KR19980067923A - VSI's site recording system and recording method using Internet TV - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a site recording system and a recording method using VSI's Internet TV, and in the related art, it is possible to perform an Internet function using a personal computer or an Internet TV. There was a limit to saving the image.

The present invention provides the Internet TV unit 10 including the Internet microcomputer 14 and the monitor circuit 17, and the Internet microcomputer 14 of the Internet TV unit 10 so as to solve such problems in the related art. And a related configuration with a VSI unit 20 including a VSI microcomputer 22 of a control operation for providing search engine driving information and receiving predetermined image information retrieved by an Internet microcomputer and recording the received information. It is to provide VSI site recording system using Internet TV.

Description

VSI's site recording system and recording method using Internet TV

The present invention relates to a site recording system and a recording method of VSI using an Internet TV, which allows a user to record a site image of a desired information on a VSI tape, particularly during internet work performed through the Internet TV. If you register the site you want to find, the system can automatically record the image information of the site on the tape to secure the convenience of using the Internet using this VSI system.

The use of personal computer Internet communication is rapidly progressing, and in addition to the use of the Internet using such a personal computer, products including the Internet function in the TV receiver are appearing in recent years.

For example, this Internet TV is easy for beginners who are new to the Internet to easily find information on the Internet, upgrade functions for Internet browsing programs, e-mail, help function, a remote control keyboard, and frequently used It provides various solutions such as site memory function and high speed internet environment.

In such an Internet connection, when a user brings up a communication screen (ppp screen) through a modem and calls a domestic internet service provider from this communication screen, and is connected to the Internet communication, Internet search programs such as Nets Cape (Yahoo, Web browser, Java, etc.) You can receive various information provided by various academic institutions, research institutes, theaters, and various information service providers connected to the Internet for free or for a fee.

On the other hand, the Internet TV that makes use of such Internet information is that when the user visits the website through the communication and search program, the image transmitted through the communication is related to the modem speed but is relatively slow. And the capacity of the image data memory to store the received sites (because it is made in consideration of the memory price or the system set price), there are many limitations in directly storing the contents of the desired site. .

An object of the present invention is to enable the user to record and use a variety of sites of information desired by the user by recording on the tape to record the image of the website through the Internet TV to improve the conventional problems as described above.

The present invention provides site information and search engine driving information to an Internet TV section including an Internet microcomputer and a monitor circuit, and the Internet TV section of the Internet TV section. It is characteristic of VSI's site recording system using the Internet TV, which is composed of a VSI part including a VSI microcomputer of a control operation for receiving information and recording the received information.

Another feature of the present invention is the step of performing the recording site search term registration through the Internet recording item set on the OSD menu from the VSI side, the step of visiting a predetermined site by the Internet search engine in accordance with the recording site registration, It is characteristic of VSIAL's site recording method performed by a site recording processing program including recording an image received when a site address is found.

Hereinafter, more specific features of the present invention will be understood by describing the same in detail with the accompanying drawings.

1 is a circuit block diagram showing a site recording system according to the present invention.

2 is an embodiment of a site recording processing program of the present invention.

** Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawing **

10. Internet TV Part 11. Modem

14. Internet micro 17. Monitor video circuit

20. VSIAL 21. Key input

22. VSIAL Microcomputer 23. OSD Division

24. Greenwood Circuit 25. Deck

100. Site Recording Program

That is, Figure 1 shows a site recording system of VSI using the Internet TV according to the present invention.

Here, the system consists of an Internet TV unit 10 and a VSI unit 20. The Internet TV unit 10 includes a modem 11 connected to a telephone line TL, an Internet microcomputer 14, A monitor circuit 17 including a system ROM 15, a RAM 16, and a CRT controller, a monitor 18, a keyboard 12, a mouse 13, and the like are included.

In addition, in the system, in connection with the Internet TV unit 10, the system user calls the Internet auto-recording menu using the VSI microcomputer 22 and the OS 23, and if there is an Internet recording setting, the Internet TV unit 10 If there is an Internet recording key input through the VSI microcomputer 22 which records the site found by the Internet microcomputer 14 on the side of the user and the user's key input unit 21, the Internet is controlled under the control of the VSI microcomputer 22 OSD 23 that provides a recording screen signal, and when the Internet microcomputer 14 receives the desired site information after connecting to the Internet through the modem 11, the image signal is transferred to the VSI green circuit 24. The monitor circuit 17 provided to the, the green-wood circuit 24 which modulates the signal received from this monitor circuit 17 into the deck 24, and provides this, and this green-wood circuit 24 From yirwojyeo has a structure including a deck (25) such as to record the site information.

On the other hand, the site recording processing program 100 shown in Fig. 2 is mounted in the system.

Here, when the user calls up the menu screen via VSD's OS23 and selects an Internet recording item (step 101), the user recognizes the state and registers a search word input through the keyboard (step 102). .

Thereafter, the Internet microcomputer 14 performs a search for a registered site using the Internet search engine after making a communication connection through the modem 11 (step 103).

Check whether the site search is completed in the above step (step 104), if the site search is finished, go to the first address (step 105), check whether the site screen is received and the site screen is received (step 106), If there is a site reception, the site image signal is recorded for an arbitrary second (step 107).

During the recording operation, it is checked whether it is the last page of the site (step 108), or if one page of data is paged down and recorded (step 115), if it is the last page, it is checked whether it is the last site (step 109).

If it is not the last site, the next address is searched (step 110). If it is the last site, it is checked whether there is a response from the searched site (step 111). If there is a site reception, the site image signal is recorded for an arbitrary second (step 112). ).

Then, it is checked whether or not it is the last page of the site during the recording operation (step 113), or if one page of data is paged down and recorded (step 116), if it is the last page, it is checked whether it is the last site (step 114).

If it is the last site, then the process returns to the system routine or step 110.

According to the present invention, when the user wants to record the Internet site using the system, the OS function menu screen is called up through the key input unit 21 of the VSI unit 2 as shown in FIG.

This OS function menu screen has one item such as 1. Clock setting, 2. Channel preset, 3. Scheduled recording setting, 4. Internet recording, 5. Other functions, and so on. A menu screen is displayed to enter.

Therefore, the user can input desired site information by using the keyboard 12 and the mouse 13 of the Internet TV unit 10, and a plurality of these sites can be set and registered.

As described above, when the user registers the site, the VSI microcomputer 22 provides the search site information to the Internet microcomputer 14, and the Internet microcomputer 14 registers the information in the RAM 16. The modem 11 connects to the Internet network.

The Internet microcomputer 14 enters a search mode by running a search engine (eg, Netscape, etc.) when the Internet network is connected through the modem 11, and in this mode, a site set by the user through the OS 23. And you will find the address.

As described above, when the Internet microcomputer 14 finds a site registered in the RAM 16 and receives a site, it receives the image data through the monitor circuit 17 and provides it to the green wood circuit 24.

In the recording system of the recording system circuit 24, when the received video signal is modulated into a recording signal and provided to the deck 25 side, the deck 25 records the site image information on the tape.

On the other hand, the above operation is performed by the system with the site recording processing program 100 as shown in Figure 2, which is when the user selects the Internet recording items by calling the menu screen through the OS 23 of VSI The state is recognized, and if a user inputs a search word through a keyboard, it is registered (steps 101 and 102).

Subsequently, the Internet microcomputer 14 performs a search for a registered site by using an Internet search engine after establishing a communication connection through the modem 11, and checks whether the site search is completed in the above, and if the site search is finished, the first It goes to an address, checks whether a site search is answered and the site screen is received, and if there is a site reception, the site image signal is recorded for an arbitrary second (steps 103 to 107).

It is checked whether or not it is the last page of the site during the recording operation, or if one page of data is paged down and recorded, and if it is the last page, it is checked whether it is the last site (steps 108, 109, and 115).

If it is not the last site, the next address is searched for, and if it is the last site, it is checked whether there is a response from the searched site, and if there is a site reception, the site image signal is recorded for an arbitrary second (steps 110 to 112).

After that, it checks whether it is the last page of the site during the recording, or records down one screen of data by recording, and if it is the last page, it checks whether it is the last site and repeats the recording until the end of the last site. (Steps 113, 114, 116).

The present invention can be widely used in the VSI system by recording the Internet site screen information using the Internet TV on the VSI tape whenever necessary, and by reproducing and viewing the information on the screen, due to the communication connection, the time limit of the screen reading or the Internet study. There are various advantages.

Claims (3)

Provides site information and search engine driving information to the Internet TV unit 10 including the Internet microcomputer 14 and the monitor circuit 17, and the Internet microcomputer 14 of the Internet TV unit 10. VSI using the Internet TV, characterized in that it comprises a related configuration with the VSI part 20 including the VSI microcomputer 22 in a control operation for receiving the predetermined image information retrieved by and recording the received information. Site recording system The system according to claim 1, wherein the system user invokes the Internet auto recording menu using the VSI microcomputer 22 and the OS 23 in connection with the Internet TV unit 10, and, if there is an Internet recording setting, The VSI microcomputer 22 for recording the site found by the Internet microcomputer 14 on the TV unit 10 side, and the VSI microcomputer 22 if there is an Internet recording key input through the user's key input unit 21. The OS 23 and the Internet microcomputer 14, which provide an Internet recording screen signal under the control of the control unit, and the Internet microcomputer 14 receive the desired site information after connecting to the Internet through the modem 11, and transmit the image signal to The monitor circuit 17 provided to the circuit 24, the green-based circuit 24 which modulates and provides the signal received from this monitor circuit 17 to the deck 24, and this green Based circuit 24, the deck 25 V sialic site recording system using an Internet television, characterized in that yirwojyeo a structure, or the like to record the site information from the Registering the recording site search term through the Internet recording item set on the OSD menu from VSI side, searching for a predetermined site by the Internet search engine according to the recording site registration, and receiving when the site address is found. A method of recording an internet site of VSIal performed by the site recording processing program 100 including a step of recording an image to be recorded.