JP2017073785A - Electronic apparatus and system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic apparatus and a system for enabling a user to use information available only in the electronic apparatus even in the case of using an external apparatus.SOLUTION: An electronic apparatus 1 includes: an external interface part 30; a reception part 31; and a control part 32. The external interface part 30 is connected to an external apparatus which receives a first broadcast wave including first attribute information. The reception part 31 receives a second broadcast wave which includes the same content as content included in the first broadcast wave and second attribute information. The control part 32 supplies information which is not included in the first attribute information of the first broadcast wave to be received by the external apparatus among the second attribute information of the second broadcast wave to be received by the reception part 31 via the external interface part 30 to the external apparatus.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device connectable to an external device and a system including the electronic device.

  There is an HDMI (registered trademark) standard as an interface for connecting a portable terminal or the like to a television as an external device. When a mobile terminal or the like and a TV are connected by an interface that adopts the HDMI standard, for example, content stored in the mobile terminal or the like can be transmitted to the TV and the content can be displayed on the TV. (For example, see Patent Document 1).

  In recent years, there is also an MHL (registered trademark) standard based on the HDMI standard. MHL is an interface standard for high-speed video transmission for portable terminals. MHL can transmit video data of 30 fps at 30 fps to a television with three terminals without being compressed, with a horizontal resolution of 1080p. Actually, MHL uses a USB connector having five terminals.

  In this way, when MHL is adopted, there is an advantage that it can be connected to a television using a USB connector which is a general-purpose connector.

JP 2011-091699 A

  By the way, the mobile terminal can use a one-segment partial reception service for mobile phones and mobile terminals. That is, the mobile terminal can receive one-segment broadcasting. The one-segment broadcasting may have information that is not included in broadcasting for television. For this reason, the user often desires to use information included only in the one-segment broadcasting even when watching TV.

An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device that allows a user to use information that can be used only in the electronic device even when an external device is used.
An object of this invention is to provide a system provided with the electronic device.

  The electronic device of the present invention includes an external interface unit, a receiving unit, and a control unit. The external interface unit is connected to an external device that receives a first broadcast wave including first attribute information. The receiving unit receives a second broadcast wave including the same content as the content included in the first broadcast wave and second attribute information. The control unit transmits information that is not included in the first attribute information of the first broadcast wave received by the external device among the second attribute information of the second broadcast wave received by the receiver. Supplied to an external device via the interface unit.

  The content included in the first broadcast wave and the content included in the second broadcast wave are preferably different in resolution.

  Preferably, the first broadcast wave and the second broadcast wave are broadcast substantially simultaneously.

  When the electronic device supplies information that is not included in the first attribute information of the first broadcast wave among the second attribute information of the second broadcast wave to the external device, the electronic device displays a first image based on the supplied information. It is preferable to further include a display unit for displaying.

  The system of the present invention includes the electronic device described above and the external device. The external device includes a reception unit and a display unit on the external device side. The reception unit receives the supplied information. The display unit on the external device side displays the content included in the first broadcast wave and the second image based on the supplied information received by the receiving unit.

  The electronic device of the present invention includes a display unit, a first receiving unit, a second receiving unit, and a control unit. The first receiving unit receives a first broadcast wave including first attribute information. The second receiving unit receives a second broadcast wave including the same content as the content included in the first broadcast wave and second attribute information. The controller is configured to display a second broadcast wave received by the second receiver when the content included in the first broadcast wave received by the first receiver is displayed on the display. Of the attribute information, an image based on information not included in the first attribute information of the first broadcast wave received by the first receiver is displayed on the display unit together with the content included in the first broadcast wave.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even when using an external device, the electronic device which can make a user utilize the information which can be utilized only in an electronic device can be provided.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the smart phone which concerns on embodiment. It is a rear view which shows the external appearance of the smart phone which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of 1st Embodiment of a smart phone and a television. It is a figure which shows a mode that the external apparatus and the smart phone are connected with the cable. It is a figure which shows the structure of a cable. It is a figure which shows typically a mode that the information of an incoming call is displayed on the display of an external apparatus. It is a flowchart with which it uses for description about operation | movement of a smart phone and a television. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of 2nd Embodiment of a smart phone.

  Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Below, a smart phone is demonstrated as an example of an electronic device.

[First Embodiment]
The external appearance of the smartphone 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the smartphone 1 has a housing 20. The housing 20 includes a front face 1A, a back face 1B, and side faces 1C1 to 1C4. The front face 1 </ b> A is the front of the housing 20. The back face 1 </ b> B is the back surface of the housing 20. The side faces 1C1 to 1C4 are side surfaces that connect the front face 1A and the back face 1B. Hereinafter, the side faces 1C1 to 1C4 may be collectively referred to as the side face 1C without specifying which face.

  The smartphone 1 includes a touch screen display 2, buttons 3A to 3C, an illuminance sensor 4, a proximity sensor 5, a receiver 7, a microphone 8, and a camera 12 on the front face 1A. The smartphone 1 has a camera 13 on the back face 1B. The smartphone 1 has buttons 3D to 3F and an external interface 14 on the side face 1C. Hereinafter, the buttons 3A to 3F may be collectively referred to as the button 3 without specifying which button.

  The touch screen display 2 includes a display 2A and a touch screen 2B. The display 2A (corresponding to the second display unit 33 described later) is a display device such as a liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL panel (Organic Electro-Luminescence panel), or an inorganic EL panel (Inorganic Electro-Luminescence panel). Composed. The display 2A displays characters, images, symbols, graphics, and the like.

  The touch screen 2B detects contact of a finger, a stylus pen, or the like with respect to the touch screen display 2. The touch screen 2B can detect a position where a plurality of fingers, a stylus pen, or the like is in contact with the touch screen display 2.

  The detection method of the touch screen 2B may be any method such as a capacitance method, a resistive film method, a surface acoustic wave method (or an ultrasonic method), an infrared method, an electromagnetic induction method, and a load detection method. Hereinafter, for the sake of simplicity of explanation, a finger that the touch screen 2B detects contact with the touch screen display 2 or a stylus pen or the like may be simply referred to as a “finger”.

  The smartphone 1 determines the type of gesture based on the contact, contact position, contact time, or number of contacts detected by the touch screen 2B. The gesture is an operation performed on the touch screen display 2. The gesture discriminated by the smartphone 1 includes touch, long touch, release, swipe, tap, double tap, long tap, drag, flick, pinch in, pinch out, and the like.

  The smartphone 1 operates according to these gestures that are determined via the touch screen 2B. Therefore, operability that is intuitive and easy to use for the user is realized. The operation performed by the smartphone 1 according to the determined gesture differs depending on the screen displayed on the touch screen display 2.

  The button 3 is operated by the user. The button 3 includes buttons 3A to 3F. The controller 10 detects an operation on the button by cooperating with the button 3. The operation on the button is, for example, click, double click, push, and multi-push.

  For example, the buttons 3A to 3C are a home button, a back button, or a menu button. For example, the button 3D is a power ON / OFF button of the smartphone 1. The button 3D may also serve as a sleep / sleep release button. For example, the buttons 3E and 3F are volume buttons.

  The illuminance sensor 4 detects illuminance. For example, the illuminance is light intensity, brightness, luminance, or the like. The illuminance sensor 4 is used for adjusting the luminance of the display 2A, for example.

  The proximity sensor 5 detects the presence of a nearby object without contact. The proximity sensor 5 detects that the touch screen display 2 is brought close to the face, for example.

  The receiver 7 outputs the audio signal transmitted from the controller 10 as audio. The microphone 8 converts the voice of the user or the like into a voice signal and transmits it to the controller 10. The smartphone 1 may further include a speaker in addition to the receiver 7. The smartphone 1 may further include a speaker instead of the receiver 7.

  The camera 12 is an in-camera that captures an object facing the front face 1A. The camera 13 is an out camera that captures an object facing the back face 1B.

  The external interface 14 is a terminal to which another device is connected. The external interface 14 is a general-purpose terminal such as a universal serial bus (USB), a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a mobile high-definition link (MHL), a light peak (thunderbolt), and an earphone microphone connector. Also good. The external interface 14 may be a dedicated terminal such as a dock connector.

  The smartphone 1 according to the present embodiment performs control so that the user can use information that can be used only on the smartphone 1 even when an external device is used. A specific configuration will be described below.

Here, the television 200 as an embodiment of the external device receives a full-segment broadcast wave. As shown in FIG. 3, the television 200 includes a first receiving unit 201, an interface 202, a receiving unit 203, a first display unit 204, and a first control unit 205. Details of the television 200 will be described later.
The system 300 of this embodiment includes a smartphone 1 and a television 200.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the smartphone 1 includes an external interface 30 (external interface 14), a second reception unit 31, and a second control unit 32. The external interface 30 corresponds to an embodiment of the “external interface unit” of the present invention. The second receiving unit 31 corresponds to an embodiment of the “receiving unit” of the present invention. The second control unit 32 corresponds to an embodiment of the “control unit” of the present invention.

  The external interface 30 is connected to the television 200 that receives the first broadcast wave including the first attribute information. The first attribute information is, for example, an A profile of BML (Broadcast Markup Language) (hereinafter simply referred to as an A profile). The first broadcast wave is, for example, a full-segment broadcast wave.

For example, the external interface 30 conforms to a predetermined signal transmission standard (for example, a video signal and / or audio signal transmission standard) and is connected to an external device. The predetermined signal transmission standard is, for example, the HDMI standard or the MHL standard.
In the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 4, it is assumed that a TV 200 and the smartphone 1 which are external devices are connected to each other via a cable 102. Moreover, although the interface 202 of the television 200 and the external interface 30 of the smartphone 1 are described as conforming to the same standard, they are not limited thereto.

  For example, the interface 202 of the television 200 may conform to the HDMI standard, and the external interface 30 of the smartphone 1 may conform to the MHL standard. In the case of such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 5, the cable 102 includes an adapter 102a that converts HDMI and MHL between each other, and one terminal 102b is connected to the television 200 in accordance with the HDMI standard. The other terminal 102c is connected to the smartphone 1 in accordance with the MHL standard.

  The second receiving unit 31 receives the second broadcast wave. The second broadcast wave includes the same content as the content (program, program, television program, television program) included in the first broadcast wave. The second broadcast wave includes second attribute information. The second broadcast wave is a one-segment broadcast wave. Here, as described above, since the first broadcast wave is a full-segment broadcast wave and the second broadcast wave is a one-segment broadcast wave, the content included in the first broadcast wave and the second broadcast wave are included in the second broadcast wave. The resolution is different from the content to be recorded. The first broadcast wave and the second broadcast wave are broadcast substantially simultaneously. In addition, the first broadcast wave and the second broadcast wave are broadcast including the same content at substantially the same time. The second attribute information is, for example, a BML C profile (hereinafter simply referred to as a C profile).

  The smartphone 1 can use each function unique to the C profile by the C profile. The functions are, for example, a function related to mail, a function related to a telephone, a function related to an HTML browser, a function related to a current position, and a function related to a schedule book.

The mail-related function is a function capable of starting a mail application by specifying a mail destination address, subject, and text content from the second broadcast wave.
The function related to the telephone is a function capable of starting a telephone calling application by designating a telephone number from the second broadcast wave.
The function related to the HTML browser is a function capable of starting the HTML browser from the second broadcast wave.
The function relating to the current position is a function capable of acquiring the current position from the second broadcast wave.
The function relating to the schedule book is a function capable of starting the schedule book application from the second broadcast wave. For example, the function relating to the schedule book is a function of registering information on the next program or event information in the schedule book.

  The second control unit 32 includes information that is not included in the first attribute information of the first broadcast wave received by the television 200 among the second attribute information of the second broadcast wave received by the second reception unit 31. This is supplied to the television 200 via the external interface 30. Information included in the second attribute information and not included in the first attribute information is information that is not included in the A profile but included only in the C profile. That is, the information is a function unique to the C profile. Therefore, the information is not acquired based on comparing the first attribute information and the second attribute information, but is acquired based only on the second attribute information. As an example, the information includes the above-described mail-related function, telephone function, HTML browser function, current position function, and schedule book function.

  The second control unit 32 can supply only the information selected by the user to the television 200. For example, when the information is a function related to mail, a function related to a telephone, a function related to an HTML browser, a function related to a current position, and a function related to a schedule book, the information selected by the user is a function related to mail. The control unit 32 supplies only the function related to mail to the television 200.

  Thereby, since the smartphone 1 supplies information to the television 200, the television 200 can use the information. That is, the smartphone 1 can also use information that was conventionally available only on the smartphone 1 on the television 200.

  The smartphone 1 further includes a second display unit 33. The second display unit 33 corresponds to an embodiment of the “display unit” of the present invention.

  When the second display unit 33 supplies information that is not included in the first attribute information of the first broadcast wave among the second attribute information of the second broadcast wave to the television 200, the first image based on the supplied information. Is displayed. For example, when the information is a function related to mail, the second control unit 32 causes the second display unit 33 to display an image (first image) based on the activated mail application. When the information includes a mail address, the second control unit 32 can input the mail address in the destination address field of the activated mail application. The second control unit 32 causes the second display unit 33 to display an image (first image) based on the activated telephone call application when the information is a function related to a telephone. Here, when the information includes a telephone number, the second control unit 32 can input the telephone number to the activated telephone calling application. That is, if the call button is operated, the second control unit 32 can make it possible to make a call to the telephone number.

  Thereby, the smart phone 1 can make a user utilize information.

  Next, the television 200 as an example of an external device will be described. As described above, the television 200 includes the first receiving unit 201, the interface 202, the receiving unit 203, the first display unit 204, and the first control unit 205. The first display unit 204 corresponds to an embodiment of the “display unit on the external device side” of the present invention.

  The first reception unit 201 receives a first broadcast wave including first attribute information. The first broadcast wave is a full-segment broadcast wave as described above. The first attribute information is the A profile as described above.

  The interface 202 conforms to a predetermined signal transmission standard and is connected to the smartphone 1. The predetermined signal transmission standard is, for example, the HDMI standard or the MHL standard.

The accepting unit 203 accepts information supplied from the smartphone 1 via the interface 202.
The first display unit 204 displays the content included in the first broadcast wave and the second image based on the information received by the receiving unit 203. When the information supplied from the smartphone 1 is received by the receiving unit 203, the first display unit 204 displays a second image based on the information using, for example, a function of OSD (On Screen Display). As an example, when the information is a function related to mail, as shown in FIG. 6, the first display unit 204 displays an image related to mail (see A in FIG. 6). The first display unit 204 can display the second image at an arbitrary position on the screen based on the control of the first control unit 205. The display position of the second image on the first display unit 204 and the size of the second image can be appropriately adjusted by the first control unit 205 based on the setting by the user.

  The second image is an image indicating that a function that can be performed only by the smartphone 1 is available on the smartphone 1. The functions are, for example, a function related to mail, a function related to a telephone, a function related to an HTML browser, a function related to a current position, and a function related to a schedule book.

  The first control unit 205 controls the first reception unit 201, the reception unit 203, and the first display unit 204. The first control unit 205 may include a timing control unit (not shown). The timing control unit matches the timing at which the first display unit 204 displays the image based on the information supplied from the smartphone 1 and the image of the content included in the first broadcast wave.

  Thereby, the television 200 can notify the user that there is information that can be used only on the smartphone 1.

  Next, operations of the smartphone 1 and the television 200 (system 300) will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining operations of the smartphone 1 and the television 200.

  In step ST <b> 1, the second control unit 32 determines whether or not it is connected to the television 200 via the external interface 30. If it is not connected to the television 200 (NO), the determination in step ST1 is performed again. When connected to television 200 (YES), the process proceeds to step ST2.

  In step ST2, the 1st receiving part 201 receives the 1st broadcast wave containing the 1st attribute information. The first receiving unit 201 acquires channel information currently being viewed.

  In step ST3, the second receiving unit 31 receives the second broadcast wave including the second attribute information. That is, the second receiving unit 31 receives a broadcast wave of the same channel as the channel received by the first receiving unit 201, and extracts second attribute information from the broadcast wave. When the second receiver 31 receives the second broadcast wave, the second controller 32 preferably mutes the sound output from the receiver 7 or the speaker.

  In step ST4, the second control unit 32 determines whether the second attribute information included in the second broadcast wave received in step ST3 includes information not included in the first attribute information. More specifically, the C profile (second attribute information) in the BML received by the second receiving unit 31 is not included in the A profile (first attribute information) according to the standard. Specific functions can be included. In step ST4, the second control unit 32 searches for a function unique to the C profile in the BML. If unique information is not included in the second attribute information (NO), the determination in step ST4 is performed again. If unique information is included in the second attribute information (YES), the process proceeds to step ST5.

  In step ST <b> 5, the second control unit 32 supplies information to the television 200 via the external interface 30.

  In step ST6, when the first control unit 205 receives the information supplied from the smartphone 1 in step ST5 by the reception unit 203, the first control unit 205 is based on the first broadcast wave (selected channel) received by the first reception unit 201. The content and the second image based on the information are displayed on the first display unit 204.

  In step ST7, the second control unit 32 causes the second display unit 33 to display the first image based on information unique to the second attribute information.

  In step ST8, the second control unit 32 determines whether or not the connection with the television 200 via the external interface 30 has been canceled. If the connection with the television 200 has not been eliminated (NO), the determination in step ST8 is performed again. If the connection with the television 200 is canceled (YES), the process ends.

[Second Embodiment]
The smartphone 400 includes a third receiving unit 401, a fourth receiving unit 402, a display unit 403, and a control unit 404. The third receiver 401 corresponds to an embodiment of the “first receiver” of the present invention. The fourth receiving unit 402 corresponds to an embodiment of the “second receiving unit” of the present invention.

  The third receiving unit 401 receives the first broadcast wave including the first attribute information. The first broadcast wave is a full-segment broadcast wave. The first attribute information is an A profile.

  The fourth receiving unit 402 receives the second broadcast wave. The second broadcast wave includes the same content as the content included in the first broadcast wave. The second broadcast wave includes second attribute information. The third receiving unit 401 and the fourth receiving unit receive broadcast waves of the same channel. The second broadcast wave is a one-segment broadcast wave. The second attribute information is a C profile.

  When the content included in the first broadcast wave received by the third reception unit 401 is displayed on the display unit 403, the control unit 404 displays the second attribute information of the second broadcast wave received by the fourth reception unit 402. Among them, an image based on information not included in the first attribute information of the first broadcast wave received by the third receiver 401 is displayed on the display unit 403 together with the content included in the first broadcast wave. An image based on information not included in the first attribute information among the second attribute information (hereinafter referred to as “third image”) is an image indicating that a unique function for the second attribute information is available. is there. The unique functions are, for example, a function related to mail, a function related to telephone, a function related to HTML browser, a function related to current position, and a function related to a schedule book.

  It is preferable that the control unit 404 causes the display unit 403 to display the fourth image when the third image displayed on the display unit 403 is selected based on a user operation. For example, when the information specific to the second attribute information is a function related to mail, the control unit 404 causes the display unit 403 to display an image (fourth image) based on the activated mail application. Here, when the e-mail address is included in the information unique to the second attribute information, the control unit 404 can input the e-mail address in the transmission destination address field of the activated e-mail application. In addition, when the information unique to the second attribute information is a function related to the telephone, the control unit 404 causes the display unit 403 to display an image (fourth image) based on the activated telephone call application. Here, when the telephone number is included in the information unique to the second attribute information, the control unit 404 can input the telephone number to the activated telephone call application. That is, the control unit 404 can make a call to the telephone number when the call button is operated.

  Thereby, the smart phone 400 can make a user utilize the information intrinsic | native to 2nd attribute information.

  In the present embodiment, the external interface 30 has been described as a terminal to which another device is connected. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the external interface conforms to a wireless communication standard such as Bluetooth or WiFi. A wireless interface may be used. Therefore, the electronic device of the present invention may be communicably connected to an external device by wireless communication complying with the wireless communication standard. Similarly, the interface 202 of the external device may be a wireless interface.

1 Smartphone (electronic equipment)
30 External interface (external interface part)
31 Second receiver (receiver)
32 2nd control part (control part)
33 Second display section (display section)
200 TV (external device)
201 First display section (display section on the external device side)
203 Reception unit 400 Smartphone (electronic device)
401 Third receiver (first receiver)
402 4th receiving part (2nd receiving part)
403 Display unit 404 Control unit

Claims (6)

An external interface unit connected to an external device that receives the first broadcast wave including the first attribute information;
A receiving unit for receiving a second broadcast wave including the same content as the content included in the first broadcast wave and second attribute information;
Of the second attribute information of the second broadcast wave received by the receiver, information that is not included in the first attribute information of the first broadcast wave received by the external device is passed through the external interface unit. A control unit for supplying to an external device;
Electronic equipment comprising. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the content included in the first broadcast wave and the content included in the second broadcast wave have different resolutions. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first broadcast wave and the second broadcast wave are broadcast substantially simultaneously. A display unit that displays a first image based on the supplied information when information that is not included in the first attribute information of the first broadcast wave among the second attribute information of the second broadcast wave is supplied to an external device. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising: An electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The external device,
The external device is
A reception unit for receiving the supplied information;
A display unit on the external device side that displays the content included in the first broadcast wave and the second image based on the supplied information received by the reception unit;
A system comprising: A display unit;
A first receiver for receiving a first broadcast wave including first attribute information;
A second receiver for receiving a second broadcast wave including the same content as the content included in the first broadcast wave and second attribute information;
Among the second attribute information of the second broadcast wave received by the second receiver when displaying the content included in the first broadcast wave received by the first receiver on the display unit, A control unit that causes the display unit to display an image based on information not included in the first attribute information of the first broadcast wave received by the first reception unit, together with content included in the first broadcast wave;
Electronic equipment comprising.

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