JP4654999B2 - Information recording / reproducing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention has a tuner that receives a TV broadcast signal and selects a channel, records a program selected by the tuner, and other information on a recording medium, and reproduces the information recorded on the recording medium. In particular, the present invention relates to a reproduction process for a program related to the program.

  In today's society, the role of television broadcasting is immeasurable, and the influence of television broadcasting that delivers video information together with audio directly to viewers is significant. Broadcast technology requires a wide range of technologies such as signal processing, transmission / reception processing, and information processing of audio and video. Television receivers are installed in most homes, and programs distributed from each broadcasting station are viewed by an unspecified number of people. Another form of viewing the program is that the received program is once recorded by the viewer's information recording / playback device and played back at a favorite time zone.

Recently, due to the development of digital technology, hard disk devices equipped with a hard disk capable of storing a large amount of video and audio data consisting of video and audio have become widespread. The hard disk can access the recorded data at random. When playing back recorded information, it is not necessary to play back the recorded programs in order from the beginning, unlike conventional video tapes. Direct playback can be started.
JP 2002-77788 A JP 2004-357184 A JP 2005-102109 A

  However, in the case of an information recording / reproducing apparatus such as a hard disk apparatus capable of recording a program for several tens of hours as the capacity of the hard disk increases, when a large number of programs are recorded, they are displayed in order of recording date and time. It takes time to find the target program from the playlist with the program name selected. For example, when a continuous drama is recorded on the hard disk, after the first episode is played, if you want to play the second episode, it is recorded in order of recording date and time, including other programs. Finding a story from a playlist takes a lot of work. In short, in the conventional information recording / reproducing apparatus, recording is performed in the order of recording date and time regardless of the type of program. Therefore, when a related program such as a continuous drama is reproduced, it is troublesome to search for the related program of the program. Such a problem arises.

  In the prior art of Patent Document 1, when a user requests to reproduce a program to be broadcast in the future, is the same program as the requested program or a program related to the program already recorded? If the same program or related program is found from the program association information included in the program table, the program is provided to the user. In the case of playing a program, the related program cannot be played back automatically and continuously, so that there is a problem that it is not convenient.

  In the prior art of Patent Document 2, a program selected from programs being played back or viewed by the user is set as a base program, and other programs related thereto are instructed to the user in the order of strong association. In the related art, when related programs such as a series drama are reproduced, the related programs cannot be automatically and continuously reproduced.

  In the prior art of Patent Document 3, a program selected by a user from a predetermined program table such as a program being reproduced or viewed or an EPG is set as a base program, and based on the degree of association with the base program, Although related programs are presented to the user, this related art cannot automatically reproduce related programs when the related programs such as a series drama are reproduced. There arises a problem that there is a lack of convenience.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. It is possible to find a related program of a program that is currently being played back, to continuously play back the related program, and to skip the program. An object of the present invention is to provide an information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of shifting to reproduction of a skip destination related program when operated.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 comprises an EPG presence / absence determining means for determining whether or not there is EPG (electronic program guide) information relating to the program when the program is recorded on the recording medium, When it is determined that there is EPG information related to the program, the first additional information is recorded on the recording medium as the first additional information of the program, the program name included in the EPG information and the recording date and time of the program. When it is determined that there is no EPG information relating to the recording means and the program, the second additional information is recorded on the recording medium as the second additional information of the program, the recording date and time of the program, the day of the week, and the channel number. And a recording control unit having recording means, and when reproducing the program recorded on the recording medium, there is first additional information related to the program or a second related to the program. Additional information determining means for determining whether or not there is additional information; and when it is determined that there is first additional information related to the program, the first additional information is stored in the memory, and a second related to the program When it is determined that there is additional information, additional information storage means for storing second additional information in the memory, and whether or not a related program of the program exists on the recording medium after the reproduction of the program ends. When it is determined that there is a related program presence / absence determining unit that is determined based on the first additional information or the second additional information stored in the memory, and the related program of the program is present, the related program of the program is continued. Related program playback means for playing back from the recording medium, and when a skip operation is performed during playback of the program, if there is a related program of the program at the skip destination, a program for playing back the related program at the skip destination To provide an information recording reproducing apparatus characterized by comprising a playback control unit and a flop destination associated program reproducing means.

  In this configuration, when the program is recorded on the recording medium, the EPG presence / absence determining means determines whether or not there is EPG information related to the program. If the EPG information is included in the TV broadcast signal and this EPG information can be received, it is determined that there is EPG information related to the program, but the EPG information is included in the TV broadcast signal. However, when it is impossible to receive this EPG information, or when the EPG information is not included in the television broadcast signal, it is determined that there is no EPG information related to the program.

  When it is determined that there is EPG information related to the program, the first additional information recording means uses the program name included in the EPG information related to the program and the recording date and time of the program as the first additional information of the program. And recording on a recording medium. When it is determined that there is no EPG information related to the program, the second additional information recording means records the recording date and time of the program, the day of the week, and the channel number on the recording medium as the second additional information of the program. .

  At the time of reproducing a program recorded on the recording medium, the additional information determining means has first additional information indicating the program name and recording date and time related to the program, or the recording date and time and day of the week and channel number related to the program. It is determined whether there is second additional information indicating the above. When it is determined that there is first additional information related to the program, the additional information storage means stores the first additional information in the memory and determines that there is second additional information related to the program. The additional information storage means stores the second additional information in the memory.

  After the reproduction of the program ends, the related program presence / absence determining means determines whether the related program of the program exists in the recording medium based on the first additional information or the second additional information stored in the memory. judge. That is, programs having the same program name included in the first additional information are related programs, respectively, and programs having the same recording time, day of the week, and channel number are included in the recording date / time included in the second additional information. , Each will be related programs. Therefore, it can be determined based on the first additional information or the second additional information stored in the memory whether or not the related program of the program exists in the recording medium. When it is determined that there is a related program of the program, the related program reproducing means continuously reads out the related program of the program from the recording medium in the order of the recording date and starts the reproduction of the related program.

  Further, when a skip operation is performed during playback of the program, if there is a program related to the program at the skip destination, the skip destination related program playback means plays back the skip-related program. In other words, when the skip key is pressed before the program is determined to be finished, the related program is skipped in accordance with the recording order, and the skipped related program is reproduced.

  According to this configuration, based on the first additional information indicating the program name and recording date and time related to the program, or the second additional information indicating the recording date and time, day of the week, and channel number related to the program, The related programs of the program being played can be found, and the related programs can be played continuously, and the skip-related program can be played when the skip operation is performed. become. That is, according to this configuration, even if a large number of programs are recorded on the recording medium, it is possible to easily find the related programs of the currently playing program and continuously play back the related programs. It is convenient for the user because it saves the trouble of searching for the related program of the program currently being reproduced. In addition, since it is possible to skip between related programs, it is possible to reproduce a program that the user wants to watch early among the related programs, which is convenient for the user.

  In the invention of claim 2, when it is determined that there is EPG information related to the program when the program is recorded on the recording medium, the program name included in the EPG information and the recording date and time of the program are displayed. When recording the first additional information on the recording medium and determining that there is no EPG information relating to the program, the recording date and time of the program, the day of the week, and the channel number are used as the second additional information of the program. A recording control unit for recording the program, and when reproducing the program recorded on the recording medium, when it is determined that there is first additional information related to the program, the first additional information is stored in a memory, When it is determined that there is second additional information related to the program, the second additional information is stored in the memory, and after the reproduction of the program is finished, the first additional information stored in the memory is stored. When it is determined that there is a related program of the program based on the information or the second additional information, the related program of the program is continuously played back from the recording medium, and when the skip operation is performed during playback of the program, skip Provided is an information recording / reproducing apparatus including a reproduction control unit that reproduces a skip-related program when there is a program related to the program.

  In this configuration, when the recording control unit determines that there is EPG information related to the program when the program is recorded on the recording medium, the recording control unit displays the program name included in the EPG information and the recording date and time of the program. When the program is recorded on the recording medium as the first additional information of the program and it is determined that there is no EPG information related to the program, the recording date and time of the program, the day of the week, and the channel number are used as the second additional information of the program. Record on a recording medium.

  When it is determined that the program recorded on the recording medium has the first additional information related to the program, the playback control unit stores the first additional information in the memory, and stores the first additional information related to the program. When it is determined that there is two additional information, the second additional information is stored in the memory, and after the reproduction of the program is finished, the first additional information or the second additional information stored in the memory is stored. Based on this, when it is determined that there is a related program of the program, the related program of the program is continuously reproduced from the recording medium, and when a skip operation is performed during the reproduction of the program, the related program of the program is displayed at the skip destination. If there is, the related program to be skipped is reproduced.

  According to this configuration, based on the first additional information indicating the program name and recording date and time related to the program, or the second additional information indicating the recording date and time, day of the week, and channel number related to the program, The related programs of the program being played can be found, and the related programs can be played continuously, and the skip-related program can be played when the skip operation is performed. become. That is, according to this configuration, even if a large number of programs are recorded on the recording medium, it is possible to easily find the related programs of the currently playing program and continuously play back the related programs. It is convenient for the user because it saves the trouble of searching for the related program of the program currently being reproduced. In addition, since it is possible to skip between related programs, it is possible to reproduce a program that the user wants to watch early among the related programs, which is convenient for the user.

  In the invention of claim 3, in the invention of claim 2, the recording control unit, when recording a program on the recording medium, EPG presence / absence determining means for determining whether or not there is EPG information related to the program; When it is determined that there is EPG information related to the program, the first additional information is recorded on the recording medium as the first additional information of the program, the program name included in the EPG information and the recording date and time of the program. When it is determined that there is no EPG information relating to the recording means and the program, the second additional information is recorded on the recording medium as the second additional information of the program, the recording date and time of the program, the day of the week, and the channel number. With the recording means, the related program of the program recorded on the recording medium can be searched based on the first additional information or the second additional information.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the invention, the reproduction control unit has first additional information related to the program or is related to the program at the time of reproducing the program recorded on the recording medium. Additional information determination means for determining whether there is second additional information, and when it is determined that there is first additional information related to the program, the first additional information is stored in the memory and related to the program When it is determined that the second additional information is present, additional information storage means for storing the second additional information in the memory, and whether the related program of the program is present on the recording medium after the reproduction of the program is completed. Related program presence / absence determining means for determining whether there is a related program of the program, and related program presence / absence determining means for determining whether there is a related program of the program, based on the first additional information or the second additional information stored in the memory Continue to show Related program reproducing means for reproducing from a recording medium, and skip destination related program reproducing means for reproducing a skip-related program when there is a related program of the program at the skip destination when a skip operation is performed during reproduction of the program. Therefore, based on the first additional information or the second additional information, it becomes possible to find the related program of the program that is currently being played back, and to continuously play back the related program. When operated, it becomes possible to shift to the reproduction of the skipped related program.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when a program is recorded on the recording medium, it is determined that there is EPG presence determination means for determining whether or not there is EPG information related to the program, and EPG information related to the program. The first additional information recording means for recording the program name included in the EPG information and the recording date and time of the program on the recording medium as the first additional information of the program, and EPG information related to the program. And a recording control unit having a second additional information recording unit that records the recording date and time, day of the week, and channel number of the program on the recording medium as second additional information of the program when it is determined that there is no program. In addition, when reproducing a program recorded on the recording medium, additional information for determining whether there is first additional information related to the program or second additional information related to the program The first additional information is stored in the memory when it is determined that there is first setting information related to the program and the second additional information related to the program. And additional information storage means for storing the additional information of 2 in the memory, and a first additional information stored in the memory as to whether or not there is a related program of the program on the recording medium after the reproduction of the program is completed. Related program presence / absence determining means for determining based on the information or the second additional information, and related program reproducing means for continuously reproducing the related program of the program from the recording medium when it is determined that there is a related program of the program When a skip operation is performed at the time of playback of the program, if there is a program related to the program at the skip destination, a replay having skip destination related program playback means for playing back the related program at the skip destination is performed. Since the control unit is provided, based on the first additional information indicating the program name and recording date and time related to the program, or the second additional information indicating the recording date and time and day of the week and channel number related to the program, It is possible to find related programs of the program that is currently being played, and to play these related programs continuously, and when skip operation is performed, it is possible to shift to playback of the skipped related program It becomes like this.

  That is, according to the present invention, even if a large number of programs are recorded on the recording medium, it is possible to easily find related programs of the currently playing program, and to play these related programs continuously. It is convenient for the user because it saves the trouble of searching for the related program of the program currently being reproduced. In addition, since it is possible to skip between related programs, it is possible to reproduce a program that the user wants to watch early among the related programs, which is convenient for the user.

  According to the present invention, when a program is recorded on the recording medium, when it is determined that there is EPG information related to the program, the program name included in the EPG information and the recording date and time of the program are displayed. The first additional information is recorded on the recording medium, and when it is determined that there is no EPG information related to the program, the recording date and time of the program, the day of the week, and the channel number are recorded as the second additional information of the program. A recording control unit for recording on the medium, and when the program recorded on the recording medium is reproduced, if it is determined that there is first additional information related to the program, the first additional information is stored in the memory; When it is determined that there is second additional information related to the program, the second additional information is stored in the memory, and after the reproduction of the program is finished, the first additional information stored in the memory is stored. When it is determined that there is a related program of the program based on the additional information or the second additional information, the related program of the program is continuously reproduced from the recording medium, and when the skip operation is performed when the program is reproduced, When there is a program related to the program at the skip destination, since the playback control unit for reproducing the program related to the skip destination is provided, the first additional information indicating the program name and recording date and time related to the program, or the program Based on the second additional information indicating the related recording date and time, day of the week, and channel number, it becomes possible to find the related program of the currently playing program and continuously play back the related program, Further, when a skip operation is performed, it is possible to shift to playback of a skip-related related program.

  That is, according to the present invention, even if a large number of programs are recorded on the recording medium, it is possible to easily find related programs of the currently playing program, and to play these related programs continuously. It is convenient for the user because it saves the trouble of searching for the related program of the program currently being reproduced. In addition, since it is possible to skip between related programs, it is possible to reproduce a program that the user wants to watch early among the related programs, which is convenient for the user.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a composite recording / reproducing apparatus as an information recording / reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, as the information recording / reproducing apparatus, a description will be given of a composite recording / reproducing apparatus of an optical disc apparatus and a hard disk apparatus, but an information recording / reproducing apparatus including an optical disk apparatus or a hard disk apparatus may be used.

  The composite recording / reproducing apparatus 1 includes an optical disk apparatus 2 that is a DVD recorder that records / reproduces information with respect to a DVD (digital versatile disk) 13 as an optical disk, and an HD (hard disk) 14 that stores information. A hard disk device 3 as an HDD (hard disk drive) that performs recording / reproduction, a tuner 4 that receives a TV broadcast signal from an antenna (not shown), selects a TV broadcast signal of a desired channel, and outputs it as a video / audio signal; A decoder 5 for decoding a video / audio signal output from the optical disk device 2 or the hard disk device 3, a flash ROM 6 for storing a broadcast channel that can be received by the tuner 4 and a program necessary for the operation of the system controller 10, and the like. Video decoded by decoder 5 A video output unit 7 that converts the video signal into a video signal that can be displayed by the television receiver 12, and an audio output unit 8 that converts the audio signal decoded by the decoder 5 into an audio signal that can be output by the television receiver 12. The remote control receiving unit receives various infrared light command signals transmitted from the remote controller 11, converts the received infrared light command signals into electrical signal command signals, and inputs the command signals to the system controller 10. 9 and the system controller 10 for controlling the entire apparatus.

  As a feature of the present embodiment, when the program is recorded on a recording medium (HD14 or DVD13), the system controller 10 has an EPG presence / absence determination unit that determines whether or not there is EPG information related to the program, and an EPG related to the program. First additional information recording means for recording, on the recording medium, the program name included in the EPG information and the recording date and time of the program as first additional information of the program when it is determined that there is information; A second additional information recording means for recording, when it is determined that there is no EPG information relating to the program, the recording date and time of the program, the day of the week, and the channel number as the second additional information of the program on the recording medium; The recording control unit 101 is provided.

  Further, when reproducing the program recorded on the recording medium, the system controller 10 determines whether there is first additional information related to the program or second additional information related to the program. When it is determined that the first additional information related to the program and the determination means is present, the first additional information is stored in the flash ROM 6, and when it is determined that the second additional information related to the program is present The additional information storage means for storing the second additional information in the flash ROM 6 and the first information stored in the flash ROM 6 as to whether or not the related program of the program exists in the recording medium after the reproduction of the program ends. The related program presence / absence determining means for determining based on the additional information or the second additional information, and when it is determined that there is a related program of the program, the related program of the program is continuously selected. Related program reproducing means for reproducing from a recording medium, and skip destination related program reproducing means for reproducing a skip-related program when there is a related program of the program at the skip destination when a skip operation is performed during reproduction of the program. The reproduction control unit 102 is provided.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining additional information recording processing performed when a program is recorded in the present embodiment. The additional information recording process performed when the program is recorded will be described with reference to this flowchart and FIG. Here, an additional information recording process performed when a program is recorded on the hard disk will be described.

  When a recording instruction is given when the current time by a clock means (not shown) becomes a recording start time by a recording reservation (recording reservation) of a timer (not shown), or when a recording instruction is given by pressing a recording key of the remote controller 11 The system controller 10 detects that a recording instruction has been given (step S1), causes the hard disk device 3 to perform a recording operation, and starts recording a program on the HD (hard disk) 14 (step S2).

  Then, the EPG presence / absence determining means of the recording control unit 101 in the system controller 10 determines whether or not there is EPG information related to the program (step S3). If the EPG information is included in the TV broadcast signal and this EPG information can be received, it is determined that there is EPG information related to the program, but the EPG information is included in the TV broadcast signal. However, when it is impossible to receive this EPG information, or when the EPG information is not included in the television broadcast signal, it is determined that there is no EPG information related to the program.

  When it is determined that there is EPG information related to the program, the first additional information recording unit of the recording control unit 101 determines the program name included in the EPG information related to the program and the recording date and time (recording date and time) of the program. The first additional information of the program is recorded on the HD 14 via the hard disk device 3 (step S4). Then, when the recording of the program is finished (step S6), this process is finished.

  When it is determined that there is no EPG information related to the program, the second additional information recording means of the recording control unit 102 sets the recording date / time (recording date / time), day of the week, and channel number of the program to the second of the program. The additional information is recorded on the HD 14 via the hard disk device 3 (step S5). Then, when the recording of the program is finished (step S6), this process is finished.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining processing when reproducing a related program in the present embodiment. With reference to this flowchart and FIG. 1, processing for reproducing a related program will be described. Here, it is assumed that the program and the first additional information or the second additional information are recorded on the HD 14 by the recording process as described in FIG.

  First, the play list key of the remote controller 11 is pressed to display a play list on the television receiver 12, and when a desired program is selected from the play list by the remote controller 11, the play control unit in the system controller 10 is determined. The skip destination related program playback means 102 detects that the playback has been instructed (step N1), causes the hard disk device 3 to perform playback, and starts playback of the program recorded on the HD 14 (step N2).

  When the program is played back, the additional information determination unit of the playback control unit 102 determines whether there is first additional information indicating the program name and recording date and time related to the program, or the recording date and time and day of the week related to the program. It is determined whether there is second additional information indicating the channel number (steps N3 and N4). When it is determined that there is first additional information related to the program, the additional information storage means of the reproduction control unit 102 stores the first additional information in the flash ROM 6 (step N5), and the program is related to the program. When it is determined that there is the second additional information, the additional information storage means stores the second additional information in the flash ROM 6 (step N6).

  After the reproduction of the program is completed (step N7 or step N8), the related program presence / absence determining means of the reproduction control unit 102 stores in the flash ROM 6 whether the related program of the program is in the HD 14 or not. The determination is made based on the first additional information or the second additional information (step N9). That is, programs having the same program name included in the first additional information are related programs, respectively, and the recording time, day of the week, and channel number are the same among the recording dates and times included in the second additional information. Are related programs. Therefore, it can be determined based on the first additional information or the second additional information stored in the flash ROM 6 whether the related program of the program is in the HD 14.

  When it is determined that there is a related program of the program, the related program playback means of the playback control unit 102 controls the hard disk device 3 to read the related program of the program from the HD 14 in the order of the recording date and time. Is started (step N10). Then, the processes of steps N3 to N10 are repeated until the playback of all related programs is completed (step N11). When the playback of all the related programs is completed, this process ends. If the program reproduced in step N2 is, for example, the first episode of a continuous drama, the program reproduced in step N10 is the second episode of the continuous drama. Further, if the program reproduced in step N2 is, for example, the second episode of a continuous drama, the program reproduced in step N10 is the third episode of the continuous drama. If the program reproduced in step N2 is the nth episode of the continuous drama, setting the episode to start with the number of episodes of the continuous drama can be freely performed by a skip operation.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no related program (step N9), and then a playback instruction is given (step N12), the playback control unit 102 of the system controller 10 records the recording date and time next to the recording date and time of the program. Reproduction of the program is started (step N13). That is, the playback control unit 102 plays back the program recorded on the HD 14 next to the program, although it is not related to the program. Thereafter, the process returns to step N3 and the same processing is performed.

  When a skip operation is performed during playback of the program, if there is a related program of the program at the skip destination, the skip destination related program playback means of the playback control unit 102 plays back the skip destination related program. That is, if the skip key (forward skip key or reverse skip key) of the remote controller 11 is pressed before it is determined that the program is finished, the related program is skipped according to the recording order or the reverse recording order. The related program to be skipped is reproduced.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, even if a large number of programs are recorded on the hard disk, it is possible to easily find related programs of the currently playing program and continuously play back the related programs. As a result, it is convenient for the user to save the trouble of searching for the related program of the program currently being reproduced. In addition, since it is possible to skip between related programs, it is possible to reproduce a program that the user wants to watch early among the related programs, which is convenient for the user.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the recording medium is a hard disk has been described. However, even when the recording medium is a DVD, related programs of the currently playing program can be easily found and the related programs can be continuously found. Since it can be played back, it is convenient for the user to save the trouble of searching for the related program of the program currently being played back. In addition, since it is possible to skip between related programs, it is possible to reproduce a program that the user wants to watch early among the related programs, which is convenient for the user.

  The present invention relates to a related program among programs recorded on a recording medium in an information recording / reproducing apparatus such as a hard disk recorder (hard disk apparatus), a DVD recorder (optical disk apparatus), or a combined recording / reproducing apparatus of a hard disk recorder and a DVD recorder. It can be used as a function for playing back.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the composite type | mold recording / reproducing apparatus as an information recording / reproducing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the recording process of the additional information performed when recording a program in the said embodiment. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process at the time of reproducing | regenerating a related program in the said embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

4 Tuner 6 Flash ROM (memory)
13 DVD (recording medium)
14 HD (recording medium)
101 Recording control unit 102 Playback control unit

Claims (4)

Information that has a tuner that receives and selects a TV broadcast signal, and that records a program selected by the tuner and other information on a recording medium, and reproduces information recorded on the recording medium In the recording / reproducing apparatus,
When the program is recorded on the recording medium, it is included in the EPG information when it is determined that there is EPG presence determination means for determining whether or not there is EPG information related to the program and EPG information related to the program. A first additional information recording means for recording the program name and the recording date and time of the program on the recording medium as the first additional information of the program; and when it is determined that there is no EPG information related to the program A recording control unit having a second additional information recording unit that records the recording date and time, day of the week, and channel number on the recording medium as second additional information of the program,
Additional information determination means for determining whether there is first additional information related to the program or second additional information related to the program when the program recorded on the recording medium is reproduced; When it is determined that there is related first additional information, the first additional information is stored in the memory, and when it is determined that there is second additional information related to the program, the second additional information is stored in the memory. And additional information storage means for storing the first additional information or second additional information stored in the memory as to whether or not there is a related program of the program on the recording medium after the reproduction of the program ends. Related program presence / absence determining means for determining based on the program, related program reproducing means for continuously reproducing the related program of the program from the recording medium when it is determined that there is a related program of the program, The Information recording / reproduction comprising a reproduction control unit having skip destination related program reproduction means for reproducing the skip destination related program when there is a program related to the program at the skip destination apparatus. Information that has a tuner that receives and selects a TV broadcast signal, and that records a program selected by the tuner and other information on a recording medium, and reproduces information recorded on the recording medium In the recording / reproducing apparatus,
When it is determined that there is EPG information related to the program when the program is recorded on the recording medium, the program name included in the EPG information and the recording date and time of the program are used as the first additional information of the program. A recording control unit for recording on the recording medium and recording the recording date / time, day of the week, and channel number of the program on the recording medium as second additional information of the program when it is determined that there is no EPG information related to the program; As well as
When the program recorded on the recording medium is reproduced, when it is determined that there is first additional information related to the program, the first additional information is stored in the memory, and the second additional information related to the program is stored. When it is determined that there is, the second additional information is stored in the memory, and after the reproduction of the program is completed, the program is based on the first additional information or the second additional information stored in the memory. When it is determined that there is a related program of the program, the related program of the program is continuously played back from the recording medium, and when the skip operation is performed during the playback of the program, An information recording / reproducing apparatus comprising a reproduction control unit for reproducing the related program.   When the recording control unit determines that there is EPG information relating to the program, and EPG presence / absence determining means for determining whether or not there is EPG information relating to the program when the program is recorded on the recording medium, It is determined that there is no EPG information relating to the first additional information recording means for recording the program name included in the EPG information and the recording date and time of the program on the recording medium as the first additional information of the program. 3. A second additional information recording means for recording the recording date and time, day of the week, and channel number of the program on the recording medium as second additional information of the program. The information recording / reproducing apparatus described.   The reproduction control unit determines whether there is first additional information related to the program or second additional information related to the program when reproducing the program recorded on the recording medium. And when it is determined that there is first additional information related to the program, the first additional information is stored in the memory, and when it is determined that there is second additional information related to the program, the second additional information is stored. Additional information storage means for storing the additional information in the memory, and first additional information stored in the memory as to whether there is a related program of the program in the recording medium after the reproduction of the program is completed Or a related program presence / absence determining unit that is determined based on the second additional information, and a related program reproducing unit that continuously reproduces the related program of the program from the recording medium when it is determined that there is a related program of the program. This The skip destination related program reproducing means for reproducing the skip related program when the skip operation is performed when the program is played, and there is a related program of the program at the skip destination. Information recording / reproducing apparatus.

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