EP0819342A1 - Unite de commande universelle pour recepteurs radio et equipements accessoires - Google Patents

Unite de commande universelle pour recepteurs radio et equipements accessoires

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EP0819342A1
EP0819342A1 EP95906976A EP95906976A EP0819342A1 EP 0819342 A1 EP0819342 A1 EP 0819342A1 EP 95906976 A EP95906976 A EP 95906976A EP 95906976 A EP95906976 A EP 95906976A EP 0819342 A1 EP0819342 A1 EP 0819342A1
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Guido Ciburski
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BAUERSACHS, PETRA
Ciburski Guido
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/436—Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
    • H04B1/06—Receivers
    • H04B1/16—Circuits
    • H04B1/20—Circuits for coupling gramophone pick-up, recorder output, or microphone to receiver
    • H04B1/205—Circuits for coupling gramophone pick-up, recorder output, or microphone to receiver with control bus for exchanging commands between units
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/4104—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices
    • H04N21/4135—Peripherals receiving signals from specially adapted client devices external recorder
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/4508—Management of client data or end-user data
    • H04N21/4532—Management of client data or end-user data involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/458—Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/162—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
    • H04N7/163—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing by receiver means only

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  • Household appliances such as Televisions can only be operated in simple technical terms. More complex control options on the content level are missing. Modern home appliances like
  • a television should switch to the next non-violent program as soon as a violent scene that is unsuitable for children's eyes appears in the current program.
  • a video recorder should interrupt the recording of a program for the duration of a sex scene so that no scenes that are harmful to young people are recorded on video cassettes.
  • the television should select a youth-free program for the duration of the sex scene or switch off. As soon as the sex scene is over, the television and video recorder should continue to function.
  • the channel change button on the remote control should no longer work numerically, but the offer and the sequence of the channels should be based on user-defined criteria: a filter should be placed on unwanted program scenes (eg sex and violence) and the visible programs should be based on the previous one user-defined rating. "Channel-Up” does not get the meaning "jump from channel x to +1" but "jump from an interesting program e.g. news, to an even more interesting program e.g. movie". In this way, the user does not confuse the overview with channel selections of more than 100 channels that are customary today.
  • Certain program sectors are to be assigned to a trigger function. For example, the television should switch on automatically in the event of crisis news or the video recorder should automatically record all feature films of a certain level without direct programming being necessary.
  • the list of programs recorded on a cassette should contain the names of the programs, important data on the program, duration and sequence and should be printable so that the cassettes can receive their table of contents.
  • a television should show which programs are currently starting in other channels and change there at the push of a button.
  • Some additional devices eg satellite receivers
  • the user can therefore only program video recordings if he previously selects the corresponding satellite channel and leaves the television and satellite receiver in it.
  • the user wants a solution to this problem because, for example, he wants to record two programs on different satellite channels and therefore needs an automatic channel change.
  • the user of satellite systems wants the television to perceive (better) terrestrial reception as soon as both types of reception are possible, terrestrial and via satellite.
  • the user wants to control all devices with a universal remote control
  • Audiences should be able to be determined in a neutral and simple manner.
  • the user would like direct billing and decoding of individual shipments (pay per view).
  • None of the devices mentioned is able to avoid the transmission of unwanted broadcasts in reality.
  • Channel change can be carried out automatically and the patent device is informed at all times about all device states and about all current transmitter programs.
  • a universal controller controls all connected devices in a user-definable manner via the available control interfaces and also provides an input
  • the user can choose control.
  • the program categorizations and other additional information are either generated by the broadcaster or broadcast by employees of a central office and broadcast by radio (e.g. shortwave) or by remote data transmission.
  • the devices have suitable receivers, transmitters and
  • Decoding processors The device can be used in all households worldwide, as it can be universally connected to all devices and works independently of the standards.
  • the device has a remote control receiver (infrared, ultrasound or other) and a memory that records which transmitter can be selected by which remote control signal and which frequencies the individual remote control buttons are assigned to.
  • the device is then connected (in this configuration example) to a PC that reads out and manages this information.
  • the device remote control receivers and keyboards are pasted over and deactivated. All devices can only be controlled via the universal controller, which picks up the remote control frequencies via its own remote control receiver and forwards them to the connected PC. This decides by evaluation
  • the additional information that is provided via remote data transmission e.g. the categorization of programs in violence, news, etc.
  • the current device status e.g. from the previous controls result in the desired program or the desired device behavior.
  • the required control commands are determined by target / actual comparison and passed on to the devices via the SCART interface. Normally, this flow of information behaves transparently (e.g. if the user presses irrelevant buttons such as the sharpness button for program selection). However, as soon as the user-specific specifications are affected (e.g. no violent scenes), current user inputs are reinterpreted and the desired controls are enforced. All devices can still be operated via the remote control (since this is redirected) and also via the PC interface. The user could therefore have the programs selected by a third party who may be far away. Depending on the target group, this third party could take over the selection of the programs and put together an optimized program. The switching would then take place fully automatically.
  • the user guidance depends on the components used: display, switch or buttons enable the selection, storage and changes of user-related settings. It would be even easier to do this via the connected PC and its software. It would be adjustable e.g. the reaction to violent scenes, feature films or news. Examples of adjustable device functions:
  • Program compilation or selection by a third party Program compilation or selection by a third party.
  • the user guidance is interchangeable, for example in the EPROM.
  • the categorization of the programs into, for example, violence, sports, news is carried out by employees in a central office who constantly monitor all the stations and can make the setting almost simultaneously.
  • the categorizations are coded together with the sender name as a signal and transmitted from the central office to all PCs. These have the appropriate receivers and decoders. Via the display, the user can be informed about events in channels that he would otherwise miss, e.g. "Beginning of feature films on ZDF". Of course with an acoustic signal and also when the television is switched off.
  • the invention can be installed in a device which is the size of a CD player. So you could put it under the television and connect it to the power supply.
  • the device has a bidirectional PC interface.
  • the universal controller can record remote control signals using its own remote control receiver.
  • the display and control panel are state of the art.
  • the remote control receivers of the television and the video recorder were pasted over and deactivated.
  • the patent device controls televisions and video recorders by redirecting the Scart connection to the patent device.
  • This type of intermediate connection gives the patent device the possibility of controlling the devices without missing control signals between the devices.
  • the control decisions can be made by the connected PC or the patent device itself.
  • the PC is indispensable for receiving the categorization information from a public data exchange network via modem. In this example, it can also be used for external control via a PC keyboard and to show the current station assignment on its display.
  • the control of the television and video recorder in this example is handled by the patent device by control via SCART interfaces.
  • Read bus (9), write bus (10) establish the connection of the device to the environment.
  • the processor (7) between the read and write buses takes control.
  • the processor also has access to the memory (8).
  • the input media have a connection to the read bus. Examples are:
  • the sub-channel receiver with digital decoder e.g. a long-wave receiver with A / D converter and decoder.
  • a bar code scanner with its controller (2) A bar code scanner with its controller. (3) Memory cards with controller. There are standard default values (4) in the factory memory, which are read into the memory if required.
  • the keyboard of the device can also be used for input (5).
  • Data from a personal computer can be read in (6) or from other input media or sensors with their controllers and A / D converters (11). This also includes random generators, timers or identification transmitters.
  • the output media in Figure 1 are limited to the examples: (12) display of the universal controller, a PC output interface (13) such as a parallel or serial interface.
  • a printer interface (15) e.g. a parallel interface) or other output options (16).
  • control modules (19) are connected for the control commands on the write bus (10) and for feedback and user requests on the read bus (9).
  • each control module consists of at least one tapping device (17) or at least one relay device (18) or both. Structurally, these can be summarized in the control adapter (20). If the UC is deactivated, the control module can pass on the inputs of the tapping device (17) directly to the relaying device (18) without involving the UC. This signal path is identified in the control module by a dotted line.
  • FIG. 1 General options for taking control of controls
  • Box A could e.g. be a remote control transmitter.
  • Box B could e.g. be a remote control receiver.
  • A is therefore a device that transmits control signals to device B and controls it.
  • Write / Send denotes the signal path, e.g. Infrared signals from the remote control transmitter on the way to the remote control receiver.
  • the UC is only informed about the control by device A, but cannot actively intervene.
  • the UC can actively influence control device A and indirectly control device B. Control commands are created later with a certain time delay.
  • control commands are created later or at least in parallel.
  • the response of target device B to simultaneous or parallel may contradicting commands may make this type of control unsafe.
  • FIG. 3 General options for taking control of controls
  • Boxes A and B could e.g. be a SCART connector.
  • a and B exchange information and control each other.
  • the control adapters (round black dots) are glued in front of the respective remote control receivers and connected to the universal controller (6), which has its own secondary channel receiver (7).
  • This receiver supplies the UC e.g. with the information needed at the same time as the television program to classify a program.
  • the UC can therefore control the devices (2, 3, 4) mentioned.
  • the UC serves the PC as a device controller, similar to a hard disk.
  • Output media can also be used by the UC.
  • Figure 6 Specific design examples for the control of the most common audio-video interfaces.
  • Section A shows a read facility for buttons
  • a sensor (1) is placed over the button (2), which detects every button press and forwards it to the UC (READ device according to Figure 2 Section 2).
  • Entire keypads could be covered by a flexible, transparent and soft film (3), which consists of these sensors and is divided in such a way that a clear signal is sent to the UC by pressing each key that is pressed.
  • the sensors could be pressure sensitive or operate by changing the resistance and would have to be soft enough to pass on the original key press.
  • Section B shows a write device according to Figure 2 for keyboards:
  • Each button is covered with a print device.
  • a movable pin is normally retracted in the pushing device (4) and extended by a signal from the UC (5) (e.g. by an electro magnet). He presses the button and releases it. In order not to be pushed away, the pushing device is rigidly connected to the key surrounding body.
  • Control device for remote controls (infrared, ultra-sound or other wireless information transmission)
  • a simple plate (13) can be placed in front of the remote control receiver in such a way that no signals can reach the receiver directly.
  • This plate consists of a remote control receiver (10) and a remote control transmitter (11).
  • Uncertain control is achieved if direct signal paths remain possible, be it by only partially covering the transmitter or receiver or by placing this plate somewhere on the direct signal path or one that can be generated by radiation between the remote control transmitter and remote control receiver.
  • All relevant information lines are looped out within the target device and fed back into the device (14).
  • a plug (15) which simply short-circuits the output connections with the input connections, initially ensures that the target device functions without UC.
  • the UC can then be connected by exchanging the plug (15) with the control adapter (16) of the UC.
  • This adapter routes the two halves of the information channels separately to the UC. This can only loop through when the mode is switched off, similar to the connector (15), but can control the device when the mode is switched on.
  • Read device for displays (1 and 4): CCD scanners (2) or light-sensitive sensor matrices can digitize the optical information back with the help of OCR processes. If conventional displays (3) are used as write devices and these are placed over the read device and these over the original displays (5), the user is only shown what the UC allows.
  • Two audio and video devices (1 and 2) can often be connected using SCART cables (5). Tapping takes place through an adapter plug which is inserted between the cable and one of the two sockets (3 and 4) and which forwards and returns the two plug pin sides separately to the UC. It can also be plugged into both sockets in the event that the cable is missing.
  • a microphone (2) is put on and connected to the UC.
  • the UC emits the tones to a loudspeaker (3).
  • a loudspeaker (2) is put on and is supplied by the UC.
  • the UC receives from a microphone (3).
  • a transmitter transmits on different channels in a random change.
  • a receiving device without a UC is therefore not able to play an uninterrupted program. Since the coding is random, it is impossible to replicate the decoding device.
  • a (HUB) device is connected to the UC, which redirects the changing reception frequencies to a fixed frequency.
  • the recipient can receive these items as long as the random change is always compensated for by the HUB.
  • the HUB is informed of the change by listening to the secondary channel.
  • the secondary channel can only be listened to by authorized participants by entering the USER CODES and paying. For example, the secondary channel could be done by logging into a computer network.
  • the HUB is inserted between the receiving device and antenna in analogy to the previous control adapters.
  • FIG. 8-C The receive current (6) is not affected in this embodiment.
  • the transmission of a pay-per-view channel is randomly distributed over several frequencies (1), whereby all frequencies can be displayed and selected in the receiving device. The more frequencies used for this, the more disruptive it is for the user to switch to the current channel on which the current program is continued. Since the UC (2) is informed of the respective frequency at the same time via the secondary channel (4), it can independently switch the receiving device to the correct channel (3) as long as it is authorized to do so (5).
  • a receiver without switchover receives program 1, then program 3, then program 2 in the example at 1100 MHz.
  • a receiver with switchover always receives program 1, first in the channel 1100 MHz, then 1200 MHz, then 1300 MHz.
  • the interference occurs here through the parameter of the reception frequency which is randomly varied and is simultaneously available to the authorized user as a decoding key via the secondary channel.
  • One variation is the change in volume, which the UC can also control and which also quickly removes the unauthorized user the pleasure of receiving unpaid programs.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une unité de commande universelle qui peut exécuter automatiquement tous les signaux de commande pour tous les équipements à commander et qui est à tous moments informée de l'état desdits appareils et de la totalité des programmes en cours de diffusion. Selon des modalités définies par l'utilisateur, elle commande tous les appareils raccordés, à l'aide des interfaces de commande respectivement existantes, et assure en outre une fonction d'entrée, de mémorisation et de sortie pour les interfaces manquantes. Le type de commande peut être sélectionné par l'utilisateur. La catégorisation des programmes ainsi que d'autres informations complémentaires sont fournies par les stations émettrices ou par les collaborateurs d'un bureau central, puis radiodiffusées (par exemple en ondes courtes) ou bien communiquées par télétransmission de données. Les équipements disposent des récepteurs, des émetteurs et des processeurs de décodage appropriés. Cette unité de commande peut s'utiliser dans chaque foyer de la planète puisqu'elle se raccorde universellement à tous les appareils et n'est pas tributaire des normes.
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