KR20070107940A - Method for automatic watching television according to reservation of broadcasting program - Google Patents

Abstract

An automatic watching method according to the reservation of a broadcasting program is provided to switch a current channel to a channel which broadcasts a reserved broadcasting program automatically although a user does not perform additional device operation when reservation time arrives and allow the user to view the corresponding broadcasting program automatically. A microcomputer outputs an OSD(On Screen Display) picture for inputting information of a broadcasting program according to the reservation watching selection of a user(S5,S10). The microcomputer stores broadcasting program reservation watching information about a channel, a date, a time, a period, and a program name inputted by the user(S15,S20). The microcomputer judges whether reservation viewing start time arrives on the basis of the broadcasting program reservation watching information stored in the memory(S25,S30). If the reservation watching start time arrives, the microcomputer switches a current channel to a reserved channel, outputs a broadcasting program of the corresponding channel until reservation watching end time, and simultaneously displays that the channel is switched on an OSD during uniform time according to the reservation watching (S35,S40,S45).

Description

Method for automatic watching television according to reservation of broadcasting program}

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an electronic device with a built-in tuner to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a flowchart showing in detail the operation of an embodiment of an automatic viewing method according to a broadcast program reservation according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation process of another embodiment of an automatic viewing method according to a broadcast program reservation according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: tuner unit 20: signal processing unit

30: key input unit 40: microcomputer

50: memory 60: counter

70: OSD unit 80: output unit

The present invention relates to an automatic viewing method according to a broadcast program reservation.

More specifically, the present invention relates to an automatic viewing method according to a broadcast program reservation, which allows a user to reserve a desired broadcast program in advance and automatically view the corresponding broadcast program at a reserved time.

Recently, due to the rapid development of multimedia and video technology, high-definition television such as HDTV, PDP, LCD, DVD (Digital Video Disk) player to play multi-functional disc, VCR to play video tape, DVD player and VCR mixed The development and use of devices (combo systems), DVD players and multi-device devices with storage functions (e.g. hard disk drivers), and home theaters using 5.1-channel audio systems are being actively conducted.

On the other hand, users who watch various broadcast programs provided by broadcast providers such as airwaves, satellites, and cable broadcasts have acquired and watched broadcast program information that they want in advance.

That is, users using existing analog televisions acquire information on broadcasting programs for each channel through media media such as newspapers and broadcastings, and use them for viewing, while users using digital televisions transmit programs transmitted from broadcasting stations. Information about a broadcast program for each channel is obtained by using electronic program guide (EPG) data, which is guide information related to, and used for viewing. At this time, the EPG data includes a title of a broadcast program, a channel number of a broadcast program, a broadcast time of a broadcast program, a detailed description of the broadcast program, or contents.

As such, when a user watches various broadcast programs through an analog / digital television or the like, a user often fails to watch a specific broadcast program that he / she wants at a corresponding time. In order to solve this problem, conventionally, reservation recording is performed through a device such as a VCR or a DVD / HDD combo, and later, a recorded program is played back for viewing.

However, if the user does not use the scheduled recording function using a device such as a VCR or a DVD / HDD combo, or if the user is watching another channel while the corresponding broadcast program is being broadcast, the user may miss the desired broadcast program. there was.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, the user reserves a predetermined broadcast program in advance, and when the reservation time comes to automatically switch to a channel that broadcasts the scheduled broadcast program even if there is no separate device operation by the user The present invention provides an automatic viewing method according to a broadcast program reservation for automatically watching a corresponding broadcast program.

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic viewing method according to the broadcast program reservation according to the present invention includes inputting information of a broadcast program according to a user's reservation viewing selection in a microcomputer that controls the overall operation of the analog program reception and output. Outputting an OSD screen for; Storing broadcasting program reservation viewing information of a channel, date, time, period, and program name input by a user in a microcomputer in a memory; Determining, by the microcomputer, whether the reservation viewing start time is based on the broadcasting program reservation viewing information stored in the memory; If the reservation viewing start time, the step of switching to the reserved channel in the microcomputer to output the broadcast program of the corresponding channel until the reservation viewing end time and at the same time for displaying a channel automatically switching according to the reservation viewing for a predetermined time including the OSD; It is characterized by.

In addition, the automatic viewing method according to the broadcast program reservation according to the present invention, in the micro computer that controls the overall operation for digital broadcast program reception and output output EPG data provided by the broadcaster according to the user's reservation viewing selection to the OSD Making a step; Storing corresponding broadcast program reservation viewing information in a memory in a micro-computer according to selection of whether to view the broadcast program on the EPG data by the user who confirmed the EPG data; Determining, by the microcomputer, whether the reservation viewing start time is based on the broadcasting program reservation viewing information stored in the memory; If the reservation viewing start time, the step of switching to the reserved channel in the microcomputer to output the broadcast program of the corresponding channel until the reservation viewing end time and at the same time for displaying a channel automatically switching according to the reservation viewing for a predetermined time including the OSD; It is another feature.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the automatic viewing method according to the broadcast program reservation of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an electronic device with a built-in tuner to which the present invention is applied.

As shown, an electronic device with a built-in tuner used in the present invention is an electronic device such as a television receiver, a DVDR, etc., and includes a tuner unit 10, a signal processing unit 20, a key input unit 30, and a microcomputer 40. , A memory 50, a counter 60, an OSD unit 70, an output unit 80, and the like.

The signal processor 20 processes the video and audio signals of the broadcast signal tuned to an arbitrary channel through the antenna and the tuner 10 under the control of the microcomputer 40, and outputs the television through the output unit 80. Output it to an audio amplifier.

The key input unit 30 generates a key signal related to various operations of the device according to the user's operation and outputs the key signal to the microcomputer 40. A key signal for the information of the broadcast program is generated and output to the microcomputer 40.

At this time, the information of the broadcast program for reservation viewing is the data of the channel, date, time, period, program name, etc. input directly by the user in the case of the analog broadcast program, and in the case of the digital broadcast program is transmitted from the broadcasting station It becomes a viewing availability selection signal for each broadcast program on EPG data, which is guide information related to a program. The above-mentioned EPG data includes a title of a broadcast program, a channel number of a broadcast program, a broadcast time of a broadcast program, a detailed description of the broadcast program, contents, and the like.

The microcomputer 40 outputs a control command to the OSD unit 70 when the analog broadcast program reservation request selection signal is input from the key input unit 30 according to a user's operation using an analog television. It controls to input the information of the broadcast program for, and when the broadcast program reservation request information is input from the key input unit 30, and stores the broadcast program reservation request information in the memory (50). And, based on each broadcast program reservation viewing information stored in the memory 50, whether the reservation watching start time of the broadcast program set by the user is checked through the counter 60, and when the reservation watching start time comes, the reservation is made. Outputs a control command for switching to the channel to the signal processor 20 to control the broadcast program of the corresponding channel to be output to a television, an audio amplifier, etc. via the output unit 80, and at the same time, a control command to the OSD unit 70. Output to inform the user that the channel has been switched for viewing a previously reserved broadcast program.

At this time, when the power of the television is turned off at the start time of reservation viewing, the microcomputer 40 controls the TV to be switched on and then automatically switches to the reserved channel to watch the reserved broadcast program. Control to be the initial power off state.

On the other hand, the microcomputer 40 controls to output the EPG data provided by the broadcaster to the OSD when a digital broadcast program reservation viewing selection signal is input from the key input unit 30 according to a user's operation using a digital broadcasting television. When viewing or not selection signal (i.e., O and X selection signals for viewing of the corresponding broadcast program) for each broadcast program is input from the key input unit 30 according to a user's operation confirming the EPG data, selecting the corresponding viewing condition or not. The broadcast program reservation viewing information according to the signal is stored in the memory 50, and the subsequent processing is performed in the same manner as the above-described analog broadcast program reservation watching.

In addition, when the tuner is equipped with an electronic device equipped with a storage means such as an HDD, the microcomputer 40 may control to store the broadcast program of a lower priority in the storage means when the reservation viewing of the broadcast program by the user is duplicated. have.

The memory 50 stores information of a broadcast program for reservation viewing input by a user under the control of the microcomputer 40.

The counter 60 counts whether the reservation viewing start time of the broadcast program set by the user has come under the control of the microcomputer 40. At this time, when approaching the reservation time by the difference between the current time and the reservation time at the counter 60, a method of approaching the reservation time by up-counting the difference between the current time and the reservation time at the current time; For example, you can set the counter time and approach the scheduled time by counting down until the counter's output is '0'.

The OSD unit 70 outputs an OSD menu screen for the user to input information of a broadcast program for reservation viewing under the control of the microcomputer 40 to the output unit 80. Then, when viewing of the reserved broadcast program is started, under the control of the microcomputer 40, OSD information for confirming that the user has been switched to the channel of the previously reserved broadcast program is output to the output unit 80.

Each embodiment of the automatic viewing method according to the broadcast program reservation according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

2 is a flowchart illustrating in detail an operation of an embodiment of an automatic viewing method according to a broadcast program reservation according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of another embodiment in detail.

First, an embodiment of the present invention for an analog broadcast program will be described with reference to FIG.

In the microcomputer 40 that controls the overall operation of the analog program reception and output, the microcomputer 40 determines whether the reservation request selection signal is input from the key input unit 30 (S5). Controls the output of the OSD screen for inputting information (S10).

Thereafter, the microcomputer 40 determines whether the channel, date, time, period, program name of the program reservation request information is input from the key input unit 30 according to the operation of the user who checks the OSD screen (S15). 30, the program information of the broadcasting program reservation request information input from the channel, date, time, period, and program name is stored in the memory 50 (S20).

Then, the microcomputer 40 counts whether the reservation watching start time is reached through the counter 60 based on the broadcast program reservation watching information stored in the memory 50 (S25), and determines whether the reservation watching start time has been reached (S30). ).

When the reservation watching start time arrives, the microcomputer 40 determines whether the channel currently being watched by the user is the channel of the broadcast program that was reserved.

As a result of the determination, if the channel currently being watched by the user is a channel of the reserved program, the microcomputer 40 outputs the analog program of the current channel to the television, the audio amplifier, etc. through the output unit 80 (S40). In order to display the OSD for the reservation viewing for a predetermined time (S45).

As a result of the above-described determination in step S35, if the channel currently being watched by the user and the channel of the reserved broadcast program are different from each other, the microcomputer 40 controls to switch the current channel to the reserved channel, and broadcasts the analog channel of the corresponding channel. The program is output (S50), and the OSD is displayed for a predetermined time that the channel is automatically switched according to the reservation request (S55).

Finally, the microcomputer 40 determines whether the reserved viewing end time is reached through the counter 60 based on the broadcasting program reserved viewing information stored in the memory 50, and terminates the analog broadcasting program reserved viewing (S60).

On the other hand, after the step S30 of determining whether the reservation viewing start time described above, the microcomputer 40 if the power of the television receiver is turned off at the reservation viewing start time, the power of the television receiver is turned on, and when the reservation viewing end time Control to be the initial power off state.

Next, unlike an embodiment of the present invention for an analog broadcast program described above, another embodiment of the present invention for a digital broadcast program will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

In the microcomputer 40 that controls the overall operation of the digital broadcast program reception and output, it is determined whether the reserved viewing selection signal is input from the key input unit 30 (S105). The OSD screen output of the provided EPG data is controlled (S110).

Thereafter, the microcomputer 40 determines whether a broadcast program viewing option selection signal (ie, O and X selection signals for viewing the broadcast program) on the EPG data is input by the user who has confirmed the EPG data through the OSD screen ( In operation S115, the broadcast program reservation viewing information according to the broadcast program viewing availability selection signal on the EPG data input from the key input unit 30 is stored in the memory 50 (S120).

Then, the microcomputer 40 counts whether the reservation watching start time has been reached through the counter 60 based on the broadcast program reservation watching information stored in the memory 50 (S125), and determines whether the reservation watching start time has been reached (S130). ).

When the reservation viewing start time is reached, the microcomputer 40 determines whether the channel currently being watched by the user is a channel of the reserved viewing broadcast program (S135).

As a result of the determination, if the channel currently being watched by the user is a channel of the reserved broadcast program, the microcomputer 40 outputs the digital broadcast program of the current channel to a television, an audio amplifier, etc. through the output unit 80 (S140). In order to display the OSD for the reservation viewing for a predetermined time (S145).

As a result of the above-described determination in step S135, when the user is currently watching the channel and the channel of the reserved broadcast program is different from each other, the microcomputer 40 controls to switch the current channel to the reserved channel, and broadcasts the digital channel of the corresponding channel. The program is output (S150), and the channel is automatically switched for a predetermined time according to the reservation request (S155).

Finally, the microcomputer 40 determines whether the reserved viewing end time is reached through the counter 60 based on the broadcasting program reserved viewing information stored in the memory 50, and terminates the digital broadcasting program reserved viewing (S160).

On the other hand, after the step S130 of determining whether the reservation viewing start time described above, the microcomputer 40 if the power of the television receiver is turned off at the reservation viewing start time, the power of the television receiver is turned on, when the reservation viewing end time Control to be the initial power off state.

As described above, according to the automatic viewing method according to the broadcast program reservation of the present invention, the user who reserved a specific broadcast program can automatically watch the broadcast program that he / she wants even if there is no separate device operation at the scheduled time. You can watch the program without missing it, which has the effect of creating an advanced image of the product.

Claims (4)

Outputting an OSD screen for inputting information of a broadcast program according to a user's reservation viewing selection in a microcomputer that controls overall operations of receiving and outputting an analog program; Storing broadcast program reservation viewing information of a channel, date, time, period, and program name input by the user in the microcomputer in a memory; Determining, by the microcomputer, whether the reservation viewing start time is based on the broadcasting program reservation viewing information stored in the memory; And Switching to a reserved channel in the microcomputer at the reservation viewing start time, outputting a broadcast program of the corresponding channel until the reservation viewing end time, and displaying on the OSD that the channel is automatically switched according to the reservation watching for a predetermined time; Automatic viewing method according to the broadcast program reservation, characterized in that. According to claim 1, After the step of determining whether the reservation viewing time, And if the power of the television receiver is turned off at the start time of the reserved viewing, turning on the power of the television receiver in the microcomputer. Outputting the EPG data provided by the broadcaster to the OSD according to a user's reservation viewing selection in a microcomputer that controls overall operations for digital program reception and output; Storing corresponding broadcast program reservation viewing information in a memory in the microcomputer according to selection of whether to view the broadcast program on the EPG data by the user who has confirmed the EPG data; Determining, by the microcomputer, whether the reservation viewing start time is based on the broadcasting program reservation viewing information stored in the memory; And Switching to a reserved channel in the microcomputer at the reservation viewing start time, outputting a broadcast program of the corresponding channel until the reservation viewing end time, and displaying on the OSD that the channel is automatically switched according to the reservation watching for a predetermined time; Automatic viewing method according to the broadcast program reservation, characterized in that. According to claim 3, After the step of determining whether the reservation viewing start time, And if the power of the television receiver is turned off at the start time of the reserved viewing, turning on the power of the television receiver in the microcomputer.

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