, the process advances to step S201.

  Further, in steps S24 to S30, the same processes as steps S24 to S30 in the recording quality setting control process of the first embodiment are performed.

  In step S201, it is determined whether there is a genre that matches the reserved recording information. If there is a genre that matches the scheduled recording information, the process proceeds to step S202. If there is no genre that matches the scheduled recording information, the process proceeds to step S29.

  In step S202, the recommended recording image quality is set. That is, the CPU 71a is configured to set the recommended recording quality based on the above statistical information. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S203.

  In step S203, a recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 15) corresponding to the program genre is displayed. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S26.

  In addition, after the recording quality setting control process, at the reserved date and time, the CPU 71a is configured to perform control to record the broadcast program reserved for recording according to the recording quality of the broadcast program reserved for recording set in step S27. Has been.

  After the recording quality setting control process, the CPU 71a records the recording quality information stored in step S30 when the above-described reservation recording information upload and download processes are executed. Is transmitted to the server 8.

  In the third embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.

  In the third embodiment, as described above, the control unit 81 of the server 8 acquires the reserved recording information of a plurality of other users, and then, for each broadcast program name and TV screen size, and the program genre and TV It is configured to perform control for creating statistical information for each screen size, and the control unit 71 of the hard disk recorder 7 is used to set the recording quality of the user based on the reserved recording information regarding the acquired program genre of the other user. Based on this, control is performed to record a broadcast program with the set recording quality. Here, since it is generally considered that appropriate recording qualities are approximately equal between programs having the same program genre, the user makes a recording reservation among the reserved recording information of other users by configuring as described above. Even when there is no information matching the program name, it is possible to record a broadcast program with an appropriate recording quality. The other effects of the recording system 102 according to the third embodiment are the same as those of the recording system 100 according to the first embodiment.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above description of the embodiments but by the scope of claims for patent, and further includes all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims for patent.

  For example, in the first to third embodiments, an example in which the recording apparatus is applied to a hard disk recorder has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention may be applied to a recording device other than a hard disk recorder. For example, the present invention may be applied to a Blu-ray disc recorder or the like.

  In the first to third embodiments, the example in which the scheduled recording information is downloaded from the server when the hard disk recorder is switched from power-off to on has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The scheduled recording information may be downloaded from the server at a timing other than when the hard disk recorder is switched from power-off to on. For example, information may be downloaded when the recording quality of a broadcast program is set, or may be configured to be downloaded at a predetermined time.

  In the first to third embodiments, the example in which the recording quality information is uploaded to the server when the recording quality of the broadcast program is set has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The recording quality information may be uploaded to the server at a timing other than when the recording quality of the broadcast program is set. For example, information may be uploaded when the hard disk recorder is switched from power on to off, or may be configured to upload at a predetermined time.

  In the first to third embodiments, an example is shown in which the control unit of the hard disk recorder determines whether there is a program name that matches the reserved recording information of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to this. I can't. For example, the control unit of the server may be configured to determine whether there is a program name that matches the reserved recording information. That is, information such as a program name to be reserved for recording is transmitted from the hard disk recorder to the server, and the server is configured to transmit only information corresponding to the transmitted information such as the program name to be reserved for recording to the hard disk recorder. May be.

  In the first to third embodiments, a recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 3) including a display for inquiring whether or not to set the recording quality to the recommended recording quality is displayed, and based on the user's setting operation, Although an example of setting the recording quality has been shown, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the recording quality may be automatically set to the recommended recording quality without displaying the recording quality statistics screen (see FIG. 3). Whether to be based on a user setting operation or to be automatic may be configured to be set in advance by a user operation.

  Moreover, although the example which performs the production | generation process of the statistical information of this invention by the control part of a server was shown in 1st-3rd embodiment, this invention is not limited to this. For example, the statistical information creation process may be executed by a hard disk controller.

  Moreover, although the example displayed as a bar graph as an example of the statistical information of this invention was shown in the 1st-3rd embodiment, this invention is not limited to this. For example, the recording quality and the number of users may be displayed in a tabular format only, or may be configured to be displayed as a pie chart.

  In the second embodiment, as an example of the series program of the present invention, an example is shown in which the present invention is applied to a broadcast program broadcast every week. For example, it may be a broadcast program broadcast every day.

  In the second embodiment, as an example of the second inquiry display (recording quality confirmation screen) and the third inquiry display (series program recording quality confirmation screen), the third inquiry display is performed after the control to display the second inquiry display on the TV. Although the example which performs control which displays inquiry display on TV was shown, this invention is not limited to this. For example, the control for displaying the second inquiry display on the TV may be performed after the control for displaying the third inquiry display on the TV.

  In the second embodiment, the second inquiry display (recording quality confirmation screen) is performed and the third inquiry display (series program recording quality confirmation screen) is performed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. . For example, only one of the second inquiry display and the third inquiry display may be displayed.

  In the first to third embodiments, as an example of uploading the recording quality information of the present invention to the server, an example of uploading a program name and recording quality is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in addition to the program name and recording quality, information about the TV resolution may be uploaded to the server.

  In the first to third embodiments, as an example of the recording reservation of the present invention, an example in which a program name is input by a user input operation is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a broadcast program may be selected by a user operation while displaying an EPG (electronic program guide).

  Further, in the first to third embodiments, for convenience of explanation, the processing of the control unit of the present invention has been described using a flow-driven flowchart in which processing is performed in order along the processing flow. Not limited. In the present invention, the processing operation of the control unit may be performed by event-driven (event-driven) processing that executes processing for each event. In this case, it may be performed by a complete event drive type or a combination of event drive and flow drive.

1, 6, 7 Hard disk recorder (recording device)
2 TV (external display device)
3, 8 servers (network)
4 Internet (network)
11, 61, 71 Control unit (recording device side control unit)
12 Broadcast receiving unit (receiving unit, recording device side receiving unit)
13 Hard disk drive (storage unit, recording device side storage unit)
15 Communication unit (Recording device side communication unit)
100, 101, 102 Recording system

Claims (10)

A receiving unit for receiving a broadcast program;
A storage unit for recording the broadcast program received by the receiving unit;
A control unit for controlling the operation of the entire recording device,
The control unit acquires reservation recording information of another user via a network, and sets the recording quality based on the recording quality setting based on the acquired reservation recording information of the other user. A recording apparatus configured to perform control for recording a broadcast program. The reserved recording information of the other user includes statistical information based on the recording quality information set by a plurality of the other users and corresponding to a broadcast program to be reserved for recording,
The control unit acquires the statistical information and sets the recording quality set based on the recording quality setting of the broadcast program to be reserved for recording based on the statistical information corresponding to the broadcast program to be reserved for recording. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is configured to perform control to record the broadcast program.   The control unit acquires the reserved recording information of another user via a network, and is set based on the setting operation of the recording quality of the user based on the acquired reserved recording information of the other user. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is configured to perform control to record the broadcast program according to recording quality.   The controller is configured to set the recording quality of the broadcast program to be reserved for recording after acquiring the reserved recording information of another user via the network and before recording the broadcast program with the set recording quality. The recording apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the recording apparatus is configured to perform control to display a first inquiry display for inquiring a content on an external display device connected to the recording apparatus. A communication unit connected to the network and capable of communicating with an external server holding the reserved recording information of the other users;
The control unit acquires the reservation recording information of the other user from the external server via the communication unit, and based on the recording quality setting based on the acquired reservation recording information of the other user, The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is configured to perform control to record the broadcast program according to the set recording quality.   The said control part is comprised so that control which transmits the information of the said recording quality set to the said video recording apparatus to the said external server via the said communication part may be performed. Recording device.   The control unit is configured to control to reproduce and display the recorded broadcast program on an external display device, and in addition to the recording quality information set in the recording device of itself, the control unit The recording apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the recording apparatus is configured to perform control to transmit screen size information of an external display device to the external server via the communication unit.   The control unit is configured to control to reproduce and display the recorded broadcast program on an external display device, and when the reproduction of the recorded broadcast program is finished, the recorded broadcast program The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is configured to perform control to display a second inquiry display for inquiring whether or not to change the recording quality of a program on the external display apparatus. . The broadcast program includes a series program,
The control unit is configured to perform control to reproduce and display the recorded broadcast program on an external display device,
When the controller reserves recording of the series program and finishes playing the recorded series program, a third inquiry for inquiring whether or not to change the recording quality of the series program to be broadcast next time The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is configured to perform display control on the external display device. A server that holds other users' scheduled recording information;
A recording device side receiving unit that receives a broadcast program, a recording device side storage unit that records the broadcast program received by the recording device side receiving unit, a recording device side control unit that controls the operation of the entire recording device, and A recording device including a recording device-side communication unit capable of communicating with the server,
The recording device side control unit acquires the reserved recording information of the other user from the server via the recording device side communication unit, and sets the recording quality based on the acquired reserved recording information of the other user The recording system is configured to perform control to record the broadcast program based on the set recording quality.

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