JP5022542B2 - Television broadcasting method and broadcasting system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a television broadcast method and a television broadcast system such as terrestrial and satellite broadcasts performed via a predetermined broadcast channel.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, television broadcasting includes terrestrial broadcasting, satellite broadcasting, and the like. In these broadcasting, programs from various broadcasting stations can be viewed through a plurality of channels. And a viewer selects and watches one program out of a plurality of programs by switching channels.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Generally, viewers tend to perform so-called zapping, which randomly switches channels when a program to be viewed cannot be determined. From the broadcasting station side, this zapping is also an opportunity for a viewer to switch to the broadcasting station when watching a program of another station.
[0004]
However, in order to change the broadcasting station that is being watched, the viewer must be interested when zapping is performed and the broadcasting station is displayed. If you are not broadcasting an image that interests you, you may be switched to another station.
[0005]
Accordingly, the present invention provides a television broadcasting method capable of improving the audience rating by attracting the viewer's interest and switching the viewing program when so-called zapping is performed in viewing the television broadcast. And providing a broadcasting system.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to the present application is a television broadcasting method for broadcasting a program via a predetermined broadcast channel, and is capable of broadcasting a program main source and a digest of the program main source. When information is broadcast and the broadcast channel is selected on the receiver side, it is broadcast via the selected broadcast channel instead of the main program source broadcast via the selected broadcast channel. The digest information of the main program source is displayed.
[0007]
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a television broadcasting system for broadcasting a program through a predetermined broadcast channel, wherein the main program broadcasting means for broadcasting the main program source and the main program source are stored. A main content source storage unit, a digest information extraction unit that monitors the contents of the main program source and extracts a digest source, and a digest information broadcasting unit that broadcasts the extracted digest information as digest information. To do.
[0008]
Still another invention is a television broadcasting system for broadcasting a program via a predetermined broadcast channel, a main source display unit for generating a signal for displaying a main program source, and digest information of the main program source A digest information display unit that generates a signal for displaying the main content source, the digest source information and the display switching unit that selects and outputs the digest information to the display device, and the display switching unit from the display of the main source A control unit for switching to display of the digest information, and detecting that the broadcast channel of the broadcasting station broadcasting the digest information is selected, and the program main program source broadcasted through the selected broadcast channel A channel detection unit for sending a command signal for displaying the digest information to the control unit. And it is characterized in Rukoto.
[0009]
According to these inventions, when the viewer switches the channel by so-called zapping or the like, when a predetermined channel is selected, the digest information summarizing the highlights of the main part is displayed instead of the main part of the program. Thus, the viewer's interest in the predetermined channel can be aroused and the viewer can be invited to view the channel.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
(Outline of television broadcasting method)
Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an overview of the television broadcasting method according to the present embodiment.
[0011]
In the television broadcasting method according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a program is broadcast from a broadcasting station 1 to a receiver 2 used by a viewer 10 via a predetermined broadcasting channel. When this program is broadcast, the main program source is broadcast, the digest information of the main program source is broadcast together, zapping is performed on the receiver 2 side, and the channel of the broadcasting station 1 is selected. , Display digest information.
[0012]
This digest information is a compilation of the highlight scenes and story summaries of the main program currently being broadcast in about 30 seconds, and is information that can attract the viewer's interest in a short time. .
[0013]
In this embodiment, digital broadcasting is assumed as a broadcasting system. In this digital broadcasting, a broadcast source is temporarily stored in a server 5 called a home server, and then a program that the viewer 10 wants to watch is displayed. The server 5 can be called and viewed.
[0014]
In the present embodiment, time information related to the broadcast time is added to the main program source, and the digest information is displayed according to the time information. In the illustrated example, a case where a program of a professional baseball night game (HT team vs. YG team) is broadcast live is given, but the game starts at 19:00, and is a highlight of (1) to (4) as the game progresses A scene has occurred. The highlight scene is edited to create digest information, and time information to be displayed at a predetermined timing is added corresponding to each digest information.
[0015]
For example, if zapping is performed during the broadcast time from 19:00 to 19:30, the digest information (1) “starter A, early good pitch” is displayed, and the broadcast time is from 19:30 to 1930. When zapping is performed during 19:45, as shown in FIG. 1, the digest information {circle over (2)} “player B first run 3 run” is displayed.
[0016]
(Configuration of television broadcasting system)
A television broadcasting system for realizing the television broadcasting method described above will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram mainly showing a schematic configuration of the broadcasting station 1 side in the television broadcasting system according to the present embodiment.
[0017]
As shown in the figure, the broadcasting station 1 includes a main source sending unit 13 for sending the main source, a digest information sending unit 12 for sending digest information, and the main source and digest information to the tree machine 2. And a transmission system 14 for transmitting the data.
[0018]
The main program source sending unit 13 is controlled by the control unit 11 and sends the main program source stored in the main program source storage unit 16 to the transmission system. The digest information sending unit 12 operates under the control of the control unit 11 and sends the digest information stored in the digest information storage unit 17 to the transmission system 14.
[0019]
A monitor unit 15 is connected to the main source sending unit 13, and the monitor unit 15 monitors the contents of the main source currently being broadcast or about to be broadcast. The monitor unit 15 monitors the contents of the main content source, selects a source to be included in the digest information, and instructs the digest information extraction unit 18 to that effect.
[0020]
In response to an instruction from the monitor unit 15, the digest information extraction unit 18 extracts the instructed source from the main volume source storage unit 16, processes the extracted information to generate digest information, and generates a digest information storage unit 17. To accumulate. At this time, the digest information storage unit 17 adds the time when the main program source was broadcast to the digest information as time information.
[0021]
Next, the configuration of the receiver 2 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram mainly showing a schematic configuration of the receiver 2 side in the television broadcasting system according to the present embodiment.
[0022]
As shown in the figure, the receiver 2 according to the present embodiment includes a receiving system 21 that receives a source broadcast by the broadcasting station 1, and a control unit 22 that separates the received source into a main volume source and digest information. The digest information display unit 23 for generating a signal for displaying the digest information, the main source display unit 24 for generating the signal for displaying the main source, and the main source and the digest information are selected and displayed. And a display switching unit 25 for outputting to the apparatus 3.
[0023]
The server 5 is connected to the control unit 22 via the interface unit 26, and the received main volume source and digest information is stored in the server 5, and necessary sources are appropriately called from the server 5 by the operation of the viewer. The digest information display unit 23 or the main part source display unit 24 outputs it.
[0024]
Further, the receiver 2 according to the present embodiment includes a channel unit 28 for switching display channels, a remote controller 4 for performing channel switching operations by remote operation, and remote control reception for receiving signals from the remote controller 4 and switching channels. Part 29 and a channel detection part 27 for detecting the currently displayed channel.
[0025]
When the channel is switched by zapping or the like by the channel unit 28 or the remote control receiving unit 29, the channel detection unit 27 detects that the channel of the broadcasting station that broadcasts the digest information has been selected and is selected. A command signal for displaying the digest information of a certain channel is sent to the control unit 22. In response to this command signal, the control unit 22 causes the display switching unit 25 to switch from the main source display to the digest information display. The display device 3 displays the digest information instead of the main program.
[0026]
(Effects of television broadcasting method and broadcasting system)
According to the present embodiment described above, when the viewer 10 switches channels by so-called zapping or the like, when the broadcast station 1 is selected, the digest information is displayed instead of the main program source. , The viewer 10 can be interested and the channel can be viewed.
[0027]
(Example of change)
In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, The following changes can be added.
[0028]
In the embodiment described above, the video displayed on the display device 3 is switched to the main program channel by switching to the main program channel. However, for example, in a multi-view television such as BS digital broadcasting, the main service channel is used. It is also possible to display the main program and display the digest information on the sub service channel.
[0029]
That is, in multi-view television, one contractor can perform standard television broadcasting of up to three channels, the main part is broadcasted using one of the three channels as a main service, and the others are broadcast as sub-services. The main service and the sub service can be combined and displayed on one screen. Thus, the main part and the digest information are simultaneously broadcast on the multi-view television, and the main part and the digest information are combined and displayed at the time of zapping.
[0030]
According to this, since the main part and the digest information can be viewed simultaneously at the time of zapping, it becomes easy to attract the viewer's interest. It should be noted that by repeatedly displaying the digest information on the sub service channel, processing such as digest broadcast accumulation and reading can be omitted, and the processing load on the receiver can be reduced.
[0031]
In addition, the digest information may be broadcast using a BS digital broadcast data broadcast, and the digest information may be displayed as a data broadcast during zapping.
[0032]
That is, in data broadcasting, in addition to a moving image plane on which a normal program is displayed, a still image plane, a character graphic plane, and a caption plane can be provided, and these planes can be combined and displayed on the receiver 1 side. Thereby, at the time of zapping, in addition to the normal main service, the digest information by a still image, a character figure, and a caption is displayed on the sub service channel.
[0033]
Furthermore, the main source and the digest information may be simultaneously broadcast as an MPEG4 stream, and at the time of zapping, the MPEG4 stream in which the digest information is repeated may be displayed instead of the main source MPEG4 stream.
[0034]
In other words, in the MPEG4 system, an encoded stream of a plurality of media objects (including CG and still images in addition to audio and video moving images, etc.) such as moving images and audio constituting a program is transmitted, and a scene is received on the receiver 2 side. Since each media object can be synthesized and displayed according to the description, the main program and the digest information are encoded and broadcast as separate media object streams from the broadcasting station 1, and the main part is triggered by detecting zapping on the receiver 2 side. Instead of the above object, the digest information object is synthesized and displayed.
[0035]
【Effect of the invention】
As described above, according to the television broadcasting method and broadcasting system of the present invention, when so-called zapping is performed in the viewing of the television broadcast, the viewer's interest is drawn, and the viewing of the other channel is started. Can be switched to viewing, and as a result, the viewing rate of the channel can be improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a television broadcasting method according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a television broadcasting system according to the embodiment, and mainly shows a broadcasting station side.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a television broadcast system according to the embodiment, mainly showing a receiver side.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Broadcasting station 2 ... Receiver (1)-(4) Digest information 3 ... Display apparatus 4 ... Remote control 5 ... Server 11 ... Control part 12 ... Digest information sending part 13 ... Main volume source sending part 14 ... Transmission system 15 ... Monitor Unit 16 ... Main volume source storage section 17 ... Digest information storage section 18 ... Digest information extraction section 21 ... Reception system 22 ... Control section 23 ... Digest information display section 24 ... Main volume source display section 25 ... Display switching section 26 ... Interface section 27 ... Channel detecting unit 28 ... channel unit 29 ... remote control receiving unit

Claims (5)

A television broadcast method for broadcasting a program through a predetermined broadcast channel,
Broadcast the main program source and broadcast the digest information of the main program source,
On the receiver side, when the broadcast channel is selected, the main program source broadcasted via the selected broadcast channel instead of the main program source broadcast via the selected broadcast channel A television broadcasting method characterized by displaying the digest information.   2. The television broadcasting method according to claim 1, wherein time information corresponding to a time at which the main volume source is broadcast is added to the digest information. A television broadcasting system for broadcasting a program via a predetermined broadcasting channel,
A main source display section for generating a signal for displaying the main program source,
A digest information display unit for generating a signal for displaying the digest information of the main program source;
A display switching unit that selects the main source and the digest information and outputs the selected information to a display device;
A control unit that causes the display switching unit to switch from displaying the main content source to displaying the digest information;
Detecting that a broadcast channel of a broadcasting station that broadcasts the digest information has been selected, and controlling the command signal for displaying the digest information of the main program source that is broadcast via the selected broadcast channel A television broadcasting system, comprising: a channel detection unit for sending to the unit. Main program broadcasting means for broadcasting the program main program source;
A main program source storage unit for storing the program main program source;
A digest information extractor for monitoring the contents of the main program source and extracting a digest source;
The television broadcasting system according to claim 3, further comprising digest information broadcasting means for broadcasting the extracted digest information as digest information.   5. The television broadcasting system according to claim 3, wherein time information corresponding to a time when the main volume source is broadcast is added to the digest information.

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