CN1233162C - Digital broadcast receiver and relevant data download method - Google Patents

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CN1233162C
CN1233162C CNB011406380A CN01140638A CN1233162C CN 1233162 C CN1233162 C CN 1233162C CN B011406380 A CNB011406380 A CN B011406380A CN 01140638 A CN01140638 A CN 01140638A CN 1233162 C CN1233162 C CN 1233162C
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To provide a digital broadcast receiver that can stably carry out data downloading to small-sized receivers with a narrow transmission band, and to provide a data downloading method. Device information of the small-sized receivers (14, 15, 17) is registered to the digital broadcast receiver (11), and the digital broadcast receiver (11) acquires and stores download data digitally broadcast to the small-sized receivers (14, 15, 17), and the stored download data to the small-sized receivers (14, 15, 17) are transfered to the small-sized receivers (14, 15, 17).

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Digital broadcasting transmitter and relevant data download method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to the improvement of digital broadcasting transmitter, with adapt to based on the digital broadcasting of earthwave or
Direct Digital broadcasting via satellite.Simultaneously, the invention still further relates to the improvement that the data such as program is downloaded to the method for this digital broadcasting transmitter.
Background technology
As everyone knows, be mainly used in ultraportable midget receiver based on the digital broadcasting of earthwave or the predetermined transmission band of the broadcasting of Direct Digital via satellite with 1 or 3 wave band.
For this midget receiver, have only 1 or 3 wave bands because transmission band is too narrow, so need the long time receive from the broadcasting station data downloaded to upgrade program or overwriting data.
In many cases, midget receiver is used as portable terminal.Therefore, it is difficult to the reception of long-time continuous stable ground from the broadcasting station data downloaded.
Therefore, the possibility that narrow transmission band can not data download has appearred using at present.In light of this situation, must develop another kind of data download method.
The technology that allows portable terminal to handle mass data has comprised that the series number of Japan for example is a disclosed technology in the Pat.Appln.KOKAI publication of 10-336238 and 2000-47968.
Disclosed technology comprises in the last publication: the numerical data that portable terminal produces is temporary in memory, in chronological order data are sent to server so that be stored in this then.
Disclosed technology is according to circumstances to accept data selectively in one publication of back.In these two kinds of publications, all there be not the open problem relevant that how to solve with data download.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the objective of the invention is to, a kind of digital broadcasting transmitter and a kind of data download method are provided, thereby can download data in the narrow midget receiver of its transmission band, so that stably work.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of digital broadcasting transmitter, it is characterized in that, this receiver comprises: entering device is used for typing and the relevant facility information of portable small-sized receiver that will download digital broadcast data to it; Deriving means, be used for obtaining and store to download to its facility information at entering device by the digital broadcast data of the portable small-sized receiver of typing; And be used to monitor that its facility information has been logged the download announcement information of the portable small-sized receiver of device institute typing, and, determine the digital broadcast data that preparation will be obtained according to being attached to the download directory of downloading announcement information; Conveyer, the digital broadcast data that is used for being stored in deriving means downloads in the portable small-sized receiver.
Other purposes of the present invention and advantage will state in description subsequently, and some can see from this description, perhaps can be familiar with by putting into practice the present invention.These purposes of the present invention and advantage can be understood and obtain to the means that utilization is hereinafter specifically noted and comprehensive.
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Enroll in the specification and as an illustration the accompanying drawing of a book part show some embodiments of the present invention, and, be used for explaining design principle of the present invention with the detailed description of the execution mode of the summation of front and back.
Fig. 1 is used to illustrate according to the digital broadcasting transmitter of one embodiment of the present invention and the schematic diagram of the relation between the midget receiver;
Fig. 2 is the block diagram of the digital broadcasting transmitter among Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the block diagram of every kind of midget receiver among Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is that the explanation digital broadcasting transmitter is the flow chart that every kind of midget receiver obtains the process of data download; With
Fig. 5 is the flow chart that the explanation digital broadcasting transmitter sends data download to the process of corresponding a kind of midget receiver.
Embodiment
Among Fig. 1, label 11 is represented a fixing digital broadcasting transmitter, and it is a kind of broadcasting receiver of 13 wave bands, can receive from the digital signal of broadcasting satellite 12 with from the earthwave digital signal of broadcast antenna 13.
Digital broadcasting transmitter 11 can carry out data communication as " bluetooth " and portable small-sized receiver 14 by its radio communication installation.Receiver 14 is broadcasting receivers of a kind of 1 or 3 wave band, can receive above-mentioned digital broadcast signal.
In digital broadcasting transmitter 11, in advance typing relevant to midget receiver 14 facility informations such as producer's title, device type, models.Therefore, the download announcement information that digital broadcasting transmitter 11 can warning receiver 14, and, when receiving this announcement information, according to the download directory that is attached to announcement information, determine, obtain and store the data that will download to midget receiver 14.
Stored to download to the data of receiver 14 after, digital broadcasting transmitter 11 shows downloads end, and in receiver 14 is in effective range covered the zone of radio communication installation and when not being in a hurry, digital broadcasting transmitter 11 sends to receiver 14 with data download.
In case receive all data download from digital broadcasting transmitter 11, receiver 14 is just carried out data download.So, just finished the data of receiver 14 and downloaded.
Moreover USB (USB) carries out data communication by the cable connection through communications facility and portable small-sized receiver 15 also to allow digital broadcasting transmitter 11 for example to utilize.Receiver 15 is broadcasting receivers of a kind of 1 or 3 wave band, can receive above-mentioned digital broadcast signal.
In digital broadcasting transmitter 11, in advance typing relevant to midget receiver 15 facility informations such as producer's title, device type, models.Therefore, the download announcement information that digital broadcasting transmitter 11 can warning receiver 15, and, when receiving this announcement information, according to the download directory that is attached to announcement information, determine, obtain and store the data that will download to receiver 15.
Stored to download to the data of receiver 15 after, digital broadcasting transmitter 11 shows to download and finishes, and, when having set up when being connected, data download is sent to receiver 15 with the cable of receiver 15.
In case receive all data download from digital broadcasting transmitter 11, receiver 15 is just carried out data download.So, just finished the data of receiver 15 and downloaded.
Moreover, also allow digital broadcasting transmitter 11 by sending data or receive data to portable small-sized receiver 17 from portable small-sized receiver 17 as the external memory media 16 of information communication medium.
In digital broadcasting transmitter 11, in advance typing relevant to midget receiver 17 facility informations such as producer's title, device type, models.Therefore, the download announcement information that digital broadcasting transmitter 11 can warning receiver 17, and, when receiving this announcement information, according to the download directory that is attached to announcement information, determine, obtain and store the data that will download to receiver 17.
Stored to download to the data of receiver 17 after, digital broadcasting transmitter 11 shows to download and finishes, and, when depositing, data download is write on the medium 16 with external memory media 16.
Then, the external memory media 16 that will have data download is encased in the receiver 17, and therefore, receiver 17 can read and carry out the data download on the medium 16.So, just finished the data of receiver 17 and downloaded.
Fig. 2 shows the configuration of digital broadcasting transmitter 11.In this configuration, the digital broadcast signal that antenna 18 receives is input to channel selector circuit 19, so that select to be notified to the broadcast singal on the channel of central processor unit (CPU) 20.
Channel selector 19 selected broadcast singals are input to demodulator circuit 21, at this this signal are carried out demodulation process, are input to video processing circuits 22 then, and this circuit produces video display signal.The vision signal that produces shows with TV Monitor 23.In this case, though not shown, equally also can produce audio signal, and audio signal is input to loud speaker.
This digital broadcasting receives operation and is controlled by CPU 20 fully, and 20 couples of CPU respond from the operation information that the remote control (not shown) receives by remote-control receiver 24.
What be connected with CPU 20 has a memory cell 25, this memory cell can be used as: be used for the memory that stored energy makes the handling procedure of CPU 20 executive control operations, the cache memory that is used for when CPU 20 executive control operations, storing the working storage of data and is used for the temporary programme information that receives.
Foregoing and midget receiver 14,15 and 17 relevant facility informations are transfused to by remote control, deposit in the memory cell 25 by remote-control receiver 24 and CPU 20 then.So these facility informations just are entered in the digital broadcasting transmitter 11.
Download announcement information, download directory and data download and from the broadcast singal after demodulator circuit 21 demodulation, be extracted, be imported into CPU 20 then by data extracting unit 26.
When the download announcement information from data extraction circuit 26 is that CPU 20 just obtains data download for this receiver, deposits these data in memory cell 25 again when being suitable for its facility information by the information of the midget receiver 14,15 of typing or 17.
Digital broadcasting transmitter 11 is furnished with a wireless transmitter/receiver unit 27 with receiver 14 radio communications, an aerial lug 28 that is connected with receiver 15 through cable, with a slot 29 that is used to load external memory media 16, all these parts all are connected with CPU 20.
Fig. 3 shows the configuration of receiver 15. Other receivers 14 and 17 its configurations are almost similar with receiver 15, so its relevant description is omitted.The digital broadcast signal that antenna 30 receives is input to channel selectivity circuit 31, the signal on the channel that this selection CPU 30 is notified.
Channel selector 31 selected broadcast singals are input to demodulator circuit 33, at this this signal are carried out demodulation process, are input to video processing circuits 34 then, and this circuit produces video display signal.The vision signal that produces shows with monitor 35.In this case, though not shown, equally also can produce audio signal, and audio signal is input to loud speaker.
This digital broadcasting receives operation and is controlled by CPU 32 fully, and 32 couples of CPU respond from the operation information that the remote control (not shown) receives by remote-control receiver 36.
What be connected with CPU 32 has a memory cell 37, this memory cell can be used as: be used for the memory that stored energy makes the handling procedure of CPU 32 executive control operations, the cache memory that is used for when CPU 32 executive control operations, storing the working storage of data and is used for the temporary programme information that receives.
Foregoing and receiver 15 relevant facility informations have been stored in the memory cell 37 of digital broadcasting transmitter 11.Data download from digital broadcasting transmitter 11 is deposited in the memory cell 37.
Download announcement information, download directory and data download and from the broadcast singal after demodulator circuit 33 demodulation, be extracted, be imported into CPU 32 then by data extraction circuit 38.
When the download announcement information from data extraction circuit 38 is when being suitable for the information of receiver 15, CPU 32 is that receiver 15 obtains data download according to the download directory that is attached to announcement information, deposits these data in memory cell 37 again.
Receiver 15 is furnished with an aerial lug 39 that is connected with digital broadcasting transmitter 11 through cable, and this connector is connected with CPU 32.
Receiver 15 can be carried out the data download that digital broadcasting transmitter 11 is obtained selectively and send to the operation of memory cell 37 by connector 39 and CPU 32, or carries out the data download that data extraction circuit 38 is obtained sends to memory cell 37 by CPU 32 operation.
Receiver 15 is furnished with a wireless transmitter/receiver unit 40 with external equipment (comprise digital broadcasting transmitter 11 and other midget receivers 14 and 17) radio communication, with a slot 41 that is used to load external memory media 16, all these parts all are connected with CPU 32.
Fig. 4 is an explanation digital broadcasting transmitter 11 obtains the process of data download for receiver 14,15 or 17 a flow chart.
When process is started (step S11), CPU 20 judges at first whether its facility information is existed (step S12) by the midget receiver 14,15 or 17 of typing.When judging that this receiver 14,15 or 17 does not exist, process finishes (step S19).
And if this receiver 14,15 or 17 exists, CPU 20 downloads announcement information (step S13) for this receiver 14,15 or 17 obtains so.Then, in step S14, judge whether successfully to have obtained this information.
If judge and successfully to have obtained the download announcement information, that CPU 20 obtains data download and it is deposited in memory cell 25 in step S15.In step S16 thereafter, judge whether successfully to have stored data download.
If judge and successfully stored data download, in step S17, CPU 20 indicates on monitor 23 and has obtained data download so.
After step S17, if perhaps in step S14, judge to fail and obtain data download, if perhaps in step S16, judge the storage data download that fails, in step S18, CPU 20 judges whether to have been obtained data download by all receivers 14,15 and 17 of typing for its facility information so.If obtained data download, process finishes (step S19) so; Otherwise process turns back to step S13.
Fig. 5 is that a kind of digital broadcasting transmitter 11 that illustrates sends resulting data download to the flow chart of the process of respective receiver 14,15 or 17.
When process is started (step S20), in step S21, CPU 20 judges whether the receiver 14,15 or 17 that obtains data download for it and these data have been deposited in the memory cell 25 exists.If this receiver 14,15 or 17 does not exist, process finishes (step S34) so.
And if this receiver 14,15 or 17 exists, in step S22, CPU 20 judges whether receiver 14,15 or 17 has been ready to and digital broadcasting transmitter 11 radio communications so.
If receiver is ready to, in step S23, CPU 20 judges whether data download to be set to from the process that digital broadcasting transmitter 11 sends to receiver 14,15 or 17 automatically so.
If process of transmitting has been set to automatically, in step S24, CPU 20 further judges whether receiver 14,15 or 17 is in the effective range of digital broadcasting transmitter 11 so.If not, process finishes (step S34).
If judge that in step S24 receiver 14,15 or 17 is in the effective range of digital broadcasting transmitter 11, CPU 20 carries out the process of starting and receiver 14,15 or 17 radio communications in step S25 so, by wireless mode data download is sent to receiver 14,15 or 17 then in step S26.
If in step S22, receiver 14,15 or 17 is not ready for and digital broadcasting transmitter 11 radio communications, perhaps in step S23, the data download process of transmitting is not set to automatically as yet, so, CPU 20 carries out in step S27 and indicate the process of having obtained data download on monitor 23, then, judges that preparing to pass through which kind of communications facility to its receiver 14,15 or 17 that sends data download is connected with digital broadcasting transmitter 11.
If communications facility is by wireless words, so, CPU 20 proceeds to step S25.If communications facility is by cable, so, CPU 20 sends one and is ready to the instruction that is connected with receiver 14,15 or 17 cables in step S29, then, through cable data download is sent to receiver 14,15 or 17 in step S30.
If communications facility is by external memory media 16, so, CPU 20 sends one medium 16 is loaded into the instruction of digital broadcasting transmitter 11 in step S31, then, data download is sent to medium 16 in step S32.After step S26, S30 or S32, CPU 30 process that complete data download sends in step S33.Then, process finishes (step S34).
According to above-mentioned execution mode, can receive the midget receiver 14,15 of broadcasting of 1 or 3 wave band or 17 facility information is entered in the digital broadcasting transmitter 11 of the broadcasting that can receive 13 wave bands, so that make this digital broadcasting transmitter obtain data download, and resulting data download sent in corresponding a kind of receiver by radio communication, cable communication or external memory media 16 for every kind of midget receiver.
Therefore, data download can be sent in the too narrow midget receiver that has only 1 or 3 wave band of its transmission band soon, and can stably finish data and download.
For those of skill in the art, be easy to see additional advantage and modification.Therefore, the present invention is not limited to these details shown and described herein and representational execution mode from wider meaning.Therefore, under the prerequisite of appended claims and the spirit or scope that require total design of the present invention of being defined of equal value thereof, can make various modifications.

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1. a digital broadcasting transmitter (11) is characterized in that, comprising:
Entering device (24,25) is used for typing and the relevant facility information of portable small-sized receiver (14,15,17) that will download digital broadcast data to it;
Deriving means (25,26), be used to obtain and store to download to its facility information in entering device (24,25) by the digital broadcast data of the portable small-sized receiver of typing (14,15,17); And be used to monitor that its facility information has been logged the download announcement information of the portable small-sized receiver (14,15,17) of device (24,25) institute typing, and, determine the digital broadcast data that preparation will be obtained according to being attached to the download directory of downloading announcement information;
Conveyer (27,28,29), the digital broadcast data that is used for being stored in the deriving means (25,26) downloads in the portable small-sized receiver (14,15,17).
2. digital broadcasting transmitter as claimed in claim 1 (11) is characterized in that, conveyer (27,28,29) be used for downloading to portable small-sized receiver (14 by the digital broadcast data that wireless mode will be stored in the deriving means (25,26), 15,17) in.
3. digital broadcasting transmitter as claimed in claim 1 (11) is characterized in that, conveyer (27,28,29) is used for downloading in the portable small-sized receiver (14,15,17) by the digital broadcast data that cable will be stored in the deriving means (25,26).
4. digital broadcasting transmitter as claimed in claim 1 (11) is characterized in that, conveyer (27,28,29) be used for downloading to portable small-sized receiver (14 by the digital broadcast data that external memory media (16) will be stored in the deriving means (25,26), 15,17) in.
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