JP2006229284A - Emergency broadcast reporting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an emergency broadcast reporting apparatus capable of determining whether or not a user is resident in a room upon the receipt of emergency broadcast and optimally informing the user on the basis of the result of the determination. <P>SOLUTION: The emergency broadcast reporting apparatus includes: a tuner with an emergency broadcast reception function; a display section for displaying the emergency broadcast received by the tuner a report means for reporting the user about an emergency broadcast reception state when the tuner receives the emergency broadcast (step S3); a room attendance confirmation means for detecting the attendance of the user in the room when the report means reports the emergency broadcast reception state (steps S4, S6); an emergency broadcast display means for allowing the display section to display the emergency broadcast when the room attendance confirmation means confirms the attendance of the user in the room (step S5); and a notice transmission means for transmitting an emergency broadcast reception notice to an emergency contact destination when the room attendance confirmation means cannot confirm the attendance of the user in the room (steps S7 to S9). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an emergency broadcast notification device that can reliably notify a viewer that an emergency broadcast has been received when the emergency broadcast is broadcast by digital broadcast or the like when a disaster such as an earthquake or a tsunami occurs.

As a conventional emergency broadcast notification device, for example, in normal analog broadcasting, when emergency information is received by alarm sound and text of emergency broadcast, the analog television receiver that is in an inoperative state is automatically turned on. An emergency information receiving apparatus is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Also, when an emergency alert is broadcast while going out, the emergency broadcast is received, and the telephone number data stored in the memory is read out and sent to the telephone communication processing circuit. There is also known a broadcast receiving apparatus that automatically calls a telephone number by an auto-dial function and transmits an audio signal in an alarm broadcast output from an audio processing circuit (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP-A-7-264512 (first page, FIG. 1) JP 2001-211141 A (first page, FIG. 1)

  However, in the conventional example described in Patent Document 1, when analog broadcast emergency information is received, the analog broadcast receiving device is automatically turned on. If you are in the room where you installed it, you can watch it, but if you are at home but in a room different from the room where you installed the analog broadcast receiver, you cannot watch at all, and you are absent. In some cases, there is an unsolved problem that the power-on state of the analog broadcast receiving apparatus is continued, which is uneconomical.

  Further, in the conventional example described in Patent Document 2, an emergency broadcast audio signal is transmitted to a mobile phone owned by a user through a telephone line when information indicating the start of emergency broadcast is detected. It is effective when the user is absent, but emergency broadcast information is sent to the mobile phone regardless of whether the user is in the room. Unnecessary communication lines will be used, and there is an unsolved problem that calls during an emergency will be restricted.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made paying attention to the above-mentioned unsolved problems of the conventional example, and when receiving an emergency broadcast, it is determined whether or not the user is in the room, and the determination result is obtained. It is an object of the present invention to provide an emergency broadcast notification device capable of performing optimum notification to a user based on the above.

  An emergency broadcast notification device according to a first technical means provides a user with a tuner unit having an emergency broadcast receiving function, a display unit for displaying an emergency broadcast received by the tuner unit, and an emergency broadcast received by the tuner unit. An informing means for informing an emergency broadcast reception state, an in-room confirmation means for detecting a user operation when the informing means is informed of an emergency broadcast reception state, and an in-room confirmation by the in-room confirmation means Emergency broadcast display means for displaying an emergency broadcast on the display unit, and notification sending means for sending an emergency broadcast reception notification to an emergency contact when the presence confirmation means cannot perform room presence confirmation. It is characterized by that.

  In the first technical means, when an emergency broadcast is received, the notification means notifies the user of the emergency broadcast reception state, and at this time, the user operates a remote control device or the like, or operates a switch on the TV main body. When it is done, the presence confirmation means detects that the user is in the room and the emergency law broadcast is displayed on the display device, but when there is no user operation, it is determined that the user is not in the room and the notification sending means Can send emergency broadcast reception notifications to emergency contacts, determine the presence of the user's presence, select the most appropriate notification method, and reliably prevent unnecessary calls and power consumption can do.

Further, the emergency broadcast notification device according to the second technical means is the first technical means, wherein the notification means comprises an alarm sound generator that emits an alarm sound when receiving the emergency broadcast. It is a feature.
In the second technical means, since the notification means is constituted by an alarm sound generator, an alarm sound can be emitted when an emergency broadcast is received. If the user is present, the alarm sound is generated. Therefore, it is possible to accurately recognize the reception status of emergency broadcasts and to operate remote control devices.

Furthermore, the emergency broadcast notification device according to the third technical means is the first or second technical means, wherein the occupancy confirmation means notifies the emergency broadcast reception state within the predetermined time when the notification means notifies the emergency broadcast reception state. It is characterized in that it is configured to detect whether or not an emergency broadcast reception confirmation operation has been performed and to perform occupancy confirmation.
In the third technical means, the occupancy confirmation means detects whether or not an emergency broadcast reception confirmation operation such as an operation of a remote control device has been performed within a predetermined time after informing the emergency broadcast reception state. Since the occupancy confirmation is performed, the occupancy confirmation of the user can be performed accurately.

  Furthermore, the emergency broadcast notification device according to the fourth technical means is the first or second technical means, wherein the occupancy confirmation means notifies the mobile phone when the notification means notifies the emergency broadcast reception state. On the other hand, it is configured to request transmission of current position information by the global positioning system and to check whether the user is in the room based on the received current position information.

In the fourth technical means, the current position information obtained by the global positioning system provided in the mobile phone is acquired, and it is determined whether or not the user is in the room based on the current position. It can be easily judged.
Still further, in the emergency broadcast notification device according to the fifth technical means, in any one of the first to fourth technical means, the notification sending means sends an emergency broadcast reception notice to the mobile terminal owned by the user. It is configured as described above.

In the fifth technical means, when it is determined that the user is not present in the room, the emergency broadcast reception notification is transmitted to the mobile terminal owned by the user, such as a mobile phone or PDA. An emergency broadcast reception state can be reliably notified to a user who has gone out.
The emergency broadcast notification device according to the sixth technical means is the emergency broadcast notification apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth technical means, wherein the notification sending means transmits an emergency broadcast reception notification to the portable terminal owned by the user by e-mail. It is characterized by being configured.

  In the sixth technical means, since the emergency broadcast reception state is transmitted by e-mail, it can be notified accurately in a short transmission time.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is an emergency broadcast notification device.
The emergency broadcast notification device 1 includes a digital broadcast receiving unit 2 that receives a digital broadcast, and an emergency broadcast reception notifying unit 3 that receives the emergency broadcast and notifies an emergency broadcast reception state when the user is not in the room. I have.

  The digital broadcast receiving unit 2 extracts a signal having a specific frequency corresponding to a desired channel from a digital broadcast reception signal received by the antenna 11 and a digital broadcast reception signal received by the antenna 11 and demodulates and receives the selected channel. The tuner unit 12 that performs transport stream (hereinafter referred to as TS) and outputs the TS output from the tuner unit 12 into MPEG2 video TS packet, audio TS packet, PSI (Program Specific Information), and program data From the demultiplexer unit 13 that separates into packets, the MPEG decoder 14 that decodes the video TS packet and audio TS packet separated by the demultiplexer unit 13 and converts them into analog video signals and analog audio signals, and the MPEG decoder 14 Output analog video signal Are input via the video processing unit 15 and a speaker 18 to which an analog audio signal output from the MPEG decoder 15 is input via the audio processing unit 17.

  The emergency broadcast reception notifying unit 3 is set to an emergency broadcast data storage unit 21 for storing emergency broadcast data connected to the tuner unit 12 and a TMCC signal included in the digital broadcast reception signal received by the tuner unit 12. The emergency broadcast bit detection unit 22 for detecting the emergency broadcast bit and the communication control unit 26 for sending and receiving e-mail to the mobile phone 23 via the Internet 24 and the base station 25 are provided.

  The digital broadcast receiving unit 2 and the emergency broadcast notification unit 3 are controlled by the controller 30. The controller 30 is connected to a remote control receiving unit 32 that receives a remote control signal from a remote control 31 as a remote control device, and a data storage unit 33 that stores an e-mail address of the mobile phone 23 owned by the user. It is connected. The controller 30 receives an emergency bit detection signal output from the emergency broadcast bit detection unit 22, outputs an emergency broadcast state notification mail to the communication control unit 26, and transmits an emergency broadcast from the mobile phone 23. When there is a data transmission request, an e-mail attached with the emergency broadcast data stored in the emergency broadcast data storage unit 21 is output.

Here, at least the tuner unit 12 and the controller 30 are always supplied with standby power even when the power is off, and can receive emergency broadcasts.
In the controller 30, power is supplied to each unit in response to a power-on signal transmitted from the remote controller 21, and a digital broadcast viewing state is set. In the channel selection signal from the remote controller 21, a channel number is set in the tuner unit 12. A digital broadcast reception signal having a frequency corresponding to the above is extracted, demodulated and decoded, and a TS is output. The TS is supplied to the demultiplexer unit 13 so that the video TS packet, the audio TS bucket, the PSI, and the program data packet are separated, and the video TS packet and the audio TS packet are supplied to the MPEG decoder 14 and decoded. It is converted into an analog video signal and an analog audio signal. Then, an analog video signal is supplied to the display device 15 so that a video of a desired channel of digital broadcasting is displayed on the display device 15, while an analog audio signal is supplied to the speaker 16, so that the audio of the corresponding channel is displayed. Is voiced.

On the other hand, the PSI and program data separated by the demultiplexer unit 13 are input to the controller 30, and the tuner unit 12, demultiplexer unit 13 and MPEG decoder 14 are controlled based on these PSI and program data.
Further, the controller 30 executes an emergency broadcast reception process shown in FIG. This emergency broadcast reception process is an external interrupt process when a detection signal output when the emergency broadcast bit detection unit 22 receives an emergency broadcast TMCC signal whose emergency broadcast bit is set to “1” is input. As the execution starts.

That is, in the emergency broadcast reception process, first, in step S1, it is determined whether or not the digital broadcast is being received with the power turned on. If the power is on, the emergency broadcast reception process is terminated as it is, When is not put in, the process proceeds to step S2.
In this step S2, the power is turned on to supply power to each part, and then the process proceeds to step S3, where a predetermined alarm sound indicating that an emergency broadcast has been received is supplied to the sound processing part 17 and uttered from the speaker 16 Then, the process proceeds to step S4.

  In this step S4, it is determined whether or not a remote control signal is received from the remote control 31 by the remote control receiving unit 32. When the remote control signal is received, it is determined that the user is in the room and the process proceeds to step S5. As a state for receiving emergency broadcasts by the digital broadcast receiving unit 2, emergency broadcast video data is displayed on the display device 16, and audio data is uttered from the speaker 18, so that emergency broadcasts are received and emergency broadcast reception processing is performed. Exit.

  On the other hand, when the determination result in step S4 is that the remote control signal from the remote control is not received, the process proceeds to step S6 to confirm the user's occupancy set in advance after starting the emergency broadcast reception process. It is determined whether or not a sufficient predetermined time has elapsed. If the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S4. If the predetermined time has elapsed, it is determined that the user is not in the room and the process proceeds to step S7. To do.

In step S7, an email address of the mobile phone 23 owned by the user stored in the data storage unit 33 is designated, an email containing a message indicating that the emergency broadcast has been received is created, and this email is By outputting to the communication control unit 26, the electronic mail is transmitted to the mobile phone 23 via the Internet 24 and the base station 25.
Next, the process proceeds to step S8, where it is determined whether or not an emergency broadcast data transmission request is received from the mobile phone 23. When the emergency broadcast data transmission request is received, the process proceeds to step S9 and the emergency broadcast data is transmitted. An e-mail attached with the emergency broadcast data stored in the storage unit 21 is created, transmitted to the mobile phone 23, and then the process proceeds to step S10. When the emergency broadcast data transmission request has not been received, the process proceeds to step S11 to determine whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed. When the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S8, When the time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S10.

In the process of FIG. 2, step S3 corresponds to the notification means, the processes of steps S4 and S6 correspond to the occupancy confirmation means, the process of step S5 corresponds to the emergency broadcast display means, and the processes of steps S7 to S9. Corresponds to the notification sending means.
Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.
Now, assuming that the user is turning on the power and viewing the digital broadcast, the TMCC signal included in the digital broadcast reception signal received by the tuner unit 12 when the emergency broadcast is received in the digital broadcast viewing state. The emergency broadcast bit set to “1” becomes “1”, which is detected by the emergency broadcast bit detection unit 22, and an emergency broadcast detection signal having a logical value “1”, for example, is input to the controller 30. For this reason, the emergency broadcast reception process shown in FIG. 2 is started by the controller 30, but the emergency broadcast reception process is terminated as it is because the digital broadcast is currently being received and the user is present.

However, when the emergency broadcast is received by the tuner unit 12 operating with the standby power supply when the power is off and the user is not receiving the digital broadcast, the emergency broadcast bit detection is performed as described above. Since the detection signal of the logical value “1” is output from the unit 22 to the controller 30, the emergency broadcast reception process of FIG.
In this state, since the digital broadcast is not received, the process proceeds from step S1 to step S2, the power is turned on and power is supplied to each unit, and then the emergency broadcast alarm sound is sent from the controller 30 to the audio processing circuit 17. As a result, the emergency broadcast alarm sound is emitted from the speaker 18.

  At this time, if the user is in the room, by listening to the emergency broadcast alarm sound, it is determined that the emergency broadcast has been received, and the remote control 31 is operated to turn on the power to receive the emergency broadcast. A remote control signal is transmitted. When this remote control signal is received by the remote control receiving unit 32 and input to the controller 30, it is determined that the user is present in the room, the process proceeds from step S4 to step S5, the emergency broadcast is received, and displayed. The emergency broadcast video data is displayed on the device 16 and the emergency broadcast audio data is uttered from the speaker 18 so that the user can watch the emergency broadcast.

  However, when an emergency broadcast is received without viewing the digital broadcast and the alarm sound for emergency broadcast described above is uttered, the remote control 31 is operated if the user is not in the room. Therefore, the process proceeds from step S4 to step S6, and the remote control signal reception confirmation is continued until the predetermined time has elapsed after the emergency broadcast reception process is started, but when the predetermined time elapses, the process proceeds to step S7. The address of the cellular phone 23 owned by the user stored in advance in the data storage unit 33 is read out and set as a destination address, and an e-mail in which an emergency broadcast reception notification is described in the subject is created. Is transmitted to the communication control unit 26 and transmitted to the mobile phone 23 via the Internet 24 and the base station 25.

  During this period, emergency broadcast video data and audio data are stored in the emergency broadcast data storage unit 21. When an e-mail containing an emergency broadcast transmission request is received from the user's mobile phone 23, the steps S8 to S9 are performed. Then, an e-mail with the emergency broadcast data stored in the emergency broadcast data storage unit 21 attached as an attached file is created and transmitted to the mobile phone 23 of the user.

Therefore, the user can view the emergency broadcast data by opening the attached file of the received electronic mail.
Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S10, the power is turned off to return to the standby state, and the emergency broadcast reception process is terminated.
As described above, in the above-described embodiment, it is accurately determined whether or not the user is present based on whether or not the remote control 31 is operated and the remote control signal is received when the emergency broadcast alarm sound is emitted. The user's mobile phone can receive an e-mail for notification of receiving an emergency broadcast only when the user is out or in another room and is not in the room where the emergency broadcast notification device 1 is installed. Therefore, it is possible to surely prevent the call restriction from being implemented by increasing the number of calls compared to the case where the voice engagement of the emergency broadcast is transmitted to the mobile phone via the telephone line. In addition, since the emergency broadcast reception notification is made by e-mail, the amount of communication can be suppressed.

  In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which whether or not the user is in the room is determined based on whether the emergency broadcast alarm sound is emitted and whether or not the remote controller 31 is operated. However, the present invention is not limited to this. When the global positioning system (GPS) function is attached to the mobile phone 23, as shown in FIG. 3, the user's mobile phone is inserted between steps S2 and S3 in the process of FIG. Step 21 for sending an e-mail requesting transmission of the current position to the telephone set 23, and determining whether or not an e-mail notifying the current position has been received from the cellular phone 23. Step S22 that shifts to the next step when waiting and receiving, and the room where the received current position is installed with the emergency broadcast notification device 1 It is determined whether or not it is in the vicinity of the room, and when it is in the vicinity of the room, the process proceeds to step S4, and when it is not in the vicinity of the room, step S23 that jumps to step S7 is inserted. 2 performs the same processing as in FIG. 2, and the same step number is assigned to the corresponding part to FIG. 2, and the detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In this case, when the emergency broadcast is received and the digital broadcast is not being received, first, an e-mail requesting transmission of the current position is transmitted to the mobile phone 23, and the global positioning system is transmitted from the mobile phone 23. When the current position measured in step S3 is received, it is determined whether or not the user is in the vicinity of the room in which the emergency broadcast notification device 1 is installed. After confirming that the emergency broadcast viewing state is set or an emergency broadcast reception notification e-mail is sent, and if it is not in the vicinity of the room, it is determined that the user is out and the process proceeds directly to step S7 for emergency Since an e-mail for performing broadcast reception notification is transmitted to the mobile phone 23, emergency broadcast notification when the user is out can be instantaneously performed.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where an emergency broadcast by digital broadcasting is received has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. An analog television receiver with a radio can perform the same processing as described above when an emergency broadcast is detected.
Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where an e-mail for performing emergency broadcast reception notification is transmitted to the mobile phone 23 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the e-mail transmission destination is a PDA or a portable notebook. You may make it transmit to the portable terminal which users, such as a personal computer, and an e-mail address of a user's destination, for example, a personal computer of a company.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which an e-mail attached with emergency broadcast data is transmitted when there is an emergency broadcast data request from the mobile phone 23 after sending an e-mail for notification of emergency broadcast reception. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and when there is a means for confirming the emergency broadcast with a mobile phone with a television, etc., the transmission of the emergency broadcast data may be omitted.

  Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the case where it is determined that the user is present when the remote control is operated after outputting the alarm sound for emergency broadcasting has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. Even when the user operates the switch of the TV main body, this may be detected to determine that the user is in the room.

It is a block diagram which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the emergency broadcast reception process procedure performed with the controller 30 of FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating another example of emergency broadcast reception processing executed by the controller 30.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Emergency broadcast alerting device, 2 ... Digital broadcast receiving part, 3 ... Emergency broadcast reception notification part, 11 ... Antenna, 12 ... Tuner part, 13 ... Demultiplexer part, 14 ... MPEG decoder, 15 ... Video processing part, 16 ... Display device, 17 ... Audio processing unit, 18 ... Speaker, 21 ... Emergency broadcast data storage unit, 22 ... Emergency broadcast bit detection unit, 23 ... Mobile phone, 24 ... Internet, 25 ... Base station, 30 ... Controller, 31 ... Remote control 32 ... Remote control reception unit, 33 ... Data storage unit

Claims (6)

  A tuner unit having an emergency broadcast receiving function; a display unit for displaying an emergency broadcast received by the tuner unit; a notification unit for notifying a user of an emergency broadcast reception state when the emergency broadcast is received by the tuner unit; Occupancy confirmation means for detecting the user's occupancy when the emergency broadcast reception status is notified by the means, and urgent broadcast for displaying the emergency broadcast on the display unit when the occupancy confirmation is performed by the occupancy confirmation means An emergency broadcast notification device comprising: display means; and notification sending means for sending an emergency broadcast reception notification to an emergency contact when the presence confirmation cannot be performed by the presence confirmation means.   The emergency broadcast notification device according to claim 1, wherein the notification means is configured by an alarm sound generator that emits an alarm sound when an emergency broadcast is received.   The occupancy confirmation means is configured to detect whether or not an emergency broadcast reception confirmation operation has been performed within a predetermined time and to confirm occupancy when the notification means notifies an emergency broadcast reception state. The emergency broadcast notification device according to claim 1, wherein the emergency broadcast notification device is provided.   The occupancy confirmation means requests the mobile phone to transmit the current position information by the global positioning system when the notification means notifies the emergency broadcast reception state, and based on the received current position information The emergency broadcast notification device according to claim 1, wherein the emergency broadcast notification device is configured to check whether or not the message is received.   The emergency broadcast notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the notification transmission unit is configured to transmit an emergency broadcast reception notification to a mobile terminal owned by a user.   5. The emergency broadcast notification according to claim 1, wherein the notification sending unit is configured to transmit an emergency broadcast reception notification by e-mail to a mobile terminal owned by the user. apparatus.

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