JPH0453052A - Timer reservation setting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To arbitrarily setting a timer reservation and to simplify a setting operation by once executing operations for video recording and reproducing. CONSTITUTION:When video recording is started by operating an operation button 1, a controller 2 fetches information showing the time for starting the video recording from a timer 3 and writes the information in a memory 5 together with channel information. After the video recording is completed, the controller writes the information showing the time for completing the recording in the memory, reads these recording information from the memory afterwards, and displays those information on a monitor 6 together with reservation selection information. When the item '1' of the reservation selection information is selected, time for starting, time for ending and a channel number are written in a memory 4, and the controller receives the time information from the timer and starts a processing from the next day of recording everyday according to the recording information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a timer reservation device suitable for use in video tape recorders (VTRs) and the like.

[Conventional technology]

In recent VTRs, a timer reservation device is installed so that the user can record a desired program when the user is away or watching other programs1.There are 21 conventional timer reservation devices. (1j) There are many types of devices that make timer reservations through operations, such as those that make timer reservations in an interactive manner according to characters displayed on the screen of a television receiver, as described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-52514. A timer reservation device has been proposed.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, with these methods, the user has to set the recording start time, recording end time, recording date, recording channel, etc., which is time-consuming and cumbersome. There is a problem in that there is a possibility that recording errors may occur due to mistakes. This also applies to playback.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a timer reservation device that solves this problem, reduces the user's operational effort, and allows recording or playback of a desired program to be scheduled without error with simple operations.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a first means for generating time information, start time information representing a recording or playback start time, and end time information representing a recording or playback end time, and further comprising: first means for generating time information; a second means for storing information that sometimes includes channel information; a third means for specifying a type of timer reservation for each piece of information; and a third means for making a timer reservation based on the information according to the specified type of timer reservation. and a fourth means.

[Effect]

When recording or playback is started manually or automatically, the start time information and, in the case of recording, channel information are stored in the second means, and when the recording or playback ends, the end time information is also stored. The type of timer reservation is stored in the second means and specifies how the timer reservation is to be executed by the third means.

When such a timer reservation is made, the fourth means monitors the information stored in the second means and the specified type of timer reservation, and adjusts the timer reservation based on this information according to the type of timer reservation. The reservation is executed. For example, if the timer reservation type is daily recording, the program from the time specified by the channel start time information to the time specified by the end time information of the channel indicated by the channel information will be automatically recorded every day from the day after recording is performed. Ru.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the timer reservation device according to the present invention, in which 1 is an operation button, 2 is a control device, 3 is a clock device, 4.5 is a memory, and 6 is a monitor.

In the figure, when recording is started by the user operating operation button 1, or when recording is started by timer reservation using a conventional timer reservation device, control device 2 receives this recording from clock device 3. Information indicating the start time (
Recording start time information) is taken in, and this and information representing the channel to be recorded (channel information) are written into the memory 5. And 1. When the second recording is finished, the control device 2 receives the information from the clock device 3 again indicating the current time (
capture the recording end time information) and write it to the memory 5,
After that, from this memory 5, these recording start time information,
The recording start time information and channel information (hereinafter collectively referred to as recording visit 1 information) are read, and these are used as reservation selection information. Also supplies 1° to the monitor 6. Mo:
. In step 6, the contents of this information are displayed.

FIG. 2 shows the contents of the recording information displayed on the monitor 6, and here it is assumed that channel R8'' is recorded from 9:00 a.m. to 0:00 a.m. on the 4''W frame, and is recorded for 5 hours.

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In the same figure, recording information 1 of record h, one pair, [start time 9・OOAM-1, [-end time ko0:OOA
MJ, [-Channel 08-, is displayed] For reservation selection information 7, for example, []: Make an appointment every day. Specify "2. Make a weekly reservation" and "3: Roy." The type of reservation is displayed by incrementing the number, such as "Make a reservation" or "4: No reservation."

When the user selects one of the reservation selection information numbers 1 to 3, the control device 2 selects the information of the selected number (
The reservation number information) is stored in the memory 1 together with the recording information read from the memory 5, and 2 is stored for this recording information.
The timer reservation indicated by the reservation number information selected in is made.

Therefore, select (12, Reservation selection information number) on the screen shown in Figure 2 of J1 (number 7 and 1).
Recording information such as the start time, end time, and channel number to be displayed is written to the IJ 4.The control device 2 receives the time information from the clock device 3 and records it for example. It monitors the memory contents of Mejiri 4 every minute, and every day from the day after Ginga 13, it automatically starts recording the channel 80 program at 9:00 a.m., and automatically starts recording this program at 10:00 a.m. finish.

Select number 2 of the reservation selection information in Figure 2 (when it is 7,
In the same way, every week starting from the day after the recording, on the same day of the week as the day of the recording, channel 8 will be broadcast from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m.
automatically record the program.

Further, when number 3 of the reservation selection information in FIG. 2 is selected, the user also specifies the date on which the user desires recording. For example, if the recording date is January 1st and you want to record the same channel at the same time on January 15th, select number 3 in the reservation selection information, and select the number 3 on January 15th and 84 Specify the size. As a result, on January 15th, Channel 8 programs will be automatically recorded from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

In this way, recording is initially performed by the user's operation, but the recording information at this time is used to designate any of the reservation selection information to make the desired timer reservation.

When number 4 of the reservation selection information in Fig. 2 is selected,
The recording information written to memory 5 is erased and transferred to memory 4.
is not written to, and no timer reservation is made.

Note that when recording is performed by timer reservation using the reservation selection information number 3 in FIG. 2, the same recording information and reservation selection information are displayed again as shown in FIG. 2 when the recording ends. It's okay. In this way, the timer reservation for the same 8m information can be made again next time.

Further, the timer reservation set as described above is canceled by the h method used in conventional VTRs.

Furthermore, the screen display shown in FIG. 2 may be performed by a predetermined operation by the user after the recording is completed, or the memories 4 and 5 may be configured with the same memory.

Furthermore, in the user's first recording operation, even if the user wants to set the recording start time and recording end time to 10:00 a.m., for example, and the minutes are 0, due to a difference in the operation timing, the time will be shifted by about 1 minute and the recording end time will end at 10:01 a.m. , 9:59 a.m. in some cases. The user's actual time may be used as is as the time information of the recording information, but when writing from memory 5 to memory 4, 9:59 a.m. or 10:00 a.m. should be set to 10:00 a.m. , the control device 2 sets the minutes to O.
Alternatively, the data may be written to the memory 4 by setting the data to the memory 4.

Although the above was a timer reservation for recording, it can also be applied to playback. That is, when the user performs playback, playback information including the playback start time and playback end time is generated and displayed as shown in FIG. 2. Then, when any one of numbers 1 to 3 of the reservation selection information is selected, a timer reservation for playback corresponding to the selection is made.

For example, if playback is performed from 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. by the user's operation and the reservation selection information number] is selected, the playback will start at 6:30 a.m. every day from the next day unless the playback operation is stopped from 6:00 a.m. Playback will occur automatically. As a result, the VTR becomes aware and functions as a device.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, arbitrary timer reservations can be made by simply performing the operations for recording or playing back, and the timer reservation operations are greatly simplified and the usability is greatly improved. .

[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 a diagram showing an example of display contents for timer reservation on the monitor in FIG. 1. 1.-1111 operation button, 2-1111 control device, 3
Clock device, 4.5---Memory, 6------
monitor.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A first means for generating time information representing the current time; and a recording start time of the time information from the first means at the time when recording of a desired program is started by manual operation or automatically. channel information representing the recording start time information, the recording end time information, and the channel number of the desired program, with the time information from the first means at the end of recording of the desired program as the recording end time information; a second means for storing recording information consisting of; a third means for specifying a type of timer reservation for each of the recording information; and a third means for specifying a type of timer reservation for each of the recording information; 4. A timer reservation device comprising: a fourth means for determining time information generated by the first means and executing timer reservation based on the recording information. 2. A first means for generating time information representing the current time, and the time information from the first means at the time of manual operation or automatic start of playback as playback start time information, and the time information at the time of end of playback. a second means for storing reproduction information consisting of reproduction start time information and reproduction end time information using the time information from the first means as reproduction end time information; and specifying a type of timer reservation for each of the reproduction information. and a fourth means for determining time information generated by the first means according to the type of timer reservation specified by the third means, and executing timer reservation based on the playback information. A timer reservation device comprising: and. 3. In claim 1 or 2, the types of timer reservation specified by the third means include a timer reservation to be executed every day, a timer reservation to be executed every week, and a timer reservation to be executed on a specified date. A timer reservation device characterized by a timer reservation. 4. In claim 1, the recording start time information stored in the second means represents a correction time of the actual recording start time of the desired program;
The timer reservation device is characterized in that the recording end time information stored in the second means represents a correction time of the actual recording end time of the desired program. 5. In claim 2, the playback start time information stored in the second means represents a corrected time of the actual playback start time, and the playback end time information stored in the second means represents the corrected time of the actual playback start time. A timer reservation device characterized in that it indicates a correction time of a playback end time.