JP2004363930A - Television broadcast reception system, remote controller, and program information display method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a television broadcast reception system which makes it easy to use an electronic program table screen. <P>SOLUTION: The program information list screen generated on the basis of electronic program table information is projected and displayed on a projection object from a remote controller and detailed information on program information selected on the program information list screen with a cursor is displayed by a detailed information display means provided to the remote controller to display television video, the program information list screen, and detailed information at the same time without disturbing display of television video by a television broadcast receiving device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a television broadcast receiving system, a remote control device, and a program information display method, and is suitably applied to, for example, displaying an electronic program guide of a television broadcast.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventional television broadcasting has provided EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data that describes program information such as a program name, a broadcast time, and a program genre of a program to be broadcast. This EPG data is multiplexed and transmitted in a blanking section of a television broadcast wave, transmitted several times a day through a specific channel of digital satellite broadcast at a predetermined time, or supplied from a server on the Internet. And are provided using various methods.
[0003]
When the EPG data is provided by being multiplexed with the television broadcast wave, the television receiver extracts and accumulates the EPG data from the received television broadcast wave. Then, in response to a call operation of the user, the television receiver displays an electronic program guide screen (hereinafter, referred to as an EPG screen) for displaying a list of program information of each channel based on the accumulated EPG data. Has been done.
[0004]
However, in the conventional television receiver, since the above-described EPG screen is superimposed on the television broadcast video and displayed, there is a problem that the television broadcast video cannot be visually recognized by displaying the EPG screen.
[0005]
In order to solve such a problem, a display means such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) is provided in a remote control device of the television receiver, and EPG data is transferred from the television receiver to a remote controller. (See, for example, Patent Literature 1) by displaying an EPG screen on the display means, so that both the EPG screen and the television broadcast video can be visually recognized simultaneously.
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2003-32509 A
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in practice, the size of the display means that can be provided in the remote control device is limited, and therefore, when displaying the EPG screen on the display means, only a part of the EPG data can be displayed. However, there is a problem that the usability of the EPG screen is reduced.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and has as its object to propose a television broadcast receiving system, a remote control device, and a program information display method which are more convenient than conventional ones.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides a television broadcast receiving system including a television broadcast receiving device and a remote control device that remotely controls the television broadcast receiving device. Control means, electronic program guide information obtaining means for obtaining electronic program guide information on television broadcast supplied from predetermined electronic program guide providing means, and a plurality of programs based on the obtained electronic program guide information. List screen projection means for generating an information list screen for displaying a list of program information and projecting the information on a projection target, and detailed information display for displaying detailed information on the program information selected by a cursor displayed on the information list screen And means were provided on the remote control device.
[0010]
The information list screen generated based on the electronic program guide information is projected and displayed from the remote control device, and detailed information about the program information selected by the cursor on the information list screen is provided in the remote control device. The detailed information display means displays the television image, the information list screen, and the detailed information at the same time without disturbing the display of the television image by the television broadcast receiving apparatus. The usability of the screen can be improved.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0012]
(1) Overall Configuration of Television Apparatus FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a television apparatus 1 as a television broadcast receiving system to which the present invention is applied, and a television receiver 2 as a television broadcast receiving apparatus and the television set. And a remote control device (hereinafter, referred to as a remote control) 3 for remotely controlling the John receiver 2.
[0013]
The television-side control unit 4 of the television receiver 2 responds to a control signal D1 supplied from the operation unit 5 in response to an operation input by a user or a control signal D2 from the remote control 3 received via the wireless transmission / reception unit 6. Thus, the entire television receiver 2 is controlled.
[0014]
The broadcast receiving unit 7 receives a television broadcast wave transmitted from a broadcast station or a broadcast satellite via the reception antenna 10 and demodulates the received television broadcast wave under the control of the television-side control unit 4. Is displayed on the video display unit 8 composed of, for example, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) or an LCD (FIG. 2). At this time, the broadcast receiving unit 7 as the electronic program guide information extracting means extracts the EPG data D3 provided by the broadcasting station or the broadcast satellite as the electronic program guide information providing means, and supplies the same to the television control unit 4.
[0015]
The TV-side control unit 4 stores the EPG data D3 supplied from the broadcast receiving unit 7 in the memory 9. The TV-side control unit 4 reads the EPG data D3 from the memory 9 in response to the EPG data transmission request signal D4 from the remote control 3 received via the wireless transmission / reception unit 6, and Send to 3.
[0016]
The remote controller 3 of the remote controller 3 transmits a control signal D2 supplied from the operation unit 12 to the television receiver 2 via the wireless transmission / reception unit 13 in response to an operation input by the user. Thus, various operations such as selection of a reception channel of the television receiver 2 and power ON / OFF are remotely controlled.
[0017]
Further, the remote controller-side control unit 11 transmits the above-described EPG data transmission request signal D4 to the television receiver 2 via the wireless transmission / reception unit 13 in response to a pressing operation on the EPG data acquisition button 12A (FIG. Send. The remote control unit 11 receives the EPG data D3 transmitted by the television receiver 2 in response to the EPG data transmission request signal D4 via the wireless transmission / reception unit 13 as electronic program guide information acquisition means, and 14.
[0018]
Further, when the EPG display button 12B (FIG. 2) (not shown) of the operation unit 12 is pressed, the remote controller-side control unit 11 reads the EPG data D3 stored in the memory 14 in response thereto.
[0019]
Then, the remote controller-side control unit 11 generates EPG list display data D5 for displaying a list of program information for a plurality of channels based on the read EPG data D3, and inputs this to the projection display unit 16.
[0020]
The projection display unit 16 is, for example, a transmissive liquid crystal projector. In this case, a display image based on the input EPG list display data D5 is displayed on a built-in transmissive liquid crystal display (not shown). Display light obtained by illuminating the display from behind is enlarged and projected through an optical system (not shown) including a plurality of lenses.
[0021]
As a result, the projection display unit 16 as a list screen projection unit, as shown in FIG. 2, lists broadcast-scheduled programs of a plurality of channels on an arbitrary projection surface 102 such as a wall surface, a screen, or a desk directed by the user. An EPG list display screen 101 as an information list screen to be displayed is projected and displayed.
[0022]
FIG. 3 shows an example of the screen configuration of the EPG list display screen 101. The horizontal axis of the screen corresponds to each of the channels 103A to 103E of the television broadcast, and the vertical axis of the screen corresponds to the broadcast time. In addition, a plurality of program display frames 104 representing programs broadcast on the channels 102A to 102E are displayed at positions corresponding to the respective broadcast channels and broadcast times. In the program display frame 104, a program name is displayed.
[0023]
In addition to this, a cursor 105 for selecting a program is displayed on the EPG list display screen 100 so as to overlap one of the program display frames 104, and the cursor movement buttons 12C (FIG. 2) , The cursor 105 is moved to select a program display frame 104 corresponding to an arbitrary program (selection operation), and further, by pressing the enter button 12D, the selected program can be determined. (Decision operation). Further, when the cursor 105 is moved to the outside of the EPG list display screen 100 and further program information exists in the moving direction of the cursor 105, the remote controller-side control unit 11 moves the EPG list display screen 101 By scrolling in the moving direction, program information that is not currently displayed (for example, program information of CH6, CH7,..., Or program information of 11:00 to 12:00,...) Is newly displayed. I have.
[0024]
Then, in a state where the EPG list display screen 101 is projected and displayed, the remote controller-side control unit 11 of the remote controller 3 extracts, from the EPG data D3, detailed information on a program corresponding to the program display frame 104 selected by the cursor 105. EPG detailed display data D6 including detailed information of the selected program is generated and input to the display unit 15.
[0025]
The display unit 15 as detailed information display means is, for example, a liquid crystal display, and displays an EPG detailed display screen 106 shown in FIG. 4 based on the input EPG detailed display data D5. On the EPG detail display screen 106, detailed information such as a channel number 106A, a scheduled broadcast time 106B, a program name 106C, a program content 106D, a program performer 106E, and program genre information 106F for the selected program are displayed.
[0026]
In this manner, the remote controller-side control unit 11 projects and displays the EPG list display screen 101 for displaying a list of programs for a plurality of channels on an arbitrary projection surface 102, and at the same time, uses the cursor 105 on the EPG list display screen 101. The detailed information about the selected program is displayed on the display unit 15.
[0027]
Then, in response to a pressing operation (decision operation) on the decision button 12D, the remote controller-side control unit 11 selects the selected program (when the program is being broadcast) or reserves the selected program (when the program is not broadcast). ) Is generated, and transmitted to the television receiver 2 via the wireless transmission / reception unit 13.
[0028]
Further, when the EPG display button 12B is pressed again while the EPG list display screen 101 and the EPG details display screen 106 are displayed, the remote controller-side control unit 11 responds to the EPG list display screen 101 and the EPG details. The display on the display screen 106 ends.
[0029]
(2) EPG Display Processing Procedure Next, an EPG display processing procedure for the remote controller-side control unit 11 to display the EPG list display screen 101 and the EPG detail display screen 106 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. explain.
[0030]
The remote controller 3 of the remote controller 3 enters the start step of the EPG display processing procedure RT1 and moves to the next step SP1. In step SP1, the remote controller control unit 11 waits for a pressing operation on the EPG display button 12B, and upon detecting that the EPG display button 12B is pressed, proceeds to the next step SP2.
[0031]
In step SP2, the remote control controller 11 reads the EPG data D3 from the memory 14 and proceeds to the next step SP3. In step SP3, the remote controller-side control unit 11 projects the EPG list display screen 101 by generating and inputting the EPG list display data D5 to the projection display unit 16, and proceeds to the next step SP4.
[0032]
In step SP4, the remote controller-side control section 11 displays an EPG detail display screen 106 showing detailed information on the program selected by the cursor 105 on the EPG list display screen 100 on the display section 15, and proceeds to the next step SP5. .
[0033]
In step SP5, the remote controller-side control unit 11 determines whether or not a pressing operation has been performed on the cursor movement button 12C.
[0034]
If a pressing operation on the cursor movement button 12C is detected in step SP5, the remote controller control unit 11 proceeds to step SP6, moves and displays the cursor 105 according to the pressing operation, returns to step SP4, and newly selects the cursor 105 with the cursor 105. An EPG details display screen 106 for the selected program is displayed on the display unit 15. On the other hand, when the pressing operation on the cursor movement button 12C is not detected in step SP5, the remote controller-side control unit 11 proceeds to step SP7.
[0035]
In step SP7, the remote controller-side control unit 11 determines whether or not a pressing operation has been performed on the determination button 12D.
[0036]
When the pressing operation on the determination button 12D is not detected in step SP7, the remote controller-side control unit 11 proceeds to step SP9. On the other hand, if a pressing operation on the determination button 12D is detected in step SP7, the remote controller-side control unit 11 proceeds to step SP8, and performs control for selecting or reserving a program selected by the cursor 105. The signal D2 is transmitted to the television receiver 2, and the routine goes to the next step SP9.
[0037]
In step SP9, the remote controller-side control unit 11 determines again whether or not there is a pressing operation on the EPG display button 12B.
[0038]
If a press operation on the EPG display button 12B is not detected in step SP9, the remote controller control unit 11 returns to step SP5 and repeats steps SP5 to SP9 again. On the other hand, when the pressing operation on the EPG display button 12B is detected in step SP9, the remote controller-side control unit 11 proceeds to the next step SP10 and ends the display of the EPG list display screen 101 and the EPG detailed display screen 106. Then, the process returns to step SP1, and waits again for the pressing operation on the EPG display button 12B.
[0039]
(3) Operation and Effect In the configuration described above, the remote controller side controller 11 of the remote controller 3 stores the EPG data D3 received from the television receiver 2 in the memory 14.
[0040]
Then, in response to a pressing operation on the EPG display button 12B, the remote controller-side control unit 11 projects an EPG list display screen 101 generated based on the accumulated EPG data D3 on a projection surface 102 such as a wall, and displays the EPG list screen. An EPG detail display screen 106 showing detailed information of the program selected by the cursor 105 on the display screen 101 is displayed on the display unit 15.
[0041]
For this reason, the television apparatus 1 can display the EPG list display screen 101 and the EPG detailed display screen 106 without hindering the display of the television image 100 on the television receiver 2, whereby the user can display the television image 100. , And various program information can be acquired through the EPG list display screen 101.
[0042]
Further, the television device 1 displays the EPG list display screen 101 on a large screen by projecting and displaying the EPG list display screen 101 via the projection display unit 16 as compared with the case where the EPG list display screen 101 is displayed on the display unit 15 of the remote controller. As a result, much more information can be displayed on the EPG list display screen 101.
[0043]
Further, the television apparatus 1 displays the EPG list display screen 101 of the program selected on the projected and displayed EPG list display screen 101 on the display unit 15 of the remote controller 3 while displaying the EPG list display screen 101. Thus, the user can be surely notified of the detailed information on the selected program via the display unit 15 of the remote controller 3 at hand.
[0044]
In the television device 1, the remote controller 3 acquires the EPG data D 3 from the television receiver 2, and the remote controller 3 displays the EPG list display screen 101 and the EPG detailed display screen 106 so that the television receiver 2 Even when the power is not turned on, the user can easily perform operations such as confirmation of various program information and reservation of channel selection through the EPG list display screen 101 and the EPG detailed display screen 106.
[0045]
According to the above configuration, the EPG data D3 is transferred from the television receiver 2 to the remote controller 3, and the remote controller 3 projects and displays the EPG list display screen 101 based on the EPG data D3. By displaying the EPG details display screen 106 for the program selected by the cursor 105 on the display unit 15 of the remote controller 3, the television image 100, the EPG list display screen 101, and the EPG details display screen 106 Can be displayed at the same time, and the usability of the EPG screen in the television device 1 can be significantly improved.
[0046]
(4) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiment, the EPG data D3 is transferred from the television receiver 2 to the remote controller 3 via wireless communication. However, the present invention is not limited to this. , Or a memory card interface for inserting a memory card is provided in the television receiver 2 and the remote controller 3, and the EPG data D3 is transferred via the memory card. You may make it.
[0047]
In the above-described embodiment, the remote controller-side control unit 11 acquires the EPG data D3 from the television receiver 2 in response to the pressing operation of the remote controller 3 on the EPG data acquisition button 12A. The EPG data D3 is automatically acquired every time the television receiver 2 acquires the EPG data D3 from the television receiver 2 or the new EPG data D3 when the power of the remote controller 3 is turned on. May be transmitted to the remote controller 3 at various timings.
[0048]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the transmission type liquid crystal projector is used as the projection display unit 16 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various types such as a reflection type liquid crystal projector and a DMD (Digital Mirror Device) are used. The projection display device can be applied to the projection display unit 16.
[0049]
In the above-described embodiment, the EPG data D3 is transferred from the television receiver 2 to the remote controller 3. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the EPG data may be directly obtained from an electronic program guide providing means such as a broadcasting station or a site that provides EPG data on the Internet.
[0050]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the remote controller 3 displays the electronic program guide via the projection display unit 16 as the list screen projection unit and the display unit 15 as the detailed information display unit. Not limited to this, other various display screens may be displayed via the projection display unit 16 and the display unit 15.
[0051]
For example, in a remote controller of an electronic device having a complicated function such as a television broadcast receiver, a function menu screen for performing operations and settings of the electronic device is projected and displayed via a projection display unit, and the function menu is displayed. By displaying detailed information on operations and settings corresponding to the menu items selected on the screen on the display unit provided on the remote controller, the user does not need to refer to the instruction manual of the electronic device, and Operability can be remarkably improved.
[0052]
Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the present invention is applied to the television receiver 2 as a television broadcast receiving device. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and satellite broadcast tuners, set-top boxes, etc. However, the present invention can be applied to a television broadcast receiving apparatus having no video display unit.
[0053]
A television broadcast receiving apparatus without such a video display unit demodulates a received television broadcast to generate a television video signal, and outputs the television video signal as an output signal to a monitor or a video tape recorder. . In a conventional television broadcast receiver having no video display unit, the EPG screen is superimposed on the television video and output. Therefore, the EPG screen is displayed when the television video is recorded by the connected video tape recorder. When displayed, there is a problem that the EPG screen is recorded.
[0054]
On the other hand, when the present invention is applied to a television broadcast receiving apparatus having no such image display unit, the remote control itself displays the EPG screen, so that the EPG screen is prevented from being superimposed on the television image. Thus, the recording of the EPG screen can be prevented.
[0055]
Further, the present invention can be applied to various television broadcast recorders such as a television receiver with a recording function and a hard disk recorder. In this case, in addition to the above-mentioned channel selection and channel selection reservation, a television broadcast recording reservation is performed on the EPG list display screen 101 and the EPG detail display screen 10, so that the power of the television broadcast recording apparatus main body is turned on. Even in the absence state, the user can easily perform the recording reservation operation and the confirmation of the recording reservation contents (reservation time and channel, program contents of the reserved program, outline, etc.) via the EPG list display screen 101 and the EPG details display screen 106. Can be made.
[0056]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a program information list screen generated based on electronic program guide information is projected and displayed from a remote control device, and details of program information selected by a cursor on the program information list screen are displayed. By displaying the information on the detailed information display means provided in the remote control device, the television image, the program information list screen and the detailed information can be displayed without hindering the television broadcast display device from displaying the television image. Information can be displayed at the same time to improve usability.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a television device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a display state of an EPG screen.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of an EPG list display screen.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of an EPG detail display screen.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an EPG screen display processing procedure.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Television apparatus, 2 ... Television receiver, 3 ... Remote control, 4 ... TV side control part, 5 ... Operation part, 6 ... Wireless transmission / reception part, 7 ... Broadcast reception part, 8 ... ... Video display unit, 9 ... Memory, 10 ... Reception antenna, 11 ... Remote control unit, 12 ... Operation unit, 13 ... Wireless transmission / reception unit, 14 ... Memory, 15 ... Display unit, 16 ... ... Projection display unit.

Claims (6)

A television broadcast receiving system comprising a television broadcast receiving device and a remote control device for remotely controlling the television broadcast receiving device,
The remote control device,
Remote control means for remotely controlling the television broadcast receiving device,
Electronic program guide information acquiring means for acquiring electronic program guide information about television broadcasts supplied from predetermined electronic program guide providing means,
A list screen projection unit that generates an information list screen for displaying a list of program information for each of the plurality of programs based on the acquired electronic program guide information, and projects the list on a projection target;
A television broadcast receiving system, comprising: detailed information display means for displaying detailed information on the program information selected by a cursor displayed on the information list screen. The television broadcast receiving device acquires the electronic program guide information from the electronic program guide providing means,
The television broadcast receiving system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic program guide information acquiring means acquires the electronic program guide information acquired by the television broadcast receiving device from the television broadcast receiving device. A remote control device for remotely controlling an electronic device,
Remote control means for remotely controlling the electronic device;
List screen projection means for generating an information list screen for displaying a list of information related to the control of the electronic device and projecting the information on a projection target;
And a detailed information display means for displaying detailed information on the control information selected by a cursor displayed on the information list screen. The electronic device is a television broadcast receiving device,
The remote control device includes electronic program guide information acquiring means for acquiring electronic program guide information on television broadcast supplied from predetermined electronic program guide providing means,
The list screen projecting means, based on the acquired electronic program guide information, generates the information list screen for displaying a list of program information for each of a plurality of programs, and projects the information list screen on the projection target,
4. The remote control device according to claim 3, wherein the detailed information display means displays detailed information on the program information selected by the cursor displayed on the information list screen. 5. The remote control device according to claim 4, wherein the electronic program guide information obtaining means obtains the electronic program guide information obtained by the television broadcast receiving device from the television broadcast receiving device. Based on the electronic program guide information acquired from the predetermined electronic program guide providing means, a program information list screen for displaying a list of program information for each of the plurality of programs is generated,
Project the program information list screen to the projection target,
A program information display method, wherein detailed information about the program information selected by a cursor displayed on the program information list screen is displayed on predetermined detailed information display means.

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