JPH08115586A - Image information display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable a user to know the television programs planned to be broadcast with videos. CONSTITUTION: An information reproducing device is built in a television device and the introduction videos of the television programs planned to be broadcast are displayed as moving images from the information of an information recording medium to be read out by this device. The television programs are classified by genres S13 to S17, such as TV motion pictures and dramas and the respective introduction videos are recorded as the moving images for about one to two minutes on the information recording medium. First, a main menu image S2 is displayed when the information recording medium is reproduced. An information menu S5 is displayed when 'others' are assigned. The guide by genres is displayed and the introduction videos of the programs of the desired genres can be assigned and displayed when 'guide by genres' is assigned. Reservation information, such as G codes, are added to such introduction videos. The reservation of picture recording or signal reception is executed by using the reservation information if the reservation is assigned to the introduction videos during the display.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image information display method for displaying image information on a program to be broadcast.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Ordinary television receivers are used for terrestrial broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, cable television (hereinafter referred to as CATV).
A television broadcast program such as a broadcast is received, and a reproduction video signal is supplied from a video signal recording / reproducing device such as a video tape recorder (hereinafter referred to as VTR) or a laser disc player (hereinafter referred to as LD player). In this way, a television image is displayed.

On the other hand, a compact disc (hereinafter referred to as a CD) developed as an information recording medium for digital audio.
Is used as an external recording medium such as a personal computer because of its large storage capacity, and these are called CD-ROMs. Since the CD-ROM has a large capacity, in addition to the conventional use as a database, image data such as moving images and still images, audio data such as music and sound effects, and further reproduction of such image data and audio data Use as a recording medium for so-called multimedia software, in which playback control data that describes the procedures when performing recording are collectively recorded, and such image data and audio data are played back according to the playback control data and user instructions. However, in recent years, it has been particularly noted.
Also, due to advances in moving image data compression technology, home AV
As a recording medium replacing the LD, which is one of the devices, a video CD capable of collectively recording up to 74 minutes of moving image and still image image data, audio data, and their playback control data.
What is called is also attracting attention.

These optical discs such as CD-ROMs and video CDs and optical disc reproducing devices are used as databases, and in addition, reproducing reproduction control data recorded on the optical discs and interactively reproducing image data and audio data with a user. The conventional home AV equipment (VTR, LD player, etc.) for continuously recording and reproducing the video signal recorded on the recording medium and displaying it on the television receiver.
It has a feature that is very different from.

Under such circumstances, as an apparatus that goes beyond the concept of the ordinary television receiver, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 4-227381 discloses an ordinary television receiver connected to a computer having an external storage medium. Picture-in-picture systems as described are known. This system transfers image data stored in a video RAM in a television receiver to a computer having an external storage medium via a computer interface,
It was possible to commonly use image data between both parties.

[0006]

However, the ordinary television apparatus is only for terrestrial broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, CA.
Passive image by the video signal supplied to the television receiver, such as receiving / displaying a television broadcast program by TV broadcasting, displaying an image of a reproduced video signal from a video signal recording / reproducing device such as a VTR or an LD player. It was exclusively limited to displaying.

Further, the picture-in-picture system, which exceeds the concept of a normal television apparatus, simply enables the transfer of image data between the television receiver and the computer, and intends to use it in common. It was

Thus, conventionally, for example, an optical disk and an optical disk reproducing apparatus are used as a database of a television apparatus or a recording medium of multimedia software and a reproducing apparatus thereof, and the television apparatus is one of information terminals at home. For how to utilize
It was not considered at all.

An object of the present invention is to use an information recording medium as a recording medium for a database or multimedia software, and to appropriately select image information such as an introduction video of a program to be broadcast recorded on the information recording medium. An object is to provide a method of displaying image information that can be displayed.

Another object of the present invention is to use the image information such as the introductory video of the information recording medium effectively so that the display reservation and the recording reservation of the desired program can be easily made. To provide.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention searches the information recording medium for program introduction information for introducing the contents of a program scheduled to be broadcast in a predetermined period by type of program. When the type name of the introduced program that is recorded as possible is recorded on the information recording medium is displayed and one of the displayed type names is selected, the program introduction information for the selected content is searched from the information recording medium. And display it.

Further, in order to achieve the above-mentioned other object, the present invention has an information recording medium in which reservation information is retrievably recorded for each introduced program, and the introduced program is displayed as described above. When the display reservation or the recording reservation is instructed while the display reservation is being made, the display reservation or the recording reservation is made based on the reservation information.

[0013]

In the information recording medium, introductory information of a program which can be broadcast in a predetermined period is recorded so as to be searchable from the program type name. First, the program type name is read from the information recording medium. Is displayed. When the user selects a desired one from the displayed type names and gives an instruction, the referral information is searched on the information recording medium with the instructed type name, and the retrieved introductory information is read and displayed. To be done.

Further, when the reservation operation is performed by the remote controller or the like while the introduction information is displayed in this manner, the reservation operation is performed based on the reservation information recorded on the information recording medium, and the display is made on the VTR or the like. The recording reservation of the program to be broadcast for the introduced information is made, or the display reservation of the program is made at the receiver.

As described above, since the present invention can be used for introducing a television program to be broadcast to a user and making a reservation by the user, the present invention utilizes the television device as one of the home information terminals. It is possible to do.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a specific example of a television apparatus incorporating an information reproducing apparatus using an embodiment of an image information display method according to the present invention, in which 101 is a television apparatus and 102 is television receiving / displaying. Reference numeral 103 is a system control unit, 104 is a clock device, 105 is an optical disk reproducing device as an information reproducing device, 106 is an optical disk medium, 107 is an optical disk drive, 108 is a control unit, 109 is an optical disk / television interface means, and 110 is The selection decision input means 111 is an external interface means.

In the figure, the television device 101 has a configuration similar to that of a conventional wide television receiver, and the display screen has a 16: 9 aspect ratio.
The display unit 102 has a display unit 102 for displaying a received video signal of a television broadcast and a reproduced video signal supplied from a recording / reproducing device such as a VTR. Further, a parent screen is displayed on the entire display screen. PinP function that displays a reduced sub-screen on a part of the screen, and one screen is displayed with the aspect ratio of 4: 3 on either the left or right side of the display screen, and the other screen is displayed on the remaining part of this display screen. Reduced display P
It has an outP function.

Further, the television device 101 has a built-in clock device 104 and an optical disk reproducing device 105 which output the time information by marking the date and time, and the optical disk device 105 is an optical disk / television interface means. TV reception via 109
It is connected to the display unit 102. Further, the television receiving / displaying unit 102 is provided with a system control unit 103, and controls the entire television device 101 in accordance with a control command from a selection determination input unit 110 such as a remote controller operated by the user for selection input.

The external interface means 111 is a portion that serves as a contact point with an external device such as a VTR, and the control information is sent from the control unit 108 to the external device via this. Of course, instead of the external interface means 111, other means, for example, an infrared ray emitting section may be provided and the infrared ray modulated by the control information may be sent to control the external device.

The optical disk reproducing device 105 includes a control unit 108.
And an optical disk drive 107, and a control unit 108
Controls the optical disc drive 107 based on a control command from the system control unit 103,
The reproduction operation of 06 is performed. Optical disc media 106
The optical disc / television interface means 109 receives the program information read from
The video signal and the audio signal which can be displayed on the display unit 102 are converted and supplied to the television receiving / display unit 102.

The optical disc medium 106 is, for example, attached as an appendix to a guide magazine of commercially available television programs, and is released in some introductory videos and theaters from programs to be televised one week or two weeks later. The moving images such as the introduction video of the movie and the introduction video of the interview of the entertainer are recorded, and the image data of the content related to the television program to be broadcast (hereinafter, referred to as broadcast program cooperation data) is recorded.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of the related structure of such information recorded on the optical disc medium 106.

The information S1 to S22 are reproduced from the optical disc medium 106 by the control of the control unit 108 by the system control unit 103 based on the control command from the selection determination input unit 110, and are reproduced. The information is supplied to the television receiving / displaying means 102 via the optical disk / television interface means 109 and displayed as a moving image. Here, information S3 ~
S18 can be selected by the user's selection instruction from the selection determination input means 110, and the selected information is the television reception / display unit 102 as an introduction video of a moving image.
Is displayed on the display screen of.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below. FIG.
In FIG. 2, when the optical disk medium 106 is mounted on the optical disk reproducing device 105 and a reproduction command is input from the selection determination inputting means 110, the optical disk medium 106 is read from FIG.
The information on the opening screen S1 is reproduced, and the opening screen S1 is displayed as a still image on the entire display screen of the television receiving / display unit 102 as shown in FIG. In addition, this opening screen S1 is only an example,
Other image information such as the title name / background may be displayed as necessary.

When the opening screen S1 is displayed for a predetermined time, the control unit 10 in the optical disc medium 106 is displayed.
The process shifts to reproduction of information on the main menu screen S2 in FIG. 2 by 8, and the display on the display screen shifts to the main menu screen S2 as shown in FIG. This main menu screen S
In 2, the four items of “special feature”, “recommended”, “others” and “slip” are displayed. Items of these menus can be selected by the selection determination input means 110 (FIG. 1).

Incidentally, here, the main menu screen S2
Is made up of four items, but the number is not limited to this, and any number can be set as needed, and the items are not limited to those shown in FIG. Can be an item. Further, when all the items cannot be displayed on one screen, they may be displayed on a plurality of screens. In this case, in FIG.
By providing an item of "select next screen" in the information menu S2 and selecting it by the selection determination input means 110, it is possible to move to the screen for displaying the next item in the main menu S2. Of course, the main menu S
It is also possible to reduce each item of 2 and display them, and display all the items on one screen. In this case, the information displayed on the same screen on the optical disc medium 106 is instructed to that effect, but it is instructed to display all the recorded items on one screen regardless of the number of displayed items. If the data of these items reproduced, the optical disk / television interface means 10 is used.
9, the video signal for one screen is supplied to the television receiving / display unit 102. Therefore, how to display the main menu S2 depends on the optical disc medium 1
It can be decided at any time depending on how item information is recorded in 06.

The main menu M1 "Special Feature" is for selecting the information S3 in FIG.
For example, there are 1-2 special articles such as "World Cup Soccer", "Drama ending special issue", "New program special issue", etc.
It is included as an introduction video of the minute video. The main menu M2 "Recommendation" is for selecting the information S4 in FIG. 2, and the information S4 can be of any genre within the range of programs recorded in the guide magazine of the issue in which the optical disk medium 106 is an appendix. No, it is a video that introduces some recommended programs as an introduction video.
If you select these main menus M1 and M2, the information S
All of S3 and S4 are reproduced in the order of recording and sequentially displayed as a moving image on the display screen. When all the introductory videos of the menu are displayed, or when the cancel operation is performed by the selection determination input means 110 during the display,
The display returns to the main menu screen S2 in FIG.

When the main menu M3 "Others" is selected in FIG. 4, the information menu S5 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display screen. Here, eight items J1 to J8 are displayed so that they can be selected.

It should be noted that this is just an example, and other items may be used, and any of these eight items may be changed or further items may be added to these eight items. it can. Further, when all the items cannot be displayed on one screen, they may be displayed on a plurality of screens. In this case, in FIG. 5, the information menu S
5 is provided with an item of "select next screen" and is selected by the selection determination input means 110, it is possible to move to a screen for displaying the next item in the main menu M3. Of course, like the main menu S2 described above, each item of the information menu S5 can be reduced and displayed, and all items can be displayed on one screen.

If a cancel operation is performed by the selection / determination input means 110 while the information menu S5 is displayed, the display screen returns to the main menu screen S2 in FIG.

When the main menu M4 "Parapara mode" is selected in the main menu S2 shown in FIG. 4, the information S8 to S17 in FIG. 2 are sequentially reproduced from the optical disc medium 106 and displayed on the display screen. These information S8-S
Reference numeral 17 denotes the introduction video information of the television programs scheduled to be broadcast, classified by genre. When all such information is reproduced and displayed, or when a cancel operation is performed by the selection determination input means 110 during the reproduction, the display returns to the main menu S2 of FIG. 4 on the display screen.

Further, the selection decision inputting means 110 is provided with a skip button (in the remote controller shown in FIG. 12, which will be described later, the “NEXT” button on the optical disk operating section 202 is provided with this skip function). If the skip button is operated during display of the main menu M4 "Popular mode", the video information of the item currently being reproduced and displayed is skipped by one and the video information of the next item is reproduced and displayed.

As described above, when the item M3 "Others" of the main menu S2 shown in FIG. 4 is selected, the information menu S5 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display screen. , Item J1 "guide by genre" is selected, the information S7 of the guide by genre in FIG. 2 is selected, and the guide S7 by genre shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display screen. Here, the genre-specific guide S7 includes eight selection items G1 to G8.

The genre-specific guide S7 is merely an example, and other items may be used, or any of the eight items may be changed or further items may be added to the eight items. You may. Further, when all the items of the genre-based guide S7 cannot be displayed on one screen, they may be displayed on a plurality of screens. In this case, in FIG. 6, an item for selecting the next screen is provided in the genre-specific guide S7, and this is selected by the selection determination input means 110 to move to the screen for displaying the item next to the genre-specific guide S7. Can be Of course, also in this case, like the menus S2 and S5, each item of the genre-specific guide S7 can be reduced and displayed, and all items can be displayed on one screen.

If a cancel operation is performed with the selection / determination input means 110 while the genre guide S7 is displayed, the display screen returns to the information menu screen S5 of FIG.

Item J2 in the information menu S5 shown in FIG.
~ J8 is additional information not directly related to the TV program, that is, item J2 is "Interview with Celebrity" in Fig. 2.
Information S8, item J3 is "news" information S9,
Item J4 is "Theatrical Movie Information" S10, item J6 is "New Release" information S11, and item J7 is "CM Information" S.
It is related to 12 respectively. Information on items J5 and J8 is omitted in FIG. Therefore, items J2-
When any one of J8 is selected, the information corresponding to it is reproduced from the optical disc medium 106, and its content is displayed as a moving image on the display screen. When the display ends, or when the cancel operation is performed by the displayed selection determination input means 110, the display screen returns to the display of the information menu screen S5 shown in FIG.

The genre guide S7 of FIG. 6 displayed as described above is for selecting all or recommended programs for each genre. The item G1 is for selecting the information S13 of "TV movie program" in FIG. 2, and the item G2 is the information S14 of "drama program".
The item G3 is "music program" information S15, the item G4 is "sports program" information S16, the item G5 is "animation program" information S17, and the item G6 is "special program".
The item G7 is for selecting information of "rebroadcast program". Each of these pieces of information contains several recommended programs.

When any one of these items G1 to G7 is selected, information corresponding to the selected item is given to the optical disk medium 106.
, And the introduction videos of all or recommended programs are sequentially displayed as videos on the display screen. Then, when such display ends, or when a cancel operation is performed by the displayed selection determination input means 110, the display screen returns to the genre-specific guide screen S7.

Item G8 in this genre guide S7
If you select “Parapara Mode”, the guide S for each genre
Information S13 to S17 of items G1 to G5 in 7 are sequentially reproduced from the optical disc medium 106, and all the introduction videos are sequentially displayed on the display screen. When this display ends, or when a cancel operation is performed by the displayed selection / determination input means 110, the display screen returns to the genre guide screen S7. Further, when the above-mentioned skip button of the selection determination input means 110 is operated during such display, one video currently displayed is skipped and the video of the next information is displayed.

If the cancel operation is performed by the selection / determination input means 110 while the genre guide S7 shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, the display screen moves to the display of the information menu S5 shown in FIG. If a cancel operation is performed by the selection / determination input means 110 during the display of S5, the main screen S2 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display screen. Further, if the cancel operation is performed by the selection / determination input means 110 while the main menu S2 is displayed, the optical disc reproducing apparatus 105 is in a state in which no information is sent to the television reception / display unit 102, and, for example, the television reception is displayed on the display screen. The video of the television program received by the display unit 102 is displayed.

As described above, in this embodiment, the optical disc medium 106 on which the video introducing the contents of the television program and the like are recorded and displayed, and this video is displayed to inform the user of the contents of the program. , The television device can be used as an information terminal device that uses optical disk media as a database or multimedia software at home, and since the introduction video of the TV program is a video, it is written in a simple text in a guide magazine. Compared to the content article, you can make the content of the TV program understand more easily and more accurately.

By the way, in the optical disc medium 106, the information S3, S4, S6, S13 to S1 in FIG.
For each introduction video of each broadcast program of 8, the simple supplementary information about the program such as the title of the program to be introduced, the broadcast date and time, the broadcasting station, and the reservation code is recorded. Such supplementary information is usually recorded on an optical disk medium called a so-called video CD, or may be recorded at the beginning of an area where video information is recorded. When the information selected as described above is reproduced from the optical disc medium 106, the supplementary information corresponding thereto is also reproduced and stored and read in the memory means (not shown) provided in the control unit 108. It is supplied to the optical disk / television interface means 109. In the optical disk / television interface means 109, the introductory video signal of the reproduced information and this additional information are combined and supplied to the television receiving / display device 102. As a result, on the display screen, as shown in FIG.
Additional information such as the title, broadcasting date, broadcasting station, reservation code, etc. is displayed at an appropriate location such as the lower side of the displayed introduction video by OSD (on-screen display).

Incidentally, such additional information is not normally displayed,
It may be displayed by an instruction operation of the selection determination input means 110, or may be normally displayed and may not be displayed by an instruction operation of the selection determination input means 110. When the supplementary information is not displayed, the system control unit 103 is operated by an instruction operation of the selection determination input means 110.
Controls the control unit 108 of the optical disc reproducing apparatus 105,
The additional information is prevented from being sent from the optical disk drive 107 to the optical disk / television interface means 109.

When the user decides that the screen displayed as shown in FIG. 7 is a required screen, he or she inputs the reservation code displayed on this screen by operating the selection / determination input means 110 to make a "TV timer reservation". (“Reservation reservation” described later) or “Recording reservation” on the VTR (“Recording reservation” described later)
You can Therefore, you can make a reservation while enjoying the introduction video, and for this reservation, find the reservation code while searching the guide magazine for the content article of this TV program,
You can save the trouble of entering this and you can enter the reservation code while looking at the screen, so you can enter it accurately and quickly.

Further, as described above, since the auxiliary information for the introductory video being displayed is stored in the above-mentioned memory means in the control section 108 of the optical disc reproducing apparatus 105, the selection determining input means 110 has a reservation function. If a reservation button is provided and it is necessary to schedule recording of the introductory video displayed on the display screen, by operating this reservation button while this introductory video is displayed, the recording of the broadcast program for this introductory video is reserved. be able to. That is, when this reservation button is operated, the system control unit 103 controls the control unit 108 of the optical disk reproducing device 105 to read the reservation code of the corresponding supplementary information from the memory means, and not shown via the external interface means 111. Send to VTR. As a result, a recording reservation is made in this VTR. Of course, by making it possible to send the reservation code to the television receiving / displaying unit 102, it is possible to make a television timer reservation in the television receiving / displaying unit 102.

As a result, the operation of inputting the reservation code becomes unnecessary, which saves the labor, and the input mistake can be completely avoided to make an accurate reservation.

Further, the system control unit 103 stores reservation completion message information, and when the above reservation is made, the control unit 108 sends information indicating the reservation completion to the system control unit 103. Based on this information, the system control unit 103 outputs a reservation completion message signal, and this message signal is combined with the introductory video signal. As a result, on the display screen, as shown in FIG. 8, a reservation completion message, for example, a message “reserved” is displayed on the displayed introduction video in the OSD for a predetermined period. The display position of this message can be arbitrarily set as required. This makes it easy to confirm whether the reservation has been made.

Image data information S19 to S22 for cooperation with the broadcast program recorded in the optical disc medium 106 shown in FIG.
Represents the profile of the performers and participants of the program to be broadcast, and if the selection / determination input means 110 is operated while the program is being broadcast, it is reproduced from the optical disc medium 106 and displayed on the display screen. Is displayed. Image data information S19 to S2 for linking broadcast programs
Although 2 is used for programs such as sports, dramas, and movies, it can also be used, for example, for a food menu of cooking programs. Therefore, although only four items such as “marathon” and “soccer” are shown in FIG. 2, the items can be changed or added as necessary.

The broadcast program linking image data information includes, as search information, information such as a broadcast date of the corresponding program, a broadcast start / end time, a channel number, and a recording position on the optical disc medium 106 in addition to image information representing a profile. Has been added.

When the program being broadcast has image data information for broadcasting program cooperation, a triangular mark K, for example, is OSD-displayed at an appropriate position on the display screen, as shown in FIG. The mark K may be always displayed, or may be displayed for a predetermined time only when a predetermined operation is performed on the selection determination input means 110. For this reason, when the optical disc medium 106 is mounted on the optical disc reproducing device 105, the menu of all image data information for broadcasting program cooperation is first reproduced from the optical disc medium 106 and stored in the memory means of the control unit 108. . Then, the system control unit 103 sends the time information of the clock device 104 and the channel number information to the control unit 108 for each received program, and the control unit 108 sends the broadcast program cooperation image data information to the program being received from the information. It is determined whether or not there is, and the determination result is sent to the system control unit 103. Based on this determination result, the system control unit 103 generates mark information if there is broadcast program cooperation image data information, and displays the mark K as shown in FIG.
In this case, the display may be performed only when there is a display instruction from the selection determination input means 110.

When the user performs a predetermined operation on the selection / determination input means 110 in the program in which the mark K is displayed as shown in FIG. 9 to display the image data information for broadcasting program cooperation, the system is responded accordingly. The control unit 103 is the control unit 108.
Control. As a result, the control unit 108 searches for the recording position of the broadcast program cooperation image data information for this program on the optical disc medium 106 based on the previous menu, and reproduces it. The reproduced broadcast program cooperation image data information is stored in the memory means of the control unit 108 and repeatedly reproduced to form still image data.

This still image data is supplied to the television receiving / display unit 102 via the optical disc drive 107 and the optical disc / television interface means 109, and the video of the received program is controlled under the control of the system control unit 103. It is combined with the signal and displayed on the display screen. At this time, the video signal of this received program has an aspect ratio of 16:
Although it is 9, the aspect ratio is converted to 4: 3, and the still image signal is inserted in the blank portion generated by this conversion. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, the screen of the received program having the aspect ratio of 4: 3 is displayed, for example, on the right side of the display screen, and is reduced to the margin portion on the left side correspondingly, and the image for broadcast program cooperation is displayed. A still image of data information is displayed.

As described above, the video of the received program can be used as the parent screen and the still image of the link image data information can be displayed as the child screen by PoutP.
As shown in FIG. 1, the still image of the image data information for cooperation may be displayed as the parent screen, and the video of the received program may be displayed as the child screen. In either case, the audio is that of the received program. The link image data information may be moving image information, and in this case, it is displayed as a moving image on the parent screen or the child screen.

In this way, if necessary, for example,
In a TV program of a drama, while watching the drama, it is possible to obtain information about the performers and characters at the same time, and it is possible to provide more information to the user and entertain the TV program.

Next, the operation described above will be described more specifically. Before that, a specific example of a remote controller as the selection determination input means 110 for performing the above operation will be described with reference to FIG.

In the figure, on the remote controller 200, in addition to the normal operation keys such as the channel operation unit 201 and the optical disc operation unit 202, a "view reservation" button 203, a "record reservation" button 204, and a "reservation confirmation" button are displayed. Button 20
5, "link" button 206, "screen switching" button 20
7. An “OSD interactive operation” button 208 and the like are also provided.

The "watch reservation" button 203 is for making the TV timer reservation, and the "record reservation" button 204 is for making the recording reservation. Further, the "reservation confirmation" button 205 is for displaying and confirming the program thus reserved. As described above, the “link” button 206 is for displaying the video of the received program and the image data for cooperation on the parent-child screen, and the “screen switching” button 207 is
As described above, this is for reversing the contents of the parent screen and the child screen. The "OSD (on-screen display) interactive operation" button 208 is used to move the cursor on the screen or to fix the cursor position.

Next, a specific example of the display operation of the image data information for broadcasting program cooperation in this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In the state where the image of the broadcast program is displayed on the entire screen (step 1300 in FIG. 13), the system control unit 103 sequentially fetches the current time from the clock device 104, and the broadcast program is displayed from the tuner unit (not shown). The channel number is fetched and held (step 1301 in FIG. 13).

Therefore, when the optical disc medium 106 is mounted on the optical disc reproducing device 105 and the reproducing operation key of the optical disc operating section 202 of the remote controller 200 shown in FIG. 12 is operated, each broadcast program linked image data is outputted from the optical disc medium 106. The program index including the channel number and the broadcast time, which are added, is reproduced and taken into the system control unit 103 (step 1 in FIG. 13).
302). Then, the system control unit 103 determines whether or not there is a program index corresponding to the program displaying the image (step 1303 in FIG. 13), and if there is no program index, only the image of the broadcast program is displayed. If there is a program index for this program, as shown in FIG. 9, a mark K indicating that the program being displayed has image data information for broadcasting program cooperation is displayed on the screen (step 1304 in FIG. 13).

Although this mark K is displayed as it is, if it is desired to see the broadcast program cooperation image data information for the program being displayed (step 1305 in FIG. 13), the image shown in FIG.
The "link" button 206 of the remote controller 200 of No. 2 is operated (step 1306 in FIG. 13). As a result, the system control unit 103 causes the control unit 1 of the optical disc reproducing apparatus 105 to operate.
08 is instructed to reproduce the broadcast program cooperation image data information for this program index. Based on this directive,
The control unit 108 searches the optical disc medium 106 for this broadcast program cooperation image data information and reproduces it (see FIG. 1).
3 step 1307). The reproduced broadcast program cooperation image data information is transmitted via the optical disk / television interface means 109 to the television reception display unit 102.
And is displayed on the screen as a child screen with respect to the parent screen of the image of the broadcast program as shown in FIG. 10 (FIG. 1).
3 step 1308).

After viewing the image data information for broadcasting program cooperation as a child screen in this way, it is no longer necessary to view it (see FIG. 1).
3 (step 1309), by operating the "link" button 206 of the remote controller 200 of FIG. 12 (FIG. 13).
1315), and the state returns to the state where only the image of the original broadcast program is displayed (step 1316 in FIG. 13).

When the broadcast program cooperation image data information is viewed as a child screen and it is desired to enlarge it as a parent screen (step 1309 in FIG. 13), "screen switching" on the remote controller 200 in FIG. 12 is performed. The “button 207 is operated (step 1310 in FIG. 13). As a result, as shown in FIG. 11, the broadcast program cooperation image data information is displayed on the main screen,
The images of the broadcast programs are displayed on the child screens respectively (step 1311 in FIG. 13).

Here, when the broadcast program cooperation image data information displayed on the main screen is a menu image, that is, as shown in FIG. 11, for example, the broadcast program cooperation image data information of the players of team A is displayed. In the case of an image representing a list, the channel operation unit 2 of the remote controller 200 shown in FIG.
When the number key of 01, for example, “1” is operated (step 1312 in FIG. 13), the system control unit 103 controls the optical disc medium 106 to read out the broadcast program cooperation image data information such as the profile regarding the XX player. , The parent screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed instead of the list (step 1313 in FIG. 13).

When it is desired to view the broadcast program cooperation image data information such as the profile of the next player (step 1314 in FIG. 13), a specific button (for example, a stop button) of the optical disk operation unit 202 is operated. As a result, FIG.
It suffices to move to the first menu screen and perform the operation of step 1312 again. Further, by operating the “screen switching” button 207, it is possible to switch the image data information for broadcasting program cooperation to the child screen and the image of the broadcasting program to the parent screen.

When it becomes unnecessary to display the image data information for broadcasting program cooperation (step 1314 in FIG. 13), the "link" button 206 of the remote controller 200 shown in FIG. 12 is operated (step 1315 in FIG. 13). , Return to the state where only the image of the original broadcast program is displayed (step 1316 in FIG. 13).

As described above, the numeric keys of the channel operation unit 201 of the remote controller 200 shown in FIG. 12 act on the main screen here, and when switching the broadcast program to be displayed, The image of this program may be displayed as the main screen or only this image may be displayed. However, when the image of the program is displayed on the parent screen and the image data information for broadcasting program cooperation is displayed on the child screen, if this program is switched to another program, a new screen is displayed instead of the parent-child screen display. The image of the broadcast program is displayed on the entire screen, and if there is corresponding broadcast program image data information, the state of step 1304 is entered.

As described above, the broadcast program cooperation image data information for the broadcast program can be displayed at the same time as the broadcast program, and the viewing of the program can be made more enjoyable and meaningful.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing another specific example of the display operation of the image data information for broadcasting program cooperation of the present embodiment.

In this drawing, in this specific example, even if the optical disk medium 106 is mounted on the optical disk reproducing device 105, only the image of the broadcast program is displayed on the screen (step 1400 in FIG. 14). When the "link" button 206 of the remote controller 200 shown in FIG. 12 is operated in this state (step 1401 in FIG. 14), the system control unit 1
03 sequentially fetches the current time from the clock device 104, and fetches and holds the channel number of the broadcast program from the tuner (not shown) (step 140 in FIG. 14).
2) Also, the above program index is reproduced from the optical disc medium 106 and taken into the system control unit 103 (step 1403 in FIG. 14). Then, the system control unit 103 determines whether or not there is a program index corresponding to the program whose image is being displayed (step 1 in FIG. 14).
404), if not, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, a predetermined mark K is displayed on a part of the image of the broadcast program for a certain time (step 1405 in FIG. 14), and only the image of the original broadcast program is displayed. It will be displayed.

If there is a program index corresponding to this program, the system control unit 103 commands the control unit 108 of the optical disc reproducing apparatus 105 to reproduce the broadcast program cooperation image data information for this program index. Based on this command, the control unit 108 retrieves and reproduces the broadcast program cooperation image data information from the optical disc medium 106 (step 1307 in FIG. 14). The reproduced program cooperation image data information is sent to the television reception display unit 102 via the optical disk / television interface means 109, and the parent screen of the image of the broadcast program is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. On the other hand, it is displayed as a child screen (step 1308 in FIG. 14).

The operations and operations thereafter are the same as those in the specific example shown in FIG. 13. In the specific example shown in FIG. 13, if there is broadcast program cooperation image data information, the mark K is displayed on the screen in advance.
On the other hand, in the specific example shown in FIG. 14, in the specific example shown in FIG. 14, if the broadcast program cooperation image data information is displayed by operating the “link” button 206, it is displayed. It differs from the example shown. For this reason,
In the specific example shown in FIG. 3, it is possible to inform the user that there is always-broadcast program cooperation image data information, and
In the specific example shown in FIG. 14, the mark K, which may be annoying, is accompanied by the operation of the “link” button 206.
In some cases, it is only displayed temporarily.

Here, the parent screen is displayed on the right side of the display screen, but it may be displayed on the left side, or the child screen is displayed on the lower left or lower right. You may do it.

In the above description, the image of the broadcast program cooperation image data information is displayed as the child screen or the main screen together with the image of the broadcast program, but only the image of the broadcast program cooperation image data information is displayed on the display screen. It can also be displayed on the whole.

The aspect ratio is 16: 9 to 4: 3.
As a method of converting to, there are a method of horizontally compressing the screen, a method of excluding the left end or the right end of the screen, and the like.
In the former case, the screen is slightly distorted, but the entire screen can be seen, and in the latter case, on the contrary, the screen is not distorted although the edges of the screen are missing.

Next, recording reservation and viewing (display) reservation will be described with reference to FIG.

When the play button of the optical disc operating section 202 of the remote controller 200 shown in FIG. 12 is operated (step 1500 in FIG. 15), the opening screen S1 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed.
Is displayed for a predetermined time, the main menu screen S2 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, and the number keys of the channel operation unit 201 of the remote controller 200 shown in FIG. By instructing, the information menu S5 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed, and similarly, the item J1 in this information menu is instructed to display the genre-specific guide S7 shown in FIG. 6, and further the items of this guide S7 are displayed. By instructing G1 (step 1501 in FIG. 15), the digest of the program “TV movie” is reproduced and displayed as a moving image (step 150 in FIG. 15).
2).

When it is desired to make a recording reservation by looking at the displayed digest (step 1503 in FIG. 15),
"Recording reservation" button 204 of remote controller 200 shown in 2
By operating (step 1508 in FIG. 15),
The system control unit 103 uses the supplementary information for the TV movie program represented by this digest as the optical disc medium 1
It is reproduced from 06, and the broadcasting date and time, the broadcasting station (channel name), and the reservation code are fetched and registered, and also sent from the external interface 111 to the VTR. As a result, the VTR registers these and reserves this program (step 1509 in FIG. 15). Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 8, the system control unit 103 displays an image indicating that the recording reservation is overlaid on the displayed digest for a predetermined time (step 1510 in FIG. 15).

When it is desired to make a display reservation by looking at the displayed digest (step 1505 in FIG. 15), the "view reservation" button 20 of the remote controller 200 shown in FIG.
3 is operated (step 150 in FIG. 15).
5), the system control unit 103 reproduces the supplementary information for the TV movie program represented by this digest from the optical disc medium 106, and fetches and registers the broadcast date / time, broadcasting station (channel name), and reservation code (FIG. 15).
Step 1506). After that, the system control unit 10
In the same manner as shown in FIG. 8, 3 displays an image indicating that the display reservation has been made over the displayed digest for a predetermined time (step 1507 in FIG. 15).

After the operation of step 1507 for "reservation for viewing" or step 1510 for "reservation for recording" is completed (step 1511 in FIG. 15), the "reservation for recording" button 204 of the remote controller 200 shown in FIG. 12 or By operating the "watch reservation" button 203, it is possible to make a recording reservation and a display reservation for one program.

After the reservation of one digest has been completed, FIG.
When the cancel operation is performed on the remote controller 200 shown in FIG. 2 (here, the “RETURN” button on the optical disc operating unit 202 in FIG. 12 has a cancel function), the genre-specific guide shown in FIG. 6 is displayed ( If it is desired to see the digest of another program next (step 1512 in FIG. 15), any one of items G1 to G8 may be designated and the process may be executed again from step 1502.

The reservation can be made for all of the information S3, S4, S6, S13 to S18 in FIG. 2 to which the supplementary information is added.

In this way, the reservation of the desired program to be broadcast can be made by pressing one button 203 while watching the digest.
Or you can do it by just operating 204 once,
You can reliably and easily perform your favorite programs.

Next, the operations for confirming, canceling, and correcting the reservation in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

As described above, all the information about the display reservation and the recording reservation is registered in the system control section 103. By operating the "confirm reservation" button 205 of the remote controller 200 shown in FIG. Step 16 of FIG.
00), as shown in FIG. 17, a list of programs reserved for display and recording is displayed, including the classification of display reservation and recording reservation (step 1601 in FIG. 16). If only confirming the reservation contents (step 1602 in FIG. 16), the “reservation confirmation” button 205 is operated again (step 1603 in FIG. 16), and the screen returns to the original display state (FIG. 16). Step 1604).

When the reservation is corrected or canceled in the display state of the list shown in FIG. 17, (step 16 in FIG. 16)
02), by operating the "OSD interactive operation" button 208, the cursor (not shown) in FIG. 17 is moved to the display position of the program to be corrected or canceled (step 1605 in FIG. 16), and "OSD interactive operation" is performed. This program is confirmed by pressing the center of the button 208. By this operation, this program is displayed in black and white in reverse (step 1606 in FIG. 16). Then, "OSD
Operate the "Dialogue operation" button 208 to move the cursor to the "Cancel" or "Modify" display position on the screen of FIG. 17 (step 1607 in FIG. 16), and press the central part of the "OSD dialogue operation" button 208. This cancels or corrects the designated program (step 1608 in FIG. 16).

The correction referred to here is a change from a viewing reservation to a recording reservation, or vice versa. Of course, it is also possible to make a reservation by operating the remote controller, and it is also possible to change the date and time for making a reservation for the same program after proceeding to step 1607 in FIG. As a result, if the reserved time is changed to the next week or the broadcast time of the program is changed, the reserved time can be changed accordingly.

When cancellation or modification of one program is completed (step 1609 in FIG. 16), step 160
Returning to step 5, the cursor can be moved again to cancel or correct the reservation of another program. When this process is completed for all required programs, the "Confirm reservation" button 2
By operating 05 again (step 16 in FIG. 16)
03), the screen returns to the original display state (step 1604 in FIG. 16).

As described above, confirmation and cancellation of reservation information,
Can be modified.

Incidentally, in the above correction and cancellation of reserved programs,
The operation was performed by moving the cursor by operating the "OSD interactive operation" button 208. However, the reserved program to be corrected or canceled is specified by the movement of the cursor, and "cancel" or "correct" is designated in FIG. For example, 1 and 2, respectively
Alternatively, any of these numbers may be designated by the numeral keys on the channel operation unit 201 of the remote controller 200 shown in FIG.

The program reservation information may be arranged in a list in the order of reservation, in the order of broadcast date and time, or in the order of channel. Good. Any of these can be easily performed by the processing of the system control unit 103.

Furthermore, when the broadcast times of the reserved programs partially overlap, by displaying these programs in a different manner from those of other programs, such as displaying the programs in a blinking manner or displaying them in different colors. It is also possible for the user to easily know the overlap of the broadcast times at a glance. This can also be easily performed by the processing of the system control unit 103.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 17, in the list of reservation information, in addition to the character information such as the broadcast date and time, the channel number, the program name, and the kind of reservation, the still information showing the contents of the program is shown for each reserved program. Images are also displayed.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart showing the operation of creating such a list, and this operation will be described below.

Step 1800 in FIG. 18 is the operation of steps 1500 to 1502 in FIG. 15, and in accordance with this operation, the system control unit 103 incorporates, for example, the image of the first frame of the displayed digest. In the memory (step 1801 in FIG. 18). If no reservation is made (step 1802 in FIG. 18), this image is canceled.

FIG. 1 with the digest displayed.
“View reservation” button 203 of remote controller 200 shown in FIG.
Alternatively, if the "record reservation" button 204 is operated (see FIG. 18).
Step 1803: This is Step 150 of FIG.
5 and 1508), the OS is displayed on the screen
D confirmation is displayed (step 1804 in FIG. 18: this is the same as steps 1507 and 1510 in FIG. 15), and the reservation information is registered as text and synthesized in the list screen (FIG. 18). Step 1805).
Then, in this list, the first stored in the memory
The frame image is reduced and fitted into this list (step 1806 in FIG. 18), and information of the image in the list as shown in FIG. 17 is formed (step 180 in FIG. 18).
7).

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As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the contents of the program to be broadcast can be introduced based on the information recorded on the information recording medium, such information recording medium can be used as a home database or multimedia software. Therefore, the television device can be used as an information terminal at home, and the content of the program to be broadcast is displayed as a moving image, which is much easier to understand than the text.

Further, according to the present invention, since the reservation information is recorded on the information recording medium, such reservation information is used,
Recording and reception reservation of a desired program to be broadcast can be performed easily and accurately, and the range of utilization of the television device is further expanded.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a specific example of a television device using an embodiment of an image information display method according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing a specific example of a related structure of information recorded on the optical disc medium in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a screen showing the start of information reproduction from the optical disc medium in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of a main menu reproduced from the optical disc medium in FIG.

5 is a diagram showing a specific example of an information menu reproduced from the optical disc medium in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of genre-specific guides reproduced from the optical disc medium in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of an introduction video reproduced from the optical disc medium in FIG.

8 is a diagram showing another display example of the introduction video reproduced from the optical disc medium in FIG.

9 is a diagram showing an example in which information indicating that there is broadcast program cooperation image data corresponding to the optical disc medium in FIG. 1 in a received program is displayed.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displaying a screen of a received program and a screen of image data for broadcasting program cooperation.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another example of a display screen displaying a screen of a received program and a screen of image data for broadcasting program cooperation.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an operation unit of a specific example of the selection determination input means in FIG.

13 is a flowchart showing a specific example of a display procedure of broadcast program cooperation image data information of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing another specific example of the display procedure of the broadcast program cooperation image data information of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a specific example of a reservation procedure for a program to be broadcast in the embodiment shown in FIG.

16 is a flowchart showing a specific example of a procedure for confirming, canceling, and correcting reservation information in the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a specific example of a display image of a reservation information list in the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a specific example of an operation of creating a reservation information list according to the embodiment shown in FIG.

[Explanation of Codes] 101 Television Device 102 Television Reception / Display Unit 103 System Control Unit 104 Clock Unit 105 Optical Disc Playback Device 106 Optical Disc Media 107 Optical Disc Drive 108 Control Unit 109 Optical Disc / TV Interface Means 110 Selection / Decision Input Means 111 External Interface means 200 Remote control 201 Channel operation unit 202 Optical disc operation unit 203 "View reservation" button 204 "Record reservation" button 205 "Reservation confirmation" button 206 "Link" button 207 "Screen switching" button 208 "OSD interactive operation" button

Front page continued (72) Inventor Fukashi Ishikawa 1-280, Higashi Koikekubo, Kokubunji, Tokyo Inside Design Research Center, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor, Kawasaki, Yoshi Fumi 1-280, Higashi Koikeku, Kokubunji, Tokyo Inside Hitachi Design Laboratory

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. The information recording medium is recorded with program introduction information for introducing program contents scheduled to be broadcast in a predetermined period so as to be searchable according to the type of the program. Based on the recording of the information recording medium, the type of the program is recorded. A name is displayed, one is selected from the displayed program type names, the specific program introduction information is searched from the information recording medium based on the selection content, and the introduction information is displayed. How to display image information. 2. Reservation information for recording the program is retrievably recorded on the information recording medium together with program introduction information for introducing the program content scheduled to be broadcast in a predetermined period, and the information recording medium is searched for. The specific program introduction information is displayed and an instruction to record the program is given. Based on the instruction, the reservation information of the specific program introduction information is recorded in the recording device, and a display indicating that the recording reservation is made is displayed. An image information display method, wherein the recording device receives a broadcast program on the basis of the recorded reservation information and records it. 3. A method of recording information on a broadcast program to be received as reception reservation information, receiving the broadcast program to be received based on the recorded reservation information, and displaying the received program on a screen. Reservation information for receiving the above-mentioned programs and displaying them on the screen is recorded in a searchable manner together with the program introduction information that introduces the program contents that are scheduled to be broadcast during the period. Display, receive an instruction to display the program on the screen, and based on the instruction, the reservation information of the specific program introduction information is recorded in the receiving device, and indicates that the reservation for receiving and displaying on the screen has been made. A method for displaying image information, characterized by displaying. 4. A method for recording information on a broadcast program to be received as reception reservation information, receiving the broadcast program to be received based on the recorded reception reservation information, and displaying it on a screen, the information recording medium comprising: Reservation information of the above program is recorded in a searchable manner together with program introduction information that introduces the program content scheduled to be aired during a predetermined period, and the above information recording medium is searched to display the specific program introduction information and When a reservation for receiving and displaying on the screen is made, the reception reservation information is recorded in the receiving device based on the reservation of the specific program introduction information based on the reservation, and further an instruction to display the reservation status is given, A reservation screen is displayed based on the above display instruction.
A method for displaying image information, characterized in that information on each reserved broadcast program is displayed in a predetermined order. 5. A method for recording information on a broadcast program to be received as reception reservation information, receiving the broadcast program to be received based on the recorded reception reservation information, and displaying it on a screen, the information recording medium comprising: Reservation information of the above program is recorded in a searchable manner together with program introduction information that introduces the program content scheduled to be aired during a predetermined period, and the above information recording medium is searched to display the specific program introduction information and When a reservation for receiving and displaying on the screen is made, the reception reservation information is recorded in the receiving device based on the reservation of the specific program introduction information based on the reservation, and further an instruction to display the reservation status is given, A reservation screen is displayed based on the above display instruction.
A method for displaying image information, characterized in that program names are shown in a predetermined order as information on each reserved broadcast program. 6. A method of recording information on a broadcast program to be received as reception reservation information, receiving the broadcast program to be received based on the recorded reception reservation information, and displaying it on a screen, the information recording medium comprising: Reservation information of the above program is recorded in a searchable manner together with program introduction information that introduces the program content scheduled to be aired during a predetermined period, and the above information recording medium is searched to display the specific program introduction information and When a reservation for receiving and displaying on the screen is made, the reception reservation information is recorded in the receiving device based on the reservation of the specific program introduction information based on the reservation, and further an instruction to display the reservation status is given, A reservation screen is displayed based on the above display instruction.
A method for displaying image information, characterized in that pictures relating to each reserved broadcast program are displayed in a predetermined order. 7. The operation according to claim 4, 5 or 6, wherein the operation of receiving the broadcasted program and displaying it on the screen is made possible by operating an operation key of a remote controller, and further, an instruction to display the reservation status is given. An image information display method, characterized in that the key for selecting is provided on the remote controller and the reservation screen is displayed by operating the key. 8. The information recording medium, along with the program introduction information that introduces the program content to be broadcast during a predetermined period, and the feature or recommendation information that introduces the program special feature or recommended content, are searchably recorded. Based on the recording of the recording medium, the selection contents including the above-mentioned special feature or suggestion of recommendation information are displayed. When the contents suggesting the above-mentioned special feature or recommendation information are selected from the displayed contents, the above-mentioned information based on the selection contents is displayed. An image information display method characterized in that the above-mentioned special feature or recommended information is retrieved from a recording medium and the special feature information is displayed. 9. The related information of a broadcast program is searchably recorded on an information recording medium, and the related information is displayed while the broadcast program is received and displayed on the screen or the introduction information is displayed. When the search request is made, the information recording medium is searched for the broadcast program being received, and since the related information is not recorded in the information recording medium in the search, the related information is displayed on the screen. A method of displaying image information, characterized by performing a display indicating that there is no 10. The image information display method according to claim 9, wherein the display indicating that there is no related information on the screen is turned off after a lapse of a predetermined time.