KR0148240B1 - Recording equipment with catv and vtr system set - Google Patents

Abstract

The integrated recording device of the CATV and VTR system includes a signal transmitting unit for controlling the operation of the VTR system in the CATV system, and is configured to integrate the operation of the two systems by receiving the control signal transmitted from the signal transmitting unit in the VTR system. . Accordingly, the apparatus of the present invention can solve the conventional inconvenience of having to perform recording by inputting recording data to each of the CATV system and the VTR system, and at the same time, provides an effect of performing accurate reservation recording with a simple operation. .

Description

Integrated recording device of CATV system and VTR system

1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a CATV broadcast recording system for recording by operating CATV and VTR respectively.

2 is a block diagram showing an integrated recording device of a CATV and VTR system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

30: CATV converter 31: RF converter

32: CATV panel selector 33: converter controller

34: remote control receiver 35: signal transmitter

40: VTR system 41: VTR receiver

42: VTR control unit 43: VTR recorder

The present invention relates to a system for executing general recording or reserved recording by supplying CATV broadcast signals to a VTR, and more specifically, by integrating the operations of CATV and VTR, recording of CATV broadcasting can be performed with only one operation. It relates to an integrated recording device of the CATV and VTR system.

CATV is a system that distributes high-quality broadcast television signals received by high-sensitivity antennas to subscribers using broadband transmission lines such as coaxial cables. At first, it started as a countermeasure for astigmatism in regions where it was difficult to receive television broadcasts, but recently, it has become possible to use multi-purpose broadcasts such as local publicity and living information as well as retransmission of television. In the case of recording CATV broadcasting by connecting the CATV system and the VTR, conventionally, the recording is performed by controlling the CATV system and the VTR system, respectively.

1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a CATV broadcast recording system which performs recording by operating CATV and VTR respectively. As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus of FIG. 1 is a CATV converter 10 and a VTR system connected thereto for converting and outputting a CATV broadcast signal input through an inlet cable from an external CATV broadcasting station into an RF signal of a recordable form in a VTR system. It consists of 20.

When recording a CATV broadcasting signal input from a CATV broadcasting station using a VTR system, a user first broadcasts the data to be recorded using the CATV panel selection unit 11 or the CATV remote controller 12 on the front of the CATV converter 10. Input data such as channel number and recording time of the program. Then, the user uses the VTR panel selection unit 21 or the VTR remote controller 22 on the front of the VTR system 20 to record data such as a recording channel and a recording start time of a broadcast program to be recorded on the VTR system 20. Enter it. When the recording starts by the arrival of the recording start time or by the user selecting the recording mode, the CATV converter 10 transmits the broadcast signal of the preset recording channel to the VTR system 20. At this time, the VTR system 20 records the broadcast signal input from the CATV converter 10 on the recording medium.

However, the recording apparatus of the CATV broadcast configured as described above has to be operated to perform the recording operation for each of the CATV converter and the VTR system when recording the broadcast program, which causes inconvenience to the user when the recording operation is executed. In addition, if the time on the timer of the CATV system and the timer of the VTR system are different, the recording contents intended by the user and the actual recording contents may be different, so check the timers of the two systems each time the recording is performed. There is an inconvenience that needs to be adjusted.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention to solve these problems is to integrate the operation of the CATV system and the VTR system, CATV and VTR system to enable the recording of CATV broadcasting by simply inputting the recording operation to the CATV system An integrated recording device is provided.

The integrated recording apparatus of the CATV and VTR system of the present invention for achieving the above object is to perform recording in the CATV broadcasting recording apparatus for supplying the broadcast signal received through the CATV receiver to the VTR to perform normal recording or scheduled recording, Receives the recording data input by the user, converts and outputs the CATV broadcasting signal input from the CATV broadcasting station for recording in the VTR system, and controls to control the recording execution of the VTR system based on the recording data described above. CATV converter for transmitting a signal; And a VTR system for receiving the control signal transmitted from the CATV converter and for recording the CATV broadcast signal input from the CATV converter based on the above-described control signal.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram showing an integrated recording apparatus of a CATV and VTR system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the CATV converter 30 is provided with an RF converter 31 for converting the CATV broadcast signal transmitted from the CATV broadcasting station into RF transmission. The CATV converter 30 is also integrated with the CATV panel selector 32 for executing the operation of the CATV system according to the user's key input signal SKey and the remote control receiver 34 receiving the operation selection signal received from the remote control. When the operation of the recording system is executed, the control signal for driving the recording system of the VTR is input to the VTR system 20 from the signal transmitter 35 and the above-described CATV panel selector 32 or the remote controller receiver 34. And a converter controller 33 for controlling the RF converter 31 and the signal transmitter 35 in response to the operation selection signal. On the other hand, in the apparatus of the present invention, the VTR system 20 responds to the above-described control signal and the VTR receiver 41 which receives the control signal applied from the signal transmitter 35 inside the above-described CATV converter 10. A VTR recorder for recording the CATV broadcast signal input from the RF converter 31 of the CATV converter 10 to the recording medium under the control of the VTR controller 42 and the VTR controller 42 for controlling the operation of the VTR system 20 ( 43).

The operation of the integrated recording apparatus of the CATV and VTR system according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in more detail by way of example of performing reservation recording.

In the apparatus of FIG. 2, the CATV broadcasting signal transmitted from the CATV broadcasting station is input to the RF converter 31 inside the CATV converter 30. The RF converter 31 tunes a broadcast signal of a desired channel among the input CATV broadcast signals and performs RF conversion. When the scheduled recording of the CATV broadcast is to be executed, the user can use the CATV panel selection unit 32 on the front of the CATV converter 30 or the buttons on the remote control to display data such as the channel number of the broadcast program to be recorded and the recording start time. Hereinafter, recording data) is input to the converter control unit 33. The converter controller 33 stores the recording data received from the CATV panel selector 32 or the remote controller receiver 34, and operates the RF converter 31 when the scheduled recording start time arrives, thereby operating the reserved recording channel. The RF signal corresponding to the control is output to the VTR system 40. The converter controller 33 also generates a control signal for turning on the VTR system 40 and causing the VTR system 40 to perform recording when the recording start time arrives, and through the signal transmitter 35. Radio transmission to the VTR system. At this time, the signal transmitting unit 35 is composed of a plurality of codes to control all the operation execution of the VTR system 40, and is configured to emit a signal in all directions (360 °). On the other hand, in FIG. 2 apparatus, the VTR system 40 is provided with the VTR receiving part 41 for receiving the signal transmitted from the signal sending part 35 of the CATV converter 30. As shown in FIG. The VTR receiver 41 receives the control signal transmitted from the signal transmitter 35 and applies it to the VTR controller 42. The VTR control unit 42 turns on the VTR system in response to the applied control signal, and causes the VTR recording system 43 of the VTR system 40 to operate. Then, the VTR recorder 43 executes a recording operation of recording the RF signal transmitted from the RF converter 31 onto a recording medium such as a tape. When the end recording time ends, the converter control unit 33 sends a control signal for stopping the recording operation of the VTR system 40 to the VTR system 40 through the signal transmitting unit 35 so that recording is stopped. do. When the CATV broadcast is recorded in this manner, the user can automatically perform the scheduled recording of the desired CATV broadcast by simply inputting the above-described recording data into the CATV system. In addition, since the operation of the VTR system is executed in accordance with the operation of the CATV system, the apparatus of FIG.

As described above, the integrated recording apparatus of the CATV and VTR systems according to the present invention integrates the operation of the CATV system and the VTR system, thereby enabling the recording of CATV broadcasting by simply inputting the recording data to the CATV system. Therefore, the apparatus of the present invention can solve the conventional inconvenience of having to perform recording by inputting recording data to each of the CATV system and the VTR system, and at the same time, provides an effect of performing accurate scheduled recording with a simple operation. .

Claims (4)

In a CATV broadcasting recording apparatus for supplying a broadcast signal received through a CATV receiver to a VTR to perform general recording or scheduled recording, a CATV broadcasting inputted from a CATV broadcasting station by receiving recording data input by a user for recording. A CATV converter which converts and outputs a signal for recording in the VTR system, and transmits a control signal for controlling the recording execution of the VTR system based on the recording data; And a VTR system for receiving a control signal transmitted from the CATV converter and for recording a CATV broadcast signal input from the CATV converter based on the control signal. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the CATV converter comprises: an RF converter which receives a CATV broadcast signal transmitted from a CATV broadcasting station, tunes a desired broadcast, converts the tuned signal into an RF signal, and outputs the RF signal to a VTR; A signal transmitting unit for transmitting a control signal for controlling the recording system of the VTR to the VTR to perform recording of the RF signal output from the RF converter to the VTR; And a converter control unit which receives the recording data input by the user and controls the operation of the RF converter and the signal transmission unit to perform recording of the RF signal based on the recording data. Integrated recording device of the system. The VTR of claim 2, wherein the signal transmitter generates a control signal for driving the recording system of the VTR when recording starts, and generates a control signal for stopping the operation of the recording system of the VTR when recording ends. The integrated recording device of the CATV and VTR system, characterized in that the radio transmission. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the converter controller receives and stores recording data such as a recording channel and a recording start time according to a user input, and transmits an RF signal of the recording channel to a VTR when the recording start time arrives. An integrated recording device of the CATV and VTR system, characterized by controlling the RF converter.