JPH08107510A - Receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a receiver for which the complicated operation of a remote controller is unnecessitated in the case of viewing plural programs broadcasted at the same time while selecting them. CONSTITUTION: This receiver is provided with a television receiver 10 and a remote controller 12 for transmitting control signals corresponding to the operation of a user to the television receiver 10, and the remote controller 12 is provided with a means 14 for setting plural channels in accordance with the operations of the user, a means 16 for setting the viewing time of broadcasting contents based on the respective set channels, and a means 18 for transmitting a channel selection control signal containing the respective set channels and time to the television receiver 10. The television receiver 10 is provided with a means 20 for receiving the channel selection control signal from the remote controller 12 and a means 22 for successively switching the respective channels contained in the received channel selection control signal as the output channel of broadcasting contents each time the time contained in the control signal passes.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a television receiver for receiving a broadcast content from which a control signal according to a user's operation is transmitted from a remote controller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A remote controller is provided with a plurality of channel buttons. When switching channels, a user of a receiver directs the remote controller to a television receiver and operates a button of a channel to be switched.

When this operation is performed, radio waves are transmitted from the remote controller and received by the television receiver, and the channel for outputting the broadcast content of the television receiver is switched to that of the button operated by the user.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] When a program whose contents are to be grasped in real time, such as a sports program such as baseball or soccer, is simultaneously broadcast on different channels, many users operate a button on a remote controller. And change the channel repeatedly.

This is extremely annoying to the user and therefore an improvement is desired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to eliminate the need for frequent operation of a remote controller when switching and viewing a plurality of programs being simultaneously broadcast. To provide a machine.

[0007]

In FIG. 1, a receiver according to the first invention is a television receiver 10 for receiving broadcast contents and outputting the contents to a user, and a television receiver 10 for receiving a user's contents. A remote controller 12 for transmitting a control signal according to an operation, and the remote controller 12 has a switching channel setting means 14 for setting a plurality of channels according to a user's operation,
Channel switching time setting means 16 for setting the viewing time of the broadcast content for each set channel, and channel switching control signal transmission for transmitting a channel switching control signal including each set channel and time to the television receiver 10. Means 18, and the television receiver 10 comprises:
Channel switching control signal receiving means 2 for receiving the channel switching control signal from the remote controller 12
0, and an output channel switching unit 22 that sequentially switches each channel included in the received channel switching control signal as an output channel of the broadcast content every time the time included in the control signal elapses.

Further, the image receiver according to the second aspect of the present invention transmits a control signal according to the user's operation to the television receiver 10 for receiving the broadcasted contents and outputting them to the user. The remote controller 12 has a remote controller 12, and the remote controller 12 sets to the television receiver 10 a switching channel setting means 14 for setting a plurality of channels according to a user's operation and a channel switching control signal including each set channel. The television receiver 10 is provided with a channel switching control signal transmitting means 18 for transmitting, and a channel switching control signal receiving means 20 for receiving the channel switching control signal from the remote controller 12 and a receiving channel switching control signal. The broadcast contents of the current output of each included channel are advertised Output channel switching unit 2 for switching a sequential output channel of the broadcast content for each switched
2 and.

[0009]

When a program, such as a sports program such as baseball or soccer, whose current situation is to be grasped in real time, is simultaneously broadcast on different channels, the user operates the remote controller 12 to operate those channels and each channel. Set the viewing time.

When a plurality of channels and time are set, the television receiver 10 sequentially switches these channels as output channels of broadcast contents every time the set time elapses. Therefore, the user can sequentially view the programs of the set channels for each set time, and during that time, the operation of the remote controller 12 is not required. It is preferable to set the viewing time for each channel.

In the second invention, when the user sets only those channels, each time the program content of the channel currently being watched among the set channels becomes the advertisement (CM), that channel is set to the next setting. Switch to the channel automatically.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 2 shows the structure of a receiver to which the present invention is applied. The receiver shown in the drawing is a television receiver 10 that receives the broadcast content and outputs it to the user. It has a remote controller 12 for transmitting a control signal according to a user's operation to the John receiver 10.

The remote controller 12 has
Multiple Ch buttons 200, Ch mode buttons 202, C
M mode button 204, send button 205, write button 206, read button 208, time setting circuit 210,
A Ch selection circuit 212, a memory 214, a transmitter 216, and a display 218 are provided.

Ch button 200, Ch mode button 20
2. The user operates the CM mode button 204, the send button 205, the write button 206, and the read button 208, and operates the Ch button 200 when switching channels of the television receiver 10.

The Ch mode button 202 is operated when selecting a mode (Ch mode) in which a plurality of channels (programs) are sequentially watched for a set time for each channel (program),
Each channel and their times are set by operating the Ch button 200.

The CM mode button 204 is used to select a mode (CM mode) in which the current channel is automatically switched to the next channel each time the content of the program currently being watched becomes an advertisement (CM). Each channel that is operated and automatically switched is set by operating the Ch button 200.

The time setting and the channel setting are performed by the time setting circuit 210 and the Ch selection circuit 212, respectively, and the user operates the send button 205 after confirming the setting contents from the display on the display 218.

When the send button 205 is operated, the transmitter 216 sends a radio wave of a control signal including the current mode (Ch mode or CM mode), set time, and channel to the television receiver 10.

The write button 206 is operated by the user when the current setting contents are stored in the memory 214, and the read button 208 is operated by the user when the previous setting contents are read from the memory 214 and used again.

The other television receiver 10 includes a receiver 300, a Ch setting circuit 302, a timer circuit 304, a memory 306, and a CM detection circuit 308, and the receiver 300 receives radio waves from the remote controller 12.

The receiver 300 takes out the mode, the set time and the channel from the received radio wave, and the memory 306 takes the mode, the set time and the time taken by the receiver 300 from the received radio wave.
Remember the channel.

In the Ch mode, the Ch setting circuit 302 first reads the set channel from the memory 302 and executes the switching control to the same channel, and the timer circuit 30
In 4, the set time stored corresponding to the set channel is set as the timer time.

Every time the timer circuit 304 times out, the operations of the Ch setting circuit 302 and the timer circuit 304 are repeated for the next set time and set channel.

In the CM mode, the Ch setting circuit 30
Reference numeral 2 denotes a CM detection circuit 3 which first reads a set channel from the memory 302 and executes switching control to the same channel.
08 starts the operation of detecting the advertisement in the current program.

Each time the CM detection circuit 308 detects an advertisement, the Ch setting circuit 302 reads the next set channel from the memory 302 and executes switching control to the same channel.

In FIG. 3, the operation of the Ch mode is explained using a flowchart, and this mode is selected by one-touch operation of the Ch mode button 202 (step 2).
000).

At that time, when it is determined that the setting contents stored in the memory 214 are not used (step 2002)
No), the user operates the Ch button 200 to sequentially set the channels of each program to be viewed and the viewing time of these channels (steps 2004, 200).
6, 2008).

Further, when it is considered that the set contents are reused later, the write button 206 is operated to save the set contents in the memory 214 (step 201).
0, 2012).

Then, the user selects the Ch mode button 20.
2 is operated to complete the setting operation of the Ch mode (steps 2014 and 2016), and the transmission button 205 is operated (step 2018) to cause the remote controller 12 to transmit the radio wave to the television receiver 10.

When it is determined that the setting contents stored in the memory 214 are used (Y in step 2002)
es), the user operates the read button 208 after one-touch operation of the Ch mode button 202, and
The setting contents are read from (step 2020), and C again.
After operating the h mode button 202 to complete the setting, the send button 205 is operated.

The television receiver 10 switches the channels in the order of setting (when the last set channel is reached, it returns to the first set channel again). However, switching from the current channel to the next channel is performed every time the viewing time set corresponding to the current channel elapses (steps 3000, 3002, 3).
004).

It is to be noted that a channel different from the channel of the set program which is currently being viewed is C
When the user operates the h button 200 to specify (step 2022), the current timer time is reset to zero, and the channel specified by the operation of the Ch button 200 at that time is forcibly skipped, and the set time corresponding to this is reset. Is set in the timer circuit 304 (step 20).
24, 3000, 3002, 3004).

Further, a continuous operation of the Ch button 200 or a Ch button 20 for designating a channel other than the setting
When the user performs operation 0 (step 2026),
The current Ch mode setting is immediately released to return to the normal mode, and the channel is switched to the designated channel by operating the Ch button 200 (steps 2028, 2018, 300).
0,3002,3004,3006).

In FIG. 4, the operation of the CM mode is explained using a flow chart, and in this mode Ch
The CM mode button 204 is operated in place of the button 200 (steps 2001 and 2015). The time setting operation (step 2006) and the set time zero reset process (step 2024) are omitted.

The television receiver 10 automatically switches the channel to the next channel each time the content of the program currently being viewed becomes an advertisement. In FIG. 4, the two channels (A, B) set by the user are alternately switched using the start of the advertisement as a trigger (steps 3008, 3010, 3009, 3011).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when each channel of the simultaneous broadcast program and the viewing time of those programs are set by operating the remote controller 12, the current channel (one of the set channels) is set. Is automatically switched to the next set channel (Ch mode) each time the set time corresponding to is passed, and when each channel of the program being broadcast at the same time is set, the current channel (set One of the selected channels) is automatically switched to the next set channel (CM mode).
2, freeing the user from frequent operations
It is possible to improve the commercialability of the receiver.

Moreover, since the present setting contents can be saved and reused thereafter, the setting operation becomes easy. Furthermore, during the sequential switching of the set channels, it is easy to skip from the current channel to any one, so that the sequential switching mode of the set channels (Ch mode, C
It is also possible to reliably watch a scene that cannot be overlooked while continuing the M mode).

In addition, the sequential switching mode (Ch mode, CM mode) of the set channel can be easily terminated to immediately return to the normal operation mode.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, by presetting each channel of a simultaneous broadcast program and the viewing time of those programs, or only each channel by operating the remote controller, the broadcast contents are being output. The setting channel is automatically switched to the next setting channel each time the corresponding setting time elapses or each time advertisement is started, which relieves the user from frequent operation of the remote controller and makes the receiver more commercially available. It becomes possible to raise.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an operation in Ch mode.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an operation in a CM mode.

[Explanation of symbols]

 200 Ch button 202 Ch mode button 204 CM mode button 205 Send button 206 Write button 208 Read button 210 Time setting circuit 212 Ch selection circuit 214 Memory 216 Oscillator 218 Indicator 300 Receiver 302 Ch setting circuit 304 Timer circuit 306 Memory 308 CM Detection circuit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A remote controller comprising: a television receiver for receiving broadcast contents and outputting the contents to a user; and a remote controller for transmitting a control signal to the television receiver according to a user's operation. Includes a switching channel setting means for setting a plurality of channels according to the user's operation, a channel switching time setting means for setting the viewing time of the broadcast content for each set channel according to the user's operation, and each set channel and time. A channel switching control signal transmitting means for transmitting the included channel switching control signal to a television receiver, wherein the television receiver receives the channel switching control signal from a remote controller. And the receiving channel switching control signal As the output channel of the sequential broadcast content every time or setting time of each channel included in the control signal has been has passed, with the output channel switching means for switching, a receiver, characterized in that. 2. A remote controller, comprising: a television receiver for receiving broadcast contents and outputting the contents to a user; and a remote controller for transmitting a control signal to the television receiver according to a user's operation. Includes a switching channel setting means for setting a plurality of channels according to a user's operation, and a channel switching control signal transmitting means for transmitting a channel switching control signal including each set channel to a television receiver. John receiver, the channel switching control signal receiving means for receiving the channel switching control signal from the remote controller, and each channel included in the receiving channel switching control signal, each time the broadcast content of the current output is switched to the advertisement. Output that switches as the output channel of the broadcast contents A receiver comprising: a channel switching means.