JP4352291B2 - Display control apparatus and display method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a table示制control device及beauty Table How to Display, for example be suitably applied to a receiver for displaying an image corresponding to the broadcast wave by coming receives a broadcast wave transmitted from a broadcasting station on the monitor is there.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a broadcasting station that provides a broadcasting service by analog terrestrial broadcasting has been assigned a usable frequency band in advance, and uses the allocated frequency band to transmit its own program data. Yes. The receiver installed in the viewer's home (hereinafter referred to as IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder)) is the program data sent from each broadcast station according to the channel selection operation performed by the viewer. Program data of a desired broadcast station is selected, and the program data of the selected broadcast station is decoded and displayed on an external monitor.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in the analog terrestrial broadcasting system, each of the so-called electronic program guide information (hereinafter referred to as EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data) is used for the purpose of notifying the viewer of a program provided from each broadcasting station. It has been proposed to regularly distribute data indicating the contents of a program from a specific broadcasting station. The EPG data includes information such as a program title, broadcast date / time, broadcast channel, and description of the program, and is used as a judgment material when a program to be viewed by a viewer is determined.
[0004]
In this case, the IRD receives EPG data periodically transmitted from a broadcasting station that transmits EPG data, stores the EPG data in a memory, and reads out the EPG data from the memory in accordance with a viewer's display operation. Display on an external monitor. Thereby, the viewer can determine the program to view by viewing the EPG data displayed on the monitor.
[0005]
By the way, the EPG data includes information on a huge number of programs, but since the display screen of the monitor that displays the EPG data is limited, the IRD is a part of the huge number of programs. Only information can be displayed on the monitor display screen. Therefore, the viewer needs to perform a scroll operation for searching for a desired program from a huge number of programs, and there is a problem that the operation is inevitably complicated.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the above, it is intended to propose a table示制control device及beauty Table How to Display time that give reduced when searching for programs.
[0007]
In order to solve such a problem, the present invention is a display control device for displaying on a display screen a program timetable in which time frames indicating time zones assigned to a plurality of programs are arranged for each channel along a time axis. Control means and category classification means for assigning colors or marks respectively assigned to a plurality of categories belonging to a program to corresponding time frames . The display control means displays an image or logotype indicating a program to be recommended in a region different from the program timetable on the display screen, and when a time frame is selected, the selected time frame and the time frame are displayed. Highlight the corresponding program image or logotype. When an image or logotype is selected, the selected image or logotype and a time frame corresponding to the program indicated by the image or logotype are highlighted.
Further, the present invention is a display method, a program timetable display step for displaying a program timetable in which time frames indicating time zones assigned to a plurality of programs are arranged for each channel along a time axis on a display screen; A category classification step is performed in which colors or marks respectively assigned to a plurality of categories belonging to a program are assigned to corresponding time frames. In the display control step, an image or logotype indicating a recommended program is displayed in an area different from the program timetable on the display screen, and when a time frame is selected, the selected time frame and the time frame are displayed. Highlight the corresponding program image or logotype. When an image or logotype is selected, the selected image or logotype and a time frame corresponding to the program indicated by the image or logotype are highlighted.
Thus, in the present invention, the viewer can easily select a program without performing a scroll operation while grasping the broadcast time of the program.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0009]
(1) Configuration of Analog Terrestrial Broadcasting System In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes the overall configuration of an analog terrestrial broadcasting system. Transmitters 2A to 2N installed in each broadcasting station include program video signals and audio signals. Are transmitted via the transmission antennas 3A to 3N, respectively. The relay device 4 relays broadcast waves transmitted from the transmission devices 2A to 2N, respectively, and distributes them to a receiver (hereinafter referred to as an IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder)) 5 installed in each viewer's house. To do.
[0010]
The IRD 5 serving as an information display device receives broadcast waves distributed from a plurality of broadcast stations by a receiving antenna 6 and responds to a channel selection operation performed by a viewer (user) via a remote commander 7 as input means. The program data of the designated broadcast station is selected from the received program data of the plurality of broadcast stations, and the program data of the selected broadcast station is demodulated and output to the monitor 8 as display means for display. .
[0011]
(2) Configuration of IRD As shown in FIG. 2, the IRD 5 receives the command signal S1 transmitted from the remote commander 7 (FIG. 1) superimposed on the infrared rays at the remote commander receiving unit 10, and receives the command signal S1. After being converted into an electrical signal and generating a command signal S2, it is sent to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11.
[0012]
The CPU 11 reads out a control program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12 as necessary, transfers the read control program to a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13 as a storage unit, and develops it. The CPU 11 controls each circuit of the IRD 5 by reading and executing the control program developed in the RAM 13.
[0013]
When the CPU 11 analyzes the command signal S2 sent from the remote commander receiving unit 10 and, as a result, determines that the viewer has performed a channel selection operation in the remote commander 7 (FIG. 1), the CPU 11 performs the channel selection operation. A corresponding channel selection signal S3 is generated and sent to the tuner 15.
[0014]
The tuner 15 extracts a broadcast wave of a channel (broadcast station) corresponding to the channel selection signal S3 from broadcast waves received by the receiving antenna 6 (FIG. 1), and demodulates the broadcast wave of the extracted channel. The audio signal S5 and the video signal S6 are generated, and the audio signal S5 is sent to the audio processing unit 16 while the video signal S6 is sent to the video processing unit 17.
[0015]
The audio processing unit 16 converts the audio signal S5 from analog to digital, and then compresses and encodes the audio signal S5 using an encoding method based on the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) standard. To the audio decoder 19. The video processing unit 17 converts the video signal S6 from analog to digital, and then compresses and encodes the video signal S6 by an encoding method based on the MPEG standard. Send it out.
[0016]
The audio decoder 19 decompresses and decodes the audio encoded data S7 and sends the audio data S9 obtained as a result to the digital analog (D / A) conversion circuit 21. The D / A conversion circuit 21 restores the audio signal S10 before being input to the audio processing unit 16 by digital-analog conversion of the audio data S9, and outputs this to the monitor 8 (FIG. 1).
[0017]
The video decoder 20 decompresses and decodes the encoded video data S8, and sends the resulting video data S11 to the RGB encoder 22. The RGB encoder 22 generates a video signal S12 by converting the video data S11 into a NTSC (National Television System Committee) luminance signal and color difference signal and digital-analog conversion, and sends this to the monitor 8 (FIG. 1). To do.
[0018]
Thus, the video of the program selected by the viewer is displayed on the display screen 8A of the monitor 8 (FIG. 1), and the audio of the program selected by the viewer is output from the speaker of the monitor 8.
[0019]
By the way, in the analog terrestrial broadcasting system 1, it is called electronic program guide information (hereinafter referred to as EPG (Electronic Program Guide) data) for the purpose of notifying the viewer of programs provided from each broadcasting station. Program explanation data is regularly distributed from a specific broadcasting station.
[0020]
This EPG data is generated for each program. As shown in FIG. 3, the program ID (IDentification) unique to the program, the broadcast station number of the transmission source, the broadcast station name of the transmission source, the start time of the program, It consists of information such as the program length (or end time), the program title, the program subtitle that complements the program title, the program description, and the genre of the program. ing. Incidentally, the program ID, broadcast station number, and genre are represented by code data, the broadcast station name, program title, program subtitle, and program description are represented by text data, and the start time and length are represented by time data.
[0021]
The transmitter 2 installed in a specific broadcasting station, for example, superimposes EPG data for one week on a vertical blanking interval (VBI) of a video signal, for example, a time zone such as midnight or early morning Send regularly every day using.
[0022]
In this case, the tuner 15 of the IRD 5 extracts the broadcast wave of the channel on which the EPG data is superimposed from the broadcast waves received by the receiving antenna 6 (FIG. 1), and demodulates the broadcast wave of the extracted channel. Generates a video signal S15 and sends it to the VBI slicer 25.
[0023]
The VBI slicer 25 extracts the EPG data S16 from the video signal S15, transfers it to the RAM 13 via the bus BUS, and stores it. In this way, the IRD 5 updates the EPG data S16 stored in the RAM 13 every day, and always stores the latest EPG data S16 in the RAM 13.
[0024]
In this state, when the viewer performs an operation for displaying the EPG screen on the remote commander 7 (FIG. 1), the remote commander 7 transmits a command signal S1 for displaying the EPG screen to the remote commander receiving unit 10. . The remote commander receiving unit 10 converts the command signal S1 into a command signal S2 made up of an electrical signal and sends it to the CPU 11.
[0025]
When the CPU 11 detects that the command signal S2 has been supplied, it performs graphic processing on the EPG data S16 on the RAM 13 based on dictionary data such as characters and symbols stored in the ROM 12, thereby providing EPG screen data S17. Is transmitted to the graphic engine 26 via the bus BUS.
[0026]
The graphic engine 26 converts the EPG screen data S17 into an NTSC luminance signal and a color difference signal and performs digital / analog conversion to generate an EPG image signal S18 and sends it to the RGB encoder 22. The RGB encoder 22 mixes the video signal S12 and the EPG image signal S18 and outputs them to the monitor 8 (FIG. 1), and displays an EPG screen corresponding to the EPG image signal S18 on the display screen 8A of the monitor 8.
[0027]
By the way, when the viewer performs an operation for recording video and audio of a program in the remote commander 7 (FIG. 1), the remote commander 7 transmits a command signal S1 for performing a recording operation to the remote commander receiving unit 10. . The remote commander receiving unit 10 converts the command signal S1 into a command signal S2 made up of an electrical signal and sends it to the CPU 11.
[0028]
When detecting that the command signal S2 is supplied, the CPU 11 controls the operation of each circuit via the bus BUS, thereby recording the video and audio of the program designated by the remote commander 7 (FIG. 1). It is made like that. At this time, the multiplexing / demultiplexing unit 18 multiplexes the audio encoded data S7 obtained through the tuner 15 and the audio processing unit 16 in sequence and the video encoded data S8 obtained through the tuner 15 and the video processing unit 17 in sequence. To generate multiplexed data S20, which is transferred to the recording medium unit 30 and recorded on a built-in recording medium (not shown).
[0029]
At this time, if the CPU 11 determines that the recording of the program designated by the viewer has been completed, a list of program titles recorded in the recording media unit 30 based on the EPG data S16 stored in the RAM 13 in advance. The recorded title list data S 21 is generated and stored in the flash memory 31. The CPU 11 always stores the latest recorded title list data S21 in the flash memory 31 by updating the recorded title list data S21 each time a new program is recorded on the recording medium unit 30.
[0030]
In this state, when the viewer performs an operation for displaying the recorded title list screen on the remote commander 7 (FIG. 1), the remote commander 7 sends a command signal S1 for displaying the recorded title list screen to the remote commander receiving unit. 10 to send. The remote commander receiving unit 10 converts the command signal S1 into a command signal S2 made up of an electrical signal and sends it to the CPU 11.
[0031]
When the CPU 11 detects that the command signal S2 has been supplied, it transfers the recorded title list data S21 to the RAM 13, and the recorded title list data S21 on the RAM 13 based on dictionary data such as characters and symbols stored in the ROM 12. Is subjected to graphic processing to generate recorded title list screen data S22, which is sent to the graphic engine 26 via the bus BUS.
[0032]
The graphic engine 26 converts the recording title list screen data S22 into NTSC luminance signals and color difference signals and performs digital / analog conversion to generate a recording title list image signal S23 and sends it to the RGB encoder 22. The RGB encoder 22 mixes the video signal S12 and the recording title list image signal S23 and outputs them to the monitor 8 (FIG. 1), and displays the recording title list screen corresponding to the recording title list image signal S23 on the display screen of the monitor 8 Display on 8A.
[0033]
Here, when the viewer performs an operation for reproducing video and audio of a desired program on the remote commander 7 (FIG. 1) while viewing the recorded title list screen displayed on the display screen 8A of the monitor 8. The remote commander 7 transmits a command signal S1 for performing a reproduction operation to the remote commander receiving unit 10. The remote commander receiving unit 10 converts the command signal S1 into a command signal S2 made up of an electrical signal and sends it to the CPU 11.
[0034]
When the CPU 11 detects that the command signal S2 is supplied, it controls the operation of each circuit via the bus BUS, thereby reproducing the video and audio of the program designated by the remote commander 7 (FIG. 1). It is made like that. In other words, the recording medium unit 30 reads out the multiplexed data S25 of the designated program from among the multiplexed data of a plurality of programs recorded on a built-in recording medium (not shown), and this is read out from the multiplexing / separating unit 18 To send.
[0035]
The multiplexing / separating unit 18 separates the multiplexed data S25 into audio encoded data S26 and video encoded data S27, of which the audio encoded data S26 is sequentially passed through the audio decoder 19 and the D / A conversion circuit 21. The audio signal S28 is generated and output to the monitor 8 (FIG. 1), and the video encoded data S27 is sequentially generated through the video decoder 20 and the RGB encoder 22 to generate the video signal S29, which is sent to the monitor 8. To do.
[0036]
Note that a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) 35 stores a program logo of a standard program and a face photo icon made up of a representative photograph of a representative performer of the standard program. When set to, the CD-ROM decoder 36 reads the program logo and face photo icon data from the CD-ROM 35 as program association data S35 associated with the program, and transfers this to the flash memory 31 via the CPU 11. And store.
[0037]
(3) Specific contents of EPG data according to this embodiment In the case of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, EPG data S16 is a program ID of a program selected as a recommended program on the broadcasting station side. Recommended program data in groups, program basic data that shows the basic contents of each program provided by the broadcasting station for each program, and program details that show the detailed contents of each program for each program The basic program data and the detailed program data exist as many as the programs provided from the broadcasting station.
[0038]
The program basic data includes a program ID unique to the program, a reference ID for searching program detailed data corresponding to the program basic data, a program broadcast date, a start time, a broadcast time, a broadcast station name, a program name, and a program content. Is composed of data such as a program image and a program category name. On the other hand, the detailed program data includes a reference ID for associating with the basic program data, a synopsis of the program, a performer name, and a commercial (CM) name.
[0039]
(4) EPG screen display processing procedure and program selection processing procedure When the viewer operates an EPG screen display key (not shown) on the remote commander 7 (FIG. 1), the CPU 11 of the IRD 5 recommends that shown in FIG. The program screen display processing procedure RT1 and the category classification screen display processing procedure RT2 shown in FIG. 6 are executed in parallel.
[0040]
That is, in FIG. 5, when entering the recommended program screen display processing procedure RT1, the CPU 11 detects that the display operation of the EPG screen has been performed in step SP1, moves to the next step SP2, and reads the recommended program data from the RAM 13. Then, the CPU 11 operates as a search means, determines each program ID included in the recommended program data as a search key, and assigns each program ID from the enormous number of program basic data stored in the RAM 13. Search corresponding program basic data sequentially.
[0041]
In the subsequent step SP3, the CPU 11 reads out program images from each searched program basic data, and generates recommended program screen data on the RAM 13 based on the read out program images. Then, the CPU 11 operates as display element display means, and outputs the recommended program screen data to the monitor 8 through the graphic engine 26 and the RGB encoder 22 in sequence, thereby making the content of the recommended program as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display screen 8 </ b> A of the monitor 8. Then, the CPU 11 ends the processing procedure RT1 in step SP4.
[0042]
Similarly, in FIG. 6, when entering the category classification screen display processing procedure RT2, the CPU 11 detects that the display operation of the EPG screen has been performed in step SP10, and proceeds to the subsequent step SP11 to transfer program basic data of each program from the RAM 13. And the program basic data of each program is rearranged based on the broadcast station name and start time included in the program basic data.
[0043]
In subsequent step SP12, the CPU 11 sequentially reads out the category name from the program basic data of each rearranged program, and selects the color corresponding to the read category name with the channel name as the vertical axis and the broadcast time as the horizontal axis. The category classification screen data is displayed on the RAM 13 by being applied to the program table.
[0044]
Then, the CPU 11 operates as category identification element display means, and outputs the category classification screen data to the monitor 8 via the graphic engine 26 and the RGB encoder 22 in order, as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display screen 8 A of the monitor 8. Then, the CPU 11 moves to step SP13 and ends the processing procedure.
[0045]
As described above, when the display operation of the EPG screen is performed, the CPU 11 displays a category classification screen 51 in which the recommended program screen 50 including the program images of the recommended program and the display area of each program in the program guide are color-coded by category. Simultaneously displayed on the display screen 8A of the monitor 8.
[0046]
In this state, when the viewer performs an operation for selecting a desired program from the programs displayed on the recommended program screen 50 or the category classification screen 51, the CPU 11 performs a program selection processing procedure RT3 shown in FIG. Execute. That is, in FIG. 8, when entering the program selection processing procedure RT3, the CPU 11 moves to step SP20, detects that a program selection operation has been performed, and acquires the program ID of the selected program.
[0047]
Then, the CPU 11 searches the program basic data stored in the RAM 13 for the program basic data of the program to which the acquired program ID is allocated, and subsequently searches for the reference ID included in the searched program basic data. Based on the program detail data stored in the RAM 13, the program detail data corresponding to the retrieved program basic data is retrieved. Next, the CPU 11 generates program content screen data for explaining the content of the selected program on the RAM 13 based on the searched program basic data and program detailed data.
[0048]
Then, in the following step SP22, the CPU 11 outputs the program content screen data to the monitor 8 through the graphic engine 26 and the RGB encoder 22 sequentially as shown in FIG. 9, and as shown in FIG. 9, the selected program is displayed. Is displayed on the display screen 8 </ b> A of the monitor 8.
[0049]
At the same time, the CPU 11 operates as a display control unit, and as shown in FIG. 9, the display frame of the selected program is changed to a thick frame on each of the recommended program screen 50 and the category classification screen 51, for example. The fact that the program has been selected is displayed by highlighting the display frame. Then, the CPU 11 moves to step SP23 and ends the processing procedure.
[0050]
(5) Operation and Effect of Embodiment In the above configuration, when the viewer performs the display operation of the EPG screen, the CPU 11 selects a large number of programs based on the recommended program data stored in the RAM 13. The recommended program selected on the broadcasting station side is searched for, and the program image of the searched recommended program is displayed on the display screen 8A as the recommended program screen 50, and the display area of each program in the program table is displayed. A category classification screen 51 displayed in a color corresponding to the category of the program is generated and displayed on the display screen 8A.
[0051]
In this state, when the viewer performs an operation for selecting a desired program from the programs displayed on the recommended program screen 50 or the category classification screen 51, the CPU 11 stores the program basics stored in the RAM 13. The basic program data and the detailed program data corresponding to the selected program are retrieved from the data and the detailed program data.
[0052]
The CPU 11 generates a program content screen 52 for explaining the content of the selected program based on the searched program basic data and program detailed data, displays this on the monitor 8A, and recommends the recommended program screen 50. And the display area of the selected program is highlighted on each of the category classification screens 51.
[0053]
Thus, the viewer can easily select a program without performing a scroll operation for searching for a desired program from a large number of programs, and easily locate the selected program in the entire EPG data. Can grasp. In this way, viewers can simultaneously search for programs that are currently being broadcast in addition to the selected program, and plan viewing plans from programs that will be broadcast in the future, further improving operability compared to conventional programs. Can do.
[0054]
According to the above configuration, when the EPG screen is displayed on the display screen 8A of the monitor 8, the recommended program is searched from the EPG data S16, and the program image of each searched program is used as the recommended program screen 50. In addition to displaying on the display screen 8A, a category classification screen 51 in which the display area of each program in the program table is displayed in a color corresponding to the category of the program is displayed on the display screen 8A. Alternatively, when a desired program is selected from the programs displayed on the category classification screen 51, the display area of the selected program is highlighted on each of the recommended program screen 50 and the category classification screen 51, thereby allowing viewing. A person can easily select a program without performing a scroll operation, and easily grasps the position of the selected program in the entire EPG data. Bets can be, further can reduce the labor in selecting a program Te thus.
[0055]
In the above-described embodiment, when the viewer performs an EPG screen display operation, a recommended program selected on the broadcast station side from a huge number of programs based on the recommended program data is searched. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a desired program is searched from a large number of programs based on various other search key information such as a viewer's viewing history and recording / playback history. You may do it.
[0056]
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the program image of the searched program is displayed on the display screen 8A as the recommended program screen 50 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the program name is designed. Various other display elements reminiscent of the contents of the program, such as a program logo, may be displayed.
[0057]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the category classification screen 51 in which the display area of each program in the program table is displayed in a color corresponding to the category of the program is displayed on the display screen 8A has been described. Not limited to this, a category classification screen may be displayed in which various other category identification elements such as special symbols corresponding to the category of the program are displayed in the display area of each program in the program guide. good.
[0058]
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention displays information received by the IRD 5 of the analog terrestrial broadcasting system 1 is described. The present invention can be widely applied when displaying sent information.
[0059]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a display element associated with the contents of a predetermined program is displayed on the display screen, and the category of the program arranged on the time axis according to the broadcast time of the program on the display screen. By displaying the identification element and associating the display element and the category identification element displayed on the time axis on the display screen, the viewer can easily view the program without scrolling while grasping the broadcast time of the program. Thus, it is possible to further reduce the trouble in selecting a program.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an analog terrestrial broadcasting system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information display device according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the contents of EPG data.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing specific contents of EPG data according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a recommended program screen display processing procedure;
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a category classification screen display processing procedure.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a display example of an EPG screen.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a program selection processing procedure.
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a display example of an EPG screen.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Analog terrestrial broadcasting system, 2 ... Transmitter, 4 ... Relay device, 5 ... IRD, 7 ... Remote commander, 8 ... Monitor, 8A ... Display screen, 10 ... Remote commander receiver , 11... CPU, 12... ROM, 13... RAM, 15... Tuner, 16... Audio processor, 17 .. video processor, 18 .. multiplex / separator, 19. ...... Video decoder, 21 ... D / A conversion circuit, 22 ... RGB encoder, 25 ... VBI slicer, 30 ... recording media section, 31 ... flash memory.

Claims (6)

Display control means for displaying on a display screen a program timetable in which time frames indicating time zones assigned to a plurality of programs are arranged for each channel along a time axis;
Category classification means for assigning colors or marks respectively assigned to a plurality of categories belonging to the program to the corresponding time frame ;
The display control means includes
An image or a logotype indicating a program to be recommended is displayed in an area different from the program timetable in the display screen,
If the time period of the program time in the table is selected, highlighting the selected time frame, and the image or logotype of a program corresponding to said time frame, the table示制control device. Display control means for displaying on a display screen a program timetable in which time frames indicating time zones assigned to a plurality of programs are arranged for each channel along a time axis;
Category classification means for assigning colors or marks respectively assigned to a plurality of categories belonging to the program to the corresponding time frame ;
The display control means includes
An image or a logotype indicating a program to be recommended is displayed in an area different from the program timetable in the display screen,
If the image or logotype is selected, the selected image or logotype, highlights and the time frame corresponding to the program indicated by the image or logotype, Table示制control device. The display control means includes
The display control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the time frame is selected, an explanation for the program in the selected time frame is displayed in an area different from the program time table in the display screen. A program timetable display step for displaying on a display screen a program timetable in which time frames indicating time slots assigned to a plurality of programs are arranged for each channel along a time axis;
The color or marks assigned to a plurality of categories which belong to the program, possess a category classification step of subjecting the corresponding said time frame,
In the display control step,
An image or logotype indicating a program to be recommended is displayed in an area different from the program timetable on the display screen,
If the time period of the program time in the table is selected, highlighting the selected time frame, and the image or logotype of a program corresponding to said time frame, the table How to Display. A program timetable display step for displaying on a display screen a program timetable in which time frames indicating time slots assigned to a plurality of programs are arranged for each channel along a time axis;
The color or marks assigned to a plurality of categories which belong to the program, possess a category classification step of subjecting the corresponding said time frame,
In the display control step,
An image or logotype indicating a program to be recommended is displayed in an area different from the program timetable on the display screen,
When said image or logotype is selected, highlighting the selected image or logotype, and the time frame corresponding to the program indicated by the image or logotype, Table How to Display. The display method according to claim 4 , wherein, when the time frame is selected, an explanation for the program in the selected time frame is displayed in an area different from the program time table in the display screen.

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