JP2007202011A - Broadcast receiver, and display control method for emergency warning broadcast - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a broadcast receiver for disclosing information data of a received emergency warning broadcast to a user, even if a BML (Broadcast Markup Language) document can not be received, only when receiving the emergency warning broadcast. <P>SOLUTION: An emergency warning signal is detected and an emergency warning broadcast is received (S01). In that case, it is decided from an emergency warning identifier whether this emergency warning is a first class signal or a second class signal (S02). Information data from a broadcast enterpriser are then stored in a data storage section (S03). At a point of time when a predetermined time has passed, it is confirmed whether a BML document describing picture layout has been received (S05). I such a BML document has not been received, the information data stored in the data storage section are forcibly displayed on a screen (S07). A description reporting contents of the emergency warning broadcast for "earthquake" in the case of the first class signal or the emergency warning broadcast for "tsunami" in the case of the second class signal is simultaneously displayed in a part of the screen displaying the information data (S09, S10). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a broadcast receiving apparatus capable of receiving an emergency alert broadcast and an emergency alert broadcast display control method.

  Emergency warning broadcasts are broadcast only when they are more urgent / important than general disaster information and have a significant impact on human life and property (declaration of major earthquake warnings, tsunami warnings, requests from local governments). Therefore, there is a need to reliably convey information to terminal users. If it is a fixed broadcast receiver, the screen can be displayed reliably. However, in the case of a mobile broadcast receiver, it is difficult to receive and play emergency alert broadcasts at the end of the reception area, or it can be viewed while moving. There may be a situation where the emergency warning broadcast suddenly disappears. The actual situation that can occur is when you are moving through the city center of the city and approaching the shadow of a building or underground that does not reach the broadcast wave, or when you are driving on a undulating coastline or approaching a tunnel. However, since emergency warning broadcasting is information that has an important impact on human life and property, users need to obtain as much information as possible.

  In conventional data broadcasting, a BML (Broadcast Markup Language) document, which is output control data describing the screen layout of content, and information data of images and characters that are constituent elements of the screen are distributed. Based on the above, it is determined to display various information data on the screen. This is because the copyright protection of the broadcaster and the display contrary to the intention of the program producer are misleading to the viewer.

  It is the same output control data, and the difference from the description language HTML used for the Internet is that in the case of HTML, the link destination of information data such as images can be acquired for the first time by acquiring and analyzing the HTML document. Information data is acquired by intentionally accessing the link destination, that is, analysis of the HTML document is indispensable before acquiring the related information. However, in data broadcasting, the BML document and other information data are distributed simultaneously. It is that.

  In the case of digital broadcasting, since the BML document that is output control data and the actual emergency alert broadcast information data may be transmitted in different transport stream (TS) packets, the BML document that is output control data cannot be received. There are cases. In data broadcasting, the situation where BML documents cannot be received is reduced by the data carousel method. However, even in this method, BML documents may not be received.

  Therefore, if a signal reception error occurs during reception and the BML document cannot be received, the information data may be displayed on the screen even though other emergency alert broadcast information data has been received. Can not.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-228561 displays information data of emergency alert broadcasts. However, in Patent Document 1, information data of emergency alert broadcasts is displayed on the screen based on the analysis result of output control data. Yes. That is, since the output control data is assumed to be received, if the output control data cannot be received, the emergency alert broadcast information data cannot be displayed on the screen.
JP-A-8-51405

  As described above, the conventional broadcast receiving apparatus cannot display the screen unless the BML document can be received. Therefore, even if there is an emergency warning broadcast, the user cannot obtain emergency information. Even if the reception error of the BML document can be reduced by the data carousel method, the situation in which the BML document cannot be received is considered sufficiently, and important information may not be transmitted to the user as in the case of emergency warning broadcasting. Further, when it takes time to receive the BML document, the screen cannot be displayed until the BML document can be received, so that the user's information acquisition is delayed. Furthermore, if the screen freezes or breaks in the middle of an emergency warning broadcast, it may be possible to give a user anxiety and promote a panic despite the need for a calm judgment.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to receive received emergency alert broadcast information data only when an emergency alert broadcast is received, even if a BML document cannot be received. An object of the present invention is to provide a broadcast receiving apparatus and an emergency alert broadcast receiving method that can be disclosed to a user.

  In order to achieve the above object, the broadcast receiving apparatus of the present invention has a broadcast receiving unit, a storage unit for storing received data, and an emergency alert broadcast screen layout when an emergency alert signal is detected from the received data. A control unit that controls to display the received data stored in the storage unit forcibly when the described output control data is not detected. The control unit detects an emergency warning signal. When the output control data describing the emergency alert broadcast screen layout is not detected after a predetermined time, it is preferable to forcibly display the received data stored in the storage unit.

  Further, the broadcast receiving device of the present invention preferably displays the received data in order based on the data size of the received data when forcibly displaying the received data. It is preferable that the received data is stored in the storage unit after detection. If output control data describing the emergency alert broadcast screen layout is detected after forcibly displaying the received data, it is preferable to immediately change the screen layout based on the output control data. If it is displayed automatically, it is preferable to display that it is not a regular screen for emergency alert broadcasting.

  The emergency alert broadcast display control method of the present invention stores the received data in the storage unit, and when the emergency alert signal is detected from the received data, the output control data describing the screen layout of the emergency alert broadcast is If not detected, the received data stored in the storage unit is forcibly displayed on the screen. After the emergency warning signal is detected, the screen layout of the emergency warning broadcast is described even if a predetermined time elapses. When output control data is not detected, it is preferable to forcibly display the received data stored in the storage unit on the screen.

  The present invention can disclose the information data of the received emergency alert broadcast to the user even when the BML document cannot be received only when the emergency alert broadcast is received, thereby reducing the situation where important emergency information is not transmitted to the user. it can.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a broadcast receiving apparatus of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a mobile phone will be described as an example of a broadcast receiving device. The broadcast receiving apparatus shown in FIG. 1 includes an antenna unit 1 for communication lines and a radio unit 2, and further includes an antenna unit 3 for broadcast waves, a tuner unit 4 serving as broadcast receiving means, and a transport stream (TS). A demodulator 5 that extracts a packet, a separator 6 that separates the extracted TS packet, and an audio processor 7, a video processor 8, and a data processor 9 that perform processing of the TS packet separated by the separator 6. The audio processing unit 7 is connected to a speaker 10, and the video processing unit 8 and the data processing unit 9 are connected to a display unit 11.

  Moreover, the control part 12 which controls the whole broadcast receiving apparatus, the condition determination part 13 which determines whether an emergency alert broadcast is a 1st type signal, or a 2nd type signal, Information which monitors the content of the received information data It has a monitoring unit 14, an emergency warning detection unit 15 that detects an emergency warning signal (emergency warning flag), and a data storage unit 16 that stores various data such as output control data and information data.

  The emergency alert detection unit 15 may respond to either an emergency alert signal from a communication line or an emergency alert signal from a broadcast wave. If a broadcast mail or terrestrial digital broadcast is being viewed, an emergency alert signal in a TS packet transmitted by a broadcaster may be detected.

  Next, the operation when the broadcast receiving apparatus of the present invention receives an emergency warning signal will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The broadcast receiving device detects an emergency alert signal of a TS packet transmitted by a broadcaster while a user is viewing a digital terrestrial broadcast, and receives the emergency alert broadcast (S01). At that time, the condition determination unit 13 first determines whether the emergency alert is a first type signal or a second type signal from an identifier included in the emergency alert signal (hereinafter referred to as an emergency alert identifier), and simultaneously starts a timer. (S02). Here, the first type signal is a signal when a government agency or local government makes a request for an order based on the Act on Special Measures for Large-scale Earthquakes or the Basic Act on Disaster Countermeasures. It is a signal requested by the Japan Meteorological Agency based on the law. Next, various data such as output control data and information data sent simultaneously from the broadcaster are stored in the data storage unit 16 (S03).

  Next, the elapsed time is monitored by a timer that is started when an emergency alert identifier is detected (S04), and a BML document that describes a screen layout for displaying a screen when a predetermined time has elapsed is received. The information monitoring unit 14 confirms whether it is present (S05).

  If the BML document has been received, the emergency alert broadcast data broadcast is displayed on the screen as usual based on the screen layout described in the BML document (S06). If the BML text cannot be received, the information data accumulated in the data storage unit 16 after the detection of the emergency alert identifier is forcibly displayed on the screen (S07). Naturally, it cannot be displayed in the arrangement and display size intended by the broadcaster, but at least to the user, it is possible to “reliably and promptly transmit related information quickly” that has been impossible in the past.

  Furthermore, in the case of the forced screen display described above, since it is not a complete screen display intended by the broadcaster, only a part of the information is displayed in the worst case, and the content of the emergency warning broadcast cannot be determined. Conceivable. Therefore, only in the case of the compulsory screen display described above, for the purpose of supplementing information, the condition of the emergency warning signal determined by the condition determination unit 13 in advance is confirmed (S08). The notation that informs the content of the emergency alert broadcast is simultaneously displayed on a part of the screen displaying the information data (S09), and if it is the second type signal, the notation that informs the content of the emergency alert broadcast of “tsunami” The information data is simultaneously displayed on a part of the screen displaying the data (S10).

  Also, during compulsory screen display, the displayed screen is different from the digital broadcast program screen intended by the broadcaster, and in some cases, the user must independently determine the response from incomplete information. Is also possible. Therefore, it is necessary to simultaneously display on the screen that this compulsory display screen is not a regular screen for emergency alert broadcasting.

  The series of operations of the present invention is effective not only when the reception of the emergency warning broadcast as described above is started, but also when the reception state deteriorates due to movement or fading while viewing the emergency warning broadcast. In this case, for example, a timer may be started when the screen freezes, and subsequent control may be performed.

  The forced display screen cannot be laid out because output control data has not been received, and a configuration of one information per screen can be considered. For this reason, when multiple information data can be received and all of them are displayed, the information data is also displayed on the back screen, and what information data is displayed on the first screen is important in an emergency. come.

  For example, when an emergency warning broadcast is started, if a forced display screen is displayed without displaying a regular broadcast screen, the user needs to know the contents of emergency information as soon as possible. It is preferable to display on the first screen of the compulsory display screen from information data having a small size.

  On the other hand, if a reception error occurs while viewing the emergency alert broadcast and the display screen becomes compulsory, the user already knows the main content of the emergency information, so there is a lot of information like image information. It is preferable to display on the first screen of the compulsory display screen from information having a large data size.

  Therefore, in the present invention, the information monitoring unit 14 monitors the data size of the information data stored in the data storage unit 16, and controls the order of the information data to be displayed according to the situation of shifting to the compulsory screen display. Yes.

  To determine whether it is at the time of start-up or watching, for example, it may be determined with reference to the elapsed time since the emergency alert identifier was detected, and the screen shifts to forced screen display after detecting the emergency alert identifier. If the time until the time is the predetermined time in step S04, it can be determined that it is activated, and if the time from the detection of the emergency warning identifier to the forced screen display is clearly longer than that, the emergency It can be determined that the alarm broadcast was being watched.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an operation for controlling the order of information data to be displayed in accordance with the situation of shifting to the compulsory screen display. When shifting to the compulsory display screen (S11), when a plurality of information data is stored in the data storage unit (S12), it is determined whether the emergency warning broadcast is activated (S13), If it is at the time of start-up, information with a small data size is displayed on the first screen of the compulsory display screen among various information data (S14), otherwise it is displayed on the first screen of the compulsory display screen with information having a large data size. (S15).

  Next, an example of a control operation during forced screen display will be described. FIG. 4 is a control flowchart showing a first embodiment of the control operation during forced screen display. During the forced screen display (S21), the information monitoring unit 14 always monitors the reception of the BML document (S22), and if the reception of the BML document is confirmed (S23), the broadcaster Prioritizing transmission of all intended information, the screen is switched to a regular emergency warning broadcast screen based on the BML document (S24). Thereby, the user can obtain accurate detailed information of the emergency alert.

  FIG. 5 is a control flowchart showing a second embodiment of the control operation during forced screen display. During the forced screen display (S31), the information monitoring unit 14 always monitors the data name of the received information data (S32), and when information data not currently displayed is received (S33). The received information data is forcibly displayed on the last screen of the currently displayed information data (S34). As a result, the user can obtain as much information on the emergency alert as possible in an environment where the emergency alert broadcast cannot be received.

  FIG. 6 is a control flowchart showing a third embodiment of the control operation during forced screen display. During forced display (S41), the information monitoring unit 14 always monitors the version information attached to the received information data (S42), and the currently displayed information data and data name are If the upgrade data is received with the same name (S43), the displayed information is updated to the latest version (S44). The old version of the information data is deleted from the data storage unit for the purpose of securing free space in the data storage unit (S45). As a result, the user can obtain the latest information regarding the emergency alert even in an environment where the emergency alert broadcast cannot be received.

  Next, FIG. 7 shows an example of an actual screen display. FIG. 7A shows a data broadcast screen of a regular emergency warning broadcast. FIG. 7B to FIG. 7E show an example in which the screen is forcibly displayed according to the present invention, and is displayed at the beginning of the forcible display screen from the information data having a large data size. FIG. 7B displays image information with a large data size, FIG. 7C displays time information, and FIG. 7D displays character information.

  Originally, simultaneous display of a broadcast screen and a non-broadcast screen is not desirable, but the compulsory display screen of the present invention is the same as the information obtained in the broadcast wave and the processing of the broadcast receiving apparatus for the purpose of supplementing it. Display simultaneously on the screen. On the compulsory display screen, broadcast wave information is displayed on the screen without following the screen layout of the BML document, so that it may be possible that the broadcast wave information and the information on the receiving apparatus are displayed in an overlapping manner.

  Since this compulsory display screen is different from the digital broadcast program screen intended by the broadcaster, it is conceivable that in some cases, the user must independently determine the response from limited information. Therefore, it is considered necessary to simultaneously display on the screen that it is not a regular screen for emergency alert broadcasting. In addition, as a reason for such a compulsory display screen, it may be possible to display a message that “the reception state of radio waves is bad” and notify the user. Naturally, notification by pictograms, not limited to the notification means by text, may be used.

  Further, unlike the digital broadcast program screen intended by the broadcaster, this compulsory display screen may be able to display only limited information in some cases. As shown in FIG. 7 (d), for the purpose of supplementing information, depending on the type of emergency warning signal determined in advance by the condition determination unit, if the first type signal is displayed on a part of the display screen, “earthquake”, the second type If it is a signal, it is also effective to display the contents of an emergency warning broadcast such as “tsunami” together with some information.

  When only the emergency warning signal is detected, as shown in FIG. 7 (e), the type of the emergency warning signal determined by the condition determination unit indicates that the first type signal is displayed on the display screen as “earthquake”. In the case of the second type signal, it is also effective to display only the contents of the emergency warning broadcast such as “tsunami”.

  As described above, the present invention is important because the received emergency alert broadcast information data can be disclosed to the user even when the reception state is poor and the acquisition of the BML document describing the screen layout is delayed. The situation where emergency information is not transmitted to the user can be reduced. In addition, since some information is available, the user can quickly take the correct response to an emergency, thus preventing a panic. Furthermore, it gives the user a sense of security that information can be obtained in an emergency situation. Further, if the information can be obtained only by the broadcast wave, it is not necessary to obtain emergency alert information from the communication line, so that congestion of the communication line can be prevented.

It is a system configuration figure showing an embodiment of a broadcast receiving device of the present invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement when the broadcast receiver of this invention receives an emergency alert signal. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement which controls the order of the information data displayed according to the condition which transfers to forced screen display. It is a control flowchart which shows 1st Example of the control action during a forced screen display. It is a control flowchart which shows 2nd Example of the control action during forced screen display. It is a control flowchart which shows the 3rd Example of the control action during a forced screen display. It is a figure which shows an example of an actual screen display.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,3 Antenna part 2 Radio | wireless part 4 Tuner part 5 Demodulation part 6 Separation part 7 Audio | voice processing part 8 Video processing part 9 Data processing part 10 Speaker 11 Display part 12 Control part 13 Condition determination part 14 Information monitoring part 15 Emergency warning detection part 16 Data storage unit

Claims (8)

A broadcast receiver;
A storage unit for storing received data;
When output control data describing the screen layout of emergency alert broadcasting is not detected when an emergency alert signal is detected from the received data, control is performed to forcibly display the received data stored in the storage unit A control unit;
A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:   The control unit forcibly receives the received data stored in the storage unit when the output control data describing the screen layout of the emergency alert broadcast is not detected even after a predetermined time has elapsed after detecting the emergency alert signal. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast receiving apparatus is displayed.   3. The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the received data is forcibly displayed, the received data is displayed in order based on a data size of the received data.   The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reception data to be forcibly displayed is reception data stored in the storage unit after detecting the emergency warning signal.   2. If output control data describing a screen layout of the emergency alert broadcast is detected after forcibly displaying the received data, the screen layout is immediately changed to a screen layout based on the output control data. The broadcast receiving apparatus in any one of -4.   The broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the received data is forcibly displayed, it is displayed that the emergency alert broadcast is not a regular screen.   When the received data is stored in the storage unit, and output control data describing the screen layout of the emergency alert broadcast is not detected when an emergency alert signal is detected from the received data, the received data stored in the storage unit A display control method for emergency warning broadcasting, characterized by forcibly displaying a message.   If the output control data describing the screen layout of the emergency alert broadcast is not detected even after a predetermined time has elapsed after detecting the emergency alert signal, the received data stored in the storage unit is forcibly displayed on the screen. The display control method for emergency alert broadcasting according to claim 7.

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