JP2006287838A - Digital compound machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital broadcast receiver in which designs of a cellular phone function and a digital broadcast receiving function do not depend on each other. <P>SOLUTION: A compound machine of the present invention comprises a television application section, a telephone application section, a standard communication section, a common input/output section, a common application section. a common information storage section, a television dedicated storage section, and a telephone dedicated storage section. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a digital multi-function peripheral such as a portable telephone having a digital broadcast receiving function.

  In recent years, it has become common to expand the functions of mobile communication devices such as mobile phones to provide additional functions such as cameras and analog televisions. Therefore, regarding a structure that makes it easier to expand the function of a communication device, a method using a dynamically added device such as a CF card (for example, Patent Document 2), a method for centralized management of low-speed devices (for example, Patent Document 3), virtual Various proposals have been made, such as a method of downloading an application to a device module. (On the other hand, standardization by a standardization organization to make a multimedia function a standard function of a mobile communication device is proceeding (see Non-Patent Document 3). .

  Also, digital broadcasting in which television broadcasting signals are digitized has become widespread. Currently in Japan, satellite digital broadcasting using broadcasting satellites is being carried out, terrestrial broadcasting has been digitized, and terrestrial digital broadcasting is also becoming popular. In terrestrial digital broadcasting, portable reception that can be received by a portable terminal or the like while moving is possible in addition to fixed reception mainly by a stationary television broadcast receiver (see Non-Patent Document 2). Furthermore, in a portable terrestrial digital broadcast receiver, a service that requires a network connection function such as a PPV (Pay Per View) function or program linkage is assumed (see Non-Patent Document 1). There has been proposed a digital broadcast portable receiver that stores and manages program information and starts viewing according to the broadcast time of the program when an e-mail containing information related to the digital broadcast program is received (see Patent Document 1). .

It has been generally recognized that services such as interactive and PPV of a digital broadcast receiver are realized by the function of a cellular phone (see Non-Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-309734 A JP 7-295905 A JP-A-11-53177 NE Digital TV Seminar 2004 P.3-P.15, Nagisa Daikichi, TBS Terrestrial digital television operation overview, ARIB TR-B14 W-CDMA / UMTS / GSM standards, www.3gpp.org, ETSI

    However, in the conventional method of transferring the configuration part and information of the digital broadcast receiving function, which is a function that is simply modified by modifying the design of the mobile phone and transferring the information, the design of the function related to the mobile phone and the function related to the reception of the digital broadcast is: There is a problem that they are dependent on each other, are not versatile, and are difficult to divert to other devices even if the function is designed at a corner.

    SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a digital multi-function peripheral having a plurality of functions such as a mobile phone function and a digital broadcast receiving function and whose design does not depend on each other.

    In order to achieve the above object, the MFP of the present invention includes a television application unit, a telephone application unit, a standard communication unit, a common input / output unit, a common application unit, a common information storage unit, and a television dedicated unit. A storage unit and a telephone dedicated storage unit are provided.

    With such a configuration, the television application unit can exchange information with the standard communication unit, not the telephone application unit, so that the design of the mobile phone function and the digital broadcast receiver function can be performed independently of each other.

    As described above, according to the digital multi-function peripheral of the present invention, it is possible to reduce the portion in which the design of both the mobile phone function and the digital broadcast receiving function influence each other, and it can be used in other models with little modification. Therefore, it becomes possible to improve the reliability and reduce the design cost.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portable digital multi-function peripheral according to an embodiment of the present invention. 101 is a telephone application unit (basic application unit), 100 is a dedicated storage unit of the telephone application unit, 102 is a TV application unit (additional application unit), 103 is a dedicated storage unit of the TV application unit, 104 is a common input / output unit, 105 Is a standard communication unit, 106 is a common application unit, and 107 is a common information storage unit.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the operation surface 200 (keyboard or the like) of the portable digital multifunction peripheral according to the embodiment of the present invention. Here, on the operation surface 200, “Tel Mode” and “TV Mode” which are buttons for switching between TV and telephone, “Vol + and Ch +” which are buttons for switching volume and channel, and an event table which will be described later. There are number buttons “1, 2, 3,... 9” to which the operation is given by assignment, and buttons for incoming calls.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a screen display of the portable digital multi-function peripheral according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is stored in the common information storage unit 107 according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows each data structure of the event table 401 and the mode table 402. FIG. In the example of the event table 401 illustrated in FIG. 4, a table in which an event and a transfer destination are paired is prepared, and when the event “Key1Press” that the key “1” is depressed occurs, the transfer destination is “phone application part” "Means" ". Similarly, when an event “Key2Click” occurs in which Key “2” is clicked, it means that the transfer destination is “TV application part”. In the example of the mode table 402 shown in FIG. 4, “MODE”, the startup method, and the display name are stored in pairs. For example, when “MODE” is “1”, items start1_mode () and “TV Mode” are stored. Is selected. Here, start1_mode () indicates the address at which the application corresponding to MODE “1” is stored.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of the incoming call forwarding table 501 stored in the standard communication unit 105 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the example of the incoming call forwarding table 501 shown in FIG. 5, the forwarding condition and the forwarding destination are stored in pairs. For example, if the forwarding condition is “telephone network signal”, the forwarding destination is “telephone application part”. That means.

  The operation of the portable digital multi-function peripheral of the present invention configured as described above will be further described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  The portable digital multi-function peripheral according to the first embodiment of the present invention can be activated without being aware of the presence of the TV application section except for the TV application section, and the user can instruct to switch to the TV mode. When the button is pressed, the television application unit 102 is activated based on information registered in the mode table 402 of the common information storage unit 107. The TV application unit 102 registers information necessary for the common input / output unit 104 and the standard communication unit 105 in the event table 401 and the incoming call transfer table 501 at the time of activation, and provides services such as bi-directional and PPV using the standard communication unit 105. Provide to users.

  Each operation will be described below.

(1) Operation at power-on FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation at power-on.

  When the power is turned on, the MFP is activated in the telephone mode (TelMode). Specifically, the common application unit 106 confirms the mode table 402 stored in the common information storage unit 107 (S1), initializes the common input / output unit 104 (S2), and is stored in the common application unit 105. Initialization (S3) of the existing address book application or the like. Specifically, the start0_mode () program indicated by mode “0” corresponding to TelMode stored in common information section 107 shown in FIG. 4 is started. Further, initialization (S4) of the telephone application unit 101 and the standard communication unit 107 is performed using the subscriber identification information stored in the telephone dedicated storage unit 100. Here, the subscriber identification information is information such as a unique telephone number and password.

(2) Operation when an event occurs FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation when an event occurs such as when a key is input.

  When the user inputs a key from the operation surface shown in FIG. 2, it is determined whether the instruction is for mode switching (switching from TelMode to TVMode) or other key input. The common input / output unit 104 detects a user input (S5) and determines whether or not it is a mode switching instruction (S6). If it is determined that the mode is to be switched, the common input / output unit 104 refers to the mode table 402 and uses the registered startup method to The mode is switched to (S7). (In addition, it is necessary to execute the initialization process of TVMode, which will be described later, before the mode switching.) When it is determined that the mode switching is not performed, the event processing is performed with the contents registered in the event table 402. (S8).

(3) Television Mode Initialization Operation FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a television mode initialization process.

  In order to initialize the TV mode, an address storing a program for operating the TV application unit 102 stored in advance as initial data in the TV application unit 102, a transfer destination when each event occurs, an external It is necessary to register the transfer destination of the incoming data from the communication interface in the mode table and event table of the common information storage unit 107 and the incoming transfer table of the standard communication unit 105. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, start1_mode () is registered as the start address of TVMODE (mode 1) in the mode table, and the TV application is used as the transfer destination of each event of Key1Click and key2Click in the event table. The TV application unit is registered as a transfer destination as a transfer destination for incoming data from the external communication interface indicated by “Port = 20, and IP = 10.0.0.1”.

(4) Operation of Communication Processing in Television Mode FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of communication processing in the television mode.

  To perform processing that requires communication in the television mode, the television application unit 102 obtains a user instruction from the common input / output unit 104 (S12), and then determines whether transmission is required to process the instruction ( S13), and if transmission is necessary, transmission processing is performed. In the transmission process, an address book or the like saved in the common application unit 106 is used as the case may be. The transfer destination application is registered when received in the incoming call transfer table 501 (S15). However, if the standard communication unit 105 determines that a communication path cannot be secured (S14), the process is not performed.

(5) Content Reproduction Operation FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation when reproducing content with copyright protection.

  When the content subjected to the copyright protection process is received, the TV application unit 102 receives the content (S16), determines whether the content is encrypted (S17), and if the content is encrypted, the TV application unit 102 receives the content. Decryption is performed using information such as a device key stored in the dedicated storage unit 103 (S18), it is determined whether or not charging processing is necessary (S19). Is performed (S20), and then the content is reproduced (S21).

  As described in the above embodiments, according to the portable digital multifunction peripheral according to the present invention, when adding a new function, the operation mode processing, event processing, and communication processing of each function are performed in three ways. It is possible to easily register from a new functional block by a predetermined method in a common table (mode table, event table, incoming call transfer table).

  In the above embodiment, the portable digital multifunction peripheral has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to a portable device.

  According to the digital multifunction peripheral of the present invention, a plurality of functions, for example, a digital broadcasting function and a mobile phone function can be designed without depending on each other, which is useful.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a portable digital multifunction peripheral according to the present invention. Schematic diagram showing an example of the operation surface (keyboard, etc.) of the portable digital multifunction peripheral of the present invention Schematic diagram showing an example of the screen display of the portable digital multi-function peripheral of the present invention The figure which shows an example of the data structure of the event table of the portable digital multifunctional device of this invention, and a mode table The figure which shows an example of the data structure of the incoming call transfer table of the portable digital multi-function peripheral of this invention A flowchart showing the operation of the portable digital multi-function peripheral according to the present invention when the power is turned on. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation when an event occurs in the portable digital multi-function peripheral of the present invention. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the television mode initialization process of the portable digital multifunctional device of this invention. The flowchart which shows the operation | movement of a communication process in the portable digital compound machine television mode of this invention. Flowchart showing the operation of the copyright-protected content reproduction of the portable digital multifunction peripheral of the present invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Telephone exclusive storage part 101 Telephone application part 102 Television application part 103 Television exclusive storage part 104 Common input / output part 105 Standard communication part 106 Common application part 107 Common information storage part 200 Keyboard which can switch the mode of an operation surface 300 Current mode screen Display 401 Event table stored in the common storage unit 402 Mode table stored in the common storage unit 501 Incoming transfer table stored in the standard communication unit

Claims (5)

A digital multi-function peripheral having a plurality of functions,
A standard communication unit, a common input / output unit, a common application unit, a common information storage unit,
With a basic application part and one or more additional application parts,
The basic application unit and the additional application unit share the standard communication unit, the common application unit, and the common information storage unit, and can operate without linking data and control signals with each other. Compound machine. The common information storage unit has an event table indicating a transfer destination when an event occurs and a mode table indicating an application to be activated according to an operation mode, and the event table is transferred to the basic application unit for each event or added. 2. The digital multi-function peripheral according to claim 1, wherein data indicating whether the data is transferred to the application unit is stored. The standard communication unit has an incoming call transfer table indicating a transfer destination of incoming data according to a transmission source from the external communication interface, and the incoming call transfer table transfers the basic application unit to each transmission source from the external communication interface. 2. The digital multi-function peripheral according to claim 1, wherein data indicating whether to transfer to the additional application section is stored. 2. The digital multi-function peripheral according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit dedicated to an additional application unit that can be accessed only from the additional application unit, and storing data for releasing copyright protection. 2. The storage unit according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit dedicated to the basic application unit that can be accessed only from the basic application unit, and storing data for mutual authentication between an external communication network and the basic application unit. The digital multifunction machine described.

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