KR100681619B1 - How to display time recording information in the recording system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for displaying time recording information in a recording system. The method comprises: setting and storing at least one time recording information, determining a key signal for displaying time recording information, determining a result, and a key. When the signal is a visual key signal, extracting the time recording information, and configuring the screen to display the set time or day of recording based on the extracted time recording information on the display bar, and displaying the time recording information. And displaying a menu screen for setting the time recording information on the screen on which the time recording information is displayed if the key signal for setting the time recording information is applied after the display.

As described above, the present invention visually displays the time recording information, so that the user can easily check the recording time zone and set the time recording information so as not to overlap.

Description

How to display time recording information in a recording system {METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TIME RECORDING INFORMATION IN RECORDING SYSTEM}

1 is a view for explaining a conventional method of displaying time recording information;

2 is an internal block diagram showing a PVR system which is a recording system for explaining the method according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying time recording information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an exemplary view in which time recording information to which the present invention is applied is displayed on a display unit;

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: tuner 102: TP Demux part

104: A / V decoder 106: display unit

108: memory 110: control unit

112: visual processing unit 114: OSD unit

116: key input unit

The present invention relates to a recording system, and more particularly to a method for visually displaying time recording information.

As is well known, the PVR is a personal recording / playback apparatus, and has a large storage medium (e.g., a hard disk driver (HDD), etc.) therein for storing recorded data (i.e., broadcast program data). And a function of reproducing data stored in such a storage medium.

Here, the broadcast program data stored in the storage medium is encoded (compressed) and stored in the MPEG2 method in order to increase the utilization of the storage space. When the stored data is reproduced, the broadcast program data is decoded (restored) in the MPEG2 method and output. Therefore, the PVR can record a large amount of broadcast program data on a storage medium.

As such, there is a time recording method for recording a broadcast program. In the time recording method, recording information is set by a user inputting a date, a start time, an end time, a recording channel, and title information using a menu screen. The recording information is displayed in a text format, as shown in FIG.

However, since the recording information is displayed in a text format as described above, there is a problem in that the overlapping program time region or start time and end time cannot be easily grasped.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, by visually displaying the time recording information, the time recording information in the recording system that can be set so that the user can easily check the recording time zone and do not overlap the time recording information based on this The purpose is to provide a display method.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method of displaying time recording information in a system for recording data on a recording medium, the method comprising: setting and storing at least one time recording information, the time recording Determining a key signal for information display, and if the key signal is a visual key signal, extracts the time recording information, and progresses a time or day for which recording is set based on the extracted time recording information. Configuring the screen to be immediately displayed on the display unit; and displaying the time recording information on the display unit, and when a key signal for setting the time recording information is applied, the time recording information is displayed on the screen. Overlapping the menu screen for recording information setting Include.

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Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an internal block diagram showing a PVR system which is a recording system for explaining the method according to the present invention.

2, the PVR system includes a tuner 100, a TP demux 102, an A / V decoder 104, a display 106, a memory 108, a controller 110, and a visual processor 112. ), An OSD unit 114, and a key input unit 116.

First, the tuner 100 tunes a broadcast signal transmitted from the outside, and the TP demux 102 performs a function of selecting only a broadcast stream with a user's request among the broadcast streams tuned by the tuner 100.

The A / V decoder 104 converts the broadcast stream selected by the TP demux 102 into a video signal, and the display unit 106 displays the video signal converted by the A / V decoder 104 and the visual processing unit ( And displays the recording information provided from 112 and the OSD screen provided from the OSD unit 114.

The memory 108 stores time recording information input by the user.

The key input unit 116 includes a plurality of keys for controlling overall functions of the device, and in particular, a visual key, which is a special key for visually displaying time recording information.

The controller 110 performs a function of controlling the respective means in general in response to the key input signal of the key input unit 114. The controller 110 stores the time recording information input by the user in the memory 108 and according to the user's request. The time recording information stored in the memory 108 is provided to the visual processing unit 112.

The visual processing unit 112 configures a visual screen in the form of a progress bar for each time zone based on the time recording information provided by the control unit 108 and then displays it on the display unit 106.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 attached to a process of displaying time recording information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying time recording information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an exemplary view of time recording information to which the present invention is applied.

First, referring to FIG. 3, in a standby state (S200) after the system is powered on, the controller 110 determines whether a key signal corresponding to a time recording information setting request is applied from the key input unit 116 (S202). .

When a key signal corresponding to the time recording information setting request is applied, the controller 110 controls the OSD unit 114 to display a menu screen for setting the time recording information through the display unit 106 and waits for an input ( S204).

Accordingly, the user inputs various information for setting time recording information, for example, a start time, a recording channel, an end time, a storage medium, and a mode, by using the key input unit 116 (S206).

Subsequently, the control unit 110 checks whether to request registration of the time recording information set by the user (S208). If it is checked in step S210 that the user requests registration of the time recording information, the control unit 110 determines the time. The information input for recording is registered (recorded) in the memory 108 (S210).

In this step S202, step S210 may be repeatedly performed to register a plurality of time recording information in the memory 108.

Subsequently, the controller 110 determines whether there is a request for displaying time recording information through an operation of the user's key input unit 116. In this case, the controller 110 determines whether a visual key signal is applied from the key input unit 116 or not. It is determined whether a signal is applied (S212).

As a result of the determination in step S212, when a general key signal is applied, the controller 110 extracts the time recording information from the memory 108 and provides it to the OSD unit 114, which is shown in FIG. As described above, the time recording information is configured as the OSD screen in the text mode and displayed on the display unit 106 (S214).

As a result of the determination in step S212, when the visual key signal is applied, the control unit 110 is withdrawn from the memory 108 and provided to the visual processing unit 112, the visual processing unit 112 based on the time recording information, shown in FIG. As described above, the screen is configured to be displayed as a progress bar for each time zone and then displayed on the display unit 106 (S216).

In the state in which the time recording information is displayed in the visual mode, the user may input the time recording information by operating the recording information input key of the key input unit 116. That is, the controller 110 displays the menu screen for setting the time recording information on the screen on which the time recording information is displayed in the visual mode according to a user's request. The time recording information can be set by the user inputting the information on the displayed menu screen.

A method of displaying time recording information in the visual mode will be described. First, there is a method of processing in units of days, a method of processing in units of weeks, and a method of processing in units of months.

In the daily processing method, the user can easily know the recording time zone by extracting the time information corresponding to the date to the time recording information, that is, the start time and the end time, and displaying the time zone where the recording is performed with the progress bar.

In the method of processing on a weekly or monthly basis, the recording date information is extracted from the time recording information, and the recording date is displayed in the progress bar.

According to the present invention, by visually displaying the time recording information, the user can easily check the recording time zone and based on the time recording information may be set so as not to overlap.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described specific preferred embodiments, and various modifications can be made by any person having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention claimed in the claims. Of course, such changes will fall within the scope of the claims.

As described above, the present invention visually displays the time recording information, so that the user can easily check the recording time zone and set the time recording information so as not to overlap.

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delete A method of displaying time recording information in a system for recording data on a recording medium, Setting and storing at least one time recording information; Determining a key signal for displaying the time recording information; As a result of the determination, when the key signal is a visual key signal, the time recording information is extracted, and a screen is configured to display a time or day for which recording is set on the display bar on the display unit based on the extracted time recording information. Steps, Displaying the time recording information on a display unit and overlapping and displaying a menu screen for setting the time recording information on a screen on which the time recording information is displayed when a key signal for setting the time recording information is applied; Method of displaying time recording information in the recording system comprising a.

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