JP2011130285A - Video recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video recorder which, when a program whose video recording time is overlapped to that of another program exists, is capable of informing a user of a time period in which the video recording time is overlapped during the viewing of the program and capable of simplifying succeeding operation loads. <P>SOLUTION: The video recorder for receiving a video recording reservation of a program and executing the video recording includes: a video recording reservation receiving means for receiving the video recording reservation of the program; a display means which, when a program whose video recording time is overlapped to that of the reserved program even a little exists in the received video recording reservation, displays a first picture indicating the overlap of the video recording time when it arrives at the overlapped time; a resetting means which, when receiving a predetermined operation input in the displayed state of the first picture, resetting the video recording setting being executed at present. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus, and more particularly to a recording apparatus capable of recording a plurality of programs to a user.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a recording apparatus that receives a recording reservation from a user and executes recording is known. In such a recording apparatus, when a user inputs a reservation for a predetermined program using a remote control device or the like, the recording apparatus sets a recording time, and records the received program on a medium when the set recording time is reached. As the recording capacity of media for recording program data has increased, the number of programs that can be reserved at one time has increased.

  In the recording apparatus described above, there are cases where the recording times of a plurality of programs overlap. For example, when a recording reservation is made for program A broadcasted at PM 6: 00 to 6:30 and program B broadcasted at PM 6:25 to PM 7:00 on the same day, program A and program B are PM 6:25 to 25 Since PM6: 30 overlaps in 5 minutes, both programs cannot be recorded according to the recording time.

  For this reason, there has been disclosed an invention that accepts adjustment of recording time by a user when a program with overlapping recording times occurs (see, for example, Patent Documents 1-5).

JP 07-184131 A JP 2007-060576 A JP 09-147446 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-060475 JP-A-11-136615

  Conventionally, when the user cannot find out whether or not the recording time is duplicated while inputting the recording reservation, the user cannot resolve the duplication of the recording time. Even if the user recognizes that the recording times overlap, the user may want to adjust the recording time while checking the broadcast of the program. In such a case, it has been difficult to easily confirm in which time zone the recording time overlaps for the program being recorded.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problem, and when there is a program with overlapping recording times, the user can be notified of which time zone the recording times overlap when viewing the program, It is another object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus that can simplify subsequent operation loads.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the present invention, in a recording apparatus that accepts a recording reservation for a program and executes the recording, a recording reservation accepting unit that accepts a recording reservation for the program and a recording time slightly in the accepted recording reservation. However, when there is an overlapping program, when the overlap time is reached, a display means for displaying a first screen indicating that and a predetermined operation input with the first screen displayed. When accepted, it is configured to have setting cancellation means for canceling the recording setting currently being executed.

  In the invention configured as described above, in the recording reservation of the program accepted by the recording reservation accepting means, if there is a program having a recording time that overlaps even a little, the display means informs that when the overlapping time is reached. A first screen showing is displayed. In addition, when a predetermined operation input is received in a state where the first screen is displayed when the overlap time is reached during recording, the setting canceling unit cancels the recording setting currently being executed.

  Therefore, when the user is watching the program being recorded, the first screen is displayed on the screen when the time zone where the recording time overlaps is reached, and it can be confirmed that the recording time overlaps. it can. Further, since the setting of the recording reservation that is currently performed can be canceled only by performing a predetermined operation input on the first screen, the operation load on the user can be reduced.

The display means may be configured to display a second screen for confirming whether or not to display the first screen when the overlap time is reached when a recording reservation is input.
In the invention configured as described above, the execution of the function according to the present invention can be switched by the user's selection.

In addition, as an example of a specific configuration of the recording reservation receiving unit, the recording reservation receiving unit may receive a recording reservation target program from an electronic program guide displayed on the screen.
In the invention configured as described above, in the recording reservation method in which the user refers to only the name of the program to be recorded in the electronic program guide and does not confirm the broadcast time so much, there are programs with overlapping recording times. Since the duplication can be eliminated, the present invention can be applied more effectively.

And when the recording time overlaps, it has a change accepting means for accepting the change of the set recording time, and when the setting canceling means accepts the operation input after the recording time is changed, The recording time may be returned to the recording time before the change.
In the invention configured as described above, the recording time once changed can be easily changed.

Furthermore, the display means may be configured not to display the first screen when the overlapping time is eliminated by changing the broadcast time of the program.
In the invention configured as described above, when the broadcast time of the recording target program is changed and there is no overlapping time, the first screen is not displayed so that the user can visually record the recording time. You can tell that the duplication of has been resolved.

  Further, as another aspect of the present invention, in the case where the recording time overlaps, there is a change accepting means for accepting a change of the set recording time, and the display means is arranged at the overlapping time when the recording reservation is input. A second screen for confirming whether or not to display the first screen is displayed when the time is reached, and when the overlapping time is eliminated by changing the broadcast time of the program, the first screen is displayed. First, the recording reservation accepting unit accepts a program to be recorded by the electronic program guide displayed on the screen, and the setting canceling unit receives the operation input after the recording time is changed. The recording time may be returned to the recording time before the change.

As described above, according to the present invention, when there are programs with overlapping recording times, it is possible to inform the user in which time zone the recording times are overlapped when viewing this program. The operation load can be simplified.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the execution of the function according to the present invention can be switched by user selection.
And according to the invention concerning Claim 3, it becomes possible to apply this invention more effectively.
Furthermore, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the recording time once changed can be easily changed.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, even when the recording time does not overlap due to a change in the broadcast time of the program or the like, it is possible to visually notify the user that the recording time overlap has been eliminated.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a recording device 100. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating an electronic program guide. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow from recording reservation to recording, which is executed by the recording apparatus 100. It is a figure which shows the duplication time display screen displayed on a screen. It is a figure which shows the 1st screen displayed on the display. It is a figure which shows the 1st screen displayed on the display. It is a flowchart which shows the process performed by step S4 in the video recording apparatus 100 concerning 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the duplication time display screen concerning 2nd Embodiment.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in the following order with reference to the drawings.
1. First embodiment:
2. Second embodiment:
3. Other embodiments:

1. First embodiment:
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of a recording apparatus 100 according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the recording apparatus. In the first embodiment, the recording apparatus is configured as a television receiver including a recording / playback unit (recording unit) therein.

  The recording device 100 receives an operation via the remote control device 70 and broadcasts a program, or receives an operation input using the remote control device 70 or the like on the menu screen, so that the program to be recorded by this operation input is displayed. Data can be recorded in the recording / playback unit 80. Hereinafter, the configuration of the recording apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described.

=== Configuration of Recording Apparatus ===
The recording apparatus 100 includes the following main parts. Reference numeral 91 denotes an external memory, which stores an electronic program guide and ID data described later. Reference numeral 92 denotes a control unit that controls driving of the recording apparatus 100. Reference numeral 93 denotes a front end unit that extracts digital data of a channel selected by the remote control device 70 from broadcast radio waves received by an antenna (not shown). Reference numeral 94 denotes a back-end unit, which decodes and outputs a video signal and an audio signal from the acquired digital data. Reference numeral 95 denotes a display which outputs a video based on the decoded video signal. Reference numeral 96 denotes a speaker that outputs sound based on the decoded sound signal. Reference numeral 97 denotes an OSD circuit that synthesizes an OSD image with a video signal output from the back-end unit 94. Reference numeral 98 denotes a remote control receiving unit that receives an infrared signal output from the remote control device 70 and outputs a control command to the control unit 92. Reference numeral 80 denotes a recording / playback unit that records and plays back a program in accordance with a control signal from the control unit 92.

  The control unit 92 controls the drive of the recording device 100 by executing a control command input via the remote control receiving unit 98 and a predetermined program. The control unit 92 includes a CPU (not shown), a ROM that stores programs and data for driving the CPU, and a RAM that functions as a work area for the CPU. In addition, the control unit 92 includes a timer functioning as a timekeeping unit therein, and can confirm the recording time. In addition, each part which comprises the control part 92 and the video recording apparatus 100 is connected via the bus | bath, and control is performed via this bus | bath.

  The front end unit 93 includes a channel selection unit that extracts a modulation signal of a channel selected by the remote controller 70 from broadcast radio waves received by various antennas, and a transmission path decoding unit that extracts digital data from the selected modulation signal. It is prepared for. In the present embodiment, the front end unit 93 will be described as a configuration for receiving digital broadcasting.

  The back-end unit 94 includes a descrambling unit 94a that descrambles the acquired digital data, an MPEG demultiplexing unit 94b that extracts MPEG video / audio signals and TS information from the descrambled digital data, and a TS. The basic decoder unit 94c that processes SI information in the information, and a video / audio decoding unit (not shown) that decodes a video / audio signal are provided. Here, the SI information includes EIT information for specifying the program information, and the basic decoder unit 94c creates an electronic program guide using the EIT information.

  The recording / playback unit 80 reads, for example, data stored in a medium such as a BD (Blu-ray Disc) or DVD, or HDD by a pickup unit, and transmits the data to the back-end unit 94 through an interface. When the recording / playback unit 80 receives data output from the backend unit 94 via the interface, the acquired data is stored in the medium or the HDD using the pickup unit. The recording / playback unit 80 includes a system controller (not shown) inside, and controls the driving thereof by a control command from the control unit 92.

  The external memory 91 stores SI information added to the program data and transmitted, and an electronic program guide created based on the SI information. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the electronic program guide. In the electronic program guide shown in FIG. 2, for example, the horizontal axis is each channel axis and the vertical axis is a time axis so that a program scheduled to be broadcast for one week can be specified. Each program recorded in the program guide is recorded with the SI information and EIT information associated therewith. Furthermore, the recording apparatus 100 can execute a recording reservation for the program by selecting a program recorded in the electronic program guide with an icon.

  The OSD circuit 97 synthesizes the OSD image with the video data output from the control unit 92 and outputs it. The OSD image output by the OSD circuit 97 includes a menu screen that is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for selecting various settings of the recording device 100 and various screens for searching for a rebroadcast program. Note that the OSD image output from the OSD circuit 97 is stored in the internal memory in advance, and the OSD image output according to the control command is determined.

  In addition to the channel key 71 for switching channels, the remote control device 70 is provided with operation keys 72 and 73 for switching each screen when a first screen (described later) for notifying the overlapping time is displayed.

  With the above configuration, when a recording reservation is input, the recording apparatus 100 executes program recording according to the recording reservation. At this time, when recording a program whose recording time overlaps with another program, the recording apparatus 100 displays a first screen indicating that broadcasting of the other program reserved for recording by the user is started during this overlap time. Is displayed. Further, when the user operates the operation key 73 of the remote controller 70 while the first screen is displayed, the recording setting currently being executed is cancelled. Therefore, when the user wants to manually adjust the timing for ending the recording while viewing the program being recorded, the recording device 100 displays the first screen so that the recording time overlaps. It is possible to communicate visually to the user. Furthermore, the user can cancel the recording currently being executed only by operating the operation key 73, and the operation load on the user can be reduced.

=== Flow from recording reservation to execution of recording for this recording apparatus ===
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the flow from recording reservation to recording performed by the recording apparatus 100. Hereinafter, processing of the recording apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the flow shown in FIG. 3, for the sake of convenience, a case where two overlapping programs are reserved for recording will be described as an example. However, the number of reserved programs is not limited to this.

  When the user selects a program A and a program B recorded in the electronic program guide displayed on the screen and makes a recording reservation, in step S1, the control unit 92 receives an input of the recording reservation. For example, in the electronic program guide, program A is recorded as a program broadcast in the time zone of channel 1, PM10: 00 to PM11: 00, and program B is recorded in the time zone of channel 5, PM10: 55 to PM11: 55. Suppose that it is recorded as a program to be broadcast on. Therefore, the control part 92 implement | achieves the recording reservation reception means concerning this invention by the process of step S1.

  In step S2, the control unit 92 compares the recording times of the programs related to the recording reservation received in step S1. That is, the control unit 92 compares the recording times of the programs A and B with reference to the electronic program guide.

  When the recording reservations overlap (step S3: YES), the control unit 92 causes the OSD circuit 97 to display an overlapping time display screen (second screen) (step S4). FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an overlapping time display screen displayed on the screen. In this overlap time display screen, it is displayed that the recording time of the recording target program is overlapped, and when the overlap time is reached by operating the icon, the first screen is displayed to notify that fact. The selection of whether or not is accepted. In the above example, since the program A and the program B overlap in 5 minutes from PM10: 55 to PM11: 00, the control unit 92 causes the OSD circuit 97 to display an overlapping time display screen.

  When the user selects “Yes” on the overlapping time display screen (step S5: YES), the control unit 92 proceeds to step S6. In step S6, the control unit 92 starts recording the program A when the recording start time has elapsed. When the overlap time with the program B has been reached (step S7: YES), the control unit 92 causes the OSD circuit 97 to display the first screen (step S8). Therefore, the control unit 92 and the OSD circuit 97 implement the display unit according to the present invention by the process of step S8.

  5 and 6 are diagrams showing a first screen displayed on the display 95. FIG. On the first screen shown in FIG. 5, since the broadcast start time of program B for which recording reservation has been made has elapsed, a character string indicating that an overlapping time has occurred is displayed. When the operation key 72 is operated with the first screen displayed or three seconds have elapsed (step S9: YES), the first screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. 6 (step S10). In the screen shown in step S10, a character string is displayed at the bottom of the screen so as not to hinder the user's viewing.

If the user operates the operation key 73 while the screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed (step S11: YES), the control unit 92 cancels the recording setting currently being executed (step S12). That is, in the first embodiment, the recording of the program A is canceled and the recording of the program B is started. Therefore, in the process of step S12, the control unit 92 implements a setting cancellation unit according to the present invention.
As the program progresses, it is assumed that the broadcast time may be changed, and in the time zone where the recording time overlaps, the next notice, CM, etc. may be broadcast instead of the main part of the program. Therefore, if the user is watching the program, it is possible to select whether the recording is to be ended or continued according to the user's intention, and the operation key 73 is operated (pressed down) to quickly record. Can be switched. Note that when the overlap time is reached in step S7, the screen shown in FIG. 6 may be directly displayed without going through the screen shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, if the user selects “No” and does not display the first screen in step S5, the control unit 92 performs recording according to the time set in the recording reservation (step S13). As an example, the control unit 92 records the program A until the end of the recording time, and then starts recording the program B. Also, in the case where the user does not operate the operation key 73 in step S11, priority is given to the recording of the program A. The first embodiment has been described above.

2. Second embodiment:
Various processes can be assumed for the control unit 92 when the overlap time is reached. For example, when the user has a function of changing the recording time so as to eliminate the overlap time on the overlap time display screen shown in step S4 of FIG. 3, once the user operates the operation key 73 in step S12, the change is made once. The recorded recording time may be returned to the original recording time. For example, when the recording end time of program A is changed to be shortened once, but the end time of program A is extended by changing the broadcast time, the changed recording time is canceled and the original broadcast time is set. By following, it becomes possible to perform recording appropriately.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing executed in step S4 in the recording device 100 according to the second embodiment. Moreover, FIG. 8 is a figure which shows the duplication time display screen concerning 2nd Embodiment.

  In step S2 of FIG. 3, the control unit 92 compares the recording times of the programs related to the recording reservation received in step S1, and if there is an overlapping time (step S3: YES), the control unit 92 sends the OSD circuit 97 An overlapping time display screen is displayed (step S4). On this overlapping time display screen, it is displayed that the recording time of the recording target program is duplicated, and the user operates the icon to change the recording time of any program (FIG. 8).

  When accepting the change of the recording time (step S21 in FIG. 7: YES), the control unit 92 stores the recording time before the change in the memory (step S22). In step S23, the control unit 92 updates the program reservation with the changed recording time. For example, the following description will be given on the assumption that the recording time of the program B is changed from PM10: 55 to PM11: 55 to PM11: 0 to PM11: 55 through the overlapping time display screen.

  Thereafter, when the operation key 73 is operated on the screen shown in FIG. 6 in step S11 of FIG. 3, the control unit 92 initially sets the recording time updated in step 23 of FIG. 7 in step S12. Change to broadcast time. That is, the recording time of the program B set at PM11: 0 to PM11: 55 is changed to PM10: 55 to PM11: 55, and the program is recorded. The second embodiment has been described above.

3. Third embodiment:
Further, when the recording apparatus 100 can confirm a change in the broadcast time of the program immediately before the recording start time of the program, the first screen may be hidden when the overlapping time is eliminated. As an example of the specific configuration, the recording apparatus 100 includes a first tuner and a second tuner capable of receiving digital broadcasting in the front end unit 93, and recording a program A using the first tuner. In addition, the second tuner acquires the updated broadcast time. Therefore, during recording of program A, if the control unit 92 confirms that there is no overlap time due to the postponement of the broadcast time of program B through the second tuner, the first screen is not displayed.

  Here, the first tuner and the second tuner included in the front end unit 93 are only examples of tuners that support digital broadcasting. For example, signals related to different broadcast radio waves such as BS broadcasting and CS broadcasting. May be received. Further, when the control unit 92 can receive a change in the broadcast time of the program as needed from the received signal, the number of tuners may be one.

3. Other embodiments:
There are various modifications of the present invention.
The configuration of the recording apparatus is not limited to the one having only the television receiver as a component, and may be a system in which the television receiver and a media player having a recording function are connected. Further, only a media player having a recording function may be a constituent element.

Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. It goes without saying for those skilled in the art,
・ Applying mutually interchangeable members and configurations disclosed in the above embodiments by appropriately changing the combination thereof.− Although not disclosed in the above embodiments, it is a publicly known technique and the above embodiments. The members and configurations that can be mutually replaced with the members and configurations disclosed in the above are appropriately replaced, and the combination is changed and applied. It is an embodiment of the present invention that a person skilled in the art can appropriately replace the members and configurations that can be assumed as substitutes for the members and configurations disclosed in the above-described embodiments, and change the combinations and apply them. It is disclosed as.

  70 ... Remote control device, 80 ... Recording / playback unit, 91 ... External memory, 92 ... Control unit, 93 ... Front end unit, 94 ... Back end unit, 94a ... Descramble unit, 94b ... MPEG demultiplexing unit, 94c ... Basic decoder , 95 ... Display, 96 ... Speaker, 97 ... OSD circuit, 98 ... Remote control receiver, 100 ... Recording device

Claims (6)

In a recording device that accepts recording reservation for a program and executes recording,
A recording reservation receiving means for receiving a recording reservation of a program;
In the received recording reservation, when there is a program that overlaps even a little in recording time, a display unit that displays a first screen indicating that when the overlapping time is reached,
A recording apparatus comprising: a setting canceling unit that cancels a recording setting that is currently being executed when a predetermined operation input is received in a state where the first screen is displayed.   The display means displays a second screen for confirming whether or not to display the first screen when the overlap time is reached when recording reservation is input. The recording device described.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording reservation receiving unit receives a recording reservation target program from an electronic program guide displayed on a screen. In the case where the recording time overlaps, there is a change accepting means for accepting a change of the set recording time,
4. The recording apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the setting canceling unit returns the recording time to the recording time before the change when the operation input is received after the recording time is changed.   The said display means does not display said 1st screen, when the time which overlaps by the change of the broadcast time of a program is eliminated, The said 1st screen is characterized by the above-mentioned. Recording device. In the case where the recording time overlaps, there is a change accepting means for accepting a change of the set recording time,
The display means includes
When a recording reservation is input, a second screen for confirming whether or not to display the first screen when the overlap time is reached is displayed.
If the overlapping time is eliminated by changing the broadcast time of the program, the first screen is not displayed,
The recording reservation accepting means accepts a recording reservation target program from an electronic program guide displayed on the screen,
The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting canceling unit returns the recording time to the recording time before the change when the operation input is received after the recording time is changed.

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