KR20000021697A - Method for controlling reservation telerecording of television set having teletext function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for controlling a reservation tele recording of a television set having a teletext function is provided to recognize a broadcasting program information in teletext and input a reservation tele recording. CONSTITUTION: A method for controlling a reservation tele recording of a television set having a teletext function includes eight steps. A first step is to confirm an input of a text signal in a state in which a teletext mode is on. A second step is to store the received text signal when the text signal is inputted in the first step. A third step is to check in the second step a character line of a predesignated pattern is in the stored text signal or not. A fourth step is to give a special property to the checked character line and offer an output with a designated color through form in the third step. A fifth step is to force a cursor to locate at a character line which is first offered an output in a screen of character lines in the fourth step. A sixth step is to watch that a disposed cursor is moved by an arrow of a remote controller and control of the cursor to be moved between character lines having the special property when the cursor is moved in the fifth step. A seventh step is a reservation step to check whether the input of a reservation tele recording key is or not in a special position of the cursor. An eighth-step is to decode a character line, on which the cursor is located, store on a tele recording reservation table according to a time order when an input is in the seventh step.

Description

Reservation Recording Control Method for Television Receiver with Teletext Function

The present invention relates to a reservation recording control method for a television receiver having a teletext function, and more particularly, to a television receiver having a teletext function, wherein, in a television receiver having a teletext function, broadcast program information is received when a pattern of a text string is constant. The present invention relates to a reservation recording control method for a television receiver having a teletext function capable of making a reservation recording.

An example of the internal configuration of a television receiver having a teletext function, disclosed in FIG. 1 as published in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 97-32076 (published June 26, 1997), is shown as a block diagram.

In Fig. 1, the television receiver also has an antenna (1), a tuner (2), an IF amplifier (3), a P / S separation unit (4), an audio detector (5), and an image detector (6). ), Audio processing unit 13, OSD generating unit 12, image processing unit 16 and mixer 18, remote control unit 7, receiving unit 8, microcomputer 9, synchronization signal detection unit 11, audio The amplifier 14 includes a speaker 15, a speaker 15, a CRT driver 19, and a CRT 20.

The broadcast signal of the airwave is received by the antenna 1, and the broadcast signal received by the tuner 2 controlled by the microcomputer 9 is tuned. The IF amplifier 3 amplifies an intermediate frequency (IF) signal output from the tuner 2, and the P / S separation unit 4 includes a surface acoustic wave filter to convert the intermediate frequency (IF) into an image intermediate frequency ( PIF) and voice intermediate frequency (SIF). The voice detector 5 detects the voice signal from the voice intermediate frequency (SIF), and the voice processor 13 detects the detected voice signal based on the control signal of the microcomputer 9 (Base) and Treble. Voice processing such as volume, volume, etc. is performed, and the processed audio signal is amplified by the voice amplifier 14 and output to the speaker 15.

The image intermediate frequency PIF is detected by an image signal by the image detector 6, and the image processor 16 detects a color, tint, brightness, etc. according to the control signal of the microcomputer 9. Processing to output R (Red), G (Green), B (Blue), and luminance (Y) signals corresponding to the video signal, and the R, G, B, and luminance (Y) signals are displayed by the OSD in the mixer 18. By mixing and outputting the R ', G', B ', and OSD blanking signals Y' generated from the generator 12, the CRT 20 is driven through the CRT driver 19, and the OSD generator 12 The image is displayed along with the predetermined OSD pattern data from.

In addition, the remote control device (7) is a device for the viewer to control the output volume, channel switching, etc., or to remotely control the overall device, and transmits an infrared signal and receives it at the receiver 8 of the television to be an electrical code signal. By converting and outputting to the microcomputer 9, the overall apparatus is controlled by the microcomputer 9 in accordance with the electrical code signal.

In Fig. 1, a television receiver having a teletext information viewing function is, for example, a text signal extraction unit 101, a text signal processing unit 102, a compound synchronization circuit 103, a text signal image processing unit 104, and data storage. The unit 105 is further provided.

In this operation, when the composite video signal is input from the image detector 6 and the text signal extractor 101 extracts the text signal, the sync signal is detected by the sync signal detector 11 so that the combined synchronization circuit 103 is used. The text signal processing unit 102 is input to the text signal processing unit 102 together with the text signal, and the text signal processing unit 102 is controlled by the microcomputer 9 and stored in the data storage unit 105 or the text signal image processing unit 102. When the teletext function is selected and the teletext function is selected, the CRT driver 19 extracts the image of the teletext signal included in the image signal by the text signal image processing unit 104 via the switching means 17 and reproduces the processed text image signal. ) Is output to the CRT 20 and displayed on the screen.

However, in a television receiver having a teletext function including broadcast program information, weather forecast, and the like, in order to reserve recording, it is not necessary to select reserved recording from the menu or to input broadcast program information to be recorded by operating the reservation recording key. If you do not feel comfortable.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve this problem, and a television receiver having a teletext function capable of easily inputting a reservation recording by recognizing broadcast program information in the teletext in a television receiver having a teletext function with a simple configuration. The purpose is to provide a reservation recording control method.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of a circuit configuration of a TV receiver having a teletext function;

2 is a screen configuration diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart for explaining a reservation recording control method for a television receiver having a teletext function according to an embodiment of the present invention;

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: antenna 2: tuner

3: IF amplification section 4: P / S separation section

5: voice detector 6: video detector

7: Remote controller 8: Receiver

9: micom 12: OSD generator

13: voice processor 14: voice amplifier

15: speaker 16: video processing unit

17: switching means 19: CRT drive unit

20: CRT 101: text signal extraction unit

102: text signal processing unit 103: composite synchronization circuit

104: text signal image processing unit 105: data storage unit

In order to achieve the above object, a reservation recording control method for a television receiver having a teletext function according to the present invention comprises: in reserving recording: a confirmation step of confirming input of a text signal in a state in which the teletext mode is on (step S2); ; A storing step (step S3) of storing the received text signal when the text signal is input in the checking step (step S2); A checking step (step S4) of checking the presence or absence of a character string having a predetermined pattern among the text signals stored in the storing step (step S3); A special attribute output step (step S5) which gives a special attribute to the string checked in the check step (step S4) and outputs it in a specified color or form; A cursor arrangement step (step S6) of placing the cursor on the character string first outputted on one screen among the character strings output in the special attribute output step (step S5); A cursor movement step (step S7) which monitors that the cursor arranged in the cursor arrangement step (step S6) is moved by the arrow of the remote controller and is controlled to move the cursor between special character strings when the cursor is moved; A reservation step (step S8) of checking whether a reservation recording key is input at a specific position of the cursor; And when there is an input in the reservation step (step S8), a decoding / storing step (step S9) for decoding the character string in which the cursor is located and storing the chronological order in the recording reservation table.

By such a simple method, it is possible to easily schedule recording in a television receiver having a teletext function without inputting in a separate reservation mode.

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

FIG. 2 is a screen diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a reservation recording control method of a television receiver having a teletext function according to an embodiment of the present invention. Shown.

The television receiver for carrying out the present invention is as shown in FIG. 1, and as described with reference to FIG. 1, the antenna 1, the tuner 2, the IF amplifier 3, and the P / S separation unit 4. ), Audio detector 5, video detector 6, audio processor 13, OSD generator 12, video processor 16 and mixer 18, remote controller 7, receiver 8 And a microcomputer 9, a synchronization signal detector 11, a voice amplifier 14, a speaker 15, a CRT driver 19 and a CRT 20, and also perform a teletext viewing function. The text signal extracting unit 101, the composite synchronizing circuit 103, the text signal processing unit 102, the text signal image processing unit 104, the data storage unit 105 and the switching means 17.

In addition, in the method according to the present invention, a program in which the following steps are executed is stored in memory means such as the built-in ROM to the E ² PROM of the microcomputer 9 to perform the reservation recording control method of the television receiver. In the microcomputer 9, when the teletext function is turned on by the program, and a character string having a pattern of broadcast program information as shown in Fig. 2 is received, the character string is specified in a special method, for example, a specific color. By outputting the data in the above form, the cursor is moved on the screen and the recording reservation key or the viewing reservation key is inputted so as to be stored in the reservation recording table or the reservation viewing table.

3, the reservation recording control method for a television receiver having a teletext function according to an embodiment of the present invention is composed of the following steps.

When the teletext mode is turned on in step S1 of FIG. 3, a confirmation step (step S2) of confirming the input of the text signal is performed, and when it is not confirmed, monitoring may be continued, and the screen may return to the video screen after a certain time. have.

When the text signal is input in the checking step (step S2), the text signal received in the storing step (step S3) is stored in the memory means, and a predetermined pattern among the stored text signals, that is, the same pattern as the program information ( It is checked whether or not a string containing the reserved pattern) is included (step S4).

The string checked in the check step (step S4) is given a special attribute in step S5 and output in the designated color or form, and the first string is output on one screen from the strings output in the special attribute output step (step S5). Position the cursor at (cursor positioning step (step S6)).

The cursor arranged in the cursor arrangement step (step S6) monitors and controls the movement so that the cursor is moved between the special attribute strings by the arrow of the remote controller 7 (cursor movement step (step S7). In the reservation step (step S8), the reserved recording key of the remote controller 7 is inputted at a specific position of the remote controller. If there is no input of the reserved recording key, it returns to the cursor movement step (step S7) and repeats the operation, and checks that a predetermined time has elapsed and switches to the next text screen. It may be determined to be off and return to the video screen.

On the other hand, after decoding the character string on which the cursor is located in step S9 and storing it in the recording reservation table in chronological order, it is determined in step S10 that the teletext mode is turned off and the screen is returned to the video screen or the next text screen is displayed again. To repeat.

In this manner, in a television receiver having a teletext function, it is possible to select and reserve broadcast program information to be reserved for recording on the text screen.

In addition, in the case of having the reservation viewing function as described above, the viewing can be reserved in a similar manner.

According to the configuration and operation of the reservation recording control method of the television receiver having the teletext function according to the embodiment of the present invention described above, while viewing the text screen in the teletext mode, the television receiver having the teletext function with a simple configuration There are effects such as reservation of recording or viewing.

Claims (1)

A reservation recording control method for reserving a recording on a television receiver having a teletext information viewing function: A confirming step (step S2) of confirming the input of the text signal while the teletext mode is on; A storing step (step S3) of storing the received text signal when the text signal is input in the checking step (step S2); A checking step (step S4) of checking the presence or absence of a character string having a predetermined pattern among the text signals stored in the storing step (step S3); A special attribute output step (step S5) which gives a special attribute to the string checked in the check step (step S4) and outputs it in a specified color or form; A cursor arrangement step (step S6) of placing the cursor on the character string first outputted on one screen among the character strings output in the special attribute output step (step S5); A cursor movement step (step S7) which monitors that the cursor arranged in the cursor arrangement step (step S6) is moved by the arrow of the remote controller and is controlled to move the cursor between special character strings when the cursor is moved; A reservation step (step S8) of checking whether a reservation recording key is input at a specific position of the cursor; And, When there is an input in the reservation step (step S8), it has a teletext function comprising a decoding / storing step (step S9) which decodes the character string on which the cursor is located and stores it in the recording reservation table in chronological order. A reservation recording control method for a television receiver.