JP2019208124A - Video display device, viewing support method thereof, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a user with content information that can be regarded as the same as a viewing program that can be viewed after the user designates the program that has already started broadcasting as the viewing program.SOLUTION: A video display device 1 includes a search unit 23 that searches for a content that can be viewed after a time in which a viewing program has been designated and satisfies a predetermined condition that can be regarded as the same as the viewing program as a viewing candidate content when the viewing program has been designated by the user, and a display unit 16 that displays information related to the viewing candidate content when the time in which the viewing program has been designated by the user is later than the broadcast start time of the viewing program.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a video display device, a viewing support method thereof, and a program.

  In recent years, with the start of terrestrial digital broadcasting services, BS (Broadcasting Satellite), CS (Communications Satellite) digital broadcasting services, video distribution services, etc., the number of TV channels has been increasing. A user can post and share a program broadcast by such a broadcast service, a program recording the broadcast program, a video content distributed from a video distribution service, or a server on the Internet. From among a large number of options such as video sites that can be viewed (hereinafter collectively referred to as “contents”), it is possible to select and view content of high interest. Then, television receivers and information processing apparatuses represented by personal computers that can handle viewing of these contents have become widespread.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-156579

  By the way, when a user selects a viewing program, the viewing program has already begun to be broadcast and often has to be viewed halfway. In such a case, if the user gives up viewing of the part that has already been broadcast, or if the user wants to see the viewing program from the beginning, the user himself / herself searches the program guide etc. I had to check if the program would be rebroadcast.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and when a user designates a program that has already started broadcasting as a viewing program, content that can be regarded as the same viewing program that can be viewed thereafter. It is an object of the present invention to provide a video display apparatus capable of providing information to a user, a viewing support method thereof, and a program.

  In the first aspect of the present invention, when a viewing program is designated by a user, the viewing program can be viewed after the designated time and satisfies a predetermined condition that can be regarded as substantially the same as the viewing program. A search unit for searching for content as viewing candidate content, and a notification unit capable of notifying information about the viewing candidate content when a time when the viewing program is designated by a user has passed a broadcast start time of the viewing program; Is a video display device.

  A second aspect of the present invention is a viewing support method applied to a video display device including a display unit, and when a viewing program is designated by a user, the viewing program can be viewed after the designated time. And a process for searching for content satisfying a predetermined condition that can be regarded as substantially the same as the viewing program as viewing candidate content, and a time when the viewing program is designated by a user past a broadcast start time of the viewing program A viewing support method including a step of notifying information on the candidate viewing content.

  A third aspect of the present invention is a program applied to a video display device including a display unit, and when a viewing program is designated by a user, the viewing program can be viewed after the designated time. And a process of searching for content satisfying a predetermined condition that can be regarded as substantially the same as the viewing program as viewing candidate content, and a time when the viewing program is designated by a user has passed a broadcast start time of the viewing program And a program for causing a computer to execute processing for notifying information related to the viewing candidate content.

  Advantageous Effects of Invention According to the present invention, when a program that has already started broadcasting is designated as a viewing program, content information that can be regarded as the same as a viewing program that can be viewed thereafter can be provided to the user. Play.

It is the schematic block diagram which showed an example of the hardware constitutions of the video display apparatus concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is the functional block diagram which extracted and showed an example of the function regarding program viewing among the various functions which the video display apparatus concerning one Embodiment of this invention has. It is the figure which showed an example of the viewing-and-listening candidate content which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed an example of the process sequence of the viewing-and-listening assistance method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a video display device, a viewing support method thereof, and a program according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, an information processing device such as a notebook PC, a mobile phone, and a tablet terminal will be described as an example of a video display device, but the video display device of the present invention is not limited to this example. The video display device only needs to have a function of viewing a program distributed from a plurality of broadcasting stations. For example, a television receiver or the like can be given as an example.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a video display device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the video display device 1 functions as, for example, a CPU 11, a program executed by the CPU 11, an auxiliary storage device 12 for storing data referred to by the program, and a work area when each program is executed. Main storage device 13, communication interface 14 for connecting to a network, input unit 15, display unit (notification unit) 16, TV tuner unit 17, and the like. These units are connected through a bus 18, for example. Examples of the auxiliary storage device 12 include a magnetic disk such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory such as an SSD (Solid State Drive), and the like.

  A series of processing for realizing various functions to be described later is stored in the auxiliary storage device 12 in the form of a program (for example, a viewing support program) as an example, and the CPU 11 reads out this program to the main storage device 13. Various functions are realized by executing information processing / arithmetic processing. The program is preinstalled in the auxiliary storage device 12, provided in a state stored in another computer-readable storage medium, or distributed via wired or wireless communication means. Etc. may be applied. The computer-readable storage medium is a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like.

In FIG. 1, a communication interface 14 is connected to a network represented by the Internet, and serves as an interface with the network. The input unit 15 is a user interface for a user to give an instruction to the video display device 1 such as a remote controller, a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel. The display unit 16 has a display screen composed of, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like. The moving image content received by the interface 14 is displayed. The display unit 16 may be a projector that projects display information.
The TV tuner unit 17 includes at least one of a terrestrial digital tuner, a BS tuner, and a CS tuner, and receives terrestrial digital, BS, and CS broadcasts transmitted from a plurality of broadcasting stations from respective antennas and performs demodulation, etc. Perform predetermined processing.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an example of functions related to program viewing out of various functions of the video display device 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the video display apparatus 1 includes, for example, a program information database 21, a recording database 22, a search unit 23, a display processing unit 24, an input unit 15, a display unit 16, and a TV tuner unit 17. .

  The program information database 21 stores information related to programs broadcast from each broadcasting station. For example, the program information database 21 includes program names and genres (eg, “drama”, “sports”, “variety”, “anime”, “music”, “information”, “movie”, “theater”, “news”). ”,“ Weather forecast ”, etc.), a summary of broadcast contents (for example, subtitles, performers, production year, etc.), broadcast start time, broadcast end time, etc. are associated with each other.

For example, the program information database 21 may store an electronic program guide (EPG) as the plurality of program information.
The program information database 21 may store program information in which program information that can be regarded as the same is associated with each other in addition to or instead of such information of the electronic program guide. As described above, since programs that can be regarded as the same are associated with each other, when a viewing program is designated by the user, a program that can be regarded as the same as the viewing program can be quickly acquired.

Further, the program information database 21 may store program information of programs stored in the recording database 22.
In the program information database 21, the moving image content and moving image site that can be regarded as the same as each program described in the electronic program guide are stored in the program information database 21 in association with the information of the program that can be regarded as the same. It may be. Here, the moving image content includes, for example, moving image content distributed from a moving image distribution service, moving image content that can be posted, shared, and viewed by an unspecified number of users on a server on the Internet. As described above, by storing the moving image content information in the program information database 21 as well, the moving image content can be promptly provided as a viewing candidate content to be described later.
In the present embodiment, “content” includes the above-described program and moving image content.

  Further, each program information may include added value information of the program. Examples of value-added information include video resolution, program broadcast time, presence / absence of advertisement, presence / absence of extension, presence / absence of sub-audio, presence / absence of data broadcast, information on reception status (for example, reception level), and the like. It is only necessary that at least one of these value-added information is registered in the program information.

  The recording database 22 stores recorded program data. When the recording / playback is instructed by the user, the recorded program specified by the user is read from the recording database 22 and played back, whereby the recorded program is displayed on the display unit 16.

The search unit 23 searches the program information database 21 when a viewing program is designated by the user, can be viewed after the designated time, and can be regarded as substantially the same as the viewing program. Search for content satisfying the conditions as viewing candidate content.
For example, in the case of a program, the program starts to be broadcast after the designated time of the viewing program, in other words, a program having a broadcast start time set after the time of the designated viewing program by the user, Are searched for as viewing candidate contents.
Also, for video content distributed by a video distribution service, content posted by an unspecified number of users, etc., the broadcast time is not determined like a program, so the time at which the viewing program is designated by the user The video content that can be viewed afterward and that can be regarded as almost the same as the viewing program is searched for as viewing candidate content.

  Here, the predetermined conditions that can be regarded as substantially the same can be arbitrarily set. As an example of “predetermined conditions that can be regarded as almost the same”, “a program with the same genre and the same title as the viewing program”, “a program with the same genre and the same keyword as the viewing program in the subtitle” , “Programs with the same genre and subtitle similarity equal to or higher than a predetermined value”, “programs with the same genre and the same performers”, and the like.

  The search unit 23 may acquire a program that can be regarded as the same as the viewing program from the program information database 21 using a machine learning technique such as a neural network or genetic programming.

  The search unit 23 may not perform the search when the genre of the viewing program corresponds to a preset genre. For example, in genres such as news and weather forecasts, the same keyword is relatively often used, but the broadcast content is not the same and tends to vary greatly depending on the program. Therefore, such genres may be excluded from the search target candidate viewing content. That is, when a program belonging to such a genre is designated as a viewing program, the designated viewing program may be displayed on the display unit 16 without performing a search by the search unit 23.

The display processing unit 24 determines a transmission band based on a user's channel selection operation using the input unit 15 and sets a reception frequency that matches the determined transmission band in a corresponding tuner included in the TV tuner unit 17. A program based on the user's channel selection operation is displayed on the display unit 16.
Further, the display processing unit 24 receives the moving image content on the Internet via the communication interface 14 based on the user's channel selection operation using the input unit 15, and causes the display unit 16 to display the received moving image content. . The display of the moving image content may be streaming, or the moving image content once downloaded to the recording database 22 may be reproduced.

  Further, the display processing unit 24 causes the display unit 16 to display information related to the viewing candidate content when the time when the viewing program is designated by the user has passed the viewing start time of the viewing program. Here, the airing time of the viewing program has passed, but there is a case where there is no problem even if viewing is continued as it is shortly after starting. In consideration of such a case, the display processing unit 24 notifies information related to the viewing candidate content when the time when the viewing program is designated by the user is after a predetermined time has elapsed from the broadcast start time of the viewing program. It is good as well.

Here, the “predetermined time” can be arbitrarily set. However, for example, the “predetermined time” may be constant regardless of the content and length of the program, or determined for each program genre or the length of the program. May be. For example, a predetermined ratio of time to the program length may be defined as “predetermined time”.
In addition, “information regarding viewing candidate content” includes, for example, a title, a broadcast station, a broadcast start time, and the like for a program. In addition, for example, in the case of moving image content, information on a title and a distribution source is given as an example.

In the present embodiment, the “viewing program” includes “a program that wants to be watched immediately” and “a program that starts recording immediately”.
In other words, if a user specifies a program that he or she is interested in from the program guide and wants to view it immediately, or if the user selects a program to be viewed by switching channels, the specified viewing program has already started to be broadcast. In the case where the content is being displayed (or when a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the broadcast), the display processing unit 24 causes the display unit 16 to display the viewing candidate content.
In addition, if the user specifies a program that interests him / her from the program guide and wishes to start recording immediately, if the viewing program he / she wishes to record has already started broadcasting (or aired) When a predetermined time or more has elapsed since the start), the display processing unit 24 causes the display unit 16 to display the viewing candidate content.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the program X of the broadcasting station A is designated as a viewing program by the user, but this viewing program has already started broadcasting. In such a case, the display processing unit 24 obtains program information (for example, “program α”, “program β”, “program γ”, “program δ”) obtained as candidate viewing contents as a result of the search by the search unit 23 (for example, , Title, broadcast start time, etc.) are displayed on the display unit 16.

Note that, as described above, when there are a plurality of viewing candidate contents, the display processing unit 24 may display the added value information of each viewing candidate content together. Thereby, the user can select a viewing candidate content having a value added according to his / her preference from a plurality of viewing candidate contents.
Further, when there are a plurality of viewing candidate contents, the display processing unit 24 has the highest viewing according to the priority set in advance by the user or the priority evaluated from the user's past tendency. The candidate content may be selected, and the selected viewing candidate content may be displayed on the display unit 16.

  When displaying the viewing candidate content on the display unit 16, the display processing unit 24 causes the display unit 16 to display a message instructing to select the viewing candidate content for which viewing reservation or recording reservation is desired. Further, when the moving image distribution content or the recorded program is included in the viewing candidate content, the display processing unit 24 may display a message on the display unit 16 to view and play back these contents.

When the viewing candidate content desired to be viewed or reserved for recording is selected by the user, the video display device 1 registers the viewing reservation or the recording reservation for the selected viewing candidate content according to the user's instruction.
The display processing unit 24 ends the display of the viewing candidate content when there is no input by the user within a certain time after the viewing candidate content is displayed.

  Next, a viewing support method in the video display apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure of the viewing support method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

First, when the user operates the input unit 15 such as a remote controller to specify a viewing program (SA1), the display processing unit 24 selects a viewing program (SA2). As a result, a transmission band corresponding to the viewing program is set in the TV tuner unit 17, broadcast data of the viewing program is received by the TV tuner unit 17, and predetermined processing such as decoding is performed. Is displayed.
Subsequently, the search unit 23 searches the program information database 21 and selects a content that can be viewed after the designated time and satisfies a predetermined condition that can be regarded as almost the same as the viewed program as a viewing candidate content. Search (SA3).

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the time at which the viewing program is designated by the user has passed the viewing start time of the viewing program and there is viewing candidate content (SA4). As a result, in the case of negative determination (SA4: NO), the processing is ended as it is.
On the other hand, if the determination in step SA4 is affirmative (SA4: YES), that is, if the time when the viewing program is designated by the user has passed the viewing start time of the viewing program and viewing candidate content exists. Then, it is determined whether or not the designation of the viewing program by the user is zapping (SA5). Whether or not zapping is performed is determined, for example, by whether or not the same channel remains for a predetermined time or longer. As a result, when it is determined that zapping is performed (SA5: YES), the process is terminated. On the other hand, when it is determined that it is not zapping (SA5: NO), the user is notified of information on candidate viewing contents (SA6).

  When at least one viewing candidate content is designated by the user and a viewing reservation or recording reservation instruction is input (SA7: YES), a reservation process is performed according to the input process from the user (SA8), and the process is performed. finish. On the other hand, if there is no input from the user within a predetermined time from the display of the viewing candidate content (SA7: NO), the display of the viewing candidate content is terminated and the processing is terminated.

  As described above, according to the video display device 1 and the viewing support method and program thereof according to the present embodiment, when a viewing program is designated by the user, the viewing program can be viewed after the designated time. If there is a content satisfying a predetermined condition that can be regarded as the same as the viewing program as a viewing candidate content, and the time when the viewing program is designated by the user has passed the broadcast start time of the viewing program, the viewing candidate content Information to users. In this way, by providing the user with a program that can be regarded as the same as a program that the user has missed a part of, the user can easily confirm the program that can be regarded as the same that will be broadcast from now on. As a result, it is possible to easily reserve the provided content (viewing reservation, recording reservation, etc.). In addition, when moving image content or a recorded program distributed from the moving image distribution service is provided as a viewing candidate content, the moving image content or the recorded program can be viewed immediately instead of the viewed program.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. Various changes or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment without departing from the gist of the invention, and embodiments to which the changes or improvements are added are also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Moreover, you may combine the said embodiment suitably.
The processing procedure of the viewing support method described in the above embodiment is also an example, and unnecessary steps can be deleted, new steps can be added, and the processing order can be changed within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. May be.

For example, in the present embodiment, the viewing candidate content is displayed on the display unit 16 to notify the viewing candidate content to the user through vision, but the notification method is not limited to this example. For example, notification may be made through hearing by voice or the like, or notification may be made by a combination of display and voice.
In addition, the input operation for the user to select a viewing program and the input operation for instructing the reservation of viewing candidate content may be performed by operating the input unit 15 such as a remote controller, or may be input by voice.

In the processing procedure of the viewing support method shown in FIG. 4, the search process (SA3) may be performed before the channel selection process (SA2), or these processes may be performed in parallel. Good.
The zapping determination process (SA5) may be performed immediately after the channel selection process (SA2) or may be performed immediately after the search process (SA3). For example, when it takes time to search for viewing candidate content, there is a possibility that notification of viewing candidate content in step SA6 may be delayed. In consideration of such a case, by performing the search process at an earlier stage than the zapping determination, it is possible to notify the viewing candidate content more quickly.

  In the present embodiment, the video display device 1 includes the program information database 21, but the program information database 21 does not necessarily have to be included in the video display device 1. For example, the information may exist on a predetermined cloud, or may use such information published on the Internet. For example, the viewing candidate content may be searched using the electronic program guide published on the Internet or the distribution status of the moving image content released by the moving image distribution service.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Video display apparatus 15 Input part 16 Display part 17 TV tuner part 21 Program information database 22 Recording database 23 Search part 24 Display processing part

Claims (12)

When a viewing program is designated by the user, a content that can be viewed after the designated time and satisfies a predetermined condition that can be regarded as almost the same as the viewing program is searched as a viewing candidate content. A search section;
A video display device comprising: a notification unit capable of notifying information about the viewing candidate content when a time when the viewing program is designated by the user has passed a broadcast start time of the viewing program.   The said notification part notifies the information regarding the said viewing candidate content, when the time when the said viewing program was designated by the said user is after the predetermined time passage from the broadcast start time of the said viewing program. Video display device.   The video display device according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit displays information related to the viewing candidate content on a display unit.   The video display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the search unit searches for the viewing candidate content from a program information database in which information on a program guide broadcast from each broadcasting station is stored.   The video display device according to claim 4, wherein the search unit searches the viewing candidate content from a program information database in which an electronic program guide is stored.   The video display device according to claim 4, wherein the search unit searches the viewing candidate content from the program information database in which program information satisfying a predetermined condition that can be regarded as substantially the same is stored in association with each other.   The video display device according to claim 4, wherein the search unit searches for the viewing candidate content from the program information database in which information related to a recorded program is stored.   The video display device according to claim 1, wherein the search unit searches for the viewing candidate content using content information provided by a video distribution service that can be viewed by a user.   9. The video display device according to claim 1, wherein when the viewing candidate content is designated by a user, the viewing candidate content is reserved for viewing or recording.   The video display device according to claim 1, wherein the search unit does not search for the viewing candidate content when a genre of the viewing program corresponds to a preset genre. A viewing support method applied to a video display device including a display unit,
When a viewing program is designated by the user, a content that can be viewed after the designated time and satisfies a predetermined condition that can be regarded as almost the same as the viewing program is searched as a viewing candidate content. Process,
And a step of notifying information on the viewing candidate content when the time when the viewing program is designated by the user has passed the broadcast start time of the viewing program. A program applied to a video display device including a display unit,
When a viewing program is designated by the user, a content that can be viewed after the designated time and satisfies a predetermined condition that can be regarded as almost the same as the viewing program is searched as a viewing candidate content. Processing,
A program for causing a computer to execute a process of notifying information regarding the viewing candidate content when a time at which the viewing program is designated by a user has passed a broadcast start time of the viewing program.

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