JP3230646B2 - Information receiver - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying special character information by using radio waves such as FM teletext broadcasting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there is a so-called "visible radio" in text multiplex broadcasting using FM radio waves or the like. The information transmitted in the teletext broadcasting has a fixed format, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, one screen composed of 15.5 characters × 2.5 lines is set as one page.
One program is composed of a plurality of pages.

[0003] An information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying such information includes an information receiving apparatus for displaying the information on a screen in a format according to a transmitted format and a running display (scroll display) in one line.
There is something to do.

[0004]

However, in the information composed of a plurality of lines, spaces (blanks) are provided between the character strings in order to improve the visibility when displayed on a screen in the format at the time of transmission. ) Characters are inserted. Therefore, in the above-mentioned conventional information receiving apparatus, when the information composed of a plurality of lines is displayed in a single line, there is a problem that the space is large and characters are difficult to read.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides an information receiving apparatus capable of improving visibility (readability) when running information composed of a plurality of lines is displayed in one line. The task is to provide.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The first aspect of the present invention is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the character information 9 composed of a plurality of lines transmitted from the external transmitting device 3 using the radio wave of the teletext broadcasting.
Receiving device 2 for receiving the information and displaying the received information in one line
, Receiving means 12 for receiving the character information 9 transmitted from the transmitting device 3, display means 13 for displaying the character information received by the receiving means 12, and controlling the display of the received character information 9 Display control means 14 that converts the received character information 9 composed of a plurality of lines into one-line character information in which space characters are deleted or added based on a predetermined conversion rule. It is characterized in that it is converted and output to the display means 13.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the character information includes a header sentence indicating a title and a text of one line and N characters indicating the content, and the display control means includes: i. Insert a space character between the text and the text. Ii. If the number of characters on the nth line of the text is N without including a space character and the first character on the (n + 1) th line is a character other than a space character, n lines Do not insert a space character between the eye and the (n + 1) th line, otherwise insert a space character,
iii. It is characterized in that a plurality of continuous space characters sandwiched between characters other than space characters are converted into one space character.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that, in claim 2, the display control means deletes a continuous space character arranged from the end of the continuous line to the beginning of the line.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. 1 to 4 are diagrams for explaining an information receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a broadcasting apparatus using the information receiving apparatus according to the embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the receiving device, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a format of information data transmitted to the receiving device, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a format of information data displayed by the receiving device.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a broadcasting device for performing text multiplex broadcasting by FM broadcasting.
Receiving apparatus 2 for receiving and displaying character information, and receiving apparatus 2
A transmitting device 3 for transmitting information wirelessly, and an input device 5 for inputting information to the transmitting device 3 via a telephone line 4 or the like.

The receiving apparatus 2 includes an FM data receiver (receiving means) 6 for receiving a plurality of lines of information data transmitted from the transmitting apparatus 3, and an electric sign (display) as a display means for displaying the information. 7 and a display controller (display control means) 8 for controlling the display of the received information.
The information is displayed as running. The FM data receiver 6 and the display controller 8 may be connected by an RS-232C, RS-485 type cable or the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, data 9 in a format in which one screen (one page) is composed of 15 characters × 3 lines is input from the input device 5 in the order of pages. The data includes a header sentence 10 indicating the title of the information on the first line and a text 11 indicating the contents of the information on the second and third lines.

The display controller 8 converts the received character information composed of a plurality of lines into information of one line based on the following conversion rules i to iV, and outputs the information to the electric sign 7. Consecutive space characters from the end of the i-th line to the beginning of the line are deleted,
ii Insert three space characters between the header sentence and the body. iii. The number of characters in the first line of the body is 15 characters (equivalent to two-byte characters) without space characters, and the beginning of the second line is not a space character. If it is a character, a space character is not inserted between the first line and the second line. Otherwise, one space character is inserted, and a continuous character sandwiched by characters other than iV space character The converted plurality of space characters are converted into one space character.

It is needless to say that the number of lines, the number of characters, and the number of space characters in the above conversion rule are merely examples.

Next, the operation of the apparatus 1 of the embodiment will be described. The information transmitted from the transmitting device 3 is the FM
When received by the data receiver 6, the display controller 8 converts the data 9 according to a predetermined conversion rule.

More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, based on the conversion rule i, the first line to the second line beginning of the information and the second line end to the third line of the information are described. Consecutive space characters placed over the beginning of the line are deleted.

Then, based on the above conversion rule ii, three space characters are inserted between the “heading sentence 10” “Kishojoho” and the body 11 “Osaka”.

Further, based on the above conversion rule iii, the text 1
Since the number of characters in the line is not 15 characters except for the space character, a space character is inserted between "0%" and "sunny" at the end of the second to third lines.

Further, based on the above conversion rule iV, 2
On the line between “Osaka” and “Precipitation Probability” and “Precipitation Probability”
A plurality of continuous space characters between "0%" are converted into one space character.

The three lines of information 9 are converted into one line of information based on the conversion rules i to iV, transmitted to the electric light sign 7, and sequentially displayed as shown in FIG.

As described above, the space character extending from the end of the line to the beginning of the line is deleted, a space character is inserted between the header and the body, and the first and second lines in the body become one continuous sentence. If there is, do not insert a space character between the end of the first and second lines and the beginning of the line, and if there is no other continuous text, insert a space character between the end of the line and the beginning of the line In addition, since a plurality of space characters sandwiched between normal characters are converted into one space character, when displaying information composed of a plurality of lines on a single line, the space between character strings may be appropriately adjusted. The information content can be easily read.

In the above-described embodiment, one-line scroll display of information for one page has been described. However, the present invention is naturally applicable to one-line scroll display of information for a plurality of pages.

[0023]

As described above, in the information receiving apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, information composed of a plurality of lines is converted into one-line information by deleting and adding space characters based on a predetermined conversion rule. Therefore, there is an effect that the information content can be displayed in an easily readable state even by a receiver other than the receiver having the format of the transmitted information.

In the information receiving apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, a space character is inserted between the header and the body.
In the text, if the nth line and the (n + 1) th line are continuous, a space character is not inserted. If they are not continuous, a space character is inserted. Since a plurality of space characters are converted into one space character, the spacing between character strings can be made appropriate and the information content can be easily read.

Furthermore, in the information receiving apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, continuous space characters arranged over continuous lines are deleted, so that the character string interval can be made more appropriate. This has the effect of making the information content easier to read.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a broadcasting device using an information receiving device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the receiving device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a format of information data transmitted to the receiving device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a format of information data displayed by the receiving device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the claims of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Information Receiving Device 3 Transmitting Device 9 Data (Character Information) 10 Header 11 Body 12 Receiving Means 13 Display Means 14 Display Control Means

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. An information receiving apparatus for receiving character information composed of a plurality of lines transmitted from an external transmitting device by using radio waves of teletext broadcasting and displaying the received information on one line. Receiving means for receiving the character information transmitted from the apparatus, display means for displaying the character information received by the receiving means, and display control means for controlling the display of the received character information; The control means converts the received character information composed of a plurality of lines into one-line character information in which space characters have been deleted and added based on a predetermined conversion rule, and outputs the converted character information to a display means. Information receiving device. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the character information includes a header sentence indicating a title and a text of one line and N characters indicating the content, and the display control means includes: i. Insert a space character. Ii. If the number of characters on the nth line of the text is N without including a space character, and the head of the n + 1th line is a character other than a space character, the nth and n + 1th lines And a space character is inserted in cases other than the above, and iii. A plurality of consecutive space characters sandwiched between characters other than the space character
An information receiving apparatus, wherein the information is converted into space characters. 3. The information receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display control means deletes a continuous space character arranged from the end of the continuous line to the beginning of the line.