JPH08316923A - Information transmitter and receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an information transmitter and an information receiver with which an information offerer can optionally set the display position, etc., of information based on the contents, etc., of the information. CONSTITUTION: An information transmitter 3 is provided with a control information adding means 10 which adds the control character information that includes the displayable characters and performs the display control for the display position, the display color, the display time, etc., into the display information, and a transmitter means 11 which transmits the display information including the control character information. An information receiver 2 is provided with a receiver means 12 which receives the display information including the control character information, a display means 13 which displays the display information, and a display control means 14 which performs the display control of information based on the control character information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information transmitting apparatus (external transmitting station) for transmitting dedicated character information to individual receivers using radio waves such as FM character multiplex broadcasting, and the above transmission. The present invention relates to an information receiving device (FM receiver) that receives and displays the displayed character information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is, for example, a so-called "visible radio" in character multiplex broadcasting by FM radio waves and the like. In the information transmitted in the character multiplex broadcasting, one screen configured in a fixed format (for example, two lines of 15 characters per line) is set as one page, and one page is composed of a plurality of pages. .

Further, as a receiving device for receiving and displaying the above information, for example, as shown in FIG.
There is an electronic signature device 20 for displaying rows (6 rows). In the electronic signature device 20, there are a corporate channel in which a specific corporate group rents out a program and sends exclusive information, and a channel in which general information such as a weather forecast is sent.

In the conventional electronic signature device 20 described above, train operation information composed of, for example, the first to third pages is repeatedly displayed in the first and second lines, and, for example, the first train is displayed in the third and fourth lines. ~ It is designed to repeatedly display the information along the railroad track constructed on page 3.

Specifically, in the first and second lines of the electronic signature device 20, first, the first page of the train operation information is displayed, and after the elapse of a predetermined time, the second page is displayed at the same place. Similarly, the third page is displayed, and the display from the first page is repeated again. Further, on the 3rd and 4th lines of the apparatus, the 1st to 3rd pages of the information along the railway are repeatedly displayed in order at predetermined time intervals in the same manner as the 1st and 2nd lines.

[0006]

However, in the conventional character multiplex broadcasting such as the above-mentioned FM broadcasting, the display position and the like of information is preset on the receiver side, and the display position and the like are arbitrarily set according to the contents of the information. There is a problem that can not be changed. That is, for example, even if the fourth page is required for train operation information, the number of pages cannot be increased, and the information displayed in the first and second rows is changed to the third and fourth rows. There is a limit to the degree of freedom of the displayed content, such that it cannot be displayed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, and provides an information transmitting apparatus and an information receiving apparatus in which an information provider can arbitrarily set a display position of information or the like according to the content of the information. It is intended to be provided.

[0008]

According to the invention of claim 1, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, in the information transmitting device 3 that transmits the character information to the receiving device 2 by using the radio wave of the character multiplex broadcasting, display control of information display position, display color, display time, etc. is performed in the display information. It is characterized by including a control information adding means 10 for adding control character information consisting of displayable characters, and a transmitting means 11 for transmitting the display information to which the control information is added.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information receiving device 2 which receives the character information transmitted from the external transmitting device 3 by using the radio wave of the character multiplex broadcasting, the information display position, display color, display time, etc. Receiving means 12 for receiving the display information to which the control character information consisting of the displayable characters for controlling the display is displayed, and display means 13 for displaying the received display information.
And display control means 14 for controlling the display position of information based on the control character information.

[0010]

In the information transmitting apparatus 3 according to the first aspect of the present invention, the control character information consisting of the displayable characters for controlling the display position, display color, display time, etc. of the information is the control information adding means 1.
0 is added to the display information, and this display information is transmitted by the transmission means 11.

Further, in the information receiving device 2 of the invention of claim 2, the display information to which the control character information is added is received by the receiving means 12, and the display control according to the control character information is performed by the display control means. Display means 1
Displayed by 3.

As described above, the control character information is added to the display information and transmitted, and the information is displayed based on the control character information. Therefore, the information provider determines the display position of the information and the like. It can be set arbitrarily.

Further, since the displayable characters (including numbers) are used as the display control code, there is no possibility of malfunction due to a control code which is not assumed by the character information receiving device of the FM station or a general receiver, for example. .

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 4 are diagrams for explaining an information transmitting apparatus and an information receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus of the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is the above. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display of the information receiving device, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of information transmitted by the information transmitting device, and FIG. 4 is a flow chart diagram for explaining the operation of the device of the present embodiment.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a broadcasting apparatus for performing character multiplex broadcasting by FM broadcasting, and the broadcasting apparatus 1 is
A receiving device 2 for receiving and displaying character information, a transmitting device 3 for wirelessly transmitting information to the receiving device 2, and an input device 5 for inputting information to the transmitting device 3 via a telephone line 4 or the like are provided. There is.

As shown in FIG. 2, the receiving device 2 includes a display 6 as a display means for displaying character information. The display 6 is composed of 6 lines of display units 7a to 7f, and 15 characters are displayed on each of the display units 7a to 7f. In this case, the number of pages displayed, the display position, the display color, the display time, and the like on each display unit can be arbitrarily changed.

Data of the format shown in FIG. 3, for example, is input to the transmitting device 3 from the input device 5. The data is composed of a sender 8 of information, a header 8 including control information for controlling display of the information, and a content 9 of the information.

Next, the operation of the apparatus 1 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The information transmitted from the transmitting device 3 is received by the receiving device 2 (step S1), and the control character information "312" including the displayable character at the right end of the header 8 is read (step S2). In addition,
Of course, the control character information is not limited to numbers.

Next, the control character information "312" is
It is converted into a control code for controlling display of information based on a predetermined conversion rule (step S3). Specifically, "3" of the above-mentioned control character information indicates that from the third stage of the display, "1" is displayed in red and "2" is displayed for 2 seconds. In the present embodiment, The display from the third row is "ESC + 2
+3 ", red display is converted to" ESC + 1 + 1 ", and display for 2 seconds is converted to" ESC + 3 + 2 ".

Then, the control code and the content 9 of the information are sent to the display 6 (step S4), and the content 9 is displayed.
Is displayed according to the above code. Although the content of the header 8 itself is not displayed in the apparatus of this embodiment, it may be displayed.

As described above, since the control character information is added to the information header 8 and the control character information is converted into the display control code, the information provider side can arbitrarily set the information display position and the like. Can be set.

Further, the control information of the header 8 is set with the same normal characters as the displayed information contents, and the control information (00H ... Since I did not use 1F etc.,
When the information transmitted from the transmitter 3 of this embodiment is received by the conventional receiver, it is possible to prevent the conventional receiver from malfunctioning.

The scope of application of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention applies to "lightning signs" or "car navigations" arranged on, for example, the roof of a building or a subway station. Of course, it can be applied to a case where the character information of "visible radio" is wirelessly transmitted and displayed.

[0024]

As described above, according to the information transmitting apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, the control information including the displayable characters for controlling the display position of the display information is added to the display information. According to the information transmitting apparatus of the invention of claim 2,
Since the display position and the like of the information is controlled according to the control character information added to the display information, the information display side can arbitrarily set the display position and the like of the information according to the content of the information, There is an effect that the degree of freedom of display contents can be improved.

Further, since the control information is set by normal displayable characters, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent a malfunction due to a control code which is not assumed by a conventional receiver or the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an information transmitting apparatus and an information receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display of the receiving apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of information transmitted from the transmission device of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the apparatus of the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a claim configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional information transmitter and information receiver.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 information receiving device 3 information transmitting device 10 control information adding means 11 transmitting means 12 receiving means 13 display control means 14 display means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information transmitting device for transmitting character information to a receiving device by using radio waves of character multiplex broadcasting, wherein display information capable of controlling display of information display position, display color, display time and the like can be displayed. An information transmitting apparatus comprising: a control information adding unit for adding control character information including characters; and a transmitting unit for transmitting display information to which the control character information is added. 2. An information receiving device for receiving character information transmitted from an external transmitting device by using radio waves of character multiplex broadcasting, capable of performing display control of information display position, display color, display time, etc. Receiving means for receiving display information added with control character information consisting of characters, display means for displaying the received display information, and display position, display color, and display time of information based on the control character information. An information receiving device, comprising: a display control unit for controlling the above.