DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER

Abstract

In a digital broadcast receiver, program videos of digital broadcasts are switched with ease of use, and quickly displayed. A digital broadcast receiver receives digital broadcasts and processes data contained in the broadcasts to display program videos. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a tuner part having a first tuner and a second tuner; a display part; an input part; and a control part. The input part generates a first operation signal when operation buttons are touched, and generates a second operation signal when the operation buttons are pushed. The control part starts the reception of a program corresponding to the first operation signal by the second tuner when detecting the first operation signal during the display of a program video being received over the first tuner, and when detecting the second operation signal, switches to the display of a program video being received over the second tuner.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a digital broadcast receiver of a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a remote controller of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional schematic diagram of the remote controller of FIG. 2;

FIGS. 4A and 4B are drawings for explaining button operations of the remote controller of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of the digital broadcast receiver of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a drawing showing a first display screen example corresponding to the operation flowchart of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7A is a drawing showing a second display screen example corresponding to the operation flowchart of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7B is a drawing showing a third display screen example corresponding to the operation flowchart of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7C is a drawing showing a fourth display screen example corresponding to the operation flowchart of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8A is a drawing showing a fifth display screen example corresponding to the operation flowchart of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8B is a drawing showing a sixth display screen example corresponding to the operation flowchart of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8C is a drawing showing a seventh display screen example corresponding to the operation flowchart of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a digital broadcast receiver of a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10A is a drawing showing a first screen example in the digital broadcast receiver of FIG. 9;

FIG. 10B is a drawing showing a second screen example in the digital broadcast receiver of FIG. 9;

FIG. 10C is a drawing showing a third screen example in the digital broadcast receiver of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a digital broadcast receiver of a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a plan view of a remote controller of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a sectional schematic diagram of the remote controller of FIG. 12; and

FIG. 14 is a drawing for describing a voice reduction method in the third embodiment.

Claims

1. A digital broadcast receiver that receives a digital broadcast and processes data contained in the broadcast to display a program video, comprising: a tuner part having a first tuner and a second tuner;a display part that displays a program video processed by the tuner part;an input part having operation buttons for selecting programs; anda control part that controls them in an integrated manner,wherein the input part generates a first operation signal when the operation buttons are touched, and generates a second operation signal when the operation buttons are pushed, andthe control part starts the reception of a program corresponding to the first operation signal by the second tuner when detecting the first operation signal during the display of a program video being received over the first tuner, and when detecting the second operation signal, switches to the display of a program video being received over the second tuner.

2. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1, further comprising: the input part, constructed with a remote controller, that has the operation buttons and a remote controller communication part that issues operation signals by operations on the operation buttons; anda main body communication part that receives operation signals issued from the remote controller communication part and inputs them to the control part.

3. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein the input part is an input part of two-step action including a pressure touch sensor that generates the first operation signal when the operation buttons are touched, and a tact switch that generates the second operation signal when the operation buttons are pushed.

4. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein even when the detection of the first operation signal goes out after it is detected, the control part continues to receive the program by the second tuner until a predetermined time elapses, and if the second operation signal is not detected until the predetermined time elapses, terminates the reception of the program by the second tuner.

5. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein when detecting the first operation signal during the display of a program video being received over the first tuner, the control part displays information about a program corresponding to the first operation signal, along with the program video being displayed.

6. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 5, wherein the tuner part includes the first and the second tuners that process data contained in digital broadcasts in a full version, and a third tuner that processes data contained in digital broadcasts in a simple version, and information about the program corresponding to the first operation signal includes a program video of the simple version processed by the third tuner.

7. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 1, further comprising a voice output part that outputs voice, wherein the control part vocally outputs information about a program corresponding to the first operation signal from the voice output part when detecting the first operation signal during the display of a program video being received over the first tuner.

8. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 2, wherein the main body communication part and the remote controller communication part are constructed to be capable of wirelessly sending and receiving signals to and from each other,the digital broadcast receiver includes a voice output part having a first voice output part and a second voice output part incorporated in the remote controller, andthe control part vocally outputs voice information about a program video displayed in the display part from the first voice output part, and vocally outputs voice information about a touched operation button from the second voice output part.

9. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 8, wherein the control part makes voice outputted from the second voice output part louder than voice outputted from the first voice output part.

10. The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 8, wherein the control part lowers voice outputted from the first voice output part that is in the same voice range as the range of voice outputted from the second voice output part.