JPH1169253A - Broadcast receiver with general program guide - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use program guide information of a broadcasting system of a different broadcast method, independently of broadcasting systems. SOLUTION: Program information of different broadcasting systems such as ground wave, CS, BS is received, program guide information is separated by a signal separator 1, decoded by an information decoder, and stored in an information buffer 8 as information of the same format, and partial guide information is filed in a filing device 10. A retrieval method and a retrieval item are set for each user by a reference section 11, and the check method and the check item are designated for the user, and a list of guide information (program name or the like) of a program corresponding to the designated content is retrieved by the filing device 10 and synthesized with a video signal subject to multiple processings by an image compositing section 5 and displayed on a display section 6. A desired program is received independently of the broadcast systems such as ground wave, CS, BS by designating a desired program from the list.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transmission / reception apparatus having an integrated program guide capable of selecting a desired program and displaying the program guide by using a program guide sent together with a broadcast program. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in addition to terrestrial broadcasting, CS, BS
Program broadcasting by digital satellite broadcasting using artificial satellites such as these has also been performed, and even general households can enjoy program broadcasting of 100 channels or more.

[0003] In order to be able to select a channel broadcasting a desired program from such an enormous number of channels, it has been attempted to send program guide information together with program information. For example, in CS Perfect TV, the same program guide information is transmitted to each transponder, so that program guide information can be obtained regardless of which transponder is received. In terrestrial broadcasting, transmission of program guide information will be realized in the near future.

[0004] When the broadcast receiving apparatus receives such program guide information, the program guide information is stored in a memory, and the program guide is displayed on a screen according to an instruction from a user. Looking at this program guide, the user can select a desired program or make a reservation.

[0005]

However, in such terrestrial broadcasting systems and digital satellite broadcasting systems such as CS and BS, the broadcasting systems are different from each other.
Also, the format of the program guide is different.
For this reason, in order to obtain program guide information for each broadcast having a different system and display it on the screen, a dedicated receiver is required for each broadcast, and even if the display screen is shared, Requires a dedicated tuner.

[0006] Even if a composite tuner capable of receiving a plurality of broadcast signals having different broadcast systems is realized, it is necessary to use a different display system or a different operation system of the program guide for each broadcast system having a different broadcast system. However, the user has to learn the operation method for each broadcasting system, which makes the program guide very difficult to use, and the display format of the program guide differs for each broadcasting system. You need to get used to it.

[0007] Moreover, the display of the program guide can be displayed only for one of the broadcasting systems. For example, if a user wants to watch a baseball program, a program guide is displayed on the screen in order to know on which broadcast system the program is being broadcast.
Only one of the broadcasting systems, for example, if a program guide in the terrestrial broadcasting system is displayed, it is only possible to know whether there is a channel currently being broadcast in this terrestrial broadcasting system, In order to know a baseball program in another broadcasting system, for example, CS, an operation for displaying the program guide is required. Thus, program guides of broadcasting systems of different broadcasting systems cannot be viewed simultaneously.

In general, except for zapping (listening while changing channels one after another for no purpose), the user selects a program after determining the image, genre, and program name of the program to be viewed. Enter the action of tuning. In such a case, it is irrelevant to the user regardless of which broadcasting system is broadcasting the desired program. It is important to know on which channel of which broadcast system the desired program is being broadcast, or to be broadcast. For this purpose, a program guide is required. It was very time-consuming to use.

[0009] In the future, a broadcasting service of a contracted broadcasting company that conceives broadcasting of a program by various program creators may be started, and a broadcasting system having a different broadcasting system is increasing, and a program guide of a different format is also increasing. This is a big problem, as expected.

[0010] An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem and to eliminate a difference in the broadcasting system so that each program guide can be treated as one program guide in an integrated manner. It is to provide a device.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a broadcast receiving apparatus capable of receiving program information of different broadcast systems, in which program guide information is separated and decoded from a received broadcast program. Then, it is displayed on the display means as guide information in the same format.

As described above, since the program guide information for each program information of each broadcasting system is all information of the same format, these can be displayed on the same display device in the same display format, and the entire program guide can be displayed. This makes it easier to see, and also makes it easier to find programs of other broadcast systems.

[0013]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a broadcast receiving apparatus having an integrated program guide according to the present invention, wherein 1 is a signal separating device, 2 is an A / V decoder, 3 is a video recording device, and 4 is A multi-screen processing unit, 5 an image synthesis unit, 6
Is a display unit, 7 is an information decoder, 8 is an information buffer, 9 is an information processing unit, 10 is a filing device, 10a
Is a clock device, 11 is a reference unit, 12 is a comparison unit, 1
3 is a display data selection unit, 14 is a guide screen holding unit, 15
Is a guide screen selecting unit, and 16 is a command receiving unit.

In FIG. 1, if a terrestrial broadcast received by an antenna (not shown), digital satellite broadcasts such as CS and BS, and a broadcast service provided by a contracted broadcaster can be received, the broadcast service is provided by a signal separation device. 1 where it is separated into program information and program guide information.

One of the separated program information is decoded by an A / V decoder 2 for an audio signal and a video signal, and is supplied to a display unit 6 via a multi-screen processing unit 4 and an image synthesizing unit 5. The decoded audio signal and video signal are recorded in the video recording device 3 under the control of the information processing unit 9, reproduced, and supplied to the multi-screen processing unit 4. Under the control of the information processing unit 9, the multi-screen processing unit 4 receives this image when the image combining unit 5 combines the image related to the program guide from the information processing unit 9 and displays the image on the display unit 6. A / V so that the video and the
The video signal from the decoder 2 is processed into a reduced video signal.

Incidentally, like CS's Perfect TV,
For a broadcasting system in which the same program guide information is included in all transponders, one transponder can be received and supplied to the signal separation device 1. In a broadcasting system in which a program guide is included only in a specific channel, this channel is always received and supplied to the signal separation device 1. Therefore,
When the user wants the program guide information, the user always receives this channel once. In this way, program guide information in all broadcast systems can be obtained without receiving all channels.

The program guide information in each broadcasting system separated by the signal separation device 1 is supplied to an information decoder 7, and for each program included in the program guide information, its broadcast date and time,
The program name, genre, etc. are interpreted and sequentially stored in the information buffer 8 as guide information of each program. In this case, the format of the program guide information differs for each broadcasting system, but this is stored in the information buffer 8 as information of the same format. Therefore, the guide information of each program stored in the information buffer 8 has the same format without distinction of the broadcast system.

The information buffer 8 stores guide information of sequentially supplied programs, but removes guide information of past programs. From the present, for example, guide information of a program for one week is stored in the filing device 10 of the information processing unit 9. Here, for example, guide information of each program is filed in chronologically earlier order for each genre.

The reference section 11 stores various search information of a program desired by the user. When the command receiving section 16 receives a command designating one of the search information from the remote controller shown in FIG. The comparison section 12 searches for guide information of the program corresponding to the specified search information, and the display data selection section 13 selects this guide information and formats it on the guide screen section 14 so as to be suitable for display. In the guide screen unit 14, other images to be displayed at the same time are also prepared. An image necessary for display on the guide screen unit 14 is the guide screen selection unit 1
The multi-screen processing unit 4 combines the video signal with the video signal subjected to the screen reduction process and supplies the synthesized video signal to the display unit 6.

The information processing section 9 is further provided with a clock device 10a from which current date and time information (date and time) can be obtained. The date and time information is appropriately read and displayed on the display unit 6 as described later.

Here, a search method that can be performed by the user includes a search based on a genre (sports, movie, drama, etc.) (hereinafter referred to as a “genre” search), a program name, and a performer name. Or a search by a keyword entered based on the atmosphere of the program contents (for example, a drama with terrible contents) (hereinafter, this will be referred to as a “keyword” search). (Hereinafter, this is referred to as “usual” search). Which search is performed can be instructed from the remote controller shown in FIG. 2 by a method described later.

Also, character / image information such as traffic information added to the video signal of the program information is processed in the same manner as the program guide information, and stored in the filing apparatus 10. By performing a search instruction of “data display” from the remote controller received by the command receiving unit 16, the character / image information is read from the filing device 10 and supplied to the guide screen unit 14, and the program information and guide information are read. At the same time, it can be displayed on the display unit 6.

Further, the type of the program desired to be viewed differs depending on the user. In other words, even if they are the same family, the program they want to watch differs depending on their father, mother, brother, and sister. In this embodiment, a program can be searched for each user.

Therefore, in the reference unit 11 of the information processing unit 9, areas for each user are provided for the “usual” search, and in each area, for example, the program that the user wants to watch, for example, Genre and the like can be set. Therefore, when a certain user designates “usual” search by a remote control shown in FIG. 2 by a method to be described later, a program of the genre set in the area for this user in the reference unit 11 is searched by the filing apparatus 10, This will be viewable.

Next, a specific example of the search operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 11. Here, as the search method, the above-mentioned "normal" search, "genre" search, "keyword" It is assumed that there are four types of searches: "search" and "data display".

The "keyword" search is performed based on whether or not there is a character or a sentence used for the guidance of the program included in the program name or the program guide information. In this case, there may be various terms expressing the same atmosphere, but the terms may be converted into a unified term to perform the search. In this case, the conversion list is provided in the reference unit 11. In addition, when an atmosphere is associated with a genre and a term of the atmosphere is input, the vocabulary can be converted into a corresponding genre to perform a search. For example, assuming that a search is performed using the term “fearful”, the reference unit 11 converts the search into, for example, a “horror movie” of a unified genre, and then performs a search in the filing apparatus 10. .

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a specific example of a remote controller for transmitting a command to the command receiving section 16 in FIG. 1, in which 17 is a cursor button, and the other buttons have a function of being displayed. Things. The above search is performed using such a remote controller. Here, in the invention, in FIG. 2, the “user 1” button is an operation button for the father.

First, a case where a "normal" search for a father is performed will be described with reference to FIGS.

Assuming that a certain channel is in a normal reception display state, a screen 100 of a program currently being received for viewing is displayed on the display unit 6. When the “Related” button on the remote controller is operated in such a state, the display is switched to the multi-screen 101 including the contents of the program and the related information. The multi-screen 101 displays the program information 1
Related information 10 added to 00a as character / graphic information
1a, and the related information 101a is recorded in the video recording device 3 as described above. Here, assuming that the program being received and displayed is a baseball program, the related information 101a includes the name of the team playing the match, the profile and photos of the participating players, and the like. next,
When the "Cancel" button is operated, the original program contents screen 1
Return to 00.

When the "search menu" button on the remote controller is operated in the display state of the screen 100, for example, the program information 100a, the current date and time read from the clock device 10a, and the type of search method are displayed in the left half. Search screen 10
2a, the screen is switched to the multi screen 102 in which the right half is not displayed. By operating the "cursor" button 17 of the remote controller on the multi-screen 102, the cursor on the frame is matched with the "normal" search (hereinafter, this operation is designated by the "cursor" button 17), and the decision button is pressed. When operated, a user display screen 103a showing information indicating each user is displayed on the multi-screen 10 further displayed in the right half.
Switch to 3. In this case, the “ordinary” search is set, but the search for which user is not determined.

Therefore, the "cursor" button 1 on the remote control
When the user operates No. 7 and, for example, specifies the dad's information from the user display screen 103a and operates the OK button, the genres of the programs that the dad has registered as always wanting to watch are “baseball”, “golf”, and “news”. The genre display screen 104a indicating... Is switched to the multi-screen 104 displayed in the right half. In the area representing each genre, one video, channel name, and genre name of the currently broadcast channel are also displayed. This is, as described above, the “usual” of the dad set in the reference section 11 by the comparing section 12.
The search is performed by the filing apparatus 10 for each genre, and one channel is searched for each genre, and the channel name is supplied to the guide screen unit 14 for display.

In the display states of the respective screens described above, the content of the program currently being received, which has been displayed on the screen 100, is reduced and displayed on a part of the left side of the screen. In the screen 104, since the "ordinary" search of the dad is set, a photograph or a portrait of the dad can be displayed on a part of the left side.

Images such as photographs, types of search,
Images representing the type of the user on the screen 103 and the type of the genre in FIG. 104 are stored in the guide screen unit 14 of the information processing unit 9, and the microcomputer (not shown) selects the guide screen selection unit 15 according to the operation of the remote controller. Is controlled and selected for multi-display.

By operating any one of "User 1", "User 2", "User 3", and "User 4" in the display state of the screen 100, the "Always" of the user corresponding to the operated user button is displayed. You can set the search directly. For example, when the “User 1” button is operated,
The screen directly shifts from the screen 100 to the screen 104, and the "usual" search of the dad is set.

The related information includes information on a program currently being broadcasted and a program to be broadcasted from now on.
During the search, the current date and time are displayed together with the related information as one screen information, so that the relation between the related information and the current time can be easily determined, and a desired program can be missed. Absent.

In addition, the related information can be searched by the user in addition to the search by the genre or the keyword, so that the search according to the purpose of viewing can be performed. You can select the program you want to do.

Usually, when watching received program information, it is often the case that what is frequently viewed is usually determined, such as baseball or serial drama, and it is an individual or a plurality of people in common. However, they can be searched for from "who" and "usually", and a "user" search instruction button is provided on the remote control for the search, so that it is possible to search for programs that are frequently watched in a short time. It can be done easily.

Here, as an initial state, it is assumed that the frame-shaped cursor is coincident with Chanl "baseball" (in this case, this genre is in a selected state), and the dad enters the "program list" on the remote control. By operating the button, a baseball program of another channel can be selected. This will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 4, as described above, the "program list"
When the button is operated, the filing device 10 is displayed on the right half.
Is displayed on the screen 105 in which the guide information of all the baseball programs among the guide information of the programs stored in. At this time, the program currently being received is displayed in a partial area 18 in the left half of the screen 105, and a small area 19 in the left half thereof is displayed in a small area 19 in the currently selected genre (here, baseball). ) Is displayed.

As described above, the icon indicating the search condition is
It is always displayed during the search, so that it is easy to understand under what conditions the search is currently being performed.

For example, the search from the user is a condition set by the user independently. For example, when the operator is performing a user search for another person or performs an operation by mistake, the related information and the search condition are used. Can be viewed as one piece of screen information, so that the search can be easily confirmed.

A current baseball program is searched for on this screen 105, the "cursor" button is operated to designate the baseball program (screen 106), and when the enter button is operated, it is surrounded by the frame-shaped cursor. The baseball program has been selected, and the screen 107 is displayed with the video of the newly selected baseball program displayed in the left half area 18. Here, when the “cancel” button is operated, the screen returns to the screen 105 or the screen 104 or the screen 100. However, when the “full screen” button is operated, only the content of the newly selected baseball program is displayed. Screen 108 is displayed. Thus, a desired baseball program can be selected.

Similarly, by selecting the genre "news" in the display state of the screen 104 in FIG. 3 and performing the same operation, a desired news program can be selected, and the same applies to other genres. It is. The display state of the entire screen 108 is the same as the display state of the screen 100 of FIG. 3, and the operation described in FIG. 3 is restarted by operating the “search menu” button of the remote controller.

In the case of FIG. 4, programs to be broadcast in the future are also included. For this reason, it can also be used for program reservation and recording reservation. On the other hand, it is also possible to search for only the program currently being broadcast. This will be described with reference to FIG.

Now, when the "NOW" button on the remote control is operated in the display state of the screen 104 in FIG. 3, a list of video guide information of the currently broadcasted baseball program is displayed in the right half as shown in FIG. Screen 109 is displayed. Thus, by operating the "cursor" button 17 to designate a desired baseball program (screen 110) and operating the "enter" button, a screen 111 displaying the contents of the selected baseball program in the left half area 18 is displayed. Become. Then, when the "all screen" button is operated next, the contents of the newly selected baseball program are displayed in its entirety, and a screen 112 in a normal reception display state is obtained. This screen 112 also corresponds to the screen 100 in FIG.

When the "cursor" button 17 is operated to designate "data display" in the display state of the screen 104 shown in FIG. 3, the screen 113 is displayed as shown in FIG. When the "menu" button is operated in this display state, the area 18 on the left half where the received program is displayed is further reduced, and a screen 114 is displayed around which the menu is displayed. These menus are registered in advance by the father as usual, and different menus are displayed for each of the mother and the son. At this time, the "video display" search is displayed in the search display area instead of the "data display". By operating the “cursor” button to specify a desired menu and operating the “enter” button, data (for example, traffic information) for this menu is displayed in the right half.
Is displayed on the screen 115. And the "cursor"
By operating the button 17 and specifying "video display" search,
Move to the state of screen 104 shown in FIG.

When the cursor button 17 is operated to specify another genre (for example, genre “news”) in the display state of the screen 104 shown in FIG. 3, the screen 117 is displayed in FIG. When you operate
The program content of this designated genre is in the left half area 18
Is displayed on the screen 118. Therefore, when the "all screen" button is operated, a screen 119 in a normal reception display state in which the contents of this program are displayed on the whole is displayed.

The specified program is displayed on screen 118
Is a program of a channel (here, the channel 234 of CS.B) displayed together with the display of the genre. Therefore, when selecting another program of the same genre, as described with reference to FIGS.
What is necessary is just to operate a "program list" button or a "NOW" button.

Next, the "genre" search will be described.

In FIG. 8, when the "cursor" button 17 is operated on the screen 102 displayed in the same manner as in FIG. 3 to specify "genre" search and the enter button is operated,
The screen 120 displays a list of all the genres determined in the right half. When the desired genre is designated by operating the cursor button 17 on this screen, a detailed program of the genre specified in the genre designated in the right half of the screen 120 is displayed. The type is displayed. When one of the program types (for example, baseball) is designated with the cursor button 17 and the enter button is operated, a list 121 of guide information of baseball programs currently being broadcast is displayed on the screen 121 in the right half. , This screen 121
When the cursor button 17 is operated to designate a desired program (screen 123) and the enter button is operated, the left half area 18 replaces the contents of the baseball program designated from the program contents displayed so far. Will be displayed.
When the full screen button is operated, the screen of the selected baseball program is displayed on the entire screen 124, and the baseball program is in a normal state of receiving and displaying.

When the program list button is operated in the display state of the screen 120, the type of the designated program (the baseball program in this case) in the designated genre filed in the filing device 10 is displayed in the right half in FIG. 12) A screen 12 on which a list of guide information of all programs is displayed.
When the program currently being broadcasted is selected and designated by the cursor button 17 (screen 126) and the enter button is operated, the content of the designated baseball program is displayed in the left half area 18 in a screen 127. Becomes Then, when the full screen button is operated, a screen 128 is displayed in which the contents of the selected baseball program are displayed in its entirety, and the baseball program is in a normal state in which the baseball program is received and displayed.

Next, the "keyword" search will be described.

In FIG. 10, when a “keyword” search is designated by operating the “cursor” button 17 on the screen 101 displayed in the same manner as in FIG. 3, a screen 102 is displayed. In the right half, for example, a screen 12 on which an image of a hiragana keyboard is displayed
It becomes 9. This keyboard allows input of hiragana characters by operating the cursor buttons 17. in this case,
By operating the enter button each time the cursor is designated at 1 o'clock, character input is performed. For example, when "Ananotsu no Sora" is input and the enter button is operated (in this case, the enter button is operated without inputting characters), a summary of the program name and contents of the program filed in the filing apparatus 10 is obtained. By comparing the sentences, a program including the input sentence or a program including a sentence having similar contents is searched, and a list of guide information of the program is displayed on the right half screen 130. When a desired program is specified by operating the cursor button 17 and the enter button is operated, the content of the specified program is displayed on the screen 131 displayed in the left half area 18, and when the full screen button is further operated, The content of the selected program is displayed on the entire screen 132, and the program is in a normal state of receiving and displaying.

When the enter button is operated in the display state of the screen 102, a screen 133 is displayed in FIG. 11, which is displayed before the character input by operating the cursor button 17 on the screen 129 in FIG. Is displayed.

When the enter button is further operated on the screen 133, a screen 134 for displaying a front image for designating the degree of atmosphere is displayed. Here, the atmosphere is expressed by the degree of bright, dark, hard, and soft, but is not limited to this. When the cursor button 17 is operated to set a cursor at a position indicating a desired atmosphere in the table image, and the enter button is operated, guide information of a program corresponding to the atmosphere is retrieved from the filing apparatus 10 and is displayed on the right. The display state of the screen 135 displayed as a list in half is obtained. When a desired program is designated by operating the cursor button 17 and the enter button is operated, the contents of the designated program become a screen 136 displayed in the left half area 18. Then, a screen 137 displaying the contents of the selected program as a whole is displayed, and a normal state in which the program is received and displayed.

Next, another operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 12, a screen 200 is a screen showing the contents of a program currently being received for viewing, similar to the screen 100 in FIG. 3. When the menu button is operated in this state, the screen 200 shown in FIG. , A screen 204 displaying a menu for each search is arranged along the upper edge. In this case, as a search, a “recommended” search is provided instead of the “data display” in FIG.
A "related" search has been added.

On this screen 204, as shown in the figure, the user operates the cursor button 17 to designate a "related" search, and operates the enter button. Then, as in the screen 101 shown in FIG. Is displayed on the screen 205 displayed on the right half. In addition, on this screen 205, for example, menus such as “watch reservation”, “event”, and “player introduction” are also displayed together with the related information.
Operate the cursor button 17 to specify one of them,
By operating the enter button, an operation corresponding to the designated menu is performed, and a screen 206 indicating the operation is performed.
Is displayed. For example, when the menu of “watching reservation” is designated on the screen 205 and the enter button is operated, the reservation is made and “watching reservation” is displayed on the screen 206. In this case, the reservation is made via a communication line (not shown).

In FIG. 12, when the menu button is operated while the screen 200 is displayed, the screen 20 shown in FIG.
4 is displayed, but this screen 201 is displayed.
By operating the cursor button 17 to specify "usual" search in the menu and operating the enter button, information representing the user is displayed vertically below the "usual" display of this menu. Then, the cursor button 17
To specify one of them, for example, "Dad"
By operating the enter button, this dad ’s “usual”
A screen 203 is displayed in which menus of the genres set in the search are displayed side by side on the lower edge. However, this menu is for reading out video information (accumulated video) of each genre recorded by reservation. This reserved recording is performed by the video recording device 3 in FIG.

A list of the types of programs set by the father's "usual" search is displayed between the upper and lower menus on the right half of the screen 203. This displays data broadcasting such as news and hobby information, and real-time broadcasting such as weather and stock information. The operation for this is the same as in the specific example described above.

Also, as in the specific example of the previous operation, the screen 20
In the display state of 0, for example, in the case of a father, the display state of the screen 203 can be directly displayed by operating the “user 1” button.

As described above, in this specific example, the reproduction of the program that has been reserved and recorded can also be performed by a search operation. This will be described below.

Now, assuming that reading of the recording information of the "baseball" program is designated by operating the cursor button 17 on the screen 203, the screen 204 is displayed as shown in FIG. This program is searched and reproduced by the recording device, and a screen 205 is displayed on which the reproduced image is displayed in the area 20 between the upper and lower menus in the left half. When the user operates the full screen button in this state, a screen 206 is displayed in which the reproduced image is displayed on the entire screen.

Further, it is possible to set a mode in which the video recording device 3 is controlled while the screen 205 is displayed. That is,
By operating the cursor button 17 on the screen 205 and specifying “Control Panel” in the menu on the upper edge side, the screen 207 is displayed in FIG. 15, and when the enter button is further operated, the operation buttons of the video recording device 3 are displayed. Screen 208. Then, the cursor button 17
Is operated, one of them, for example, the speed button is designated and the decision button is operated, so that the reproduction speed in the video recording device 3 can be controlled. Can be searched. Of course, still images and slow playback are also possible. To end such an operation, the user may operate the “control panel” of the menu again. Then, when the full screen button is operated, a screen 210 is displayed in which the reproduced image is displayed on the entire screen.

In this embodiment, when the “program list” button is operated in the display state of the reception screen 100 shown in FIG. 3 or the display of the reception screen 200 shown in FIG. Screen 300 showing information in a list
Is displayed. On this screen 300, for example, a “channel” column of a certain program, for example, CS. A channel 123 is designated with the cursor button 17 and the “Program List” button is operated. A screen 301 displays a list of guide information of each program of channel 123A. Further, in this screen 301, when one of the “time” fields is similarly designated and the “program list” button is operated, a list of programs broadcast in the time zone described in the designated “time” field is displayed. Is displayed on the screen 302. This screen 30
In FIG. 2, when one of the “genre” fields is similarly designated and the “program list” button is operated, a screen 303 displaying a list of programs of the designated genre is displayed in FIG.
Becomes In this screen 303, 1 in the “Title” column
For example, when the user selects "Doihard" in the same manner and operates the "program list" button, the screen 304 displays a list of programs having the specified title.

In this way, by specifying a predetermined item in a predetermined column in the program list and operating the “program list” button, a list of programs related to this item can be obtained. become. Therefore, it is possible to search for programs from different aspects.

Of course, by specifying a predetermined program in such a list and operating the enter button, the specified program can be received. In the case of a program to be broadcast in the future, It is also possible to make a reservation for watching this program and a reservation for recording.

[0069]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the program guide information for each program information of different broadcast systems is all information in the same format, they can be displayed in the same display format on the same display device, making the entire program guide easier to read, and It becomes possible to easily find a broadcast-type program.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to set a search condition and select a program that matches the set search condition from the program guide, so that a desired program can be easily selected in a short time. You can watch. And
Since a plurality of search conditions are provided, program search can be performed from a different viewpoint, and a desired program can be easily selected and viewed in a shorter time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a broadcast receiving apparatus having an integrated program guide according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a specific example of a remote controller used in the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a part of a screen display in an “always” search operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another part of the screen display in the “usual” search operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

5 is a diagram showing still another part of the screen display in the “usual” search operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing still another part of the screen display in the “usual” search operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing still another part of the screen display in the “usual” search operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a part of a screen display in a “genre” search operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another part of the screen display in the “genre” search operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a part of a screen display in a “keyword” search operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another part of the screen display in the “keyword” search operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a part of a screen display in another specific example of the search operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

13 is a diagram showing another part of the screen display in the specific example shown in FIG.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing still another part of the screen display in the specific example shown in FIG.

15 is a diagram showing still another portion of the screen display in the specific example shown in FIG.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a part of a screen display in still another specific example of the search operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

17 is a diagram showing another part of the screen display in the specific example shown in FIG.

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 Reference Signs List 1 signal separation device 2 A / V decoder 3 video recording device 4 multi-screen processing unit 5 image synthesis unit 6 display unit 7 information decoder 8 information buffer 9 information processing unit 10 filing device 11 preference unit 12 comparison unit 13 display data selection unit 14 Guide screen section 15 Guide screen selection section 16 Command receiving section

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (72) Yoshimasa Yokoyama 1-280 Higashi Koigakubo, Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo Inside the Design Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Maki Furui 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Hitachi Multimedia Systems Development Division

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[Claims] 1. A broadcast receiving apparatus capable of receiving program information of different broadcast systems, comprising: a signal separating unit for separating program guide information from a received broadcast program; A broadcast receiving apparatus having an integrated program guide, comprising: information decoding means for decoding information having the same format; and display means for displaying the program guide information from the information decoding means. 2. A broadcast receiving apparatus capable of receiving program information of different broadcast systems, comprising: a signal separating means for separating a received broadcast program from program guide information; and a program separating the program guide information separated by the signal separating means. Information decoding means for decoding information of the same format, information retrieval means for extracting program guide information from the information decoding means, the program information being suitable for a set search condition; Display means for displaying the guide information of the program extracted in step (b). 3. A broadcast receiving apparatus capable of receiving program information of different broadcast systems, comprising: a signal separating means for separating a received broadcast program into program guide information; and a program separating the program guide information separated by the signal separating means. Information decoding means for decoding and converting the information into the same format; searching means for extracting the guide information of the program from the information decoding means which matches the set search condition; Means for image-compressing one program information of a broadcast program; synthesizing means for synthesizing the image-compressed program information and guide information of the program extracted by the search means; displaying output information of the synthesizing means 1. A broadcast receiving apparatus having an integrated program guide, comprising: 4. The filing means according to claim 2, wherein the retrieving means comprises: filing means for filing guide information of the program from the information decoding means; reference means in which retrieval conditions are set; Specifying means for specifying the specified search condition; and comparing means for extracting guide information of the program from the filing means based on the search condition of the reference means specified by the specifying means. A broadcast receiving device having an integrated program guide. 5. The program according to claim 4, wherein the search conditions are “user”, “genre” of the program, and “keyword” of the program, and the program can be searched for each of the search conditions. Broadcast receiving device having an integrated program guide. 6. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the search condition of “user” can be set as desired for each user.