JP2014165628A - Television information system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a television information system capable of controlling the activation of a home electronic apparatus from the outside of a building and the transmission of information generated by the electronic apparatus to the outside of a building, with contribution to improved convenience such that a person accustomed to use a mobile phone can view a mobile screen through a television.SOLUTION: By paying attention to easier operation when using the Internet through the mobile phone than using a personal computer connected to the Internet, an adaptor mainly composed of a communication circuit of the mobile phone is connected to an external video terminal of the television. By enabling mutual communication between the adaptor and a television remote controller using closed area radio such as Bluetooth, the control of adaptor operation as well as normal television operation can be made from the remote controller.

Description

  The present invention is centered on a digital television receiver installed in a building (especially in a home), and electronic devices in the home can communicate with communication devices outside the building via a public wireless communication network such as PHS. The present invention relates to a technical field in which electronic devices in a building can be controlled from communication devices outside the building.

  For television receivers that have an Internet connection function, an adapter called a set-top box is added to the receiver so that it can be connected to a cable TV company cable, or the set-top box can be connected to a telephone line. There was a time when many things were used, but in recent years, television receivers have been digitized so that they can be displayed and sold at electronic stores and used by ordinary households. Terminals are provided. Of course, a telephone terminal is also provided so that an answer such as a questionnaire can be transmitted via a LAN or a telephone line while watching a television broadcast. In addition, it is also possible to view camera images placed in the home from outside the building via a personal computer or the Internet, and there are examples where it is used for elderly care and the like. However, it is not easy for the general public to connect to the Internet, and it is troublesome to ask an electronic store for connection work or to contact the electronic store if it becomes impossible to connect to the Internet during use.

  On the other hand, a mobile phone is not limited to a telephone function, but can communicate and browse the web by e-mail, but it is not necessary to be aware of the settings for Internet connection, and it can be carried without using a PC that has troublesome Internet connection settings. The number of people who use the Internet only by phone is increasing. The following prior art patent documents disclose a technique in which a mobile phone screen is displayed on a TV screen so that an e-mail or web can be viewed on the screen, and the TV receiver does not need to be directly connected to the Internet. However, there is an exchange of signals between the television and the mobile phone, and the television needs to be equipped with the exchange function, and the existing television receiver already used in the home cannot perform its function.

JP2011-244416

  The object of the present invention is to automatically switch on / off the power supply and screen display of a TV (existing TV) from outside the building without requiring an internet connection work, and to generate an earthquake tsunami warning or message memo (e-mail). ) Can be displayed on the TV, so that people who can only turn the TV on and off and select the channel (especially elderly people) can see the mobile screen on the TV even if they are familiar with mobile phones. Contributes to improved convenience. In addition, it is possible to control the operation of home electronic devices from outside the building and to transmit information generated by the electronic devices outside the building.

  In the present invention, a plate adapter such as a thick chewing gum having a public wireless communication function such as PHS is inserted into the external video input terminal of the television receiver, and the operation of the adapter is instructed to the TV remote controller. A button that can be used is added so that the remote controller and adapter can communicate with each other via closed wireless communication such as Bluetooth. Instructions from mobile phones, landline phones, and information centers outside the building are transmitted to the television via the PHS public network, Bluetooth communication, and infrared communication, automatically turning on the TV, and two TV screens. The information (e-mail, earthquake / tsunami warning, etc.) instructed from outside the building is displayed on the TV screen. Further, by adding a Bluetooth wireless circuit to a gas leak sensor and room light installed in the home, it is possible to transmit sensor information to the outside of the building and to command lighting of the room light from outside the building.

  From outside the building, the TV power can be controlled on and off, and the earthquake and tsunami warning can be displayed on the TV even when the TV power is off. In addition, mobile phone conversations and incoming mail can be displayed using the TV screen, information such as gas leaks and fires during absences are automatically delivered to the disaster prevention center, and TV operation information is sent to the audience rating measurement center. Can be sent to. In addition, home appliances such as electric lights and air conditioners in the building can be turned on and off from outside the building.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of the present invention. It is a figure which shows a pattern that household appliances are wirelessly connected centering on the television receiver in the home. It is a figure which shows the structure of a remote control. It is a figure which shows the structure of a PHS circuit. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a remote control button. (a), (b), (c), (d) is a figure which shows the example of the screen of a television receiver. It is a figure which shows the structure of the gas leak sensor shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 1, a television receiver TV1 is placed in a home, a PHS circuit 2 is coupled to an external video terminal (preferably an HDMI terminal) of the TV1, a TV remote control 3 is turned on / off with normal infrared power for the TV And a screen selection signal, and also indicates that the PHS circuit 2 can communicate with the Bluetooth (BT) radio. In addition, since the PHS circuit 2 has a public wireless communication function such as PHS, the mobile phone 6 and the fixed phone 7 as well as the (disaster prevention) information center or (viewing) are provided as other communication devices via the public communication network 4. (Rate measurement) A pattern of communication with the information center 5 is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the remote control 3 includes a normal TV operation button unit 3-2 having an infrared transmission circuit 3-1, and a PHS circuit operation button unit 3-4 for operating a mobile phone function and the like in the PHS circuit 2. Have. The PHS circuit operation button 3-4 communicates with the PHS circuit 2 via the BT radio circuit 3-3. Moreover, since it uses as a mobile telephone, it has the microphone 3-5 and the speaker 3-6 for conversation.

  FIG. 4 shows the internal configuration of the PHS circuit 2. The PHS communication unit 2-3 is a communication circuit for performing PHS communication with the network 4 and can freely communicate with the fixed telephone 7, the mobile phone 6, and the information center 5 through the network 4. The PHS communication unit 2-3 may be considered to exclude a voice conversation unit, a key operation unit, and a liquid crystal display unit from a general PHS mobile phone, and these removed parts include the remote control 3 and the display unit of the TV 1. It substitutes with. The video signal creation unit 2-2 is a circuit for converting the display unit of the mobile phone into a television signal so that it can be displayed as an HDMI input video of the TV 1. The BT radio circuit 2-4 communicates with the BT radio circuit 3-3 of the remote controller 3 to inform that the mobile phone has received an incoming call, to convey a telephone number when calling from the remote controller, or from an HDMI input video When the menu selection to be displayed is performed with the operation button of the remote controller 3, the selected information is transmitted from the remote controller 3 to the PHS circuit 2.

  The HDMI circuit 2-1 is a circuit that generates the video / audio signal created by the video signal creation unit 2-2 as an HDMI connector signal. The memory 2-5 is used for storing a telephone answering machine, mail information, television usage history information, and the like. The PHS circuit 2 further includes a GPS receiver 2-6, a battery 2-7, and a clock 2-8. The battery 2-7 can be charged with a DC power output to the HDMI terminal when the TV power is on. The clock 2-8 is used for the time stamp function of all information such as the above-described television usage history management.

  FIG. 5 shows a button arrangement of the remote controller 3, and the left side shows a normal television remote control button and the right side shows a button for operating the PHS circuit 2.

  As an example 1 of usage pattern, the case where the information center 5 which transmits disaster prevention information transmits earthquake information is taken as an example.

  When a large earthquake or tsunami occurs, the information center 5 transmits a large earthquake tsunami warning to all registered mobile phones all at once by e-mail. The information received by the PHS communication unit 2-3 is generated as a television signal by the video signal creation unit 2-2 and is sent to the HDMI circuit 2-1, and the PHS communication unit 2-3 is notified of the reception. The control signal is sent to the remote controller by the BT radio circuit 2-4, and is turned on when the TV 1 is turned off, and the information received by e-mail is displayed on the TV screen with the screen display set as HDMI input. When the TV 1 is turned on and a program is being viewed, the remote control 3 is used to display the TV screen in two screens and to make one of them HDMI input video. An example of the screen display in this case is shown in FIG. FIG. 6A shows an example in which a television having a two-screen display function displays a television image on the left side of the screen and an HDMI input image on the right side. When using a TV without a two-screen display function, the program being viewed is temporarily switched to the HDMI input screen. When sound is not included in the information sent from the disaster prevention information center 5, an alarm sound is created by the video signal creation unit 2-2 and the volume is increased. In addition, when the TV 1 is turned on from off, the sound generation time is lengthened so that an earthquake warning or the like is noticed even when the TV viewer is sleeping. Of course, when the viewer finishes viewing the information, the alarm is canceled by the “release” button of the remote control button shown in FIG. In general, disaster prevention information such as earthquakes is displayed as telops while watching TV, so if you do not want to receive this information while watching TV and switch programs you are watching, do not display it on the screen. This setting can also be made by pressing the “reject display” button in FIG.

  As an example 2 of usage, when an e-mail is received while watching a TV, the TV 1 automatically switches to a two-screen display like the operation of the PHS circuit 2 and the remote control 3 as described in the example 1, and the HDMI while watching E-mail information converted as input video can be read. For example, when an elderly person receives an e-mail from a daughter such as “I will visit tomorrow with my grandchild”, the elderly person can view the contents of the e-mail on the TV screen without any operation. FIG. 6B shows a display example in this case. If you don't like the two-screen display and the mail display appearing without permission while watching TV, you can press the “Reject Display” button on the remote control button in FIG. In this case, the “mail” LED of the remote control button in FIG. 5 is lit to indicate that there is an unread mail. When reading the mail after watching the program, press the “Mail Display” button on the remote control button, as well as reading the mail on the mobile phone, “Up / Down / Left / Right Scroll ← ↑ → ↓” button and “Enter” button It is possible by operation.

  As an example 3 of usage, when an incoming call is received while watching TV, the screen of the TV 1 automatically becomes a two-screen display, and a message “Call from xxx” appears on the HDMI display section. Looking at it, when the “incoming” button of the remote control button in FIG. 5 is pressed, the volume of the television is automatically reduced a little, and conversation is possible with the microphone 3-5 and the speaker 3-6 of the remote control 3. If you do not want to talk, press the “Reject phone” button on the remote control button in FIG. 5 to enter the answering machine mode, where the message is stored in the memory 2-5 of the PHS circuit 2 and the LED display on the remote control button. “Phone” lights up. To listen to the contents of the answering machine after watching the TV, press the “Replay Recorder” button on the remote control button in FIG. If you don't like the fact that you received a call while watching TV, you can press the “Reject Display” button on the remote control button, and the call you receive will automatically be an answering machine.

  You can also make a mobile phone call using the remote control, and when you press the “Call” button on the remote control button in FIG. 5, the screen will automatically be displayed on the two screens while watching TV, and automatically when the TV is off. And the HDMI input screen is displayed. At this time, the television screen becomes a screen shown in FIG. 6C, and a screen for selecting whether to register a destination registered in advance or to make a phone call by dialing in. If “daughter” is selected in FIG. 6C, which is a destination registered in advance, the message is automatically transmitted to the daughter's house. When “Dial” is selected, the entered dial number is sequentially displayed on the screen instead of the screen of FIG. For the dial input, the channel selection numeric keypad shown in FIG. 5 (1, 2, 3,... Are exemplified in the remote control buttons) is used. When you have confirmed that you have entered the dial correctly, press the “Call” button again to start dialing. When the telephone is connected, the user can talk with the microphone 3-5 of the remote controller 3 and the speaker 3-6.

  For destination registration, although not shown, a full keyboard is displayed on the TV screen, and a desired key can be selected and used so that it can be displayed on a screen like a current mobile phone. It has become. By using the full keyboard, it is possible to create and send e-mails. However, since the operation method is the same as that of a mobile phone, the description is omitted here.

  As a usage example 4, remote control information to be operated each time a TV is viewed is sent to the PHS circuit 2 and the information is stored in the memory 2-5 of the PHS circuit 2. The information indicates which channel the viewer has watched for which time, together with date / time information, and information obtained by collecting information from many viewers represents the audience rating. By making a contract with the information center 5 that measures the audience rating, the viewing history information is automatically provided to the information center 5.

  The place where viewing history information is stored is not limited to the PHS circuit 2 but may be in the remote control.

  In recent years, the shipment of TVs with a built-in recording function has increased, but the actual situation of playing back a recorded video can be grasped by sucking up operation information from the remote control.

  FIG. 2 shows a second example of a home configuration, which includes a gas leak sensor 8, an air conditioner 9, and an indoor lamp 10. Although not shown in the air conditioner and the room light, an infrared receiver or a BT radio circuit similar to 2-2 and 3-3 is incorporated. As shown in FIG. 7, the internal configuration of the gas leak sensor 8 is analog-digital exchanged by the AD exchange 8-2 and the output of the sensor 8-1 is guided to the BT radio circuit 8-3. The AD conversion output is also connected to an abnormality determination circuit 8-5 for determining whether there is an abnormal value. When the output of the sensor 8-1 becomes larger than a predetermined value, it is determined as abnormal. Also, a sensitivity setting circuit 8-4 connected to the output of the BT radio circuit 8-3 is provided so that the sensitivity of the sensor 8-1 itself can be controlled from the information center 5 (FIG. 1).

  As Example 5 of usage, when the sensor output 8-1 of the gas leak sensor 8 is determined to be abnormal by the abnormality determination circuit 8-5, this is transmitted to the PHS circuit 2 via the BT radio circuit 8-3. The PHS circuit 2 that has received the information activates the PHS communication unit 2-3, calls the information center 5 that receives the gas leak sensor information, and sends the gas leak sensor information together with preset address information. To input the address information, when the “Setting” button of the remote control button shown in FIG. 5 is pressed, the television is displayed in two screens and a setting menu is displayed (not shown). Press the “scroll” button and “decision” button on the remote control buttons to select the address information. For information input, the TV channel operation buttons (1, 2, 3,... Numeric keypad) illustrated on the left side of the remote control button in FIG. 5 are used. At the time of this operation, the TV channel operation button output is sent to the BT radio circuit 3-3. It can also be performed using the full keyboard screen described above.

  If GPS receiver 2-6 is placed in PHS circuit 2, GPS information can be sent instead of address information. Since the PHS circuit 2 is small and light, it can be easily installed on other TVs and can be carried around without permission, so it is safer to use GPS information. The information center 5 observes the gas leak sensor information sent for a certain period of time, and if it is judged that there is no sign that the person in the household is absent or is sleeping and there is no sign of recovery from the abnormal state, the information center 5 dispatches the emergency vehicle. Or ask a person who can get in touch near the household to close the main gas valve. Similar measures can be taken not only for gas leak information but also for temperature and smoke information felt by a fire alarm.

  It is necessary to check the operation of these gas leak sensors and fire sensors once a half year or so on whether they are operating normally. Conventionally, examination personnel have visited and tested each home for this purpose, but it is also troublesome for each home that receives the tour. For this reason, the information center 5 incorporates self-diagnosis means such as determining whether the sensor is operating normally by checking the sensor output signal when the sensitivity of these sensors is set to the maximum.

  By performing a periodic self-diagnosis test from the information center 5, it is possible to omit periodic inspections by personnel for the sensor. As the self-diagnosis means, when the information center 5 makes a call to each home and responds, it sends sensitivity setting information for setting the sensitivity of the sensor to the maximum value, and the information is sent to the sensitivity setting circuit 8- Led to 4. The sensor output voltage in the setting is returned to the information center 5 through the AD conversion 8-2 and the BT radio circuit 8-3 in FIG. If the information center 5 observes the output voltage for a certain period of time and determines that the sensor is in an abnormal state unlike the state in which the sensor should be in operation, the information center 5 instructs the examiner to ask the home to replace the sensor separately. . If it is determined that the information center 5 is normal, the sensitivity setting information in the normal state is sent, and the sensor is returned to the normal sensitivity to return to the operating state. Here, whether or not the sensor is normal has been described in the sensitivity setting here, but other parameters owned by the sensor according to the purpose may be used.

  As an example 6 of the usage pattern, when returning home from the outside, the PHS communication unit 2-3 of the PHS circuit 2 is called and a command to turn on the air conditioner is sent by a predetermined button operation. The command is a command to turn on the power to the air conditioner 9 of FIG. 2 by BT communication. Similarly, an instruction to turn on an indoor lamp can be given. When the lighting of the indoor lamp 10 shown in FIG. 2 is instructed from the outside of the building from a mobile phone or a landline telephone, the indoor lamp is turned on, and measures such as prevention of vacant nest crime can be taken.

  In the present invention, the PHS network is used as the public communication network and the PHS circuit is used as the public communication circuit. However, the public communication network and the public communication circuit may be mobile phone circuits compatible with 3G and 4G mobile networks, and subscriber phones. A subscriber telephone circuit corresponding to the line may be used. PHS is more advantageous than 3G and 4G in terms of power consumption, and is disadvantageous in terms of bothering to connect electric wires when using a subscriber telephone circuit. That is, PHS may be the most suitable.

  As the closed-area wireless communication between the remote controller and the PHS circuit, Bluetooth is used as an example because it has a short communication distance in the home and in the building. However, WiFi or local PHS may be used. Communication with air conditioners and room lights is possible with infrared communication, but because of its directivity, it may be necessary to install an infrared repeater. If the remote control of the television receiver becomes Bluetooth instead of the conventional infrared communication (of course, the television receiver needs to have a Bluetooth communication function), the problem of directivity is solved. An HDMI terminal is taken as an example of an external video input terminal of a television receiver, but a conventional analog composite input terminal may be used. In that case, since the image quality is inferior and power is not supplied, a device that can charge the battery of the PHS circuit 2 is required.

  The present invention can be configured with two types of products, a plate adapter (PHS circuit) and a remote controller, without modifying the TV receiver. The components of the PHS circuit can be provided at a lower price than a mobile phone. Also, the size can be realized with a thickness of 2 cm in length and width of about 8 × 2 cm, considering the current semiconductor technology. The remote controller and adapter sales prices are thought to be equivalent to network devices such as routers sold at consumer electronics mass retailers these days, and they are sold at prices that anyone can purchase, and their industrial applicability is high. Is. In addition, there is much common sense that mobile phones are used outside, but it can be used only in the home as in the present invention, and you can read e-mails on the TV screen. Elderly people who think that they don't have it themselves (even elderly people can use a TV remote control) can enjoy the life of receiving e-mails and create a new social culture.

1 TV (television receiver)
2 PHS circuit 2-1 HDMI circuit 2-2 Video signal creation unit 2-3 PHS communication unit 2-4 BT radio circuit 2-5 Memory 2-6 GPS receiver 2-7 Battery 2-8 Clock 3 Remote control 3-1 Infrared transmission circuit 3-2 TV operation button 3-3 BT radio circuit 3-4 PHS circuit operation button 3-5 Microphone 3-6 Speaker 4 Public communication network 5 Information center 6 Mobile phone 7 Fixed phone 8 Gas leak sensor 8-1 Sensor 8-2 AD conversion 8-3 BT radio circuit 8-4 Sensitivity setting circuit 8-5 Abnormality judgment circuit
9 Air conditioner 10 Interior light

Claims (4)

  A television receiver having an external video input terminal, a public communication circuit connected to the input terminal, and a remote controller, the public communication circuit being capable of communicating with other communication devices via a public communication network; A closed radio circuit capable of mutual communication with a remote control, the remote control includes a closed radio circuit capable of transmitting signals to the television receiver for operation of the television receiver and capable of mutual communication with the public communication circuit; Other communication devices communicate with the public communication circuit via the public communication network, and the communication content is transferred to the remote control by the public communication circuit, so that the operation of the television receiver is automatically controlled from the remote control. A television information system characterized by that.   The remote control includes an operation control button unit of a television receiver and a public communication circuit control button unit, and the public communication circuit control button unit transmits communication contents between the public communication circuit and other communication devices. 2. The television information system according to claim 1, wherein display control is performed in conjunction with television receiver operation control of a remote controller.   When sensor information wirelessly connected to the public communication circuit exceeds an abnormal value, a call is automatically made to a preset telephone number, and the called party continuously monitors the sensor information sent for a certain period of time. The television information system according to claim 1, wherein the action can be determined.   2. The television information system according to claim 1, wherein operation history information of the remote controller is stored and the operation history can be transmitted in response to a request from an information center.

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