KR101540811B1 - Apparatus and Method for recording Broadcasting program - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for recording missing contents in a recorded broadcast program.

According to the present invention, in order to compensate for missing contents among the recorded contents, it is possible to record a complete program in accordance with the program content output order by confirming / recording whether or not the same program is output.

Program, recording, missing, combining

Description

[0001] Apparatus and Method for Recording Broadcasting [

1 is a view showing a display example of a general EPG screen

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a configuration of a broadcast receiver apparatus that performs broadcast recording according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram showing broadcast information transmitted in a packet format (188 bytes) including header / payload information

4 is a view showing one example of recording of the present invention using EPG information

5 is a flowchart showing a program recording method according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart showing a program recording method according to the present invention

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for recording a missing content from a recorded broadcast program.

In addition, the program schedule table is provided as an electronic program guide (EPG) information screen, so that the user can conveniently select the program schedule for each time zone, channel, and broadcasting company. Performs a first recording operation based on a user's recording request with respect to a program selected by the user and confirms whether the same program (for example, using CRID information) as the recorded program is to be output or scheduled to be output, By performing a second recording operation on the contents not recorded according to the first recording operation in parallel so that the contents recorded on the basis of the second recording operation come to the beginning of the contents recorded based on the first recording operation, Full recording is possible within the original output time.

Hereinafter, a related art related to the present invention will be described

   A typical recording method is to record the unrecorded contents only after the output of the program has been completed to record the unrecorded contents.

The present invention aims at recording a program and performing full recording through combination.

It is an object of the present invention to confirm whether or not the same program is recorded, to perform parallel recording, and to perform full recording through combining by program content output order.

In the present invention, when a movie is watched while watching a movie, if a complete movie is recorded instead of the middle, and the viewer next wants to watch the movie, the number of channels increases according to the current digital broadcasting technology, It is possible to record / record a scheduled recording on another channel and to record one complete movie in accordance with the program content order through combination of program information, for example, a title, using technologies capable of broadcasting in different time zones .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a broadcast program recording method comprising: receiving a user command for program recording to perform a first recording operation;

Confirming whether the same broadcast program exists as the program in which the first recording operation is performed; Selecting a preset full recording based on the result of the checking; Performing a second recording operation for recording contents not recorded even in the first recording operation; And combining the content recorded in the second recording operation and the content recorded in the first recording operation based on the output order of the program content.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a broadcast program recording apparatus including: a tuner unit receiving a broadcast signal; A decoder unit for decoding a broadcast signal received through the tuner and decoding audio and video signals including program guide information; An input unit for inputting user control information for recording; A memory unit for storing contents recorded based on the user control information; And a second recording operation for performing a first recording operation based on the user's recording request and confirming whether to output or output the same program as the program to be recorded, A controller for performing a combination of the first recording operation and the second recording operation so that the content recorded in the second recording operation is positioned at the beginning of the content recorded in the first recording operation; Lt; / RTI >

Hereinafter, a broadcast program recording apparatus and method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the TV program schedule table is provided as an electronic program guide (EPG) information screen, and the user or the control unit of the system conveniently selects / controls each time zone, channel, and broadcasting company.

1 is a diagram showing a display example of a general EPG screen.

Referring to FIG. 1, program guide information includes channel information (meaning that broadcaster information is also included), broadcast time, date, and broadcast information (program title information to be output / output) according to time zone.

As shown in the EPG screen 100 of FIG. 1, various program information broadcasted between 14:30 minutes and 15:30 minutes is displayed in units of 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, the EPG information currently supported by the broadcasting system supports program information for eight days.

2 is a block diagram of a configuration of a broadcast receiver apparatus for receiving broadcasts according to an embodiment of the present invention and performing recording.

2, a receiver 200 according to the present invention includes a control signal input unit 202, a tuner unit 204, a decoder unit 206, an image processing unit 208, A receiving unit 218 for externally receiving a control signal, such as a remote controller, a storage unit 212, an audio processing unit 214, and a remote controller.

A tuner unit 204 for receiving a broadcast signal; A decoder unit 206 decoding a broadcast signal received through the tuner and decoding audio and video signals including program guide information; An input unit 202 for inputting user control information such as a recording request or the like; A receiving unit 218 for receiving user control information through a remote controller or the like; A first recording operation is performed based on the user's recording request, and a second recording operation for the contents not recorded according to the first recording operation is checked in parallel (216) for performing a combination of the first recording operation and the second recording operation so that the content recorded in the second recording operation is located at the beginning of the recorded content according to the first recording operation; And output units 210 and 220 for outputting the program guide information and the like.

    According to the above configuration, the tuner unit 204 selects a desired broadcast channel. The decoder unit 206 decodes the broadcast signal input through the selected channel. The image processor 208 scales the image signal decoded by the decoder unit 206 and processed broadcast information so that the decoded image signal and processed broadcast information can be displayed on the display unit 210 as an image.

The display unit 210 displays the processed video and / or program guide (EPG) information.

   The storage unit 212 stores received image information and / or recorded image information. The control signal input unit 202 receives a control signal from a local key or a remote control attached to a video display device as a receiving device.

The control unit compares the start time information of the EPG with the time information of the current recording and sets the program title requested to be recorded in the future by the title to be combined when Full Recording is set and if the recording is set for the same title , And controls the title to be combined with the recorded Event (Program Title) name according to the program content order with the same Event name among titles classified by the title to be combined.

In the present invention, the same program recording operation may be performed based on user selection or automatically.

For example, when a user inputs a user command for recording, the EPG information is compared with the start time of the program against the recording request time, and if the same program is scheduled to be output / output, The missing contents may be stored, and the combination may be performed according to the program content order.

In addition, even if the user does not input a user command for recording, the user may notify the user of the fact that the user missed the recorded portion and / .

In the above, the same program check is defined by the TV-Anytime standard and can be confirmed based on CRID (Content Reference Identifier) information indicating each program.

 For example, the same broadcast program is checked based on the 0x31 DTG program CRID (equivalent to type 0x01).

3 is a diagram illustrating broadcast information transmitted in a packet format (188 bytes) including header / payload information.

As shown in the figure, broadcast information is transmitted as packet information of 188 BYTE (4 bytes of header information, 184 bytes of payload information).

The transport stream 301 is transmitted in each transport packet unit 302.

As shown in FIG. 3B, the transport packet is composed of 188 bytes (4 bytes of header information 302a and 184 bytes of payload information 302b) arbitrarily set.

Among the 4-byte header information, the program TITLE information (CRID) may be stored in the PID information 302c and transmitted as shown in FIG. 3C.

Also, in order to confirm whether or not the same program is programmed, it is also possible to set the predetermined data 302d among the PAYLOAD information of 184 bytes to be used for recognizing whether or not it is the same content. Of course, it is possible to recognize the same program using all PAYLOAD, but for the sake of convenience, it is possible to confirm whether the same contents are provided by only a part of information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of recording of the present invention using EPG information.

As shown in the figure, it is assumed that there are four channels (KBS 401, MBC 402, OCN1 403, and OCN2 404).

First, two channels (KBS, MBC) will be described as an example.

It is the case that the user starts recording from 1:30 pm in the state where the program title "SPIDERMAN" (407) is scheduled to be output and output on the KBS channel from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

Therefore, the recording of the program title "SPIDERMAN" starts recording at 1:30 pm when the user command is input, and content 409 from 3:00 pm will be recorded.

That is, the recording of the contents 408 of the area corresponding to 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm is missing.

On the other hand, the user or the control unit confirms whether the program title "SPIDERMAN" 411 is scheduled to be output / output in the MBC 402, which is another channel based on the CRID information, It is possible to record the program in parallel with the recording content 409 and to record the complete program through the combination.

As shown in the figure, through the parallel recording operation, a complete program can be recorded in 1 hour and 30 minutes less than 2 hours, which is the output setting time of "SPIDERMAN ".

The recording operation in the other channels OCN1 and OCN2 shown in FIG. 4 can also apply the operations and effects in the channels KBS and MBC.

5 is a flowchart 500 illustrating a program recording method according to the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a user command for recording a program (Spiderman) 407 is input at 1:30 and the first recording operation is performed. (S 501).

And checks whether there is a corresponding or same broadcast program 411 with the program in which the first recording operation is performed through the CRID information. (S503).

Based on the confirmation result, full recording preset in the system is selected. (S505).

On the other hand, the second recording operation for recording the program content 408 that has performed the first recording operation but has not yet been recorded is performed based on manual control by the user or automatic control by the controller. (S507).

And then combines the contents recorded in the second recording operation with the contents recorded in the first recording operation in accordance with the output order of the program contents. (S509).

That is, the second recording contents are combined so as to be located at the beginning of the recording contents.

As one example, the contents (409 and 412) recorded / stored according to the first and second recording operations are stored in the memory, respectively, including the information in the output order in the program contents, and based on the information, Are concatenated in order.

The output order information may be included in the packet information and transmitted.

If it is determined in step S503 that the same program does not exist, only the contents from the time when the user command is input are stored. (S 511).

6 is a general flowchart 600 showing a program recording method according to the present invention.

4, the user selects a corresponding movie that has been output while viewing the broadcast. (S601).

Thereafter, the user inputs a recording button to record the selected movie. (S603).

It is confirmed whether the same program information (CRID) as the EVENT (407 in FIG. 4) currently being watched / recorded among the EPG EVENTs received so far exists. (S605).

If the same program information exists as a result of the checking, a normal recording or a full recording option UI is output in the On screen display state as being set in advance. (S607).

When the user selects full recording (S609), scheduled recording is set from the current time to the end time of Event1 in the currently watched EVENT1 407. (s 611).

In addition, program information (CRID) of the EVENT 2 which broadcasts the earliest in the same broadcast time (411, 418) as the currently broadcast EVENT 1 is searched for, and reservation recording is set for the amount 408 that can not be recorded in the EVENT 1. (S613).

When the reserved recording of the amount of recording that can not be recorded on the EVENT 1 is completed, the EVENT 2 is brought to the beginning and the EVENT 1 is combined. (S 615).

This combination allows one complete program to be completed. (S 617).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S605 that the same program does not exist, the currently output program is recorded as it is from the current time. (S 619, S 621).

As described above, according to the present invention, when a program recording is performed, a broadcast program schedule table is provided as an electronic program guide (EPG) information screen, and the user can conveniently select and use each time zone, . The first recording operation is performed based on the user's recording request for the program selected by the user and the output of the same program as the recording program or the scheduled output is confirmed (for example, CRID information is used) By performing a second recording operation on the contents not recorded according to the first recording operation in parallel so that the contents recorded on the basis of the second recording operation come to the beginning of the contents recorded based on the first recording operation, Full recording is possible within the original output time.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. . The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims, and all differences within the scope of the claims are to be construed as being included in the present invention.

According to the recording method of the present invention, when a viewer watches a movie and then watches a certain movie, a complete movie is recorded instead of the middle, and when the viewer wants to watch the movie the next time, It is possible to confirm the broadcasting, set / record the scheduled recording, and record a complete movie through combining.

Claims (10)

Performing a first recording operation by inputting a user command for program recording; Directly comparing specific data of a payload excluding header information included in a transport packet to determine whether the same broadcast program exists as the program in which the first recording operation is performed; Selecting a preset full recording based on the result of the checking; Performing a second recording operation for recording contents not recorded in the first recording operation; And And combining the contents recorded in the second recording operation and the contents recorded in the first recording operation based on the output order of the program contents. The method according to claim 1, And performing the second recording operation for recording the unviewed contents without performing the first recording operation when the viewing is started in the middle of the program. delete The program recording method according to claim 1, wherein the content not recorded in the first recording operation is a leading portion of the program. The program recording method according to claim 1, wherein the recorded contents according to the first recording operation and the second recording operation are stored in a memory based on unique identification information, and the combining is performed using the stored information. The method of claim 1 or 5, wherein the second recording operation is recorded in parallel with the first recording operation. The method according to claim 6, wherein full recording is performed at a time not greater than a predetermined output time of the original program as the first recording operation and the second recording operation are recorded in parallel. Performing a first recording operation by inputting a user command for program recording; Directly comparing specific data of a payload excluding header information included in a transport packet to determine whether the same broadcast program exists as the program in which the first recording operation is performed; Performing a second recording operation for automatically recording contents not recorded through the first recording operation based on the result of the checking; And And combining the contents recorded in the second recording operation and the contents recorded in the first recording operation based on the output order of the program contents. Automatically performing a first recording operation on a program viewed by a user; Directly comparing specific data of a payload excluding header information included in a transport packet to determine whether the same broadcast program exists as the program in which the first recording operation is performed; Performing a second recording operation for automatically recording contents not recorded through the first recording operation based on the result of the checking; And And combining the contents recorded in the second recording operation and the contents recorded in the first recording operation based on the output order of the program contents. A tuner unit for receiving a broadcast signal; A decoder unit for decoding a broadcast signal received through the tuner and decoding audio and video signals including program guide information; An input unit for inputting user control information for recording; A memory unit for storing contents recorded based on the user control information; And The first recording operation is performed based on the user's recording request, and the output of the same program as the recorded program or the scheduled output of the same program is directly compared with the specific data of the payload excluding the header information included in the transmission packet And performs a second recording operation for the contents not recorded according to the first recording operation in parallel so as to record the contents recorded in the second recording operation at the beginning of the contents recorded by the first recording operation A control unit for performing a combination so that The program recording apparatus comprising:

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