JPH10164471A - Intelligent video recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily reserve the recording of desired program and to find out a program wished for reproduction by processing television program information through a storage medium or a network and inputting keywords such as the names of the characters. SOLUTION: An instruction to a video recording and reproducing device 3 is performed by interactive process on an operating picture indicated on a display 1 through the operation of remote controller 10 to an infrared light- receiving part 9. According to a recording and reproducing program 190 stored in a memory 12, a CPU 13 controls all the actions of this device 3. With the name of the character or the like as the keyword, a recorded program-retrieving means detects the program, including the keyword by comparing it through matching in the text code of program information. A video recording means records a program by interpreting the start/end time and G code of the recording-reserved program and at a recording related information display means, the number of recorded programs is displayed by keywords or the title of program, broadcasting station, the data and time of broadcasting and icon images are displayed by recorded programs.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video recording / reproducing apparatus which can easily make a recording reservation for a desired program and find a program desired to be reproduced.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a recent multimedia system, a user can easily capture a moving image into a computer. Since the number of broadcasting stations has increased, the number of programs desired to be viewed has increased, and there has been a strong demand that a desired program be selected from these programs and automatically recorded.

[0003] It is possible to make a scheduled recording with the current VCR, but this operation is performed by a person who wants to record by checking the TV program guide and manually inputting the time and channel number, or The work of inputting the G code was required.

However, in such a method, it is necessary for a person desiring to record to input various settings each time, and the operation is complicated. Also, unexpected programs that have the desired actors in late-night programs are omitted from the check,
There was a situation where recording was forgotten.

Further, in the method of checking a program whose recording has been completed, a table of contents video or the like has conventionally been mounted as a VTR function. However, the table of contents information is only presented in chronological order as text information, and a desired program can be displayed. I couldn't find it visually.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The problem to be solved by the present invention is that a program to be broadcasted at various times at various broadcasting stations can be easily recorded using a keyword such as a character name. The purpose is to enable the user to easily find and play back recorded programs recorded in this way.

[0007]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording / reproducing apparatus for receiving a television image broadcast from a broadcasting station, inputting a keyword for searching for a program, and storing program information. Recorded program searching means for searching for a program including the keyword from the program; program selecting means for selecting only a program to be actually reserved for recording from programs obtained from the recorded program searching means; A video recording means for recording a television image between a start time and an end time, a recording-related information display means for displaying the programs for which recording has been completed by keywords, and information displayed on the recording-related information display means. Video reproducing means for reproducing a desired recorded video.

Further, the program information is digitized information in which information on a television program is described by a text code, has program information for a plurality of days, and is obtained via a storage medium such as a CD-ROM or a network.

[0009] The recorded program search means uses the name of the character or the like as a keyword and compares it by matching the text code of the digital program information to detect a program containing the keyword.

The video recording means interprets the start / end time and the G code of the program reserved for recording, and records the program. The recording-related information display means displays the number of recorded programs by keyword, Separately, the title, broadcast station, broadcast date and time, and icon image of the program are displayed. This icon image is a digest of the program, or a reduced image of a video extracted at a point of change of a scene or a certain time.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is an example of a system configuration for realizing the present invention. A display device 1 such as a CRT displays an interactive screen of the video recording / reproducing device 3 and a video obtained from the television tuner 4 via a display interface 11. The sound is output through the speaker 2. A command to the video recording / reproducing device 3 can be issued by the remote controller 10 via the infrared light receiving unit 9. When the recording instruction is given by the G code, the G code analyzing unit 8 analyzes the instruction and makes a recording reservation of the program. The video data to be recorded is stored in the video storage unit 14. The modem 5 can input digital program information through a network, and the CD-ROM reproducing unit 6 also reproduces a CD-ROM in which digital program information is stored. The memory 12 stores a video recording / playback program 19 for starting the apparatus.
0, digital program information 150 obtained from a modem or a CD-ROM, and a recorded program structure 90. CPU 13
Is a video recording / playback program 19 stored in the memory 12
0, and at the time when the recording reservation is made, a control command is issued so that the video received by the TV tuner 4 is stored in the video storage unit 7.

FIG. 2 shows details of the remote controller 10 for operating the present apparatus. The infrared light emitting unit 10-1 is a unit for transmitting an operation command given by the remote controller 10 to the video recording / reproducing device 3, and the power supply 10-2 activates the video recording / reproducing device 3. The liquid crystal panel 10-3 displays the date and time,
Displays what the current operation is. The record button 10-4 is a button for recording a program in progress in real time, the play button 10-5 is a button for playing the stored recorded video, and a rewind button 10-6.
Is a button for rewinding the recorded video, and a fast forward button 10
A button -7 is a button for fast-forwarding the recorded video, a stop button 10-8 is a button for stopping the recorded video being viewed, and a stop button 10-9 is a button for stopping the recorded video being viewed. The frame advance button 10-10 is a button for advancing the recorded video being viewed by one frame.

A cursor control button 10-11 is a cursor 20 for performing interactive processing on the screen of the apparatus.
Is a button for operating. The enter button 10-12 is a button for operating the cursor 20 with the cursor control button 10-11 and pressing a button on the screen. The cancel button 10-13 is used to cancel the operation screen currently being operated, and A button for returning to the screen. The back button 10-14 is a button for canceling the operation screen currently being operated and returning to the previous operation screen.

FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 show examples of operation screens displayed on the display 1. FIG.

FIG. 3 shows an initial display screen 30 of the apparatus.
Displays a button for selecting a video recording and playback processing mode. The recording mode button 50 is a button for selecting to perform a recording operation thereafter.
Reference numeral 00 denotes a button for selecting to perform a reproduction operation of a video stored thereafter. Note that the operation of pressing the button is performed by the user using the cursor control button 10 on the remote control 10.
The cursor 20 is moved by -11, the cursor is positioned on the button, and the determination button 10-12 is pressed in this state. Further, the subsequent operation of pressing the button on the screen is performed in the same manner.

FIG. 4 shows a keyword input screen 60 displayed after the recording mode button 50 is pressed, in which a keyword for searching for a program is input. An area 61 is an area for inputting a keyword. Characters are input by pressing a kana button 62 and a Roman character button 63. When inputting a character, pressing the lowercase conversion button 64 allows an input such as "abc" for Roman characters, and an input such as "ゃ" for kana characters. In addition, for the kana character, when the kanji conversion button 65 or the katakana conversion 66 is pressed, the kanji conversion and the katakana conversion can be performed, and when the input is performed by pressing the input button 70 after the conversion, the kanji conversion cannot be performed correctly. By continuously pressing the kanji conversion button 65, candidate characters are displayed one after another. If you make a mistake when entering characters,
By pressing 7, the backward deletion of one character can be performed.

After inputting one keyword, the logical sum button 68 is pressed, and another keyword is input. Then, a program including one of the two keywords is searched. Also, after inputting one keyword, the logical product button 69 is pressed and another keyword is input, so that only programs including both keywords are searched.

When the search button 71 is pressed after the input of the keyword is completed as described above, a process of searching for a program including the keyword from the digital program information is performed.

FIG. 5 shows a screen 80 displayed after the search button 71 is pressed, and a list of programs including the keyword searched on the screen 60 is displayed. The select all button 81
A button for designating that all detected programs are to be recorded. The individual selection button 82 is a button for selecting from among the detected programs.
This button is used to specify that a program to be recorded is individually selected.

An area 83 is an area for displaying the keyword used for the search, and 83-1 represents the keyword. Area 8
Reference numeral 4 denotes an area for displaying a check button for designating whether to perform recording, and reference numeral 84-1 denotes a check button. The check button 84-1 is checked with a cross when recording. An area 85 is an area for displaying detailed information of a program including a keyword.
-1 represents the title of the program, 85-2 represents the station that broadcasted the program, 85-3 represents the date broadcast, 85-
Reference numeral 4 denotes a broadcast time zone. If the number of detected programs exceeds the number that can be displayed in the area 85, the area 85 scrolls. When confirming all programs, the user can operate the scroll bar 87 in the area 86 to confirm. The recording registration button 88 is used to make a scheduled recording registration of a program desired to be recorded.

As described above, recording can be performed only by searching and registering a program from a keyword, so that scheduled recording can be easily performed.

FIG. 6 shows a recorded program structure 90 for storing information of a program registered for recording in FIG. Reference numeral 91 denotes a keyword used for searching for a program registered for recording, reference numeral 92 denotes an order of the program registered for recording, and reference numeral 9 denotes a keyword.
3 stores the title of the registered program, 94 stores the broadcast station name of the registered program, 95 stores the broadcast date of the registered program, and 96 stores the registered date of the program. The start time of the program is stored, 97 is the end time of the program registered for recording, and 98 is the G code of the program registered for recording.

FIG. 7 shows a screen 110 displayed when the playback mode button 100 is pressed, and shows the number of programs that have been recorded and saved and are stored for each keyword used in the search. An area 111 is an area for displaying the number of programs recorded separately for each keyword, 111-1 is a keyword used for searching for a program, and 111-2 is the number of recordings completed. Note that the keyword is the area 111
If the number exceeds the number that can be displayed, the area 111 scrolls. When confirming all keywords, the user can operate the scroll bar 113 in the area 112 to confirm. Then, the cursor 20 is moved to the keyword area 111 including the program desired to be viewed from the displayed keywords by using the cursor control button 10-11 of the remote controller 10, and the enter button 10-12 is pressed. Allows selection.

As described above, since the status of the recorded program is displayed for each searched keyword, it is possible to easily search for a desired program when many recorded programs are generated.

FIG. 8 shows detailed information of a program recorded by the keyword selected in FIG. 7 and its icon image. The area 121 is an area for displaying a keyword used for searching for a program, and the area 121-1 is a keyword. Area 12
Reference numeral 2 denotes an area for displaying detailed information of a program whose recording has been completed, 122-1 denotes the name of the recorded program, 122-2 denotes the name of the station that broadcasts the program, 122-3 denotes the date when the program was broadcast, 122-4 is a time zone in which the program was broadcast. 12
2-5 is an icon image of a recorded program.

The icon image 122-5 is composed of an image serving as a digest of a program, an image of a scene where a scene has changed, and an image obtained at regular time intervals. still,
If the number of recorded programs exceeds the displayable number, the area 122
Scrolls. Thereby, when confirming all programs, the user can confirm by operating the scroll bar 124 in the area 123. When the user wishes to view the program from the displayed programs, the user moves the cursor 20 to the desired program area 122 with the cursor control button 10-11 of the remote controller 10 and presses the enter button 10-12. The selection can be made by this.

As described above, since the detailed information and the icon image of the recorded program are displayed, the contents can be confirmed quickly.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the digital program information 150. All character information is described by a text code 151, and each program has a G code.

This digital program information is stored in a network,
Alternatively, multiple days can be obtained through an information storage medium such as a CD-ROM.

FIGS. 10 to 12 show an execution program of the present apparatus.

First, when the recording / playback program 190 shown in FIG.
-Read digital program information from ROM. Process 201
Screen 3 for selecting recording mode or playback mode
0 is displayed, and in a process 202, it is checked whether the recording mode or the reproduction mode is selected. If the recording mode is selected, the process proceeds to a process 203, and if the reproduction mode is selected, the process proceeds to a process 250.

In process 203, a screen 60 for the user to input a keyword is displayed. In process 204, screen 6 is displayed.
At 0, keyword input processing is performed. At step 205, it is determined whether the keyword input has been completed and the search button has been pressed. If the search button has been pressed, the process proceeds to step 206,
If it is not pressed, the keyword input process from process 204 is repeated. In the process 206, a screen 80 showing a list of programs including the keyword is displayed.

In a process 207 of FIG. 11, the user selects a program to be recorded, and in a process 208, it is checked whether the selection of the recorded program is completed and the recording registration button is pressed. If the recording registration button has been pressed, the process moves to step 209. If the recording registration button has not been pressed, the process of selecting the recorded program from step 207 is repeated.

In step 209, a structure of a program desired to be recorded is created. In processing 210, preprocessing for recording is performed, and the last registration number of the recorded program structure is substituted for the number of registrations, and 1 is substituted for a variable i. Processing 21
In step 1, it is checked whether the variable i is equal to or smaller than the number of registered items. If the variable i is equal to or smaller than the number of registered items, the process proceeds to step 212. If the variable i exceeds the number of registered items, the process in the recording mode ends.

In step 212, the G code of the registration number of the recorded program structure equal to the variable i is extracted, and in step 213, reserved recording is performed using the G code extracted in step 212. In the process 214, 1 is added to the variable i so as to perform scheduled recording for all the registered programs, and the process moves to the process 211.
In step 215, the reserved program is recorded.

A process 250 shown in FIG. 12 is performed when the reproduction mode is selected in the process 202. The list screen 110 of the number of recordings for each keyword is displayed.
At 251, a keyword that is considered to include a program desired to be viewed is selected, and at step 252, it is determined whether the user has selected a keyword of the program desired to be viewed. If not, process 2
The process moves to 51 and the process is repeated until a keyword is selected. In the process 253, the recorded program list screen 120 is displayed. In the process 254, a program desired to be viewed is selected. In the process 255, it is determined whether the program desired to be viewed is selected. If it is not selected, the process moves to step 254 to repeat until a program is selected. In process 256, the program desired to be viewed is reproduced.

FIG. 13 shows a bar code reading device used for keyword input.

In FIG. 4, the keyword is input by moving the cursor with the cursor control button 10-11 of the remote controller 10 and selecting the character button. By using it, it can be performed more easily. First, the bar code 312 of the keyword 311 desired to be searched in the keyword sample table 310 is read by the reading unit 302 of the bar code reading device 300 while pressing the read button 301. Then, the read content is transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 304 to the transfer button 303.
By pressing, transfer to the video recording / playback apparatus is performed. Thereby, the keyword can be easily input.

[0039]

According to the present invention, programs broadcast at various times at various broadcasting stations can be easily recorded using keywords such as names of characters. Further, since the related information of the recorded program stored in this manner can be visually displayed, the user can easily reproduce a desired program.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of a remote controller 10 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an initial operation screen according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a keyword input screen according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a recording registration screen of a program in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data structure of a registered program in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a recording number display screen of a recording completed program in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a detailed information display screen of a recording completed program in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of digital program information.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an execution program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an execution program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an execution program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an input method using a barcode.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Display, 2 ... Speaker, 3 ... Video recording / reproducing apparatus, 4 ... TV tuner, 5 ... Modem, 6 ... CD-RO
M playback device, 7 video storage device, 8 G code analysis device, 9 infrared receiver, 10 remote control, 11 display interface, 12 memory, 13 CP
U.

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Takehiro Fujita 1-280 Higashi Koigakubo, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo Inside Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A means for receiving a television image broadcast from a broadcast station, a keyword input means for searching for a program, a recorded program search means for searching for a program including the keyword from program information, and a search for a recorded program Program selection means for selecting only a program to be actually reserved for recording from the programs obtained from the means, video recording means for recording television video of the program for which recording is reserved from a start time to an end time, Recording related information displaying means for organizing and displaying the programs for which the recording has been completed by keyword, and video reproducing means capable of reproducing a desired recorded video from the information displayed on the recording relevant information displaying means. Intelligent video recording and playback device. 2. The program information according to claim 1, which is information obtained by digitizing information related to a television program, has program information for a plurality of days, and is obtained via a storage medium such as a CD-ROM or a network. An intelligent video recording / reproducing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 3. The intelligent video recording and reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the program information is digital information described by a text code. 4. An intelligent video recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said recorded program search means searches for a program using a name of a character or the like as a keyword. 5. An intelligent video recording / playback apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recorded program search means detects a program having the keyword by matching the set keyword with a text code of the program information. 6. An intelligent video recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the video recording means interprets a start / end time or a G code of the program reserved for recording and records the program. 7. The recording-related information display means according to claim 1, comprising means for displaying the number of recorded programs for each keyword and means for displaying the title, broadcast station, broadcast date and time and icon image of the program for each recorded program. Intelligent video recording and playback device. 8. An intelligent video recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the icon image is a digest of a program or a reduced image of a video extracted at a change point of a scene or a fixed time unit.