JPH0442454A - Program reservation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and surely recognize the registering status of a program by a reserver by allocating reserver data to managing data in accordance with each program. CONSTITUTION:The managing data in accordance with each program is recorded on a managing data base recording area provided at a recording track on a recording medium 36, and the registering status of the program is displayed on a display screen 4A. The reserver data of the program is allocated to the managing data in accordance with the program, and the registering status of the program is displayed on the display screen 4A based on the reserver data of the program. In such a way, it is possible to easily confirm the registering status of the program required for an individual by each reserver, and to surely recognize the registering status of the program even when a program reservation device is shared with by plural reservers.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention will be explained in the following order.

A. Industrial application field B. Overview of the invention C. Conventional technology Means for solving the 8 problems to be solved by the invention (Figs. 3, 12 to 1)
Fig. 4) F action (Fig. 3, Fig. 12 to Fig. 14) G embodiment (G1) Overall configuration of video tape recorder (Fig. 1) (
G2) Functional blocks of the videotape recorder (Figure 2) (G3) Videotape recording format (Figures 3 to 6) (G4) Setting processing of the videotape recorder (Figures 7 to 11) (G5 ) Input of reservation person data (Figures 12 to 14) (G6) Other embodiments H Effects of the invention A Industrial field of application The present invention relates to a program reservation device, for example, a video tape recorder for recording and playing back programs. , it is suitable for application to consumer electronic equipment such as so-called radio cassette players.

B. Summary of the Invention The present invention allows the reservation person to easily and reliably grasp the registration status of a program by assigning reservation person data to management data corresponding to each program in a program reservation device.

C. PRIOR TECHNOLOGY This type of consumer electronic equipment, such as a video tape recorder, allows a user to schedule recording of one or more programs he/she wishes to record using a program timer, and also uses a program timer to record the programmed information. It has been devised so that it can be used to perform even more advanced functions.

Problem to be Solved by the Invention Conventionally, when this type of video tape recorder is shared by multiple users, when attempting to change or cancel the reservation registration information for a program for which reservations have been registered, the display Reservation information registered by multiple users is displayed on the screen at the same time without distinction, so you can understand the reservation details you have made,
It was difficult to read the content of the information.

Also, if the time slot of a newly registered program overlaps with the time slot of an already registered program, it is not possible to tell who registered the registered program with the overlapping time slot from the display contents on the display screen. , even when you want to change or cancel a registered reservation, you don't know which other users to ask for consent, so you may not be able to record a highly important program, or you may only be able to record a partial program. There was a risk that the recording would be lost.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and even when a program reservation device is shared by multiple users, it is possible to easily grasp the content of reservation information required by each user, further improving usability. can do.

E Means for Solving the Problem In order to solve the problem, in the present invention, the management database recording area F AVA % provided in the recording tracks TA, TB, CH1, CH2 on the recording medium 36
F AVV records the management data DAv corresponding to each program, and displays the management data DAv on the display screens 4A and 6A.
In a program reservation device that displays the registration status of a program based on the program, program reservation person data DPIG is assigned to management data DAv corresponding to the program, and the program registration status is displayed based on the reservation person data DPIG. .

By displaying the registration status of the F-effect program on the display screens 4A and 6A based on the program reservation user data DPIIG, even when multiple reservation users share the program reservation device, each reservation person can The registration status of a necessary program can be easily confirmed, and thus the registration status of a program can be grasped with certainty.

Embodiment G An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a video tape recorder will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

(G1) Overall configuration of video tape recorder In FIG. 1, l indicates a video tape recorder (VTR) as a whole, and a recorded video signal S1 input via the video signal processing section 2 is supplied to the video tape recorder main body 3. As a result, this is recorded, and the reproduced video signal S2 is supplied to the monitor 4 via the video signal processing section 2 as a video output signal S3.

In addition, a control management data processing section 5 is provided, which transmits an input/output information signal S4 given from a remote control controller B 6 to a central processing unit l-(CPU) for processing control management data via a remote control transmitter/receiver 7. 8, the control information is sent to the bus 9, thereby controlling the circuit elements constituting the video signal processing unit 2 and the video tape recorder main body 3, and the control information S6 is sent to the video tape recorder via the bus 10. A control signal S7 for the mechanism elements constituting the video tape recorder main body 3 is generated by passing the signal to and from the mechanism control central processing unit 11 of the main body 3.

The video signal processing unit 2 receives the received video signal Sll received by the tuner 21, the external video signal S12 supplied from the input line of the external video signal source, and the internal synchronization circuit 2.
2 is input to the superimpose fader circuit 24 through the input selection circuit 23, and thus the superimpose fader circuit 24
A recorded video signal S1 is obtained at the output end of the .

The recorded video signal S1 is supplied to the recording circuit 32 through the recording switching circuit 31, and is recorded on the video tape 36 of the video cassette 35 by the magnetic helad 34 through the electromagnetic conversion circuit 33 in the recording mode.

In this way, the video signal recorded on the video tape 36 is picked up by the reproduction circuit 37 via the magnetic head 34 and the electromagnetic conversion circuit 33 in the reproduction mode, and is picked up by the reproduction switching circuit 38.
is sent to the video signal processing section 2 as a reproduced video signal S2.

This reproduced video signal S2 is further converted into a video output signal S3 by the video processing circuit 40 via the output selection circuit 39, and is displayed on the display screen 4A of the monitor 4.

Control management data processing CPU of control management data processing section 5
Reference numeral 8 indicates the basic data stored in the basic data memory 43 in the ROM configuration and the basic data in the RAM configuration based on the input/output information signal S4 manually inputted from the remote controller 6 or the input information signal S8 inputted from the VTR keyboard 12. By processing the processed data stored in the register 44 based on a clock signal from a clock circuit 45, control information S5 and S6 are sent to buses 9 and 10.

In this embodiment, a card reader 46 is connected to the bus 9, and the control management data processing CPU 8 is connected to the card reader 3.
4, the basic data read from the IC card 47 can be taken into the register 44.

If it is necessary to inform the user of the processing results obtained by processing data in the control management data processing CPU in this way, the control management data processing CPU
us supplies an image display information signal S14 to the video display processor 41 as part of the control information S5, and the image display information signal 314 causes the video RAM 4 to
By supplying the image display signal S15 read from 2 to the superimpose fader circuit 24, the image display signal 315 is superimposed on the video signal S16 supplied from the input selection circuit 23, resulting in a superimposed output. By supplying the signal S17 to the video processing circuit 4o through the output selection circuit 39, a video is created by superimposing an image signal consisting of letters, characters, diagrams, etc. on the video signal on the display screen 4A of the monitor 4. The screen is configured to allow interaction with the user by displaying the .

In the case of the second embodiment, the control management data processing CPL) 8 is:
When an image consisting of letters, characters, diagrams, etc. is displayed on the display screen 4A of the monitor 4, an image signal representing the same image is supplied from the remote control transmitter/receiver 7 to the remote controller 6 as an input/output information signal S4. However, this allows the same image as the display screen 4A of the monitor 4 to be displayed on the display screen 6A.

Here, the control management data processing CPU 8 uses the control information S5
As part of the video tape, write management data S25 related to the recording and playback operations of the recorder body 3 are transferred to the video tape through the image recording encoder 51, and then sequentially through the recording switching circuit 31, the recording circuit 32, and the III conversion circuit 33. When the management data 1 written in the video recording track of the tape 36 is read through the magnetic conversion circuit 33, the reproduction circuit 37, and the reproduction switching circuit 38, it is recorded as an image recording. The read management data S26 can be taken in via the bus 9 via the decoder 5'2.

In addition, in this embodiment, the control management data processing CPU 8 sends write management data S27 similar to the write management data S25 given to the image recording encoder 51 to the 1ftiff conversion circuit 33 through the audio recording encoder 53. the video tape 3 via the magnetic head 34.
Management data recorded on the audio recording track of the video tape 36 is recorded on the audio recording track of the video tape 36 through the magnetic helad 34 in the playback mode! The data is read out from the magnetic conversion circuit 33 and taken out by the audio recording decoder 54, and then taken out as successive processing data 328 by the control management data processing CPU 8.

(C2) Functional Block Control of Video Tape Recorder The data processing CPU 8 controls the video tape recorder as a whole according to the functional blocks shown in FIG.

That is, when the CPU 8 receives a command input from the keyboard 12, it functions as an interrelated processing means in block BKI, and then functions as a system scheduling means and a database holding means in block BK2. At this time, the system scheduling means and database holding means communicate with the timer reservation database creation means of block BK3 while managing the time series of the entire system, and perform the functions as an artificial intelligence module indicated by block BK4 and block BK5. and the function as an application processing means shown in FIG.

In the artificial intelligence module BK4, the CPU 8 determines the content of the command input in natural language according to the input of command items expressed in natural language by the natural language system BK4A.

Then, the habit learning inference system BK4B learns and infers the user's habits based on the manner of command content in the natural language, and the habit database creation system B
Create a habit database using K4C.

In the general processing means BK5, the CPU is processed by the management database module B by the module processing means BK5A.
K5B, user preference module BK5C, system setting module BK5D and timer reservation module BK5
Executes the function of H.

At the same time, the CPU 8 in the application processing means BK5 executes message display processing in the message system BK5F and display processing on the monitor 4 in the monitor block BK5G.

In order to process the artificial intelligence module block BK4 and application processing block BK5, the CPU 8 executes processing such as timer reservation packet and flag processing in the common data area processing block BK6.

The processing in the applied processing means BK5 is performed by the input/output driving means B.
It is connected to the video tape recorder body 3, monitor 4, remote control transceiver 7, and remote control controller 6 as external devices via K7.

(G3) Recording Format of Video Tape As shown in FIG. 3, the video tape 36 has video recording tracks TA and 36 having different azimuth angles formed along the head scanning direction that diagonally crosses the tape running direction a. TB are formed so as to be adjacent to each other in the tape running direction a, and a control signal CT is recorded on the outer edges of the entry side ends of the video recording tracks TA and TH,
Audio recording tracks CHI and CH2 for two channels are formed at the edge of the video tape 36 on the detached side.

A management database video track recording area F AVV is provided at the beginning of the recording start of the video tape 36 over a predetermined number of video recording tracks TA and TB, and the management database video track recording area F
Following AVV, a video signal recording area F0 is formed in which video signals for one field are recorded in each of the video recording tracks TA and TB.

Management data DAM having the configuration shown in FIG. 4 is recorded in each of the recording tracks TA and TH belonging to the management database video track recording area F Avw.

The management data DAv is such that a volume information block D□ and a program information block D□ are sequentially recorded in that order from the head side of the recording tracks TA and TB.

The volume information block D□ is management information regarding the video cassette 35 installed in the video tape recorder main body 3. For example, as shown in FIG. Ru.

The information in item A1 represents the "format version",
By recording the version number of the management data DAv using 1 [byte] of data, the video cassette 3
5 is installed, the system is set so that it can process even the old version of the management data DAv by identifying the format version.

Item A2 represents the "number of repeated recordings", and for example, 1 [byte] of data is used to store the management data DAV for the management database audio track recording area FAVA.
When recording, record the number of times it is repeated. Thus, the number of times the management data D□ was recorded using the audio signal recording method is recorded as reference material.

Item A3 represents [number of screens used], for example, 1 [byte]
The number of screens used when recording the management data I) av on the video cassette 35 (that is, the number of recording tracks occupied by the management database video track recording area FIIlvv) is recorded by the data of The system is able to determine the location.

Item A4 represents the "number of used programs", and records the number of programs reserved or recorded on the video cassette 35 and the presence or absence of recording space using, for example, 1 [byte] of data.

In this embodiment, the 0th to 6th bits of the box allow the reserved or recorded number of programs to be recorded to a maximum of 32 programs, and the 7th bit indicates whether there is recording space (logical (represented by a logical "l") or if there is no recording space (represented by a logical "l").

By doing this, even if the maximum number of used programs is less than 32 programs depending on the tape length of the video cassette 35 or the length of reserved or recorded programs, if there is no recording space, this can be used as the seventh program. can be confirmed by a bit of

Item A5 represents "date and time of generation", and records the date and time when the management data DAv was first written into the video cassette 35 using, for example, 5 [bytes] of data.

In this example, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th bytes each contain "minute", "1 o'clock", "day", "r month", and "year" as two-digit binary coded decimal numbers. The age of the video cassette 35 can be determined based on the volume information Dv, which is an item indicating the date and time of generation.

Item A6 represents "update date and time", and records the date and time when the management data DAv was changed, for example, using 5 [bytes] of data.

In this embodiment, the update date and time data are the first, second, third,
"1 minute", "hour", "day" in the 4th and 5th byte
, "month", and "year" are recorded in binary coded 10 base numbers, so that it is possible to confirm when the currently used management data D□ was generated.

The first A7 represents the "system volume number." For example, if the video cassette 35 is a so-called continuous product, the serial number is recorded using 8c bytes of data, and this records the serial number that is currently installed. In addition, the system volume number can be displayed on the monitor by adding a system volume number to the recording reservation information held by the video tape recorder body 3. This allows the user to be informed of the video tape 36 to be reserved for recording.

Item A8 represents "screen display color J, for example 2 [byte]
For example, when displaying a list, etc., the display color can be specified based on the data, and when the user attaches the video cassette 35 and displays the list display screen, the user It is designed so that it can be immediately determined which cassette is installed.

Item A9 represents "various flags", for example 1 [byte]
This data allows multiple types of flag data to be recorded.

In this embodiment, the user can record a "record prohibition" flag in the O-th bit, thereby allowing the recorded contents of the video cassette 35 to be saved.

Furthermore, a "formatted" flag can be entered by the system in the first bit, thereby making it possible to confirm whether or not the entire recording area of the video tape 36 has been completely formatted.

Furthermore, the second and third bits allow the system to input an "address mode" flag indicating the type of program end address, so that even if the program end address is recorded in a different mode by the video cassette 35, This can be reliably detected.

Item AIO represents "type of video cassette" and is designed to record the tape length and tape type using, for example, 2 [byte] data.

In this embodiment, the first byte can be automatically set by the system, whereas the second byte can be set by the user as necessary. Thus, when the video cassette 35 is loaded, by checking the type and length of the tape, it is possible to check the hub diameter to be used.

The item All represents "password" and allows the user to register a password expressed in a 4-digit binary coded decimal number using 2 [byte] data, for example.

In this way, when the user inserts the video cassette 35 with a registered password into the video tape recorder body 3, if the user cannot correctly input the password registered on the video cassette 35, recording and playback of the video cassette 35 is prohibited. , so that the contents of the videotape 36 cannot be viewed.

Item A12 represents a "user volume number", and is configured such that the user can record a video cassette organizing number, that is, a volume number, on the video cassette 35 according to his/her preference using, for example, 2 [byte] data. In this case, volume numbers can be assigned in the range of 0 to 64,000 in binary coded decimal notation, and
By adding a user volume number to the recording reservation information held by the video tape recorder body 3, it can be displayed on a monitor, thereby informing the user of the video tape 36 to be reserved for recording.

Item A13 represents "playback order", and for example, the playback order of up to 32 programs can be recorded as needed using 32 [bytes] of data, so that in so-called program playback mode, the playback order of up to 32 programs can be recorded from the first byte. The programs recorded in the 32nd byte can be sequentially specified and played back.

Item A14 represents "recording order", and for example, 32 [bytes] of data can be used to store up to 32 recording positions in 32 recording order positions.
It is possible to record program numbers.

In this way, in so-called program playback, programs with program numbers recorded in that order from the first byte to the 32nd byte can be played back in sequence.

Item A15 represents "volume label", for example 40
[Byte] data allows the user to label the video cassette 35 with a title, etc. as necessary, and also adds a volume label to the recording reservation information held by the video tape recorder body 3. This allows the video tape 36 to be displayed on the monitor, thereby informing the user of the video tape 36 to be reserved for recording.

In this embodiment, a maximum of 40 characters can be recorded using the ASCII code, and a maximum of 20 characters can be recorded using the S-JIS code.

On the other hand, the program information block DPI, as shown in FIG. 4, is composed of program information [)p+tx as shown in FIG. 6, corresponding to the program information recorded on the video tape 36 of the video cassette 35. ing.

Item B1 represents a "start address", and for example, the start address value of each program is determined based on the start address of the video tape 36 using 3 [byte] data, and the program is stored in the video signal recording area F've of the video cassette 35. Written by the system after being recorded.

In this embodiment, the address value modes are time mode (1 second, 1 minute, hour expressed in binary coded decimal notation) and program number mode (VASS (VH3), vid
eo address signal 5earch
(representing the program number based on the VH3 standard) and a control signal mode (representing the number of CTL pulses based on the CTL (β) standard) can be selectively applied.

Item B2 represents "end address", and records the program end address value from the beginning position of the videotape 36 using, for example, 3 [byte] data.

In this embodiment, the program end address value can select the time mode, program number mode, and control signal mode in the same manner as the program start address value.

Item B3 represents "various flags", for example 1 [byte]
Information representing the handling status of the program information is recorded using the data.

In this example, "recorded information" (indicating whether or not the program is being recorded) is written in the box O bit, and "recording end status information" (indicating whether the program is being recorded) is written in the first and second bits. ) is written, and the third
Write the “recording permission flag” (indicates whether recording should be prohibited or not) in the bit, and write “viewed flag information” (indicates whether the user has watched the recorded program at least once) in the fourth bit. It is designed to be written.

Item B4 represents the "system program number", for example 1 [
Byte] data records a series of serial numbers assigned by the system to the program.

In this example, "0" and "1" are entered sequentially from the beginning of the tape.
, "2", etc. are written as the system number.

Item B5 represents the "program number", for example 1 [byte]
The data allows the user to input the number of consecutive programs (for example, a drama series).

Item B6 represents a "category code", and records the category of the program content (eg, sports, news, drama, etc.) using, for example, 1 [byte] of data.

Item B7 represents "input source", for example 1 [byte]
The input source indicating where the program was obtained is recorded by the data.

In this embodiment, the channel number selected by the tuner 21 (FIG. 1) and the external line number of the external line video signal 512 are written as information representing the source content.

Item number B8 represents "recording/operation mode", for example 1
The recording mode for the video cassette 35 and the operation mode at the time of recording are written in the [byte] data.

In this embodiment, the recording mode is video cassette 3.
5 is recorded by a video tape recorder of "β method", rVH3 method", or "8 mm video method", the recording mode is written, and in the case of β method, "βIs mode", "β■ Write the types of "mode" and "βmode", and in the case of VH3 system, write the types of "rsp method", "LP method", and "rEP method",
Also, when using the 8mm video format, write the type of "SP mode" or "rLP mode", and write the type of operation mode during recording, such as "normal recording mode" or "mode J in which only the reference signal is written in advance." is being done.

Item B9 represents "recording start time" and records the start time of a reserved or recorded program using, for example, 5 [bytes] of data.

In this example, the user writes "minute", "hour", "day", "month", and "year" in the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth bytes in binary coded decimal notation. It is done like this.

Item BIO represents "recording end time", and records the end time of a reserved or recorded program using, for example, 2-byte data.

In this embodiment, "minute" and "hour" data are written in the first and second bytes in binary coded decimal notation.

Item Bll is "scheduled recording control information", for example 10 (
Byte] data causes the video tape recorder main body 3 (FIG. 1) to perform a scheduled recording operation at the time of executing a scheduled recording, and also records information for controlling peripheral equipment to be operated in response thereto.

Item B12 represents "title", and the user writes character information representing the title using, for example, 40 [bytes] of data.

Item B13 represents "reserver data", and records the information of the user who inputs the recording reservation information using, for example, 10 [bytes] of data.

(G4) Video tape recorder setting processing CPU 8 uses control management data processing unit 5,
The video signal processing section 2 and the video tape recorder main body 3 are processed by the processing program RTO shown in FIGS. 7, 8, and 9.
By processing according to RTI and RT31, it is controlled to the operating state specified by the user.

In this embodiment, the remote control controller 6
As shown in FIG. 10, the display screen 6A has a configuration in which a touch panel is provided on the liquid crystal panel on the operation panel on the surface of the case, and when specified items are displayed as a list on the display screen 6A, each display By directly pressing the item and clicking input, a designation signal regarding the displayed item can be input. In addition, after specifying a predetermined display item by moving the cursor displayed on the display screen 6A using the four-direction cursor keys 6B,
By operating the execution key 6C, a designation signal regarding the display item can be input.

Furthermore, the remote controller 6 has a normal operation command key 6D, a menu display command key 6E, a management data mode command key 6F, and reservation 1 and reservation 2 operation mode designation keys 6G and 6H. In contrast, the operation mode of the video tape recorder 1 can be specified.

Step SP of the input information processing program RTO in FIG.
In step SP2, the CPU 8 waits for the power to be turned on, and when a positive result is obtained, the CPU 8 waits for the power to be turned on.
It is determined whether or not the s-on operation is on the same day, and if it is the first time, the message "Set time" is displayed on the display screen 4A of the monitor 4 by sequentially executing steps SP3, SF3, and SF3. After displaying on the display screen 6A of the remote controller 6, the current time is set according to the system setting operation mode, and a message "Time has been set" is displayed on the display screens 4A and 6A.

In this way, the video tape recorder 1 enters the standby state for commands with the current time set.

This command standby state continues to be maintained even when a negative result is obtained in step SP2, and thus, in the command standby state, "management database", "system settings", "favorite settings", and "timer reservation around 3" are displayed. You can now selectively control the eyes.

In fact, when the CPU is in this command standby state, when the menu display mode designation key 6E is operated on the remote control controller 6 (or keyboard 12), "Management database", "System settings", etc. are displayed on the display screens 6A and 4A. By displaying the operation mode designations of "favorite settings" and "timer reservation," the user can designate one of the operation modes by a click operation.

The "management database" mode is the management database video track recording area F of the video tape 36 (FIG. 3).
An operation mode in which the management data Day (Fig. 4) is recorded in the AVV or the management database audio track recording area F AVII, or the recorded management data I) av is used to drive and control the video tape recorder main body 3. , when the "Management Database" item among the menu display items is clicked in step SP6, the CPU 8 determines that the video cassette 35 containing the tape on which management data DAv is recorded (this is called a management data tape) is set in step SP7. If it is set, after executing various processes of the management database in subroutine RT1, step S
In P8, it is determined whether the contents of the management database have been changed, and if the contents have been changed, the management database video track recording area F AVI is determined in step SP9.
or management database audio track recording area F
Processing such as rewriting the AVA recorded data with the changed management data is executed.

In this way, the processing for the management database is completed, and in step 5 PIO it is determined whether the power has been turned off or not. When a negative result is obtained, the state returns to the above-mentioned command standby state, and when a positive result is obtained, step At 5PII, the input information processing program ends.

Upon entering the various processing routines RT1 for the management database described above, the CPU 8 executes step SP2 as shown in FIG.
1, after displaying the management data list on the display screen 6A of the remote controller 6 and the display screen 4A of the monitor 4, the system enters a command standby state.

At this time, "Label", "Reservation Cancellation", "
"Auto play", "Manual reservation", "Program information confirmation"
and "Management Data Reservation" items are displayed, and this makes it possible to specify that one item.

Here, the "Label" item represents an operation mode that can be set by selecting one of the volume information included in the volume information block D□ (Fig. 4) of the management monitor I) Av. '' item is clicked, the items ``Password J,'' ``Recording Mode,'' ``Tape Type,''``Category,'' and ``Title'' are displayed on the display screen, allowing the user to select that one item.

Here, when the user clicks on the "Password" item,
cpus receives the volume information D in step 5P23.
The password data recorded in the item All of vMM (FIG. 5) is allowed to be rewritten by the user.

Similarly, in step 5P24, the CPU 8 can designate the recording/operation mode recorded in item B8 of the program information □ (FIG. 6) and write the recording mode data therein.

Further, the CPU is configured to be able to rewrite the tape type data among the data representing the type of video cassette recorded in the item AIO of the volume information DvM (FIG. 5) in step 5P25.

In addition, the CPU 8 retrieves the program information in step 5P26.
(2) The category code data recorded in item B6 (Fig. 6) can be rewritten.

Further, in step 5P27, the CPU 8 reads the program information D.
The title data recorded in item B12 of PI,l (FIG. 6) can be rewritten.

In this way, the CPU 8 rewrites the data in the "Password" to "Title" items in steps 5P23 to 5P27, and when the "end" item is specified in step 5P28, the CPU 8 finishes processing the management data, and returns to step 5P29. Then, the process returns to the management database processing loop shown in FIG. 7 and enters the process of step SP8.

On the other hand, when the user clicks on the "cancel reservation" item in the command standby state where the management data list is displayed in step SP21 of FIG. Cancel all program reservations.

Also, when the user clicks on the "Autoplay" item, C.
In step SP31, the PU8 sets the volume information Dv.
□ The playback order data of item A13 (FIG. 5) is played back in a fixed order and rewritten as necessary.

When the user clicks on the "manual reservation" item, the CPU 8 sequentially accepts manual settings for a predetermined number of programs and inputs them as management data.

When the processing of steps 5P30, SF31 and 5P32 is completed, the CPU 8 executes the steps 5P28 and 5P29 described above.
and returns to the management database processing loop (FIG. 7).

Further, when the CPU 8 is in the standby state for a command to display the management data list in step SP21 of FIG.
enters the process of step 5P33, switches the display screen display in step 5P34, and proceeds to step 5P35.
, or 5P36, 5P37, or 5P3B, the volume information DvN) 1 (Figure 5) and the program information Dr The display mode becomes such that the recorded contents of the "Title" item can be confirmed or rewritten.

In this example, "recording permission" item, "saw flag"
A predetermined pictorial display, that is, a character, is used as the data for the item, "category" item, and "title" item, which makes it possible to check and change information recorded for multiple reserved programs using a relatively small display area. It has been made possible to do so.

When the processing of steps 5P35 to SP3B is thus completed, the CPU 8 returns to the management database processing loop (FIG. 7) via steps 5P28 and 5P29.

Furthermore, when the user clicks on the "Management Data Reservation" item in the command standby state where the management data list is displayed, the CPU enters the management data subroutine RT3, which forms part of the processing procedure shown in FIG. Management data reservation processing procedure R for switching reservation modes such as
Execute T31.

At this time, the CPL 18 causes the user to select the timer reservation mode in step SP41.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, as a list of specified items that can be presented to the user for specifying and selecting specified items of management data, words consisting of word input items that express specified items using natural language. A designated item list TBL and a graphic designated item list consisting of graphic input items that represent designated items using graphic elements such as Roman letters, numbers, and symbols as usual are prepared, and CPIJ8
In step 5P41, the user selects and specifies either verbal input or graphic input as the reservation screen to be used.

If word input is selected as a result, the CPL 18 moves to step 5P42, displays the word designation item list TBL on the display screen, and takes into the register 32 the data corresponding to the word input item specified by the user.

Conversely, if graphic input is selected, the CP
U8 moves to step SP43, displays a graphic designation item list on the display screen, and stores data corresponding to the graphic input item specified by the user in the register 44.
Incorporate into.

In this way, when the user's specified input operation is completed, CP [
J8 ends the management data reservation input process and returns to the management database processing loop of FIG.

At this time, cpus subsequently displays the "Register" item, "Change" item, and [Inquiry J item on the display screen, and in step 5
In P51SSP52 and 5P53, the user
Clicking on the ``Register'' item, ``Change'' item, or ``Inquiry j'' item enters the process to execute this item.

In order to process the clicked item, the CPU 8 is configured to display a calendar reservation table, a weekly reservation table, and a daily child table in accordance with the user's selection in steps 5P54, 5P55, and 5P56, respectively. The start time and/or end time of a reserved program is written on a calendar reservation table, weekly reservation table, or daily child table.

After completing this process, CPLJ8 performs step 5P described above.
In step 2B, the processing program for the management database is terminated, and the process returns to the management database processing loop (FIG. 7) from step 5P29.

The above is performed in step S in the initial command standby state shown in FIG.
By clicking on the "Management Database" item on P6, you can record, change, and record the management data on videotape.
This is a confirmation process, but if the user clicks on other specified items in the initial command standby state, i.e., "3rd system setting,""favorite setting j item," or "1st timer reservation" , the CPU 8 executes processing for setting operating conditions for each part of the video tape recorder 1.

That is, in step SP61 of FIG.
When you click "System Settings," the display screen displays the "Current time" item, "Sleep timer" item, "Recording mode" item, "Noise cancellation" item, "BS online" item, "Auto set" item, and "Tuner ``Preset'' item and ``Line input 1st line'' item are displayed, and these items can be set in steps 5P62 and SF33.5P64.5P6 respectively.
By clicking on 5.5P66.5P67.5P6B or 5P69, you can set the operating conditions for each part of the system, and when you finish the setting process, c
pus ends the processing of the system setting processing loop and moves to the above-mentioned step 5 PIO.

On the other hand, when the CPU clicks on the "Favorite Settings" item in step SP71, the display screen displays the "Screen Display" item, "Management Database" item, "User Set" item, "Character" item, and "Timer Reservation" item. ” item, “User Level” item, “Message” item, and “Audio” item are displayed on the display screen, and these items are processed in steps SP72.5P73, SF34, and SF35, respectively.
, SF36.5P77.5P7B, or 5P79, the CPU 8 executes the processing of each item, and when the processing is completed, the CPU 8 moves to step 5PIO described above.

Furthermore, in the initial command standby state, when the user clicks on the "timer reservation" item in the subsequent step SP81, the CPU displays the "registration" item and the "change" item on the display screen.
Display the item and ``Inquiry j item,'' and the user can click step 5P.
82.5 When each item is clicked in P83 or SF34, the "Calendar Reservation Table" item and the "1 Week Reservation Table J Item and R1 Day Date" item are displayed on the display screen. Then, when the user specifies one of them, CP
U8 makes a calendar reservation table, a weekly reservation table, or 1 in steps 5P85, 5P86 or 5P87 respectively
By displaying the schedule table, the user can make a reservation for a program using the reservation table.

When the CPLJ 8 thus completes the processing of the timer reservation processing loop, it moves to the above-mentioned step 5 PIO.

In this way, the CPU 8 can reliably control the video tape recorder main body 3 based on the input data input by the user by executing the human information processing program RTO shown in FIG.

(G5) When the user specifies the "timer reservation J" executed in step SP81 in FIG. 7 and the "management data reservation" item executed in subroutine RT3 in FIG. The D PIG is in the input standby state and the reserved tone name can be entered using the keyboard 12 or the remote control controller 6. □, for example rcHIcHI
, input.

Here, the reserved pitch name DNA□ may be entered one by one character by character (or may be selected and input from a list of reserved pitch names registered in advance by the user).

When the CPU 8 finishes inputting the reserved tone name D HAME, the CPU 8 writes the reservation person base DNA □ as the reservation person data DPIG in the item B13 of the program information D□ stored in the management data memory of the register 44 via the bus 9. .

Along with this, CPLJ8 displays "
Display the "Registration" item, "Change item" and "Inquiry item",
The user enters each item in steps SP51 to 5P53 or 5P.
82 to SP84, waiting for the link.
Then steps 5P54 to 5P56 or 5P85 to 5P
In 87, "calendar reservation table", "one week reservation table"
By displaying the "1-day child schedule" item, the user can make a reservation for a program using the reservation table.

Eventually, the processing of the timer reservation processing loop ends and the input of the start time and/or end time of the reserved program is completed.
The CPU 8 displays the display screens 4A and 6 as shown in FIG.
Reservation display DISP showing the time slot of reserved programs registered in A
Display I.

In this embodiment, the reservation display DISPI displays the reservation date item, recording start time item, recording end time item, and reservation note name item of the registered reservation program PRG. For example, in the case of the child reservation program PRCI in the first line , r5.28 (Mon)
By displaying 21:00-22:00 CHI CH1j, it is shown that there is a scheduled program by my father from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Monday, May 28th.
Furthermore, the child care program PRG2 in the second row is designed so that it can be seen at a glance that there is a program reserved by the mother for May 29th, Tuesday, from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm.

Next, the user uses the keyboard 12 or the remote controller 6 to select, for example, rc as the reservation person's list.
When the CPU 8 instructs to display the HIcHIJ reservation list LIST1, the CPU 8 selects item B of the registered reservation numbers MiPRG stored in the register 44 as program information DPIlx.
13 Reserver Data
GII, PRGI2, PRGI3... are displayed on display screen 4A as shown in FIG. 13 as reservation display DISP2.
and displayed on 6A.

In the case of this embodiment, the reservation display DISP2 displays rCHI C as a reservation list of the reserved note name DNA□ specified in the upper row.
The HI reservation list is displayed, and in the next row, the reservation date, recording start time, and recording end time items of the currently reserved program are arranged and displayed horizontally from the left end. The reservation number 11PFi'G11. is registered by rcHIcHI. PRGI 2, PR
The registration status of GI3... can be grasped and confirmed at a glance.

At this time, when the user specifies display of duplicate reservations, CPtJ8 displays the reservation numbers IJIPRG11, PRGI2, PRGI3, etc. displayed on the reservation display DISP2.
A search is made to see if any of the time slots overlap with the time slot of a reserved program registered by another reservation holder, and if a program with an overlapping time slot is detected, the display screen 4 of the monitor 4 will be displayed.
A duplicate reservation display DISP3 as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed on the display screen 6A of the A and remote controller 6.

In the case of this embodiment, the duplicate reservation display DISP3 is the reservation number &flPRG22 (May 29,
(Tuesday, 9200 pm to 10:00 pm) will be displayed by the duplicate display DBL, and the message MSC "This reservation overlaps with that of HAHAO" will be displayed on display screens 4A and 6A at the bottom, and this time will be displayed on display screens 4A and 6A. The obi indicates that my mother has already reserved the program.

As a result, when a user registers a new program, if there is an overlap between the time slot of the newly registered program and the time slot of an already registered program, the user can check who registered the overlap. , you can consult with the user and make reservations to avoid duplication.

This allows programs of high importance to be reserved and registered safely and reliably.

According to the above configuration, when a newly registered program is reserved and registered in a video tape recorder that is shared by multiple users, the reserved tone name is registered in advance, so that it is possible to know who reserved the reserved program. In addition to being able to search and display only the individual reservation data of each user, each user can easily and reliably grasp the reservation status of each user.

In addition, if the time slot of a new reserved program overlaps with the time slot of a registered reserved program, you can confirm who registered the reserved program, so you can change the reservation data after confirming with the user. You can perform processing such as cancellation,
It is possible to effectively avoid the possibility that a program that is highly important to any user cannot be recorded or that it can only be partially recorded.

(G6) Other Embodiments (1) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the reserved pitch name DNA □ is inputted before recording a program is described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the reservation information is inputted. After that, the reservation person's name DNA1 may be input.

(2) In the above embodiment, when the reserved sound name □ added to the program data is used to display the list of registered programs, display the registered contents of multiple reservation users, and display duplicate reservations. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the reserved pitch name DRAM [ may be displayed in various processing modes related to reservation information.

(3) In the above embodiment, the reservation information is displayed on the screen 4.
A and 6A, as shown in FIGS. 12 to 14, have been described using letters, numbers, etc., but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be displayed using graphic images. .

(4) In the above-described embodiment, the program information of the program for which reservation has been registered is shown in □, and the reserved pitch name D80. Although the case has been described in which the reservation person data DpH16 is added to a recorded program, the present invention is not limited to this. By adding and storing the past recorded data, each user can display the past recorded data and select which recorded program to play.

(5) In the above-mentioned embodiment, the present invention was described as an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a video tape recorder, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be widely applied to consumer electronic equipment such as a radio-cassette player.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, by including the reservation person data in the management data and registering it, it is possible to easily grasp the registration status of the program for each reservation person, and thus the recording reservation can be made even more easily. Can be executed easily and reliably.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a video tape recorder including a program reservation device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing its functional blocks, and FIG. 3 is a line diagram showing the recording format on the video tape. Figures, Figures 4 to 6
Figure 7 is a route map and chart showing the configuration of the management database, Figure 7 is a flowchart showing the input information processing procedure of the video tape recorder, Figures 8 and 9 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of the management database, and Figure 10. 11 is a diagram showing the configuration of the word designation order-list, FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the reservation display screen, and FIG. 13 is the reservation display screen for each reserved sound. The chart shown in FIG. 14 is a chart showing the display of duplicate reservations. 1...Video tape recorder, 2...
Video signal processing unit, 3...Video tape recorder body, 4...Monitor, 5...Control management data processing unit, 6...Remote control controller , 8. Old... Central processing unit (CPU) for control management data processing, 12... Keyboard, 32...
...recording circuit, 33rd...tiff conversion circuit,
35...video cassette, 36...video tape, 37...playback circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Management data corresponding to each program is recorded in a management database recording area provided in a recording track on a recording medium, and the registration status of the program is displayed on a display screen based on the management data. What is claimed is: 1. A program reservation device, characterized in that the reservationer data of the program is assigned to the management data corresponding to the program, and the registration status of the program is displayed based on the reservationer data.