JP2643232B2 - Time change method of timer recording device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a time changing method for a timer recording device, and more particularly, to a time changing method for a timer recording device that automatically starts and ends a recording operation at each reserved time. About the method.

[Conventional technology]

The time change method of the conventional timer recording device includes: (A) reservation content input means for inputting reservation content including a channel on which a program to be recorded is broadcast, a date, a start time, and an end time; A reservation table storage means for storing a table having a plurality of reserved contents, (C) displaying a part of the plurality of reserved contents in accordance with a user's instruction, viewing the displayed reserved contents, and starting time to be changed , Inputting and changing the change content including the end time, and changing the displayed reservation content of the reservation table storage means.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In the case of a broadcast program change, such as a delay in the start time and end time of subsequent programs due to the extension of professional baseball or the insertion of special programs, it is necessary to change all the reservation contents of the recorded program on that day for that channel. There is.

However, the conventional time change method of the timer recording device requires time and effort to search and display each of the reservation contents to be changed, and even if there are a number of reservation contents to be changed, each of the start contents to be changed is one by one. Since it is necessary to input the change contents including the time and the end time, it takes time.

An object of the present invention is to input a change including a channel, a date, and a change time indicating that the broadcast time has changed, so that even if there are a number of reservations to be changed on that day for that channel, It is an object of the present invention to provide a time change method of a timer recording device capable of automatically changing all reservation contents to be changed.

[Means for solving the problem]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a time changing method of the timer recording device of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the time change method of the timer recording apparatus according to the present invention comprises: (A) reservation content input means for inputting reservation content including a channel on which a program to be recorded is broadcast, a date, a start time, and an end time; 1, (B) a reservation table storage means 2 for storing a table having a plurality of reservation contents input so far, (C) including a channel indicating that the broadcast time has been changed, a date, and a change time. Change contents input means 3 for inputting change contents; (D) change contents holding means 4 for holding the inputted change contents; (E) included in the reservation contents from a plurality of stored reservation contents. Change item detecting means 5 for detecting a change item which is a reservation content corresponding to the channel and date included in the change content in which the channel and date to be held are held, respectively; Change time calculating means 6 for calculating the changed start time and end time by adding the change time included in the held change contents to the start time and end time included in the change item of (1), (G) Change item writing means 7 for writing the start time and end time calculated by the change time calculation means 6 as the new start time and end time of each of the change items in the table of the reservation table storage means 2; It is configured.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 2 is an apparatus configuration diagram showing an example of an apparatus configuration used in the first and second embodiments of the time changing method of the timer recording apparatus of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, an input device 101 designates a mode selection switch 102 for selecting a reservation mode or a change mode, a date / time switch 103 for designating a date, a start time, an end time, a change time, and a channel. Channel switch 104 for inputting reservation contents or change contents of recording.

The timer controller 105 also stores information such as a memory 107 for storing the contents of the reservation and the contents of the change, the arithmetic processing control of the contents of the reservation and the contents of the change, and the start and end of the recording to the mechanical controller 110 to perform the recording operation. , And a built-in timer 108 for measuring various times, and can execute various controls for scheduled recording.

Note that the CPU 106 also controls the operation of the fluorescent display tube 109 for displaying the input contents and the stored contents.

On the other hand, the mechanical controller 110 can control operations such as reproduction and recording, which are operations for video recording.

Next, a first embodiment of the time changing method of the timer recording device will be described.

First, when the user sets the mode selection switch 102 of the input device 101 to the reservation mode, the reservation content input means 1
The channel on which the program to be recorded is instructed by the user to the channel switch 104 by the operation of the CPU 106, and the date, start time, and end of the program to be recorded instructed by the user to the date and time switch 103 The time is input as the reservation content, and the reservation table storage means 2 stores the reservation content in the memory 107.

These input operations are performed a plurality of times as necessary.

FIG. 3 is an information explanatory diagram showing the contents stored in the memory 107 in the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3, the reservation table storage means 2 stores a table 20 having a plurality of reservation contents input so far.
I remember 5.

The table 205 stores a plurality of reservation content numbers 206 (each content is # 1, # 2, # 3, #
4,...), The date 207 on which the program to be recorded is broadcast (each content is RDAY1, RDAY2, RDAY3, RDAY4,.
……), channel 208 (each content is R
CHAN1, RCHAN2, RCHAN3, RCHAN4, ………),
Start time 209 (each content is STIME1, STIME2, STIME3,
STIME4,...) And an end time 210 (each content is indicated by ETIME1, ETIME2, ETIME3, ETIME4,...).

Next, when the mode selection switch 102 is set to the change mode by the user, the change content input means 3 operates the CPU 106 to change the broadcast time designated by the user to the channel switch 104. , And the date when the broadcast time specified by the user on the date and time switch 103 is changed and the change time are input as the change contents, and the change content holding means 4 stores the change content in the register 200 of the memory 107. To hold.

As shown in FIG.
0 is the change date 201 which is the date when the broadcast time is changed
It has a changed channel 202 (its content is denoted by CCHAN), which is a changed channel, and a change time 203 (its content is denoted by CTIME).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of changing the reservation contents in the first embodiment of the time changing method of the timer recording device.

As shown in FIG. 4, in step 301, it is checked whether or not the mode is the change mode. Only when the mode is the change mode (Yes), the process proceeds to the next step 302.
The CDAY of the change date, the CCHAN of the change channel, and the CTIME of the change time are input and held in the register 200.

Next, the change item detecting means 5 matches the channel and the date included in the changed content with the channel and the date included in the stored content from the plurality of stored reservation contents, respectively. A change item that is a reservation content is detected.

For this reason, first, in step 303, the counter 204 of the memory 107 indicating the order of the plurality of reservation contents (the contents
Is set to 1 as an initial value.

Next, in step 304, it is determined whether or not RDAYn of the date included in the reservation content indicated by the content n of the counter 204 matches CDAY of the date included in the change content. The process proceeds to the next step 305, and if they do not match (No), the process proceeds to step 307.

In the next step 305, it is determined whether or not the RCHANn of the channel included in the reservation content indicated by the content n of the counter 204 matches the CCHAN of the channel included in the changed content. Go to step 306 of
If they do not match (No), the process proceeds to step 307.

The change time calculation means 6 adds the change time included in the change content held in the register 200 to the start time and the end time included in each of the change items that are detected to be coincident by the operation of the CPU 106. Then, the changed start time and end time are calculated.

Further, the change item writing means 7 includes a change time calculating means 6.
Are written in the table 205 of the reservation table storage means in the memory 107 as the new start time and end time of each change item.

Therefore, at step 306, the content n of the counter 204 is
The STIMEn of the start time and the ETIMEn of the end time included in the reservation contents indicated by are added to the CTIME of the change time included in the change contents, and the STIMEn of the changed start time and the ETIMEn of the end time are calculated, and the reservation table Table of storage means 20
Write in place 5

Next, in step 307, all the reservation contents are checked to determine whether or not the reservation contents number 206 is all over. If the reservation contents number 206 is not over (No), in the next step 308, the counter 2
One is added to the content n of 04, and the flow returns to step 304 to proceed to the detection of the next reserved content.

In step 307, if it is the end (Yes), the operation of changing the reservation content ends.

Next, a second embodiment of the time change method of the timer recording device will be described.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing information stored in the memory 107 in the second embodiment.

As shown in FIG.
0 is the change date 201 which is the date when the broadcast time is changed
(Denoted by CDAY), change limit date 401 (denoted by WDAY), which is the last date the change will continue,
The changed channel, change channel 202 (its content is denoted by CCHAN), change time 203 (its content is denoted by CTIME), and change limit time 402, which is the last time the change lasts (its content is WTIME ).

FIG. 6 shows a second example of the time changing method of the timer recording device.
13 is a flowchart showing an operation of changing a reservation content in the embodiment of FIG.

In step 501 of FIG. 6, it is checked whether or not the mode is the change mode. Only when the mode is the change mode (Yes), the process goes to the next step 502. WDAY of change limit date, CC of change channel
HAN, CTIME of change time, and WTIME of change limit time are input and held in the register 400.

Next, in step 503, 1 is set as an initial value in a counter 204 (the content is indicated by n) of the memory 107 indicating the number of the plurality of reservation contents.

Therefore, in step 504, the relationship of RDAYn of the date included in the reservation content indicated by the content n of the counter 204 and CDAY of the change date included in the change content and WDAY of the change limit date satisfy WDAY> RDAYn ≧ CDAY. It is determined whether or not the relation is satisfied. The process proceeds to the next step 505 only when the relation is established (Yes), and proceeds to step 508 when the relation is not established (No).

In the next step 505, it is determined whether or not the start time STIMEn included in the reservation content indicated by the content n of the counter 204 has a relationship of WTIME> STIMEn with the change limit time WTIME included in the change content. The process proceeds to the next step 506 only when the relationship is established (Yes), and proceeds to step 508 when the relationship is not established (No).

In the next step 506, it is determined whether or not RCHANn of the channel included in the reservation content indicated by the content n of the counter 204 matches CCHAN of the channel included in the change content. Go to step 507 of
If they do not match (No), the process proceeds to step 508.

In step 507, the start time STIMEn and the end time ETIMEn included in the reservation content indicated by the content n of the counter 204 include:
The CTIME of the change time included in the change content is added, and the STIMEn of the changed start time and the ETIMEn of the changed end time are calculated, and are written in predetermined positions of the table 205 of the reservation table storage means.

Next, in step 508, all the reservation contents are checked to determine whether or not the reservation contents number 206 is all over. If the reservation contents number 206 is not over (No), then in the next step 509, the counter 2
One is added to the content n of 04, and the flow returns to step 504 to proceed to the detection of the next reservation content.

In step 508, if it is the end (Yes), the operation of changing the reservation content is ended.

As described above, the time change method of the timer recording device of these embodiments is based on the input of the change contents including the channel indicating the change of the broadcast time, the date, and the change time. Even when there are many reservation contents to be changed on the day, the reservation contents to be changed collectively can be automatically changed.

In the first embodiment, all the reservation contents to be changed in one day are changed, whereas in the second embodiment, the time from one time on one day to another time on another day is appropriately changed. You can choose and change it. For this reason, the second embodiment is suitable for, for example, changing a late-night program on the next date.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, the time change method of the timer recording apparatus according to the present invention uses the change content including the channel, the date, and the change time indicating that the broadcast time has been changed to input the change content including the change time. Even when there are a number of reservation contents to be changed, all the reservation contents to be changed can be automatically changed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a time changing method of a timer recording device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an example of a device configuration used in first and second embodiments of the time changing method of the timer recording device according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing information stored in a memory in the first embodiment, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the operation of changing the contents of reservation in the second embodiment, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of information showing the contents stored in the memory 107 in the second embodiment, and FIG. It is a flowchart shown. 1 ... Reservation contents input means, 2 ... Reservation table storage means, 3 ... Change contents input means, 4 ... Change contents holding means, 5 ... Change item detection means, 6 ... Change time calculation means, 7 ... ... Change item writing means, 101 ... Input device, 102
…… Mode selection switch, 103 …… Date and time switch, 104…
… Channel switch, 105 …… Timer controller, 106
... CPU, 107 ... memory, 108 ... timer, 109 ... fluorescent display tube, 110 ... mechanical controller, 200 ... register,
201 ... change date, 202 ... change channel, 203 ... change time, 204 ... counter, 205 ... table, 206 ... number, 207 ... date, 208 ... channel, 209 ... start time, 210 … End time, 400… Register, 401… Change limit date, 402 …… Change limit time.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] (A) reservation contents input means for inputting reservation contents including a channel on which a program to be recorded is broadcast, a date, a start time, and an end time; (B) a plurality of reservation contents input so far; (C) change content input means for inputting change content including a channel indicating that the broadcast time has been changed, date, and change time; and (D) the input (E) a channel and a date included in the change content, wherein a channel and a date included in the reservation content are stored out of the plurality of stored reservation contents. (F) a change item detecting means for detecting a change item which is a reservation content corresponding to each of the following: Change time calculating means for calculating the changed start time and end time by adding the change time included in the change contents, and (G) calculating the start time and end time calculated by the change time calculating means. The new start time of the change item,
A change item writing unit that writes the end time into the table of the reservation table storage unit.