JP6535630B2 - Electronic device and video reproduction method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device and a video reproduction method.

  Electronic devices, for example, a television broadcast receiving apparatus (hereinafter referred to as a television apparatus) and a recorder apparatus include a program broadcast by a broadcaster, a program supplied by a distributor, and a program (content) obtainable through a network. Receive and play. Today, with the time shift machine function, it is possible to record all (in whole) an arbitrary number of programs being broadcasted (supplied) in an arbitrary time zone. The automatic recording function can also automatically record related programs by specifying a genre or a keyword. As a result, the user can retroactively view a program that has already been broadcasted for a certain period of time, without making a recording reservation for each program.

JP 2007-89088 A JP, 2014-72811, A

  On the other hand, the user is required to select which of the recorded programs to view, and to use various functions to efficiently view only the desired view of the selected program to be viewed. Be

  As various functions for enabling efficient viewing of only the target program for viewing, for example, a technique for dividing the program into a main program and a commercial message (CM), and preference information of the user based on the user's viewing record Technologies for presenting genres and programs that meet the requirements are in practical use. Also, as a function to make it possible to view only the place you want to see, it also acquires the subtitles and subtitles text information of the program and transitions to a specific scene, and extracts keywords from SI (Service Information) information from the broadcasting station Techniques for identifying the topic word (word / person name, etc.) are also in practical use. As the above-mentioned function which makes it possible to view only the place where it wants to be seen, viewing through the technology and network which detect the rise of a program by voice recognition, extraction of a silent section, extraction of change of stereo signal and multiplex sound etc. Techniques for cutting out scenes to be used, etc. are also in practical use.

  However, various functions for making it possible to view only the above-mentioned desired spot are often provided as a single function.

  Therefore, for users who are not familiar with it, even if only one specific scene of a recorded (recorded) program is desired to be reproduced, all reproduction is performed from the beginning, or N (N is a number larger than 1) times reproduction, skip reproduction, etc. It is necessary to use a reproduction procedure such as searching for the vicinity of a desired scene using.

  In addition, cutting out a scene to be viewed through a network requires a connection between a television device and the network. However, the number of users connecting the network and the television apparatus is limited (limited). Nowadays, various (want to know) information on a program can be easily obtained by a smartphone, a portable PC (Pearsonal Computer), or the like. However, in broadcast receiving apparatuses such as television apparatuses and recorder apparatuses, the information that can be acquired is limited (limited).

  An object of the present invention is to provide a method and electronic device for reproducing a video to be viewed.

Image reproducing method according to an embodiment acquires information including a video signal from a storage device storing a plurality of programs, a display signal and said video signal processing the information to the control unit to output to the image processing unit In the video reproduction method controlled based on
The control unit
Identify the genre of the plurality of programs,
A plurality of display areas are set on the display screen of the display unit to which the output of the video processing unit is supplied,
As the display area,
Set multiple program display areas that divide multiple programs into genres,
The program display area includes an area for displaying program information and a reproduction time of the program,
Furthermore, in an area different from the program display area, a plurality of selection input characters capable of selectively designating a plurality of playback times for the program to be played back are displayed, and the first playback mode or The second reproduction mode having a reproduction time length different from that of the first reproduction mode is executed .

1 illustrates an example of an electronic device (recording and reproducing device) according to an embodiment. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown. An example of the screen display which the electronic device which concerns on embodiment displays is shown.

  Hereinafter, one embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an example of an electronic apparatus (recording and reproducing apparatus) according to the embodiment. The elements and configurations described below may be realized by software by a processing device, that is, a microcomputer (CPU (Central Processing Unit)), or may be realized by hardware. Also, in the following description, broadcasting is a distribution business provided by a broadcaster (broadcasting station) as radio waves propagating through space, or through networks such as cable (including optical fiber) networks and IP (Internet Protocol) networks. Including those delivered by In addition, a broadcast shows the form which provides various programs which make a fixed time (broadcasting time) a unit including a video and an audio | voice, music, or both. Also, a program may be referred to as a stream or content or information. The program is composed of video and audio and music attached to video. Also, the video includes at least one of a moving image and a still image or text (information represented by characters, symbols, and the like represented by a coded code string). The recording / reproducing apparatus can display the received video or the video already recorded on the display, for example, by connecting the display and the display according to a predetermined connection method. Also, the recording and reproducing apparatus may be a television receiver (hereinafter referred to as a television apparatus) having a recording function. Even when the recording and reproducing apparatus is prepared as a television apparatus, the display may be separate. For example, the display may acquire the display signal from the recording and reproducing device by wireless method without contacting the television device.

  The recording / reproducing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 is acquired via broadcast waves received by the first to third tuner units 11, 13, 15, and the first to third tuner units 11, 13, 15 or via a network. , And a signal processing unit (DSP) 17, a main control block 20, and the like.

  The first tuner 11 receives a broadcast wave of a transmission scheme using a broadcasting satellite, for example, a BS (Broadcasting Satellite) satellite or a CS (Communication Satellite) satellite, that is, a satellite wave. The broadcast wave received by the first tuner 11 is demodulated by a first demodulator (PSK (Phase Shift Keying) demodulator) 12.

  The second tuner 13 receives a broadcast wave of a transmission method using ground waves, so-called terrestrial digital broadcast. The second tuner 13 can also receive broadcast signals (retransmission broadcast waves) via the network. The broadcast wave received by the second tuner 13 is demodulated by a second demodulator (OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) demodulator) 14.

  The third tuner 15 receives multichannel, for example, 6ch (channels) terrestrial digital broadcast (terrestrial waves). The third tuner 15 receives broadcasts of all designated channels for time shift recording which records broadcasts (programs) of all channels designated in a time zone designated by the user. The broadcast wave received by the third tuner 15 is demodulated by a third demodulator (OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) demodulator) 16.

  A signal processing unit (DSP (Digital Signal Processor)) 17 is a TS (Transport Stream), that is, a video signal (Video), an audio signal of an arbitrary channel received by an arbitrary tuner and demodulated by a corresponding demodulator. Separate into signal (Audio) and control information. The control information is, for example, PSI (Program Specific Information) or SI (Service Information) that describes distribution rules of TS (stream), contents of TS (program description), broadcast schedule or rebroadcast program, etc. Program arrangement information, a code (coding information) for an EPG (Electronic Program Guide), etc. are included. The signal processor (DSP) 17 also executes predetermined processing on the video signal and the audio (sound) signal input to the external signal input terminal 18.

  The main control block 20 includes a CPU (main processing circuit) 21, a ROM (read only memory) 22, a RAM (random access memory (work memory)) 23, an NVM (nonvolatile (rewritable) memory) 24, and a time saving unit 25. , Layout information holding unit 26, and a swell detection unit 27.

  The main control block 20 is connected to an OSD (On Screen Display) signal generation unit 28, a graphic processing unit 29, a video processing unit 30, and an audio processing unit 31. The main control block 20 also includes an operation input unit (operation unit) 32, a reception unit (remote control signal reception unit) 33, a card interface (viewing information management unit) 34, a brightness sensor (environment information acquisition unit) 35, and a camera (viewing User information acquisition unit 36). The main control block 20 further includes a communication interface (communication control unit) 37, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface (external device connection control unit) 38, and a high-definition digital media interface (HDMI (registered trademark)). ) And the storage device (HDD (Hard Disk Drive)) S, etc., which are compliant with the standard, to control their respective operations.

  The main control block 20 executes predetermined processing using the RAM 23 as a work memory based on the control of the CPU 21 operating according to the control program held by the ROM 22. The NVM 24 holds various setting information, control information, and the like.

  The main control block 20 receives operation information (control command) which is an instruction input from a remote controller (sometimes called a remote control or remote control terminal) 40 via the reception unit 33 or an operation input from the operation unit 32. It controls each part (element) of 1 to operate according to the operation information. The main control block 20 is also associated with a mark unique to each button (key) of the remote control 40 displayed by the image display 41 of the device 1 and is assigned to each screen being displayed. The operation of each part corresponding to the control command (operation information) corresponding to the operation is controlled.

  That is, when the operation corresponding to the control command from the button (key) of the arbitrary mark of the remote control 40 differs depending on the screen display displayed by the video display 41, the main control block 20 identifies in display during screen display Control to perform the action being performed. For example, the [Red] button of the four color buttons functions as a [Back] button, for example, when the menu screen is displayed (The main control block 20 recognizes that [Red] is turned on. Then, it is determined that the control command for returning to the previous screen display has been input, and the control command corresponding to each part is supplied). On the other hand, for example, in the reproduction course selection (decision) screen display shown in FIG. 18 and FIG. 19, it functions as a [decision] button (when the main control block 20 recognizes that the [red] button is turned on, It is determined that the control command for selecting (determining) the reproduction course of the program displayed in the category selected at the time is input, and the control command corresponding to each part is supplied). Similarly, the channel buttons [number button] display of [0] to [10] displayed by the guide display described later with reference to FIG. 18 and others are the number buttons of the remote control 40 when the program information display extends over a plurality of pages. The main control block 20 determines that a control command for displaying a page directly input through the key) has been input, and indicates that the corresponding control command can be supplied to each part.

  The main control block 20, for example, activates the shortening processing unit 25 upon receiving reproduction of an arbitrary stored program to which the short time reproduction mode (sometimes referred to as the short time mode) is applied. The shortening processing unit 25 acquires time information of a video signal and an audio signal to be output from the signal processing unit 17 to the graphic processing unit 29 in order to realize the accepted time-saving reproduction mode. The time-saving mode includes a first time-saving mode (standard mode A or standard mode B), a second time-saving mode (N-minute viewing mode (N-minute viewing mode (N-minute playback)), and a third time-saving mode (O minutes viewing mode) )including. In the first time-saving mode (standard mode A or standard mode B), for example, the CM portion or the trailer in the program, or the CM portion or the trailer is not reproduced in addition to the overlapping portion. In the second time-saving mode (N-minute viewing mode (N-minute playback)), exciting scenes in the program are extracted, and for example, about 15 minutes, 30 minutes or 10 minutes, more preferably 5 minutes (N (N (A positive integer) minutes) The N-minute viewing mode may be for reproducing the target program, for example, X (X is a positive number) seconds per minute (the reproduction time length is X / 60 of the original program). In the third time-saving mode (○ distribution mode), an arbitrary first program is reproduced for a certain period of time, and other second programs are continuously reproduced for a certain period of time (the same). Do. The short play mode may further include a fast-playing mode in which the program is played at a speed of, for example, 1.3 times or 1.5 times. The shortening processing unit 25 can read out the start time and the end time of each section where the stored program should be reproduced, for example, as the elapsed time information from the broadcast start time, based on the accepted time shortening reproduction mode, Hold. The elapsed time information is, for example, an elapsed time from the broadcast start time indicated by “00 hour 00 minute 00 second / 00 frame”, and preferably in the form of “hh hour mm minute ss second −ff frame”. The start time and the end time may be information indicating a certain point in time, for example, in order of elapsed time, without being associated with the end and the end of the section.

  The main control block 20, for example, divides the main program and information (CM or trailer) attached to the main program by firmware of the CPU 21 or a CM detection unit and / or a silence detection unit provided independently.

  When the main control block 20 receives an instruction from the remote control 40 for the [N minute playback] button or the [time reduction] button for a program to be played back (displayed by a recorded program guide), as shown in FIG. Each part is controlled to display a short top screen display to be described. The time-saving top screen display is, for example, a GUI (Graphical User Interface) that is displayed and processed by the graphic processing unit 29 based on one of the display layouts held by the layout information holding unit 26. For example, thumbnails of programs to be reproduced The information to be displayed together with the thumbnail is displayed at a predetermined position in the display layout. Further, the screen layout held by the layout information holding unit 26 is plural, and for example, the screen display layout can be switched at each start based on the start time and the day of the week. Note that it is also possible for the user to fix the screen display layout by setting.

  When main control block 20 receives a reproduction instruction input by the [N minute playback] button, main control block 20 is even shorter than the short time playback mode in which standard mode A or standard mode B can be selected, for example, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes or The excitement detection unit 27 is placed in the standby state so that the program can be played back using the N-minute viewing mode in which the program can be played back in a time of either 10 minutes or 5 minutes.

  The graphic processing unit 29 can display the OSD signal generated by the OSD signal generation unit 28 and the above-described short time top screen display on the digital video signal supplied from the signal processing unit 17 (corresponding to the short time top screen display) It superimposes a display signal etc. and outputs it. The graphic processing unit 29 can also selectively output the output video signal from the signal processing unit 17, the OSD signal output from the OSD signal generation unit 28, and the display signal capable of displaying the above-described short time top screen display. . The output video signal, the OSD signal, and the display signal capable of displaying the short-time top screen display may be combined in processing of the graphic processing unit 29 so as to constitute half of the screen (or display with a predetermined ratio). .

  The video processing unit 30 converts the digital video signal input from the graphic processing unit 29 into a predetermined resolution and an output method that can be displayed by the video display 41, and outputs the converted signal to the video display 41. Note that the output of the video processing unit 30 may be output to an external output terminal to which an external monitor device connected externally, a projection device (projector device), or the like can be connected, for example. Further, the video display 41 may be provided independently of the device 1.

  The audio processing unit 31 converts the digital audio signal input from the signal processing unit 17 into a reproducible manner by the speaker 42 and outputs the signal to the speaker 42. The output of the audio processing unit 31 may be branched to an audio output terminal to which an AV (Audio Visual) amplifier or the like can be connected, for example. In addition, the speaker 42 may be provided independently of the device 1.

  The main control block 20 also reads predetermined information (reception permission) from the card medium C via the card interface (viewing information management unit) 34, and enables the tuners 11, 13, 15 to receive broadcasts.

  The main control block 20 is further connectable to an external network (for example, the Internet) NTW via a communication interface (communication control unit) 37. Therefore, the main control block 20 (device 1) can access a server of any provider via the network NTW, and can acquire various information from the server. The main control block 20 can have, for example, a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server function as firmware of the CPU 20 or an application (program) that can be acquired through the network NTW. When having a DHCP server function, an external device compatible with LAN (Local Area Network), for example, another device (another television device, compliant with Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA (registered trademark)) standard, It is possible to exchange information (programs / content) with the communication interface 37. Note that the communication interface 37 performs wireless communication with a short distance wireless communication device conforming to the WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) standard etc., for example. As the short distance wireless communication standard, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard, NFC (Near Field Communication), etc. can also be used, and the communication interface 37 is also, for example, a tablet terminal (smart phone or portable PC (personal Communicate directly with the computer)).

  The communication interface 37 further transmits input information for acquisition of information from the access to the external network NTW and acquisition of information from various service servers on the external network NTW, for example, SNS (Social Network Service) server and TimeOn server, and acquisition of information. Control (reception), etc.

  The main control block 20 also connects to a connectable USB-connected external device via the USB interface 38. The USB-connected external device is, for example, a USB-connected HDD, a character input device (keyboard), an operation support device (mouse), or the like in which writing and reading of data (information, that is, program / content) by USB connection is permitted. It is possible to save (store) the program received by the device 1 and to play back (read) the stored program. When a USB-connected HDD is connected to the USB interface 38, time shift recording is performed within a certain range of the storage capacity of either the storage device S connected to the main control block 20 or the USB-connected HDD or in each of them. It becomes possible. The storage device S connected to the main control block 20 can also be allocated for PVR recording in which the user specifies a channel (or program name) and a date and time and records in units of programs.

  The main control block 20 can also write information to an external device connectable via the HDMI interface 39, for example, an optical disk (DVD disk) of the DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) standard and read information from the DVD disk. Information (programs / content) can be recorded and reproduced with a recording and reproducing apparatus (DVD recorder). The recording and reproducing apparatus may be, for example, a BD recorder capable of writing information to an optical disc (BD disc) of Blu-ray (registered trademark) standard and reading information from the BD disc, or an SSD (Solid State Drive) Semiconductor memory device.

  The main control block 20 also responds to a brightness detection signal corresponding to the brightness (ambient environment information) of the place where the device 1 acquired by the brightness sensor (environment information acquisition unit) 35 is installed, for example It is possible to control the light emission amount of the backlight, adjust the brightness of the screen display, and the like.

  The main control block 20 further takes in the image signal from the camera 36, and uses the taken-in image signal for various processes, such as identification of each viewer (user) of scene information acquired from the TimeOn server, etc. be able to.

  The main control block 20 includes an electronic program guide (EPG) database and a program information processing unit as firmware of the CPU 21 or hardware independently provided to allow the main control block 20 to be accessed. EPG data is additional information (separated from TS) sent together with a program (broadcast signal). The additional information is described by simplifying the information (ch (channel) information) of the broadcasting station that is the program supply source, the ID unique to the program, the program name, the genre or category of the program, the content of the program and the information of the performers, etc. Data (program information), the broadcast start time of the program, the length of broadcast time (or the broadcast end time), and the like. The additional information may include a comment of the producer of the program, and the like. The additional information may be referred to as attribute information. The program information processing unit can create a program guide using the EPG data held by the EPG database. The program information processing unit can also generate various display outputs (OSD output) related to program information.

  The main control block 20 also has an operation input processing unit as firmware of the CPU 21 or as hardware independently provided so that the main control block 20 can be accessed. The operation input processing unit reflects the response information from the remote controller 40 and the operation information from the operation unit 32 on the response operation of the entire apparatus 1 in response to the operation information. The operation input processing unit can realize, for example, movement of a cursor during screen display displayed by the video display unit 41, response to a determination command ([determination] button ON), generation of recording reservation information, and the like.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the display of the short top screen display (sometimes simply referred to as screen display) displayed by the video display unit.

  The screen display (the entire short time top screen) 51 includes a topic program display area (first block <screen left>) 510, a topic scene display area (second block <screen center>) 530, and a program display area And a third block <screen right side>) 540, and includes a display area 501 of three blocks. That is, the screen display 51 includes an arbitrary number of button displays for receiving a user operation (control input) and activating various operation modes that can be activated from the screen display 51. The screen display 51 also displays the date and / or time etc. to be displayed in other screen displays. For example, the date and time information (current information) display area 502 is displayed within a predetermined range at the upper right of the screen, and the next block display instruction button (advancing button display) 503F and the previous block display instruction are displayed within predetermined areas on both sides of the display area 501. The button (return button display) 503R is displayed.

  The topic program display area (first block) 510 may include a topic program display area (block 1A) 520 and a topic program display area (block 1B) 580.

  The topics program display area 510 includes a name display tile (first block name display) 511 at a predetermined position on the upper left of the display area 510. When the first block (the topic program display area) 510 includes the first A block 520 and the first B block 580, the first A block name tile and the first B block name tile are not displayed. The first A block 520 includes a first program display area (15 minutes frame (A1)) 521, a second program display area (30 minutes frame (A2)) 522, and a third program display area (60 minutes frame (A3)) 523 ,including. The first B block 580 includes a first program display area (B1) 581 and a second program display area (B2) 582. Each program display area displays a viewing time (reproduction time (reproduction time length for each mode) required for the end of viewing at a predetermined position in the display area, for example, the upper right.

  The topic program display area 510 is, for example, 3 pieces of news that can be viewed in 15 minutes, news that can be viewed in 30 minutes, and news that can be viewed in 60 minutes for a program to be viewed within a predetermined time after broadcasting, such as news. Divide the title into one category and place the title image in each category. In particular, with regard to a program such as news whose content is changed at the next broadcast, giving priority to being able to view (stop after) in a short time, the first program display area (A1) 521 is displayed in the 1A block 520. Display the news you can watch in 15 minutes. In addition, the user's option can be secured by displaying the news that can be viewed in 30 minutes in the second program display area (A2) 522 and the news that can be viewed in 60 minutes in the third program display area (A3) 523. . In addition, when there are a plurality of programs of the same length, only the latest program is displayed.

  For example, the program recorded most recently within 12 hours or 6 hours is displayed as “latest program” in each display area. As a result, it is possible to avoid that news programs have not been recorded for a while and become old news even when played back. However, if the recording time in the time shift recording does not include the time zone of the broadcast of the news program widely, for example, 17 o'clock to 23 o'clock, the latest program of the news may be dropped. Therefore, it is preferable that 17 o'clock to 23 o'clock be included in the initial setting of the time shift recording (the default setting at the time of shipment from the factory).

  In addition, the first program display area 521 has a size such that the display area is about four times the display area of the second program display area 522 or the third program display area 523 and draws the user's willingness to view (the user To increase the viewing motivation). That is, in the first A block 520, the one having a short viewing time is displayed with a large display area. In addition, it is also possible to display the thing with short viewing-and-listening time by a small display area conversely.

  The first program display area 521, the second program display area 522, and the third program display area 523 in the topic program display area 510 are the content time (the broadcast time length indicated by the program guide) for the program hit in the "news / news report" category. Narrow down the) and display the latest programs at each content time.

  The first program display area 521 sorts the (news) programs within 15 minutes as the 15-minute news, and displays the latest program hit. At the upper right of the display area 521, the program length (15 minutes) is displayed.

  The second program display area 522 sorts the (news) programs within 15-30 minutes as the 30-minute news, and displays the latest program hit. At the upper right of the display area 522, the program length (30 minutes) is displayed.

  The third program display area 524 sorts the (news) programs within 30 to 60 minutes as 60-minute news, and displays the latest program hit. At the upper right of the display area 523, the program length (60 minutes) is displayed.

When the image display unit 41 is capable of displaying 1920 pixels (px) wide by 1080 pixels (px) wide, the size of the thumbnail (image) is as follows:
15 minutes display frame (display area) 521, 384 (px) x 384 (px),
In the half-hour display frame (display area) 522, 192 (px) × 192 (px),
In the 60-minute display frame (display area) 523, 192 (px) × 192 (px),
It is preferable to trim the left and right in the lateral direction so that However, the size of the display area and the division method are not limited to this.

Topics program display area 510 also includes a first program display area (B1) 581 of a first B block 580 and a second program, such as, for example, sports and weather forecasts, for programs of a particular category that the user would normally view. It is preferable to always display in the display area (B2) 582. However, when the image display unit 41 is a full high-definition display capable of displaying 1920 pixels (px) wide by 1080 pixels (px) high, the size of the thumbnail is
192 (px) x 192 (px),
Preferably, the first program display area 521 of the 1A block 520 is invited to view the 15-minute news displayed. However, the size of the display area and the division method are not limited to this.

  That is, in the screen display example of FIG. 2, “15 minutes news” is displayed in the display area 521 of the 1A block 520, “30 minutes news” in the display area 522, “60 minutes news” in the display area 523, and 1B block 580 An example is shown in which “sports” is displayed in the display area 581 and “weather” is displayed in the display area 582. The news is divided into three categories of "15 minutes news", "30 minutes news", and "60 minutes news", and the thumbnails are arranged in the display area of each category. In addition, each thumbnail captures and displays an image (thumbnail) associated with the hit news.

  By preparing such a short time top screen display mode, for example, the video displayed on the large screen of the television receiver 1 of the news that the user has learned with a smartphone, a tablet terminal, etc. It is possible to quickly confirm the stored program). In addition, by recommending current events (topics) such as news and sports in high-density viewing (time-shortening mode) and inducing viewing, the video (program stored by the user on the television receiver 1 with a large screen) You can suppress the decrease of the opportunity to view (less get bored).

  The topic scene display area (second block at the center of the screen) 530 includes a name display tile (second block name display) 531 at a predetermined position on the upper left of the display area 530. The second block (topic scene display area) 530 includes one large-sized first program display area (2-1) 532, four small-sized second program display areas (2-2) 533, and a third program. A display area (2-3) 534, a fourth program display area (2-4) 535, and a fifth program display area (2-5) 536 are included. Each display area displays a viewing time required until the end of viewing at a predetermined position in the display area, for example, at the upper right.

  The topic scene display area 530 displays, for example, programs including the top five for the rapidly rising words extracted by combining the rapidly rising words and the subtitle scene search, for example. For example, a program including the top 1 keyword is displayed in the first program display area 532, and a program including the remaining four keywords is displayed in the second program display area 533, the third program display area 534, the fourth program display area 535, and It is displayed in each of the fifth program display areas 536. In addition, the topic display area 530 may display, for example, any scene in the target program that can be identified with reference to scene information acquired from various service servers on the network NTW, for example, an SNS server or a TimeOn server. .

When the image display unit 41 is capable of displaying 1920 pixels (px) wide by 1080 pixels (px) wide, the size of the thumbnail (image) is as follows:
In the first program display area 532, 384 (px) × 384 (px),
In the second program display area 533, 192 (px) × 192 (px),
In the third program display area 534, 192 (px) × 192 (px),
In the fourth program display area 535, 192 (px) × 192 (px),
In the fifth program display area 536, 192 (px) × 192 (px),
It is preferable to trim the left and right in the lateral direction so that However, the size of the display area and the division method are not limited to this.

  As the thumbnail (image), it is desirable to use a screen capture of the screen of the scene. In addition, "Sudden Word" is displayed in the center of the screen (display area), and the background is a thumbnail.

  The display area of the program to which the focus is applied (selected) is changed to, for example, “margin display” or highlight display.

  Further, in FIG. 2, the thumbnails displayed by the display areas 532, 533, 534, 535 and 535 of the second block 530 are associated with programs or scenes collected according to the contents of the five keywords. . In the example of FIG. 2, with the thumbnails corresponding to the top five keywords of “large sumo wrestler”, “2015”, “monster”, “super moon”, and “horse is friends” as a background, displayed in the center of each display area In the area 532, "large sumo wrestling", in the display area 533 "2015", in the display area 534 "monster", in the display area 534 "super moon", and in the display area 534 "horse is friend" Are displayed respectively. A scene is specified with reference to, for example, scene information acquired from various service servers on the network NTW, for example, an SNS server or a TimeOn server. For this reason, it is preferable that each display area display a scene identification display (detailed later by FIG. 4) in the form of perforation (film mark) in each display area. Further, when displaying a scene, it may be difficult to specify the end time, so it is assumed that the viewing time (reproduction time length) displayed in the display area is not displayed in the short time reproduction mode.

  The name display tile (second block name display) 531 includes a “view all” button display. When the "show all" button display is turned on, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, it is preferable to display a program including the top 10 rapidly rising words, for example, in 5 rows × 2 columns.

  When a keyword (screen display) shown in FIG. 8 is selected, the keyword is displayed in the title display area 1160, and a list of hit scenes is displayed.

  When the cursor is moved to the screen display (keyword) displayed in FIG. 8 and [Determination] / [Select] is turned on, it is preferable to immediately shift to full screen reproduction after operation input (selection).

  In addition, as a condition for specifying the rapidly rising word, the preference of the user may be learned, and the rapidly rising word, the subtitle scene search, and the preference of the user may be combined.

  The frequently viewed program display area (third block) 540 includes a name display tile (third block name display) 541 at a predetermined position on the upper left of the display area 540. The third block (a program display area to be watched often) 540 is each of the first (3-1) to the eighth (3--3) (in the case of full high-definition display of 1920 × 1080) of 192 (px) × 192 (px) size. 8) including eight display areas 542-549.

  Each of the first program display area 542 to the eighth program display area 549 is a program to be extracted based on the user's preference, CH (channel) information to be time-shifted and recorded, information on a recording time zone, or one episode (once ) Display a series drama (the same program series) or the like in which a plurality of programs are prepared based on a series drama that has been viewed above or a certain theme.

  For example, "doctor helicopter" in the first display area 542, "detective goemon" in the second display area 543, "future boy" in the third display area 544, and "waterday drama" in the fourth display area 545. , "The serial novel" in the fifth display area 546, "the animation xx episode 9" in the sixth display area 547, "the star of the varity" in the seventh display area 548, "the drama tomorrow in the seventh display area 548 "What is the weather?" In addition, when there are a plurality of unviewed programs in the same program series, as shown in the fifth display area 546, folders are grouped into one folder and collectively displayed. The folderd program indicated by the fifth display area 546 is, for example, 5 rows × 2 columns up to 10 episodes (times) as shown in FIG. 6 by instructing [Determination] / [Select]. Display the program for each number of episodes (times). If the number of episodes of the folderd program exceeds 10, the next screen display instruction button (advance button display) 303F displayed within the predetermined range on the right side of the screen display is turned on. , Display the next (11 episodes (or later)) program. In addition, when the program of the most talked number (times) of the program being displayed can not be displayed until the first (first story) by the operation input to the next screen display instruction button (advance button display) 303F, the screen display A previous screen display instruction button (return button display) 303R is displayed within a predetermined range on the left side. By turning on the back button display 303R, a (younger) program whose number of episodes (times) is smaller than the number of episodes of the program being displayed is displayed in units of 10 episodes (times). In the collective display of a plurality of programs shown in FIG. 6, it is preferable to sequentially display programs with chronological order such as serial dramas, starting with programs with older recording (storage) times.

  The screen display 51 also includes a short time mode display area 550 at a predetermined position on the upper right side of the display area 501. The short time mode display area 550 includes N minute viewing mode display (display 1) 551, standard mode A display (display 2A) 552A, standard mode B display (display 2B) and off display (display 3) 553 . The N minute viewing mode display (display 1) 551 indicates that the current time saving mode is the N minute viewing mode. The standard mode A display (display 2A) 552A indicates that the time saving mode is the standard mode A. The standard mode B display (display 2B) 552 B indicates that the short time mode is the standard mode B. The off display (display 3) 553 indicates that the time saving mode is off. Display 1 (N minute viewing mode display) 551, display 2A (standard mode A display) 552A, display 2B (standard mode B display) 552B and off display 553 Every time the [green] color button display 592 of the color buttons included in the display area 590 is turned on (the [green] button of the corresponding remote control 40 is turned on), the display is switched in order. When an arbitrary time saving mode is selected, the display time of viewing time of each program display area is selected in the program display area in any of the first block, the second block, and the third block. It changes every time.

  In the standard mode A, for example, a 60-minute program can be viewed at about 45, for example, by not reproducing the CM portion and the advance notice portion of the target program.

  In the standard mode B, for example, a 60-minute program can be viewed at about 40, for example, by not reproducing the CM portion, the advance notice portion, and the overlapping portion of the target program.

  In the N-minute viewing mode, exciting scenes in the program are extracted and reproduced in, for example, about 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or 10 minutes, and more preferably, about 5 minutes. Further, in the N minute viewing mode, for example, “five minutes playback”, “every 5 minutes playback”, every time the color button of the remote controller 40 of the same color as the color assigned to the N minute viewing mode display 551 is turned on. It is preferable that the 10-minute regeneration, the 15-minute regeneration, the 30-minute regeneration, and the 45-minute regeneration change to cyclic (rotary) formulas.

  The off display enables the end of the time saving mode, that is, the reproduction of the entire program of the target program.

  The viewing time displayed for the program displayed by each of the first program display area 542 to the eighth program display area 549 is changed based on the selected time-saving mode (time-saving mode). In addition, in the case of reproducing an arbitrary program displayed by each of the first program display area 542 to the eighth program display area 549, the reproduction is performed in the time-saving reproduction mode (time-saving mode) which is selected, regardless of which program is selected. Ru. That is, the selected time-saving playback mode (time-saving mode) is applied to an arbitrary number of programs displayed in the same block.

  In addition, a plurality of color buttons (in many cases, the [blue] button, the [red] button, the [green] button, and the four [yellow] buttons) prepared for the remote control 40 have button displays for each color displayed on the screen It is possible to directly input various control commands (displayed near the button display) to be assigned to and specific commands such as, for example, [Determination] / [Selection] / [Return]. In addition, the contents of each color button and the button display of each color displayed in the screen are arbitrarily (per screen) assigned in various screen displays. In the screen display to which the direct instruction input from any color button is not assigned, the display of the color button of that color may be omitted in the screen display.

  The screen display 51 also includes, at a predetermined position above the display area 501, a category display area 560 for displaying the category of the program being displayed (mainly the second block). The category displayed by the category display area 560 may display the category of the program displayed by the third block. The category displayed by the category display area 560 may display the category of the program displayed by the second block and the third block. The category displayed by the category display area 560 may display the categories of programs displayed by the first to third blocks (in the case where all the blocks are displays relating to programs of the same category).

  The screen display 51 also includes an in-focus (current program) information display area 570 substantially at the center of the lower side of the display area 501. The in-focus information display area 570 includes an in-focus program name display area 571, an in-focus program information display (character string) 572, an in-focus program CH (channel) / broadcast time) display 573 and an in-focus program supply source (CH identifier (CH identifier). icon (icon) / logo mark)) display 574 is included.

  In the program information area 570, the program name display area 571 shows the program name, the program information display (character string) 572 shows the program summary (content explanation), and the program CH for the program focused by the user using the remote control 40. (Channel) / Broadcast time) The display 573 displays the broadcast type, the 3-digit number (ch number), and the broadcast date and time. If a program CH (channel), that is, a broadcast station (program supply source) establishes and advertises an icon or logo for identification, it is displayed in the display area 574.

  The screen display 51 also includes color buttons ([blue] button, [red] button, [green] button, and [yellow] button specific to the remote control 40 below the display area 501 and generally in the center of the in-focus information display area 570). An in-screen button display area 590 can be provided to which a control signal can be directly input from each of the] buttons. The in-screen button display area 590 includes a [blue] button display 591 for receiving an instruction to update display contents and a [green] button display 592 for receiving activation of the time saving mode and switching instruction for the time saving mode. A mode name or a control command name in which each button can be input can be displayed as a character string at a predetermined position in the vicinity of each color button display 591 to 594 (the right side of each button in the illustrated example).

  More specifically, when the short time top screen display shown in FIG. 2 is displayed by the user pressing the [N minute playback] button or the [time short] button on the remote control 40, for example, the user for the short time playback mode displayed by the video display unit 41. It is an example of the GUI screen display which receives the operation input of.

  In the short top screen display 51 shown in FIG. 2, the display areas 521, 522 and 523 and the display areas 581 and 582 of the first block 510 (1A block 520 and 1B block 580) and the third block 540 are provided to the user. An image introducing a scene from which a part of a recommended program or a program has been cut out (including a plurality of scenes combined into one) is displayed. In each display area 521, 522 and 523 (1A block 520), 581 and 582 (1B block 580), each block displays information to be displayed together with the thumbnail of the program to be reproduced and the thumbnail. It classifies according to the category and displays it at a predetermined position in each display area (display frame).

  Each thumbnail is preferably created, for example, by capturing, from among programs or scenes to be reproduced, one scene that well represents the features of the program or scene. Each title image does not necessarily have to be a captured image, and any image can be displayed. The user moves the cursor to the thumbnail displayed by each display area and selects an arbitrary program (inputting an instruction with the remote control 40) to view a program or a scene corresponding to each thumbnail (display area) can do. It is preferable that the program displayed by the thumbnail (display area) for which the instruction input (selected) has been input from the remote control 40 is immediately shifted to full screen reproduction when the instruction input is received.

  That is, the thumbnails displayed by the respective display areas function as instruction input buttons for starting reproduction of the program specified by the thumbnails. Thus, the user operates the scroll button or the display switching button of the remote control 40 to move the cursor to an arbitrary thumbnail (display area), turns on the [Enter] button or the [Select] button, and wants to play the program. By selecting, the program or scene displayed by the thumbnail can be easily viewed. This allows the user to visually select a program or scene that he / she wants to view.

  In the short time top screen display, the timing at which the information (thumbnails) of the program displayed by each block is updated is after a predetermined time, for example, 10 minutes, from every hour (00 minutes). In this way, it is possible to display information of a program currently being broadcast after a program that is frequently switched to every hour (00 minutes) is switched. Therefore, the convenience of the user is improved.

  In addition, in the time top screen display shown in FIG. 2, the display area of the news program of the first block (the topic program display area) is displayed as emphasizing that the news program is collected as shown in FIG. It is also good. In that case, the length of the program may be displayed so that the length of the program can be visually perceived from the size of the display area by making the length of the program substantially proportional to the area of the display area.

That is, in the display example of FIG. 3, the first program display area (A1) 611 in the first block has 15 minutes of news, the second program display area (A2) 612 has 30 minutes of news, and the third program display area (A3) By displaying 60 minutes of the news in 613, it is possible to select the news to be watched (reproduced) according to the time when the user can watch the program. In addition, the area (display size) of each display area is a full high-definition display capable of displaying the horizontal 1920 pixels (px) × longitudinal 1080 pixels (px) of the video display unit 41.
In the 15-minute display frame (display area) 611, 192 (px) × 192 (px),
30 minutes display frame (display area) 612, 384 (px) x 192 (px),
In the 60-minute display frame (display area) 613, 384 (px) x 384 (px),
It is preferable to

  FIG. 4 shows an example of another display of the short top screen display (sometimes simply referred to as screen display) displayed by the video display unit. In the following description, the same or similar display as that shown in FIG. 2 may be denoted by the same reference numeral and the detailed description may be omitted.

  FIG. 4 shows a screen display example of the second block 730 when the fifth program display area 546 of the third block (a program to be often watched) 540 is focused in the display area 501 of the short time top screen 71 shown in FIG. 4.

  The second block 730 includes first to fifth five display areas 732-736. The individual display areas display perforation (film mark) -like scene identification displays 732a, 733a, 734a, 735a and 736a in the individual display areas.

  In FIG. 4, the second block is the same program series that is foldering-displayed in the third block, and when there are a plurality of unviewed programs, the latest broadcast episode (times) can be displayed in a large size (first And the other broadcast episodes (times) are displayed in the second to fifth display areas 733 to 736 of the small size. As a result, the user can easily recognize (perceive) that there is the latest broadcast of a serial drama or series program that has been watched for one episode (time) or more. Although various methods can be used as a method of determining the same program series, for example, “title name” / “broadcast time zone” / “program length” in SI (Service Information), etc. It can be determined using information.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of another display of the short top screen display (sometimes simply referred to as screen display) displayed by the video display unit. In the following description, the same or similar display as that shown in FIG. 2 may be denoted by the same reference numeral and the detailed description may be omitted.

  In the display area 501 of the short time top screen 81 shown in FIG. 5, the “continuous novel” displayed by the fifth program display area 546 of the third block (a program to be often watched) 540 and the sixth program display area 547 are displayed. The example of a screen display in case a "serial novel" is substantially the same is shown. However, the "continuous novel" displayed by the sixth program display area 547 is accompanied by a [re-broadcast] mark indicating that it is a re-broadcast. As a result, the user can view (reproduce) the program which is being broadcasted in one of the time zones, for example, the time zone which is always viewed.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of another display of the short top screen display (sometimes simply referred to as screen display) displayed by the video display unit shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. In the following description, the same or similar display as that shown in FIG. 2 may be denoted by the same reference numeral and the detailed description may be omitted.

  The time top screen 1001 shown in FIG. 6 is a display area for displaying a list of outlines of individual broadcast episodes (sixth story) of a continuous program / series-displayed program completed by several consecutive broadcast episodes (number of stories). Including 1010. The display area 1010 can display up to 10 times (talk), and the operation of the next page display 503F button or the previous page display 503R button (within the screen display) or the [<<] button or [>>] of the remote control 40 By operation of the button, when there are times (stalks) that are not currently displayed, an outline of them is displayed.

Display area 1010 is
10M1 1st (11th,, Mth (integer showing tens) and 1) outline display area 10M 2 2nd (12th,, Mth (integers showing tense) and 2) outline Display area 10M3 3rd (13th,, M (integer for tens) and 3) Outline display area 10M 4 4th (14th,,, M (integer for tens)) and 4 ) Summary display area 10M5 5th (15th,, M (integer for tens) and 5) summary display area 10M 6 6th (16th,, M (integer for tens) And 6) summary display area 10M7 7th (17th,, M (integer indicating tens) and 7) summary display area 10M 8 8th (18th,, M (10th 8) Summary display area 10M9 9th (the 19th,, M (integer indicating tens rank) and 9) summary display area 1PM 0 10th (the 20th Times,, M (integer representing tens) and 0)) summary display area / total number of broadcasts (number of stories) exceeds 99 times (speaking), P (integers representing hundreds, and M An integer denoting tens) and 0)
including.

  The title display area 1060 in the upper part of the display screen displays a continuous program name / series name. Further, the in-screen button display area 590 includes an “[red]: continuous view (at a glance)” button display 594 which can instruct batch reproduction only for a series program or a series program. That is, in the continuous / series display screen display 1001, move the cursor to the [red] button display 594, and then turn on the [ENTER] button (or the [select] button) of the remote control 40 or the [red] button on the remote control 40 By turning on, all the programs displayed in the display area 1010 can be viewed in order. In this case, in the time saving mode, the standard mode A or the standard mode B is set as an initial setting, and the user can arbitrarily change it. In addition, when “view continuously (once seeing)” is selected, it is assumed that the programs having the stored date and time among the stored programs are reproduced in order from the oldest program.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the screen display when the N minute viewing mode is selected on the short time top screen 1001 shown in FIG.

  In the list display of the outline of the individual broadcast times (Sixth Story) of the series / series-displayed programs shown in FIG. 7, each of the times (number of stories) is instructed when an instruction to reproduce the program using the N minute viewing mode is given. The "N minutes" display is displayed at a predetermined position in the display area, for example, at the upper right, indicating that each time (number of stories) is reproduced in N minutes.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of another display of the short top screen display (sometimes simply referred to as screen display) displayed by the video display unit. In the following description, the same or similar display as that shown in FIG. 2 may be denoted by the same reference numeral and the detailed description may be omitted.

  The short time top screen 1101 shown in FIG. 8 shows an example of the transition of the screen when “View All” is turned on in the screen display (the topic scene) of the second block 730 shown in FIG. 4.

  In FIG. 8, the first to fifth display areas 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114 and 1115 respectively show thumbnails of programs displayed by the first to fifth display areas 732 to 736 of the second block in FIG. 4. Displayed by the program description (program information). The sixth to tenth display areas 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119 and 1120 are not displayed in the second block 730 in FIG. 4, respectively, and the programs including the top 6 to top 10 places for which the keyword is hit , Thumbnail and program description (program information). In the collective display of a plurality of programs shown in FIG. 8, it is preferable to sequentially display programs recorded (stored) in chronological order of dates.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of another screen display example of the short time top screen 1101 shown in FIG.

  9, the time top screen 1151 displays the first to fifth display areas 732 to 736 of the second block in FIG. 4 for the first to fifth display areas 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114 and 1115, respectively. The selected program is displayed by the thumbnail and the program title (title). The sixth to tenth display areas 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119 and 1120 are not displayed in the second block 730 in FIG. 4, respectively, and the programs including the top 6 to top 10 places for which the keyword is hit , Thumbnails and program titles (titles). That is, in the display of a topic scene, the size of the thumbnail display area can be increased to improve the user's viewing selectivity.

  FIG. 10 shows an example of display of a short top screen display (sometimes simply referred to as screen display) displayed by the video display unit. In the following description, the same or similar display as that shown in FIG. 2 may be denoted by the same reference numeral and the detailed description may be omitted.

  In FIG. 10, a screen display (time-saving top screen) 201 shows a display example of a "summarization view" screen display for collectively displaying programs of categories registered in advance.

  The time top screen 201 shown in FIG. 10 is a first block 210 for displaying new programs of the category, a second block 220 for displaying all programs of the category, and a third block for displaying frequently viewed programs of the category. Including 230.

  Each of the first block 210, the second block 220, and the third block 230 includes name display tiles 211, 221, and 231 that indicate the sections of the program to be displayed in each block. Note that, by focusing on a program displayed by the program display area in any block, displaying information of the program in the in-focus (current program) information display area 570 is the example described in FIG. It is similar.

  In each block, for example, the program displayed by the display area 212 of the first block and the program displayed by the display area 239 of the third block are the same program, but the respective programs are displayed in both blocks There is also. In addition, when there is a broadcast of the latest round (talk) of “a program often seen” displayed in the third block 230, the program may be displayed in the large-sized display area 212 of the first block.

  Each block is also one week (or one month), such as daily or monthly to Friday, such as a program displayed by the display area 214 of the first block and a program displayed by the display area 237 of the third block. The programs broadcasted a plurality of times may be displayed together for each program.

  In addition, the large-sized display area 222 of the second block 220 has a "summarization (O minutes viewing mode)" function of extracting newly arrived programs of the category of programs, for example, every 30 seconds and reproducing each one in order. . Therefore, for example, if the number of newly arrived programs is 10, the display of the viewing time is "5 minutes". At that time, the fractional seconds less than the minute are rounded up and displayed. As a result, it is possible to prevent that the reproduction is not completed within the time displayed in the display area as the viewing time (the "summarizing" is not completed in the displayed time). In addition, the length of the cutting-out time in a "summarization look" function shall be arbitrarily changeable by the user by setting. Also, when cutting out, it is assumed that the CM portion inserted before the (individual program) opening (title or jingle) is not to be reproduced.

  As shown in the screen display example of FIG. 10, it is preferable to mainly display a newly arrived program (or news, etc.) in the display area positioned on the left side of the “first block”, ie, the screen display 501. Further, in the display area located at the center of the “second block”, that is, the screen display 501, it is preferable to display a program that can be classified by a person (performer) or a program (scene). Furthermore, in the display area located on the right side of the “third block”, that is, the screen display 501, it is preferable to display a program that is always viewed and a program that hits in the category.

  More specifically, the new program displayed by the first block and the unviewed program are displayed in, for example, one large size (384 × 384) display area and four small size (192 × 192) display areas. Do. However, the size of the display area and the division method are not limited to this. Each display area includes a program length (viewing time) display in the display area, for example, at the upper right. The background is a thumbnail obtained by capturing an arbitrary scene of a program to be displayed in the display area. Also in the screen display shown in FIG. 10, it is preferable to immediately shift to full screen reproduction after operation input (selection).

  In each block in the screen display shown in FIG. 10, when the “View All” button in the name display tile included in the block is selected, for example, the programs hit for each category as described in FIG. Do it (only show the unwatched programs when you select all).

In addition, in programs that can be classified by the person (performer) displayed in the second block, and in programs (scenes),
<1> About division of "person system (performer name, etc.)"
Person names that frequently appear (exclude the names of people who soar) are extracted and displayed in SI (Service Information) in the same category of the time shift recording program.

  When an arbitrary display area (thumbnail) is selected, a program hit by the keyword is displayed on a screen such as “View in ○ minutes” as shown in FIG.

<2> About the division of "New item variety summary in ○ minutes (5 minutes)"
By applying the above-described "summarize" function, a plurality of programs hit by a category and a new program are "snipped and played back" in a total of 5 minutes (o minutes), for example. In addition, when a corresponding program (content) does not exist, it shall not be displayed.

<3>"Swelling scene summary"
Among the programs hit in the category, for example, 10 programs are extracted based on the latest number / reserved number / preference order. In addition, with respect to each of the extracted programs, the "swelling map" shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, for the third block, the usual program and the unviewed program are displayed as described in FIG. 2 and others.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of another display of the short top screen display displayed by the video display unit.

  In FIG. 11, the screen display (time saving top screen) 101 shows another example in which programs of a category registered in advance are collectively displayed.

  The time top screen 101 shown in FIG. 11 is, for example, a preview screen (PIP) displaying a preview of the newest broadcast of new programs (unviewed programs) of a category to which one episode (time) is added weekly like a drama series. (Pictuer In Pictuer) Screen The display area 120 includes, for example, a list display area 130 for displaying a list of other serial dramas broadcasted in the week, and a title name display area 110 for displaying a title name. The list display area 130 includes, for example, first to fifth display areas 131 to 135 for displaying thumbnails and program information (broadcast time, CH name, program name, etc.) for five programs. The first to fifth display areas 131 to 135 are displayed in one display area for each program, and when there is a program not displayed, when the fifth display area 135 is focused, For example, the display area 135 is shifted upward by about 1⁄2 in the height direction of the display area 135 so that the user can visually recognize (recognize) that there is a display related to the next program at the lower part.

  The preview screen (PIP screen) display area 120 displays a preview screen of the program to which the focus is applied whenever an arbitrary program displayed by the list display area 130 is focused. In the program information area 570, the program name display area 1071 shows the program name and the program information display (character string) 1072 shows the program summary (content explanation) for the program the user is focusing on using the remote control 40. The program CH (channel) / broadcast time) display 1073 displays the broadcast type, the three-digit number (ch number), and the broadcast date and time. If a program CH (channel), that is, a broadcast station (program supply source) establishes and advertises an icon or logo for identification, it is displayed in the display area 1074.

  The program to be displayed as a new program is a new program and a program hit by a category. In addition, determination of a new program is, for example, on a daily basis (today, yesterday) or a week (this week) as a unit, and displays a program that has not been viewed from the first time.

  FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 show an example of the setting (selection input) screen display of the category displayed by the short top screen display displayed by the video display unit.

  The setting screen shown in FIG. 12 is a preference that the user chooses when using it for the first time by allowing the user to customize the categories displayed on the time-saving top screen display in the first to third blocks described in FIG. It is realized to display only the category of in the short time top screen.

  When the user presses, for example, the “N minute playback” button or the “time saving” button of the remote control 40, the categories of programs displayed by the first to third blocks described in FIG. 2 and others can be arbitrarily set.

  The setting screen 301 shown in FIG. 12 has, for example, a tile group display 311 displaying category name tiles of 7 rows (hereinafter sometimes referred to as u rows) × 3 columns (hereinafter sometimes referred to as v columns); And a setting end button 312 for receiving a control command (operation input) corresponding to. It is preferable that the number of tiles displayed by the category name tile group display 311 be smaller by “1” than the displayable number defined by u rows × v columns, and that the setting change button 313 be included.

  Each category name tile has a check button, and with the focus on, for example, each time the [Enter] button or the [Select] button is turned on, the “Check” and “Release” to the check button are changed. It shall switch to click (alternate). In the setting screen 301 shown in FIG. 12, it is assumed that there is no “check” on all category name tiles in the initial state.

  For example, it is recommended to put "check" in three or more tiles, for example, and a warning message may be displayed if, for example, the "checked" category (the number of category name tiles) is less than three. For example, when trying to complete with 2 or less checks, please select "3 or more. It is preferable to display a message such as On the other hand, when trying to check the L-th (for example, 11th), a warning such as "The number of selections is full (L-1 (only 10) can be selected)" is displayed. It shall be.

  Note that the category indicated by the tile with a "check" in FIG. 12 is displayed in a tab shape in the category display area 560 displayed at a predetermined position above the screen display area 501 described in FIG. 2 and others. I assume.

  FIG. 13 shows that the user can customize the category that the short time top screen display set in the setting screen (change input screen display) 301 shown in FIG. 12 displays in the first to third blocks described in FIG. An example of the change input screen display for doing is shown.

  In the screen display 302 shown in FIG. 13, the category display area 320 displays a customization tab 321 for inputting a change of the category displayed in the first to third blocks.

  Hereinafter, the user who is going to change the category displayed in the first to third blocks described in FIG. 2 and others turns on the customization tab 321 (move the cursor to the customization tab 321 and select the [Enter] button or The category selected from the setting screen shown in FIG. 12 can be changed by turning on the] button.

  More specifically, in the change input screen display 302 shown in FIG. 13, the screen is activated (displayed) in a state where “check” is present in the category name tile for the already set category. Hereinafter, only by moving the cursor to the customize tab 321 (focusing on it), an editing screen 333 in which a keyword and a category can be arbitrarily set anew as shown by the change input screen display 303 after transition shown in FIG. , Pop up.

  For example, by turning on the [blue] button of the remote control 40, it is possible to add a category name tile on the editing screen 333 or input a keyword or change the background of the category name tile. When the category name tile currently displayed is deleted, a message such as “Please move the cursor to the tile to be deleted and press the [Enter] button” is displayed.

  FIG. 15 shows an example of screen display in an apparatus without the time shift recording function.

  The screen display 501 shown in FIG. 15 includes a first block 510, a second block 430 and a third block 540. The first block 510 and the third block 540 are the same as described in FIG. 2 and others, respectively.

  In FIG. 15, the second block 430 is used to store in the storage device (HDD) S the thumbnails and program names (titles) of newly arrived programs among the programs recorded by the user specifying the CH (channel) and the date and time. It displays in the display area 432 of a size, or the display areas 433-436 of a small size. It is to be noted that the reproduction of the program is started by focusing on each display area or thumbnail and turning on the [Determination] button or the [Select] button, as in FIG. 2 and others. Further, as the number of display areas, it is possible to set eight small-sized display areas.

  Preferably, the program displayed by the second block of the screen display shown in FIG. 15 is, for example, a program automatically recorded using a keyword designated by the user. In particular, by displaying a recently recorded program among programs automatically recorded in a category (keyword) designated by the user as a "new program", it can be expected that the user has a favorable feeling.

  FIG. 16 illustrates the viewing time (reproduction time length) in the N-minute viewing mode described with FIG. 2 and others.

  A screen display 910 shown in FIG. 16 includes a program information display 920, an excitement map 930, and a viewing time display 940. Note that the user may be able to access the excitement map 930 shown in FIG. 16 in, for example, the setting mode, and may optionally select the watching time when the N minute watching mode is selected from the watching time display 940.

  The program information display 920 is substantially the same as the in-focus (current program) information display area 570 described with reference to FIG. 2 and others, and the thumbnail display area 921, the program name (title) display (character string) 922, CH (Channel) / airtime) display 923 and CH identifier (icon / logo mark) display 924 are included.

  The excitement map 930 shows, for example, the relationship between the degree of excitement detected using existing CM detection and silence detection and the playback time (viewing time).

  The viewing time selection input display 940 is a standard mode A button 941 or a standard mode B button 942, for example, a fast-playing quick-play mode button 943 for playing at 1.3 times or 1.5 times speed, an N minute viewing mode button 944 (15 See in minutes), N minute view mode button 945 (see in 30 minutes) or N minute view mode button 946 (see in 45 minutes), and the like.

  That is, the user can view the desired program for viewing within an arbitrary predetermined time by selecting the N minutes viewing mode.

  In addition to the N minute viewing mode display 551, the standard mode A display 552A, the standard mode B display 552B, and the off display 553, the short time top screen display 151 shown in FIG. Including 554. Further, in the top screen display 151 shown in FIG. 17, control signals are directly transmitted from color buttons ([blue] button, [red] button, [green] button and [yellow] button) unique to the remote control 40. It includes an enterable screen button display area 590. The in-screen button display area 590 receives a display content update instruction [blue] button display 591, receives a start instruction of the short time mode and a change instruction of the short time mode, displays a [green] button display 592 and an instruction to turn off the quick preview mode. Include [yellow] button display 593 for acceptance. A mode name or a control command name in which each button can be input can be displayed as a character string at a predetermined position (right side of each button in the illustrated example) in the vicinity of each color button display 591 to 593.

  In the short time top screen display 151 shown in FIG. 17, the short time mode and the fast-watch early hearing mode described with FIG. 2 and others can be arbitrarily selected from the same instruction input screen. As a result, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user who views the program in a time shorter than the broadcast time length by applying the time-saving reproduction (time-saving) mode. The time displays 542a and 549a of the program displayed by the display areas 542 and 549 of the third block are applied to a program which has been reproduced (viewed) in the past (stopped reproduction (viewed) halfway). “Remaining time” is displayed, and in the remaining ○ minutes, it is presented that all playback of the program is finished. This can be expected to be effective in enhancing the willingness of the user who is watching the program to "play back (view) the program to the end".

  In this way, by applying the embodiment, it is possible to quickly view the information (the latest news, information on the topic, favorite programs that you always watch, etc.) you want to see, taking into account the user's preference information. It can be displayed collectively in one screen. In other words, if you select standard mode A or standard mode B, you can view only the main part, if you select N minute viewing mode, you can view short programs even if you select short playback mode. I can watch it.

  That is, when collectively displaying in one screen, the time reduction reproduction is performed centering on the program time (main program length (content length)) regardless of the broadcast time of the program (content volume (data size)). The viewing pattern can be arbitrarily selected.

  Also, the playback time (viewing time) can be visually determined by changing the size of the thumbnails displayed on the screen according to the length of time of various programs displayed collectively in one screen. Note that the display method of the incidental information (program information) can be changed according to the size of the thumbnail.

  Also, a program of such a nature that the content is changed (updated) in a fixed time, such as a news program, can always watch the latest program. If the program times overlap, displaying only the latest program can increase the user's willingness to view.

  In addition, the user's willingness to view can be further enhanced by reproducing the plurality of programs in a short time of about 5 minutes (o minutes). In addition, the top screen displayed collectively about the latest news, information on topics, favorite programs that are always viewed, etc., and category display and screen display filtered by keywords are possible, and the user can view an arbitrary program to be viewed. , You can secure the opportunity to view easily. Also, there are a plurality of screen layouts, and the screen display can be switched at each activation based on, for example, the activation time and the day of the week.

  Also, by displaying programs broadcast continuously within a specific period or programs of the same series collectively in one display area, the number of programs displayed collectively in one screen is careless It is possible to suppress the decrease. With respect to the program (group) to be displayed collectively in one display area, it is possible to easily indicate the reproduction of any one program in the group. With regard to programs (groups) to be displayed collectively in one display area, it is possible to collectively reproduce all the one group in order.

  Also, the programs of the genre (or category) of the program that the user intends to view can be displayed collectively in one screen, and the user's good feeling can be obtained.

  FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 show an example (of another screen display) of the top screen described in FIG. 2 and others. FIG. 18 mainly describes the layout (arrangement) of various displays (button display for activating the operation mode, etc.) displayed in the same screen display. FIG. 19 shows a display example in which program information of a reproduction target program and the like are displayed on the display layout shown in FIG.

  The screen display (top screen) 700 shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 includes an arbitrary number of button displays for receiving a user operation (control input) and activating various operation modes that can be activated from the screen display 700. The screen display 700 is displayed when the activation of the “efficient reproduction mode” is instructed by the operation of the remote control 40, for example, when the “efficient reproduction” button of the remote control 40 is turned on. The device via which the remote control 40 is activated is a recorder device, and for example, when the power of the television device connected by a two-way communication cable such as an HDMI cable is turned off, the activation of “efficiency reproduction” is instructed. Start up the television device (wake up). It goes without saying that activation of the "efficient reproduction" mode may be performed by displaying a menu screen while viewing a program, for example, and selecting from the displayed menu.

  The screen display 700 displays, for example, date and time and / or time that may be displayed also on other screen displays. For example, the screen name is displayed as a screen name display 701 at a predetermined position at the upper left of the screen, the date and time information is displayed as a date and time information display 702 at a predetermined position at the upper right of the screen.

  The screen display 700 is also a category tab display 703 that displays a predetermined number of categories (program categories) selected by the user in the form of tabs below the screen name display 701 and the date and time information display 702 and near the upper center of the screen display. including.

  The category tab display 703 includes a predetermined number of display areas 703-1, 703-2, ..., 703-N, and a category (category name) set (selected) by the user in advance is displayed from the display area 703-1. In order, it is possible to display. The number of categories (category tabs) displayed by the category tab display 703 is, for example, five. The category (category tab) displayed by the category tab display 703 will be described later, but can be changed based on user settings.

  Below the category tab display 703 and generally in the center of the screen display 700, a program information display (sometimes referred to as a program list) 705 for displaying program information of a program of a category selected by the user is located. The category name display 704 displays the category (category name) of the currently selected tab between the program information display 705 and the category tab display 703.

  The program information display 705 is prepared for a predetermined number, for example, six programs per screen (1 page), with thumbnails, channel numbers / program supply sources (broadcast station names / distribution source names), and program supply sources. A unique logo mark (icon), the presence or absence of recommended automatic recording settings, etc. are displayed in a list form. The individual program information display (program list) 705 includes, for example, a thumbnail 705a, a channel number / program supply source (broadcast station name / distribution source name) / program supply source logo mark (program icon) display 705b, broadcast date and time information display 705c, A program name display 705d and a program summary display 705e are at least included. In order to identify individual programs (six), each program display displayed by the program information display 705 will be referred to as a first program display 715, a second program display 725, and a third program display 735 as necessary. , The fourth program display 745, the fifth program display 755, and the sixth program display 765.

  More specifically, the program information display 705 displays only recorded programs (recording is completed) except for programs recorded using a time shift link (does not display until recording is completed). The program title display 705d displays a ticker at the time of focusing when the program title does not fit in one row. When not focused, the last character is displayed as "...". For a recorded program (recording has been completed), an unreplayed mark (icon) represented by, for example, "new", "new" or "new", etc., until a reproduction instruction is received (reproduced at least once). Integrally display. Preferably, the unreplayed mark is displayed in the vicinity of, for example, the thumbnail 705a, the channel number / program supply source / program supply source logo mark display 705b, or the broadcast date and time information display 705c.

  The program information display 705 saves viewing time by prompting efficient viewing of each program displayed by the program information display 705, and accordingly, the user views another program, or as a result, In addition, an efficiency regeneration mode (sometimes referred to as an energy saving contribution mode) display 707 capable of appealing to the user, which can save energy, etc., is positioned adjacent to one another. In the efficient reproduction mode, the reproduction time of the reproduction target program is reduced at a predetermined rate and reproduced, and includes, for example, four kinds of reproduction courses. The efficient reproduction mode display 707 displays an indication of the reproduction time corresponding to the reproduction course selected by the user in the efficient reproduction mode, for each program displayed by the program information display 705.

  The four reproduction courses in the efficiency reproduction mode are reproduction course 1 (sometimes referred to as "deeply reproduce"), reproduction course 2 (sometimes referred to as "unusual reproduction"), and reproduction course 3 ("succeedly reproduced And “Reproduction course 4” (sometimes called “digest reproduction”).

  The reproduction course 1 (deeply reproducing) reproduces, for example, substantially all of the program, that is, the broadcast time itself in one-on-one time.

  For example, the reproduction course 2 (the special edition reproduction) includes CM (Commercial Message) of the main part of the program, that is, the broadcast time, and a trailer (or announcement of a new program prepared by the supply source of the program, etc.) It reproduces excluding the part which pulled out a part of the main story which may be prepared before the main story.

  Reproduction course 3 (Sakutsuto Reproduction) is, for example, a reproduction target of Omakase Reproduction (reproduction course 2) (CM and a trailer, and a main story excluding a part of a main story which is extracted and prepared before the main story) Is reproduced in, for example, a fast-play fast-play mode in which the video and audio are reproduced at, for example, 1.3 × speed (or 1.5 × speed or 2 × speed).

  The reproduction course 4 (digest reproduction) is, for example, dividing the reproduction target of the automatic reproduction (reproduction course 2) into the division number N (N is a positive integer) set in advance, and the division time of each divided broadcasting time (section) For each of them, Y seconds (Y is a positive integer) are reproduced from the beginning of the interval, the remaining part is skipped, and then the next interval is reproduced. In playback course 4, the playback time (Y seconds) from the beginning of the section of each divided broadcast time (interval) can be changed (set) by the user, but is set by default according to the program length There is. For example, when the program length is 60 minutes, the reproduction time in digest mode reproduction (reproduction course 4) is approximately 20 minutes, and the reproduction time in automatic reproduction (reproduction course 2) is approximately 40 minutes. If = 20, the length of each section is approximately 2 minutes. In this case, Y is 60 seconds (one minute) (the ratio of the reproduction time to the skipped time in each section is one to one).

  In the top of column direction fields 707a, 707b, 707c and 707d of the efficiency reproduction mode display 707 which is not adjacent to any of the six program displays 715, 725, 735, 745, 755, 765 in the program information display 705 A playback course icon is positioned for visual recognition of features of the playback course currently applied (selected) to each of the program displays. Each reproduction course icon displays the reproduction time (difference between the broadcast time and the actual reproduction time) to be shortened in each reproduction course, for example, with a different color or change in area. Each reproduction course icon may be, for example, a bar graph. For example, each reproduction course icon has a small proportion of reproduction time to be shortened for reproduction course 1 (generally reproduction) and a large proportion of reproduction time to be shortened for reproduction course 4 (digest reproduction). The display format, size, color arrangement, and the like can be arbitrarily set as long as the display is visually displayed.

  The portions where the respective row direction fields 707a, 707b, 707c, 707d extending from the individual reproduction course icons intersect the six program displays 715, 725, 735, 745, 755, 765 of the program information display 705 are the programs. The approximate reproduction time (indication) required for reproducing the individual reproduction courses 1-4 is displayed. The display of the rough reproduction time (standard) is displayed in units of minutes (1 hour = 60 minutes). The playback time (approximate) shall be displayed in 1 minute units, and the seconds shall be rounded up (19 minutes and 30 seconds are displayed as 20 minutes).

  For example, taking a 60-minute program as an example, the approximate playback time is 60 minutes for playback course 1 (deeply playback), 40 minutes for playback course 2 (optional playback), and 30 minutes for playback course 3 (sakutsu to play). , 20 minutes in the reproduction course 4 (digest reproduction). The display of the approximate playback time is prepared, for example, in a tiled display or a button display, and at a glance which playback course is selected (applied) by, for example, highlighting or gray-down display of non-selected playback courses. Display in an identifiable manner.

  In the row direction column display 707c corresponding to the reproduction course icon, as shown in FIG. 19, the reproduction display (in which 725c is indicated for identification) for which the reproduction course icon corresponding to the program display 725 is not displayed For example, the "x" mark indicates that the reproduction course 3 (success and reproduction) can not be applied because the program to be displayed is a program stored in the externally connected storage device (HDD via home network) Display by etc. Similarly, the reproduction course (denoted by 725b and 725d for identification) of the row direction column displays 707b and 707d in which the reproduction course icon is not displayed is a storage device for externally connected connected programs (home network (home network) The fact that the program length data can not be acquired (followed, therefore, the saving time can not be determined) due to the program being stored in the HDD via) is displayed by, for example, a "-" mark.

  Below the program information display 705 and the efficient reproduction mode display 707, for example, selection of a program to be displayed by the program information display 705 (including switching of a page to be displayed) and / or selection of a reproduction course to be applied to the selected program, etc. A guide display 706 for displaying a guide for is located.

  The guide display 706 displays a guide for realizing selection of a program or selection of a reproduction course by user operation (control input), that is, operation of a button provided on the remote control 40 (instruction input). For example, the guide display 706 switches the category of the program displayed by the program information display 705 (selects the category tab), switches the screen display page displaying the six programs displayed by the program information display 705, or selects the selected program. The same display (mark / icon) as the display of the individual buttons (keys) of the remote control 40 capable of outputting control commands corresponding to switching (selection) of the reproduction course or the like is displayed. The guide display 706 also displays the action to be executed by each button operation in the vicinity of the same display as the display of the individual buttons (keys) of the remote control 40, for example, "category change", "page change", "reproduction course change" ", Etc., by a character string. That is, the user refers to the display (mark / icon) of the button (key) of the remote control 40 displayed by the guide display 706 and operates the button (key) of the same mark (icon) on the remote It is possible to select the playback course to be used and switch the screen display. For example, when the program information display 705 covers two or more pages, the channel buttons of [1] to [10] displayed by the guide display 706 indicate the number (channel) buttons of the remote control 40 [1] to [10]. It is possible to input a control command for displaying a page directly input through (key). For example, the left display arrow key and the right display arrow key displayed by the guide display 706 can input a control command for changing the playback course.

  The screen display (top screen) 700 also displays a saving time display (an energy saving contribution time display that can show the user the viewing time saved by the user efficiently watching the program using the efficient playback mode. 708 is displayed at a predetermined position in the screen display 700. The saving time display 708 displays saving time, for example, on a weekly basis, on a daily basis, on a category basis, on a user basis, etc., based on the setting of the user. The unit of saving time can be arbitrarily set (changed) by the user. The saving time display 708 is displayed, for example, in the vicinity of the date and time information display 702 for a predetermined time or while using the efficient reproduction mode. The saving time display 708 is, for example, substantially at the center of the screen display 700 or an arbitrary one for a predetermined time when displaying a screen to be displayed on the home screen or resume display every time the device 1 is activated (turned on). The position, or a starting mark (starting animation) indicating starting may be displayed in the area to be displayed. The saving time display 708 is displayed at approximately the center or a predetermined position of the screen display 700 when the device 1 is first started during one day, for example, 24 hours from 00:00 or 24:00. May be

The saving time displayed by the saving time display 708 is, for example, from the playback time in the case of detailed reproduction (reproduction course 1), the reproduction time in the case of reproduction in the reproduction course actually used for reproduction. It is the time of subtraction. For example, if the program for 60 minutes is played back on an on-the-fly basis (reproduction course 2), the saving time is
Slow Regeneration (60 minutes)-Regeneration (40 minutes) = 20 minutes
It becomes. The display time is in 1 minute units, and the seconds are rounded up (19 minutes and 15 seconds are 20 minutes). Hereinafter, the saved time saved for all the played programs is integrated.

  The saving time (energy saving contribution time) displayed by the saving time display 708 is applied to the reproduction of the program when the reproduction of the target program is finished (the selected reproduction time) of the reproduction time of the reproduction course and the detailed reproduction (reproduction course 1) The difference from the playback time is determined and added (accumulated). Even if the playback course (user selection) is carefully changed to playback (playing course 1) in the middle of playback (the playback course is changed to a playback course having a different playback time), the saving time to be displayed is not changed. As the saving time to be displayed, a state in which the target program is viewed to a predetermined ratio based on the program length, for example, to any ratio such as 1/2 or more, 70% or more, 90% or more, etc. Even when the reproduction is stopped, it is considered that the reproduction is ended, and addition is performed based on the reproduction course used for viewing. As the saving time, when the reproduction of the target program is interrupted halfway and resume reproduction is performed thereafter, the reproduction (viewing) is finally completed with the above-mentioned predetermined ratio or more based on the program length. , Add on the basis of the reproduction course. As the saving time, even when the same program is reproduced twice or more, when the predetermined ratio or more is reproduced based on the program length, it is accumulated in units of the reproduction course used for viewing.

  The screen display (top screen) 700 also displays a locator display area 709 at a predetermined position of the screen display 700. In the locator display area 709, the total number of programs held by the apparatus 1 (recorded by the apparatus 1) that the program currently displayed by the program information display 705 and the efficient reproduction mode display 707 is a predetermined number of programs (in this example) Each program is converted into a page position roughly divided into one page for display as one page, and which page it corresponds to is displayed at the position of the locator display 709 L with respect to the total length of the locator display area 709. The position of the locator display 709L can be set in the display order displayed by the locator display area 709, that is, can be set by the sub menu, for example, "new order" to rearrange recording date and time, "old order" to rearrange recording date and time, The program is displaced in response to various display modes such as “during viewing” in which programs reproduced (viewed) for a predetermined time or more are rearranged in the order of reproduction date and time (the current page in page order sorted in each display mode indicate).

  The screen display (top screen) 700 also shows the program currently being displayed by the apparatus 1 (the apparatus 1 has recorded), as shown in FIG. 20 (as well as FIG. 18 and FIG. 19, etc.) The current page number (arbitrary number) / total page number (M and M are positive) as to which page to display when dividing the total number of programs into one page for each predetermined program number (6 programs in this example) Display the current page display 710, which is displayed as an integer (see FIG. 18)). In the current page display 710, the display of the number of pages changes in conjunction with the page position of the previous page or the next page, which is switched based on the user's operation (control input) such as focus movement and / or page jump. The current page display 710 can also accept direct input of the page number (page number). That is, as shown in FIG. 20, the page can be displayed by directly inputting a numerical value in the display portion of the page number indicated by the page number / total page number of the current page display 710. The number of pages can be input, for example, by turning on (depressing) the numeral keys [1] to [10] of the remote control 40.

  More specifically, when the main control block 20 detects that an arbitrary number key of the remote control 40 is pressed, (in the number of pages / total number of pages) (under the control of the main control block 20) “-” Is displayed, and the input mode is activated (transition to the input mode in which ON of the numeric key is accepted as input of the number of pages). Subsequently, the input 3-digit number is recognized as the page number, and the page is jumped to the page ([10] operates as [0]). It is preferable to make the display font size of the screen display larger than the font size used for normal display. The input mode ends with the elapse of a predetermined time (timeout) or [decision] key-on after the 3-digit number is input. During input, "-" is displayed at the display position corresponding to the digit being input, and blinks at intervals of, for example, 0.5 seconds. If there is no page corresponding to the input 3-digit numerical value, the page jump is not performed, and the screen before numeric input is returned to. For example, when the jump destination page is the “5” page, the numerical keys such as [0], [0], and [5] are turned on, and the [decision] button (key) is turned on (pressed). In this case, page "5" can be input even when a predetermined time has elapsed (timeout) after operating the numeric keys such as [0], [0], and [5].

  The current page display 710 also displays the page order designation (display order name) of the sorted page order such as “new order”, “old order”, “during viewing”, etc., based on the above-mentioned rearrangement. Displayed in the vicinity, for example, on the left side.

  On the screen display (top screen) 700, as shown in FIG. 21A, the program currently displayed by the program information display 705 is further upward in the display mode at a predetermined position on the screen display 700. When the program is displayed at a position where the focus can not be moved (the position of the locator 709L is at the upper end of the locator display 709), the top display 709T indicating that the focus moves to the category tab display 703 is displayed. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 21 (b), the program currently displayed by the program information display 705 is a program displayed at a position where the focus can not be moved downward thereafter in the display mode (locator 709 L) A bottom display 709 B indicating that the focus moves to the category tab display 703).

  FIG. 22 illustrates an example of displaying a scene list screen display from the screen display (top screen) described with reference to FIGS. 18 and 19.

  In the screen display (top screen) 700 described with FIG. 18 and FIG. 19, by selecting “sub-menu” from the guide display 706 or from the category tab 703, selecting a menu that can input an instruction to play “scene”. , Scene screen display 800 can be displayed. In the scene screen display 800 (when switched to the scene screen display), for example, a category tab to which the category tab display 703 is focused based on the category or the keyword set by the user input. Update the display of. For example, a scene icon is integrally displayed on the updated category tab 813 so that the user can easily recognize that the reproduction is for each “scene”. At the same time, a scene icon is also displayed in the category name displayed by the updated category name display 814.

  The scene screen display 800 also displays a scene current position display 811 that displays the position where the corresponding scene corresponds to the program length of the program for which the scene was hit (searched) in the area displaying the efficient reproduction mode display 707. Display

  The scene current position display 811 indicates, for each of the programs 715, 725, 735, 745, 755 and 765 displayed by the program information display 705, the position where the hit scene is relative to the program length (broadcast time) of the individual program ( It is displayed in each of the display areas 821, 822, 823, 824, 825 and 826, for example, by a marker (locator), for example, as a chapter (mark). Along with the display of the marker (locator), time information of the start position of the scene may be displayed. Although the time information of the start position of the scene is not necessarily displayed, it is preferable to display the program length (time) at an arbitrary position not overlapping with the time length display (bar), for example, to the right of the bar.

  FIGS. 23A and 23B show display examples of transitions to the scene list screen.

  FIG. 23A is a display example of the screen display (scene list screen) 851.

  When a predetermined user operation, for example, operation of the [Jump cursor (easy jump)] button (key) on the remote control, is being performed while watching a currently received (on air) program or playing back a recorded (recorded) program , A program including the input keyword (search keyword) is displayed as the screen display 851. The screen display (scene list screen) 851 displays the search keyword, for example, below the category display 704 (see FIG. 18, others).

  The recording destination (storage destination) of recorded programs that can be listed in the scene list screen 851, that is, the search target storage destination is the storage destination of the program recorded by PVR recording (PVR recorded program storage unit), the program recorded by time shift recording The storage destination (time shift recording program storage unit) or the link destination of the time shift link may be any storage destination of the recorded program (storage unit of another recordable device).

  For example, when reproducing a program displayed by the program display 861 from the search result (scene list screen) 851, either focus on the program display 861 and turn on the [Enter] key (button) or It is sufficient to select a menu which can input an instruction.

  In FIG. 23 (b), the search keywords are changed by the “display another keyword” button 862 from the search results (scene list screen) 852 (displayed as 852 for identification from the scene list screen shown in FIG. 23 (a)). An example is shown.

  FIG. 24 shows an example in which a search keyword is changed by the “display another keyword” button 862 in the search result (scene list screen) 852 shown in FIG. 23B. When the change of the search keyword is inputted by the “display other keywords” button 862 shown in FIG. 23B, the keyword change input display 863 shown in FIG. 24 pops up (the change input display 863 is displayed). As a result, the changed search keyword is displayed below the category display 704 (see FIG. 18, etc.) and is not shown, but shows a result of a scene search using the changed keyword. The search result (scene list screen) according to the search result (scene list screen) 851 indicated by) is displayed.

  In the program list screen display shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 and others, and in the scene list shown in FIGS. 23 (a) and 23 (b), for example, the change of “arrangement order” prepared as “sub menu” By selecting a mode such as, the display order (sorting order in the screen) can be changed.

  As the display order (sorting order in the screen), among the tabs displayed by the category tab display 703, "newest" or "oldest" except "normal", "recommend" and "during viewing" 2 choices. The initial value (default setting) is "newest order".

  For the "normal" and "recommended" categories, there are three choices: "recommended order", "newest order" and "oldest order". The initial value (default) is "recommended order".

  For the category of "viewing", the program (content) reproduced last is displayed at the top. In addition, about the category of "in the middle of viewing and listening", the rearrangement by a user is made impossible.

  "In the middle of viewing" is a category that classifies a program (content) played back to a slight extent, and "New" or "New" indicating unplayed in a program list (program of PVR recording) or a past program table (program of time shift recording). Use the timing to remove (delete) the "new" display. In addition, the content reproduced (viewed) 90% (or more) of the program length is excluded from the "in the middle of viewing" category. On the other hand, in the case of comparison with the main story length, it is possible to specify that the program with the display such as the start of the ending theme or "next week is" or "continue" is displayed. In case it is excluded from the "in-viewing" category.

  FIG. 25 and FIG. 26 show an example of transition of display of category tabs with respect to category selection input (user operation).

  25 (a) to 25 (e) show the category tab display located on the leftmost side of the screen among the category tabs displayed by the category tab display in a state where a predetermined number of category tabs are selected (user registration) in advance. An example of transition of display of category tab display from a focused state is shown. The individual category tabs shown in FIGS. 25 (a) to 25 (e) are the category tab displays 703-1, 703-2, ..., 703-N-1, and 703-N in FIGS. Display at the position shown. At the position of the category tab display 703-N, "+" tab display (sometimes referred to as edit mode start tab display or category setting tab display) is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 25A, when the category tab display 911a located on the leftmost side of the screen among the category tabs displayed by the category tab display 703 is focused, the category name display 704 indicates the focused category. Display the tab category (category name). In the category tab display 703, the tab display 911e is located on the left side of the "+" tab display 911f located on the most right side of the screen (can not be displayed all at once at the fifth category tab display 703 from the leftmost on the screen). Does not display the entire tab, but with the right side faded out.

  As shown in FIG. 25B, when the category tab display 911a is focused in FIG. 25A and the category tab 911b on the right is focused by remote control operation (user input), the category is displayed. The name display 704 displays the category (category name) of the focused category tab. The tab display 911 e located on the left side of the “+” tab display 911 f maintains a state in which the entire tab faded out on the right side is not displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 25C, when the category tab display 911b is focused in FIG. 25B and the category tab 911c on the right is focused by remote control operation, the category name display 704 is displayed. , Display the category (category name) of the focused category tab. The tab display 911 e remains in a state in which the entire tab faded out on the right side is not displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 25D, when the category tab display 911c is focused in FIG. 25C and the category tab 911d on the right is focused by the remote control operation, the category name display 704 is displayed. , Display the category (category name) of the focused category tab. The tab display 911 e remains in a state in which the entire tab faded out on the right side is not displayed.

  As for the display state of the category tab displays 911a, 911b, 911c and 911d shown in FIG. 25 (d), the category tabs displayed in the tab display 911e located on the left side of the "+" tab display 911f faded out are set in advance. It continues until it becomes one remaining except for "+" tab display 911f among all the category tabs currently done. Further, the category name display 704 displays the category name of the category currently displayed in the category tab display 911 d. In other words, the category (category name) displayed by the category tab display 911d moves to the left by one each time the category tab display 703 is focused (individual category tab displays 911d, 911c, 911b, and 911a display The category name is also changed to extrusion type). In other words, the right side located on the left side of the “+” tab display 911 f is faded out when the focus on (focus by user operation) on the category tab displayed in the category tab display 703 is in order from the left side of the screen. The focus display is substantially fixed on the category tab display 911 d positioned on the left side of the category tab display 911 e until the category displayed by the tab display 911 e is one of the preset category tabs. It will be in a state like

  In FIG. 25 (e), the focus is fixed to the category tab display 911d described in FIG. 25 (d), and the category tab display 911e is the "+" tab display 911f among all the preset category tabs. An example is shown in which the remaining one category is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 25 (e), the focus on is repeated sequentially from the left side to the right side of the screen by remote control operation (user input), and at the timing when the category tab display 911e comes into focus, the entire category tab display 911e is displayed. The category tab display 911 e moves to the left side of the screen so that The category name display 704 displays the category name of the category tab display 911 e. At this time, the fade-out display applied to the category tab display 911 e becomes a normal display. On the other hand, the category tab display 911a located on the leftmost side of the screen in the category tab display 703 is faded out on the left side and displayed in a state where the entire tab is not displayed. This allows the user to easily recognize that all preset category tabs have been browsed for focus on.

  26 (a) to 26 (e) are the most selected category tabs displayed in the category tab display except the “+” tab display in a state where a predetermined number of category tabs have been selected (user registration) in advance. The example of the transition of the category tab display from the state which focused on the category tab display located in the screen right side is shown. The individual category tabs shown in FIGS. 26 (a) to 26 (e) are the category tab displays 703-1, 703-2, ..., 703-N-1, and 703-N in FIGS. Display at the position shown.

  As shown in FIG. 26A, of the category tabs displayed by the category tab display 703, when the category tab display 921g located closest to the “+” tab display 921f is focused, the category name display 704 displays Display the focused category (category name). In the category tab display 703, the tab display 921a located on the leftmost side of the screen (can not be displayed all at once (in the whole) in the category tab display 703) does not display the entire tab but is displayed with the left side faded out. .

  As shown in FIG. 26B, when the category tab display 921g is focused in FIG. 26A and the category tab 921e on the left is focused by remote control operation (user input), the category is displayed. The name display 704 displays the category name of the category located in the category tab display 921e. The tab display 921a positioned on the left side of the screen of the category tab display 703 does not display the entire tab, and does not display the entire faded-out tab on the left side.

  As shown in FIG. 26C, when the category tab display 921e in FIG. 26B is focused and the category tab 921d on the left is focused by the remote control operation, the category name display 704 is displayed. , Category tab display 921d displays the category name of the category. The tab display 921a maintains the state in which the entire tab faded out on the left side is not displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 26D, when the category tab display 921d is focused in FIG. 26C and the category tab 921c on the left is focused by the remote control operation, the category name display 704 is displayed. , Category tab display 921c displays the category name of the category. The tab display 921a does not display the entire tab, and the left side does not display the entire faded-out tab.

  In the display state of the category tab displays 921c, 921d, 921e and 921g shown in FIG. 26D, the category tab displayed in the tab display 921b faded out on the left side is one remaining category tab set in advance. Continue until,. In addition, the category name display 704 displays the category name of the category currently displayed in the category tab display 921c. That is, the category (category name) displayed by the category tab display 921c moves to the right by one each time the category tab display 703 is focused (individual category tab displays 921g, 921e, 921d and 921c are displayed) The category name is also changed to extrusion type). In other words, when the focus on (focus by user operation) on the category tab displayed by the category tab display 703 is in order from the right side of the screen, the category displayed by the tab display 921b faded out on the left side is set in advance. The focus display is substantially fixed on the category tab display 921c until the remaining one of all the category tabs being displayed.

  In FIG. 26 (e), the focus is fixed to the category tab display 921c described in FIG. 26 (d), and the category tab display 921a displays the remaining one category tab of all the preset category tabs. An example is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 26E, the focus on is repeated sequentially from the right to the left of the screen by remote control operation (user input), and at the timing when the category tab display 921a comes into focus, the entire category tab display 921a is displayed. The display of the category tab display 921a moves to the right side of the screen so that The category name display 704 displays the category name of the category tab display 921a. At this time, the fade-out display applied to the category tab display 921a becomes a normal display. On the other hand, the category tab display 921e located on the rightmost side of the screen except for the "+" tab display 921f in the category tab display 703 is faded out on the right side and displayed without displaying the entire tab. This allows the user to easily recognize that all preset category tabs have been browsed for focus on.

  In addition, the category tab display 703 mentioned above can set preference setting described in FIG. 30 and others by focusing on the “+” tab display displayed at the position of the category tab display 703-N located at the rightmost position. To the setting screen shown in FIG. Thus, the user can add a category tab corresponding to a desired category, delete a category tab displayed by the category tab display 703, and the like. However, categories that can be displayed in the category tab format by the category tab display 703 include, for example, "in the middle of viewing", "always", "recommend" and "+" tabs, and a predetermined number, for example, about 20. Further, the category displayed by the category tab display 703 in the category tab format is preferably at least about 3 except for the "viewing", "always", "recommend" and "+" tabs.

  In addition, the transition of the category tab display and the category tab display explained by others are resumed when the power of the apparatus 1 is turned off, and the category corresponding to the category tab selected last is maintained at the next startup. Start with

  FIGS. 27 (a) and 27 (b) show an example of a screen display on which an instruction can be input to change the reproduction course for a program (content) being reproduced using the efficient reproduction mode.

  For example, on screen display 751 during reproduction of an arbitrary program (content) by Omakase (reproduction course 2), the reproduction course currently used for efficient reproduction from the on of the menu key of remote control 40 or the menu button displayed on the screen. Is displayed (FIG. 27 (a)). The banner displays a playback course switching button 752 (and a progress bar displaying the program length (total playback time) and the current playback position (play time from the beginning of the program relative to the total playback time). By turning on (pressing) the reproduction course switching button 752, as shown in FIG. 27B, the reproduction course switching input acceptance display 753 is displayed.

  The reproduction course switching input acceptance display 753 displays four reproduction courses, for example, in the form of course name button (input button), and a course name button selection instruction using the remote control 40 or a color button of a color assigned in advance. It is possible to instruct the main control block 20 to switch the reproduction course based on a control input such as direct selection. As for the reproduction course switching button 752, direct input from a predetermined (assigned) color button is also possible.

  When switching the playback course using the playback course switching input acceptance display 753, the playback course (name) after switching is displayed at a predetermined position on the screen display. However, in normal reproduction (reproduction instructed by the reproduction button / key) to which the automatic reproduction (course) and the detailed reproduction (course) are not applied, it is displayed at the position of the reproduction display at the time of normal reproduction.

  If a program is being played on a course other than the digest course and a command to switch to the digest course is instructed while playing back a position that is not originally played on the digest course, the next to the chapter position including the current play position Play the program from the chapter position of. The same is true when switching from the replay course to another replay course. In addition, even if the program is being played back by the Ocame-to-Peak Play Course, it is possible to apply the fast-watching / play-by-play playback.

  FIGS. 27 (a) and 27 (b) show an example of a screen display on which an instruction can be input to change the reproduction course for a program (content) being reproduced using the efficient reproduction mode.

  For example, on screen display 751 during reproduction of an arbitrary program (content) by Omakase (reproduction course 2), the reproduction course currently used for efficient reproduction from the on of the menu key of remote control 40 or the menu button displayed on the screen. Is displayed (FIG. 27 (a)). The banner displays a playback course switching button 752 (and a progress bar displaying the program length (total playback time) and the current playback position (play time from the beginning of the program relative to the total playback time). By turning on (pressing) the reproduction course switching button 752, as shown in FIG. 27B, the reproduction course switching input acceptance display 753 is displayed.

  The reproduction course switching input acceptance display 753 displays four reproduction courses, for example, in the form of course name button (input button), and a course name button selection instruction using the remote control 40 or a color button of a color assigned in advance. It is possible to instruct the main control block 20 to switch the reproduction course based on a control input such as direct selection. As for the reproduction course switching button 752, direct input from a predetermined (assigned) color button is also possible.

  When switching the playback course using the playback course switching input acceptance display 753, the playback course (name) after switching is displayed at a predetermined position on the screen display. However, in normal reproduction (reproduction instructed by the reproduction button / key) to which the automatic reproduction (course) and the detailed reproduction (course) are not applied, it is displayed at the position of the reproduction display at the time of normal reproduction.

  If a program is being played on a course other than the digest course and a command to switch to the digest course is instructed while playing back a position that is not originally played on the digest course, the next to the chapter position including the current play position Play the program from the chapter position of. The same is true when switching from the replay course to another replay course. In addition, even if the program is being played back by the Ocame-to-Peak Play Course, it is possible to apply the fast-watching / play-by-play playback.

  FIG. 28 shows an example of a screen display for displaying in the recording list that the efficient reproduction mode is applied to the recorded program.

  The screen display (recording list) 600 includes an arbitrary number of button displays for receiving a user operation (control input) and activating various operation modes that can be activated from the screen display 600.

  The screen display 600 includes, for example, a screen name display 601 for displaying the name of a display screen, a date and time information display 602 for displaying a date and / or time that may be displayed on other screens, and a predetermined number of categories selected by the user. A category tab display 603 for displaying (program category) in a tab shape is included.

  The category tab display 603 includes a predetermined number of display areas 603-1, 603-2, ..., 603-N-1, 603-N, and a category (category name) set (selected) by the user in advance It is possible to display sequentially from the display area 603-1. The number of categories (category tabs) displayed by the category tab display 603 is, for example, five. The category (category tab) displayed by the category tab display 603 will be described later, but can be changed based on user settings.

  A recorded program information display (sometimes referred to as a recording list) 607 for displaying program information on a recorded program of a category selected by the user is located below the category tab display 603 and generally in the center of the screen display 600. Do. The category name display 604 displays the category (category name) of the currently selected tab between the recorded program information display 607 and the category tab display 603.

  The recorded program information display 607 has a predetermined number, for example, 12 programs 607-1, 607-2, ..., 607-N-1, and 607-N per one screen display (1 page). Recorded program name display area 607A for displaying a program supplier (broadcast station name / distribution source name) and / or a unique logo mark (icon) prepared by the program supplier (in the program supplier), recording ( The recording date display area 607B for displaying the day and the reproduction course display area 607C for displaying the reproduction course applied in the efficient reproduction mode are displayed.

  When the user selects (focuses on) an arbitrary program displayed by the recorded program information display 607, the program is displayed at a predetermined position near the recorded program information display 607, for example, on the left side of the recorded program information display 607. An information detail display 605 and / or a reproduction course switching input acceptance display 606 is displayed.

  The program information detail display 605 displays, for example, a thumbnail, a broadcast start time, a program name (title logo), a broadcast station (program distribution source) name, and the like for the program selected by the user.

  The reproduction course switching input acceptance display 606 displays the reproduction course of the efficiency reproduction mode currently selected (set) and the changeable (selectable) reproduction course, for example, as a course name button (input button), and the remote control 40 is displayed. It is possible to instruct the main control block 20 to switch the reproduction course based on a control input such as a course name button selection instruction to be used or direct selection from a color button of a color assigned in advance.

  It is preferable that an instruction input be possible also for change of the reproduction course, for example, from the reproduction course display area 607C of the recorded program information display 607. For example, the cursor may be moved to the reproduction course display area 607C, and the change (input) mode may be activated by turning on the [Determination] button, and a subwindow capable of selecting an arbitrary reproduction course may be expanded. . Alternatively, each time the color button assigned to be able to output the command of "change" can be turned on in advance, "replay carefully", "replay away", "replay quickly" and "replay carefully" displayed by the replay course display area 607C. The reproduction course name of “digest reproduction” may be changed cyclically, and thereafter, the reproduction course selected by detecting the ON of the “decision” button or the time-over may be activated. Alternatively, after activation of the change mode, the reproduction course displayed by the reproduction course display area 607C may be selected by, for example, the [left] arrow key and the [right] arrow key.

  FIGS. 29-41 show an example of the setting procedure for using the efficient reproduction mode.

  When there is an activation instruction of the “efficiency reproduction mode” by the operation (on) of the “efficiency reproduction” key of the remote control 40 or a start instruction of the “efficiency reproduction mode” from the menu screen, the initial setting screen 1500 as shown in FIG. indicate. The initial setting includes the selection of a playback course, the selection of a category, and the selection of automatic recording. However, it is assumed that the initial setting screen 1500 shown in FIG. 29 is displayed only at the time of the first activation, and the change setting from the “+” tab of the category tab display 703 in the screen display shown in FIGS. Not displayed when changing from recording settings.

  When the user turns on the “Start setting” button from the initial setting screen 1500 shown in FIG. 29 by the operation of the remote control 40, a reproduction course selection screen 1501 shown in FIG. 30 is displayed. A reproduction course selection screen 1501 shown in FIG. 30 is a screen display for prompting selection (operation input) of either the “slowly replaying” course or the “enjoying replay” course.

  The playback course selection screen 1501 shows that, in addition to the "Occasing Reproduction" course, when the "Occasing Reproduction" course is selected, it is possible to select either "Success and Reproduction" course or "Digest Reproduction". indicate.

  When the setting of the reproduction course from the reproduction course selection screen 1501 shown in FIG. 30 is completed, a preference addition / setting screen 1502 shown in FIG. 31 is displayed. Categories to be selected on the preference addition / setting screen 1502 shown in FIG. 31 are added to the category tab display 703 in the screen display shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 and others. The category (already set) in "automatic recording" is displayed in a selected state. Also, each of the "viewing" tab, the "always" tab, the "recommends" tab, and the "+" tab is preselected on the right side of the category tab display 703 (at the end of the tab display 703), indicate.

  In the preference addition / setting screen 1502 shown in FIG. 31, when the addition of preference, ie, the “to preference setting” button in the screen display shown in FIG. 31 is turned on, the category selection screen 1511 shown in FIG. Transition to the category selection screen).

  A category selection screen 1511 shown in FIG. 32 displays selectable categories in a predetermined number, for example, 3 rows × 7 columns. The display of each category is displayed in a form that can be easily identified (recognizable) visually by the user, for example, by thumbnails or illustrations or character strings. The display of each category includes a checkbox-like "selection order / display order" identifier.

  In the category selection screen 1511 shown in FIG. 32, when the user focuses on the display of an arbitrary category, the description for the focused category is, for example, a predetermined area above the [Next] button display below the category display. Is displayed in the area of.

  In the category selection screen 1511 shown in FIG. 32, when the user focuses on the display of an arbitrary category and turns on the [Determination] key of the remote control 40, a check mark is OSD displayed substantially at the center of the display of that category. . At the same time, numbers corresponding to the selected order are displayed within the range of "1" to "9" in the "selection order / display order" identifier of the category display. When the [ENTER] key of the remote control 40 is turned on again, the check mark displayed on the display of the category and the number displayed by the “selection order / display order” identifier disappear (return to the state before selection). It is also possible to replace the function of the [ENTER] key of the remote control 40 with the on / off of the color button of the color assigned in advance. Also in this case, when the button is turned on again, the check mark displayed on the display of the category and the number displayed by the “selection order / display order” identifier disappear cyclically (the state before the selection; Return to edit mode where selection (edit) is possible).

  In the category selection screen 1511 shown in FIG. 32, when the user does not select a category from the category display, for example, “select one or more. ], And display a warning message. On the other hand, if the user is trying to select a category from the category display 10th, for example, "you can only select up to 9". ], And display a warning message.

  FIG. 33 shows an example of the detail setting screen displayed subsequently to the category selection screen shown in FIG. 32. For the category selected by the user, for example, "genre", "person (person's name)" or "keyword" etc. Accepts arbitrarily configurable inputs (settings). In the detail setting screen 1521 shown in FIG. 33, “genre”, “person (person's name)”, “keyword” and the like can be arbitrarily combined. Moreover, it is possible to set "not included (negative keyword)" for "keyword".

  FIG. 34 is an example of a genre detail setting screen to be displayed subsequently when “genre” is selected on the detail setting screen shown in FIG.

  In the genre detail setting screen 1531 shown in FIG. 34, it is possible to select (input) “main genre” and “sub genre”. By selecting “main genre”, the item (sub-genre name) displayed by “sub-genre” is updated (changed) corresponding to the selected “main genre”.

  FIG. 35 is an example of a person detail setting screen to be displayed subsequently when “person (person name)” is selected on the detail setting screen shown in FIG.

  The person detail setting screen 1541 shown in FIG. 35 can select, for example, an input method of “add from person list”. When the user selects "Add from person list", person list screens 1551, 1555, and 1556 shown in FIGS. 36 to 38 can be obtained, for example, from SI (service information) and program guide (future program guide). ), And it is classified into “ab” 123 indicating “A” line to “W” line and alphanumeric characters, and the corresponding person is displayed for each tab. Each of the person list screens 1551, 1555 and 1556 shown in FIGS. 36 to 38 also displays a "vowel" switching operation display 1552 and a "page" switching operation display 1553 at a predetermined position.

  The person list screens 1551, 1555, and 1556 shown in FIGS. 36 to 38 display consonant tabs in the "A" row and the "O" row on the "A" row at the left end to facilitate access to the desired person. (The consonant tab is not displayed while the “abc · 123” tab is selected). The consonant tab is switched by moving the focus by the key operation of the remote control 40. Even if the consonant tab is not changed, it is possible to confirm all consonants in the corresponding line by the scroll operation. At this time, the selected display of the consonant tab is changed according to the displayed consonant. When focusing on the top row of the “A” row, the focus moves to the vowel tab by remote control operation (for example, “up” arrow key operation) directed upward. In addition, when focusing on the lowermost stage of the "O" stage, the focus moves to the vowel tab by remote control operation (for example, "down" arrow key operation) directed downward. At this time, the contents of the "person" display display the first page of the "A" row. When the person at the bottom of the last page of the last stage of each consonant is in focus, if there is a remote control operation directed further downward, the process moves to the first page of the next stage of the consonant.

  Furthermore, in the person list screen ("A" row of "A" row) 1551 and 1555 shown in Figs. 36 and 37, page numbers are displayed for each same consonant (there are four pages of "A" row of people). In the case of Z / 4 (Z is a positive integer), the page number of the currently displayed page is displayed, that is, the page of page number 1 in the case of four pages in total is 1/4 in FIG. The page of the same page number 4 is displayed by 4/4 (attachment of the sign 1554) in FIG. 37. The “A” line “A” row shown in FIG. If so, the screen display of the next "consonant" display is the screen display 1556 that displays the "A" line and the "I" column shown in FIG.

  In addition, a person (person's name) shall display at least one or more persons, and only when the person (person's name) can not be acquired, a screen (list) in which the person is not displayed is displayed, for example, Please wait. ], Etc. to display the wording of OSD.

  FIG. 39 is an example of a keyword detail setting screen which is subsequently displayed when “keyword” is selected on the detail setting screen shown in FIG.

  The keyword detail setting screen 1561 shown in FIG. 39 can select, for example, an input method of “add keyword list”. When the user selects "add keyword list", for example, a screen display similar to the selection screen already described with FIG. 24 is displayed.

  FIG. 40 shows a display example of a screen display for setting “automatic recording” in the setting screen 1500 shown in FIG.

  The automatic recording setting screen 1601 shown in FIG. 40 is displayed when the category selection shown in FIGS. 31 to 39 is completed.

  The automatic recording setting screen 1601 shown in FIG. 40 conforms to the order of categories selected by the user on the category selection screen 1511 shown in FIG. However, the number of categories that can be turned on (set) for automatic recording automatically is, for example, up to eight. Therefore, if you try to select the 9th category, for example, "You can not select any more. ], Display a warning message such as. In addition, when only three categories of "in the middle of viewing", "recommend" and "always" are selected, a warning message displays that the selection is not possible.

On the right side of the screen, the current setting status of automatic recording for the category currently focused on the left side of the screen is displayed.

  FIG. 41 shows an example of the detail setting screen displayed by pop-up display, for example, when the detail setting is selected from the automatic recording setting screen shown in FIG.

  While the automatic recording setting screen 1601 shown in FIG. 40 is displayed, the transition (display) to the detailed setting of the automatic recording is instructed, for example, by the operation of the [blue] key (color button of the color assigned in advance). A pop-up is displayed on the detail setting screen 1611 shown in FIG. After finishing the detail setting, when "setting complete" is selected, the changed contents are reflected, and the screen display is ended.

  While certain embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments have been presented by way of example only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and the gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

  Reference Signs List 1 electronic device 20 main control block 25 short time processing unit 26 layout information holding unit 27 exciting detection unit 28 OSD signal generating unit 29 graphic processing unit 30 video processing unit 41 ... video display unit.

Claims (6)

A video reproduction method controlled based on a control unit that acquires information including a video signal from a storage device storing a large number of programs and outputs a display signal obtained by processing the information and the video signal to a video processing unit. ,
The control unit
Identify the genre of the plurality of programs,
A plurality of display areas are set on the display screen of the display unit to which the output of the video processing unit is supplied,
As the display area,
Set multiple program display areas that divide multiple programs into genres,
The program display area includes an area for displaying program information and a reproduction time of the program,
Further, in an area different from the program display area, a plurality of selection input characters capable of selectively designating a plurality of reproduction times for the program to be reproduced are displayed.
According to the designation, the first reproduction mode or the second reproduction mode having a reproduction time length different from that of the first reproduction mode is executed.
Video playback method. The video reproduction method according to claim 1, wherein in the program display area, the program information to be displayed is selected based on information of preference. The video reproduction method according to claim 1, wherein the areas of the plurality of program display areas are changed according to the time length of a program. In an electronic device controlled based on a control unit that acquires information including a video signal from a storage device storing a large number of programs and outputs a display signal obtained by processing the information and the video signal to a video processing unit.
The control unit
Means for identifying the genre of the plurality of programs;
It comprises means for setting a plurality of types of display areas on the display screen of the display unit to which the output of the video processing unit is supplied,
As setting of the display area,
A means for setting a plurality of program display areas into which a plurality of programs are classified by genre;
Means for including in the program display area an area for displaying program information and a reproduction time of the program;
Further, means for displaying a plurality of selection input characters which can selectively designate a plurality of reproduction times for a program to be reproduced in an area different from the program display area;
Means for executing a second reproduction mode having a reproduction time length different from the first reproduction mode or the first reproduction mode according to the designation;
Electronic equipment having . The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein in the program display area, the program information to be displayed is selected based on preference information . The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein an area of the plurality of program display areas is changed according to a time length of a program .

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