EP0669761A2
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Television signal receiving apparatus incorporating an information retrieving and reproducing apparatus
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1995-02-21
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2015-02-21
Abstract
Abstract 5 n7 A television signal receiving apparatus which can read program information relevant to a television program from an optical disk medium, interlocked with the television program and can reproduce and display the read program information. Program information (broadcasting information including program names, broadcasting channel names and broadcasting dates and times and appendant information relevant to the contents of the programs) relevant to the television programs to be displayed by the television receiver/display (102) is recorded in the optical disk medium (106). When a user instructs a display of the program information by the selection and decision input unit (110), the television control unit (103) transmits the display request and time information from the clock apparatus (104) to the control unit (108) of the optical disk unit (105). The control unit (108) makes the appendant information to be reproduced from the optical disk medium (106), by using the broadcasting channel name and the time information as retrieval information. The appendant information is sent to the television receiver/display (102) through the interface (109) and is displayed in a picture and sound.
Inventors
- 👤 Masakazu Hamaguchi
- 👤 Hiroaki Raionzu Manshon Totsuka 3-608 Takahashi
- 👤 Takashi Takeuchi
- 👤 Toshiyuki Oda
- 👤 Tomochika Yamashita
- 👤 Hitoshi Akiyama
- 👤 Isao Saito
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 03:49
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/40; H04N21/47; H04N21/472; H04N21/47214; H04N21/41; H04N21/4104; H04N21/4112; H04N5/00; H04N5/76; H04N5/765; H04N21/422; H04N21/42204; H04N21/43; H04N21/431; H04N21/4312; H04N21/4316; H04N21/488; H04N5/775
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim
256 words
A television signal receiving apparatus, characterized by comprising: a signal receiving and displaying unit (102) for receiving a television program and making a picture display, an information reproducing apparatus (105) for reading desired program information from an information recording medium in which television program information has been recorded in advance, an interface apparatus (109) for converting said desired program information into an information signal that can be displayed by said signal receiving and displaying unit and supplying said information signal to said signal receiving and displaying unit, and a clock apparatus (104) for outputting current time information for showing the current year, month, day of the month and time, wherein said television program information that is recorded in said information recording medium includes both broadcasting information including program names, channel numbers, dates of broadcasting and times of broadcasting of television programs that are received by said signal receiving and displaying unit, and appendant information which is relevant to said television programs, and said information reproducing apparatus retrieves said television program information recorded in said information recording medium by using time information from said clock apparatus and reception information relevant to television programs currently being received by said signal receiving and displaying unit, in response to a request for reproducing and displaying program information, and thereby reads appendant information relevant to said television programs currently being received from said information recording medium and supplies said appendant information to said signal receiving and displaying unit, through said interface apparatus, and displays said appendant information as desired program information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
256 words
A television signal receiving apparatus, characterized by comprising: a signal receiving and displaying unit (102) for receiving a television program and making a picture display, an information reproducing apparatus (105) for reading desired program information from an information recording medium in which television program information has been recorded in advance, an interface apparatus (109) for converting said desired program information into an information signal that can be displayed by said signal receiving and displaying unit and supplying said information signal to said signal receiving and displaying unit, and a clock apparatus (104) for outputting current time information for showing the current year, month, day of the month and time, wherein said television program information that is recorded in said information recording medium includes both broadcasting information including program names, channel numbers, dates of broadcasting and times of broadcasting of television programs that are received by said signal receiving and displaying unit, and appendant information which is relevant to said television programs, and said information reproducing apparatus retrieves said television program information recorded in said information recording medium by using time information from said clock apparatus and reception information relevant to television programs currently being received by said signal receiving and displaying unit, in response to a request for reproducing and displaying program information, and thereby reads appendant information relevant to said television programs currently being received from said information recording medium and supplies said appendant information to said signal receiving and displaying unit, through said interface apparatus, and displays said appendant information as desired program information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
82 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 1, characterized in that said information reproducing apparatus uses said time information from said clock apparatus and said reception information, including channel numbers relevant to television programs currently being received by said signal receiving and displaying unit, as retrieval information, and uses said broadcasting information included in said television program information recorded in said information recording medium as a retrieval key, and thereby retrieves said television program information recorded in said information recording medium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 1, characterized by further comprising a selection input apparatus (110) for outputting said reproduction and display request as a control command, in response to an operation by a user.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
63 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 1, characterized in that said signal receiving and displaying unit (102) generates said reproduction and display request and said reception information, following a change-over from a television program currently being received to a television program to be received next, and supplies said reproduction and display request and said reception information to said information reproducing apparatus.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
108 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 1, characterized in that said signal receiving and displaying unit (102) has picture-in-picture display control means (118) which uses one picture of at least two series of video signals as a master screen and the other picture as subordinate screen, for making a simultaneous display of these pictures, and said picture-in-picture display control means allocates a television program currently being received and said desired program information read from said information recording medium to said master screen and to said subordinate screen, one picture to one screen and the other picture to the other screen, for simultaneous display of these pictures.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
77 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 5, characterized by further comprising a selection input apparatus (110) for outputting a control command in response to an operation by a user, wherein, based on a control command from said selection input apparatus, said picture-in-picture display control means controls an allocation to said master screen and to said subordinate screen, of a television program currently being received and said desired program information read from said information recording medium.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
256 words
A television signal receiving apparatus, characterized by comprising: a signal receiving and displaying unit (102) for receiving a television program and making a picture display, an information reproducing apparatus (105) for reading desired program information from an information recording medium in which television program information has been recorded in advance, an interface apparatus (109) for converting said desired program information into an information signal that can be displayed by said signal receiving and displaying unit and supplying said information signal to said signal receiving and displaying unit, and a clock apparatus (104) for outputting current time information for showing the current year, month, day of the month and time, wherein said television program information that is recorded in said information recording medium includes both broadcasting information including program names, channel numbers, dates of broadcasting and times of broadcasting of television programs that are received by said signal receiving and displaying unit, and appendant information which is relevant to said television programs, and said information reproducing apparatus retrieves said television program information recorded in said information recording medium by using time information from said clock apparatus and reception information relevant to television programs currently being received by said signal receiving and displaying unit, in response to a request for reproducing and displaying program information, and thereby reads broadcasting information relevant to said television program currently being received from said information recording medium and supplies said broadcasting information to said signal receiving and displaying unit, through said interface apparatus, and displays said broadcasting information as desired program information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
256 words
A television signal receiving apparatus, characterized by comprising: a signal receiving and displaying unit (102) for receiving a television program and making a picture display, an information reproducing apparatus (105) for reading desired program information from an information recording medium in which television program information has been recorded in advance, an interface apparatus (109) for converting said desired program information into an information signal that can be displayed by said signal receiving and displaying unit and supplying said information signal to said signal receiving and displaying unit, and a clock apparatus (104) for outputting current time information for showing the current year, month, day of the month and time, wherein said television program information that is recorded in said information recording medium includes both broadcasting information including program names, channel numbers, dates of broadcasting and times of broadcasting of television programs that are received by said signal receiving and displaying unit, and appendant information which is relevant to said television programs, and said information reproducing apparatus retrieves said television program information recorded in said information recording medium by using time information from said clock apparatus and reception information relevant to television programs currently being received by said signal receiving and displaying unit, in response to a request for reproducing and displaying program information, and thereby reads broadcasting information relevant to said television program currently being received from said information recording medium and supplies said broadcasting information to said signal receiving and displaying unit, through said interface apparatus, and displays said broadcasting information as desired program information.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
82 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 7, characterized in that said information reproducing apparatus uses said time information from said clock apparatus and said reception information, including channel numbers relevant to television programs currently being received by said signal receiving and displaying unit, as retrieval information, and uses said broadcasting information included in said television program information recorded in said information recording medium as a retrieval key, and thereby retrieves said television program information recorded in said information recording medium.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
37 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 7, characterized by further comprising a selection input apparatus (110) for outputting said reproduction and display request as a control command, in response to an operation by a user.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
84 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 7, characterized by further comprising a selection input apparatus (110) for outputting control command according to a user's operation and date information for showing a desired date, wherein said selection input apparatus generates said reproduction and display request according to a user's operation, and said information reproducing apparatus reads, in response to said control command, broadcasting information of a date of broadcasting which agrees with the date of said date information from said information recording medium.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
108 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 7, characterized in that said signal receiving and displaying unit (102) has picture-in-picture display control means (118) which uses one picture of at least two series of video signals as a master screen and the other picture as subordinate screen, for making a simultaneous display of these pictures, and said picture-in-picture display control means allocates a television program currently being received and said desired program information read from said information recording medium to said master screen and to said subordinate screen, one picture to one screen and the other picture to the other screen, for simultaneous display of these pictures.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
77 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 11, characterized by further comprising a selection input apparatus (110) for outputting a control command in response to an operation by a user, wherein, based on a control command from said selection input apparatus, said picture-in-picture display control means controls an allocation to said master screen and to said subordinate screen, of a television program currently being received and said desired program information read from said information recording medium.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
272 words
A television signal receiving apparatus, characterized by comprising: a signal receiving and displaying unit (102) for receiving a television program and making a picture display, a television unit control unit (103) for controlling said signal receiving and displaying unit and outputting reception information relevant to a television program currently being received, an information reproducing apparatus (105) for reading desired program information from an information recording medium (106) in which television program information has been recorded in advance in the format of multi-media data and multi-media software, an interface apparatus (109) for converting said read program information into an information signal that can be displayed on said signal receiving and displaying unit and supplying said information signal to said signal receiving and displaying unit, a clock apparatus (104) for outputting current time information which shows the current year, month, day of the month and time, an input apparatus (110) for receiving instructions and key words from a user and outputting a command, and information retrieving means (111), connected to receive said time information and reception information, for controlling said information reproducing apparatus in response to said command from said input apparatus and retrieving said program information recorded in said information recording medium, wherein said information retrieving means (111) uses information including instructions and key words inputted to said input apparatus, reception information from said television control unit and time information from said clock apparatus, as information for retrieval, and controls said information reproducing apparatus (105) to read desired program information from said information recording medium (106) so that said signal receiving and displaying unit displays said desired program information that has been read.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
272 words
A television signal receiving apparatus, characterized by comprising: a signal receiving and displaying unit (102) for receiving a television program and making a picture display, a television unit control unit (103) for controlling said signal receiving and displaying unit and outputting reception information relevant to a television program currently being received, an information reproducing apparatus (105) for reading desired program information from an information recording medium (106) in which television program information has been recorded in advance in the format of multi-media data and multi-media software, an interface apparatus (109) for converting said read program information into an information signal that can be displayed on said signal receiving and displaying unit and supplying said information signal to said signal receiving and displaying unit, a clock apparatus (104) for outputting current time information which shows the current year, month, day of the month and time, an input apparatus (110) for receiving instructions and key words from a user and outputting a command, and information retrieving means (111), connected to receive said time information and reception information, for controlling said information reproducing apparatus in response to said command from said input apparatus and retrieving said program information recorded in said information recording medium, wherein said information retrieving means (111) uses information including instructions and key words inputted to said input apparatus, reception information from said television control unit and time information from said clock apparatus, as information for retrieval, and controls said information reproducing apparatus (105) to read desired program information from said information recording medium (106) so that said signal receiving and displaying unit displays said desired program information that has been read.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
39 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 13, characterized in that said television program information recorded in said information recording medium includes a program name, a channel number and a date and time of broadcasting for each program.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 14, characterized in that said program information is laid out based on channel numbers.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 14, characterized in that said program information is laid out based on dates of broadcasting.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
100 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 13, characterized in that said television program information recorded in said information recording medium has broadcasting information including at least a program name, a channel number and a date and time of broadcasting for each broadcasting program, and video information including a motion picture and/or a still picture and sound relevant to each broadcasting program, and said information retrieving means retrieves broadcasting information of desired television program information from said information recording medium by using said retrieval information and displays the result of said retrieval in said signal receiving and displaying unit.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
39 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 17, characterized in that said information retrieving means reproduces and displays video information of said desired program information, in addition to said broadcasting information, on said signal receiving and displaying unit.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
102 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 13, characterized by further comprising reserving means (112) for controlling said television control unit to receive a reserved program and display said reserved program based on a reservation of a desired television program from said input apparatus, wherein said information retrieving means (105) retrieves said reserved program in response to an input of reservation information including a receiving time and a channel number of said reserved program to said input apparatus, and said reserving means controls said television control unit so as to receive said reserved program based on a result of said retrieval.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
102 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 14, characterized by further comprising reserving means (112) for controlling said television control unit to receive a reserved program and display said reserved program based on a reservation of a desired television program from said input apparatus, wherein said information retrieving means (105) retrieves said reserved program in response to an input of reservation information including a receiving time and a channel number of said reserved program to said input apparatus, and said reserving means controls said television control unit so as to receive said reserved program based on a result of said retrieval.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
102 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 17, characterized by further comprising reserving means (112) for controlling said television control unit to receive a reserved program and display said reserved program based on a reservation of a desired television program from said input apparatus, wherein said information retrieving means (105) retrieves said reserved program in response to an input of reservation information including a receiving time and a channel number of said reserved program to said input apparatus, and said reserving means controls said television control unit so as to receive said reserved program based on a result of said retrieval.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
90 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 13, characterized by further comprising a video recording and reproducing apparatus (113, 115) including means for receiving and recording a reserved television program based on a reservation of a desired television program, wherein said information retrieving means retrieves said reserved television program in response to an input of reservation information of said reserved television program to said input apparatus, and said reserving means makes said video recording and reproducing apparatus record said reserved television program based on a result of said retrieval.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
33 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 22, characterized in that said video recording and reproducing apparatus is a video recording and reproducing apparatus (113) provided in said television signal receiving apparatus.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
53 words
A television signal receiving apparatus according to Claim 22, characterized in that said video recording and reproducing apparatus is an external video recording and reproducing apparatus (115), and said television signal receiving apparatus has an information transfer apparatus (114) for transferring said result of retrieval to said external video recording and reproducing apparatus.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
220 words
A television signal receiving apparatus, characterized by comprising: a signal receiving and displaying unit (102) for receiving a television program and making a picture display, an information reproducing apparatus (105) for reading desired program information from an information recording medium in which television program information has been recorded in advance, an interface apparatus (109) for converting said desired program information into an information signal that can be displayed on said signal receiving and displaying unit and supplying said information signal to said signal receiving and displaying unit, and a clock apparatus (104) for outputting current time information for showing the current year, month, day of the month and time, wherein said television program information that is recorded in said information recording medium includes both broadcasting information including program names, channel numbers, dates of broadcasting and times of broadcasting of television programs that are received by said signal receiving and displaying unit, and appendant information which is relevant to said television programs, and said information reproducing apparatus reads broadcasting information on television programs broadcasted on said current year, month and day of the month from said information recording medium, in response to a request for reproducing and displaying program information, and displays said broadcasting information in the format of a program list (Fig. 8) on said signal receiving and displaying unit.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
220 words
A television signal receiving apparatus, characterized by comprising: a signal receiving and displaying unit (102) for receiving a television program and making a picture display, an information reproducing apparatus (105) for reading desired program information from an information recording medium in which television program information has been recorded in advance, an interface apparatus (109) for converting said desired program information into an information signal that can be displayed on said signal receiving and displaying unit and supplying said information signal to said signal receiving and displaying unit, and a clock apparatus (104) for outputting current time information for showing the current year, month, day of the month and time, wherein said television program information that is recorded in said information recording medium includes both broadcasting information including program names, channel numbers, dates of broadcasting and times of broadcasting of television programs that are received by said signal receiving and displaying unit, and appendant information which is relevant to said television programs, and said information reproducing apparatus reads broadcasting information on television programs broadcasted on said current year, month and day of the month from said information recording medium, in response to a request for reproducing and displaying program information, and displays said broadcasting information in the format of a program list (Fig. 8) on said signal receiving and displaying unit.
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