JPH0965270A - Program reservation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select a visual field angle with respect to a video image displayed on a liquid crystal panel with a simple circuit configuration in which reservation video recording is conducted corresponding to a desired retrieval item based on television guide information and additional information sent superimposingly onto a television broadcast signal. SOLUTION: A control circuit 14 retrieves whether or not a desired retrieval item is in existence in an added item of additional information of television guide information in data c1 from a decode circuit 13 and decodes information of program (date, start time, end time, channel or the like) from the data signal c1 when there exists an item corresponding to the desired retrieval item and the content is displayed on a display means 16 as a reserved pattern. Then all the corresponding programs are displayed on a reservation pattern of the display means 16 and the corresponding programs are all reserved in a storage means 17.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program reservation system used for reservation recording of television broadcast signals, and more particularly to a program reservation system suitable for simplifying reservation operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, home video tape recorders generally have a reserved recording function.

In such a reserved recording function, first to third examples of setting a program reservation based on a certain condition will be described below.

A first example is to try to reserve all the programs in which a specific person appears.

A second example is to try to reserve all match programs of a favorite team (sports etc.).

[0006] As a third example, there is one that tries to reserve a service (broadcast program) provided by a pay broadcasting station.

[0007] The first to third examples are usually used, and when making these reservations by the conventional reservation method, the first method for checking the corresponding program from a television, a magazine, a newspaper or the like,
The second method of storing or memoizing the broadcast time announced in the program reservation, and the third method of checking the date of the next week if the program is a weekly broadcast series, the date, start time,
You must obtain the end time and channel information and enter this data according to the device operating procedure.

[0008]

In the above-mentioned conventional program reservation method, it is often desired to reserve all programs related to desired items, but it is difficult to select all the relevant programs from TV magazines, newspapers, etc. It took a lot of time. Also, in the conventional program reservation method,
After checking the start time, end time, and channel information, it was difficult to make a reservation without operating the device and inputting a lot of information into the device. This work was also very complicated and time-consuming. Furthermore, even if the program reserved for recording is changed and becomes unrelated to the desired item (change of performers, etc.), recording will be executed.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned problems, and makes a program reservation system capable of performing a reservation recording corresponding to a desired search item based on the television guide information and the additional information which are superimposed and transmitted on a television broadcast signal. For the purpose of providing.

[0010]

According to the structure of claim 1, the decoding means extracts and decodes the television guide information and the additional information which are superposed on the television broadcast signal and transmitted, and the control means makes the key. When the command signal from the operating means is received and decoded, and when it is decoded that the input operation of the desired search item is performed, the search item content is searched from the additional information from the decoding means, and the input desired search item Since recording reservations for all the programs corresponding to the above are stored in the storage means and a list of the programs corresponding to the display means is displayed, based on the television guide information and the additional information superimposed and transmitted on the television broadcast signal. , Schedule recording corresponding to desired search items can be performed.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the decoding means extracts and decodes the television guide information and the additional information which are superposed on the television broadcast signal and transmitted.
When the control means receives and decodes the command signal from the key operation means in the reservation setting state and decodes that the input operation of the desired search item is performed, the search item content is obtained from the additional information from the decoding means. And all the programs corresponding to the input desired search item are reserved for recording in the storage means, and the program for which the additional information from the decoding means is reserved once is not the desired search item before the reservation is executed. If this is indicated, this is displayed on the display means without executing the recording, so that the scheduled recording corresponding to the desired search item is performed based on the television guide information and the additional information which are superimposed and transmitted on the television broadcast signal. In addition to being able to perform, it is possible to cancel the recording of the program that has not been searched for before the broadcast.

According to the structure of claim 3, the decoding means extracts and decodes the television guide information and the additional information which are superposed on the television broadcast signal and transmitted.
When the control means receives and decodes the command signal from the key operation means in the reservation setting state and decodes that the input operation of the desired search item is performed, the search item is obtained from the additional information from the decoding means. The contents are searched, and all the programs corresponding to the inputted desired search items are reserved for recording in the storage means, and based on the command signal from the key operation means, the recording is reserved for a specific item in the storage means. On the other hand, the program is registered by the registration number, and the specific item is searched by inputting the registration number at the time of the next reservation. Therefore, the television guide information and the additional information superimposed on the television broadcast signal are transmitted. Based on this, you can perform scheduled recording corresponding to the desired search item,
You can make a simple reservation by entering the registration number of the search item.

According to the structure of claim 4, the decoding means extracts and decodes the television guide information and the additional information which are superposed on the television broadcast signal and transmitted.
When the control means receives and decodes the command signal from the key operation means in the reservation setting state and decodes that the desired search item input operation and the corresponding program list input operation have been performed, The contents of the search item are searched from the additional information of, and all the programs corresponding to the input desired search item are reserved for recording in the storage means, and the program list for adding or deleting the corresponding programs is displayed on the display means. , The program desired to be reserved is added and deleted on the basis of the command signal from the key operation means while the screen of the program list is displayed, and the recording reservation is made in the storage means, so that the program is superimposed on the television broadcast signal and transmitted. Based on the television guide information and additional information to be recorded, scheduled recording corresponding to the desired search items can be performed, and simple reservation can be made on the program list screen. Obtain.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to perform the reserved recording corresponding to the desired search item based on the television guide information and the additional information which are superposed on the television broadcast signal and transmitted, and the program is recorded. A simple reservation can be made on the screen of the list, and in addition to this, when the notification means adds or deletes the relevant program, the notification is made on the screen or by voice, so that an incorrect reservation can be prevented.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a case where the first embodiment of the program reservation system according to the present invention is applied to a receiving device including a television receiver and a video tape recorder.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a broadcast in which television guide information and additional information relating to each program (program performer name, team name, service broadcast identification, etc.) are superimposed on a television broadcast signal for transmission. A television broadcasting signal a1 from this broadcasting station 1 is a broadcasting station which is a means, and is received by an antenna 11 of a receiving device 10 which is a combination of a television receiver and a video tape recorder.
The television signal received by the antenna 11 is supplied to the demodulation circuit 12, which is a demodulation means. The demodulation circuit 12 demodulates the supplied television signal into a video signal b1 and supplies it to a decoding circuit 13, which is a decoding means. The decoding circuit 13 decodes the information superimposed on the video signal c1, decodes the information of the program from the decoded information, and controls the decoded data signal c1 of the information as a control circuit 14.
To supply.

The key operating means 15 is provided with a key for inputting a desired search item (name of a favorite performer, etc.) and a key for selecting a program which is not desired to be recorded, and based on the input operation of this key. The command signal d1 is created and supplied to the control circuit 14.

The control circuit 14 searches the additional information in the data c1 from the decoding circuit 13 for a desired search item, and if there is an item corresponding to the desired search item, the information (1) of the program from the data signal c1 ( Date, start time, end time,
Channel) and display the contents on the display unit 16 as a reservation screen, and then display all the corresponding programs on the reservation screen of the display unit 16 and reserve recording of all the corresponding programs in the storage unit 17. .

Further, when the additional information in the data c1 indicates that the program once reserved does not correspond to the desired search item before the reservation is executed, the control circuit 14 does not execute the recording, and this is done. It is displayed on the display means 16.

Further, the control circuit 14 has the key operating means 1
The program desired to be reserved is displayed based on the command signal d1 in a state where the program list for adding or deleting the corresponding program based on the command signal d1 from 5 is displayed on the display means 16 and the screen of such a program list is displayed. Is added and deleted to make a recording reservation in the storage means 17. Further, the control circuit 14 is provided with notifying means for notifying by the screen of the display means 16 or by voice when the relevant program is added or deleted while the screen of the program list is displayed. Furthermore, the control circuit 1
4 performs program registration based on a command signal d1 from the key operation means 15 for a specific item to be reserved for recording in the storage means 17 by a registration number, and the registration number is input at the time of next reservation. The specific item is searched.

The operation of the embodiment of the first invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

FIG. 2 shows the waveform of the video signal produced by the broadcasting station 1 within the vertical blanking period.

As shown in FIG. 2, a color burst signal, coded television guide information, and additional information relating to each program are superimposed between the horizontal synchronizing signals in the vertical blanking period of the video signal. There is.

The video signal on which the television guide information and the additional information are superimposed in this way is converted into a television broadcast signal a1 at the broadcasting station 1 and transmitted to the receiving device 10, and the demodulation circuit 12 of the receiving device 10, Decoding circuit 13
Thus, demodulation, decoding and decoding are performed, and the television guide information and the additional information are supplied to the control circuit 14 as the data signal c1.

In such a state, the user operates the key operation means 15 to input the desired search item. As a result, the control circuit 14 searches the additional information from the decoding circuit 13 for the desired search item, and the program information (date, start time, end time, C, etc.) of the item corresponding to the desired search item.
(H, etc.) is displayed on the display means 16 as a reservation screen.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a reservation screen in this case.

In this case, in FIG. 3, the desired search item is "Taro Yamada". Therefore, on the reservation screen 31, the date, start time, end time, and channel (CH) of the program in which Taro Yamada appears are displayed next to the reservation number (reservation number).

After such a display, the control circuit 14 displays all the relevant programs on the reservation screen of the display means 16, and reserves recording of all the relevant programs in the storage means 17.

As a result, the reservation recording corresponding to the desired search item can be performed based on the television guide information and the additional information which are superposed on the television broadcast signal and transmitted, so that a program corresponding to the desired search item is missed. You can make a reservation without a simple operation.

After making such a reservation, date = 10/1
3, start time = 18:00, end time 21:00, channel = 1
When Taro Yamada does not appear in the 0 program, the additional information is changed in the broadcasting station 1, so the control circuit 14 starts the date = 10/13 by the additional information from the decoding circuit 13. Time = 18: 00, end time 2
At 1:00, it is detected that the program of channel = 10 does not correspond to the desired search item before the reservation is executed, and this is displayed on the reservation screen of the display means 16 without executing the recording of the recording No = 2.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a reservation screen in this case.

In FIG. 4, in this case, the reservation screen 41 has a different background color (for example, blue) from the other background colors (for example, blue) on the display section 42 with recording No = 2. , Have announced that they will not record. In addition to this method, the display unit 42 of the recording No. 2 is used as the notification method.
Can be used in various ways, such as blinking.

Items that are frequently searched are the key operation means 15
The registration number corresponding to the item is registered in the storage means 17 from the control circuit 14 by performing an input operation for program registration at. At the time of next reservation, the search can be performed by inputting the registration number with the key operation means 15. To be more specific, if the item that you often search for is "Taro Yamada",
Enter the registration number (eg 01) in the item "Taro Yamada"
To register. After that, by inputting the registration number (for example, 01) with the key operation means 15, the same screen display as in FIG. 3 is displayed, and the recording reservation with the desired search item "Taro Yamada" can be made.

As another reservation method, a reservation method using the screen of the corresponding program list will be described.

The user operates the key operation means 15 to perform an operation of inputting a desired search item and an operation of inputting a corresponding program list. As a result, the control circuit 14 displays on the display means 16 a corresponding program list for adding / deleting the corresponding program based on the command signal d1 from the key operation means 15.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the reservation screen in this case.

In FIG. 5, in this case, the reservation screen 51
Is the corresponding program list of "Taro Yamada". Therefore, in the reservation image 51, the date, start time, end time, and channel (CH) of the program in which Taro Yamada appears are displayed next to the reservation number (reservation number). In this state,
Since the reservation contents have not been changed, "No change" is displayed.

With the program list screen displayed, the user operates the key operation means 15 to add or delete the desired program to be reserved, and reserves the recording in the storage means 17. When the relevant program is added or deleted, the screen of the display means 16 (in this case, the part in FIG. 5 showing no change is displayed as changed) or voice (in this case, a voice indicating that there is a change is output) Will be announced. This makes it easy to make reservations on the program list screen,
You can prevent incorrect reservations.

The embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1 is applied to a receiver including a television receiver and a video tape recorder, and only a video tape recorder using a display panel of the video tape recorder as a display means is used. The present invention can also be applied to a receiving device having other recording reservation and video display functions such as a device.

[0041]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the scheduled recording corresponding to the desired search item can be performed based on the television guide information and the additional information superimposed and transmitted on the television broadcast signal. , It is possible to make a reservation without any omission of programs that correspond to the desired search item by a simple operation.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the reservation recording corresponding to the desired search item can be performed based on the television guide information and the additional information which are superposed on the television broadcast signal and transmitted. You can make reservations without missing programs that correspond to search items with simple operations,
It is possible to cancel the recording of the program that does not correspond to the desired search item before broadcasting.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the reservation recording corresponding to the desired search item can be performed based on the television guide information and the additional information superimposed and transmitted on the television broadcast signal. You can make reservations without missing programs that correspond to search items with simple operations,
You can make a simple reservation by entering the registration number of the search item.

According to the invention described in claim 4, based on the television guide information and the additional information superposed on the television broadcast signal and transmitted, the reserved recording corresponding to the desired search item can be performed and the desired recording can be performed. You can make reservations without missing programs that correspond to search items with simple operations, and make simple reservations on the program list screen.

According to the invention described in claim 5, based on the television guide information and the additional information superimposed and transmitted on the television broadcast signal, the reserved recording corresponding to the desired retrieval item can be performed and the desired recording can be performed. You can make reservations without missing any programs that correspond to the search items, and make simple reservations on the screen of the program list. In addition to this, when the notification means adds or deletes the corresponding program, you can make a screen or voice Since the notification is given by, it is possible to prevent an erroneous reservation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the invention of a program reservation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a waveform diagram of a video signal produced by the broadcast station of FIG. 1 within a vertical blanking period.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a reservation screen by the display means of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a reservation screen when additional information is changed by the display means of FIG.

5 is an explanatory view showing a reservation screen of a corresponding program list by the display means of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Broadcasting station 10 Receiving device 11 Antenna 12 Demodulation circuit 13 Decoding circuit 14 Control circuit 15 Key operation means 16 Display means 17 Storage means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. Broadcast means for superimposing and transmitting television guide information and additional information related to each program thereof on a television broadcast signal, and television guide information superposed on the television broadcast signal for transmission. Decoding means for extracting and decoding additional information, setting the method of using the information decoded by this decoding means, key operating means for outputting a command signal indicating this setting, display means for displaying a screen, and information In the storage means and the reservation setting state, when the command signal from the key operation means is received and decoded and it is decoded that the input operation of the desired search item is decoded, from the additional information from the decoding means The contents of the search item are searched, and all the programs corresponding to the input desired search item are reserved for recording in the storage means, and the program corresponds to the display means. Program reservation system characterized by comprising a control means for displaying a set of lists. 2. Broadcast means for superimposing and transmitting television guide information and additional information relating to each program thereof on a television broadcast signal, and television guide information superposed and transmitted on the television broadcast signal, and Decoding means for extracting and decoding additional information, setting the method of using the information decoded by this decoding means, key operating means for outputting a command signal indicating this setting, display means for displaying a screen, and information In the storage means and the reservation setting state, when the command signal from the key operation means is received and decoded and it is decoded that the input operation of the desired search item is decoded, from the additional information from the decoding means The contents of the search item are searched, and all the programs corresponding to the input desired search item are reserved for recording in the storage means, When the additional information indicates that the program once reserved does not correspond to the desired search item before the reservation is executed, it is provided with a control means for displaying this on the display means without executing the recording. Program reservation system to do. 3. Broadcasting means for superimposing and transmitting television guide information and additional information relating to each program thereof on a television broadcast signal, and television guide information superposed on the television broadcast signal for transmission. Decoding means for extracting and decoding additional information, setting the method of using the information decoded by this decoding means, key operating means for outputting a command signal indicating this setting, display means for displaying a screen, and information In the storage means and the reservation setting state, when the command signal from the key operation means is received and decoded and it is decoded that the input operation of the desired search item is decoded, from the additional information from the decoding means The contents of the search item are searched, and all the programs corresponding to the input desired search item are reserved for recording in the storage means, and the finger from the key operation means is set. Control means for performing program registration by a registration number for a specific item to be reserved for recording in the storage means based on the signal, and for searching for the specific item by inputting the registration number at the time of next reservation. A program reservation system characterized by being provided. 4. Broadcast means for superimposing and transmitting television guide information and additional information related to each program thereof on a television broadcast signal, and television guide information superposed on the television broadcast signal for transmission. Decoding means for extracting and decoding additional information, setting the method of using the information decoded by this decoding means, key operating means for outputting a command signal indicating this setting, display means for displaying a screen, and information The storage means for storing and, in the reservation setting state, when receiving and decoding the command signal from the key operation means, and decoding the input operation of the desired search item and the input operation of the corresponding program list, The contents of the search item are searched from the additional information from the decoding means, and all the programs corresponding to the input desired search items are reserved for recording in the storage means. , A program list for adding / deleting a program corresponding to the inputted desired search item is displayed on the display means, and in a state where such a program list screen is displayed, based on a command signal from the key operation means, A program reservation system comprising: a control unit for adding and deleting a program desired to be reserved and making a recording reservation in the storage unit. 5. The notifying means for notifying by a screen or a voice when the program concerned is added or deleted while the screen of the program list is displayed. Program reservation system.