Patent ID: 6252630
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A signal receiving device comprising:channel selecting means for selecting channels;telecast video output means for outputting the video information of the channel selected by said channel selecting means;program information image output means for forming the program information image having the information relating to the program per program based on the program information data and for outputting the video information of said program information image;recording reservation program setting means for registering the desired program as the recording reserved program from among the telecast scheduled programs;output control means for executing the control to the program information image output means which outputs video information of the program information image corresponding to said recording reserved program at the fixed timing different from the telecast time of said recording reserved program and the control to said telecast video output means which outputs video information of said recording reserved program at least during the telecast time of said recording reserved program; andoperation control means for controlling the recording operation of the external recording device in which video information of said recording reserved program transmitted from said telecasting video output means and video information of said program information image transmitted from said program information image output means corresponding to the period during which the video information of said program information image is being transmitted and the period during which the video information of said recording reserved program is being transmitted.