JPH06276501A - Information recording reservation device and reservation method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To receive and store information of a television broadcast or the like with selection and registration based on a prediction program delivered in advance through an electronic medium. CONSTITUTION:The device is made up of a recording and reproducing section 103 aiming at reception and storage of a television broadcast, means 105, 110, 111 receiving and storing a program prediction program predicting the transmission, means 112-114 reading and displaying the program prediction program from the storage means, a means 104 selecting a program among displayed programs and registering the program to be received and a means 106 controlling the reception and storage of the television broadcast based on the registered program. Through the constitution above, the reception video recording is reserved surely by displaying programs directly on a display device and designating its registration without looking for programs on newspaper or the like. Furthermore, the reservation is revised automatically even when a program is changed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for selecting a program or recording reservation of media information provided from a specific communication medium such as television broadcasting based on a predetermined schedule.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a video tape recorder (hereinafter referred to as VT
The recording reservation of the television broadcast by the R device) is shown in FIG.
As shown in, the remote controller setting device 3 using infrared transmission is used in the recording reservation storage unit 105 provided in the VTR device 1, and while watching the TV program section of a newspaper or the like, the channel number, the date, or the day of the week is displayed. The start and end times are set and registered. Then, the control unit 106 monitors the data registered in the storage unit, turns on the power at the registered predetermined time,
Select a predetermined channel and start recording. Such a recording reservation function is a function built into most VTR devices currently on the market.

On the other hand, since the setting operation of the recording reservation by the above-mentioned reservation function is complicated, it is possible to register it by simply displaying it in a bar code on the program section of a newspaper or the like and reading it with a bar code reader. Codes expressed by a numerical string called "code" are written in the program section in the same way as bar codes.
Some can be registered simply by typing in the number.

[0004]

As described above, in any of the conventional recording reservation methods, reservation registration is performed based on the program written in the program section of a newspaper or the like regardless of the method. There is a problem of having to look at the program section of a newspaper or the like. Similar problems exist for the reception of television broadcasts.

Further, when a program change occurs, there is a problem that the setting cannot be changed when the program change is not noticed or even if the program change is noticed, the program cannot be changed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a system in which a program program is directly displayed on a display device such as a television screen so that a user can easily select a program or make a recording reservation by an interactive operation.

[0007] Another object of the present invention is to provide a system in which a reservation is automatically changed when a noticed program is changed.

[0008]

The present invention provides a program preview program to a user through an electronic medium, displays the program preview program on a display device, and allows a viewer to select a program. It is characterized in that recording reservation registration is performed.

Another feature of the present invention is that when the program of a program is changed, the broadcast station transmits the change information to automatically update the contents of the reservation registration and display the reserved program.
It is to be able to record.

[0010]

[Function] The program advance notice program V is transmitted via an electronic medium.
It is received by the TR device or personal computer and stored in the memory. The stored program program is displayed on the display screen according to the operator's instruction, and the channel number, date and time, etc. of the program selected by the user through the interactive operation are set in the memory to select the program or make a reservation registration of the recorded program. .

[0011] The current television broadcasting is provided with a teletext function. In addition to video and audio, digital data is superimposed on broadcast radio waves of the same channel to be used for subtitles of broadcast programs, and what is a program? It is used to provide independent information services, such as weather information. By using such a character broadcasting function, reception of the program preview program can be easily realized.

If the schedule of the program once reserved is changed due to the circumstances of the broadcasting station, the broadcasting station sends the modification information, and the receiving side checks the reservation status of the program, and if it is reserved. By changing the recording reservation information, the desired program is surely recorded.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a recording (VTR) device, 2 is a broadcast receiving antenna, 3 is a setting remote controller, and 4 is a television receiver. The recording device 1 includes a channel selection unit 101 and an amplifier 10.
2, recording / playback unit 103, setting control unit 104, storage unit 10
5, a control unit 106, a clock 107, a power supply control unit 108, an auxiliary power supply unit 109, a data receiving unit 110, a program storage unit 111, a program display unit control unit 112, a video signal changeover switch 113, and a display device 114. .

In FIG. 1, for a normal recording reservation, a channel for recording, a recording day of the week, a start time and an end time are set by the remote controller setting unit 3, and the set reservation information is stored in the storage unit 105. The control unit 106 monitors the clock and the reservation information, and when the reserved time comes, the main power supply 108 is turned on, the designated channel is selected, and recording is started. Further, when the designated end time is reached, recording is stopped and then the main power supply is turned off.

In addition to such a normal recording reservation function,
The broadcasting station side transmits the program preview program as digital information using the teletext function of the same channel. On the receiving side, for example, the VTR device 1 side, the program receiving program is received by the data receiving section 110, and is temporarily stored in the program storage section 111.

When capturing the teletext, the control unit 1
From 06, a channel selection instruction is output to the channel selection unit 101, and in the case of normal selection, video and audio are output as they are,
At the same time, as for the text broadcasting, the data superimposed on the same channel is directly input to the data receiving unit 110.

The data receiving section 110 extracts only the character information, and further extracts only the program preview program information by using the identification code in the character information.

On the other hand, in order to receive the data of the program preview program while not watching the TV program, the controller 106 issues a channel selection command for the channel to which the program preview program is to be input and reads the program preview program of an arbitrary station. .

Normally, the program preview program for one day of the channel can be read in a few minutes. Therefore, each broadcasting station transmits the program preview program for the next 24 hours, for example, every 10 minutes, and the receiving side appropriately. It is possible to receive and store the program preview program of each station while scanning the channel.

By the way, the storage capacity in this case is calculated assuming that the broadcast time is 20 hours and the program time is 30 minutes on average for one program, 40 programs per channel per day, and a storage capacity of 50 characters per program is 2000. It becomes a character, and when converted to the number of bits, it becomes 16000 bits of information. The time required to send this information is about 2 to 3 minutes when the data transmission rate is 100 bits per second. This data may be sent by superimposing it on an ordinary program by the day before, and there is almost no time restriction.

Also, the required memory is 160 per day per station.
00 bits is sufficient, 10 stations need 160000 bits, and even if it is stored for one week, 1120,000 bits are enough. When a flash memory that does not require a power supply is used as a memory element for storing data, the existing memory can be realized with one chip.

The program preview program stored as described above is instructed to be read out by using, for example, the remote controller setting unit 3, read out by the program display control unit, and displayed on the display device 114.
Alternatively, the program is displayed on the television receiver, and the operator designates a program to be recorded by operating a button on the remote controller or the like, and stores the channel number, date and time of the designated program in the storage unit.

The reservation information once stored is read out at the date and time and used for recording control in the same manner as a normal reservation.

FIG. 2 shows a display example of the program preview program. The program time, the program type, and the program title of the program program on the designated day of the designated channel are shown in order of time, and the program type is used when searching for a specific program type.
The program may be provided with a commenting column showing an outline of the program or a column for displaying characters.

While watching the displayed program, the operator operates the button of the remote control setting device to move the cursor, for example, or the display in which the color of the column is changed to the position indicating the program to be selected. You can register for reservation by pressing the register button.

By incorporating such a function in the recording device, it is not necessary to refer to a program program such as a newspaper every time a reservation is made, and a reservation can be made by simply displaying and selecting a program.

Further, even when the program schedule of the broadcasting station is changed with respect to the once reserved program, the broadcasting station transmits the change information and the receiving side checks the reservation status of the program and the reservation is made. Then, the desired program can be surely recorded by changing the recording reservation information.

Next, FIG. 3 shows an example of the storage form of the program preview program. In this example,
A table is created for each date, and programs are arranged in order of time. The program time, the type, the distinction between the broadcast cycle of the daily program or the weekly program, and the program name are stored.

On the other hand, in the recording reservation storage unit 105, as shown in FIG. 4, the date and time of the program to be recorded, the start and end times,
The channel number, program type, and broadcast period distinction are registered if necessary.

The above is the function of receiving the program preview program.
Although the case where it is built in the TR device is shown, it goes without saying that it can be made a device independent of the VTR device.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flow chart of a process of receiving a program preview program and making a recording reservation based on the program preview program. Reference numeral 501 is a program advance notice program reading process, 502 is a read program advance notice program storing process, 503 is a read display of the stored program,
Reference numeral 504 is selection of the displayed program, and 505 is registration transmission processing of the selected program via the remote controller setting unit 3.

In the example of FIG. 5, the processing is performed through reading, storing, displaying, selecting, and registering the program preview program, but it is also possible to separately process the reading and storing of the program and the reading and registration of the program. It is possible.

On the other hand, FIG. 6 shows a schematic flow chart of the processing of the control unit 106 for controlling the recording based on the program preview program registered to record. In step 510, the program of the date and time is searched from the storage unit 105 and the program information is read (51
2). In step 513, it is checked whether or not there is a program change, and if there is a program change processing for recording reservation is performed (step 5).
14). Further, the start of the program is determined by referring to the clock 107 (515), the recording / playback unit 103 is activated at that time (516), and the end time is monitored (5).
17) When the time is reached, the recording / playback unit 103 is stopped (518), the process returns to the beginning again and the same processing is repeated.

FIG. 7 shows another example of the flow of the recording process. In this example, the process of FIG. 6 is added with a change of the program preview program and a duplication check of reserved time zones. In step 520, the program preview program is read from the storage device, and it is checked whether or not there is a program change (521). If there is a change, re-registration is performed. Further, it is checked whether new registration is necessary (523), if necessary, the program program is displayed (524), and selective registration is performed according to the operator's input (525).

It is checked whether or not the program programs registered as described above have overlapping time zones (526). If so, the program program registered again is displayed (527), corrected (528), and re-registered ( 529), it is determined whether or not all are completed (530), and if not completed, the process returns to step 526 to check again and re-register.

In the example of FIG. 5, the processing is performed from the reading of the program preview program to the registration, but only the display function for processing from the reading of the program preview program to the storage and its reading can be independently selected. Alternatively, only this display function portion may be added separately. In this case, the operator can operate the buttons on the remote controller setting device while watching the displayed program preview program by using the display function and select the television program to watch. As a result, there is an effect that the TV program can be directly selected only by the remote control setting device without referring to the program section of the newspaper or the like. In addition to this display function, the program preview program shown in FIG. 7 can be changed, the reservation time zone can be checked for duplication, that is, the program preview program can be read from the storage device (520), and the program can be changed. Check (5
21) By adding a function of re-registering if there is a change (522), there is an effect that the latest program preview program can be used to select a television program.

FIG. 8 shows an example in which the program preview program is not superposed on the broadcast but a completely different information path, that is, a personal computer network is used. In this case, the VTR device 1 uses a conventional device, and the program preview program is retrieved from the server 8 providing program information through the personal computer network 7 and stored in the storage device on the personal computer 5. Then, this is displayed on the display device 4A of the personal computer 5, a desired program is selected using the keyboard 6 or mouse, and the reservation information is transmitted and registered to the VTR device 1 via the remote controller setting device 3 connected to the personal computer. It is a thing. The detailed processing flow is almost the same as that described with reference to FIGS.

In this case, the program preview program is not limited to the network but is, for example, a floppy disk (FD).
It may be provided and used by using a recording medium such as 9. The merit of this method is that the program preview program is stored in the network server without adding a new function to the VTR device 1 and can be taken out at any time. Further, it is economical in that the storage of the program can be stored in an external storage device such as a hard disk of a personal computer and the processing function of the personal computer can be used for the search, selection and registration processing.

In a further different embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, the video game device 5A can be connected to a personal computer network instead of the personal computer and used in the same manner as a personal computer. In this case, the display is performed using the TV screen as in the video game.

The present invention also has a television receiving function, a recording / recording function.
It goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to a multimedia device having both a playback function and a personal computer function.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above with respect to the recording reservation of the television broadcast, the other information provision is also provided by satellite communication, local area network, cable television, FM, AM and other radio broadcasts. In a transmission mode in which information is transmitted to a plurality of receiving terminals at a fixed time, an information transmission program is provided in advance, the program is read out, displayed and selected to perform reception reservation registration, and based on the registration information. The present invention can be widely applied to an information receiving system for receiving by receiving.

[0042]

According to the present invention, when a program such as a television is selected and recorded, the program can be selected and recorded by simply displaying the program on the display device and selecting the program.
Moreover, since the program program itself is displayed on the screen and set by an interactive operation, there are few mistakes in erroneous registration.

Further, even if the program is changed, the reservation can be automatically changed at any time, and the user can always be provided with the latest program program and a convenient recording reservation function that does not require a change operation. You can do it.

Further, not only for TV program reservation, but also for an information receiving system which regularly delivers information to a large number of receiving terminals, the necessity of reception can be selected in advance by a program program and automatically received on time. Therefore, information delivery and reception can be performed efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a VTR device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of a program preview program according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a storage form of a program preview program according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a reservation registration form according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of program display registration processing according to the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a recording control process according to the embodiment of FIG.

7 is a flowchart of the program recording reservation process according to the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a program display / reservation registration device by an external device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a program display / reservation registration device by an external device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a conventional VTR device.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Recording device, 4 ... Television receiver, 103 ... Recording / playback part, 104 ... Setting control part, 105 ... Storage part, 106 ... Control part, 114 ... Display device

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A first information storage means for selectively inputting and storing first information sent from a specific communication medium based on a predetermined schedule, wherein the first information is provided. Second information accumulating means for inputting and accumulating second information for notifying the sending of the information in advance, display means for reading and displaying the second information from the second information accumulating means, and display by the displaying means. Means for generating third information for selectively receiving the first information based on the second information, and third information storage means for storing the third information,
An information recording reservation apparatus comprising: a unit that selectively receives the first information based on the third information and stores the first information in the first storage unit. 2. A video recording device for selectively receiving and storing a television broadcast transmitted from a broadcasting station, comprising: program information storage means for inputting and storing program information for previously notifying the broadcast transmission. Display means for reading and displaying the program information from the program information storage means; means for generating selection information for selectively receiving the television broadcast based on the program information displayed by the display means; A recording reservation apparatus comprising: a selection information storage unit that stores selection information; and a unit that selectively receives the television broadcast based on the selection information and records the video broadcast in the video recording device. 3. A program information storage means for inputting and storing program information for preliminarily notifying the transmission of the broadcast, comprising a video recording device for selectively receiving and storing a television broadcast sent from a broadcasting station. Display means for reading and displaying the program information from the program information storage means; means for generating selection information for selectively receiving the television broadcast based on the program information displayed by the display means; Selection information storage means for storing selection information; means for receiving change information regarding change of program information of a broadcasting station to check the reservation status of the program, and changing the selection information if a reservation is made; A recording reservation device, comprising means for selectively receiving a television broadcast based on information and recording it in the video recording device. 4. The recording reservation apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a television receiver is used as the program information display means. 5. The recording reservation apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the program information storage means includes means for separating and storing program advance notice information which is broadcast by being superimposed on video information of a television. 6. The recording reservation apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the means for generating the selection information comprises a personal computer, and the program information storage means includes an independent storage medium. 7. Information transmission means for transmitting a broadcast based on a predetermined schedule from a specific communication medium, and program information for accumulating program information for notifying the transmission of the broadcast information in advance via an electronic medium. A storage unit, a unit that generates reservation information for selectively receiving the broadcast information based on the program information, and a storage unit that selectively receives and stores the broadcast information based on the reservation information. A broadcast information recording system characterized in that 8. Program information for predicting the sending of broadcast information sent from a specific communication medium is stored in a program information storage means via an electronic medium, and the broadcast information is selectively received based on the program information. Generating reservation information for performing, and selectively receiving the broadcast information based on the reservation information,
A method for recording broadcast information, characterized by accumulating in an accumulating means. 9. A video recording device for selectively receiving and accumulating television broadcasts sent from a broadcasting station, wherein program information for previously notifying the sending of said broadcasts is input and stored in program information storage means, The program information is read and displayed on the display means, the selection information for selectively receiving the television broadcast is generated, the obtained selection information is stored in the selection information storage means, and the arrival based on the selection information. A method for recording reservation, characterized in that the television broadcast is selectively received and recorded in the video recording device. 10. A video recording device for selectively receiving and accumulating television broadcasts sent from a broadcasting station, wherein program information for previously notifying the sending of said broadcasts is accumulated in a program information accumulating means, The program information is read and displayed on the display unit, the selection information for selecting the broadcast to be received is generated, the obtained selection information is stored in the selection information storage unit, and the program schedule of the broadcasting station is changed. If it occurs, receive the change information, check the reservation status of the program,
A recording reservation method, characterized in that the selection information is changed if reserved, and the incoming TV broadcast is selectively received based on the selection information and recorded in the video recording device. 11. A television receiver system comprising a television receiver for selectively receiving a television broadcast sent from a broadcasting station, comprising: program information storage means for inputting and storing program information for previously notifying the delivery of the broadcast. Display means for reading and displaying the program information from the program information storage means; means for generating selection information for selectively receiving the television broadcast based on the program information displayed by the display means; Means for selectively receiving the television broadcast on the basis of selection information and displaying the television broadcast on the television receiver. 12. A program provided with a television receiver system including a television receiver for selectively receiving a television broadcast transmitted from a broadcast station, which is a program for giving advance notice of transmission of broadcast information transmitted from a specific communication medium. Information is stored in the program information storage means via an electronic medium, the program information is read from the program information storage means, displayed on a television receiver, and the broadcast information is selectively received based on the program information. Broadcast information receiving method, characterized in that the broadcast information is selectively received by the television receiver based on the selection information.