KR19990033070A - How to send e-mail on Internet TV - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a telephone call function within an Internet television, and when a telephone call for transmission of an e-mail is made by a user located at a distance, the voice content of the telephone call is converted into text and converted into an e-mail format in advance. An electronic mail transmission method of an internet television that enables transmission through a designated party's access number is provided.

To this end, the present invention provides an e-mail transmission / reception method of an Internet television capable of transmitting / receiving an e-mail file by an Internet connection by a modem 16, wherein the e-mail of the other party is specified by setting the voice mail transmission mode. A first step of specifying and storing an access number in advance; a second step of executing a voice mail transmission function by a telephone call connection from a distance; and a voice message received by a telephone call operation according to the execution of the voice mail transmission function. A third step of recognizing the voice content of the voice message and converting the voice information into a character corresponding to the voice content, a fourth step of converting the converted character information of the voice message into a file format of an e-mail, and the modem 16. And a fifth step of transmitting the converted e-mail file by performing a communication connection to a pre-specified e-mail access number.

Description

How to send e-mail on Internet TV

The present invention relates to an electronic mail transmission method of an Internet television, and more particularly, to a text message converted by a telephone call from an outside in a television having an internet function capable of sending and receiving electronic mail through an internet connection. The present invention relates to an electronic mail transmission method of an Internet television that can be transmitted as an electronic mail to a designated party.

As is well known, televisions employed for reproducing a video / audio signal by selecting a predetermined channel among a plurality of broadcast channels transmitted through the VHF and UHF bands in the form of airwaves are used for video / audio reproduction of television broadcasting. Apart from the function, a telephone call function has been proposed to enable a voice call to a remote party with a wired connection to a telephone or a built-in telephone device. When an incoming call operation for a call connection is performed by the device, even if a television broadcast program of a predetermined channel is being played, the incoming call status is detected and the mute operation of the audio output is automatically executed, thereby making a telephone call by the user. It is possible.

In addition, recently, the use of the Internet service to provide a variety of communication information to a specific subscription terminal, that is, a personal computer (PC) through an Internet Service Provider (ISP) on the information communication network has been spreading, Internet televisions are being developed and commercialized by applying the communication connection function of such Internet services to televisions, and such internet televisions have a built-in modem, such as mosaic or netscape, with a TCP / IP modem. It can be executed by a web browser program such as

Here, in the Internet service which can be connected and connected by Internet TV, not only file transmission and reception by the former Goper or FTP (File Transfer Protocol) service but also HTML (Hyper Text) by HTTP protocol is connected to the Internet network by ISP. Makeup Language) The web as a multimedia information that is reproduced together with predetermined image information (e.g., JPEG format, GIF format, or PCX format image information) or audio information (e.g., Real-Audio). Wide Web (WWW) information is widely used, and the hypertext function employed in an HTML document used as a language defining such web information designates a portion where a hypertext mark is displayed, and clicks or enters a portion of the hypertext mark. The key operation enables connection with other web information.

On the other hand, in Internet television, character information and image information included in web information provided from a predetermined ISP connected through a modem are converted into a video signal of a television video standard such as NTSC, and played through a CRT screen. have.

In such an Internet television, a web browser program stored in a nonvolatile memory such as a ROM is started to receive web information provided from an ISP through a modem to process data through a microprocessor. The program and related software programs are operated to enable the recognition and display of HTML document files of the web information, and the execution commands in the communication information are transmitted to the microcomputer (Micom). The image information can be reproduced through a CRT screen while stored in a volatile memory such as a RAM.

In addition, such an Internet television is provided with an e-mail sending / receiving function as a part of document communication with a specific counterpart as well as receiving / reproducing web information by a web browser program, so that an e-mail composed of texts and images is created by itself. Therefore, it is possible to receive / transmit through internet communication network.

However, in the e-mail transmission / reception function performed by such an Internet television, when the user is located far from the place where the Internet television is installed while the user wants to send an e-mail to a desired party, the installation place of the television is unavoidable. There is an inconvenience to move up to run the Internet function.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when a telephone call for transmitting an e-mail is made by a user located at a distance by providing a telephone call function within an Internet television, the contents of the voice of the telephone call can be recorded. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic television transmission method of an Internet television which converts a character into an electronic mail format and transmits it via a connection number of a predetermined counterpart.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the electronic television transmission method of the Internet television according to the present invention, in the electronic television transmission / reception method of the Internet television capable of transmitting / receiving an electronic mail file by Internet connection by a modem, The first step of specifying and storing an e-mail connection number of a specific party in advance by setting the mail sending mode; the second step of executing a voice mail sending function by a telephone call connection from a long distance; A third step of recognizing the voice content of the voice message received by the telephone call operation according to the execution and converting the voice content into a character corresponding to the voice content; converting the converted character information of the voice message into the file format of the e-mail. A fourth step of converting, and performing a communication connection to a predetermined e-mail access number through the modem; The one file to provide an electronic mail transmission method of the Internet TV set comprising a fifth step of transmitting.

According to the present invention configured as described above, if the user executes the voice mail transmission function by telephone call connection from a remote place with the connection number of the other party to send an e-mail on the Internet television in advance, the telephone call operation is performed. Recognizes the voice content received by the mobile phone, converts it into text, converts it into a file format of an e-mail, and connects to an Internet communication network through a predetermined connection number so as to be automatically transmitted to the corresponding party.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an Internet television to which an electronic mail transmission method according to the present invention is applied;

2A and 2B are diagrams illustrating an example in which a state in which a connection number to be sent to an e-mail is designated in advance is displayed on the screen according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating operation in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

2: tuner, 4: video IF section,

6: mode switching unit, 8: video signal processing unit,

10: video output unit, 12: audio signal processing unit,

14: audio output, 16: modem,

18: memory, 20: data processor,

22: interface unit, 24: voice memory,

26: voice code memory, 28: voice recognition processing unit,

30: character code memory, 32: character conversion processing unit,

34: function setting section, 36: data memory,

38: control unit, 40: OSD signal processing unit.

Hereinafter, the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an Internet television to which the electronic mail transmission method according to the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes a channel channel for tuning a predetermined broadcast channel from the control unit 38, which will be described later. A tuner converts an RF signal of a corresponding broadcast channel into high frequency amplification by receiving data, and converts it into an intermediate frequency signal synthesized with a local oscillation frequency signal generated by the channel tuning data. An image IF unit for intermediate frequency amplifying a television broadcast signal is shown.

Further, reference numeral 6 denotes a selective switching of the tuner 2 to the playback mode of the selected TV broadcast or the Internet information playback mode by connection to the Internet, in accordance with the mode switching control of the controller 38, which will be described later. The mode switching unit is shown.

In addition, reference numeral 8 denotes a video signal processing capable of reproducing the screen by performing signal amplification processing by detecting the video signal of the television broadcast or the video signal according to the Internet information through the mode switching unit 6, and the OSD described later. An image signal processing unit for synthesizing the OSD display signal from the signal processing unit 40 with an image signal and outputting the video signal, wherein 10 is amplified and driven by the video signal processed image signal so that a predetermined image is reproduced on the CRT screen. Indicates an output part.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a voice signal processing unit for reproducing the voice signal by reproducing the voice signal of the television broadcast or the voice signal according to the Internet information through the mode switching unit 6 and the FM detection process. Denotes a voice output unit for power-amplifying the voice signal processed by the voice signal and outputting the same through a speaker.

In addition, reference numeral 16 is embedded in the Internet television to modify / demodulate the information data according to the transmission / reception of the Internet information, and to enable communication connection and data modification / 18 denotes a modem for performing duplication processing, and 18 denotes a communication connection program for communication connection of Internet information, a web browser program for retrieving web information, and an e-mail transmission / reception program for sending and receiving e-mail. Represents a memory for storing data of an e-mail format created from telephone voice in accordance with a variety of data and voice mail transmission mode according to the recognition and processing of data information according to the transmission and reception of Under the control, the data transmission / reception function on the Internet network through the modem 16, the recognition and processing function of the received data, the telephone / Processing function of the audio signal according to the incoming call, to write a character code signal, speech recognition and text processed by the voice communication function in a data format of the e-mail indicates the data processor with the electronic mail transmission function for transmitting.

Reference numeral 22 denotes an interface unit for performing an interface for converting video / audio data processed by the data processor 0 into a video / audio signal standard such as NTSC, for example.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a voice memory which buffers and stores a voice signal during a telephone call through the data processor 20 according to the voicemail transmission mode, and 26 denotes a voice memory during the telephone call according to the voicemail transmission mode. A voice mode memory in which code data is stored for each voice unit for voice recognition of the received voice signal is shown. 28 denotes a voice code memory 26 by recognizing a voice signal according to a telephone call from the voice memory 24. The voice recognition processing unit converts and outputs the code data from

Reference numeral 30 denotes a character code memory in which character code data corresponding to the code data converted in accordance with the voice recognition is stored, and 32 denotes a voice signal by the voice recognition processing from the voice recognition processor 28. A character conversion processing unit converts the converted code data into character code data of the character code memory 30 and outputs the converted character data.

Further, reference numeral 34 is provided in a predetermined portion of the remote control remote control unit or the control panel of the main body, and is a key for inputting the other party's access number to transmit the e-mail converted from text to voice according to the mode setting of the voice mail transmission mode. A function setting section for performing an operation is shown.

Reference numeral 36 denotes a data memory for storing the receiving side connection number of the e-mail input by the function setting unit 34 under the voice mail transmission mode, and 38 denotes a function operation by the function setting unit 34. As a control unit which performs overall execution control of the video / audio reproducing function according to the reproduction mode and the Internet mode of the television broadcasting, the control unit 38 is inputted from the function setting unit 34 while the voice mail transmission mode is set. If the other party's connection number is stored in the data memory 36, and a predetermined key code such as " 10 # " is input by operation of a digit key in a voice call received through the modem 16, voice mail By executing the transmission mode, it is controlled to be created as an e-mail by the voice recognition processing of the voice recognition processing section 28 and the text conversion processing of the text conversion processing section 32. By the communication connection of the correspondent party's access number, the data processor 20 operates the e-mail transmission / reception program to control the transmission of the e-mail generated from the telephone voice.

Also, reference numeral 40 denotes an OSD signal for generating OSD display information for displaying the input state of the access number according to the setting of the voice mail transmission mode by the function setting unit 34 under the display control of the control unit 38. As the processing unit, the OSD signal processing unit 40 displays the setting state of the voice mail transmission mode as shown in FIG. 2A when the voice mail transmission mode is set by the key operation of the function setting unit 34. In FIG. 2B, the setting state of the transmission counterpart side access number to which the character-transformed e-mail is to be transmitted is displayed on the screen.

Next, the operation of the present invention made as described above will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3.

First, when the voice mail transmission mode is set by the function setting unit 34 while the main power is turned on in step 40, the control unit 38 controls the display processing operation of the OSD signal processing unit 40 as shown in FIG. 2A. If the setting state of the voice mail transmission mode is displayed on the screen as described above, and a predetermined sender connection number is input by the key operation of the function setting unit 34, the corresponding connection number as shown in Fig. 2B. Is displayed on the screen, and the access number of the other party's sender is stored in the data memory 36.

In that state, the flow advances to step 41 to determine whether or not the user of the television makes a call from the outside to the television side.

As a result of the determination in step 41, the controller 38 determines that the user of the television is executing the voice mail transmission mode from the outside by inputting a unique key code under the voice mail transmission mode such as "10 #". If the control proceeds to step 42 and the telephone voice from the external telephone input through the modem 16 is stored in the voice memory 24 via the data processor 20, the voice recognition processing unit 28 causes the voice. Speech recognition on the telephone speech signal read out from the memory 24 is performed and converted into the code data form of the voice code memory 26, and then by the character conversion operation of the character conversion processing section 32, the character code memory 30 Is converted into a character code data form.

On the other hand, in the data processor 20, the character code data of the telephone voice converted by the character conversion processing unit 32 is converted into a data file format of an e-mail and stored in the memory 18.

In that state, the process proceeds to step 43 and the controller 38 determines whether the telephone call via the modem 16 is terminated.

If it is determined that the telephone call with the outside through the modem 16 is terminated as a result of the determination in step 43, then control proceeds to step 44 and the counterpart sender side stored in the data memory 36 through the modem 16 is transmitted. The communication connection of the access number is made, and when the communication connection is made, the process proceeds to step 45, in which the data processor 20 starts the e-mail transmission / reception program stored in the memory 18, and the telephone voice stored in advance in the memory 18. Will send the e-mail file according to the sender.

At this time, in step 46, the controller 38 determines whether the transmission of the e-mail file according to the telephone voice transmitted from the data processor 20 is terminated.

As a result of the determination in step 46, if it is determined that the transmission for the e-mail file according to the telephone voice made in the voice mail transmission mode is terminated, then control proceeds to step 47 and the e-mail according to another phone call under the corresponding voice mail transmission mode. It waits to create a file and send it to a predetermined sender.

According to the present invention made as described above, according to the voice mail transmission mode in a television capable of retrieving Internet information and telephone call through a modem, the telephone voice transmitted from the outside by a telephone call is converted into an e-mail file in advance. By allowing automatic transmission to a designated sender counterpart, it is possible to easily send an e-mail to a desired counterpart even if it is located at a long distance where e-mail communication is impossible.

Claims (2)

In the e-mail transmission / reception method of the Internet television which can transmit / receive an e-mail file by internet connection by the modem 16, A first step of pre-specifying and storing an e-mail access number of a specific counterpart by setting a voice mail transmission mode; A second step of executing a voice mail transmission function by a telephone call connection from a long distance; A third step of recognizing the voice content of the voice message received by the telephone call operation according to the execution of the voice mail transmission function and converting the voice content into a character corresponding to the voice content; A fourth step of converting the converted text information of the voice message into a file format of an e-mail; And a fifth step of transmitting the converted e-mail file by performing a communication connection to a predetermined e-mail access number through the modem (16). 2. The electronic television of claim 1, wherein in the second step, the digit key of the telephone is operated in a telephone call connection state from a long distance and a predetermined key code is input to execute a voice mail transmission function. How to send mail.