JP2002112140A - Television broadcast receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of the conventional television broadcast receiver, with which a user has not been able to select a notifying method. SOLUTION: A memory 109 stores the notice method set by the user. An entirety control section 101 detects a preset change in the inside of the receiver (e.g. the remaining capacity of a HDD 15 reaches a prescribed capacity or below). When the entire control section 101 detects the change, the entire control section 101 reads the notice method from the memory 109. Then the entire control section 101 controls a communication channel interface 107 according to this notice method, to inform a device at the outside of the receiver about the change.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for receiving a television broadcast, and more particularly to a television broadcast receiving device having a function of communicating with an external device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a technology relating to a television with a telephone function, (1) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-236472 and (2) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-284331 are known.

Further, with respect to the technology relating to notification of a state using a telephone line or remote control, see (3)
215368, (4) JP-A-06-33895
No. 7 and (5) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-95548 are known.

This (1) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-236472 provides a television with a video telephone function in which a video telephone function is added to a general television for previewing a television program. A videophone function generating unit is added to a general TV receiver, the unit is connected to an ISDN public communication line, and a TV camera, a microphone, and an image input for digitizing and compressing an image input signal and an audio input signal are provided in the unit. Unit, a voice input unit, a TV phone function unit that decodes received digital image and voice data and converts it into an analog image and voice signal, an image output control unit, a voice output control unit, and a transmission / reception control. , A command input device, a function setting unit, etc., so as to be able to output an image and a sound of a videophone while previewing a TV program to an image output device and an audio output device of the TV receiver.

[0005] (2) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-28431 discloses a method of performing a hands-free call or the like while watching a television using a telephone set incorporated in the television. A telephone unit for calling and calling the dialed party or receiving a call from the other party, a microphone for voice input connected to the telephone unit, a microphone driving unit for changing the direction of the microphone, and a required message. A superimpose section for generating and superimposing the same message on a television image, an audio switching section for switching between telephone sound and television audio, a communication section for exchanging commands and data with a microcomputer of the television section, and message data And a memory that stores communication data, a voice synthesis unit that generates a voice message, a control unit that decodes a command and generates a control signal to control each unit, and a television unit that is remotely operated by a remote control.
It comprises a CRT, a speaker, and a power supply unit 13 capable of preheating.

Further, (3) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 04-215368 discloses that an answering machine function added to a facsimile is effectively used to quickly recognize the arrival of an incoming image data and the occurrence of trouble during an absence, and This will promptly take appropriate measures. Then, when the user goes out, switching to the answering machine function is performed by the switching means for switching to the image data transmitting / receiving function, the telephone function, or the recording function as an answering machine. If a problem such as an incoming image data or running out of recording paper occurs in the state of the answering machine function,
These are detected by the detecting means, and a voice message corresponding to the contents of the incoming call and the trouble that has occurred is read out from the voice storage unit and recorded on the recording unit based on the detection result. By listening to the contents of the answering machine from whereabouts, it is possible to know whether there is an incoming image data or a trouble.

[0007] (4) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 06-338957 discloses that not only audio data at the time of automatic notification, but also a video of a surveillance camera and a computer image representing the status of a plurality of devices monitored by a home controller. At the same time, the image data is transmitted to the report destination, and is simultaneously recorded and recorded to improve security reliability. A notification control means for making a telephone call about the content of an abnormality detected by the abnormality detection means such as a fire or crime prevention, a monitoring camera and a monitoring microphone for monitoring, and controlling the abnormality detection means and a plurality of devices. Or, the abnormality is detected by the home controller to be monitored and the abnormality occurrence detecting means, and the details of the abnormality are
It has a communication means having a videophone function for making an automatic notification using voice data and image data via a telephone line, and a storage means for storing voice data and image data.

Further, (5) Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 07-95548 discloses that the start and end of the operation of the answering machine function of the video telephone apparatus on the receiving side can be controlled from the video telephone apparatus on the calling side. Is what you do. When the caller notifies the caller of the absence of the message and the method of controlling the answering machine by a message such as an image or a voice message by the answering machine function of the called videophone device, the caller According to the message, the ten key of the video telephone is operated to give an answering instruction, and when the answering instruction is detected by the answering instruction detecting unit of the video telephone of the called party, the overall control unit transmits to the calling party. The image data and the audio data transmitted from the videophone device are stored as answering machine information in the answering machine information storing section. In addition, if the caller does not operate the numeric keypad of the caller's videophone device and then on-hook the videophone device, the answering machine instruction is not detected by the answering machine instruction detecting unit. Audio is not recorded or recorded.

[0009] Further, an infrared sensor is provided, and when the infrared sensor in the room responds during absence, a call is made to the mobile telephone to transmit the voice in the room to the mobile telephone, and the voice can be flown into the room via the mobile telephone. Security devices are known.

[0010]

As described above, for example, various types of notification means, such as an electronic mail and a voice notification, are used as notification means for notifying a mobile terminal from an indoor unit by using a telephone, but only one of them is used. Therefore, there is a problem that the user cannot arbitrarily select.

[0011] It is an object of the present invention to provide a television broadcast receiving apparatus which allows a user to make a notification by using any one of notification means by electronic mail or voice.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following television broadcast receiving apparatus. (1) storage means for storing a notification method set by a user, detection means for detecting a preset change in the receiving device, reading means for reading the notification method from the storage means, and detection And a notifying means for notifying the outside of the receiving device by the notifying method from the reading means when the change is detected by the means. (2) The detecting means for detecting a preset change in the receiving device detects that the remaining amount of the recording medium for recording the broadcast signal is smaller than a predetermined value. A) a television broadcast receiver. (3) The detecting means for detecting a preset change inside the receiving device detects that the remaining recordable time of the recording medium for recording the broadcast signal has become shorter than a predetermined value. (1) A television broadcast receiving apparatus. (4) The television broadcast receiving apparatus according to (1), wherein the detecting means for detecting a preset change inside the receiving apparatus detects success or failure of program recording by timer recording. (5) It further comprises a voice storage means for storing a voice signal, wherein the storage means stores a notification method for notifying by voice, and the notification means reproduces the voice signal reproduced from the voice storage means. The television broadcast receiving apparatus according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the notification is performed by the notification. (6) The television broadcast receiving apparatus according to (5), wherein the storage means and the audio storage means use the same memory by dividing a storage area.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a television broadcast receiving apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a tuner section 100 demodulates a terrestrial broadcast, BS broadcast, or CS broadcast signal received by an antenna and outputs the demodulated signal to an overall control section 101. When the broadcast is a digital broadcast, the tuner unit 100 also performs a process of selecting and decoding a program selected by the user from a transport stream (TS) including a plurality of programs.

The overall control section 101 is a control section for controlling the entire television broadcast receiving apparatus, and also has a function of decoding a demodulated signal input from the tuner 100.

The CRT 103 is a CRT (cathode ray tube) for reproducing a video signal of the signal from the overall control unit 101.

At the time of recording, the HDD interface 104 converts the decoded signal input from the
Output to the DD 105 and write control to the HDD 105 are performed. At the time of reproduction, read control from the HDD 105 is performed, and a program signal reproduced from the HDD 105 is output to the overall control unit 101.

The communication line interface 107 is a communication line interface for communicating signals from the overall control unit 101 via the communication line 108.

The program recording reservation control section 110 is a control section that records information necessary for timer recording, such as recording start, recording end, broadcast channel, etc. relating to a broadcast program reserved by the user, and controls recording. Memory 1
09 is a memory for recording information.

Next, the operation of the television broadcast receiving apparatus will be described.

First, after receiving a television broadcast,
A path for outputting video / audio to the CRT will be described.

In FIG. 1, tuner section 100 demodulates terrestrial broadcast, BS broadcast, and CS broadcast signals received by an antenna, and outputs the demodulated signals to overall control section 101. After selecting and decoding a desired program selected by the user from the demodulated signal, the overall control unit 101
Output to Thereby, the image of the desired program selected by the user is displayed on the CRT 103.

Subsequently, the television broadcast is received and the HD
A path to be recorded on the D (hard disk drive) 105 will be described.

In FIG. 1, tuner section 100 demodulates terrestrial broadcast, BS broadcast, and CS broadcast signals received by an antenna, and outputs the demodulated signals to overall control section 101. The overall control unit 101 selects and decodes a desired program selected by the user from the demodulated signal, and outputs the selected program to the HDD interface 104. HDD interface 104
Outputs the decoded signal input from the overall control unit 101 to the HDD 105 and controls writing to the HDD 105. As a result, a desired program selected by the user is recorded on the HDD 105.

Next, the path reproduced from the HDD will be described.

In FIG. 1, HDD 105 reproduces a recorded program instructed to be reproduced by the user, and outputs the reproduced signal to overall control unit 101 via HDD interface 104. The overall control unit 101 includes an HDD
The signal reproduced from 105 is output to CRT 103.
As a result, an image of a desired program whose reproduction is instructed by the user is displayed on the CRT 103.

Next, timer recording will be described.

At the time when the broadcast program reserved for timer recording by the user is started, the program recording reservation control section 110 switches the tuner 100 to receive the reserved program, and starts recording the received program on the HDD 105. I do. Also, the program recording reservation control unit 110 stops the recording operation when the end time of the timer-reserved program comes. As a result, the program reserved by the user is stored in the HDD 1
05 is recorded.

Next, the operation of the television broadcast receiving apparatus, which is a feature of the present invention, when the internal state of the television broadcast receiver changes will be described.

When a change occurs in the internal state of the television broadcast receiver, the communication line interface 107 notifies the outside of the television broadcast receiver via a communication line (for example, a telephone line) 108.

The change in the internal state includes, for example, the success or failure of timer program recording due to bad weather or the failure of the receiving device, and the HDD capacity of the recording device used as a recording medium becomes insufficient. May have failed.

(Notification of success or failure of recording) The operation of notifying the success or failure of program recording by timer recording (including recording by automatic accumulation based on user preference) will be described in detail with reference to FIG. For example, when the signal received by the tuner 100 is severely attenuated due to bad weather and normal video / audio cannot be received and a program that has been reserved for recording cannot be recorded, the overall control unit 101 analyzes the signal strength from the tuner 100. However, if the signal strength is less than the normal video / audio reception, it notifies that the program could not be recorded to the outside via the communication line interface 107 and the communication line 108.

(Notification based on remaining amount of HDD) For example, when the recordable area of the HDD for recording a program becomes smaller than a predetermined capacity (or recordable time), this state is notified to the outside through a telephone line. . The operation when the capacity of the HDD is insufficient will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Television broadcast reception using large capacity HDD /
As the recording device, a product having a function of automatically selecting and recording a program that matches the user's preference is considered as a product. TV broadcast reception / automatic recording
In the recording device, recording is performed each time a corresponding program is broadcast. Therefore, although a large-capacity HDD is used, the time of a recordable program is limited. Therefore, the overall control unit 101 sets a predetermined capacity as a threshold value in advance, and sets the HDD 1 via the HDD interface 104 at regular intervals.
Check remaining capacity of 05. When the remaining capacity of the HDD 105 becomes smaller than the threshold value, the overall control unit 101 notifies the outside via the communication line interface 107 and the communication line 108 that the remaining amount of the HDD has fallen below the threshold value.

(Notification of HDD Failure) The HDD 105 is a mechanical component, and is more likely to fail than other components. Therefore, the overall control unit 101 checks at regular time intervals whether the HDD 105 is out of order.
Is out of order via the communication line interface 107 and the communication line 108 when the reserved program cannot be recorded because of a failure.

Conventionally, such a notification method has been fixed to a specific notification method. In the present invention, this notification method is to notify using a notification means set in advance for the user.

First, the setting of the notification means by the user will be described.

The general control unit 101 causes the CRT 103 to display a notification means setting screen shown in FIG. 2 using the conventional OSD (On Screen Display) function of the general control unit 101. The user operates the input means such as a remote controller to select the desired notification means, selects the toggle button in FIG. 2, and (1) notifies by mail (method A).
(2) Notification by voice or (3) Notification by e-mail (electric mail) is selected. Depending on the functions of the mobile phone and the like held by the user and the contract with the mobile phone service company, for example, the user is required to comply with the conditions such as correspondence to mail (method A) and not correspondence to e-mail. Decides and sets.

For these (1) notification by e-mail (method A) and (2) notification by voice, a telephone number is indispensable. Therefore, the telephone number of the notification destination desired by the user is entered in the telephone number input field 201. Also, (3) e-ma
For the notification by il, an e-mail address is required, so the e-mail address
An il address is input.

These settings are stored in a memory 109 which is an electrically rewritable EEPROM.

Next, after the notification means is set, when the internal state of the television broadcast receiver changes,
An operation of notifying the outside of the television broadcast receiving apparatus via a communication line (for example, a telephone line) 108 by the communication line interface 107 will be described.

When the internal state changes, the overall control unit 1
01 is notified to the outside of the television broadcast receiving apparatus via a communication line (for example, a telephone line) 108 by the communication line interface 107 according to the content set in the memory 109 in advance.

At this time, (1) when a notification by mail (method A) is set in the memory 109 in advance, a telephone number is set by the communication line interface 107 to a telephone number set in the memory 109, and Send the mail by A. The mail according to the method A has a limitation that the number of characters is 12 characters and corresponds to katakana, and the sentence based on the number of characters and the characters according to the limitation is notified by the communication protocol of the method A. As shown, notification is performed by displaying a sentence. At this time, since the sender is the home telephone number, it can be understood that the notification is from the television broadcast receiver.

As for the text data at the time of this notification, a text corresponding to the change of each internal state is stored in the memory 109 at the time of shipment from the factory. For example, when the capacity of the HDD is exhausted, the change in the internal state may be “HDD NOT READY!” Or the like.

(2) The notification by voice is sent to the memory 10
In the case where the telephone number is set to 9 in advance, a telephone call is made to the telephone number preset in the memory 109 by the communication line interface 107, and a voice notification is made. This notification method by voice is performed by decoding the voice data recorded in the memory 109 in advance by the overall control unit 101 and transmitting the decoded data as a voice signal.
As shown at 02, the sound is transmitted to the user from the built-in speaker. The format of the audio encoding recorded in the memory 109 is not particularly limited, and is not particularly limited. Further, the data may be stored in another memory different from the memory 109.

As the sound data at the time of this notification, sound corresponding to each change in the internal state is stored in the memory 109 at the time of shipment from the factory. For example, as a change in the internal state, when the capacity of the HDD is exhausted, "Contact me. There is no remaining HDD in the TV."

(3) When the notification by e-mail is set in the memory 109 in advance, a text set in the memory 109 is transmitted to the e-mail address by the communication line interface 107 at the e-mail address. The notification is made. The mobile phone 303 in FIG.
As shown in (2), notification is performed by displaying a sentence. At this time, in the “Subject:” field of the e-mail header,
Send the title including "television broadcast receiver". This title indicates that the notification is from the television broadcast receiver. The e-mail may be transmitted via an Internet connection using a CATV line or the like, or may be dial-up connected to an Internet provider via a telephone line to establish a PPP (Point To Point Protocol) connection.
col) It may be connected and sent.

Regarding the e-mail data at the time of this notification, an e-mail sentence corresponding to the change of each internal state is stored in the memory 109 at the time of shipment from the factory. For example, as a change in the internal state, when the capacity of the HDD is exhausted, "contact us. There is no remaining HDD in the TV."

As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the external notification is performed by the notification means preset to the user according to the change in the internal state of the television receiver. It is possible to notify a change in the state of the television receiver to the outside. (Second Embodiment) In the first embodiment, only the mobile phone is notified, but after the notification, the mobile phone may be able to control the television broadcast receiver. .

This can be realized by the following in addition to the first embodiment.

For example, when the capacity of the HDD is exhausted via the communication interface 107, the overall control unit 101
From the message "HDD is full. Do you want to delete old data and record a new program?
If so, press "1". If "No", press "2". ". Is transmitted, and the television broadcast receiver can be controlled based on the difference in tone when the "1" and "2" buttons are pressed. If "1" is pressed, the overall control unit 101 operates to delete old data recorded in the HDD 105 and record a new program. If “2” is pressed, the overall control unit 101 stops recording on the HDD 105. Here, HD is provided in the form of voice guidance and tone response.
The case of controlling D has been described, but the control method is voice /
Not only the tone but also a method of sending a graphic or a control code may be used.

The technology relating to the voice response system is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 3-82259 and 11-34.
Since these are disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 1182, these may be used.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 3-82259 discloses that even when a computer sends a voice message, the PB
By making it possible to accept a signal input, it is intended to reduce line communication charges and improve operability. As a configuration,
Calculator 1, push-phone telephone 2, network controller (NC
U) 3, a public telephone line 4, and a voice response device 5. Information is added to each audio data as to whether a sound having the same frequency as the PB signal is included, and the PB signal can be received using this information when outputting an audio message. Controlling state. As a result, the trained user can receive the voice message sent from the service center.
Just by listening to the beginning of the page, the operation of the push phone becomes possible, improving the psychological service to the user, and at the same time, reducing the circuit usage fee and improving the service utilization rate. .

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-341182 provides a new telemarketing system that is useful to both the owner of an outdoor display device, an advertiser using the outdoor display device as an advertising medium, and a consumer as a passerby. Things. The system is composed of an automatic voice response device 1 connected to the public telephone network 4 and an outdoor display device 2 for interlocking and displaying the total result of the automatic voice response device 1, and (a) the outdoor display device 1 To display the contents of the program and the telephone number, solicit a telephone call from the customer, and (b) input the number, # or * sign to the customer according to the voice guidance sequentially selected and notified by the automatic voice response apparatus 1 receiving the incoming call. (C) Assuming that the input contents of the customer are sequentially counted and displayed on the outdoor display device 2 to notify the customer promptly, the above (a) to
Direct marketing of customers by repeating the procedure of (c) several times.

As described above, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, after the external notification is made by the notification means preset to the user according to the change in the internal state of the television receiver, Thus, the television receiver can be controlled from an external mobile phone or the like.

Thus, the user who has received the notification from the mobile phone or the like can take measures such as deleting unnecessary recorded programs according to the state.

[0057]

As explained above, according to the present invention,
Since the external notification is performed by the notification means preset to the user in accordance with the change in the internal state of the television receiver, the change in the state of the television receiver can be notified to the outside.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a television receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a setting screen of a means for notifying a mobile phone or the like by a user.

FIG. 3 illustrates a relationship between a television receiver and a mobile phone.

[Explanation of symbols]

100: Tuner section, 101: Overall control section, 103: C
RT, 104: HDD interface, 105: HD
D, 107: communication line interface, 108: communication line, 109: memory, 110: program recording reservation control unit.

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing a notification method set by a user, a detection means for detecting a preset change in a receiving device, a reading means for reading the notification method from the storage means, And a notifying means for notifying the outside of the receiving device by the notifying method from the reading means when the change is detected by the detecting means. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said detecting means for detecting a preset change in said receiving apparatus detects that a remaining amount of a recording medium for recording a broadcast signal is smaller than a predetermined value. The television broadcast receiving device according to claim 1. 3. A detecting means for detecting a preset change in the receiving device detects that a remaining recordable time of a recording medium for recording a broadcast signal is shorter than a predetermined value. The television broadcast receiving device according to claim 1, wherein: 4. The television broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detecting means for detecting a preset change inside the receiving apparatus detects whether the program recording by timer recording is successful or not. 5. An audio storage means for storing an audio signal, wherein the storage means stores a notification method for notifying by an audio, and the notification means stores the audio signal reproduced from the audio storage means. The television broadcast receiving apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the notification is performed by reproducing. 6. The storage means and the voice storage means,
6. The television broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the same memory is used in different storage areas.