JP5049741B2 - Playback apparatus and program guide display method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a playback apparatus and a program guide display method .

  In recent years, an information recording / reproducing apparatus has been developed that converts received broadcast signals into digital data, stores them in a storage medium such as a hard disk or an optical disk, and reproduces them as necessary. Such an information recording / reproducing apparatus can acquire and use electronic program guide data from a broadcast signal or from a network.

Patent Document 1 describes a receiving apparatus that automatically selects the same program as a program viewed a predetermined number of days ago (for example, one week ago or one day ago) using an electronic program guide. In this receiving apparatus, when the channel and program name of the program currently being broadcast are the same as the channel and program name of the program viewed at the same time as the current time a predetermined number of days ago, the automatic channel selection instruction operation is Enabled. When the last week key provided on the remote control is pressed, the broadcast station (channel) of the program that was viewed at the same time as the current time in the last week is automatically selected.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-295386 (paragraph 0036, FIG. 4)

  In the receiving apparatus described in Patent Document 1, the same broadcast station as that of last week is automatically selected, and it becomes possible to view a program continued from last week. However, it is impossible to present related program information of the viewed program to the user or related program organization information to the user.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a playback apparatus and a program guide display method capable of presenting information related to a played program.

A playback device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a playback unit that plays back a recorded program stored in a storage medium, a program guide management unit that manages program guide information, and when playback of the recorded program by the playback unit stops. Related program detecting means for detecting information of related programs of the recorded program from the program guide information, operation support screen generating means for generating an operation support screen for presenting menu items including information on the related programs, and the operation Support screen display means for displaying the operation support screen generated by the support screen generation means, and when a menu item including information on the related program is selected on the operation support screen, a program table including the related program is displayed. And when the related program of the recorded program is not detected by the related program detecting unit, the operation support screen generating unit is configured to display the recorded program. Broadcasting channel, broadcasting day of the week, generates an operation support screen that presents a menu item that contains the information of the broadcast start time, the program table display means for displaying the program guide containing the recorded program.
In the program guide display method according to another embodiment of the present invention, the recorded program stored in the storage medium is played back by the playback means, and when the playback of the recorded program by the playback means stops, it is managed by the program guide management means. Information related to the recorded program is detected by related program detection means from program guide information, and an operation support screen for presenting menu items including the detected related program information is generated, and the generated operation support screen is displayed. When a menu item including information on the related program is selected on the operation support screen, a program table including the related program is displayed, and the related program of the recorded program is displayed by the related program detecting means. If not detected, the operation support screen presents a menu item including information on the broadcast channel, broadcast date and time, and program name of the related program, and the program guide displays the recorded program. Is a program guide that contains.

  According to the reproducing apparatus of the present invention, the operation support screen that presents the menu item including the information of the related program detected by the related program detection unit is generated by the operation support screen generation unit, and the generated operation support screen is displayed by the display unit. Therefore, information related to the reproduced program can be presented.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information recording / reproducing apparatus (program reproducing apparatus) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus of FIG. 1 includes a microcomputer block 30, an encoder unit 50, and a decoder unit 60.

  The microcomputer block 30 has an MPU (micro processing unit) or a CPU (central processing unit) (not shown), and controls the operation of each block of the recording / reproducing apparatus. The microcomputer block 30 includes a ROM in which a control program is written, a RAM for providing a work area necessary for program execution, and the like.

  The microcomputer block 30 includes a reproduction control unit 311, a recording control unit 312, and a scheduled recording control unit 313. The reproduction control unit 311 controls the reproduction processing of the received broadcast program data and the program data stored in the storage medium. The recording control unit 312 controls recording processing of program data on a storage medium. The reserved recording control unit 313 controls the reserved recording process of the program. The microcomputer block 30 also includes a program information management unit 321, a recorded program information management unit 322, a related program detection unit 323, an operation support screen generation unit 324, and a screen display control unit 325, which will be described later. The microcomputer block 30 can also be connected to an external network (NT) via the network interface 30a.

  An operation signal for operating the storage / reproduction device is input to the microcomputer block 30 from the key input unit 44. The key input unit 44 is, for example, operation switches or a remote controller provided on the main body of the recording / reproducing apparatus. A personal computer connected to the recording / reproducing apparatus by wired communication, wireless communication, optical communication, infrared communication, or the like may be employed as the key input unit 44. The user operates the key input unit 44 to record a received or input video signal or audio signal, reproduce a content stored in the storage medium, or edit a content stored in the storage medium. Execution can be instructed.

  Among the execution results of the MPU (or CPU) of the microcomputer block 30, the contents to be notified to the user are displayed on the display unit 43 or displayed on the monitor display 3001 as OSD (on-screen display).

  The information storage / reproduction apparatus shown in FIG. 1 has a DVD-RAM, DVD ± RW, DVD ± R, DVD-ROM (DVD video), CD-RW, CD-R, CD-ROM (storage medium) as a storage medium (information storage medium). Both music discs and other optical disks and hard disks can be handled. These hard disks and optical disks may be replaced (or used together) with other storage media such as a semiconductor memory.

  This recording / reproducing apparatus has two types of disk drive units, an optical disk drive unit 1002 and a hard disk drive unit 2001. The optical disc drive unit 1002 includes a rotation control system, a laser drive system, an optical system, and the like for the optical disc 1001, and drives the optical disc 1001 to read and write information. The hard disk drive unit 2001 drives a hard disk to read / write information.

  The data processor unit 1003 includes a buffer circuit, a modulation / demodulation circuit, an error correction unit, and the like, and handles data in a predetermined recording unit or reproduction unit. The data processor unit 1003 supplies recording data to the optical disc drive unit 1002 and the hard disk drive unit 2001. Further, the data processor unit 1003 receives the reproduction data read by the optical disk drive unit 1002 and the hard disk drive unit 2001.

  The data processor unit 1003 instructs the microcomputer block 30 to perform an editing process such as deleting a part of video objects constituting program data stored in the storage medium or connecting video objects of a plurality of different programs. It can also be done according to.

  The encoder unit 50 receives an external analog video signal and an external analog audio signal from the AV input unit 41a, or a broadcast reception signal (from a terrestrial analog tuner 41b, a terrestrial digital tuner 41c, a satellite digital tuner 41d, or a satellite analog tuner 41e). One or more) selectively input. The switch (signal selector) 53 switches the signal system to be input to the encoder unit 50 under the control of the microcomputer block 30.

  The encoder unit 50 includes a video and audio analog-to-digital converter that digitizes an input analog video signal or analog audio signal, a video encoder, and an audio encoder. Furthermore, a sub-picture encoder that represents subtitles and pictures as bitmap data can be included as appropriate.

  The encoder unit 50 includes a transport stream processing unit and a plurality of MPEG encoders. An MPEG video encoder included in the encoder unit 50 compresses an input digital video signal at a variable bit rate based on the MPEG2 or MPEG1 standard, and converts it into a digital video signal that can be recorded on a hard disk or an optical disk. The digital audio signal is converted into a digital audio signal compressed at a fixed bit rate based on the MPEG or AC-3 standard, or an uncompressed linear PCM digital audio signal.

  When the sub video signal is input to the encoder unit 50 from the AV input unit 41a (for example, a signal input from a DVD video player with an independent output terminal of the sub video signal), or a DVD video signal including the sub video signal is When the terrestrial analog tuner 41b, the terrestrial digital tuner 41c, the satellite digital tuner 41d, or the satellite analog tuner 41e is input to the encoder unit 50, the sub video signal input to the encoder unit 50 is encoded by the sub video encoder ( Sub-picture bitmap data is obtained by run-length encoding based on the DVD standard.

  The formatter 51 converts the encoded digital video signal, digital audio signal, and sub-picture data into a predetermined format using the buffer memory 52 as a work memory. That is, the formatter 51 packs the encoded digital video signal, digital audio signal, and sub-picture data into a video pack, an audio pack, and a sub-picture pack, and further collects them to define the DVD video standard. The format (DVD-Video format) or the format (DVD-VR format) defined by the DVD-recording standard is converted. However, when a digital broadcast transport stream (MPEG2-TS) is recorded as a stream, format conversion is not necessary.

  When a compressed (encoded) digital video signal or digital audio signal is directly input to the encoder unit 50, the input signal can be directly supplied to the formatter 51 without performing an encoding process. The encoder unit 50 can also directly supply the digital video signal and digital audio signal that have been digitally converted to the video mixing unit 71 and the audio selector 76.

  Information (packet of video, audio, sub-picture data, etc.) converted in format by the formatter 51 is supplied to the hard disk drive unit 2001 and / or the optical disk drive unit 1002 via the data processor unit 1003, and the hard disk, the optical disk 1001, etc. Recorded on a storage medium. In addition, information recorded on the hard disk or the optical disk 1001 can be recorded on the optical disk 1001 or the hard disk via the data processor unit 1003 and the optical disk drive unit 1002.

  When recording information on the storage medium, the formatter 51 creates segmentation information and periodically sends it to the MPU of the microcomputer block 30 (information at the time of GOP head interrupt, etc.). The segmentation information includes the number of VOBU packs, the end address of the I picture from the beginning of the VOBU, the playback time of the VOBU, and the like.

  When information is recorded on the storage medium, the MPU of the microcomputer block 30 creates management information necessary for reproducing the recorded information. When the MPU recognizes the recording end command, the MPU sends the created management information to the data processor unit 1003. Thereby, the management information is recorded on the storage medium.

  In order to reproduce a recorded program stored in a storage medium without interruption, a minimum continuous information unit (size) of recorded program data to be accessed (seeked) by the data processor unit 1003 is determined in advance. This information unit storage area is called a CDA (Contiguous Data Area). The CDA size is a multiple of an ECC (error correction code) block (16 sectors), and data is stored in units of CDA. The data processor unit 1003 receives VOBU unit data from the encoder unit 50 and supplies the CDA unit data to the optical disk drive unit 1002 or the hard disk drive unit 2001.

  When the encoder unit 50 includes, for example, two MPEG encoders, the encoder unit 50 can encode two signals. For example, the program received by the terrestrial analog tuner 41b can be DVD-VR recorded by the hard disk drive unit 2001, and at the same time, the program received by the satellite analog tuner 41e can be DVD-VR recorded by the optical disc 1001.

  Further, the packet elementary stream extracted from the transport stream may be recorded directly on the hard disk of the hard disk drive unit 2001 from the encoder unit 50. Even when the encoder section 50 has only one MPEG encoder, the hard disk drive section 2001 records the program data (MPEG2-TS) input to the encoder section 50 via the terrestrial digital tuner 41c or the satellite digital tuner 41d. At the same time, broadcast program data input through another tuner can be encoded by this single MPEG encoder.

  The decoder unit 60 includes a separator, a video decoder, a sub-picture decoder, an audio decoder, and a video processor (not shown). The separator separates each pack from a DVD format signal having a pack structure. The video decoder performs a decoding process on the main video data (video pack contents) separated by the separator. The sub-picture decoder decodes sub-picture data (sub-picture pack contents) separated by the separator. The audio data (the contents of the audio pack) separated by the separator is decoded by the audio decoder. The video processor appropriately synthesizes the decoded sub-video with the decoded main video, and superimposes the menu, highlight button, subtitles, and other sub-videos on the main video and outputs them. The decoder unit 60 further includes a memory used when performing pack separation and other signal processing.

  The video signal output from the decoder unit 60 is input to the video mixing unit 71. The video mixing unit 71 synthesizes text data, for example. The video mixing unit 71 is also connected to a line for directly receiving signals from the AV input unit 41a, the terrestrial analog tuner 41b, the terrestrial digital tuner 41c, the satellite digital tuner 41d, and the satellite analog tuner 41e. A frame memory 72 used as a buffer is connected to the video mixing unit 71. A video signal output from the video mixing unit 71 is output to the outside via an I / F (interface) 73. Alternatively, the video signal output from the video mixing unit 71 is analog-converted by the digital-analog converter 74 and output to the monitor display 3001.

  The audio signal output from the decoder unit 60 is input to the digital / analog converter 77 via the selector 76. The digital / analog converter 77 converts the digital audio signal into an analog signal and outputs it to the outside (for example, a speaker). The selector 76 is controlled by a select signal from the microcomputer block 30. When directly monitoring digital signals from the tuners 41b to 41e and the AV input unit 41a, it is also possible to directly select a signal that has passed through the encoder unit 50. is there.

  The microcomputer block 30 controls the optical disk drive unit 1002, the hard disk drive unit 2001, the data processor unit 1003, the encoder unit 50, the decoder unit 60, and the like based on time data from an STC (system time clock) 38. Recording and playback operations are normally executed in synchronization with the time clock from the STC 38, but other processes may be executed at a timing independent of the STC 38.

  The microcomputer block 30 uses an electronic program service for terrestrial analog broadcasting (ADAMS: TV-Asahi Data and Multimedia Service in Tokyo area) or an electronic guide information / electronic program guide (EPG) service for terrestrial / satellite digital broadcasting. Thus, electronic program guide information (including not only broadcast programs but also various information services) can be acquired. It is also possible to fetch electronic program guide information (DEPG) from an external server via a network.

  The acquired electronic program guide information (electronic program guide information) is managed by the program information management unit 321. The program information management unit 321 manages the electronic program guide information by providing a program information management table as shown in FIG. 2 in the ROM of the microcomputer block 30. In the example of FIG. 2, data such as “channel”, “broadcast date”, “broadcast start time”, “program length”, and “program name” are stored for each broadcast program. Further, a “reserved” attribute is given to a program for which a user has made a recording reservation. The program information management unit 321 also includes information indicating the relevance such as “series name” for related programs such as a series of programs broadcast at a fixed time every day or a fixed time every day of the week. to manage. The same series name is assigned to programs belonging to the same series even if the broadcast day of the week or the broadcast time is different. The program information management unit 321 normally manages electronic program guide information for a predetermined period (for example, one week).

  Information of a recorded program (recorded content) recorded on a storage medium such as a hard disk or an optical disk is managed by a recorded program information management unit 322. The recorded program information management unit 322 manages recorded program information by providing a recorded program information table as shown in FIG. 3 in the ROM of the microcomputer block 30. In the example of FIG. 3, the “program name”, “recording quality”, “recording length”, “channel”, “program broadcast date”, “broadcast start time”, “viewing information”, “series name” of the recorded program are recorded. Etc. are stored. FIG. 3 is a recorded program information table for managing information of programs recorded on the hard disk. A recorded program information table may be provided for each storage medium, and recorded program information may be managed for each storage medium. However, information about programs recorded on a plurality of storage media is stored in one recorded program information table. You may make it manage collectively.

  When the reproduction processing of a recorded program recorded on a storage medium such as a hard disk is stopped, the related program detection unit 323 displays information on the program related to this program based on the series name of the program whose reproduction has been stopped. 2 and the recorded program information table of FIG.

  Based on the related program information detected by the related program detection unit 323, the operation support screen generation unit 324 generates screen data of the menu screen D for supporting the user's next operation.

  The screen display control unit 325 displays the menu screen D generated by the operation support screen generation unit 324 on the monitor display 3001 (see FIG. 4). Menu screen D includes menu items such as “playback of next program”, “reservation recording of related program”, “jump to program guide”, “move playback stopped to trash folder”.

  For example, when the reproduction of the recorded program “Minami 10 Onna # 1” broadcast from “10/3 (Wednesday) 22:00” on “Buji TV” stops, the related program detection unit 323 displays “Wednesday” The program having the same series name as “10 girls # 1” is detected. From the recorded program information table (see FIG. 3), a program related to “Water 10 Onna # 1” and already recorded on a storage medium (“Woman 10 Onna # 2” in the same series) is detected. From the program information management table (see FIG. 2), a program related to “Minami 10 Onna # 1” (“Mizu 10 Onna # 3” in the same series) is detected.

  Then, the operation support screen generation unit 324 generates menu screen data based on the detection result by the related program detection unit 323. In other words, the operation support screen generation unit 324 uses the menu word “play“ Won 10 # 2 ”” as the “play next program” item, and “ Menu screen data including the menu word “Reserve 10 # 3” to the trash folder for the item “Move 10 # 1” to the trash ” Generate. The menu wording “jumping to“ Buji TV Wednesday 22:00 2-10 Wednesday # 3 ”” corresponding to the item “Jump to the program guide” is determined by a menu word generation process described later.

  The screen display control unit 325 displays a menu screen D as shown in FIG. 4 on the monitor display 3001 based on the menu screen data generated by the operation support screen generation unit 324. When the menu screen D is initially displayed, predetermined items may be highlighted.

  Here, in the menu screen D of FIG. 4, the highlighted “jump to program guide” item “jump to“ Buji TV Wednesday 22:00 Wednesday 10 Onna # 3 ”” is the following menu statement: Determined by the generation process.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the menu word generation process according to the present embodiment of the recording / reproducing apparatus. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a list of menu words generated by the menu word generation process.

  When the reproduction of the recorded program is stopped and the menu word generation process is started, the related program detection unit 323 displays the “channel”, “broadcast date”, and “broadcast start time” of the program (processing target program) whose reproduction has been stopped. , Information such as “program name” and “series name” is acquired from the recorded program information table (see FIG. 3) (block B1).

  Subsequently, the related program detection unit 323 determines whether or not the “channel” of the acquired processing target program exists in the electronic program guide stored in the program information management table (block B2).

  The channel information stored in the recorded program information table and the channel information of the electronic program guide can be arbitrarily edited by the user. For this reason, the “channel” of the acquired program to be processed does not necessarily exist in the electronic program guide stored in the program information management table.

  When the related program detection unit 323 determines that the “channel” of the processing target program does not exist in the electronic program guide (“NO” in block B2), the operation support screen generation unit 324 generates a type C menu wording. (Block B3). That is, as shown in FIG. 6, a menu word “jump to“ [day of the week] [broadcast start time] ”” corresponding to type C is generated.

  For example, the reproduction of the program “Minami 10 Onna # 1” broadcast from “10/3 (Wednesday) 22:00” on the above-mentioned “Buji TV” stops, and the “Buji TV” is electronically transmitted in block B2. When it is determined that it does not exist in the program guide (“NO” in block B2), the operation support screen generating unit 324 generates a type C menu word “jump to“ Wednesday 22:00 ””.

  On the other hand, if the related program detection unit 323 determines that the “channel” of the processing target program exists in the electronic program guide (“YES” in block B2), the related program detection unit 323 stores the program information management table in the program information management table. The information of the program related to the processing target program is searched from the electronic program guide thus obtained (block B4). The program related to the processing target program is, for example, a program having the same series name as the processing target program.

  When the related program detection unit 323 detects information of a program related to the processing target program from the electronic program guide (“YES” in block B5), the operation support screen generation unit 324 generates a type A menu word ( Block B6). That is, as shown in FIG. 6, a menu word “Jump to“ [Channel] [Day of the week] [Broadcast start time] [Program name of related program] ”” corresponding to Type A is generated.

  For example, the reproduction of the program “Minami 10 Onna # 1” broadcast from “10/3 (Wednesday) 22:00” on the above-mentioned “Buji TV” stops, and “10/17 (Wednesday) from the electronic program guide”. ) When a related program “Minami 10 Onna # 3” scheduled to be broadcast from 22:00 is detected (“YES” in block B5), the operation support screen generating unit 324 displays the type A menu word “Buzzi”. TV Wednesday 22:00 Generates “Jump to # 3” on Wednesday # 10.

  When the related program detecting unit 323 detects a plurality of related programs of the processing target program from the electronic program guide, it is necessary to select one related program to be taken into the type A menu wording. In this case, for example, if a related program that is scheduled to be broadcast in a time zone close to the broadcast time zone of the processing target program is preferentially selected, and if the broadcast schedule is between programs in the same time zone, the day of the broadcast scheduled date is A selection rule that a program close to the broadcast day of the processing target program is preferentially selected is given in advance.

  Note that this selection rule is not limited to the above example, the one with the earliest broadcast start date and time may be selected, or the subsequent broadcast of the processing target program may be preferentially selected. Good. The selection rule may be arbitrarily set by the user.

  On the other hand, when the program information related to the processing target program is not detected from the electronic program guide (“NO” in block B5), the operation support screen generating unit 324 generates a type B menu word (block B7). . That is, as shown in FIG. 6, a menu word “jump to“ [channel] [day of the week] [broadcast start time] ”” corresponding to type B is generated.

  For example, the playback of the program “Minami 10 Onna # 1” broadcast from “10/3 (Wednesday) 22:00” on the above-mentioned “Buji TV” stops, and no related program is detected from the electronic program guide. In the case (“NO” in block B5), the operation support screen generating unit 324 generates a type B menu word “jump to“ Buji TV Wednesday 22:00 ””.

  As described above, when the operation support screen generation unit 324 generates any of the menu words of types A to C, the screen display control unit 325 displays the menu screen D including the generated menu word on the monitor display 3001.

  The user refers to the menu wording included in the menu screen D, and whether or not the information related to the recorded program (program to be processed) whose playback has been stopped is included in the electronic program guide, and the program to be processed Whether or not the channel is set in the electronic program guide can be confirmed.

  When the menu wording A including all information of “channel”, “day of the week”, “broadcast start time”, and “program name of related program” is displayed, the broadcast schedule of the related program of the program that has stopped playing is displayed to the user. I can inform you. The user can confirm the broadcast start time, title information, and the like of the related program with reference to the display of the menu wording A.

  In addition, by displaying the type B menu wording that does not include the “program name of the related program”, the broadcast of the program related to the processing target program is electronic for a predetermined period (for example, one week) managed by the program information management unit 321. The user can be informed that the program schedule is not scheduled. Therefore, even when the program organization is changed, the user can easily notice the change.

  When the type C menu word is displayed, the user can notice that the channel information stored in the recorded program information table and the channel information of the electronic program guide are edited.

  When the menu screen D is displayed on the monitor display 3001, the user can select any menu item included in the menu screen D by operating the key input unit 44.

  Next, the operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus performed when the user selects any menu item will be described.

  When the user selects the “play next program” item (in the example of FIG. 4, “play“ # 2 ”on water 10”), the playback control unit 311 performs playback processing of the selected program. . In addition, when the “Reserved program recording reservation” item (“Reserved“ # 3 ”on water 10” in the example of FIG. 4) is selected, the scheduled recording control unit 313 records the selected program. Perform reservation processing. When the item “Move replayed program to trash folder” (in the example of FIG. 4 ““ Water # 10 # 1 ”to trash”) is selected, the recording control unit 312 performs the reproduction. The data of the stopped program is moved to a predetermined trash folder.

  When the user selects the “Jump to Program Guide” menu item (in the example of FIG. 4, the menu word of type A “Jump to Buzz TV Wednesday 22:00 Wednesday 10 # 3” ”) The display control unit 325 displays the program guide on the monitor display 3001 according to the following program guide display processing.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the program guide display process according to the present embodiment of the recording / reproducing apparatus.

  When the user selects the “jump to program guide” menu item and the program guide display process starts, it is determined whether or not the menu wording of the “jump to program guide” item is type C (block C1). ).

  When the menu wording is not type C but type A or type B (“NO” in block C1), screen display control unit 325 causes monitor display 3001 to display the electronic program guide in a single channel format.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of an electronic program guide in a single channel format displayed on the monitor display 3001. The example of FIG. 8 shows a program guide display example when a program (program of the same series) related to a recorded program (program to be processed) whose playback has been stopped exists in the electronic program guide (in the case of type A). .

  As shown in FIG. 8, the screen display control unit 325 has the same channel as that of the processing target program based on the information on the “channel”, “broadcast date”, and “broadcast start time” of the processing target program whose reproduction has been stopped. A program guide for a predetermined period (here, one week) in the same time zone is displayed on the monitor display 3001. At this time, programs in the same series as the program to be processed may be highlighted by enclosing them with a frame. Alternatively, a program with the same broadcast start time on the same day of the week as the broadcast of the processing target program may be highlighted. With the electronic program guide displayed on the monitor display 3001, the user can confirm the broadcast schedule of the related program.

  Further, even when the related program of the processing target program does not exist in the electronic program guide (in the case of type B), the screen display control unit 325 similarly displays the “channel”, “ Based on the “broadcast date” and “broadcast start time” information, the monitor display 3001 displays a program table for a predetermined period in the same time zone of the same channel as the program.

  For example, when the program broadcast from 22:00 on 10/17 (Wednesday) is changed from “Wonder 10 Onna # 3” to “Special Program 2 Hour Special”, the monitor display 3001 displays FIG. A program guide as shown in FIG. Therefore, the user can confirm the change of the broadcast schedule (program change from “Women 10 Onna # 3” to “Special Program 2 Hour Special”) on the monitor display 3001. Here, a program having the same broadcast start time on the same day of the week as the broadcast of the processing target program may be highlighted.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the menu wording type of the “jump to the program guide” item is type C (“YES” in block C1), the screen display control unit 325 displays the multi-channel format on the monitor display 3001. To display the electronic program guide (block C3).

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an electronic program guide in a multi-channel format displayed on the monitor display 3001. The example of FIG. 10 shows a program guide display example when the channel “Buji TV” of the program to be processed is not set in the electronic program guide.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the screen display control unit 325 uses the “broadcast date” and “broadcast start time” information of the processing target program whose reproduction has been stopped, for the same broadcasting time zone on the same day of the week as the processing target program. A program guide for a plurality of channels is displayed on the monitor display 3001. At this time, the program of any channel (for example, the current channel at the time of the previous program guide display or the channel selected at the time of viewing the latest broadcast program) at the same broadcast start time as the broadcast of the processing target program is highlighted. You may make it do. With the display on the monitor display 3001, the user can confirm that the channel of the processing target program is not set (not included) in the program guide. In addition, when the related program of the processing target program is scheduled to be broadcast on another channel at the same broadcast time on the same day of the week as the processing target program, the user refers to the displayed program guide and You can notice related programs broadcast on another channel.

  As described above, when the user selects the item “jump to program guide” from the menu screen D, it is possible to jump to the program guide around the related program by the program guide display process shown in FIG. For this reason, the user can confirm the organization of the program broadcast. In addition, when a broadcast program is organized as shown in the program guides of FIGS. 11, 12, and 13 described below, the user can use the program guide displayed by the program guide display process according to the present embodiment. Can be used well.

  The electronic program guide in FIG. 11 shows an example of broadcast program organization. When the user selects the menu item “Jump to“ Buji TV Wednesday 22:00 Wednesday 10 on # 3 ”” from the menu screen D shown in FIG. It is displayed on the monitor display 3001.

  In the program organization shown in the program table of FIG. 11, “Mizushima 10 Onna # 4”, which is the next broadcast of the same series, is scheduled to be broadcast immediately after the program “Minami 10 Onna # 3”.

  The user can display the program guide simply by selecting the item “jump to the program guide” on the menu screen D. In addition, the program schedule can be used to confirm not only “Mizushima 10 Onna # 3” but also “Minami 10 Onna # 4” broadcast schedule. Furthermore, in addition to the recording reservation of “Women 10 Onna # 3”, it is also possible to set the recording of “Water 10 Onna # 4” at the same time, which improves usability.

  In the program organization shown in the electronic program guide of FIG. 12, in addition to the broadcast schedule of “Women 10 Onna # 3” from 22:00 on 10/17 (Wednesday), from 20:00 on 10/15 (Monday) Rebroadcasting of “Water 10 Onna # 2” is scheduled for re-broadcasting of “Water 10 Onna # 3” from 23:00 on 10/19 (Friday).

  The user can confirm the rebroadcast schedule on the program guide only by selecting the item “jump to program guide” on the menu screen D. For this reason, the user overlaps with other recording reservations as to which recording reservation is scheduled, which is broadcast from 22:00 on 10/17 (Wednesday) or rebroadcast from 23:00 on Friday, 10/19 (Friday). Can be selected. Since re-broadcasting of the series program is often performed in the same time zone as the broadcast time zone of the main broadcast, when the program table of the same time zone of the same channel as the playback stop program is displayed as in this embodiment, Users are more likely to notice re-broadcast schedules.

  Also, FIG. 13 shows an electronic program guide displayed when the program broadcast from 22:00 on 10/17 (Wednesday) is changed from “Minami 10 Onna # 3” to “Special Program 2 Hour Special”. An example is shown. In the example of FIG. 13, the broadcast start date and time of “Water 10 Onna # 3” is changed from 22:00 on 10/17 (Wed) to 23:00 on 10/19 (Fri). Furthermore, a rebroadcast of “Wanna 10 Onna # 3” is scheduled from 23:00 on Friday, October 19th.

  The user can easily confirm such a program change by simply selecting the item “jump to the program guide” on the menu screen D. In addition, referring to the program table in FIG. 13, it is possible to select which recording of the main broadcast or rebroadcast recording of “Water 10 Onna # 3” is reserved.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the reproduction of the recorded program (program to be processed) stored in the storage medium is stopped, the menu screen D as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the monitor display 3001. . Among the menu items included in the menu screen D, the menu wording corresponding to the item “jump to the program guide” is determined by the menu word generation processing of FIG. In the menu wording generation process, when the related program of the processing target program whose reproduction has been stopped exists in the program table, the “channel”, “day of the week”, “broadcast start time”, and “program name” of the related program are included. Menu wording (type A) is generated. When there is no related program in the program guide, a menu word (type B) including “channel”, “day of the week”, and “broadcast start time” of the program whose reproduction has been stopped is generated. Furthermore, if the same channel as the program whose playback has been stopped is not set in the program table, a menu word (type C) including “day of the week” and “broadcast start time” of the program whose playback has stopped is generated.

  The user can know whether or not a related program of the processing target program exists in the program table by displaying the menu screen D, and can also notice a change in the program organization. Further, whether or not the same channel as the program to be processed is set in the program guide can be known by displaying the menu screen D.

  Further, when the user selects the above-mentioned “jump to program guide” menu item on the menu screen D, by the program guide display processing of FIG. An electronic program guide is displayed on the monitor display 3001. When the same channel as the program to be processed is not included in the program guide (type C), the electronic program guide is displayed in a multi-channel format. The user can confirm the broadcast channel of the processing target program by looking at the displayed electronic program guide. If the same channel as the processing target program is set in the program guide (type A or B), the program guide of the same channel as the processing target program is displayed in a single channel format, and the user can organize the program. Can be confirmed. When the displayed program guide does not include information on the related program of the processing target program (type B), the user can notice the change in the program organization with reference to the displayed program guide. In addition, when a related program of the processing target program exists in the electronic program guide (type A), a program guide around the related program is displayed. Therefore, the user can make settings such as recording reservation in consideration of the broadcast schedule around the related program.

  In the above description, a program having the same series name is a related program. However, the relevance may be determined by an attribute other than the series name. For example, when information such as “genre” and “performer” for each program is stored in the program information management table managed by the program information management unit 321, the “genre” and “performer” information is stored. The relevance may be determined based on the above.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Further, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, you may combine suitably the component covering different embodiment.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information recording / reproducing apparatus (program reproducing apparatus) according to an embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the program information management table for managing electronic program guide information. The figure which shows the recorded program information table for managing the information of the recorded program. The figure which shows an example of the menu screen displayed on a monitor display. The flowchart of a menu word generation process. The figure which shows the list | wrist of the menu wording produced | generated by the menu wording production | generation process of FIG. The flowchart of a program schedule display process. The figure which shows an example of the electronic program guide displayed in a single channel format. The figure which shows another example of the electronic program guide displayed in a single channel format. The figure which shows an example of the electronic program guide displayed in a multi-channel format. The figure which shows an example of broadcast program organization. The figure which shows another example of broadcast program organization. The figure which shows another example of broadcast program organization.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1001 ... Optical disk, 1002 ... Optical disk drive part, 1003 ... Data processor part, 2001 ... Hard disk drive part, 30 ... Microcomputer block, 41a ... AV input part, 41b ... Terrestrial analog tuner, 41c ... Terrestrial digital tuner, 41d ... Satellite digital tuner, 41e ... satellite analog tuner, 50 ... encoder unit, 60 ... decoder unit, 311 ... reproduction control unit, 312 ... recording control unit, 313 ... reserved recording control unit, 321 ... program information management unit, 322 ... recorded program Information management unit, 323 ... related program detection unit, 324 ... operation support screen generation unit, 325 ... screen display control unit, 3001 ... monitor display.

Claims (6)

Playback means for playing back a recorded program stored in a storage medium;
Program guide management means for managing program guide information;
When the reproduction of the recorded program by the reproduction means stops, the related program detection means for detecting the information of the related program of the recorded program from the program guide information;
An operation support screen generating means for generating an operation support screen for presenting menu items including information on the related program;
Support screen display means for displaying the operation support screen generated by the operation support screen generation means;
When a menu item including information on the related program is selected on the operation support screen, program guide display means for displaying a program guide including the related program;
With
If the related program of the recorded program is not detected by the related program detecting unit, the operation support screen generating unit displays an operation support screen that presents menu items including information on the broadcast channel, broadcast day of the recorded program, and broadcast start time. And the program guide display means displays a program guide including the recorded program.   The playback apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the program guide display means displays a program guide for a predetermined period of a broadcast channel of the recorded program when the menu item is selected on the operation support screen.   The reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the program guide display means displays a program guide in a time zone including a broadcast start time of the recorded program. Playback means for playing back a recorded program stored in a storage medium;
Program guide management means for managing program guide information;
When the reproduction of the recorded program by the reproduction means stops, the related program detection means for detecting the information of the related program of the recorded program from the program guide information;
An operation support screen generating means for generating an operation support screen for presenting menu items including information on the related program;
Support screen display means for displaying the operation support screen generated by the operation support screen generation means;
When a menu item including information on the related program is selected on the operation support screen, program guide display means for displaying a program guide including the related program;
With
The operation support screen generating means generates an operation support screen for presenting menu items including information on broadcast channels, broadcast dates and times, and program names of the related programs,
The operation support screen generation means selects one related program according to a predetermined rule when information on a plurality of related programs is detected by the related program detection means, and broadcast channels of the selected one related program , A playback device that presents menu items including broadcast date and time and program name information. Playback means for playing back a recorded program stored in a storage medium;
Program guide management means for managing program guide information;
When the reproduction of the recorded program by the reproduction means stops, the related program detection means for detecting the information of the related program of the recorded program from the program guide information;
An operation support screen generating means for generating an operation support screen for presenting menu items including information on the related program;
Support screen display means for displaying the operation support screen generated by the operation support screen generation means;
When a menu item including information on the related program is selected on the operation support screen, program guide display means for displaying a program guide including the related program;
With
The operation support screen generating means generates an operation support screen for presenting menu items including information on broadcast channels, broadcast dates and times, and program names of the related programs,
When a plurality of related programs are detected by the related program detection unit, the operation support screen generation unit selects a related program whose broadcast start time is close to the recorded program from the plurality of related programs. A playback apparatus for presenting menu items including information on a broadcast channel, broadcast date and time, and program name of a single related program. Play the recorded program stored in the storage medium by the playback means,
When the reproduction of the recorded program by the reproduction means is stopped, the related program detection means detects information related to the recorded program from the program guide information managed by the program guide management means,
Generating an operation support screen for presenting a menu item including information on the detected related program;
Displaying the generated operation support screen;
When a menu item including information on the related program is selected on the operation support screen, a program table including the related program is displayed.
If the related program of the recorded program is not detected by the related program detecting means, the operation support screen presents menu items including information on the broadcast channel, broadcast date and time, and program name of the related program, and the program table is A program guide display method which is a program guide including the recorded program.

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