JP2008172664A - Broadcast receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a broadcast receiver which enables a user to continuously view and listen to a broadcast program as desires even in the case that the receiver is powered off. <P>SOLUTION: The broadcast receiver includes: an antenna 4 for receiving broadcast; output means 6, 8, 11 for outputting the received broadcast; an instant replay memory 20 for recording broadcast under being outputted by the output means; and reproducing means 11, 22, 30 for reproducing the broadcast recorded by the memory 20. Further, the broadcast receiver includes an operation stop means 22 for stopping operating the broadcast receiver when the broadcast receiver is powered off (an IG switch is turned off or the like); and the instant replay memory 20 for continuously recording broadcast in a case where a predetermined operation (operation of a play and pause button 42) is performed before powering off the broadcast receiver. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a broadcast receiving apparatus, and more particularly to a broadcast receiving apparatus that records a broadcast that is being output.

Recently, paid satellite digital radio broadcasting has started in North America, and the number of users is increasing for reasons such as being able to cover a wide area, being able to use a large number of cannels, and high sound quality. Various proposals have been made regarding satellite broadcasting and radio broadcasting, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example.
In this patent document 1, when satellite digital broadcasting is provided from a plurality of providers, it is possible to appropriately receive broadcast radio waves having different specifications for each provider by setting the amplification degree according to the selected provider. A broadcast receiving apparatus is disclosed.

JP 2005-184646 A

  On the other hand, the satellite digital radio broadcast receiving device is equipped with an instant replay function that automatically records a program being broadcast for a predetermined time when the received broadcast is being output. It is also known that can be played and listened to.

However, in such an instant replay function in the broadcast receiving apparatus, when the apparatus is turned off, the recording of the program is stopped at that time, and all the stored programs are erased. ing. Therefore, when the user wants to temporarily turn off the power of the apparatus but wants to continue recording the program (when he wants to listen to the program continuously), there is a problem that the program cannot be recorded continuously. .
Furthermore, such a satellite digital radio broadcast receiving apparatus is installed in a home or the like, but is also installed in a vehicle. When the device is mounted on a vehicle, it is a situation where the above-mentioned device is temporarily turned off, for example, when the vehicle is stopped and the driver leaves the vehicle for a short time. Occurs. Therefore, when the broadcast receiving apparatus is mounted on a vehicle, the demand for improvement of the above-described problems is particularly large.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, and even when the power of the apparatus is turned off, the user can listen to the broadcast program continuously if the user desires. An object of the present invention is to provide a broadcast receiving apparatus that can perform the above-described operation.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a receiving means for receiving a broadcast, an output means for outputting the received broadcast, a recording means for recording the broadcast being output by the output means, and the recording means. A broadcast receiving device having a playback means for playing back the broadcast recorded in the operation, the operation stopping means for stopping the operation of the broadcast receiving device when the power of the broadcast receiving device is turned off, and the power supply of the broadcast receiving device. And recording continuation means for continuing reception of the broadcast by the reception means and recording of the broadcast by the recording means when a predetermined operation is performed before being turned off.
In the present invention configured as described above, when a predetermined operation is performed before the power of the broadcast receiving apparatus is turned off, the recording continuation means receives the broadcast by the receiving means and records the broadcast by the recording means. Therefore, the stop or continuation of the broadcast recording can be separated by the user's operation, and the continuation of the recording of the broadcast program can be executed when necessary.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the recording continuation unit continuously receives the broadcast by the receiving unit and records the broadcast by the recording unit for a predetermined time.
In the present invention configured as described above, the recording can be continued only for a predetermined time after the power is turned off. As a result, it is possible to effectively use the recording capacity of the recording means and to prevent the battery from running out.

The present invention preferably further includes temporary output stop means for recording the received broadcast but temporarily stopping the output, and the predetermined operation is an operation of the temporary output stop means.
In the present invention configured as described above, since the predetermined operation described above is set in association with the pause function (bose function), the recognition of the operation by the user can be improved.

In the present invention, preferably, the recording means and / or the storage continuation means store the recording time together with the recording time, and display both the recording time and the recording time when reproducing the recording.
In the present invention configured as described above, since the recording time and the recording time are displayed during the reproduction of the recording, the operability during the reproduction by the user is improved.

In the present invention, preferably, the broadcast receiving apparatus is mounted on a vehicle, and the power-off operation is the IG operation means OFF operation.
In the present invention configured as described above, a broadcast program can be continuously recorded when the driver as a user temporarily turns off the power when he / she is temporarily away from the vehicle.

  According to the broadcast receiving apparatus of the present invention, the broadcast program is continuously recorded when the user desires even when the apparatus is turned off. Can continue to listen to the program.

  Hereinafter, a broadcast receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention can be applied not only to a broadcast receiver for satellite digital radio broadcast installed in a home or the like, but also to an in-vehicle broadcast receiver mounted on a vehicle. An example will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vehicle equipped with a broadcast receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the broadcast receiving apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view showing an operation panel of the broadcast receiving apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing control contents by the broadcast receiving apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the code | symbol 1 shows a vehicle and the broadcast receiver 2 by this embodiment is mounted in this vehicle 1. FIG.
This broadcast receiving apparatus 2 is a receiving means for receiving radio waves for satellite digital radio broadcasting directly from a satellite (not shown) or from a terrestrial broadcast base (not shown) used when radio waves are interrupted from the satellite. An antenna 4 is provided.

The broadcast receiving apparatus 2 includes a satellite broadcast tuner 6 for satellite digital radio broadcast, an audio device 8 that receives AM broadcast and FM broadcast, and reproduces a CD together with the satellite digital radio broadcast, a display apparatus 10, and The speaker 11 is provided.
FIG. 1 shows a state in which these antenna 4, satellite broadcasting tuner 6, and audio device 8 are mounted on the vehicle 1.

  The broadcast receiving apparatus 2 has two basic functions, an instant replay function and a seek alert function. First, the instant replay function automatically records a program being broadcast for a predetermined time (for example, 40 minutes) when the received broadcast is being output, and specifically, an instant replay memory 20 described later. When the user wishes to listen again, the stored program can be played back by the rewind playback means or the trunk down button on the speaker 11 as the rewind playback means. Even during playback of the recorded program, recording of the program being broadcast is continued, and the recorded content is updated.

  In the seek alert function, the user registers in advance a plurality of registration data, such as a favorite song name, composer (composer) name, musician name, sports team name, etc., and programs related to the registered registration data are recorded. This is a function to notify the user at the time of broadcasting. This notification program can be stored in a seek alert memory 20a described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a satellite broadcast tuner 6 of the broadcast receiver 2 includes a tuner / decoder 12, a DSP (digital signal processor) 14, an I / F (interface) for digitally processing radio waves received by the antenna 4. ) 16 and CPU 18 are provided. The satellite broadcast tuner 6 is further provided with an instant replay memory 20 which is a broadcast program storage means for storing the broadcast of the program being output. The instant replay memory 20 is provided with a seek alert function. The seek alert memory 20a, which is a notice program storage means for recording the noticed program, is also used.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of pre-registered seek alert (registered data) setting signals are transmitted to the tuner 6 and transmitted from the tuner 6 to the audio device 8 of the broadcast receiving apparatus 2. A CPU 22 for receiving a seek alert signal, an operation panel 24 for pre-registering a plurality of registration data, an I / F 26 for receiving and processing voice input by radio waves of satellite digital broadcasting, a DSP 28, and An amplifier 30 is provided. The CPU 22 includes a timer 22a. The audio device 8 is provided with a power supply circuit 31.

As shown in FIG. 2, the power switch 31 is connected to the power circuit 31. The power switch 27 is turned OFF when ACC (accessory) is OFF (IG key is OFF).
Further, the audio device 8 is provided with a GPS tuner 29, and information such as map information, position information, traffic information, and time information can be obtained from the GPS antenna 33.

  Next, each switch of the operation panel 24 will be described with reference to FIG. The user first presses the PWR (power ON button) 32 to turn on the power, and then presses the SAT (satellite digital radio broadcast button) 34 to switch the display on the display device 10 to the satellite digital radio reception mode. When the user registers registration data in order to use the above-described seek alert function, the registration data displayed on the display device 10 during digital radio broadcasting is briefly pressed on the MEMO (seek alert registration button) 36. Next, by long-pressing MEMO (seek alert registration button) 36, a plurality of favorite song names, composer names, musician names, sports team names, etc. are registered in advance. To do.

  In addition, a rewind button 38, a fast forward button 40, and a play & pause button 42 are provided for instant replay. If the play & pause button 42 is pressed during the program broadcast (first time), the broadcast is stored (recorded) in the instant replay memory 20, but the broadcast program is not output (cannot be listened to). When the play & pause button 42 is further pressed (second time), the broadcast program recorded after the play & pause button 42 is pressed before that is played.

Next, the contents of control by the broadcast receiving apparatus 2 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, S indicates each step.
In this embodiment, as will be described in detail later, a user (driver or the like) stops the vehicle (turns off the IG key) and leaves the vehicle for a very short time for shopping or the like. Even if it exists, since the program that was being listened to at that time is continuously recorded (recorded) for a predetermined time, the driver can listen to the continuation of the program thereafter. This will be specifically described below.

First, in S <b> 1, the user is listening to a specific program by the broadcast receiving device 2. At this time, the broadcast program is automatically recorded in the instant replay memory 20 by the above-described instant replay function.
Next, in S2, the user performs an operation of pressing the play & pause button 42 (see FIG. 3) for instant replay.

  Next, in S3, it is determined whether or not ACC (accessory) is turned off during the pause (IG key is turned off). If NO in S3, the process proceeds to S4, where the broadcast is received in the normal instant replay mode and the program being broadcast is recorded (recorded).

  On the other hand, in S3, in the case of YES, the user (driver) stops the vehicle (IG key OFF operation) and temporarily goes out of the vehicle. Instead of stopping the recording of the program, the process proceeds to S5 to shift from the instant replay mode to the standby mode, and continuously receiving and recording (recording) the broadcast program.

Next, in S6, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time (for example, 40 minutes) has elapsed after ACC (accessory) is turned off (IG key is turned off) during the pause. This predetermined time is a value corresponding to the storage capacity of the instant replay memory 20, and when the storage capacity of the instant replay memory 20 is 40 minutes, this predetermined time is also 40 minutes. The reason for setting the predetermined time in this way is to store the continuation of the program by making the maximum use of the storage capacity of the instant replay memory 20.
Note that the predetermined time may be set in correspondence with the time when the battery runs out.

  In S6, in the case of YES, the process proceeds to S7, where the system is switched from the standby mode to the system OFF, that is, the broadcast receiving device 2 is turned OFF.

  On the other hand, if NO in S6, the process proceeds to the next S8 to S10. That is, the ACC is turned on by the user (IG key is turned on) in S8, the play & pause button 42 is pressed by the user in S9, and the IG key is loaded in the instant replay memory 20 in S10. The recorded content (continuation of the program) continuously recorded after the signal is turned off is output and listened to by the user.

Here, in the present embodiment, in both the normal instant replay mode and the standby mode described above, the instant replay memory 20 includes the program content and the recording time and recording time of the program (GPS antenna). And obtained via GPS tuner).
Therefore, in S10, when the user listens to the recorded content, as shown in FIG. 3, the recording time (“−40 ′: 00: 00” in FIG. 3) is displayed on the display unit 44 and recorded 40 minutes ago. And the recording time ("PM1: 20" in FIG. 3 and indicating recording at 1:20 pm) are displayed.

  As described above, an example of satellite digital radio broadcasting has been described as an embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to other radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, and the like.

Next, the effect by the broadcast receiving apparatus of this embodiment mentioned above is demonstrated.
First, in the present embodiment, when the broadcast receiver is turned off, that is, when the user presses the play & pause button switch before the ACC is turned off (IG key is turned off). Since the broadcast is continuously received and recorded in the instant replay memory 20, the stop or continuation of the broadcast recording can be separated by the user's operation, and the broadcast program can be separated when necessary. Recording can be continued.

  In the present embodiment, recording can be continued only for a predetermined time (for example, 40 minutes) required after the power is turned off. Therefore, the recording capacity of the instant replay memory 20 can be used effectively. In addition, it is possible to prevent the battery from running out.

  In the present embodiment, when the IG key is turned off and the recording needs to be continued, the user is associated with the play / pause button pause function (bose function). Since it is made to operate, the user's recognition of operation can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, the instant replay memory 20 stores the recording time together with the recording time, and displays both the recording time and the recording time when the recording is reproduced. Improved operability.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the broadcast program can be continuously recorded when the driver who is a user is temporarily required to leave the vehicle and the power is turned off (when the IG key is turned off). .

It is a perspective view which shows the vehicle carrying the broadcast receiver of embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the broadcast receiver of embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the operation panel of the broadcast receiver of embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control content by the broadcast receiver of embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vehicle 2 Broadcast receiving apparatus 4 Antenna 6 Tuner for satellite broadcasting 8 Audio equipment 10 Display apparatus 12 Tuner / decoder 18, 22 CPU
20 Instant Replay Memory 24 Operation Panel 27 Power Switch 29 GPS Tuner 30 Amplifier 31 Power Supply Circuit 32 PWR
33 GPS antenna 34 SAT
36 MEMO
38 Rewind button 40 Fast forward button 42 Play & pause button 44 Display section

Claims (5)

Receiving means for receiving a broadcast; output means for outputting the received broadcast; recording means for recording the broadcast being output by the output means; and reproducing means for reproducing the broadcast recorded by the recording means A broadcast receiving device,
An operation stopping means for stopping the operation of the broadcast receiving device when the power of the broadcast receiving device is turned off;
A recording continuation means for continuing reception of the broadcast by the reception means and recording of the broadcast by the recording means when a predetermined operation is performed before the power of the broadcast receiving device is turned off;
A broadcast receiver characterized by comprising:   The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording continuation unit continuously performs broadcast reception by the reception unit and broadcast recording by the recording unit for a predetermined time.   3. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising temporary output stop means for recording the received broadcast but temporarily stopping the output, and the predetermined operation is an operation of the temporary output stop means.   4. The recording means and / or the storage continuation means store recording time together with recording time, and display both of the recording time and recording time when reproducing the recording. Broadcast receiving device.   The broadcast receiving apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the broadcast receiving apparatus is mounted on a vehicle, and the operation of turning off the power is an operation of turning off the IG operation means.

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