JPH06326886A - Remote control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the operation such as 'watch' and 'video recording' directly from a television program column published on publications such as newspaper and magazines without being conscious of the operation of a television receiver and a video tape recorder. CONSTITUTION:A tip of a remote commander 102 traces a G code of a program desired to watch described on a television program column while a 'watch' switch 303 of a remote commander 102 is depressed in the case of watching and while a 'video recording' switch 304 is depressed in the case of video recording. In this case, a content (channel, time, year, month and day or the like) of G code data to be read is displayed on a display section 306 of the remote commander 102 and sent to a television receiver video tape recorder integrating type receiver 104. In the case that power source of the television receiver or the video tape recorder of the receiver 104 is turned off when the 'watch' or 'video recording' switch is depressed, a command to turn on power source of the television receiver or the video tape recorder is given simultaneously.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote controller (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller), a television (hereinafter referred to as a television) / video recorder (hereinafter referred to as a video).
Regarding a remote control system composed of an integrated receiver or a television receiver, more specifically, using a remote controller to read a recognition code of a television program published in a publication (information paper) such as a newspaper or a magazine, The present invention relates to a remote control system that transmits this to a television / video integrated receiver or the like to control on / off of the power of each of the televisions / videos incorporated therein and control recording and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art G-codes and bar codes are widely used as recognition codes for television programs published in publications such as newspapers and magazines. The former G code represents information such as a television program channel and broadcast time / date by a combination of numbers. Further, the latter bar code represents the information regarding the television program in the same manner as above, with the difference in the line thickness (white / black interval).

These television program recognition codes are currently used mainly for the purpose of simplifying the recording reservation of television programs, and are not used for other purposes. That is, the television program recognition code is a code that works effectively only for households who own the video.

[0004]

As described above, the TV program recognition code is published in newspapers, magazines, and other publications in order to simplify recording reservations by paying attention only to the household that owns the video. ing.

However, conventionally, when actually using a TV program recognition code such as the G code or bar code, in any case, two or more different procedures must be taken before the recording reservation is completed. There wasn't.

For example, in a bar code, the thickness of the vertical line segment (white / black interval) must have a certain width, and the occupied area used to represent the code becomes large. Therefore, it cannot be placed in the TV section of newspapers, magazines, etc., and is placed in places other than the TV section. Therefore, when making a recording reservation, search for the program you want to make a recording reservation once on the TV column, then check the above program name in the column (page) where the bar code is written, turn on the video and turn it on. At least four operations were required, such as reading with the attached dedicated bar code reader (at this time, tape insertion work was not included).

On the other hand, the G code constitutes a program recognition code by a combination of numbers having a small occupied area. For this reason, it is possible to publish in the TV section of newspapers and magazines. However, when making an actual recording reservation, check the code of the program you want to make a recording reservation on the TV section once, and then
At least four operations were required, such as turning on the power of the video, inputting several digits into the dedicated G code reader (remote control) attached to the video, and transmitting from the G code reader. At this time, in order to miniaturize the remote controller, the number portion (button or switch) of the remote controller for inputting the G code has a very small shape, and there is a problem that the operability at the time of input is lacking.

As described above, although the television program recognition code is conventionally published in general publications such as newspapers and magazines for the purpose of simplifying the recording reservation, it is actually recorded reservation. There was a problem that it required a considerable procedure to perform. For ordinary adults, this operation procedure may be a simple procedure once the operation method (input pattern) is learned, but there was a problem that there were too many steps for children and the elderly. . In particular, in the case of G code, the number of digits that must be entered differs depending on the TV program, and the number of digits is large, which is very long at about 8 digits, so make sure to check it repeatedly. However, there is a problem that some TV programs require very troublesome work.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and to prepare for the coming aged society, "I want to see" and "I want to record" without being aware of the operation of video and television. In order to meet the simple desire such as "," you can operate "view" and "record" directly from the TV section formed in publications such as newspapers and magazines, and improve the operability. To provide a control system.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, the remote controller comprises television viewing switch means,
Video recording switch means, switch means that is turned on when the television program recognition code is touched or approached on the surface of a publication, and the switch means is turned on, and the television viewing switch Means or a TV program read by the code reading means for reading the TV program recognizing code from the paper of the publication when any of the means or the video recording switch means is turned on. At least a code conversion / control means for converting the recognition code into a remote control code and outputting the remote control code, and a remote control code transmission means for transmitting the remote control code output from the code conversion / control means are provided. The body-type receiving device includes tuner means for receiving a television program being broadcast, and the tuner means. Recording / reproducing means for recording the television program received by the tuner means on a recording medium and reproducing the television program etc. recorded on the recording medium; and the television program received by the tuner means and the recording / reproducing means. The tuner means and the display means based on the remote control code received by the remote control code receiving means and the remote control code receiving means for receiving the remote control code transmitted from the remote controller. At least on / off, power on / off of the recording / playback means, channel switching of the tuner means, or control means for controlling viewing reservation or recording reservation of a broadcast television program. I made it.

[0011]

In the present invention, the code reading means in the remote controller directly reads the code for recognizing a television program published in the television section of a general publication such as a newspaper or magazine. The code conversion / control means inputs the television program recognition code read by the code reading means and converts it into a remote control code. Further, the remote control code transmitting means transmits a remote control code to the television / video integrated receiver.

On the other hand, the remote control code receiving means in the television / video integrated receiver receives the remote control code transmitted from the remote controller. Further, the control means turns on / off the power of the tuner means and the display means, turns on / off the power of the recording / reproducing means, and the tuner based on the remote control code received by the remote control code receiving means. The channel switching for the means, or the viewing reservation or the recording reservation of the broadcast television program is controlled.

As a result, the operation procedure of at least 4 times required as the recording reservation procedure when the code for TV program recognition is used as in the past is to confirm the program to be reserved for recording on the TV column, and directly use the remote controller to directly display the TV. Meet simple desires such as "I want to see" and "I want to record" in a simple form directly from the TV column without paying attention to the operation of the video or TV, such as reading the code from the column (sending as it is). You can

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. In describing the present embodiment, first, the concept of the entire system of the present embodiment will be described.
A specific configuration of elements constituting the system and a detailed processing / control method will be described later in sequence.

FIG. 1 shows a remote controller and a television, which constitute a remote control system as an embodiment of the present invention.
It is a schematic diagram which shows a video integrated receiver. In FIG. 1, 101 is a newspaper, 102 is a remote controller according to the present invention,
Reference numeral 103 is a user, 104 is a television / video integrated receiving apparatus according to the present invention, 105 is a remote control insertion portion, 303 is a "see" switch, 305 is a "take" switch, 306
Is a display unit, and 310 is a switch. The screen of the television / video integrated receiving device 104 shows a state in which an image is displayed on a PinP (picture-in-picture) display screen.

The present embodiment is characterized in that the user can control the video or television by simply selecting the program in the television section without being aware of the operation of the video or television.
Hereinafter, the operation concept of FIG. 1 will be described.

For simplification of description, a newspaper will be described as an example of a publication in which a television program recognition code is described, and a G code will be described as an example of a television program recognition code.

Normally, when watching TV, first look at the TV section to search for a program to be watched, and if the program is currently being broadcast, turn on (turn on) the TV switch (power).
)), And take steps to match the channel of the program you want to watch. Further, when the programs to be viewed are overlapped by looking at the TV section, or when the TV cannot be viewed at the broadcast time of the programs (when going out, etc.), the video is used to perform the predetermined operation as described in the above-mentioned prior art. The recording reservation is made according to the procedure (at least 4 times or more, and in some cases 6 to 10 times of operation).

Now that more than 40 years have passed since the spread of television, it is an operation that most users do not have to do with the simple viewing of the former. However, in the latter case of recording reservation, even if the operation procedure itself can be understood, it takes a lot of time and labor, resulting in an inconvenient operation method.

On the other hand, in the remote control system of this embodiment, in any of the above cases (viewing / recording), a direct (intuitive) operation from the TV section is possible. That is, in the case of the above viewing, the G code of the program to be viewed described in the TV section is traced at the tip of the remote controller 102 while pressing the “see” switch 303 of the remote controller 102. At that time, the switch 310 at the tip is dented and CC
Reading is performed by the D sensor (not shown), and when the reading is normally performed, a sound is generated from a speaker (not shown) of the remote controller 102 to notify the completion of reading. At the same time, the contents (channel, time, date, etc.) of the read G code data are simultaneously displayed on the display unit 306 of the remote controller 102 and transmitted to the television / video integrated receiver 104. . At this time, when the "view" switch 303 is pressed,
If the power of the television in the video-integrated receiver 104 is in the off state, if the user is instructed to give an instruction to turn on the power of the television at the same time, the user can
It is not necessary to be aware of the operation of the video-integrated receiver 104 regarding the television.

Further, in the case of recording, while pressing the "take" switch 304 of the remote controller 102, similarly to the above, the G code of the program to be recorded described in the TV section is traced at the tip of the remote controller 102. At that time, the switch 31 at the tip
When the 0 is depressed and the reading is performed by the CCD sensor, and the reading is normally performed, a sound is generated from the speaker of the remote controller 102, and similarly to the above, the reading completion is notified. At the same time, the content of the read G code data is displayed on the display unit 306 of the remote controller 102 and transmitted to the television / video integrated receiver 104. At this time, if the power supply of the video in the television / video integrated receiver 104 is off when the "take" switch 304 is pressed, an instruction to turn on the power of the video should also be given at the same time. For example, similarly to the above, the user does not need to be aware of the video-related operation of the television / video integrated receiver 104.

The above-mentioned operation can be reserved over the range of one day or one week or more according to the range of the TV section described. Taking a day as an example, if you set the "want to see" or "want to record" program from the TV section for one day, at the time when the reserved program starts broadcasting, Recording of the reserved program is automatically started, or the reserved program is displayed by PinP. This PinP display function is provided to alleviate the feeling of strangeness because it may give the user a feeling of strangeness if the channel suddenly switches and the program changes at a certain time during viewing. Yes,
The television / video integrated receiver 104 has a very effective function.

The television / video integrated receiver 10 is also provided.
In 4, the PinP frame is displayed in a different color or in a character display (“I will record this soon.”, So that the user can easily determine whether the reservation is a recording reservation or a viewing reservation. "This will start soon." Etc.). The television / video integrated receiver 10
When the PinP processing circuit is built in 4, if the cost is a problem, the display by PinP may not be performed, only the character display may be performed, or the color of the screen may be changed.

At this time, the operation of the remote controller and the screen display can be changed depending on whether the user is watching a program currently being broadcast or a video. That is, for example, when the user is watching a program currently being broadcast, the reserved program is displayed on PinP at the start time of the reserved program. The switch 303 and the “take” switch 304 are turned on (or emit light), “view” and “take” can be selected (executed), and when the recording is reserved, P is given as a recording start notification.
Only inP display is performed.

When the user is watching a video, the reserved program is displayed on PinP at the start time of the reserved program, but in the case of the viewing reservation, the "view" switch 303 of the remote controller 102 is used. "Take" switch 3
04 lights up (or emits light), and “view” and “take” can be selected (executed).
The “take” switch 304 lights up (or emits light), and “take” can be selected. As described above, when the user does not perform any operation in the above processes, the current state is maintained (reservation is ignored). However, in the case above,
At the time of recording reservation, the user may be away from the seat, so that the recording operation is surely performed.

Up to this point, the relation of operation between the remote controller 102 and the television / video integrated receiver 104 has been described. However, the television / video integrated receiver 104 in this embodiment has a user function as a standalone function. Is also equipped with a function that remembers the program that is always being watched and informs it with a PinP display.
Function). In this case, the same operation as in the above case is performed, but this AI function is an additional function, and it is rather an obstacle (not necessary) when the reservation from the remote controller 102 is given the highest priority. May be functional. Therefore, the television / video integrated receiver 104 is provided with a switch for turning on / off the AI function so that this function can be turned on / off as necessary.

The operation concept of FIG. 1 described above is illustrated in FIG. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation examples in the embodiment of FIG. 1 in a classified manner. The on / off state of each power source of the television and video in the television / video integrated receiver 104, the current display form of the screen, Also, the correspondence between the display form and the operation with respect to the control signal input from the remote controller 102 is shown. That is, in the figure, in each of the current display forms of the screen, a case where a control signal such as “see” or “take” is simply input from the remote controller 102, and a reservation code of “see” or “take” is input ( That is, the correspondence between the operations performed when the newspaper is traced with the remote controller 102) and.

For example, in item 4 of FIG. 2, B is displayed as a child screen of the main screen A, and "Soon to be this (B)
Begins. ” At this time, if the operation is performed according to the concept described above, the “see” switch 303 and the “take” switch 304 of the remote controller 102 emit light, and when either switch is turned on, a control signal such as “see” or “take” is simply displayed. Is input to the television / video integrated receiver 104 from the remote controller 102, and B of the small screen becomes the entire display. However, this display state (B as a child screen of the main screen A
Is displayed for only a few seconds, the “See” switch 303 or “Take” of the remote control 102 is displayed.
Even if the G code in the TV section is traced while pressing the switch 304, it will be ignored. That is, in the figure,
When the reserved program is informed using the PinP display (that is, in the case of items 4 and 5 in FIG. 2), the portion indicated by diagonal lines represents prohibition of multiple reservation.

Thereafter, similarly, the display state and the remote controller 1
Correspondence with the control signal input from 02 maintains the relationship as shown in FIG. The diagonal line portions shown in items 2, 3 and 6 in the figure indicate the case where the same operation command as in the operation state is input, which means that nothing functions. In addition, the OFF / O shown in items 4, 5 and 6 in FIG.
N indicates that the power supply can be in either the off state or the on state.

The above is the concept of the entire system of the present embodiment shown in FIG. Next, a specific configuration of the remote controller 102 and a detailed processing / control method will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the remote controller 102 shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 301 is a light emitting diode (hereinafter referred to as LED), and 302 is a CCD sensor. Further, 303 and 304 are switches (SW) having a built-in light emitting means, 303 is a “see” switch, and 305 is a “take” switch. Reference numeral 305 is a code conversion / control microcomputer, 306 is a display unit, 307 is a remote control code transmission unit, 308 is a control signal reception unit, 309 is a speaker, and 310 is a switch.

The remote controller 102 shown in FIG. 3 is characterized in that the operability is improved by optically reading the G code posted on the TV section of the newspaper, converting it into the corresponding remote controller code and transmitting it. is there. Next, the operation of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to the processing flowcharts of FIGS. 4, 5, 5, and 7.

4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 show the processing flowcharts of the remote controller 102 in FIG. FIGS. 4 and 5 show processing flowcharts related to the “view” switch 303 of the remote controller 102, and FIGS. 6 and 7 show processing flowcharts related to the “take” switch 304 of the remote controller 102. .
Further, in each of FIGS. 4, 5, 6, and 7, the portions of symbols indicated by A to O and S in the drawings are connected to each other regardless of the drawing numbers. Further, in the above series of drawings, the processing blocks denoted by the same reference numerals perform the same operation and can be shared.

First, with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, the processing associated with the “view” switch 303 will be described.

The “see” switch 303 in FIG. 3 is in the ON state, that is, the determination 402 in FIG. 4 is “YES”.
On the side, the "See" switch 303 emits light (Fig. 4-4).
03) Further, when the switch 310 of the reading unit located at the tip of the remote controller 102 shown in FIG. 1 is in the ON state (or the switch 310 is a sensor,
When the tip of the sensor approaches the newspaper to some extent), that is, when the determination 404 in FIG. 4 is on the “YES” side, the LED 301 emits light according to the control signal from the code conversion / control microcomputer 305 (FIG. 405).

The CCD sensor 302 reads the G code on the newspaper illuminated by the light emitted by the LED 301 (FIG. 4-406). At this time, if the light amount of the LED 301 is insufficient, the essence of the present invention does not change even if a lens or the like is provided at a position between the LED 301 and the CCD sensor 302 to perform optical assistance.

The G code read by the CCD sensor 302 is input to the code conversion / control microcomputer 305, and after it is determined whether or not the normal reading is possible, if the reading is normal, that is, the determination 407 in FIG. 4 is “YES”. On the "side", the read G code is converted into a corresponding remote control code and output to the remote control code transmission unit 307. At the same time, control signals are output to the speaker 309 and the display unit 306, respectively. Therefore, the code conversion / control microcomputer 30
5 determines that the reading is normal, the speaker 309 generates a sound indicating that the reading is completed (FIG. 4-409), and the display device 306 reads the G read by the CCD sensor 302.
The code contents (channel, time, date, etc.) will be displayed (Fig. 4-410).

On the contrary, the CCD sensor 302
The G code read by the code conversion / control microcomputer 30
If it is not determined in step 5 that the reading is normal, that is, if the determination 407 in FIG. 4 is on the “NO” side, the display unit 306 displays “error (ERROR)” (FIG. 4-408).

Next, the following description will be given with reference to FIG. 5, which is a connection destination of the portions indicated by symbols A and C in FIG.

When determining the code read according to the processing flow shown in FIG. 4, assuming that the reserved program start time extracted from the code is Y and the reserved time (current time) is X,

[0041]

## EQU1 ## XY ≦ N (where N1 ≦ N ≦ N2, N1 =
-Several minutes, N2 = several tens of minutes) is the determination 411 in FIG. In this determination, for example, the current time is AM7: 08, and AM7: 0
It is provided in consideration of automatically turning on the power of the TV when a program for viewing a program starting from 0 is reserved.

In the determinations 412 and 416 of FIG. 5, in the display state of item 4 or 5 of FIG. 2, the control signal transmitted from the television / video integrated receiver 104 is received by the control signal receiving unit 308 of FIG. It is determined whether or not it is, and normally, the process on the "NO" side is performed. Therefore, normally, when the judgment 411 is "NO" side, the "NO" side of the judgment 412, that is, the remote control code of the program to be reserved is added (Fig. 5-413), and the remote control code transmission of Fig. 3 is performed. It is transmitted from the unit 307 (FIG. 5-415). 4 in the figure
Reference numeral 14 is used to turn off the "see" switch 303 when the determinations 412 and 416 are on the "YES" side, because the switch 303 emits light. As described above, a normal "miru" reservation is made.

Further, the judgment 411 in FIG. 5 is on the "YES" side,
That is, when the reservation is made at the time immediately before or immediately after the reserved program is broadcast, the judgment 416 is usually performed in the same manner as above.
On the "NO" side, the remote control code of the program to be reserved (Fig. 5-
In addition to 417), a remote control code for turning on the TV power supply is also added (Fig. 5-418) and transmitted.

The determinations 412 and 416 in FIG. 5 are "YES".
On the side, that is, in the display state of item 4 or 5 in FIG. 2, the “see” switch 303 emits light for several seconds (see FIG.
9) Do. Therefore, if the “watch” switch 303 is not turned on during this period, that is, if the determination 420 in FIG. 5 is on the “NO” side, no code is transmitted (ie, multiple reservation is prohibited), and is shown by the line in FIG. FIG. 4 which is the connection destination of the symbol part
Leading to. However, if the "watch" switch 303 is turned on while it is emitting light, that is, if the determination 420 in FIG. 5 is on the "YES" side, a predetermined remote control code is added (Fig. 5-421). ) And sent. The predetermined remote control code referred to here may be the television power-on code (418 in FIG. 5) or any other dedicated remote control code.

Finally, the judgment 404 in FIG. 4 is "NO".
The side, that is, the case where only the "see" switch 303 is simply turned on will be described (the portion of the symbols shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5C). Since this is limited to the case where the user simply wants to watch the television, the television power-on code is added (FIG. 5-418) and transmitted. That is, the remote controller 10
The “See” switch 303 in 2 can also be regarded as a power switch of the television of the television / video integrated receiver 104. The above is the "view" switch 3 on the remote control 102.
This is a 03 related processing flow.

Next, the processing associated with the "take" switch 304 shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 3, the "see" switch 303 is off and the "take" switch 304 is on, that is,
The judgment 402 in FIG. 4 is on the “NO” side, and the judgment 430 in FIG. 6 is “YES” via the part indicated by the symbol A in FIGS. 4 and 6.
Subsequent processing after switching to the side will be substantially the same as the processing related to the "view" switch 303. However, the difference from the processing related to the "view" switch 303 is that the remote control code for turning on the power is the remote control code for turning on the power of the entire system including both the TV and the video (for turning on the system power). 7 and the position where the remote control code for turning on the system power is added because it is necessary to turn on the video power in the state of item 5 in FIG. 2 above (FIG. 7-446). It is provided at a stage subsequent to the predetermined code adding process 449 of.

As described above, by performing the processing shown in FIGS. 4, 5, 6, and 7 using the remote controller 102 having the configuration shown in FIG. 3, the G code directly from the TV section is directly compared to the conventional remote controller. Read operation, display confirmation of G code contents, and significant simplification of switches can be realized, and operability can be improved.

Next, FIG. 8, FIG. 9, FIG. 10, FIG.
A specific configuration and detailed processing / control method of the television / video integrated receiver 104 will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the structure of the television / video integrated receiver 104 in FIG. In FIG. 8, 501 is a remote control code receiving unit, 502 is a control microcomputer, 503 is a selector, 504 is a PinP processing unit, 505 is a display, and 506 is an external signal input terminal. A tuner 507 has a plurality of configurations as required (however, in this embodiment, two different programs are displayed by PinP at the same time. good). 508 is a recording / playback processing unit
(Hereinafter, referred to as video), 509 is a recording medium such as a video tape / disc, 510 is a control signal transmitting unit, 511 is an AI switch (hereinafter, referred to as AI-SW), 512 and 512.
513, 514 are selectors, 515 are PinP circuits, 5
16 is a logic gate and 517 is a mixing circuit.

Television / video integrated receiver 10 of FIG.
When the broadcast time of the reserved program arrives at the remote controller 102, 4 is a PinP sub-screen, which displays the reserved program for a predetermined time (for example, several seconds) to call attention to the user. , It is characterized in that it is possible to select “watch” or “take” for the program displayed on the child screen depending on the condition, thereby improving the operability.

In FIG. 8, the remote control code receiving section 50
The remote control code of the remote controller 102 received in 1 is
Input to the control microcomputer 502. Control microcomputer 502
Is a selector 503, a PinP processing unit 504, a video 5
08, a control signal is generated in the control signal transmitting unit 510 and the like to control the system, television, video power on / off, PinP processing, recording, and the like. Next, the operation of FIG. 8 will be described with reference to the processing flowcharts of FIGS. 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13.

FIG. 9, FIG. 10, FIG. 11, FIG. 12, and FIG. 13 are respectively the television / video integrated receiver 1 in FIG.
The processing flowchart of 04 is shown. 9 and 1
0, FIG. 11, FIG. 12, and FIG.
It is assumed that symbols f to s are connected to each other regardless of the drawing numbers.

The process flow charts shown in FIGS. 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 are, as described in the explanation of the concept of the entire system of FIG. 1, that the user views the program currently being broadcast. It is roughly divided into two processing blocks depending on whether the user is watching a video or watching a video, and further can be divided into a pre-processing loop, a power-on loop, and a video tape check processing loop. However, in the flowchart of FIG. 8, for a normal reservation, that is, a reservation of a program other than the program currently being broadcast (outside the range of XY ≦ N), the remote control code receiving unit 501 of FIG.
After receiving the remote control code at, the control microcomputer 502 operates so that reservation registration is sequentially performed, and is not shown in the flowchart. Hereinafter, description will be made step by step.

First, the preprocessing loop will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. That is, FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing preprocessing of the television / video integrated receiver 104 shown in FIG.

"See" or "Take" at the current time
Regarding, regarding the program that is reserved and registered, there is a reservation for the program currently being broadcast (within the range of XY ≦ N above) (only the “see” switch 303 or the “take” switch 304 of the remote controller 102). In the case where only the TV power-on code or the system power-on code is added by pressing, that is, when there is a reservation for power-on), that is, when the determination 602 in FIG. 9 is “YES” side, At the next determination 603, the on / off determination of the TV power supply is performed. Further, at the current time, for "see" or "take", if there is no reservation of the program currently being broadcast among the programs registered for reservation (outside the range of XY≤N above), that is, the figure When the determination 602 of 9 is “NO”, the normal reservation described above is performed.

If the television power is on,
The determination 603 in the figure is on the “YES” side, and various Pins are set.
In order to perform the P process, the process proceeds to the next determination 604. In the determination 604 of the figure, it is determined whether the user is currently watching a program currently being broadcast or a video, and with the determination 604 as a boundary, the remote controller 1 is started from here.
Similar to the case of 02, it is roughly divided into two processes.

First, when the user is currently watching a program being broadcast, that is, the determination 604 in FIG. 9 is "YES".
The user who performs the description with reference to FIG. 10 which is the connection destination of the symbol portion shown in FIG. 9A and FIG. 12 which is the connection destination of the symbol portion shown in FIG. When the program reserved in advance is “watch” (viewing reservation) while watching the program currently being broadcast, that is, when the determination 605 in FIG. 10 is “YES” side Further, in the determination 606, the determination of XY ≦ N is performed as in the case of the remote controller 102. This is provided in consideration of the time when the user tries to change from the program currently being viewed to a different program (that is, when switching channels). When the determination 606 is on the "NO" side, it is considered that the normal "watch" reservation or the program is about to end, and the part indicated by s in FIG.
Return to the beginning of processing.

If the judgment 606 is on the "YES" side,
The control microcomputer 502 of FIG. 8 creates a control code for causing the “see” switch 303 and the “take” switch 304 of the remote controller 102 to emit light, and the control signal transmitting unit 510.
Transmits the control code to the remote controller 102 (see FIG. 10-
607). At the same time, the PinP processing unit 504 displays the reserved program for a predetermined period (FIG. 10-608). At this time, both the "view" and "take" switches of the remote controller 102 are illuminated so that the user watching the program being broadcast can watch and record the reserved program. Is. At this time, that is, the period during which the PinP process is performed and the period during which the “view” switch 303 and the “take” switch 304 of the remote controller 102 are lit are naturally coincident with each other.

Here, Pi, which is one of the features of this embodiment,
The nP processing will be described. Here, a normal PinP
Add a device to the process and fade in the displayed sub-screen.
It is possible to fade out. P in FIG.
The inP processing unit 504 includes a PinP circuit 515, a logic gate 516, and a mixing circuit 517. on the other hand,
The selector 503 inputs a video signal output from the external signal input terminal 506, the tuner 507, and the video 508 and outputs a video signal for a child screen, a selector 513 for outputting a video signal for a main screen, and a video. It is composed of three selectors, a selector 514 for outputting a video signal for the. These selectors 512-51
4 is according to the control signal from the control microcomputer 502,
Operates to output selectively.

The PinP circuit 515 includes the selector 5
The video signals of the parent and child screens are respectively input from 12, 513, PinP images are produced, and output to the mixing circuit 517. Further, at this time, the PinP circuit 515 outputs a child screen gate signal that matches the display period of the child screen.

A control signal is output from the control microcomputer 502, and the control signal is a signal for controlling the mixing ratio of the mixing circuit 517.
Within a predetermined period from the start or end of inP processing,
It is a changing signal. For example, when the control signal of the mixing circuit 517 is level 0, 100% of the video signal of the main screen is output, and when the control signal is level 10, 100% of the video signal of the child surface is output. 5
The control signal output from 02 changes from level 0 to level 10 (at the start of PinP) or level 10 to level 0 (at the end of PinP) within the predetermined period (several seconds). Such a control signal is gated by the logic gate 516 with the child screen gate signal,
It is output as a control signal for the mixing circuit 517. Therefore, the control signal is input to the mixing circuit 517 only during the child screen period, and the fade-in / in
Fade out can be realized.

As described in the description of FIG. 1 above, this signal processing is used to reduce the user's discomfort when the reserved program starts. That is, by performing the fade-in / fade-out process even during the PinP process, the uncomfortable feeling when shifting to the PinP display state is reduced.

PinP obtained by performing the above signal processing
"See" on the remote control 102 while the image is displayed
The switch 303 and the “take” switch 304 are emitting light, but when no code is transmitted from the remote controller 102 during this period (when the user does not touch the switch of the remote controller 102), The determination 609 of 10 is on the “NO” side, and no processing is performed.
In this case, after the end of the PinP image display period, the program currently being viewed can be continuously viewed.

On the other hand, the judgment 609 in FIG.
When a code is transmitted from the S "side, that is, from the remote controller 102, it is determined whether the transmitted code is the one when the" view "switch 303 is turned on in the determination 610 in FIG. It is determined whether or not 304 is turned on. Here, "See" on the remote control 102
If the code is for when the switch 303 is turned on, the determination 610 is “YES”, the reserved program displayed on the PinP sub-screen is replaced with the main screen, and the PinP is displayed.
Display is terminated. If the determination 610 is "NO", there are only two types of switches in the remote controller 102, so the "take" switch 304 is naturally turned on. In this case, the power of the video 508 is turned on (FIG. 10-611), and the process proceeds to the determination 640 in FIG. 12 which is the connection destination of the part indicated by the symbol d in FIG. The processing of FIG. 12 is a video tape check processing loop, and is provided assuming that a video tape is not inserted in the video 508.

In the judgment 640 of FIG. 12, it is judged whether or not a video tape is inserted in the video 508, and if it is "NO", the recording is not recorded on the screen of the display 505 at 641 in FIG. Possible indications (eg insert videotape, not recordable, error, etc.)
If it is on the “YES” side, the determination 633 of FIG.
Proceed to. In the judgment 633, it is judged whether or not there is a tab on the video tape, and if it is on the “NO” side, a display indicating that recording is impossible is displayed on the screen of the display 505 at 634 in the figure (for example, by changing the video tape). (Recording impossible, error, etc.), and in the case of "YES", the remaining tape amount is displayed on the TV screen of the display 505 (Fig. 12-612). After this, recording (Fig. 12-613) is performed until the reserved program end time.
At this time, the remaining amount of the video tape can be detected by any method such as detecting the remaining amount of the video tape or the weight applied to the video cylinder when winding the tape. The essence does not change.

Next, the judgment 605 in FIG. 10 is "NO".
In the case where the determination 615 in the figure is on the “YES” side, that is, when the user is watching the program currently being broadcast and the pre-reserved program is “take”, ,
Further, as in the case of the remote controller 102, the determination 616 of FIG. This is similar to the determination 606, when the user tries to record any program including the program even if there is a program currently being viewed (I forgot the recording reservation but suddenly remembers it and starts recording. It is provided in consideration of (in case of trying).

If the judgment 616 is "YES", the PinP processing unit 504 displays the reserved program for a predetermined period according to the control by the control microcomputer 502 (see FIG. 10).
-617), the recording process is performed in the same procedure as in the case where the determination 610 is "NO". At this time, as described above, the “see” switch 303 and the “take” switch 304 of the remote controller 102 do not emit light. Because,
In the case of the above-mentioned "see" reservation, there are many cases where you change your mind but do not actually see it, even if you made a reservation once,
This is because it is considered necessary to reliably record the “to” recording reservation in consideration of the case where the user may be out of the seat.

Next, when the user is currently watching the program being broadcast, that is, the determination 604 in FIG. 9 is "YES".
The AI loop, which is the final loop in the case of being on the side, will be described. As described in the explanation of the concept of the entire system of FIG. 1, this loop may rather be an obstacle, so that the AI-SW 511 connected to the control microcomputer 502 of FIG. It is a possible loop. That is, when the AI-SW 511 in FIG. 8 is off, the determination 643 in FIG. 10 is on the “NO” side, and this loop can be short-circuited. In this AI loop, the control microcomputer 502 stores the program viewing pattern of the user for a certain period (for example, about one week), and at the usual time of the day of the week, the stored program code is independent of the remote controller 102. Automatically generated in the above figure 1
The same signal processing as that after the determination 606 of 0 is performed. However, it is assumed that the reservation from the remote controller 102 has priority over the AI function.

The above is the description of the processing flowchart when the user is currently watching the program being broadcast. Next, in the case where the determination 604 in FIG. 9 is on the “NO” side, that is, when the user is currently watching the video, FIG. 11 which is the connection destination of the part indicated by the symbol b in FIG. 9, and The description will be made with reference to FIG. 10 which is a connection destination of a portion indicated by symbol e in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 which is a connection destination of a portion indicated by symbol f in FIG.

When the user is watching a video and the program reserved in advance is "Watch", that is, when the judgment 621 in FIG. 11 is "YES", the judgment in FIG. From 621 to decision 626, decision 60 in FIG.
Processing similar to that from 5 to determination 610 is performed. Here, a process different from that of FIG. 10 will be described.

When the judgment 626 of FIG. 11 is on the “YES” side, that is, when the viewing of the video is switched to the viewing of the program currently being broadcast, the power of the video 508 is once turned off (FIG. 11-627). . After that, from the processing 627 in FIG. 11, the processing 6 in FIG.
14, the reserved program displayed on the PinP child screen is replaced with the parent screen as in the case of FIG.
The inP display ends. If the judgment 626 in FIG. 11 is on the “NO” side, the process proceeds to judgment 633 in FIG. 12 which is the connection destination of the part indicated by symbol f in FIG.
Similar to the case of 2, it is determined whether or not there is a tab on the video tape currently being viewed (whether or not recording is possible), and in the case of “NO”, it indicates that recording is not possible on the screen of the display 505. Display (for example, change video tape, recording not possible, error, etc.) (Fig. 12-634), "Y
In the case of the "ES" side, the process proceeds to step 612 in FIG. 12, and similarly to the above, after the remaining amount of the video tape is displayed on the screen of the display 505 (FIG. 12-612), recording is performed until the reserved program end time. .

Next, the judgment 621 in FIG. 11 is "NO".
On the other hand, if the determination 628 in the same figure is on the “YES” side, that is, if the pre-reserved program is “take” while the user is watching the video, A process similar to that of the determination 616 is performed in the determination 629 of FIG. 11 is different from the determination 616 in FIG. 10 above, when the determination 629 in FIG. 11 is on the “YES” side, a code for causing the “take” switch 304 to emit light is transmitted to the remote controller 102 for confirmation (see FIG. 11). -630). This is provided in consideration of a case where the video tape being viewed is a rented video tape or a video tape which cannot be recorded (for example, a claw is broken). Therefore, the determination 63 in FIG.
When 2 is on the “YES” side, that is, when a program reserved for recording is started while the video is being watched by “take” transmission from the remote controller, the determination 626 in FIG. 11 is “N”.
As in the case of the "O" side, the processes after the determination 633 in FIG. 12 are performed.

Next, the AI loop, which is the final loop when the user is currently watching a video, that is, when the determination 604 of FIG. 9 is "NO", will be described. 644 to 637 of FIG. 11 in this loop
The processing up to the step 643 operates in the same way as the processing from 643 to 620 in FIG. Further, similarly to the above, since this function may be an obstacle on the contrary, it is a loop that can be turned on / off by the AI-SW 511 connected to the control microcomputer 502 of FIG. That is, as in the case of FIG. 10 above, when the AI-SW 511 of FIG. 8 is off,
The determination 644 in FIG. 11 is on the “NO” side, and this loop can be short-circuited.

Finally, the power-on loop shown after the determination 638 in FIG. 13 will be described. This loop suddenly occurs when the TV power supply and system power supply of the TV / video integrated receiver 104 are in the off state.
2 “View” switch 303 and “Take” switch 304
It is provided assuming that the etc. are turned on. Therefore, next, when the determination 603 in FIG. 9 is on the “NO” side, that is, when the television power supply of the television / video integrated receiver 104 is in the off state, the connection destination of the portion indicated by the symbol c in FIG. 13 and FIG. 12 which is the connection destination of the part of the symbol shown in FIG. 13 d.

When the determination 603 in FIG. 9 is "NO" and the "view" switch 303 of the remote controller 102 is turned on,
The determination 638 in FIG. 13 is “NO”, and the television of the television / video integrated receiver 104 is turned on (see FIG.
-642) is performed, and a normal loop is entered as described above.

On the other hand, when the determination 603 is on the "NO" side and the "take" switch 304 of the remote controller 102 is turned on in the same manner as described above, the determination 638 in FIG. 13 is on the "YES" side.
The power of the entire system of the television / video integrated receiver 104 is turned on (FIG. 13-639). Next, similar to the above, FIG. 12 showing the connection destination of the part indicated by the symbol d in FIG.
The state of the video tape is confirmed by using the video tape check processing loop after the judgment 640 of No.

The above processing is performed by the control microcomputer 50 shown in FIG.
By controlling with the control unit 2 in FIG. 2, the TV / video integrated receiving apparatus 104 in the figure displays the program reserved for a predetermined period on the PinP sub-screen when the broadcast time of the program reserved by the remote controller 102 comes. To alert the user,
Furthermore, it is possible to select “watch” or “take” for the program displayed on the sub-screen depending on the condition, thereby improving the operability.

In the above-described embodiments, the remote controller 102 has been described as having only two types of switches, "see" and "take", but a switch for adjusting the volume and a channel When a switch such as a changeover switch or a video reproduction switch is newly provided, or conversely, the remote controller 102 in the above-described embodiment.
The essence of the present invention does not change even if the speaker 309 and the display unit 306 are removed as the constituent elements of the above. Further, in this case, the remote controller can be a newly provided remote controller, such as a "view" switch and a "cancel" switch having a reservation cancellation function by the "take" switch.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the shape of the remote controller 102 is described as shown in FIG. 1. However, the shape is not limited to this, and any shape may be adopted.
The essence of the invention does not change. If the present invention has a “view” switch 303 or a “take” switch 304 and adopts a mode in which one of the switches is turned on and the program recognition code described in the TV section is read and the code is transmitted, include. Further, depending on the shape of the remote controller 102, as shown in FIG. 14, the "view" switch 303 or the "take" switch 304 may be pressed while the television program recognition code reading portion is being applied to the publication. Such forms are also included in the present invention.

Further, in the description of the processing using FIGS. 3 to 13, it has been explained that the normal reading of the G code is judged on the remote controller 102 side and the code is displayed on the display unit 306 of the remote controller 102. In order to save power of the remote controller 102, the control microcomputer 502 of the television / video integrated receiver 104 determines whether or not the G code is normally read and displays it on the display unit 306 of the remote controller 102. Only the code may be returned to the remote controller 102.

Further, in the above description, the display function is provided on the remote controller 102 side in order to improve the operability. However, in order to further reduce power consumption, a remote controller dedicated to transmission may be used. In this case, the code conversion / control microcomputer 305 of the remote controller 102 has been described above.
Most of the processing performed in the TV / video integrated receiver 104 is performed by the control microcomputer 502 of the TV / video integrated receiver 104, and the information displayed on the display unit 306 of the remote controller 102 is mainly the display of the TV / video integrated receiver 104. Fifty
5 will be displayed on the screen.

In the above embodiment, the G code is used as the TV program recognition code and the newspaper is used as the publication in which the TV program recognition code is published. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, there is a bar code as another TV program recognition code, and a publication that publishes the TV program recognition code is a TV program magazine or the like. Needless to say, it is included in.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the entire system has been described using the television / video integrated receiver, but a single television can be applied to the system of the present invention. For example, in the case of a television alone, the remote control side performs the processing regarding “see” by applying the determinations 402 and thereafter in the processing flowcharts shown in FIGS. The processing relating to "see" is applied by applying the processing relating to "see" in the processing flowcharts shown in FIGS. As described above, the present invention can be easily applied to a single television by using the necessary parts of the processing flowchart.

[0085]

According to the present invention, it is possible to directly "view" or "record" from a TV section published in a publication such as a newspaper or a magazine without paying attention to the operation of a TV or a video. Therefore, the operability can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a remote control and a television / video integrated receiver which constitute a remote control system as an embodiment of the present invention.

2A and 2B are explanatory views showing classified operation examples in the embodiment of FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a remote controller 102 in FIG.

4 is a processing flowchart of a remote controller 102 in FIG.

5 is a processing flowchart of the remote controller 102 in FIG.

6 is a processing flowchart of a remote controller 102 in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a processing flowchart of the remote controller 102 in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a television / video integrated receiver 1 in FIG.
It is a block diagram which shows the structure of 04.

9 is a television / video integrated receiver 1 in FIG.
It is a processing flowchart of 04.

10 is a processing flowchart of the television / video integrated receiver 104 in FIG.

11 is a processing flowchart of the television / video integrated receiver 104 in FIG. 8. FIG.

12 is a processing flowchart of the television / video integrated receiver 104 in FIG. 8. FIG.

13 is a processing flowchart of the television / video integrated reception device 104 in FIG. 8. FIG.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing a remote controller constituting a remote control system as another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

102 ... remote control, 103 ... user, 104 ... TV
Video integrated receiver, 301 ... Light emitting diode, 30
2 ... CCD sensor, 303 ... "See" switch, 304
... "Take" switch, 305 ... Code conversion / control microcomputer, 306 ... Display section, 307 ... Remote control code transmission section,
308 ... Control signal receiving unit, 309 ... Speaker, 310 ...
Switch, 501 ... Remote control code receiving unit, 502 ... Control microcomputer, 503 ... Selector, 504 ... PinP processing unit, 505 ... Display, 506 ... External signal input terminal, 507 ... Tuner, 508 ... Recording / reproducing processing unit, 50
9 ... Recording medium, 510 ... Control signal transmitter, 511 ... AI switch, 512, 513, 514 ... Selector, 5
15 ... PinP circuit, 516 ... Logic gate, 517 ... Mixed circuit.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Taihei Nakata, 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Ltd. Inside the Hitachi Media Visual Media Laboratory (72) Inventor Tsutomu Noda, 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Hitachi, Ltd., Visual Media Research Laboratory (72) Inventor, Katsunobu Kimura, 292, Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (72) Inventor, Koichi Ishibashi, Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture No. 292 Incorporated company Hitachi Image Information System

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A remote control system including a remote controller (hereinafter, referred to as a remote control) and a television (hereinafter, referred to as a television) / video recorder (hereinafter, referred to as a video) integrated receiver, wherein the remote control is , A television viewing switch means, a video recording switch means, a switch means which is turned on when the television program recognition code is placed in contact with or close to the paper surface of the publication, and the switch means is turned on. And a code reading means for reading the television program recognition code from the paper of the publication when either the television viewing switch means or the video recording switch means is turned on, and the code reading means. A remote control for the TV program recognition code read by the reading means Code conversion that converts to over de
It comprises at least a control means and a remote control code transmission means for transmitting a remote control code output from the code conversion / control means, wherein the television / video integrated receiver receives a broadcast television program. Tuner means, recording and reproducing means for recording a television program received by the tuner means on a recording medium and reproducing the television program recorded on the recording medium, and the television program received by the tuner means and the recording Display means for displaying a television program reproduced by the reproducing means, remote control code receiving means for receiving the remote control code transmitted from the remote controller, and the tuner based on the remote control code received by the remote control code receiving means. Power on / off of the recording and reproducing means and power supply of the recording / reproducing means. A remote control system comprising at least a power source on / off, a channel switching for the tuner means, or a control means for controlling a viewing reservation or a recording reservation of a broadcast television program. 2. The remote control system according to claim 1, wherein the remote controller includes a sounding unit and a content display unit, and the code conversion / control unit is a television program read by the code reading unit. When converting the recognition code into the remote control code, when it is determined that the read TV program recognition code is normally read, the read TV program recognition code is used as a display control signal. Is also converted and output to the content display means, and a control signal is generated and output to the sounding means, and the content display means reads the read control signal based on the display control signal output from the control means. Display the content indicated by the TV program recognition code,
The remote control system, wherein the sounding means generates a predetermined sound based on the control signal output from the control means. 3. The remote control system according to claim 1, wherein the control means of the television / video integrated receiving device satisfies a predetermined condition at a time when a viewing reservation or a recording reservation is made. Generating and outputting a control signal for controlling the remote controller, the television / video integrated receiver includes a control signal transmitting unit that transmits the control signal output from the control unit,
The remote controller includes control signal receiving means for receiving a control signal transmitted from the television / video integrated receiver, and the code conversion / control means of the remote controller converts the control signal received by the control signal receiving means. A remote control system characterized by controlling a predetermined means in a remote controller based on the remote control system. 4. The remote control system according to claim 1, wherein the control means of the television / video integrated receiving apparatus satisfies a predetermined condition at a time when viewing reservation or recording reservation is reached. A remote control system for displaying a reserved television program on the display means. 5. The remote control system according to claim 4, wherein the television / video integrated receiver is displayed on a sub-screen when a television program reserved by the display means is displayed. Based on the control by the control means, a picture-in-picture (hereinafter, referred to as Pi
A remote control system, characterized by comprising a PinP processing means for performing a (nP) processing. 6. The remote control system according to claim 5, wherein the PinP processing means of the television / video integrated receiver displays the reserved television program on a child screen when the reserved television program is displayed on the child screen. And a synthesizing unit capable of changing the ratio of synthesizing the video signal of the sub-screen to the video signal of the main screen under the control of the control unit so that the sub-screen is faded in at the start and faded out at the end of the display. A remote control system characterized by that. 7. A remote control system comprising a remote controller and a television receiver, wherein the remote controller comes into contact with or comes close to a page of a publication on which television viewing switch means and a television program recognition code are posted. And a switch means that is turned on when the switch is turned on, and the television viewing switch means is turned on, and the television program recognition code is read from the paper of the publication. Code reading means, code conversion / control means for converting a television program recognition code read by the code reading means into a remote control code and outputting the remote control code, and a remote controller for transmitting the remote control code output from the code conversion / control means And a code transmitting unit, wherein the television receiver is broadcast. The tuner means for receiving the television program being displayed, the display means for displaying the television program received by the tuner means, the remote control code receiving means for receiving the remote control code transmitted from the remote controller, and the remote control code receiving means. Based on the received remote control code, at least power-on / off of the tuner means and display means, channel switching of the tuner means, or control means for controlling viewing reservation of a broadcast television program, at least. A remote control system characterized by being provided.