WO2013084262A1 - Digital broadcast transmitting/receiving system, receiver apparatus, and content sending apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The prior art cannot allow for making and compiling requests (votes) for rebroadcasting of programs missed in the past. A receiver apparatus comprises: an EPG displaying unit that uses the EPG data, which has been acquired by the metadata acquiring unit, to generate and display an EPG page; a vote data generating unit that generates vote data of requests for rebroadcasting of contents selected by use of the EPG page displayed by the EPG displaying unit; and a vote data transmitting unit that accesses the vote destination information, which has been acquired by the metadata acquiring unit, to transmit the vote data.

Description

Digital broadcast transmission / reception system, reception device, and content transmission device

The present invention relates to digital broadcasting transmission technology and reception technology for transmitting digital information such as video, audio and data.

Conventionally, as shown in Patent Document 1, when transmitting various pieces of information in segment units, a plurality of segments are processed and transmitted at the same time, and the receiver side selects an arbitrary segment from the received signal. It was possible to select and demodulate.

JP 2000-216748 A

Patent Document 1 discloses that the transmitting side transmits various pieces of information on a segment basis, and the receiving side selects and demodulates an arbitrary segment.

However, the information association between the segments, in which various pieces of information in a plurality of segment units are transmitted in association with each other and the segment is selected and demodulated in accordance with the association, has not been shown.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object thereof is to provide a transmission device or a reception device that associates information between segments and can select and demodulate segments according to the association. There is to do.

In order to achieve the above object, for example, the configuration described in the claims is adopted.

According to the present invention, information between segments can be associated on the transmission side, and a segment can be selected and demodulated on the reception side according to the association, so that the amount of information that can be transmitted in one segment The above information can be processed, and information on segments other than the selected and demodulated segments can be obtained.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the digital broadcast transmission / reception system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the digital broadcast transmitter which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the multimedia signal generation which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the segment structure of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of this invention transmits. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the segment structure of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of this invention transmits. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the modulation | alteration / encoding part 212,222 which is the main blocks of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the frame structure parts 214 and 224 which are the main blocks of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the frame structure of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of this invention transmits. It is explanatory drawing which shows the TMCC signal comprised by the TMCC signal structure part 603 which is the main blocks of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the TMCC signal comprised by the TMCC signal structure part 603 which is the main blocks of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the TMCC signal comprised by the TMCC signal structure part 603 which is the main blocks of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the TMCC signal comprised by the TMCC signal structure part 603 which is the main blocks of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the TMCC signal comprised by the TMCC signal structure part 603 which is the main blocks of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the TMCC signal comprised by the TMCC signal structure part 603 which is the main blocks of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the TMCC signal comprised by the TMCC signal structure part 603 which is the main blocks of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the service structure of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of this invention transmits. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the segment structure of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of this invention transmits. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the pilot information of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of this invention transmits. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the digital broadcast receiver which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast receiver of this invention receives. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the demodulation decoding part 1905 which is the main blocks of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the other structure of the demodulation decoding part 1905 which is the main blocks of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the reception operation | movement of the digital broadcast receiver of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the service channel selection table of the digital broadcast receiver of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the service table of the digital broadcast receiver of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the service structure of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention transmits. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the segment structure of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of this invention transmits. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the pilot information of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of this invention transmits. It is a flowchart which shows the reception operation | movement of the digital broadcast receiver which concerns on the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the service selection table | surface for real-time broadcasting of the digital broadcast receiver of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the service channel selection table | surface for push cast broadcasting of the digital broadcast receiver of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the service structure of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus concerning the 5th Embodiment of this invention transmits. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the segment structure of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of this invention transmits. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the pilot information of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of this invention transmits. It is a flowchart which shows the reception operation | movement of the digital broadcast receiver which concerns on the 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the service channel selection table of the digital broadcast receiver of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the pilot information of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus concerning the 7th Embodiment of this invention transmits. It is a flowchart which shows the reception operation | movement of the digital broadcast receiver which concerns on the 8th Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the segment structure of the digital broadcast transmission signal which an engaging digital broadcast transmission apparatus transmits to the 9th Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the pilot information of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of this invention transmits. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the pilot information of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of this invention transmits. It is explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the pilot information of the digital broadcast transmission signal which the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of this invention transmits. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of a digital broadcast transmission / reception system. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of a digital broadcast receiver. It is a figure which shows the software structural example of a digital broadcast receiver. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of a voting data totaling apparatus. It is a figure which shows the software structural example of a voting data totaling apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the metadata transmitted by a metadata transmission apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the past program table. It is a flowchart which transmits / receives the past EPG data. It is a flowchart which transmits the voting data in a digital broadcast receiver. It is a figure which shows an example of total data. It is a flowchart which totals the voting data in a voting data totaling apparatus. It is a figure which shows the software structural example of a digital broadcast receiver. It is a flowchart which transmits the voting data in a digital broadcast receiver. It is a flowchart which displays the program schedule in a digital broadcast receiver. It is a figure which shows an example of a program schedule. It is a flowchart which reserves rebroadcast of the voted program in a digital broadcast receiver. It is an example of the screen which notifies rebroadcast. It is a figure which shows the software structural example of a voting data totaling apparatus. It is a figure which shows the software structural example of a digital broadcast receiver. It is a flowchart which registers the voting origin apparatus information in a voting data totaling apparatus. It is a flowchart which transmits / receives total information. It is an example of the screen which displays total information. It is an example of the screen which displays an error. It is a flowchart which transmits the rebroadcast notification mail in a voting data totaling device. It is a figure which shows an example of the metadata multiplexed and transmitted to a content from a content transmission apparatus. It is an example of the screen displayed after selecting the program to vote. It is a figure which shows the example of a software structure in the past EPG metadata transmission of a metadata transmission apparatus.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts. Further, the present invention is not limited to the illustrated example.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of digital broadcast distribution in Embodiment 1 according to the present invention. 101 is a content transmission device, 102 is a data transmission device for loss compensation, 103 is a license management device, 104 is a payment system / customer management system, 105 is a removable medium, 106 is a reception device, 107 is a storage device, and 108 is metadata transmission Device.

Content to be distributed and metadata storing information related to the content are stored in the storage device 107 and registered in the content transmission device 101 for distribution. The registered content and metadata are transmitted from the content transmitting apparatus 101 via broadcast waves together with access control common information and access control individual information. The metadata may be transmitted from the metadata transmission apparatus 108 via communication as well as via broadcast waves.

Information relating to whether or not viewing is possible is managed by the license management apparatus 103 and the settlement system / customer management system 104, and access control common information and access control individual information are supplied to the content transmission apparatus 101. The access control common information and the access control individual information may be distributed not only from the content transmission apparatus 101 via broadcast waves but also from the license management apparatus 103 via communication. In the content transmission apparatus 101, the access control common information and the access control individual information may be stored in the removable medium 105 and delivered directly to the user or sold through a store.

The deficiency complementing data sending device 102 has a function of sending data for repairing a deficiency when there is a deficiency in the content distributed by the broadcast wave when the receiving device 106 receives the content. The missing complement data sending device 102 sends the missing complement data via communication in accordance with the missing complement data request from the receiving device 106. After the reception of the missing complement data is completed, the receiving device 106 transmits a reception report to the missing complement data sending device.

In FIG. 1, the content transmission device 101, the defect complement data transmission device 102, the license management device 103, the payment system / customer management system 104, the storage device 107, and the metadata transmission device 108 are all described as separate devices. There may be a device having a plurality of functions, and the present invention is not limited to the configuration of FIG.

In the digital broadcast according to the present invention, real-time broadcast and push cast broadcast are distributed. Real-time broadcasting is a streaming-type distribution, and is a service for reproducing the content at the same time as receiving a broadcast wave. On the other hand, pushcast broadcasting is download-type distribution and is a service that is played back at an arbitrary timing after receiving a broadcast wave.

In the case of real-time broadcasting, the content transmission apparatus 101 transmits all content, metadata, access control common information, and access control individual information via broadcast waves. The content transmission apparatus 101 acquires the access control common information and the access control individual information from the license management apparatus 103 in advance in order to transmit the access control common information and the access control individual information. The receiving apparatus 106 separates / extracts content, metadata, access control common information, and access control individual information from the broadcast wave, and decodes the content using the acquired access control common information and access control individual information.

Note that the access control individual information does not necessarily need to be transmitted in the case of free broadcasting.

Further, the access control individual information may be distributed from the license management apparatus 103 via the network or the removable media 105 from the viewpoint of effective use of the broadcast band. In this case, the receiving apparatus 106 needs to obtain the access control individual information in advance before receiving the content.

In the case of pushcast broadcasting, the content sending apparatus 101 sends all content, metadata, access control common information, and access control individual information via broadcast waves. The content transmission apparatus 101 acquires the access control common information and the access control individual information from the license management apparatus 103 in advance in order to transmit the access control common information and the access control individual information. The receiving apparatus 106 separates / extracts content, metadata, access control common information, and access control individual information from the broadcast wave, and decodes the content using the acquired access control common information and access control individual information.

Note that the access control individual information does not necessarily need to be transmitted in the case of free broadcasting.

Also, in the case of pushcast broadcasting, there is a time lag between the reception and playback of content, so it is not necessary to send metadata, access control common information, and access control individual information together with content via broadcast waves. Absent. The metadata may be distributed from the metadata transmission device 108 via a network. The access control common information and the access control individual information may be distributed from the license management apparatus 103 via a network or via the removable medium 105. The receiving device 106 needs to obtain the access control individual information via the network or the removable medium 105 by the time of content reproduction.

In addition, since there is a time gap between the reception and reproduction of content, the content transmission apparatus 101 may repeatedly transmit specific content multiple times in a certain time zone.

Furthermore, when the content received by the receiving device 106 via the broadcast wave is defective, the content stored in the receiving device 106 may be repaired by sending data for defect complementation. If the receiving device 106 determines that the accumulated content is missing, the receiving device 106 transmits a missing complement data request to the missing complement data sending device 102 via the network. In response to the missing complement data request, the missing complement data sending device 102 sends the missing complement data to the receiving device 106 via the network. The receiving device 106 receives the missing complement data and attempts to repair the accumulated content, and transmits a reception report to the missing complement data sending device 102 via the network.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration inside the content transmission apparatus 101. In this digital broadcasting system, a plurality of MPEG-2 transport streams (hereinafter referred to as TS) are each subjected to transmission path coding processing, and then subjected to a plurality of IFFTs (Inverse / Fast / Fourier / Transform). It is converted into an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) transmission signal consisting of subcarriers in a batch and transmitted as a broadcast wave.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration inside the multimedia signal generation 201. 301 is a content / metadata registration function, 302 is a metadata generation function, 303 is a metadata storage function, 304 is a content storage / playback function, 305 is a content encryption function, and 306 is a recording medium.

The content and metadata supplied from the outside of the content transmission apparatus 101 are registered by the content / metadata registration function 301. The registered content and metadata are stored in the recording medium 306 by the content storage / playback function 304 and the metadata storage function 303, respectively. Metadata relating to content transmission and license is generated by the metadata generation function 302 and stored in the recording medium 306 by the metadata storage function 303. The stored content and metadata are encrypted by the content encryption function 305 and output as a stream.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the segment structure of a digital broadcast transmission signal transmitted by the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of the present invention. First, FIG. 4 will be described.

This digital broadcast transmission signal is based on the segment-coupled transmission method among terrestrial multimedia broadcasts performed by broadcast stations using radio waves (VHF-High band) with a frequency of 207.5 MHz to 222 MHz. This is based on the transmission system of terrestrial digital television broadcasting and the transmission system of terrestrial digital audio broadcasting.

The OFDM segment of the digital broadcast transmission signal is
(1) OFDM segment in 13 segment format (type A super segment) compliant with digital terrestrial television broadcasting transmission system
(2) 14 segment or less connected one-segment OFDM segments conforming to the transmission system of digital terrestrial audio broadcasting (Type B super segment)
Are connected (hereinafter referred to as a connected OFDM segment). Here, one segment has a bandwidth obtained by dividing the channel bandwidth 6 MHz of terrestrial television broadcasting into 14 equal parts. A concatenated OFDM segment always includes one or more type A super segments.

Assuming a physical channel of 6 MHz width in the frequency band to which digital broadcasting is allocated, as with terrestrial television broadcasting. At this time, the transmission spectrum of each super segment is arranged in any one physical channel. Note that the frequency position of the physical channel may be defined by overlapping some bands. In this case, the frequency bandwidth of the overlapping portion is an integral multiple of 6/14 MHz.

Also, sub-channels are defined as shown in FIG. 5 for the frequencies in the physical channel. The sub-channel is a virtual channel with a bandwidth of 1/7 MHz, and the physical channel bandwidth of 6 MHz is numbered from 0 to 41 for each tuning step 1/7 MHz.

Figure 5 shows an example of the relationship between subchannel numbers and segments. FIG. 5 shows an example of one segment of the center subchannel number 22. The subchannels 21, 22, and 23 constitute one segment. Of the one segment format, subchannel numbers 0, 1, and 41 are arranged across physical channels. In the case of the 13 segment format, it can be represented by the center subchannel number of the center segment (segment number # 0) of the 13 segments.

When the allocated frequency bandwidth is 14.5 MHz, the maximum number of connected OFDM segments is 33. In this case, the physical channel shown in FIG. 4 and super segment arrangement are conceivable.

In FIG. 4 (a), "Physical channel start frequency to physical channel end frequency"
Physical channel 1: 204-210MHz
Physical channel 2: 210-216MHz
Physical channel 3: 216 to 222 MHz
And
Super segment 1:
Type B (5 pieces per segment)
Physical channel 1
Center subchannel number {28, 31, 34, 37, 40} (range [27-41])
Super segment 2:
Type B (1 segment 1 piece)
Physical channel 2
Center subchannel number {1} (range [0-2])
Super segment 3:
Type A (13 segments, 1 piece)
Physical channel 2
Center subchannel number {22} (range [3-41])
Super segment 4:
Type B (1 segment 1 piece)
Physical channel 3
Center subchannel number {1} (range [0-2])
Super segment 5:
Type A (13 segments, 1 piece)
Physical channel 3
Center subchannel number {22} (range [3-41])
It becomes. At this time,
The center frequency that is the channel selection frequency for Super Segment 1 and center subchannel number 28 is 208 MHz.
The center frequency that is the channel selection frequency of super segment 1 and center subchannel number 31 is (208 + 3/7) MHz.
The center frequency that is the tuning frequency of super segment 1 and center subchannel number 34 is (208 + 6/7) MHz,
The center frequency, which is the channel selection frequency for super segment 1 and center subchannel number 37, is (209 + 2/7) MHz.
The center frequency that is the channel selection frequency of Super Segment 1 and center subchannel number 40 is (209 + 5/7) MHz.
The center frequency, which is the channel selection frequency of super segment 2 and center subchannel number 1, is (210 + 1/7) MHz,
The center frequency that is the channel selection frequency of super segment 3 and center subchannel number 22 is (213 + 1/7) MHz,
The center frequency, which is the channel selection frequency of super segment 4 and center subchannel number 1, is (216 + 1/7) MHz,
The center frequency, which is the channel selection frequency for super segment 5 and center subchannel number 22, is (219 + 1/7) MHz.
It becomes. That is,
[Formula 1]: Channel selection frequency =
(Start frequency of physical channel where super segment is arranged + center subchannel number x 1/7) MHz
It is.

In FIG. 4 (b)
Physical channel 1: 204+ (8 × 6/14) to 210+ (8 × 6/14) MHz
Physical channel 2: 210+ (8 × 6/14) to 216+ (8 × 6/14) MHz
Physical channel 3: 216 to 222 MHz
And
Super segment 1:
Type A (13 segments, 1 piece)
Physical channel 1
Center subchannel number {22} (range [3-41])
Super segment 2:
Type B (7 pieces per segment)
Physical channel 2
Center subchannel number {1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19} (range [0-20])
Super segment 3:
Type A (13 segments, 1 piece)
Physical channel 3
Center subchannel number {22} (range [3-41])
It becomes. At this time,
The center frequency, which is the channel selection frequency for super segment 1 and center subchannel number 22, is (210 + 4/7) MHz.
The center frequency, which is the channel selection frequency of super segment 2 and center subchannel number 1, is (213 + 4/7) MHz.
The center frequency, which is the tuning frequency of super segment 2 and center subchannel number 4, is 214 MHz.
The center frequency, which is the channel selection frequency for super segment 2 and center subchannel number 7, is (214 + 3/7) MHz.
The center frequency that is the channel selection frequency for super segment 2 and center subchannel number 10 is (214 + 6/7) MHz.
The center frequency, which is the channel selection frequency of super segment 2 and center subchannel number 13, is (215 + 2/7) MHz.
The center frequency, which is the channel selection frequency of super segment 2 and center subchannel number 16, is (215 + 5/7) MHz.
The center frequency that is the channel selection frequency of super segment 2 and center subchannel number 19 is (216 + 1/7) MHz,
The center frequency that is the channel selection frequency of super segment 3 and center subchannel number 22 is (219 + 1/7) MHz,
It becomes.

In the example shown in FIG. 4 (a), the current VHF physical channels 10, 11, and 12 are used, so there is an effect that the channel selection section of the current television receiver is well matched. In the example of FIG. 4B, since the 13-segment format is arranged at both ends of the allocated band, even if interference from outside the allocated band is received, the effect of frequency interleaving is exerted, so that it is difficult to receive interference.

Next, the operation of the digital broadcast transmission apparatus in FIG. 2 will be described.

201 is a multimedia signal generation unit, 202 is a 13 segment format encoding unit, 203 is a 3 segment format encoding unit, 204 is a concatenated frame configuration unit, 205 is a reconnection frame configuration unit, and 206 is an inverse fast Fourier transform (hereinafter, IFFT) / guard interval adding unit, 207 is an up-converter unit, 208 is a transmission amplifier unit, and 209 is an antenna.

Also, 211 is an RS (Reed Solomon) encoding unit, 215 is a layer division unit, 212 is a modulation / coding unit, 216 is a layer synthesis unit, 213 is an interleaving unit, and 214 is a frame configuration unit. A segment format encoding unit 202 is configured. The modulation / coding unit 212 includes three systems, a, b, and c.

Furthermore, 221 is an RS (Reed-Solomon) encoding unit, 222 is a modulation / coding unit, 223 is an interleaving unit, and 224 is a frame configuration unit, which constitute a one-segment format encoding unit 203.

In the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of FIG. 2, the 13-segment format encoding unit 202 includes two systems a and b, and the 1-segment format encoding unit 203 includes seven systems a, b, c, d, e, f, and g. 33 segments (13 × 2 + 7) are connected OFDM segments.

FIG. 6 shows a detailed configuration of the modulation / coding units 212 and 222.

601 is an input from the previous stage, 602 is an energy spreading unit, 603 is a delay correction unit, 604 is a byte interleaving unit, 605 is a convolutional coding unit, 606 is a carrier modulation unit, 607 is a bit interleaving unit, 608 is a mapping unit, 609 Is an output, and the carrier modulation unit 606 is composed of a bit interleaving unit 607 and a mapping unit 608.

FIG. 7 shows a detailed configuration of the frame configuration units 214 and 224.

701 is an input from the previous stage, 702 is a pilot signal configuration unit, 703 is a TMCC (Transmission and Multiplexing Configuration and Control) signal configuration unit, 704 is an AC (Auxiliary Channel) signal configuration unit, 705 is an OFDM frame configuration unit, and 706 is an output is there.

In the multimedia signal generation unit 201, the video signal, the audio signal, and the data are each encoded, and TS to be output to the 13 segment format encoding unit 202 and the 1 segment format encoding unit 203 is generated.

First, the operation of the 13 segment format encoding unit 202 will be described.

Each TS is converted into a burst signal format of 188 bytes by a clock four times the IFFT sample clock, and a Reed-Solomon outer code is added by the RS encoder 211. Thereafter, when hierarchical transmission is performed, the hierarchical division unit 215 performs hierarchical division in accordance with the designation of the hierarchical information, and inputs the signals to a maximum of three systems of modulation / coding units 212a, b, and c (input 601 in FIG. 6). ). The modulation / coding units 212a, 212b, and 212c will be described with reference to FIG. 6. Signals input from the input 601 are respectively energy spread by the energy spread unit 602, byte interleave by the byte interleave unit 604, and convolutional code. Then, convolutional coding by the conversion unit 605, bit interleaving by the bit interleaving unit 607, and mapping by the mapping unit 608 are performed, carrier modulation is performed as the carrier modulation unit 606, and output from the output 609. In addition, the delay correction unit 603 performs delay correction on the delay time difference between hierarchies caused by the time axis operation of byte interleaving and bit interleaving in advance to adjust the timing. The coding rate of the convolutional code, the interleave length, and the carrier modulation scheme are set independently in each layer. After parallel processing in the modulation / coding units 212a, 212b, and 212c, the signal layered by the layer combining unit 216 is effective for error correction coding against electric field fluctuations and multipath interference in mobile reception. Is input to the interleaving unit 213 in order to exhibit the above. The interleaving unit 213 performs time interleaving and frequency interleaving. The time interleaving method is convolutional interleaving in order to shorten the combined delay time and reduce the memory capacity of the receiver. In addition, frequency interleaving is configured by combining inter-segment and inter-segment interleaving so that a sufficient interleaving effect can be exhibited while ensuring a segment structure.

The output of the interleave unit 213 is input to the frame configuration unit 214 (input 701 in FIG. 7). The operation of the frame configuration unit 214 will be described with reference to FIG.

Demodulation of the receiver, such as system identification, transmission parameter switching index, emergency warning broadcast start flag, transmission parameters of each layer, etc., to assist receiver demodulation / decoding for mixed transmission parameters A TMCC (Transmission-and-Multiplexing-Configuration-Control) signal is transmitted using a specific carrier as control information for smoothly performing the operation. Further, in order to transmit additional information related to broadcasting, an AC (Auxiliary Channel) signal, which is an extension signal for transmitting additional information related to transmission control of modulated waves assigned to a specific carrier and earthquake motion warning information, is used.

In OFDM frame configuration section 705, OFDM is obtained by the information data from interleave section 213, the pilot signal for synchronous reproduction from pilot signal configuration section 702, the TMCC signal from TMCC configuration section 703, and the AC signal from AC signal configuration section 704. A frame is constructed and output from output 706. This frame configuration is shown in FIG.

Si, j represents the carrier symbol in the data segment after interleaving. SP (Scattered Pilot) is a reference pilot symbol for the receiver to perform quasi-synchronous detection. As shown in FIG. 8, it is inserted once in 12 carriers in the carrier direction and once in 4 symbols in the symbol direction. If SP is interpolated in the symbol direction on the receiving side, SP of 3 (12/4) carrier interval can be obtained. Since the maximum value of the guard interval length is 1/4 of the effective symbol length, multipath up to the maximum delay time that does not cause intersymbol interference is achieved by interpolation processing (transmission path characteristics estimation) by SP of 3 carrier intervals. Is possible. When the guard interval ratio is 1/4, an SP of 4 carrier intervals may be used in principle, but it is inserted once in 4 symbols in the symbol direction in consideration of the characteristics of the interpolation filter.

The example in FIG. 8 is mode 1, but the carrier number in mode 1 is 0 to 107, whereas in mode 2 and mode 3, it is 0 to 215 and 0 to 431, respectively.

The AC signal is arranged as shown in FIG. 8 and has a data amount of 204 bits per carrier. In addition, two AC signals are arranged for each segment in mode 1, four in mode 2, and eight in mode 3.

TMCC signals are arranged as shown in FIG. 8 and have a data amount of 204 bits per carrier. Further, one TMCC signal is arranged for each segment in mode 1, two in mode 2, and four in mode 3.

All signals that have completed the frame configuration are output from the output 706 and input to the reconnection frame configuration unit 205. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, there are two 13-segment format encoding units 202a and 202b, which are input to the reconnection frame configuration unit 205, respectively.

Next, the operation of the one segment format encoding unit 203 will be described.

Each TS is converted into a burst signal format of 188 bytes by a clock four times the IFFT sample clock, and a Reed-Solomon outer code is added by the RS encoder 221. Thereafter, the signal is input to the modulation / coding unit 222 (input 601 in FIG. 6). The operation of the modulation / coding unit 222 is as described with reference to FIG. 6 in the case of the 13-segment format coding unit 202. The code rate, interleave length, and carrier modulation scheme of the set convolutional code are used. After the processing in the modulation / coding unit 222, the signal is input to the interleaving unit 223 in order to effectively exhibit the error correction coding capability against electric field fluctuation and multipath interference in mobile reception. Interleaving section 223 performs time interleaving and frequency interleaving. The time interleaving method is convolutional interleaving in order to shorten the combined delay time and suppress the memory capacity of the receiver. Further, frequency interleaving is configured by combining inter-segment and inter-segment interleaving so that a sufficient interleaving effect can be exhibited while ensuring a segment structure.

The output of the interleave unit 223 is input to the frame configuration unit 224 (input 701 in FIG. 7). The operation of the frame configuration unit 224 is as described with reference to FIG. 7 in the case of the 13 segment format encoding unit 202.

全 All signals that have completed the frame configuration are input to the concatenated frame configuration unit 204. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, there are seven 1-segment format encoding sections 203a, b, c, d, e, f, and g, which are input to the concatenated frame configuration section 204, respectively.

Here, in contrast to the segment configuration of FIG.
In FIG. 4 (a), for example,
Super segment 1: Each segment of type B (5 segments) is assigned to each block of 203a [TS2], b [TS3], c [TS4], d [TS5], e [TS6] and connected. The frames are connected by the frame configuration unit 204 and output to the reconnection frame configuration unit 205.

Super segment 2: A segment of type B (one segment) is assigned to a block 203f [TS7], is input to the concatenated frame configuration unit 204, and is output to the reconnection frame configuration unit 205.

Super segment 3: 13 segments of type A (1 13 segments) are allocated to the block 202a [TS1] and output to the reconnection frame configuration unit 205.

Super segment 4: A segment of type B (one segment) is assigned to a block of 203g [TS8], is input to the concatenated frame configuration unit 204, and is output to the reconnection frame configuration unit 205.

Super segment 5: 13 segments of type A (1 13 segments) are allocated to the block 202b [TS9] and output to the reconnection frame configuration unit 205.

In FIG. 4B,
Super segment 1: 13 segments of type A (1 13 segments) are assigned to the block 202a [TS1] and output to the reconnection frame configuration unit 205.

Super segment 2: Each segment of type B (7 segments per segment) is 203a [TS2], b [TS3], c [TS4], d [TS5], e [TS6], f [TS7], g [TS8 ] Are concatenated by the concatenated frame configuration unit 204 and output to the reconnection frame configuration unit 205.

Super segment 3: 13 segments of type A (1 13 segments) are allocated to the block 202b [TS9] and output to the reconnection frame configuration unit 205.

[] Is the TS number input to each of the 13-segment format encoding unit 202 and the 1-segment format encoding unit 203. In the case of the one segment format, the subchannel and the TS number can be associated with each other.

In the example of FIG. 4A, the concatenated frame configuration unit 204 configures super segment 1 by concatenating five outputs of OFDM segments 203a, b, c, d, and e in one segment format. It is composed of one segment-format OFDM segment 203f output, super segment 4 is composed of one segment-format OFDM segment 203g output, each of which is a type B super segment, and is output to the reconnection frame configuration section 205.

In the example of FIG. 4B, the concatenated frame configuration unit 204 configures the super segment 2 by concatenating seven outputs of OFDM segments 203a, b, c, d, e, f, and g in one segment format. The super segment of B is output to the reconnection frame configuration unit 205.

The outputs of the 13 segment format encoding units 202a and 202b are type A super segments, which are output to the reconnection frame configuration unit 205, respectively.

The reconnection frame configuration unit 205 receives the above type A super segment and type B super segment and concatenates these super segments to form a concatenated OFDM segment. When the super segments are connected, phase compensation for the center frequency difference and phase correction for pilot modulation phase mismatch are performed.

The IFFT / guard interval adding unit 206 converts the concatenated OFDM segment, which is an output signal of the reconcatenated frame configuration unit 205, into an OFDM signal by IFFT calculation, adds a guard interval, and converts it into an OFDM transmission signal. Then, it is converted into a digital broadcast transmission signal having a frequency determined by up-converter unit 207, power amplified by transmission amplifier unit 208, and transmitted by antenna 209.

This digital broadcast transmission signal is generated by collectively processing IFDM / guard intervals on connected OFDM segments. Here, the 13-segment format part is divided into a maximum of 3 layers (including 1 segment can be partially received), and the convolutional code coding rate, interleave length, carrier modulation method, etc. can be set independently for each layer. . For the one-segment format portion, the convolutional code coding rate, interleave length, carrier modulation scheme, etc. can be set for each segment. The digital broadcast transmitting apparatus corresponding to the super segment configuration in the example of FIG. 2 performs nine transmission path encoding processes in parallel.

The concatenated transmission of this digital broadcast transmission method refers to transmitting a plurality of segments (13 segment format and 1 segment format) from the same transmission point without a guard band. In addition, the restrictions of parameters at the time of concatenated transmission are shown below.
(1) Modes are the same In concatenated transmission, it is necessary to synchronize OFDM symbols with each other, so modes with different symbol lengths cannot be mixed.
(2) Keeping the guard interval length the same For the same reason as in (1) above, if different guard intervals are used, the OFDM symbol length will be different, so they cannot be mixed.
(3) The number of Type A super segments shall be one or more. In the digital broadcast transmission method, the structure and structure of the OFDM segment carrier structure so that multiple segments can be connected, and the bandwidth and transmission characteristics suitable for the service. And terrestrial digital television system and terrestrial digital audio system can be interoperable, and hardware and software resources can be shared.

Next, the configuration of the TMCC signal configured by the TMCC signal configuration unit 703 will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 9 shows the TMCC signal configuration (TMCC carrier bit allocation). The TMCC signal is used to transmit information related to the demodulation operation of the receiver, such as a hierarchical configuration and transmission parameters of each OFDM segment. TMCC signal bit assignment was the same as that for terrestrial digital television broadcasting and terrestrial digital audio broadcasting. This is to facilitate the TMCC signal decoding process and reduce the burden on the receiver.

The differential demodulation standard is 1 bit and specifies the amplitude and phase standards.

The synchronization signal consists of a 16-bit word. There are two types of synchronization signals, w0 = 0011010111101110 and w1 = 1100101000010001 obtained by bit-inversion thereof, and w0 and w1 are alternately transmitted for each frame. The synchronization signal is used to establish synchronization of the TMCC signal and OFDM frame synchronization. In order to prevent the pseudo synchronization pull-in phenomenon that occurs when the bit pattern of the TMCC information coincides with the synchronization signal, the polarity of the synchronization signal is inverted for each frame. Since the TMCC information is not inverted every frame, pseudo synchronization pull-in can be avoided by inversion every frame.

The segment format identification is a signal for identifying whether the segment is a differential modulation unit or a synchronous modulation unit. It is composed of 3 -bit words, and is assigned “111” in the case of the differential modulation unit and “000” in the case of the synchronous modulation unit. The number of TMCC carriers varies depending on the segment format. When the partial reception segment belongs to the synchronous modulation unit, there is only one TMCC carrier. Even in this case, 3 bits are assigned to the identification signal so that reliable decoding is possible, and the inverted signal has the maximum intersymbol distance.

Figure 10 shows the bit assignment of TMCC information.

TMCC information is information that assists the demodulation and decoding operations of the receiver, such as system identification, transmission parameter switching index, emergency warning broadcast activation flag, current information, and next information. Of the 102 bits of TMCC information, 90 bits are currently defined, but the remaining 12 bits are reserved for future expansion. All the reserved bits are stuffed with “1”. Note that the B and C hierarchies of the 1-segment format are reserved for bit allocation in order to maintain compatibility with the 13-segment format. However, as will be described later, information indicating an unused hierarchy is assigned.

The explanation of system identification is shown in FIG.

2 bits are assigned to the system identification signal. The 13-segment format compatible with the digital terrestrial television broadcasting system is '00', and the 1-segment format compatible with the digital terrestrial audio broadcasting system is '01'. The remaining values are reserved.

The current information indicates the current layer configuration and transmission parameters, and the next information indicates the transmission parameters after switching, and these are sent simultaneously. This is intended to improve the response of the receiver by using current information, assuming that the receiver is powered on or the channel is switched during the countdown.

4 bits for switching one or more of transmission parameter information and flags (partial reception flag, carrier modulation scheme, convolutional coding rate, interleave length, number of segments) described later included in the current information and next information The transmission parameter switching index is counted down. When only the emergency warning broadcast activation flag or the linked transmission phase correction amount, which will be described later, is switched, the transmission parameter switching index is not counted down. By counting down the transmission parameter switching index, the receiver is notified of the switching and the timing is taken. This index usually takes a value of ‘1111’, but when the transmission parameter is switched, 1 is subtracted for each frame from 15 frames before the switching. It should be noted that after “0000”, it returns to “1111”. The switching timing is the next frame synchronization for sending “0000”. That is, the new transmission parameter is applied from the frame returned to ‘1111’. The next information can be set or changed at an arbitrary time before the switching countdown, but cannot be changed during the countdown.

Fig. 12 shows the allocation of emergency warning broadcast activation flags. In emergency alert broadcasting, the activation flag is set to '1' when activation control for the receiver is performed, and the activation flag is set to '0' when activation control is not performed.

The explanation of the partial reception flag is shown in FIG.

The partial reception flag is set to ‘1’ when the segment (segment No. 0) at the center of the transmission band is set for partial reception in the 13-segment format, and is set to ‘0’ otherwise. When segment No. 0 is set for partial reception, the layer is defined as layer A in FIG. In the case of the one segment format, the flag is set to “0”. This is consistent with the fact that the digital terrestrial audio system uses this flag as a format identification flag, which is ‘0’ for the 1-segment format and ‘1’ for the 3-segment format. If there is no next information, the flag is set to ‘1’.

FIG. 14 shows transmission parameter information included in the current / next information. If there is no unused layer or next information in the transmission parameter information, those bits are set to ‘1’.

FIG. 15 shows an explanation of the connected transmission phase correction amount.

In concatenated transmission, when a received segment uses the lower end carrier of the upper adjacent segment as a reference signal, it is used to correct the phase of the carrier for each symbol. If there is no phase correction, including the case of no concatenated transmission, “111” is set.

TMCC information B20 to B121 is error-correction-encoded with a shortened code (184,102) of the difference set cyclic code (273,191). TMCC information requires transmission reliability higher than that of a data signal in order to specify transmission parameters and control a receiver. Considering that it is difficult to share the decoding circuit of the concatenated code in the receiver and that the block code is advantageous from the viewpoint of processing delay, the error correction code of TMCC is a shortened code of the difference set cyclic code (273,191) ( 184,102). Further, since the TMCC signal is transmitted by a plurality of carriers, it is possible to reduce the required C / N and improve the reception performance by analog addition of the signals. With these error correction techniques and addition processing, the TMCC signal can be received with a smaller C / N than the data signal. In order to make the parity bits the same in all TMCC information, the synchronization signal and the segment format identification information are excluded from the error correction target, all the bits of the plurality of TMCC carriers are made the same, and each bit including the parity bits is included. Enables majority vote.

FIG. 16 shows an embodiment of a service of a digital broadcast transmission signal transmitted by the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of FIG.

1601 is a pushcast broadcast, 1602 is a mixed broadcast of pushcast broadcast and real-time broadcast, 1603 is real-time broadcast, and 1604 is pilot broadcast.

Pushcast broadcast 1601 is a service in which non-time-dependent file-type content is automatically downloaded. For example, electronic newspapers, music, sports clips, news clips, shopping, lifestyle information, gourmet magazines, cooking information, languages, dramas, movies, etc. can be considered. In addition, a menu linked to an information address (in FIG. 16, described as WEB) that can search for various types of information can be considered. The feature of pushcast broadcasting is that content can be distributed in advance and viewed at a time convenient for the user.

Real-time broadcast 1603 is a stream-type broadcast, and a program in which “watching now” is important is provided. For example, news, weather forecast, sports, etc. You may broadcast shopping, education, and premium programs in real time.

Mixed broadcast 1602 is a broadcast in which real-time broadcast and pushcast broadcast are mixed according to time.

Pilot broadcast 1604 navigates the entire service of pushcast broadcast 1601, mixed broadcast 1602, and real-time broadcast 1603. It also indicates which service is transmitted on which subchannel or which TS of which super segment. Therefore, it is necessary to determine in advance which frequency arrangement the pilot broadcast 1604 is sent.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a segment configuration of a digital broadcast transmission signal transmitted by the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 17 shows the segment configuration example described with reference to FIG. 4. In FIG. 17A, 1701 is a pilot segment, and in FIG. 17B, 1702 is a pilot segment.

The pilot segment is a segment for transmitting a pilot broadcast, and is a 1-segment format segment or a 13-segment format partial reception segment. In the example of FIG. 17 (a), the segment is [super segment 4, center subchannel number 1], and the center frequency is (216 + 1/7) MHz. In the example of FIG. 17B, it is a segment of [super segment 2, center subchannel number 10], and the center frequency is (214 + 6/7) MHz. This frequency arrangement is determined at this position in the example of FIG.

Further, as an example of assigning the service of FIG. 16 to the super segment, for example, in the case of FIG.

Super segment 1: Type B (5 segments) is assigned 5 programs of real-time broadcast 1603 to each segment format, for example, TS2 is news, TS3 is weather, TS4 is shopping, TS5 is sport, TS6 is Education.

Super segment 2: One program of real-time broadcast 1603 is assigned to type B (one segment) to one segment format, and TS7 is made premium.

Super segment 3: Pushcast broadcast 1601 is assigned to type A (1 13 segments) and TS1.

Super segment 4: Pilot broadcast 1604 is assigned to type B (one segment) as a pilot segment, and TS8 is set.

Super segment 5: Mixed broadcast 1602 is assigned to type A (one 13 segment), and TS9 is set.

In the case of FIG.

Super segment 1: Mixed broadcast 1602 is assigned to type A (one 13 segment), and TS1 is set.

Super segment 2: Type B (seven segments) type 6 (real-time broadcast 1603) programs and pilot broadcasts 1604 as pilot segments are all assigned to one segment format. For example, TS2 is news, TS3 is weather, TS4 is shopping TS5 is pilot broadcast 1604, TS6 is sport, TS7 is education, and TS8 is premium.

Super segment 3: Pushcast broadcast 1601 is assigned to type A (1 13 segments) and is TS9.

This assignment is performed by the multimedia signal generation unit 201 in FIG.

In the example of FIG. 17 (a), one type B super segment of one segment type is used as a pilot segment, and in the example of FIG. 17 (b), one segment among seven type B super segments connected in one segment type is used as a pilot. It is a segment. Therefore, the example of FIG. 17A is suitable when processing is performed in units of super segments, and the example of FIG. 17B has characteristics that are suitable when processing is performed in units of TS.

FIG. 18 is a configuration example of program information which is an example of pilot information transmitted by pilot broadcasting. The program information includes the program identification representing the program, the broadcast type indicating whether the program is real-time broadcast, pushcast broadcast, or pilot broadcast, the date and time when it is broadcast, and the provider that broadcasts the program. There is an operator identification that represents. Furthermore, in order to select the program on the receiving side, information indicating which segment is being transmitted is necessary. As shown in [Formula 1], the center frequency of the segment being sent is determined if the start frequency and center subchannel number of the physical channel in which the super segment is arranged are known. In addition, the receiving side needs information on the super segment type whether the segment is a 13-segment format or a 1-segment format.

In FIG. 18 (a), the program information is [date / time, program identification, broadcast type, operator identification, super segment number, super segment type, physical channel, central subchannel]. If the physical channel is predetermined as shown in FIGS. 17 (a) and 17 (b), only the physical channel number need be indicated. Of course, only the frequency of the physical channel itself or the start frequency or the end frequency of the physical channel may be indicated. This is because the bandwidth of the physical channel is determined to be 6 MHz.

In FIG. 18, not only the super segment types are indicated as type A and type B, but in the case of type A, a partial reception flag indicating whether or not this program is in the partial reception layer is provided. The number of segments connected is also shown.

By looking at the partial reception flag, there is an effect that it is possible to determine whether or not this program can be received by a one-segment receiver described later without selecting a channel and viewing the TMCC information.

Also, in the case of Type B, the super segment configuration in one segment format can be confirmed by indicating the number of connections in one segment format, and the super segment configuration can be determined by the super segment number.

Furthermore, by having “pilot” as the broadcast type, pilot broadcasts such as program advertisements can be performed in addition to the pilot segment.

In the example of FIG. 18 (a), there is an effect that the center frequency and super segment configuration of the segment to which the program is transmitted can be obtained only by extracting the program information.

FIG. 18 (b) is such that the TS number is sent as program information instead of the super segment number, super segment type, physical channel, and subchannel of FIG. 18 (a). As described with reference to FIG. 2, the TS number can be represented by a super segment number, a super segment type, and a subchannel, and the center frequency can be determined by the start frequency of the physical channel and the center subchannel number. As another information, this TS information is transmitted as pilot information.

In the example of FIG. 18 (b), it is easy to associate the TS number with the program identification and the operator identification, which is particularly convenient when assigning an operator for each TS.

FIG. 18 (c) shows the channel selection frequency on the receiving side directly in the program information. If the channel selection frequency and the super segment type are known, it can be determined whether or not reception is possible with a receiver described later.

In the example of FIG. 18 (c), the receiver can tune directly to the program simply by looking at the program information, and the channel selection operation is easy.

Also, if the pilot information shown in FIG. 18 is sent, even if the super segment configuration changes from a certain date and time, the program information setting from a certain date and time can be changed to follow the contents of the change in the super segment configuration. For example, there is an effect that the receiver side can receive without being aware of the change of the super segment configuration. However, the position (frequency arrangement) of the pilot segment should not be changed.

FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus in FIG. 19 receives a digital broadcast transmission signal transmitted from the digital broadcast transmitting apparatus in FIG.

1926 is a digital broadcast receiver.

Reference numeral 1901 denotes an antenna, 1902 denotes a channel selection unit, 1903 denotes an orthogonal demodulation unit, 1904 denotes a fast Fourier transform (hereinafter referred to as FFT) unit, 1905 denotes demodulation / decoding operation for demodulating / decoding digital broadcast transmission signals from the FFT unit 1904 to the TS output. , 1906 is a synchronous reproduction unit, 1907 is a frame extraction unit, and 1908 is a TMCC decoding unit, which reproduces a synchronous signal for operating the demodulation / decoding unit 1905 and obtains information such as transmission parameters.

A front end (hereinafter referred to as F / E) unit 1924 is configured from the channel selection 1902 to the TMCC decoding unit 1908. 1928 is a descrambling part 1, 1929 is a descrambling part 2, 1909 is a demux part, 1910 is a decoding part of the compressed broadcast audio signal, 1911 is an audio output part for outputting the decoded broadcast audio signal, and 1912 is a compression part 1913 is a presentation processing unit constituting a display screen, 1914 is a video output unit for displaying the decoded broadcast video signal, and 1915 is PSI (Program Specific Information) / SI (Service Information). It is a system decoding unit that handles system information such as.

The descrambling part 1928, the descrambling part 2 1929, and the demax part 1909 to the system decoding part 1915 constitute a back-end trap (hereinafter B / E) part 1925.

1916 is a rewritable nonvolatile memory (hereinafter referred to as NVRAM), 1917 is a ROM such as a font (Read Only Memory), 1918 is a main memory RAM (Random Access Memory), and 1919 is a communication line interface (hereinafter I / F). , 1920 is an input / output unit (hereinafter referred to as I / O), 1921 is a system bus, 1922 is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU), 1923 is a button for operating a remote control, etc. 1930 is a CAS ( Conditional Access System), 1931 is a recording medium, and 1927 is a removable medium.

In the case of real-time broadcasting, a digital broadcast transmission signal input to the digital broadcast receiver 1926 by the antenna 1901 is converted into a TS (transport stream) by the F / E unit 1924. The demodulated TS is selectively decrypted by the descrambling unit 1928 using the license information stored in the CAS 1930. The license information may be supplied by the communication I / F 1919 via a network or may be supplied by the removable medium 1927. The decoded TS is separated into video, audio, and other data by the demax unit 1909, and the video stream is output to the video decoding unit 1912 and the audio stream is output to the audio decoding unit 1910. The decoded video signal forms a display screen by the presentation processing unit 1913 and is output by the video output 1914. The decoded audio signal is output as an audio output 1911.

In the case of push cast broadcasting, a digital broadcast transmission signal input to the digital broadcast receiving device 1926 by the antenna 1901 is converted into a TS (transport stream) by the F / E unit. The demodulated TS is input to the descramble 1 unit 1928, but is not decoded here. Subsequently, only the data related to the content to be stored is separated and stored in the recording medium 1931 by the input demax unit 1909.

When the access control common information and the access control individual information are distributed via the broadcast wave, they are separated by the demux unit 1909 and stored in the recording medium 1931. When the access control common information and the access control individual information are distributed via the network, they are acquired via the communication I / F 1919 before or during reproduction and stored in the recording medium 1931. When the access control common information and the access control individual information are distributed via the network, they are acquired via the I / O 1920 before or during reproduction and stored in the recording medium 1931.

At the time of reproduction, data related to the content to be reproduced is read from the recording medium 1931 and input to the descrambling 2 unit 1929 and encrypted using the access control common information and the access control individual information stored in the recording medium 1931. Decode data selectively. The decoded TS is separated into video, audio, and other data by the demax unit 1909, and the video stream is output to the video decoding unit 1912 and the audio stream is output to the audio decoding unit 1910. The decoded video signal forms a display screen by the presentation processing unit 1913 and is output by the video output 1914. The decoded audio signal is output as an audio output 1911.

In the above operation, the CPU 1922 controls each block of the F / E unit 1924 and the B / E unit 1925 via the system bus 1921 so that the digital broadcast receiver 1926 reproduces normal video and audio. Do.

At the time of data broadcast reception, the data is once transferred to the RAM 1918, NVRAM 1916 or the like and processed by the CPU 1922. In addition to normal video and audio playback processing, the data on the RAM 1918 is transferred to the video and audio decoder simultaneously with the presentation of the characters and graphics, and processing such as video and audio playback processing is performed. In addition, the communication I / F 1919 is used to exchange information with the outside of the digital broadcast receiver 1926.

The operation of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus can be performed with the button 1923 via the I / O 1920.

Fig. 20 shows the types of digital broadcast receivers.

The digital broadcast transmission signal from the digital broadcast transmission apparatus in FIG. 2 includes a 13-segment super segment and a 1-segment super segment. Receivers that can receive each of these can be defined, but 13/1 segment format reception that can receive both 13 segment format and 1 segment format, and only the partial reception layer of 13 segment format in addition to 1 segment format Can be defined partial reception / 1 segment format reception. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus 1926 in FIG. 19 performs either 13/1 segment format reception or partial reception / 1 segment format reception.

21 shows the configuration of the demodulation / decoding unit 1905 in the case of 13/1 segment format reception, and FIG. 22 shows the configuration of the demodulation / decoding unit 1905 in the case of partial reception / 1 segment format reception.

2101 and 2201 are input signals from the FFT unit 1904, 2102 and 2202 are carrier demodulation units, 2103 and 2203 are deinterleave units, 2104 and 2204 are demapping units, 2105 and 2205 are bit deinterleave units, 2106 and 2206. Is a depuncture unit, 2107 and 2207 are Viterbi decoding units, 2108 and 2208 are byte deinterleaving units, 2109 and 2209 are energy despreading units, 2110 and 2210 are TS reproduction units, and 211 and 211 are RS (Reed-Solomon) decoding units. Reference numerals 2112 and 2212 denote outputs of the demodulation / decoding unit 1905. The bit deinterleaving unit 2105, the depuncturing unit 2106, the byte deinterleaving unit 2108, and the energy despreading unit 2109 are respectively provided for three layers a, b, and c, and 2121 and 2123 are divided into three layers. It is a hierarchy synthesis unit that synthesizes hierarchies.

First, the operation in the case of 13/1 segment format reception will be described with reference to FIGS.

The channel frequency band to be received by the channel selection unit 1902 is extracted from the digital broadcast transmission signal received by the antenna 1901, the signal channel-selected by the orthogonal demodulation unit 1903 is orthogonally demodulated into a baseband signal, and the frequency is output by the FFT unit 1904. It is converted to axis processing, and FFT is performed for a period corresponding to an effective symbol among OFDM symbols. At that time, the multipath situation of the received signal is taken into consideration, and the FFT processing is performed in an appropriate period. In response to this, in the demodulation / decoding unit 1905, the carrier demodulation unit 2102 performs demodulation processing on each carrier on the frequency axis (for example, synchronization using a scattered pilot (SP) for QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM). (Demodulation is performed to detect amplitude and phase information), frequency axis and time axis deinterleaving is performed by the deinterleaving unit 2103, and demapping is performed by the demapping unit 2104. Bit deinterleaving is performed by the interleaving units 2105a, b, and c, depuncturing is performed by the depuncturing units 2106a, b, and c. Byte deinterleaving and energy in the interleaving unit 2108 -Despreading unit 2109 performs energy despreading, TS playback unit 2110 performs TS playback, RS decoding unit 2111 performs error correction, and a digital broadcast signal is demodulated. For example, transport defined in MPEG2 Systems A stream (TS) signal is output to the descramble 1 unit 1928 and the demax unit 1909. Here, in the case of receiving a signal in 1 segment format and in the case of receiving in 13 segment format, the system is identified by the system identification shown in FIG. 11 of the TMCC signal decoded by the TMCC decoding unit 1908, and digital terrestrial audio In the case of a broadcasting system, a 1-segment format is received, and in the case of a terrestrial digital television broadcasting system, a 13-segment format is received (mainly handling the partial reception flag shown in FIG. 13). Further, when receiving a signal of one segment format, the hierarchy divisions 2121 and 2123 are not subjected to hierarchy division, and processing is performed using, for example, a system block. Since no hierarchical division is performed, hierarchical synthesis in the hierarchical synthesis 2122 is not necessary. When receiving a partial reception layer, processing may be performed using only the system a as in the case of the one segment format, or may be divided into three layers and one of them may be processed as a partial reception layer. . In the case of reception of only one segment format and partial reception, the channel frequency band of the channel selection 1902 may be extracted as one segment.

Next, the operation in the case of partial reception / 1-segment reception will be described with reference to FIGS.

The channel frequency band to be received by the channel selection unit 1902 from the digital broadcast transmission signal received by the antenna 1901, in this case, the frequency band for one segment is extracted, and the channel-selected signal is orthogonally demodulated by the orthogonal demodulation unit 1903. A band signal is converted into frequency axis processing by an FFT unit 1904, and FFT is performed for a period corresponding to an effective symbol among OFDM symbols. At that time, the multipath situation of the received signal is taken into consideration, and the FFT processing is performed in an appropriate period. In response to this, in the demodulation / decoding unit 1905, the carrier demodulation unit 2202 performs demodulation processing on each carrier on the frequency axis (for example, synchronization using scattered pilot (SP) for QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM). (Demodulate and detect amplitude and phase information), deinterleave unit 2203 for frequency axis and time axis, demap unit demapping unit 2204, bit deinterleave unit 2205, and depuncture unit 2206 Depuncture, Viterbi decoding unit 2207 performs Viterbi decoding, Byte deinterleaving unit 2208 performs byte deinterleaving, Energy despreading unit 2209 performs energy despreading, TS reproduction unit 2210 performs TS reproduction, and RS decoding unit 2211 performs error correction. Digital broadcasting The signal is demodulated, and, for example, a transport stream (TS) signal defined by MPEG2 Systems is output to the descramble 1 unit 1928 and the demax unit 1909. Here, in the case of receiving a signal of 1 segment format and in the case of partial reception of 13 segment format, the system is identified by the system identification shown in FIG. 11 of the TMCC signal decoded by the TMCC decoding unit 1908, and the terrestrial digital In the case of an audio broadcasting system, partial reception processing is performed in the 1 segment format, and in the case of a digital terrestrial television broadcasting system, partial reception processing is performed (mainly handling of the partial reception flag shown in FIG. 13).

The other blocks of the F / E unit 1924 in FIG. 19 will be described.

The synchronization reproduction unit 1906 receives the baseband signal from the orthogonal demodulation unit 1903 and reproduces the OFDM symbol synchronization signal and the FFT sample frequency according to the mode and the guard interval length. When the mode and the guard interval length are unknown, the mode and guard interval length can also be determined based on the correlation of the guard period of the OFDM signal. Further, the frequency position of the TMCC signal is detected from the output signal of the FFT unit 1904. The frame extraction unit 1907 demodulates the TMCC signal at the detected frequency position and extracts a frame synchronization signal from the TMCC signal. The frame synchronization signal is output to the synchronization reproduction unit 1906, and phase adjustment with the symbol synchronization signal is performed. The TMCC decoding unit 1908 performs error correction of the differential cyclic code on the demodulated TMCC signal, and extracts TMCC information such as a hierarchical structure and transmission parameters. The TMCC information is output to the demodulation / decoding unit 1905 and used as various control information for the demodulation / decoding process. Since there is a phase difference between segments in the concatenated transmission signal, the carrier phase at the lower end of the upper adjacent segment must be corrected for reception of the synchronous modulation segment that uses the carrier at the lower end of the upper adjacent segment for demodulation.

The TMCC decoding unit 1908 is always operating when trying to receive an emergency alert broadcast, and monitors the emergency alert broadcast activation flag shown in FIG. At this time, the channel selection unit 1902, the quadrature demodulation unit 1903, the FFT unit 1904, the synchronous reproduction unit 1906, and the frame extraction unit 1907 are always operating. The operations of the channel selection unit 1902, the orthogonal demodulation unit 1903, the FFT unit 1904, the synchronous reproduction unit 1906, and the frame extraction unit 1907 are segment No. 0 in the case of 13 segment format, that is, only the partial reception part when receiving an emergency warning broadcast It is only necessary to perform the process. As a result, it is possible to achieve a low power consumption operation compared to processing the entire 13-segment band of this digital broadcast. In the case of 1 segment format, only 1 segment bandwidth is required.

The B / E unit 1925 in FIG. 19 will be described.

In descrambling 1 section 1928 and demax section 1909, descrambling of the scrambled TS signal for copyright protection is canceled, and the desired compressed broadcast video signal and compressed broadcast audio signal digital signal Are extracted and output to the decoding units 1910, 1912 and 1915. The decoding unit 1912 decodes the compressed broadcast video signal, the decoding unit 1910 decodes the compressed broadcast audio signal, and the decoded video signal forms a display screen in the presentation processing unit 1913, and the video output unit 1914 decodes the display screen. The audio signal thus output is output to the audio output unit 1911.

Next, the reception operation in the case of the pilot broadcast, pilot segment, and pilot information shown in FIGS. 16, 17, and 18 will be described with reference to FIGS.

In step 2301, the reception operation is started. In the reception operation, the CPU 1922 controls each block via the system bus 1921.

In step 2302, the channel selection unit 1902 first selects the pilot segment 1701 or 1702 at the frequency position determined.

In step 2303, the TS is demodulated by the F / E unit 1924, the pilot information of FIG. 18 is extracted by the descrambling unit 1928 and the demax unit 1909, and is decoded by the system decoding unit 1915.

Create a service channel list from the pilot information extracted in step 2304 and store it.

FIG. 24 shows an example of the service tuning table. They are organized by operator identification, broadcast type, date / time, and program type, and a channel selection frequency and a super segment type are assigned to each content of a real-time broadcast program or pushcast broadcast content. The channel selection frequency is the center frequency of the center subchannel. When the super segment type is type A (13-segment format), it is indicated whether or not the program or content is in the partial reception layer ("○": partial reception layer, "x": layer other than partial reception). .

In step 2305, real-time broadcast, pushcast broadcast, and downloaded service table are displayed. In general, a real-time broadcast service table is preferentially displayed, and a user selects a pushcast broadcast or a downloaded service table using a menu or the like.

FIG. 25 shows an example of a service table. FIG. 25A shows an example of real-time broadcasting, FIG. 25B shows an example of pushcast broadcasting, and FIG.

In FIG. 25 (a), the program broadcast at the current time is displayed. In the case of partial reception / 1-segment format reception, if the program is transmitted in a layer other than the partial reception segment in type A (13 segment format), it cannot be received. Disable selection.

In step 2306, select the program you want to watch. In addition, you may have a function which searches a program by a date, time, and a provider.

Tune in the program selected in step 2307. According to the service channel selection table of FIG. 24, when the channel selection unit 1902 is a channel selection frequency and transmission is performed in a type A other than partial reception, the channel frequency band is 13 segment bandwidth, and the F / E unit 1924 is 13 segment format demodulation. To do. In the case of transmission by partial reception in type A and in the case of type B, the channel frequency band is a band of one segment, and the F / E section 1924 performs partial reception demodulation in the case of partial reception, and one segment format demodulation in the case of type B. To do.

In step 2308, the program is output.

Fig. 25 (b) shows the contents that can be downloaded now. In step 2309, the contents to be downloaded are selected. At this time, the already downloaded contents are displayed as “downloaded” so that they cannot be selected.

In step 2310, a download reservation is made. If it is time to download, the channel selection unit 1902 in step 2311 uses the content reserved by the service channel selection table of FIG. 24 as the channel selection frequency, and if it is transmitted by type A other than partial reception, the channel frequency band is 13 segments. The F / E unit 1924 performs 13 segment format demodulation. In the case of transmission by partial reception in type A and in the case of type B, the channel frequency band is a band of one segment, and the F / E section 1924 performs partial reception demodulation in the case of partial reception, and one segment format demodulation in the case of type B. To do.

Downloaded at step 2312.

Fig. 25 (c) shows the content already downloaded. Playback is selected at step 2313 and output at step 2314. The download service table may be selected at the start of step 2301.

As described above, according to the digital broadcast receiving method of FIGS. 23, 24, and 25, there is an effect that the digital broadcast transmission signal can be received without being aware of the segment configuration.

FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a service configuration of a digital broadcast transmission signal transmitted by the digital broadcast transmission apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

2601 is a pushcast broadcast, 2602 is a mixed broadcast of pushcast broadcast and real-time broadcast, 2603 is a real-time broadcast, 2604 is a pushcast broadcast pilot broadcast, and 2605 is a real-time pilot broadcast. The difference from FIG. 16 is that the pilot broadcast is provided independently for the pushcast broadcast and the real-time broadcast. As in FIG. 16, it is necessary to determine in advance which frequency arrangement the pilot broadcasts 2604 and 2605 are sent.

FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a segment configuration of a digital broadcast transmission signal transmitted by the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 27 shows an example of the segment configuration described in FIG. 2. In FIG. 27A, 2701 is a pilot segment for real time broadcasting, 2702 is a pilot segment for pushcast broadcasting, and 2703 is a real time broadcasting in FIG. A pilot segment for broadcasting, 2704 is a pilot segment for pushcast broadcasting.

The pilot segment is a segment for transmitting a pilot broadcast, and is a 1-segment format segment or a 13-segment format partial reception segment. In the example of FIG. 27 (a), the pilot segment 2701 for real-time broadcasting is the segment of [Super segment 2, center subchannel number 1], the center frequency is (210 + 1/7) MHz, and is used for pushcast broadcasting. Pilot segment 2702 is a segment of [super segment 4, center subchannel number 1], and the center frequency is (216 + 1/7) MHz. In the example of FIG. 27B, the pilot segment 2703 for real-time broadcasting is the segment of [Super segment 2, center subchannel number 1], the center frequency is (213 + 4/7) MHz, and the pilot for pushcast broadcasting The segment 2704 is a segment of [Super segment 2, center subchannel number 19], and the center frequency is (216 + 1/7) MHz. This frequency arrangement is determined at this position in the example of FIG.

Further, as an example of assigning the service of FIG. 26 to the super segment, for example, in the case of FIG.

Super segment 1: Type B (5 segments) is assigned 5 programs of real-time broadcasting 2603 to each 1 segment format, for example, TS2 is news, TS3 is weather, TS4 is shopping, TS5 is sports premium, Let TS6 be an education.

Super segment 2: Pilot broadcast 2605 for real-time broadcasting is assigned to type B (one segment) as a pilot segment for real-time broadcasting, and TS7 is set.

Super segment 3: Mixed broadcast 2602 is assigned to type A (1 13 segment) and TS1.

Super segment 4: Type B (one segment) is assigned a pilot broadcast 2604 for pushcast broadcast as a pilot segment for pushcast broadcast [TS8.

Super segment 5: Pushcast broadcast 2601 is assigned to type A (one 13 segment) and TS9.

Also, in the case of FIG.

Super Segment 1: Type A (1 13 segments) mixed broadcast 2602 is assigned as TS1.

Super segment 2: Type B (7 segments) assigns 5 programs of real-time broadcast 2603, pilot broadcast 2605 for real-time broadcast and pilot broadcast 2604 for push-cast broadcast to each one segment format, for example, TS2 Is a pilot broadcast 2605 for real-time broadcasting, TS3 is news, TS4 is weather, TS5 is shopping, TS6 is a sports premium, TS7 is education, and TS8 is a pilot broadcast 2604 for pushcast broadcasting.

Super segment 3: Pushcast broadcast 2601 is assigned to type A (1 13 segments) and is TS9.

This assignment is performed by the multimedia signal generation unit 201 in FIG.

FIG. 28 is a configuration example of program information which is an example of pilot information transmitted by pilot broadcasting. The difference from FIG. 18 is that the program information is divided into (1) real-time broadcast information and (2) pushcast broadcast information, which are transmitted in real-time broadcast pilot broadcast and pushcast broadcast pilot broadcast, respectively. In the example of FIG. 28, (3) pilot broadcast information is provided and transmitted in a pilot broadcast for real-time broadcast and a pilot broadcast for pushcast broadcast, each of which is a pilot broadcast for real-time broadcast or a pilot signal for pushcast broadcast Indicate.

In the examples of FIGS. 27 and 28, the program information for real-time broadcasting and pushcast broadcasting is separated, so that only the necessary broadcast information selected at that time can be obtained on the receiving side. This has the effect of shortening the time required to construct and display the service table shown in. Also, providing pilot broadcast information has an effect that the B / E unit 1925 can confirm whether the currently selected information is for real-time broadcast or pushcast broadcast.

In the segment arrangement of FIG. 27, pushcast broadcast and pilot broadcast for pushcast broadcast, mixed broadcast and pilot broadcast for real-time broadcast, real-time broadcast and pilot broadcast for real-time broadcast, and in FIG. Since the mixed broadcast and the pilot broadcast for pushcast broadcast are arranged next to each other, there is an effect that it is easy for the reception side to easily receive the broadcast and pilot broadcast of each service.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing a receiving operation of the digital broadcast receiving device 1926 in the fourth embodiment according to the present invention.

The reception operation in the case of the pilot broadcast, pilot segment, and pilot information shown in FIGS. 26, 27, and 28 will be described with reference to FIGS. The same reference numerals as those in FIG. 23 represent the same functions.

In step 2901, the reception operation is started. In the reception operation, the CPU 1922 controls each block via the system bus 1921.

In step 2906, first, real-time broadcasting, pushcast broadcasting, and downloaded are selected.

When “downloaded” is selected, the already downloaded content shown in FIG. 25C is displayed, selected for reproduction in step 2313, and output in step 2314.

When real-time broadcasting or pushcast broadcasting is selected, steps 2902a, 2903a, 2904a, 2905a, 2306, 2307, 2308 are performed for real-time broadcasting, and steps 2902b, 2903b, 2904b, 2905b, 2309, 2309, for push-cast broadcasting. 2310 is selected.

First, the case where real-time broadcasting is selected will be described.

In step 2902a, the channel selection unit 1902 selects the pilot segment 2701 or 2703 for real-time broadcasting at the frequency position determined first. It can be confirmed from the pilot broadcast information that the pilot segment is for real-time broadcasting.

In step 2903a, the F / E unit 1924 demodulates the TS, the descramble 1 unit 1928 and the demax unit 1909 extract the real-time broadcast information which is the pilot information for the real-time broadcast in FIG. 28, and the system decode unit 1915 decodes it. .

Create a service channel selection table for real-time broadcasting from the real-time broadcast information extracted in step 2904a and store it.

Fig. 30 (a) shows an example of a service channel selection table for real-time broadcasting. They are organized by operator identification, date / time, and program type, and a tuning frequency and a super segment type are assigned to each program of real-time broadcasting. The channel selection frequency is the center frequency of the center subchannel. When the super segment type is type A (13-segment format), it is indicated whether or not the program or content is in the partial reception layer ("○": partial reception layer, "x": layer other than partial reception). .

In step 2905a, a real-time broadcast service table is displayed.

Fig. 25 (a) shows an example of a service table for real-time broadcasting. The following is as described in FIG.

Next, the case where push cast broadcasting is selected will be described.

In step 2902b, the channel selection unit 1902 selects the pilot segment 2702 or 2704 for pushcast broadcasting at the frequency position first determined. It can be confirmed from the pilot broadcast information that the pilot segment is for push cast broadcasting.

In step 2903b, the F / E unit 1924 demodulates the TS, the descramble 1 unit 1928 and the demax unit 1909 extract pushcast broadcast information which is pilot information for pushcast broadcast in FIG. 28, and the system decode unit 1915 Decode.

Create a service channel list for pushcast broadcast from the pushcast broadcast information extracted in step 2904a and store it.

Fig. 30 (b) shows an example of a service channel selection table for pushcast broadcasting. They are organized by operator identification, date / time, and program type, and a tuning frequency and a super segment type are assigned to each pushcast broadcast content. The channel selection frequency is the center frequency of the center subchannel. When the super segment type is type A (13-segment format), it is indicated whether or not the program or content is in the partial reception layer ("○": partial reception layer, "x": layer other than partial reception). .

In step 2905b, a pushcast service table is displayed.

Fig. 25 (b) shows an example of a service table for pushcast broadcasting. The following is as described in FIG.

As described above, according to the digital broadcast receiving method of FIGS. 29 and 30, there is an effect that the digital broadcast transmission signal can be received without being aware of the segment configuration. Also, since the program information for real-time broadcasting and pushcast broadcasting is separated, only the necessary broadcast information selected at that time can be obtained, and the service table shown in FIG. 25 is constructed by obtaining the information. This has the effect of shortening the time until display. Also, providing pilot broadcast information has an effect that the B / E unit 1925 can confirm whether the currently selected information is for real-time broadcast or pushcast broadcast.

Further, when selecting a pilot segment at 2902a and b, pilot broadcast for pushcast broadcast and pushcast broadcast, pilot broadcast for mixed broadcast and real-time broadcast, pilot broadcast for real-time broadcast and real-time broadcast, In 27 (a), the mixed broadcast and the pushcast broadcast pilot broadcast are arranged next to each other. Therefore, if the reception side receives the broadcast of each service and the pilot broadcast together, There is an effect that it is possible to shorten the tuning time at the time of tuning or downloading.

FIG. 31 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a service configuration of a digital broadcast transmission signal transmitted by the digital broadcast transmission apparatus according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

3101, 3102 and 3103 are broadcast service groups composed of pushcast broadcasts, real-time broadcasts, and pilot broadcasts having pilot information of those broadcasts. The difference from FIG. 16 is that the broadcast service group that basically performs mixed broadcast is not divided into pushcast broadcast, mixed broadcast, and real-time broadcast, and the pilot service is provided in the broadcast service group. It only has pilot information for broadcasting inside.

FIG. 32 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a segment configuration of a digital broadcast transmission signal transmitted by the digital broadcast transmission apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 27 shows the segment configuration example described with reference to FIG. 4B, where 3201 is a pilot segment of the broadcast service group 3101, 3202 is a pilot segment of the broadcast service group 3103, and 3203 is a pilot segment of the broadcast service group 3102.

The pilot segment is a segment for transmitting a pilot broadcast, and is a 1-segment format segment or a 13-segment format partial reception segment. In the example of FIG. 32, the pilot segment 3201 of the broadcast service group 3101 is a 13-segment partial reception segment of [super segment 1, center subchannel number 22], the center frequency is (210 + 4/7) MHz, The pilot segment 3202 of the service group 3103 is a segment of [super segment 2, center subchannel number 10], the center frequency is (214 + 6/7) MHz, and the pilot segment 3203 of the broadcast service group 3102 is [super segment 3, The partial reception segment of the 13-segment format of the center subchannel number 22], the center frequency is (219 + 1/7) MHz. This frequency arrangement is determined at this position in the example of FIG.

Further, an example in which the service of FIG. 31 is allocated to the super segment of FIG. 32 is as follows.

Suppose that broadcasting segment 3101 is assigned to super segment 1: type A (one 13 segment) and is TS1.

Super segment 2: Broadcast service group 3103 is assigned to each type of segment B for type B (7 segments), TS2 is news (real-time broadcast), TS3 is weather (real-time broadcast), TS4 is sports (real-time broadcast), TS5 is pilot broadcasting, TS6 is education (real-time broadcasting), TS7 is shopping (pushcast broadcasting), and TS8 is premium (pushcast broadcasting).

Super segment 3: Broadcast service group 3102 is assigned to type A (one 13 segment), and TS9 is set.

That is, each broadcasting service group is assigned to a super segment. This allocation is performed by the multimedia signal generator 201 in FIG.

FIG. 33 is a configuration example of program information which is an example of pilot information transmitted by pilot broadcasting. 18 differs from FIG. 18 in that the program information is divided into (1) super segment 1 information, (2) super segment 2 information, and (3) super segment 3 information, and broadcast information in each super segment is divided into each super segment. It is to be transmitted by pilot broadcasting.

32 and 33, broadcast service groups are assigned to super segments, pilot programs for pilot broadcasting are provided for each super segment, and program information is transmitted. Therefore, on the receiving side, program information can be managed in units of super segments. Since it is good, it is possible to obtain only the information of the necessary super segment selected at that time, and it is possible to shorten the time until the information is obtained and the service table shown in FIG. 25 is constructed and displayed.

Further, in the segment arrangement of FIG. 32, a receiving device capable of receiving in the 13-segment format can receive a super segment 1 or super segment 3 type A super segment, and can also connect one segment in a super segment unit. A receiving apparatus capable of receiving a format has an effect of selecting a program only in the super segment received by using the pilot broadcast in the super segment by collectively receiving the super segment 2.

Furthermore, since pilot broadcasts (pilot segments) are arranged in the partial reception layer of type A (13 segment format), even in a 1 segment format receiver, pilot broadcasts (pilot segments) of the type A super segment service group Can be received.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing a receiving operation of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 1926 in the sixth embodiment according to the present invention.

The reception operation in the case of the pilot broadcast, pilot segment, and pilot information in FIGS. 31, 32, and 33 will be described with reference to FIGS. The same reference numerals as those in FIG. 23 represent the same functions.

In step 3401, the reception operation is started. In the reception operation, the CPU 1922 controls each block via the system bus 1921.

In step 3406, a super segment is first selected. In the example of FIG. 32, there are three super segments. Here, for example, a super segment may be assigned to a broadcasting company, and the broadcasting company may be selected in the menu.

After selecting any one of the super segments 1, 2, and 3, they are allocated to a system, b system, and c system in steps 3402, 3403, and 3404, respectively. Since these operations are the same, the description will be made by omitting the subscripts of 1, 2, 3, and a, b, and c.

After selecting a super segment, the channel selection unit 1902 selects a pilot segment (3201 for super segment 1, 3202 for super segment 2, 3203 for super segment 3) at the predetermined frequency position of the super segment selected in step 3402. Bureau.

In Step 3403, the F / E unit 1924 demodulates the TS, the descramble 1 unit 1928 and the demax unit 1909 extract the super segment information which is pilot information of FIG. 33, and the system decode unit 1915 decodes it.

Create a service tuning table for each super segment from the super segment information extracted in step 3404 and store it.

Fig. 35 shows an example of the service tuning table. Each super segment is organized by operator identification, broadcast type, date / time, and program type, and a tuning frequency and a super segment type are assigned to each program. The channel selection frequency is the center frequency of the center subchannel. When the super segment type is type A (13-segment format), it is indicated whether or not the program or content is in the partial reception layer ("○": partial reception layer, "x": layer other than partial reception). .

In step 3405, real-time broadcast, pushcast broadcast, and downloaded service table are displayed. In general, a real-time broadcast service table is preferentially displayed, and a user selects a pushcast broadcast or a downloaded service table using a menu or the like.

FIG. 25 shows an example of a service table. FIG. 25A shows an example of real-time broadcasting, FIG. 25B shows an example of pushcast broadcasting, and FIG. The following is as described in FIG.

As described above, according to the digital broadcast receiving method of FIGS. 34 and 35, there is an effect that the digital broadcast transmission signal can be received without being aware of the segment configuration. In addition, since broadcasting service groups are assigned to super segments and pilot segments are provided for each super segment to transmit program information, program information can be managed in units of super segments. Only the information of the super segment can be obtained, and there is an effect that it is possible to shorten the time from obtaining the information to constructing and displaying the service table shown in FIG.

Further, in the segment arrangement of FIG. 32, a receiving device capable of receiving in the 13-segment format can receive a super segment 1 or super segment 3 type A super segment, and can also connect one segment in a super segment unit. A receiving apparatus capable of receiving a format has an effect of selecting a program only in the super segment received by using the pilot broadcast in the super segment by collectively receiving the super segment 2.

Furthermore, since pilot broadcasts (pilot segments) are arranged in the partial reception layer of type A (13 segment format), even in a 1 segment format receiver, pilot broadcasts (pilot segments) of the type A super segment service group Can be received.

FIG. 36 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of pilot information of a digital broadcast transmission signal transmitted by the digital broadcast transmission apparatus according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

36 is characterized in that version information is provided in addition to the program information of FIG. 18B. The version information consists of a pilot version number and the next scheduled update date and time.

The pilot version number is incremented by one when any change is made to the pilot information. The next time it reaches full scale, it returns to zero.

The next scheduled update date and time indicates the date and time when the pilot information will be changed next.

Next, TS transmission system information will be described. This information is transmitted in a TS of a broadcast other than the pilot broadcast. In the example of FIG. 36, pilot version information is provided in this information. The pilot version information has the same contents as the version information of the pilot information.

36, there is an effect that the version information of the pilot information can be managed on the receiving side by providing the version information. Further, providing the next update scheduled date and time has an effect that the receiver can prepare for the next update. Furthermore, since pilot version information is provided as TS transmission system information in TS of other broadcasts other than pilot broadcasts, real-time broadcasts and push cast broadcasts other than pilot broadcasts are not received. In this case, the pilot broadcast version information can be obtained from the received TS.

In this embodiment, version information is added to the pilot signal of FIG. 18 (b), but the pilot information of FIGS. 18 (a) (c), 28 (a) (b) (c), and FIG. May be added to

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing a receiving operation of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 1926 in the eighth embodiment according to the present invention.

36 will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 37. FIG. The same reference numerals as those in FIG. 23 represent the same functions.

In step 3701, the reception operation is started. In the reception operation, the CPU 1922 controls each block via the system bus 1921.

In step 3702, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 1926 confirms whether the version information of the pilot information is available.

If the version information of the pilot information is available, the pilot version numbers of the pilot information and the pilot version information of the TS transmission system information are compared in step 3703. If the pilot version numbers are the same, the scheduled update date is confirmed in step 3704. If it is before the scheduled update date, it is determined that the service channel list is the same as that previously created, and the service table is displayed in step 2305.

If the version information is not available in step 3702, the digital broadcast receiving device 1926 is first started up, the system is reset, etc. In this case, the service tuning table has not yet been created. Therefore, the service tuning table is created after step 2302.

If the pilot version number of the pilot version information of the TS transmission system information is updated more than the pilot version number of the version information of the pilot information in step 3703, the pilot information is updated, so the service channel selection table needs to be updated. After step 2302, the service tuning table is updated.

If the update date is after the scheduled update date in step 3704, the service tuning table needs to be updated because the pilot information has been updated, and after step 2302, the service tuning table is updated.

The operations in Step 2302 and Step 2303 are as described in FIG. In step 2303, version information is also extracted as pilot information. In step 3705, version information is stored. Thereafter, in step 2304, a service channel selection table is created or updated and stored. In step 2305, the service table is displayed.

Steps 2306, 2307, and 2308 when real-time broadcasting is selected in Step 2305, Steps 2309, 2310, 2311, and 2312 when Pushcast broadcasting is selected, and Steps 2313 and 2314 when Downloaded is selected are as follows. As described in FIG.

In FIG. 37, after selecting and demodulating in steps 2307 and 2311 in real-time broadcasting and pushcast broadcasting, pilot version information is extracted and stored. Real-time broadcasting is processed in steps 3706a, 3707a, 3708a, and pushcast broadcasting is processed in steps 3706b, 3707b, 3708b. Since the operations are the same, the operations will be described with the subscripts a and b omitted.

In step 3706, the pilot version information is extracted from the TS transmission system information of FIG. 36 by the descrambling 1 unit 1928 and the demax unit 1909 from the TS demodulated in step 2307, and decoded by the system decoding unit 1915.

In step 3707, the pilot version number of the pilot version information is confirmed, and if it has been updated as compared with what has been stored previously, or if there is no previous storage, the process proceeds to step 3708.

In step 3708, the pilot version number of the pilot version information is stored, and the process returns to step 3706.

In step 3707, the pilot version number of the pilot version information is confirmed, and if it is the same as previously stored, the process returns to step 3706.

In this way, steps 3706, 3707, and 3708 are repeated to always update the pilot version information to the latest one.

As described above, according to the digital broadcast receiving method of FIG. 37, there is an effect that the digital broadcast transmission signal can be received without being aware of the segment configuration. Also, version management of pilot information using version information has the effect of promptly displaying the service table when the pilot version number is the same (not updated) and before the scheduled update date and time. . Furthermore, since pilot version information is provided as TS transmission system information in TS of other broadcasts other than pilot broadcasts, real-time broadcasts and push cast broadcasts other than pilot broadcasts are not received. In this case, it is possible to obtain the pilot version information from the received TS and confirm the update of the pilot information.

FIG. 38 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a segment configuration of a digital broadcast transmission signal transmitted by the digital broadcast transmission device according to the ninth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 38 shows the segment configuration example described with reference to FIG. 4. In FIG. 38, reference numerals 3801 and 3802 denote pilot segments in the segment configuration examples (a) and (b), respectively.

The pilot segment is a segment for transmitting a pilot broadcast, and is a 1-segment format segment or a 13-segment format partial reception segment. FIG. 38 differs from the segment configuration example of FIG. 17 in that the frequency arrangement of pilot segments is aligned in FIGS. 38 (a) and 38 (b).

In the example of FIG. 38 (a), the pilot segment 3801 is a segment of [super segment 4, center subchannel number 1], the center frequency is (216 + 1/7) MHz, and in the example of FIG. The segment 3802 is a segment of [Super segment 2, center subchannel number 19], the center frequency is (216 + 1/7) MHz, and the pilot segment frequency arrangement is the same in FIGS. 38 (a) and (b). is there. This frequency arrangement is determined at this position in the example of FIG.

Further, as an example of assigning the service of FIG. 16 to the super segment, for example, in the case of FIG.

Super Segment 1: Type B (5 segments) is assigned 5 programs of real-time broadcasting 1603 to each segment format, TS2 is news, TS3 is weather, TS4 is shopping, TS5 is sports, TS6 is education To do.

Super segment 2: One program of real-time broadcast 1603 is assigned to type B (one segment) to one segment format, and TS7 is made premium.

Super segment 3: Pushcast broadcast 1601 is assigned to type A (1 13 segments) and TS1.

Super segment 4: Pilot broadcast 1604 is assigned to type B (one segment) as a pilot segment, and TS8 is set.

Super segment 5: Mixed broadcast 1602 is assigned to type A (one 13 segment), and TS9 is set.

In the case of FIG.

Super segment 1: Type A (1 13 segments) is assigned pushcast broadcast 1601 to TS1.

Super segment 2: Type B (seven segments) type 6 (real-time broadcasting 1603) and pilot broadcasting 1604 as pilot segments are assigned to one segment format, TS2 is news, TS3 is weather, TS4 is shopping, TS5 Are sports, TS6 is education, TS7 is premium, and TS8 is pilot broadcasting 1604.

Super segment 3: Mixed broadcast 1602 is assigned to type A (one 13 segment) and TS9.

As described above, broadcasting at the TS level is made the same in the cases of FIGS. 38 (a) and (b). This allocation is performed by the multimedia signal generator 201 in FIG.

In the example of FIG. 38 (a), one type B super segment of one segment type is used as a pilot segment, and in the example of FIG. 17 (b), one segment of seven type B super segments connected in one segment type is used as a pilot. It is a segment. Therefore, the example of FIG. 38 (a) is suitable when processing is performed in units of super segments, and the example of FIG. 38 (b) is suitable when processing is performed in units of TS.

FIG. 39 is an example of pilot information transmitted by pilot broadcasting.

Physical channel information defines the frequencies of three physical channels, physical channels 1, 2, and 3. The frequency of the physical channel may be indicated by a start frequency to an end frequency, and since the physical channel bandwidth is determined to be 6 MHz, it may be defined by the start, end, and center frequencies. Note that the frequency position of the physical channel may be defined by overlapping some bands. In this case, the frequency bandwidth of the overlapping portion is an integral multiple of 6/14 MHz.

The super segment information links the super segment number and the super segment configuration. Super segment type {type A (13 segments), type B (1 segment)}, number of connections, physical channel numbers {1, 2, 3}, central subchannel number {0 to 41} (13 segments for 13 segments) By indicating the value of the central segment), the super segment configuration and its frequency arrangement are determined.

TS information associates TS number (see Fig. 2) and super segment structure. If the super segment number, super segment type, and center subchannel number are known, the transmission segment of the TS number can be determined, and as a result, the transmission frequency arrangement can be known.

FIG. 40 (a) shows the physical channel information, super segment information, and TS information of FIG. 38 (a) and FIG. 40 (b).

If the frequency arrangement of the pilot segments which are the pilot broadcasts in FIG. 38 and the pilot information transmitted in the pilot broadcasts in FIG. 39 are the same, the frequency arrangements of the pilot segments are the same in FIGS. 39. First, a pilot segment having a frequency arrangement is selected and demodulated, whereby the super segment configuration can be recognized from the pilot information shown in FIG. 39. Therefore, when processing is performed in units of super segments shown in FIG. To a super segment configuration suitable for processing in units of TS in FIG. 38 (b), and a super segment configuration suitable for processing in units of TS in FIG. 38 (b). From the segment configuration to the super segment configuration suitable for processing in units of super segments in FIG. One even there is an effect that can be changed.

In this embodiment, a system for requesting (voting) and recounting a program rebroadcast using metadata will be described with reference to FIGS. 41 to 51 and FIGS. 65 to 67.

FIG. 41 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of digital broadcast distribution in the tenth embodiment according to the present invention. In FIG. 41, the same or corresponding parts as those in FIG. 4101 is a content sending device, 4106 is a digital broadcast receiving device, 4108 is a metadata sending device, and 4111 is a voting data totaling device.

In response to a request from the digital broadcast receiving device 4106, a past EPG (Electronic Program Guide) is sent from the metadata sending device 4108 to the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 and displayed. The user selects a past missed program from the displayed past EPG, thereby generating voting data and sending it to the voting data totaling apparatus 4111. The voting data totaling device totals the received voting data. From this aggregated data, the broadcast station or content provider can determine whether or not to re-broadcast the program and when to re-broadcast. For example, if the number of votes for the program is large, it is possible to advance the rebroadcast time or rebroadcast at a time that is easy for viewers to watch, such as at night, improving viewer convenience. can do. The broadcasting station can estimate the audience rating to some extent from the number of votes.

FIG. 42 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a digital broadcast receiving device 4106 according to the present embodiment. 42, the same or corresponding parts as those in FIG. 19 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. Reference numeral 4201 denotes a touch panel, and the operation of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus can be performed on the touch panel 4201 via the I / O 1920. Reference numeral 4202 denotes a speaker, and 4203 denotes a video display unit such as a panel. The speaker 4202 can output the audio of the digital broadcast receiving device via the audio output 1911, and the video display unit 4203 can output the video of the digital broadcast receiving device via the video output 1914.

FIG. 43 is a diagram showing a software configuration example of the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 shown in FIG.

Control software that realizes the functions of the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 is stored in the NVRAM 1916, the ROM 1917, or the recording medium 1931 of the digital broadcast receiving device 4106. When executed, the control software is expanded in the RAM 1918 and executed by the CPU 1922.

The control software shown in FIG. 43 includes a network communication processing unit 4301, a metadata acquisition unit 4302, a metadata storage unit 4303, a metadata analysis unit 4304, a server information extraction unit 4305, a program ID extraction unit 4306, and a local device information acquisition unit 4307. , A voting data generation unit 4308, a voting data transmission unit 4309, and a past EPG metadata display unit 4310. The past EPG metadata display unit 4310 includes a past EPG metadata request transmission unit 4310 and a program guide display unit 4311.

The network communication processing unit 4301 communicates with an external device such as the Internet, and processes basic functions for performing various data communications via the network.

The metadata acquisition unit 4302 acquires the metadata part from the packet received by the network communication processing unit 4301 and stores it in the RAM 1918.

The metadata storage unit 4303 stores the metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition unit 4302 in the NVRAM 1916 or the recording medium 1931.

The metadata analysis unit 4304 decomposes the metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition unit 4302 or the metadata stored by the metadata storage unit 4303 according to a predetermined format.

The server information extraction unit 4305 extracts a server information part from the metadata analyzed by the metadata analysis unit 4304 and stores it in the RAM 1918. The server information includes a URI indicating the address of the voting data totaling device 4111.

The program ID extraction unit 4306 extracts the program ID portion from the metadata analyzed by the metadata analysis unit 4304 and stores it in the RAM 1918.

The own device information acquisition unit 4307 acquires the own device ID recorded in the NVRAM 1916 or the ROM 1917 and stores it in the RAM 1918.

The voting data generation unit 4308 includes a URI of the voting data totaling device 4111 that is server information extracted from the metadata by the server information extraction unit 4305, a program ID extracted from the metadata by the program ID extraction unit 4306, and the self The voting data is generated from the own device ID acquired by the device information acquisition unit 4307.

The voting data transmission unit 4309 transmits the voting data generated by the voting data generation unit 4308 to the voting data totaling device 4111.

The past EPG metadata display unit 4310 is a past EPG acquisition destination which is access destination information for acquiring past EPG data which is program information of a program broadcast in the past from the metadata analyzed by the metadata analysis unit 4304. Information is extracted, the past EPG acquisition destination is accessed to acquire the past EPG data, and an EPG screen of a past program is generated using the acquired past EPG data and presented to the user.

The past EPG metadata request transmission unit 4310 acquires the information of the metadata transmission device 4108 by the metadata analysis unit 4304 and transmits a past EPG metadata request to the metadata transmission device 4108.

The program guide display unit 4311 analyzes the past EPG metadata by the metadata analysis unit 4304 to generate and display a past program guide.

FIG. 44 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the voting data totaling apparatus 4111 according to the present embodiment.

4401 is a central processing unit (CPU), 4402 is a RAM (Random Access 、 ４Memory), which is a main memory, 4403 is a ROM (Read Only 等 Memory) in which a boot program is stored, 4404 is a record for recording a program, data, and the like. 4405 is an input / output unit (hereinafter referred to as I / O), 4407 is a screen output unit for displaying a screen, 4408 is a system bus, and 4409 is an I / O. A keyboard that is one of the external input devices connected to the O4406, a mouse 4410 that is one of the external input devices connected to the I / O 4406, and an external display that is connected to the screen output unit 4407.

45 is a diagram showing a software configuration example of the voting data totaling device 4111 shown in FIG.

Software that realizes the function of the voting data totaling device 4111 is stored in the ROM 4403 or the recording medium 4404 of the voting data totaling device 4111, and is expanded in the RAM 4402 and executed by the CPU 4401 at the time of execution.

45 includes a network communication processing unit 4501, a voting data acquisition unit 4502, a voting data storage unit 4503, a voting data analysis unit 4504, a program ID extraction unit 4505, a device ID extraction unit 4505, a voting data totaling unit 4507, and a totaling. The data storage unit 4508 is configured.

The network communication processing unit 4501 communicates with an external device such as the Internet, and processes basic functions for performing various data communication via the network.

The voting data acquisition unit 4502 acquires the voting data from the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 received by the network communication processing unit 4501.

The voting data storage unit 4503 stores the voting data acquired by the voting data acquisition unit 4502 in the recording medium 4404.

The voting data analysis unit 4504 decomposes the voting data acquired by the voting data acquisition unit 4502 or the voting data stored by the voting data storage unit 4503 according to a predetermined format.

The program ID extraction unit 4505 extracts the program ID portion from the voting data analyzed by the voting data analysis unit 4504 and stores it in the RAM 4402.

The device ID extraction unit 4506 extracts the device ID portion from the voting data analyzed by the voting data analysis unit 4504 and stores it in the RAM 4402.

The voting data totaling unit 4507 performs totalization on the program ID extracted from the voting data by the program ID extraction unit 4505, that is, adds 1 count, and generates or updates the total data. Note that the device ID extracted from the vote data by the device ID extraction unit 4506 is also recorded in the total data in order to determine from which digital broadcast receiving device the vote has been made.

The total data storage unit 4508 stores the voting data created by the voting data total unit 4507 in the recording medium 4404.

FIG. 46 is a diagram showing an example of metadata transmitted by the metadata transmission apparatus 4108. Metadata 4601 is metadata that provides program information of programs broadcast in the past. Note that the EPG metadata is composed of a plurality of metadata 4601 for providing program information. Here, a case where metadata is described in XML (Extensible Markup Language) will be described as an example.

4602 is an XML declaration part. Reference numeral 4603 denotes a program information table description portion surrounded by <TVAMain> tags and </ TVMain> tags. The <TVAMain> tag is a tag that indicates a division unit of information of one program. Here, one division indicates, for example, a program information table description portion 4603. A <ProgramDescription> tag is a tag indicating information of one program. The <ProgramInformationTable> tag is a tag indicating that the information described in the <TVAMain> tag is a program information table. The <ProgramInformation> tag is a tag indicating that the information described in the <ProgramInformationTable> tag is program information. The <ProgramInformation> tag has ProgramId which is an ID for uniquely identifying a program as attribute information. Reference numeral 4604 denotes a part of the program information table description part 4603, which is a program basic information description part surrounded by tags from the <BasicDescription> tag. The <BasicDescription> tag is a tag indicating that basic information about the program is described. The program basic information description unit 4604 has <Title> tags, <Synopsis> tags, and the like as element tags. The <Title> tag represents a program name, and the program name is described in a portion surrounded by the <Title> tag and the </ Title> tag. The <Synopsis> tag represents the content of the program, and the content of the program is described in a portion surrounded by the <Synopsis> tag and the </ Synopsis> tag. Reference numeral 4605 denotes a part of the program information table description unit 4603, which is a vote destination information description unit surrounded by <RequestInformation> tags and </ RequestInformation> tags. The <RequestInformation> tag represents information of the voting data totaling device 4111 that is the voting destination of the program. The vote destination information description unit 4605 has a <ServerUri> tag as an element tag. The <ServerUri> tag represents the URI of the voting data totaling device 4111 that is the vote destination of the program. In the example of FIG. 46, “http://request.server.com/vote.cgi” is described as the URI of the voting data totaling device 4111, and the voting data totaling device 4111 counts the voting data by CGI. ing. The <ServerUri> tag also describes an argument to be passed to the CGI. In the example of FIG. 46, the program ID programID and the device ID of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106 are requested as arguments. Reference numeral 4606 denotes a part of the program information table description unit 4603, which is a broadcast time description unit described in a <BroadcastEvent> tag in a <ProgramLocationTable> tag. The <ProgramLocationTable> tag is a tag representing information related to a broadcast event, and the <BroadcastEvent> tag is a tag representing information related to a broadcast event. The <Program> tag has crid as attribute information. The crid attribute value is set to the same value as ProgramId, which is the attribute information of the <ProgramInformation> tag, and the broadcast time described in <BroadcastEvent> is the broadcast time of the program described in <ProgramInformationTable>. Show. The broadcast time description unit 4606 has <PublishedStartTime> tags, <PublishedEndTime> tags, and the like as element tags. The <PublishedStartTime> tag represents the broadcast start time, and the broadcast start time is described in a portion surrounded by the <PublishedStartTime> tag and the </ PublishedStartTime> tag. The <PublishedEndTime> tag represents the broadcast end time, and the broadcast end time is described in a portion surrounded by the <PublishedEndTime> tag and the </ PublishedEndTime> tag.

FIG. 67 is a diagram showing a software configuration example in the past EPG metadata transmission of the metadata transmission apparatus 4108.

67 includes a network communication processing unit 6701 and a past EPG metadata request response unit 6702. The past EPG metadata request response unit 6702 includes a past EPG metadata request acquisition unit 6703 and past EPG metadata generation. A unit 6704 and a past EPG metadata transmission unit 6705 are included.

The network communication processing unit 6701 communicates with an external device such as the Internet, and processes basic functions for performing various data communications via the network.

The past EPG metadata request response unit 6702, when detecting access to a past EPG acquisition destination that is the acquisition destination of past EPG data that is program information of a program broadcast in the past, shows a program of the past program as metadata. EPG data including voting destination information indicating a voting destination of a rebroadcast request for the past program and the past program is generated and returned.

The past EPG metadata request acquisition unit 6703 detects access to a past EPG acquisition destination that is a source of acquisition of past EPG data that is program information of a program broadcast in the past. That is, the past EPG metadata request part is acquired from the packet received by the network communication processing unit 6701.

The past EPG metadata generation unit 6704 generates past EPG metadata for a period included in the past EPG metadata request acquired by the past EPG metadata request acquisition unit 6703.

The past EPG metadata transmission unit 6705 transmits the past EPG metadata generated by the past EPG metadata generation unit 6704 to the request source via the network communication processing unit 6701.

FIG. 47 is a diagram showing an example of a past program table.

Reference numeral 4701 denotes a current date / time column representing the current date / time, 4702 denotes a past date / time column representing the past date / time, and 4703 denotes a past program column in which information of each program broadcasted in the past date / time column 4702 is described. is there. The past program table in FIG. 47 is generated from the past EPG metadata shown in FIG. For the broadcast time indicated by the <PublishedStartTime> tag and the <PublishedEndTime> tag in the broadcast time description part 4606, the description of the <Title> tag and the <Synopsis> tag in the program basic information description part 4606 is the past program column 4703. Is displayed. The user votes a rebroadcast request by selecting, with a remote controller or the like, a program column to be requested for rebroadcasting from the program column 4703 of the past program table displayed on the digital broadcast receiver 4106.

FIG. 65 is a diagram showing an example of metadata including metadata transmission device information transmitted from the content transmission device 4101 in a multiplexed manner. In FIG. 65, the same or corresponding parts as those in FIG. Reference numeral 6501 denotes a part of the program information table description part 4603, which is a metadata sending apparatus information description part surrounded by <MetadataServerInformation> tags to </ MetadataServerInformation> tags. The <MetadataServerInformation> tag represents information of the metadata transmission device 4108 and includes a <MetadataServerUri> tag. The <MetadataServerUri> tag represents past EPG acquisition destination information. In the example of FIG. 65, the URI “http://metadataserver.com/pastepg.cgi” of the metadata transmission device 4108 is described as the past EPG acquisition destination. Accept data request. The <MetadataServerUri> tag includes arguments and descriptions to be passed to the CGI. In the example of FIG. 65, startpriod which is the start date and time of the requested period and endpriod which is the end date and time are requested as arguments. “Past EPG acquisition destination information” is provided for each organization channel in each broadcasting system such as terrestrial digital broadcasting. The digital broadcast receiving device 4106 extracts the metadata transmission device information description part of the metadata from the selected broadcast wave, and acquires the “past EPG acquisition destination information” described in the <MetadataServerUri> tag, thereby obtaining the channel. It is possible to know the access destination for acquiring the past EPG information.

FIG. 48 is a flowchart for transmitting / receiving past EPG data between the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 and the metadata sending device 4108.

48. The flow of FIG. 48 is started by a remote control operation requesting the past program guide display from the user. First, the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 separates the metadata multiplexed and transmitted from the content sending device 4101 shown in FIG. 65, and acquires the metadata sending device information from the metadata sending device information description section 6501. In response to the URI of the acquired metadata transmission apparatus 4108, a request for past EPG metadata is transmitted from the network communication processing unit 4301 to the metadata transmission apparatus 4108 via the network (step 4801). It should be noted that it may be determined in advance how much data in the past period is requested, or may be set by the user. When the metadata sending apparatus 4108 receives a past EPG metadata request from the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106 via the network, the metadata sending apparatus 4108 generates past EPG metadata for the requested period (step 4802). Thereafter, the past EPG metadata is transmitted via the network to the requested digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106 (step 4803). When the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 receives past EPG metadata from the metadata sending device 4108 at the metadata acquisition unit 4302 via the network communication processing unit 4301 (step S4804), the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 receives it at the metadata storage unit 4303. The past EPG metadata is held in the RAM 1918 and NVRAM 1916 or the recording medium 1931 (step 4805). By saving in the RAM 1918, the past EPG metadata can be extracted from the RAM 1918 without performing the above communication process when the past program table is displayed again after the past program table is erased. It can be eliminated and processing speed can be increased. In addition, by holding in the NVRAM 1916 or the recording medium 1931, when the past program table is displayed again after the power is turned OFF / ON, the past EPG metadata is read from the NVRAM 1916 or the recording medium 1931 without performing the above communication processing. It can be taken out, communication can be made unnecessary, and processing speed can be increased. After step 4805, the past program table shown in FIG. 47 is displayed on the video display unit 4203 from the past EPG metadata (step 4806), and the series of processing ends.

FIG. 66 shows an example of a screen displayed after selecting a program to request (vote) rebroadcast from a past program table.

Reference numeral 6601 denotes a user notification screen frame that pops up on the screen and notifies the user. Reference numeral 6602 denotes a voting notification text field for displaying a sentence for notifying the user that voting is performed. Reference numeral 6603 denotes an OK button for executing a voting operation. is there.

FIG. 49 is a flowchart for transmitting voting data for requesting (voting) rebroadcasting in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106.

The user selects a program column for which re-broadcast is requested for each program column 4703 of the past program table of FIG. 47 with the remote controller or the like, and displays the screen of FIG. 66 and then selects the OK button 6603, whereby FIG. Start the flow. First, the metadata of the program selected by the user is extracted from the past EPG metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition unit 4302 or the past EPG metadata stored by the metadata storage unit 4303. The metadata analysis unit 4304 analyzes the metadata, and the server information extraction unit 4305 extracts server information (step 4901). In the example of EPG metadata shown in FIG. 46, the URI of the voting data totaling device 4111 of the <ServerUri> tag is extracted. Thereafter, the program ID extraction unit 4306 extracts the program ID (step 4902). In the example of EPG metadata shown in FIG. 46, the value of programId of the <ProgramInformation> tag is extracted. Thereafter, the device information acquisition unit 4307 acquires the device ID of the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 (step 4903). The voting data generation unit 4308 generates voting data from the URI of the voting data totaling device 4111 that is the server information extracted in step 4901, the program ID extracted in step 4902, and the device ID acquired in step 4903. (Step 4904). Thereafter, the voting data transmission unit 4309 transmits the voting data generated in the step 4904 to the URI of the voting data totaling apparatus 4111 (step 4905), and the series of processing ends.

FIG. 50 is a diagram showing an example of total data in the voting data totaling apparatus 4111.

5001 is a program ID column for storing a program ID, 5002 is a device ID column for storing the device ID of the voting source digital broadcast receiving device 4106, 5003 is a vote number column for counting the number of votes, and 5004 Shows a program ID column 5001, a device ID column 5002, and a vote number column 5003 for each program.

FIG. 51 is a flowchart for counting voting data in the voting data totaling apparatus 4111.

The voting data totaling device 4111 receives the packet including the voting data transmitted by the flow of FIG. 49, and starts the flow of FIG. First, when the network communication processing unit 4501 receives a packet including voting data, the voting data acquisition unit 4502 acquires the voting data from the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 received by the network communication processing unit 4501 (step 5101). The voting data analysis unit 4504 analyzes the voting data acquired in step 5101, and the program ID extraction unit 4505 extracts a program ID portion from the analyzed voting data (step 5102). The device ID extraction unit 4506 extracts the device ID portion of the voting source digital broadcast receiving device 4106 from the analyzed voting data (step 5103). The voting data is scanned for the program ID acquired in step 5102 and the device ID acquired in step 5103 in the aggregated data shown in FIG. 50 (step 5104). The voting data including the device ID is stored in the recording medium 4404 by the voting data storage unit 4503 (step 5105). After step 5105, the voting data totaling unit 4507 totals the program IDs extracted from the voting data in step 5102, that is, the voting number column 5003 corresponding to the corresponding program ID column 5001 shown in FIG. 50 is added to generate or update the aggregated data shown in FIG. 50 (step 5106), and the series of processing ends. If it is determined in step 5104 that the device ID is already in the aggregated data shown in FIG. 50, the series of processing ends without counting up the corresponding vote number column 5003.

According to this embodiment, the user can acquire past EPG data, and can vote for rebroadcasting of a program missed from the past EPG data. Also, the voting data is aggregated, and from the aggregated data, the broadcasting station or the content provider can determine whether or not to rebroadcast the program and the rebroadcast time. For example, if the number of votes for the program is large, it is possible to advance the rebroadcast time or rebroadcast at a time that is easy for viewers to watch, such as at night, improving viewer convenience. can do. As a broadcasting station, the audience rating can be estimated to some extent from the number of votes.

In the present embodiment, a system that provides a program guide display and reservation function when a program that has voted for rebroadcasting is rebroadcasted will be described. Since the system configuration example, the digital broadcast receiver configuration example, and the software processing flow in this embodiment are the same as those shown in the tenth embodiment, FIGS. 52 to 57 are used for different parts in this embodiment. I will explain.

FIG. 52 is a diagram showing a software configuration example of the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 shown in FIG. In FIG. 52, the same or corresponding parts as those in FIG. The control software shown in FIG. 52 includes a program name extraction unit 5201, a voting program information storage unit 5202, a voting program information comparison unit 5203, a program guide generation unit 5204, a program guide display unit 5205, a reservation, in addition to the configuration shown in FIG. It comprises a setting unit 5206, a reservation setting storage unit 5207, a reservation control unit 5208, a recording reservation execution unit 5209, a viewing reservation execution unit 5210, a user notification screen generation unit 5211, and a user notification screen display unit 5212.

The program name extraction unit 5201 extracts a program name part from the metadata analyzed by the metadata analysis unit 4304 and stores it in the RAM 1918.

The voting program information storage unit 5202 includes the URI of the voting data totaling apparatus 4111 that is server information extracted from the metadata by the server information extraction unit 4305, the program ID extracted from the metadata by the program ID extraction unit 4306, and the program name The program name extracted from the metadata by the extraction unit 5201 is stored in the NVRAM 1916 or the recording medium 1931 as voting program information.

The voting program information comparison unit 5203 includes the program ID extracted from the EPG metadata of the future program by the program ID extraction unit 4306 or the program name extracted from the EPG metadata of the future program by the program name extraction unit 5201. The program ID or program name of the voted program stored in the voted program information storage unit 5202 is compared.

If the voting program information comparison unit 5203 compares the voting program information comparison unit 5203 with the voting program information included in the future EPG metadata, the program guide generation unit 5204 marks the corresponding program column to show the program. Create a table.

The program guide display unit 5205 displays the program guide created by the program guide generation unit 5204 on the video display unit 4203.

The reservation setting unit 5206 sets whether or not to make a recording reservation or a viewing reservation when the voted program information is included in the future EPG metadata as a result of the comparison by the vote number information comparison unit 5203. To do. The setting is preferably set by the user via the I / O 1920, but may be set by the apparatus at the time of factory shipment.

The reservation setting storage unit 5207 stores the reservation setting information set by the reservation setting unit 5206 in the NVRAM 1916 or the recording medium 1931.

The reservation control unit 5208 controls reservation based on the reservation setting information stored in the reservation setting storage unit 5207.

The recording reservation execution unit 5209 makes a recording reservation for the program in accordance with an instruction from the reservation control unit 5208.

The viewing reservation execution unit 5210 makes a viewing reservation for the program according to an instruction from the reservation control unit 5208.

The user notification screen generation unit 5211 creates a screen for notifying the user of the voted program information included in the EPG metadata in the future.

The user notification screen display unit 5212 displays the user notification screen created by the user notification screen generation unit 5211 on the video display unit 4203.

FIG. 53 is a flowchart for transmitting voting data in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106. In FIG. 53, the same or corresponding parts as those in FIG.
Similarly to FIG. 49, when the user selects a program column for which re-broadcast is requested for each program column 4703 of the past program table of FIG. 47, the flow of FIG. 53 is started. After the voting data is transmitted in Step 4904, the past EPG metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition unit 4302 or the past EPG metadata stored by the metadata storage unit 4303 is analyzed by the metadata analysis unit 4304, and the program name is extracted. The program name is extracted by the unit 5201 (step 5305). In the example of EPG metadata shown in FIG. 46, the program name of the <Title> tag in the program basic information description part 4604 is extracted. Thereafter, the URI of the voting data totaling apparatus 4111 that is the server information extracted from the metadata in step 4901, the program ID extracted from the metadata in step 4902, and the program name extracted from the metadata in step 5305 are Information is stored in the voting program information storage unit 5202 as information (step 5306), and a series of processing ends.

FIG. 54 is a flowchart for displaying a program guide in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106.

54. The flow in FIG. 54 is started by a remote control operation for requesting display of a program guide from the user. First, EPG metadata scheduled to be broadcast in the future is acquired from the metadata transmission device 4108 by the metadata acquisition unit 4302 via the network communication processing unit 4301 (step 5401). Note that the EPG data may be included in the content transmitted from the content transmission apparatus 4101. In this case, the EPG data is obtained by separating the EPG data from the content by the demux 1909. After step 5401, the metadata analysis unit 4304 analyzes the metadata, and the program ID extraction unit 4306 extracts the program ID scheduled to be broadcast. On the other hand, the voting program information comparison unit 5203 determines whether a program ID that matches the program ID of the voted program stored in the voting program information storage unit 5202 is included in the EPG data scheduled to be broadcast in the future (step 5402). If there is no matching program ID, the program name extraction unit 5201 extracts the program name scheduled to be broadcast from the metadata analyzed by the metadata analysis unit 4304, and the voting program information storage unit 5202 has voted The voting program information comparison unit 5203 determines whether a program name that matches the program name of the program is included in the EPG data scheduled to be broadcast in the future (step 5403). If there is a matching program in step 5402 and step 5403, it is determined that the voted program will be rebroadcast, and the program guide generation unit 5204 marks the corresponding program column to create a program guide (step 5404). . After that, the program guide display unit 5205 displays the program guide created in step 5404 on the video display unit 4203 (step 5405), and the series of processing ends. If there is no matching program in step 5403, it is determined that there is no information in the EPG that the voted program will be rebroadcast, and the EPG data is used as it is in the program table, and the program table is displayed in step 5405. When the program ID is compared in step 5402 and the program ID does not exist, it is possible to cope with the case where a new program ID is assigned to the rebroadcast program by comparing the program name in step 5403.

FIG. 55 shows an example of a program guide.

55, the same or corresponding parts as those in FIG. 47 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. Reference numeral 5502 denotes a current date / time column representing the current date / time, reference numeral 5503 denotes a program column in which information on each program scheduled to be broadcasted is written in the current date / time column 5502, and reference numeral 5504 denotes a flow shown in FIG. This is a voting program rebroadcast highlighting column for emphasizing that a voted program is rebroadcast when a voted program exists. FIG. 55 is generated in step 5404 of the flow shown in FIG.

FIG. 56 is a flow diagram for reserving a rebroadcast of a voted program in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106.

56, the same or corresponding parts as in FIG. 54 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. In step 5402 or step 5403, if a program that matches the program ID or program name is included in the EPG data scheduled to be broadcast in the future, the reservation control unit 5208 reserves from the reservation setting information stored in the reservation setting storage unit 5207. It is determined whether or not the setting has been made (step 5604). If the recording reservation is set, the recording reservation execution unit 5209 makes a recording reservation for the program, and if the viewing reservation is set, the viewing reservation execution unit 5210 A viewing reservation for the program is made (step 5605). After step 5605 and if the reservation setting is not made in step 5604, the user notification screen generation unit 5211 creates a user notification screen informing the user that the voted program will be rebroadcast, and the user The notification screen display unit 5212 displays the user notification screen created by the user notification screen generation unit 5211 on the video display unit 4203 (step 5606), and the series of processing ends. Even if there is no program that matches the voted program name in step 5403, the series of processes is terminated.

FIG. 57 is an example of a screen for notifying rebroadcast.

5701 is a user notification screen frame that pops up on the screen to notify the user, and 5702 is a user notification text field for displaying a sentence notifying the user that the voted program will be rebroadcast. Note that the screen in FIG. 57 is created in step 5606 of the flow shown in FIG.

According to the present embodiment, when a program that has voted for rebroadcasting is rebroadcast, the user can check the program in the program guide and when the program is rebroadcast by making a reservation setting. It is possible to automatically make a recording reservation or a viewing reservation, thereby improving the convenience of the viewer.

In the present embodiment, a system that provides a function of acquiring aggregate information of programs voted for rebroadcasting and notifying mail when the program is rebroadcasted will be described. The system configuration example, the digital broadcast receiver configuration example, and the software processing flow in this embodiment are the same as those shown in the tenth or eleventh embodiments. 64 will be described.

FIG. 58 is a diagram showing a software configuration example of the voting data totaling apparatus 4111 shown in FIG. 58, the same or corresponding parts as those in FIG. 45 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. The control software shown in FIG. 58 includes an input unit 5801, device information registration unit 5802, restriction information registration unit 5803, total information request response unit 5804, restriction information comparison unit 5805, and total information transmission unit in addition to the configuration shown in FIG. 5806, a metadata acquisition unit 5807, a metadata analysis unit 5808, a program ID extraction unit 5809, a program name extraction unit 5810, a total data comparison unit 5811, and a mail transmission unit 5812.

The input unit 5801 receives input from the keyboard 4409 or the mouse 4410 connected to the I / O 4406.

The device information registration unit 5802 stores the device information input from the input unit 5801 or the network communication unit 4501 in the storage medium 4404. Here, the device information includes a device ID and IP address of the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 and a mail address owned by the user of the digital broadcast receiving device 4106.

The restriction information registration unit 5803 stores the restriction information input from the input unit 5801 or the network communication unit 4501 in the storage medium 4404. Here, the restriction information includes a device ID and a mail address to be restricted with respect to the device information registered by the device information registration unit 5802.

The total information request response unit 5804 is a processing unit corresponding to a total information request from the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106 received via the network communication processing unit 4501. If there are no various restrictions, a request from the total data storage unit 4508 is received. The total information of the program is acquired, and a transmission request is sent to the total information transmission unit 5806 to transmit the total information to the request source. The total information includes the number of votes 5003 corresponding to the program ID 5001 shown in FIG.

The restriction information comparison unit 5805 compares the device ID or device IP address of the aggregation information request source received by the aggregation information request response unit 5804 with the restriction information registered by the restriction information registration unit 5803, and The matching result is returned to the total information request response unit 5804.

The total information transmission unit 5806 transmits the total data via the network communication processing unit 4501 to the digital broadcast receiver 4106 that is the total information request source in accordance with the transmission request of the master information request response unit 5804.

The metadata acquisition unit 5807 acquires the metadata part from the packet received by the network communication processing unit 4501 and stores it in the RAM 4402.

The metadata analysis unit 5808 decomposes the metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition unit 5807 according to a predetermined format.

The program ID extraction unit 5809 extracts the program ID portion from the metadata analyzed by the metadata analysis unit 5808 and stores it in the RAM 4402.

The program name extraction unit 5810 extracts the program name part from the metadata analyzed by the metadata analysis unit 5808 and stores it in the RAM 4402.

The total data comparison unit 5811 includes the program ID extracted from the EPG metadata of the future program by the program ID extraction unit 5809 or the program name extracted from the EPG metadata of the future program by the program name extraction unit 5810; The program ID or program name of the voted program stored in the total data storage unit 4508 is compared.

As a result of comparison by the total data comparison unit 5811, the mail transmission unit 5812 has found that the voted program information is included in the future EPG metadata, that is, the voted program is rebroadcast. In this case, the e-mail address registered by the device information registration unit 5802 is acquired for the user who voted for the program, and e-mail is transmitted via the network communication processing unit 4501 to the effect that re-broadcasting is performed.

FIG. 59 is a diagram showing a software configuration example of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106 shown in FIG. In FIG. 59, the same or corresponding portions as those in FIGS. 43 and 52 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. In addition to the configuration shown in FIG. 43, the control software shown in FIG. 59 has its own device information transmission unit 5901, total information request creation unit 5902, total information request transmission unit 5903, total information reception unit 5904, and total information screen generation unit 5905. The total information screen display unit 5906 is configured.

The own device information transmitting unit 5901 transmits the own device information acquired by the own device information acquiring unit 4307 to the voting data totaling device 4111 via the network communication processing unit 4301. The own device information here includes the own device ID, the IP address of the own device, and the mail address owned by the user of the own device.

The total information request creating unit 5902 creates a total information request composed of the voted program ID and server information stored in the voting program information storage unit 5202 and the own device ID acquired by the own device information acquisition unit 4307. Then, the total information request transmission unit 5903 is requested to issue a total information request to the voting data totaling device 4111.

The total information request transmitting unit 5903 transmits the generated total information request to the voting data totaling apparatus 4111 via the network communication processing unit 4301 in accordance with the request from the total information request generating unit 5902.

The total information receiving unit 5904 receives total information, which is a response from the voting data totaling device 4111 to the total information request transmitted by the total information request transmitting unit 5903, via the network communication processing unit 4301.

The total information screen generation unit 5905 creates a screen for displaying the total information received by the total information reception unit 5904.

The total information screen display unit 5906 displays on the video display unit 4203 a screen for displaying the total information created by the total information screen generation unit 5905.

FIG. 60 is a flowchart for registering device information of a voting source in the voting data totaling device 4111.

First, a device ID to be registered is input using the input unit 5801 (step 6001). The input of the device ID may be received and input via the network communication unit 4501 from the own device information transmission unit 5901 of the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 to be registered. Thereafter, it is determined whether the input device ID to be registered has already been registered (step 6002). If not registered, the device information registration unit 5802 stores the device ID in the storage medium 4404 (step 6003). Next, the device IP address to be registered is input through the input unit 5801 (step 6004). The input of the device IP address may be received and input via the network communication unit 4501 from the own device information transmission unit 5901 of the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 to be registered. Thereafter, the device information registration unit 5802 stores the device IP address in the storage medium 4404 (step 6005). Next, an e-mail address to be registered is input using the input unit 5801 (step 6006). Note that the input of the mail address may be received and input via the network communication unit 4501 from the own device information transmission unit 5901 of the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 to be registered. Thereafter, the apparatus information registration unit 5802 saves the mail address in the storage medium 4404 (step 6007), and the series of processing ends. If there are a plurality of e-mail addresses to be registered, after step 6007, the process returns to step 6006 to repeat the registration process. In step 6002, if the input device ID to be registered has already been registered, the series of processing ends without registration.

FIG. 61 is a flowchart for transmitting and receiving the total information between the digital broadcast receiving device 4106 and the metadata sending device 4108.

61. The flow in FIG. 61 is started by a remote control operation that requests aggregate information of programs voted by the user. First, the total information request creating unit 5902 obtains the voted program ID and server information saved by the voting program information saving unit 5202 and the own device ID obtained by the own device information obtaining unit 4307 (step 6101). Thereafter, a total information request composed of the voted program ID, server information, and own device ID is created, and the total information request is sent from the total information request transmission unit 5903 to the vote data totaling device 4111 via the network communication processing unit 4301. Is transmitted (step 6102). When the metadata transmission apparatus 4108 receives the total information request from the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106 via the network (step 6103), the restriction information comparison unit 5805 receives the total ID request source device ID or device IP address. The restriction information registered in the restriction information registration unit 5803 is compared with the restriction information (step 6104). If it does not match the restriction information, it is compared whether the requested program ID does not match the restriction information registered by the restriction information registration unit 5803 (step 6105). If it matches the restriction information in step 6104 or step 6105, an error is transmitted to the requesting digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106 via the network communication processing unit 4501 (step 6106). When the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106 receives the error transmitted from the voting data totaling apparatus 4111 in step 6106 (step 6107), the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106 generates an error screen and displays it on the video display unit 4203 (step 6108), and ends the series of processing. To do. If the restriction information does not match in step 6105, the aggregation information of the requested program (number of votes 5003 corresponding to the program ID 5001 shown in FIG. 50) is acquired from the aggregation data storage unit 4508 (step 6109), and the aggregation information is obtained. The total information is transmitted to the request source digital broadcast receiver 4106 via the network communication processing unit 4501 (step 6110). Thereafter, the aggregate information receiving unit 5904 of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106 receives the aggregate information via the network communication processing unit 4301 (step 6111). Thereafter, the total information screen generation unit 5905 creates a screen for displaying the total information received in step 6111, and the total information screen display unit 5906 displays a screen for displaying the total information created in step 6112. The information is displayed on the display unit 4203 (step 6112), and a series of processing ends.

FIG. 62 is an example of a screen that displays the total information. 62, the same or corresponding portions as those in FIG. 57 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

6202 is a summary information text field for displaying summary information. In the example of FIG. 62, it is displayed that the total number of votes for the program name “Program 1-3” is 12,345. The screen shown in FIG. 62 is displayed at step 6112 of the flow shown in FIG.

FIG. 63 is an example of a screen displaying an error. In FIG. 63, the same or corresponding parts as those in FIG.

6302 is an error text field for displaying an error. In the example of FIG. 63, it is displayed that the total information could not be acquired. Note that the screen in FIG. 63 is displayed in step 6108 of the flow shown in FIG.

FIG. 64 is a flowchart for transmitting a rebroadcast notification mail in the voting data totaling apparatus 4111.

64. When EPG metadata is received from the metadata transmission apparatus 4108 via the network communication processing unit 4501, the flow of FIG. 64 is started. First, EPG metadata scheduled to be broadcast in the future is acquired from the metadata transmission device 4108 by the metadata acquisition unit 5807 via the network communication processing unit 4501 (step 6401). Thereafter, the metadata is analyzed by the metadata analysis unit 5808, the program ID to be broadcast is extracted by the program ID extraction unit 5809, and the program ID that matches the program ID of the voted program stored by the total data storage unit 4508 Is included in the EPG data scheduled to be broadcast in the future by the total data comparison unit 5811 (step 6402). If there is no matching program ID, the program name extraction unit 5810 extracts the program name scheduled to be broadcast from the metadata analyzed by the metadata analysis unit 5808, and the total data storage unit 4508 stores the voted The total data comparison unit 5811 determines whether the program name that matches the program name of the program is included in the EPG data scheduled to be broadcast in the future (step 6403). If there is a matching program in step 6402 and step 6403, it is determined that the voted program will be rebroadcast, and the restriction information comparison unit 5805 mails the user of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 4106 who voted the program. It is compared whether the address does not match the restriction information registered by the restriction information registration unit 5803 (step 6404). If it does not match the restriction information, an email text is created to the effect that the voted program having the same content as the user notification text field 5702 in FIG. 57 will be rebroadcast (step 6405), and the email address of the user who voted the program In response to this, a mail is transmitted from the mail transmission unit 5812 via the network communication processing unit 4501 (step 6406), and the series of processing ends. In addition, when there are a plurality of the mail addresses, the mail is transmitted to all mail addresses. If there is no program that matches the voted program name in step 6403 and if it matches the restriction information in step 6404, the series of processing ends.

According to the present embodiment, the user can know the aggregate information of the programs voted for rebroadcast, know how many votes are available, and the program voted for rebroadcast is rebroadcast. In this case, the re-broadcast is notified to the user by e-mail, and the convenience of the user can be improved.

101, 4101 ... content sending device 102 ... deficient complement data sending device 103 ... license management device 104 ... payment system / customer management system 105 ... removable media 106, 4106 ... receiving device 107 ... storage device 108, 4108 ... metadata sending device DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 201 ... Multimedia signal generation part 202 ... 13 segment format encoding part 203 ... 3 segment format encoding part 204 ... Concatenated frame structure part 205 ... Re-connection frame structure part 206 ... Inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) / guard interval addition part 207: Upconverter unit 208: Transmitting amplifier unit 209 ... Antenna 211 ... RS (Reed-Solomon) encoding unit 212 ... Modulation / coding unit 213 ... Interleave unit 214 ... Frame configuration unit 215 ... Hierarchy division unit 216 ... Hierarchy synthesis unit 221 ... RS (Lee (Solomon) Encoding unit 222 ... Modulation / encoding unit 223 ... Interleaving unit 224 ... Frame configuration unit 301 ... Content / metadata registration function 302 ... Metadata generation function 303 ... Metadata storage function 304 ... Content storage / playback function 305 ... Content encryption function 306 ... Recording medium 307 ... Multimedia signal generator 601 ... Input 602 ... Energy spreader 603 ... Delay corrector 604 ... Byte interleaver 605 ... Convolution encoder 606 ... Carrier modulator 607 ... Bit interleaver 608 ... Mapping section 609 ... Output 701 ... Input 702 ... Pilot signal configuration section 703 ... TMCC (Transmission and Multiplexing Configuration Control) signal configuration section 704 ... AC (Auxiliary Channel) signal configuration section 705 ... OFDM frame configuration section 706 ... Output 1901 ... A Tena 1902 ... Channel selection unit 1903 ... Orthogonal demodulation unit 1904 ... Fast Fourier transform (FFT) unit 1905 ... Demodulation decoding unit 1906 ... Synchronous reproduction unit 1907 ... Frame extraction unit 1908 ... TMCC decoding unit 1909 ... Demax unit 1910 ... Compressed broadcast audio Signal decoding unit 1911 ... audio output unit 1912 ... compressed broadcast video signal decoding unit 1913 ... presentation processing unit 1914 ... video output unit 1915 ... system decoding unit 1916 ... rewritable type non-volatile memory (NVRAM)
1917 ... ROM (Read Only Memory)
1918 ... RAM (Random Access Memory)
1919 Communication interface (I / F)
1920 ... Input / output unit (I / O)
1921 ... System bus 1922 ... Central processing unit (CPU)
1923 ... Button 1924 ... Front End (F / E)
1925 ... Back end (B / E) part 1926 ... Digital broadcast receiver 1927 ... Removable media 1928 ... Descramble part 1 1929 ... Descramble part 2 1930 ... CAS (Conditional Access System)
1931 ... Recording medium 2101 ... Input 2102 ... Carrier demodulation unit 2103 ... Deinterleaving unit 2104 ... Demapping unit 2105 ... Bit deinterleaving unit 2106 ... Depuncture unit 2107 ... Viterbi decoding unit 2108 ... Byte deinterleaving unit 2109 ... Energy despreading unit 2110 ... TS reproduction unit 2111 ... RS (Reed-Solomon) decoding unit 2112 ... Output 2121 ... Hierarchy division unit 2122 ... Hierarchy synthesis unit 2201 ... Input 2202 ... Carrier demodulation unit 2203 ... Deinterleaving unit 2204 ... Demapping unit 2205 ... Bit deinterleaving Unit 2206 Depuncture unit 2207 Viterbi decoding unit 2208 Byte deinterleaving unit 2209 Energy despreading unit 2210 TS reproduction unit 2211 RS (Reed-Solomon) decoding unit 2212 Output 4 111 ... Voting data counting device

Claims (3)

1. A content transmission device for transmitting metadata including past EPG acquisition destination information, which is access destination information for acquiring EPG data of content broadcast in the past together with the content by digital broadcast waves;
   A receiving unit for receiving content and metadata sent from the content sending device;
   Access destination for extracting past EPG acquisition destination information from the metadata received by the receiving unit, accessing the past EPG acquisition destination information, and voting a rebroadcast request together with EPG data of content broadcast in the past A metadata acquisition unit for acquiring information about the voted party,
   An EPG display unit that generates and displays an EPG screen using the EPG data acquired by the metadata acquisition unit;
   A voting data generation unit that generates voting data of a rebroadcast request for content selected on the EPG screen displayed on the EPG display unit;
   A voting data transmission unit that accesses the voting destination information acquired by the metadata acquisition unit and transmits the voting data;
   A receiving device comprising:
   Digital broadcasting transmission / reception system consisting of
2. Content and metadata sent from a content sending device that sends metadata including past EPG acquisition destination information, which is access destination information for acquiring EPG data of content broadcast in the past along with the content by digital broadcast waves, A receiving unit for receiving
   Access destination for extracting past EPG acquisition destination information from the metadata received by the receiving unit, accessing the past EPG acquisition destination information, and voting a rebroadcast request together with EPG data of content broadcast in the past A metadata acquisition unit for acquiring information about the voted party,
   An EPG display unit that generates and displays an EPG screen using the EPG data acquired by the metadata acquisition unit;
   A voting data generation unit that generates voting data of a rebroadcast request for content selected on the EPG screen displayed on the EPG display unit;
   A voting data transmission unit that accesses the voting destination information acquired by the metadata acquisition unit and transmits the voting data;
   A receiving apparatus comprising:
3. A content transmission apparatus that transmits metadata including past EPG acquisition destination information, which is access destination information for acquiring EPG data of content broadcast in the past together with the content, by digital broadcast waves.

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