JPH0380452A - Timer reserving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify user's operation by successively executing the counting-up or counting-down of the start time and end time of stored reserve data by means of a control device and a comparator. CONSTITUTION:A user commands the 30 min counting down of the start time and end time for timer reservation from an input device 1. Thereby, a control device 2 successively reads out reserve data stored in a storage device and supplies the read contents to the comparator 4. The comparator decides whether the picture recording channel data out of the reserve data coincide with received channel data obtained from a channel selection device 7 or not. The comparator 4 compares the data of the start date and time for two reserved data with data obtained from a clock device 6 and outputs an execution command to the device 2. At the time of inputting the execution command, the start/end time data of the read reserved data are changed to the data counted down by 30 min and the updated data are stored in the device 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a timer reservation device, and more particularly to a timer reservation device suitable for a video tape recorder or the like capable of timer reservation.

(Prior art) Conventionally, in recording and reproducing devices such as video tape recorders, a timer reservation function for television broadcasting has been indispensable. It is now possible to record.

Such a conventional timer reservation device is equipped with a storage device for registering reservation data, and stores reservation data such as recording channel, date, start time, and end time set by a user using an input device. It looks like this. The control device determines the start and end of recording by comparing the data in the storage device and the data in the clock device, and controls the channel selection device to record the reserved program.

By the way, in television broadcasting, the scheduled broadcast time may be moved up or down.

For example, if a baseball broadcast is extended, the broadcast times of subsequent programs will be delayed by about 30 minutes or an hour. Other special programs may be broadcast, and the scheduled broadcast time is moved up or down relatively frequently.

If the scheduled broadcast time of a program reserved by a timer is moved up or down, the start time and end time of the reservation must be changed accordingly. In this case,
A user first specifies a scheduled operation mode using an input device. Then, the user checks the contents of the timer reservation (recording channel, start and end time, etc.) and searches for programs whose scheduled broadcast times have been moved up or down among the programs reserved by the timer. Next, the start time and end time of this timer reservation are reset.

Normally, in timer reservation, reservations for multiple programs can be made for one to two weeks. Therefore, the number of reservation data items that the user must check is extremely large in order to understand the program for which the reservation content is to be reset.

Furthermore, there may be a plurality of programs for which the reservation contents need to be reset, and the operation of resetting the reservation contents using the input device becomes extremely complicated.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the conventional timer reservation device described above, in order to change the reservation of a program whose scheduled broadcast time has been moved up or down, the content of the registered timer reservation is called up. However, it is necessary to keep track of the reserved programs that need to be changed, and changes to the reservation contents must be made for each reserved program, which is extremely complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and includes:
To provide a timer reservation device capable of advancing or lowering the start and end time of a reserved program with a simple operation.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) A timer reservation device according to the present invention includes a storage device that stores a plurality of sets of timer reservation data including a start time, an end time, and a channel number; an input device that outputs an advance or a lower instruction command for advancing or lowering the recording start time and recording end time of the reservation data based on an operation; If the recording channel data in the reservation data matches the data indicating the currently selected channel, the recording start date and start time indicated by the reservation data are within a predetermined time from the current date and time. a comparison device that outputs a carry-up or carry-down execution instruction for the reservation data; and a comparison device that sequentially reads out the reservation data according to the carry-up or carry-down instruction instruction and supplies the read-out data to the comparison device; The apparatus is equipped with a control device which processes start time and end time data of the reservation data to be moved up or down based on a user's operation, and stores the data in the storage device.

(Operation) In the present invention, when a move-up or move-down instruction command is output from the input device by a user operation, the control device reads out each reservation data stored in the storage device and sequentially supplies it to the comparison device. If the recording channel indicated by the reservation data matches the currently selected channel, the comparison device determines whether the recording start date and start time indicated by the reservation data are within a predetermined time from the current time. . If it is within the predetermined time, an instruction to execute the advance or postponement of the reservation data is transferred to the control device. Regarding the reservation data to which the move-up or move-down execution command has been transferred, the control device moves up or down the start time and end time of the reservation data based on the user's operation and stores them in the storage device.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a timer reservation device according to the present invention.

The input device 1 has operation keys (not shown), and outputs data to the control device 2 based on key operations on the knee. With this input bag @1, the user can specify the timer reservation mode, set the recording channel, start time, end time, etc., and also instruct to move up or down the start and end times of the timer-scheduled program. It has become. The control device 2 controls each part based on data from the input device 1. Recording channel by input device 1,
When data such as start and end times are input, the control device 2 stores these data in the storage device 3. Also,
When the input device 1 specifies the start and end times to be moved up or down, the control bag @2 sequentially reads out the data stored in the storage device 3 and corrects the data using an execution command from the comparison device 4, which will be described later. The data is then written to the storage device 3.

The display device 5 is controlled by the control device 2 and displays reservation data stored in the storage device 3.

The clock device 6 outputs current date and time data.

The channel selection device 7 is controlled by the control bag @2 to select a predetermined channel. These clock device 6 and channel selection device 7 are standard equipment in conventional VTRs.

Comparison device 4 is controlled by control device 2 and storage device 3
It compares the reservation data stored in , with data such as the current date, time, channel, etc. from the clock device 6 and the channel selection device 7. That is, when the recording channel data of the reservation data stored in the storage device 3 matches the data of the channel currently being selected by the channel selection device 7, the comparison device 4 selects the reservation data of the reservation data. It is determined whether the start date and start time data is within a certain time (for example, within 24 hours) from the current date and time data from the clock device 6, and if it is within a certain time, it is advanced to the control device 2. Or transfer the postponed execution command. For reservation data with matching channel data, it is determined whether the reservation start date and start time data are within a certain time (for example, until 3 o'clock the next morning) from the current date and time data of the clock device 6. It may also be used as a criterion for determining execution command transfer.

Next, the operation of the timer reservation device configured as described above will be explained with reference to the explanatory diagram of FIG. 2. FIG. 2 shows the display displayed on the display screen 8 of the display device 5 when the start time and end time of reservation data are moved up or down.

It is assumed that Needday is currently making a timer reservation shown in the reservation content display 9 in FIG. 2 using the input device 1. Reservation data for four programs with reservation numbers 1 to 4 indicated by the reservation content display 9 is stored in the storage device 3. For example, if the program on channel 3 before 8:00 pm on Thursday is 30
program will be moved back by 30 minutes. For example, a user who learns of the postponement of the scheduled broadcast time at 4:00 pm on Thursday first presses the input device 1.
Specify the 3-channel channel by . Then, the channel selection device 7 is controlled by the control device 2 and selects three channels.

Next, the user uses the input device 1 to instruct to move the start time and end time of the timer reservation forward by 30 minutes.

Then, the control device 2 sequentially reads out the reservation data stored in the storage bag b'ffi 3 and provides it to the comparison device 4. The comparison device 4 determines whether the recording channel data in the reservation data matches the reception channel data from the channel selection device 7. As shown in the reservation content display 9 in FIG. 2, the channel of the reserved program indicated by the reservation number 2.4 is channel 3, and the comparison device 4 compares the start date and start time of these two reservation data. Compare the data with data from clock device 6. That is, when the reservation data indicated by reservation number 2 is input to the comparison device 4, the start time indicated by this reservation data (8:00 p.m. on Thursday) will be changed for 24 hours from the current time (4:00 p.m. on Thursday). Therefore, the comparison device 4 transfers the execution command to the control device 2.
Output to. On the other hand, when the reservation data indicated by the reservation number @4 is input to the comparator 4, no execution command is output because the start time data is more than 24 hours away from the current time. When the execution command is input, the control device 2 changes the start time and end time data of the reservation data being read out to data delayed by 30 minutes, and stores the data in the storage bag @3.

When the display of reservation details is specified by a user operation, the display screen 8 of the display device 5 is displayed as shown in FIG.
In addition to the reservation details display 9, a display 10 showing the changed reservation details is also displayed. This makes it easy to confirm whether the reservation details have been reset.

As described above, in this embodiment, a plurality of reservation data stored in the storage device 3 are sequentially read out and provided to the comparison device 4, and the channel data, start date, and start time data of these reservation data are set to a predetermined value. Only when the conditions are satisfied, the comparison bag @ 4 causes the control device 2 to move forward or move forward the start time and end time, and the user is required to confirm these tasks and reset the reservation details. There is no.

In this embodiment, the start time and end time of the reservation data whose difference from the current time is within 24 hours are postponed, but these times can be freely set by the user's operation.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the control device and the comparison device sequentially move up or down the start time and end time of the stored reservation data, which greatly simplifies user operations. It has the effect of being able to be made into something.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a timer reservation device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Input device, 2... Control device, 3... Storage device, 4... Comparison device, 5... Display device, 6... Clock device, 7... Channel selection device. Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A storage device that stores a plurality of sets of timer reservation data including a start time, an end time, and a channel number, and a recording start time and a recording end time of the reservation data that are advanced based on a user operation. or an input device that outputs an advance or postponement instruction command for performing a postponement, and each reservation data stored in the storage device is sequentially given, and the recording channel data of each reservation data indicates the channel currently being selected. a comparison device that outputs an advance or postponement execution command for the reservation data when the recording start date and start time indicated by the reservation data are within a predetermined time from the current date and time if they match the reservation data; The reservation data is sequentially read out and given to the comparison device according to the advance or decrease instruction command, and when the advance or decrease execution command is transferred from the comparison device, the start time and end time data for the reservation data are determined based on the user's operation. 1. A timer reservation device, comprising: a control device that performs an increment or decrement process and stores the result in the storage device.