CN1913600A - TV program order device and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a TV program reservation device and its method, the device includes a controller and a memory, the memory is used to store reserved channels and time data, the controller includes a time reservation unit, a timer and a channel management unit Pass. In addition, the television program reservation device of the present invention also includes a remote controller for the user to pre-set time and channel. If the current time reaches the reserved time, the controller will automatically play the previously reserved channel. The time reservation unit in the present invention has two or more time setting modes, such as: same day reservation, daily reservation, weekly reservation and irregular reservation, which can facilitate the user's setting operation and allow the user to repeat from the original , Mechanical labor is liberated, and it is more in line with people's modern and fast-paced life needs.

Description

A TV program reservation device and method thereof

technical field

The invention relates to the receiving and playing of TV programs, in particular to the selection and switching of TV program timing reservation and switching playing. In addition, the invention also relates to the TV technology with the function of reminding regular affairs.

Background technique

With the development of TV technology and people's demand for all kinds of entertainment news, more and more TV programs are provided by radio stations. Faced with a large number of programs, some viewers often focus on one and lose another when watching: after watching a certain affectionate love series, they forget a certain humorous entertainment program. Of course, some TV program viewing guides released now can help viewers to establish their own program viewing plans to a certain extent. However, due to the current large number of channels and programs, there is no unified arrangement of time and progress, and it is difficult for viewers to satisfy their various hobbies. and demand.

The application number is 02110232.5, and the patent application titled "A Timing Method and Apparatus for Watching TV Programs" provides a solution to the above problems. The application is equipped with a device for watching TV programs at a fixed time, which can be used by viewers to input the TV program channel and broadcast time in advance, and has the function of automatically watching programs at regular intervals. Connect buttons, cursors, wired cables, cables, CD-ROM drive, disk drive or remote control; the output port of the small computer is connected to the display and the multi-channel digital remote control circuit board or the original channel converter control circuit board of the TV. connected to the output port of the small computer. When using the device, the audience can input the channel number of the program in advance, the broadcast time week, hour and minute, and then the setting can be completed.

Use above-mentioned television program timing device to have good reminding effect to the viewer indeed, but, often run into following problem in actual use, as: for some weekly fixed time broadcast programs, use this device and just need to set every week For some TV series played every day, the viewer needs to set the same time and channel number 7 times from Monday to Sunday. Such repeated operation methods are too cumbersome and cumbersome, and it is not as convenient and practical as using a remote controller. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a simple and fast program reservation method.

In addition, the application number is 200310111129.1, and the published patent application titled "Method for Intelligent Prompt on TV" discloses a method of setting the time and prompting tasks by the user, and the TV will give corresponding prompts when the set time arrives. Methods. This function is described as: the user enters the time and selects the task to be prompted in the dialog box provided by the system, then there will be a corresponding reminder at the time selected by the user. The technical solution adds practical added value to the TV set, that is, the TV set not only has the traditional functions of appreciating programs and watching news, but also has the function of prompting humanized affairs. However, there are still two problems in actual use. First, users wish to set reminders as they wish. However, the above-mentioned system provides limited tasks for users to choose, which greatly limits the autonomy of users. Second, the time and timing method of the above plan is unreasonable. For example, I hope to regularly attend English training every Tuesday; regularly go to the hospital for blood sugar checks on the 10th of each month; regularly play the violin every afternoon during summer vacation, etc.; third, This method is only a prompt for specific affairs, and cannot realize the setting and switching of TV channels, and cannot adapt to the function of watching TV programs.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a TV program reservation device and method thereof, which can realize automatic conversion and playback of TV programs, and facilitate users to select programs according to their preferences.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a TV program reservation device and method thereof, which can provide multiple time timing methods, allowing users to select and set pertinently.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a TV program reservation device and method thereof, which allow users to conveniently select and set by providing multiple time reservation setting methods.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is implemented as follows:

A television program reservation device, which sets the program viewing time and channel by selecting the reservation time mode, including a controller and a memory, wherein the controller includes a time reservation unit, a timer and a channel management unit, and the timer is used to determine Whether the scheduled time arrives, the channel management unit is used to play the reserved channel when the scheduled time arrives, and the memory stores channel data and time data. The remote control provides channel and time inputs.

The above-mentioned time reservation unit includes two or more reservation time control methods, which may include: same day reservation, daily reservation, weekly reservation and irregular reservation, etc.

The device is also connected with an OSD display (including an OSD display circuit and a display), and the selected channel and the interface for setting can be displayed through the OSD, and time and channel can be set.

A method for booking a television program, comprising the following steps:

1. Time and channel setting and storage, set the reservation channel and reservation time and store these data in the memory;

2. Judgment of appointment time, judging whether the current time has reached the preset playing time;

3. Reserve the broadcast of the channel. After the reserved time arrives, the system will play according to the reserved channel.

The setting of the appointment time includes more than two setting methods: appointment of the day, appointment of the day, appointment of the week and appointment from time to time. The specific operation method when setting the time is: select a setting method from the above-mentioned time reservation methods, and then fill in the relevant time and channel information in the selected time setting method.

The above-mentioned reservation time setting includes two rules: 1. For a certain reservation setting, any reservation time method conflicts with other reservation time method selections, that is, if the user selects a certain method, other methods cannot be set; 2. If there are different reservation methods at the same time, make regular program reservations according to the priority order of the day, every day, every week, and irregular.

When executing the above program reservation method, the system can also make the following judgments as required:

(1) Determine whether the device is currently powered on;

(2) Judging whether the current source is TV;

(3) Judging whether the current channel is a reserved value.

The above invention achieves the purpose of simplifying operations by providing users with multiple time options, and this idea can also be extended to other operations that require timing settings. For example, another object of the present invention—a method for reminding affairs by using TV, also uses the above-mentioned multiple time setting methods to overcome the shortcomings of the existing task setting solutions in the background technology. The setting and execution steps of this transaction reminder method are basically the same as the setting of program reservation, the difference is that: during the setting process, "channel number setting" is changed to input transaction content; during the execution process, the system may also perform the above (1) and (2) Judgment. If the current time reaches the appointment time, the system will display the transaction content preset by the user on the screen.

Whether it is the TV program reservation device and method of the present invention, or the method for reminding affairs of the present invention, it provides users with a convenient and fast time setting method, frees users from the original repetitive and mechanical labor, and is more in line with people's needs. Modern, fast-paced living needs.

Description of drawings

The present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the television program reservation device of the present invention,

Fig. 2 is the setting flowchart of the television program reservation method of the present invention,

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of menu selection of the television program reservation method of the present invention,

Fig. 4 is the control flowchart of the television program reservation method of the present invention,

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the menu selection of the present invention using TV to remind the affairs

Fig. 6 is a control flow chart of the present invention using TV to remind affairs.

Detailed ways

As shown in Figure 1, it is a TV system with a TV program reservation device, including a tuner, a remote controller, a controller MCU, a memory, a switching power supply, an OSD display circuit and a display. The controller is used for switching channels and controlling power on when the TV is in standby, and it includes a time reservation unit, a timer and a channel management unit. Wherein, the time reservation unit includes two or more than two kinds of time reservation controls. In this specific embodiment, the controller includes 4 kinds of time reservation methods: current day reservation, daily reservation, weekly reservation and irregular reservation. The timer is used to determine whether the scheduled time arrives, and the channel management unit is used to compare and switch channels when the scheduled time arrives. The memory stores channel data and time data, and the remote controller provides channel and time input.

Before making program reservation settings, the form shown in Figure 3 can be called out through the OSD menu. The appointment setting steps can be referred to as shown in Figure 2, which includes:

(1) Select the way of making an appointment, that is, choose one of the four ways of making an appointment in Figure 3, and tick an item in the column that needs to be set. For weekly appointments, specific numbers need to be entered, and the numbers 1 to 7 represent Monday to Sunday respectively. For irregular appointments, enter the month and day in the format "mm-dd".

(2) Enter the specific viewing time in the corresponding "time" column through the remote control or other input devices.

(3) Enter relevant data in the corresponding "Channel" column.

After editing the reservation settings, you can press the "Program" up and down keys on the remote control or the special "Program reservation" key to confirm and exit. In general, the up and down keys of the program can be used to complete the setting, but for the convenience of control, the "program reservation" key can also be specially set to directly enter the reservation setting operation. In the above-mentioned program reservation setting, the three operations of "time", "channel" and "reservation method" do not exist in order.

In this embodiment, using the remote controller to perform the above operations has the following instructions.

Use the program up and down keys to select a line of programs, and the volume up and down keys to edit each item in a line, such as the first line, press the volume key to cycle through "time", "channel", "reservation mode", etc. Select, in the time and channel items, you can use the number keys to input, and in the reservation mode, use the "menu" to confirm. When inputting a reservation program, the three settings of "time", "channel" and "reservation method" must be completed. If you press the program up and down keys to confirm without completely inputting, a prompt "incomplete input" will pop up. , disappears after 2 seconds, and the input continues to stay on the line that has not been input just now, waiting for the user to complete it, and temporarily does not store it. If you press the "program reservation" button to confirm and exit without complete input, a pop-up prompt "incomplete input" will pop up, and then exit, and the input just now will not be memorized, that is, the reservation will be invalidated.

Below combined with Figure 3, two examples are given to illustrate the setting operation method, such as: to watch the news broadcast of channel 01 at 19:00 every day, at this time, you can enter 19 and 00 in the "time" column, and enter "channel" Enter 01 in the column, and tick the item corresponding to 19:00 under the "Daily" column (tick, it can be realized by the corresponding function key). Another example: if you want to watch a movie on channel 26 every Saturday at 20:00, you should directly input 6 under the "weekly" column, input 20 and 00 in the "time" column, and input 26 in the "channel" column.

For irregular appointments, the system defaults to the current year. If the input month is less than the current month, it will be considered as the date of the next year.

Expired records will be cleared automatically by the system. The user can also clear the record or modify the recorded information to make new program reservation settings.

In addition, for a reservation setting, only one reservation time method can be selected, and other reservation time methods cannot be selected at the same time, otherwise conflicts will occur. That is, if the user selects a certain mode, other modes cannot be set. At this point, the system will automatically prompt the user to input the time conflict, please change it. After 2 seconds, the prompt disappears, and a program with time conflict input just now is deleted.

If there are different reservation methods at the same time, then make regular program reservations according to the priority order of the day, every day, every week, and irregular.

After completing the above-mentioned program reservation settings, the reservation device of the present invention will work according to the steps shown in Figure 4:

(a) judging whether the current time is the same as the timing time;

(b) If so, judge whether the regular time is an irregular appointment and the date is different, or whether the regular time is a weekly appointment and the set value is different;

Otherwise, continue timing;

(c) if the step (b) is judged to be yes, it is judged whether the current system is in a power-on state;

Otherwise, continue timing;

(d) if step (c) is judged to be yes, just then judge whether current information source is TV;

Otherwise, turn on the power switch;

(e) if step (d) is judged as yes, it is judged whether the current channel is a reserved value;

Otherwise, the source will be switched;

(f) If step (e) is judged to be yes, it is judged whether the timing setting is the current day or irregular mode;

Otherwise, switch channels;

(g) If step (f) is judged to be yes, the above-mentioned reservation is cleared;

Otherwise, just continue timing, wait for next scheduled time.

As shown in FIG. 5 , except that the column “Affair” in the schematic diagram of the menu is different from the column “Channel” in FIG. 3 , other contents are the same as those in FIG. 3 . It should be noted that when setting reminders for affairs, the field "Affairs" can be entered in pinyin or English through the remote control.

Fig. 6 shows the working flow chart of the present invention using TV to remind affairs. Since the setting and execution steps of the business reminder and the program reservation method are basically the same, they will not be repeated here.

In the above-mentioned specific embodiment, the form shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 is used to display all the options for the user to choose. Of course, the system can also use the method of cyclically displaying one of them or other methods, as long as its design is consistent with the above-mentioned technology The same scheme or covered by it all belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

The program reservation and transaction reminder of the present invention all relate to the problem of real-time time acquisition, and there are three ways to realize this usually: (1) directly setting time circuit, as built-in real-time clock chip; (2) remote control setting; (3) every time After the first boot, it is set by user input. Among them, the remote control setting method can be equipped with MC2401S processing chip on the circuit board of the remote control, and transmit the clock and date data to the TV through the transmitting circuit, and the TV controller can adjust it after receiving it to ensure the time in the system. accuracy.

Claims (16)

1. A television program reservation device, comprising a memory and a controller, wherein the memory is used to store channel data and time data, and the controller includes a time reservation unit, a timer and a channel management unit, and the timer is used to determine Whether the scheduled time arrives, the channel management unit is used to play the reserved channel when the scheduled time arrives, and it is characterized in that the above-mentioned time reservation unit has two or more than two ways of time reservation. 2. The television program reservation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the time reservation methods include: same day reservation, daily reservation, weekly reservation and irregular reservation. 3. The television program reservation device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the device further includes a remote controller for providing channel and time input settings. 4. The TV program reservation device according to claim 3, characterized in that the device is also connected with an OSD display, and the selected channel and setting interface can be displayed through the OSD to set the time and channel. 5. The television program reservation device according to claim 4, wherein said channel management unit also has a function of comparing the current channel with the reserved channel. 6. A TV program reservation method, comprising the following steps: a. The time and channel are set and stored, and the time setting can be set by choosing one of two or more reservation methods; b. Judgment of appointment time, judging whether the current time has reached the preset playing time: c. To play the scheduled channel, after the scheduled time arrives, the system will play according to the reserved channel. 7. The TV program reservation method according to claim 6, wherein the system needs to judge whether it is currently powered on and whether it is a TV source before playing the reserved channel. 8. The TV program reservation method according to claim 7, wherein the system needs to judge whether the currently watched channel is the reserved channel before reserving the broadcasting of the channel. 9. The TV program reservation method according to claim 8, characterized in that the reservation time can be set in the following ways: same day reservation, daily reservation, weekly reservation and irregular reservation. 10. The TV program reservation method according to claim 9, characterized in that any one of the time reservation methods conflicts with other reservation time methods, that is, if the user selects a certain method, other methods cannot be set . 11. The TV program reservation method according to claim 9, wherein when setting the time reservation, if there are different time reservation methods at the same time, the timed program will be carried out according to the priority order of the day, every day, every week, and irregular time. reserve. 12. A method for reminding affairs using a television device, comprising the following steps: a. Time and business content are set and stored, and the time setting can be set by choosing one of two or more reservation methods; b. Judging the appointment time, judging whether the current time has reached the preset reminder time; c. Transaction reminder display. After the appointment time arrives, the system will display the pre-set transaction content to the user. 13. The method for reminding affairs according to claim 12, characterized in that the system needs to judge whether it is currently powered on before playing the scheduled channel. 14. The method for reminding affairs according to claim 12, characterized in that the above-mentioned appointment time methods include: appointment on the same day, appointment on a daily basis, appointment on a weekly basis and appointment from time to time. 15. The method for reminding affairs according to claim 14, characterized in that any one of the appointment time methods conflicts with other appointment time methods, that is, if the user selects a certain method, other methods cannot be set . 16. The TV program reservation method according to claim 14, wherein when setting the time reservation, if there are different time reservation methods at the same time, the timed program will be carried out according to the priority order of the day, every day, every week, and irregular time. reserve.

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