WO1993008542A1 - Bar code matrix television calendar - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to bar code readers used to timer 10 preprogram a videocassette recorder (VCR) to record a particular television program.
- VCR videocassette recorder
- the bar-code reader across the corresponding bar code and the VCR would be automatically set to tape the television program.
- no regularly distributed publications (television guides, cable guides or newspapers) print the bar code next to each program, or any significant fraction of the programs listed.
- Some sellers of BCP distribute a limited quantity of pamphlets with bar codes for a limited selection of shows. Using these sheets, the user can achieve the original objective of entering the show for taping with one step. Unfortunately, the coverage and quantity of these pamphlets are not sufficient to make BCP popular.
- VCR with bar code programming is the Panasonic PV-4020, manufactured by Matsushita Corp., Toyko, Japan, which allows 4 separate unattended recordings over a one month time period to be programmed with a bar code scanner.
- a mode selector switch is set to the "SCANNER” position and the clock on the VCR is set to the correct time. Then the program to be preprogrammed is looked up by the user in a regular television program listing. Then the scanner power button is pressed “ON”, and the user traces from a separate bar code programming sheet, the date, the start time, the stop time and the channel.
- the bar code programming sheet has bar codes for each possible day of a month (1-31) , each possible start time 12 AM to 11 PM with minutes in 5 minute intervals, each possible stop time in the same format, and bar codes for each possible channel (00 to 99) . When all information is entered correctly, multiple beeps are heard from the scanner.
- the user can point the scanner at the VCR and press the transmit button to send the scanned date, start time, stop time and channel to the VCR.
- the VCR will give a series of confirmation beeps.
- a 15 second display of the program contents will appear on the TV screen.
- the program transmitted can be cleared by pressing the Clear button while it is displayed. If the program was not entered correctly, a message to that effect appears on the TV screen for 15 seconds when the Transmit button is pressed.
- the user then scans a "CLEAR" bar code on the programming sheet and then re-enters the program by tracing the date, start time, stop time, and channel bar codes again. When the codes are properly entered the user turns the scanner Power button "OFF", which sets the VCR for timer programming.
- the user can also record at the same time every day by scanning the EVERY DAY bar code, or the user can record at the same time on the same day of each week by scanning the EVERY WEEK bar code.
- the user can press the Check button on the Bar Code Scanner.
- the entire program will be displayed on the TV screen and the first program will flash. If the user continues to press the check button, each program number will flash in turn. If the Check button is pressed when the 4th program number is flashing, then the on screen display will return to normal TV channel reception. In the check mode, when a program is flashing, it can be cancelled by pressing the Clear button on the Bar Code Scanner.
- This invention is a novel means of formatting the television guides so that bar code information can be conveniently displayed for the users of bar code programming (BCP) without occupying significant space and therefore rendering the widespread printing of bar-code information economically feasible.
- BCP bar code programming
- the contemplated format allows CDTL information in the form of bar codes to be integrated with a television guide so that it can be intuitively and easily read by the BCP user and to permit the bar-coded information to be directly and intuitively related to every show shown in a grid format of the television guide so that the user does not have to go to a separate bar-code sheet to retrieve this information.
- the bar codes and programs are arranged in a row-column layout with channel bar codes arranged along the column headings and time of day bar codes arranged along the row headings or visa versa.
- a bar code for the day of the month is located anywhere on the sheet.
- a program length table of bar codes can be provided on the sheet or the start time of day of the next program on the same channel can be scanned to derive the time of day to terminate recording.
- the length information can be absolute or additive, such that the user scans a bar code representing the absolute time, such as 3 hours or for additive time scans a bar code representing 1 hour three times, resulting in a total of three hours.
- the print quality of the bar codes may be too demanding for normal newspapers. It may be more efficient to use a single template which can employ durable material and high quality printing for each television magazine, which when placed over the television program grid can provide the CDTL information.
- the date information can be printed on every page in the television guide near the television program grid with a large enough print, because it is printed only once for each day.
- the television program grid with the date on every page would be used in conjunction with a template with the channel bar codes and the time of day bar codes. Alternately, the date could be scanned from a separate list of "days of the week" or "days of the month".
- FIG. la is a television program calendar of the present invention showing the placement of bar codes along a channel axi and a time axis to allow a user to preprogram a VCR to record a program.
- FIG. lb is a bar code table to allow a user to specify program length.
- FIG. 2 is a bar code table to allow a user to specify the recording of a program every week on the day selected.
- FIG. 3 is a bar code to allow a user to specify the recording of a program every day.
- FIG. 4 is a bar code to allow a user to clear a program tha has been preprogrammed for recording.
- FIG. 5 illustrates the scanning of a bar code with a bar code scanner.
- FIG. 6 illustrates the transmission of a program from a bar code scanner (FIG. 6b) to a VCR (FIG. 6a) .
- the user never has to leave the matrix bar code calendar 10, because all the information that is needed is conveniently arranged for the user.
- the user points the scanner 50 at the video cassette recorder (VCR) 70, as shown in FIGs. 6a and 6b, and presses the transmit button 58.
- VCR video cassette recorder
- the television connected to the VCR will show an on screen display for confirming the VCR programming, such as that shown in FIG» 7 showing transmitted program information 74.
- the television will show transmitted program information 74 for a short while and then return to the normal television channel. If the program hasn't been properly entered, then a warning is displayed on the television and the user can clear the bar scanner by scanning clear bar code 48, shown in FIG. 4, and then rescanning the program bar codes.
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