JPH08223494A - Device and method for program reservation, and program reservation sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To recognize double reservation with a simple operation and to surely reserve a desired program. CONSTITUTION: A reservation data input device 3 of a program reservation device 1 is made up of a transparent key matrix 12 in which plural sensing cells 11 of static capacitance type switched on/off by a pressing force provided on a liquid crystal monitor 2c are arranged in a matrix in 2-dimensionally, a longitudinal shift register 13 and a lateral shift register 14 entering X and Y coordinates of the key matrix 12 by a signal from the sensing cells 11, and an arithmetic circuit 15 generating program information based on the X and Y coordinates. The arithmetic circuit, 15 scans the key matrix 12 by shifting bits of the longitudinal shift register 13 and the lateral shift register 14 within a prescribed time thereby obtaining the X and Y coordinates. Then a remote commander 4 is controlled by the generated program information to reserve the program.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program reservation device and a program reservation method, and more particularly to a program reservation device, a program reservation method and a program reservation sheet which can specify and reserve a plurality of broadcast programs by time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, VTR (Video Tape Recorde)
The r) has spread remarkably in homes, and the recording or playback of images by VTRs has become commonplace in many households.

The recording by such a VTR is set by using a recording setting switch provided on the main body of the VTR or a recording setting switch of a remote controller (hereinafter, abbreviated as a remote controller) which can be remotely operated by infrared light. It was

However, as the recording setting function of the VTR, on the one hand, it is desired that various settings, for example, recording settings of a plurality of programs having different channels and time zones can be performed. On the other hand, simple operation is possible. However, it is difficult to realize a function that makes the both compatible, so that the user cannot fully utilize the desired recording function.

Therefore, conventionally, data corresponding to a program is converted into a bar code, and a printed matter on which the bar code is printed is read by a bar code reader so that the broadcast channel and time of the program can be recognized on the VTR side and recording setting can be easily performed. A VTR capable of doing so has been developed.

Further, since a bar code reader or the like is required to use the bar code, a recording reservation device has been developed which enables even simpler reservation setting by inputting the data as numerical data with the ten keys. ing. This reserved recording device sends infrared light to the VTR at the reserved time.
The remote recording operation using a normal remote controller is automatically performed by irradiating the screen with the above. Today, the above-mentioned numerical data is printed together with the program contents in the program columns of various newspapers and the like.

[0007]

However, today, terrestrial broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, and cable CATV (CAble TV) using a cable have been realized.
While many programs are broadcast in the same time zone, the needs of users are diversified, and program recording in the same time zone may be duplicated. In conventional recording settings using bar codes and recording settings using numerical data, since the emphasis is placed on the simplicity of settings, the latest code is always prioritized, and the previous settings are not known before duplication settings are made. There is a problem that the user cannot recognize the state of the recording setting, such as the setting of is canceled.

Further, in the program reservation by the numerical data, there is a problem that a desired program cannot be recorded due to an input error of the numerical data or the like.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is a program reservation device capable of recognizing duplicate reservations by a simple operation and reliably reserving a desired program,
It is intended to provide a program reservation method and a program reservation sheet.

[0010]

A program reservation device according to the present invention is a program reservation device for designating and reserving a plurality of broadcast programs according to time zones, and in a matrix form for setting the broadcast programs and the time zones. Managing a program reservation sheet having a plurality of arranged setting frames of a predetermined size, designating means for designating the setting frame of the program booking sheet, and managing the time zone of the setting frame designated by the designating means And a time zone management means for controlling designation of the setting frame by the designation means in the same time zone.

The program reservation method of the present invention is a program reservation method for designating a plurality of broadcast programs by time zone and making a reservation, and a predetermined size arranged in a matrix for setting the broadcast programs and the time zones. A designating step of designating the setting frame of a program reservation sheet having a plurality of setting frames, and managing the time zone of the setting frame designated by the designating step, and by the designating step in the same time zone. And a time zone management step for controlling the designation of the setting frame.

The program reservation sheet of the present invention is a program reservation sheet for designating a plurality of broadcast programs by time zone and making a reservation, and having a predetermined size arranged in a matrix for setting the broadcast programs and the time zones. It is configured to have a plurality of setting frames.

[0013]

[Operation] In the program reservation device of the present invention, the time zone managing means manages the time zone of the setting frame designated by the designating means, and the setting frame of the setting frame by the designating means in the same time zone is managed. By controlling the designation, the duplicate reservation can be recognized by a simple operation, and the desired program can be surely reserved.

In the program reservation method of the present invention, the time zone managing step manages the time zone of the setting frame designated by the designating step, and the setting frame is designated by the designating step in the same time zone. By controlling the above, it is possible to recognize the overlapping reservation by a simple operation and surely reserve the desired program.

The program reservation sheet of the present invention has a setting frame for designating a broadcast program and a time zone. Therefore, it is possible to reliably reserve a desired program.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 5 relate to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an external view showing the external appearance of a program reservation device, FIG. 2 is a structural diagram showing the structure of the program reservation device of FIG. 1, and FIG. A block diagram showing the configuration of a program selection table mounted on the LCD monitor of FIG.
4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the arithmetic circuit of FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the flow of the reservation process of the program reservation device of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the program reservation device 1 of the present embodiment has a reservation data input device 3 for inputting program data, for example, a liquid crystal monitor 2c having a reservation start button 2a and a reservation end button 2b, and a reservation. A remote controller (hereinafter abbreviated as remote controller) that irradiates infrared light to perform recording operation based on the data input from the data input device 3.
And 4. The infrared light from the remote controller 4 is the same as a normal remote controller, and the infrared light emitted causes VT.
R5 is designed to record programs. And VT
The program recorded in R5 can be reproduced on the TV 6. The details of recording a program by infrared light are well known, and the description thereof will be omitted.

Reservation data input device 3 of program reservation device 1
As shown in FIG. 2, for example, a plurality of capacitance type sensing cells 11 which are provided on the liquid crystal monitor 2c and which are turned on / off by a pressing force, for example, are arranged transparently in a two-dimensional matrix. A key matrix 12 (designating means), a vertical shift register 13 and a horizontal shift register 14 for inputting the ordinate and abscissa of the key matrix 12 by a signal from a sensing cell 11 of the key matrix 12, a vertical shift register 13 and a horizontal shift. Register 1
4 is composed of an arithmetic circuit 15 (time slot management means) for generating program information, which will be described later, based on the ordinate and the abscissa.

Here, the arithmetic circuit 15 scans the key matrix 12 by bit-shifting the vertical shift register 13 and the horizontal shift register 14 within a predetermined time to obtain the ordinate and the abscissa. Then, the remote controller 4 is controlled by the generated program information to make a program reservation.

On the liquid crystal monitor 2c, as shown in FIG.
Channel frames 21 for a plurality of broadcasting channels, for example, a plurality of terrestrial broadcasting, a plurality of satellite broadcasting and a plurality of CATV broadcasting
The horizontal axis indicates the horizontal axis, and the vertical axis indicates, for example, the time frame 22 in units of one hour, and the program selection table 24 (program reservation sheet) in which the specified frames 23 of a certain area are arranged in a matrix can be attached. The program selection table 24 is a printed matter printed on a semi-transparent or transparent sheet that can transmit light from the liquid crystal monitor 2c, such as tracing paper, and is attached to newspapers or magazines or sold independently. It will be supplied by that.

When the user touches the designated frame 23 with his / her finger or the like, the sensing cell 11 of the key matrix 12 arranged on the liquid crystal monitor 2c is pressed, and the signal thereof is sent to the vertical shift register 13 and the horizontal shift register. 1
4 is input to the vertical shift register 1 in the arithmetic circuit 15.
3 and the ordinate and the abscissa from the horizontal shift register 14 generate program information to be described later (FIG. 2).
reference). In addition, the unit of the time frame 22 is not limited to 1 hour, and the unit is 3
It may be set in units of 0 minutes or 10 minutes.

In the arithmetic circuit 15, as shown in FIG.
The PU 31 controls the vertical shift register 13 and the horizontal shift register 14 according to a program stored in advance in the ROM 32 to input the ordinate and the abscissa from the key matrix 12 via the key matrix input unit 33, and to the RAM 34. It is designed to be stored temporarily. Then, the CPU 31 obtains the position information of the designated frame 23 of the program selection table 24 from the ordinate and the abscissa stored in the RAM 34, and based on the position information, the channel information and the time information and the ordinate which are stored in the ROM 32. According to the abscissa correspondence table 32a, the channel frame 21 and the time frame 22 of the designated frame 23 are recognized as channel information and time information which are program information, and the channel information and the time information are stored in the RAM 34. .

Here, the CPU 31 has a real-time clock inside, and by accessing the RAM 34 regularly, when the time of the time information stored in the RAM 34 comes, it reads the channel information and the remote control unit. The remote controller 4 is controlled by 35 to select a channel by infrared light based on the channel information and cause the VTR 5 to execute a recording process (details of this recording process are publicly known, so description thereof will be omitted).

Next, the operation of this embodiment thus constructed will be described.

In the present embodiment, the program selection table 24 is mounted on the liquid crystal monitor 2c, and as shown in FIG.
When the reservation start button 2a of the reservation data input device 3 is pressed in step S1, T is set to "0" and all flags are set to OFF in the internal register in the CPU 31.

Next, in step S2 (designating step), C
The PU 31 controls the vertical shift register 13 and the horizontal shift register 14, repeats bit shift, and scans the key matrix 12, thereby waiting for the input of a signal from the sensing cell 11 of the key matrix 12, which is a signal from the sensing cell 11. When the ordinate and the abscissa are input, the ordinate and the abscissa input from the correspondence table 32a of the channel information and the time information stored in the ROM 32 with the ordinate and the abscissa are valid ordinate / abscissa. It is determined whether there is any, that is, whether the designated frame 23 of the program selection table 24 has been pressed, and if so, step S
3. If not, return to step S1.

In step S3, the CPU 31 compares T with a predetermined value Tmax. Here, the predetermined value Tmax is the maximum recording time determined by the type of tape set in the VTR 5 and the recording mode (for example, normal mode and triple mode), and in the present embodiment, the type and recording of tape by the remote controller 4 is performed. CPU31 by setting the mode
Recognizes a predetermined value Tmax. Then, if T <Tmax in step S3, the process proceeds to step S4. If not, that is, if the total reservation time has reached the maximum recording time, a reservation excess warning is generated in step S5 and the process returns to step S1.

In step S4 (time zone management step), the CPU 31 searches the internal register to see if the flag indicating that the recording reservation has already been made in the time zone determined by the input ordinate. If it is not standing, the process proceeds to step S6. If it is standing, it is determined that the duplicate reservation is made, the process proceeds to step S7, a duplicate reservation warning is generated, and the process returns to step S1.

In step S6, the CPU 31 obtains the position information of the designated frame 23 of the program selection table 24 from the ordinate and the abscissa, and programs the channel frame 21 and the time frame 22 of the designated frame 23 from the position information of the designated frame 23. The channel information and time information, which are information, are stored in the RAM 34.

Then, in step S8, the CPU 31 sets a flag in the internal register in the input time zone corresponding to the time frame 22, and changes the luminance of the time zone on the liquid crystal monitor 2c to display the time zone on the program selection table 24. Indicates that the time zone has been selected for reservation (see Fig. 3: Fig. 3
In the case of, the example of the time zone is 7:00, 15:00, and 20:00).

Next, in step S9, the CPU 31 increments T, and in step S10 the reservation end button 2
It is determined whether or not b has been pressed, and if it has been pressed, the process is terminated, and if it has not been pressed, the process returns to step S1 to repeat the process.

The process of step S5 described above will be described in detail. In step S5 when the total recording time reaches the maximum recording time, the CPU 31 issues a reservation excess warning. This reservation excess warning is, for example, step S8. A warning is given by flashing the brightness in all the time zones where the brightness is changed by. If the reservation end button 2b is pressed at this time, the warning is canceled. When the reservation start button 2a is pressed when the reservation excess warning is issued, the display screen of the liquid crystal monitor 2c is blinked by the brightness of only the last reserved reserved frame 23 under the control of the CPU 31, and the process returns to step S1. Reservation can be changed by specifying a new designated frame in.

The process of step S7 will be described in detail. If it is determined in step S6 that a duplicate reservation has been made,
In step S7, a duplication reservation warning is generated. For example, the duplication reservation warning is issued by blinking the brightness only in the overlapping time zones of the time periods in which the brightness is changed in step S8. At this time, the reservation end button is pressed. When 2b is pressed, the warning is canceled. Further, when the reservation start button 2a is pressed when the reservation excess warning is issued, the display screen of the liquid crystal monitor 2c is blinked by the brightness of only the designated frame 23 previously reserved during the time period under the control of the CPU 31, and step S1. When you return to, you can change the reservation by designating a new designated frame.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
When the CPU 31 of the arithmetic circuit 15 waits for the input of the signal from the sensing cell 11 of the key matrix 12, and the ordinate and the abscissa which are the signals from the sensing cell 11 are input, the channel information and the time stored in the ROM 32 are stored. The CPU 31 determines whether the ordinate and abscissa input from the correspondence table of the information and the ordinate and the abscissa are valid ordinate / abscissa, that is, whether the designated frame 23 is pressed, and further, the CPU 31 stores the internal register. By searching, it is judged whether the flag indicating that the recording reservation is already made in the time zone determined by the input ordinate is set, and if it is set, it is judged as a duplicate reservation and a duplicate reservation warning is issued. Since it is generated, the duplicate reservation can be recognized by a simple operation, and the desired program can be surely reserved.

Although the key matrix 12 as a pointing device is a capacitance type pointing device, the present invention is not limited to this, and it can be said that a similar effect can be obtained also by a resistance film type pointing device or an optical pointing device. Needless to say
Further, the pointer may be displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 2c, and the pointer may be moved to a designated frame using a pointing device such as a mouse or a trackball, and the designated frame may be designated by clicking.

Further, in the above embodiment, the VTR
5, the program reservation device 1 is configured separately from the TV 6, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, the key matrix 12 is provided on the display surface of the TV 6, and the arithmetic circuit 15 is provided in the TV 6.
May be provided and the control signal may be output to the VTR 5, so that the program reservation device may be configured integrally with the TV 6, and further, it may be configured as a fully integrated program reservation TV having the VTR function in the TV 6. It goes without saying that you may do so.

Further, in the above embodiment, the program control of the program reservation device 1 was described by taking the recording by the VTR as an example, but the program control of the program reservation device 1 is not limited to this, and for example, a predetermined program is performed at a predetermined time. May be controlled to be automatically displayed on the TV, and it is possible to bring about an effect as a versatile information providing means in public institutions such as schools.

[0039]

As described above, according to the program reservation apparatus of the present invention, the time slot managing means manages the time slot of the setting frame designated by the designating means, and the setting slot by the designating means in the same time zone. Is controlled, so that there is an effect that the duplicate reservation can be recognized and the desired program can be surely reserved by a simple operation.

Further, according to the program reservation method of the present invention, the time slot management step manages the time slot of the setting frame designated by the designating step, and controls the designation of the setting frame by the designating step in the same time zone. Therefore, there is an effect that the overlapping reservation can be recognized and the desired program can be surely reserved by a simple operation.

Further, according to the program reservation sheet of the present invention, since the setting frame for setting the broadcast program and the time zone is provided,
The effect is that the program can be reserved easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing an external appearance of an embodiment of a program reservation device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a program reservation device in FIG.

3 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a program selection table mounted on the liquid crystal monitor of FIG.

4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an arithmetic circuit of FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing a flow of a reservation process of the program reservation device of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Program Reservation Device 2a Reservation Start Button 2b Reservation End Button 2c LCD Monitor 3 Reservation Data Input Device 4 Remote Controller 5 VTR 6 TV 11 Sensing Cell 12 Key Matrix 13 Vertical Shift Register 14 Horizontal Shift Register 15 Arithmetic Circuit 21 Channel Frame 22 Time Frame 23 Specified frame 24 Program selection table 31 CPU 32 ROM 33 Key matrix input section 34 RAM 35 Remote control section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A program reservation device that designates and reserves a plurality of broadcast programs by time zone, and sets a plurality of predetermined sizes arranged in a matrix for setting the broadcast program and the time zone. A program reservation sheet having a frame, a designating unit for designating the setting frame of the program reservation sheet, managing the time period of the setting frame designated by the designating unit, and the designating unit in the same time period. And a time slot managing means for controlling the designation of the setting frame by the program reservation apparatus. 2. A program reservation method for designating a plurality of broadcast programs by time zone and making a reservation, wherein a plurality of setting frames of a predetermined size are arranged in a matrix for setting the broadcast programs and the time zones. And a designation step of designating the setting frame of the program reservation sheet, and managing the time zone of the setting frame designated by the designating step, and designating the setting frame by the designating step in the same time zone. A program reservation method comprising: a time zone management step of controlling. 3. A program reservation sheet for designating a plurality of broadcast programs by time zone and making a reservation, wherein a plurality of setting frames of a predetermined size are arranged in a matrix for setting the broadcast programs and the time zones. A program reservation sheet characterized by having.