CN1736100A - Apparatus and method for providing user selectable alert modes for a television signal receiver. - Google Patents
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A television signal receiver (20) having an emergency alert function provides an alert output in accordance with a user selectable alert mode corresponding to the type of emergency event. According to an exemplary embodiment, the television signal receiver (20) includes a tuner (22) operative to tune a frequency including emergency alert signals indicating a type of emergency event. A processor (27) is operative to enable an alert output responsive to the emergency alert signals, wherein the alert output is provided in accordance with a user selectable alert mode corresponding to the type of emergency event.
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Technical field
The present invention relates generally to contain or do not contain the TV-signal receiver of display device, relate in particular to and have inter alia, can according to the corresponding user selectable alert modes of the type of emergency, the TV-signal receiver of the emergency alert function of warning output is provided.The invention still further relates to the user interface that interrelates with emergency alert function.
Background technology
Emergency such as bad weather, natural calamity, fire, civil emergency, war, toxic chemical spills, radiation leaks or other is such situation may cause disaster to the individuality that has no to prepare.For the emergency relevant with weather, the administrative department such as National Meteorological Bureau (NWS) and NOAA (NOAA) generally can detect severe weather conditions than the public earlyly.By using the modem weather detection devices such as Doppler radar and meteorological satellite, NWS and NOAA can send the alarm of protection people life property safety's severe weather conditions in advance.But in order to make such alarm effective, they must communicate by letter with their expection recipient.
Some dedicated radio equipment and scanner can receive the emergency alert signals that NWS and NOAA provide.But such equipment often is exclusively used in this, and, in general, provide function except that monitoring these signals even if having also seldom to the consumer.So,, require the consumer to buy the independent special equipment that some consumers may be difficult to bear in order to receive the alarm of weather related emergency incident in advance.
Another problem of equipment is that they can't provide and their relevant option of mode of warning under specific emergency to the consumer like this.For example, some equipment is by receiving the emergency of specific region message coding (SAME) Data Detection, the SAME data representation is subjected to the type (for example, cyclone, toxic chemical spill, radiation leaks, civil emergency etc.) of specific geographic region that emergency influences, emergency and the closing date of event alert.By means of such equipment, when emergency takes place, can provide the output of the warning such as audio message, send the warning of emergency to people.The type that the warning that equipment although it is so can make the user be chosen in to be provided in the emergency is exported, but the emergency that the selected type of warning output or pattern are used for every type.In other words, such equipment can not make the consumer specify event one by one to warn their mode.
Use public on-warning mode may make the consumer confused to every type emergency as mentioned above, even it is dangerous, because they can not determine from warning output easily that particular emergency event is (for example to need reply at once, the cyclone alarm) that is a kind of, still that can ignore a kind of (for example, thunderstorm caution).In addition, use public on-warning mode often to make the consumer apathetic, because all warning outputs seem all similar or identical to warning output to every type emergency.As a result, the consumer may more likely ignore and warn output, thereby themselves is faced a danger.
So, need a kind of equipment that can avoid the reception emergency alert signals of the problems referred to above.The invention solves these and other problem.
Summary of the invention
According to one aspect of the present invention, the TV-signal receiver with emergency alert function is disclosed.According to one exemplary embodiment, TV-signal receiver comprises tuner, is used for the tuning frequency that comprises the emergency alert signals of indicating emergency event type.Processing unit response emergency alert signals provides warning output, and wherein, warning output is according to providing with the corresponding user selectable alert modes of the type of emergency.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the method for controlling the TV-signal receiver with emergency alert function is disclosed.According to one exemplary embodiment, this method comprises the steps: the tuning frequency that comprises the emergency alert signals of indicating emergency event type, with the response emergency alert signals, warning output is provided, wherein, warning output is according to providing with the corresponding user selectable alert modes of the type of emergency.
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In conjunction with the drawings, embodiments of the invention are carried out following description, above-mentioned and further feature and advantage of the present invention and realize that their mode will be clearer, and the present invention will better be understood, wherein:
Fig. 1 is suitable for realizing exemplary environment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the calcspar of the TV-signal receiver of one exemplary embodiment according to the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of illustration according to exemplary steps of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is another diagrammatic sketch of the TV-signal receiver that comprises user interface of one exemplary embodiment according to the present invention; With
Fig. 5 is the diagrammatic sketch of exemplary details that one of the user interface of Fig. 4 further is shown.
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The example illustration that this paper sets forth the preferred embodiments of the present invention, such example should not be construed as and limits the scope of the invention by any way.
Referring now to accompanying drawing, especially with reference to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 shows and is suitable for realizing exemplary environment 100 of the present invention.In Fig. 1, environment 100 comprises sender unit such as signal transmission source 10, such as flat 15 (that is, 1,2,3...N wherein, N can be any positive integer) and so on residence and the signal receiving device such as TV-signal receiver 20.
In Fig. 1, flat 15 can be represented and be positioned at specific geographic region, dwelling house, firm and/or other inhabitation place in for example (but being not limited to), particular continent, country, zone, state, telephone number subregion, postcode subregion, city, county, autonomous region, subregion or other definable geographic region.According to one exemplary embodiment, each of flat 15 all is furnished with at least one TV-signal receiver 20 with emergency alert function.According to the present invention, emergency alert function makes TV-signal receiver 20 can receive emergency alert signals and one or more warning outputs is provided, so that with the emergency notification people.Such just as discussed later, TV-signal receiver 20 can also according to the corresponding one or more user selectable alert modes of the type of emergency, one or more warnings output is provided.
According to one exemplary embodiment, signal transmission source 10 transmissions comprise can be by the signal of the emergency alert signals of each TV-signal receiver 20 reception.Emergency alert signals can be by the administrative department such as NWS, or other administrative department such as government organs etc. provides.Response emergency alert signals, each TV-signal receiver 20 can provide one or more warning outputs, thereby with the emergency notification people.Signal transmission source 10 can be passed through any wired or wireless link, for example (but being not limited to), the broadcasting and/or the multicast device of ground, cable, satellite, optical fiber, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and/or any other type send to TV-signal receiver 20 with such emergency alert signals.
With reference to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 shows the calcspar of one exemplary embodiment of the TV-signal receiver 20 of Fig. 1.In Fig. 2, TV-signal receiver 20 comprises signal receiving device, the tuner such as tuner 22, the demodulating equipment such as demodulator 23, the audio amplification device such as audio frequency amplifier 24, the audio output device such as loud speaker 25, the decoding device such as decoder 26, the processing unit such as processor and memory 27 and storage device, the video process apparatus such as video processor 28 and the image output device such as display 29 such as signal receiving unit 21.Some of aforementioned unit can be used, and for example, integrated circuit (IC) is specialized.In order to make description for purpose of brevity, not shown some conventional elements that comprises the TV-signal receiver 20 of control signal in Fig. 2.
Processor and memory 27 are used to carry out the various processing and the data storage function of TV-signal receiver 20.According to one exemplary embodiment, processor 27 receives from the emergency alert signals of decoder 26 with according to the data that are included in the emergency alert signals, determines whether to start the emergency alert function of TV-signal receiver 20.According to this one exemplary embodiment, processor 27 is compared the data in the emergency alert signals with the user setup data in being stored in memory 27, to determine whether to start emergency alert function.Such just as discussed later, but the setting up procedure of the emergency alert function of TV-signal receiver 20 such as the type of application address district and emergency (for example can be selected the user, cyclone, toxic chemical spill, radiation leaks, civil emergency etc.) and so on, start the project of emergency alert function.
When the emergency alert function of TV-signal receiver 20 is activated, one or more control signals that processor 27 outputs allow to carry out various operations.According to one exemplary embodiment, such control signal allows to provide one or more warnings output (for example, can listen and/or as seen), thereby with the emergency notification people.According to the present invention, such warning output is according to providing with the corresponding user selectable alert modes of the type of emergency.Such control signal also allows to carry out other operation of TV-signal receiver 20, for example, make it from close/standby mode switches to the pattern of opening.
Forward Fig. 3 now to, Fig. 3 shows illustration flow process Figure 30 according to exemplary steps of the present invention.The step of Fig. 3 is described with reference to the television receiver 20 of Fig. 2 for example and illustrative purposes.The step of Fig. 3 is exemplary, rather than plan limits the present invention in some way.
In step 31, carry out the setting up procedure of the emergency alert function of TV-signal receiver 20.According to one exemplary embodiment, the user by the on-screen menu that display 29 shows, offers TV-signal receiver 20 (for example, utilize unshowned remote controller) with input by response, carries out this set process.Such on-screen menu can be, for example, and the part of the electronic program guides of TV-signal receiver 20 (EPG) function.According to one exemplary embodiment, the user can the setting up procedure in step 31 in, select following project at least:
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Allow/forbid-user can select to allow or forbid emergency alert function.
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Frequency is selected-user can select monitoring frequency in addition tuning, so that receive emergency alert signals.For example, the user can select the frequency such as one of following NWS transmission frequency: 162.400MHz, 162.425MHz, 162.450MHz, 162.475MHz, 162.500MHz, 162.525MHz and 162.550MHz.
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Event type-user can select to start one or more types of the emergency of emergency alert function.For example, user's incident such as civil emergency, war and/or cyclone alarm of can specifying starts emergency alert function, but the incident such as the thunderstorm alarm does not start emergency alert function etc.Whether traditional alarm song and/or other aposematic mechanism that the user can also select NWS to provide start emergency alert function.According to the present invention, different severities and alarm level (for example, statement, caution, alarm etc.) can be represented different " incident ".For example, can think that the thunderstorm caution is the incident different with the thunderstorm alarm.
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Geographic region-user can select one or more interested geographic regions.For example, the user can select particular continent, country, zone, state, telephone number subregion, postcode subregion, city, county, autonomous region, subregion or other definable geographic region.
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On-warning mode-user can select one or more on-warning modes for every type of the emergency that starts emergency alert function.According to one exemplary embodiment, it is visible and/or can listen output that the user can select to provide for every type of the emergency that starts emergency alert function.For example, the user can select to show visible message (for example, the NWS text message that shows as closed caption) and/or with TV-signal receiver 20 be tuned to specific channel.The user is all right, and for example, selection can be exported alarm song (for example, stroke, steam whistle etc.) and/or audio message (for example, NWS audio message) and the required volume of each with listening.The warning output of other type can also be provided according to the present invention.
The user of project C and E selects to may be incorporated in the unique user interface in the step 31, for example, and in the user interface 40 as shown in Figure 4.With reference to Fig. 4, Fig. 4 shows another diagrammatic sketch of the TV-signal receiver that comprises user interface 40 and 50 20 of one exemplary embodiment according to the present invention.Specifically, Fig. 4 illustration can be used to select the exemplary user interface 40 of the project C and the E of step 31, and show and can be used for control warning output and this paper back with reference to described another exemplary user interface 50 of Fig. 5.
In Fig. 4, user interface 40 comprise a series of event types 41 (that is project C), with event type 41 corresponding user selectable alert modes 42 to 44 (that is project E) and exemplary screen message 45.According to one exemplary embodiment, the user can with user interface 40 mutual (for example, utilizing unshowned remote controller), thereby be that each event type 41 is selected one or more on-warning modes 42 to 44.The user can also be switching back and forth between the screen separately, to watch different event type 41.Be presented in the user interface 40 of Fig. 4 particular event type 41, on-warning mode 42 to 44 and on-screen message 45 only for example, according to the present invention, can use different event type, on-warning mode and on-screen message.
As Fig. 4 indication, the user select on-warning mode 42 and 43 make certification label appear at particular event type 41 corresponding row in.Similarly, the user select on-warning mode 44 make project " CHIME " or " SIREN " appear at particular event type 41 corresponding row in.In addition, in Fig. 4, if the user does not want to start with particular event type 41 emergency alert function of TV-signal receiver 20, so, do not select on-warning mode 42 and 43 (promptly, do not have certification label) and on-warning mode 44 be configured to " NONE " (for example, CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY).Like this, user interface 40 make the user can specify following both: (1) starts the event type (that is the project C of step 31) of emergency alert function; (2) the corresponding on-warning mode (that is the project E of step 31) of every kind of event type of startup emergency alert function.So user's warning output of providing of the emergency alert function of event designated television signal receiver 20 one by one is provided user interface 40.
According to the present invention, in step 31, can also provide except clearly describe here those other menu select.To select corresponding storage in memory 27 with the user in the setting up procedure in step 31 under the control of processor 27.
In step 32, the frequency that TV-signal receiver 20 is selected in the setting up procedure of step 31 for the emergency alert signals monitoring user (that is item B).According to one exemplary embodiment, tuner 22 monitors institute's selected frequency, thereby receives the input emergency alert signals.According to the present invention, TV-signal receiver 20 can comprise during all operations pattern, for example, when opening or closing TV-signal receiver 20, and/or during the audio frequency and/or video content of playback, monitoring frequency and receive emergency alert signals.
In step 33, make definite to the emergency alert function that whether starts TV-signal receiver 20.According to one exemplary embodiment, processor 27 compares with data that are stored in the memory 27 from the setting up procedure of step 31 by being included in the data of input in the emergency alert signals, makes this and determines.As the indication of this paper front, emergency alert signals can comprise the data such as the SAME data, SAME is data represented to be comprised the type (for example, cyclone, toxic chemical spill, radiation leaks, civil emergency etc.) of emergency and is subjected to the information of the specific geographic region that emergency influences.According to one exemplary embodiment, processor 27 compares these SAME data and the corresponding data (that is, project C and D) from the setting up procedure of step 31 that is stored in the memory 27, thereby determines whether to start emergency alert function.Like this, have only, just start the emergency alert function of TV-signal receiver 20 when the emergency of emergency alert signals indication during corresponding to the geographic region of user's appointment in step 31 and/or event type.
If determining in step 33 negate, handling process turns back to step 32, and in step 32, tuner 22 continues to monitor institute's selected frequencies.On the other hand, if determining in step 33 is sure, handling process advances to step 34, in step 34, one or more on-warning modes that TV-signal receiver 20 is selected in step 31 according to the user (promptly, project E), provide one or more warning outputs, thereby with the emergency notification people.As the indication of this paper front, such warning output is actually visible and/or can listens.For example, can select, provide visible message such as the NWS text message, show as closed caption by display 29 according to the user in the setting up procedure of step 31.Also can select, in step 34, provide such as listened to the output of stroke, steam whistle etc. and/or such as the NWS audio message or from the audio message the message of all warning against danger systems by loud speaker 25 according to the user in the setting up procedure of step 31.
According to one exemplary embodiment, in step 34, can also provide at least one warning output of the user's selection that is not based in the step 31.For example, can provide warning output by the indicator unit on the preceding display floater of TV-signal receiver 20, with the emergency notification people.Provide and the relevant further details of such warning output below with reference to step 35.According to the present invention, in step 34, can also provide except clearly describe here those other type can listen and/or as seen warning output.
In step 35, the user can utilize the interface, for example, and the exemplary user interface 50 control warning outputs of Fig. 4.As represented among Fig. 4, user interface 50 can be included on the preceding display floater of TV-signal receiver 20.User interface 50 also can be included in wherein discretely with the preceding display floater of TV-signal receiver 20, and, for example, can be provided on another equipment such as the remote controller of TV-signal receiver 20.Referring now to Fig. 5, Fig. 5 shows the figure of the further details that exemplary user interface 50 is provided.As represented among Fig. 5, user interface 50 comprises device indicating and the control device such as control unit 55 to 57 such as indicator unit 51 to 54.
According to one exemplary embodiment, indicator unit 51 to 54 is used for providing the visual information relevant with the emergency alert function of TV-signal receiver 20 to the user, and, for example, can be embodied to light-emitting diode (LED) unit, LCD (LCD) unit, liquid quartzy display (LQD) unit and/or other sight indicator unit.According to one exemplary embodiment, indicator unit 51 to 54 can be used for providing the warning output of the user's selection that is not based on step 31.That is to say that indicator unit 51 to 54 can be used for when starting emergency alert function visual information to be provided and can not exclusively to be closed by the user to the user.Like this, indicator unit 51 to 54 guarantees when emergency alert function is activated, and at least one warning output is offered the user.For instance, the user interface 50 of Fig. 5 is shown as containing 4 indicator units.But according to the present invention, the number of the indicator unit that actual use is such is the problem of design alternative.
According to one exemplary embodiment, when the emergency alert function of TV-signal receiver 20 received emergency alert signals just in action and, indicator unit 51 can be green and be lighted.Indicator unit 52 to 54 can also be different colours and be lighted, so that the visual information relevant with emergency to be provided.For example, indicator unit 52 can be yellow and be lighted, with indication statement or the warning of advice level.Similarly, indicator unit 53 can be orange and be lighted, and to indicate warning of caution level and indicator unit 54 to take on a red color and to be lighted, warns with indication alarm level.As the indication of this paper front, according to the present invention, these different alarm level can be represented different emergencies.According to the present invention, also can use with aforesaid those other different colors and/or with as shown in Figure 5 those different marks that are used for indicator unit 51 to 54.
According to one exemplary embodiment, when starting emergency alert function, indicator unit 52 to 54 can glimmer (for example, light and shade per second flicker equally spacedly 4 times), rather than stabilized illumination always, because flicker or flash of light can obtain user's attention usually better.But,, also can use the combination of flicker and stabilized illumination according to the present invention.For example, if the warning of statement level, indicator unit 52 can glisten at first, to attract the user's attention.This flash of light can continue predetermined time interval, or up to the user input is offered TV-signal receiver 20, for example, and by the input of one of control unit 55 to 57.In case passed through predetermined time interval, or the user provides input, indicator unit 52 can become stabilized illumination.For warning of caution level and the warning of alarm level, indicator unit 53 and 54 can be worked respectively in a similar manner.According to the present invention, also can use flicker and latent fixed other luminous technology of group indicater unit 52 to 54.
In addition, according to one exemplary embodiment, the warning that control unit 55 to 57 is used to make the user can control TV-signal receiver 20 is exported, and, for example, can be embodied to key, button and/or make the user can control other control unit of the warning output of TV-signal receiver 20.For instance, the user interface 50 of Fig. 5 is shown as containing 3 control units.But according to the present invention, the number of the indicator unit that actual use is such is the problem of design alternative.
According to one exemplary embodiment as shown in Figure 5, control unit 55 plays diverter switch, and can be handled by the user, opens and closes such as the NWS text message, and the visible message that provides by display 29 is provided as closed caption.For example, if visible message on display 29, control unit 55 can be used to close that message.On the other hand, if do not have visible message on the display 29, but started emergency alert function (for example, one of indicator unit 52 to 54 glistens), so, control unit 55 can be used to open visible message, thereby it is presented on the display 29.Like this, if particular emergency event takes place, control unit 55 can be used for opening and closing warning output.In addition, if TV-signal receiver 20 be in close/standby mode under, control unit 55 can be used for TV-signal receiver 22 is switched to the pattern of opening and opens visible demonstration.
According to one exemplary embodiment, control unit 56 also can play diverter switch in the mode similar to above-mentioned control unit 55.Specifically, control unit 56 can be handled by the user, and the audio message that provides by loud speaker is is provided such as the NWS audio message or from the message of all warning against danger systems.For example, if provide audio message by loud speaker 25, control unit 56 can be used to close that message.On the other hand, if audio message be not provided, but started emergency alert function (for example, one of indicator unit 52 to 54 glistens), so, control unit 56 can be used to open audio message, thereby makes it pass through loud speaker 25 outputs.Like this, if particular emergency event takes place, control unit 56 can be used for opening and closing warning output.In addition, if TV-signal receiver 20 be in close/standby mode under, control unit 56 can be used for TV-signal receiver 22 is switched to the pattern of opening and opens audio message.
According to one exemplary embodiment, control unit 57 can be handled by the user, and the chimes of doom that provides by loud speaker 25 is is provided such as stroke and steam whistle etc.For example, if alarm is activated, control unit 57 can be used to close alarm.According to one exemplary embodiment, control unit 55 and 56 also can be used to close alarm.As the indication of this paper front,, three kinds of different settings can be arranged: close, stroke or steam whistle (referring to the on-warning mode 44 of the user interface among Fig. 4 40) for such alarm.According to one exemplary embodiment, stroke is slight but can debates other sound, and steam whistle is both loud rapid sound.Such chimes of doom is passable, for example, from given volume, is increased to the max volume that the user is provided with then gradually.So, close alarm by any one that allows the user utilize control unit 55 to 57, the present invention advantageously make the user can become disturb residents very much before, close alarm rapidly.
Noted before as this paper, best, control unit 55 to 57 is not used in and closes indicator unit 51 to 54 fully, to guarantee when emergency alert function is activated, at least one warning output is offered the user.According to the present invention, also can use except as shown in Figure 5 those other to be used for the mark of control unit 55 to 57.So the user interface 50 of Fig. 5 is an example just, according to the present invention, can be equipped with indicating device, display and/or the control device of other type.
As herein described, the invention provides and have inter alia, can according to the corresponding user selectable alert modes of the type of emergency, the TV-signal receiver of the emergency alert function of warning output is provided.The present invention can be applied to various equipment, contain display device or do not contain display device.So, the employed phrase of this paper " TV-signal receiver " can refer to include, but is not limited to television set, comprise the computer or the monitor of display device, can receive and handle the system or equipment of TV signal and such as set-top box, video tape recorder (VCR), digital versatile disc (DVD) player, video game box, home video tape recording (PVR), computer or can not comprise system or equipment the miscellaneous equipment of display device.
Have decision design though the present invention is described as, can in spirit and scope of the present disclosure, do further modification the present invention.Therefore, the application is intended to utilize its general principle to contain any change of the present invention, use or reorganization.And the application is intended to contain relevant with the present invention and drops within the restriction of appended claims, in known or conventional practical range in the prior art and different part of the present disclosure.
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1. TV-signal receiver (20) with emergency alert function comprising:
Tuner (22) is used for the tuning frequency that comprises the emergency alert signals of indicating emergency event type; With
Processor (27) is used to respond emergency alert signals, and warning output is provided, and wherein, warning output is according to providing with the corresponding user selectable alert modes of the type of emergency.
2. TV-signal receiver according to claim 1 (20) further comprises interface (50), is used to make the user can open and close warning output.
3. TV-signal receiver according to claim 1 (20), wherein, processor (27) is further used for responding emergency alert signals, and it is according to providing with the corresponding multiple user selectable alert modes of the type of emergency that a plurality of warning outputs and a plurality of warning output are provided.
4. TV-signal receiver according to claim 3 (20), wherein, at least one of a plurality of warning outputs is visible output.
5. TV-signal receiver according to claim 3 (20), wherein, at least one of a plurality of warning outputs is to listen output.
6. TV-signal receiver according to claim 3 (20) further comprises interface (50), is used to make the user can open and close at least one that a plurality of warnings are exported.
7. TV-signal receiver according to claim 6 (20), wherein, at least one of a plurality of warning outputs can not be closed by the user fully.
8. TV-signal receiver (20) with emergency alert function comprising:
Tuner (22) is used for the tuning frequency that comprises the emergency alert signals of indicating emergency event type; With
Processing unit (27) is used to respond emergency alert signals, and warning output is provided, and wherein, warning output is according to providing with the corresponding user selectable alert modes of the type of emergency.
9. TV-signal receiver according to claim 8 (20) further comprises interface (50), is used to make the user can open and close warning output.
10. TV-signal receiver according to claim 8 (20), wherein, processing unit (27) response emergency alert signals, it is according to providing with the corresponding multiple user selectable alert modes of the type of emergency that a plurality of warning outputs and a plurality of warning output are provided.
11. TV-signal receiver according to claim 10 (20), wherein, at least one of a plurality of warning outputs is visible output.
12. TV-signal receiver according to claim 10 (20), wherein, at least one of a plurality of warning outputs is to listen output.
13. TV-signal receiver according to claim 10 (20) further comprises interface (50), is used to make the user can open and close at least one that several warnings are exported.
14. TV-signal receiver according to claim 13 (20), wherein, at least one of a plurality of warning outputs can not be closed by the user fully.
15. a control has the method (30) of the TV-signal receiver (20) of emergency alert function, comprises the following steps:
The tuning frequency (32) that comprises the emergency alert signals of indicating emergency event type; With
The response emergency alert signals provides warning output, and wherein, warning output is according to (34) that provide with the corresponding user selectable alert modes of the type of emergency.
16. method according to claim 15 (30) further comprises step: make the user can open and close warning output (35).
17. method according to claim 15 (30), further comprise step: the response emergency alert signals, it is according to (34) that provide with the corresponding multiple user selectable alert modes of the type of emergency that a plurality of warnings output and a plurality of warning output are provided.
18. method according to claim 17 (30), wherein, at least one of a plurality of warning outputs is visible output.
19. method according to claim 17 (30), wherein, at least one of a plurality of warning outputs is to listen output.
20. method according to claim 17 (30) further comprises step: make the user can open and close several warning outputs at least one (35).
21. method according to claim 15 (30), wherein, at least one of a plurality of warning outputs can not be closed by the user fully.
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