JPH03284077A - Program information display and controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain control of various television receivings and TV peripheral devices by displaying program information of a TV broadcast retrieved from a database onto a TV display device and using the displayed program information. CONSTITUTION:A channel selection circuit 4 selects a TV channel and outputs a selection signal to a tuner circuit 1. A video signal selected by the tuner circuit 1 is converted into an intermediate frequency at a VIF 2 and converted into R, G, D signals at a video demodulation circuit 3. A display controller 7 retrieves a memory card 5 storing program information of a TV broadcast and displays the retrieved program information onto a TV display device 11 via a changeover circuit 10 and receives a signal from a remote control transmitter sent by using retrieved program information via a remote, control reception section 9 to apply TV control or TV peripheral device control. Thus, the database is utilized to apply TV control and peripheral device control.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention is useful for displaying desired program information on a television display using a medium for recording or transmitting television program information, and for controlling televisions and television peripherals. This invention relates to a program information display and control device that performs.

2. Description of the Related Art In general, when watching television, people usually refer to the program section of a newspaper or a magazine in which the program is published.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with conventional newspapers and magazines, it was only possible to control various televisions and television peripherals using television program information.

The present invention solves the problems of newspapers and magazines that are conventional television program information media, and allows desired television program information to be viewed on a television display, and can be used in various fields using only the same television program database. Various display formats such as displaying television broadcasts separately are available.
By using television program information, it is possible to change channels and reserve programs on a video tape recorder (VTR) when the broadcast start time arrives.
The object of the present invention is to provide a program information display and control device that can implement television program control and television peripheral device control using hardware.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the program fN@ display and control device of the present invention includes a program search means for searching desired program information from a television broadcast program information database, and a program search means for searching desired program information from a television broadcast program information database. display control means for displaying program information retrieved by the program search means on a television display; and system control means for controlling a television system or television peripheral equipment using the program information retrieved by the program search means. It is something.

Operation With the above configuration, desired television program information can be viewed on the television display, and the same television program information can be viewed on the television display.
A variety of display formats are possible, such as displaying temporary TV programs by field, using just the program database, and it is possible to use program information to control television programs such as changing the channel when the broadcast start time arrives, or to use video tape. Television peripherals such as recorder program reservations ■
control becomes possible.

Embodiment Hereinafter, a program information display and sub-color device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a program information display and control device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

Program information display and control of the present invention are performed by a tuner circuit 1 for TV broadcasting, an intermediate frequency conversion circuit (VIP) 2 for video signals selectively separated by the tuner circuit 1, and an intermediate frequency conversion circuit (VIP) 2 for intermediate station mantissa conversion circuits 2. A video demodulation circuit 3 converts the frequency-converted video signal into an R-G-B signal, selects a TV channel, and sends the selected signal to the tuner circuit 1.
a memory card 5 that stores television program information; a memory card interface 6 that outputs control signals and address signals to the memory card 5 and reads data; Display control performs search from television program information on the memory card 5 via the memory card 5, creates display data, creates various display screens such as time management, and also distinguishes between various television subsides and television peripheral devices. A device 7, a real-time clock 8 that outputs the current year, month, date, time, etc., receives a signal from a remote control transmitter 12 shown in FIG. remote control receiving section 9, video demodulation circuit 3
A switching circuit 10 that traces and outputs the television signal output from the display control device a7 and the display signal output from the display control device a7. and a display 11 that displays the signal output from the switching circuit 10.

The remote control transmitter shown in FIG. 2 includes operation keys for a television receiver and a video tape recorder.
Among these operation keys, keys related to the program information display and control device of the present invention are reservation, selection, cancellation, reservation list, details, △, , ku, and shi keys. The reservation key is used to switch from the television screen display to the program display, the selection key is used to select the item indicated by the cursor, and the cancel key is used to cancel the input contents.

Also, 1. The reservation table key is used to display the contents of a reservation or to cancel a reservation, and the detail key is used to view the contents of a program. △,,ku,〉 move the cursor in that direction.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the data format of television program information stored in the memory card 5.

In Fig. 3, the date is data on the broadcast date of a television program, which is composed of the hand, month, and day, as in the date example, and the start time is data, which is the data on the broadcast start time of a television program, and is composed of hours and days, as in the start time example. The end time is composed of minutes, and the end time is data of the end time of a television program, and is composed of hours and minutes as in the end time example. Further, the channel is television channel data, for example, composed of numerical data corresponding to the broadcasting station shown in Table 1, and the special selection flag is a flag indicating a special selection program, and in the case of a special selection program, data 1 is stored. Furthermore, the category flag is a flag for recognizing a category according to the content of a television program, and is indicated by, for example, one letter of the alphabet corresponding to the category shown in Table 2. The program name is the program name data of the television program, and the content is the content of the television program.

The operation of the program information display and control device of the present invention will be explained with reference to an example of a creation and display screen when selecting a special program shown in FIG. Normally, the TV screen is displayed.

At this time, the switching circuit 10
V) side is selected, and the input of the display 11 becomes the output of the video demodulation circuit 3. Next, for example, when a reservation key on the remote control transmitter 12 is pressed, a program guide for each purpose is displayed. At this time, the switching circuit 10 switches to the display control device 7 side, and the signal from the display control device 7 is displayed on the display 11. The reservation operation is recognized by the remote control receiving section 9 performing Marugame conversion and by the display control device 7 interpreting the code. At this time, a cursor is also displayed at the same time, as shown in FIG. 4, for example. To select the program guide at the cursor, press the selection key on the remote control transmitter 12. Figure 4 shows an example when the special program guide is selected.
Display the day and each coarse bubble. At this time, the month and day are displayed on screen i1.
' The device a 7 reads the current month and day from the real-time clock 8, calculates and displays the read month and day and -8. The program name is displayed by referring to the special selection flag and date of the television program information stored in the memory card 5, and the program name, start time, and end time are displayed in order. At this time, a cursor is also displayed.

Furthermore, when the program under the cursor is selected, a reservation selection screen is displayed, and the station name is sorted and displayed based on the channel information of the selected program. Reservation selection is divided into video and TV,
There are 1-day reservations, daily reservations, weekly reservations, and WEEKDAY reservations. Television reservation means that when the broadcast start time of the reserved program arrives, the television receiver is turned on if it is turned off, or it is switched to the channel of the reserved program if the channel is different from the reserved program. Furthermore, when the broadcast end time of the reserved program comes, the power is turned off if the power was turned on at the broadcast start time of the reserved program. Video reservation is effective when a video tape recorder is connected to the program details display and control device of the present invention, and when the broadcast start time of the reserved program comes, the video tape recorder is put into a recording state. Furthermore, when the broadcast end time of the reserved program comes, the video tape recorder is stopped. The reservation contents are displayed on the reservation screen, and if the reservation contents are correct in the reservation operation, the user selects confirmation, and if the reservation contents are incorrect, the user selects cancel. Select Confirm or Cancel to return to the TV screen.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the operation and display screen when selecting a program guide by channel. When the channel-specific program guide is selected on the reservation screen shown in FIG. 4, the display control device 17 extracts programs of the same channel from the television broadcast program information stored in the memory card 5 and displays them.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the operation and display screen of the reservation table.

When the reservation list key on the remote control transmitter 12 is pressed, a list of the reservations made up to that point is displayed. Display contents include program name and
These include start time, end time, reservation form, etc. Select with cursor and selection keys. Reservation table operations include cancellation of reservations and display of program details. By moving the cursor to a desired program and pressing the details key on the remote control transmitter 12, the program contents are displayed. Program content is on memory card 5
The display control device 7 reads out the content corresponding to the desired program name from the television broadcast program information stored in the , and outputs it to the display 11.

FIG. 7 shows an example of operation and display regarding program details. The operation is performed using the cursor key and detail key of the remote control transmitter 12. Is it possible that the content of a television broadcast program cannot be displayed completely on the IIali screen? In that case, use the cursor keys to display the content of all pages or the content of the next page.

FIG. 8 1al to CD are examples of displaying programs by category. Select the category-specific program guide on the reservation screen shown in FIG.

Movies, music, dramas, science/culture, anime, sports,
The display control device 7 distinguishes and displays fields such as hobbies and variety 5 rebroadcasts based on field-specific flags in the television broadcast program information.

FIG. 9 is an example of displaying programs by time slot. Select the program schedule by time slot on the reservation screen shown in FIG. Control the display of the start time of television broadcast programs in the program display by time zone!
The Il device 7 references the programs and displays them starting from the program with the longest start time. It is operated using the cursor keys of the remote control transmitter 12.

In this way, various display formats are possible based on the television broadcast program information on the memory card 5, such as displaying the program contents by category, and by selecting the program title, etc., the channel can be changed when the broadcast start time arrives. Various types of television control and television peripheral device control can be realized in a custom language, such as by making it possible to change programs and reserve programs on a video tape recorder.

In this embodiment, television broadcast program information is obtained from the memory card 5, but it can also be obtained from single character broadcasting, captain service using a telephone line, personal computer communication using a telephone line, or magnetic recording media such as floppy disks. It is also possible.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, desired television program information can be viewed on a television display, and program contents can be displayed, for example, by category, using only the same television program information database. Various display formats are possible, and by using program information, it is very convenient to make reservations for video tape recorders, and troublesome operations such as reservations can be made easily.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the program information display and control device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the arrangement of operation keys of a remote control transmitter, and FIG. A signal diagram showing the data format and data example of the information, Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation when selecting a special program schedule and an example of the display screen, and Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation and an example of the display screen when selecting the program schedule by channel. , FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the reservation table and an example of the display screen, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation related to program details and an example of the display screen, FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an example of the program display screen by category, and FIG. The figure is a flowchart showing an example of a time slot program display screen. 1... Tuner, 2... Intermediate frequency conversion circuit (VI
F input 3...video 1m circuit, 4...tuning circuit, 5...
. . . Memory card (database), 6 . . Memory card interface, 7 . . . Display control device t (display control means and system control means), 8 . ...Switching circuit, 11...Display, 12...Remote control transmitter.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A program search means for searching desired program information from a television broadcast program information database; a display control means for displaying the program information searched by the program search means on a television display; and a search by the program search means. A program information display and control device comprising system control means for controlling a television or television peripheral devices using program information obtained.