JP2014027636A - Remote operation device, server device, information communication system, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote operation device capable of notifying a user of presence of a charged up television program or recommended television program without disturbing display of a content screen on a TV receiver, when the user tries to select one television program from a plurality of television programs under broadcasting.SOLUTION: A remote operation device has a control unit 20 comprising: a charged up degree acquisition unit 42 which controls a second radio communication unit 15 so as to periodically acquire the charged up degree of a television program broadcasted by each broadcasting station which can be selected by a TV receiver 2, from a server device 50; and a vibration control unit 46 for driving a vibration motor 13a of a vibration unit 13 with a vibration pattern corresponding to a recommendation degree of a television program which is being broadcasted by a broadcasting station selected by operation on a station selection button, when the station selection button has been operated.

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote control device, a server device, an information communication system, a program, and a recording medium.

  When a user wants to view a television program on a television receiver (hereinafter abbreviated as “TV receiver”), the user abbreviates a remote control device (hereinafter referred to as “remote controller”) for remotely operating the TV receiver. ) To perform so-called zapping for frequently switching broadcast channels, so that the television program to be viewed may be selected while visually confirming the program content of each television program for a short time. When selecting a TV program to view, the remote control is operated to display the program guide on the TV receiver, and the program information describing the TV program title, program content, etc. is visually checked while watching the program information. TV programs that attract people may be selected.

  When trying to select a television program to be viewed, there is a demand for the user to select a currently popular television program when there is no target television program. However, with the selection method as described above, the user cannot grasp whether or not the selected television program is currently being excited.

  For example, Patent Document 1 proposes a broadcast receiving apparatus having a function of notifying a user of a currently popular television program. According to the conventional technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, a broadcast receiving device receives, from an external server device that aggregates and manages audience rating information in units of programs via a network, each television program currently being broadcast. Audience rating information is automatically acquired regularly, and the currently rated television program (smooth program) is detected by comparing the obtained audience rating of each television program with a preset value. When the currently viewed TV program is different from the exciting program, a GUI (Graphical User Interface) screen indicating the presence of the exciting program is displayed to notify the user of the presence of the exciting program. Has been.

JP 2010-263527 A

  However, in the conventional technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, while viewing a television program, the content screen of the television program is suddenly switched to a GUI screen indicating the presence of the exciting program. Therefore, there is a problem that switching to the GUI screen hinders viewing for a user who is watching a television program in a concentrated manner.

In addition, the conventional technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is configured such that notification to the user using a GUI screen indicating the presence of an exciting program is performed all the time while power is supplied to the broadcast receiving apparatus. ing. However, the user desires to watch the currently popular TV program when, for example, there is no target TV program and one TV program is selected from a plurality of TV programs currently being broadcast. There is no technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 for notifying a user of a television program that has been excited for such a case.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a lively TV program without interfering with the display of a content screen displayed on a TV receiver when one TV program is selected from a plurality of TV programs currently being broadcast. Another object of the present invention is to provide a remote control device, a server device, an information communication system, a program, and a recording medium that can notify a user of the existence of a recommended television program.

The present invention includes an operation unit having a channel selection button;
A first wireless communication unit that outputs a wireless signal for switching a broadcast station selected in the television receiver;
A second wireless communication unit that communicates via a communication network with a server device that derives a recommendation degree of a television program broadcast by each broadcasting station;
A notification operation unit for performing an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation;
When the channel selection button is operated, a control unit that causes the first radio communication unit to output a radio signal for switching to the broadcasting station corresponding to the channel selection button,
The controller is
A recommendation level acquisition unit that controls the second wireless communication unit to periodically acquire a recommendation level of a television program broadcast by each broadcast station that can be selected in a television receiver from the server device;
When the channel selection button is operated, a notification for causing the notification operation unit to execute an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation of a television program broadcast by the broadcast station selected by the operation of the channel selection button. A remote control device comprising an operation control unit.

In the present invention, the notification operation unit includes a vibration generation unit,
A storage unit that stores a correspondence table in which a recommendation level and a vibration pattern by the vibration generation unit are associated with each other;
When the channel selection button is operated, the notification operation control unit has a vibration pattern associated with a recommendation level of a television program broadcast by a broadcast station selected by the operation of the channel selection button, The generator is vibrated.

The present invention also includes an operation unit having a channel selection button,
A first wireless communication unit that outputs a wireless signal for switching a broadcast station selected in the television receiver;
Via a server device and a communication network for deriving a recommendation level of a TV program broadcast by each broadcasting station, and assigning an operation pattern when notifying the degree of recommendation based on the derived recommendation level for each broadcasting station A second wireless communication unit communicating with
A notification operation unit for performing an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation;
When the channel selection button is operated, a control unit that causes the first radio communication unit to output a radio signal for switching to the broadcasting station corresponding to the channel selection button,
The controller is
An operation pattern acquisition unit that controls the second wireless communication unit to periodically acquire an operation pattern assigned to each broadcast station that can be selected in a television receiver from the server device;
When the channel selection button is operated, the notification operation unit is caused to perform an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation in the operation pattern assigned to the broadcast station selected by the operation of the channel selection button. A remote operation device comprising a notification operation control unit.

In the present invention, the notification operation unit includes a vibration generation unit,
When the channel selection button is operated, the notification operation control unit has an operation pattern associated with a recommendation degree of a television program broadcast by a broadcast station selected by the operation of the channel selection button, and the vibration The generator is vibrated.

  In the invention, it is preferable that the recommendation degree is an index indicating a degree of excitement of the television program.

The present invention is a server device capable of communicating with the remote control device via a communication network,
A data acquisition unit for periodically acquiring a miniblog posted to the external device from an external device providing the miniblog service;
From the miniblog acquired by the data acquisition unit, a data extraction unit that extracts a miniblog related to a television program broadcast by each broadcasting station;
A recommendation level deriving unit that classifies the miniblogs extracted by the data extraction unit for each broadcasting station based on the contents of the miniblog, and derives a recommendation level of the TV program broadcast by each broadcasting station; It is a server apparatus characterized by including.

The present invention is a server device capable of communicating with the remote control device via a communication network,
A data acquisition unit for periodically acquiring a miniblog posted to the external device from an external device providing the miniblog service;
From the miniblog acquired by the data acquisition unit, a data extraction unit that extracts a miniblog related to a television program broadcast by each broadcasting station;
Classification of mini-blogs extracted by the data extraction unit for each broadcasting station based on the contents of the mini-blog, a recommendation degree derivation unit for deriving a recommendation degree of a TV program broadcast by each broadcasting station,
The server apparatus includes an operation pattern determination unit that assigns an operation pattern for notifying the degree of recommendation based on the recommended degree derived for each broadcasting station.

The present invention further includes a storage unit that stores a correspondence table in which one or more keywords are associated with each broadcasting station,
The recommendation degree deriving unit classifies the miniblogs extracted by the data extracting unit for each broadcasting station by comparing the keywords stored in the correspondence table with the contents of the miniblogs.

The present invention is an information communication system including a remote control device and a server device that can communicate with each other via a communication network,
The server device
A data acquisition unit for periodically acquiring a miniblog posted to the external device from an external device providing the miniblog service;
From the miniblog acquired by the data acquisition unit, a data extraction unit that extracts a miniblog related to a television program broadcast by each broadcasting station;
A recommendation level deriving unit that classifies the miniblogs extracted by the data extraction unit for each broadcasting station based on the contents of the miniblog, and derives a recommendation level of the TV program broadcast by each broadcasting station; Including
The remote control device is:
An operation unit having a channel selection button;
A first wireless communication unit that outputs a wireless signal for switching a broadcast station selected in the television receiver;
A second wireless communication unit communicating with the server device via a communication network;
A notification operation unit for performing an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation;
When the channel selection button is operated, the control unit causes the first wireless communication unit to output a radio signal for switching to the broadcasting station corresponding to the channel selection button,
A recommendation level acquisition unit that controls the second wireless communication unit to periodically acquire a recommendation level of a television program broadcast by each broadcast station that can be selected in a television receiver from the server device;
When the channel selection button is operated, a notification for causing the notification operation unit to execute an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation of a television program broadcast by the broadcast station selected by the operation of the channel selection button. It is an information communication system characterized by including a control part provided with an operation control part.

The present invention is an information communication system including a remote control device and a server device that can communicate with each other via a communication network,
The server device
A data acquisition unit for periodically acquiring a miniblog posted to the external device from an external device providing the miniblog service;
From the miniblog acquired by the data acquisition unit, a data extraction unit that extracts a miniblog related to a television program broadcast by each broadcasting station;
Classification of mini-blogs extracted by the data extraction unit for each broadcasting station based on the contents of the mini-blog, a recommendation degree derivation unit for deriving a recommendation degree of a TV program broadcast by each broadcasting station,
An operation pattern determination unit that assigns an operation pattern when notifying the degree of recommendation based on the recommended degree derived for each broadcasting station,
The remote control device is:
An operation unit having a channel selection button;
A first wireless communication unit that outputs a wireless signal for switching a broadcast station selected in the television receiver;
A second wireless communication unit communicating with the server device via a communication network;
A notification operation unit for performing an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation;
When the channel selection button is operated, the control unit causes the first wireless communication unit to output a radio signal for switching to the broadcasting station corresponding to the channel selection button,
An operation pattern acquisition unit that controls the second wireless communication unit to periodically acquire an operation pattern assigned to each broadcast station that can be selected in a television receiver from the server device;
When the channel selection button is operated, the notification operation unit is caused to perform an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation in the operation pattern assigned to the broadcast station selected by the operation of the channel selection button. It is an information communication system characterized by including a control part provided with a notice operation control part.

Moreover, this invention is a program for functioning a computer as a control part in the said remote control apparatus.
The present invention is also a computer-readable recording medium on which the program is recorded.

  According to the present invention, when one television program is to be selected from among a plurality of currently broadcasted television programs, the television program that is excited without disturbing the display of the content screen displayed on the TV receiver And the user can be notified of the existence of recommended TV programs.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information communication system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the schematic structure of the server apparatus 50 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the various functions implement | achieved when the control part 55 runs the excitement degree deriving program 61 in the server apparatus 50 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the miniblog data M1, M2 accumulate | stored in the miniblog server apparatus 4. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a keyword table 81 stored in a storage unit 54 of the server device 50. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the miniblog extraction information table 82 stored in the memory | storage part 54 of the server apparatus 50. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the excitement degree table 83 stored in the memory | storage part 54 of the server apparatus 50. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a miniblog extraction information table creation process executed in the server device 50. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a degree of excitement derivation executed in the server device 50. It is a top view which shows the external appearance of the portable terminal device 10 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the schematic structure of the portable terminal device 10 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing various functions realized by the control unit 20 executing a remote control program 34 in the mobile terminal device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the remote control key table 47 stored in the memory | storage part 19 of the portable terminal device 10. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the remote control screen 90 displayed on the display surface 21a with execution of the remote control program 34. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the excitement degree table 48 stored in the memory | storage part 19 of the portable terminal device 10. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the vibration pattern table 49 stored in the memory | storage part 19 of the portable terminal device 10. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a climax degree table update process performed during execution of a remote control program 34 in the mobile terminal device 10. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a swell notification process performed during execution of a remote control program 34 in the mobile terminal device 10. It is a functional block diagram which shows the various functions implement | achieved when the control part 55 runs the excitement degree deriving program 61 in the server apparatus 50A which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the various functions implement | achieved when the control part 20 performs the remote control program 34 in 10 A of portable terminal devices which concern on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the vibration pattern table 103 classified by broadcasting station stored in the memory | storage part 19 of 10 A of portable terminal devices.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information communication system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. An information communication system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a television receiver (hereinafter referred to as “TV”).
The abbreviation level (recommended degree) of the TV program currently broadcast by the mobile terminal device 10 that functions as a remote control device for remotely operating the receiver 2 and the TV station that broadcasts the TV program. The mobile terminal device 10 and the server device 50 are configured to be able to communicate with each other via the communication network 3.

  Below, the structure of the server apparatus 50 is demonstrated first. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the server device 50 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The server device 50 includes a communication unit 51, an operation unit 52, a display unit 53, a storage unit 54, and a control unit 55.

  The communication unit 51 functions as a communication interface for communicating with the mobile terminal device 10 and the miniblog server device 4 that provides the miniblog service via the communication network 3.

  The operation unit 52 is realized by, for example, a keyboard or a mouse, and outputs a command signal or input data corresponding to the operation to the control unit 55 when operated by an administrator of the server device 50 or the like. The display unit 53 is configured to be able to display an image of the image data given from the control unit 55, and is realized by, for example, a liquid crystal display device.

The storage unit 54 is a storage device that stores software and data used for processing in the control unit 55, and can store data only while power is supplied to the server device 50 (Static Random Access Memory). In addition, a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) and a flash memory and an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) (registered trademark) that can keep recorded data even when the power supply to the server device 50 is cut off. Etc.

  In addition to the operating system program that realizes the basic function of the server device 50, the storage unit 54 derives the excitement level for realizing the function of deriving the excitement level of the TV program currently broadcast by each broadcasting station. A program 61 is stored. Further, the storage unit 54 also stores processing condition data 62 including data used when the excitement degree derivation program 61 is executed and various processing conditions. The processing condition data 62 includes a keyword table 81, a miniblog extraction information table 82, and a climax table 83, which will be described later.

The control unit 55 is a processing unit that controls the overall operation of the server device 50 and is realized by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 55 communicates with the communication unit so that various processes performed in the server device 50 are appropriately executed according to operations on the operation unit 52 and various programs stored in the storage unit 54 of the server device 50. 51, the display unit 53 and the storage unit 54 are controlled.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating various functions realized by the control unit 55 executing the excitement degree derivation program 61 in the server device 50 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The control unit 55 executes the excitement degree derivation program 61 stored in the storage unit 54, so that the miniblog acquisition unit 71, the keyword management unit 72, the miniblog extraction unit 73, the miniblog extraction information management unit 74, and the excitement degree It functions as a totaling unit 75, a climax management unit 76, and a climax transmission unit 77.

  The miniblog acquisition unit 71 controls the communication unit 51 to acquire the miniblog data stored in the miniblog server device 4 from the predetermined miniblog server device 4 via the communication network 3. The miniblog server device 4 is configured to store miniblogs posted from a terminal device 5 that can be connected to the communication network 3 such as a portable terminal device or a personal computer, as miniblog data, for example, Twitter (registered). This is realized by a server device that provides a trademark service.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the miniblog data M1 and M2 stored in the miniblog server device 4. As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, in the miniblog data M1 and M2, the name d1 of the contributor who posted the miniblog, the content of the miniblog, and the like are described. And three attribute information of the posting time d3 when the miniblog is posted.

  In the present embodiment, the miniblog acquisition unit 71 controls the communication unit 51 to periodically acquire newly accumulated miniblogs from the miniblog server device 4. The period for acquiring the miniblog from the miniblog server device 4 is set to 30 seconds, for example.

  The keyword management unit 72 controls the storage unit 54 so that a keyword related to a television program currently broadcast by each broadcasting station or a keyword related to a broadcasting station broadcasting the television program, and the broadcasting station A table 81 (hereinafter referred to as a “keyword table”) showing the correspondence relationship with the above is managed.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the keyword table 81 stored in the storage unit 54 of the server device 50. The keyword table 81 stores a television program currently broadcast by each broadcasting station or a keyword 81b related to the broadcasting station broadcasting the television program, and broadcasts the television program for each keyword 81b. The broadcast station ID 81a assigned in advance to the broadcast station is stored in association with each other.

  As the keyword 81b stored in the keyword table 81, it is determined that the miniblog data acquired from the miniblog server device 4 by the miniblog acquisition unit 71 is a post related to a television program that was broadcast when the miniblog was posted. It is preferred that words that can be selected are selected. Examples of such words include the name of a television program, the abbreviation of the television program, and the name of a broadcasting station that broadcasts the television program, as shown in FIG.

  The keyword 81b stored in the keyword table 81 is appropriately selected by an administrator who manages the server device 50, for example. When the broadcast station ID 81a is input together with the keyword 81b selected via the operation unit 52, the keyword management unit 72 stores the input keyword 81 b and broadcast station ID 81 a in the keyword table 81.

  In order to extract the miniblog data posted on the TV program as much as possible from the miniblog data acquired from the miniblog server device 4 by the miniblog acquisition unit 71 by the miniblog extraction unit 73 described later. Preferably, a plurality of keywords 81b are stored in advance for one broadcasting station.

  The miniblog extraction unit 73 refers to the keyword 81b stored in the keyword table 81, and from the miniblog data acquired from the miniblog server device 4 by the miniblog acquisition unit 71, in the miniblog text d2. The miniblog data including the keyword 81b is extracted as being posted on the television program.

  The case of the example shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 will be described. For the miniblog data M1, the miniblog extracting unit 73 uses the keyword “afternoon news” stored in the keyword table 81 in the miniblog text d2. Since 81b is included, it is extracted as posted about the television program. On the other hand, regarding the miniblog data M2, since none of the keywords 81b stored in the keyword table 81 is included in the miniblog text d2, it is determined that the miniblog data M2 has not been posted on the television program.

  When the miniblog data is extracted by the miniblog extraction unit 73, the miniblog extraction information management unit 74 refers to the keyword table 81 and associates it with the keyword 81b included in the miniblog text d2 of the miniblog data. The broadcast station ID 81a is acquired, the posting time d3 of the miniblog data is acquired, and these are associated with each other and recorded in the miniblog extraction information table 82 stored in the storage unit 54.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the miniblog extraction information table 82 stored in the storage unit 54 of the server device 50. In the miniblog extraction information table 82, as shown in FIG. 6, a broadcasting station ID 82a and a posting time 82b are stored in association with each other for each miniblog data extracted by the miniblog extraction unit 73.

  The excitement degree totaling unit 75 refers to the miniblog extraction information table 82 and periodically derives the excitement degree of the TV program currently being broadcast by each broadcasting station. The period for deriving the degree of excitement is set to 1 minute, for example.

  In the present embodiment, the excitement level totaling unit 75 derives the number of posts of the miniblog posted during the predetermined period immediately before for each broadcasting station as the excitement level, and sets the upper limit value of the excitement level to 100. ing.

  For example, if the predetermined period is set to 10 minutes, a TV program broadcast by a broadcast station with a broadcast station ID “101” has been posted in the past 10 minutes from the time when the excitement level is derived. When the number of posts on the miniblog is 67, the excitement level is 67, and during the same period, minis posted on a TV program broadcast by a broadcasting station with a broadcasting station ID “100” are posted. When the number of blog posts is 135, the excitement level is set to an upper limit of 100.

  When the degree of excitement is derived by the degree of excitement totaling unit 75, the degree of excitement management unit 76 associates the broadcast station with the derived degree of excitement and records it in the excitement degree table 83 stored in the storage unit 54.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the climax table 83 stored in the storage unit 54 of the server device 50. As shown in FIG. 7, the climax degree table 83 stores the climax degree 83b derived by the climax degree summation unit 75 in association with the broadcast station ID 83a of the corresponding broadcast station. The climax degree table 83 is updated by the climax degree management unit 76 every time the climax degree is derived by the climax degree totaling unit 75.

  In the present embodiment, the climax degree table 83 stores the broadcast station ID 83a and the climax degree 83b in association with each other for all broadcasting stations in the country.

When the communicator 51 receives the excitement level request signal for requesting the data of the excitement transmitted from the mobile terminal device 10 via the communication network 3, the excitement transmitter 77 controls the communicator 51 to store it. The data signal including the climax table 83 stored in the unit 54 is transmitted to the mobile terminal device 10 that has transmitted the climax request signal.

  In addition, when the excitement degree request signal includes information on the location where the mobile terminal device 10 that transmitted the signal exists or the area to which the place belongs, or the broadcasting station ID of the broadcasting station requesting the excitement degree Is included, the excitement level transmission unit 77 determines the excitement level of each broadcasting station that can be viewed in the area to which the mobile terminal device 10 belongs, from the excitement level table 83 stored in the storage unit 54, or Only the excitement level associated with the broadcast station ID is extracted, and a data signal including the extracted excitement level data is transmitted to the mobile terminal device 10 that has transmitted the excitement level request signal by controlling the communication unit 51. Let As described above, by transmitting a data signal including only the data of the degree of excitement required by the mobile terminal device 10, it is possible to reduce the amount of data to be transmitted.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a miniblog extraction information table creation process executed in the server device 50. When the miniblog acquisition unit 71 controls the communication unit 51 to acquire newly accumulated miniblog data from the miniblog server device 4, the process is started, and the process proceeds to step a <b> 1. As described above, the acquisition of the miniblog data by the miniblog acquisition unit 71 is periodically executed.

  In step a1, the miniblog extracting unit 73 extracts one piece of miniblog data to be determined from the miniblog data acquired by the miniblog acquiring unit 71, and proceeds to step a2. In step a2, the miniblog extracting unit 73 extracts one keyword 81b stored in the keyword table 81, and proceeds to step a3.

  In step a3, the miniblog extracting unit 73 determines whether or not the extracted keyword 81b is included in the miniblog text d2 in the determination target miniblog data. If not included, the process proceeds to step a4. If it is included, the process proceeds to step a5.

  In step a4, the miniblog extracting unit 73 determines whether or not the determination has been completed for all the keywords 81b stored in the keyword table 81. If the determination has been completed, the process proceeds to step a6. If not, the process returns to step a 2, and the next keyword 81 b is extracted from the keyword table 81 by the miniblog extracting unit 73.

  In step a5, the miniblog extraction information management unit 74 refers to the keyword table 81, and uses the broadcast station ID 81a associated with the keyword 81b extracted in step a2 and the determination target miniblog data in step a3. The post time d3 included is associated and recorded in the miniblog extraction information table 82 stored in the storage unit 54, and the process proceeds to step a6.

  In step a6, the miniblog extracting unit 73 determines whether or not the determination has been completed for all the miniblog data acquired by the miniblog acquiring unit 71. If not, the process returns to step a1. If the next miniblog data is taken out by the miniblog extracting unit 73 and has been finished, the processing is finished.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the excitement degree derivation process executed in the server device 50. When the process starts, in step b1, the climax degree counting unit 75 determines whether or not the degree of climax should be derived. If it is determined that it should be derived, the process proceeds to step b2. As described above, since the degree of excitement is derived periodically, in this step b1, when a preset period has elapsed since the time when the degree of excitement was previously derived, It is determined that the degree of excitement should be derived.

  In step b2, the excitement level counting unit 75 initializes a count table in which count numbers are described for all broadcast stations, that is, sets the count numbers for all broadcast stations to 0, and proceeds to step b3. . In step b3, the climax totaling unit 75 acquires the current time from a timer (not shown) installed in the server device 50, and proceeds to step b4.

  In step b4, the excitement level totaling unit 75 refers to the miniblog extraction information table 82 stored in the storage unit 54, and the posting time 82b is included in the past 10 minutes from the current time acquired in step b3. Is extracted, and the process proceeds to step b5.

  In step b5, the excitement level totaling unit 75 extracts a record that has not yet been counted from the records extracted in step b4, and proceeds to step b6. In step b6, the climax degree counting unit 75 increments the count number corresponding to the broadcast station ID 82a in the extracted record in the count table, and proceeds to step b7.

  In step b7, the climax totaling unit 75 determines whether or not the determination has been completed for all the records extracted in step b4. If the determination has been completed, the process proceeds to step b8. Returns to step b5, and the next record is taken out by the swell degree counting unit 75.

  In step b8, the excitement degree totaling unit 75 derives the excitement degree for each broadcasting station based on the count number described in the count table, and proceeds to step b9. In step b9, the excitement degree management unit 76 associates the derived excitement degree with the broadcast station ID, records it in the excitement degree table 83 stored in the storage unit 54, and returns to step b1.

  By this excitement degree derivation process, the excitement degree table 83 stored in the storage unit 54 is updated for each preset period. When the communicator 51 receives the excitement level request signal transmitted from the mobile terminal device 10, the excitement level transmitter 77 refers to the excitement level table 83 at the time when the excitement level request signal is received, and the communication unit 51. And a data signal including the data of the degree of excitement is transmitted to the mobile terminal device 10.

  Next, the configuration of the mobile terminal device 10 will be described. FIG. 10 is a plan view showing an appearance of the mobile terminal device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, a mobile phone device having a function of remotely operating the TV receiver 2 will be described as an example of the remote operation device. However, the application target of the present invention is not limited to such a mobile phone device, and for example, for a dedicated remote control device (hereinafter abbreviated as “remote control”) attached to the TV receiver 2. PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) and PD equipped with a function for remotely operating the TV receiver 2 are also applicable.
The present invention is also applicable to A (Personal Digital Assistant).

  Here, it is assumed that the function for remotely operating the TV receiver 2 includes at least a channel selection function for switching a broadcast station selected by the TV receiver 2, and in addition to the channel selection function, it is not activated. A power ON / OFF function for supplying power to the TV receiver 2 in the state or shutting off the power supply to the TV receiver 2 in the operating state, or reducing or increasing the volume of the sound output from the TV receiver 2 A volume change function to be performed may be further included.

  The mobile terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment is a mobile phone device configured as a so-called smartphone. As shown in FIG. 10, a display surface 21 a on which an image is displayed is provided on the front surface which is one main surface portion. In addition to being provided, three operation keys 11a each having a predetermined function assigned thereto are provided.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the mobile terminal device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 11, the mobile terminal device 10 includes a key operation unit 11, a touch panel 12, a vibration unit 13, a first wireless communication unit 14, a second wireless communication unit 15, a microphone 16, and a speaker 17. And an audio processing unit 18, a storage unit 19, and a control unit 20.

  The key operation unit 11 includes not only three operation keys 11a provided on the front portion of the mobile terminal device 10 but also operation keys (not shown) provided on the side surface portion of the mobile terminal device 10, and any operation key is pressed by the user. When operated, the control unit 20 is given a signal indicating that the operation key has been operated.

  The touch panel 12 has a display surface 21a, and includes a display unit 21 configured to be able to display an image on the display surface 21a, and a touch sensor 22 superimposed on the display unit 21.

  The display unit 21 includes a known thin display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display, for example, and displays an image corresponding to the image data given from the control unit 20 on the display surface 21a.

  The touch sensor 22 detects various touch operations performed on the display surface 21a of the display unit 21 together with the position on the display surface 21a where the touch operation is performed, using a finger, a stylus, or the like by the user. It is a coordinate input device. Examples of the touch operation detected by the touch sensor 22 include a tap operation, a flick operation, a drag operation, a pinch-in operation, and a pinch-out operation. The detection result by the touch sensor 22 is given to the control unit 20.

  The vibration unit 13 includes a vibration motor 13 a for vibrating the mobile terminal device 10. The vibration unit 13 vibrates the mobile terminal device 10 when the vibration motor 13a is driven in response to a vibration command signal given from the control unit 20.

  For example, when it is set to notify the user of the incoming call or vibration by vibration (vibration), the control unit 20 responds to the incoming call or e-mail. A vibration command signal for vibrating the mobile terminal device 10 with a preset vibration pattern is generated and applied to the vibration unit 13.

  In the vibration unit 13, the vibration motor 13 a is driven in response to the vibration control signal given from the control unit 20, whereby the mobile terminal device 10 vibrates with a vibration pattern corresponding to the incoming call or e-mail. The user can know that there is an incoming call or e-mail by sensing the vibration of the mobile terminal device 10.

  The first wireless communication unit 14 functions as a communication interface for performing communication with the TV receiver 2 by short-range wireless communication. The communication form between the first wireless communication unit 14 and the TV receiver 2 may be communication using infrared rays, and is based on wireless communication standards such as IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth (registered trademark), and Zigbee (registered trademark). Communication based on radio waves may be used.

  Specifically, the first wireless communication unit 14 has a function of transmitting various command data for remotely operating the TV receiver 2 to the outside by short-range wireless communication. Hereinafter, a radio signal transmitted by the first radio communication unit 14 and including the command data is referred to as a “command signal”.

  The various command data includes, for example, “to increase the output volume by one level”, “turn on / off the power”, “switch the channel”, etc. These command data will be described in detail later. In response to a tap operation on the display surface 21 a by the user, the control unit 20 generates the signal and gives it to the first wireless communication unit 14.

  When the command data as described above is given from the control unit 20, the first wireless communication unit 14 generates a command signal and transmits it to the outside in a predetermined communication form. In the present embodiment, the first wireless communication unit 14 is configured to transmit the generated command signal to the outside using an infrared signal.

  The first wireless communication unit 14 also has a function of receiving a wireless signal transmitted from the TV receiver 2 by short-range wireless communication. The TV receiver 2 to be remotely operated in the present embodiment receives a command signal (hereinafter referred to as “channel selection signal”) for switching the broadcasting station transmitted from the mobile terminal device 10 by an infrared receiver (not shown). Then, in response to the channel selection signal, the broadcast station is switched, and a return signal for notifying that the channel selection signal has been properly received is generated and transmitted to the outside by short-range wireless communication. The first wireless communication unit 14 has a function of receiving this return signal transmitted from the TV receiver 2.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that the return signal includes data indicating the broadcasting station after being switched in response to the channel selection signal, and the TV receiver 2 receives the return signal. Suppose that it is configured to transmit to the outside using radio waves based on a wireless communication standard such as IEEE 802.11.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the mobile terminal device 10 is configured to transmit a channel switching signal to the outside using an infrared signal. Since the infrared signal has strong directivity, even in an environment where a plurality of TV receivers 2 are installed, the infrared signal is transmitted to the TV receiver 2 to be remotely operated. There is an advantage that only the receiver 2 can be remotely operated. On the other hand, when the infrared signal is transmitted in a direction deviated from the TV receiver 2 to be remotely operated, the infrared signal may not be properly received by the TV receiver 2.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, in order for the mobile terminal device 10 to grasp that the channel selection signal transmitted from the mobile terminal device 10 has been properly received by the TV receiver 2 to be remotely operated, as described above. In addition, when the TV receiver 2 properly receives the channel selection signal, the return signal is transmitted to the outside.

The second radio communication unit 15 includes a communication antenna and a communication control unit, establishes a radio signal line using a method such as CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) with a base station of a mobile communication cellular network, Telephone communication and data communication with the station. That is, the second wireless communication unit 15 functions as a communication interface for communicating with the server device 50 via the communication network 3.

For example, when the mobile terminal device 10 is used for a voice call, the voice input from the microphone 16 is converted into a digital signal by the voice processing unit 18, and the digital signal is communicated by the second wireless communication unit 15. The signal is transmitted to the public network as a radio signal from the communication antenna via the control unit. Conversely, voice data transmitted from the other party of the voice call to the public network as a radio wave signal is received by the communication antenna of the second wireless communication unit 15 and converted into a digital signal through the communication control unit. The digital signal is converted into an analog electric signal by the sound processing unit 18 and finally outputted from the speaker 17 as sound.

  The storage unit 19 is a storage device that stores software and data used for processing in the control unit 55, and SRAM and DRAM that can hold data only while power is supplied to the server device 50, or a server device This is realized by a flash memory, an EEPROM, or the like that can keep the recorded data even when the power supply to 50 is cut off.

  Specifically, the storage unit 19 includes a mail program 31 for realizing a mail application (e-mail function), a browser program 32 for realizing a browser application (WEB browsing function), and a phone book application (phone book function). A telephone book program 33 for realizing the remote control and a remote control program 34 for realizing a remote control application (remote operation function) are stored.

  In addition to the operating system program for realizing the basic functions of the mobile terminal device 10, the storage unit 19 includes processing condition data 35 including data used when the remote control program 34 is executed, various processing conditions, and the like. Phone book data 36 and the like are also stored. The processing condition data 35 includes a remote control key table 47, a climax table 48, a vibration pattern table 49, and the like which will be described later.

  The control unit 20 is a processing unit that controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal device 10 and is realized by, for example, a CPU. The control unit 20 performs various processes performed in the mobile terminal device 10 in accordance with a pressing operation on the key operation unit 11 or a touch operation on the display surface 21 a and various programs stored in the storage unit 19 of the mobile terminal device 10. The vibration unit 13, the first wireless communication unit 14, the second wireless communication unit 15, the sound processing unit 18, the storage unit 19, and the display unit 21 are controlled so as to be appropriately executed.

  FIG. 12 is a functional block diagram illustrating various functions realized by the control unit 20 executing the remote control program 34 in the mobile terminal device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The control unit 20 executes the remote control program 34 stored in the storage unit 19, thereby performing a broadcasting station assignment management unit 40, a remote control screen generation unit 41, a climax level acquisition unit 42, a climax level management unit 43, and a remote operation control unit. 44, functions as a vibration determination unit 45 and a vibration control unit 46. The remote control program 34 is executed when a user taps an icon of a remote control application displayed on the home screen of the mobile terminal device 10.

  The broadcast station allocation management unit 40 controls the storage unit 19 to show a correspondence relationship between broadcast stations that can be selected at the location where the mobile terminal device 10 exists and the remote control key ID (hereinafter, referred to as a “remote control key ID”). 47) (referred to as “remote control key table”).

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the remote control key table 47 stored in the storage unit 19 of the mobile terminal device 10. In the remote control key table 47, a remote station key ID 47a including channel numbers 1 to 12 is stored in association with a broadcast station ID 47b of a broadcast station that can be selected at a place where the mobile terminal device 10 exists.

For example, when the remote control program 34 is executed, the broadcast station assignment management unit 40 may create the remote control key table 47 based on the region set by the user and store the remote control key table 47 in the storage unit 19. When GPS (Global Positioning System) information indicating the current position can be acquired, the remote control key table 47 may be created based on the acquired GPS information and stored in the storage unit 19.

  The remote control screen generation unit 41 refers to the remote control key table 47 stored in the storage unit 19 as the remote control program 34 is executed, generates image data of the remote control screen 90, and displays the generated image data on the display unit 21. Output to. In the display unit 21, when image data is input from the remote control screen generation unit 41, the remote control screen 90 is displayed on the display surface 21a.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a remote control screen 90 displayed on the display surface 21a as the remote control program 34 is executed. As shown in FIG. 14, the remote control screen 90 includes 12 channel icons 91, channel up icons 92 arranged in a matrix along the vertical and horizontal directions of the screen for each of channel numbers 1 to 12. A channel down icon 93, a power icon 94, a volume up icon 95, a volume down icon 96, and a mute icon 97 are displayed.

  When the remote control screen 90 is displayed on the display surface 21a of the display unit 21, touch areas 91t to 97t are set for predetermined areas including the icons 91 to 97. Thus, when a tap operation is performed on the touch areas 91t to 97t, a command signal for remotely operating the TV receiver 2 is transmitted from the first wireless communication unit 14.

  The climax level acquisition unit 42 controls the second wireless communication unit 15 to periodically acquire climax data from the server device 50 via the communication network 3. Specifically, the excitement level acquisition unit 42 causes the second wireless communication unit 15 to transmit an excitement level request signal that requests data of the excitement level. Then, when the second wireless communication unit 15 receives the data signal transmitted from the server device 50 in response to the swell level request signal, the swell level acquisition unit 42 acquires the swell level data.

  In the present embodiment, the excitement level acquisition unit 42 controls the second wireless communication unit 15 to periodically acquire the excitement level data from the server device 50. The period for acquiring the degree of excitement data from the server device 50 is set to 1 minute, for example.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the climax level acquisition unit 42 refers to the remote control key table 47 stored in the storage unit 19, and the climax level request signal including data of the broadcast station ID 47 b stored in the remote control key table 47. Is transmitted to the server device 50. Thereby, only the data of the degree of excitement related to the broadcasting station with the broadcasting station ID 47 b stored in the remote control key table 47 is transmitted from the server device 50 as a data signal.

  When the excitement degree acquisition unit 42 acquires the excitement degree data, the excitement degree management unit 43 acquires the current time from a timer (not shown) mounted on the mobile terminal device 10 and is included in the data signal. Each climax is associated with a broadcast station ID and recorded in the climax table 48 stored in the storage unit 19 together with the current time acquired from the timer.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the climax table 48 stored in the storage unit 19 of the mobile terminal device 10. In the climax table 48, as shown in FIG. 7, the bulge degree 48b included in the data signal is associated with the broadcast station ID 48a of the corresponding broadcast station, and stored together with the time 48c when the climax data is acquired. The climax degree table 48 is updated by the climax degree management unit 43 every time the climax degree data is acquired by the climax degree acquisition unit 42.

  When the remote control screen 90 is displayed on the display surface 21 a of the display unit 21, the remote operation control unit 44 monitors the detection result given from the touch sensor 22 to the control unit 20, and touches the touch areas 91 t to 97 t that are tapped. Perform the corresponding process.

  Specifically, when the remote operation control unit 44 performs a tap operation on the touch area 94 t including the power icon 94, the remote operation control unit 44 outputs command data for turning on or off the power supply to the TV receiver 2. When generated and tapped on the touch area 95t including the volume up icon 95, command data for increasing the volume of the sound output from the TV receiver 2 is generated. When a tap operation is performed on the touch area 96t including the volume down icon 96, command data for lowering the volume of the sound output from the TV receiver 2 is generated, and the touch including the mute icon 97 is generated. When a tap operation is performed on the area 97t, command data for stopping or resuming output of sound from the TV receiver 2 is generated. Then, the remote operation control unit 44 gives the generated command data to the first wireless communication unit 14. When the command data is given, the first wireless communication unit 14 generates a command signal and outputs it to the outside.

  Similarly, when a tap operation is performed on the touch area 91t including the channel icon 91, the remote operation control unit 44 sets command data for switching to a broadcast station having a channel number corresponding to the channel icon 91 that has been tapped. Generate. When a tap operation is performed on the touch area 92 t including the channel up icon 92, a command for switching to a broadcast station having a channel number one larger than the channel number of the broadcast station currently selected in the TV receiver 2. When data is generated and a tap operation is performed on the touch area 93t including the channel down icon 93, the broadcast station having a channel number one smaller than the channel number of the currently selected broadcast station in the TV receiver 2 is set. Command data for switching is generated. Then, the remote operation control unit 44 gives the generated command data to the first wireless communication unit 14. When the command data is given, the first wireless communication unit 14 generates a channel selection signal and outputs it to the outside.

  In addition, when the first wireless communication unit 14 receives the return signal transmitted from the TV receiver 2 in response to the channel selection signal transmitted from the first wireless communication unit 14, the remote operation control unit 44 returns the return signal to the return signal. The channel number of the broadcast station after switching is acquired, and the acquired channel number is given to the vibration determination unit 45.

  When the channel number is given from the remote operation control unit 44, the vibration determination unit 45 refers to the remote control key table 47, the climax degree table 48 and the vibration pattern table 49 stored in the storage unit 19, and determines the mobile terminal device 10. Whether to vibrate is determined, and when it is vibrated, its vibration pattern is determined.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of the vibration pattern table 49 stored in the storage unit 19 of the mobile terminal device 10. In the vibration pattern table 49, a vibration pattern 49b for vibrating the mobile terminal device 10 is set according to the numerical range of the degree of swelling 49a with 100 as the upper limit value. The vibration pattern table 49 is incorporated in the remote control program 34 in advance, and is stored in the storage unit 19 by executing the remote control program 34.

  The vibration pattern table 49 may not be edited by the user, and the numerical range setting and vibration pattern setting may be changed by the user when the remote control program 34 is executed.

  Specifically, when the channel number is given from the remote operation control unit 44, the vibration determination unit 45 refers to the remote control key table 47 and refers to the broadcast station ID 47b associated with the remote control key ID 47a of the given channel number. And the climax degree 48b associated with the specified broadcast station ID 48a is identified with reference to the climax degree table 48. Then, referring to the vibration pattern table 49, the vibration pattern 49b associated with the numerical range to which the specified degree of rise 48b belongs is specified.

  The case of the example shown in FIGS. 13, 15, and 16 will be described. When the channel number “4” is given from the remote operation control unit 44, the degree of excitement 48 b is “20”. 45 determines that the portable terminal device 10 is not vibrated. Further, when the channel number “2” is given from the remote operation control unit 44, since the degree of swell 48b is “67”, the vibration determination unit 45 causes the mobile terminal device 10 to vibrate “single vibration”. When it is determined that the pattern is vibrated and the channel number “1” is given from the remote operation control unit 44, the degree of excitement 48 b is “100”, so the vibration determination unit 45 causes the mobile terminal device 10 to be “ It is determined to vibrate with a vibration pattern of “three times vibration”. When the determination is performed as described above, the vibration determination unit 45 gives the determination result to the vibration control unit 46.

  When the determination result is given from the vibration determination unit 45, the vibration control unit 46 generates a vibration command signal for vibrating the mobile terminal device 10 with a vibration pattern corresponding to the determination result, and gives the vibration command signal to the vibration unit 13. In the vibration unit 13, when a vibration control signal is given from the control unit 20, the vibration motor 13 a is driven in response to the vibration control signal, whereby the mobile terminal device 10 vibrates with a vibration pattern according to the determination result. To do.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the excitement degree table update process performed during the execution of the remote control program 34 in the mobile terminal device 10. When the remote control application 34 is executed by the user performing a tap operation on the icon of the remote control application displayed on the home screen of the mobile terminal device 10, the process is started and the process proceeds to step m1.

  In step m1, the excitement level acquisition unit 42 refers to the remote control key table 47 stored in the storage unit 19, acquires the broadcast station ID 47b of the broadcast station assigned to the remote control key ID 47a, and proceeds to step m2. .

  In step m2, the excitement degree acquisition unit 42 controls the second wireless communication unit 15 to transmit an excitement degree request signal for requesting the excitement degree data related to the broadcasting station ID 47b acquired in step m1, and in step m3. Proceed to

  In step m3, the excitement level acquisition unit 42 determines whether or not a data signal has been received within a predetermined time after transmitting the excitement level request signal. When the data signal is not received within a predetermined time due to a communication abnormality or the like, the process returns to step m2, and the second wireless communication unit 15 is controlled to transmit the excitement degree request signal again. On the other hand, if a data signal is received, the process proceeds to step m4.

In step m4, the excitement degree management unit 43 obtains the current time from the timer mounted on the mobile terminal device 10, and associates the broadcast station ID with each excitement degree included in the data signal, and obtains the time from the timer. At the same time, it is recorded in the climax table 48 stored in the storage unit 19, and the process proceeds to step m5.

  In step m5, the excitement level acquisition unit 42 determines whether or not a preset time has elapsed from the transmission time of the previous excitement level request signal. If it is determined that it has elapsed, the process returns to step m2. The process of step m2 is repeated until it is determined that the time has passed. This excitement degree table update process is continuously executed until the remote control program 34 is terminated.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the excitement degree table 48 is configured to be updated periodically. In other embodiments, the display surface 21a of the display unit 21 is touched for a certain period. When the operation is not performed, the update of the climax table 48 may be temporarily stopped, and the update of the climax table 48 may be resumed in response to the touch operation on the display surface 21a. . In still another embodiment, when the touch operation is not performed on the display surface 21a of the display unit 21 for a certain period of time, the set time used for the determination in step m5 is temporarily increased, thereby increasing the excitement. It may be configured to reduce the frequency of updating the degree table 48. According to such another embodiment, power consumption in the mobile terminal device 10 can be suppressed as much as possible.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the swell notification process performed during the execution of the remote control program 34 in the mobile terminal device 10. When the remote control program 34 is executed and the remote control screen 90 is displayed on the display surface 21a of the display unit 21, the process is started and the process proceeds to step n1.

  In step n1, the remote operation control unit 44 monitors the detection result given from the touch sensor 22 to the control unit 20, and performs a tap operation on the touch areas 91t to 97t of the icons 91 to 97 displayed on the remote control screen 90. If it is determined whether the tap operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step n2, and the process of step n1 is repeated until it is determined that the tap operation has been performed.

  In step n2, the remote operation control unit 44 determines whether or not the tap operation is a tap operation for switching broadcast stations (hereinafter referred to as “channel selection operation”). That is, when a tap operation is performed on any one of the touch areas 94t to 97t, it is determined that the operation is not a channel selection operation, and the process proceeds to step n3 to perform a tap operation on any one of the touch areas 91t to 93t. Is performed, it is determined that it is a channel selection operation, and the process proceeds to step n4.

  In step n3, the remote operation control unit 44 generates command data corresponding to the touched touch area, gives the generated command data to the first wireless communication unit 14, and returns to step n1. Thereby, the first wireless communication unit 14 generates a command signal and outputs the command signal to the outside. When the TV receiver 2 receives the command signal, the first wireless communication unit 14 performs processing corresponding to the command data, specifically, turning on the power or Processing such as OFF, volume increase or decrease, and mute ON or OFF is executed.

  In step n4, the remote operation control unit 44 controls the first wireless communication unit 14 to transmit a channel selection signal corresponding to the touch area that has been tapped, and the process proceeds to step n5. As a result, when the channel selection signal is properly received by the TV receiver 2, the broadcasting station is switched according to the channel selection signal, and the TV receiver 2 is currently broadcast by the switched broadcasting station. TV programs are displayed.

  In step n5, the remote operation control unit 44 determines whether or not the first wireless communication unit 14 has received a return signal within a predetermined time. If no return signal is received, the remote operation control unit 44 returns to step n1 to return the return signal. Is received, the process proceeds to step n6.

  In step n6, the remote operation control unit 44 analyzes the return signal received by the first wireless communication unit 14, acquires the channel number of the broadcasting station after switching, and gives the acquired channel number to the vibration determination unit 45. The process proceeds to step n7.

  In step n7, the vibration determination unit 45 refers to the remote control key table 47 stored in the storage unit 19, and assigns the broadcast station ID 47b to the remote control key ID 47a of the channel number given from the remote operation control unit 44. If it is not assigned, the process returns to step n1, and if it is assigned, the process proceeds to step n8.

  In step n8, the vibration determination unit 45 refers to the swell level table 48 stored in the storage unit 19, and determines the swell level 48b associated with the broadcast station ID 48a of the channel number given from the remote operation control unit 44. Acquire and go to step n9.

  In step n9, the vibration determination unit 45 determines whether or not the degree of swell 48b acquired in step n8 is valid data. Specifically, referring to the climax table 48, when the time interval between the time 48c when the climax 48b is acquired and the current time acquired from the timer is greater than a preset time, If the time interval is within the preset time, the process proceeds to step n10 assuming that the data of the degree of rise 48b is valid. Here, the time used for determining whether the data is valid or invalid is set to 5 minutes, for example.

  In step n10, the vibration determination unit 45 refers to the vibration pattern table 49 stored in the storage unit 19, and determines whether or not the mobile terminal device 10 should be vibrated based on the degree of swelling 48b acquired in step n8. If it is determined that it is not necessary to vibrate, the process returns to step n1, and if it is necessary to vibrate, the process proceeds to step n11.

  In step n11, the vibration determination unit 45 refers to the vibration pattern table 49 stored in the storage unit 19, specifies the vibration pattern 49b associated with the numerical range to which the climax 48b acquired in step n8 belongs, Proceed to step n12.

  In step n12, when the vibration pattern 49b is specified by the vibration determination unit 45, the vibration control unit 46 generates a vibration command signal for vibrating the mobile terminal device 10 with the vibration pattern 49b and gives the vibration command signal to the vibration unit 13. Then, the process returns to step n1.

  Thereby, in the vibration part 13, the vibration motor 13a drives in response to the vibration control signal, and the portable terminal device 10 vibrates. Therefore, the user can grasp the degree of excitement of the television program currently being broadcast by the selected broadcasting station by sensing the vibration pattern of the mobile terminal device 10.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a user wants to select and watch one TV program from among the TV programs currently broadcast by each selectable broadcast station, the user can When the broadcast station is switched by operating the remote control device realized by the terminal device 10, the degree of excitement of the selected television program is notified via the remote control device. Therefore, the user can easily select a live TV program when he / she wants to select and watch one TV program from a plurality of TV programs.

  Further, since the degree of excitement is notified via the remote control device in response to the user's channel selection operation, when the user is not performing the channel selection operation as in the prior art, in other words, the TV receiver 2. When a television program displayed on the screen is concentrated and viewed, a GUI screen indicating the presence of a lively program is suddenly prevented from being displayed, thereby preventing the viewing of the television program from being hindered. it can.

  In the embodiment described above, the degree of swell is configured to be notified by the number of times the mobile terminal device 10 vibrates. However, when the vibration unit 13 is configured to be able to control the strength of vibration, vibration is generated. It can also be configured to notify the degree of climax depending on the strength of.

  In the above embodiment, the user is notified of the degree of climax through the vibration of the mobile terminal device 10. In other embodiments, the beep output from the mobile terminal device 10 is configured. It may be configured to notify the degree of climax according to the number of sounds and volume, and in another embodiment, the degree of climax is notified according to the color of light emitted from the mobile terminal device 10 and the number of blinks. In still other embodiments, these may be combined.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the number of posts on the miniblog is used as it is, but in other embodiments, for example, the number of posts from each broadcasting station is set to the TV program (broadcasting station) on which the miniblog is posted most. The value normalized by dividing by the number of posts) may be used as the degree of excitement, or the value obtained by dividing the number of posts from each broadcasting station by the total number of posts on the mini-blog related to the TV program may be used as the degree of excitement.

  Also, in the above embodiment, the degree of excitement is derived using the number of posts on the miniblog, but as another embodiment, the audience rating per minute of the TV program currently being broadcast by each broadcast station is calculated. When there is a server device that is investigated and accumulated, the audience rating for each minute may be acquired from the server device, and the degree of excitement may be obtained.

  In the above embodiment, only when a return signal is received from the TV receiver 2, the degree of swell is notified by vibration, but a return signal is transmitted to the TV receiver 2. In some embodiments, when a channel selection operation is performed by the user, a channel selection signal is transmitted and the degree of excitement of the broadcast station selected by the channel selection operation is determined as another embodiment. Accordingly, the mobile terminal device 10 may be configured to vibrate.

  Hereinafter, an information communication system including the mobile terminal device 10A and the server device 50A according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 19 and FIG.

  FIG. 19 is a functional block diagram showing various functions realized by the control unit 55 executing the excitement degree derivation program 61 in the server device 50A according to another embodiment of the present invention. Note that the various functions realized in the server device 50A according to the present embodiment are only partially different from the various functions realized in the server device 50 according to the above-described embodiment, and the same configuration is the same. The description is abbreviate | omitted and attached | subjected.

  In the present embodiment, the control unit 55 executes the excitement degree derivation program 61 stored in the storage unit 54, thereby mini-blog acquisition unit 71, keyword management unit 72, mini-blog extraction unit 73, and mini-blog extraction information management. It functions as a unit 74, a climax totaling unit 75, a climax management unit 76, a vibration type determining unit 78 and a vibration type transmitting unit 79.

  In addition to the keyword table 81, the miniblog extraction information table 82, and the climax table 83, the storage unit 54 stores a vibration pattern table 84. Since the vibration pattern table 84 is the same as the vibration pattern table 49 stored in the storage unit 19 of the mobile terminal device 10 in the above-described embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  When the communication unit 51 receives the vibration type request signal for requesting the vibration type transmitted from the mobile terminal device 10A via the communication network 3, the vibration type transmission unit 79 analyzes the received vibration type request signal.

  It is assumed that the vibration type request signal includes the broadcast station ID of the broadcast station from which the mobile terminal device 10A requests data, as in the excitement level request signal in the above-described embodiment. Then, the vibration type transmission unit 79 acquires the broadcast station ID included in the vibration type request signal, and gives the acquired broadcast station ID to the vibration type determination unit 78.

  In the vibration type determination unit 78, when the broadcast station ID is acquired from the vibration type transmission unit 79, the excitement degree table 83 stored in the storage unit 20 is referred to, and the excitement degree of each acquired broadcast station ID is specified. With reference to the vibration pattern table 84 stored in the storage unit 20, the vibration pattern associated with the numerical range to which the specified degree of swell belongs is specified. Then, vibration pattern data in which a vibration pattern is associated with each acquired broadcast station ID is given to the vibration type transmission unit 79.

  When receiving the vibration pattern data from the vibration type determination unit 78, the vibration type transmission unit 79 controls the communication unit 51 to transmit a data signal including the vibration pattern data to the mobile terminal device 10A that has transmitted the vibration type request signal. To send to.

  FIG. 20 is a functional block diagram showing various functions realized by the control unit 20 executing the remote control program 34 in the mobile terminal device 10A according to another embodiment of the present invention. Note that the various functions realized in the mobile terminal device 10A according to the present embodiment are only partially different from the various functions realized in the mobile terminal device 10A according to the above-described embodiment. Are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, the control unit 20 executes the remote control program 34 stored in the storage unit 19, so that the broadcast station assignment management unit 40, the remote control screen generation unit 41, the remote operation control unit 44, the vibration determination unit 45, It functions as the vibration control unit 46, the vibration type acquisition unit 101, and the vibration type management unit 102. In addition to the remote control key table 47, the storage unit 54 stores a broadcast station-specific vibration pattern table 103 described later.

  The vibration type acquisition unit 101 controls the second wireless communication unit 15 to periodically acquire vibration type data from the server device 50 </ b> A via the communication network 3. Specifically, the vibration type acquisition unit 101 refers to the remote control key table 47 stored in the storage unit 19, and receives a vibration type request signal including data of the broadcasting station ID 47 b stored in the remote control key table 47. Then, the second wireless communication unit 15 is caused to transmit. Then, when the second wireless communication unit 15 receives a data signal transmitted from the server device 50A in response to the vibration type request signal, the vibration type acquisition unit 101 acquires vibration pattern data.

  When the vibration type data is acquired by the vibration type acquisition unit 101, the vibration type management unit 102 acquires the current time from a timer (not shown) mounted on the mobile terminal device 10A, and stores the current time together with the vibration pattern data. Recorded in the broadcast station-specific vibration pattern table 103 stored in the unit 19.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of the broadcast station-specific vibration pattern table 103 stored in the storage unit 19 of the mobile terminal device 10A. In the broadcast station-specific vibration pattern table 103, as shown in FIG. 21, the vibration pattern 103b is associated with the broadcast station ID 103a stored in the remote control key table 47, and stored together with the time 103c when the vibration pattern data is acquired. . This broadcast station specific vibration pattern table 103 is updated by the vibration type management unit 102 every time vibration pattern data is acquired by the vibration type acquisition unit 101.

  In this embodiment, when the channel number is given from the remote operation control unit 44 in response to the channel selection operation by the user, the vibration determination unit 45 refers to the remote control key table 47 and refers to the remote control key of the given channel number. The broadcast station ID 47b associated with the ID 47a is identified, and the vibration pattern 103b associated with the identified broadcast station ID 103a is identified with reference to the broadcast station-specific vibration pattern table 103.

  In the vibration control unit 46, when a vibration pattern is specified by the vibration determination unit 45, a vibration command signal for vibrating the mobile terminal device 10 with the vibration pattern is generated and given to the vibration unit 13. In the vibration unit 13, when a vibration control signal is given from the control unit 20, the vibration motor 13 a is driven in response to the vibration control signal, so that the mobile terminal device 10 </ b> A has a vibration pattern according to the degree of swelling. Vibrate.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the above-described embodiment. In addition, according to the present embodiment, the mobile terminal device 10A acquires not the data of the degree of excitement for each broadcasting station, but the vibration pattern data for each broadcasting station from the server device 50A. In this way, by adopting a configuration in which the degree of excitement data is not acquired by the mobile terminal device 10A, it is possible to eliminate the risk that the degree of excitement data will be diverted to other uses by a third party.

  In each embodiment described above, the remote control program 34 is stored in the storage unit 19 realized by a flash memory or the like, but is not limited to a storage device such as a semiconductor memory or a hard disk, and can be read by a computer. It may be recorded on a recording medium. The recording medium may be a recording medium that can be read by providing a program reading device as an external storage device (not shown) and inserting the recording medium therein, or may be a storage device of another device. .

  Any recording medium may be used as long as the program stored in the recording medium is accessed from a computer and executed. In other words, any recording medium may be used as long as the program is read from the recording medium, the read program is stored in the program storage area of the storage device, and the program is executed. Further, it may be downloaded from another device via a communication network and stored in the program storage area. The download program is stored in advance in a storage device of a computer, or installed in a program storage area from another recording medium.

The recording medium configured to be separable from the main body is, for example, a tape-based recording medium such as a magnetic tape / cassette tape, a disk-based recording medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk, or a magnetic disk such as a flexible disk / hard disk. Disc or CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) / MO (Magneto Optical disk) / MD (Mini Disk) / DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) disk-type recording medium, IC (Integrated Circuit) card (memory Card-type recording media such as optical cards, etc., or fixed programs including mask ROM / EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) / EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) / semiconductor memory such as flash ROM May be a recording medium carrying the.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information communication system 2 TV receiver 3 Communication network 4 Mini blog server apparatus 10 Portable terminal device 13 Vibration part 34 Remote control program 40 Broadcast station allocation management part 41 Remote control screen generation part 42 Swell degree acquisition part 43 Swell degree management part 44 Remote operation Control unit 45 Vibration determination unit 46 Vibration control unit 47 Remote control key table 48 Raise degree table 49 Vibration pattern table 50 Server device 71 Miniblog acquisition unit 72 Keyword management unit 73 Miniblog extraction unit 74 Miniblog extraction information management unit 75 Part 76 Exciting degree management part 77 Exciting degree transmitting part 81 Keyword table 82 Miniblog extraction information table 83 Exciting degree table

Claims (12)

An operation unit having a channel selection button;
A first wireless communication unit that outputs a wireless signal for switching a broadcast station selected in the television receiver;
A second wireless communication unit that communicates via a communication network with a server device that derives a recommendation degree of a television program broadcast by each broadcasting station;
A notification operation unit for performing an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation;
When the channel selection button is operated, a control unit that causes the first radio communication unit to output a radio signal for switching to the broadcasting station corresponding to the channel selection button,
The controller is
A recommendation level acquisition unit that controls the second wireless communication unit to periodically acquire a recommendation level of a television program broadcast by each broadcast station that can be selected in a television receiver from the server device;
When the channel selection button is operated, a notification for causing the notification operation unit to execute an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation of a television program broadcast by the broadcast station selected by the operation of the channel selection button. A remote control device comprising an operation control unit. The notification operation unit includes a vibration generation unit,
A storage unit that stores a correspondence table in which a recommendation level and a vibration pattern by the vibration generation unit are associated with each other;
When the channel selection button is operated, the notification operation control unit has a vibration pattern associated with a recommendation level of a television program broadcast by a broadcast station selected by the operation of the channel selection button, The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the generator is vibrated. An operation unit having a channel selection button;
A first wireless communication unit that outputs a wireless signal for switching a broadcast station selected in the television receiver;
Via a server device and a communication network for deriving a recommendation level of a TV program broadcast by each broadcasting station, and assigning an operation pattern when notifying the degree of recommendation based on the derived recommendation level for each broadcasting station A second wireless communication unit communicating with
A notification operation unit for performing an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation;
When the channel selection button is operated, a control unit that causes the first radio communication unit to output a radio signal for switching to the broadcasting station corresponding to the channel selection button,
The controller is
An operation pattern acquisition unit that controls the second wireless communication unit to periodically acquire an operation pattern assigned to each broadcast station that can be selected in a television receiver from the server device;
When the channel selection button is operated, the notification operation unit is caused to perform an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation in the operation pattern assigned to the broadcast station selected by the operation of the channel selection button. A remote operation device comprising a notification operation control unit. The notification operation unit includes a vibration generation unit,
When the channel selection button is operated, the notification operation control unit has an operation pattern associated with a recommendation degree of a television program broadcast by a broadcast station selected by the operation of the channel selection button, and the vibration The remote control device according to claim 3, wherein the generator is vibrated.   The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the recommendation level is an index indicating a degree of excitement of a television program. A server device capable of communicating with the remote control device according to claim 1 via a communication network,
A data acquisition unit for periodically acquiring a miniblog posted to the external device from an external device providing the miniblog service;
From the miniblog acquired by the data acquisition unit, a data extraction unit that extracts a miniblog related to a television program broadcast by each broadcasting station;
A recommendation level deriving unit that classifies the miniblogs extracted by the data extraction unit for each broadcasting station based on the contents of the miniblog, and derives a recommendation level of the TV program broadcast by each broadcasting station; A server device comprising: A server device capable of communicating with the remote control device according to claim 3 via a communication network,
A data acquisition unit for periodically acquiring a miniblog posted to the external device from an external device providing the miniblog service;
From the miniblog acquired by the data acquisition unit, a data extraction unit that extracts a miniblog related to a television program broadcast by each broadcasting station;
Classification of mini-blogs extracted by the data extraction unit for each broadcasting station based on the contents of the mini-blog, a recommendation degree derivation unit for deriving a recommendation degree of a TV program broadcast by each broadcasting station,
A server device, comprising: an operation pattern determination unit that assigns an operation pattern for notifying the degree of recommendation based on a derived degree of recommendation for each broadcasting station. A storage unit that stores a correspondence table in which one or more keywords are associated with each broadcasting station;
The recommendation level deriving unit classifies the miniblog extracted by the data extraction unit for each broadcasting station by comparing the keyword stored in the correspondence table with the content of the miniblog. The server device according to 6 or 7. An information communication system comprising a remote control device and a server device that can communicate with each other via a communication network,
The server device
A data acquisition unit for periodically acquiring a miniblog posted to the external device from an external device providing the miniblog service;
From the miniblog acquired by the data acquisition unit, a data extraction unit that extracts a miniblog related to a television program broadcast by each broadcasting station;
A recommendation level deriving unit that classifies the miniblogs extracted by the data extraction unit for each broadcasting station based on the contents of the miniblog, and derives a recommendation level of the TV program broadcast by each broadcasting station; Including
The remote control device is:
An operation unit having a channel selection button;
A first wireless communication unit that outputs a wireless signal for switching a broadcast station selected in the television receiver;
A second wireless communication unit communicating with the server device via a communication network;
A notification operation unit for performing an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation;
When the channel selection button is operated, the control unit causes the first wireless communication unit to output a radio signal for switching to the broadcasting station corresponding to the channel selection button,
A recommendation level acquisition unit that controls the second wireless communication unit to periodically acquire a recommendation level of a television program broadcast by each broadcast station that can be selected in a television receiver from the server device;
When the channel selection button is operated, a notification for causing the notification operation unit to execute an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation of a television program broadcast by the broadcast station selected by the operation of the channel selection button. An information communication system comprising: a control unit including an operation control unit. An information communication system comprising a remote control device and a server device that can communicate with each other via a communication network,
The server device
A data acquisition unit for periodically acquiring a miniblog posted to the external device from an external device providing the miniblog service;
From the miniblog acquired by the data acquisition unit, a data extraction unit that extracts a miniblog related to a television program broadcast by each broadcasting station;
Classification of mini-blogs extracted by the data extraction unit for each broadcasting station based on the contents of the mini-blog, a recommendation degree derivation unit for deriving a recommendation degree of a TV program broadcast by each broadcasting station,
An operation pattern determination unit that assigns an operation pattern when notifying the degree of recommendation based on the recommended degree derived for each broadcasting station,
The remote control device is:
An operation unit having a channel selection button;
A first wireless communication unit that outputs a wireless signal for switching a broadcast station selected in the television receiver;
A second wireless communication unit communicating with the server device via a communication network;
A notification operation unit for performing an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation;
When the channel selection button is operated, the control unit causes the first wireless communication unit to output a radio signal for switching to the broadcasting station corresponding to the channel selection button,
An operation pattern acquisition unit that controls the second wireless communication unit to periodically acquire an operation pattern assigned to each broadcast station that can be selected in a television receiver from the server device;
When the channel selection button is operated, the notification operation unit is caused to perform an operation for notifying the degree of recommendation in the operation pattern assigned to the broadcast station selected by the operation of the channel selection button. An information communication system comprising: a control unit including a notification operation control unit.   The program for functioning a computer as a control part in the remote control apparatus of Claim 1 or 3.   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the program of Claim 11.

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