JP3003584B2 - TV / video control device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for making a program reservation of a television program and a video recording reservation. ")
And a device for transmitting a start / end signal of TV reservation / video recording reservation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a video recording reservation system,
If there is no video reservation function, video recording reservation
One that registers the broadcast date, broadcast start time, and broadcast end time in a video storage device from a remote controller or the like, one that reads a barcode in a video storage device, and one that registers a G code in a video storage device from a remote controller or the like is there. In this operation, when searching for a program for which reservation is desired, the desired program is searched for from newspapers or magazines, and manually input.
It is necessary to input the broadcast station, broadcast date, broadcast start time, broadcast end time or G code.

[0003] In addition, in the case where the thus registered video is in a recording reservation standby state, there are some video recorders which cannot be turned on without canceling the reservation state.

[0004]

The above-mentioned conventional video recording reservation system has the following problems.

(1) The first problem is that it takes a long time to search for a desired program or to make a reservation, and furthermore, since the registration work is performed manually, an input error or the like occurs, and the desired program cannot be recorded. That is, there are cases.

The reason is that in this conventional system,
When making a video reservation, you must first find the desired program in newspapers, magazines, etc., and manually enter the broadcast station, broadcast date, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, and G code,
It depends.

(2) The second problem is that when the video is waiting for recording reservation, it is not possible to play back the video or manually record the video by the operator.

[0008] The reason is that, when the video recording information is held in the memory of the video device, the time until the reserved time is reached
The video is in a reservation standby state and is configured not to turn on.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to shorten the search and registration time when making a video reservation, to prevent the occurrence of registration errors, and to further reduce video recording. It is an object of the present invention to provide a television / video control device that enables video operation during reservation.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a television / video control apparatus according to the present invention comprises an information fetching means for acquiring a program list, a title name, a start time, and a channel name of the acquired program table. Program table recognizing means for recognizing predetermined items such as, a display unit for displaying recognized information in a list, a searching means for searching by the displayed items, and a program selected directly or an item being searched by the searching means. TV program reservation / recording reservation means for designating a television program reservation and a video recording reservation of the selected program, a storage unit for storing configuration information of the designated program, and a video from the storage unit when the reservation time comes. device and power-on information to the television receiver, the channel number information, and output means for transmitting control information such as recording start information, said video apparatus is used
Check whether the device is in use, and if not,
To record the selected program based on your information
Control, if in use, recording
Checks if the video is in playback mode,
The channel of the device is the channel of the selected program.
If the information is the same as the
The video device is controlled to continue,
Channel is the channel of the selected program
When it is different from the number information or in the playback state,
A message asking the user whether to record the reserved program
Message, and as a result, the reservation number
When an instruction to record a set is received, based on the control information
Control to record the selected program,
If an instruction not to record a reserved program is received, the control information
Not to record the selected program based on the
And a control means .

In the present invention, the information fetching means may be a network such as the Internet or a CD-RO.
The program list is acquired from a storage medium such as M.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, in an embodiment of the present invention, a personal computer 10 includes an information fetching unit 1, a program table recognizing unit 2, a display unit 3, a search unit 4, a television program reservation / recording reservation unit 5 , A storage unit 6, an output unit 7, and a video state recognition unit 8.

The information acquisition unit 1 is connected to the Internet (In)
(Ternet) or a TV program guide provided on a storage medium such as a CD-ROM.

The program guide recognizing unit 2 recognizes the information taken in for each item such as title name, start time, channel name, genre (news, movie, sports, etc.), performer, etc., and performs the next search. It is converted so that it can be used by the unit 4. The converted data is displayed on a display unit 3 such as a display of a personal computer as a TV program table on a daily basis.

A program to be reserved is clicked on the displayed television program list with a mouse or the like, and a program to be reserved for television program and video recording is selected. In addition to the user directly specifying with a mouse or the like, the search unit 4 also searches by program name, genre (news, movie, drama, etc.), performers, etc.
Therefore, for example, it is also possible to automatically select a reservation candidate by searching as a keyword such as a program name, a performer, or the like that has been input in advance. The program selected as the reservation candidate is displayed on the display unit 3, and the user is selected with a mouse or the like.

The television program reservation / recording reservation section 5 places a program program selected directly by the user or selected from search candidates into a reserved state.

The reserved television program stores information (start / end time, broadcast station name, etc.) necessary for transmitting operation start information to the television and the video in the storage unit 6.

The output unit 7 transmits power-on information and channel information to the television at the time of the reserved time when the television program is reserved from the personal computer, and turns on the video power at the time of the video recording reservation. Information, channel information, and recording start information are transmitted. Similarly, when the recording end time comes, an end signal is transmitted from the personal computer 10 side.

The video state recognizing unit 8 recognizes whether the video transmitted from the output unit 7 is in a state where the video can be recorded immediately or is used for another purpose. Is transmitted to the video state recognition unit 8 so that the video state is transmitted to the video.

Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2, the operation of the present invention when a video is being operated during the scheduled recording time will be described.

When the video reservation signal is transmitted from the output unit 7 in FIG. 1, it is checked whether video is used (step A1 and step A2). If the video is not in use, the reserved television program is recorded as it is (step A8).

If the video is being used, it is checked whether the state of use is recording or reproduction (step A3).

If it is in the recording state in step A3 and the recording channel is the same as the reserved channel, the video recording is executed as it is (step A4, step A).
8).

On the other hand, if the video use state is playback in step A3, a message such as "The video reservation time has come. Do you want to record the reserved program?" Is displayed (step A5).

If "record a reserved program" is selected in step A6, video recording is performed (step A8).
If "don't record" is selected in step A6, the reserved program is released, and video playback or other video operations can be performed as it is (step A7).

As an embodiment of the present invention, an operation situation when a video is operated at a scheduled recording time will be described.
Referring to FIG. 3, for example, the user is in the range of 19:00 to 1
Video recording reservation is made between 9:54 and 21:00 to 23:20 (32, 34). At this time, 18: 0
Assuming that the video is being reproduced between 0 and 19:00 (31), since the video is reserved from 19:00, a message indicating which is prioritized is displayed (Step A3, Step A5). .

When the reserved video recording is prioritized (step A6, step A8), the reserved program is recorded.

If the program being video-recorded during the period from 20:00 to 21:00 is the same as the program reserved at 21:00 to 23:20 (33, 34), the recording state is not changed. Continue (Step A3, Step A4, Step A8).

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The following effects are obtained.

(1) The first effect is that the time required for searching for and registering a desired program is reduced, and when a video recording is reserved, a conventional broadcast station and a start / end time are input.
This means that a registration error due to the input of the G code can be prevented, and the recording reservation operation can be performed accurately and reliably.

The reason for this is that, in the present invention, the user selects a desired program from the TV program list displayed on the screen while checking other channel programs, and searches for a desired program from each item constituting the TV program list. This is because it can be selected.

(2) The second effect is that operations such as video recording / reproduction can be performed during the video reservation standby state.

The reason is that, in the present invention, a power supply signal, a channel signal, and a recording start / end signal are transmitted from the personal computer to the video at the reservation start / end time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining processing when a video recording start signal is transmitted in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining one embodiment of the present invention;
It is a figure showing an example of a situation of video use.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information acquisition part 2 Program table recognition part 3 Search part 4 TV program reservation / recording reservation part 5 Storage part 6 Output part

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A means for displaying a program name and performers of each program on a screen of a display device from a program list acquired from a network or a storage medium, and a user directly selects a desired program. Alternatively, a program is selected from the reserved program candidates in which the program list has been searched with predetermined items such as a program title name, a start time, a channel name, and the like. Power on
Means for transmitting control information such as information , channel number information , and recording start information ; and checking whether the video device is in use.
If not, the selected number is determined based on the control information.
Controls the set to be recorded and, if in use,
Check whether the unit is in the picture or playback state, and
The channel of the video device is selected
If the same as the channel number information of the program
Control to continue the recording state as it is
And the channel of the video device is the selected number.
When the channel number information differs from the set
Status, whether to record the reserved program to the user
Output a message inquiring about
When the user receives an instruction to record the reserved program
Record the selected program based on the control information
And the instruction not to record the reserved program
When received, the selected program is selected based on the control information.
Means for controlling so as not to perform video recording . 2. An information acquiring means for acquiring a program list, a program table recognizing means for recognizing predetermined items such as a title name, a start time, and a channel name of the acquired program table, and displaying the recognized information in a list. A display unit for performing a search based on the displayed item; a TV program reservation for designating a TV program reservation and a video recording reservation for a directly selected program or a program whose item has been selected by the search unit. Recording / recording reservation means, a storage unit for storing configuration information of a specified program, and control of power-on information , channel number information , recording start information , and the like from the storage unit to the video device and the television receiver when the reservation time comes. Output means for transmitting information, checking whether the video device is in use, and
If not, the selected number is determined based on the control information.
Controls the set to be recorded and, if in use,
Check whether the unit is in the picture or playback state, and
The channel of the video device is selected
If the same as the channel number information of the program
Control to continue the recording state as it is
And the channel of the video device is the selected number.
When the channel number information differs from the set
Status, whether to record the reserved program to the user
Output a message inquiring about
When the user receives an instruction to record the reserved program
Record the selected program based on the control information
And the instruction not to record the reserved program
When received, the selected program is selected based on the control information.
Means for controlling so as not to perform video recording . 3. The television / video control device according to claim 2, wherein said information fetching means obtains a program list from a network such as the Internet or a storage medium such as a CD-ROM.