JPS63296550A - External reservation device for picture recording of television program - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain external video recording reservation of a television program by providing a switch detecting a prescribed pass word in a call tone from an external telephone set and connecting a telephone line to the pickup recording reservation device switchingly based on the detected signal and a video tape recorder starting automatically the pickup recording of the reserved television program at a prescribed time. CONSTITUTION:A prescribed call tone detector 7 detecting whether or not a call tone from an external telephone set 6 through a telephone line 1 is a prescribed pass word, a switch device 5 ewitching the telephone line 1 to the position of the picture recording reserving device 9 based on the detection signal from the prescribed call tone, the picture recording reservation device 9 setting sequentially reservation items based on the reservation item setting signal sent through the telephone line 1 and the video tape recorder 10 srarting the video recording of the television program automatically at the prescribed time set in response to the video recording reservation device 9 are provided. Thus, the picture recording is reserved freely by using an external telephone set.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an apparatus that allows recording reservations of television programs to be made from outside using a video tape recorder (VTR).

[Technical background of the invention] Conventional video tape recorder (hereinafter abbreviated as VTR)
If you know the TV broadcast time and program content in advance, you can make a recording reservation, and then you can go out as you like, and at the set time, the program will automatically be recorded. . However, even if a situation arises where you suddenly want to record a program while you are out, the V
If you are away from the TR, it is impossible to record or schedule recording unless there is another operator who can operate the VTR.

[Summary of the Invention] In view of the above-mentioned technical background, an object of the present invention is to record or record television programs, etc. by operating a VTR using a telephone line even from a place far away from the VTR, such as when going out. The purpose of the present invention is to provide the following device with the purpose of making recording reservations possible.

The television program recording external reservation device of the present invention includes a predetermined dial tone detector that detects whether a dial tone emitted from an external telephone using a telephone line is a predetermined code number, and a detection from the predetermined dial tone. A switching device that switches and connects a telephone line to the recording reservation device side based on a signal, a recording reservation device that sequentially sets reservation items based on a reservation item setting signal sent through the telephone line, and the operation of this recording reservation device. The present invention is characterized in that it is equipped with a video tape recorder that automatically starts the recording operation of a television program at a predetermined time set according to the time, and that it is possible to reserve recording of a television program via a telephone line.

[Example 1] An example of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described below.

In FIG. 1, a push-button type telephone 2 (hereinafter referred to as a button phone) or a dial type telephone 3 is connected to a telephone line 1. A telephone 6, preferably a telephone equipped with an answering machine recording function, is connected to the telephone line 1 via a changeover switch 5, for example as a home telephone.

The call is connected by operating the phone 2 (step 20 in Figure 2), and then by pressing a predetermined operation button on the phone 2 a predetermined number of times, or in the case of a normal phone 3, by using a mobile phone. By pressing a predetermined operation button of the reservation machine 4 a predetermined number of times, a dial tone is transmitted to the telephone set 3. As a result, when the predetermined dial tone detector 7 detects that the dial tone coming in from the outside via the telephone line is a code number predetermined by the users, the contact of the changeover switch 5 is switched to the illustrated position. Switch from the position to the contact on the relay 8 side. That is, if the recitation number is confirmed in step 22 of FIG. 2, the process proceeds to step 24 for starting the next reservation, but if it is not confirmed, the reservation will not be started until the correct recitation number is confirmed. When the reservation is started, the reservation items 1, such as the channel number, date or day of the week, recording start time, and end time, are each checked (step 26) and input into the repeater 8 (step 25). When the input of the reservation items is completed, they are transferred all at once to the recording reservation device 9 (usually built in the VTR set) (step 27), and the reservation items are stored in a predetermined memory (not shown) in the recording reservation device 9. (Step 28) 6 or more, the reservation for TV program recording using the external telephone is completed, and all that is left is to use the recording reservation device i! The television program is automatically recorded by the VTR l0 at a predetermined time set according to the predetermined operation of step 9.

In the series of operations described above, the repeater 8 may be omitted, that is, it is also possible to configure the recording reservation device 9 to directly set the reservation items.

The confirmation operation performed in step 26 of FIG. 2 is such that, for example, at the time of starting the reservation in step 24, a signal tone is transmitted from the repeater 8 to the external telephone 2 or 3 and is heard by the operator of the external telephone. This allows the operator to confirm that the reservation can be started from now on and proceed to the next operation with peace of mind. Conveniently, such confirmation is performed each time each reservation item is set, and also at the time when storage of the reservation items is completed. If the signal tone transmitted from the repeater to the external telephone set is transmitted as an artificially synthesized voice using an electronic voice synthesizer, confirmation becomes more reliable.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, for example, when you want to record a TV program on your home VTR from outside the home, or when you forget to set a reservation at home and go out. Even in such cases, recording reservations can be freely set using an external telephone.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment. In the drawing, 1 is a telephone line, 2 is a telephone, 3 is a regular telephone, 4 is a mobile reservation device, 5 is a changeover switch, 6 is a telephone, 7 is a predetermined dial tone detector, 8 is a repeater, and 9 is a recording reservation device. , 10 is a VTR. Patent applicant: Fujitsu General Co., Ltd. Agent: Patent attorney: Takuya Ohara Figure 2

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A predetermined dial tone detector that detects whether a dial tone emitted from an external telephone using a telephone line is a predetermined code number; A switching device that switches and connects to the recording reservation device side,
A recording reservation device that sequentially sets reservation items based on a reservation item setting signal sent through the telephone line, and a recording operation of a television program automatically at a predetermined time set according to the operation of the recording reservation device. 1. An external reservation device for recording a television program, comprising: a video tape recorder for starting a television program; (2) The external reservation device for recording television programs as set forth in claim 1, wherein the telephone is a push-button telephone. (3) In the statement of claim 1, the telephone is a dial type telephone, and the telephone is a portable reservation device that emits a signal sound representing the reservation item designation signal toward the transmitter of the telephone. A television program recording external reservation device characterized by instructing recording. (4) In the description of claim 1, the reservation item designation signal sent through the telephone line is once input to a repeater that performs translation confirmation and transfer of the signal;
An external television program recording reservation device characterized in that after the reservation is completed, all reservation items are transferred to the recording reservation device.