JPH11213478A - Broadcasting signal receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a broadcasting signal receiver capable of automatically making the regular reservation of a program. SOLUTION: A storage device 4 stores an operation record 41, an electronic program chart 42 and program reservation information 43. At the time of instructing program reservation by a remote controller 1 or an operation panel 2, a controller 3 stores the date and time at the time and the reception channel of a receiver in the storage device 4, specifies the program received at present from the information of the program chart stored in the storage device 4 and the reception channel and retrieves the broadcasting time band of the program to be reserved in the program chart of the next day and thereafter for the broadcasting schedule of the next and succeeding times of the program whose reservation is specified. In the case that the same program is present, reservation information is prepared and recorded in the program reservation information 43 so as to regularly reserve the program of the day of the week.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a broadcast signal receiving apparatus, and more particularly to a broadcast signal receiving apparatus having a function of reserving a program of a broadcast signal being viewed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a receiving apparatus for receiving a television broadcast, in order to reserve a desired television program, a desired television program is searched for while looking at a television program column such as a newspaper or a magazine, and its channel number, This is performed by setting the broadcast date and time, broadcast start time, broadcast end time, or broadcast time in the receiving device. Conventionally, there is also known a “G code” in which a reservation can be registered simply by reading a barcode printed on a television program column of a newspaper or the like with a barcode reader.

[0003]

However, according to these conventional methods for reserving television programs, even when making regular reservations, when reserving programs, newspapers or magazines having television program columns are prepared. It is necessary for the user to manually operate the program to be reserved after the reservation, which is disadvantageous in terms of operability.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a broadcast signal receiving apparatus capable of automatically performing a regular reservation of a program.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a first receiving apparatus of the present invention displays a receiver for receiving a broadcast signal and a video of a broadcast program received by the receiver. A display device, input means for instructing reservation of a program to be viewed, a clock for outputting time data indicating the current date and time, and a broadcast date and time, a broadcast time and a program name of broadcast programs for a predetermined number of days including the viewing day. A program table acquiring unit for acquiring a program table including at least each channel; a storage device capable of writing and reading arbitrary information; a program table acquired by the program table acquiring unit is stored in the storage device; When the reservation instruction is received, the date and time at that time and the receiving channel of the receiver are stored in the storage device, and the program currently received from the program table information and the receiving channel stored in the storage device is stored. And a control device for generating reservation information for regularly reserving the same program from the next day onward in the program table and storing the reservation information in the storage device, wherein the control device operates in accordance with the reservation information stored in the storage device. , And a receiver for receiving a broadcast signal.

In the present invention, when a broadcast signal is received by a receiver and displayed on a display device, when a program reservation instruction is given using an input means, the control device automatically specifies the currently received program. Further, it is possible to create reservation information for making a regular reservation for the same program on and after the next day from the program table and store it in the storage device.

[0007] In the second receiving apparatus of the present invention, a program whose start time coincides with the current time obtained from the clock is
When the program is in the reserved program stored in the storage device, a video signal for notifying the reservation information to be reserved is generated and supplied to the display device, so that the viewer can be notified of the reservation.

[0008] Further, the third receiving apparatus of the present invention, when the start time of the reserved program information stored in the storage device coincides with the current time obtained from the clock, receives the received program. It further has a recording device in which the broadcast signal of the reserved program is started to be recorded by the control device. According to the present invention, even if the reserved program is missed, it can be reproduced and viewed later.

The program guide obtaining means may be a communication device for obtaining a program guide by external communication.
A broadcast signal, an effective scanning line displayed by the display device,
Having a non-effective scanning line not displayed on the display device, and, when the television broadcast signal is embedded at least the information of the program guide in the non-effective scanning line, the control device,
Instead of the program guide obtaining means, information on the program guide embedded in the ineffective scanning line can be obtained from the television broadcast signal received by the receiver.

[0010]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a first embodiment of a broadcast signal receiving apparatus according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, this embodiment includes a remote controller 1 for operating the apparatus, an operation panel 2, a control apparatus 3 for controlling the apparatus, and a storage apparatus 4 for recording program reservations and the like.
, A clock 5 for acquiring time, a switch 6 for switching or synthesizing a video to be displayed, a receiver 7 for receiving a broadcast signal, and a display device for displaying the received video. 8 and a communication device 9 for obtaining an electronic program guide.

The remote controller 1 and the operation panel 2 have reservation buttons for instructing program reservation. The storage device 4 stores an operation record 41, an electronic program guide 42, and program reservation information 4.
3 is stored. The operation record 41 indicates that when the control device 3 receives a program reservation instruction from the remote control 1 or the operation panel 2,
The time (current time) obtained from the clock 5 and the receiver 7
Is a storage unit in which a receiving channel is stored.

The electronic program guide 42 is obtained by the control device 3 using the communication device 9 and is a storage unit in which a total of eight days of electronic program guides for one week from the current day and the next day are recorded. . The program reservation information 43 is stored in the operation record 41 by the control device 3.
And a storage unit that stores program reservation information generated from information stored in the electronic program guide 42. Display device 8
Displays the video output by the control device 3 through the switch 6 when the video of the channel received by the receiver 7 and the program reservation are executed.

Next, the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG.
It will be described together with the flowchart of FIG. 2, the example of the program table of FIG. 3, the example of the program reservation information of FIG. 4, the flowchart of the program reservation discriminating process of FIG. 5, and the flowchart of the reservation information creating process of FIG. First, the control device 3 uses the communication device 9 to acquire a program table for the current day and one week after the next day (steps 101 and 102 in FIG. 2) and records it in the electronic program table 42 in the storage device 4. I do. When the program guide has already been obtained, the acquisition of the program guide and the recording in the electronic program guide 42 are not performed. As shown in FIG. 3, in the program table, records consisting of fields of date 21, day 22, day 23, start time 23, and program name 24 of the program are displayed in a time-series list from # 1 to #n. It is a structure that is performed.

Next, the control device 3 displays the current date and time on the clock 5.
(Step 103 in FIG. 2), and executes a program reservation determination process (step 104 in FIG. 2) to search for a reserved program (step 10 in FIG. 2).
5) If there is a reserved program, a video notifying the content of the reservation information to be reserved is combined with a video signal from the receiver 7 by the switch 6 and displayed on the display device 8 (step 111 in FIG. 2). ).

As shown in FIG. 4, the program reservation information includes a record including fields of a date 31, a day of the week 32, a start time 33, an end time 34, and a program name 35 on which the reserved program is broadcast. It has a structure that is lined up for the registered number. Of the fields of the reservation information, the date 31 and the day of the week 32 are exclusively recorded in the program reservation information 43 in the storage device 4, and the reservation information recorded by the date is
This means a reservation only for that day. The reservation information recorded by the day of the week means that the day of the week is reserved, and is used for a reservation that is periodically repeated.

On the other hand, the control device 3 executes step 10 in FIG.
When it is determined in step 5 that there is no program reserved, the program enters a program reservation waiting state and reads the value of a key input by the user from the remote controller 1 or the operation panel 2 (step 10 in FIG. 2).
6). It is determined whether or not the value of the input key is a program reservation key (step 107 in FIG. 2). If the key input is a key input other than the program reservation designation, the key input is performed in the same manner as in the normal television broadcast reception operation. The control of the receiver 7 such as the channel and volume is performed accordingly (step 112 in FIG. 2).

On the other hand, when it is determined that the input is a program reservation key input, the control device 3 acquires the channel being received by the receiver 7 (step 108 in FIG. And records them in the operation record 41 in the storage device 4 (step 109 in FIG. 2).
Subsequently, the control device 3 executes a program reservation process, reads a program table of the channel recorded in the electronic program table 42 from a reception channel recorded in the operation record 41 in the storage device 4, and reads the program table and Identify the program being received from the date and time. When the program to be reserved has been specified, the next broadcast schedule of this program is searched for, and the broadcast time zone of the program to be reserved in the program table for the next day or later is searched. In order to make a regular reservation for this program, reservation information is created and recorded in the program reservation information 43 (step 110 in FIG. 2).

Next, the program reservation processing in step 104 of FIG. 2 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The control device 3 reads the reservation information stored in the program reservation information 43 (Step 201), and determines whether there is the reservation information (Step 202). Control device 3
Terminates the process when there is no reservation information, determines whether the reservation information is recorded by date when there is reservation information (step 203), and when the reservation information is recorded by date, the date, that is, the reservation date It is determined whether or not the date matches (step 204).

When the reservation information is not recorded by date, it is determined whether or not the day of the week of the reservation information matches the day of the week (step 205). When the date or day of the day matches that of the reservation information, it is determined whether or not the reservation start time has been reached (step 206), and when the time of the day has reached the reservation start time, it is determined that there is a program to be reserved (step 207). ).

On the other hand, if the current date and time do not match any of the date, day of the week, and start time of the reservation information as a result of the confirmation so far, the next record of the reservation information is read out (step 208), and the reservation information is read. Step 2 for
The processing of 02 to 207 is executed. Hereinafter, in the same manner as above, when it is determined that any of the reservation information stored in the program reservation information 43 matches the current date and time,
Alternatively, the above processing is repeated until all the reservation information recorded in the program reservation information 43 is exhausted.

Next, the program reservation processing in step 110 of FIG. 2 will be described in more detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the program reservation is designated, the control device 3 reads the first record of the program table of the channel recorded in the electronic program table 42 from the reception channel recorded in the operation record 41 in the storage device 4 (step S1). 30
1) Compare the date described in the date field of the record with the date of the designated program (step 30).
2) If the date does not match, read the next record,
The comparison with the date is repeated (steps 303 and 30).
4).

If the dates match, the current time is compared with the start time described in the start time field of the record of the program guide whose date matches (step 30).
5) It is determined whether the times match (step 30).
6) If the times do not match, it is determined whether the start time has passed (step 307). If the start time has not passed, the next record is read from the program table of the corresponding channel of the electronic program table 42 (step 304). The start time described in the start time field of the record of the program guide whose date matches again is compared with the current time (step 305), and it is determined whether the times match (step 306). In the same manner, the process skips until the date and the start time are coincident or the record of the pasted program table is confirmed (steps 305 and 30).
6, 307).

In this way, the program in the record of the confirmed program table is specified as the specified program to be reserved (step 308). Subsequently, the control device 3 checks the record of the program table of the next day in the same time zone as the designated reservation target program (step 309), and determines whether there is a program in the same time zone (step 310). If there is a program in the same time zone, the program name field of the record of the program is checked (step 311), and it is determined whether or not it has the same program name as the designated reservation target program (step 312).
When the program name is the same, the day of the week of the record of the program,
The time zone and the program name are registered as the program reservation information 43 (step 313).

The above processing is checked for one week (step 3
14, 309-313). In this way, when the designated program to be reserved is determined, a program having the same program name in the same time zone is searched for one week from the program table of the next day and thereafter,
Each time a program with the same program name in the same time zone is searched, the day of the week, start time, end time, and program name of the broadcasted program are registered in the program reservation information 43 as reservation information.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, the user simply designates the reservation, and the next broadcast schedule of the program designated by the reservation and the broadcast time zone of the program to be reserved in the program table of the next day and later are searched. Then, when the same program exists, the reservation information is created and recorded in the program reservation information 43 in order to make a regular reservation for the program of the day of the week, so that the operability can be improved as compared with the related art.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment of the broadcast program receiving apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the embodiment. In the figure, the same components as those of FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. The embodiment shown in FIG. 7 is characterized in that a recording device 10 for recording a broadcast signal of a reserved program is added to the device of the first embodiment shown in FIG. The second embodiment shown in FIG. 7 has a new effect that not only the execution of the program reservation is notified but also the reserved program can be recorded.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In television broadcasting, as shown in FIG.
The scanning lines of the broadcast signal of the entire area 51 for one screen (one frame) are scanning lines (ineffective scanning lines) 52 and 53 which are not displayed on the screen and scanning lines (effective lines) which are displayed on the screen. It is well known that the display area 55 of the actual screen is smaller than the entire area 51 where the broadcast signal is transmitted. Therefore, conventionally, a television multiplex broadcasting system for transmitting and receiving various information by embedding various kinds of information in scanning lines 52 and 53 such as a blanking period which is not displayed on a signal transmitting side such as “text multiplex broadcasting”. It has been known.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the control device 3
Has a function of acquiring the electronic program guide of the channel being received from the signals embedded in the scanning lines 52 and 53 in the non-display area of the channel being received by the receiver 7. In this embodiment, FIG. 1 or FIG.
There is a new effect that an electronic program guide can be obtained even when the communication device 9 is not present or does not function effectively.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. In this embodiment, information on the next broadcast schedule of a received program is obtained from scanning lines in an area not displayed in the same manner as in the third embodiment. The control device 3 creates program reservation information from the next broadcast schedule of the obtained program being received and registers the program reservation information in the program reservation information 43 of the storage device 4. This embodiment has a new effect that it is not necessary to obtain an electronic program guide for program reservation and search for a target program.

Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. When the program reservation is executed, the control device 3 has a function of acquiring the next broadcast schedule of the program whose reservation is being executed and automatically updating the program reservation as described in the fourth embodiment. . This embodiment has an effect that program reservation can be automatically and appropriately performed even when a program to be reserved is not regularly broadcast or when a broadcast time zone is changed.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When a broadcast signal is received by the receiver and displayed on the display device, when a program reservation instruction is given by using the input means, the control device automatically specifies the currently received program, and further from the program table. Since the reservation information for making a regular reservation for the same program after the next day is created and stored in the storage device,
Even if a newspaper or a magazine is not prepared as in the related art, it is possible to reserve a program for regular viewing only by a mere reservation instruction, and it is possible to improve the operability of the program reservation as compared with the related art.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a program table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of program reservation information.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a program reservation determination process in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a reservation information creation process in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating scanning lines displayed on a screen of a television broadcast signal and scanning lines not displayed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 remote control 2 operation panel 3 control device 4 storage device 5 clock 6 switch 7 receiver 8 display device 9 communication device 10 recording device 41 operation record 42 electronic program table 43 program reservation information

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A receiver for receiving a broadcast signal; a display device for displaying an image of a broadcast program being received by the receiver; an input means for instructing reservation of a program to be viewed; A clock for outputting time data; a program table obtaining means for obtaining a program table including at least the broadcast date and time, the broadcast time and the program name of broadcast programs for a predetermined number of days including the viewing day; And a storage device that can be read out, and the program table acquired by the program table acquisition unit is stored in the storage device, and when an instruction to reserve a program is received by the input unit, the date and time at that time and the The reception channel is stored in the storage device, and the program currently being received is specified from the information of the program table stored in the storage device and the reception channel. A control device that creates reservation information for periodically reserving the same program thereafter and stores the reservation information in the storage device, wherein the control device communicates with the receiver in accordance with the reservation information stored in the storage device. A broadcast signal receiving device for receiving the broadcast signal. 2. The control device, when a program having a start time coinciding with the current time acquired from the clock is among the reserved programs stored in the storage device, notifies the reservation information to be reserved and executed. 2. The broadcast signal receiving device according to claim 1, wherein a video signal to be generated is generated and supplied to the display device. 3. When the start time of the reserved program information stored in the storage device matches the current time acquired from the clock, the broadcast signal of the reserved program received by the receiver is: The broadcast signal receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising a recording device that starts recording by the control device. 4. The broadcast signal receiving device according to claim 1, wherein said program guide obtaining means is a communication device for obtaining a program guide by external communication. 5. The broadcast signal has an effective scanning line displayed by the display device and an ineffective scanning line not displayed on the display device, and at least information of the program table is included in the ineffective scanning line. An embedded television broadcast signal, wherein the control device replaces the program table acquisition means from the television broadcast signal received by the receiver, and executes the program table embedded in the ineffective scanning line. 2. The broadcast signal receiving device according to claim 1, wherein information is acquired. 6. The broadcast signal has an effective scanning line displayed by the display device and an ineffective scanning line not displayed on the display device, and the ineffective scanning line includes at least program information scheduled to be broadcast next time. Is a television broadcast signal embedded, the control device obtains the next broadcast scheduled program information embedded in the ineffective scanning line from the television broadcast signal received by the receiver,
2. The broadcast signal receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein reservation information of the same program as the program being received is created or updated.