JPH0795518A - Television received information recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a television received information recording and reproducing device which can reproduce desired received information with simple operations. CONSTITUTION:A television received information recording and reproducing device 1 for recording and reproducing the information received by a television receiver is provided with an operating means 2 for instructing the reproduction of received information, recording means for circulating and recording the received information with the passage of time, and recording and reproducing control means 5 for controlling the recording of received information at the recording means, reading the received information recorded in the recording means based on the reproducing instruction of the operating means 2 and contributing it to the output of the television receiver. Thus, the desired received information missing seeing or hearing to be reproduced can be freely reproduced at any desired time only by simple operations.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus, and more particularly to a television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of instantaneously reproducing reception information missed by a television receiver.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, while watching a television broadcast on a television receiver, there is a demand for re-viewing an image that has been missed for a moment, or a specific screen is viewed as a still image or slow-motion playback. The reality is that many demands arise.

As means for coping with the above-mentioned demand, a video tape recorder (VTR) is provided.
However, in the case of this video tape recorder, an operation for recording a specific program in advance and a rewind operation for the video tape after the end of the program are indispensable, which causes complication, and an image that is suddenly desired to be reproduced. There is a problem that can not be dealt with when it is broadcast. The present invention was developed in view of such conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of instantaneously reproducing desired reception information by a simple operation. Especially.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing reception information received by a television receiver, and operating means for instructing reproduction of the reception information. A recording unit that circulates and records the received information with time, and recording control for the received information recording unit, and reads the received information recorded in the recording unit based on a reproduction instruction from the operating unit to read the television. And a recording / reproducing control means used for the output of the receiver. The recording means is configured to record at least image information received by the television receiver. The operating means, the recording means, and the recording / reproducing control means are configured separately from the television receiver main body or incorporated in the television receiver main body.

The operation of the television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus having the above-mentioned structure will be described below. While the television receiver is receiving the television broadcast, the recording means circulates and records the received information over time under the control of the recording / reproducing control means. In this state, when it is desired to reproduce the received information that is overlooked or missed, if the operating means gives an instruction to reproduce the received information, the recording / reproducing control means receives the information recorded in the recording means based on the reproducing instruction from the operating means. The information is read out and provided for output from the television receiver. As a result, the television receiver outputs the received information, which is recorded in the recording means and is desired to be overplayed or missed, instead of the currently received information. By recording at least the image information received by the television receiver by the recording means, it is possible to see the missed image that one wants to see again on the screen of the television receiver. By making the operating means, the recording means, and the recording / reproducing control means separate from the main body of the television receiver, it is possible to reproduce the reception information desired to be seen or heard again in the existing television receiver. By incorporating the operating means, the recording means, and the recording / reproducing control means in the television receiver main body, the reception information desired to be reproduced which is overlooked or overlooked by the television receiver main body having a good appearance is output. be able to.

Embodiments of the television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, a schematic configuration of the television receiver main body 20 will be described with reference to the attached FIG. The television receiver main body 20 includes a tuner 22 that selects high-frequency reception information that is received by an antenna 21 and that corresponds to a specific channel of various television radio waves.
The intermediate frequency circuit 23 that takes in the high-frequency received information from 2 to perform intermediate frequency amplification, separates the received received information into image information and audio information, and processes the image information separated by the intermediate frequency circuit 23. An image processing circuit 24 for sending an image signal to the cathode ray tube 25 and an audio circuit 26 for processing the audio information separated by the intermediate frequency circuit 23 and sending it to the speaker 27. The image processing circuit 24 is provided with an image output terminal 28 and an image input terminal 29. The audio circuit 26 is provided with an audio output terminal 31 and an audio input terminal 32. Next, regarding the television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment,
This will be described with reference to FIG. This television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus 1 is an operation unit 2 such as a keyboard for issuing a reproduction instruction (normal reproduction instruction, still image reproduction instruction, slow motion reproduction instruction) of reception information received by the television receiver body 20, An image recording section 3 and a recording / reproducing section 4 as recording means for circulating and recording the received information over time.
Recording control of the received information to the image recording section 3 and the recording / reproducing section 4, and from the image information or the audio information recorded in the image recording section 3 or the recording / reproducing section 4 based on the reproduction instruction from the operating means 2. The following information is read out and the cathode ray tube 25 of the television receiver body 20 is read.
Alternatively, the recording / reproducing control means 5 for providing the output from the speaker 27 is provided. The image recording section 3 is composed of a memory element having a predetermined storage capacity, and the recording / reproducing section 4 is composed of a memory element having a predetermined storage capacity. Then, the image recording unit 3
Is connected to the image processing circuit 24 of the television receiver main body 20 via the image output terminal 28, and the recording / playback unit 4 is connected.
To the television receiver main body 2 via the audio output terminal 31.
0 audio circuit 26. The recording / reproducing control means 5 is based on a control unit 6 that performs overall control, an address controller 7 that controls the address of the image recording unit 3 based on the control of the control unit 6, and a control of the address controller 7. A write address generation unit 8 and a read address generation unit 9 for generating a write address signal and a read address signal of the image recording unit 3, and a recording for performing recording and reproduction control of the recording / reproduction unit 4 under the control of the control unit 6. The controller 11 and the reproduction controller 12, the image reproduction switch 13 provided between the image recording section 3 and the image input terminal 29, and the audio reproduction switch 14 provided between the recording and reproduction section 4 and the audio input terminal 32. Under the control of the control unit 6, the image reproduction switch 13 and the audio reproduction switch 1
Switching unit 1 for turning on / off 4 individually or in conjunction with each other
5 and. Next, the operation of the television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus 1 having the above configuration will be described. In a state where a television broadcast is received by the television receiver body 20, the image of the television broadcast displayed on the cathode ray tube 25 is viewed, and the sound of the television broadcast output from the speaker 27 is listened to, The image recording unit 3 of the recording means circulates and records the received image of the television broadcast over time based on the write address signal from the write address generation unit 8 controlled by the control unit 6 and the address controller 7. In addition, the recording / playback unit 4
Under the control of the control unit 6 and the recording controller 11, the received sound of the television broadcast is circulated over time and recorded. In this state, when the viewer wants to reproduce the received image of the television broadcast that he / she missed, the reproducing means instructs the reproduction of the received image by the operation means 2. As a result, the read address generation unit 9 controlled by the control unit 6 and the address controller 7 sends a read address signal for reading the received image to the image recording unit 3 to read the received image. At the same time, the switching unit 15 controlled by the control unit 6 sends a switching signal to the image reproduction switch 13, and the image reproduction switch 13 is moved from the (a) side to the (b) side as shown in FIG. Connect to the side. As a result, the image reproduction switch 1 is moved from the image recording unit 3.
3. The received image to be reproduced is sent to the image processing circuit 24 through the image input terminal 29, and the television receiver main body 20 causes the cathode ray tube 25 to display the missed received image to be reproduced instead of the currently received image. , The viewer can see the received image that he wants to play again. As described above, in association with the display of the missed received image desired to be reproduced on the cathode ray tube 25, the corresponding received sound is read from the recording / reproducing unit 4 and the switching unit 15 causes the sound reproducing switch 14 to move as shown in FIG. It is needless to say that the corresponding received sound can be output from the speaker 27 of the television receiver body 20 by connecting the (a) side to the (b) side. By such an operation, the television receiver main body 2 can be simply operated.
With 0, the received information desired to be reproduced can be freely viewed by overlooking or missing. In addition, by incorporating the operation unit 2, the image recording unit 3, the recording / playback unit 4, and the recording / playback control unit 5 in the television receiver body 20, the television receiver body 20 having a good appearance can be provided. It is possible to view received information that the user misses or misses and wants to reproduce. Further, by appropriately controlling the read address signal by the read address generation unit 9, it is possible to perform still image reproduction and slow motion reproduction of a missed received image which is desired to be reproduced. You can see the received image that you missed. Furthermore, by adding an image compression / expansion circuit to the image recording unit 3, the image recording time can be extended, for example, ten times or more by utilizing the image recording unit 3 having a constant capacity, which further enhances the practicality. Can be increased. An image delay device can be realized by using a recording area delayed by a certain address with respect to the write address in the image recording unit 3 as a read address and multiplexing the write address and the read address. It will be possible. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

According to the present invention, which has been described in detail above, since it has the above-mentioned structure, the following effects can be obtained. According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of freely reproducing, at a desired time, received information which is overlooked or missed and which is desired to be reproduced, by a simple operation. According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide at least a television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing a missed received image desired to be reproduced at a desired time by a simple operation. Claim 3
According to the present invention described, it is possible to provide a television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing the reception information which is missed or missed in an existing television receiver and which is desired to be reproduced at a desired time by a simple operation. Further, it is possible to provide a television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing the reception information which is missed or overlooked by a television receiver having a good appearance by the simple operation when desired. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of a television receiver main body to which the embodiment apparatus according to the present invention is connected.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus 2 Operating means 3 Image recording section 4 Recording / reproducing section 5 Recording / reproducing control section 6 Control section 7 Address controller 8 Write address generating section 9 Read address generating section 11 Recording controller 12 Reproduction controller 13 Image reproduction switch 14 audio reproduction switch 15 switching unit 20 television receiver body 21 antenna 22 tuner 23 intermediate frequency circuit 24 image processing circuit 25 cathode ray tube 26 audio circuit 27 speaker 28 image output terminal 29 image input terminal 31 audio output terminal 32 audio input terminal

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus for recording / reproducing reception information received by a television receiver, comprising operating means for instructing reproduction of the reception information, and circulating the reception information with time. And recording control for controlling the recording means for recording the received information and the recording means for recording the received information, and for reading the received information recorded in the recording means based on the reproduction instruction from the operating means and providing it to the output of the television receiver. A television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus comprising: a control means. 2. The television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recording means records at least image information received by a television receiver. 3. The operation means, the recording means, and the recording / reproducing control means are configured separately from the television receiver main body or incorporated in the television receiver main body. Television reception information recording / reproducing apparatus.