JP2011188170A - Voice data receiver and voice data receiving method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voice data receiver and a voice data receiving method to be used by a program provider for providing voice with a high degree of freedom. <P>SOLUTION: The voice data receiver 1 includes: a receiving unit which receives network connection association data which associates program information with voice data ID and URL information; a display control unit which displays the received program information; a cursor position management unit 21 which manages desired program information indicated by the cursor in the displayed program information; a URL acquisition unit 23 which acquires corresponding URL information from the network connection association data, based on the voice data ID contained in the desired program information thus managed; a voice data acquisition unit 24 which acquires voice data from a voice data server based on the acquired URL information; and a voice data control unit 26 which controls reproduction of the acquired voice data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an audio data receiving apparatus and an audio data receiving method, and more particularly, to output audio based on audio data having a high degree of freedom when outputting information transmitted from a broadcasting station such as program information. The present invention relates to a voice data receiving apparatus and a voice data receiving method capable of performing the above.

  In recent years, an increasing number of program receivers have a function of receiving a program guide such as a television program. As a usage method of the program receiver, for example, the received program guide is displayed on a display.

  The user of the program receiver can operate the cursor on the program guide using the remote control while displaying the program guide on the display, and select the program selected by the cursor and register the recording reservation. .

  Here, Patent Document 1 discloses a program receiver having a function of reading out a program name or the contents of a program guide by voice.

  In this way, the user can grasp the contents of the program guide even if it is difficult to see the characters of the program guide.

JP 2007-67595 A

  However, in the prior art, the program receiver decodes the contents of the program guide and reads it out with synthesized speech.

  Therefore, even if the program provider wants to read the contents of the program in the voice of the performer of the program, for example, or wants to play the audio data of the theme song of the program, this is realized. I could not.

  In other words, there is a problem that even if the program provider is thinking about providing a more flexible audio providing method, it cannot be realized.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an audio data receiving apparatus and an audio data receiving method for a program provider to provide audio with a high degree of freedom.

  In order to solve the conventional problems, an audio data receiving apparatus of the present invention includes program information including an audio data ID for identifying audio data for each program, and an audio data server that provides the audio data ID and the audio data. Specified by a cursor in the received program information, a display control unit that displays the received program information, and a receiving unit that receives net connection association data that associates URL information for accessing the URL A cursor position management unit that manages desired program information; a URL acquisition unit that acquires corresponding URL information from the network connection data based on an audio data ID included in the managed desired program information; An audio data acquisition unit that acquires audio data from the audio data server based on the acquired URL information, and the acquired audio A voice data control unit that performs control to play over data and the audio data receiving apparatus characterized by comprising a.

  In addition, the audio data receiving apparatus of the present invention provides program information including an audio data ID for identifying audio data for each program, the audio data, and data broadcasting in which a file name of the audio data is associated with the audio data ID. A receiving unit that receives the stored tied data; a display control unit that displays the received program information; a cursor position management unit that manages desired program information specified by a cursor in the displayed program information; A file search unit that determines whether or not a corresponding file name exists in the data broadcast storage associated data based on an audio data ID included in the desired program information managed, and the file search unit A file acquisition unit that acquires corresponding audio data based on the file name when it is determined that there is a file name to be A voice data control unit that performs control to reproduce the sound data to which the acquired were also the audio data receiving apparatus characterized by comprising a.

  The audio data receiving method of the present invention includes a program information receiving step for receiving program information including an audio data ID for identifying audio data for each program, and an audio data server for providing the audio data to the audio data ID. Designated with a cursor in the network connection tied data reception step for receiving the net connection tied data associated with the URL information for access, the display control step for displaying the received program information, and the displayed program information A cursor position management step for managing the desired program information, and a URL acquisition step for obtaining corresponding URL information from the network connection data based on the audio data ID included in the managed desired program information. , Based on the acquired URL information, the voice data from the voice data server And the audio data acquisition step of Tokusuru was a voice data receiving method characterized by having a sound data control step of performing control to reproduce the retrieved audio data.

  The audio data receiving method of the present invention includes a program information receiving step for receiving program information including an audio data ID for identifying audio data for each program, an audio data receiving step for receiving the audio data, and the audio data In the data broadcast storage associated data receiving step for receiving the data broadcast accumulation associated data in which the file name of the audio data is associated with the ID, the display control step for displaying the received program information, and the displayed program information And a cursor position management step for managing desired program information designated by the cursor, and a corresponding file name exists in the data broadcasting storage associated data based on the audio data ID included in the managed desired program information. A file search step for determining whether or not to perform, and in the file search step A file acquisition step of acquiring corresponding audio data based on the file name, and an audio data control step of performing control to reproduce the acquired audio data when it is determined that the corresponding file name exists This is also a voice data receiving method.

  According to the present invention, the audio data stored on the audio data server can be provided in correspondence with the program guide or the program being viewed. At this time, the audio data on the audio data server is the audio of the performer. Therefore, it is possible to provide audio data with a high degree of freedom.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an audio data receiving apparatus according to a first embodiment. 10 is a flowchart showing audio data reproduction processing of the audio data receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment. The figure showing the display state transition of the monitor concerning Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an audio data receiving apparatus according to the second embodiment. 10 is a flowchart showing audio data reproduction processing of the audio data receiving apparatus according to the second embodiment. The figure showing the display state transition of the monitor concerning Embodiment 2.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
The first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an audio data receiving apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  The audio data receiving apparatus 1 includes a tuner 3, a DEMUX circuit 4, a decoding unit 5, a main memory 6, a video output circuit 7, an audio synthesis circuit 8, a program guide display control unit 9, a remote control light receiving unit 10, a monitor 11, and an audio output circuit. 12, a speaker 13, a cursor position management unit 21, a voice ID acquisition unit 22, a URL acquisition unit 23, a voice data acquisition unit 24, a voice data storage unit 25, and a voice data control unit 26.

  The tuner 3 receives a broadcast signal received by an antenna (not shown), performs processing such as demodulation, and sends the demodulated signal to the DEMUX circuit 4. The tuner 3 constitutes a receiving unit.

  The DEMUX circuit 4 separates the signal received from the tuner 3 into MPEG data composed of program video and audio information and program ancillary information composed of information such as a program guide. The MPEG data is sent to the decoding unit 5. The program attached information is sent to the main memory 6. In the present embodiment, as program ancillary information, audio data ID and audio data for identifying audio data, as well as program identification information of the program, program name (title), start time, program duration, and audio data are used. Access information (voice data URL) to be acquired from the server is transmitted. Here, data in which the audio data URL is associated with the audio data ID is referred to as net connection association data.

  The decoding unit 5 demodulates the MPEG data, sends the demodulated video signal to the video output circuit 7, and sends the demodulated audio signal to the audio synthesis unit 8.

  The main memory 6 stores program ancillary information. The program ancillary information is referred to from the program guide display control unit 9.

  The remote control light receiving unit 10 receives an operation of a remote control (not shown) and gives an instruction regarding the program guide to the program guide display control unit 9.

  The program guide display control unit 9 constructs a program guide by referring to the program ancillary information stored in the main memory 6 in accordance with the instruction received from the remote control light receiving unit 10, and stores the program guide in the video output circuit 7 with the OSD (On Screen Display). ) Send as a signal. In addition, the cursor is displayed on the program selected by controlling the video output circuit 7, and the program information (position information) of the program selected by the cursor is notified to the cursor position management unit 21. The program guide display control unit 9 constitutes a display control unit.

  The cursor position management unit 21 manages program information (position information) of a program selected by the cursor notified from the program guide display control unit 9 and notifies the audio ID acquisition unit 22 of the program information. Here, program identification information of the program selected by the cursor is notified as the position information.

  The audio ID acquisition unit 22 is audio data associated with the program selected by the cursor based on the program information (position information) notified from the cursor position management unit 21 and the program ancillary information stored in the main memory 6. The ID is acquired and notified to the URL acquisition unit 23.

  The URL acquisition unit 23 acquires a voice data URL corresponding to the voice data ID acquired by the voice ID acquisition unit 22 from the net connection associated data stored in the main memory 6 and notifies the voice data acquisition unit 24 of the voice data URL. .

  The voice data acquisition unit 24 has a function of accessing a URL, accesses the URL notified from the URL acquisition unit 23, and downloads voice data.

  The audio data storage unit 25 stores the audio data downloaded by the audio data acquisition unit 24.

  The audio data control unit 26 controls reproduction control of audio data stored in the audio data storage unit 25, generates an audio signal from the audio data, and sends it to the audio synthesis unit 8.

  The video output circuit 7 displays the video signal sent from the decoding unit 5 on the monitor 11. In addition, the OSD signal sent from the program guide display control unit 9 is combined with the video signal and displayed on the monitor 11.

  The voice synthesizer 8 synthesizes voice signals sent from the decoder 5 and the voice data controller 26 and sends the synthesized voice signal to the voice output circuit 12.

  The audio output circuit 12 reproduces an audio signal from the speaker 13. The monitor 11 includes a plasma display panel or a liquid crystal display panel and has a video signal display function. The speaker 13 has a function of reproducing an audio signal. In the present embodiment, the monitor 11 and the speaker 13 are described as the constituent elements of the audio data receiving device 1. However, the audio data receiving device 1 uses the video signals from the video output circuit 7 and the audio output circuit 12 and The audio signal may be output to a monitor and a speaker provided as an external device of the audio data receiving device 1.

  Next, the audio data reproduction process will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating audio data reproduction processing of the audio data receiving apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating display state transition of the monitor 11. Hereinafter, the internal operation of the audio data receiving apparatus 1 will be described in detail along the flowchart.

  First, it is assumed that the program table is displayed on the monitor 11 as shown in FIG. 3A (step S1). Here, the program guide is displayed on the monitor 11 as follows. First, the DEMUX circuit 5 decodes the program additional information superimposed on the broadcast signal received by the tuner 3. Subsequently, the main memory 6 stores program additional information. The program guide display control unit 9 displays the program guide on the monitor 11 via the video output circuit 7.

  In the program table displayed in FIG. 3A, a plurality of programs are laid out with the broadcast station as the horizontal axis and the time as the vertical axis. One program has a program title and program content as a pair and is listed in the program table. One of them is visually characterized by the cursor. In the upper part of the program guide, detailed information of the program selected by the cursor is displayed in another area. In FIG. 3A, information such as the program title and start time of the program “XX Quiz” selected by the cursor is displayed in another area. Here, as means for visually characterizing the program by the cursor, there are a method of changing the color inside the program frame to an emphasized color, a method of changing the font of the program title or program content, and the like.

  Subsequently, the user of the audio data receiving apparatus 1 operates the remote controller at an arbitrary timing to move the cursor. Here, it is assumed that a request is made to move the cursor down by one. In this case, when receiving an operation from the remote controller, the remote control light receiving unit 10 instructs the program guide display control unit 9 to move the program cursor down by one (step S2). In response to the instruction, the program guide display control unit 9 notifies the cursor position management unit 21 of the program information (position information) of the previous program whose cursor has been moved down by one.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 3B, the program information includes at least a program title, a start time, and an audio data ID. The audio data ID is uniquely determined for the program according to a predetermined rule. Here, the predetermined rule may be negotiated with the program guide provider or the program provider, for example, so as to give a unique ID to the program, or may be set in advance for other purposes in the program guide. May be used, or may be determined by the user of the audio data receiving apparatus 1. That is, the audio data ID only needs to uniquely identify a program.

  The program guide display control unit 9 also notifies the video output circuit 7 of the position of the program emphasized by the cursor, and the cursor is moved down by one on the monitor 11 as shown in FIG. The display is switched as if it were moved (step S3).

  Subsequently, the cursor position management unit 21 notifies the voice ID acquisition unit 22 that the cursor position has changed. The audio ID acquisition unit 22 acquires program ancillary information corresponding to the program information (position information) of the program emphasized by the cursor from the main memory 6, and acquires an audio data ID from the acquired program ancillary information (step S4).

  Here, the audio data ID is associated with the corresponding audio data URL as shown in FIG. 3D (net connection association data). As a correspondence method, the voice data ID may be used as a part of the address, or a correspondence rule for the voice data ID may be separately prepared. The voice data URL specifies a location where the voice data is stored in a voice data server on the Internet. The audio data is uploaded to the audio data server by a program guide information provider or a broadcaster.

  Subsequently, the URL acquisition unit 23 acquires the URL corresponding to the audio data ID acquired by the audio ID acquisition unit 22 from the net connection association data and notifies the audio data acquisition unit 24 (step S5).

  Subsequently, the voice data acquisition unit 24 connects to the voice data URL acquired by the URL acquisition unit 23 via a communication function, and stores the voice data downloaded from the voice data server in the voice data storage unit 25 (step S6). The contents of the audio data at this time can be composed of various elements, such as the contents of the program guide being spoken by the performers of the program or the theme song of the program.

  Then, the audio data control unit 26 decodes the audio data downloaded to the audio data storage unit 25 into an audio signal and sends it to the audio synthesis unit 8, and the content of the audio signal is reproduced from the speaker 13 via the audio output circuit 12. (Step S7).

  As described above, according to the audio data receiving apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the audio data reproduced by the audio data receiving apparatus 1 is uploaded on the audio data server, and the program guide information provider or The contents can be appropriately changed according to the preference of the broadcaster. That is, the user of the audio data receiving apparatus 1 simply perceives the information displayed in the program guide by reproducing the contents of the audio data when the program cursor is moved with respect to the program of interest. In addition, it may perceive various unpredictable contents, such as the speaker of the sound being the performer of the program, the content of the sound being the program digest or the next notice, or the sound being the theme song of the program. It can be done.

  In addition, in the present embodiment, the voice ID acquisition unit 22 acquires the voice data ID (step S4) and downloads the voice data to the voice data storage unit 25 (step S6). However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, audio data may be downloaded for all programs that can be downloaded when the program guide is displayed, or all programs are downloaded when the audio data receiving device 1 is turned on even if the program guide is not displayed. May be. In this way, even when the download from the voice data server is congested due to the line condition, it is possible to reproduce the voice without waiting for the user of the voice data receiving apparatus 1.

  Also, instead of downloading audio data for all programs that can be downloaded at one time, only audio data for one day or a predetermined time may be downloaded. In this way, it is possible to prevent the storage capacity of the voice data storage unit 25 from being increased unnecessarily, and to improve the control efficiency of the voice data control unit 26.

  Further, in the present embodiment, what is managed by the cursor position management unit 21 is one of a plurality of programs described in the program table. However, the present invention visually characterizes a sign indicating a program. The present invention can be applied to a wide range of technical fields. For example, the same processing can be performed when a program banner as a marker indicating a program is visually characterized by a cursor. In this way, for example, the main program is displayed on the monitor 11, and when the program advertisement displayed on the end frame of the monitor 11 displays an illustration of a related program, the advertisement is visually displayed with the cursor. By characterizing the audio data, the audio data related to the related program is reproduced, and it is possible to provide audio data with a higher degree of freedom.

  Further, in this embodiment, the audio data ID and the net connection associated data are transmitted as the program attached information superimposed on the broadcast signal, but only the audio data ID is added to the program attached information, and the net connection associated data is transmitted. May be downloaded from the voice data server, stored in the voice data storage unit 25, and used for acquiring the voice data URL by the URL acquisition unit 23.

  In this embodiment, the corresponding audio data is reproduced for the focused program after the remote control operation in the program guide display state. However, the audio data is similarly applied to the first focused program at the start of the program guide display. May be played back.

  In this embodiment, the audio data is provided when the program table is visually characterized by the program cursor. However, the audio data may be provided in real time for the program being viewed. Is possible. For this purpose, the cursor position management unit 21 acquires the channel information of the program currently being demodulated by the tuner 3 to identify the program information of the program currently being viewed, and the audio data ID included in the identified program information. May be configured as a viewing program management unit that notifies the audio ID acquisition unit 22 of the above. In this case, various timings for reproducing the audio data can be considered. For example, if it is the timing immediately after switching the viewing program, the user can immediately obtain information on the unknown program. For example, if a button such as a “voice information playback button” is arranged on the remote control, the voice data can be played back at an arbitrary timing according to the user input. In this way, even when the user misses the voice data, the voice data can be listened to repeatedly and easily.

(Embodiment 2)
The second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the audio data receiving apparatus according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

  The audio data receiving apparatus 100 includes a tuner 201, a DEMUX circuit 202, a decoding unit 5, a main memory 203, a video output circuit 7, an audio synthesis circuit 8, a program guide display control unit 9, a remote control light receiving unit 10, a monitor 11, and an audio output circuit. 12, speaker 13, cursor position management unit 21, audio ID acquisition unit 22, file search unit 31, URL acquisition unit 32, audio data acquisition unit 24, audio data storage unit 25, file acquisition unit 33, and audio data control unit 34 Become.

  In the first embodiment, the voice data is downloaded from the voice data server using a communication means such as the Internet. However, in the second embodiment, when the voice data is acquired from the data broadcast and cannot be acquired by the data broadcast, the data such as the Internet is downloaded. The voice data is complemented from the voice data server using the communication means. Here, in FIG. 4, those having the same functions as those in FIG.

  The tuner 201 receives a broadcast signal including a data broadcast signal received by an antenna (not shown), performs a process such as demodulation, and sends the demodulated signal to the DEMUX circuit 4. The tuner 201 constitutes a receiving unit.

  The DEMUX circuit 202 separates the signal received from the tuner 201 into MPEG data composed of program video and audio information, program ancillary information composed of information such as a program guide and audio data, and data broadcast data. is there. The MPEG data is sent to the decoding unit 5. The program attached information and data broadcast data are sent to the main memory 203. In the present embodiment, an audio data ID for identifying the audio data body and the audio data is transmitted as the data broadcast data. Here, data that is transmitted as a data broadcast and in which a file name indicating the audio data is associated with the audio data ID is referred to as data broadcast accumulation associated data.

  The main memory 203 stores program ancillary information and data broadcast data. The program ancillary information is referred to from the program guide display control unit 9 and the file search unit 31. The data broadcast data is referenced from the file search unit 31 and the file acquisition unit 32.

  The file search unit 31 acquires a file name corresponding to the audio data ID notified from the audio ID acquisition unit 22 from the data broadcast accumulation associated data, and whether or not a file corresponding to the file name exists in the main memory 203. Make a decision. If a file corresponding to the audio data ID exists, the file acquisition unit 32 is notified of the file name of the audio data to be acquired. When there is no file corresponding to the voice data ID, the voice data ID is notified to the URL acquisition unit 32.

  The URL acquisition unit 32 acquires the audio data URL corresponding to the audio data ID acquired from the file search unit 31 from the net connection associated data stored in the main memory 6 and notifies the audio data acquisition unit 24.

  The file acquisition unit 33 acquires audio data corresponding to the file name acquired from the file search unit 31 from the main memory 203 and notifies the audio data control unit 34 of the audio data.

  The audio data control unit 34 controls reproduction control of the audio data stored in the audio data storage unit 25 or the audio data acquired by the file acquisition unit 33, generates an audio signal from the audio data, and generates an audio synthesis This is sent to part 8.

  Next, the audio data reproduction process will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating audio data reproduction processing of the audio data receiving apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating display state transition of the monitor 11. Hereinafter, the internal operation of the audio data receiving apparatus 100 will be described in detail along the flowchart. In FIG. 5, the same reference numerals as those in FIG.

  First, it is assumed that the program table is displayed on the monitor 11 as shown in FIG. 6A (step S1).

  Subsequently, the user of the audio data receiving apparatus 100 operates the remote controller at an arbitrary timing to move the cursor (step S2). Here, it is assumed that the cursor is moved down by one.

  The remote control light receiving unit 10 receives the operation of the remote control, and gives an instruction to the program guide display control unit 9 to move the cursor down by one (step S3). Then, the program guide display control unit 9 notifies the cursor position management unit 21 of the program guide information and the program information of the program emphasized by the cursor.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 6B, the program information includes the program title, start time, and audio data ID as in FIG. 3B. The audio data ID is uniquely determined for the program according to a predetermined rule.

  Further, the program guide display control unit 9 notifies the video output circuit 7 of the position of the program emphasized by the cursor, and the operation of the video output circuit 7 causes the monitor 11 to move the program cursor down by one as shown in FIG. The display is switched as if moved to.

  Subsequently, the cursor position management unit 21 notifies the voice ID acquisition unit 22 that the cursor position has changed. The audio ID acquisition unit 22 acquires the program information of the program emphasized by the cursor from the cursor position management unit 21. And audio | voice data ID is acquired about a program (step S4).

  For the voice data ID, the corresponding URL is linked as shown in FIG. 6D (net connection linked data). Corresponding file names are linked as shown in FIG. 6E (data broadcasting storage linked data). As a correspondence method, the voice data ID may be used as a part of the file name and URL, or a correspondence rule for the voice data ID may be separately prepared. The file name specifies the name of the audio data stored on the main memory 203. The audio data is uploaded to an audio data server by a program guide information provider or broadcaster, and is superimposed on a broadcast signal from the audio data server and received by the audio data receiving apparatus 100 as data broadcast data. The URL specifies a location where audio data is stored in an audio data server on the Internet. The audio data is uploaded to the audio data server by a program guide information provider or a broadcaster.

  Subsequently, the file search unit 31 executes a process for acquiring a file name corresponding to the voice data ID acquired by the voice ID acquisition unit 22 (step S21). When the file search unit 31 determines that the file name corresponding to the audio data ID exists in the main memory 203, that is, the corresponding file exists (“Yes” in step S <b> 22), the file search unit 31 sends a file to the file acquisition unit 33. Tell your name. The file acquisition unit 33 acquires audio data corresponding to the acquired file name from the main memory 203 (step S23), and outputs the acquired audio data to the audio data control unit 34. The audio data control unit 34 decodes the audio data acquired by the file acquisition unit 33 into an audio signal, sends the audio signal to the audio synthesis unit 8, and the content of the audio signal is reproduced from the speaker 13 via the audio output circuit 12. (Step S24).

  On the other hand, when the file search unit 31 determines that the file corresponding to the audio data ID does not exist in the main memory 203 (“No” in step S22), the URL acquisition unit 32 is notified of the audio data ID and the URL acquisition is performed. Corresponding voice data URL acquisition processing in the unit 32 (step S25), voice data acquisition processing in the voice data acquisition unit 24 (step S26), voice processing such as voice data decoding processing in the voice data control unit 34 (step S24) ).

  When the audio data receiving apparatus 100 operates in this way, in addition to the advantages described in the first embodiment, there are the following advantages.

  That is, the audio data receiving apparatus 100 stores the audio data by the following two means. One is a means for receiving and storing a data broadcast signal via broadcasting, and the other is a means for downloading and storing at the request of the audio data receiving apparatus 100 using a bidirectional communication represented by the Internet. .

  Here, in the operation of the audio data receiving apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, the scene of downloading according to the request of the device is limited, and is only a complementary position for receiving audio data via broadcasting. That is, it is only a scene where audio data has not been received from the broadcast signal.

  In this way, the broadcast signal used by the audio data receiving apparatus 100 for receiving ordinary programs can also be used for acquiring audio data. Therefore, even if other communication functions such as an Internet line are provided, audio data can be acquired in a better communication environment when the communication capacity is limited. Moreover, even when the communication function is not available due to a power supply stop or a failure on the side of the communication provider, the voice data can be acquired. Moreover, even when the audio data is not acquired by the broadcast signal, the audio data can be downloaded via the Internet at the request of the audio data receiving device 100, so that the audio data can be ensured reliably.

  Note that the audio data receiving device 100 may be configured to further acquire audio data from the currently received broadcast signal when audio data is not acquired from the broadcast signal. In this way, audio data can be acquired without the audio data receiving device 100 having other communication functions. On the other hand, if the audio data is downloaded using the URL as in the present embodiment, the audio data can be downloaded even when the tuner 201 has not received a broadcast signal including the desired audio data. There is an advantage.

  In the present embodiment, the voice ID acquisition unit 22 acquires the voice data ID (step S4), and the voice data is downloaded to the voice data storage unit 25 (step S26). Is executed after the determination that the audio data is not transmitted as a broadcast signal, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, audio data may be downloaded for all programs that can be downloaded in advance when the program guide is displayed, or all programs may be downloaded when the audio data receiving device 100 is turned on even if the program guide is not displayed. You may download it. In this way, even when it is determined that no audio data is transmitted as a broadcast signal, it is possible to quickly reproduce the audio. Also, instead of downloading audio data for all programs that can be downloaded at one time, only audio data for one day or a predetermined time may be downloaded. In this way, it is possible to prevent the storage capacity of the voice data storage unit 25 from being increased unnecessarily, and to improve the control efficiency of the voice data control unit 26.

  In this embodiment, audio data is downloaded via the Internet when audio data is not transmitted as a broadcast signal. However, if audio data cannot be downloaded via the Internet, audio data is acquired from the broadcast signal. You may make it do.

  Further, in the present embodiment, what is managed by the cursor position management unit 21 is one of a plurality of programs described in the program table. However, the present invention visually characterizes a sign indicating a program. The present invention can be widely applied to technical fields that can be applied. For example, the same processing can be performed when a cursor is used to visually characterize a program advertisement as a marker indicating a program.

  In this way, for example, when the main program is displayed on the display unit 11 and an illustration of a related program is displayed in the program advertisement displayed on the end frame of the display unit 11, the advertisement is displayed on the cursor. By visually characterizing the audio data, the audio data related to the related program is acquired and reproduced from the data broadcast, and audio data with a higher degree of freedom can be provided.

  According to the audio data receiving apparatus and the audio data receiving method of the present invention, the audio data stored on the audio data server is acquired via the Internet or via broadcast, and is provided corresponding to the program guide or the program being viewed. In that case, since the audio data on the audio data server can be appropriately devised for the audio of the performer, the program theme song, etc., audio data with a high degree of freedom can be provided. It is useful as an application to a receiver.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,100 Audio | voice data receiver 3, 201 Tuner 4, 202 DEMUX circuit 5 Decoding part 6, 203 Main memory 7 Image | video output circuit 8 Voice synthesis part 9 Program guide display control part 10 Remote control light-receiving part 11 Monitor 12 Audio | voice output circuit 13 Speaker DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 Cursor position management part 22 Voice ID acquisition part 23, 32 URL acquisition part 24 Voice data acquisition part 25 Voice data storage part 26, 34 Voice data control part 31 File search part 32 File acquisition part

Claims (11)

Receives network connection associated data in which program information including an audio data ID for identifying audio data for each program is associated with the audio data ID and URL information for accessing the audio data server that provides the audio data. A receiver,
A display control unit for displaying the received program information;
In the displayed program information, a cursor position management unit that manages desired program information specified by a cursor;
A URL acquisition unit for acquiring corresponding URL information from the net connection tied data based on an audio data ID included in the desired program information managed;
An audio data acquisition unit that acquires audio data from the audio data server based on the acquired URL information;
An audio data receiving apparatus comprising: an audio data control unit that performs control to reproduce the acquired audio data. The audio data receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the audio data is music related to the desired program information. The display control unit displays the received program information as a program guide,
The audio data receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cursor position management unit manages program information of a desired program designated by a cursor in the displayed program guide. The display control unit displays program information of a program being viewed,
The audio data receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cursor position management unit manages program information of the program being viewed. A receiver for receiving program information including an audio data ID for identifying audio data for each program, the audio data, and data broadcasting storage associated data in which a file name of the audio data is associated with the audio data ID;
A display control unit for displaying the received program information;
In the displayed program information, a cursor position management unit that manages desired program information specified by a cursor;
A file search unit that determines whether or not a corresponding file name exists in the data broadcast storage associated data based on an audio data ID included in the desired program information managed;
In the file search unit, when it is determined that a corresponding file name exists, a file acquisition unit that acquires corresponding audio data based on the file name;
An audio data receiving apparatus comprising: an audio data control unit that performs control to reproduce the acquired audio data. The receiving unit further receives net connection tied data in which URL information for accessing a voice data server that provides the voice data is associated with the voice data ID,
A URL acquisition unit for acquiring corresponding URL information from the net connection tied data based on an audio data ID included in the desired program information managed;
An audio data acquisition unit that acquires audio data from the audio data server based on the acquired URL information;
If the file search unit determines that the corresponding file name does not exist in the data broadcast storage associated data, the file search unit outputs the audio data ID to the URL acquisition unit,
The audio data receiving apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the audio data control unit performs control to reproduce the audio data acquired by the audio data acquisition unit. A program information receiving step for receiving program information including an audio data ID for identifying audio data for each program;
A network connection tied data receiving step of receiving net connection tied data in which URL information for accessing the voice data server that provides the voice data is associated with the voice data ID;
A display control step for displaying the received program information;
A cursor position management step for managing desired program information designated by a cursor in the displayed program information;
A URL acquisition step of acquiring corresponding URL information from the net connection tied data based on an audio data ID included in the desired program information managed;
An audio data acquisition step of acquiring audio data from the audio data server based on the acquired URL information;
An audio data control step for controlling the reproduction of the acquired audio data;
An audio data receiving method comprising: The display control step is a step of displaying the received program information as a program guide,
The cursor position management step is a step of managing program information of a desired program designated by a cursor in the displayed program guide.
The audio data receiving method according to claim 7. The display control step is a step of displaying program information of a program being viewed,
The cursor position management step is a step of managing program information of the program being viewed.
The audio data receiving method according to claim 7. A program information receiving step for receiving program information including an audio data ID for identifying audio data for each program;
A voice data receiving step for receiving the voice data;
A data broadcast storage associated data receiving step for receiving data broadcast storage associated data in which the audio data file name is associated with the audio data ID;
A display control step for displaying the received program information;
A cursor position management step for managing desired program information designated by a cursor in the displayed program information;
A file search step of determining whether or not a corresponding file name exists in the data broadcast storage associated data based on an audio data ID included in the desired program information managed;
In the file search step, when it is determined that a corresponding file name exists, a file acquisition step of acquiring corresponding audio data based on the file name;
An audio data control step for controlling the reproduction of the acquired audio data;
An audio data receiving method comprising: A network connection tied data receiving step of receiving net connection tied data in which URL information for accessing the voice data server that provides the voice data is associated with the voice data ID;
A URL acquisition step of acquiring corresponding URL information from the net connection tied data based on an audio data ID included in the desired program information managed;
Audio data acquisition step of acquiring audio data from the audio data server based on the acquired URL information when the file search step determines that the corresponding file name does not exist in the data broadcast storage associated data And further comprising
The audio data control step performs control to reproduce the audio data acquired in the audio data acquisition step.
The audio data receiving method according to claim 10.

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