JP4751231B2 - Broadcast recording apparatus and broadcast recording method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a broadcast recording apparatus, and more particularly to a broadcast recording apparatus and a broadcast recording method for automatically detecting a new program and making an automatic recording reservation.

  As is well known, a broadcast recording apparatus such as a hard disk recorder can record and reproduce a large-capacity broadcast. Along with this, there is a demand to make reservation setting more easily.

Patent Document 1 discloses a function of identifying a program using series identification information in a digital broadcast program.
JP 2005-278096 A

  However, in Patent Document 1 described above, there is a problem that, for example, it is not possible to determine whether the target program is a new program unless series identification information is given from the broadcast signal side.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a broadcast recording apparatus and a broadcast recording method for automatically recognizing that a target program is a new program and automatically making a recording reservation.

One embodiment for solving the problem is:
A tuner unit that receives a broadcast signal, demodulates the broadcast signal, and outputs a program signal;
A recording unit for recording the program signal from the tuner unit on a recording medium;
When the program information of the broadcast signal is acquired and the text information of the program name included in the program information includes “new”, or the program name included in the program information includes the number of stories. A new program determination unit for determining that the program name is a new program when the number constituting the number of stories is 1 or one or a character representing the first time including the first ,
The As soon as the new program determining section determines that the new program, to reserve recording of the new program, the program name of the new program as a keyword, searches the from the program information of the new program in the same series program, in the search results A scheduled recording unit for controlling the recording unit to perform scheduled recording of programs included in the same series ,
A broadcast recording apparatus comprising:

  With the above-described configuration, a broadcast recording apparatus capable of automatically recording and reproducing a new program without complicated operations by automatically recognizing and reserving a new program from a TV program guide be able to.

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

<Broadcast Recording Apparatus According to One Embodiment of the Present Invention>
(Constitution)
First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a broadcast recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The broadcast recording apparatus 10 in FIG. 1 has two types of disk drive units. First, it has an optical disk drive unit 19 that rotationally drives an optical disk D as a first medium, which is an information recording medium capable of constructing a video file, and executes reading and writing of information. Further, it has a hard disk drive unit 18 for driving a hard disk as a second medium. The control unit 30 is connected to each unit via a data bus so as to control the overall operation.

  Also, the broadcast recording apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 has as its main components an encoder section 21 that constitutes a recording side, an MPEG decoder section 23 that constitutes a playback side, and a control section 30 that controls the operation of the apparatus body. The broadcast recording apparatus 10 includes an input-side selector 16 and an output-side selector 17, and the input-side selector 16 includes a communication unit 11 such as a LAN and a so-called satellite broadcast (BS / CS) tuner unit. 12 and a so-called terrestrial tuner unit 13 are connected to output a signal to the encoder unit 21. The BS / CS tuner unit 12 is connected to a satellite antenna, and the terrestrial tuner unit 13 is connected to a terrestrial antenna. The broadcast recording apparatus 10 also includes an encoder unit 21, a data editing unit 20 that receives an output from the encoder unit 21 and performs desired data processing such as data editing, a hard disk drive unit 18 connected to the data editing unit 20, and an optical disk A drive unit 19 is provided. Furthermore, the broadcast recording apparatus 10 includes an MPEG decoder unit 23 that receives and decodes signals from the hard disk drive unit 18 and the optical disc drive unit 19, an encoder unit 21, a buffer unit 22, an MPEG decoder unit 23, a multiplexing unit 28, and a separation unit. Unit 29, control unit 30, reserved recording unit / new program determination unit / final round determination unit 42, and program table generation unit 43 that generates a reservation list and program table image. Each of these units is connected to the control unit 30 via a data bus. Further, the output of the selector unit 17 is connected to the external receiver 41 or supplied to the external device via the interface unit 27 that communicates with the external device.

  Further, the broadcast recording apparatus 10 includes an operation unit 32 that is connected to the control unit 30 via a data bus and receives a user operation or a remote control R operation. Here, the remote controller is capable of almost the same operation as the operation unit 32 provided in the main body of the broadcast recording apparatus 10, and performs recording / playback instructions, editing instructions, and editing instructions for the hard disk drive unit 18 and the optical disk drive unit 19. Various settings such as operation of a tuner and setting of scheduled recording are possible.

(Operation)
Basic Operation In the broadcast recording apparatus 10 having such a configuration, taking an example of an optical disk, an outline of the reproduction process and the recording process will be described. An optical disk D rotated at a predetermined speed under the control of the control unit 30 is: Laser light is irradiated, the reflected light is detected by an optical pickup, and a detection signal based on this is output. Based on this detection signal, an RF signal is generated, and a reproduction process is performed following the data reading process.

  In the optical disc recording process, data supplied through the selector unit 16 via an input unit (not shown), for example, is supplied to the encoder unit 21 and encoded and output under the control of the control unit 30. In accordance with the coded output and the output of the control unit 30, the drive current of the laser driver is supplied to the optical pickup, and the recording process is performed by irradiating the storage area of the optical disc D.

-Recording process etc. Next, operation | movement of the broadcast recording apparatus 10 which has such a structure is demonstrated in detail. First, the operation during recording will be described in detail, including other embodiments. As an input side of the broadcast recording apparatus 10, a communication unit 11 such as a LAN is connected to an external device and communicates with a program information providing server S or the like via a communication path such as the Internet via a modem M or the like. , Download content information, etc. The BS / CS tuner unit 12 and the terrestrial tuner unit 13 select a broadcast signal via an antenna, demodulate it, and input a video signal and an audio signal, and support a wide variety of broadcast signals. For example, it covers terrestrial analog broadcasting, terrestrial digital broadcasting, BS analog broadcasting, BS digital broadcasting, CS digital broadcasting, and the like, but is not limited thereto. Also, it is not always necessary to provide only one. For example, it has two or more tuners for terrestrial analog broadcasting and two or more BS / CS tuners, and functions in parallel in accordance with the reservation recording request. This includes cases where

  The communication unit 11 may be an IEEE 1394 interface, and can receive digital content from an external device on the network. It is also possible to receive a luminance signal, a color difference signal, a video signal such as a composite, and an audio signal from an input end (not shown). These inputs are controlled by the selector 16 controlled by the control unit 30 and the like, and are selectively supplied to the encoder unit 21.

  The encoder unit 21 includes a video and audio analog-to-digital converter that digitizes an analog video signal and an analog audio signal input by the selector 16, a video encoder, and an audio encoder. Furthermore, a sub-picture encoder is also included. The output of the encoder unit 21 is converted into a predetermined compression format such as MPEG and supplied to the previous control unit 30.

  The BS / CS tuner 12 or the like is not necessarily built in, but is externally attached via the data input terminal, and the received digital signal is supplied to the encoder unit 21 and the control unit 30 via the selector unit 16. It is also suitable to do.

  Here, the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 sends information encoded by the encoder unit 21 (pack of video, audio, sub-picture data, etc.) and created management information via the control unit 30 to the hard disk drive unit 18 or the optical disk drive unit. 19 and can be recorded on the hard disk drive 18 or the optical disk D. Information recorded on the hard disk drive unit 18 or the optical disk D can also be recorded on the optical disk D or the hard disk drive unit 18 via the control unit 30 and the optical disk drive unit 19.

Editing processing etc. The data editing unit 20 performs editing processing such as deleting a part of video objects of a plurality of programs recorded on the hard disk drive unit 18 or the optical disc D or connecting objects of different programs. You can also.

・ Reproduction processing, etc.
Next, a process for reproducing recorded information will be described in detail including other embodiments. The MPEG decoder unit 23 includes a video processor that appropriately synthesizes the decoded sub-video with the decoded main video, and outputs a menu, a highlight button, subtitles, and other sub-videos superimposed on the main video.

  The output audio signal of the MPEG decoder unit 23 is analog-converted by a digital / analog converter (not shown) via the selector unit 17 and supplied to the speaker, or is supplied to an external device via the I / F unit 27. The selector unit 17 is controlled by a select signal from the control unit 30. Accordingly, the selector unit 17 can directly select a signal that has passed through the encoder unit 21 when directly monitoring the digital signals from the tuner units 12 and 13.

-Reservation recording process Next, based on the electronic program information acquired from the communication part 11 etc., a recording reservation process is possible according to the program specified by operation of the user's remote control R etc. Based on the reserved scheduled recording information, the control unit 30 and the scheduled recording unit 42 function to demodulate the program information received by the BS / CS tuner unit 12 or the terrestrial tuner unit 13 at the reserved time. The signal is recorded (reserved video recording) on the hard disk drive 18, for example, through an encoding process by the encoder 21 or the like.

  The broadcast recording apparatus 10 of this embodiment has a comprehensive function as described above, and performs recording / reproduction processing by the optical disc D or the hard disk drive unit 18 for many sources. Next, the reservation recording process of the broadcast recording apparatus 10 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

<Example of New Program Reservation Process / Final Time Determination Process of Broadcast Recording Apparatus According to One Embodiment of the Present Invention>
Next, a new program determination process, a final round determination process, and the like of the broadcast recording apparatus 10 will be described in detail below with reference to flowcharts.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of a series new program reservation registration process in the broadcast recording apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of processing at the end of the series new program. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a process for automatically ending a series reservation. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a new program determination process. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the final determination process. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of series reservation registration. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of processing for determining whether or not all series programs are prepared. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a program guide. FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing an example of the automatic recording setting screen. FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing an example of a display screen for automatic recording of new programs. FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing an example of a display screen for notifying completion of series recording. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a display screen that notifies the completion of the final recording. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the number-of-speech determination process in the series reservation setting. FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the number-of-story determination process in the series reservation setting.

(Automatic reservation registration process for new programs recorded in series: Fig. 2 and Fig. 9)
First, automatic reservation registration processing of a new program for series recording, which is a function of the reservation recording unit, new program determination unit, and final round determination unit 42, will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 and the program table of FIG.

  First, in the operation of the reserved recording unit / new program determination unit / final times determination unit 42, one program data is acquired from the program table as shown in FIG. 9 and held (step S11). Next, as a function of the reserved recording unit, new program determination unit, and final round determination unit 42, it is determined whether the program data is a new program with respect to the obtained program data. If it is not a program, the process proceeds to step S13 (step S12).

  If it is a new program, the process proceeds to step S14, where the program name is automatically registered as a series reservation setting with a keyword (step S14). Thus, the user can reliably record the new program without performing troublesome new program setting processing.

  Also, these steps S11 and S12 are processed for all program data in the program table as shown in FIG. 9, and are completed when all the program data is completed (step S13).

(Judgment process at the end of watching the series recording: Fig. 3)
Next, description will be made with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 of the determination processing at the end of viewing of the series recording, which is the function of the reserved recording unit, new program determination unit, and final round determination unit 42.

  The determination process at the end of viewing of series recording refers to a process performed when a user plays a title for viewing and performs it until the end of the title or presses a stop button. It is checked whether or not the title is a program recorded in the series new program automatic reservation registration (step S21). If it is determined that the title is recorded in the series new program automatic reservation registration, the process proceeds to step S22. It is checked whether or not the user has determined whether to automatically record the series recorded automatically (step S22). If not, the process proceeds to step S23, and if determined, the process is terminated.

As shown in FIG. 11, in order to inform the user that the title has been recorded in the new program automatic reservation registration on the alert screen, and to ask whether or not the automatically recorded title can be recorded in the future. , “Reservation setting deletion”, “Judgment hold”, and “Reservation setting continuation” are shown (step S23). Here, if “reservation setting deletion” is selected, the process proceeds to step S27.
Otherwise, the process proceeds to step S25, and if “reservation setting continuation” is selected, the process proceeds to step S27.

That is, if “reservation setting deletion” is set, the corresponding series reservation setting is deleted (step S27), and all the titles recorded with the corresponding series reservation setting are deleted (step S28).

  If “reservation setting continuation” is set (step S25), the determined information is added to the series reservation setting (step S26).

  By performing such processing, it is possible to arbitrarily continue or end the series recording.

  Once “continue reservation setting” is set (that is, when an instruction signal is received to play a recorded program by recording reservation and continue to record this program continuously), the program continues thereafter. An embodiment in which “continuation of reservation setting” continues without displaying a question screen as to whether or not to continue recording recording is also preferable.

(Series recording reservation automatic end processing: FIGS. 4, 12, and 13)
Next, description will be made with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4 of the series recording reservation automatic end process, which is the function of the reservation recording section, new program determination section, and final round determination section 42. First, at the end of recording the title, it is checked whether it is a program recorded by the series new program automatic reservation registration (step S31). If it is determined that the program has been recorded in the series new program automatic reservation registration, the process proceeds to step S32 to ask whether it is the last time (step S32).

  If it is the last time, it is checked whether or not the last story was recorded in the series new program automatic reservation registration (step S33).

  If it has been recorded, the process proceeds to step S34. If the recording cannot be confirmed, the process proceeds to step S35. Otherwise it ends.

  In step S33, the number of episodes up to the final episode is checked, and it is checked whether all episodes from the first episode to the final episode are complete (step S33). If all the episodes are complete, the process proceeds to step S34. move on.

  If you can confirm from the first episode to the last episode, notify the user of the recorded series name, the number of broadcasts, and that all episodes have been recorded on the screen as shown in Fig. 12 at the next system startup, and delete the corresponding series reservation setting. (Step S34). On the other hand, if it is not possible to confirm from the first episode to the final episode, it is only to notify that the final episode has been recorded on the screen as shown in FIG. 13, and the reserved recording is not terminated (step S35). In FIG. 13, it is only necessary to notify that the last story has been recorded, or to further notify that recording has been continued because there was something that could not be recorded in another story (all stories could not be recorded). Is also suitable.

(New program determination processing: FIG. 5)
Next, a new program determination process, which is a function of the reserved recording unit, new program determination unit, and final round determination unit 42, will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, the character string information of the program name is stored (step S41). Then, it is determined whether or not “new” is included in the character string information of the program name (step S42), and if it is included, it is determined that the program is a new program (step S44).

  In step S42, even if “new” is not included in the character string information of the program name, the number of stories is included in the program name, and the numbers constituting the number of stories are first, such as 1, 1, first, etc. If it is a character representing, the program is judged to be a new program, and the process proceeds to step S44.

  If nothing is included in steps S42 and S43, it is determined that the program is not a new program.

(Final program determination: Fig. 6)
Next, the final program determination process, which is the function of the reserved recording unit, new program determination unit, and final time determination unit 42, will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
First, the character string information of the program name is stored (step S51). Then, it is determined whether or not “end” is included in the character string information of the program name (step S52). If it is included, it is determined that the program is the last program (step S54). Here, even if “End” is not included in the program name character string information, if the program name character string information includes the number of stories representing the end, such as the final story, the process proceeds to step S54. The final program is determined (step S54).

  If nothing is included in steps S52 and S53, it is determined that the program is not a new program.

(Series reservation registration: Fig. 7 and Fig. 14)
Next, the series reservation registration process, which is the function of the reservation recording unit, new program determination unit, and final round determination unit 42, will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7 and the explanatory diagram of FIG.
FIG. 14 is a diagram simulating the series reservation registration process. First, a title of the same series as the title of the series reservation setting that matches the conditions of the series reservation setting is searched from the program table (step S61). Then, the number of stories is extracted from the searched titles of the same series (step S62). Here, it is checked whether or not the series reservation setting holds the number-of-story information (step S63). If the series reservation setting already holds the number-of-speech information, the process proceeds to step S64, and if not, the process proceeds to step S65.

  If the series reservation setting already holds the number-of-speech information, as shown in FIG. 14, automatic reservation registration is performed and the process ends (step S64). When the reserved recording can be actually executed, the program name information is stored as the recording history information at the end of the recording.

  If the series reservation setting does not hold the talk number information, the series reservation setting holds the talk number information in the series reservation setting (step S65), and completes automatic reservation registration (step S64).

  With respect to the reserved recording of the series program registered in step S64, there is a possibility that recording is not possible depending on the device status at the time of program broadcasting, for example, the device power supply is not supplied. In other words, although the number-of-talks information is always retained, it should be taken into account that there are missing times when the execution of the series recording itself may fail.

(Determination process of whether or not the program is complete: FIGS. 8 and 15)
Next, description will be made with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 8 and the explanatory diagram of FIG. 15 of the process of determining whether or not the program is complete, which is the function of the reserved recording unit, new program determination unit, and final round determination unit 42.
First, as shown in FIG. 15, it is checked whether or not there is a recorded title that matches the talk number information from the talk number information: w [i] (0 ≦ i <W) held in the series reservation setting ( Step S71).

Initialize for that. Then, the series name: s [j] and the number of stories: w [j] are extracted from the recorded title (step S72).

  Here, it is checked whether or not the series name: s [j] meets the series reservation setting. If they match, the process proceeds to step S74, and if they do not match, the process proceeds to step S75.

  Whether the number of stories: w [i] and the number of stories: w [j] match is checked (step S74). If they match, the process proceeds to step S77, and if not, the process proceeds to step S75.

  If the number of stories: w [i] and the number of stories: w [j] match, i = i + 1 is set, and the next story number information is prepared (step S77).

  If i = W, it can be said that there are recorded titles corresponding to all the number-of-story information, and the process proceeds to step S79. If not, the process proceeds to step S72 in order to search for a recorded title corresponding to the number of stories prepared in step S77.

  In step S79, it is checked whether the number of stories is a serial number. If the number of stories is a continuous number, it is determined that all the numbers are prepared (step S80). If the number of stories is a jump value, it is determined that not all stories are available (step S81).

  In this way, by automatically recording a new program that the user has not noticed, even if you are interested in the program in the middle of the series, you can watch all, including past broadcast times. it can.

  In addition, special information in the program information is not used as a judgment material, but character information such as a program name, characters, and a program description included in the program information is used as the judgment material. It becomes possible.

  With the various embodiments described above, those skilled in the art can realize the present invention. However, it is easy for those skilled in the art to come up with various modifications of these embodiments, and have the inventive ability. It is possible to apply to various embodiments at least. Therefore, the present invention covers a wide range consistent with the disclosed principle and novel features, and is not limited to the above-described embodiments.

The block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows an example of the reservation registration process of the series new program in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows an example of the process at the time of completion | finish of the series new program in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows an example of the process of the automatic completion | finish of the series reservation in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows an example of the determination process of the new program in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows an example of the determination process of the last round in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows an example of the series reservation registration in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows an example in the process which determines whether all the series programs are gathered in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the program table in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the automatic video recording setting screen in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the display screen of the new program automatic video recording in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the display screen which notifies completion of series video recording in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the display screen which notifies completion of the last video recording in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the talk number judgment process in the series reservation setting in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the talk number judgment process in the series reservation setting in the broadcast recording apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Communication part, 12 ... BS / CS tuner part, 13 ... Terrestrial tuner part, 18 ... Hard disk drive part, 19 ... Optical disk drive part, 20 ... Data editing part, 21 ... Encoder part, 22 ... Buffer part, 23 ... MPEG decoder unit, 24 ... audio video processing unit, 26 ... display, 27 ... I / F unit, 28 ... multiplexing unit, 29 ... demultiplexing unit, 30 ... control unit, 32 ... operation unit, 33 ... display unit, R ... Remote controller 42... Reserved recording unit / new program determination unit / final round determination unit 43.

Claims (13)

A tuner unit that receives a broadcast signal, demodulates the broadcast signal, and outputs a program signal;
A recording unit for recording the program signal from the tuner unit on a recording medium;
When the program information of the broadcast signal is acquired, and “new” is included in the character information of the program name included in the program information, or the number of stories is included in the character information of the program name included in the program information A new program determination unit that determines that the program name is a new program when the number constituting the number of stories is 1 or one or a character representing the first time including the first ,
The As soon as the new program determining section determines that the new program, to reserve recording of the new program, the program name of the new program as a keyword, searches the from the program information of the new program in the same series program, in the search results A scheduled recording unit for controlling the recording unit to perform scheduled recording of programs included in the same series ,
A broadcast recording apparatus comprising: When the character information of the program name included in the program information includes “End”, or when the character information of the program name included in the program information includes information indicating the final story or the end, A final program determination unit that determines that the program is a one-time program;
The reserved recording unit controls the recording unit to delete the reservation setting of the reserved recording of the program of the same series after the final program determination unit determines the final program included in the program of the same series. The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 1.   When the recording reservation information is continuously recorded in the recording reservation information, the reserved recording unit reproduces a recorded program by the recording reservation and receives an instruction signal to continue recording the program continuously. The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reservation recording process corresponding to a typical recording reservation is continued.   The continuous recording unit, when continuous recording reservation is made in the recording reservation information, plays a recorded program by the recording reservation and receives an instruction signal not to continue recording this program continuously, The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the scheduled recording setting for performing a scheduled recording is deleted and the recorded title is deleted.   5. The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when a continuous recording reservation is made in the recording reservation information, the reservation recording unit deletes all the titles of the series recorded by the recording reservation. .   The reserved recording unit reproduces a program that has been recorded by the recording reservation and receives an instruction signal to continue recording this program continuously. Thereafter, the reservation recording unit displays a question screen as to whether or not to continue recording this program. 4. The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the broadcast recording apparatus is not displayed.   The reserved recording unit, when continuous recording reservation is made in the recording reservation information, when detecting the recorded program information of the last time with reference to the recorded program information by the recording reservation, 2. The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the continuous recording reservation is deleted and the reservation recording processing is terminated.   The reservation recording unit refers to the recorded program information by the recording reservation when the continuous recording reservation is made in the recording reservation information, and records the recorded program information of all stories including the last episode. 2. The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when detected, the broadcast recording apparatus displays that all the stories including the last episode have been recorded and that the reservation recording process is to be terminated.   The reserved recording unit, when continuous recording reservations are made in the recording reservation information, when the last recorded program information could not be detected with reference to the recorded program information by the recording reservation 2. The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the continuous recording reservation process is not terminated.   When the continuous recording reservation is made in the recording reservation information, the reservation recording unit refers to the recorded program information by the recording reservation, and the entire series of the continuous recording reservation is recorded. 2. The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when there is no recording, a message indicating that the last episode has been recorded and that no entire story has been recorded is displayed.   In the case where continuous recording reservations are made in the recording reservation information, the reservation recording unit determines whether or not the last time is included in the program information of the broadcast signal by “ending” or “ending” in the program information 2. The broadcast recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast recording apparatus performs the process according to whether or not a similar phrase can be detected. When the program information of the broadcast signal is acquired, and “new” is included in the character information of the program name included in the program information, or the number of stories is included in the program name included in the program information. If the number constituting the number is 1 or one or the first letter including the first, the program name is determined to be a new program ,
If the new program is determined, the new program is reserved for recording, the program name of the new program is used as a keyword, the program information is searched for the same series as the new program, and the same series is determined based on the search result. A broadcast recording method comprising performing reserved recording of a program included therein . When the character information of the program name included in the program information includes “End”, or when the character information of the program name included in the program information includes information indicating the final story or the end, It is determined that the program is
13. The broadcast recording method according to claim 12, wherein after the final program included in the same series of programs is determined, the reserved recording reservation setting for the same series of programs is deleted.

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