WO2013105306A1

WO2013105306A1 - Television receiver, television receiver control method, program and recording medium

Info

Publication number: WO2013105306A1
Application number: PCT/JP2012/074115
Authority: WO
Inventors: 彩峯原; 隆匡清水; 威鑓田; 尚美平澤; 義憲大西; 広紀阿部; 治郎岡田
Original assignee: シャープ株式会社
Priority date: 2012-01-12
Filing date: 2012-09-20
Publication date: 2013-07-18

Abstract

This television receiver (10) is equipped with: a CPU (6) that extracts program information from extraction sources such as broadcast waves and recording media, manages the program information in association with the extraction sources, and detects a character string, among character strings included in an Internet screen, that matches a character string included in the program information; an EPG/OSD/scheduled recording processing unit (24) and a recording/reproduction unit (32) that execute processing related to the extraction source of said program information.

Description

Television receiver, television receiver control method, program, and recording medium

The present invention relates to a television receiver and a method for controlling such a television receiver. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a program for causing a computer to function as such a television receiver and a recording medium on which such a program is recorded.

In recent years, television receivers equipped with a function capable of connecting to the Internet (hereinafter referred to as TV receivers) have become widespread, and it has become important to link Internet functions with broadcast viewing functions (TV functions). .

Examples of cooperation between the Internet function and the TV function include, for example, (1) receiving software update information of a television receiver via the Internet and updating the software, (2) information acquired from the Internet (for example, Weather forecast information, etc.) are automatically displayed on the television receiver, and (3) an internet search is performed on the display screen of the television receiver, and the search result is displayed on the television receiver.

Further, as an example in which the Internet function and the television function are linked, Patent Document 1 determines whether or not there is an update in the content of the Internet site corresponding to the search condition, and if there is an update, the content is updated. An automatic information retrieval apparatus that displays the fact on the display is described.

Also, Patent Document 2 describes a method for searching a document from a character string.

Further, Patent Document 3 uses an EPG (Electric Program Guide) program guide and a program guide on the Internet using keywords extracted from all TV program guides that can be displayed on TV screens and TV screens acquired from the Internet. A TV broadcast receiving apparatus that records a desired broadcast program or reserves a viewing reservation by searching is described.

Japanese Patent Publication “Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2000-181778 (published June 30, 2000)” Japanese Patent Publication “Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-67378” (published on March 16, 2001) Japanese Patent Publication “Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-9030 (published on January 10, 2003)”

If the title of the program that the user wants to record is found from the displayed search results after performing an Internet search on the display screen of the television receiver, the user learns information necessary for reserving the program. It is necessary to perform a recording process based on the learned information. Similarly, when the title of a previously recorded program is found in the search result, the user remembers information necessary for searching for the program that recorded the program, and based on the learned information, the recording device It is necessary to search for the recorded program from the list.

However, in Patent Document 3 described above, since the search is not performed except for the program guide, it is not considered that the user has to save the trouble of playing the recorded program.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a television receiver that can save the user from having to perform operations on the television receiver, such as program recording and playback. Is to provide.

In order to solve the above problems, a television receiver according to the present invention extracts program information from a plurality of extraction sources including broadcast waves and recording media, and associates the extracted program information with the extraction source of the program information. Program information management means, display control means for displaying the Internet screen on the display section, and character strings included in the Internet screen displayed on the display section by the display control means by the program information management means. Detection means for detecting a character string matching a character string included in the managed program information, and processing for a program specified by the program information including the character string detected by the detection means, A process execution means for executing a process associated with an extraction source of the program information among a plurality of processes including channel selection, recording reservation, and reproduction; It is characterized in that it comprises a.

According to the above configuration, of the character strings included in the Internet screen, the character string detected by the detecting means is a character string included in the program information managed by the program information managing means. Therefore, when the character string is detected, the television receiver can execute the process associated with the program information extraction source for the program specified by the program information including the character string. .

Thereby, the user can cause the television receiver to execute processing such as channel selection, recording reservation, and reproduction of a desired program from a character string included in the Internet screen without performing complicated operations. Accordingly, it is possible to save the user from performing operations on the television receiver.

In order to solve the above problems, a control method for a television receiver in the present invention is a control method for a television receiver including display control means for displaying an Internet screen on a display unit,
A program information management step for extracting program information from a plurality of extraction sources including a broadcast wave and a recording medium, and managing the extracted program information in association with the extraction source of the program information, and the display unit by the display control means The character string included in the Internet screen displayed on the screen is detected in the detection step, and the detection step detects a character string that matches the character string included in the program information managed in the program information management step. Processing for a program specified by program information including a character string, and executing processing associated with an extraction source of the program information among a plurality of processing including channel selection, recording reservation, and reproduction And a process execution step.

According to the above configuration, the same effects as those of the television receiver according to the present invention can be obtained.

Further, a program for operating a computer included in the television receiver, the program for causing the computer to be executed as each of the means described above, and a computer-readable recording medium storing the program are also included in the present invention. Included in the technical scope.

The television receiver according to the present invention includes program information management means for extracting program information from a plurality of extraction sources including broadcast waves and recording media, and managing the extracted program information in association with the extraction source of the program information. Included in the program information managed by the program information management means among the display control means for displaying the Internet screen on the display section and the character string included in the Internet screen displayed on the display section by the display control means Detection means for detecting a character string that matches a character string to be read, and processing for a program specified by program information including the character string detected by the detection means, including channel selection, recording reservation, and playback And a process execution means for executing a process associated with the program information extraction source among a plurality of processes including To have.

It is a figure which shows the structure of a television receiver typically. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of a television receiver. It is a figure which shows an example of program information. It is a figure which shows the other example of program information. It is a screen transition diagram which shows an example of the flow of operation | movement of a television receiver. It is a screen transition diagram which shows the other example of the flow of operation | movement of a television receiver. FIG. 7A is an enlarged view of the right screen of the screen a, and FIG. 7B is an enlarged view of the right screen of the screen b. It is a figure which shows the other example of the screen transition of a television receiver. It is a figure which shows an example of the selection screen of the character string of a television receiver.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the following description, various preferred limitations for implementing the present invention are given, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the description of the following embodiments and drawings.

[Configuration of Television Receiver 10]
First, the outline of the configuration of a television receiver including a display device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the television receiver 10.

In FIG. 1, a television receiver (television receiver) 10 is an entire television receiver having a liquid crystal display device (display unit) 22 having a screen size of 16: 9 (1920 × 1080 dots), for example. The television receiver 10 includes a CPU (program information management means, detection means, processing execution means, display control means) 6 and a memory (recording medium) 7 connected to the bus 8, and the operation of the television receiver 10. Are controlled by various control programs stored in the CPU 6 and the memory 7. In other words, the television receiver 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 memory 7 is usually composed of 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 guide information such as EPG data received via broadcast waves, and OSD required for OSD display. For example, image data is 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 (recording media) 30 such as a solid-state memory such as an HDD or an SD card, a disk device such as a BD (Blu-ray disc), DVD, or CD. Further, a BD / DVD / CD recording / reproducing unit (processing execution means) 32 is also incorporated in the main body of the television receiver 10. Further, an IP broadcast tuner unit 23 is provided, and IP broadcast reception is also possible.

In addition, the television receiver 10 includes an AV switch unit 13, a digital demodulation unit 15, a separation unit (DMUX) 16, a video decode / capture unit 17, a video selector unit 18, a video processing unit 19, an addition circuit 20, and a display control unit. (Display control means) 21, liquid crystal display device 22, EPG / OSD / reservation processing section (processing execution means) 24, audio decoding section 25, audio selector section 26, audio output conversion section 27, speaker 28, channel selection section 33, communication A control unit 34 and a remote control light receiving unit 35 are provided. The television receiver 10 is further provided with an OPC (light) sensor 38 for detecting ambient brightness. The OPC sensor 38 is more preferably an illuminance sensor including a low pass filter. Thereby, temporary changes, such as a person passing in front of a sensor, can be relieved and illumination intensity can be acquired smoothly.

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 channel selection unit 33. The received signal from the analog tuner unit 12 is separated into an audio signal and a video signal in the AV switch unit 13, the video signal is input to the video selector unit 18, and the audio signal is input to the audio selector unit 26.

The digital tuner unit 14 selects a digital television broadcast signal received via the digital broadcast receiving antenna 40, and selects a channel to be received according to a channel selection instruction from the channel selection unit 33. The received signal from the digital tuner unit 14 is demodulated by the digital demodulation unit 15 and sent to the separation unit (DMUX) 16.

The IP broadcast tuner unit 23 selects an IP broadcast received via a communication control unit 34 connected to a telephone line / LAN or the like, and receives a specific IP received in response to a channel selection instruction from the channel selection unit 33. The broadcast is selected and the output is sent to the separation unit (DMUX) 16.

The separation unit (DMUX) 16 separates the multiplexed video data and audio data input from the digital demodulation unit 15 or the IP broadcast tuner unit 23, sends the video data to the video decoding / capture unit 17, and the audio data Is sent to the audio decoding unit 25. Further, the separation unit (DMUX) 16 extracts data such as EPG data included in the broadcast signal and sends it to the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24. The broadcast wave signal extracted by the separation unit (DMUX) 16 is recorded in the memory 7 by writing control by the CPU 6 as necessary.

The video decode / capture unit 17 decodes the video data separated by the separation unit (DMUX) 16 and captures video information included in the video data as a still image. The video signal decoded by the video decoding / capture unit 17 is sent to the video selector unit 18. As described above, the video signal from the analog tuner unit 12 is input to the video selector unit 18, and the video signal from the external input unit 31 is also input. The video selector unit 18 selects and outputs one video signal from these input video signals according to the 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 so as to obtain an optimal video signal for the liquid crystal display device 22. Convert video data to.

The display control unit 21 includes a drive circuit for displaying the received video data on the liquid crystal display device 22, and an electronic program table (from the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24) added by the addition circuit 20 ( EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data or OSD (On Screen Display) data is sent to the liquid crystal display device 22 in addition to the video data from the video processing unit 19. The liquid crystal display device 22 displays the transmitted video data on the screen.

The EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24 further performs processing for scaling display according to the present invention, which will be described in detail later.

The audio decoding unit 25 decodes the audio data separated by the separation unit (DMUX) 16. The audio decoding unit 25 sends the decoded audio signal to the audio selector unit 26.

The audio selector unit 26 receives the audio signal from the AV switch unit 13, the audio signal from the external input unit 31, and the audio signal from the audio decoding unit 25, and is selected by the video selector unit 18 under the control of the CPU 6. An audio signal corresponding to the video signal is selected, and the audio signal is sent to the speaker 28 via the audio output conversion unit 27. The audio output conversion unit 27 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 receives an optical signal from a remote controller 36 (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller 36) and receives a control signal from the remote controller 36. Instructions from the viewer, such as transition to scaling display described later, selection and determination of various buttons at the time of scaling display, are performed via the remote controller 36.

The EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24 creates an electronic program guide based on EPG data periodically updated and stored, and draws 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. Further, the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24 performs program reservation processing using the electronic program guide.

The communication control unit 34 performs control so as to establish communication via a network such as a telephone line, a LAN, or the Internet.

In addition, the television receiver 10 includes a content determination unit 41.

The content discriminating unit 41 discriminates the type of the content from the members receiving the content among the separating unit (DMUX) 16, the external input unit 31, and the recording / reproducing unit 32. Specifically, it is determined whether the content is a content derived from digital broadcasting, a determination of a frame frequency (for example, whether it is 24 Hz), a determination of whether it is derived from a film (for example, 22 pull-down or a content shot at 24 Hz) If the genre information is associated, the genre information is determined.

For example, in digital broadcasting, genre information is classified and associated with major classification and middle classification. The major classification includes, for example, “news / report”, “information / wide show”, “variety”, “movie”, “sports”, and the like. As the middle category, for example, when the major category is “news / report”, there are “regular / comprehensive”, “local / region”, “weather” and the like. In general, one broadcast program (content) is associated with a plurality of large categories of genre information. For example, in the case of sports news, genre information of large categories “news / report” and “sports” is associated, and further, some genre information of medium categories belonging to these are associated. When any of the separation unit (DMUX) 16, the external input unit 31, and the recording / playback unit 32 receives content associated with these genre information, the content determination unit 41 receives a genre associated with the content. Information can be acquired.

[Operation of the television receiver 10]
Next, an example of the operation of the television receiver 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the television receiver 10. 3 and 4 are diagrams showing an example of program information stored in the memory 7. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, first, the CPU 6 of the television receiver 10 extracts (extracts) program information such as program titles and performers from an extraction source such as a program guide and internal information of the television receiver (TV). The CPU 6 creates (lists) a list for managing the extracted program information in association with information indicating the extraction source of the program information, and stores it in the memory 7 (step S201; hereinafter simply referred to as S201: program) Information management process).

The program information will be described in detail with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, program information such as a program title and a program performer name is information extracted from information sent from a broadcast wave, information inside the television receiver 10, and other information, It is recorded for each program (content). Program information is recorded in association with information of an extraction source (broadcast wave, inside of the television receiver 10, etc.).

Here, as the information transmitted from the broadcast wave, for example, SI (Service Information) information included in the EPG program guide may be mentioned. In the present embodiment, the description is given as information transmitted from a broadcast wave. However, in addition to the broadcast wave, for example, program guide data published on the Internet can be downloaded and used. Furthermore, a program guide combining the EPG program guide and the program guide data may be used, and there is no particular limitation on where the information is sent from the program guide information that can be acquired from the outside.

Further, as information inside the television receiver 10, for example, information extracted from the viewing history recorded in the memory 7 and frequently viewed by the user (regular program information), the search result is used. Information etc. are mentioned. Information from the search result is information on programs corresponding to the search conditions (search formula, search character string) input by the user when the user performs a genre search, keyword search, etc. It is. Information from the search results may be listed for each type of search (for example, genre search, keyword search, etc.). The genre search refers to (1) arbitrary genre information input by the user, (2) genre information of programs (regular programs) frequently viewed by the user among programs included in the user's viewing history, and the like. The keyword search is a search for (1) an arbitrary keyword input by the user, (2) a keyword included in the regular program, and the like.

The other information is, for example, (1) a program recorded in a built-in recording device such as a built-in BD (Blu-ray Disc) or built-in HDD by the recording / playback unit 32, (2) a HDD, a USB-HDD, Programs recorded on an HDD, memory, BD / DVD / CD, etc. by a solid-state memory such as an SD card, a disk device (recorder, player, etc.) such as a BD, DVD, CD, and various external devices (external recording devices) 30 , (3) programs recorded on DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) compatible devices, (4) programs that can be viewed by users on VOD (Video On Demand), (5) programs received by IrSS (Ir Simple Shot) It is information such as. The other information is not limited to the above (1) to (5). In addition to the program information, for example, title information such as a music title and a photo title in the USB application can be used.

In addition, the program information in FIG. 3 has been described as an example of the program title, performer name, etc., but the program information is not limited to this, and may be, for example, the genre of the program.

Moreover, the information inside the television receiver 10 is information extracted from information transmitted from broadcast waves. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the information sent from the broadcast wave and the information in the television receiver 10 may be listed together rather than separately. Hereinafter, the list will be described with reference to FIG. The information sent from the broadcast wave shown in the left diagram of FIG. 4 and the information inside the TV are the same information as in FIG. The right figure of FIG. 4 records these information collectively. As shown in the right diagram of FIG. 4, the memory 7 stores a list in which information transmitted from broadcast waves and information in the television receiver 10 are collected.

As shown in FIG. 4, the program with the title “title A” is included in the information sent from the broadcast wave, but from the regular program information and the search result of the information inside the television receiver 10. It is not included in the information. Therefore, as shown in the right diagram of FIG. 4, “FALSE” indicating that the program of “title A” is not regular program information (“regular”) is recorded in association with the program of “title A”. Also, “FALSE” indicating that the information does not correspond to the information from the keyword search result (“keyword search”) and the information from the genre search result (“genre search”) is recorded in association with the program of “title A”. Has been. Thereby, it is understood that “title A” is program information extracted from information transmitted from a broadcast wave.

Also, the program whose title is “title B” is included in the information sent from the broadcast wave, the regular program information of the information in the television receiver 10 and the information from the search result. Therefore, as shown in the right diagram of FIG. 4, “TRUE” indicating that the program of “title B” is regular program information is recorded in association with the program of “title B”. Further, “TRUE” indicating that the information corresponds to the information from the keyword search result and the information from the genre search result is recorded in association with the program of “title B”. Thus, it is understood that “title B” is program information extracted from information transmitted from the broadcast wave, regular program information, and information from the search result. In the present embodiment, the program information recorded in the memory 7 in this way can also be used.

After S201, when the user presses a button for connecting the television receiver 10 to the Internet using the remote controller 36 or the like, the television receiver 10 switches the input so as to accept an input from the Internet. Specifically, the communication control unit 34 of the television receiver 10 performs control so as to establish communication via the Internet. When the CPU 6 confirms that it is connected to the Internet, it displays an Internet screen on the liquid crystal display device 22. Specifically, the CPU 6 controls the display control unit 21, and the display control unit 21 displays the Internet screen on the liquid crystal display device 22 (S202). In addition, since a person skilled in the art can appropriately grasp the specific implementation method of the operation for connecting the television receiver 10 to the Internet by the user based on the common general knowledge at the time of filing of the present application, the above operation is described here. The subsequent user operations will not be described in detail.

Next, when the user searches for “XXX” on the Internet search screen displayed on the television receiver 10, the CPU 6 searches for the character string “XXX” (S 203). Thereafter, the CPU 6 determines whether or not the program information is included in the text of the search result “XXX”. That is, the CPU 6 detects a character string that matches a character string (for example, “title A”) included in the program information among character strings included in the text of the search result. For example, assuming that program information (title) of a program whose title is “title A” has been acquired, the CPU 6 determines whether or not “title A” is included in the text of the search result of “XXX”. (S204: detection step).

When the program information is not included in the search result text of “XXX” (No in S204), the CPU 6 displays the search result on the liquid crystal display device 22, and ends the processing (S205).

When the program information is included in the search result text of “XXX” (Yes in S204), the CPU 6 puts a mark on the word (character string) that matches the program information and puts it on the liquid crystal display device 22. It is displayed (S206). That is, the display control unit 21 highlights a word (character string) that matches the program information. As a result, the user can easily recognize a character string that matches the program information.

Thereafter, when the user moves the cursor to a character string (eg, “title A”) marked in S206 using the up / down / left / right keys of the remote controller 36 and presses the enter key or the like, the CPU 6 It is detected that “A” is selected (S207).

Thereafter, the CPU 6 determines from which extraction source the program information including (matching) “Title A” is extracted, and performs processing (associated processing) suitable for each extraction source of the program information. ) Are displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 (S208).

For example, when the program information “title A” is extracted from the program guide and the program of “title A” is currently being broadcast, the CPU 6 displays “channel selection” as an option on the liquid crystal display device 22. Let Further, when the program information “title A” is extracted from the program table and the program of “title A” is scheduled to be broadcast, the CPU 6 selects “reservation” (recording reservation) as an option and the liquid crystal display device 22. To display. When the program information “Title A” is extracted from the program recorded in the built-in recording device, the CPU 6 causes the liquid crystal display device 22 to display “play back storage device” as an option. When the program information “Title A” is extracted from the program recorded in the external recording device, the CPU 6 causes the liquid crystal display device 22 to display “Play external device” as an option.

As described above, in this embodiment, the channel selection process and the recording reservation process are associated with the program guide and the like, and the reproduction process is associated with the storage device and the like, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is assumed that each extraction source is associated with a process executable by the extraction source. The selection screen displays the contents of a plurality of processes associated with a plurality of extraction sources. Accordingly, the user can easily select a desired process.

It should be noted that the options are not limited to this, and may be any processing options associated with the program information extraction source. Moreover, the character string displayed as an option is not limited to this, and may be a character string representing the next process of the television receiver 10. Moreover, what is displayed as an option is not limited to a character string, and may be a graphic, for example. Similarly, the messages displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 are not limited to those described below.

After S208, the CPU 6 determines whether or not “channel selection” has been selected by the user (S209). When “channel selection” is selected (Yes in S209), the CPU 6 displays a message “Do you want to select title A?” On the liquid crystal display device 22 and options (eg, “Yes”, “No”). A confirmation screen (caution) including is displayed (S210). The CPU 6 determines whether or not “yes” has been selected by the user (S211). If “yes” is selected (Yes in S211), the program of “title A” is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. (S212: Process execution step).

If “No” is selected (No in S211), the “channel selection” process is terminated and the screen displayed in S206 is returned (screen b in FIG. 5 described later is displayed).

In S209, when “channel selection” is not selected (No in S209), the CPU 6 determines whether or not “reservation” is selected (S213). When “reservation” is selected (Yes in S213), the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24 reserves the program of “title A”. When the reservation is completed, the CPU 6 causes the liquid crystal display device 22 to display a caution that “Title A has been reserved” (S214: process execution step).

When “Reservation” is not selected in S213 (No in S213), the CPU 6 determines whether or not “Reproduce storage device” is selected (S215). When “playback recording device” is selected (Yes in S215), the CPU 6 displays a message “Do you want to play title A?” On the liquid crystal display device 22 and options (eg, “Yes”, “No”). ) Is displayed (S216). Thereafter, the CPU 6 determines whether or not “yes” is selected by the user (S217). When “Yes” is selected (Yes in S217), the recording / playback unit 32 plays back the program “Title A” (S218: process execution step). If “No” is selected (No in S217), the “playback of recording device” process is terminated, and the screen displayed in S206 is returned (screen b in FIG. 5 described later is displayed).

In S215, when “playback recording device” is not selected (No in S215), CPU 6 determines whether or not “playback external device” is selected (S219). When “Play external device” is selected (Yes in S219), the CPU 6 displays a message “Do you want to play title A?” On the liquid crystal display device 22 and options (for example, “Yes”, “No”). ) Is displayed (S220). Thereafter, the CPU 6 determines whether or not “yes” is selected by the user (S221). When “Yes” is selected (Yes in S221), the recording / playback unit 32 plays back the program “Title A” (S222: process execution step).

When “play external device” is not selected in S219 (No in S219), for example, when the return button or the like of the remote controller 36 is pressed in the state where the option is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 in S208, Return to the screen displayed in S206 (display screen b in FIG. 5 described later).

If “No” is selected in S221 (No in S221), the “play external device” process is terminated, and the screen displayed in S206 is returned (screen b in FIG. 5 described later is displayed). .

When “No” is selected in S211, S217, and S221, the screen displayed in S208 (screen c in FIG. 5 described later) may be displayed instead of the screen displayed in S206.

Further, when “Play external device” is not selected in S219, the CPU 6 may return the process to S209 in a state where the screen c of FIG. 5 described later is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22.

Next, the screen transition of the operation of the television receiver 10 described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 are screen transition diagrams showing the operation flow of the television receiver 10. In FIG. 6, the same screen numbers are assigned to the same screens as in FIG.

The screen a is an example of a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 in S206 of FIG. The screen a displays the program being viewed on the left side of the screen (hereinafter referred to as the left screen), and the search result is displayed on the right side of the screen (hereinafter referred to as the right screen). Note that the video or image displayed on the screen is not limited to this, and for example, only the search screen may be displayed.

Here, an enlarged view of the right screen of screen a is shown in FIG. In the screen a, the character string “XXX” is searched. Here, it is assumed that the television receiver 10 has acquired program information of a program whose title is “title A” and a program whose title is “title B” from the electronic program guide. As shown in (a) (screen a) of FIG. 7, since the search result text includes “title A” and “title B” that are words (character strings) that match the program information, The wording is displayed with a mark in a frame. In the screen a, the mark is indicated by a frame, but the shape of the mark is not limited to this. For example, the mark may be underlined. In addition, by increasing the font of the corresponding word instead of the mark, it may be indicated that there is a word that matches the program information in the text of the search result. Further, the CPU 6 may perform display according to the priority level when marking. The display according to the priority will be described later.

When the user moves the cursor to “title A” using the up / down / left / right keys of the remote controller 36 from the state of the screen a, the screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 as the screen b. Here, an enlarged view of the right screen of the screen b is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7B (screen b), “Title A” is displayed surrounded by a thick-line cursor. In the screen b, the shape of the cursor is not limited to this.

When the user presses the enter key or the like of the remote controller 36 with the cursor pointing to “title A”, the screen c (selection screen) is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22.

On the screen c, the options displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 in S208 are displayed. There are four choices displayed on the screen c: “tune selection”, “reservation”, “play USB-HDD 1”, and “play recorder (XX-YY)”. On the screen c, “USB-HDD1” is displayed as a storage device (internal recording device), and “recorder (XX-YY)” is displayed as an external device (external recording device). In this way, the device name may be displayed as the option. The options are displayed in OSD as shown in the screen c, but the method for displaying the options is not limited to this. Further, the number of options is not limited to this.

When the user selects “Channel selection” on the screen c and presses the enter key, the screen d is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. The screen d is a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 in S210. As shown in the screen d, the caution is OSD-displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22, but the message display method is not limited to this.

When the user selects “Yes” on the screen d, the screen e is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. The screen e is a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 in S212. As shown in the screen e, the program being viewed displayed on the left screen is switched to the selected program (here, the program whose title is “title A”). In the screen e, the Internet search screen is displayed on the right screen, but the video or image displayed on the screen is not limited to this. For example, only the selected program may be displayed. Good.

When the user selects “Reserve” on the screen c and presses the enter key, the screen f is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. The screen f is a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 in S214. As shown in the screen f, the liquid crystal display device 22 displays a program guide in which a frame of “title A” is attached with a frame (cursor). The message is OSD-displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. The message display method is not limited to this. Further, the shape of the cursor is not limited to this.

When “reservation” is selected on the screen c, the liquid crystal display device 22 moves the cursor to the program “title A” on the left screen, not the screen f on which only the program guide is displayed, but the screen g. May be displayed and the search result may be displayed on the right screen. Further, as shown in the screen h, the liquid crystal display device 22 may display a reservation list at the bottom of the program being viewed, and display the reservation for “title A” in the reservation list with a cursor. Here, the reservation list is a list showing a list of programs currently reserved. Note that the screen f, the screen g, or the screen h may transition to the screen a after several seconds, or the screen f, the screen g, or the screen h may be displayed as they are.

The screens a to c in FIG. 6 are the same as the screens a to c in FIG. When the user selects “Play USB-HDD 1” on the screen c in FIG. 6 and presses the enter key, the screen j is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. The screen j is a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 in S216. As shown in the screen j, the caution is OSD-displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22, but the message display method is not limited to this.

When the user selects “Yes” on the screen j, the screen k is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. The screen k is a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 in S218. As shown in the screen k, the program being viewed displayed on the right screen is switched to the program recorded in the USB-HDD 1 (here, the program whose title is “title A”) and recorded. The program is played. In the screen k, the Internet search screen is displayed on the right screen, but the video or image displayed on the screen is not limited to this. For example, only the recorded program is displayed. May be.

Further, when the user selects “Play Recorder (XX-YY)” on the screen c in FIG. 6, the screen m is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. The screen m is a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 in S220. As shown in the screen m, the caution is OSD-displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22, but the message display method is not limited to this.

When the user selects “Yes” on the screen m, the screen n is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. The screen n is a screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22 in S222. As shown in screen n, the program being viewed that was displayed on the left screen is switched to the program (here, “title A”) recorded in the recorder (XX-YY), and the recorded program Is played. In the screen n, the Internet search screen is displayed on the right screen, but the video or image displayed on the screen is not limited to this. For example, only the recorded program is displayed. May be.

In the present embodiment, in S208, a plurality of processing options associated with a plurality of extraction sources whose program information is “Title A” is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22, but there is only one option. In this case, it is not necessary to display the options. That is, when the source of the program information “title A” is the program guide and is currently being broadcast, the liquid crystal display device may display the screen d instead of displaying the screen c after the screen b. .

In the present embodiment, the program information included in the search result has been described by taking the title of the program as an example. However, the program information included in the search result is not limited to this, and is a performer name or a keyword. Also good.

Further, when the program information included in the search result is the title of the program, the confirmation screens of the screen d, the screen j, and the screen m may not be displayed after the screen c is displayed. Further, as described above, when there is only one option, the screen may not be displayed.

In the present embodiment, the case where the user selects one process from the options on the screen c has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and two or more processes may be selected. . That is, the user can select a plurality of processes such as channel selection and reservation, channel selection and reproduction. At this time, the television receiver 10 performs the plurality of processes in order or in parallel according to the selected process.

Further, in the present embodiment, the example in which each of the analog tuner unit 12 and the digital tuner unit 14 is one has been described, but the television receiver 10 may include a plurality of tuners. For example, when the television receiver 10 has a plurality of tuners on the screen e in FIG. 5, the television receiver 10 displays, for example, the program being viewed at the upper part of the left screen and selected at the lower part. A program may be displayed.

When a program including “title A” is broadcast on a plurality of channels, the television receiver 10 selects which program the user selects after the screen c in FIG. 5 and before the screen d is displayed. You may display the list screen which can choose. When the television receiver 10 has a plurality of tuners, the television receiver 10 may display a plurality of programs without displaying the list screen.

In addition, when a plurality of programs including “title A” are scheduled to be broadcasted, the television receiver 10 reserves which program the user reserves before displaying any of the screens f to h after the screen c in FIG. You may display the list screen which can choose whether to do. It should be noted that “reserve all” may be displayed on the list screen. Further, the television receiver 10 may reserve all programs without displaying the list screen.

In addition, when a plurality of programs including “title A” are recorded in the storage device or the external device, the television receiver 10 displays the user after the screen c in FIG. A list screen may be displayed that allows the user to select which program is to be played.

Further, in the present embodiment, an example has been described in which playback is performed by selecting a program title name from an Internet search result, but the present invention is not limited to an Internet search result, for example, Similar processing can be executed from a document that can be acquired from the Internet, such as a homepage being browsed.

(Modification)
In the screen b of FIGS. 5 and 6, the search screen in which the cursor is indicated by “title A” and the screen currently being viewed are displayed, and on the screen c, the program information that matches “title A” is extracted. Although options (character strings) indicating a plurality of associated processes are displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, information about the extraction source may be displayed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of screen transition of the television receiver 10. As shown in FIG. 8, when the user moves the cursor to “title A” using the up / down / left / right keys of the remote controller 36 from the state of the screen a, even if the screen o is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. Good. On the screen o, search results are displayed on the right screen, and a plurality (four on the screen o) of program information extraction sources that match “title A” are displayed on the left screen.

For example, when the program information “title A” is extracted from the program guide and the program of “title A” is currently being broadcast, the CPU 6 displays the program being broadcast on the upper left of the left screen of the screen o. Is displayed. When the program information “title A” is extracted from the program guide and the program of “title A” is scheduled to be broadcast, the CPU 6 sets “title A” in the upper right of the left screen of the screen o. Display the program guide with the cursor. When the program information “Title A” is extracted from a program recorded on a built-in recording device (for example, USB-HDD), the CPU 6 displays a USB-HDD on the lower left of the left screen of the screen o. Display a list of recorded programs. At this time, the program “title A” included in the list may be displayed with a cursor attached thereto. When the program information “title A” is extracted from a program recorded on an external recording device (for example, a recorder), the CPU 6 records the program information in the lower right of the left screen of the screen o. Display a list of programs. At this time, the program “title A” included in the list may be displayed with a cursor attached thereto.

Note that the display position of the program guide, list, etc. displayed on the left screen of the screen o is not limited to this. Further, the left screen of the screen o is divided into four to display the program guide, list, etc., but the number of divisions is not limited to this.

Further, the shape of the cursor is not limited to this, and it is only necessary to know that “title A” is selected.

Further, the screen o is described as being displayed after the screen a, but the television receiver 10 may display the screen o after the screen b is displayed.

Further, when each screen displayed on the left screen of the screen o is selected, the television receiver 10 can perform the processing after S209.

In this way, the television receiver 10 can easily display to the user which extraction source the character string is extracted from, so that the user can easily perform a desired process by the user. Can be selected.

(About mark display)
In S206 described above, the CPU 6 explained that the wording that matches the program information included in the search result is displayed with a mark. However, the CPU 6 displays a display according to the priority level when the mark is added. You may go. The display according to the priority is, for example, changing the color of the character (higher when the priority is higher, lighter when the priority is lower), changing the size of the character (larger when the priority is higher, and smaller when the priority is lower). ), Changing the thickness of the characters (thickening is high when the priority is high, and small when the priority is low), but is not limited thereto.

Moreover, as a method of assigning priorities, for example, (1) information (words) acquired from a user's operation history such as a regular program increases the priority. (2) The same wording in the text of the search result Is included, the priority is increased, but it is not limited to this.

In addition, as a method of assigning priorities, for example, when a character string that matches the program information and all the words is in the search result text, the priority is increased, and a character string that matches only a part is searched. If it is in the resulting text, the priority may be lowered.

That is, if there is a program with the title (program information) titled “AA's BB CC” and there is a character string “AA's BB CC” in the search result text, the priority is set to the highest. Also, if there is a character string “AA's BB” in the text of the search result, the priority is medium, and if there are character strings “AA”, “BB”, and “CC”, respectively. , Lower the priority of each character string. If only one character matches, such as “no”, the priority is not set. Thus, priority may be given according to the degree of approximation of the word (character string).

(Other variations)
After S206, the user explained using the example of moving a cursor using the up / down / left / right keys of the remote controller 36 and selecting a character string from among a plurality of different character strings. The method of selection is not limited to this.

When the user presses a specific key (hereinafter referred to as a jump key) on the screen a in FIG. 5, the CPU 6 detects that the jump key has been pressed and displays the screen shown in FIG. 9 on the liquid crystal display device 22. Let

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a character string selection screen of the television receiver 10. As shown in FIG. 9, when the user presses the jump key, the liquid crystal display device 22 has a selection screen on which character strings marked on the screen a in FIG. Is displayed. When the user selects a character string (for example, “title A”) using the up / down / left / right keys of the remote controller 36, the television receiver 10 can display the screen c in FIG.

By displaying such a selection screen on the liquid crystal display device 22, the user can easily select program information desired by the user from among a plurality of program information.

As described above, the television receiver 10 according to this embodiment extracts program information from a plurality of extraction sources including broadcast waves and recording media, and manages the extracted program information in association with the extraction source of the program information. . Among character strings included in the Internet screen displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22, a character string that matches the character string included in the managed program information is detected, and designated by the program information including the detected character string. Processing related to a program, which is associated with an extraction source of the program information among a plurality of processing including channel selection, recording reservation, and reproduction.

According to the above configuration, the detected character string among the character strings included in the Internet screen is a character string included in the program information. Therefore, when the character string is detected, the television receiver 10 can execute the process associated with the program information extraction source for the program specified by the program information including the character string. .

That is, when the program information including the detected character string is associated with the broadcast wave (when it is information transmitted from the broadcast wave), the CPU 6 and the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24 use the program information. Execute channel selection or recording reservation for the specified program.

Further, when program information including the detected character string is associated with a recording medium, and a program specified by the program information is recorded on the recording medium (information on an internal recording device or an external recording device) ), The recording / playback unit 32 performs playback for the program.

When the program information including the detected character string is associated with the recording medium and the program specified by the program information is not recorded on the recording medium (when the information is inside the TV), The CPU 6 and the EPG / OSD / reservation processing unit 24 execute channel selection or recording reservation for the program.

Thereby, the user can cause the television receiver to execute processing such as channel selection, recording reservation, and reproduction of a desired program from a character string included in the Internet screen without performing complicated operations. Therefore, it is possible to save the user from performing operations on the television receiver 10.

In addition, when the program information including the detected character string is associated with a plurality of extraction sources, the display control unit 21 should execute which of the plurality of processes associated with the plurality of extraction sources. Is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 22. The television receiver 10 is a process targeted for a program specified by program information including a character string detected by the CPU 6, and executes the process selected by the user.

Thereby, it is possible to allow the user to easily select processing such as channel selection, recording reservation, and reproduction specified by the program information including the character string. Therefore, it is possible to more appropriately save the user's trouble of performing operations on the television receiver 10.

[Program and recording medium]
Each block of the above-described television receiver 10 may be configured by hardware logic, or may be realized by software using a CPU as follows.

That is, the television receiver 10 includes a CPU (central processing unit) that executes instructions of a control program for realizing each function, a ROM (read only memory) that stores the program, and a RAM (random access memory) that expands the program. And a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data. The object of the present invention is to record the program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of the control program (authentication program) of the television receiver 10 which is software for realizing the above-described functions so as to be read by a computer. This can also be achieved by supplying the recording medium to the television receiver 10 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

Examples of the recording medium include tapes such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes, magnetic disks such as floppy (registered trademark) disks / hard disks, and disks including optical disks such as CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM (registered trademark) / flash ROM.

Alternatively, the television receiver 10 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Also, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR (high data rate), mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope indicated in the claims. That is, embodiments obtained by combining technical means appropriately modified within the scope of the claims are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

[Summary]
As described above, the television receiver according to the present specification extracts program information from a plurality of extraction sources including broadcast waves and recording media, and associates the extracted program information with the extraction source of the program information. Program information management means for managing, display control means for displaying the Internet screen on the display section, and character strings included in the Internet screen displayed on the display section by the display control means managed by the program information management means Detection means for detecting a character string that matches the character string included in the program information being processed, and processing for a program specified by the program information including the character string detected by the detection means. Processing execution means for executing processing associated with the program information extraction source among a plurality of processing including station, recording reservation, and reproduction It is characterized by a door.

In the television receiver according to the present specification, when the program execution information including the character string detected by the detection unit is associated with a broadcast wave, the processing execution unit is a program specified by the program information. Program information including a character string detected by the detecting means is associated with the recording medium, and a program designated by the program information is stored in the recording medium. When the program is recorded, the reproduction for the program is executed, the program information including the character string detected by the detecting means is associated with the recording medium, and the program specified by the program information is When not recorded on the recording medium, it is preferable to execute channel selection or recording reservation for the program.

According to the above configuration, the processing execution unit determines whether the extraction source associated with the program information including the character string detected by the detection unit is a broadcast wave or a recording medium, and further, the extraction source Is a recording medium, appropriate processing can be executed depending on whether or not the program is recorded on the recording medium.

In the television receiver according to the present specification, the program information recorded in the recording medium includes program information of programs that are viewed more frequently among programs included in the user's viewing history, and the user It is preferable that at least one of the program information of the program specified by the search character string at the time of performing the search is included.

According to the above configuration, the program information recorded in the recording medium includes program information of a program that is viewed more frequently among programs included in the user's viewing history, and when the user performs a search. Since at least one of the program information of the program specified by the search character string is included, the convenience for the user is improved.

In the television receiver according to the present specification, when the program information including the character string detected by the detection unit is associated with a plurality of extraction sources, the display control unit includes the plurality of extraction sources. A selection screen for allowing the user to select which of the plurality of associated processes is to be executed is displayed on the display unit, and the process execution unit includes a character string detected by the detection unit. It is preferable to execute the process selected for the program specified by the information and selected by the user.

According to the above configuration, it is possible for the user to easily select processing such as channel selection, recording reservation, and reproduction specified by the program information including the character string. Therefore, it is possible to more appropriately save the user's trouble of performing operations on the television receiver.

Further, in the television receiver according to the present specification, it is preferable that the selection screen displays the contents of processing associated with each extraction source.

According to the above configuration, when the plurality of processes associated with the plurality of extraction sources are channel selection, recording reservation, and playback, the selection screen displays “channel selection”, “recording reservation”, “playback” The contents of the process associated with the extraction source are displayed.

Therefore, since the television receiver can easily display to the user which source string the program information is extracted from, the user can easily select a desired process by the user. Can do.

In the television receiver according to the present specification, when the detection unit detects a plurality of different character strings, the display control unit determines which character string should be selected from the plurality of different character strings. It is preferable that a selection screen for causing the user to select is displayed on the display unit, and the process execution unit performs a process for a program specified by program information including a character string selected by the user.

By displaying such a selection screen on the display unit, the user can easily select program information desired by the user from among a plurality of program information.

In the television receiver according to the present specification, it is preferable that the display control unit highlights the character string detected by the detection unit.

This allows the user to easily recognize a character string that matches the program information.

A television receiver control method according to the present specification is a television receiver control method including display control means for displaying an Internet screen on a display unit, and includes a plurality of broadcast waves and recording media. The program information is extracted from the extraction source, and the extracted program information is managed in association with the extraction source of the program information, and included in the Internet screen displayed on the display unit by the display control means Of the character strings, designated by a detection step that detects a character string that matches a character string included in the program information managed in the program information management step, and program information that includes the character string detected in the detection step Of a plurality of processes including channel selection, recording reservation, and playback, associated with the source of the program information extraction Is characterized by comprising a process executing step of executing the management, the.

According to the above configuration, the same effect as the television receiver according to the present specification can be obtained.

The present invention can be generally used for a television receiver, a portable device capable of viewing television, for example, a mobile phone, a car navigation system, a portable game terminal, a personal computer equipped with a tuner, and the like.

6 CPU (program information management means, detection means, processing execution means, display control means)
7 Memory (recording medium)
10 Television receiver (television receiver)
12 Analog tuner section 14 Digital tuner section 21 Display control section (display control means)
22 Liquid crystal display device (display unit)
23 IP broadcast tuner section 24 EPG / OSD / reservation processing section (processing execution means)
30 External equipment (recording medium)
32 Recording / playback unit (processing execution means)
34 Communication control unit 36 Remote controller

Claims

Program information management means for extracting program information from a plurality of extraction sources including a broadcast wave and a recording medium, and managing the extracted program information in association with the extraction source of the program information;
Display control means for displaying an internet screen on the display unit;
Detecting means for detecting a character string that matches a character string included in the program information managed by the program information managing means among character strings included in the Internet screen displayed on the display unit by the display control means; ,
A process for a program specified by program information including a character string detected by the detection means, and associated with an extraction source of the program information among a plurality of processes including channel selection, recording reservation, and reproduction And a processing execution means for executing the processed processing.
The process execution means includes
When program information including the character string detected by the detection means is associated with a broadcast wave, channel selection or recording reservation for the program specified by the program information is executed,
When program information including a character string detected by the detection means is associated with a recording medium, and a program specified by the program information is recorded on the recording medium, reproduction for the program is performed. Run
When program information including a character string detected by the detecting means is associated with a recording medium, and a program specified by the program information is not recorded on the recording medium, selection for the program is performed. The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein a station or a recording reservation is executed.
The program information recorded on the recording medium is specified by program information of a program that is viewed more frequently among programs included in the user's viewing history and a search character string when the user performs a search. The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein at least one of program information of the program is included.
When the program information including the character string detected by the detection unit is associated with a plurality of extraction sources, the display control unit executes any one of the plurality of processes associated with the plurality of extraction sources. Display a selection screen on the display unit to let the user select what to do,
The process execution means is a process for a program specified by program information including a character string detected by the detection means, and executes the process selected by the user. The television receiver according to any one of 1 to 3.
5. The television receiver according to claim 4, wherein the selection screen displays contents of processing associated with each extraction source.
When the detection unit detects a plurality of different character strings, the display control unit displays a selection screen on the display unit for allowing the user to select which of the plurality of different character strings should be selected. Let
6. The television according to claim 1, wherein the process execution unit performs a process for a program specified by program information including a character string selected by the user. Receiver.
7. The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit highlights the character string detected by the detection unit.
The program information recorded on the recording medium is specified by program information of a program that is viewed more frequently among programs included in the user's viewing history and a search character string when the user performs a search. Includes at least one of the program information of
The process execution means includes
When program information including the character string detected by the detection means is associated with a broadcast wave, channel selection or recording reservation for the program specified by the program information is executed,
When program information including a character string detected by the detection means is associated with a recording medium, and a program specified by the program information is recorded on the recording medium, reproduction for the program is performed. Run
When program information including a character string detected by the detecting means is associated with a recording medium, and a program specified by the program information is not recorded on the recording medium, selection for the program is performed. The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein a station or a recording reservation is executed.
A control method for a television receiver including display control means for displaying an Internet screen on a display unit,
A program information management step of extracting program information from a plurality of extraction sources including a broadcast wave and a recording medium, and managing the extracted program information in association with the extraction source of the program information;
A detecting step for detecting a character string that matches a character string included in the program information managed in the program information management step among character strings included in the Internet screen displayed on the display unit by the display control unit; ,
A process for the program specified by the program information including the character string detected in the detection step, wherein the program information is extracted from a plurality of processes including channel selection, recording reservation, and reproduction. And a process execution step of executing an associated process.
A program for operating the television receiver according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the program causes a computer to function as each means.
A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 10 is recorded.