WO2011016475A1 - Dispositif de visualisation/d'écoute de contenu et dispositif d'affichage de contenu - Google Patents

Dispositif de visualisation/d'écoute de contenu et dispositif d'affichage de contenu Download PDF

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WO2011016475A1
WO2011016475A1 PCT/JP2010/063159 JP2010063159W WO2011016475A1 WO 2011016475 A1 WO2011016475 A1 WO 2011016475A1 JP 2010063159 W JP2010063159 W JP 2010063159W WO 2011016475 A1 WO2011016475 A1 WO 2011016475A1
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清水俊徳
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  • the present invention relates to a content viewing device and a content display device, and more particularly, to a display control technique for managing content acquired from various types of content sources and displaying the content easily.
  • content that can be viewed includes broadcast content such as terrestrial broadcast, satellite broadcast, cable television broadcast, and IP broadcast, Internet content such as VOD (Video On Demand) provided via the Internet, and recording such as BD and DVD.
  • broadcast content such as terrestrial broadcast, satellite broadcast, cable television broadcast, and IP broadcast
  • Internet content such as VOD (Video On Demand) provided via the Internet
  • recording such as BD and DVD.
  • contents such as stored contents provided by media.
  • a typical content viewing apparatus includes a digital broadcast receiving apparatus (digital television receiving apparatus, recording / reproducing apparatus, etc.).
  • a digital television receiver can view terrestrial broadcasts, satellite broadcasts, cable television broadcasts, etc., and many external devices can be connected to the recording / reproducing apparatus, and when viewing is possible by switching input, It is also possible to view content once recorded on various recording media.
  • the receiving device when a user selects a channel assigned to a broadcast or information, the receiving device receives the broadcast or information corresponding to the selected channel and presents it to the user.
  • the management data for managing each channel as a channel set is stored, management data for managing the channels in the channel set is stored, and by switching the channel set based on this management data, the Internet is added to the broadcast channel and the Internet.
  • the net content channels such as the above are also handled in a unit called a channel set, so that even when the number of channels increases, all channels can be handled in the same line without being divided.
  • the present invention acquires a list of contents other than the Internet that can be viewed on a content viewing apparatus (terminal) from the terminal, forms the list, displays the list on the same screen as the Internet content list, and selects from the menu In this way, content viewing starts. Acquires a list of Internet contents from the Internet, displays a list of broadcast contents that can be viewed, stored contents, contents of external input contents, and a list of Internet contents acquired from the terminal in one menu, and selects the contents from the menu can do.
  • a content information acquisition unit that acquires content information for each content category that is a type of content that can be viewed in a content viewing apparatus that views content, and the content acquired in the content information acquisition unit
  • a content information display control unit configured to control display of a content list on a content display unit for each content category based on content information for each category, wherein the content information acquisition unit includes the content
  • the content information acquisition unit includes the content
  • the content information acquisition unit includes the content
  • the content information acquisition unit that acquires content information including information on the acquisition source of each content of the content group acquired from the viewing device, and a URL of a net content server that provides the net content acquired via the Internet
  • a network content information acquisition unit for acquiring network content information
  • the content information display control unit includes a content list based on the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit and the network content information acquisition unit.
  • a network communication unit that communicates with an external content server via the Internet based on the URL; a net content information storage unit that stores net content information received by the network communication unit; A net content information acquisition control unit that controls operation and input / output of information from the net content information storage unit may be provided.
  • the channel or the URL assigned to each of the content groups is acquired based on the selection operation of each of the content groups and the net content, and the content source assigned to the selected channel or URL is acquired. It is preferable to have content selection means that prompts processing to access and receive and output the selected content.
  • the content category is distinguished by a content source that is a source for acquiring content.
  • the content information display control unit can display the content list in an empty area formed by scaling the viewing area of the display unit.
  • the content group includes input switching of an optical disc medium, broadcasting, and external equipment. Other content groups, for example, content used in game machines, mobile phones, etc. can also be targeted.
  • a content category icon for displaying a list for each content category and a content list display of a content category associated with the content category icon are displayed.
  • the content list display includes a content title, a content update time, and an icon indicating the content.
  • the net content information acquisition control unit accesses the net content server according to the update interval.
  • the net content information acquisition unit is activated to acquire a net content list. If the net content information acquisition unit fails to acquire the net content list, the next update interval may be extended.
  • the net content information acquisition unit may start acquiring the net content list regardless of the next update interval. Moreover, it is preferable that the content list display is acquired in the order of characters including the title of the content and the icon indicating the content, and the display is performed in the acquired order.
  • a content information acquisition step for acquiring content information for each content category, which is a type of content that can be viewed in a content viewing apparatus for viewing content, and the content information acquired in the content information acquisition step
  • a content information display control step for performing control to display a list of content on a content display unit for each content category based on content information for each content category, wherein the content information acquisition step includes: A content information acquisition step of acquiring content information including information on an acquisition source of each content of the content group acquired from the content viewing device; and a network link of the net content acquired via the Internet.
  • a content list display method characterized by performing control to integrate and display the net content list based on the net content information acquired in the net content information acquisition step on one menu.
  • the present invention may be a program for causing a computer to execute the content list display method described above, or a computer-readable recording medium for recording the program.
  • the present invention it is possible to display a list of contents from a large number of content sources that can be used in a content viewing apparatus, including Internet contents, and select a desired viewing target content by a unified operation. Therefore, there is an advantage that an operation of grasping and selecting contents that can be viewed at that time can be easily performed.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a description example of an actual program of Java Script (registered trademark) illustrated in FIG. 2, and a diagram illustrating a description example of the script of FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the display content in the display part of a content viewing-and-listening apparatus.
  • FIG. 8A is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of a list display when content provided from a BD recorder of an external device is selected as a content source by input switching and a content list is displayed as a list.
  • FIG. 8B is a diagram showing another list display example when the input switching button 71b is pressed.
  • 9A to 9M are diagrams showing examples of caution display, in which caution display is performed by switching the content list display to the list display area of the side area. It is a functional block diagram regarding a content list display among the content viewing-and-listening apparatuses by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the external appearance structural example of a remote control device. It is a flowchart figure which shows the flow of operation
  • FIG. 1 It is a figure which shows the flow of the display process with the update by this Embodiment, and is a flowchart figure which shows the flow of a process including acquisition of the provider (content server) which provides the content as shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the menu of the list display in the content viewing-and-listening apparatus by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram in the content viewing-and-listening apparatus by this Embodiment, and is a figure corresponding to FIG.
  • Recording / reproducing unit 34 ... Communication control unit, 34a ... Network communication unit, 35 ... Remote control Light receiving unit, 36 ... input means, 41 ... Internet, 43 ... external server, 251 ... content information acquisition unit, 251a ... broadcast content information acquisition unit (broadcast content information acquisition unit), 251b ... input switching content information acquisition unit (input switching) 251c... BD content information acquisition unit (accumulated media content information acquisition unit), 251d... Net content information acquisition unit (net content information acquisition unit), 256.
  • a content viewing apparatus (hereinafter referred to as a content viewing apparatus) including the content display technology according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described using a digital television receiving apparatus as an example.
  • FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a digital television receiver as an example of the content viewing apparatus according to the present embodiment.
  • the content viewing apparatus (television receiver) 10 according to the present embodiment is capable of acquiring content from many types of content sources. That is, the content viewing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes, for example, an analog broadcast antenna 11 that receives an analog television broadcast, a digital broadcast antenna 13 that receives a digital television broadcast, a hard disk drive (HDD), a memory device, a BD ( Blu-ray discs), DVD discs, CDs, and other recording media that are played and stored by external devices 30 such as content directly acquired from optical media using internal devices, telephone lines, LAN lines, etc. It is possible to input net contents acquired from the external server 43 or the like via the Internet 41 used.
  • HDMI hard disk drive
  • BD Blu-ray discs
  • the content data receiving unit 15 receives each content.
  • the content data receiving unit 15 performs reception processing on the various contents by the analog tuner unit 12, the digital analog tuner unit 14, the external input unit 31, the recording / playback unit 32, and the communication control unit 34, respectively.
  • the various content data subjected to the reception process by the content data receiving unit 15 is input to the content data management unit 16 that manages the content data.
  • the content data management unit 16 separates the content data into video data, audio data, and content metadata.
  • the video data is output to the video processing unit 19
  • the audio data is output to the audio processing unit 25
  • the content metadata is output to the content metadata management unit 26.
  • the overall control unit (CPU) 6 includes a display control unit 6a that controls display via the video processing unit 19, an audio control unit 6b that controls audio via the audio processing unit 25, a content data management unit 16, and content
  • the entire metadata management unit 26 and the like are controlled. Actually, control is performed by a program in the control program storage unit 7a of the memory 7. Reference numeral 7b denotes a net content information storage unit which will be described later.
  • the content metadata management unit 26 manages content information such as content type and content creator, and the content data management unit 16 manages input / output of content data of the content.
  • the video data processed by the video processing unit 19 is processed by the video output unit 21, and the audio data processed by the audio processing unit 25 is processed by the audio output unit 37.
  • the synchronization unit 20 synchronizes the signals and sends them to a video display device (LCD or the like) 22 and an audio output unit (speaker) 28 for output.
  • the remote control light receiving unit 35 that receives an instruction from the user by the remote control device 36 controls display / sound based on instructions related to various operations via the CPU 6.
  • the video display device (LCD or the like) 22 is a liquid crystal display device having a screen size of 16: 9 (1920 ⁇ 1010 dots).
  • the television receiver 10 has a CPU 6 and a memory 7 connected to a bus, and the operation of the television receiver 10 is controlled by various control programs stored in the CPU 6 and the memory 7. That is, the television receiver 10 shown in FIG. 1 is controlled by a computer system including a CPU 6, and a program for operating the television receiver by the computer system is stored in the memory 7.
  • the screen size is not limited to the liquid crystal display device having an aspect ratio of 16: 9.
  • the memory 7 is usually constituted by a RAM, but may include a ROM in part. Further, a rewritable flash memory or the like may be included.
  • the memory 7 stores an OS for operating the CPU, various control software, and the like, data relating to program information such as EPG data received via broadcast waves, and an OSD image necessary for OSD display. Data etc. are stored.
  • the memory 7 has a work area that functions as a work memory necessary for various control operations.
  • the television receiver 10 is provided with an analog tuner section 12 in addition to the digital tuner section 14, and can receive analog broadcasts.
  • the external input unit 31 can be connected to various external devices 30 such as a solid-state memory such as an HDD and an SD card, and a disk device such as a BD (Blu-ray disc), DVD, and CD.
  • a BD / DVD / CD recording / reproducing unit 32 is also built in the main body of the apparatus 10.
  • an IP broadcast tuner unit is provided, and IP broadcast reception is also possible.
  • the analog tuner unit 12 selects an analog television broadcast signal received via the antenna 11 for receiving an analog broadcast, and selects a channel according to a channel selection instruction from the CPU 6.
  • the received signal from the analog tuner unit 12 is separated into an audio signal and a video signal by an AV switch, the video signal is input to the video processing unit 19, and the audio signal is input to the audio processing unit 25.
  • the digital tuner unit 14 selects a digital television broadcast signal received via the digital broadcast receiving antenna 13 and selects a channel to be received in accordance with a channel selection instruction from the CPU 6.
  • a received signal from the digital tuner unit 14 has a general configuration in which it is demodulated by a digital demodulation unit in the video processing unit 19 and sent to a separation unit (DMUX).
  • DMUX separation unit
  • the IP broadcast tuner unit selects an IP broadcast received via the communication control unit 34 connected to a telephone line / LAN or the like, and receives it according to a channel selection instruction from the CPU 6. A specific IP broadcast is selected, and the output is sent to a separation unit (DMUX).
  • DMUX separation unit
  • the separation unit (DMUX) separates the multiplexed video data and audio data input from the digital demodulation unit or IP broadcast tuner unit, sends the video data to the video decode / capture unit, and sends the audio data to the audio decode unit Send to. Further, the separation unit (DMUX) extracts data such as EPG data included in the broadcast signal and sends it to the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit.
  • the broadcast wave signal extracted by the separation unit (DMUX) is recorded in the memory 7 by writing control by the CPU 6 as necessary.
  • the video decode / capture unit decodes the video data separated by the separation unit (DMUX), and captures video information included in the video data as a still image.
  • the video signal decoded by the video decoding / capture unit is sent to the video selector unit.
  • the video signal from the analog tuner unit 12 is input to the video selector unit, and the video signal from the external input unit 31 is also input.
  • the video selector unit selects and outputs one video signal from these input video signals according to a control signal from the CPU 6, and sends it to the video processing unit 19.
  • the video processing unit 19 performs video processing such as noise reduction processing, sharpness adjustment, and contrast adjustment on the input video signal, for example, and an optimal video signal for the video (liquid crystal) display device 22.
  • the video data is converted so that
  • the display control unit 6a is a part including a drive circuit for displaying the received video data on the video (liquid crystal) display device 22, and an electronic program guide from the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit added by the addition circuit.
  • EPG Electronic Program Guide
  • OSD On Screen Display
  • the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit further performs processing for scaling display according to the present invention, which will be described in detail later.
  • the audio decoding unit decodes the audio data separated by the separation unit (DMUX).
  • the audio decoding unit sends the decoded audio signal to the audio selector unit.
  • the audio selector unit receives the audio signal from the AV switch unit, the audio signal from the external input unit, and the audio signal from the audio decoding unit, and corresponds to the video signal selected by the video selector unit under the control of the CPU 6.
  • the audio signal is selected, and the audio signal is sent to the audio output unit 37 via the audio output conversion unit.
  • the audio output unit 37 converts the received audio signal into a signal optimal for reproduction on the speaker 28 and supplies the converted signal to the speaker 28.
  • the remote control light receiving unit 35 is for receiving an optical signal from a remote controller 36 (hereinafter referred to as a remote control device 36) and receiving a control signal from the remote control device 36. Instructions from the viewer, such as shifting to scaling display, which will be described later, and selection and determination of various buttons at the time of scaling display, are made through this remote control device 36.
  • the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit creates an electronic program guide based on the EPG data periodically updated and stored, and draws the OSD data stored in the memory 7 in advance.
  • the OSD data is data for drawing various information such as a setting menu screen, a volume cage, a current time, a channel selection, and the like stored in advance in the memory 7, for example.
  • the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit performs program reservation processing using the electronic program guide.
  • the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit further performs screen scaling display in cooperation with the CPU 6. That is, at the time of scaling display, the input video is scaled and displayed in the video area, and data to be displayed in a top area, a side area, and a bottom area, which will be described later, is read from the memory 7 and drawn on the display screen of the display device. Furthermore, the functions assigned to various “buttons” selected by the input from the remote controller 36 are executed, and the display based on the results is managed.
  • the communication control unit 34 performs control so as to establish communication via a network such as a telephone line, a LAN, and the Internet.
  • the display control unit 6a is an electronic program guide (EPG) created based on content information such as program information, various displays for assisting operations in content list display and content list display according to the present embodiment to be described later, etc. To control. At this time, for example, in digital broadcasting, program information data to be displayed in a program guide or the like is acquired based on EIT (Event Information Table), that is, information describing a program title, contents, broadcast time, and other attributes.
  • EIT Event Information Table
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data structure example of a net content list managed in the content viewing apparatus according to the present embodiment.
  • the data structure of the net content list 51 managed in the content viewing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes, for example, a large number of net content groups 55-1 to n (n is a positive integer), It is managed in a configuration having the list information 53 of the net content groups 55-1 to 55-n as the header.
  • the list information 53 includes, for example, information (not content) related to the content, which is associated with each content and includes the author 53a of the content, the update unit 53b, and the update frequency 53c.
  • the update unit 53b indicates an interval at which the net content list 51 is updated together with the update frequency 53c. For example, when the update unit 53b is weekly and the update frequency is 1, it indicates that the net content list 51 is updated once a week.
  • the update frequency is the update timing in update units, and includes information such as once a week or information such as the last update time.
  • the net contents 55-n indicate a title 55a, a subtitle 55b, a link (such as a URL) 55c, extended information 55d, a (last) update time 55e, an author 55f, a summary (summary) 55g, and a content, respectively. It includes a reference 55h to icon data for the purpose.
  • the content itself is stored in an external server or the like, and is associated by a link.
  • the script 57 includes a variable declaration 57a, a data acquisition process 57b, a display process 57c, and a handler registration process 57d for registering a handler that is an expression of an action to be executed when the file is called.
  • Each of these processes is generally a processing unit executed by software.
  • FIG. 2 shows the data structure of a plurality of net content lists 1 to n, not the data structure of one net content, and schematically shows the structure of the contents of FIG. 3 below. It is.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a net content list (program), and is a diagram illustrating an example of a net content list acquired from an external server via the Internet. Moreover, it is a specific description example of the net content list 51 shown in FIG.
  • the list information 63 describes a list editor name 63a, a list ID 63d, an update period (for example, one hour) 63b, and an update frequency (for example, twice (in one hour)) 63c. Yes.
  • an access destination for acquiring content such as the broadcast network type and channel ID for broadcasts and its identification number for media is required, as with network content. It is.
  • the content is accessed when the content is selected in the same manner as the content acquired from other broadcast contents and media.
  • a channel list which will be described later, it is possible to perform a unified operation for selecting and viewing various contents including network contents via channel IDs and URLs.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the actual JavaScript (registered trademark) program shown in FIG. 2, and is a diagram showing a description example of the script 57 in FIG.
  • the variable declaration 67a is a part for defining a variable for data acquisition processing.
  • the value (start point, width, height, etc.) of the area indicated by (xinit, yinit) and the category currently focused on Define the item index, number of pages, etc.
  • the data acquisition processing program 67b is a description example of a program for executing actual data acquisition processing.
  • the display processing program 67c is a program describing how to display a content list, and analyzes this part to display a content list to be described later. Specifically, how the content list and the like are displayed according to the key operation, the display position of the content list on the display screen, and what icon to display, etc., are represented by reference numerals 67c-1 to 67c-3. It is decided based on the description.
  • the description of “function drawnetlogos () ⁇ ... ⁇ ” indicated by reference numeral 67c indicates processing for displaying the service icon 153 of FIG.
  • the handler registration processing program 67d shows a description example corresponding to the handler registration processing 57d for registering a handler that is an expression of an action to be executed when a file is called.
  • the function keyEvent is registered as a handler when a key operation is performed by the description of ctx.addEventListener ('textinput', keyEvent, false) ;.
  • the function handleUser is registered as a handler when the broadcast content or the net content list is updated by the description of ctx.addEventListener ('userEvent', 'handleUser,' false); '.
  • Java Script registered trademark
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating display contents on the display unit 22 of the content viewing apparatus.
  • the display unit 22 is operated by operating the remote controller 36 to display a general full screen display 22a display mode (right side, for example, a TV image).
  • the image area 22a is, for example, a top area 22b as a margin area generated by scaling while maintaining the aspect ratio of the wide screen by scaling, for example.
  • the bottom area 22c and the side area 22d are formed, and the transition can be made between the simultaneous menu display mode in which various information can be displayed in these blank areas (the left figure side).
  • the content list display technology using the side area 22d will be described in detail.
  • the area in which the content list is displayed is not limited.
  • a source category display area 71 provided with a number of icons for displaying a content list for each content source category as a GUI, and in the area below it, the icons in the source category display area 71 are displayed.
  • a content list list display area 73 (from 73-1 to n) for displaying a list of contents of a certain source category selected by (1).
  • the source category display area 71 formed horizontally is arranged so that, for example, buttons for each source of each content are arranged in the horizontal direction.
  • a BD (Blu-ray Disk) icon 71a an input switching icon 71b, a terrestrial digital broadcast icon (terrestrial D) 71c, a BS digital (satellite) broadcast icon (BS) 71d, a CS digital (communication satellite) broadcast icon (CS ) 71e, net content icon 71f, and the like are arranged in the same row.
  • a BD (Blu-ray Disk) icon 71a an input switching icon 71b
  • a terrestrial digital broadcast icon (terrestrial D) 71c an input switching icon 71b
  • BS digital (satellite) broadcast icon (BS) 71d an BS digital (satellite) broadcast icon (BS) 71d
  • a CS digital (communication satellite) broadcast icon (CS ) 71e net content icon 71f, and the like are arranged
  • the BD icon 71a when the BD icon 71a is selected (with satin hatching), a list of contents currently stored in the BD medium inserted in the BD drive of the own device is displayed in the content list list display area 73. Are all listed in the column direction. Also, as shown in the figure below, when the net icon 71f is selected (here, satin is hatched), for example, the Internet content selected in the external server currently connected via the Internet The list is displayed in a list in the column direction in the content list display area 73 based on the data structure as shown in FIGS.
  • the blue button when the blue button is pressed in a state where a certain line (here, line 73-4) is focused, the content list of the selected line is displayed in detail in the content list display area 73.
  • a content number 91a, a content title 91b, a subtitle 91c, and a detailed description 91d related to the selected content are displayed based on the data configuration as shown in FIGS.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen display example of a list display when a broadcast is selected as a content source and a content list is displayed as a list.
  • a case where the terrestrial D button 71c is selected in the source category display area 71 and a content list of digital terrestrial broadcasting is displayed in the content list list display area 73 will be described as an example.
  • the contents as illustrated by arrows are displayed.
  • the number new arrival display 101 is “2”
  • the station logo 103 is a broadcast station logo mark such as “NHK2”
  • the service ID 105 is a service ID such as “021”
  • the service name 107 is “NHK education”.
  • the service name such as “NHK High School Course Japanese History” is displayed as the program title 111, and the minimum contents are displayed so that the outline of each content in the list can be judged at a glance.
  • the display is switched to the detailed information of the broadcast content as illustrated in the lower right diagram and illustrated in the lower left diagram.
  • information such as video and sound, detailed information 143, viewing age limit, recording count limit, details of contents, etc. are displayed.
  • a guide or the like of what kind of processing is performed is displayed.
  • These pieces of information are basically so-called program information provided on a broadcast wave, and an EPG or the like is also created based on these pieces of program information.
  • an EPG or the like is also created based on these pieces of program information.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of a list display when a content list is displayed as a list by selecting net content provided via the Internet as a content source.
  • a case where the net button 71f is selected in the source category display area 71 and the content list of the Internet content is displayed in the content list list display area 73 will be described as an example.
  • the number display 151 is “2”
  • the service icon 153 is a logo of an Internet source (for example, an external server) such as “Y!”
  • the title 157 is “ahoo! Japan For ⁇ QUAS” or the like.
  • the subtitle 161 is a subtitle such as “Aho Japan on TV”, and the minimum content is displayed so that an overview of the Internet content in the list can be determined at a glance.
  • the display is switched to the detailed information 171 of the Internet content as illustrated in the lower right diagram and illustrated in the lower left diagram.
  • “2” is displayed as the number 173, “Y!” Is displayed as the station logo 175, and “(NEW) is updated” is displayed as the new arrival notification 177 to notify that it is the latest content.
  • a title 181 and a subtitle 183 are also displayed.
  • Display guides such as kaka. Basically, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, these pieces of information can be created in a format similar to that of broadcasting based on content information provided accompanying the content.
  • FIG. 8A is a diagram showing a screen display example of a list display when a content list is displayed by selecting content provided from a BD recorder of an external device by input switching as a content source.
  • the connection between the digital broadcast receiving apparatus and the external device may be made, for example, by a bidirectional communication cable according to the HDMI standard.
  • Other connectable external devices include digital terminals, cameras, recorders, and other digital movies, game machines, and home networks that are compatible with IRSS, which is a standard for light-speed infrared communication.
  • FIG. 8B is a diagram showing another list display example when the input switching button 71b is pressed.
  • the input icon 211 is displayed as an input 2 icon 211a
  • the input name 213 is displayed as a ⁇ QUAS BD recorder 215a
  • the input state 215 is, for example, “can be switched” 215a. Display is made.
  • the input icon 211b may be an unusable mark
  • the input name 213b may be input 4
  • the input state 215b may be “cannot be switched”, and the like.
  • the input switching for external devices can expand the types of devices as much as possible. Therefore, it can be extended to home network devices.
  • FIGS. 9A to 9M are diagrams showing examples of caution display, and various caution displays can be displayed in the list display area of the side area 22d.
  • These caution displays are broadly classified into a display indicating that the process itself according to the operation purpose cannot be performed and a display for informing the user to wait because the process is currently being processed.
  • the former display indicates that the operation is invalid to the user or that an external device or the like needs to be connected to enable the operation, and the latter display waits for the user to complete the process. This is a display for notification.
  • These caution displays can give a sense of security to the user.
  • the content viewing apparatus includes a network content information acquisition unit for acquiring a list of Internet contents from the Internet, and broadcast content information for acquiring a broadcast content list received by a television receiver (terminal device).
  • An acquisition means an input switching content information acquisition means for acquiring an input switching (connection based on HDMI standard) content list connectable to a television receiver (terminal device), a storage medium (an optical medium such as a BD, etc.) )
  • Content list information acquisition means for acquiring a content list, a content list display means for executing a display script as described above based on the acquisition contents of each acquisition means, and displaying a list of contents, a list Based on the display operation, It has a content processing selecting means for starting the processing of the raw or the like, and.
  • each of the above means is expressed by a function related to content list display in the content viewing apparatus according to this embodiment including the display control unit 6a, the content data management unit 16, and the content metadata management unit 26. It is a functional block diagram, and the functional part in the broken line part is a main part that performs processing related to content list display executed by the program as shown in FIG.
  • the memory 7 includes a script storage unit 7a and a net content information storage unit 7b.
  • the network communication unit 34a, the content output units (22, 28), and the input unit 36 are shown in FIG. It is a function.
  • the content information acquisition unit 251 is a broadcast content information acquisition unit (broadcast content information acquisition unit) 251a that acquires information about broadcast content from broadcast waves, and an input switching content information acquisition unit that performs input switching and acquires content from an external device.
  • the net content information acquisition unit (net content information acquisition unit) 251d acquires the net content information via the network communication unit 34a under the control of the net content information acquisition control unit 256, and the acquired net content information is the net content.
  • the content information includes an access destination to the content, for example, a broadcasting station or channel ID for broadcasting, and a URL to an external content server for network content. Even if the net content is once stored in the memory of the content viewing device, the URL information to the external content server that is the acquisition source is retained, so that, for example, when the net content information is updated, the content is stored in the memory or the like. The stored net content information can be easily updated.
  • the content information acquired in the content information acquisition unit 251 as described above and the viewing state from the viewing state acquisition unit 253 that acquires the viewing state are displayed using the script stored in the script storage unit 7a.
  • the means (content list display means) 255 displays the content list as content information, for example, as described above.
  • the content output means (22, 28) outputs the content selected by the content selection means 257 in response to an input event from the input means 36 by the user while referring to the content list (menu display). (Corresponds to content processing selection means).
  • FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an external configuration example of the remote control device 36.
  • the remote control device 36 is provided with a number of operation buttons on the surface of the housing 260.
  • the power button 267, the number / character input button 261, the broadcast switching button 262, input switching, Internet connection, data linkage, volume, channel selection A button 268, a recording list display button, a program guide display button 263, a direction key 264, an enter key 265, four color keys 267 to which functions can be assigned, a screen display, a tool, a home button 266, and the like are provided.
  • the home button 266 is a button for switching between the content list display mode and the full screen viewing mode as described above.
  • the left / right key can be used to select the source category button 71n in the source category display area 71 of FIG. 5, and the up / down key can be used to move the cursor between the source category display area 71 and the content list display area 73n. Can be moved.
  • the OK key you can execute the item on which the cursor is currently selected.
  • the processing is performed in the order of first obtaining the net content information, obtaining the viewing category, and obtaining the content information being viewed.
  • the net content information is first acquired on the premise that other content lists can be displayed before that.
  • FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of script operations during initial display.
  • step S1 for example, when a menu button (top menu) on the remote controller is pressed, an acquisition process of net content information is started in step S2 using that as a trigger.
  • the net content information includes URL information that is an access destination to the net content server so as to correspond to the net content.
  • Content acquisition processing is performed for each content type (source category).
  • step S3 the viewing category relating to which of the source categories has been selected is acquired.
  • content information of the content being viewed is acquired.
  • step S4 the viewing state is acquired. For example, information such as viewing BS1.
  • step S5 the viewing state is acquired (whether viewing is being performed).
  • step S6 it is determined whether or not the content list can be displayed. If YES (success), the content list being viewed is displayed in step S7, and the process ends (step S6). S9). If the answer is No (failure) in step S6, a caution display to that effect (see FIG. 9H) is given in step S8, the process proceeds to step S9, and the process is terminated. In this way, when an operation for displaying a list is detected, information on the content being viewed is acquired, and if the list can be displayed, the list is displayed. When a button with a different source category is pressed, a similar process for displaying a list of the source category is executed.
  • step S1 Prior to step S1, for other contents such as broadcast contents, BD contents, and input switching contents, content information that can already be displayed in a list, for example, in the case of broadcast contents, the station logo 103 shown in FIG.
  • the broadcast content information acquisition unit 251a shown in FIG. 10 has already acquired program information that can display the service ID 105, the service name 107, the program title 111, etc., and is stored in the memory so that the list can be displayed at any time. Is preferred. Using such information and newly acquired net content information, the list display as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is possible.
  • FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of the source category list display update process.
  • Internet content is often updated frequently.
  • step S11 the update may be automatically started upon detection of the update, or the presence / absence of the update may be periodically monitored.
  • the content category updated in step S12 is acquired. For example, it is assumed that the category of the net content is updated.
  • step S14 it is determined whether or not the currently viewed content belongs to the updated category. If it does not belong (NO), the updating process is terminated (step S18). If it belongs (YES), the process proceeds to step S15 to determine whether or not the content list can be displayed.
  • step S16 the list is displayed, and the process proceeds to step S18. If the list cannot be displayed, the process proceeds to step S17, and in step S17, a caution display indicating that the list cannot be displayed as shown in FIG. 9K is performed. Then, the process proceeds to step S18, and the update process is terminated.
  • FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a flow of display processing with an update according to the present embodiment, and a flowchart showing a flow of processing including acquisition of a provider (content server) that provides content as shown in FIG. FIG.
  • the update timing of the Internet content list first, the update interval is described in the content list, and the content list updated periodically is acquired according to the description shown in FIG.
  • step S21 When the power is turned on, content list (Atom list) acquisition processing is started (step S21), and the net content information acquisition unit 251d in the content information acquisition unit 251 shown in FIG.
  • the content server described in the URL of the header of the content list 61 is requested to transmit the net content list (step S22). If the list acquisition is successful (YES in step S23), the process proceeds to step S24, and if the list acquisition fails (NO in step S23), the process proceeds to step S31.
  • step S24 the content is written in the net content information storage unit 7b.
  • step S25 the update is notified to the net content information acquisition unit 251d in the content information acquisition unit 251. Through the processing so far, a list of contents (characters) is acquired.
  • step S26 a content icon is requested from the content server.
  • step S27 the content icon is written in the net content information storage unit 7b.
  • step S28 the content icon is acquired in the net content information acquisition unit 251d.
  • step S29 it is determined whether or not there is a next icon to be acquired. If there is a next icon (YES), the process returns to step S26 to repeat the process of acquiring the next icon. When the next icon disappears (NO in step S29), the process proceeds to step S30, the next acquisition timer is set, and the process ends (step S32).
  • step S31 the next acquisition timer is set to be longer than the current time so that the list can be easily acquired, and the current process ends (step S32). As described above, when the acquisition of the content list fails, the acquisition is facilitated by setting a longer next acquisition interval.
  • the list of characters can be displayed early by acquiring the content list (character display) and acquiring the icons. That is, in step S25, when an update is notified to the net content information acquisition unit 251d in the content information acquisition unit 251, the update is notified from the net content information acquisition unit 251d to the content information display means 255. First, the updated character information Is displayed.
  • step S28 when the acquisition of the content icon is notified to the net content information acquisition unit 251d, the update is notified from the net content information acquisition unit 251d to the content information display means 255, and the acquired icon data is displayed.
  • content that can be used in a terminal device such as a television is displayed including Internet content and can be selected by a unified operation. Can do. Further, there is an advantage that it becomes easy to grasp and select contents that can be viewed at that time.
  • FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a list display menu in the content viewing apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. Recommendation that displays a recommended content recommendation list in addition to the content selection buttons 71a to 71f in the content category display area 71 so that the category can be switched and displayed in a cross-sectional manner without depending on the content source.
  • a (recommended) button 71x is provided.
  • broadcast content number 81a, icon 83a, character 85a and content category icon 86a
  • row 73-1 is displayed as shown in the list display at 83.
  • Different source categories such as net content (number 81b, icon 83b, character 85b and content category icon 86b) in 73-2 and other broadcast content (number 81c, character 85c, content category icon 86c) in row 73-3. It is also possible to display a list so that recommended content from can be included.
  • Content category icons can clarify content sources in lists containing content from different content sources.
  • FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram of the content viewing apparatus according to the present embodiment, and corresponds to FIG.
  • a content selection unit 259 is provided.
  • a recommended content selection algorithm a known method based on user preference can be used, and the algorithm is not limited. For example, 1) keyword is used as a content selection item. 2) Filtering by content category determined from the title of content, etc. 3) Filtering by broadcast time zone, 4) Filtering by user setting, for example, filtering such as selecting only net content and terrestrial digital.
  • the content viewing apparatus it is possible to display a cross-sectional list without depending on the content source category.
  • a list of contents from a large number of content sources including Internet contents that can be used in a content viewing apparatus is displayed as a list, and a desired viewing target can be obtained by a unified operation. You can select content. Therefore, there is an advantage that an operation of grasping and selecting contents that can be viewed at that time can be easily performed.
  • the content viewing device and content display device according to the present invention can be applied to a portable terminal device such as a portable wireless device, or can be applied to a television function attached to a PC or the like.
  • the program that operates on the apparatus according to the present invention may be a program that controls a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the like (a program that causes a computer to function) so as to realize the functions of the above-described embodiments related to the present invention.
  • Information handled by these devices is temporarily stored in RAM (Random Access Memory) during processing, and then stored in various ROMs such as Flash ROM (Read Only Memory) and HDD (Hard Disk Drive). Reading, correction, and writing are performed by the CPU as necessary.
  • the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.
  • the “computer-readable recording medium” means a storage device such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included.
  • the program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.
  • the present invention can be used for a content viewing apparatus.

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La présente invention se rapporte à un dispositif de visualisation/d'écoute de contenu pour voir/écouter un contenu. Ledit dispositif de visualisation/d'écoute de contenu comprend une unité d'acquisition d'informations de contenu qui acquiert des informations de contenu pour chaque catégorie de contenu, la catégorie de contenu étant un type de contenu qui peut être visualisé/écouté ; et une unité de commande d'affichage d'informations de contenu qui effectue une commande de telle sorte qu'une liste de contenus soit affichée pour chaque catégorie de contenu sur une unité d'affichage de contenu sur la base des informations de contenu pour chaque catégorie de contenu acquises par l'unité d'acquisition d'informations de contenu, l'unité d'acquisition d'informations de contenu étant pourvue d'une unité d'acquisition d'informations de contenu par catégorie qui acquiert des informations de contenu comprenant des informations de source d'acquisition des contenus respectifs dans le groupe de contenus acquises en provenance du dispositif de visualisation/d'écoute de contenu, et d'une unité d'acquisition d'informations de contenu de réseau qui acquiert des informations de contenu de réseau comprenant l'adresse URL d'un serveur de contenu de réseau d'un contenu de réseau acquis au moyen d'Internet. L'unité de commande d'affichage d'informations de contenu commande de telle sorte que les listes de contenus respectives qui sont formées sur la base des informations de contenu respectives acquises par l'unité d'acquisition d'informations de contenu de réseau, soient intégrées et affichées dans un menu.
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