JP4402031B2 - Recording apparatus, recording apparatus control method, recording apparatus control program, and computer-readable recording medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus that simultaneously records a plurality of contents, a recording apparatus control method, a recording apparatus control program, and a computer-readable recording medium.

  In recent years, HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) and DVDs (Digital Versatile Disks) have a large recording capacity in place of conventional video tapes as recording media for recording digital broadcast signals such as CS broadcasts and BS broadcasts (hereinafter referred to as video recording). Recording / playback apparatuses (recording / playback apparatuses) using optical disks such as BD (Blu-Ray Disk) are provided. Among such recording / reproducing apparatuses, commercialization of recording / reproducing apparatuses capable of simultaneously recording a plurality of contents using a plurality of tuners (tuners) on a recording medium is in progress.

  In addition, there exists the following patent document 1 as a prior art document relevant to this invention.

Patent Document 1 describes a disk recording / playback apparatus equipped with functions such as simultaneous recording / playback and simultaneous recording.
JP 2003-224813 A (publication date: August 8, 2003)

  Here, in the conventional recording / playback apparatus, in the simultaneous recording of a plurality of contents, the recorders are divided in parallel, such as recorder 1, recorder 2,..., But actually implemented functions are different. There are many. Therefore, it is not easy for a user other than the user who is recording to immediately determine which program is recorded by which recorder.

  Further, in the conventional recording / playback apparatus, during the simultaneous recording of a plurality of contents, the operation for recording the back program is performed during the recording of the content (broadcast program) that is not output to an external monitor such as a television, so-called back program. To do this, it is first necessary to switch from the recorder 1 that is recording the content being output to the monitor to the recorder 2 that is recording the back program. For example, in order to stop the recording of the back program, first, the recording is switched to the recorder that is recording the back program, the recording stop button is pressed, and the operation is switched again to the output recorder. Therefore, the conventional recording / playback apparatus is wasteful in operation. In addition, due to such an operation, the back program is displayed on the monitor during the operation for recording the back program, so the user must temporarily stop viewing the content that was originally viewed.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to realize a recording apparatus that can easily display to a user a recording status of content that has not been externally output.

  In order to solve the above problems, a recording apparatus according to the present invention acquires a plurality of contents, can simultaneously record the acquired plurality of contents, and outputs the acquired one or more contents externally Status information acquisition means for acquiring the recording status information of the content not externally output, and the recording status display for displaying the acquired recording status information together with information indicating the recording status information of the content not externally output And a control means.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the recording apparatus control method according to the present invention can acquire a plurality of contents, record the acquired plurality of contents at the same time, and acquire the acquired one or more contents. In the control method of the recording apparatus for external output, a status information acquisition step for acquiring recording status information of content that is not externally output, and the acquired recording status information is recording status information of content that is not externally output And a recording status display control step for displaying the information together with the information to be displayed.

  According to the configuration and the method described above, the recording status information of content that is not output externally is displayed together with information indicating that it is recording status information of content that is not externally output. Therefore, according to the above configuration and the above method, the user can confirm the recording status of content that is not externally output to a monitor such as a television, that is, a so-called back program recording state in a state where it is clearly understood that the program is a back program. it can.

  Here, the content refers to information included in various media such as broadcast, network distribution, and DVD. That is, content is a general term for information such as video / audio / program information, and examples include broadcast information received by an antenna, information distributed via a network, video / audio recorded on a DVD or BD, etc. And information such as video and audio input from the outside via iLink (registered trademark) or the like.

  In addition, the external output is not only displayed on a monitor such as an external television, but also displayed on the monitor when the recording apparatus of the present invention is an integrated apparatus. Including. Further, the external output includes outputting (recording) to a recording device different from the own device.

  The recording status information includes, for example, information on whether or not recording is performed, information on recording time such as how long it has been since recording has started, how long it can be recorded, and the name and program of the program being recorded Information obtained from an electronic program guide (hereinafter referred to as EPG) such as contents may be used. Note that these are merely examples, and information indicating the recording status other than these may be used.

  Further, the information indicating that it is the recording status information of the content that has not been output to the outside may be, for example, the light emission information of the light emitting device that is turned on during the back program recording. It can be shown that it is a back program by turning on. Of course, the light emission information is an example, and the information indicating that it is the recording status information of the content that is not externally output may be other information.

  As described above, according to the above-described configuration and the above-described method, the recording status of content that is not externally output can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner for the user. When the recording status information of content that has not been output externally is displayed in parallel with the recording information of content that has been output externally, together with information indicating that it is recording status information of content that has not been externally output. The user can immediately and clearly determine which program is recorded by which recorder. Since the recording information of the so-called back program and the recording information of the content being externally output (referred to as the front program) can be distinguished and displayed, information relating to the recording can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner to the user.

  Further, the recording apparatus of the present invention may be a part of the configuration of a recording / reproducing apparatus provided with a reproducing function.

  In addition to the above configuration, the recording apparatus according to the present invention may include a display monitor that displays the recording status information.

  According to the above configuration, on the display monitor provided in the recording apparatus, it is possible to display the recording status information of the content not externally output together with the information indicating that it is the recording status information of the content not externally output. it can. Therefore, the user can clearly confirm the recording status information of the content that has not been externally output on the recording device.

  In addition to the above configuration, the recording apparatus according to the present invention includes a display output unit that displays and outputs the acquired content to an external display device, and the recording status display control unit includes the recording status of the content that is not externally output. The information may be displayed on the display device by superimposing it on the content displayed and output by the display output means.

  According to the above configuration, it is possible to display the recording status information of the content not externally output, superimposed on the content displayed and output on the external display device. Therefore, the user can check the recording status of the back program while viewing the displayed content (front program). Since the display of the front program is not interrupted even temporarily, the user can comfortably check the recording status of the back program while continuing to watch the contents of the front program.

  In addition to the above configuration, the recording apparatus according to the present invention includes a display output unit that displays and outputs the acquired content to an external display device, and a recording control unit that controls recording of content that is not output by the display output unit. And may be provided.

  According to the above configuration, even if the content displayed and output on the external display device is being viewed or recorded, the content is not affected, that is, the content not output by the display output means to the external display device The recording of the back program can be controlled without outputting a so-called back program.

  Therefore, the user can comfortably perform the operation for recording the back program by confirming the recording status of the back program while displaying the displayed content (front program). Examples of the operation for recording the back program include, but are not limited to, stop recording, start recording, and pause recording. Further, since the operation for the back program recording can be directly performed while the front program is displayed, the trouble of the operation of switching the recorder as in the conventional case can be saved.

  The recording apparatus may be realized by a computer. In this case, a recording apparatus control program for causing the recording apparatus to be realized by a computer by causing the computer to operate as each unit in the recording apparatus, and its A computer-readable recording medium that records the recording apparatus control program also falls within the scope of the present invention.

  According to these configurations, the same operation and effect as the recording apparatus can be realized by causing the computer to read and execute the recording apparatus control program.

  As described above, the recording apparatus according to the present invention includes a recording status information acquisition unit that acquires recording status information of content that is not externally output, and recording status information of content that is not externally output of the acquired recording status information. Recording status display control means for displaying the information together with the information indicating this.

  According to the above configuration, the recording status information of content that is not output externally is displayed together with information indicating that it is recording status information of content that is not externally output. Therefore, according to the configuration and the method described above, the user can confirm the recording status of content that is not externally output to a monitor such as a television, that is, a so-called back program recording state in a state that the back program is clearly known. it can.

  As described above, according to the above configuration, the recording status of content that is not externally output can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner for the user. When the recording status information of content that has not been output externally is displayed in parallel with the recording information of content that has been output externally, together with information indicating that it is recording status information of content that has not been externally output. The user can immediately and clearly determine which program is recorded by which recorder. Since the recording information of the so-called back program and the recording information of the content being externally output (referred to as the front program) can be distinguished and displayed, information relating to the recording can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner to the user.

(Embodiment 1)
One embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, a recording apparatus that receives broadcasts using two tuners will be described. However, this is merely an example, and it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the number of tuners may be three or more. Also, in order to input content, in addition to or instead of the antenna and tuner, a communication interface for receiving content via a network and a playback device for playing various media such as DVD An input terminal may be provided. Of course, the same applies to other embodiments.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the recording apparatus 101 of the present embodiment. The recording apparatus 101 includes a broadcast receiving unit 102, a system control unit 103, a recording unit 104, an OSD (On Screen display) generation unit 105, a video processing unit (display output means) 106, an LED (light emitting diode) 107, and a front panel ( Display monitor) 108.

  The broadcast receiving unit 102 receives broadcast stream data selected by a tuner from a broadcast signal received via an antenna. Here, the stream is composed of a plurality of packets transmitted continuously. Broadcast stream data refers to data in an encoded packet. The packet includes data such as video, audio, and program information, storage information of video data and audio data, and synchronization information that is synchronized when the decoded video and audio are output. The content is output or recorded after the stream is processed by the broadcast receiving unit 102. That is, broadcast data is referred to as “stream” in a state before reception, and “content” in a state after reception.

  In the present embodiment, it is assumed that content A and content B are received from different tuners. Here, the content refers to information included in various media such as broadcast, network distribution, and DVD. In the present embodiment, the recording apparatus 101 is capable of simultaneously recording two contents (content A and content B), but may be capable of simultaneously recording three or more contents. In the present embodiment, since the recording apparatus 101 performs recording of content, the recording will be described as recording.

  A system control unit 103 comprehensively controls operations of various configurations in the recording apparatus 101. The system control unit 103 is a recording device for encoding and decoding broadcast stream data, receiving and controlling user requests by user remote control operations, and controlling data such as video / audio / program information included in broadcast stream data, etc. 101 controls the entire system.

  The system control unit 103 also functions as a recording status information acquisition unit (recording status information acquisition unit) 113, a recording status display control unit (recording status display control unit) 123, and a recording control unit (recording control unit) 133.

  The recording status information acquisition unit 113 acquires recording status information (recording status information) of content that has not been output to an external monitor such as a television. Here, the recording status information includes, for example, information on whether or not recording is performed, information on recording time such as how long it has been since recording has started and how long it can be recorded, and the program being recorded It may be program information obtained from an electronic program guide (hereinafter referred to as EPG) such as name and program content. Note that these are merely examples, and information indicating recording conditions other than these may be used.

  The recording status display control unit 123 displays the recording status information acquired by the recording status information acquisition unit 113 together with information indicating that the recording status information is content that has not been externally output.

  The recording control unit 133 performs control for recording the content A and control for recording the content B. A control unit for recording the content A and a recording control unit for controlling the content B may be provided. Examples of the control for recording include, but are not limited to, start, stop, and pause of recording.

  Detailed operations of the recording status information acquisition unit 113, the recording status display control unit 123, and the recording control unit 133 will be described later.

  The content received by the broadcast receiving unit 102 is recorded in the recording unit 104. The recording unit 104 is composed of, for example, an HDD or a DVD.

  The OSD generation unit 105 generates an OSD for indicating a user request, content program information, and the like.

  The LED 107 is turned on under the control of the system control unit 103.

  The video processing unit 106 converts the video signal of the content (television program) received by the broadcast receiving unit into video data of a predetermined format and displays it on an external monitor such as a television. The video processing unit 106 combines the content video and the OSD generated by the OSD generation unit 105 to generate an output video.

  The front panel 108 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal panel. The front panel 108 displays recording status information under the control of the system control unit 103.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the outer shape of the recording / reproducing apparatus 201 provided with the recording apparatus 101. In the present embodiment, the recording apparatus of the present invention will be described as being included in the configuration of the recording / reproducing apparatus 201 having a reproducing function. Of course, even if the recording apparatus does not have a reproducing function and can only perform recording. Good.

  It is assumed that the recording / reproducing apparatus 201 has a general function as a recording / reproducing apparatus in addition to the functions of the recording apparatus 101 described above. A recording / playback apparatus 201 including the recording apparatus 101 is connected to a television (external display apparatus) 202 that displays an external output video. The recording / reproducing apparatus 201 is operated by a remote controller (hereinafter abbreviated as “remote controller”) 203. In addition to the operation by the remote controller, the operation may be directly performed by a switch or button provided in the recording / reproducing apparatus 201.

  The remote controller 203 is a user interface provided for operating the recording / reproducing apparatus 201. By operating the remote controller 203, the user can perform operations such as starting and stopping recording of desired content, and an OSD display instruction, for example. The remote controller 203 may be configured to operate the television 202 in addition to the recording / reproducing device 201.

  In the recording apparatus 101, when the content A received by the broadcast receiving unit 102 is recorded in the recording unit 104 and the content A is displayed and output on the television 202, the user can perform display output and Consider a case in which the system control unit 103 is requested to record another content B, which is a back program of the recorded content A.

  At this time, the system control unit 103 controls the broadcast receiving unit 102 to receive the broadcast of the content B. The broadcast receiving unit 102 receives the broadcast of the content B, the received broadcast is controlled by the recording control unit 133, and the content B is recorded in the recording unit 104. Simultaneously with the start of recording of the content B, the recording status display control unit 123 turns on the LED 107 to notify the user (viewer) of the recording of a so-called back program that is not displayed on the television 202. During the recording of the back program, the LED 107 continues to be lit. When the user requests the recording apparatus 101 to stop the recording of the back program using the remote control 203 or the like, the recording control unit 133 stops recording the content B into the recording unit 104. Control. Simultaneously with this stop control, the recording situation ideographic control unit turns off the LED 107.

  An example of the LED 107 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, an LED 301 indicating a broadcast network currently being displayed and output, an LED 302 indicating that a program being displayed and output is recorded, and an LED 303 indicating that a back program is being recorded. It has been. FIG. 3 shows that the BS broadcast is being displayed and recorded. At this time, when the recording of the back program is started, the back program recording LED 303 which turns out to be the recording of the back program is turned on, and when the back program recording is finished, the back program recording LED 303 is turned off. Note that the light emitting device indicating that the back program is recorded is not limited to the LED, but may be another light emitting device, and the LED installation position is not limited to the example shown in FIG.

  As described above, the recording / playback apparatus 201 displays the recording status information of content that is not externally output together with information indicating that it is recording status information of content that is not externally output. In the present embodiment, the information indicating that it is the recording status information of the content that has not been output externally is the light emission information of the LED 107 that is turned on during the back program recording. By turning on, it can be shown that the program is a back program (content B). Of course, the light emission information is an example, and the information indicating that it is the recording status information of the content that is not externally output may be other information.

  The user can confirm the recording status of the content B that is not displayed and output on the television 202, that is, a so-called back program, in a state where it is clearly known that the program is a back program.

  As described above, according to the recording / playback apparatus 201, it is possible to display the recording status of content that is not externally output in an easy-to-understand manner for the user. When the recording status information of content that has not been output externally is displayed in parallel with the recording information of content that has been output externally, together with information indicating that it is recording status information of content that has not been externally output. The user can immediately and clearly determine which program is being recorded by which recorder. Since the recording information of the so-called back program and the recording information of the content being externally output (referred to as the front program) can be distinguished and displayed, information relating to the recording can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner to the user.

(Embodiment 2)
The recording apparatus of the present embodiment is the same as the recording apparatus of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present embodiment is the recording / reproducing apparatus of the first embodiment shown in FIG. It is the same as the device. Therefore, the same member number is attached | subjected to the same member, and description shall be abbreviate | omitted.

  In the recording apparatus 101, when the content A received by the broadcast receiving unit 102 is recorded in the recording unit 104 and the content A is displayed and output on the television 202, the user can perform display output and Consider a case in which the system control unit 103 is requested to record another content B, which is a back program of the recorded content A.

  The system control unit 103 controls the broadcast receiving unit 102 to receive the content B broadcast. The broadcast receiving unit 102 receives the broadcast of the content B, and the received broadcast is controlled by the system control unit 103 to record the content B in the recording unit 104. The recording status display control unit 123 causes the front panel 108 to display information (message) indicating that the recording of the back program has started simultaneously with the start of recording of the content B by the recording control unit 103.

  Assume that the user makes a request to switch the display of the front panel 108 to the recording apparatus 1 by using the remote controller 203 or the like during the recording of the back program. When the request is received, the recording status information acquisition unit 113 acquires recording status information, which is necessary information, from the data portion of the content B and the recording status information, and the recording status display control unit 123 displays the recording status information on the front panel. 108 is displayed. Further, it is assumed that the user requests the recording apparatus 1 to stop the back program recording using the remote controller 203 or the like. The recording control unit 133 controls to stop the recording of the content B in the recording unit 104, and at the same time, the recording status display control unit 123 causes the front panel 108 to display a message indicating the end of recording of the back program.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of display on the front panel 108 in each recording state. A display 401 at the start of recording, displays 402 to 405 during recording, and a display 406 at the end of recording are shown. In the display 401 at the start of recording, information is displayed in the order of recording mode, recording state, and recording medium. In the title display 402 during recording, the title of the recorded program is displayed. In the network display 403 during recording, information on the recording mode, broadcasting station, and channel is displayed. In the case of a back program, “back” is displayed to distinguish it from normal recording. In the recording time display 404 during recording, information is displayed in the order of the recording mode and the elapsed recording time. In the case of a back program, “back” is displayed to distinguish it from normal recording. In the recording remaining time display 405 in the recording unit during recording, information is displayed in the order of the recording mode and the recordable time of the recording medium in the recording mode. In the display 406 at the end of recording, information is displayed in the order of stop display and recording medium. Switching between the displays 402 to 405 during recording is performed by pressing the display switching button of the remote control 203.

  Note that the display positions and display contents of the display 401 at the start of recording, the displays 401 to 406 during recording, and the display 406 at the end of recording are not limited to the example shown in FIG.

(Embodiment 3)
The recording apparatus of the present embodiment is the same as the recording apparatus of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present embodiment is the recording / reproducing apparatus of the first embodiment shown in FIG. It is the same as the device. Therefore, the same member number is attached | subjected to the same member, and description shall be abbreviate | omitted.

  In the recording apparatus 101, the content A received by the broadcast receiving unit 102 is recorded in the recording unit 104, the content A is displayed and output on the television 202, and the content B received by the broadcast receiving unit 102 is further recorded. , That is, content A and content B are being recorded simultaneously. Consider a case in which the user requests the system control unit 103 to display recording status information including program information with the remote controller 203 or the like during the simultaneous recording.

  The recording status display control unit 123 receives the recording status information from the recording status information acquisition unit 113 and requests the OSD generation unit 105 to create OSD data for displaying program information (acquired from the data portion of the recorded content) and the recording status. . The OSD data created by the OSD generation unit 105 is combined with the video of the content A being viewed by the video processing unit 106 and output to the outside.

  The output video and OSD data are displayed on the television 202. 5 and 6 are examples of OSD data displayed in the OSD area 212 of the television 202. FIG. By user operation, program information 501 of content A (contents being recorded for viewing) and program information 502 of content B (contents being recorded for back programs) are displayed. The program information of content A and the program information of content B may be displayed in a switchable manner. Also at this time, the output of the content A being output is not interrupted (without being replaced with the output of the content B), and the program information 502 of the content B is displayed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, recording unit information 503 that is information of the recording unit 104 may be displayed in the OSD area 212. Here, the recording unit information may be, for example, the remaining amount that can be recorded by the recording unit 104, the recording elapsed time of the currently recorded content, the recording elapsed time of the content recorded as the back program, and the like. Although it is good, it is not limited to these.

  Of course, the program information 501 of the content A, the program information 502 of the content B, and the recording unit information 503 may be simultaneously displayed in the OSD area 212 or may be displayed separately.

  The user presses the program information display button or the recording unit information display button of the remote controller 203 to display the program information 501 of the content A, the program information 502 of the content B, and the recording unit information 503 on the television 202 as OSD. The display position of the OSD area 212 on the television 202, the display positions of the program information 501 and 502 and the recording section information 503 in the OSD area 212, and the contents of the program information and recording section information are limited to the example shown in the figure. It is not done.

(Embodiment 4)
The recording apparatus of the present embodiment is the same as the recording apparatus of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and the recording / reproducing apparatus of the present embodiment is the recording / reproducing apparatus of the first embodiment shown in FIG. It is the same as the device. Therefore, the same member number is attached | subjected to the same member, and description shall be abbreviate | omitted.

  Assume that content A and content B are being recorded simultaneously, and content A is displayed on the television 202. Under such circumstances, when the user requests the system control unit 103 to operate only the content B using an operation button (not shown) provided on the remote controller 203 or the recording / reproducing apparatus 201, the recording control unit is based on the request. 133 accepts a request for content B. On the other hand, the recording of the content A continues. When the request for the content B is received, the system control unit 103 continues to display the content A on the television 202.

  In this way, when the content A is viewed and recorded and the content B is recorded as a back program, for example, when a back recording stop button for stopping the recording of the back program is pressed using the remote control 203 or the like. The recording of the content B can be stopped while viewing and recording the content A. In the present embodiment, only an example of the recording stop of the back program has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and includes cases related to the direct operation of the back program such as recording start of the back program and pause recording of the back program. .

  As described above, the recording / reproducing apparatus 201 of the present embodiment does not cause the television 202 to output the content B that is the back program even when the content A displayed on the television 202 is being viewed or recorded. The recording of the content B can be controlled. Therefore, the user can comfortably perform the operation for recording the content B by checking the recording state of the content B while the content A is displayed on the television 202. Examples of operations for recording include, but are not limited to, recording stop, recording start, and recording pause. In addition, since the operation for the content Bno recording can be directly performed while the content A is displayed, the trouble of the operation of switching the recorder as in the past can be saved.

  Each of the above embodiments is merely an example, and the configuration, display method, design, and the like of each unit are not limited to those described above. That is, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and the embodiments can be obtained by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in the embodiments. The form is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  Finally, each block of the recording apparatus 101, particularly the system control unit 103, may be configured by hardware logic, or may be realized by software using a CPU as follows.

  That is, the recording apparatus 101 includes a CPU (central processing unit) that executes instructions of a control program that realizes each function, a ROM (read only memory) that stores the program, a RAM (random access memory) that expands the program, A storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data is provided. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium on which a program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of a control program of the recording apparatus 101 that is software that realizes the above-described functions is recorded in a computer-readable manner. This can also be achieved by supplying to the recording apparatus 101 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include tapes such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes, magnetic disks such as floppy (registered trademark) disks / hard disks, and disks including optical disks such as CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  In addition, the recording apparatus 101 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Also, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, and ADSL line, infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  Further, the present invention may be expressed as the following recording / reproducing apparatus. That is, the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention can be expressed as a recording / reproducing apparatus that has a function of simultaneous recording of a plurality of contents and displays the recording status and content information of contents (back program) that are not currently viewed. Good.

  Alternatively, the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention has a function of simultaneously recording a plurality of contents, and displays a recording status and content information of a back program that is a program that is not externally output to a monitor such as a television. It may be expressed as

  Furthermore, the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention has a light emitting device indicating that the back program is being recorded in addition to the above-described configuration, and the apparatus is turned on during recording of the back program, The recording status may be displayed.

  Furthermore, the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention has a monitor for displaying information related to content viewing, reproduction, recording, etc., in addition to the above-described configuration. May be displayed.

  Furthermore, the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention has a function of displaying an OSD (On Screen Display) for displaying information related to viewing, reproduction, recording, etc. of content in addition to the above-described configuration. During the recording of the program, the recording status and content information of the back program may be displayed on the OSD.

  Furthermore, the recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention has a function of performing an operation during recording of the back program in addition to the above-described configuration, and monitors a TV or the like even during viewing or recording of content different from the back program. May be operated without outputting the back program.

  The present invention can be applied to a recording apparatus and a recording / reproducing apparatus that can simultaneously record a plurality of contents. It can be used not only for recorders but also for personal computers capable of simultaneous recording.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a main configuration of a recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the recording / reproducing apparatus provided with the said recording device. It is the figure which showed the LED part of the said recording / reproducing apparatus in detail. It is the figure which showed the panel part of the said recording / reproducing apparatus in detail. It is a figure which shows an example of the program information displayed on an OSD area | region. It is a figure which shows an example of the recording part information displayed on an OSD area | region.

Explanation of symbols

101 Recording Device 102 Broadcast Reception Unit 103 System Control Unit 113 Recording Control Unit (Recording Control Unit)
123 Recording status information acquisition unit (recording status information acquisition means)
133 Recording status display control unit (recording status display control means)
104 recording unit 105 OSD generating unit 106 video processing unit (display output means)
107 LED
108 Front panel (display monitor)
202 Television (external display device)
202 Recording / playback device 203 Remote control 301 LED indicating broadcast being viewed
302 LED indicating viewing program recording
303 LED indicating reverse program recording
401 Display at start of recording 402 Title display during recording 403 Network display during recording 404 Recording time display during recording 405 Recording remaining time display at recording unit 406 Recording 501 display at end of recording 501 Program information 502 of content A Program information 503 of content B Recording section information

Claims (6)

In a recording apparatus that acquires a plurality of contents, can simultaneously record the acquired plurality of contents, and outputs one or more acquired contents externally,
Display output means for displaying and outputting the acquired content to an external display device;
Recording status information acquisition means for acquiring recording status information of content not externally output;
Recording status display control means for displaying the acquired recording status information superimposed on the content to be displayed and output by the display output means together with information indicating that the recording status information of the content is not externally output. A recording apparatus.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display monitor that displays the recording status information. Display output means for displaying and outputting the acquired content to an external display device;
The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising recording control means for controlling recording of content not output by the display output means. In a control method of a recording apparatus that acquires a plurality of contents, can simultaneously record the acquired plurality of contents, and outputs the acquired one or more contents externally,
A display output step for displaying and outputting the acquired content to an external display device;
A status information acquisition step for acquiring recording status information of content not output externally;
A recording status display control step for displaying the acquired recording status information superimposed on the content to be displayed and output in the display output step together with information indicating that the recording status information is content that has not been externally output. A control method for a recording apparatus. A control program for operating the recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the recording apparatus control program causes a computer to function as each unit in the recording apparatus. A computer-readable recording medium on which the recording apparatus control program according to claim 5 is recorded.