JPH1093905A - Program information recording medium, information recorder and picture recording/reservation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly search various information on programs and to easily and accurately perform picture record reservation of a desired program with no need to refer to a newspaper or a television magazine by means of a picture recording/reservation device that uses a recording medium of program information. SOLUTION: By utilizing a recording medium 16 like a DVD(digital video disc)-RAM, etc., which preliminarily stores program information that is distributed from a broadcast station, this device can not only show various information such as a program table and program contents, etc., as a list in an optional form based on the program information, but a].so directly designates a desired program from the program table and performs picture record reservation, can manage picture record reservation information in accordance with the program information of a designated program that is recorded in an index information recording area, furthermore, records pictures of a program of which picture record reservation is made in a moving picture recording area when a program is actually recorded according to the picture record reservation information, also records index information such as the day and time of recording, a start position, a time, etc., in the form of adding these information to corresponding program information and can manage it.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording medium for program information, an information recording apparatus for recording information on a recording medium for program information, and a recording reservation apparatus using the recording medium for program information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, when a television broadcast program is reserved for recording in advance, a program column of a newspaper or a magazine is checked.
A desired program is searched for, the broadcast time of the program is confirmed, and the channel number, broadcast date, recording start / end time are set by a video deck or the like.

That is, a reservation list such as a date, a day of the week, a start time, an end time, a channel number and the like stored on the VCR side is transferred and displayed on a television screen to which the VCR is connected. By inputting each item data in, a recording reservation of a desired program is made.

[0004] Recently, a program called a G-code of eight digits or less, which is published for each program in a program list of a newspaper or a television magazine, is input and transferred to the main body of the VCR to record the program. A reservation is to be made.

In order to make a recording reservation using the video deck or the G code, the user writes information such as a channel number, a broadcast date and a recording start / end time relating to a desired program in a newspaper or magazine. Since it is necessary to perform an input operation individually while confirming with the above or the like, or to perform an input operation using a numerical array of G codes, the contents of the recording reservation may be erroneously set due to an input error.

Further, information such as the contents of each program and the profile of the performer, which cannot be known only from the program section of a newspaper or a magazine,
In addition to the program section, it is necessary to look at another information source such as a television magazine.

[0007]

As described above, according to the conventional program recording reservation method using a video deck, the user can store each information such as a channel number, a broadcast date, a recording start / end time, etc. relating to a desired program. It is necessary to read the program listings of a newspaper or a TV magazine, and there is a problem that a recording error due to an input error easily occurs.

[0008] Further, there is a problem that more detailed information such as the contents of the program and the performers cannot be immediately obtained, which is inconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. A first object of the present invention is to provide a program information recording medium capable of quickly searching for and viewing various information related to a program. To provide.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium of program information which makes it possible to easily and accurately make a recording reservation of a desired program without needing to refer to newspapers or television magazines. It is to provide a used recording reservation device.

[0011]

That is, a program information recording medium according to claim 1 of the present invention stores at least program information including a channel number, a program name, a broadcast date, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time. It is characterized by being recorded in advance.

That is, in the program information recording medium according to the first aspect, for example, program information including at least a channel number, a program name, a broadcast date, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time is previously recorded on an optical disc. Therefore, if this optical disc is set on a reproducing apparatus, information on a desired program can be instantly searched and viewed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information recording apparatus, comprising: means for receiving program information including at least a channel number, a program name, a broadcast date, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time; It is characterized by comprising storage means for storing, and recording means for writing the program information stored in the storage means on a recording medium.

That is, in the information recording apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the program is arranged at a key station which is easy for the user to visit, and includes at least a channel number, a program name, a broadcast date, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time. The information is received and stored. For example, DVD-RAMs such as optical disks, magnetic disks, and magneto-optical disks, removable HDDs, and MOs
By recording on a small rewritable recording medium such as, the user can easily set the recording reservation based on the program information stored in the recording medium. If the user does not bring the recording medium, the user can record the program information on a new recording medium (which may be a non-rewritable medium such as a CD-ROM) and sell it to the user. Recording reservation can be easily set based on the program information stored in the recording medium.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording reservation apparatus using a program information recording medium, wherein program recording information including at least a channel number, a program name, a broadcast date, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time is stored. Reading means for reading program information recorded on a recording medium recorded in advance, means for outputting a signal for displaying program information read from the recording medium by the reading means on a display means,
And a reservation setting means for setting a reservation for program recording based on the program information displayed on the display means.

That is, in the recording reservation apparatus using the program information recording medium according to the third aspect, program information including at least a channel number, a program name, a broadcast date, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time is recorded in advance. The program information read from a recording medium such as an optical disk is displayed, and the program recording reservation is set based on the displayed program information.
The broadcast date, broadcast start time, and broadcast end time can be directly set as recording reservation information.

[0017]

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

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

The program recording reservation apparatus includes a disk reproducing unit 15 for reproducing information recorded on a recording medium 16 such as an optical disk, a user searching for necessary information from information recorded on the recording medium 16, An input unit 1 for inputting a command for making a reservation for recording or the like based on the searched information.
4. an information search unit 13 for receiving information from the input unit 14 to search for information recorded on the recording medium 16; for inputting a program reservation table, menu display of search information, reproduced images, and the like to the television 10; And an image interface unit 12 comprising an interface of the above, and a recording / reproducing unit 11 for recording / reproducing images / sounds of a video deck or the like.

An actual image is displayed on a normal television set 10 having a receiving function.

The recording medium 16 has a channel number,
The program information such as the name of the television station, the broadcast date, the broadcast time (start / end), the program name, the main program performers, and the contents are recorded in advance. The program information recorded on the recording medium 16 is retrieved by the information retrieval unit 13 as, for example, a program list, and reproduced by the image interface unit 12.
Is displayed on the television 10 via the.

In this case, the program list searched and displayed from the information recording medium 16 includes “genre”, “program reservation”,
Menus such as “cancel reservation”, “program contents” and “performers” profiles are displayed together. By operating the cursor on the screen by the input unit 14 and clicking, for example, “program contents”, contents corresponding to a movie trailer are displayed. Is displayed. Also,
When "performers" is clicked, a list of performers performing in the program is displayed on the screen, and when a desired performer is selected, profile information thereof is displayed and output.

In the display state of the program list or the like, the information of the desired program is indicated by the cursor,
When "program reservation" on the menu is clicked, the broadcast date, channel number, and broadcast start / end time included in the program information are read out as recording reservation information as they are and set in the recording / playback unit 11. .

When a "genre" in a menu displayed together with the program list is selected, a program can be selected by genre such as music, movie, sports, culture, go / shogi, drama, news, weather, etc. And the broadcast date, broadcast start time, end time,
Information such as channel numbers, broadcast station names, contents, performers, etc. can also be displayed and output. Of course, it is possible to reserve not only one program but also a plurality of programs.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a program information obtaining route when a DVD (digital video disk) -RAM 16 is used as a recording medium 16 to be set in the disk reproducing unit 15 of the program recording reservation device.

The program information distributed from the broadcasting station 21 on a broadcast signal, for example, is received by the key station 22 and stored.

The recording device of the DVD-RAM 16 is installed in a place such as a convenience store, a bookstore, a station stand, or the like, where the user can easily drop in.

This recording apparatus is of a vending machine system. When a predetermined fee is paid, the recording apparatus performs an operation such as writing predetermined data of program information to the DVD-RAM 16 and stores the data in the user. To sell to.

The recording device includes a receiving unit for receiving program table data and the like distributed from the broadcast station 21 and the like, a storage unit for storing the program table data and other various data received by the receiving unit, a DVD, Writing means for writing information into the RAM 16;

In the storage means, online (telephone line, etc.)
Alternatively, data is distributed offline, and the latest data is updated and stored. This data is updated to the latest data at a predetermined time such as every other week or every week.

When the user owns the DVD-RAM 16, the user inserts a predetermined amount of money into the charging slot of the recording device, and inserts the DVD-RAM 16 into the insertion slot of the DVD-RAM 16.
Is set. When the DVD-RAM 16 is set, the latest data is recorded on the DVD-RAM 16 by the writing means.

If the user does not own the DVD-RAM 16, the DVD-RAM 16 (recording medium) on which data is newly recorded by the vending machine type recording device can be purchased.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a data format of program information distributed from a broadcasting station.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a recording state of program information for each channel and each program recorded on the recording medium 16 set in the disk reproducing section 15 of the program recording reservation device.

The program information distributed from each TV station includes:
As shown in FIG. 3, a program header and information on the program being broadcast are included.

The program header includes a channel number, a broadcast date, the number of programs, and an offset to each program. The program information of each program includes a program title, a broadcast time of each program, an end time, Contains the genre code of the program and the contents of the program introduction.

Here, the offset to each program is determined by, for example, searching for the program 10 from the program 1 instead of moving the program 1 to the program 10 while scrolling.
The header information is used for a function for directly searching for a desired program 10 without searching for an extra portion.

Then, each channel in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the program information for each program is sequentially arranged and recorded from channel 1 to channel N.

Next, when the program information, the recording reservation information and the recorded image information are recorded by using the DVD-RAM 16, various types of information (recording / reproduction) (search / display) (reservation setting) (editing) A specific function will be described.

In this case, the disk playback unit 15 of the program recording reservation device in FIG.
It is configured as a disk recording / reproducing unit for reproducing.

(Recording / Reproduction) FIG. 5 shows a DVD-RAM 16
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an information recording area allocation state in FIG.

The DVD-RAM 16 has a program and index information recording area 16a allocated on the inner side thereof.
Further, the moving image recording area 16b is allocated to the outer peripheral side.

Program and index information recording area 16a
The program information (see FIGS. 3 and 4) distributed from the broadcast station 21 via the key station 22 is recorded, as well as the recording reservation information, the index information after recording, and the like.

In the moving image recording area 16b, a moving image accompanying recording of a program according to the recording reservation information is recorded.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the program and index information recorded in the index information recording area 16a of the DVD-RAM 16.

As the index information, the “program title”, “type”, “recording date and time”, “recording start time”, and “recording start time” for each recorded program are based on the program information and the recording reservation information stored in the index information recording area 16a. The position, the “recording time” and the like are recorded.

That is, in order to search for what kind of moving picture is recorded in the DVD-RAM 16, in the program and index information recording area 16a, as shown in FIG. Index information that records “sports, drama, etc.”, “recording date / time”, “recording start position”, “recording time”, etc. is useful.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an index information recording process accompanying the recording of a broadcast program on the DVD-RAM 16.

That is, when recording of a broadcast program is started according to the recording reservation information stored in the program and index information recording area 16a of the DVD-RAM 16, the program and the program stored in the index information recording area 16a are started. Based on the information, the “program title” and “type (sports, drama, etc.)” to be recorded are read out and recorded as index information (step A).
1).

At the same time, a moving image of a program accompanying the recording is recorded in the moving image recording area 16b (step A2).

When the image is recorded in the moving image recording area 16b, the "recording date and time", "recording start position" and "recording time" are further recorded as index information in the program and index information recording area 16a. (Step A3).

In the past, this index information was recorded automatically from the internal clock for the recording time and the recording date and time. However, the title, performer, and the like must be manually input in characters. It took a long time to input and was a very cumbersome task.

According to this, the program title, performers, synopsis, etc. can be read out based on the distributed program information and recorded as recording index information without manual intervention, which is very efficient.

On the other hand, when the index information recorded on the DVD-RAM 16 is reproduced and used, for example,
When the D-RAM 16 is inserted into the recording / reproducing unit, the program and the "program title" recorded in the index information recording area 16a are retrieved by the information retrieval unit 13 and output to the television 10 via the image interface 12. By doing so, the recorded program can be easily understood. Further, a desired “program title” can be selected by using the input means 14 such as a remote controller, and the recorded program can be reproduced from the “recording start position” of the corresponding index information.

Therefore, not only can a desired recorded program be easily selected and reproduced, but also by searching for information contents recorded as other index information, for example, a desired performer can be recorded on this disc. It is possible to perform various searches and reproductions such as whether or not there is.

Also, by linking to the program information, a recorded mark is added to the list of program information to be displayed, or the image is output in a different color, so that it can be easily determined whether or not the recording has been made. It is possible.

(Search / Display) FIG. 8 shows the DVD-RAM
16 is a block diagram mainly showing a configuration related to search / display of record information for the 16. FIG.

From the broadcast station 21 to the key station 22
By recording the program information distributed via the DVD-RAM 16 on the DVD-RAM 16, it is possible to select various display formats when displaying a list of TV programs on a monitor.

The most basic display method is to display broadcast programs of all genres in a matrix by taking a broadcast channel on the horizontal axis and a broadcast time on the vertical axis, like a TV program column of a newspaper or the like. .

On the other hand, in the following, an embodiment will be described in which the user can easily find a program he / she wants to view by displaying a genre rather than a list display of all broadcast programs.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a broadcast program list display state by genre display.

That is, as shown in FIG. 9, for each genre such as movie, sports, drama, music, animation, cooking, news / weather forecast, etc., only the program of the genre is selected and the broadcast time and the broadcast channel are selected. It is displayed as a matrix. By displaying a list by genre as shown in FIG.
A desired broadcast program can be easily searched from a program of a genre to be watched.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state of displaying a list of broadcast programs in a hierarchical display for each genre.

That is, hierarchical display can also be performed for genre-based display, and a more detailed list display can be performed for upper, middle, and lower genres.

For example, in the case of a drama genre, FIG.
As shown in (1), it is also possible to make settings for broadcast time such as 1-hour drama and 2-hour drama as the middle genre, and for types such as trendy drama and historical drama as the lower genre.

In the case of sports, display by type such as baseball, sumo, soccer, etc. is also prepared as a lower menu. The lower menu is displayed in detail by, for example, selecting a large genre and then specifying the lower menu by the user.

The display by genre is performed by providing a flag specifying a genre in advance in the program information when distributing the program information from the broadcast station 21 and transmitting the program information via the receiving means 32 (key station 22). The user who has received or obtained the program guide (information) searches the information as a genre-specific flag in the program recording reservation device 30 by the search means 13a provided in the program recording reservation device 30, thereby displaying the genre necessary for display. Only programs can be selected.

Then, only the necessary genre selected by the searching means 13a is created by the creating means 31a as a matrix of the broadcast time and the broadcast channel, and is displayed on the monitor (television) 10 in a list. Further, the above-described upper, middle, and lower genre classification can be achieved by linking to a flag indicating a higher genre and attaching a middle or lower flag.

A specific method from search to display is realized by, for example, a program recording reservation device 30 as shown in FIG.

In the program recording reservation device 30 shown in FIG.
The detailed data of the program guide (program information) is received by the receiving means 32 in an online distribution system (e.g., using a communication station to fly from a broadcast station by radio waves, bidirectional use of the Internet or CATV).
(Key station 22), the offline distribution method (CD-R
OM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, etc.).

The program table data (program information) includes a huge amount of data including moving images and still images, and has a large storage capacity as a storage means and is a rewritable DVD-ROM.
Although something like the RAM 51 is desirable, existing HDDs,
A storage device such as a semiconductor RAM and an MO may be used.

The data stored in the DVD-RAM 16 is provided with a flag corresponding to the type of the program in advance as described above. The user inputs a genre to be designated using the input device 14 such as a remote controller, a keyboard, and a mouse in order to create a program list for each genre as necessary. The genre information input from the input device 14 is input to the flag search means 13a, and flag search processing is started.

The flag search means 13a searches the DVD-RAM 16 for program information to which flag information corresponding to the genre information is added, based on the input genre information.
Necessary program information is temporarily stored in another storage area in the DVD-RAM 16.

When all necessary program information has been retrieved, a list creating means 31a for creating a program list is created.
Thus, according to the information read from the DVD-RAM 16, a program for each selected genre is created as a genre-based list as shown in FIG. 9 and displayed on the monitor 10.

In this embodiment, the following search is possible in addition to the above-described search by genre.

For example, when it is desired to search for a performer name of a music program or a drama, a keyword search of the performer is possible. In the case of a search by genre, the genre can be specified to some extent. Therefore, a flag corresponding to the genre is added to the program information in advance, and the search can be performed by the flag search means 13a based on the flag data. However, in the case of a keyword search, it is not realistic to attach flag information in advance, for example, since the number of performers to be searched becomes enormous. Therefore, a configuration is adopted in which performer names, such as artist names, group names, and actor names, included in the program information are searched from all information as a full-text search.

The data to be distributed may include the following data in addition to the data for displaying the program information in various formats as described above.

In particular, a menu other than a program guide display for displaying program information can be prepared so that data other than the distributed program information can be displayed or searched.

As display data other than the program information, various kinds of information such as best 10 information can be adopted. For example,
Top 10 TV ratings, Top 10 music hits, Top 10 rental videos, Top 10 CD sales, Top 10 cable broadcasts, and more.

In these data, as the more detailed data (for example, lower menu), the music best 10 or CD
If the best 10 sales, single best 1 in Japan and the United States
0, the 10 best Alvars in Japan and the US, the 10 best dance music, the 10 best enka songs, and the 10 best pop songs by music genre.

Also, popularity voting data by viewers and the like
For example, it can be distributed and displayed as data of a popular program section, an actor section, a singer section, a presenter section, a CM section, and the like.

These data can be displayed not only in the best 10 but also in a large number of data such as the best 100. In addition, in the popular 100 best actors, the search is performed by inputting the actor name as described above. It is also possible.

Further, since the recording means of the program information in this embodiment is constituted by using a storage means having a large storage capacity such as the DVD-RAM 16, the data of the moving picture and the still picture are also stored in the program table as described above. It is possible to display in.

For example, when a movie or drama is selected as genre-specific data, a digest version of the movie or drama can be prepared in a lower menu. In other words, by displaying the program guide of the movie by genre, selecting the favorite movie and selecting the menu to see the digest, the content of the movie can be described as a commentary digest including still images or moving images Program contents can be confirmed.

Further, lower-level menus can be prepared for information data such as the above-mentioned best 10 information. That is, in the music best 10, the digest part of the singer who sings the hit song by the moving image and the voice can also be seen.

The digest data may include advertisement information such as PR data of a new drama and commercials of a company that is on air by TVCM as distribution data of program information. As described above, it can also be used as an advertising medium such as a product advertisement of a company, and various data other than the program guide data can be included in the program information and distributed.

(Reservation Setting) FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration relating to reservation of program recording of the program recording reservation apparatus.

In FIG. 11, a program database 16a1 as a program data storage means is constituted by, for example, an optical disk, a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a semiconductor memory.
6a1 stores program information such as program identification data for identifying a program, program start time data, program end time data, and data on a program name for each program. The program database 16a1 is provided with a system controller 31 as control means constituting a device main body to be described later.
It is designed to be detachably attached to

The system controller 31 is constituted by a microprocessor unit (μpu).
Broadcast program data stored in the program database 16a1 is received by this μpu, and a display device (television) 10 displays a program table based on the program data as a display means.

The system controller 31 is connected to an input device (input unit) 14 as a program designating means, which is a pointing device which allows a program table displayed on the display device 10 to be designated by a mouse or the like. Program control by device is also controlled by the system controller 31.
Performed by .mu.pu.

A clock circuit 33 is connected to the system controller 31, and clock data relating to the current time provided by the clock circuit 33 is used at the time of program reservation as described later.

On the other hand, the recording / reproducing device 11 (including a disk recording / reproducing unit), for example, an optical disk device, is connected to the system controller 31, and a program designated by an instruction from the system controller 31 is recorded. You.

The system controller 31 has a designated program database 1 as designated program data storage means.
6a2 is connected to the designated program database 16
a2 stores program data selected and specified by the input device 14, and includes a broadcast channel,
Using the broadcast start time, broadcast end time, reserved user name, and registered user name, the program guide displayed on the display device 10 is edited.

Next, the operation of the program recording reservation device 30 having the above configuration will be described.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a recording reservation process centered on the system controller 31 of the recording reservation device in FIG.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the date-specific reservation processing accompanying the recording reservation processing of the recording reservation apparatus in FIG.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing genre-specific reservation processing accompanying the recording reservation processing of the recording reservation apparatus in FIG.

FIG. 15 is a flow chart showing the child's easy reservation process accompanying the recording reservation process of the recording reservation device in FIG.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a user registration process accompanying the recording reservation process of the recording reservation device in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display state of a main menu screen accompanying a recording reservation process of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a display state of a reservation screen by date accompanying the recording reservation processing of the recording reservation apparatus.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a display state of the topics screen accompanying the recording reservation processing of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a display state of a genre-specific reservation screen accompanying the recording reservation processing of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a display state of a sports program reservation screen accompanying the recording reservation processing of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a first display state of the child easy reservation screen associated with the recording reservation processing of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 23 is a view showing a second display state of the child easy reservation screen accompanying the recording reservation processing of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a display state of a user registration screen accompanying the recording reservation processing of the recording reservation device.

First, when recording reservation is selected, step B
Move to 21.

In step B21, a main menu screen is displayed on the display device 10, as shown in FIG.
A reservation classification list (72 to 75) in which items of "date reservation" 72, "genre reservation" 73, "easy child reservation" 74, and "user designation" 75 are arranged, and the current user and registered users are displayed. Registered user column 71 and “date” 7
6, "select" 77, "cancel" 78, and "end" 79 items are displayed.

When the cursor is positioned on an item to be selected on the screen of the display device 10 and clicked, the system controller 31 operates so that the character color of the item changes.

Next, by placing the cursor on an arbitrary item and clicking on it, the flow chart shows a subroutine for the selected item, a date subroutine (FIG. 13), a genre subroutine (FIG. 14), and a child simple subroutine (FIG. 15). Then, the process proceeds to a user-specified subroutine (FIG. 16).

Next, each subroutine will be described.

<Date-based recording reservation> When the date reservation is selected, the process proceeds to step B42 of the date-based reservation process in FIG. 13, where the system controller 31 reads the program database 16a1 and the designated program database 16a2, 31 edits the program table of the day based on the data from the program database 16a1, the designated program database 16a2, and the clock circuit 33, and
As shown in FIG.

The reservation screen by date in FIG. 18 includes a program table, a registered user column 71, a “date” 76, and a “register” 8
0, "Cancel" 78, "Topics" 81, "End" 79
It consists of each item.

In the program table, the vertical direction indicates time and the horizontal direction indicates reception channels. Each axis has a scroll bar. When the cursor is positioned on the arrow of the scroll bar and clicked, the scroll bar on the vertical axis is displayed. In the case of the scroll bar of the time axis and the horizontal axis, the reception channel is scrolled, and the program that cannot be displayed on the display device 10 can be displayed according to the respective scroll pointers k1 and k2.

In the program table, the already reserved program section is
The ground color has changed with the color specified by the user who reserved it,
The recording end program has changed to a color other than the user color.

In step B42 of the reservation process by date in FIG. 13, when the cursor is positioned on an arbitrary program column on the display device 10 by the input device 14 and clicked, the frame color changes to the user color. The system controller 31 operates.

Next, when the cursor is positioned at the selected item and clicked, the ground color changes to the reserved user color, and the reservation is confirmed.

If it is desired to start recording from the middle of the program at the time of reservation, the cursor can be positioned in the recording time change column 82 and the recording time can be changed by inputting the time with the input device 14.

When the cursor is positioned at "cancel" 78 and clicked, the reservation of the program whose frame color in the program column is changed is canceled.

When the cursor is positioned on “Topics” 81 and clicked while the frame color of the program column is changing, the system controller 31 displays the program on the display device 10 as shown in FIG. Topics screens such as names, contents, characters, and highlights are displayed in place of the program column. In this case, a topics screen may be displayed over the program column.

After the necessary data has been searched, the cursor is positioned at the end 79 and clicked to obtain the data shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the display device 10 and waits for an input from the input device 14.

When the operation such as the reservation of the necessary television program is completed in this way, if the cursor is positioned at the item of "end" 79 and clicked, the program recording reservation information is stored in the designated program database 16a2. You. Then, the flow shifts to step B21 in the recording reservation processing (FIG. 12), and a reservation classification list which is a main menu screen in FIG. 17 is displayed.

If the "end" 79 item is selected here, the flow shifts to step B27 to end the recording reservation.

<Reservation for Recording by Genre> When the reservation for genre is selected, the system controller 31 proceeds to the subroutine for reservation for genre in FIG. 14, and the system controller 31 uses the program database 16a1, the designated program database 16a2, and the clock circuit. Data from 33 is read. Then, the system controller 31
Accordingly, a genre-specific reservation screen as shown in FIG. 20 is displayed on the display device 10.

The genre-specific reservation screen in FIG. 20 includes items of each genre such as movie, comics, drama, leisure, quiz, news, animals, nature, etc., “date” 76, “topics” 81, and “end” 79. Consists of items.
The horizontal axis and the vertical axis of the genre item screen have scroll bars, and genre items that cannot be displayed on the genre item screen are displayed according to the movement of the scroll pointers k1 and k2. Then, when the cursor is positioned on the item of the genre to be selected and clicked, the background color changes. Next, when the cursor is positioned on the selected item and clicked, the system controller 31 causes the
A reservation screen for each genre (in this case, “sports”) is displayed on the display device 4.

FIG. 21 shows a case where “sports” is selected on the genre item screen.
And registered user column 71, “date” 76, “register” 80,
It comprises items of “cancel” 78, “topics” 81, “end” 79, and recording time change column 82.

In the program table, the vertical direction indicates the time of the sports item, and the horizontal direction indicates the type of sports. Each axis has a scroll bar. When the cursor is positioned on the arrow of the scroll bar and clicked, the vertical axis indicates the sports item. In the case of the scroll bar, the time axis is scrolled, and in the case of the horizontal axis scroll bar, the type of sport is scrolled, and a program that cannot be displayed on the display device 10 can be displayed. Also, in the program table, the already reserved program column has the background color changed by the user color that reserved it, and the broadcast end program and the recording end program change to colors other than the user color. I have.

In step B52 of the genre-specific reservation process in FIG. 14, when the cursor is positioned on the program column on the display device 10 by the input device 14 and clicked, the frame color is changed to the user color. The system controller 31 operates. Next, when the cursor is positioned at the selected item and clicked, the ground color changes to the reserved user color, and the reservation is confirmed.

When the user wants to change the recording time at the time of reservation, the user can position the cursor on the recording time change field 82 and input the time with the input device 14 to change the recording time.

When the cursor is positioned on the item of "cancel" 78 and clicked, the reservation of the program whose frame color is changed in the program column is canceled.

When the cursor is positioned on the item of "topics" 81 and clicked in a state where the frame color of the program column is changing, the system controller 31 displays on the display device 10 as shown in FIG. , Program name, content,
A topic screen of characters, highlights, etc. is changed to a program column and displayed.

After the necessary topic information is displayed, the cursor is positioned on the item “end” 79 and clicked, and the program column in FIG.
, And waits for an input from the input device 14.

When the operation such as the reservation of the necessary television program is completed, the cursor is positioned at the item of “end” 79 and clicked.
It is stored in the designated program database 16a2. Then, the flow shifts to step B51, where the genre-specific reservation screen in FIG. 20 is displayed again.

Here, if the item of “end” 79 is further selected, step B 21 of the recording reservation process in FIG.
Then, a reservation classification list, which is a main menu screen, as shown in FIG. 17, is displayed. Where
When the item of "end" 79 is selected, the process shifts to step B27, and the recording reservation processing is ended.

<Easy Reservation for Child> When the easy reservation for child is selected, the processing of the system controller 31 shifts to the easy child reservation subroutine in FIG. 15, and the system coordinator 31 causes the program database 16a1 and the designated program database 16a2, Data from the clock circuit 33 is read. Then, the system controller 31 displays a simple child reservation screen on the display device 10 as shown in FIG. The simple child reservation screen in FIG. 22 includes items such as manga, animals, sports, manga, eiga, and the like, hiragana, katakana, and genre items displayed in pictures, and “date” 76,
It is composed of items of "o" 83, "x" 84, and hand mark 85.

Here, "o" 83 indicates selection, "x" 84 indicates cancellation, and hand mark 85 indicates end.

A scroll bar is provided on the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of the genre item screen using pictograms, and genre items that cannot be displayed on the genre item screen are displayed. When the cursor is positioned on the item of the genre to be selected and clicked, the ground color changes. Next, when the cursor is positioned on the item of “○” (selection) 83 and clicked, the system controller 31 causes the system shown in FIG. So that the display device 1
A simple child reservation screen with one cut of the program is displayed for 0. The simple child reservation screen in FIG. 23 is a case where “manga” is selected in the genre in FIG. The simple child reservation screen in FIG. 23 includes a program table displaying a program name and one cut thereof, and “date”.
76, "o" 83, "x" 84, and hand mark 85.

The program table has a scroll bar on each axis. When the cursor is positioned on the arrow of the scroll bar and clicked, the program table is scrolled.
A program that cannot be displayed at the top can be displayed. In the program table, the program color of the already reserved program column is changed in ground color with the color of the user who reserved it, and the recording end program is changed to a color other than the user color.

In step B62 of the child easy reservation process in FIG. 15, when the cursor is positioned on the program column on the display device 10 by the input device 14 and clicked, the system controller changes the frame color to the user color used. 31 acts. Next, when the cursor is positioned at the item of “○” 83 and clicked, the ground color changes to the reserved user color, and the reservation is confirmed.

When the cursor is positioned at the item "x" 84 and clicked, the reservation of the program whose frame color of the program column is changed is canceled.

When the operation such as reservation of a necessary television program is completed, the cursor is positioned at the item of the hand mark 85 and clicked, and the program reservation information is stored in the designated program database 16a2. Then, the flow shifts to step B61, where the category-specific item screen using pictograms in FIG. 22 is displayed again. Here, when the item of the hand mark 85 is selected, step B21 of the timer recording process in FIG.
The reservation classification list, which is the main menu in FIG. 17, is displayed. When the "end" 79 item is selected, the process shifts to step B27 to end the recording reservation.

<User designation> When the item of user designation 75 is selected on the main menu screen in FIG. 17, the system controller 31 shifts to a user designation subroutine in FIG. 16a2 is read. Then, the system controller 31 searches the designated program database 16a2 for user data, and
The user list display screen as shown in FIG.
Displayed for The user list display screen in FIG. 24 includes items of a registered user indicating the registered user name and the user color, “register” 80, “designate” 86, and “delete”.
87, and “end” 79.

A scroll bar is provided on the vertical axis of the registered user item, and a registered user name that cannot be displayed in the registered user item is displayed on the display device 10 by this scroll operation. When registering or editing a user, place the cursor on the item of the registered user who wants to select and click to change the frame color, and the item of the registered user becomes editable. , Enter the color. Next, position the cursor on the registered item and click it,
The edited content is registered in the designated program database 16a2.

On the other hand, when changing the user currently in use, when the cursor is positioned on the registered user item to be selected and clicked, the frame color changes. Next, when the cursor is positioned on the specified item and clicked, the frame color changes. The ground color changes,
Registered as the current user.

If the cursor is positioned on the item of "cancel" 87 and clicked, the selected registered user can be deleted.

When the input is completed for the user, the cursor is positioned at “end” 79 and clicked to register it in the designated user database. Then, the flow shifts to step B21 in FIG. 12, and a reservation classification list as a main menu screen in FIG. 17 is displayed. If the user selects the item "end" 79, the process shifts to step B27 to end the recording reservation.

In the program recording reservation device 30 described above, the operation of recording reservation is simple, and by identifying the user,
Even when one program recording reservation device 30 is used by a plurality of users, it is possible to clearly identify who the reservation information belongs to, and it is possible to erase another person's reservation by mistake or to reserve the same program repeatedly. It can be prevented beforehand.

(Editing) From the DVD-RAM 16 (see FIG. 5) in which moving images and still images are recorded,
When editing the type, title, synopsis, recording date, recording time, etc. of a program, use the program in the disc and the index information (see FIG. 6) recorded in the index information recording area 16a. Is a useful tool.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a genre-specific menu display screen when the program recording information recorded on the DVD-RAM 16 is edited.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a sports genre menu display screen selected from the genre menu display screen in FIG.

FIG. 27 is a view showing a display state of a program content detail screen accompanying the editing processing of program recording information.

That is, when the DVD-RAM 16 is inserted into an image output device having an editing function, index information, for example, genres such as movies, sports, music, animation, food, news, weather forecast, drama, etc. Separately, as shown in FIG. 25, the titles of all recorded programs are:
It is displayed on the display device (television) 10. here,
An arbitrary title of an arbitrary genre is selected by an input device such as a mouse, a keyboard, and a remote controller, and is copied to an editing screen by an operation such as dragging or clicking to perform desired editing.

In this menu display screen, a hierarchical display can be performed. For example, as shown in FIG. 26, in a sports genre-specific menu display screen, baskets, baseball, tennis, golf, and other lower-level sports genres are displayed. Is displayed.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 27, it is possible to display a detailed list of the details of the program contents, for example, a summary of the drama, performers, recording date and time, recording time, recording channel, and the like. From any of these display screens, the title or number of the moving image or still image to be edited is selected using the input device 14 such as a remote controller, a keyboard, and a mouse, and edited and recorded in the same disk or another recording medium. be able to.

As an example of editing, on the menu display screen, the selected title is copied by dragging or clicking with a mouse or the like on the editing screen 88, and when the “edit” button 89 is selected, the copied title is displayed. The recording information is edited and re-recorded in order.

As the recording medium used at this time, a large-capacity DVD-RAM 16 is desirable.
O or the like may be used.

As shown in FIG. 2, the program and the index information are usually distributed at a key station 22 such as a convenience store, a bookstore, and a station stand in addition to the information distributed from the broadcast station 21. Information, such as a synopsis of a program, information corresponding to a notice of a program, a profile of a performer, etc.
It can be recorded in the AM 16, and as described in the above-mentioned sections (search / display) and (reservation setting), it is easy to reproduce the program and to grasp the recorded contents of the program at a glance.

As for the editing result, in the case of a large-capacity disc such as the DVD-RAM 16, editing within the same disc may be performed. You may transfer and edit.

In this case, it is possible to prepare a disc for each genre such as movie, music, drama, etc., or to prepare a dedicated disc for the series in a serial drama, and put them together.

When editing and recording on the same disk, the index information of the program contents to be edited and the address information representing the actual image recording area are recorded in a part of the index recording area 16a (see FIG. 5). See FIG. 6).

On the other hand, when recording the edited result on another disk, both the edited index information and the reproduced data such as a moving image may be transferred and recorded.

When playing back the recording information edited on a certain disc, insert the disc into the image output device.
The index information is automatically displayed on a TV or the like. The display format of the index information in this case naturally has a hierarchical structure, and the outline of the program, the details of the performers, and the like can be easily searched and displayed. That is, as described above, the desired program can be easily reproduced by selecting the desired program from the desired menu using the input device 14 such as a remote controller, a mouse, and a keyboard.

Therefore, the recording medium 16 such as a DVD-RAM in which the program information distributed from the broadcasting station 21 is recorded in advance.
Not only can various information such as a program table and program contents be displayed as a list of an arbitrary form based on the program information, but also a desired program can be directly designated and recorded from the program table. By making a reservation, the recording reservation information can be managed in correspondence with the program information of the designated program recorded in the index information recording area 16a, and the program is actually recorded according to the recording reservation information. At the time of recording, the image of the program reserved for recording is recorded in the moving image recording area 16b, and index information such as recording date and time, recording start position, and recording time is recorded and managed in a form added to the corresponding program information. It is possible to search, display, schedule recording, and edit program information with very simple operations. Also information on the profile, such as the set of contents and performers, will be able to be obtained immediately.

[0165]

As described above, according to the program information recording medium of the first aspect of the present invention, at least the channel number, program name, broadcast date, broadcast start time, broadcast Since the program information including the end time is recorded in advance, if this optical disc is set on a reproducing apparatus, information on a desired program can be instantly searched and viewed.

Therefore, it is possible to quickly find and view various information related to a program.

According to the information recording apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, the information recording apparatus is arranged at a key station where a user can easily drop in, and at least a channel number, a program name, a broadcast date, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time are set. The received program information is stored. For example, DVD-RAMs such as optical disks, magnetic disks, and magneto-optical disks, removable HDDs,
By recording on a small rewritable recording medium such as O, the user can easily set a recording reservation based on the program information stored in the recording medium. If the user does not bring the recording medium, the user can record the program information on a new recording medium (which may be a non-rewritable medium such as a CD-ROM) and sell it to the user. Recording reservation can be easily set based on the program information stored in the recording medium.

According to the recording reservation apparatus using the program information recording medium according to claim 3 of the present invention, the program including at least a channel number, a program name, a broadcast date, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time. The program information read from a recording medium such as an optical disk in which information is recorded in advance is displayed, and program recording reservation is set based on the displayed program information. The name, broadcast date, broadcast start time, and broadcast end time can be set as recording reservation information as they are.

Therefore, it is possible to easily and accurately make a reservation for recording a desired program without having to refer to a newspaper or a television magazine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a program information obtaining path when a DVD (digital video disk) -RAM is used as a recording medium set in a disk reproducing unit of the program recording reservation device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a data format of program information distributed from a broadcasting station.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a recording state of program information for each channel and each program recorded on a recording medium set in a disk reproducing unit of the program recording reservation device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an allocation state of an information recording area in a DVD-RAM.

FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of index information recorded in a program and index information recording area of the DVD-RAM.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing index information recording processing accompanying the recording of a broadcast program on the DVD-RAM.

FIG. 8 is a table for searching and recording information on the DVD-RAM.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram mainly showing a configuration related to display.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a list display state of broadcast programs by genre display.

FIG. 10 is a view showing a broadcast program list display state in a hierarchical display for each genre.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration relating to reservation of program recording of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a recording reservation process centered on a system controller of the recording reservation device in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a reservation process for each date accompanying the recording reservation process of the recording reservation device in FIG. 11;

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a genre-specific reservation process accompanying the recording reservation process of the recording reservation device in FIG. 11;

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a child easy reservation process accompanying the recording reservation process of the recording reservation device in FIG. 11;

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a user registration process associated with a recording reservation process of the recording reservation device in FIG. 11;

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display state of a main menu screen accompanying a recording reservation process of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a display state of a reservation screen by date accompanying a recording reservation process of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a display state of a topics screen accompanying the recording reservation processing of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a display state of a genre-specific reservation screen accompanying a recording reservation process of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 21 is an exemplary view showing a display state of a sports program reservation screen accompanying the recording reservation processing of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 22 is a view showing a first display state of an easy child reservation screen associated with a recording reservation process of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a second display state of a simple child reservation screen accompanying the recording reservation processing of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 24 is a view showing a display state of a user registration screen associated with a recording reservation process of the recording reservation device.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a genre-based menu display screen when program recording information recorded on a DVD-RAM is edited.

FIG. 26 is a view showing a sports genre-based menu display screen selected from the genre-based menu display screen in FIG. 25.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a display state of a program content detail screen accompanying the editing processing of program recording information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Television (monitor) (display apparatus), 11 ... Recording / playback part, 12 ... Image interface part, 13 ... Information search part, 13a ... Flag search means, 14 ... Input part (input device), 15 ... Disk reproduction Section 16 Recording medium (DVD-RAM) 16a Program and index information recording area 16a1 Program database 16a2 Designated program database 16b Movie recording area 21 Broadcasting station 22 Key station 30 Recording reservation device, 31: System controller, 31a: List creation means, 32: Receiving means, 33: Clock circuit, 34: Storage device, 71: Registered user column, 72: "Date reservation" item, 73: "Genre reservation" Item 74 "Easy reservation for child" item 75 "User designation" item 76 "Date" item 77 ... "selection" item, 78 ... "cancel" item, 79 ... "end" item, 80 ... "registration" item, 81 ... "topics" item, 82 ... recording time change column, 83 ... "○" item, 84 ... "x" item, 85 ... hand mark item, 86 ... "designation" item, 87 ... "delete" item, 88 ... edit screen, 89 ... "edit" item.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Mikihiro Hashimoto 1st Toshiba Research and Development Center, Komukai Toshiba, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture (72) Inventor Nobuo Shibuya Toshiba Komukai, Saiyuki-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture No. 1, Tochiba R & D Center (72) Inventor Masao Triangle No. 1, Komukai Toshiba-cho, Koyuki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Intra-Toshiba R & D Center (72) Inventor Minoru Ota, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 1 Tokoba, Komukai Toshiba-cho, Toshiba R & D Center (72) Inventor Koji Suzuki 1 Tokoba Toshiba-cho, Koyuki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan Toshiba R & D Center (72) Inventor Tatsuya Yoshino, Kanagawa 1, Komukai Toshiba-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A program information recording medium characterized by recording in advance program information including at least a channel number, a program name, a broadcast date, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time. 2. A means for receiving program information including at least a channel number, a program name, a broadcast date, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time; a storage means for storing the program information; and a storage means for storing the program information. Recording means for writing the program information on a recording medium. 3. Reading means for reading out program information recorded on a recording medium in which program information including at least a channel number, a program name, a broadcast date, a broadcast start time, and a broadcast end time is recorded in advance. Means for outputting a signal for displaying program information read from the recording medium on the display means by means, and reservation setting means for setting a program recording reservation based on the program information displayed on the display means. A recording reservation device using a recording medium for program information, comprising: