JPH1127622A - Television receiver, video / audio signal recording device, and video / audio signal recording / reproduction device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] When a user watches a continuous program that is broadcast regularly or irregularly to the end, the user simply performs an operation of declaring that the program will be watched next time, and can reserve or record the program. Provided are a television receiver, a video / audio signal recording device, and a video / audio signal recording / reproduction that can make a reservation. SOLUTION: Based on recognition output by a program recognizing unit 108, at the end of a program received by a television broadcast receiving unit 102, character information for reservation confirmation of the program is converted from a character superimposing unit 103 into a video / audio signal. The program is superimposed and output from the video / audio signal output unit 104, and the program is reserved according to the program reservation setting information input by the input unit 107. The current time information provided by the clock unit 106 and the program recognition unit 108 The control unit 105 controls the television broadcast receiving unit 102 to receive a television broadcast of a reserved program and output a video / audio signal of the reserved program from the video / audio signal output unit 104 based on the recognition output by And the character superimposing unit 103

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention A television receiver having a program reservation function for receiving and displaying a program on a designated channel at a designated time, and receiving a program on a designated channel at a designated time. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a video / audio signal recording device having a video recording reservation function for performing video recording and a video / audio signal recording / reproducing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, recording reservation and program reservation in a video tape recorder (VTR) or a television receiver having a timer reservation function are as follows: (1) Enter a timer reservation mode.

(2) The starting week and day of the week are set.

(3) The start time is set.

(4) The start is set.

(5) The end time is set.

(6) The end is set.

(7) Set a reserved channel.

(8) A timer reservation is made.

[0010] The steps (1) to (8) have been performed. In setting the numerical values in the processes (2) to (7), an up switch and a down switch are used to increase or decrease by one digit, or an input device such as a 10-key switch or a bar code is used. Had been. In order to reserve a program broadcast at the same time every day or every week, the reservation information of the program is repeatedly used by declaring that the reservation is made every time.

[0011]

Conventionally, recording reservations and program reservations in a video tape recorder (VTR) or a television receiver having a timer reservation function are conventionally performed by a user by looking at a program table or the like. It was necessary to perform a complicated operation of inputting necessary information.

An object of the present invention is to provide a television receiver having a function of easily reserving a program once received by a user to the end.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a video / audio signal recording apparatus having a function of easily reserving a program once received by a user until the end.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus having a function of easily reserving a program which has been programmed by a user and once reproduced from a recording medium to the end.

[0015]

According to the present invention, there is provided a television receiving apparatus comprising: a receiving means for receiving a television broadcast; and a character for superimposing character information on a video / audio signal of the television broadcast received by the receiving means. Superimposing means, output means for outputting a video / audio signal of a television broadcast received by the receiving means, program recognizing means for recognizing start and end of a program, clock means for outputting current time information, Means for controlling means and character superimposing means; and input means for inputting setting information to the control means, wherein the control means controls the start and end of the program based on the recognition output by the program recognition means. At the end of the program, the character information for confirming the reservation of the program is superimposed on the video / audio signal by the character superimposing means and output from the output means. The program is reserved according to the program reservation setting information inputted by the means, and the television broadcast of the reserved program is broadcasted based on the current time information given by the clock means and the recognition output by the program recognition means. The receiving means and the character superimposing means are controlled so as to receive and output the video / audio signal of the reserved program from the output means.

Further, the video / audio signal recording apparatus according to the present invention comprises: receiving means for receiving a television broadcast; and character superimposing means for superimposing text information on the video / audio signal of the television broadcast received by the receiving means. An output unit that outputs a video / audio signal of a television broadcast received by the receiving unit; a recording unit that records the video / audio signal of the television broadcast received by the receiving unit on a recording medium; Program recognition means for recognizing the end;
Clock means for outputting current time information; control means for controlling the receiving means and the character superimposing means; and input means for inputting setting information to the control means. Based on the recognition output by the program recognizing means for recognizing the end, at the end of the program, the character information for reservation confirmation of the program is superimposed on the video / audio signal by the character superimposing means and output from the output means. In accordance with the recording reservation setting information inputted by the user, the recording reservation of the program is made, and the television broadcasting of the program reserved for recording is performed based on the current time information given by the clock means and the recognition output by the program recognition means. Is received, and the receiving means, the character superimposing means and the recording means are controlled so as to be recorded on a recording medium by the storage means.

Further, a video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention is a receiving means for receiving a television broadcast, and records / reproduces a video / audio signal of the television broadcast received by the receiving means via a recording medium. Recording / reproducing means, character superimposing means for superimposing character information on a video / audio signal reproduced from a recording medium by the recording / reproducing means, and output means for outputting a video / audio signal reproduced from the recording medium by the recording / reproducing means. A programmed recording program information storage means for storing information of a programmed recording program; a clock means for outputting current time information; a control means for controlling the receiving means, the recording and reproducing means and the character superimposing means; Input means for inputting setting information, wherein the control means controls the programmed recording program stored in the programmed recording program information storage means. Based on the information, at the end of the reserved recorded program being reproduced from the recording medium by the recording / reproducing means, the character information for confirming the reservation of the program is superimposed on the video / audio signal reproduced by the recording / reproducing means. Means for superimposing and outputting from the output means, making a reservation for recording of the program in accordance with the recording reservation setting information inputted by the input means, and present time information and reserved recording program information provided by the clock means. A television broadcast of a program reserved for recording is received based on the program information of the reserved recording stored in the storage means, and is recorded on a recording medium by the recording / reproducing means. Controlling the receiving means, the character superimposing means, the storage means, and the recording / reproducing means so as to store them in the reserved recorded program information storage means. That.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a television receiver 100 to which the present invention is applied.

The television receiver 1 shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 00 denotes a television broadcast receiving unit 102 that receives a television broadcast via an antenna 101, and a character signal superimposing unit 10 connected to the television broadcast receiving unit 102.
3, the video / audio signal output unit 104 connected to the character signal superimposition unit 103, and the television broadcast reception unit 10
2 and a control unit 105 for controlling the character signal superimposing unit 103
And a clock unit 106, an input unit 107, and a program recognition unit 108 connected to the control unit 105.

In the television receiving apparatus 100, a television broadcast receiving section 102 receives a television broadcast via an antenna 101 based on a control command from a control section 105, and outputs a video signal of a target television broadcast. And an audio signal (hereinafter, referred to as a video / audio signal), and supplies the amplified video / audio signal to the character signal superimposing unit 103.

The character signal superimposing section 103 includes the control section 1
For example, a character signal indicating character information for confirming program reservation is generated by a character generator based on the control command from the control unit 05, and the character signal is added to the video signal of the target television broadcast received by the television broadcast receiving unit 102. Superimpose.

The video / audio signal output unit 104 connected to the character signal superposition unit 103 is a television broadcast receiving unit 1
02 for outputting the video / audio signal of the target television broadcast obtained by the digital broadcast receiver 02, for example, a video monitor provided with an audio signal output device such as a speaker.

The clock unit 106 provides the current time information to the control unit 105. The input unit 107 provides setting information according to a user operation to the control unit 105. Note that a keyboard, a remote controller, or the like is used as the input unit 107, but it goes without saying that any other means may be used as long as it is means for inputting a viewer's intention.

Further, the program recognizing unit 108 recognizes the start and end of the program, and gives the program start information and the program end information to the control unit 105.

The program recognizing unit 108 includes, for example, a program guide obtaining unit 181 and a program guide storage unit 182 as shown in FIG. The program recognition unit 108 includes a program table acquisition unit 181
The program information of the program guide from which the program guide has been acquired is stored in the program guide storage unit 182, and the program information is supplied to the control unit 105 according to an instruction from the control unit 105. As a method of acquiring the program table in the program table acquiring unit 181, a method of acquiring the program table from an external electronic medium such as a CDROM, a method of accessing and acquiring a server having program information using a network such as the Internet, There is a method of transmitting information by superimposing it on a television signal and acquiring it by decoding it.However, a program can be uniquely determined, and enough information to make a recording reservation, that is, a program name, a start time, Any other method may be used as long as the end time and the broadcast channel can be acquired.

The control unit 105 is composed of a microcomputer. When the program information is given, the control unit 105 is based on the information on the channel currently being received by the television broadcast receiving unit 102 and the current time information given by the clock unit 106. To detect the start and end of the program.

Here, the program table is obtained in advance, and the start and end of the program are determined from the current time and the current reception channel. However, the feature extraction of the video or audio signal of the program, the start or the The end of the program may be determined without using a program table, such as character recognition unique to the end.

The control unit 105 controls the television based on the current time information provided by the clock unit 106, the setting information provided by the input unit 107, and the disclosure information and end information of the program provided by the program recognition unit 108. The broadcast receiving unit 102 and the character signal superimposing unit 103 are controlled according to the procedure of the processing algorithm shown in FIG.

That is, the control unit 105 first sets the television broadcast receiving unit 102 in step S101.
While receiving a desired television broadcast program, the current time information provided by the clock unit 106 and the program recognition unit 10
Based on the start information and end information of the program given by 8, it is determined whether or not the end time of the currently received program has come. When the result of the determination in step S101 is "YES", that is, when the end time is reached, step S10 is executed.
The process proceeds to step 2, and if the determination result is "NO", that is, if the end time has not been reached, the determination process of step S101 is repeated to wait for the end of the program.

In step S102, the character signal superimposing section 1
03 is generated to generate a character signal indicating character information for confirming the reservation of the program, and the viewer is prompted to make a decision as to whether or not to watch the “next week's program” of the program that has just ended next time. The message as shown is displayed by the video / audio signal output unit 104.

In the message shown in FIG. 4, if the user wants to see the "next week's program" of the program that has just ended, "1" is displayed.
, And "0" from the input unit 107 if not seen. The content of the message may be any as long as it is possible to prompt the user to input information for making a decision as to whether or not to watch “the same program next week” of the program that has just ended.

In the next step S103, the viewer who saw the message operates the input unit 107 to determine whether or not the viewer's intention indicated as the setting information, that is, "the next week's program" will be viewed next time. Is determined. If the result of the determination in step S103 is "YES", that is, if "the same program next week" is to be watched next time, the process proceeds to step S104. If the result of the determination is "NO", that is, the program is not watched, the process returns to step S101. Wait for the end of the next program.

Further, in step S104, a program for the next week at the same time and on the same channel as the program is reserved as a "same program for next week", and the process returns to step S101.

Then, the television receiver 100
Then, the television broadcast receiving unit 102 and the video / audio signal are controlled so that the television broadcast of the program reserved in this manner is automatically received and the video / audio signal is output from the video / audio signal output unit 104. The output unit 104 is controlled by the control unit 105.

The television receiver 1 having such a configuration
At 00, the viewer sees a message prompting the viewer to make a decision whether to watch the next program of the program that has just ended, "Next week's program", which is displayed at the end of the program. By simply operating the unit 107 and inputting setting information indicating an intention to watch the “next week's same program” next time, the program can be easily reserved. That is, in the television receiving apparatus 100, when one broadcast of a continuous program that is regularly broadcast every week is watched to the end, the program “the next week's same program” of the program is easily reserved. be able to.

Here, the television receiver 100
In, "the same program of next week" is a program of the next week of the same channel and the same time as a certain program, and the same program and the program of the same channel are reserved in the case of continuous broadcasting,
This is because there is a high possibility that the next time of the program will be broadcast on the same channel at the same time.

In this television receiver 100,
Since the program reservation for “the same program next week” is made, a function for making a program reservation for a continuous program that is regularly broadcast every week is realized. In performing the reservation process, the program information of the program table stored in the program table storage unit 182 of the program recognition unit 108 is analyzed, the next broadcast date and time of the program is extracted, and the program is automatically converted to a program. By making a reservation, it is also possible to make a program reservation for a continuous program that is broadcast irregularly. In this case, the program information of the program table acquired by the program table acquisition unit 181 is stored in the program table storage unit 182, and the program is stored in the program table storage unit 182 according to the reservation setting information input from the input unit 107. Table storage unit 1
The program reservation is automatically performed using the program table stored in the program table 82, and the program reservation is performed based on the current time information provided by the clock unit 106 and the program information stored in the program table storage unit 182. And controls the television broadcast receiving unit 102 and the video / audio signal output unit 104 to receive the television broadcast of the reserved program and output the video broadcast from the video / audio signal output unit 104.

In addition, the television receiver 100 outputs a message prompting a decision to make a program reservation every time the program being received ends, but the program which is to be watched more actively, ie, the program reservation The above-described processing algorithm shown in FIG. 3 may be executed only when the received program is received.

Further, according to the processing algorithm shown in FIG. 3, every time a program is ended, it is necessary to input setting information indicating whether or not to reserve the “next week's program” (next time) of the program. However, for example, as in the processing algorithm shown in FIG. 5, the program once received until the end is set so that the next program of the program is always reserved. The program can be reserved. In this case, once the program has been received until the end, the setting of whether to always reserve the next program of the program is set as follows:
The setting is performed by the viewer operating the input unit 107, and the setting information is provided from the input unit 107 to the control unit 105.

That is, in the processing algorithm shown in FIG. 5, first, in step S111, while a desired television broadcast program is being received by the television broadcast receiving unit 102, the current time information provided by the clock unit 106 and the program recognition unit 108 It is determined whether or not the end time of the currently received program has arrived, based on the start information and end information of the program given by. Then, when the result of the determination in step S111 is “YES”, that is, when the end time has come, the process proceeds to step S112, and the result of the determination is “N”.
If "O", that is, if the end time has not come, the determination processing in step S111 is repeated, and the end of the program is waited for.

In step S112, it is determined whether or not the program once received until the end is set so that the next time of the program is always reserved for the program, and the determination result is "YES".
That is, if the program once received until the end is set so that the next program of the program is always reserved, the process proceeds to step S115, and the determination result is "NO", that is, the program once received until the end is If the program is not set to be reserved for the next time, step S1
Move to 13.

In step S113, the character signal superimposing section 1
03, and generates a character signal indicating character information for confirming program reservation, and prompts the viewer to make a decision as to whether or not to watch the program that has just ended next time. For example, a message as shown in FIG. It is displayed by the signal output unit 104. This figure 6
Is prompted to input "1" from the input unit 107 if the next time of the program which has just ended is to be watched, and "0" if the time is not to watch it.

In the next step S114, it is determined whether or not the viewer's intention indicated by the setting information input by operating the input unit 107 by the viewer who has viewed the message, that is, whether or not to watch the program that has just ended is next time. judge. Then, if the decision result in the step S114 is "YES", that is, to watch the next time, the process proceeds to the step S115. If the decision result is "NO", that is, the watch is not to be seen, the process returns to the step S111 to terminate the next program. wait.

In step S115, the program information of the program table stored in the program table storage unit 182 of the program recognition unit 108 is analyzed, the next broadcast date and time of the program is extracted, and the program is automatically set. , And returns to step S111.

Then, the program information of the program table acquired by the program table acquiring section 181 is stored in the program table storage section 182, and the control section 105 responds to the reservation setting information inputted from the input section 107 in accordance with the reservation setting information. A program reservation is automatically made using the program table stored in the program table storage unit 182,
A program whose program has been reserved is extracted based on the current time information provided by the clock unit 106 and the program information stored in the program table storage unit 182, and a television broadcast of the program whose program has been reserved is received and the image is displayed. Audio signal output unit 104
The television broadcast receiving unit 102 outputs the
And the video / audio signal output unit 104 is controlled.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of a video / audio signal recording apparatus 200 to which the present invention is applied.

The video / audio signal recording device 2 shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 00 denotes a television broadcast receiving unit 202 that receives a television broadcast via an antenna 201, and a character signal superimposing unit 20 connected to the television broadcast receiving unit 202.
3, a video / audio signal output unit 204 connected to the character signal superimposing unit 203, and the television broadcast receiving unit 20.
2 and a control unit 205 for controlling the character signal superimposing unit 203
And a clock unit 206, an input unit 207, and a program recognition unit 208 connected to the control unit 205, and a video / audio signal recording unit 209 connected to the television broadcast receiving unit 202.

The video / audio signal recording unit 209 includes the control unit 20
5, the video signal and the audio signal supplied from the television broadcast receiving unit 202 are recorded on the recording medium 2
Record at 10. The program recognizing unit 208 stores the program information of the program guide from which the program guide has been acquired by the program guide acquiring unit 281 in the program guide storage unit 282, and stores the program information in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 205. 205.

The video / audio signal recording apparatus 200 is the same as the television receiving apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 except that the video / audio signal recording section 209 is provided. Since the configuration is the same as that of the receiving apparatus 100, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The video / audio signal recording device 200
The control unit 205 controls the television broadcast receiving unit 202, the character signal superimposing unit based on the current time information provided by the clock unit 206, the setting information provided by the input unit 207, and the program information provided by the program recognizing unit 208. The control unit 203 and the video / audio signal recording unit 209 are controlled according to the processing algorithm shown in FIG.

That is, the control unit 205 first sets the television broadcast receiving unit 202 in step S201.
While receiving a desired television broadcast program, the current time information provided by the clock unit 206 and the program recognition unit 20
Based on the program information given by 8, it is determined whether the end time of the currently received program has come. And
If the determination result in step S201 is "YES", that is, the end time, the process proceeds to step S202. If the determination result is "NO", that is, the end time, the determination process in step S201 is repeated to repeat the same program. Wait for the end.

In step S202, the character signal superimposing unit 2
03 to generate a character signal indicating character information for confirming recording reservation, and prompts the viewer to make a decision as to whether or not to record the next time of the program which has just ended. It is displayed by the audio signal output unit 204.

In the message shown in FIG. 9, "1" should be input from the input section 207 if the next recording of the program which has just ended is to be reserved for recording, and "0" if no recording is to be reserved. Is to be encouraged. The content of the message may be any as long as it is possible to prompt the user to input information for making a decision on whether or not to make a recording reservation for the next time of the program that has just ended.

In the next step S203, it is determined whether the viewer who saw the message operates the input unit 207 and intends the viewer indicated as setting information, that is, whether to make a recording reservation. Then, step S2
If the result of determination in step 03 is "YES", that is, recording reservation is made, the process proceeds to step S204. If the determination result is "NO", that is, recording reservation is not made, the process returns to step S201 to wait for the end of the next program.

Further, in step S204, the program information of the program table stored in the program table storage section 282 of the program recognition section 208 is analyzed to extract the next broadcast date and time of the program that has just ended, and The program is automatically reserved, and the process returns to step S201.

The video / audio signal recording device 200
Then, the television broadcast receiving unit 2 automatically receives the television broadcast of the program reserved for recording in this manner, and records the video / audio signal on the recording medium 210.
02 and the video / audio signal recording unit 209 are controlled by the control unit 205.

The video / audio signal recording apparatus 2 having such a configuration
At 00, the viewer sees a message displayed at the end of the program, which is displayed at the end of the program, prompting the viewer to decide whether or not to make a recording reservation for the next program, and operates the input unit 207. By simply inputting setting information indicating the intention to make a recording reservation for the next program, the recording reservation can be easily made. That is, in the video / audio signal recording apparatus 200, when one broadcast of a continuous program that is regularly or irregularly broadcast is watched to the end, the next recording of the program can be easily reserved for recording.

In the case of continuous broadcasting, there is a high possibility that the next time of the program will be broadcasted at the same time on the same channel. The next week's program at the same time on the channel may be reserved for recording. Thereby, the process for recording reservation can be simplified.

Here, the video / audio signal recording device 200
In the above, a message prompting the user to make a recording reservation decision is output each time the program being received ends. The processing algorithm shown in FIG. 8 may be executed.

Further, in the processing algorithm shown in FIG. 8 described above, every time a program ends, it is necessary to input setting information indicating whether or not the next recording of the program is scheduled for recording. As shown in the processing algorithm,
The program once received until the end is set to always reserve the next recording of the program, so that the program once received until the termination can be automatically reserved for the next recording of the program. In this case, the setting of whether or not the program received once until the end is necessarily reserved for the next recording of the program is performed by the viewer operating the input unit 207, and the setting information is controlled by the input unit 207. It is provided to the unit 205.

That is, in the processing algorithm shown in FIG. 10, first, at step S211, while the television broadcast receiving section 202 is receiving a desired television broadcast program, the current time information provided by the clock section 206 and the program recognition section 208 It is determined whether or not the end time of the currently received program has arrived based on the program information given by. When the result of the determination in step S211 is "YES", that is, when the end time is reached, step S212 is performed.
If the determination result is "NO", that is, if the end time has not been reached, the determination process of step S211 is repeated to wait for the end of the program.

In step S212, it is determined whether or not the program received once until the end is set so that the next recording of the program is always reserved for recording, and the determination result is "Y".
"ES", that is, if the program once received until the end is set so that the next recording of the program is always reserved for recording, the process proceeds to step S215, and the determination result is "NO".
That is, if the program that has been received until the end is not set to reserve the next recording of the program without fail, the process proceeds to step S213.

In step S213, the character signal superimposing unit 2
03 to generate a character signal indicating character information for confirming program reservation, and prompting the viewer to make a decision on whether or not to make a recording reservation for the “finished program of the next week” of the program that has just ended, for example, as shown in FIG. Such a message is displayed by the video / audio signal output unit 204. In the message shown in FIG. 11, “1” is input from the input unit 207 if recording reservation is to be made for the recording of “the same program next week” of the program which has just ended, and “0” if recording reservation is not to be performed. It encourages what to do.

In the next step S 214, the viewer's intention indicated by the setting information input by operating the input unit 207 by the viewer who has viewed the message, that is, “the next week's same program” of the program that has just ended is displayed. It is determined whether to make a recording reservation. Then, if the decision result in the step S214 is "YES", that is, a recording reservation is made, the process proceeds to a step S215. If the decision result is "NO", that is, a recording reservation is not made, the process returns to the step S211 to terminate the next program. wait.

Further, in step S215, a next week's program of the same time and on the same channel as the program that has just ended is reserved for recording as "the next week's same program".
Return to 1.

The video / audio signal recording device 200
Then, the television broadcast receiving unit 2 is configured to automatically receive a television broadcast of the program reserved in such a manner and record the video / audio signal on the recording medium 210.
02 and the video / audio signal recording unit 209 are controlled by the control unit 205.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an example of a video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus 300 to which the present invention is applied.

A video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus 300 shown in FIG. 12 includes a television broadcast receiving section 302 for receiving a television broadcast via an antenna 301, and a television broadcast received by the television broadcast receiving section 302. A video / audio signal recording unit 309 for recording a video / audio signal of a broadcast on a recording medium 310;
09 from the recording medium 31
A video / audio signal reproducing unit 311 for reproducing from 0, a character signal superimposing unit 303 for superimposing a character signal on the video signal reproduced by the video / audio signal reproducing unit 311, and a video reproduced by the video / audio signal reproducing unit 311. A video / audio signal output unit 304 to which an audio signal is supplied via the character signal superposition unit 303;
A control unit 305 for controlling the character signal superposition unit 303, the video / audio signal recording unit 309, and the video / audio signal reproduction unit 311;
The clock unit 306 and the input unit 3 connected to the control unit 305
07, program recognition unit 308 and reserved recorded program information storage unit 3
12 is provided.

This video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus 300
The video / audio signal recording device 200 shown in FIG. 7 is provided with a video / audio reproduction unit 311, and is reproduced by the video / audio signal reproduction unit 311 instead of the television broadcast video / audio signal received by the television broadcast reception unit 302. The video / audio signal is supplied to the character signal superimposition section 303, and the components other than the video / audio reproduction section 311 and the reserved recorded program information storage section 312 are the same as those of the video / audio signal recording apparatus 200 described above. , And a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus 300, the video / audio signal recording unit 309 is controlled by the control unit 305 having a recording reservation function, and received by the television broadcast receiving unit 302. The video and audio signals of the John broadcast program are recorded on the recording medium 310. When the video / audio signal of the desired television broadcast program reserved for recording is pre-recorded on the recording medium 310 by the video / audio signal recording unit 309, the control unit 305 obtains the information of the program from the program recognition unit 308. The program information is stored in the programmed recording program information storage unit 312. The program recognition unit 30
8 stores the program information of the program guide from which the program guide has been acquired by the program guide acquiring unit 381 in the program guide storage unit 382, and stores the program information in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 305.
05.

The video / audio signal reproducing unit 311 is controlled by the control unit 305, and reproduces the video / audio signal from the recording medium 310 in which the video / audio signal of the desired program has been reserved and recorded in this way. In this reproduction mode, the control unit 3
05, based on the setting information provided from the input unit 307 and the reserved recorded program information provided from the reserved recorded program information storage unit 312, the character signal superimposing unit 303 and the video / audio signal reproducing unit 311 execute the processing algorithm shown in FIG. Control according to the procedure.

That is, in step S 301, the control unit 305 first sets the reserved recording provided from the reserved recorded program information storage unit 312 in the reproduction mode for reproducing the video / audio signal of the desired program reserved and recorded on the recording medium 310. Based on the program information, it is determined whether or not the reproduction end time of the currently reproduced program has come. And step S
If the determination result in step 301 is "YES", that is, if the reserved recorded program has been reproduced to the end, step S302
If the determination result is "NO", that is, if the playback end time has not been reached, the determination process of step S301 is repeated to wait for the end of the playback of the program.

In step S302, the character signal superimposing section 3
03 is controlled to generate a character signal indicating character information for confirming recording reservation, and a video and audio signal output unit 304 displays a message prompting the viewer to make a decision on whether or not to record the next time of the program that has just ended. I do.

In the next step S303, it is determined whether or not the viewer who sees the message operates the input unit 307 to indicate the intention of the viewer, that is, whether to make a recording reservation. Then, step S3
If the result of the determination in step 03 is "YES", that is, the recording reservation is made, the flow proceeds to step S304. Wait for.

Further, in step S304, the program information of the program table stored in the program table storage section 382 of the program recognition section 308 is analyzed to extract the next broadcast date and time of the program that has just ended, and The program is automatically reserved, and the process returns to step S301.

The video / audio signal recording / reproducing device 3
00, the television broadcast receiving unit 302 and the video / audio signal recording unit are configured to automatically receive the television broadcast of the program reserved for recording in this manner and record the video / audio signal on the recording medium 310. 309 to the control unit 305
Is controlled by

In the video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus 300 having such a configuration, the user, that is, the viewer, listens to the decision of whether or not to reserve the next recording of the program which has been completed and displayed at the end of the reproduction of the reserved recorded program. The recording can be easily booked simply by the viewer watching the message prompting the user and operating the input unit 307 to input the setting information indicating the intention to make the next recording of the program. That is, in the video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus 300, when the content of one scheduled recording and recording of a continuous program broadcasted regularly or irregularly is played back to the end, the next time of the scheduled recorded program is simply performed. Recording reservation can be made.

Here, the video / audio signal recording / reproducing device 3
In 00, a message prompting the user to make a decision on recording reservation is output every time the program being received ends. However, only when a program to be watched more actively, that is, a program reserved for recording, is received. The processing algorithm shown in FIG. 13 may be executed.

Further, in the processing algorithm shown in FIG. 13 described above, every time the reserved recorded program is reproduced to the end, setting information indicating whether or not the next recording of the reserved recorded program is to be reserved must be input. However, for a reserved recorded program that has been reproduced to the end once, the setting for recording the next time of the program must be made, so that the reserved recorded program that has been reproduced to the end can be automatically reserved for the next recording of the program.
In this case, for the program once received until the end, whether or not the next recording of the program must be reserved for recording is set by the viewer through the input unit 3.
The setting information is provided from the input unit 307 to the control unit 305.

In the case of continuous broadcasting, there is a high possibility that the next time of the program will be broadcast on the same channel at the same time. The next week's program at the same time on the channel may be reserved for recording. Thereby, the process for recording reservation can be simplified, and the program recognition unit 308 may be omitted as shown in FIG.

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In the television receiving apparatus according to the present invention, when the program received by the receiving means ends, the reservation confirmation of the program is confirmed based on the recognition output by the program recognizing means for recognizing the start and end of the program. The character information for use is superimposed on the video / audio signal by the character superimposing means, output from the output means, the program is reserved according to the program reservation setting information inputted by the input means, and the current time given by the clock means is provided. Based on the information and the recognition output by the program recognition means, the control means receives the television broadcast of the reserved program and outputs the video / audio signal of the reserved program from the output means. Controlling the means prompts the user, i.e. the viewer, to make a decision as to whether or not to make a program reservation for the currently ended program displayed at the end of the program. Message viewer to look at, only performs an operation to input from the input means setting information indicating the will to carry out the program reservation, the user can easily program reservation the program received once until the end.

In the television receiver according to the present invention,
For example, when a program reserved for a program ends, the character information for confirming the reservation of the program is superimposed on the video / audio signal by the character superimposing means and output from the output means. By making a reservation for the program according to the reservation setting information, the user can easily make a program reservation for the next time of the reserved program once received to the end.

Further, in the television receiver according to the present invention, for example, it is possible to set a state in which the program once received is automatically reserved by the program reservation setting information input from the input means. The operation for program reservation can be simplified.

Further, in the television receiver according to the present invention, for example, the state in which the program once reserved is automatically reserved can be set by the program reservation setting information input from the input means. Thus, the operation for program reservation can be simplified.

Further, in the television receiving apparatus according to the present invention, for example, a program recognition device comprising program information acquiring means for acquiring program information and program information storing means for storing program information acquired by the program information acquiring means. By providing the means, it is possible to make a program reservation for a continuous program broadcast regularly or irregularly by a simple operation.

In the video / audio signal recording apparatus according to the present invention,
Based on the recognition output by the program recognition means for recognizing the start and end of the program, at the end of the program received by the receiving means, the character information for confirming the reservation of the program is superimposed on the video / audio signal by the character superimposing means. The program is reserved according to the recording reservation setting information input by the input means, and the reservation is made based on the current time information given by the clock means and the recognition output by the program recognition means. The control means controls the receiving means, the character superimposing means and the recording means so that the television broadcast of the program is received and recorded on the recording medium by the recording means, so that the user, that is, the viewer is displayed at the end of the program. When the viewer sees a message prompting the viewer to decide whether to make a recording reservation for the program that has just ended, Only by performing the operation of inputting the information from the input means, the user can easily record book programs received through once.

In the video / audio signal recording apparatus according to the present invention,
For example, when a program for which recording reservation has been completed is completed, character information for confirming reservation of the program is superimposed on the video / audio signal by the character superimposing means and output from the output means. By making a recording reservation for the program according to the reservation setting information, the user can easily make a reservation for the next recording of the reserved recording program once received to the end.

In the video / audio signal recording apparatus according to the present invention, for example, a state in which a program once received is automatically reserved for recording can be set by the recording reservation setting information input from the input means. Thus, the operation for recording reservation can be simplified.

Further, in the video / audio signal recording apparatus according to the present invention, for example, it is possible to set a program for which recording has been reserved once automatically in a state where recording is automatically reserved by using the recording reservation setting information inputted from the input means. Thereby, the operation for recording reservation can be simplified.

Further, in the video / audio signal recording apparatus according to the present invention, for example, a program comprising program information acquisition means for acquiring program information and program information storage means for storing program information acquired by the program information acquisition means. By providing the recognition means, it is possible to reserve recording of a continuous program broadcasted regularly or irregularly by a simple operation.

In the video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, at the end of the program which has been recorded and reproduced by the recording / reproducing means from the recording medium, character information for confirming the reservation of the program is reproduced by the recording / reproducing means. Superimposed by the character superimposing means on the video and audio signals, and output from the output means,
According to the recording reservation setting information input by the input means,
Make a recording reservation for the program, and receive a television broadcast of the program reserved for recording, based on the current time information provided by the clock means and the program information on the reserved recording stored in the reserved recording program information storage means. The receiving means, the character superimposing means, the storage means, and the recording / reproducing means are recorded by the recording / reproducing means on the recording medium, and the information of the reserved recorded program is stored in the reserved recorded program information storing means. Since the control is performed, the user, that is, the viewer, sees a message displayed at the end of the reproduction of the reserved recorded program and prompts the viewer to determine whether or not to make a recording reservation of the just-terminated program. Just perform the operation of inputting the setting information indicating the intention to perform from the input means,
A user can easily make a recording reservation for a reserved recording program that has been reproduced to the end.

In the video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, for example, when a program reserved for recording is reproduced to the end, character information for confirming the reservation of the program is added to the video / audio signal by the character superimposing means. The program is superimposed and output from the output unit, and the recording reservation of the program is made according to the recording reservation setting information input by the input unit, so that the user can easily record the next time of the reserved recording program reproduced once to the end. You can make a reservation.

Further, in the video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention, for example, a state is set by the recording reservation setting information inputted from the input means so that the reserved recording program reproduced once to the end is automatically reserved for recording. Accordingly, the operation for recording reservation can be simplified.

Further, the video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention comprises, for example, program information obtaining means for obtaining program information, and program information storing means for storing the program information obtained by the program information obtaining means. The provision of the program recognizing means makes it possible to reserve recording of a continuous program broadcasted regularly or irregularly by a simple operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a television receiver to which the present invention has been applied. It is.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a program recognition unit of the television receiver.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing algorithm of a reservation process in the television receiver.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a message for confirming program reservation in the television receiver.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing another example of the processing algorithm of the reservation process in the television receiver.

6 is a diagram showing an example of a message for confirming program reservation when performing processing in accordance with the processing algorithm shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a video / audio signal recording device to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing algorithm of a reservation process in the video and audio signal recording device.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a message for confirming program reservation in the video / audio signal recording apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing another example of the processing algorithm of the reservation process in the video and audio signal recording device.

11 is a diagram showing an example of a message for confirming program reservation when performing processing according to the processing algorithm shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing algorithm of a reservation process in the video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration example of a video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus to which the present invention has been applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 100 television receiving device, 200 video / audio signal recording device, 200 video / audio signal recording / reproducing device, 10
1,201,301 antennas, 102,202,30
2 Television broadcast receiver, 103, 203, 303
Character signal superimposing section, 104, 204, 304 Video / audio signal output section, 105, 205, 305 Control section, 10
6,206,306 Clock section, 107,207,308
Input unit, 108, 208, 308 Program recognition unit, 18
1,281,381 Program guide acquisition unit, 182,282
382 program table storage unit 209, 309 video / audio signal recording unit, 210, 310 recording medium, 311 video / audio signal reproduction unit, 312 reserved program information storage unit

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving a television broadcast, a character superimposing means for superimposing text information on a video / audio signal of the television broadcast received by the receiving means, and a television broadcast received by the receiving means Output means for outputting a video and audio signal of the following; program recognition means for recognizing the start and end of a program; clock means for outputting current time information; control means for controlling the reception means and character superimposition means; Input means for inputting setting information to the means, the control means for confirming the reservation of the program when the program ends, based on the recognition output by the program recognition means for recognizing the start and end of the program. The character information is superimposed on the video / audio signal by the character superimposing means and output from the output means, and according to the program reservation setting information input by the input means,
Making a reservation for the program, receiving a television broadcast of the reserved program based on the current time information given by the clock means and the recognition output by the program recognition means,
A television receiving apparatus, wherein the receiving means and the character superimposing means are controlled so as to output a video / audio signal of a reserved program from the output means. 2. The control means, when a currently received program ends, superimposes the character information for confirming the reservation of the program on the video / audio signal by the character superimposing means, and causes the output means to output the superimposed character information. 2. The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein the program is reserved according to the program reservation setting information input by the input means. 3. The control means, when the program reserved for the program ends, superimposes the character information for confirming the reservation of the program on the video / audio signal by the character superimposing means, and causes the output means to output the superimposed character information. 2. The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein the program is reserved according to the program reservation setting information input by the input means. 4. The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein said control means automatically reserves a program once received according to program reservation setting information inputted by said input means. . 5. The program according to claim 1, wherein the control means automatically reserves the program once reserved according to the program reservation setting information inputted by the input means.
The television receiver as described in the above. 6. The program recognition device according to claim 1, wherein said program recognition means comprises program information acquisition means for acquiring program information, and program information storage means for storing program information acquired by said program information acquisition means. The television receiver as described in the above. 7. A receiving means for receiving a television broadcast, a character superimposing means for superimposing character information on a video / audio signal of the television broadcast received by the receiving means, and a television broadcast received by the receiving means Output means for outputting a video / audio signal of the television broadcast; recording means for recording the video / audio signal of the television broadcast received by the receiving means on a recording medium; program recognition means for recognizing the start and end of the program; Clock means for outputting information; control means for controlling the receiving means and the character superimposing means; and input means for inputting setting information to the control means. The control means controls the start and end of a program. Based on the recognition output by the recognized program recognizing means, at the end of the program, the character information for confirming the reservation of the program is converted into a video / audio Superimposed is outputted from the output means, depending on the video recording reservation setting information inputted by said input means,
A recording reservation of the program is made, and based on the current time information given by the clock means and the recognition output by the program recognizing means, a television broadcast of the program reserved for recording is received and stored in the recording medium by the storage means. A video / audio signal recording apparatus, wherein the receiving means, the character superimposing means and the recording means are controlled to record. 8. The control means, when the currently received program ends, superimposes the character information for confirming the reservation of the program on the video / audio signal by the character superimposing means, and causes the output means to output the superimposed character information. 8. The video / audio signal recording apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a recording reservation of the program is made in accordance with the recording reservation setting information input by said input means. 9. When the program for which recording reservation has been completed is completed, the control means superimposes the character information for confirming the reservation of the program on the video / audio signal by the character superimposing means and causes the output means to output the superimposed character information. 8. The video / audio signal recording apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a recording reservation of the program is made in accordance with the recording reservation setting information input by said input means. 10. The video and audio signal recording according to claim 7, wherein said control means automatically reserves a program once received according to the recording reservation setting information inputted by said input means. apparatus. 11. The video / audio signal according to claim 7, wherein said control means automatically makes a recording reservation for a program once reserved for recording in accordance with the recording reservation setting information inputted by said input means. Recording device. 12. The program recognition means according to claim 7, wherein said program recognition means comprises program information acquisition means for acquiring program information, and program information storage means for storing program information acquired by said program information acquisition means. The video / audio signal recording device according to the above. 13. A receiving means for receiving a television broadcast, a recording / reproducing means for recording / reproducing a video / audio signal of the television broadcast received by the receiving means via a recording medium, and a recording medium by the recording / reproducing means. Character superimposing means for superimposing character information on a video / audio signal reproduced from a recording medium; output means for outputting a video / audio signal reproduced from a recording medium by the recording / reproducing means; Program information storage means, clock means for outputting current time information, control means for controlling the receiving means, recording / reproducing means and character superimposing means, and input means for inputting setting information to the control means. The control means records the program by the recording / reproducing means on the basis of the information of the programmed program recorded stored in the programmed program information storage means. At the end of the reserved recorded program being reproduced from the body, the character information for confirming the reservation of the program is superimposed on the video / audio signal reproduced by the recording / reproducing means by the character superimposing means and output from the output means. In accordance with the recording reservation setting information input by the input means, the recording reservation of the program is made, and the current time information given by the clock means and the reservation recording stored in the reservation recording program information storage means are performed. On the basis of the program information, a television broadcast of a program reserved for recording is received and recorded on a recording medium by the recording / reproducing means, and information of the reserved recorded program is stored in the reserved recording program information storage means. The receiving means, the character superimposing means,
A video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus for controlling a storage means and a recording / reproducing means. 14. The video and audio system according to claim 13, wherein said control means automatically makes a recording reservation for the once-recorded reserved recorded program in accordance with the recording reservation setting information inputted by said input means. Signal recording / reproducing device. 15. The video / audio signal according to claim 13, wherein said control means automatically makes a recording reservation for a program once reserved for recording in accordance with the recording reservation setting information inputted by said input means. Recording and playback device. 16. A program information acquisition means for acquiring program information, and a program information storage means for storing program information acquired by the program information acquisition means, wherein the control means comprises: In accordance with the reservation setting information, a recording reservation is made using the program table stored in the program table storage means, and the current time information provided by the clock means and the program table stored in the program table storage means are recorded. 14. The video / audio signal recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the receiving means and the recording / reproducing means are controlled so as to extract a program reserved for recording and record the program on a recording medium.