JP2003174597A - Broadcast receiver, character processor, broadcasting equipment, electronic device, means for generating dictionary for character processing and electronic device system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a more convenient input environment by reflecting latest and popular data obtained from EPG (Electronic Program Guide) on a Kana (Japanese syllabary)/Kanji (Chinese character) conversion dictionary when a TV viewer performs Kana/Kanji conversion input from a TV device. <P>SOLUTION: The pronunciation and attributes of a part of speech are attached to a word transmitted as the EPG and then transmitted. A TV receiver receives it and automatically generates a dictionary for Kana/Kanji conversion from EPG data. In the case of performing conversion using the dictionary, a conversion order is decided depending on the number of days from the day when registration is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a kana-kanji conversion dictionary for Japanese language processing, and more particularly to registration and management of words such as personal names, place names and buzzwords.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with the integration of TV and computer, the spread of the Internet, the start of digital broadcasting, etc.
Two-way communication has started, and TV viewers can
Opportunities for inputting characters and the like on the device are also increasing.

In inputting these characters, in Japanese, a so-called kana-kanji conversion operation is usually performed, in which "yomi" is input and converted to obtain a kanji-kana mixed notation.

The recent kana-kanji conversion function is a so-called AI for converting a corresponding part from examples, meanings and context analysis.
With (artificial intelligence) conversion, the correct conversion is performed with considerable accuracy.

[0005]

However, no matter how good the conversion function is, a person's name or word that is not registered in the conversion dictionary is often not converted as expected.

On the other hand, TV devices are consumer products, and many TV viewers have no knowledge of computers and word processors. It is desirable to avoid complicated and difficult operations in kana-kanji conversion when inputting characters. It is a thing.

Conventionally, for example, as shown in FIG. 19, a TV viewer is trying to answer a quiz related to the program via the Internet while watching TV, and a response entry screen is displayed. As an answer, assume that you are trying to enter the names of two people, Hiroshi Ito and Yoshio Watanaki, in the answer box on the screen.

The name of "Ito Hiroshi" is "Ito", "Ito", "Ito", "Ito", "Ito", "Hiroshi", "Hiro", "Yu", "Kan",
There are many homophones such as "Hiro", "Hiro", "Kei", "Haku", and "Koshi".

For this reason, the word "Ito Hiroshi" is not registered in the basic dictionary for Kana-Kanji conversion (including the personal name dictionary), and "Ito" and "Hiroshi" are converted separately. And then combine them.

First, as shown in FIG. 20, "Ito Hiroshi"
Input Kana in Roman letters, and then press the "Convert" key.

Then, since "Ito Hiroshi" is not in the basic dictionary, "Ito" and "Hiroshi" are converted by the conversion processing unit.
20a, these first candidates are displayed as conversion candidates as “Hiroshi Ito” as shown in FIG. 20a.

When the "conversion" key is further pressed, another conversion candidate of "ito" is first displayed (Fig. 20b), and "Jingu" is selected and selected (Fig. 20c).

Next, in order to select the "Hiroshi" conversion, the "Conversion" key is pressed (FIG. 20d) to display the conversion candidates and select "Hi". (FIG. 20e) The "space" key is used as the conversion key, and the "Enter" key is used as the selection key.

The name "Wattanuki Yoshio" is a rare notation for both "April Sakuhi" and "Hoshishio", and is usually not registered in the Kana-Kanji dictionary.

When these are to be entered in the same manner as above, if "Wanakuki Yoshio" is input and the "Conversion" key is pressed, "Watanori Yoshio" is first displayed as a conversion candidate as shown in FIG. 21a. . After that, the "conversion" key is pressed again to display other conversion candidates, but since the notation you want to enter is not in the dictionary, "April Sakuday" is not displayed and conversion cannot be performed. (FIG. 21b) Then, when the TV viewer remembers not only "reading" but also "notation", "April Sakuday", "April", "Saku", as shown in FIG.
Disassemble into "Sun", and for each, "Shigatsu",
Input "Saku" and "Hi" as readings, convert them, and enter "April Sakuday".

Further, even if the TV viewer knows "reading", if he / she does not remember the notation, the conversion cannot be performed by the disassembly input by the TV viewer.

[0017]

In view of the above, the present invention takes the above into consideration, and an electronic program guide (hereinafter referred to as E
PG) (abbreviated as PG) Data such as title, performer, commentary included in the data, or data broadcast data transmitted separately from the broadcast program is embedded with necessary information in the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary such as reading and part of speech. TV that received
When the device automatically generates a kana-kanji dictionary based on these data, performs an input operation on the TV device, and refers to the automatically-generated dictionary to convert the words registered in the dictionary into kanji , Faster and easier to enter.

As a method of creating a database from EPG, there is Patent Publication No. 11-341381, etc., which detect a keyword from EPG,
It is like that a TV viewer uses this when selecting a program, and is not a solution to this problem.

[0019]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the entire display control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 1.1 denotes a TV device capable of receiving digital broadcasting, which receives TV broadcasting, transmits / receives a remote controller, transmits / receives data to / from a device connected to a network, controls the device, and so on. , Obtained TV image data,
Device image data, various icon data, control information, etc. are displayed.

Reference numeral 1.2 denotes a remote control device for a TV viewer to control and operate the TV device or the like, and to input data.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the details of the 1.1TV apparatus.

An antenna device 1.101 receives TV radio waves from the outside, converts them into high-frequency electric signals, and guides them to a 1.102 tuner section which will be described later.

Reference numeral 1.102 denotes a tuner section, which amplifies a high frequency TV signal from the 1.101 antenna section, selects a desired station, demodulates a high frequency TV signal modulated by a carrier wave, and 1.103. Output to the decoder section.

Reference numeral 1.103 denotes a decoder section, which separates the signal obtained from the 1.102 tuner section from image data, audio data, other data broadcasting data, and additional data such as electronic program guide data. , Decode, image data to 1.121 image control unit, audio data
1.123 To voice control unit, and other data to bus s
It is output to 1.101.

Reference numeral 1.121 denotes an image control unit, which includes image data from the 1.103 decoder unit and s1.10.
The image data obtained through one bus is switched or combined, and output as display image data and horizontal and vertical synchronization signals to the 1.122 display unit described later.

Reference numeral 1.122 denotes a display device, which has the above 1.
121 RGB image data and horizontal and vertical synchronization signals are input from the image control unit and displayed.

Reference numeral 1.123 is a voice control unit for switching or synthesizing the voice data from the 1.03 decoder unit and the s1.101 internal bus, and for volume control.
The sound quality, the sense of presence, etc. are controlled and output to the later-described 1.124 audio output unit.

1.124 The audio output unit is the same as the above 1.12.
3 Amplifies the audio signal input from the audio control unit and outputs the audio from the speaker.

1.130 is an external i / F section,
It transmits and receives data to and from various external AV devices and personal computer devices.

Reference numeral 1.140 denotes a remote control transmission / reception unit which receives various data transmitted when a TV viewer operates the 1.2 remote control device, and outputs the data 1.150.
Transfer to system controller. Also, data such as TV device setting data is transmitted to the 1.2 remote controller.

Reference numeral 1.150 denotes a memory unit, as described above, 1.2 data for various settings transmitted from a remote controller or the like, control data, and E output from 1.103, E
PG data, various TV broadcast additional data, 1.130
Various data input through the external i / F unit
1.101 This is a memory that is input and stored via the internal bus. An auto-generated dictionary for Kana-Kanji conversion is generated here. Details will be described later.

1.160 is a data ROM, such as character data and image data used for display, printing, etc.
It is a ROM that stores data that is built in the TV device in advance.

Basic kana-kanji conversion dictionary data used for kana-kanji conversion is stored here.

1.170 is a modem unit, and 1.1
The TV device is used for exchanging data with the outside through the telephone line s1.2. For example, it is used for transmitting viewing information to a management server for billing for pay broadcasting, transmitting / receiving data to / from a broadcasting station when viewing bidirectional broadcasting, connecting to a provider for Internet connection, and the like.

Reference numeral 1.190 denotes a control unit which is connected to a bus s1.101 which will be described later and wholly controls each unit in the 1.1TV apparatus.

First, in TV reception, as described above,
1.101 antenna section, 1.102 tuner section, 1.1
03 Decoder control, settings such as channel switching, data broadcast data, electronic program guide data storage, etc.
Take control.

Further, the 1.121 image control unit is controlled to 1.
The image data from the decoder 103, the image data of the data broadcast data, the electronic program data, and the data from the external i / F unit are switched, and display settings such as composition are set and controlled.

Similarly, the 1.123 voice control unit is controlled,
It controls the synthesis and output of voice data from each part.

In addition, Internet connection, interactive broadcasting,
It controls various applications such as Kana-Kanji conversion used when receiving data broadcasting and inputting data.

There is also a work area required for these operations, for example, a word buffer required when registering a TV device automatic generation dictionary described later.

Further, the key code data received from the 1.140 remote control transmission / reception unit and the position information data of the 1.206 touch panel of the 1.2 remote control device are analyzed and the corresponding processing is performed.

Also, 1.140 the result of the data received from the remote control transmitter / receiver, or 1.1 the change in the internal condition of the TV device, the broadcast received data, the 1.130 external i / F,
1.170 Depending on the information from the modem device, 1.14
The 0 remote control transmitter / receiver transmits various control data to the 1.2 remote control device and the display data to the 1.206 display part of the 1.2 remote control device.

Further, this control unit has a clock function capable of measuring the date, the day of the week, and the time, like the later-described 1.2 remote control device, and can manage and display the day of the week and the time.

S1.101 is the internal Bus, data, and control Bus, and as described above,
This is a bus in the 1.1 TV device, which is used to transfer image and audio data and transfer information of each part.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing details of 1.2 remote controller.

Reference numeral 1.201 in FIG. 3 is a key button,
The remote controller user presses the button to perform a desired operation, and is controlled by the 1.210 control unit described later.

Reference numeral 1.203 is a key code storage ROM in which key codes for TV operation and setting are stored in advance.

1.04 is a TV information storage section,
1.140 A memory for storing TV device data transmitted from the remote control unit.

Reference numeral 1.205 denotes a data transmission / reception unit,
The pressed key, T stored in 1.203
The data corresponding to the V setting information and the like, and various data such as the data reception completion code are described in 1.1
40 Send to remote control unit.

Further, it receives various data transmitted from the 1.140 remote controller control section.

Reference numeral 1.206 denotes a display unit with a touch panel, which has a structure in which a transparent touch panel is attached to an ordinary liquid crystal panel.

The structure is shown in FIG. The structure is divided into upper and lower parts, and the lower half is a liquid crystal display section,
It is composed of transparent electrodes arranged in the X and Y directions with a pressure sensitive sheet sandwiched therebetween for detecting the position when touched with a finger or the like.

The display device with a touch panel includes various menus for operating various settings and operations of the TV device, an operation panel,
Used for clock display, etc.

Information such as a keyboard panel, an operation panel, an icon image, and a message transmitted from the TV device is displayed.

If a finger or the like touches the surface of the touch panel, when the 1.210 control unit scans the keyboard,
It is detected through the X and Y electrodes.

The 1.207 battery unit is a battery and a power supply for operating the remote control device.

The 1.208 clock unit is a so-called clock, which measures the date, the day of the week, and the time, and displays the day of the week and the time on the 1.206 display unit.

1.210 is a control unit, which is 1.20.
Scanning of one-key buttons, detection of pressed keys, and processing corresponding to pressed keys are performed. Further, if necessary, the key code corresponding to the detected manufacturer is transmitted from the 1.203 transceiver unit.

Further, when the touch panel of the display unit with the 1.206 touch panel is scanned and contact is made with a finger or the like,
Based on the contact position information, various processing and position information are transmitted from the 1.203 transmitting / receiving unit to the 1.1TV device.

Further, the display according to the result of these control and processing is performed.

FIG. 4 is an external view of the 1.2 remote controller.

The power key on the upper left of FIG. 4 is for turning on / off the power of the apparatus.
It is a power key to turn off. TV, BS, C on the right
The S key selects the source of the received input,
Press the key to receive VHF, UHF, BS broadcasts, BS key for BS digital broadcast, CS key for
Can receive CS digital broadcasting.

Below the setting key is 1.2 described above.
06 Display unit with touch panel.

The screen for menu operation, display of date and time, display data transmitted from 1.1 TV apparatus, and operation panel data are displayed here.

In FIG. 4, a keyboard panel screen capable of touch input is displayed for character input. When a TV viewer inputs a character, he touches a portion corresponding to the key of the panel. 1.206 The position information of the contact portion in the display unit with the touch panel is transmitted to the 1.1 TV device.

The menu key at the lower left of the menu key is 1.
1 TV device is for displaying a menu screen for various settings and operations, and is set from the menu screen by the cursor key, an execution key, and a cancel key under the menu screen,
To make changes.

To the left of these are volume UP and volume DOWN keys for setting the volume level.

The numbers below the numbers are usually used for TV channel setting, but are also used for inputting numbers when the menu is operated.

The two arrow keys to the left of the number keys are used for UP / DOWN of TV channels.

FIGS. 6 to 8 show the details of the automatically generated dictionary in this embodiment, which resides in the 1.150 memory section and is controlled by the 1.190 control section as described above. It is generated from the data part separated from the received signal.

The data is composed of terms such as "reading", "notation", "part of speech", "weight parameter" which are the basics of the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary, and registered "update date". ing.

"Notation" is the result of display, printing, etc. for the conversion, and "reading" is a phonetic representation of the notation.

The "part of speech" is a classification in which words having the above notation are classified according to their grammatical meaning, function, form, etc.,
Noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction, preposition,
There are verbs, proper nouns, person names, place names, and so on.

The "weight parameter" is used for kana-kanji conversion.
It is used to determine the conversion order when there are multiple conversion candidates. In this embodiment, when newly registered,
When it becomes "1" and is re-detected, "0.5" is incremented by one. Also, if selected during kana-kanji conversion, "1" is added, and if not selected for half a year, "0.5" is subtracted.

The "update date" is the final date when a certain word is registered or rediscovered.

In the ordinary kana-kanji conversion, when the notation is selected during conversion, the value of the weighting parameter becomes large and the priority is increased.

In the present invention, in addition to this, when dictionary format data of a certain word is detected from broadcast data and automatically registered, or when the same word is re-detected, the conversion candidate becomes higher in priority. It is like this.

The rank of the conversion candidates in the present invention is determined by conversion rank coefficient = weight parameter- (current year / month (decimal conversion value) -update year / month (decimal conversion value)).

That is, as the number of registrations in the broadcast data is larger and the number of selections by the TV viewer is larger, the rank of the conversion candidate is higher, but the registered date is older, and the TV viewer is also older. By this, if not selected, the rank of conversion candidates becomes low.

In the automatically generated dictionary, kana characters are input,
When the conversion key is pressed, it is referred to by the Kana-Kanji conversion control unit in the 1.190 control unit.

FIG. 9 shows the structure of received signal data of digital broadcasting received in this embodiment.

The digitized broadcast signal is IEC, I
It is defined by various standards such as EEE and ARIB (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses) and a standard body. It is a so-called TS signal.
It is composed of a data portion which is a data signal other than audio.

In the data section, PAT, PMT, NI
There are various tables and program information tables related to information unique to broadcast programs such as T, EIT, and TOT.

The EPG data used in this embodiment exists as some descriptors in the EIT (event information table) therein, and is displayed by the 1.190 control unit in the form of a so-called program table. It

The content descriptor represents the genre of the broadcast program. Genres include "reporting", "sports", "drama", "movies", "variety", and "education".

The short format event descriptor is the program name of the program,
The subtitle is described.

In the extended format event descriptor, person names such as performers, screenwriters, and moderators, and description of programs are described. The contents of these conventional descriptors are shown in FIG.

On the other hand, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the descriptors of the short format event descriptor and the extended format event descriptor start with "* //" and are surrounded by "// *". A portion is prepared, and "notation", "reading", and "part of speech" of the TV device automatic generation dictionary of FIG. 6 necessary for the kana-kanji conversion dictionary are described in these as dictionary format data. "*
"//", "//", and "// *" are used only for these purposes.

(Operation example) Next, the automatic registration operation of the TV device automatic generation dictionary of this embodiment and the operation of using the generated dictionary will be described.

The input method for kana-kanji conversion in this embodiment uses the same conversion key and selection key as those described in the conventional example.

As in the conventional example, it is assumed that "Ito Hiroshi" or the like to be converted in this embodiment is not registered in the basic dictionary of the 1.160 data ROM section.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of the automatic registration operation of the TV device automatic generation dictionary.

The contents of the TV device automatic registration dictionary 1 shown in FIG.
A case where the contents of the extended event descriptor in FIG. 11 are registered will be described. In the extended format event descriptor of FIG. 11, there are five words that should be registered: "Keito Jin", "April Satoshi Nissho", "Mari Hojo", "Kathalani", "Takeo Itami". However, of these, "Mari Hojo" and "Takeo Itami" already exist in the TV device automatic generation dictionary of FIG.

Further, the year and month when the operation is covered is
It is assumed that it is January 2000.

First, in a 1.1 TV device, 1.10
Broadcast radio waves are received through one antenna unit and 1.102 tuner unit (st3101), the data unit is separated and decoded in the 1.103 decoder unit, and the 1.190 control unit passes the bus to the 1.150 memory unit. Is stored. (St3102) The EIT and the short-form and extended-form event descriptors are separated from the data part and stored again in the 1.150 memory part. (St3103, st3104) 1.19
The 0 controller then begins scanning the contents of the event descriptor. (St3105) First, whether there is a character string of "* //", that is,
It is determined whether the contents of the event descriptor include dictionary data to be registered in the automatically generated dictionary. (St3106) When the character string is detected, the TV device automatic generation dictionary registration work is started.

First, the character string after "* //" until "//" is detected is stored as "notation" in the word buffer in the 1.190 control unit. (St3110, st
3111, st3131) Next, when "//" is detected, the character string until the next "//" is detected is stored as "reading" in the word buffer. (St3112, st3113, st31
41) When "//" is detected again, next "// *"
The character string until is detected is stored as "part of speech" in the word buffer. (St3114, st3115,
st3151) Thus, the dictionary data of one word is detected.

Then, from st3106 to st3115
Are scanned until the event descriptor is completed, and the detected dictionary data is temporarily stored in the word buffer.

Thus, when the scanning is completed (st311)
6) If the dictionary data exists in the word buffer (s
(t3118), for each word stored in the word buffer, it is searched whether or not the detected dictionary data is already registered in the TV device automatic generation dictionary in the 1.160 memory unit (st3117). TV
The notation, reading and part-of-speech data in the word buffer are newly registered in the notation, reading and part-of-speech terms of the device automatic generation dictionary. (St3161) Then, 1 is set in the candidate weight parameter term (st31
62) Further, the current date data is detected from the clock unit in the 1190 control unit and is set in the update date item. (S
t3163) In this embodiment, the words to be newly registered in the extended format event descriptor of FIG. 11 are “Keito Joto”, “April Satoshi April Satoshi”, and “Katharyani”. , This is registered, 1 is set in the weight parameter, and 00.01 is set in the year and month. (FIG. 7) On the other hand, if the word has already been registered in st3118, a process of adding 0.5 to the candidate weight parameter is performed (st3119), and the clock date in the 1190 control unit causes the current date and time to be added, as described above. Detect the data and reset it to the updated date.

In this embodiment, two words "Mari Hojo" and "Takeo Itami" among the words to be registered in the extended format event descriptor of FIG. 11 are already present in FIG. Corresponds to, and 0.5 is added to the previous value, and 00.01 is reset for the year and month. (FIG. 7) FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an operation in which the above-described automatically generated dictionary in which the registration operation is automatically performed is used.

First, the case where the registered TV device automatic generation dictionary is shown in FIG. 7 will be described.

[0103] The TV viewer, on the screen as shown in Fig. 19, displays Hiroshi Ito in the same manner as described in the above-mentioned conventional example.
Suppose you are trying to enter your name in the answer box on the screen. In addition, input from the keyboard shall be Roman characters.

A keyboard panel for inputting characters is displayed on the remote control device of FIG. 4 and the display screen of FIG. T
The V viewer first uses the keyboard displayed on the display unit with the 1.206 touch panel of the remote control device shown in FIG.
ouhiroshi ”in Roman characters and press the conversion key (space key). Then (st3201), 1.2 the position information corresponding to the display of the key button is sequentially transmitted from the remote control device.

1.19 of 1.1 TV apparatus which received this
In order to determine whether the received data is data to be displayed as a character input, the 0 control unit first determines whether it is a conversion key (st3202), and if it is not a conversion key, a function key, etc. It is determined whether or not it is the special key of (ST3231), and if it is not the special key, it is determined that the data has been input to the TV apparatus, and the Roman characters are converted into kana and displayed. (St3232) In this embodiment, since "itohiroshi" is input, it is determined to be a normal character input, and "Ito Hiroshi" is displayed. (FIG. 12a) If it is determined that the key is a special key such as a function key, the corresponding process is performed.
(St3233) If it is determined in st3202 that the key is the conversion key, the kana-kanji conversion process for the character input before that and determined to be the conversion target is started. In this embodiment,
Based on the position information, it is judged that it is "itohiroshi" and the conversion key, and the kana-kanji conversion conversion process of "Ito Hiroshi" is started.

First, it is searched whether the TV device automatic generation dictionary exists in the 1.150 memory unit. (St3
205) If the TV device automatic generation dictionary does not exist, the conventional processing as described above is performed. (St3241) When the TV device automatic generation dictionary exists, it is determined whether or not a word corresponding to reading is registered (st320).
6) If not, the conventional process is performed as in the case where the TV device automatic generation dictionary does not exist.

When the registered word "Ito Hiroshi" exists, it is detected whether or not there are a plurality of the words. (St3
207) If there are a plurality of conversion candidate ranks, the conversion candidate ranks and the ranks lower than the first rank are determined by the conversion candidate rank determination procedure. (St
3251) In the operation, the TV device automatic generation dictionary of FIG. 7 exists, but since a plurality of “Hiroshi Ito” do not exist in this dictionary, it is determined to display “Ito Kei” as the first candidate.

Next, it is checked whether or not "Ito Hiroshi" is found in the basic dictionary of the 1.160 data ROM section (st).
3209), if present, it is added as a candidate after the above-mentioned determined and lowest candidate. (St3261) In this embodiment, since "Hiroshi Ito" does not exist, the process is not performed.

Since the displayed words and the conversion candidate ranks have been determined, the words are displayed as shown in FIG. 12b. (St
3210) When the TV viewer looks at the display, determines that the notation is desired to be entered, and presses the “Enter” key of the keyboard displayed on the display unit with the 1.206 touch panel of the remote control device in FIG. 4, the same as above. This is transmitted to the 1.1TV device, and the 1.190 control unit that has discriminated the input of the Enter key performs the selection process and ends the kana-kanji conversion process. (St3215, st3216, st3217) Here, when the conversion key is pressed instead of the selection key, (st3215) is displayed as in FIG. 12c,
Let us know that there is no registration for "Ito Hiroshi" other than "Keito Kei". (St3271) "itouhiroshi", "itohiroshi", and "hiroshi itou" are conversion candidates, but are basic or
It is not a word registered in any other dictionary.

When it is desired to make a selection other than the candidate, it is divided into "Ito" and "Hiroshi" and the conventional method is followed by
As shown in FIG. 8, the operation when two "Hiroshi Ito" are registered as the TV device automatic generation dictionary will be described.

In this operation, st3207 in FIG.
In, it is judged that there are two registered words with the same reading,
In st3251, when the above conversion rank coefficient is calculated, Hiroshi Ito finds that 3.0- (2000.1-199)
7.6) = 0.5 Kei Higashi is 1.0-(2000.1-200)
0.1) = 1.0 The weight parameter is larger for "Hiroshi Ito", but "Keito Ito" is higher as the conversion candidate rank, and the first display is as shown in FIG. Will be the same as Here, when the TV viewer further presses the conversion key, “Hiroshi Ito” is displayed as the second candidate, as shown in FIG. 14b.

(Other Embodiments) Not only EPG data but also dictionary data can be transmitted to other data portion in broadcasting. For example, it is possible to transmit the dictionary itself of FIG. 5 as a data broadcast. For example, during a baseball broadcast, a dictionary of player names of the team being broadcast is transmitted.

The input operation may be voice recognition instead of key input.

Although the weight parameter and the update date information are used for determining the conversion order of conversion candidates at the time of conversion, they can also be used for deletion from the automatically generated dictionary.

In this embodiment, the automatically generated dictionary is used only in this TV apparatus, but as shown in FIG. 17, the 4.1 tuner section and the 4.2 display apparatus section are separated, and the s1.1 network is used. It may be connected.

Further, as shown in FIG. 18, when an electronic device such as a 4.3 personal computer is connected to the 1.1TV device via the S1.1 network, the automatic operation is performed in the 1.1TV device. The generated TV device automatic generation dictionary is F for 4.3 personal computer.
It is also possible to register and use as a user dictionary for Kana-Kanji conversion as an EP (front end processor).

In the connection form of FIG. 18, 1.1 TV
It is also possible to transmit the event information table or the electronic program guide data from the device to the 4.3 personal computer and generate the kana-kanji conversion dictionary in the 4.3 personal computer.

[0118]

As described above, when an input using the kana-kanji conversion is performed on the TV device, the EP transmitted together with the broadcast
Title, performer, commentary data included in G and abbreviated data, or data broadcast data transmitted separately from the broadcast program is embedded with necessary information such as reading and part of speech in the Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary. The TV device side that receives the data automatically generates a kana-kanji dictionary based on these data, and when performing an input operation on the TV device, by referring to the dictionary, it is possible to perform faster and more reliable conversion. An input environment can be provided, and a TV device that is more convenient and easy to use can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an entire TV apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating details of Embodiment 1.1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating details of embodiment 1.2 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining details of Embodiment 1.2 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a structure of Example 1.206 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a TV automatic generation dictionary 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a TV automatic generation dictionary 2 according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a TV automatic generation dictionary 3 according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a broadcast signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating conventional event descriptor data.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention and an event descriptor with dictionary data.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the present invention and an input example 1;

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the present invention and an input example 2;

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the present invention and an input example 3;

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a flow of a registration operation according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a flow of a conversion operation according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating another Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a character entry screen on the TV device.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a conventional input example 1.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a second conventional input example.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a conventional input example 3;

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1.1 TV device 1.2 Remote control device s1.1 network s1.2 telephone line 1.101 Antenna device 1.102 Tuner section 1.103 Decoder section s1.101 internal bus 1.121 Image control unit 1.122 Display 1.123 Voice control unit 1.124 Audio output unit 1.130 External i / F section 1.140 Remote control unit 1.150 memory section 1.160 Data ROM 1.170 Modem section 1.190 control

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A broadcast wave receiving means for receiving a TV broadcast wave, a broadcast data separating means capable of separating the data transmitted by multiplying the TV broadcast wave, and a reading input, which is converted into a kanji kana magic notation. A kana-kanji conversion input unit for converting, and a broadcast receiving device, a character processing device, and an electronic device, characterized by automatically generating and automatically registering the kana-kanji conversion dictionary based on information of the broadcast data. . 2. A kana-kanji conversion input for inputting a reading from the broadcasting wave receiving means or for inputting output data from the broadcasting data separating means, and reading the kana and kana kana kanji Means for automatically generating the dictionary for Kana-Kanji conversion based on the information of the broadcast data, a broadcast receiving device, a character processing device, and an electronic device. 3. Recognizing means for recognizing word data from the information of the broadcast data, separating means for separating at least reading, notation and part of speech of the recognized word data, based on the information separated by the separating means. A character processing dictionary generating means for generating a conversion dictionary for kana-kanji conversion. 4. An apparatus capable of transmitting character information data by being multiplied by a TV broadcast wave, and an identifying means capable of identifying a specific word in the character information, and a kana-kanji conversion required when the word is written. Equipment and broadcasting system characterized by adding various attribute information and transmitting 5. The broadcasting device and broadcasting system within the scope of claim 4, wherein the attribute information is reading and part of speech. 6. The scope of claim 1, claim 2 or claim 3, wherein the broadcast data is included in electronic program guide information data selected from broadcast waves. Broadcast receiving device, character processing device, and electronic device. Alternatively, a broadcasting device and a broadcasting system within the scope of claims 4 and 5. 7. The broadcast data is a descriptor in an event information table (EIT) included in a broadcast wave in digital broadcast, wherein the broadcast data is claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, and claim 3. A broadcast receiving device, a character processing device, and an electronic device within the scope of the paragraph. Alternatively, claim 4
A broadcasting device and a broadcasting system within the scope of claims and claims. 8. The conversion candidate rank at the time of Kana-Kanji conversion is determined according to the elapsed time from the automatic registration date.
A broadcast receiving device, a character processing device, and an electronic device within the scope of claims, claim 6, and claim 7. 9. A broadcast receiving device and character within the scope of claim 1, claim 2, claim 6, claim 6, claim 7, or claim 8. A character processing device, an electronic device, and a network system, which is connected to a processing device and an electronic device through a network, and uses a kana-kanji conversion dictionary that is automatically generated by a device connected through the network.