JP2000341599A - Program receiving device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a program receiving apparatus that recommends a desired program and automatically performs recording without instructing a program to be recorded each time from program data received from a broadcast wave and a recording history. . SOLUTION: A synchronization separation unit for extracting program data superimposed on a video signal, an EPG data decoding unit for decoding program data, and a proposal unit are provided, and a user's preference is estimated from a program recorded by the user. The proposal section extracts a matching program from the program data, proposes it as a recommended program, and automatically records.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program receiving apparatus such as a personal computer with a television function or a television for receiving program information superimposed on broadcast radio waves.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, digital broadcasting as well as analog broadcasting has become widespread, and with this, television broadcasting has been multi-channeled. As the number of channels increases, the range of selection by the viewer increases, and at the same time, it becomes difficult for the viewer to select a desired program efficiently. In order to enable a viewer to efficiently select a desired program from such multi-channel broadcast programs, information on programs of a plurality of channels is displayed as a program table on a display screen of a television receiver. An electronic program guide (EPG) that displays and allows viewers to select and record programs while checking program information in this program guide
Has been put to practical use.

A conventional display device for performing such an electronic program guide operation is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-6-236593.
The one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. H10-260, 1993 is known. This Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6
JP-A-236593 discloses a TV program screen on a display screen and a program table displaying program information (program titles and the like) for several channels in a matrix of time and channel at the same time to display a program to be recorded. A recording reservation device to be selected is disclosed.

[0004] Here, in the recording reservation apparatus disclosed in this document, program information (program title and the like) for several channels is provided.
Is displayed on the screen in which is displayed in a matrix of time and channel. The user can record a desired program by selecting a position corresponding to the start time and the end time of the program to be recorded from the matrix.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional program information display device, program information (program titles and the like) for several channels is recorded as a program table from a matrix of time and channels. In order to select a program, there is a problem that all programs to be recorded must be specified. Especially when recording a serial drama all times,
A recording selection must be made each time. Further, there is a problem in that, when simultaneously recording programs in the same time zone, it is necessary to give up recording of a program set later.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a program receiving apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises: a broadcast date, a broadcast station, a broadcast time, a program name, a program genre, and an appearance. A program receiving apparatus for receiving a broadcast wave on which program data including person / program detailed information is superimposed, wherein an input unit for a receiver to input a channel to be displayed and a history of inputs input to the input unit are stored. And a program suggestion section for suggesting a recommended program. The program proposal section creates a recommended program from the input sequence and program data stored in the history storage section and presents it to the user. Things.

A program receiving apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is the program receiving apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising a timer section, wherein the timer section sets a program recommended by the program suggesting section at a broadcast time. Tuning control is performed so as to be automatically displayed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program receiving apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising a timer section and a recording section, wherein the timer section executes a program recommended by the suggestion section. The recording is controlled by the recording unit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the program receiving apparatus according to the third aspect, wherein the program receiving apparatus has at least two channel selecting sections, and the recommended programs created by the program suggesting section have the same time. In the case where there are a plurality of recommended programs, the above-mentioned one tuning unit is controlled to record one recommended program, and the other one tuning unit is controlled to display the remaining recommended programs alternately at regular intervals. is there.

A program receiving apparatus according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the program receiving apparatus according to the fourth aspect, further comprising a program importance calculating section, wherein the program importance calculating section creates the program suggesting section. The importance of each recommended program is calculated for each program data, the program to be recorded is determined based on the importance, and the frequency at which the recommended programs are displayed alternately is changed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the program receiving apparatus according to the first aspect, when the broadcast program is a continuous program, the detailed program information includes the number of consecutive times, A recording history storage unit for storing a history of program data of programs recorded in the recording unit, wherein the program proposal unit creates a recommended program from the program data stored in the recording history storage unit and the broadcasted program data; And present it to the user.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the program receiving apparatus of the third aspect, when the program recommended by the suggestion unit is displayed, the recording of the program is stopped. Things.

[0013]

(Embodiment 1) Hereinafter, a program receiving apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 7, 8, 9 and 10. I will explain it. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the program receiving device according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, 10
1 is an antenna, 102 is a tuning unit, 103 is a sound detection unit,
104 is an audio output unit, 105 is a display unit, 106 is a video detection unit, 107 is a display control unit, 108 is a sync separation unit, 10
9 is an EPG data decoding unit, 110 is a channel control unit,
111 is a channel data storage unit, 112 is a history storage unit, 113 is a proposal unit, and 114 is an input unit.

Next, the operation of the program receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing flow. First, the channel control unit 110 obtains a broadcasting station that performs data broadcasting from the channel data storage unit, sends a control signal to the tuning unit 102, and controls (S7).
01). Since this broadcasting station is determined by the area where the receiving device is located, it is considered that the broadcasting station is set in advance.
Alternatively, it may be input from the input unit at the time of initialization. Tuning section 1
The video detection unit 106 detects the signal selected in 02, extracts an image signal on which the program data is superimposed, and sends it to the synchronization separation unit 108 (S702).

The synchronization separating section 108 extracts the superimposed program data from the video signal and sends it to the EPG data decoding section 109 (S703). The EPG data includes, for example, a vertical blanking period (Vertical Blanking) of a video signal.
(Interval) can be superimposed on the video signal. The EPG data decoding unit 109 collects the superimposed data, restores the EPG data before the superimposition, and sends the restored EPG data to the suggestion unit 113 (S704).

FIG. 8 shows an example of EPG data. The data in one line in FIG. 8 is the data of one program, and the broadcast date,
The broadcast station, the broadcast start time, the broadcast end time, the program name, the genre code, the characters, and the program detailed information are described in the order of blank space. Different files are created for each broadcast date and broadcast station, and the receiving device creates data so that it can receive only the EPG data of a specific broadcast date or broadcast station according to the storage memory and the user's preference. Good. Alternatively, all data may be collected in one file. On the broadcast side, these files are superimposed on the video signal and broadcast. The EPG data decoding unit 109 can obtain EPG data by reconstructing these files from the superimposed bit string.

When the user wants to change the channel to be displayed, the user inputs a desired channel from the input unit 114. The input unit includes a mouse, a keyboard, a remote controller, a switch, and the like. It waits until there is an input in the input unit 114. When the end signal is input, the processing ends (S705,
706). When a channel is input, the channel control unit 110 sends a control signal to the tuning unit 102 to tune to the channel (S707).

The signal from the channel selection unit is detected by an audio detection unit 103 and a video detection unit 106. The audio detection unit 103 detects and takes out the audio signal and outputs it from the audio output unit 104. The audio output unit 104 may include an amplification circuit.
The video detector 106 detects and extracts the video signal and sends it to the display controller 107 (S708). Display control unit 107
Creates a display image, converts a video signal representing the display image into a signal suitable for the display unit 106,
05 and display it on the display unit 105 (S709).

With the above processing, a desired channel is displayed. Based on the input channel and the decoded EPG data, the suggestion unit 113 determines the user's preference, recommends a program that meets the preference, and sends it to the display control unit 107. For example, it is conceivable to recommend a program of the same genre by estimating from the genre of the program, or to recommend a program in which the same person appears. It is also possible to register a program name or a keyword in the detailed program information and recommend a program having the same keyword. The display control unit 107 displays the recommended program on the display unit 10.
5 is displayed (S710, 711).

For example, assume that the program data shown in FIG. 8 is being broadcast, and the code shown in FIG. 10 is used as the genre code. This genre code may be superimposed on the broadcast radio wave and broadcast, like the program information, or may be stored in the receiver in advance. So 15:00 on January 19
It is assumed that the user has selected Telewest Kinki around this time. The genre of the selected program is baseball S1, and other genres of sports are soccer S2, ice hockey S3, and tennis S4. If you recommend programs of the same day with these genre codes, you will find 19:30 ice hockey at Tele Nishi Kinki,
19:30 soccer of Tele Nippo, 19: 3 of Asagi Broadcasting
Zero tennis is considered as a recommended program. FIG. 9 shows an example in which these programs are displayed on the display unit 105.

The EPG data is displayed in a matrix with the channel name on the horizontal axis and the time on the vertical axis, and it is easy to select a desired program from the matrix and change the channel to be displayed.

As described above, according to the program receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment, the program data including the broadcast date, broadcast station, broadcast time, program name, program genre, characters, and detailed program information of the broadcast program are superimposed. A receiving unit for receiving a broadcast channel, a receiving unit for inputting a channel to be displayed, a history storing unit for storing the input input to the input unit, and a program for suggesting a recommended program. And a suggestion section, wherein the program proposal section creates a recommended program from the input sequence and the program data stored in the history storage section and presents it to the user. This makes it possible to determine the preference of the receiver from the history of the channel displayed by the receiver and recommend the program to the receiver.

(Embodiment 2) A program receiving apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the program receiving device according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 215 denotes a timer unit. Elements having the same numbers as those in FIG. 1 are the same as those in FIG.
The difference from the first embodiment is that a
3 is that the program is automatically displayed when the broadcast time of the proposed program is reached.

Next, the operation of the program receiving apparatus according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a processing flow. Elements having the same numbers as those in FIG. 7 are the same as those in FIG. After the user inputs a desired channel, the suggestion unit 113 creates a recommended program, displays it on the display unit 105, and stores the recommended program in the timer unit 215 (S1114).

If there is no input of the desired channel in the input unit, it is determined whether the current time is not the start time of the recommended program (S1112). If it is the start time, the channel control unit 11 causes the timer unit 215 to select the program.
0, a control signal is sent to the tuning unit 102 (S111).
3). If it is not the start time of the program, it waits for an input signal.
As described above, at the start time of the recommended program, the recommended program is automatically displayed.

As described above, according to the program receiving apparatus of the second embodiment, the program receiving apparatus of the first embodiment has a timer section, and the timer section executes the program recommended by the program suggesting section. Tuning control is performed so that it is automatically displayed at the broadcast time. Thereby, the recommended program can be automatically displayed in the program receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment.

(Embodiment 3) Hereinafter, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
A program receiving apparatus according to a third embodiment corresponding to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the program receiving device according to the third embodiment. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 316 denotes a recording control unit, and 317 denotes a recording unit. Elements with the same numbers as in FIG. 2 are the same as in FIG.
Description is omitted. The difference from the second embodiment is that a recording unit and a recording control unit are provided, and the program is automatically recorded at the broadcast time of the program proposed by the proposal unit 113.

Next, the operation of the program receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a processing flow. Elements having the same numbers as those in FIG. 11 are the same as those in FIG. 11, and descriptions thereof will be omitted. If there is no input of the desired channel in the input unit, it is determined whether the current time is the start time of the recommended program, and if it is the start time, the timer unit 215 selects the program through the channel control unit 110 so as to select the program. A control signal is sent to the local unit 102. Further, the recording control unit 3
16 is sent with the start time and end time of the recommended program (S121).
5).

The audio detection unit 103 sends the extracted audio signal to both the audio output unit 104 and the recording control unit 316. The video detection unit 106 outputs the extracted video signal to the display control unit 1.
07 and the recording control unit 316 (S1216).
The recording control unit determines whether or not the current time is between the start time and the end time of the program to be recorded (S1217). If it is between the start time and the end time, the recording control unit 316 records the program of the channel selected by the channel selection unit 102 on the recording unit 317 (S1218). As described above, the recommended program can be recorded.

As described above, the program receiving apparatus according to the third embodiment is the same as the program receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment, except that the timer section and the recording section are provided, and the timer section is a program recommended by the suggesting section. Is controlled to be recorded by the recording unit. Thus, the recommended program can be automatically recorded in the program receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment.

(Embodiment 4) Hereinafter, a fourth aspect of the present invention will be described.
A program receiving apparatus according to a fourth embodiment corresponding to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4, 13, and 14. FIG. FIG.
FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a program receiving device according to a fourth embodiment. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 418 denotes a channel selection unit, 419 denotes an audio detection unit, and 420 denotes a video detection unit. Elements having the same numbers as those in FIG. 3 are the same as those in FIG. The difference from the third embodiment is that the broadcasting station has two channel selection sections, two audio detection sections, and two video detection sections. When a plurality of programs proposed by the proposal section 113 exist at the same time, one The difference is that the program is recorded and the remaining recommended programs are displayed alternately.

Next, the operation of the program receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 are flowcharts showing the flow of the processing. Elements having the same numbers as those in FIG.
2 and the description is omitted. If the current time is the start time of the recommended program, it is determined whether a plurality of programs are set at the same time (S1420). If only one program is set, that program is selected by the tuning unit 418.
A control signal is transmitted through the channel control unit 110 so as to select a channel (S1421).

When there are a plurality of recommended programs at the same time, one of the recommended programs is set as the program to be recorded, and a control signal is transmitted through the channel control unit 110 so that the program is selected by the channel selection unit 418. Send. The tuning unit 418 is used as a dedicated tuning unit for a program to be recorded. Also, the start time and end time of the program are sent to the recording control unit 316. In order to display the second program from the top of the recommended programs, a control signal is transmitted through the channel control unit 110 so that the channel selection unit 102 selects a channel. The tuning unit 102 is used as a dedicated tuning unit for a program to be displayed (S1422). In the example of the fourth embodiment, ice hockey is recorded and soccer is displayed.

From the signal selected by the tuning section 418, an audio signal is taken out by an audio detecting section 419, and a video detecting section 420
The video signal is taken out by both and sent to the recording control unit 316. The audio signal extracted by the audio detection unit 103 is output by the audio output unit 104, and the video signal extracted by the video detection unit 106 is sent to the display control unit 107 (S13).
19).

The recording controller determines whether the current time is between the start time and the end time of the program to be recorded (S121).
7, S1423). If it is between the start time and the end time, the recording control unit 316 records the program of the channel selected by the channel selection unit 102 in the recording unit 317 (S121).
8). Further, a control signal is transmitted through the channel control unit 110 so that a channel next to the program selected by the channel selection unit 102 is selected by the channel selection unit 102. When the last recommended program is selected, a control signal is transmitted through the channel control unit 110 so that the second recommended program from the top is selected by the channel selection unit 102. The first program may be selected (S1422).

As described above, the recommended programs can be displayed alternately. In the example of the first embodiment, tennis is displayed after displaying soccer. After the tennis, soccer is displayed again. In the case of the fourth embodiment, although the start times are all the same, it is easy to alternately display recommended programs having different start times.

As described above, the program receiving apparatus according to the fourth embodiment is different from the program receiving apparatus according to the third embodiment in that it has at least two channel selection sections and the recommended programs created by the program proposal section are the same. If there are multiple at the time, record one recommended program by controlling the one tuning unit,
The other recommended programs are controlled to display the remaining recommended programs alternately at regular intervals. Thus, when there are a plurality of programs to be recorded at the same time, only one program can be recorded and the remaining programs can be displayed alternately at regular time intervals.

(Embodiment 5) Hereinafter, claim 5 of the present invention will be described.
A program receiving apparatus according to a fifth embodiment corresponding to FIG. 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5, 15, 16, and 17. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a program receiving device according to the fifth embodiment. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 521 denotes a program importance calculation unit. Elements having the same numbers as those in FIG. 4 are the same as those in FIG. The difference from the fourth embodiment is that the program importance calculator 521 calculates the recommended program importance, records the program with the highest importance, and displays the remaining recommended programs alternately at a frequency according to the importance. Where they do it.

Next, the operation of the program receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 are flowcharts showing the flow of the processing. Elements having the same numbers as those in FIGS. 13 and 14 are the same as those in FIGS. 13 and 14, and a description thereof will be omitted. If the current time is the start time of the recommended program, it is determined whether a plurality of programs are set at the same time (S142).
0). If only one program has been set, a control signal is sent through the channel control unit 110 so as to select the program to the tuning unit 418 (S1421).

When a plurality of programs are present at the same time, a program having the highest importance among recommended programs is set as a program to be recorded, and a control signal is transmitted to the channel control unit 110 so that the program is selected by the channel selection unit 418. Send control signal through. Also, the start time and end time of the program are sent to the recording control unit 316. In order to display the program with the next highest importance among the recommended programs, a control signal is transmitted through the channel control unit 110 so that the channel is selected by the channel selection unit 102 (S1625).

In the example of the fifth embodiment, when the importance of the recommended program is as shown in FIG. 17, ice hockey is recorded and soccer is displayed. The value at the head of each line in FIG. 17 is the importance of each program.

The recording control unit determines whether or not the current time is between the start time and the end time of the program to be recorded (S121).
7, S1423). If it is between the start time and the end time, the recording control unit 316 records the program of the channel selected by the channel selection unit 102 in the recording unit 317 (S121).
8). Further, it is determined whether a channel has been set for the program selected by the channel selection unit 102 by the number of times proportional to the importance of the program (S1626, S1627).

For example, it is conceivable to set the number of times of importance, and the soccer is selected five times in the importance of FIG. When a channel is set for the program selected by the channel selection unit 102 by the number of times proportional to the importance of the program, the control signal is channel-controlled so that the program with the next highest importance is selected by the channel selection unit 102. A control signal is sent through the unit 110.
When the recommended program with the lowest importance is selected, a control signal is transmitted through the channel control unit 110 so that the recommended program with the second highest importance from the top is selected by the tuning unit 102. The program with the highest importance may be selected (S1628).

After the user inputs a desired channel, the program importance calculating section 521 determines the importance of the recommended program (S1).
629). As a method of determining the importance, for example, the number of times a program of a genre is selected can be used as the importance. If ice hockey is desired ten times, the importance of genre S3 is 10
Becomes The importance of the recommended program is stored in the timer unit 215 together with the recommended program (S1630).

As described above, recommended programs can be displayed alternately at a frequency corresponding to the degree of importance. In the example of the first embodiment, tennis is displayed twice after displaying soccer five times. After the tennis, soccer is displayed again. When selecting the same program again, it is easy to omit the tuning process. In the case of the present embodiment, recommended programs having the same start time but different start times can be displayed alternately.

As described above, according to the program receiving apparatus of the fifth embodiment, the program receiving apparatus of the fourth embodiment has a program importance calculating section, and the program importance calculating section includes the program proposal calculating section. The importance of each program data is calculated for the recommended program created by the section, the program to be recorded is determined based on the importance, and the frequency at which the recommended program is displayed alternately is changed. Thus, in the program receiving apparatus according to the fourth embodiment, the interval at which the remaining programs are displayed alternately can be changed for each program.

(Embodiment 6) Hereinafter, claim 6 of the present invention will be described.
A program receiving apparatus according to a sixth embodiment corresponding to FIG. 6 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6, 18, 19, and 20.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a program receiving device according to the sixth embodiment. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 622 denotes a recording history storage unit. Elements having the same numbers as those in FIG. 3 are the same as those in FIG.

The difference from the third embodiment is that a timer is not provided, a recording history storage section is provided, the detailed program information includes the number of continuous programs, and when a continuous program is recorded, the next continuation is recommended. The place proposed as a program is different.

Next, the operation of the program receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a processing flow. Elements having the same numbers as those in FIG. 12 are the same as those in FIG. 12, and descriptions thereof will be omitted. FIG. 19 shows an example of EPG data in which the program information includes the number of consecutive times. The last value of the program in the last line is the number of consecutive times, indicating that it is the fourth of the 12 programs.

If the input signal is a recording input, the end time of the program is sent to the recording control unit 316. Further, the data of the program to be recorded is sent to the recording history storage section 622 (S1830, S1830).
1831). The suggestion unit 113 creates a recommended program from the recording history and presents it to the user (S1832). For example, FIG.
When the sky of Hokkaido on January 19 is recorded with the program data of No. 9, the next program with the same program name is recommended and displayed as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the program receiving apparatus according to the sixth embodiment, in the program receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment, when the broadcast program is a continuous program, the detailed program information includes the number of continuous times, and And a recording history storage unit for storing program data of a program recorded in the recording unit, wherein the program suggestion unit selects a recommended program from the program data stored in the recording history storage unit and the broadcasted program data. Create and present to users. Thus, in the program receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment, it is possible to determine the preference of the receiver from the recording history and recommend the program to the receiver.

(Embodiment 7) Hereinafter, a seventh aspect of the present invention will be described.
A program receiving apparatus according to the seventh embodiment corresponding to the above will be described with reference to FIGS. The difference from the third embodiment is that the recording is stopped when the same program is displayed at the broadcast start time of the program recommended by the suggestion unit 113. The operation of the program receiving device according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 21 and FIG. 22 are flowcharts showing the processing flow. In FIG. 21, elements having the same numbers as those in FIG.
2 and the description is omitted.

It is determined whether the channel displayed at the start time of the recommended program is the same as the channel of the program to be recorded (S2233). If the programs are the same, the recording control unit 3
16 does not send program data. As described above, when the recommended program is displayed at the start time of the program, the program is not recorded. As described above, according to the program receiving apparatus of the seventh embodiment, when a program recommended by the suggestion unit is displayed, recording of the program can be stopped.

[0054]

As described above, the program receiving apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a program including broadcast date, broadcast station, broadcast time, program name, program genre, characters, and program detailed information. A program receiving apparatus for receiving a broadcast wave on which data is superimposed, an input unit for a receiver to input a channel to be displayed, and a history storage unit for storing a history of inputs input to the input unit, are recommended. A program suggestion section for suggesting a program, wherein the program proposal section creates a recommended program from the input sequence and the program data stored in the history storage section and presents it to a user. As a result, a program matching the user's preference can be recommended from the channel displayed by the user in consideration of the user's preference.

A program receiving apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is the program receiving apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising a timer section, wherein the timer section sets a program recommended by the program suggesting section at a broadcast time. Tuning control is performed so as to be automatically displayed. Thereby, the recommended program can be automatically displayed.

A program receiving apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is the program receiving apparatus according to the first aspect, further comprising a timer section and a recording section, wherein the timer section executes a program recommended by the suggesting section. The recording is controlled by the recording unit. Thereby, the recommended program can be automatically recorded, and the user does not need to set all the programs to be recorded.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program receiving apparatus according to the third aspect, wherein the program receiving apparatus has at least two channel selection units, and the recommended programs created by the program proposal unit have the same time. In the case where there are a plurality of recommended programs, the above-mentioned one tuning unit is controlled to record one recommended program, and the other one tuning unit is controlled to display the remaining recommended programs alternately at regular intervals. is there. Thus, when there are a plurality of recommended programs at the same time, only one of them can be recorded, the remaining programs can be displayed alternately, and a plurality of programs can be recommended at the same time.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program receiving apparatus according to the fourth aspect, further comprising a program importance calculating section, wherein the program importance calculating section generates the program suggesting section. The importance of each recommended program is calculated for each program data, the program to be recorded is determined based on the importance, and the frequency at which the recommended programs are displayed alternately is changed. This makes it possible to change the frequency at which the recommended programs are alternately displayed according to the difference in the importance of the recommended programs.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the program receiving apparatus according to the first aspect, when the broadcast program is a continuous program, the detailed program information includes the number of consecutive times, A recording history storage unit for storing a history of program data of programs recorded in the recording unit, wherein the program proposal unit creates a recommended program from the program data stored in the recording history storage unit and the broadcasted program data And present it to the user. Thereby, a recommended program can be created from the recording history, and the next program can be recommended after a continuous program is recorded once.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, when the program recommended by the suggestion section is displayed, the recording of the program is stopped. Things. Thus, the recording process can be stopped when the program to be recorded is displayed. When the recommended program is displayed, the recording is stopped.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information receiving device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information receiving device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information receiving device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information receiving device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information receiving device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information receiving device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flow of processing of the information receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing superimposed program data of the information receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display for explaining the operation of the information receiving device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a genre of superimposed program data of the information receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a flow of processing of the information receiving apparatus according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a flow of processing of the information receiving apparatus according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram (part 1) illustrating a processing flow of the information receiving apparatus according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a diagram (part 2) illustrating a processing flow of the information receiving apparatus according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram (part 1) illustrating a processing flow of the information receiving apparatus according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram (part 2) illustrating a processing flow of the information receiving apparatus according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing recommended programs with importance of the information receiving apparatus according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a flow of processing of the information receiving apparatus according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing superimposed program data of the information receiving apparatus according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display for explaining an operation of the information receiving device according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a diagram (part 1) illustrating a processing flow of the information receiving apparatus according to the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a diagram (part 2) illustrating a processing flow of the information receiving apparatus according to the seventh embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 101 antenna 102 tuning unit 103 audio detection unit 104 audio output unit 105 display unit 106 video detection unit 107 display control unit 108 synchronization separation unit 109 EPG data decoding unit 110 channel control unit 111 channel data storage unit 112 history storage unit 113 proposal unit 114 Input unit 215 Timer unit 316 Recording control unit 317 Recording unit 418 Tuning unit 419 Audio detection unit 420 Video detection unit 521 Program importance calculation unit 622 Recording history storage unit

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Atsushi Horioka 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Inside Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Person Koji Takeda 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture F-term (reference) 5C018 HA01 HA08 HA10 5C025 AA23 BA27 BA28 CA06 CA09 CB01 CB05 CB06 CB08 CB09 5C063 AB05 CA36 DA03 DA05 DA07 EB32 EB33 EB33 EB33 EB33 EB33

Claims (7)

[Claims] [Claim 1] Broadcast date, broadcast station, broadcast time,
A program receiving apparatus for receiving a broadcast wave on which program data comprising a program name, a program genre, characters, and detailed program information is superimposed, wherein an input section for a receiver to input a channel to be displayed, and an input section for inputting to the input section A history storage unit for storing a history of the input that has been input, and a program proposal unit for proposing a recommended program. The program proposal unit creates a recommended program from the input sequence and program data stored in the history storage unit. A program receiving apparatus for presenting to a user. 2. The program receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a timer section, wherein the timer section controls channel selection so that a program recommended by the program suggestion section is automatically displayed at a broadcast time. A program receiving apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 3. The program receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a timer section and a recording section, wherein the timer section controls the recording section to record the program recommended by the suggestion section. Characteristic program receiving device. 4. The program receiving apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising at least two channel selection units, wherein when there are a plurality of recommended programs created by the program suggestion unit at the same time, the one channel selection unit is selected. A program receiving apparatus comprising: controlling and recording one recommended program; and controlling another one of the tuning units to alternately display the remaining recommended programs at regular intervals. 5. The program receiving apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a program importance calculating section, wherein the program importance calculating section calculates the importance of each recommended program created by the program proposal section for each program data. A program receiving apparatus for determining a program to be recorded according to the degree of importance and changing a frequency at which a recommended program is alternately displayed. 6. The program receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the broadcast program is a continuous program, the detailed program information includes the number of continuous programs, and a recording unit and a history of program data of the program recorded in the recording unit. A recording history storage unit for storing, wherein the program proposal unit creates a recommended program from the program data stored in the recording history storage unit and the broadcasted program data, and presents the recommended program to a user. Program receiving device. 7. The program receiving apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when a program recommended by the suggestion unit is displayed, recording of the program is stopped.