KR980011336A - VCR's scheduled recording device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a Vcial reservation recording apparatus and method thereof. When a remote control switch 1a is turned on and a control signal is inputted from the outside via a telephone line P1, The microprocessor 3 notifies the microprocessor 3 whether or not the control signal is inputted and the microprocessor 3 discriminates the time information and the channel information necessary for the reserved recording by the keypad operation of the external telephone A reservation recording apparatus and method of a VCR for inputting data from the apparatus 8 and causing the microprocessor 3 to switch the system into the reservation recording setting mode and end recording

Description

VCR's scheduled recording device and method

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a VCR according to the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a reserved recording process of the present invention. FIG.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

1: key input means 1a: remote control switch

2: Remote controller 2a: Remote control signal light receiving section

3: Microprocessor 4: Motor driver

5: Signal processing section 6: Tuner

7: memory 8: discriminator

a, a: Connection terminal P1: CO line

P2: Extension

More particularly, the present invention relates to a reservation recording apparatus and method of VCR (hereinafter referred to as VCR), more specifically, a user controls VCR through a telephone line to set data such as time, channel, Or to modify or delete previously inputted contents.

In general, when a user inputs necessary data such as a time and a channel for performing a recording by operating a key input means or a remote controller provided on the main body of the VCR to the VCR microprocessor, the microprocessor uses a timer The microprocessor controls the various motors by sending a control signal to the motor driving unit and controls the tuner in accordance with the channel data inputted to select the pre- And the signal input to the tuner through the selected channel is recorded by recording the signal on the tape through the head drum through the signal processing step in the signal processing unit.

However, in the conventional VCR reservation recording, as described above, data necessary for the reserved recording can be input only through the key input unit or the remote controller provided to the VCR. Therefore, when the user is absent, The user can not edit the input content and can not perform the scheduled recording of the program to be viewed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone line connection terminal, an extension connection terminal, a discrimination device for discriminating a signal input through a telephone line, A control switch is provided to input data necessary for reservation recording of a VCR through a telephone line in the absence of the user so as to perform recording or to modify or delete the reserved recording data previously input.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reservation recording apparatus including a microprocessor for controlling a system, a key input unit provided in the main body, a tuner for performing high frequency amplification and local oscillation of an input signal, A motor driving unit for driving and controlling various motors, a memory for storing data necessary for driving the system, and a memory for storing a DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency signal, and a remote control switch included in the key input unit.

A method of performing scheduled recording using the apparatus includes: a first step of turning on a remote control switch when a user goes out; The microprocessor detects the on / off state of the remote control switch. When the remote control switch is in the off state, the microprocessor detects the input A second step of connecting the determination device to an extension to transmit the signal to the internal telephone; When the remote control switch is turned on in the second step, the discriminator and the microprocessor are connected to each other, and a third announcement message, which is transmitted to the user via the telephone line, A process; If the user inputs the time information and the channel information necessary for the scheduled recording through the keypad of the external telephone according to the voice guidance message transmitted through the telephone line in the third step, the discriminator transmits data corresponding to the inputted reserved recording information The microprocessor transfers the system to the reserved recording setting mode; And a fifth step of performing or terminating the recording when the designated time is reached according to the reserved recording information set in the fourth step.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a system configuration diagram of a VCR according to the present invention.

1, a device configuration for carrying out the present invention comprises key input means 1 mounted on the outer surface of a VCR for the user to manually operate the VCR without using the remote controller 2 A tuner 6 in which a remote control switch 1a for setting a reserved recording mode is formed in the key input unit 1 and in which high frequency amplification, local oscillation and mixing of the input signal are performed; A signal processing unit 5 for finalizing a signal that has passed through the tuner 6, a motor driving unit 4 for driving and controlling various motors, a memory 7 for storing data necessary for driving the system, 3, a telephone line P 1 for transmitting a signal from the external telephone to the VCR discriminating device 8, an extension P 2 for transmitting a signal from the VCR to the internal telephone, (P1) from the telephone line A discrimination device 8 for discriminating a signal to be input and transmitting an input signal to the internal telephone or transmitting data to the microprocessor 3 and analyzing the DTMF signal; A connection terminal for connecting the VCR to the VCR, and a microprocessor 3 for controlling the VCR system so as to smoothly operate all the elements of the VCR system.

FIG. 2 of the accompanying drawings is a chart for explaining the reserved recording process of this embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2 of the accompanying drawings, the reserved recording process of the present invention will be described.

In the first step, the user turns on the remote control switch 1a at the time of going out (step S1)

The second process includes the step S2 of discriminating the signal inputted from the external telephone through the telephone line P1 by the discriminating device 8 and the step S2 of judging whether the signal inputted through the telephone line P1 is a control signal, The microprocessor 3 detects the ON / OFF state of the remote control switch 1a, and when the remote control switch 1a is in the OFF state, (Step S4).

The third step is a step S5 in which the discrimination device 8 and the microprocessor 3 are connected in the case where the remote control switch 1a is in an on state in the second step, To the telephone line P1, a voice guidance message stored in the memory 7 by the voice guidance message (step S6).

The fourth step is a step (S7) of the user inputting the time information and the channel information necessary for the scheduled recording by operating the keypad of the external telephone according to the voice guidance message transmitted in the third step, The apparatus 8 comprises a step S8 of sending the data corresponding to the inputted reservation recording information to the microprocessor 3 and a step S9 of switching the system to the reserved recording setting mode by the microprocessor 3 .

The fifth step is to judge whether a predetermined time has been reached according to the reserved recording information set in the fourth step (S10), and to perform or end the recording when a predetermined time is reached (S11).

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described.

When the user turns on the remote control switch 1a at the time of going out and inputs a control signal through the telephone line P1 from the outside, the discrimination device 8 discriminates whether or not the control signal is an input signal, The microprocessor 3 detects the ON / OFF state of the remote control switch 1a. When the remote control switch 1a is in the OFF state, the microprocessor 3 notifies the user When the remote control switch 1a is in the ON state, the voice guidance message stored in the memory 7 is transmitted via the telephone line P1 to the remote control switch 1a, Accordingly, the user operates the keypad of the external telephone to input the time information and channel information necessary for the scheduled recording to the discriminating device 8, and the data corresponding to the inputted reserved recording information The microprocessor 3 switches the system to the reserved recording setting mode and judges whether or not the specified time has been reached according to the reserved recording information set. When the specified time is reached Perform recording or end recording.

Therefore, the present invention has a telephone line connection terminal and an extension connection terminal, a discrimination device for discriminating a signal input through a telephone line, and a remote control switch for setting a reserved recording remote control mode, so that a VCR It is possible to input the data necessary for the reserved recording of the reserved recording data and to edit or delete the reserved recording data.

Claims (2)

A tuner 6 for performing high-frequency amplification and local oscillation of an input signal; and a microprocessor 3 for controlling the system via a tuner 6, A VCR having a signal processing unit (5) for processing an input video signal and a voice signal, and a memory (7) for storing data necessary for driving the system, characterized in that the VCR And a remote control switch (1a) provided in the key input means (1), characterized by further comprising a discrimination device (8) for interpreting the necessary data with the microprocessor (3) . A first step in which the user turns on the remote control switch 1a; The discriminator 8 discriminates the signal input from the outside via the telephone line P1 and informs the microprocessor 3 whether or not a signal has been input and the microprocessor 3 turns on / off the remote control switch 1a A second step of detecting the state and connecting the discrimination device 8 to the extension line P2 so as to transmit the input signal to the internal telephone when the remote control switch 1a is in the off state; When the remote control switch 1a is turned on in the second step, the determination device 8 and the microprocessor 3 are connected and stored in the memory 7 by the control signal of the microprocessor 3 A third step of transmitting the voice guidance message to the user via the telephone line P1; If the user inputs the time information and the channel information necessary for the scheduled recording through the keypad of the external telephone according to the voice guidance message transmitted through the telephone line P1 in the third step, The microprocessor 3 transmits the data corresponding to the information to the microprocessor 3, and the microprocessor 3 changes the system to the reserved recording setting mode. And a fifth step of recording or ending the recording when a predetermined time has elapsed according to the reserved recording information set in the fourth step. ※ Note: It is disclosed by the contents of the first application.