JPH10294902A - Television receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video deck incorporated type television receiver with excellent handleability for being easily operated by skipping the selection of a reproduction part when the reproduction part does not perform a reproduction operation. SOLUTION: A system control part 11 advances the connection of the movable contact point 4e of a switch circuit 4 to fixed contact points 4a, 4b,... in an order by one position each every time the input switching key of a remote control operation unit 12 or a key operation part 14 is pressed for one time. The system control part 11 detects status signals ST, and when a video deck part 10 is in a reproduction mode, successively performs changeover among a reception part 3, the video deck part 10 and external video input parts 15 and 16 every time the input switching key 14 is operated. When it is not in the reproduction mode, the connection to the fixed contact point 4b of the movable contact point 4e is skipped.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a video deck-integrated television receiver having a built-in video deck.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, as a television integrated with a video deck, there has been proposed a television receiver having a structure in which a video deck is integrally housed inside a case of the television. A television broadcast received using a tuner can be recorded on a cassette mounted on the VCR, and video information reproduced from the cassette mounted on the VCR can be reproduced on the television receiver. (Japanese Patent Application No. 61-1877, etc.).

[0003] If the function of recording and reproducing video information is combined with the reception and display functions of a television receiver as described above, a circuit portion such as a tuner can be used in common. There is an advantage that the configuration can be simplified.

[0004] By the way, this kind of video deck-integrated television receiver is provided with a switch circuit for switching between a video signal of a television broadcast supplied from a tuner and a video signal reproduced from a video tape supplied from the video deck, Switching of the switch circuit switches between reception of a television broadcast and reproduction of a video signal reproduced from a video tape.

[0005]

However, since the switching of the switch circuit is performed irrespective of the presence or absence of a reproduced video signal from the video deck, there is a disadvantage that the usability is not good. That is, many recent television receivers have an external video input terminal and can receive a video signal supplied from the outside to the external video input terminal. When a television receiver equipped with a built-in playback unit such as a VTR, the number of video sources that can be selected by input switching increases, and a selection operation is performed to allow the receiver to receive the output from the required video source. Requires complicated operations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to provide a television receiver which is easy to operate and easy to use.

[0007]

As shown in FIG. 1, for example, a television receiver according to the present invention comprises: a receiving section 3 for receiving a television broadcast; a reproducing section 10 for reproducing a video signal;
Switching between at least one external video input unit 15 to which a video signal is supplied from the outside, a video signal output from the receiving unit 3, a video signal output from the reproduction unit 10, and a video signal obtained from the external video input unit 15 A switching unit 4 for supplying the image receiving unit 6; a single input switching key 14 for instructing switching of the switching unit 4; an operation of the reproducing unit 10; A control unit 11 for controlling the switching. When the control unit 11 determines that the reproduction unit 10 is in the reproduction mode, the reception unit is operated every time the input switch key 14 is operated. 3, playback unit 10, external video input unit 15
Are sequentially switched between the receiving unit 3 and the external video input unit 15 each time the input switch key 14 is operated when it is determined that the mode is the non-playback mode. is there.

According to the television receiver of the present invention, when the reproducing unit is reproducing, the signal from the receiving unit, the signal from the reproducing unit, and the signal from the external video input unit are switched every time an input switching instruction is issued. Are sequentially switched, and if the reproducing unit is performing the reproducing operation, the switching is sequentially performed between the signal from the receiving unit and the signal from the external video input unit. Therefore, all viewable signals can be selected by simply performing an input switching instruction, and when the reproducing unit is not performing the reproducing operation, the selection of the reproducing unit is skipped, so that the operability is greatly improved. .

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a television receiver according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a television receiver integrated with a video deck according to the present embodiment. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes the entire integrated television receiver, which is incorporated in the television receiver 1. The so-called 8 mm using a video tape cassette having a tape width of 8 mm, for example,
Video deck.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the television receiver 1 will be described. In the television receiver 1, a television broadcast wave received by an antenna 2 is received by a television broadcast receiver 3, and a video detection output signal VD 1 is transmitted to a screen display unit via a switch circuit 4 and a video amplifier 5 described later. And outputs the sound by supplying the sound detection output signal AD1 to the speaker 8 via the sound amplification unit 7. Thus, the television receiver unit 9 Make up. The switch circuit 4 includes first, second, third, and fourth fixed contacts 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d and a movable contact 4e. The movable contact 4e is controlled by a system control unit 11 described later. Is supplied to the first fixed contact 4a, and the movable contact 4
e is connected to the video amplifier 5. With this configuration, when the movable contact 4e is connected to the first fixed contact 4a, the television broadcast can be received as described above.

The second fixed contact 4b of the switch circuit 4 is connected to a video deck unit 10 built in the television receiver 1. This VCR unit 10
Is supplied with a video signal AR of a television broadcast program received by the television broadcast receiving unit 3 and records the video signal AR on a video cassette tape (not shown) mounted on the video deck unit 10. Then, the video reproduction output signal VD2 reproduced from the video cassette tape of the video deck unit 10 is supplied to the second fixed contact 4b of the switch circuit 4. When the movable contact 4e of the switch circuit 4 is connected to the second fixed contact 4b, the video reproduction output signal VD2 is supplied to the video amplifier 5, and the CRT 6 reproduces the video reproduction output signal VD2. . At the same time as the output of the video reproduction output signal VD2, the audio reproduction output signal AD2 is supplied from the video deck unit 10 to the audio amplification unit 7, and the reproduction audio is output from the speaker 8.

The third and fourth fixed contacts 4c and 4d of the switch circuit 4 are connected to the first and second external video input terminals 15 and 16, respectively. The first and second
External video input terminals 15 and 16 are connected to external video equipment, for example, the first external video input terminal 15
Are connected to a video deck (not shown) for a 1/2 inch wide video tape cassette, a video reproduction output signal VD3 is supplied from the video deck, and a second external video input terminal 16 is connected to a video disc player ( (Not shown), and a video reproduction output signal VD4 is supplied from the video disc player. With this connection, when the movable contact 4e of the switch circuit 4 is connected to the third fixed contact 4c, the video reproduction output signal VD3 from the external video deck is supplied to the video amplifier 5, and the CRT 6 To reproduce the video reproduction output signal VD3, and when the movable contact 4e is connected to the fourth fixed contact 4d, the video reproduction output signal VD3 from the video disc player is output.
D4 is supplied to the video amplification unit 5, and the CRT 6 reproduces the video reproduction output signal VD4.

The switch circuit 4 configured as described above
Is controlled by a control signal C1 supplied from the system control unit 11. The system control unit 11 receives a remote control signal RMC from a remote control operation unit 12 via a light receiving unit 13.
In addition to controlling each circuit of the image receiving unit 9 in the television receiver 1 based on an operation command designated by a key control signal KYC from a key operation unit 14 provided in the receiver 1, a video deck unit 10 The control signal C2 is supplied to the mode control unit 17 of the video deck unit 10 so that the drive control mechanisms 18a, 18b
The control of (1) is performed to control the operation of the video deck unit 10. Further, a status signal ST indicating the operation state of the video deck unit 10 is supplied from the mode control unit 17 to the system control unit 11. The system control unit 11 includes a memory 11a,
This memory 11a can store the control state.

The system control unit 1 of this embodiment
Reference numeral 1 denotes an input of a remote control signal RMC or a key control signal KYC by operating an input switching key of the remote control operation device 12 or the key operation unit 14,
The connection of the movable contact 4e of the switch circuit 4 is switched.
Hereinafter, the switching operation of the switch circuit 4 by the system control unit 11 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when the power of the television receiver 1 is turned on, the movable contact 4e is connected to the first fixed contact 4a regardless of the state immediately before the power is turned on, and the video detection output signal VD1 of the television broadcast is converted to the video. The signal is supplied to the amplifier 5. When the input switch key is operated, the connection of the movable contact 4e is changed. In this operation, each time the input switching key is pressed once, the connection of the movable contact 4e is changed to the first fixed contact 4a.
At the time of the second fixed contact 4b
In this case, the position is advanced to the third fixed contact 4c by one position in the order of ‥‥. At this time, the system controller 11 detects the status signal ST and detects the status signal ST.
It is determined whether or not 0 is in the playback mode. When the VCR unit 10 is in the playback mode, switching to all positions is possible. When the VCR unit 10 is not in the playback mode, the second contact of the movable contact 4e is set. To the fixed contact 4b. That is, when the input switch key is operated when the movable contact 4e is connected to the first fixed contact 4a and the VCR unit 10 is not in the reproduction mode, the movable contact 4e advances by two positions and is connected to the third fixed contact 4c. State. By doing so, the VCR unit 10
Is not in the playback mode, the position (second fixed contact 4b) corresponding to the video deck unit 10 cannot be selected.

When the system control section 11 detects that the video deck section 10 has changed from the stop mode or the like to the reproduction mode due to the supply of the status signal ST or the like, the movable contact 4e is moved to the second position without operating the input switching key. A connection is established with the fixed contact 4b to automatically switch to a position corresponding to the video deck section 10, and the video reproduction output signal VD2 reproduced from the video tape is reproduced on the CRT 6. At this time, the connection contact before switching of the movable contact 4e is stored in the memory 11a. When it is desired to switch to another input during the reproduction of the video reproduction output signal VD2 from the video deck unit 10, all positions can be selected by operating the input switch key. When the video deck unit 10 changes from the playback mode to the stop mode during the playback of the video playback output signal VD2, the memory 11a
Is returned to the original position (contacts other than the second fixed contact 4b) before the playback mode is stored.

As described above, the system control section 11 of the present embodiment switches the switch circuit 4 in accordance with the operation mode of the built-in video deck section 10, so that the usability is improved. That is, when the VCR unit 10 is in the reproduction mode, the VCR unit 10 is automatically selected without operating the input switching key, and when the VCR unit 10 is not in the reproduction mode, it automatically returns to the original position. For this reason, when the built-in video deck unit 10 wants to reproduce the signal VD2 reproduced from the tape, the video deck unit 1
Only the operation such as running the tape on the 0 side is sufficient, and there is no need to operate the input switching key, and the operation can be easily performed. When the VCR unit 10 is not in the playback mode, the VCR unit 10 is not selected even if the input switch key is operated, and unnecessary operations are not performed.

Incidentally, the television receiver 1 of the above-described embodiment.
In the above, the switching circuit 4 for switching the video signal will be described in detail, and the switching circuit for the audio signal supplied to the audio amplifier 7 will not be described in detail. It goes without saying that a switch circuit similar to that for the video signal can be used so that the video and the audio can be switched in conjunction with each other. Also, external video input terminal 1
Although two pieces 5 and 16 are provided, the present invention is not limited to two pieces. Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that various other configurations can be adopted without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0019]

According to the television receiver of the present invention,
All viewable signals can be selected by simply performing an input switching instruction, and when the reproducing unit is not performing a reproducing operation, the selection of the reproducing unit is skipped, so that the operability is greatly improved. is there.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a television receiver to which an embodiment of the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the example of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 TV receiver, 4 switch circuit, 6 TV
{CRT, 10} VCR unit, 11} System control unit, 15} First external video input terminal,
16 ‥‥ second external video input terminal

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Toshio Amano 6-7-35 Kita Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Inside Sony Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A receiving section for receiving a television broadcast, a reproducing section for reproducing a video signal, at least one external video input section to which a video signal is supplied from outside, and a video signal output by the receiving section. Switching means for switching between a video signal output from the playback unit and a video signal obtained at the external video input unit and supplying the video signal to an image receiving unit; a single input switching key for instructing switching of the switching unit; A control unit that monitors the operation of the unit and controls the switching of the switching unit based on the operation of the input switching key. As the switching control of the switching unit by the control unit, the reproduction unit operates in a reproduction mode. When the input switching key is operated, the switching is sequentially performed among the receiving unit, the reproducing unit, and the external video input unit, and the non-reproducing mode is determined. A television receiver characterized in that when the input switch key is operated, the receiving unit and the external video input unit are sequentially switched each time the input switching key is operated.