JPH0740384B2 - Timer reservation setting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a timer reservation setting device.

(B) Prior Art For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-36762 (G11B15 / 02) discloses a video tape recorder (VTR) device capable of timer reservation by a remote control unit.

In such a device, generally, all the data settings necessary for timer reservation are completed on the remote controller and then transferred to the VTR body in a predetermined format. The transfer format is, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, and the channel, date, month, start time (hour,
Minute), end time (hour, minute), and end code.

The VTR on the receiving side processes the data according to this transfer format, and the settings are made in the main body.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention Once the transfer format as described above has been determined, adding a new transfer format is not a good idea or may be impossible even if a setting method is added. . This is because it may be possible that the start code for distinguishing from the command (playback, recording, etc.) inherent in the remote control cannot be added to a transfer format other than the already determined transfer format.

Here, the new setting method is, for example, a simple method that does not require setting of date information.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems In the present invention, if a setting method that does not use at least one of the information items necessary for the defined transfer (transmission) format is used, this setting is not used. Create information inside the remote controller according to a predetermined method,
The transfer is executed in a complementary manner.

(E) Effect Therefore, even if the timer reservation setting method and setting information are different, they are converted to a single format, transmitted to the receiving side, and used, so adding a new setting method is completely problematic. There is no.

(F) Example Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the operation, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram.

A remote control device according to the present invention includes an input device having a plurality of operation buttons, a microcomputer that creates data to be transferred in accordance with instructions from the input device, and modulates and transmits infrared rays based on the created data. The transfer circuit has a basic configuration.

In the embodiment, the recording channel, month / day, start /
A method of setting the end time according to an instruction and operating the transfer button after the setting is completed to transfer the set data to the VTR side at once is adopted as one of the setting methods (standard method). As a simpler setting method, there is also adopted a method in which a reservation setting for today or tomorrow can be made by simply setting a start / end time and a channel (simple method).

In FIG. 2, the input device 1 includes push switches 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d for time setting according to a simple method, push switches 1e, 1f for channel setting, and a standard method.
A push switch 1g indicating that the setting of one item of data (channel, start time, etc.) has been completed, and a push switch 1h indicating that the standard method has been selected are provided. Besides, although not shown, a time setting means in the standard method is also provided. Furthermore, the transfer switch 1i by the standard method and the transfer switch 1j by the simple method are also provided.

2 is a simple method setting means, 3 is a standard method setting means, 4
Is clock means, 5 is date information setting means, 6 is transfer content setting means, 7 is a transfer circuit, and 8 is an infrared light emitting diode. Here, the configurations of 2 to 8 are realized by a microcomputer.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIG. When either of the D.START +/- switches 1a and 1b is operated, the simple method is instructed (step 10). After that, the start time, the end time, and the recording channel can be set in a fixed order by using the switches 1a to 1f in step 11. Here, each setting is performed by operating the +/- switch corresponding to each item and observing the display on the display means (not shown). In step 12, transfer corresponding to the simple method and checking whether the switch 1j is operated or not are performed. Therefore, the setting can be changed until the transfer switch 1j is operated.

When the transfer switch 1j is operated, the date data is automatically set in step 13. That is, the current time data N from the clock means 4 is compared with the start time data S, and S>
If N, that is, S is later than N, the current date data is added. If S <N, add tomorrow's date data. In this way, based on the data in which the date data is automatically set, the transfer content is determined in the third format and the transfer is executed (steps 14 and 15).

When the switch 1j is operated instead of the switches 1a and 1b, the standard method mode is set (step 16). In this mode, the channel, date, and start / end time are set sequentially (the "Forward" switch 1g is operated each time one item is set), and when the transfer switch 1i is operated after all are completed. Transfer is executed. The format at this time is as shown in FIG. 3, which is the same as the simple method.

The VTR on the receiving side stores the transferred data in the memory as reservation information. From the perspective of the VTR, the reservation information is sent in the same format regardless of the setting method, so there is no need to change the configuration, etc. from the conventional one. Even if the VTR side checks whether there are 7 data between the start code and the end code as an error check operation, make the reservation setting without any problem. You can

In the above simple setting, the date setting is omitted, but in addition, the channel setting (setting the channel at the time of reservation setting), the start time (existing time or a predetermined time after the existing time is automatically set) It is also possible to omit the end time (automatically set a predetermined time after the start time). It is also possible to set the designation of the recording mode (long time / standard).

(G) Effect of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, in the case of a setting method with a small number of setting items in the setting of reservation information, the insufficient item data is transmitted by a predetermined method without being supplemented. , The same transfer (transmission) format can be used and no change is required on the receiving side.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the operation of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a transfer format. 1 ... Input device, 5 ... Automatic date setting means, 7 ... Transfer circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A timer reservation device for setting a plurality of reservation information items required for a defined transmission format using a remote control unit and transmitting the same to a video tape recorder,
The remote control unit has a clock means, a transfer content setting means, and a time setting means for setting a recording start time or a recording end time, and present time information of the clock means and a time set by the time setting means. If the set time is later than the current time of the clock means, the current date data is stored in the transfer content setting means if the set time is earlier than the current time of the clock means. A timer reservation device characterized by setting.