KR20040067351A - Method for managing a navigation information recorded program - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a recording program navigation information recording management method, and at the end of a normal recording operation or when setting a scheduled recording, after outputting and displaying an OS input window for selecting and inputting category information corresponding to the recording program, By recording and managing the category information selected and input through the SD input window as the navigation information along with the recording information corresponding to the recorded program, various navigation information for each program recorded on the hard disk, etc., without the user missing it It is a very useful invention that makes it possible to select input more conveniently.

Description

Recording program navigation information recorded program {Method for managing a navigation information recorded program}

The present invention relates to a recording program navigation information recording management method, and more particularly, recording program navigation information recording for recording and managing various navigation information for each program recorded on a large capacity recording medium such as a hard disk (HDD). It is about management method.

Recently, a data recording apparatus for recording and storing high-definition video data and high-quality audio data on a large-capacity recording medium such as a hard disk (HDD) has been developed and commercialized. The data recording apparatus is shown in FIG. As described above, the storage 10, the recording / reproducing system 11, the microcomputer 12, the OSD generating unit 13, the memory 14, and the like are included.

On the other hand, the microcomputer 12 performs a general recording operation by a user's key input, or receives any one broadcast program according to preset recording information, and stores the storage, for example, a hard disk ( 10) A series of normal recording or scheduled recording is performed.

Accordingly, a plurality of broadcast programs may be recorded and stored in the hard disk 10. For example, when the user requests a 'display program list information display' from the user, the microcomputer 12 may display the hard disk. In addition to searching and reading navigation information recorded in some specific recording section of the device, the OSD generator 13 is operated to control output of the recorded program list information as shown in FIG. 2. do.

Meanwhile, in the recorded program list information, a broadcasting channel corresponding to each recorded program, a recording start / end time (Rec_Stsrt / End_Time), title and category information, and the like are displayed in a list form. In the category information, one of a genre of a corresponding recording program, for example, genre information such as Movie, Drama, News, Sports, and the like, is selectively recorded. .

In addition, the microcomputer 12 may sort and sort recorded program information based on the category information as described above, and the user may use the list information sorted and sorted based on the category information. Thus, it is possible to select and play any one desired recording program.

However, the above category information is user information that the user selects and inputs. On the OS screen in which the recorded program list information is displayed and outputted, the user must select and input any one category suitable for the corresponding recorded program. As a result, the user may feel uncomfortable, and thus there is a problem in that a case where input of category information is missed frequently occurs.

In addition, when the input of category information is omitted as described above, a problem arises in that a corresponding function of classifying and sorting recorded programs based on the category information is not normally performed.

Accordingly, the present invention was created to solve the above problems, and the user can conveniently input various navigation information for each program recorded on a large capacity recording medium such as a hard disk (HDD) without a user missing. To provide a recording program navigation information recording management method to be able to do so, its purpose is to.

1 shows a configuration of a general data recording apparatus,

2 shows program list information displayed and output by a general data recording apparatus.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a recording program navigation information recording management method according to the present invention;

4 illustrates a pop-up menu screen that is output and displayed at the end of recording by the recording program navigation information recording management method according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a recording program navigation information recording management method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

6 illustrates a pop-up menu screen that is displayed and outputted when setting a reservation recording by the recording program navigation information recording management method according to the present invention.

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10: storage 11: recording / playback system

12: microcomputer 13: OSD generator

14: Memory

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording program navigation information recording management method comprising: outputting and displaying an OSD input window for selecting and inputting category information corresponding to a corresponding recording program at the end of a normal recording operation; And recording and managing category information selected through the OS input window as navigation information together with the recording information corresponding to the recording program.

In addition, the recording program navigation information recording management method according to the present invention, when setting the reservation recording information, step 1 outputting and displaying the OS input window for selecting and inputting the category information corresponding to the reservation recording program; Storing the category information selected and input through the OSD input window in association with the reservation recording information; And recording and recording the recording information and the category information corresponding to the recorded program as navigation information at the end of the reservation recording operation.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a recording program navigation information recording management method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a method for managing recording program navigation information recording according to the present invention. As described above with reference to FIG. 1, the storage 10, the recording / reproducing system 11, and the microcomputer 12 are described. In the case of a user having a data recording device including the OSD generation unit 13 and the memory 14, the recording / requesting is performed by the microcomputer 12. An operation control of the reproduction system 11 is performed to perform a general recording operation of recording the broadcast program on the storage, for example, the hard disk 10 (S10).

In addition, when the recording operation is terminated at the request of the user (S11), the microcomputer 12 may control the OSD generating unit 13 to select and input category information corresponding to the corresponding recording program. The OSD menu screen is displayed. The OSD menu screen is a pop-up menu screen, as shown in FIG. 4, and includes genre information such as movies, sports, dramas, and news. Included is displayed (S12).

On the other hand, when a certain genre information, that is, category information corresponding to a recorded program is selected and input through the pop-up menu displayed as described above, the category information is temporarily stored in the memory 14 (S13). Subsequently, the microcomputer 12 checks general recording information such as channel information, a recording start time Rec_Start_Time, a recording end time Rec_End_Time information, etc. in which the recorded program is broadcasted (S14).

Then, the identified general recording information and the category information selected by the user are linked to each other, and a navigation area allocated to a specific recording section of the hard disk, for example, a first recording section of the hard disk, is stored. Recording management is performed as navigation information (S15).

On the other hand, in the microcomputer 12, when the user is requested to display the recorded program list information (S16), the microcomputer 12 reads the navigation information recorded and managed in the first partial recording section of the hard disk, and the OSD generating unit ( Operation 13), as described above with reference to FIG. 2, the recorded program list information is outputted and displayed (S17).

That is, the broadcasting channel corresponding to the recording program, the recording start / end time (Rec_Stsrt / End_Time), the title (Title) and the category (Category) information, etc. are displayed and displayed as list information in the form of a list. In the information, any one of genre information such as Movie, Drama, News, Sports, etc. is selected and displayed, and the microcomputer 12 records based on the category information as described above. Program information is sorted and sorted.

Accordingly, the user can select and play any desired recorded program by using the list information sorted and sorted based on the category information.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a method for managing recorded program navigation information recording according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein a user having the data recording apparatus reserves and records a program for any one broadcast program. When requesting a setting operation, the microcomputer 12 outputs and displays a general OS screen for inputting reservation recording information by controlling the OS D generation unit 13 (S20).

Meanwhile, the microcomputer 12 receives reservation recording information input through the OS screen, for example, broadcasting channel information, recording start and end time information, and temporarily stores the information in the memory 14. At this time, the microcomputer 12 checks whether the user inputs category information corresponding to the recorded program (S22).

When the category information is not input as a result of the checking, the microcomputer 12 outputs and displays an OSD menu screen for selecting and inputting category information corresponding to the corresponding recorded program. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the screen is a pop-up menu screen, and includes genre information such as movie, sports, drama, news, and the like (S23).

On the other hand, when a certain genre information, that is, category information corresponding to a recorded program is selected and input through the pop-up menu displayed as described above, the category information is stored in the memory 14 in association with the reservation recording information. Subsequently, the microcomputer 12 performs a series of reserved recording operations for recording the corresponding program on the hard disk with reference to the reserved recording information (S25).

Subsequently, when the above scheduled recording operation is terminated (S26), in the microcomputer 12, channel information, recording start time (Rec_Start_Time), recording end time (Rec_End_Time) information on which the recorded program is broadcasted. After confirming the general recording information such as, etc., the navigation area allocated to a specific recording section of the hard disk, for example, the first partial recording section of the hard disk, in association with the checked general recording information and the category information selected by the user. In step S27, recording management is performed as navigation information for the recorded program.

When the user is requested to display the recorded program list information (S28), the navigation information managed to be recorded and recorded in the first partial recording section of the hard disk is read, and the operation of the OS generating unit 13 is controlled. As described above with reference to FIG. 2, the recorded program list information is outputted and displayed (S29).

Accordingly, a broadcast channel corresponding to the recorded program, a recording start / end time (Rec_Stsrt / End_Time), title and category information, and the like are displayed as list information in a list form. In the category information, any one of genre information such as Movie, Drama, News, Sports, etc. may be selected and displayed. In the microcomputer 12, the category information is based on the above category information. Recorded program information is sorted and sorted.

Accordingly, the user can select and play any desired recorded program by using the list information sorted and sorted based on the category information.

Or more, preferred embodiments of the present invention described above, for the purpose of illustration, those skilled in the art, within the technical spirit and the technical scope of the present invention disclosed in the appended claims below, to further improve various other embodiments Changes, substitutions or additions will be possible.

The recording program navigation information recording management method according to the present invention constituted and configured as described above outputs and displays an OSD input window for selecting and inputting category information corresponding to a recording program at the end of a normal recording operation or when setting a reservation recording. Thereafter, the category information input and selected through the OS input window is recorded and managed as navigation information together with the recording information corresponding to the recorded program, thereby providing various navigation information for each program recorded on the hard disk. Is a very useful invention that can be selected and entered more conveniently without omission.

Claims (10)

Outputting and displaying an OSD input window for selecting and inputting category information corresponding to the corresponding recording program when the normal recording operation ends; And And recording and managing the category information selected and input through the OSD input window as navigation information together with the recording information corresponding to the recorded program. The method of claim 1, In the step 1, as the category information corresponding to the corresponding recorded program, outputting an OSD input window in which at least one of movies, sports, dramas, and news is displayed is displayed and displayed. Way. The method of claim 1, The step 1, recording program navigation information recording management method, characterized in that to display the OSD input window for selecting and inputting the category information corresponding to the recording program on the pop-up menu screen. The method of claim 1, In the second step, navigation of category information selected and input through the OSD input window together with recording information including at least one of a channel, a recording start time, and a recording end time when the recording program is broadcasted, is recorded. A recording program navigation information recording management method characterized by recording management as information. The method of claim 1, And said step 2 records and manages the navigation information in a specific recording section of a hard disk provided in the apparatus. Outputting and displaying an OSD input window for selecting and inputting category information corresponding to the reservation recording program when setting the reservation recording information; Storing category information selected and input through the OSD input window in association with the reservation recording information; And And recording and recording the recording information and the category information corresponding to the recorded program as navigation information at the end of the reservation recording operation. The method of claim 6, In the step 1, recording of the program recording information navigation information, characterized in that the output of the OS input window that displays at least one or more of the movie, sports, drama, news as category information corresponding to the reservation recording program; How to manage. The method of claim 6, The first step, the recording program navigation information recording management method, characterized in that to display the output menu to the OSD input window for selecting and inputting the category information corresponding to the reservation recording program. The method of claim 6, The step 2, recording program navigation information recording management method, characterized in that for temporarily storing the category information and the reservation recording information selected via the OS input window in the memory provided in the device. The method of claim 6, In step 3, recording information including at least one of a channel, a recording start time, and a recording end time when the recording program is broadcasted, and the category information are navigation information, and the hard disk provided in the device is specified. A recording program navigation information recording management method characterized by recording management in a recording section.