JP5104638B2 - Recording device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for recording and reproducing television images, and more particularly to a technique for managing reproduction of recorded information received from a camera apparatus when the camera apparatus is connected and used.

  At home, devices for recording and playing back TV programs and other image information (hereinafter referred to as “recording devices”) have been generally used, and in recent years, recording devices having various functions have become widespread. I am doing. With the advancement of digital technology, it is possible to record computerized information from magnetic tapes to CDs, DVDs, digital cameras, etc. on various recording media at high density. One reason is the diversification.

  Advances in digital technology are promoting not only the recording and playback of TV programs and commercial contents, but also the systematization and networking of information handled at home. For example, by connecting a door phone as a device for notifying a visitor by voice to a camera device, it becomes possible to check the visitor by video, and the camera device is used to enter a house or site and the surrounding situation Home security systems that monitor the situation are gradually spreading.

  The present invention relates to a technique for connecting a camera device to a recording device in a home network system. In this case, an important technical problem is how to coordinate the functions of devices connected to the network system and how to effectively use each function. Particularly, since a lot of information is recorded one after another from the devices connected to the network in the recording device, management of recorded information becomes important.

  On the other hand, with respect to an apparatus for managing recorded information, an example of an unreproduced recording notification apparatus has been conventionally disclosed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this disclosed example, in a device that is used by connecting to another recording / playback device in a network, a case is described in which display about unplayed recording information is performed at the end of recording or when the TV monitor is turned on. A method of displaying and notifying on a television monitor and control at the time of playback are being studied.

As for a method for managing and displaying recorded images in the image playback device, there is an example of selecting an item to be displayed and displaying it in a slide show format (see, for example, Patent Document 2). A method of recording and displaying visitor information (see, for example, Patent Document 3), a method of identifying images at the time of reproduction and adjusting the reproduction order (for example, see Patent Document 4), and the like are disclosed.
JP 2002-218369 A JP 2006-54736 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-220725 JP 2000-36953 A

  In a home network system that handles various types of information, the importance / urgency of a recorded image varies depending on the information source of the recorded image. For example, even when the same unviewed image is compared with an image recorded from a broadcast program and an image captured and recorded by a camera device installed in a doorphone, the latter image is more urgent from the viewpoint of security. It is considered to be an image with high nature and importance.

  However, in the conventional recording apparatus, there is no difference in urgency and importance depending on the information source of the image. Therefore, there has been a problem that images of information sources with high urgency and importance cannot be preferentially presented to the user.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and a recording apparatus has a function of confirming the display timing of an unconfirmed image that has been recorded and is not reproduced after recording. By providing, in the home network system, the information recorded in the recording device can be preferentially presented to the user according to the degree of importance or urgency.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a recording apparatus of the present invention is transmitted from a receiving unit that receives an image transmitted from a camera device, an output unit that outputs an image to be displayed on a display device, and the camera device. Recording means for recording the recorded image, storage means for saving the recorded image, storage means for storing management information indicating that the recorded image is an unconfirmed image that has never been displayed, and an unconfirmed image exist in the storage means. Detection means for detecting whether or not, and control means for controlling the display and management of the recorded image, and when the unconfirmed image is stored in the storage means when the power is turned on, the control means is unconfirmed A confirmation guidance screen for confirming whether or not image display is necessary is displayed on a display device via an output unit.

  As a result, the user can determine the timing of playback of information recorded in the recording device according to importance or urgency, and can execute his / her intention by a very simple operation. In addition, it is possible to provide a highly functional recording apparatus that enables appropriate use.

  In the recording apparatus of the present invention, the confirmation guide screen has the first option and the second option, and when the first option is selected, the control unit displays an unconfirmed image on the display device via the output unit. May be displayed and the management information may be updated.

  Thus, it is possible to confirm an unconfirmed image in accordance with the convenience of the user, and the confirmation screen does not appear again for the recorded image once confirmed, so that the confirmation operation can be performed efficiently.

  In the recording apparatus of the present invention, when the second option is selected, the control means displays the confirmation guidance screen again via the output means when the power is turned off, and the first confirmation guidance screen is displayed again. When the option is selected, an unconfirmed image is displayed on the display device via the output unit and the management information is updated. When the second option is selected, the power may be turned off.

  Thus, even when the second option is selected at the time of power activation and the unconfirmed image is not confirmed, the confirmation guidance screen appears again when the power is turned off, so that the confirmation timing is not lost.

  According to the recording apparatus of the present invention, a user can determine the timing of reproduction of information recorded in the recording apparatus according to importance or urgency, and execute his / her own intention through a very simple operation. it can. As a result, it is possible to provide a high-performance recording apparatus that enables the recording information to be used quickly and appropriately.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

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1 is a main layout diagram showing an example of use of the recording device 1 in the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of the recording device 1, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure, FIG. FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are schematic explanatory diagrams showing examples of functions of the recording apparatus 1.

  First, referring to FIG. 1, an example of using a camera device connected to a recording device 1 in a home network system using home line communication (hereinafter referred to as “PLC”) will be described. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the recording device 1 is connected to a television device (hereinafter abbreviated as “TV”) 3 in a living room 2 in the house, as well as a router 4, a PLC adapter 5, a plug 6, and an outlet 7. It is connected to a household electric power line 8 via In the living room 2, a doorphone master unit 9 is installed as a customer (for example, a person 15) reception system, and is connected to the power line 8 through the PLC adapter 10, the plug 11, and the outlet 12. A door phone camera 14 is installed as a camera device at the entrance 13 and is connected to the door phone master unit 9. Further, a network camera 16 is installed as a camera device separate from the entrance in the vicinity of the house or in the site such as the exterior or the garden, and the power line is connected via the PLC adapter 17, the plug 18 and the outlet 19. 8 is connected.

  Next, the basic configuration and function of the recording apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The recording apparatus 1 includes two recording / playback processing units 110 and 120, tuners 113 and 123, and a terminal unit 114, a recording control unit 130 and a switching unit 131 as control units for performing control during recording, and a storage unit as a storage unit. 140 and a network adapter 150. The input of the first recording / playback processing unit 110 is switchably connected to the first tuner 113, the second tuner 123, and the network adapter 150 via the switching unit 131, and the output is the storage unit 140 and the display unit. 170 is connected. The same applies to the second recording / playback processing unit 120.

  The recording / playback processing unit 110 includes a program reservation unit 111 as a reservation unit and a recording / playback unit 112 as a recording / playback unit. The TV image received by the antenna 115 is selected by the tuner 113 or the tuner 123 to reserve a program. You can record. Similarly, the recording / playback processing unit 120 includes a program reservation unit 121 and a recording / playback unit 122, and by connecting the switching unit 131, the TV image received by the antenna 115 is selected by the tuner 123 or the tuner 113, and the program is selected. You can reserve and record.

  The network adapter 150 can receive information transmitted from the door phone system 151 and transmit the information to the recording control unit 130, and can also transmit the information to the recording / playback processing units 110 and 120 via the switching unit 131.

  The switching unit 131 can be switched in three stages. When there is no instruction from the recording control unit 130, the selector 132 is connected to the switching position (1), the selector 133 is connected to the switching position (2), and the recording / playback processing unit 110 is the tuner. In 113, the recording / playback processing unit 120 is connected to the tuner 123 and prioritizes recording of each reserved program.

  The recording control unit 130 can receive information related to the door phone system 151 from the network adapter 150 and can also receive information related to program reservation from the recording / playback processing units 110 and 120. In addition, a condition to be controlled is determined based on the information received from the network adapter 150 and the recording / playback processing units 110 and 120, and the recording operation of the switching unit 131 and the recording / playback processing units 110 and 120 is instructed based on the determination result. Can be controlled.

  The intercom system 151 includes a camera device 152, performs signal processing including image compression such as JPEG for transmitting an image captured by the camera to the network, and passes through the intercom base unit 9 (FIG. 1) and the network adapter 150. Thus, the image of the person 15 at the entrance can be transmitted to the recording device 1 installed in the living room 2.

  Next, the procedure of the recording operation in the recording apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, at the entrance 13, when a visitor 15 performs an operation such as pressing a push button of the door phone system 151, the door phone system 151 is activated and the camera device 152 starts imaging. The image information transmitted from the camera device 152 is subjected to signal processing for transmission to the network, and the notification information and the image information are transmitted to the network adapter 150 disposed in the recording device 1 via the intercom base unit 9. The network adapter 150 receives a notification regarding the activation of the door phone system 151 and the image information of the visitor 15 taken by the camera device (step 1: abbreviated as S1, hereinafter the same).

  Based on the received information, the network adapter 150 creates information for notifying that the camera device 152 has started up and transmits it to the recording control unit 130, which receives this (S2). Based on the information received from the network adapter 150, the recording control unit 130 confirms the program reservation status in the recording / playback processing units 110 and 120, and acquires the recording information from the recording / playback processing units 110 and 120 (S3).

  Next, the recording control unit 130 determines whether or not simultaneous recording is performed in the recording / playback processing units 110 and 120 (S4). When the determination result is “no simultaneous recording”, the switching unit 131 is operated, the connection position is switched, and the network adapter 150 is connected to either the recording / playback processing unit 110 or the recording / playback processing unit 120 (S5). . Thereafter, the recording / playback processing unit 110 or the recording / playback processing unit 120 is instructed to record the information transmitted from the network adapter 150, and the recording / playback processing unit 110 or the recording / playback processing unit 120 follows the instruction from the recording control unit 130. Based on this, an image relating to the visitor 15 taken by the camera device 152 is recorded (S6) and stored in the storage unit 140 (S7).

  On the other hand, when the determination result is “simultaneous recording”, the recording control unit 130 prioritizes the recording in the recording / playback processing units 110 and 120 without changing the connection condition in the switching unit 131 and continues the recording (S8). ) And stored in the storage unit 140 (S9).

  As above, the recording apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described with respect to the configuration, functions, and operation procedures related to recording. Hereinafter, the configuration, functions, and operation procedures related to playback of the recording apparatus 1 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the recording apparatus 1 has a configuration relating to reproduction, a network adapter 150 as a receiving unit that receives an image transmitted from the camera device 152, and a display unit as a display unit that displays an image on the display device 171. 170, recording / playback processing units 110 and 120 as recording means for recording images transmitted from the camera device 152, storage unit 140 as storage means for storing recorded images, and recording / playback processing units 110 and 120. A management unit 160 as a management unit that manages recorded images, and a reproduction control unit 180 as a control unit that performs control related to display and management of recorded images are provided.

  The storage unit 140 is composed of, for example, an HDD and stores recorded images. In addition, management information for specifying an unconfirmed image that has been input from the door phone system 151 and has never been displayed among the recorded images stored in the storage unit 140 is stored. Hereinafter, an unconfirmed image that has been input from the doorphone system 151 and has never been displayed is referred to as a doorphone unconfirmed image. A non-volatile memory (not shown) may be provided and management information may be recorded in the non-volatile memory. In this case, since the non-volatile memory can be read more quickly than the HDD at the time of startup, a “confirmation guidance screen” described later can be displayed earlier.

  The management unit 160 is connected to the storage unit 140 and updates management information stored in the storage unit 140. Specifically, when the doorphone unconfirmed image is displayed on the display unit 170, the management information is updated, and the doorphone unconfirmed image is removed from the identified image. In addition, it manages a “confirmation guidance screen” for confirming whether or not to display a list of doorphone unconfirmed images specified by management information.

  The display unit 170 is connected to the recording / playback processing units 110 and 120 and the management unit 160, and displays management information related to the use of the recording information received from the management unit 160 and the recording information played back by the recording / playback processing units 110 and 120. A function of displaying on a display device 171 connected to the recording device 1 is provided.

  The playback control unit 180 is connected to the recording / playback processing units 110 and 120, the management unit 160, and the display unit 170, and performs control related to playback of the recording device 1. In particular, the recording information stored in the storage unit 140 is provided with a function that enables quick and appropriate use according to the importance or urgency for the user, and the recording / playback processing units 110 and 120, the management unit 160, the display unit 170, and the power source can be controlled.

  Hereinafter, the feature and operation procedure of the function of the playback control unit 180 related to playback of the recording apparatus 1 will be described.

  In FIG. 4, first, the power source of the recording apparatus 1 is activated (turned on) (step 101: abbreviated as S101; the same applies hereinafter). The reproduction control unit 180 acquires management information related to the recorded image stored in the storage unit 140 from the management unit 160 (S102), and an unconfirmed doorphone image is obtained by a determination unit (not shown) provided in the reproduction control unit 180. It is determined whether or not there is (S103). If the result of determination is NO (when the doorphone unconfirmed image is not stored in the storage unit when the power is turned on), the tuner viewing screen is displayed on the display device 171 (S104). When the image is stored in the storage unit 140), the reproduction control unit 180 instructs the management unit 160 to display the “confirmation guidance screen” on the display device 171 and display the doorphone unconfirmed image to the user. Guidance for confirming whether or not is necessary is performed (S105). Next, on the “confirmation guidance screen” displayed on the display device 171, the user is prompted to confirm whether to “replay” or “later” (S 106). When “reproduce” is selected by the user, the reproduction control unit 180 controls either the recording / reproduction processing unit 110 or the recording / reproduction processing unit 120 to reproduce and display the doorphone unconfirmed image on the display device 171. At the same time, after the reproduction ends, the management unit 160 is instructed to update management information related to the reproduced doorphone unconfirmed image (change from the doorphone unconfirmed image to the confirmed image) (S107). On the other hand, when “after” is selected by the user on the “confirmation guidance screen”, the tuner viewing screen is displayed on the display device 171 and the “confirmation guidance screen” is not displayed until the viewing is completed. (S108). When the tuner viewing ends and the user performs an operation to turn off (turn off) the power (S109), the playback control unit 180 controls the operation of the power, and before the stop (OFF), the “confirmation guidance screen” Is displayed again, and guidance is performed again to confirm to the user whether or not to display the doorphone unconfirmed image (S110). When “playback” is selected by the user on the “confirmation guidance screen” displayed again, the playback control unit 180 plays back and displays the doorphone unconfirmed image, and information related to the doorphone unconfirmed image after the playback ends. Is updated (S111). In addition, when “after” is selected by the user on the “confirmation guidance screen”, the power is turned off. If the doorphone unconfirmed image is still stored in the storage unit 140 at the next power-on after the power is turned off, a confirmation guidance screen is displayed.

  The confirmation guidance screen is displayed only when an incoming event from the door phone system 151 is received and an image of a visitor is recorded, and even when a video is recorded by a sensor detection event such as the network camera 16 (FIG. 1). When there is no video recording from the door phone system 151, it is not displayed.

  In the above description, in step S110, the playback control unit 180 controls the operation of the power source, displays the “confirmation guidance screen” again before stopping (OFF), and asks the user whether or not to display the doorphone unconfirmed image. In order to confirm, the guidance was performed again. However, this step is not always necessary, and labor may be saved. In this case, the “confirmation guidance screen” is displayed for the doorphone unconfirmed image at the next power-up.

  Next, the above-described “confirmation guidance screen” will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 5 shows a display example related to the confirmation guidance screen. As shown in FIG. 5, the confirmation guidance screen 502 is displayed in an overlapping manner (overlaid) on the display screen 501 of the display device 171. The confirmation guide screen 502 is provided with a first option 503 and a second option 504. In the present embodiment, the first option 503 is “play”, the second option 504 is “later”, and when “play” is selected by the user (for example, “answering machine navigation” “Screen” is displayed) and the playback screen is displayed. If “Later” is selected, the tuner viewing screen is displayed.

  6 and 7 are display examples related to the doorphone unconfirmed image on the playback screen (answering machine navigation screen). FIG. 6 shows a case where only the doorphone unconfirmed images are displayed, and the doorphone unconfirmed images are displayed as a list on the recorded message navigation screen 601. An individual doorphone unconfirmed image 602 displays a message 603, a recording date and time 604, an assigned number 605, and the like. FIG. 7 shows a case where all the images are displayed for the recorded image. The recorded image displayed on the absence recording navigation screen 701 is displayed with a design that allows the confirmed image 702 and the doorphone unconfirmed image 703 to be easily identified.

  As described above, when the recording apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is started and when the power is turned off, an unconfirmed image that has been input from the Aphone system 151 and has not been displayed is displayed. It is possible to display a guidance screen for confirming necessity, display an unconfirmed image according to the user's selection, and perform update management of recorded image information. Therefore, the user can determine the reproduction timing of the information recorded in the recording apparatus according to the importance level and the urgency, and can execute his / her intention by a very simple operation. As a result, it is possible to provide a high-performance recording apparatus that enables the recording information to be used quickly and appropriately.

  The present invention can link and effectively use the functions of the recording device and the camera device, and can be used for a home network system such as a door phone system or a home security system.

Main layout diagram showing an example of use of the recording apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention Block diagram showing the basic configuration of the recording device Flow chart showing operation procedure of the recording apparatus Flow chart showing operation procedure of the recording apparatus Schematic explanatory diagram showing examples of functions of the recording device Schematic explanatory diagram showing examples of functions of the recording device Schematic explanatory diagram showing examples of functions of the recording device

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Recording device 2 Living 3 Television 4 Router 5, 10, 17 PLC adapter 6, 11, 18 Plug 7, 12, 19 Outlet 8 Electric power line 9 Door phone main unit 13 Entrance 14 Door phone camera 15 persons (person, visitor)
16 network camera 110, 120 recording / playback processing unit 111, 121 program reservation unit 112, 122 recording / playback unit 113, 123 tuner 114 terminal unit 115 antenna 130 recording control unit 131 switching unit 132, 133 selector 140 storage unit 150 network adapter 151 door phone System 152 Camera device 160 Management unit 170 Display unit 171 Display device 180 Playback control unit 501 Display screen 502 Confirmation guidance screen 503 First option 504 Second option 601 701 Answering machine navigation screen 602 703 Door phone unconfirmed image 603 Message 604 Recording date and time 605 Assignment number 702 Confirmed image

Claims (2)

Storage means capable of storing at least two types of images: a camera image received from a camera device and a television image received via an antenna;
  Output means for outputting to the display device a guidance screen for whether or not to display the image stored in the storage means;
  If an unconfirmed camera image that has never been output to the display device is stored in the storage means, is an unconfirmed television image that has never been output to the display device stored in the storage means? Control means for controlling the output means to automatically output a guidance screen for necessity input of display of the unconfirmed camera image regardless of whether or not
  Recording device. A receiving means for receiving power input;
When the accepting means accepts a power input, the control means controls the output means to output a guidance screen for the necessity of displaying the specified image.
The recording device according to claim 1.

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