Patent ID: 9084018
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A program guide display apparatus comprising: a reception unit to receive a broadcast program by selecting a channel; an obtaining unit to obtain a program guide of each channel received by the reception unit; a display unit to display the program guide obtained by the obtaining unit; a memory unit to store setting information for viewing the broadcast program received by the reception unit; a remaining battery level detection unit to detect a remaining battery level; a recording unit to record a broadcast program; a remaining recording capacity detection unit to detect a remaining recording capacity of the recording unit; and a control unit to determine a first recordable time based on the setting information stored in the memory unit and the remaining battery level detected by the remaining battery level detection unit and a second recordable time based on the remaining recording capacity detected by the remaining recording capacity detection unit, wherein the control unit is to control the display unit to display a program zone in the program guide, the program zone corresponding to the broadcast program and having a value of a dimension corresponding to a duration of the broadcast program, the location of the program zone in the program guide being determined by at least one of the channel of the broadcast program and a broadcast time of the broadcast program, and wherein the control unit is further to discriminately display within the program zone a recordable zone, the recordable zone having a value of the dimension corresponding to shorter recordable time between the first recordable time and the second recordable time.