JPS63181577A - Picture recording system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the operation for reserving the picture recording of a television program by reading and displaying a broadcast guide from an information medium in which the broadcast guide of the television program is previously stored. CONSTITUTION:At the time of reserving for the picture recording, when the information medium in which the broadcast guide of the television program is previously stored in set to an information reading part 7, the information reading part 7 reads the broadcast guide from the information medium 8 and displays on a monitor 3 through a video recording and reproducing part 5 and outputs the information of the broadcast guide to a timer control part 11. A user refers to the broadcast guide displayed on the monitor 3 and directly sequentially selects a program desired to reserve for the picture recording on the screen of the monitor 3 by the use of a write pen 9, for instance. The timer control part 11 sequentially detects the selected television programs based on a selecting signal from this write pen 9 and broadcast guide information from the information reading part 7 and stores them together with the information of a broadcasting date, a channel, a broadcasting time or the like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [1] Aspects of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a recording system such as a VTR device.

(Prior Art) With the recent development of image information processing technology, various types of image information recording and reproducing devices have been developed, and have now appeared as various VTR devices. In particular, so-called video coders, which can record and play back desired TV programs at will by connecting to the already widely used TV, are beginning to spread to ordinary households. By being incorporated as part of the television body, it forms one aspect of what is called a high-definition television.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, the above-mentioned bidet'; This is an extremely important element on the sales branch. In particular, recording reservation is one of the useful functions normally provided, but at present, it is common to check the schedule of the TV program and set the reservation number, channel, recording start and end time for each program in advance. It is necessary to perform setting operations using multiple buttons, which generally takes one minute, and there has been a strong desire for further simplification of operations.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a recording system that simplifies the operation of reserving recording of a television program.

[Structure 1 of the Invention (Means for Solving the Problem) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a system that operates according to preset reservation information and performs recording of a television program. An information medium storing a program broadcast guide, a display means for reading and displaying the broadcast guide from this information medium, and a storage means for storing the selected TV program as reservation information based on the displayed broadcast guide are shown on the right. The gist is to do so.

(Function) In the recording system according to the present invention, by reading and displaying the broadcast guide from the information medium in which the broadcast guide of the TV program is stored in advance, the user is informed of the TV program that the user wishes to record. All you have to do is instruct the 11i to select the desired one.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail using the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a video A coder, and 3 is a monitor connected to the video recording/reproducing section 1 for displaying image information.

The video recording/playback section 1 has a configuration including a video recording/playback section 5, an information reading section 7, a selection section 9, and a timer control section 11.

The video recording/reproducing section 5 is a section that mainly performs the function of recording image information such as a television program on the image information recording medium 13 such as a video cassette tape or an optical disk or reproducing it via the monitor 33.

The information reading unit 7 reads the broadcast guide of the television program from the information medium 8 in which the broadcast guide is stored and records the broadcast guide in the video recording 11.
Control unit of monitor 3 in fR1f 5 to control 1? By doing so, the broadcast guide is displayed on the monitor 3 as shown in FIG. The information medium 8 may include, for example, a magnetic card, an IC card, an optical card, a paper card, and the like.

The selection section 9 is a section that allows the user to select a program that the user desires to record based on the broadcast guide displayed on the monitor 3 by the function of the information reading section 7, and specifically, it may be a light pen, for example.

The timer control unit 11 mainly collects information regarding the program scheduled for recording based on the information signal from the information reading unit 7 and the selection signal from the selection unit 9, such as the broadcast date, broadcast start and end times, broadcast channel, etc. It has a function of storing the information and controlling the video recording and reproducing section 5 to record the reserved program according to this information.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained, focusing on the operation of making a recording reservation for a television program.

When making a recording reservation, first, the information medium 8 in which the broadcast guide of the TV program is stored in advance is set in the information reading unit 7, and the information reading unit 7 reads the broadcast guide from this information medium 8 and starts video recording and playback. The broadcast guidance information is displayed on the monitor 3 via the section 5 and outputted to the timer control section 11.

Since the user refers to the broadcast guide displayed on the monitor 3 and directly selects the program for which he/she wishes to reserve recording using, for example, the light pen 9 on the screen of the monitor 3, the timer control unit 11 Based on the selection signal from the light pen 9 and the broadcast guide information from the information reading section 7, selected programs are sequentially detected and stored together with information such as broadcast date, channel, broadcast time, etc.

Thereafter, the timer control section 11 controls the video recording/playback section 5 according to the stored recording reservation information to appropriately record the desired television program.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the recording reservation can be made by two types of simple operations: the Z operation to the information reading section 7 of the information medium 8 and the direct selection of the TV program on the display screen of the monitor 3. It is much easier to operate than the traditional method of checking broadcast guides and operating multiple buttons to set broadcast channels, broadcast start and end times, etc. This makes the process easier and also improves the reliability of the operation.

"Effects of the Invention" As explained above, according to the present invention, by reading out and displaying the broadcast guide from the information medium in which the broadcast guide of the TV program is stored in advance, it is possible to notify the user of the desired TV program to be recorded. Since we have designed it so that you can simply select and instruct the program.
The operation for reserving recording of TV programs is now easier than before.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. 1...Video recording/playback section 3...Monitor 5...
Video recording/playback section 7... Information reading section 8... Information medium 9... Selection section 11... Timer control section 13... Image information recording medium

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim] A system having a function of recording a television program by operating according to preset reservation information, comprising: an information medium storing broadcast guides for television programs; and a system that records broadcast guides from the information medium. A recording system comprising: a display means for reading and displaying; and a storage means for storing a television program selected based on the displayed broadcast guide as reservation information.