JPH06259835A - Tv program video recording reservation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simultaneously perform the work seeking a program and the work reserving video recording by selecting and displaying the TV program information applicable to a retrieval condition from a storage means and video recording instructing and video recording reserving for the displayed TV program information. CONSTITUTION:The TV program information is taken out from a recording medium 1 according to a selected menu and displayed on a display means 5. An arrow mark is displayable on the head of the TV program information, and the arrow mark is moved to the head of respective TV program information to select the program by an input means 3. When the display of the text information is instructed by the means 3, the text information of a program contents and performers, etc., is displayed on the means 5. When the video recording reservation is instructed by the means 3 in the state where the text information is displayed, the information of a broadcasting date, a channel, start and end time is sent to a reception reservation part 6 and a video recording reservation part 7. The information is set to the reservation part 6 as a reception date, the channel, the start and end time, and is set to the reservation part 7 as the video recording date, and the start and end time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording reservation device capable of recording a TV program by searching for TV program information using a magnetic or optical storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recording reservation in conventional TV program recording is performed by a person who makes a recording reservation by reading a TV program information magazine, a TV program section of a newspaper or the like to find a program to be recorded, and then an operation panel or a remote controller of a recording device. To the recording device,
It is performed by manually inputting a recording channel, a recording day of the week, a recording start time and a recording end time, or a specific numerical code representing these.

This recording reservation operation needs to be performed once for one program, so when there are a plurality of programs to be recorded, the operation for that number must be performed.
The person who made the recording reservation had to find the recording target program while looking at the TV program table for each recording target program.

[0004]

As described above, the conventional T
In V program recording, the task of reading a TV program guide to find a program to be recorded and the task of recording reservation are performed as separate tasks that are not related to each other.

The present invention does not have the above-mentioned drawbacks, that is, the work of finding a program to be recorded can be performed by the same operation as the operation of recording reservation, and the result of finding the recorded program can be reflected as it is in the recording reservation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a TV program reservation recording device.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The above-mentioned problems have been input by the storage means for storing information on the broadcasting of TV programs, the input means for inputting search conditions and various selection instructions, and the input means. A search means for searching the storage means for specific information based on search conditions, a display means for displaying the searched information, and a reception reservation section and a recording reservation section which operate based on the information of the searched program are provided. This is solved by using a TV program recording reservation device.

[0007]

In the present invention, when the search condition is input on the display screen by the input means, the information of the corresponding plural TV programs is read from the storage means and displayed on the display screen. When the program to be reserved for recording is designated from the displayed TV program information by the input means and the recording reservation is instructed, the channel and the date and time are set in the reception reservation section and the recording reservation section, and selected at the set time. The recorded TV program is recorded.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of a TV program recording reservation apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the TV program recording reservation apparatus includes a storage medium 1 storing TV program information, a reading means 2 for reading data stored in the storage medium 1, an input means for inputting search conditions and a selection instruction. 3, search means 4 for searching the corresponding TV program information from the storage medium 1 based on the search condition input by the input means 3, display means 5 for displaying the searched information, and broadcast information of the selected program is set. The reception reservation unit 6 and the recording reservation unit 7 are configured.

The storage medium 1 is specifically a storage medium such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, an optical card, an IC card, etc., and information about TV programs, that is, a TV program broadcast channel, broadcast date, broadcast time, and program. Overview, creator,
Stores information such as performers. The input means 3 is for inputting various conditions such as inputting search conditions, inputting an instruction to display a program outline, inputting a recording reservation instruction, and the like.
It consists of a keyboard and pointing device. The search means 4 is realized by a computer and a program for starting it, and has a search function of word search, condition search, and menu search. The display means 5 displays the search condition and TV program information, for example, CR.
A TV receiver that is commonly used at home may be used as long as it can display a screen such as a T display. The reception reservation unit 6 sets the TV broadcast reception reservation according to the reception date, the reception channel, the reception start time, and the reception end time, which are the recording reservation information given from the search means 4. The recording reservation unit 7 sets a video recording reservation according to the recording date, the recording start time, and the recording end time, which are the recording reservation information.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the TV program recording reservation apparatus. The operation of this apparatus will be described below with reference to FIG. First, when the present apparatus is activated, a screen for selecting a search method as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display means 5 (S1). As shown in FIG. 3, a message "Please select a search method!" Is displayed on the search method selection screen, and three search functions that can be performed by this apparatus are displayed below the message. Further, an arrow mark 8 indicating selection is displayed on the left side of the search function. Here, the operator of the apparatus moves the arrow mark 8 in the display screen up and down with the input means 3 to select a search method from word search, condition search, and menu search (S2).

When the word search is selected in S2, a message "Please input the search word!" Is displayed on the display means 5 as shown in FIG. 4, and the operator uses the input means 3 to search. Enter the keyword. FIG. 4 shows a display screen when "environmental protection" is input as a keyword. (S3)

When the condition search is selected in S2, a display for inputting the search condition is displayed (S4),
When the menu search is selected, a display for selecting the menu search is displayed (S5), and the search condition is input or the menu is selected according to the display.

When a search is executed by any one of the search methods, the information of the corresponding TV program is retrieved from the storage medium 1 according to the input search word or search condition or the selected menu and displayed on the display means 5. . Here, since “environmental protection” is input by word search, all TV program information to which the keyword “environmental protection” is attached is displayed. The state of the search result screen displayed at this time is shown in FIG. As shown in Fig. 5, in the search result screen, "Please select a program!" Is displayed under "Environmental protection" which is the keyword of the search, and below that, TVs that meet the search condition are displayed. A list of program channels, dates, and program names is displayed as TV program information. An arrow mark 8 can be displayed at the beginning of the TV program information, and the program is selected by moving the arrow mark to the beginning of each TV program information by the input means 3.
(S6)

When the input means 3 is instructed to display the body text information in the state where the arrow mark 8 is attached, the content of the program with the arrow mark 8 and the body information such as performers are displayed on the display means 5. FIG. 6 shows the state of the text information screen displayed at this time. As shown in FIG. 6, in the text information screen,
Below the TV program channel, date, and program name, information about the program content, performers, and producers is displayed, and below that, the message "please press the reservation key to make a recording reservation." Is displayed. It (S7)

When the recording reservation is instructed by the input means 3 in the state where the text information is displayed, the information of the broadcasting date, the broadcasting channel, the broadcasting start time and the broadcasting end time among the information of the displayed TV program is received. It is sent to the reservation unit 6 and the recording reservation unit 7, respectively. The sent information is set in the reception reservation section 6 as a reception date, a reception channel, a reception start time and a reception end time, and in the recording reservation section 7 is set as a recording date, a recording start time and a recording end time. . Further, in S6, after the program is selected by moving the arrow mark 8, it is possible to make a recording reservation instruction by inputting the recording reservation instruction by the input means 3 and not displaying the text information. (S8)

Since the reservation data has been set in the reception reservation section 6 and the recording reservation section 7 respectively, the reception reservation section 6 and the recording reservation section 7 each have a TV (not shown) at the set time. The broadcast receiving unit and the video recording unit are activated to record the reserved program.

After the program is reserved by the operation of S8, when an instruction to end the search is given by the input means 3, the present apparatus ends the search processing (S10). If the instruction to end the search is not issued, the search method selection screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, and S
Returning to 2, the search process is continued.

[0018]

As described above, the TV program recording reservation apparatus of the present invention selects and displays TV program information corresponding to the search condition from the storage means, and issues a recording instruction to the displayed TV program information. Since the recording reservation is made by doing so, it is not necessary to set the recording reservation in the reception reservation section and the recording reservation section while watching the TV program table for each program to be recorded, and the work of searching for the program to be recorded and recording The effect is that reservation work can be performed at the same time.

By providing three search methods of word search, condition search, and menu search and inputting conditions,
Since the TV program is searched, it is not necessary to see all the program information in the TV program table, and the recording target program can be selected from the programs of which one is interested.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a TV program recording reservation device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the TV program recording reservation device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state of display means 5 in step S2 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state of display means 5 in step S3 of FIG.

5 is a diagram showing a state of display means 5 in step S6 of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state of display means 5 in step S7 of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Storage Medium 2 Reading Means 3 Input Means 4 Search Means 5 Display Means 6 Reception Reservation Section 7 Recording Reservation Section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit that stores information about TV program broadcasting, an input unit that inputs search conditions and various selection instructions, and a storage unit that stores the information based on the search conditions input by the input unit. TV program recording reservation, comprising: a search means for searching for specific information, a display means for displaying the searched information, and a reception reservation section and a recording reservation section that operate based on the information of the searched program. apparatus