JPH10326479A - Tv program video recording controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent overlapped video recording, overlooking of recorded videos, or that retrieval of video recorded media becomes difficult when video recording programs become more, by making the video recording work, video recording reserving work and control work of video recorded media have electronic relevance and collectively controlling video recording reservation and video recording history. SOLUTION: When a program to be reserved for video recording is selected by an input means 3, a video recording reservation schedule control means displays a reserved guide and a video recording reservation schedule on a display means 4, and when the selected program isn't reserved, the schedule control means retrieves a video recording history information control means 6 by a retrieval means 2, and when a video recording history exists, a video recorded guide is displayed on the display part 4. When the video recording history doesn't exist, after the schedule control means checks the presence of another reserved program on the same data and storage capacity, etc., by a video recording medium 8, to set the video recording reservation data in a video recording reservation part 11 and a reception reservation part 12. Thus, even when the video recording programs become more, the overlapped video recording can be prevented, and the certainty, etc., of the video recording can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improved invention relating to a television program recording management apparatus capable of comprehensive recording reservation management and recording program management of television programs by television program information search and recording history information management.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a program information search type program recording reservation is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-259835 (TV program recording reservation device).
As shown in, the TV program information can be searched by word search, condition search or menu search, and the search result can be reflected in the recording reservation, and the work of searching for the program and the operation of the recording reservation can be performed in one work. It is an invention that does not require viewing all TV program information.

[0003]

However, in the above-described program recording reservation of the program information search type, the number of recording media such as video tapes increases when recording is repeated many times. Even if it is a recorded program, there is a drawback that a new recording is made again, or a recording reservation is missed because the user mistakenly thinks that the program was previously recorded.

[0004] In this case, the program information is handwritten on a label to be attached to a recording medium such as a video tape, or a label is printed using a word processor, and the printed label is recorded by a separate operation from the recording reservation. It had to be affixed to the medium so that it could be confirmed at a later date.

When watching a recorded program as in the invention described in JP-A-8-32922 (magnetic recording / reproducing apparatus), the contents of a recording medium are reproduced by a reproducing device such as a VCR. While checking, had to play.

Further, when the broadcast time is suddenly changed due to an extended baseball game or a serious incident, for example, the television program reserved for recording is recorded according to the set recording reservation schedule before the change. In some cases, it is not possible to make a recording reservation at the changed time of the television program, so that the desired purpose cannot be achieved.

As described above, in the conventional recording reservation management and recording medium management, the recording reservation operation, the recording history operation, and the recording medium management operation are performed as separate unrelated operations. When the number of programs becomes large, there are drawbacks in that duplicate recordings are made, recordings are missed, and which recording medium the program is recorded on is lost.

In view of such circumstances, the present invention makes it possible to make the recording reservation work, the recording history work, and the recording medium management work electronically related, and collectively manage the recording reservation and the recording history. It is an object of the present invention to provide a television program recording management device.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides an input means for inputting search conditions and various selection instructions, and a television program based on the search conditions input by the input means. Search means for searching for specific information from information related to the broadcast of data programs and data, display means for displaying search conditions, program information, recording history information and latest broadcast time information, and the latest broadcast time of programs and recording reservation operation. A recording reservation schedule managing means for comparing the broadcast times of the programs in progress and managing the operation schedules of the plurality of reception reservation sections and the recording reservation section; and a program of the program recorded by the reception reservation section and the recording reservation section. Television program recording management, comprising: a recording unit for inputting / outputting and managing history information including information and management information for identifying a plurality of recording media to / from a history storage unit. It was the location of the configuration.

[0010]

When a search condition is input on the display screen by the input means, a plurality of pieces of TV program information are displayed, and a program to be reserved for recording is instructed from the TV program information displayed by the input means.

If the instruction of the program to be reserved for recording overlaps with the television program broadcast on the same date and time on another channel for which the recording reservation was previously instructed, the recording reservation scheduling means separates the main reception reservation unit and the recording reservation unit from a plurality of separate recording reservation units. Set the channel, date and time for the subordinate reception reservation section and recording reservation section,
At the set time, the TV program for which recording reservation has been instructed is recorded, and history information including the program information of the recorded TV program and the recording medium management information is output to the recording unit, the history storage unit, and the printing unit by the history management unit and the printing unit. Is done.

The history information is searched by the history management means and the history search means using the TV program information for which recording reservation has been instructed as a search condition, and if the program has the same content as the previously recorded TV program, the duplicate recording is performed by the display means. And the previously recorded TV program are displayed.

A recording history is searched by the input means, the history management means and the history searching means, a specific recording history is selected by the history selection instructing means from the search result, and the selected recording history is used as a search condition for the TV program information. , A recording reservation instruction is performed from the search result, and a program recording reservation is made to the reception reservation unit and the recording reservation unit, and a television program is recorded.

The latest program broadcast time information is automatically received, and the received latest broadcast time is searched by the program information set in the recording reservation schedule, and the recording reservation schedule is corrected based on the search result.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a television program recording management device according to the present invention. As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 1, the TV program recording management device A includes a search unit 2 for searching for recording history information, received latest broadcast time information, and TV program information 1 stored in a storage device;
An input unit 3 for inputting a search word, selecting a search condition, and selecting a TV program and a recording history; recording history information;
The display means 4 for displaying the latest broadcast time information and the TV program information 1,
Comparison with the broadcast time of another TV program during the recording reservation operation, correction of the recording reservation schedule, and a plurality of reception reservation units 1
Recording schedule schedule management means 5 for managing the recording schedule of the recording schedule unit 2 and recording schedule unit 11; recording history management means 6 for inputting / outputting recording history information to / from the history storage unit 7, the recording unit 9 and the printing unit 10. A history storage unit 7 in which recording history information is stored, a recording medium 8 in which television program information and recording history information are recorded, and a television program received by the broadcast receiving unit 13 according to the settings of the recording reservation unit 11 and the reception reservation unit 12. A recording unit 9 for writing and reading video and audio, other data, and history information of the recording history management means 6 to and from a recording medium;
Printing unit 1 for printing history information from recording history management means 6
0, a recording reservation unit 11 and a reception reservation unit 12, in which broadcast information of a TV program to be recorded is set, and a broadcast receiving unit 1 for receiving TV program information, data program information, and latest broadcast time information.
3. It comprises an antenna for receiving broadcasts and a transmission path 14.

The TV program information 1 includes a TV program and data.
Information on the TV program, that is, from the broadcast channel of the TV program, the broadcast date, the broadcast time, the program outline, the character information of the producer, the performer, etc. Become.

Information 1 on TV programs and data programs
The TV program information data stored in a storage device such as a semiconductor memory device, an optical disk device, or a magnetic disk device provided in the TV program recording management device A or a communication device on a network is stored in a network. Receiving from a communication device on the network, receiving data broadcasting by communication satellite broadcasting,
What is necessary is just to receive it by teletext broadcasting or to obtain it in a package such as a CD-ROM.

The input means 3 includes various instructions such as input of search conditions and input of a selection instruction, input of an instruction to display an outline of a program, input of a recording reservation instruction, input of a recording history selection instruction, and the like.
The keyboard is used for inputting data, and includes a keyboard, a remote controller, a mouse, a touch panel, and the like.

The search means 2 is realized by a computer and a program for activating the computer, has a search function of word search, condition search, and menu search. Search for the latest time information and recording history information.

The display means 4 displays search conditions, TV program and data program information 1, recording history information, latest broadcast time information, and a recording reservation schedule, for example, a screen such as a CRT display. Anything that can be displayed may be used, and a television receiver generally used at home may be used.

The recording reservation schedule management means 5 is realized by a computer and a program for activating the computer in the same manner as the search means 2, and includes a plurality of recording reservation sections 11 and reception reservation sections 12. Operation control is performed, and schedule management is performed to determine which recording reservation section and reception reservation section of the television program and the data program are set for recording.

The recording history management means 6 is realized by a computer and a program for activating the computer, like the search means 2, and creates a recording history from the TV program information 1 and a recording reservation schedule. And printing unit 1
0, recording history data including the medium identification management data of the recording medium is output to the history storage unit 7 and the recording unit 9, and the recorded history information from the recording medium 8 is recorded by the recording unit 9. Is entered.

The history storage unit 7 includes a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, and an IC in which recording history information of all recording media is stored.
It is a storage device such as a card. The recording medium 8 is a medium capable of large-capacity recording, such as a video tape or a DVD-RAM. The recording unit 9 writes and reads a video signal and an audio signal, their compressed data or received data of a data program and recording history data to a recording medium.

The reception reservation unit 12 performs reservation setting for receiving a TV program or downloading a data program in accordance with the reception date, reception channel, reception start time, and reception end time, which are the recording reservation information provided by the recording reservation schedule management unit. In the case of receiving a data program, a reservation can be set using a reception synchronization timing index, the total number of received frames, or the relative reception time instead of the reception end time.

The recording reservation section 11 performs reservation setting for recording a television program or downloading a data program in accordance with recording date, recording start time, and recording end time, which are recording reservation information. Instead of the recording end time, a reservation can be set based on the total number of recording frames or the relative recording time.

The broadcast receiving section 13 receives television program and data program broadcasting and the latest broadcast time information. The antenna and the transmission path 14 are receiving devices that capture broadcast waves,
A device such as an ATV that can perform signal transmission and reception by cable broadcasting, wireless communication, and cable communication may be used.

FIGS. 2 and 3 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of the television program recording management device according to the present invention.
First, the operation of the television program recording management device A will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

When the TV program recording management device A is started and started, a display screen for selecting information to be searched is displayed on the display means 4 (S1). Here, the operator of the apparatus A selects one of the television (TV) program information and the recording history information by the input means 3 (S2). When the TV program information is selected, the process proceeds to a TV program information search (S3), and when the record history information is selected, the process proceeds to a record history information search (S13).

When the TV program information search (S3) is selected, a search condition is input by a word using the input means 3, a search condition is selected from the selection menu displayed on the display means 4 by the input means 3, and other selection instructions are given. When a search execution instruction is given, search results such as TV program information, program name, channel number, broadcast time, etc., which match the search conditions are displayed on the display means 4 (S13).

Here, a TV program of interest is entered by input means 3
To display the detailed information of the television program, the program outline, the creator and the performers on the display means 4, and reproduce the image of the highlight scene of the program. From the programs displayed as search results, a program to be reserved for recording is selected by the input means 3 (S4).

The program selected for the recording reservation is compared with the recording reservation schedule to determine whether the recording reservation schedule management means 5 has not been reserved. Is displayed (S5).

If no reservation has been made, the recording history information is retrieved by the retrieval means 2 using the program name of the television program selected for recording reservation as a retrieval condition (S6). Is displayed on the display means 4.

If no recording has been made (S7), the recording reservation schedule management means 5 determines whether there is another program reserved for recording at the same time on the same day, and determines whether there is another program reserved for recording at the same time on the same day. The program broadcast schedule is compared and compared to determine whether the program airing time exceeds the recordable amount of the recording medium 8 (S
8) If not, the recording reservation data of the reception date, the reception channel, the reception start time, and the reception end time are set in the recording reservation unit 11 and the reception reservation unit 12.

When there is another program reserved for recording at the same time on the same day, or when the broadcast time of the program reserved for recording exceeds the recordable amount of the recording medium 8 (S1).
0), a screen is displayed on which the recording reservation schedule management means 5 selects a plurality of recording reservation sections 11 and reception reservation sections 12 on the display means 4 (S8), and the recording reservation section 11 not allocated to the recording reservation schedule and the reception The reservation section 12 is selected by the input means 3 (S9).

The selected recording reservation unit 11 and reception reservation unit 1
For 2, the recording reservation data of the reception date, reception channel, reception start time, and reception end time is set. When the recording reservation operation is completed, a guide is displayed on the display means 4 as to whether to continue the search process (S10).

Here, the end is selected by the input means 3 (S
11), the process of the present apparatus A ends (S12). When the continuation is selected, the process returns to the search information selection (S2). When the recording history information search is selected by the input means 3, the recording history information search (S2) is performed.
Proceed to 13).

A search condition is input by a word using the input means 3, a selection condition is selected from the selection menu displayed on the display means 4 by the input means 3, and other selection instructions are given. The applicable recording history information, recorded program name, recording channel number, and recording time are displayed on the display unit 4 as search results.

Here, a recorded program of interest is selected by the input means 3, and detailed information of the recorded program, a program summary,
The creator and the performer are displayed, and the image of the highlight scene of the program can be reproduced.

When a recording program is selected by the input means 3 from the recording history displayed as the search result (S13) (S1).
4) A guide as to whether to print the recording history and the label is displayed on the display means 4. Select printing here (S15)
Then, printing of the recording history and the label for the recording medium is performed by the printing unit 10.
(S16).

A recorded program is selected by the input means 3 (S1).
4) and a display means 4 indicating whether or not to reproduce the recorded program.
Will be displayed. Here, playback of the recorded program is selected (S1).
7) and the management information such as the identification number of the recording medium 8 on which the recorded program is recorded and the medium type are displayed on the display means 4, and the user is prompted to set a recording medium applicable to the recording section 9.

Whether or not a recorded program to be reproduced is recorded on the set recording medium is compared and collated by the recording history management means 6 (S18). In the case of the corresponding recording medium, the recorded program to be reproduced is searched for by the recording history management means 6, and the recorded program is automatically reproduced (S1).
9).

A recording program is selected by the input means 3 (S2
0) and a circled number in FIG. 2 to proceed to a TV program information search for a similar TV program from a recorded program (S1).
4). Here, the TV program information can be searched using the recording history of the recorded program as a search condition (S
3). The recording history that is the search condition includes the program name of the recorded program,
The names of the performers and words in the text of the program outline can be selected by the input means 3 to set detailed search conditions.

The search condition set once can be recorded in the history storage unit 7, and can be called and used by the search means 2 any number of times.

Next, the operation of the television program recording management device A will be described with reference to FIG. When the device A is started, simultaneously with the process shown in FIG. 2, processes that operate simultaneously operate in the background. First, the recording reservation schedule management means 5 checks whether or not there is a television program for which recording reservation is scheduled in the recording reservation schedule (S21).

If there is a television program reserved for recording, a signal relating to the latest information on the broadcast time of the television program received by the broadcast receiving unit 13 is detected (S22), and the program name and broadcast channel number of the television program reserved for recording are received. The latest information on the TV program broadcast time is searched by the search means 2 using the broadcast date and broadcast time as search conditions (S23).

The search result obtained by searching for the latest information (S24)
Then, if there is a TV program whose recording time is corrected and the recording time is corrected (S25), the recording reservation schedule management means updates the recording reservation information of the recording-reserved reception date, reception channel, reception start time, and reception end time. It is automatically corrected (S26).

When the broadcast reservation of a television program reserved for recording is canceled due to the broadcasting station side, a broadcast stop code is added to the latest information of the broadcast time of the television program, and it can be determined by this.

When the broadcast is stopped, the recording reservation is automatically canceled, and the recording section 9 automatically rewinds the recording medium 8 to the recording start position. Whether or not automatic rewinding due to the suspension of broadcasting can be specified in advance by the recording reservation schedule management means. In the case of a broadcast interruption, in the latest information on the broadcast time of the television program, a broadcast interruption code is added to the broadcast end time so that it can be determined.

The recording operation of the recording section 9 is in a pause state, and when the latest end time is set to the broadcast end time in the latest information of the television program broadcast time, the pause of the recording operation is released and the recording is stopped. To be continued. If the broadcast time has been corrected, the recording history management means 6 uses the history storage unit 7,
The correction information is written to the recording history data output to the recording unit 9 and the recording medium 8.

When the recording reservation time comes, the recording history management means 6 outputs the recording history data from the recording section 9 to the recording medium 8 (S27), and the recording of the television program is started (S28). When all the reserved television programs have been recorded (S29), the operation of the apparatus ends (S30).

[0051]

As described above, according to the television program recording management apparatus of the present invention, the recording reservation work, the recording history work, and the recording medium management work can be comprehensively managed with electronic relevance. Even when the number of recorded programs increases, extremely effective effects such as automatic correction of the reserved recording time, prevention of duplicate recording, improvement of the reliability of recording, and improvement of the ease of grasping the recorded contents of the recording medium can be obtained.

In the field of recent digital television broadcasting, only the video and audio signals of a television program are replaced with various computer data and program data signals. There is an effect that download reservation management and data storage management of a program can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a television program recording management device.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a recording management function of the present television program recording management device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a function for correcting a reserved recording time of the television program recording management device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 TV program information 2 Search means 3 Input means 4 Display means 5 Recording reservation schedule management means 6 Recording history management means 7 History storage unit 8 Recording medium 9 Recording unit 10 Printing unit 11 Recording reservation unit 12 Reception reservation unit 13 Broadcast reception unit 14 Antennas and transmission lines

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] May 19, 1998

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claim 1

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[Procedure amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0017

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

Information 1 on TV programs and data programs
Are stored in a storage device such as a semiconductor memory device, an optical disk device, or a magnetic disk device provided in the television program recording management device A or a communication device on a network. The TV program information data may be received from a communication device on a network, received from a data broadcast via a communication satellite broadcast, received via a text broadcast, or obtained in a package such as a CD-ROM.

[Procedure amendment 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0034

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

When there is another program reserved for recording at the same time on the same day, or when the broadcast time of the program reserved for recording exceeds the recordable amount of the recording medium 8, the recording reservation schedule management means 5 Is displayed on the display unit 4 to select a plurality of recording reservation units 11 and reception reservation units 12 (S8), and the recording reservation units 11 and reception reservation units 12 not assigned to the recording reservation schedule are selected by the input unit 3. (S9).

[Procedure amendment 4]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0040

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

A recorded program is selected by the input means 3 (S1).
4) and a display means 4 indicating whether or not to reproduce the recorded program.
Will be displayed. Here, playback of the recorded program is selected (S1).
7) and the management information such as the identification number of the recording medium 8 on which the recorded program is recorded and the medium type are displayed on the display means 4, and the user is prompted to set a recording medium applicable to the recording unit 9 (S18).

[Procedure amendment 5]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0041

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

Whether the recorded program to be reproduced is recorded on the set recording medium is compared and collated by the recording history management means 6 (S19). In the case of the corresponding recording medium, the recorded program to be reproduced is searched for by the recording history management means 6, and the recorded program is automatically reproduced (S2).
0).

[Procedure amendment 6]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0042

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

When a recorded program is selected by the input means 3, as shown by a circled number in FIG. 2, the process proceeds to a TV program information search for a similar television program from the recorded program (S14). Here, the TV program information can be searched using the recording history of the recorded program as a search condition (S3). The recording history serving as the search condition can be set in detail by selecting the program name of the recorded program, the names of the performers, and words in the text of the program outline using the input means 3.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An input means for inputting search conditions and various selection instructions, and a search for searching for specific information from information relating to the broadcast of a television program and a data program based on the search conditions input by the input means. Means for displaying search conditions, program information, recording history information, and latest broadcast time information; comparing the latest broadcast time of the program with the broadcast time of the program being programmed for recording; A recording reservation schedule management means for managing an operation schedule of the reservation unit, and recording history information including program information of a program recorded by the reception reservation unit and the recording reservation unit and management information for identifying a plurality of recording media. A recording management apparatus for a television program, comprising: a recording history management unit for inputting and outputting data to and from a history storage unit.