KR0135412B1 - Method of edited reservation on broadcasting programs - Google Patents

Abstract

In a broadcast program viewing method such as TV, VCR, radio, etc., which enables viewing of various broadcast programs, there is inconvenience of changing a channel during viewing of a broadcast program by remembering a program to be watched if there is a program that the user wants to watch. The program can be edited and reserved for continuous viewing without any additional operation. It is possible to make a reservation for editing of a broadcast program that you want to watch by inputting the edit key to perform the editing mode and then entering the program code number that matches the station. This allows continuous viewing of the designated broadcast program at a specified time.

Description

How to schedule editing of a program

1 is a block diagram to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a table showing a broadcast program editing reservation status according to the present invention.

3 is a broadcast program editing reservation flowchart according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

100: micom 200: tuner

The present invention relates to a broadcast program editing reservation method for allowing a user to continuously view a reserved program at a reserved time by editing and reserving a broadcast program that he / she wants to watch in selecting and watching a broadcast program transmitted from various broadcasting stations. The invention is used in video equipment such as TVs and VCRs and audio equipment with digital tuning functions.

The VCR has a scheduled recording function, so that a scheduled program can be recorded after a scheduled program is recorded, but there is no function of reserving a scheduled program on TV and VCR and continuously watching the reserved program.

In other words, when watching a broadcast program on a TV or VCR and wanting to watch another broadcast program, the user must change the channel directly. In order to change the broadcast program in an audio device, the other broadcast station must be tuned directly.

Therefore, when watching a broadcast program to view the program schedule to select the broadcast channel that you want to watch, because the inconvenience of not being able to watch a part of the broadcast program that you want to watch, you have to select the channel every time, the operation was cumbersome.

However, if a broadcast program to be viewed in Korean Patent Publication No. 91-17854 is selected, an automatic reservation TV that enables the user to watch a program by turning on the TV when the selected broadcast program is broadcasted is a prior art, but the prior art transmits a specific broadcast program. The city TV was turned on and made available for viewing, and it was not possible to reserve and watch several programs in a row.

According to the present invention, if a broadcast program desired to be watched is initially reserved, continuous broadcast programs can be viewed in a reserved order so that one broadcast reservation can be continuously viewed without a separate channel selection.

As described above, the present invention enables continuous viewing by editing and reserving each broadcast program. When a broadcast program desired for future viewing is reserved using a code number matched with a broadcasting station, the present time and the time designated by the code number are reserved. Another feature of the present invention is to select a priority program in case of overlapping broadcasting programs, display the priority program on the main screen, and the lane program on the sub screen. To display.

In this case, the code number indicates the channel, program start time and end time matched with the broadcasting station in 4-8 digits, and is used to simplify the reserved recording setting of the VCR using the current code number. It must match the number.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in the state applied to the TV and VCR.

The microcomputer 100 transmits channel selection data by channel selection key input or channel selection data for tuning a reserved channel to the tuner 200 so that the user can tune into a desired channel and recognizes an edit key input and desires to watch. Edit and reserve a broadcast program.

That is, the microcomputer 100 decodes the code number input by the numeric keys after inputting the edit key in the power-on state, stores the broadcast channel, program start and end data, and outputs channel selection data when the scheduled broadcast program start time comes. The tuner 200 tunes to the broadcast channel designated by the tuner 200.

Here, the microcomputer 100 should be able to encode the code number by matching the code number described in the program schedule.

In the present invention, when a viewer wants to watch a broadcast from 6 to 12:59 as shown in the table shown in FIG. 2, and the program to be watched is A → I → N → D → K → Q programs. The broadcast program is edited and reserved using the channel number for each broadcast program, and the code number coding the start and end times.

In other words, conventionally, A broadcast program of AA broadcast is tuned and watched from 6 o'clock, but BB broadcast is selected to watch I program at 7 o'clock, and CC broadcast must be selected again at the start time of N program of CC broadcast. There is an inconvenience of changing the channel when watching.

However, in the present invention, when editing and scheduling a program to be viewed using a code number, the user can continuously watch A → I → N → D → K → Q programs without a separate channel selection key operation.

3 is a flowchart of checking the edit key input in the power-on state as a flowchart of the present invention, displaying a message for inputting a program code number matched to a broadcasting station when the edit key is input, and inputting a program code number. After the message is displayed, checking the program code number input, entering the program code number with the numeric keys, decoding it to display and memory the broadcast program information, and is there a duplicate program in the same time zone in the memorized broadcast program? The check process, and if there is a duplicate broadcast program in the same time zone, the process of determining the priority of the duplicate broadcast program, and when editing of the broadcast program is finished, the process of arranging the edited program in a table.

The present invention is described in detail as follows.

First, check whether there is an edit key input while the power of the TV and VCR is 'on' (step S1) .If there is an edit key input, display a message to input the program code number of the broadcast program to receive. (S2 step) Check the code number input consisting of 4-8 digits (S3 step).

As described above, a message for inputting a code number is displayed by inputting an edit key in a power-on state, and when a program code number is input, the program code is decoded to display information such as a broadcasting station having a code number, a channel, a start and end time, and the like. It is stored in the internal memory and displayed on the screen so that the viewer can check whether a desired broadcast program is reserved (step S6).

The displayed broadcast program information disappears upon confirmation key input or after a certain time so that the next program code number input can be checked.

When the program information of the S6 step is displayed, it is checked whether there is an edit key input (step S7). If there is an edit key input, the editing mode is released (step S16). Check if there is any (S8 step)

The reason why the duplicated program is generated is that the start time and end time are different according to the broadcasting station because one program does not start and the other program does not start. If you reserve a program that ends at 7:00 and then broadcasts it on BB, and starts at 6:40 and ends at 7:30, a duplicate program occurs between 6:40 and 7:00. Will be.

As such, when a duplicate program exists, a program cannot be viewed from 6:40 to 7:00. In the present invention, when a duplicate program occurs, the duplicate program is displayed on the main screen and the sub screen, but the program to be displayed is selected. do.

Therefore, it is necessary to check whether there are duplicate programs when scheduling a broadcast program (step S8). If there are no duplicate programs, go back to step S3 and check the program code number input, and if there are duplicate programs, display the duplicate time (step S9).

If the duplicated program is displayed in step S9, the priority input of the duplicated program input by the user is checked (step S10), the priority program and the lane program are selected, and then the program input is completed (step S11).

If the program input is not completed, the above operation is repeated to complete the program input within a limited time (24 hours).

When the program input is completed in the step S11, the priority program determined in the step S10 is displayed on the main screen, the lane program is displayed on the sub screen (step S12), and the edited reserved programs are displayed in a table (step S13). At a glance, it is possible to check the broadcast program that is reserved for editing.

The edited reserved program table described above is released after a predetermined time (t seconds) (step S14) or when the display off key is input (step S15).

On the other hand, by initially inputting the edit key to display a message to input the broadcast program code number to be received, the above message text is displayed by blinking until the code number is input (step S5). If no code number is input until (t1 second) has elapsed, the editing mode is terminated. (S4 step)

That is, if there is no code number input within a predetermined time (t1 second) after the initial edit key input, the editing mode is forcibly released when a predetermined time (t1 second) elapses.

As described above, the present invention shows a program schedule in the early stage of watching TV, determines a broadcast program that the user wants to watch, inputs an edit key in a power-on state, and sequentially inputs a program code number displayed on the program schedule and matched with a broadcasting station. By editing and editing a program, the specified channel is automatically selected at a specified time, so that the desired program can be viewed without additional manipulation.

At this time, if the broadcasting program scheduled to be edited overlaps with the viewing time, the first program is selected, and the first program is displayed on the main screen, and the second program is displayed on the sub screen.

Meanwhile, the technical contents of the present invention can be applied to a radio having a digital tuning function. By assigning a code number to a radio program schedule and matching the code number with a microcomputer, the desired radio broadcast can be edited and reserved. It can be checked using a display device composed of an LCD or the like.

Therefore, many radio broadcast programs can simply listen to the desired program continuously.

As described above, according to the present invention, the desired broadcast program can be continuously watched at a desired time without editing a channel by editing and reserving the desired broadcast program using a code number.

Claims (4)

1. The process of checking the input of the edit key in the power-on state, displaying a message for inputting the program code number matched with the broadcasting station when the edit key is input, and inputting the program code number after displaying the program code number input message. And the program code number inputted by the numeric keys to display and memory the broadcast program information by decoding it, and to check whether there is a duplicate program at the same time in the memorized broadcast program. If there is a duplicate broadcasting program in the time zone, the process of determining the priority of the overlapping broadcast program, and when the editing schedule of the broadcast program is finished, the program editing reservation method comprising the step of displaying the edited program in a table. The method of claim 1, wherein after the menu key is input, the message to input the program code number is input until the code number is input, and the editing mode is terminated if the code number is not input until a predetermined time (t1 second) has elapsed. Broadcast program editing reservation method. The broadcast program editing reservation method according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast program information is a broadcast station name, a channel, a start time, and an end time. The method of claim 1, wherein the priority broadcasting program of which priority is determined when the broadcasting program editing reservation is determined is displayed on the main screen, and the lane broadcasting program is displayed on the sub screen.