JP2000134553A - Television broadcasting receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a television broadcasting receiver capable of performing emergency notification, etc., by operating a remote controller. SOLUTION: This television broadcasting receiver is provided with a communicating means connected to a telephone line, a remote controller 12 equipped with an emergency button 41, a storing means 15 that stores the telephone number of an emergence notification destination which is registered by a user and an emergency message means which calls the emergency notification destination stored in the storing means through the communicating means and transmits an emergency voice message when the emergence button is operated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a television broadcast receiver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When an emergency occurs while an elderly or sick person is alone at home as a telephone, when an emergency button provided on the telephone is pressed, an emergency occurs at an emergency contact registered in advance. Some have a notification function (emergency contact function). There is also a telephone having a function (monitor function) capable of monitoring a sound indicating a state of a room through a telephone line.

[0003]

The number of types of television broadcast receivers connected to a telephone line tends to increase in order to collect billing data for a pay broadcast and to realize an interactive function.

The elderly and the sick often watch television programs when they are at home, and there is a high possibility that a remote controller for controlling a television broadcast receiver is at hand. Therefore, it is convenient if emergency contact or the like can be performed by operating the remote controller.

[0005] Also, since a television broadcast receiver is often installed in a place where the entire room can be seen, if a camera or the like is provided on the television side, there is a high possibility that the entire room can be monitored. Therefore, it would be convenient if the state of the room could be monitored by accessing the television broadcast receiver from outside via a telephone line.

[0006] It is an object of the present invention to provide a television broadcast receiver capable of performing emergency contact or the like by operating a remote controller.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a television broadcast receiver capable of monitoring the state of a room by accessing the television broadcast receiver from the outside via a telephone line. .

[0008]

A first television broadcast receiver according to the present invention comprises a communication means connected to a telephone line, a remote controller having an emergency button, and a telephone number of an emergency contact registered by a user. Storage means for storing, and emergency notification means for sending an emergency voice message by calling an emergency contact stored in the storage means via a communication means when an emergency button is operated. It is characterized by.

It is preferable to provide a means for displaying a message indicating the operation status of the emergency notification means on a display.

[0010] A microphone for collecting sound in front of the television broadcast receiver body, a camera for capturing an image in front of the television broadcast receiver body, and a sound collected by the microphone and an image captured by the camera are transmitted to a telephone. It is preferable to provide a means for transmitting via a telephone line to an emergency contact to which the line is connected.

A second television broadcast receiver according to the present invention has a microphone for collecting sound in front of the television broadcast receiver main body, a camera for capturing an image of a state in front of the television broadcast receiver main body, and a camera registered in advance by a user. Storage means for storing the password, communication means connected to the telephone line, when there is an incoming call from the telephone, and when the password is inputted by the telephone, the inputted password is stored in the storage means; Determining means for determining whether the password matches the password, and when the input password matches the password stored in the storage means, the sound collected by the microphone and the image captured by the camera are taken. Means for transmitting video to the telephone via a telephone line.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[1] Description of the configuration of the television broadcast receiver

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a television broadcast receiver having a function of receiving CS digital broadcast.

A CS broadcast wave using a communication satellite (CS) is sent to a CS tuner 2 via a CS antenna 1,
High frequency processing and demodulation are performed. The output from the CS tuner 2 is sent to the DEMUX circuit 3, where the packet is decoded.

In the DEMUX circuit 3, a packet is
It is separated into MPEG data and additional information such as program guide information. The MPEG data separated by the DEMUX circuit 3 is sent to the AV decoder 4. DEMUX circuit 3
The additional information such as the program guide information separated by the above is sent to the system controller 14.

The system controller 14 has a DEMUX
The attached information sent from the circuit 3 is stored in the memory 15. A remote control signal from a remote control transmitter (remote controller) 12 is input to the system controller 14 via a remote control light receiver 13.

The system controller 14 controls the tuner 2
And information for channel selection to the DEMUX circuit 3.
Also, the system controller 14 displays a program guide for CS broadcasting, various setting screens for CS broadcasting, etc.
An OSD control signal for on-screen display at T8 is sent to the OSD display circuit 16. OSD display circuit 16
Generates display data such as a program guide and sends it to the multiplexer (synthesis circuit) 6.

The AV decoder 4 demodulates the MPEG data sent from the DEMUX circuit 3. AV decoder 4
The video signal obtained by the above is sent to the multiplexer 6 via the video processing circuit 5. The multiplexer 6 superimposes the display data sent from the OSD display circuit 16 on the video data output from the video processing circuit 5 and sends it to the video output circuit 7. The video signal output from the video output circuit 7 is sent to the CRT 8.

The audio signal obtained by the AV decoder 4 is sent to a speaker 11 via an audio processing circuit 9 and an audio output circuit 10.

If the selected program is a pay program, the system controller 14 sets the O based on the attached information.
An SD control signal is sent to the OSD display circuit 16. OSD
The display circuit 16 creates a program purchase selection screen and sends it to the multiplexer 6. As a result, the program purchase selection screen becomes C
Displayed on RT8. When the user wants to view the pay program, the user performs a purchase procedure based on the program purchase selection screen. Normally, the video of the pay program is blacked out until the user performs a pay program purchase procedure.

When the user operates the remote control transmitter 12 to perform a pay program purchase procedure, the system controller 14 sends an AV control signal for canceling blackout to the AV decoder 4. Thereby, the blackout is canceled, and the pay program is normally displayed on the CRT 8.

When a pay program purchase procedure is performed, charging data is stored in the memory 15. The system controller 14 instructs the line IF 23 having a dial function to dial the telephone number of the management center at regular intervals or when the total amount of the billing data reaches a predetermined amount, and dials the telephone number of the management center. In accordance with the protocol, the accounting data is transferred to the communication IF 21, the modem 22, the line IF
23 and the billing data is transmitted to the management center via the telephone line.

The above is the operation as a normal television broadcast receiver. This television broadcast receiver has an emergency call function and a monitor function, as described later in detail.

This television broadcast receiver has a voice synthesizing circuit 30 used for an emergency call function. An emergency button 41 used for an emergency call function is provided on the remote control transmitter 12.

The television broadcast receiver includes a built-in camera 25 and a built-in microphone 26 used for a monitor function.

The video signal output from the built-in camera 25 is converted by the first AD converter 27 into a digital signal. The audio signal output from the built-in microphone 26 is the second A
The signal is converted into a digital signal by the D converter 28.

The video data obtained by the first A / D converter 27 and the audio data obtained by the second A / D converter 28 are converted by a compression multiplexing circuit 29 into a compression system conforming to a generally known videophone. After being compressed and multiplexed by the communication interface 21, the modem 22, the line IF 23
And transmitted to an external videophone via a telephone line.

[2] Description of emergency call function

When the user presses an emergency button 41 provided on the remote control transmitter 12, an emergency call function calls an emergency contact whose telephone number or video telephone number is registered in advance, and sends an emergency message. Output function.

FIG. 2 shows a procedure for registering an emergency contact.

First, a menu button provided on the remote control transmitter 12 is operated (step 1). Thus, a menu screen is displayed on the CRT 8 (step 2).

Next, a selection item "emergency contact registration" is selected from the menu screen (step 3). This allows
The emergency contact registration screen is displayed on the CRT 8 (step 4).

Based on this emergency contact registration screen, the user inputs the telephone number of the emergency contact (step 5). It is preferable to register not only one emergency contact but also a plurality of emergency contacts.

When the input operation of the emergency contact is completed (when there is an input indicating that the input operation of the emergency contact is completed) (step 6), the telephone number of the input emergency contact is registered in the memory 15. And the screen returns to the menu screen (step 7).

FIG. 3 shows an emergency contact processing procedure executed by the system controller 14 when the emergency button is operated.

When the emergency button 41 is operated (step 11), a signal indicating the operation is input to the system controller 14 through the remote control light receiver 13. When the above signal is input, the system controller 14 instructs the line IF 23 to dial the first telephone number of the emergency contact registered in the memory 15 (step 12).

If the off-hook of the other party is detected (step 13), that is, if the other party answers the telephone, the system controller 14 controls the voice synthesizing circuit 30 to generate an emergency message, and (Step 14). Then, the process proceeds to step S16.

After the dialing, if no off-hook is detected within a predetermined time (step 15), the process proceeds to step 16.

In step 16, the emergency contact information is checked, and if there is no next emergency contact information (N in step 16)
O), the emergency contact process ends. If there is a next emergency contact (YES at step 16), dial the telephone number of the next emergency contact (step 17),
Return to step 13.

It should be noted that the system controller 14 is provided with an OS
It is preferable to control the D display circuit 16 to cause the CRT 8 to display a character message indicating the above-described series of operating conditions. For example, when dialing, the text message "I'm calling you now" is displayed, and when it detects an off-hook message, the text "Connected to Mr. 。. The message cannot be detected off-hook even after a certain period of time, so when dialing the next emergency contact, "I could not connect to Mr. 〇〇.
Next, it is preferable to display a text message on the CRT 8 saying "Call XX".

Further, at the time of registration of the emergency contact, the user is required to input not only the telephone number of the emergency contact but also an identifier indicating whether the emergency contact is a normal telephone or a videophone, It is also preferable to register an identifier indicating whether the emergency contact is a normal telephone or a videophone. If the connection destination is a videophone, the built-in camera 25 and the built-in microphone 26 are driven to transmit an emergency message (synthesized voice).
It is preferable that the video / audio in the room obtained by the built-in microphone 26 is transmitted to the videophone.

[3] Description of monitor function

The monitor function is a function of acquiring an image picked up by the built-in camera 25 and a sound collected by the built-in microphone 26 via a telephone line by accessing a TV broadcast receiver from an external TV phone. Say.

Whether or not to enable the monitor function can be selected by the user. This setting can be made, for example, by selecting the item “Monitor function setting” from the menu screen.
Is selected to display the monitor function setting screen, and the user selects whether to enable or disable the monitor function on the monitor function setting screen.

FIG. 4 shows a monitor processing procedure executed by the system controller 14 when a telephone call is made from an external video phone to the video broadcast receiver. It is assumed that the user inputs a password in advance by a password registration operation, and the input password is registered in the memory 15.

If there is an incoming call from an external videophone (step 21), it is determined whether or not the monitor function is set to be valid (step 22). If the monitoring function is not set as valid, the line is disconnected (step 29), and the monitoring process ends.

If the monitor function is set to be effective, a voice message prompting the input of a personal identification number is generated by the voice synthesizing circuit 30 and transmitted to the external videophone (step 23). If a password is input by an external videophone based on this voice message (YES in step 24), it is determined whether or not the registered password matches the input password. If they match (step 26), the built-in camera 25 and built-in microphone 26 are driven, and the video and audio in the room obtained by the built-in camera 25 and built-in microphone 26 are transmitted to the external videophone. (Step 27).

Thereafter, when the videophone goes on-hook (step 28), the line is disconnected (step 2).
9), end the monitoring process.

After the voice message prompting for the input of the personal identification number is sent out in the above step 23, if there is no input of the personal identification number within a predetermined time (NO in step 25), or even if the personal identification number is inputted, it is registered in advance. If the password does not match (NO in step 26), the line is disconnected (step 29), and the monitoring process ends.

[0051]

According to the present invention, an emergency contact or the like can be performed by operating a remote controller.

According to the present invention, the state of the room can be monitored by accessing the television broadcast receiver from the outside via the telephone line.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a television broadcast receiver.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for registering an emergency contact.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an emergency contact processing procedure executed by a system controller when an emergency button is operated;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a monitor processing procedure executed by the system controller 14 when a telephone call is made from an external video phone to the video broadcast receiver.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12 Remote Controller Transmitter 14 System Controller 21 Communication IF 22 Modem 23 Line IF 25 Built-in Camera 26 Built-in Microphone 27, 28 A / D Converter 29 Compression Multiplexing Circuit 30 Voice Synthesis Circuit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A communication means connected to a telephone line, a remote controller having an emergency button, a storage means for storing a telephone number of an emergency contact registered by a user, and when the emergency button is operated.
A television broadcast receiver comprising: an emergency notification unit that sends an emergency voice message by calling an emergency contact stored in the storage unit via a communication unit. 2. The television broadcast receiver according to claim 1, further comprising means for displaying a message indicating the operation status of the emergency notification means on a display. 3. A microphone for collecting sound in front of the main body of the television broadcast receiver, a camera for capturing an image in front of the main body of the television broadcast receiver,
3. A means for transmitting voice collected by a microphone and video taken by a camera to an emergency contact to which a telephone line is connected via a telephone line. TV broadcast receiver. 4. A microphone for collecting sound in front of the television broadcast receiver body, a camera for capturing an image of a situation in front of the television broadcast receiver body, a storage means for storing a personal identification number registered in advance by a user, a telephone line. If there is an incoming call from the telephone connected to the communication means and the password is input by the telephone, it is determined whether the input password matches the password stored in the storage means Determining means, and when the input personal identification number matches the personal identification number stored in the storage means, the sound collected by the microphone and the video taken by the camera are transmitted to the telephone via the telephone line. Means for transmitting, a television broadcast receiver comprising: