Receiver and receiving method

• US 6,252,630 B1
• Filed: 02/05/1999
• Issued: 06/26/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kusumi, Hiroshi, Wakahara, Tatsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yenke, Brian P.
• Application Number:
  US09/242,035
• Time in Patent Office: 872 Days
• Field of Search: 348/5, 348/460, 348/473, 348/474, 348/552, 348/564, 348/569, 348/570, 348/553, 348/725, 348/906, 360/60, 386/1, 386/83, 725/48, 725/87, 725/88, 725/21, 725/39, 725/133, 725/135, 725/141, 725/142, 725/143
• US Class Current: 348/460
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 15/023 remotely controlled
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/90 Tape-like record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/50 Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/63 Generation or supply of power specially adapted for television receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape

Abstract

The signal receiving device, during the fixed time period the fixed time before the telecast start time point of the recording reserved program, as well as causing the external recording device to output the video information of the program information image formed based on the program information data, causes said external recording device to conduct the recording operation. Then, in a state in which video information of the recording reserved program is sent out to the external recording device, it causes the external recording device to execute the recording operation during the period from the time point a few seconds before the telecast start time point to the telecast stop time point of the recording reserved program. Thus, the video information of the program information image and the video information of the recording reserved program can be recorded automatically onto the external recording device based on the registered information of the recording reserved program conducted to the signal receiving device.

Claims

1. A signal receiving device comprising:

channel selecting means for selecting channels;

telecast video output means for outputting the video information of the channel selected by said channel selecting means;

program information image output means for forming the program information image having the information relating to the program per program based on the program information data and for outputting the video information of said program information image;

recording reservation program setting means for registering the desired program as the recording reserved program from among the telecast scheduled programs;

output control means for executing the control to the program information image output means which outputs video information of the program information image corresponding to said recording reserved program at the fixed timing different from the telecast time of said recording reserved program and the control to said telecast video output means which outputs video information of said recording reserved program at least during the telecast time of said recording reserved program; and

operation control means for controlling the recording operation of the external recording device in which video information of said recording reserved program transmitted from said telecasting video output means and video information of said program information image transmitted from said program information image output means corresponding to the period during which the video information of said program information image is being transmitted and the period during which the video information of said recording reserved program is being transmitted.

2. A signal receiving device according to claim 1, comprising:

telecast wave receiving means connected to said channel selecting means and for receiving telecast waves.

3. A signal receiving device according to claim 2, wherein:

said telecast wave receiving means receives said program information data transmitted after being piled over said telecast wave; and

said program information image output means extracts said program information data from among the signal received by said telecast wave receiving means.

4. A signal receiving device according to claim 1, wherein:

said operation control means causes said external recording device to start recording operation from the time point that is the fixed time before the telecast starting time point.

5. A signal receiving device according to claim 1, wherein:

said output control means provides the fixed time period between the output stop time point of video information of said program information image and the telecast start time point of the recording reserved program; and

said operation control means stops the recording by said external recording device during said fixed time period.

6. A signal receiving device according to claim 1, wherein:

said signal receiving device comprising bus interface means, outputs video information of said program information image and video information of said recording reserved program via said bus interface means.

7. A signal receiving device according to claim 1, wherein:

said signal receiving means comprising bus interface means; and

said operation control means controls said external recording device via said bus interface means.

8. A signal receiving method, wherein:

based on the registered contents of the desired program registered as the recording reserved program from the telecast scheduled program of the selected channel, conducts the control to output the video information of the program information image corresponding to the recording reserved program formed based on the program information data at the fixed timing different from the telecast time of the recording reserved program, and the control to output the video information of the recording reserved program at least during the telecast time of the recording reserved program; and

controls the recording operation of the external recording device in which video information of the recording reserved program and video information of the program information image to be transmitted respectively corresponding to the time period during which the video information of the program information image is being transmitted and the the time period during which the video information of the recording reserved program is being transmitted are entered.

9. A signal receiving method according to claim 8, wherein:

said signal receiving method receives telecast waves and selects the desired channel from among said telecast waves.

10. A signal receiving method according to claim 9, wherein:

said signal receiving method receives said program information data transmitted after being piled over said telecast waves and extracts said program information data from among signals received.

11. A signal receiving method according to claim 8, wherein:

said signal receiving method causes the recording operation of said external recording device to start from the time point the fixed time before the telecast starting time point of said recording reserved program.

12. A signal receiving method according to claim 8, wherein:

provides the fixed time period between the output stop time point of the video information of said program information image and the telecast start time point of the recording reserved program and stops the recording by said external recording device during said fixed time period.

13. A signal receiving method according to claim 8, wherein:

said signal receiving method transmits video information of said program information image and video information of said recording reserved program.

14. A signal receiving method according to claim 8, wherein:

said signal receiving method controls the recording operation of said external recording device via said bus interface means.