JP5994968B2 - Content utilization apparatus, control method, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a content use apparatus, it relates to a control method, a program, and a recording medium body.

In recent years, people's awareness of disaster prevention related to earthquakes, tsunamis, etc. has increased rapidly, and there is an increasing need to quickly obtain and grasp emergency bulletin information related to these disasters. Even in television broadcasting, etc., when emergency bulletin information is received while viewing a user's program, it is necessary to notify the user by displaying it on the screen as soon as possible. For example, in terrestrial digital television broadcasting, Conventionally, it takes time for the encoding process to convert the video / audio information of the broadcast program into a digital television format signal and the decoding process to enable the radio wave received by the digital TV tuner to be displayed on the TV. It has become clear that there is a delay of about 2 seconds compared to the display timing in analog TV broadcasting. Therefore, in order to avoid such a delay, the broadcasting station side is provided with an area for transmitting emergency early warning information in the broadcast signal by excluding the conventional format in which emergency early warning information is superimposed on the video signal. Corresponding to this, the television receiver side has a function of displaying a warning or the like based on the information immediately after receiving the early warning information.
For example, in Patent Document 1, as a digital signal transmission standard, a flag area for identifying presence / absence of an emergency broadcast and an information area transmitted in a certain format are newly provided, and the television receiver identifies the emergency broadcast signal. A mechanism to do this is disclosed (see Patent Document 1).
Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a standard OSD (On-Screen) stored in advance in a television in order to avoid delays due to decoding processing and video processing when immediate emergency information is received and to immediately notify the user of the information. Display) and notification of information are disclosed by operating standard audio data (see Patent Document 2).

JP 2010-136353 A JP 2011-061409 A

  However, conventionally, when the television apparatus receives the transmitted emergency early warning information, the television apparatus outputs this uniquely, and if the output method is not suitable for the viewer who is the user, There was a problem that the bulletin information could not be accurately conveyed to the viewer.

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating an example of an emergency bulletin information output method in a conventional television apparatus. As shown in this figure, conventionally, when emergency bulletin information is received from a broadcasting station while watching TV, the contents are output (displayed) in a telop on the TV screen 3201 of the TV apparatus 3200 being viewed, Or output. In the example of this figure, a telop such as “Be wary of earthquakes and strong shaking in Tokyo” is displayed on the screen. In this case, the content of the output follows the format transmitted by the broadcasting station, so even if the viewer is a child who cannot read kanji or a foreigner who does not understand Japanese, such a kanji mixed telop will be played. become. Therefore, in the example of this figure, the content of the emergency bulletin information cannot be accurately conveyed to children or foreign viewers. In this case, it is possible for the broadcast station to send emergency bulletin information using various methods such as hiragana-only telop or English telop instead of kanji-mixed telop. The broadcast station side uniquely decides whether to make a call, so that there is a possibility that emergency early warning information may be transmitted in a manner not suitable for the viewer. Further, Patent Document 2 operates a standard OSD or standard audio data stored in advance in a television to notify information, but it is intended only to avoid a delay due to decoding processing, and is suitable for a viewer. It was not considered to notify information by way. TV viewers may have users with various attributes, such as children who cannot read kanji, foreigners who do not understand Japanese, elderly people with visual or hearing impairments, and visually impaired persons. . However, in the conventional method as described above, for example, even if the viewer is a child or a foreigner, the emergency early warning information is displayed in Kanji characters without taking this into account. There was a problem that it was difficult to convey it appropriately.
The case of the television apparatus has been described above, but there is a similar problem in a recording device such as a DVD recorder having a television reception function. Further, since it is possible to receive emergency early warning information also in so-called Internet broadcasting, there is a problem similar to the above. In other words, this problem is common to content use devices that can receive video, audio, text, graphics, and programs and output content related to them, and that can receive emergency breaking information. It is.

Therefore, a problem to be solved by the present invention is that a content using device capable of converting and outputting the information to an appropriate method according to the attribute of the user who is using the content when receiving emergency bulletin information, the method is to provide a program, and a recording medium body.

In order to solve the above-described problems, one aspect of the present invention includes an emergency bulletin information receiving unit, an estimation unit that estimates a user attribute that is an attribute of a user who is using content, and a user attribute. A first holding unit that holds a conversion rule for emergency breaking information corresponding to the first conversion unit, a first conversion unit that converts received emergency breaking information using the estimation result of the estimation unit and the conversion rule, and a first conversion unit The content utilization apparatus which has a 1st output part which outputs the conversion result in is provided.
In addition, according to an aspect of the present invention, in the content use device, the estimation unit includes the user information that is being used by the content when the user information is registered and the user attribute information is included in the user information. Provided is a content utilization apparatus that uses the user attribute information that is obtained as an estimation result.
Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, in the content use device, the estimation unit includes user information that is being used for the content, and includes setting location information that is information indicating a setting location of the content use device. If it is, the content utilization apparatus that provides the estimation result with the included installation location information is provided.
Another embodiment of the present invention, in the content use apparatus, the estimating unit includes a content attribute information acquiring means for acquiring attribute information of the content in use, acquired from the attribute information of the content in use of the content user There is provided a content use device having first estimation means for estimating a user attribute.
Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, an emergency breaking information receiving unit, a content attribute information acquiring unit that acquires attribute information of a content in use, and an emergency breaking information conversion rule according to the attribute information of the content in use A second conversion unit that converts the received emergency bulletin information using the second holding unit to hold, the acquired attribute information of the content being used, and the conversion rule held in the second holding unit; Provided is a content utilization device having a second output unit that outputs a conversion result in a second conversion unit.
Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, in the content usage device, when the received emergency bulletin information includes a plurality of output patterns corresponding to the content user, the first conversion unit replaces the conversion. And a content utilization device configured to select one of a plurality of output patterns.
Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, in the content usage device, when the user attribute estimated by the estimation unit is a plurality of user attributes, the first conversion unit performs a plurality of conversions, The one output unit provides a content use apparatus having a plurality of means for performing a plurality of converted outputs simultaneously or in time series.
According to another aspect of the present invention, in the content utilization device, the estimation unit estimates the user attribute of the content user from the output setting information acquisition unit that acquires the output setting information of the content, and the acquired output setting information. Provided is a content use device having a second estimation means.
Also, one aspect of the present invention is an emergency early warning information receiving unit, an output setting information obtaining unit that obtains content output setting information, and a third holding unit that holds a conversion rule for emergency early warning information according to the output setting information And using the acquired output setting information and the conversion rule held in the third holding unit, the third conversion unit for converting the received emergency breaking information and the conversion result in the third conversion unit are output. A content use device having a third output unit is provided.
Another aspect of the present invention is a method for controlling a content use device, which includes an emergency early warning information receiving step for receiving emergency early warning information, and an estimation step for estimating a user attribute that is an attribute of a user who is using the content A conversion rule reading step for reading a conversion rule for emergency breaking information according to user attributes, a first conversion step for converting received emergency breaking information using the estimation result in the estimation step and the conversion rule; And a first output step for outputting a conversion result in the first conversion step.
Also, one aspect of the present invention is a method for controlling a content use device, which includes an emergency early warning information receiving step for receiving emergency early warning information, a content attribute information obtaining step for obtaining attribute information of content being used, and a usage Using the conversion rule reading step for reading the conversion rule of the emergency breaking information corresponding to the attribute information of the content in the content, the acquired attribute information of the content being used, and the conversion rule, the received emergency breaking information is converted. Provided is a control method including a second conversion step and a second output step for outputting a conversion result in the second conversion step.
One aspect of the present invention is a method for controlling a content using device, which includes an emergency early warning information receiving step for receiving emergency early warning information, an output setting information acquiring step for acquiring content output setting information, and an acquired output A conversion rule reading step for reading a conversion rule for emergency breaking information according to setting information; a third conversion step for converting received emergency breaking information using the obtained output setting information and the conversion rule; And a third output step for outputting a conversion result in the conversion step .
Also, an aspect of the present invention is a program for causing a computer to function as any one of the content using apparatus described above, provides a program for causing the computer to function as each section of the content usage device comprises To do.
One embodiment of the present invention provides a recording medium storing the above program .

  According to the present invention, when emergency bulletin information is received, the content use apparatus capable of converting the information into a method suitable for the attribute of the user who is using the content and outputting it, and executing such conversion / output processing And a recording medium storing such a program can be provided.

Schematic diagram showing an outline of a content utilization apparatus according to the present invention The figure which shows an example of the functional block of the content utilization apparatus of Example 1. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the conversion rule in Example 1. The figure which shows an example of the output of the conversion result in Example 1. Schematic which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the content utilization apparatus of Example 1. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the flow of a process in the content utilization apparatus of Example 1. FIG. Schematic which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the content utilization apparatus of Example 2. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the flow of a process in the content utilization apparatus of Example 2. FIG. Schematic which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the content utilization apparatus of Example 3. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the flow of a process in the content utilization apparatus of Example 3. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the functional block of the content utilization apparatus of Example 4. FIG. The figure which shows an example of content attribute information and a user attribute correlation table Schematic which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the content utilization apparatus of Example 4. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the flow of a process in the content utilization apparatus of Example 4. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the functional block of the content utilization apparatus of Example 5. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the conversion rule in Example 5. The figure which shows an example of the conversion rule in Example 5. Schematic which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the content utilization apparatus of Example 5. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the flow of a process in the content utilization apparatus of Example 5. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the functional block of the content utilization apparatus of Example 6. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the flow of a process in the content utilization apparatus of Example 6. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the functional block of the content utilization apparatus apparatus of Example 7. The figure which shows an example of the flow of a process in the content utilization apparatus of Example 7. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the functional block of the content utilization apparatus of Example 8. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the output setting information and user attribute correlation table in Example 8 Schematic which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the content utilization apparatus of Example 8. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the flow of a process in the content utilization apparatus of Example 8. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the functional block of the content utilization apparatus of Example 9. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the conversion rule in Example 9. Schematic which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the content utilization apparatus of Example 9. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the flow of a process in the content utilization apparatus of Example 9. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the output method of the emergency early warning information in the conventional television apparatus

0100, 0200 Content utilization device 0210 Emergency early warning information receiving unit 0220 Estimating unit 0230 First holding unit 0240 First conversion unit 0250 First output unit

  Examples of the present invention will be described below. Regarding the mutual relationship between the embodiment and the claims of the claims, the embodiment 1 mainly relates to the claims 1, 10, 11, etc., and the embodiment 2 mainly relates to the claims 2, etc. Example 3 mainly relates to claim 3, etc. Example 4 mainly relates to claim 4 etc. Example 5 mainly relates to claim 5 etc. Example 6 mainly relates to claim 6 etc. Example 7 Is mainly related to claim 7, etc., Example 8 is mainly related to Claim 8, etc., and Example 9 is mainly related to Claim 9. In addition, this invention is not limited to these Examples at all, and can be implemented in various modes without departing from the gist thereof.

<Overview>
The content use apparatus according to the present embodiment estimates a user attribute that is an attribute of a user who is using the content, and holds a conversion rule for emergency bulletin information according to the user attribute. By using rules to convert the received emergency bulletin information according to user attributes and outputting them, the feature is that emergency bulletin information can be communicated to the user in a way appropriate to the user attributes. It is what you have.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an outline of a content utilization apparatus according to the present invention. Prior to detailed description of the configuration of the content use apparatus according to the present embodiment, first, an outline of the content use apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, an example in which the content use device is a television device will be described. This figure shows a state in which a viewer (user) 0104 is watching a program (content) displayed on a television monitor 0102 constituting the content utilization device 0100. In this example, it is assumed that the viewer is a child, and is watching, for example, an animation program transmitted from the broadcast station 0103 by broadcast waves. At this time, it is assumed that emergency bulletin information is transmitted from the broadcasting station. In this case, if the content of the emergency bulletin information is "Earthquake in Tokyo. Be wary of strong shaking. Beware of strong shaking in the following areas. Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, Chiba." The conventional television apparatus displays this content as it is regardless of the viewer's attributes. On the other hand, the content use apparatus according to the present invention estimates the viewer attribute (user attribute), converts the received emergency bulletin information into a method suitable for the viewer according to the viewer attribute, and outputs the converted method. For this reason, the content utilization apparatus according to the present invention (1) holds the conversion rule in advance in the storage device 0101 provided in itself. This conversion rule is a rule that defines how to output emergency early warning information to which user by associating the output method of emergency early warning information according to user attributes. is there. In this figure, as a conversion rule in the case where the TV device estimates that the viewer attribute is a child, for example, it is highly probable that the child cannot read kanji. A rule such as “Output with” is defined and held.

  In this figure, when emergency bulletin information is transmitted from a broadcasting station, (2) the television apparatus receives the emergency bulletin information. Then, the television apparatus reads the conversion rule held in the storage device into, for example, the main memory. Therefore, the television apparatus applies the conversion rule according to the viewer attribute to convert the emergency early warning information. For this purpose, the television apparatus needs to determine the viewer attribute. For this reason, the content utilization apparatus (television apparatus) which concerns on this invention has a means to estimate a user attribute. In the example of this figure, the viewer is a child. (3) The television apparatus estimates the viewer attribute and obtains an estimation result that the viewer is a child. This estimation is performed by, for example, detecting the viewer's face with a camera provided in the television apparatus, and comparing the detection result with the viewer's face photograph registered in advance in association with the viewer attribute. This is possible by specifying the face photograph of the viewer and acquiring the viewer attribute associated therewith.

  Therefore, the television apparatus uses (4) this estimation result (the viewer attribute is a child) and the conversion rule (if the viewer attribute is a child, emergency emergency information is output only in hiragana). Convert earthquake warnings to a method that outputs only in hiragana. (5) The television apparatus outputs the converted result to the television monitor. In the example shown in this figure, the emergency early warning information is displayed on the TV monitor. At that time, a part of the content of the transmitted emergency early warning information may be omitted, the content of the emergency early warning information may be rephrased, or content other than the emergency early warning information may be added. In the example in this figure, the location of the earthquake occurrence (Tokyo) and the area that should be wary of strong shaking (Tokyo, Saitama, etc.) is not necessary for children for the time being, and it may be confusing for children. Since it is judged that there is, the output is omitted. In addition, the expression “warning against strong shaking” is too abstract for a child and difficult to understand, so it can be rephrased as an expression that is directly related to a simple and specific evacuation action, such as “Take it for yourself”. How to perform such partial omission or paraphrasing may be determined in the conversion rule.

<Configuration>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. Each unit, which is a component of the present invention, is configured by either hardware, software, or both hardware and software. For example, as an example for realizing these, when a computer is used, hardware composed of a CPU, a memory, a bus, an interface, peripheral devices, and the like, and software executable on these hardware are listed. Can do. Specifically, the functions of the respective units are realized by sequentially executing the programs developed on the memory, by processing, storing, and outputting data on the memory and data input through the interface.
As shown in the figure, the content utilization device 0200 of this embodiment includes an emergency bulletin information receiving unit 0210, an estimation unit 0220, a first holding unit 0230, a first conversion unit 0240, and a first output unit 0250. Consists of.
(Content use device)
The content utilization device in the present invention includes a wide range of devices that can receive programs such as video (including both moving images and still images), audio, text, graphics, games, etc., and output the content related to these programs. . For example, devices that can receive video signals transmitted by broadcast waves, etc., display video, text, graphics on the display, and output audio from speakers etc. are included, including wireless or wired TV equipment (including portable terminals with TV functions) that can receive broadcast waves on the Internet, video recorders such as DVD recorders with TV reception functions, and transmission of video, audio, etc. for unspecified majority via the Internet A personal computer terminal or the like having a function of receiving (so-called Internet broadcast) and displaying a video or the like on a display or outputting sound from a speaker or the like is included. In addition, the display for displaying video or the like and the speaker for outputting sound may be provided in the content using device itself, such as a television device, or the content using device itself may be provided with a display or the like. However, it may be configured such that an image or the like can be displayed on an external display connected to the content utilization device or audio can be output from an external speaker. Hereinafter, an example in which the content use apparatus is a television apparatus will be mainly described, but the following description applies to all the content use apparatuses according to the present invention.

(Emergency bulletin information receiving part)
The emergency bulletin information receiving unit is configured to receive emergency bulletin information. In the present invention, `` emergency bulletin information '' is information relating to emergency bulletins transmitted from broadcast stations of television broadcasts, in addition to information relating to bulletins related to natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, floods, eruptions, Information related to breaking news and election news is also included. In the case of television broadcasting, the emergency breaking information is generally stored and transmitted from a broadcasting station in an emergency breaking information area of a video signal provided in a broadcasting signal. In addition to or instead of the video signal, a character data signal may be transmitted or an audio signal may be transmitted. In this case, the television apparatus receives these with a tuner included in the television apparatus itself. These are the same as in the conventional method.

  By the way, in order for the content utilization apparatus that has received the emergency bulletin information to perform subsequent conversion and output, a configuration for knowing that the received information is the emergency bulletin information is required. As such a configuration, for example, if the content utilization device is a television device, whether or not the information is stored and transmitted from the broadcast station in the emergency early warning area of the video signal provided in the broadcast signal. If it is determined that the information is stored and transmitted in the emergency early warning area, the information is determined to be emergency early warning information. Alternatively, for example, an image generated from a character transmitted as a video signal is read by OCR (Optical Character Reader) processing to recognize the character, and characters such as “emergency” and “breaking news” stored in advance are included. For example, on the basis of a rule such as determining that it is emergency warning information, it may be determined that the information is emergency warning information when the character is included.

  Next, it is necessary to know the type of emergency early warning information (earthquake early warning information, typhoon early warning information, etc.). This is because the content to be converted and output differs according to the type of emergency early warning information. As a method for this, as described above, for example, an image generated from a character transmitted as a video signal is read by OCR processing, character recognition is performed, and the character is checked by collation with a dictionary stored in advance. What is necessary is just to specify the kind of emergency bulletin information to show. Furthermore, even among certain types of emergency early warning information, for example, earthquake early warning information, the epicenter, magnitude, seismic intensity, etc. are different for each piece of information. It is also necessary to know this, but this may also be performed by the OCR processing similar to the above. According to the above method, for example, if the received information includes the characters “emergency”, “earthquake”, and “Tokyo seismic intensity 5”, the information is emergency early warning information, and the earthquake early warning information , Because it can be seen that “Tokyo Seismic Intensity 5” is included in the content, it is possible to determine whether it is the above-mentioned emergency early warning information, the type of emergency early warning information, and the process to know the content at a time It becomes. It should be noted that even when the emergency bulletin information is transmitted as a character data signal or a voice signal, it can be similarly determined using OCR processing, voice recognition technology, or the like.

(Estimator)
The estimation unit is configured to estimate user attributes. The “user attribute” refers to an attribute of a user who is using the content received and output by the content utilization device according to the present invention. For example, when the content utilization device is a television device, the television device receives / This applies to viewers who are watching TV programs to be output. For example, the user's age, language used, presence / absence of visual impairment, user's gender, name, address, nationality, etc. are applicable. In the present embodiment, attributes related to the ability to understand emergency bulletin information are important. For example, the age of the user, the language used, and the presence or absence of visual impairment are important. As a specific configuration for estimating user attributes, for example, information on face recordings and voice recordings of persons who are likely to watch the television (for example, all family members who own the television) The user attribute is stored in advance in association with the user attribute, and the user's face and voice in front of the TV detected by the camera or microphone provided on the TV are compared with the stored information to identify the user. Then, the user attribute associated therewith may be acquired.

Further, for example, each user uses a remote control uniquely associated with the user, so that the content use device estimates the user attribute based on the user identification information transmitted from the remote control. Good. In addition, for example, when each user can operate the content using apparatus using a mobile terminal such as a smart phone uniquely associated with the user, the same estimation as above can be performed. it can. In this case, for example, user identification information may be transmitted from the smart phone to the content using device using the infrared communication function, and based on this, the content using device may estimate the user attribute. Alternatively, even when each user uses a common remote control or mobile terminal, a button for uniquely identifying each user is provided on the remote control or mobile terminal, and each user is assigned to himself / herself An estimation similar to the above can also be performed by performing an operation for viewing after pressing a given button.
Or you may make it estimate a user attribute by content use time, such as a program broadcast time and a broadcast time slot | zone. For example, if the program being viewed is an early-morning program, the user attribute is estimated to be “old man”, and if it is a late-night program, it is estimated to be “general adult”.
Furthermore, the user attribute may be estimated based on the output setting of the content use device. For example, if the main voice setting is set, the user attribute is assumed to be “person who uses Japanese”, and if the sub-voice setting is set, “user who does not use Japanese is used” is assumed. If the voice output is set to be performed at a large volume, the user attribute may be estimated as “old man”.
Further, the estimation unit is configured to use the included user attribute information as an estimation result when user information during use of the content is registered and the user attribute information is included in the information. Alternatively, the estimation unit includes the user information when the content is being used, if the user information is registered and includes the installation location information that indicates the installation location. You may be comprised so that it may become an estimation result with installation location information. Or you may make it estimate the user attribute of the user from the attribute information (program genre etc.) of the content which the user is using. These will be described in detail in different embodiments.
Further, the user attribute may be estimated by combining these plural elements. For example, if the airing time of the program is early morning and the genre of the program is rakugo, the user attribute is estimated as “old man”, but even if the airing time of the program is also early morning, the genre of the program is animated If so, the user attribute is estimated as “child”. As a result, more precise estimation of user attributes becomes possible.
Note that there may be a plurality of user attributes estimated by the estimation unit. A specific configuration related to estimation and conversion in such a case will be described later in another embodiment.

(First holding part)
The first holding unit is configured to hold a conversion rule for emergency breaking information according to user attributes. The conversion rule is a rule regarding what output method the received emergency early warning information is converted into, and is determined from the viewpoint of converting into an output method suitable for the attribute of the user who is using the content. It is done.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the conversion rule in the present embodiment. The conversion rule in this figure is an example in which the content usage device is a television device, and the content user (program viewer) generally has an attribute with a high probability of being provided according to its age, language, etc. It is an example determined in the light. For example, in the figure, in the case where the user attribute is “a viewer who uses Japanese as a language and is a child under 5 years old”, in light of the high probability of reading only hiragana without reading kanji, If the user is 0 to 5 years old and the language used is Japanese, a conversion rule is established that “the method of outputting the earthquake early warning is only hiragana”. Similarly, if the user attribute is an elderly person over 60 years old, it will be output in large size characters (Japanese or English depending on the language used), or if the user attribute is not Japanese, it will be in English. Conversion rules such as output are defined. Similarly, a conversion rule is defined such that when the user attribute is visually impaired, a large size character (Japanese or English depending on the language used) is output.
In the example of this figure, it is assumed that age, language used, and presence / absence of visual impairment, which are user attributes, are registered in advance as content user information. For this reason, when the user attribute is not registered, a separate association is performed as “no registration”. In this case, the language used is estimated by, for example, the main / sub audio output settings, and the presence or absence of visual impairment is estimated by adjusting the brightness of the TV screen, etc. Can be performed. Or, although it is different from the example of this figure, the user attribute is set to 0 to 5 years old for an animation program, for example, depending on the attribute of the content (program genre, broadcast time, etc.). The user attribute may be estimated to be an elderly person over 60 years old.

  Further, in the conversion rule, the user attribute and the output method do not have to correspond one-to-one. For example, when the user attribute is “a viewer who uses Japanese as a language and is a child under 5 years old”, as an output method, “display only hiragana characters in a large size in the center area of the screen” "Kanji mixed characters (normal size), Kanji mixed characters (large size), English (normal size) characters and English (large size) characters are displayed in an area other than the center area of the screen" Conversion rules may be defined. This is particularly useful when user attributes are not registered as user information during content use. This is because in this case, as described above, for example, the user attribute related to the language used is estimated from the output setting of the main / sub sound (for example, if the output setting is the sub sound setting, the language used is estimated to be other than Japanese). The user attribute related to the age is estimated from the genre of the program (for example, in the case of animation, it is estimated that the child is 0 to 5 years old), but this estimation result is not always correct. For example, even if the output setting is sub-audio, a Japanese high school student may be doing so for studying English. In this case, it is considered that emergency early warning information should be output not only in English but also in Japanese. Similarly, since adults may be watching anime, it may be better to output emergency bulletin information not only with hiragana characters but also with kanji mixed characters. Therefore, in such a case, a configuration in which emergency early warning information is output by a plurality of output methods while distinguishing display areas in the screen as described above is useful. In this case, the display area is distinguished by, for example, performing output corresponding to the user attribute that is estimated to have the highest probability in the screen center area, and outputting output corresponding to other user attributes in the screen center. It can be done outside the area.

In the above description, the case where the emergency breaking information is transmitted as a video signal is assumed, and the conversion rule has been described as an example in which the rule for converting the emergency breaking information into characters that are images is defined. However, the conversion rule is not limited to this, and the emergency breaking information transmitted as a video signal may be converted into audio or video (such as an image that does not include characters). For example, if the user attribute is an infant who cannot understand characters or a severely visually impaired person, a warning sound is output, a message such as “An earthquake is coming” is output by voice, When the attribute is an infant whose character cannot be understood, it is possible to display a still image or a moving image (for example, an animation in which a child hides under a desk) indicating the occurrence of an earthquake or an evacuation method.
Further, the conversion rule may be to convert emergency breaking information transmitted as a character data signal or emergency breaking information transmitted as a voice signal into video data such as characters.

(First conversion part)
The first conversion unit is configured to convert the received emergency bulletin information using the estimation result of the estimation unit and the conversion rule. Specifically, the emergency early warning information received as a video signal, a character data signal, or an audio signal is converted into video (character or video other than text), character data, or audio according to the estimation result and the conversion rule. .

As a specific configuration of conversion, the following method can be considered.
First, an output method corresponding to a certain user attribute is uniquely determined, and a method of always outputting with the same output method is conceivable. For example, when the emergency early warning information is earthquake early warning information, when the user attribute is estimated as “user age 0-5 years old, the language used is Japanese” and converted to “Hiragana only”, This is the case where the output is always “No matter what the earthquake early warning information is. In this case, in the emergency bulletin information, it is judged that there is a possibility that the place where the earthquake should occur and the area that should be alerted to strong shaking is not necessary for the time being, but it may confuse the child. Be omitted. Therefore, regardless of where the earthquake occurs, the unambiguous output will always be “You will be able to do it!
On the other hand, when performing conversion according to the content of information, for example, the conversion may be performed as follows. As a case where such conversion is necessary, for example, when the output method is “large size characters”, a part of words may be omitted or simplified. As described above, for example, when a character indicating emergency breaking information is received as a video signal, it is converted into text data by recognizing the character by reading it by OCR processing, and the emergency breaking information is sent as a character supermarket. If it is, the encoded character data is decoded into text data, and the characters included in the emergency bulletin information are collated with a pre-stored dictionary or the like to determine that the information is emergency bulletin information. It is possible. Therefore, a rule for reading and interpreting characters included in the emergency bulletin and how to output them may be determined, and the characters included in the emergency bulletin information may be converted accordingly. For example, if the text contained in the received emergency bulletin information is "Warning against strong shaking in Tokyo: Please watch out for strong shaking in the following areas. Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, Chiba". When the method is a large size character, the characters “Please watch out for strong shaking in the next region” and the place name following the letter (can be determined as a place name by registering in the dictionary in advance) If it is included, it may be converted to only the part excluding these (“Tokyo warns against strong earthquakes”). Alternatively, conversion may be performed in combination with other information that can be acquired by the content use device. For example, when information indicating that the location is “Saitama Prefecture” is registered in the content use device, the above characters are used. Is included, the interpretation is to read “Beware of strong shaking in the next area” as “Beware of strong shaking in the next area” and “Tokyo, Saitama Prefecture, Kanagawa” It is conceivable to perform conversion so that only “Saitama Prefecture” is displayed by collating “Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture” with the registration information of the above-mentioned location. Therefore, in this case, the emergency bulletin information after conversion that is output in large-size characters is “Warning against strong shaking in the earthquake in Tokyo. The following areas are wary of strong shaking. Saitama Prefecture”.

  Further, as described above, there may be a plurality of viewer attributes estimated by the estimation unit. In this case, the first conversion unit selects one of the plurality of user attributes, You may be comprised so that it may convert into the output method according to. Therefore, corresponding to the case where the estimation unit estimates a plurality of user attributes, in the conversion rule, which user attribute is selected from among the plurality of user attributes and converted to the corresponding output method It may be possible to prescribe the above. For example, when the estimation unit estimates a plurality of user attributes, for example, when a plurality of user attributes are registered in the user information that is using the content, or before a television set using a camera or a microphone, etc. A case where a plurality of user's faces and voices are detected (for example, when the entire family watches the television) is considered. In this case, the output corresponding to which user attribute is selected is recognized as, for example, a selection order given in advance (for example, a child is first selected based on the weaker-priority idea) or the largest image as a result of detection. What is necessary is just to determine by the method of selecting the user of the made face.

(First output part)
The first output unit is configured to output the conversion result of the first conversion unit. For example, in the case of a television device, the output is performed on the screen of the television monitor that constitutes the television device.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the output of the conversion result in the present embodiment. In any of (a) to (e), the portion surrounded by the thick frame is the screen of the TV monitor, and the portion surrounded by the broken line below it is not the screen of the TV monitor. This is a description of the features. Among these, (a) shows an example of the output method indicated by “A” in FIG. 3, that is, an output when outputting only with hiragana. FIG. 3B shows an example of the output method indicated by “B” in FIG. 3, that is, an output in the case of outputting characters with a normal size mixed with kanji. FIG. 3C shows an example of the output method indicated by “C” in FIG. 3, that is, an output in the case of outputting in English normal size characters. FIG. 3D shows an example of the output method indicated by “D” in FIG. 3, that is, output in the case of outputting characters with a large size mixed with kanji. FIG. 3E shows an example of the output method indicated by “E” in FIG. 3, that is, an output in the case of outputting in English large size characters.

  In FIG. 3, an example in which characters are output as an image has been described. However, for example, audio may be output in addition to or instead of this output. The audio output in this case is also made according to the user attribute estimation result and the conversion result made in the conversion rule. For example, when the user attribute is an infant who cannot understand characters or a severely visually impaired person, an alarm sound is output. It is also possible to output a message such as “An earthquake is coming”. Similarly, images other than characters may be output. For example, when a user attribute is an infant who cannot understand characters, a still image or a moving image indicating the occurrence of an earthquake may be displayed.

(Hardware configuration)
Next, the hardware configuration of the content using apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the emergency bulletin information receiving unit of the content utilization device of this embodiment includes an interface 0501, a storage device 0502, a main memory 0503, a CPU 0504, and a tuner 0505 connected via the interface. Consists of The first holding unit and the first output unit are connected via the I / O to the storage device, the main memory, the CPU, the I / O 0506, and the display 0507 connected via the I / O. Speaker 0508. The estimation unit and the first conversion unit include a storage device, a main memory, and a CPU. These are connected to each other via a data communication path such as a system bus 0509, and perform transmission / reception and processing of information.
The storage device stores various programs executed by the CPU. The main memory provides a work area which is a work area when the program is executed by the CPU. A plurality of memory addresses are assigned to the main memory and the storage device, respectively, and a program executed by the CPU performs processing by exchanging data with each other by specifying and accessing the memory address. It is possible.

  First, the configuration related to the emergency early warning information receiving unit will be described. The emergency bulletin information receiving program receives, for example, emergency bulletin information transmitted from a broadcasting station by a tuner connected via an interface.

Next, the structure which concerns on an estimation part is demonstrated. Here, first of all, information related to face photos and voice recordings of persons who can be viewed on the storage device (for example, the entire family who owns the TV) is recorded in each user attribute (user age, language used, An example of being registered in advance in the television in association with the presence or absence of visual impairment or the like) will be described (the registration information is shown as “user registration information” in FIG. 5). In this case, the estimation program detects the face or voice of the user in front of the television or the like by a sensor (not shown) such as a camera or a microphone provided in the television and the registered user. The user is identified by comparing with the face and voice of. Next, the estimation program obtains a user attribute associated with the identified user, and uses the user attribute as an estimation result. The estimation result is temporarily stored in the main memory.
Alternatively, when each user uses a remote controller or a mobile terminal associated with the user, the estimation program acquires user identification information transmitted from the remote controller or the like, and the user specified thereby You may make an estimation result with the user attribute by acquiring the associated user attribute.
As another example, the estimation program may acquire an output setting of a television or the like and thereby estimate a user attribute. In this case, the storage device stores in advance a table in which output settings and user attributes are associated with each other. For example, the output setting “main voice setting” corresponds to the user attribute “language used: Japanese”. It is attached. Therefore, the estimation program reads the table into the main memory, acquires the output setting of the television or the like, and estimates the user attribute with reference to the acquired output setting and the table. For example, if the acquired output setting is the main voice setting, it is estimated that the user attribute is Japanese as the language used.

  Next, the structure which concerns on a 1st holding | maintenance part is demonstrated. The first holding program holds the emergency breaking information conversion rule corresponding to the user attribute in the storage device. An example of the conversion rule is as shown in FIG.

  Next, the structure which concerns on a 1st conversion part is demonstrated. The first conversion program converts the received emergency bulletin information using the estimation result and the conversion rule. For example, when emergency bulletin information is received as a video signal, the estimation result is “a child whose age is 0 to 5 and the language used is Japanese”, and the conversion rule is “the user's age is 0 to 5 years, If the language used is Japanese, the emergency earthquake bulletin output method shall be only hiragana ".If the estimated result and conversion rules are used, the emergency early warning information will be composed of only hiragana characters. Convert to video. The conversion result is temporarily stored in the main memory.

  Next, the structure which concerns on a 1st output part is demonstrated. The first output program outputs the conversion result in the first conversion unit to a display, a speaker, or the like provided in the television monitor via the I / O.

<Process flow>
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of processing in the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The flow of processing in FIG.
When it is determined that the emergency bulletin information has been transmitted from a broadcasting station or the like in step S0601, the content utilization device receives the emergency bulletin information in step S0602 for receiving the emergency bulletin information.
Next, in estimation step S0603, a content utilization apparatus estimates a user attribute. As a specific processing flow for this, the content utilization device (1) detects the face and voice of the user in front of the television with, for example, a camera or a microphone provided in the television, and (2) the television in advance. Information related to the recording of a face photograph or voice of a person who may be viewed and held in association with user attributes in the device (hereinafter referred to as “holding information”) is read, and (3) the detected face and voice of the user The user is identified by collating with the read holding information, and (4) the user attribute associated with the user in the holding information is read and acquired.
Next, in the conversion rule reading step S0604, the content using device reads the conversion rule held in the storage device into the main memory. Note that the processing order of step S0603 and step S0604 may be reversed.
Next, in the first conversion step S0605, the content using apparatus converts the emergency breaking information received in step S0602 using the estimation result in step S0603 and the conversion rule read in step S0604.
Further, in the first output step S0606, the content using device outputs the conversion result converted in step S0605.

<Effect>
When the emergency report information is received by the content use apparatus according to the present embodiment, the information can be converted into an appropriate method according to the user attribute during use of the content and output.

<Overview>
The content use device of the present embodiment is basically the same as the device of the first embodiment. However, when user information during use of content is registered and user attribute information is included in the user information, It is characterized in that the user attribute information is used as an estimation result, and the user attribute of the user who is using the content can be estimated immediately from the registered viewer attribute information. .

<Configuration>
The content utilization apparatus of the present embodiment is basically in common with the content utilization apparatus of the first embodiment. Therefore, an example of a functional block of the content use apparatus of the present embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG. 2 for the content use apparatus of the first embodiment. However, when the user information in use of the content is registered and the user attribute information is included in the estimation unit of the content use device of the present embodiment, the included user attribute information is included. Is used as an estimation result. Hereinafter, the configuration of the estimation unit will be described. Since the configuration of each other part is the same as that of the content use apparatus of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

(Estimator)
As in the first embodiment, the “estimator” is configured to estimate a user attribute that is an attribute of the user who is using the content. However, in this embodiment, the estimation unit registers the user information in use of the content, and if the user attribute information is included in the information, the estimation result is obtained using the included user attribute information. It is comprised so that. For example, if the user attribute information included in the registered user information for using the content indicates a user attribute “age is 0 to 5 years”, “age is With a user attribute of “0 to 5 years old”, this is immediately set as a user attribute estimation result.
“User information during use of content” refers to information about a user during use of content, and the main one is user attribute information. “User attribute information” refers to information indicating the attribute of the content user, for example, information indicating the age of the user, the language used, and the presence or absence of visual impairment. In addition, for example, information indicating the sex, nationality, hobbies, etc. of the user also corresponds to the user attribute information. Examples of user information during use of content other than user attribute information include user face photo data, voice recording data, the number of users, and the like. Registration of user information while using content is performed by, for example, displaying an input screen using a television display, and accepting an input operation performed by a user using a key of a remote controller or the like on the input screen. This information can be recorded on a storage device provided in the television.

(Characteristics of the configuration of this embodiment)
The feature of the configuration of this embodiment is that the user attribute can be estimated immediately, so that the emergency bulletin information can be output more promptly in a method suitable for the attribute of the user who is using the content. The point is that you can do it. For example, if the user attribute information included in the registered user information for using the content is only related to one user, the user attribute information can be immediately used as an estimation result of the user attribute. it can. Therefore, in this case, for example, it is not necessary to perform processing such as face detection with a camera or identification of a user based on the detection result, and the matching with the conversion rule is immediately performed in accordance with the attribute of the user. Emergency bulletin information can be converted and output in a suitable way. In addition, even if the user attribute information included in the registered user information while using the content relates to a plurality of users, it is assumed that the user attribute information is immediately estimated with the plurality of user attribute information, It can be converted into an output method corresponding to the plurality of user attributes and output. As described above, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, it is possible to immediately estimate user attributes regardless of whether the user attribute information relates to one user or a plurality of users. Therefore, the emergency bulletin information can be output more quickly by a method suitable for the attribute of the user who is using the content.

(Hardware configuration)
Next, the hardware configuration of the content using apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the content using apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the present embodiment is basically the same as the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the first embodiment. However, in the content use device according to the present embodiment, user information during content use is held in the storage device, and user attribute information is included therein. In this case, the user attribute information is directly used as a user attribute estimation result. As a configuration for this, the estimation program reads the user attribute information from the storage device into the main memory (or may extract the user attribute information after reading the user information being used to the main memory) This is stored in the main memory as an estimation result. Since the rest of the configuration is the same as the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.

<Process flow>
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of processing in the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The processing flow in this embodiment is basically the same as the processing flow in the first embodiment. However, the process in estimation step S0803 has the following substeps.
That is, if it is determined Yes in the sub-step S0804 for determining whether or not user information in use of the content is registered and the user attribute information is included therein, the content using device is included The user attribute information is used as an estimation result (substep S0805).
The rest of the process flow is the same as the process flow of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

<Effect>
By enabling the user attribute to be immediately estimated by the content use device according to the present embodiment, it is possible to more quickly output emergency bulletin information using a method suitable for the user attribute of the content use device. It is possible to provide a content utilization device that can be performed.

<Overview>
The content use device of the present embodiment is basically the same as the device of the first embodiment, but the user information during use of the content is registered, and the location information indicating the installation location is included therein. Is characterized in that the installation location information is used as the estimation result, and the user attribute of the user who is using the content can be estimated immediately from the registered installation location information. is there.

<Configuration>
The content utilization apparatus of the present embodiment is basically in common with the content utilization apparatus of the first embodiment. Therefore, an example of a functional block of the content use device according to the present embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG. 2 for the content use device according to the first embodiment. However, the estimation unit of the content use device according to the present embodiment estimates the installation location information when the user information during use of the content is registered and includes the installation location information indicating the installation location. It is configured to result. Hereinafter, the configuration of the estimation unit will be described. Since the configuration of each other part is the same as that of the content use apparatus of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

(Estimator)
As in the first embodiment, the “estimator” is configured to estimate a user attribute that is an attribute of the user who is using the content. However, in this embodiment, when the user information during use of the content is registered and the installation location information indicating the installation location is included in the estimation unit, the estimation unit uses the installation location information as an estimation result. It is configured as follows.
The meaning of “user information during content use” and an example of a registration method are the same as those described in the second embodiment. “Installation location information” is information indicating the installation location of the content use device. In order to make it possible to use the installation location information as the estimation result of the user attribute, the installation location information includes content sufficient to estimate the user attribute of the content use device. For example, in a family consisting of a plurality of family members (for example, parents, children, and grandmother), if the child room, grandmother's room, and the like are set as installation location information, “child” is information that is sufficient to specify user attributes. , “Grandmother” and the like. Alternatively, if the type and character of the facility itself is sufficient to estimate the user attribute, the installation location information is information related to the facility itself where the content utilization device is installed (eg, a nursery school, a nursing home). May be. Note that, unlike the present embodiment, the installation location information does not include content sufficient to estimate the user attribute, and the information sufficient to estimate the user attribute may be associated with the installation location information. The same effect as this embodiment can be obtained. For example, it is conceivable that the installation location information is an address or a postal code, and information indicating the type and character of a facility such as a nursery school or a nursing home installed at the address is associated therewith.

(Characteristics of the configuration of this embodiment)
As in the case of the second embodiment, the feature of the configuration of the present embodiment is that the user's attribute can be estimated immediately, so that the emergency breaking information can be obtained in a suitable manner according to the attribute of the user who is using the content. This is because the output can be performed more quickly. For example, if the installation location indicated by the installation location information included in the registered user information for using the content is “children's room”, it is highly likely that the user of the content is a child. Therefore, a table or the like that associates the installation location (in this example, “kid room”) with user attribute information (in this example, “child”) is stored in advance, and the table is immediately referenced from this installation location. User attribute estimation results can be obtained. Therefore, in this case as well, for example, it is not necessary to perform processing such as face detection with a camera or identification of a user based on the detection result, and matching with the conversion rule is performed immediately according to the attribute of the user. Emergency bulletin information can be converted and output in a suitable way. As described above, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, it is possible to immediately estimate the user attribute from the installation location of the content use device, so that it is possible to use a method suitable for the attribute of the user who is using the content. The emergency bulletin information can be output more quickly.

(Hardware configuration)
Next, the hardware configuration of the content using apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the present embodiment is basically the same as the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the first embodiment. However, in the content use device of the present embodiment, user information during use of the content is held in the storage device and includes installation location information. The storage device also holds a table (installation location / user attribute association table) in which the installation location of the content utilization device and the user attribute are associated with each other. In this case, the estimation result is the user attribute information associated with the installation location information. As a configuration for this, the estimation program reads the installation location information and the installation location / user attribute association table from the storage device to the main memory (or the installation location information reads the user information during use of the content to the main memory). The user attribute information associated with the installation location is identified with reference to the installation location / user attribute association table and stored in the main memory as the estimation result with the user attribute information. To do. Since the rest of the configuration is the same as the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.

<Process flow>
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of processing in the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The processing flow in this embodiment is basically the same as the processing flow in the first embodiment. However, the process in the estimation step S1003 includes the following sub-steps.
That is, if it is determined Yes in the sub-step S1004 for determining whether or not the user information during the use of the content is registered and the installation location information is included therein, the content using device determines the installation location / use. In the user attribute association table reading sub-step S1005, the installation location / user attribute association table is read from the storage device to the main memory. Next, the content using device refers to the read installation location / user attribute association table, identifies the user attribute information associated with the installation location, and uses the user attribute information as an estimation result (sub Step S1006).
The rest of the process flow is the same as the process flow of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

<Effect>
The content utilization device according to the present embodiment makes it possible to immediately estimate the user attribute from the location where the content utilization device is installed. Therefore, the emergency bulletin information can be stored in an appropriate manner according to the attribute of the user using the content. It is possible to provide a content use apparatus that can perform output more quickly.

<Overview>
The content use device of the present embodiment is basically the same as the device of the first embodiment, but means for acquiring attribute information of the content being used and the user of the user who is using the content from the acquired attribute information And a means for estimating an attribute. The user attribute of the user who is using the content can be estimated from the attribute information of the content being used.

<Configuration>
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The content use device 1100 of this embodiment is basically the same as the content use device of the first embodiment. However, the estimation unit of the content utilization apparatus according to the present embodiment further includes content attribute information acquisition means 1121 and first estimation means 1122.

(Estimation unit: content attribute information acquisition means)
The “content attribute information acquisition unit” is configured to acquire attribute information of content being used (hereinafter referred to as “content attribute information”). In the “content attribute information”, for example, when the content using device is a television device, information indicating the genre of the program (report, drama, sports, variety, etc.) that is the attribute of the television program being viewed, Information indicating title, broadcast channel, performer name, broadcast time or broadcast time, broadcast time, etc. is included, but in this embodiment, it is used to estimate user attributes related to the ability to understand emergency bulletin information. “Content attribute information” is important. As described above, user attributes related to the ability to understand emergency bulletin information include the user's age, language used, presence or absence of visual impairment, and so on. "", It can be said that the genre, title, broadcast time or broadcast time zone of the program is important in the above examples. For example, if the genre of the program is “animation”, the user attribute is highly likely to be “children”, and if the program title is “silver health life”, the user attribute is likely to be “old” It is possible.

(Estimation unit: first estimation means)
The “first estimation means” is configured to estimate the user attribute of the content user from the acquired content attribute information. As a specific configuration, for example, the content use apparatus holds a table (content attribute information / user attribute association table) in which content attribute information and user attributes are associated, and the first estimation unit refers to the table. Thus, a configuration in which the user attribute associated with the acquired content attribute information is estimated to be the user attribute of the user who is using the content can be considered.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the content attribute information / user attribute association table. This figure shows an example in which the content attribute information is a program genre.
In this figure, for example, the content attribute information “animation / special effects” is associated with the fact that the user attribute is age 0 to 5 and there is no visual impairment (the language used is not limited). ing. The content attribute information “variety” is associated with the user attribute that the age is 6 to 59, the language used is Japanese, and there is no visual impairment.
Therefore, the first estimation means estimates the user attribute using the table. For example, if the acquired content attribute information is “animation / special effects”, the user attribute of the content user is age 0-5, the language used is Japanese or other than Japanese, and the visual impairment The estimation result that there is no will be obtained. If the acquired content attribute information is “variety”, the user attribute of the TV viewer is 6 to 59 years old, the language used is Japanese, and there is no visual impairment. Will get.

  Note that the configuration for the first conversion unit to convert the received emergency bulletin information using the estimation result and the conversion rule is the same as the configuration of the apparatus of the first embodiment. In this case, for example, when the content attribute information is “variety” in the example of FIG. 12, the conversion rule of the example shown in FIG. 3 can be used for conversion. That is, in this example, among the user attributes, the age is 6 to 59 years old, the language used is Japanese, and there is no visual impairment. Therefore, the received emergency breaking information is “Kanji mixed, Is converted to an output method of “normal size”. On the other hand, when the content attribute information is “animation / special effects”, a conversion rule different from that shown in FIG. 3 is used. That is, in this example, the user attribute is 0-5 years of age, the language used is Japanese or other than Japanese, and there is no visual impairment. If there are two results in the user attribute estimation result, “Language is Japanese” and “Language is non-Japanese”, “Language is Japanese” is given priority. Accordingly, a conversion rule to which conversion to “Hiragana only”, “Hiragana only” is displayed in the center area of the screen, and “English” is displayed in other areas is used.

(Characteristics of the configuration of this embodiment)
As in the second embodiment, the feature of the configuration of the present embodiment is that the user attribute can be estimated immediately, so that an emergency bulletin in an appropriate manner according to the attribute of the user who is using the content can be obtained. This is because information can be output more quickly. That is, in this embodiment, in view of the high probability that content attribute information is related to user attributes, for example, animation is mainly viewed by children and historical drama is mainly viewed by elderly people. It is characterized in that the attribute information is acquired and the user attribute is estimated from the acquired content attribute information, so that the user attribute estimation result can be obtained immediately from the content attribute information. Therefore, in this case as well, for example, it is not necessary to perform processing such as face detection with a camera or identification of a user based on the detection result, and matching with the conversion rule is performed immediately according to the attribute of the user. Emergency bulletin information can be converted and output in a suitable way. As described above, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, it is possible to immediately estimate the user attribute from the content attribute information. Therefore, the emergency breaking information by a method suitable for the attribute of the user who is using the content. Can be output more quickly.

(Hardware configuration)
Next, the hardware configuration of the content using apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the present embodiment is basically the same as the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the first embodiment. However, in the content usage apparatus of the present embodiment, the estimation program acquires content attribute information and executes a process of estimating the user attribute of the television user from the acquired content attribute information. A specific hardware configuration relating to these processes will be described below.
First, a configuration related to acquisition of content attribute information will be described. For example, the estimation program extracts content attribute information such as a program genre, a program title, and a broadcast time included in EPG information transmitted from a broadcasting station, and temporarily stores it in the main memory.
Next, a configuration related to estimation of user attributes of a user who is using content will be described. A content attribute information / user attribute association table is stored in the storage device in advance. Therefore, the estimation program reads the table from the storage device to the main memory and reads the acquired content attribute information. Then, the estimation program refers to the table to identify the user attribute associated with the content attribute information, and stores the user attribute information in the main memory as the estimation result. Since the rest of the configuration is the same as the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.

<Process flow>
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing flow in the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The processing flow in the present embodiment is basically the same as the processing flow in the first embodiment. However, the process in the estimation step S1403 includes the following sub-steps.
First, in content attribute information acquisition sub-step S1404, the content using device acquires attribute information of the content being viewed. This acquisition is performed, for example, by acquiring the broadcast data such as EPG information transmitted from the broadcasting station as it is.
Next, in the content attribute information / user attribute association table reading sub-step S1405, the content using device reads the content attribute information / user attribute association table held in the storage device into the main memory.
Next, the content using device refers to the read content attribute information / user attribute association table, identifies the user attribute information associated with the content attribute information, and uses the user attribute information as an estimation result. (Substep S1406).
The rest of the process flow is the same as the process flow of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  <Effect>

  According to the content use device of this embodiment, it is possible to immediately estimate the user attribute from the content attribute information of the content use device, so that the emergency breaking information by a method suitable for the attribute of the user who is using the content It is possible to provide a content use device that can output the above information more quickly.

<Overview>
The content using apparatus according to the present embodiment acquires the attribute information of the currently viewed content, and uses the acquired attribute information and the emergency breaking information conversion rule corresponding to the previously held attribute information of the currently viewed content. In addition, by converting the received emergency bulletin information according to the attribute information of the content being watched and outputting it, the emergency bulletin information can be conveyed to the user in a manner suitable for the user attribute. It is what has.
The configuration of the content use device according to the present embodiment has a part common to the configuration of the content use device according to the fourth embodiment. However, the difference from the content use device according to the fourth embodiment is that the user attribute is based on the content attribute information. Instead of lacking a configuration for estimating the content, the content attribute information is taken into the conversion rule, and the emergency breaking information is directly converted using the content attribute information and the conversion rule.

<Configuration>
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The content utilization device 1500 of this embodiment includes an emergency bulletin information receiving unit 1510, a content attribute information acquisition unit 1560, a second holding unit 1531, a second conversion unit 1541, and a second output unit 1551.

(Emergency bulletin information receiving part)
The emergency bulletin information receiving unit is configured to receive emergency bulletin information. The specific configuration is the same as that described in the first embodiment.

(Content attribute information acquisition unit)
The “content attribute information acquisition unit” is configured to acquire attribute information of the content being viewed. The specific configuration is the same as that described in the fourth embodiment.

(Second holding part)
The “second holding unit” is configured to hold an emergency breaking information conversion rule corresponding to the attribute information of the content being viewed. The feature of the conversion rule of the present embodiment is that content attribute information is taken into the conversion rule itself.
FIG. 16 shows an example of the conversion rule in the present embodiment. The conversion rule in this figure is an example in which the genre of a program is used as the content attribute information, and the output method of emergency bulletin information is associated with the content attribute information on a one-to-one basis. Although not shown, the meanings of symbols such as A and B in the output method are the same as those shown in the legend of FIG. 3 (the same applies to FIGS. 17 and 29). ). For example, when the program genre is “animation / special effects”, the output method is “Hiragana only”. Differences from Example 4 are as follows. In Embodiment 4, when content attribute information is acquired, first, a user attribute associated with the content attribute information is estimated using a content attribute information / user attribute association table or the like, and an output corresponding to the estimation result of the user attribute is output. The method is determined using conversion rules. On the other hand, in this embodiment, when content attribute information is acquired, an output method is immediately determined using a conversion rule without estimating a user attribute. According to such a configuration, it is possible to output the emergency bulletin information by a method suitable for the attribute of the user who is viewing the content more quickly than in the fourth embodiment.
Note that, unlike the example of this figure, a plurality of emergency bulletin information output methods associated with each content attribute information may be determined after distinguishing display areas in the screen. For example, as an output method associated with “Anime / SFX”, even if the rule is to display “Hiragana only” in the center area of the screen and “English, character size normal” in the upper area of the screen. Good.

Further, in the conversion rule of this embodiment, things other than the content attribute information may be associated with the output method.
FIG. 17 shows another example of the conversion rule in this embodiment, and shows an example in which items other than the content attribute information are associated with the output method. In this figure, in addition to the program genre that is the content attribute information, the registered user attribute age and the output setting (language etc.) are associated. For example, when the program genre is “Anime / SFX”, the registered user attribute is “0-5 years old”, and the output setting is “Language: Japanese, Enlarged Display: None, Subtitle Display” : “None”, the output method is “Hiragana only”. On the other hand, even when the program genre is “animation / special effects”, the registered user attribute age is “60 years old or older” and the output setting is “language: Japanese, character enlargement display: yes” When the subtitle display is “present”, the output method is “mixed kanji and large character size”. In this way, when the conversion rule of this example is used, it is possible to output emergency bulletin information by a method appropriate to the attribute of the user who is viewing the content. Of course, also in this example, a plurality of emergency bulletin information output methods associated with the respective content attribute information may be determined after distinguishing display areas in the screen. For example, when the program genre is “Anime / SFX”, the registered user attribute is “0-5 years old”, and the output setting is “Language: Japanese, Enlarged Display: None, Subtitle Display” : When “None” is selected, “Hiragana only” is displayed in the center area of the screen, “English, character size is normal” in the upper area of the screen, and “Kanji mixed, large character size” in the lower area of the screen. Rules such as display may be defined.

(Second conversion part)
The “second conversion unit” is configured to convert the received emergency bulletin information using the acquired attribute information of the content being viewed and the conversion rule held in the second holding unit. . Specifically, the emergency early warning information received as a video signal, character data signal, or audio signal is configured to convert into video (character or video other than characters), character data, or audio according to the estimation result and conversion rules, This is the same as the configuration of the first conversion unit in the first embodiment.

(Second output part)
The “second output unit” is configured to output the conversion result of the second conversion unit. The specific configuration related to the output is the same as the configuration of the first output unit in the first embodiment.

(Hardware configuration)
Next, the hardware configuration of the content using apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the emergency bulletin information receiving unit and the content attribute information acquiring unit of the content using device of the present embodiment are connected via an interface 1801, a storage device 1802, a main memory 1803, a CPU 1804, and an interface. And a tuner 1805 connected thereto. The second holding unit and the second output unit are connected via the I / O to the storage device, the main memory, the CPU, the I / O 1806, and the display 1807 connected via the I / O. Speaker 1808. The second conversion unit includes a storage device, a main memory, and a CPU. These are connected to each other through a data communication path such as a system bus 1809 to transmit / receive information and process information.
Among the above, the hardware configuration related to the emergency early warning information acquisition unit and the second output unit is the same as the hardware configuration related to the emergency early warning information acquisition unit and the first output unit described in the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted. To do.

  First, the configuration related to the content attribute information acquisition unit will be described. The content attribute information acquisition program, for example, if the content utilization device is a television device, obtains content attribute information such as the program genre, program title, and broadcast time included in the EPG information transmitted from the broadcast station. Extract and store in main memory.

  Next, the structure which concerns on a 2nd holding | maintenance part is demonstrated. The second holding program holds the emergency breaking information conversion rule corresponding to the attribute information of the content being viewed in the storage device. An example of the conversion rule is as shown in FIG. 16 and FIG.

  Next, the structure which concerns on a 2nd conversion part is demonstrated. The second conversion program converts the received emergency bulletin information using the content attribute information and the conversion rule. For example, when emergency early warning information is received as a video signal, the program genre that is the content attribute information is “animation / special effects”, and the conversion rule is “the program genre that is the content attribute information is animation / special effects, In the case of “emergency earthquake early warning output method is only hiragana”, the emergency early warning information is converted into an image composed only of hiragana characters using the content attribute information and the conversion rule. The conversion result is temporarily stored in the main memory.

<Process flow>
FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of processing in the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The flow of processing in FIG.
If it is determined in step S1901 whether or not the emergency bulletin information is transmitted from a broadcasting station or the like, the content using apparatus receives the emergency bulletin information in the emergency bulletin information reception step S1902.
Next, in content attribute information acquisition step S1903, the content utilization apparatus acquires content attribute information included in EPG information transmitted from a broadcasting station, for example.
Next, in the conversion rule reading step S1904, the content using device reads the conversion rule held in the storage device into the main memory. Note that the processing order of steps S1903 and S1904 may be reversed.
Next, in the second conversion step S1905, the content using apparatus converts the emergency breaking information received in step S1902 using the content attribute information acquired in step S1903 and the conversion rule read in step S1904.
Further, in the second output step S1906, the content using apparatus outputs the conversion result converted in step S1905.

<Effect>
The content utilization device of this embodiment determines the output method as soon as the content attribute information is acquired, and more quickly outputs emergency bulletin information by a method suitable for the attribute of the user who is viewing the content. Is possible.

<Overview>
The content use device according to the present embodiment is basically the same as any one of the first to fourth embodiments, but the received emergency bulletin information includes a plurality of output patterns according to the content user. The first conversion unit is configured to select one of a plurality of output patterns instead of the conversion.

<Configuration>
FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The content utilization apparatus of the present embodiment is basically in common with the content utilization apparatus of the first embodiment. However, the first conversion unit of the content utilization device according to the present embodiment may include a plurality of output patterns instead of the conversion when the received emergency bulletin information includes a plurality of output patterns according to the content user. Is selected. Hereinafter, the configuration of the first conversion unit will be described. Since the configuration of each other part is the same as that of the content use apparatus of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

(First conversion part)
The first conversion unit is configured to select one of the plurality of output patterns instead of the conversion when the received emergency bulletin information includes a plurality of output patterns according to the content user. Yes.
The content utilization device described in the first embodiment, etc., keeps in mind that the received emergency bulletin information is transmitted by a method uniquely determined by the broadcasting station or the like as in the past. The purpose is to convert this into an output method suitable for the user and output it.
In the future, however, broadcasters and other parties will send emergency warning information in multiple output patterns according to the content user from the beginning, considering that emergency warning information is output in an output method suitable for the user. Is also possible. In such a case, it is not necessary to convert the received emergency bulletin information again to another output method, and it is a waste of time to convert it. Therefore, in response to such a case, the content utilization apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured to select one of a plurality of output patterns instead of the conversion described in the first embodiment. .

The determination of which pattern to select from among the plurality of output patterns is made so as to be an appropriate method according to the attribute of the user who is using the content. Hereinafter, an example of a specific configuration related to this selection will be described.
Also in the present embodiment, the estimation unit estimates a user attribute that is an attribute of the user who is using the content. The specific configuration related to the estimation is the same as that described in the first embodiment. Therefore, the estimation unit includes, for example, the case where user information during use of content is registered and the user attribute information includes that “age is 0 to 5 years”. The user attribute information is used as the estimation result.

  Next, the first conversion unit converts the received emergency bulletin information using the estimation result of the estimation unit and the conversion rule. However, since the first conversion unit does not perform conversion in this embodiment, the conversion rule is used for selecting the output method. In the case of using the conversion rule shown in FIG. 3 above, if the user attribute “age is 0 to 5 years” is obtained as the above estimation result, the conversion rule is “ The output method “Hiragana only” associated with the user attribute “age is 0 to 5 years old” is selected.

  Note that, unlike the present embodiment, when the received emergency early warning information includes a plurality of output patterns according to the user who is using the content, the first conversion unit replaces the conversion with a plurality of output patterns. Two or more output patterns may be selected. In this case, the output method to be prioritized among the plurality of output methods selected (for example, output to the center of the screen) may be determined in the conversion rule, for example, as described in the first embodiment. .

(Hardware configuration)
The hardware configuration of the content usage apparatus according to the present embodiment is basically the same as the hardware configuration of the content usage apparatus according to the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. However, in the content use device of the present embodiment, the first conversion program determines whether or not the received emergency bulletin information includes a plurality of output patterns according to the user who is using the content. When the determination result is obtained, processing for selecting one of the plurality of output patterns is executed instead of the conversion. A rule for selecting one pattern among a plurality of output patterns is defined in, for example, a conversion rule. In this case, the first conversion program reads the conversion rule, refers to the conversion rule, and selects one pattern. Select and convert to the pattern. The specific configuration for conversion is the same as that described in the first embodiment. Since the rest of the configuration is the same as the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.

<Process flow>
FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing flow in the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The processing flow in this embodiment is basically the same as the processing flow in the first embodiment. However, the process in the first conversion step S2104 includes the following sub-steps.
In other words, if it is determined Yes in the sub-step S2105 for determining whether or not the user information in use of the content is registered and the installation location information is included therein, the content usage apparatus determines that the conversion rule (multiple rules) (Including a rule for selecting one of the output patterns) (sub-step S2106), and selects one output pattern according to the selection rule (sub-step S2107).
The rest of the process flow is the same as the process flow of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

<Effect>
Since the content utilization device of this embodiment can immediately output the selected method without conversion, the emergency bulletin information can be output more quickly according to the user attribute during the content use. Can be performed.

<Overview>
The content use device of the present embodiment is basically the same as any one of the embodiments 1 to 5, but when the user attributes estimated by the estimation unit are a plurality of user attributes, The first conversion unit executes a plurality of conversions, and the first output unit has means for performing the converted outputs simultaneously or in time series.

<Configuration>
FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The content utilization device of the present embodiment is basically in common with any one of the content utilization devices of the first to fifth embodiments. However, the content utilization device of the present embodiment is characterized by the configuration of the first conversion unit and the first output unit. Hereinafter, the configuration of each of these units will be described. Since the configuration of each other part is the same as the configuration of any one of the content use apparatuses according to the first to fifth embodiments, the description thereof is omitted.

(First conversion part)
The first conversion unit is configured to perform a plurality of conversions when the user attributes estimated by the estimation unit are a plurality of user attributes.

  As an example in which the user attributes estimated by the estimation unit are a plurality of user attributes, for example, the face of the user (viewer) in front of the television is detected by the camera provided in the television described above. In this case, it is conceivable that a plurality of user attributes are estimated when a plurality of persons are watching television together. Further, when user attributes are registered in association with content attribute information as in the example of the table shown in FIG. 12, a plurality of user attributes are associated with one content attribute information (FIG. 12). In this example, there may be a case where “Japanese” and “Non-Japanese” are associated as user attributes related to the language used for the program genre “animation / special effects” which is content attribute information. Furthermore, when the user attribute information associated with the installation location information is used as the estimation result, the installation location is “living room” and the whole family is associated there. .

In such a case, the first conversion unit performs a plurality of conversions. According to the above example of FIG. 12, conversion to an output method corresponding to a user attribute of “age: 0 to 5 years, language used: Japanese, presence / absence of visual impairment: none”, and “age: 0 to 0” A plurality of conversions are performed: conversion to an output method corresponding to a user attribute of “5 years old, language used other than Japanese, presence or absence of visual impairment: none”. If the conversion rule shown in FIG. 3 is used, two conversions are executed: “Hiragana only”, which is the output method corresponding to the former, and “English, character size is normal”, which is the output method corresponding to the latter. Will be.
In addition, since the output may be performed by voice as described above, it may be converted into two output methods of video and voice composed of characters.

(First output part: Multiple means)
The first output unit has a plurality of means 2253. The plurality of means are configured to perform the plurality of converted outputs simultaneously or in time series.
If you want to output multiple outputs at the same time, if you want to output multiple images simultaneously (for example, “Hiragana only” characters and “Kanji mixed, character size normal” characters) For example, an area in the screen of a display such as a television monitor is divided and output so that output by one output method is performed in the center area of the screen and output by another output method is performed in the upper area of the screen. When outputting video and audio simultaneously, for example, the audio is output from the speaker while displaying the video on the screen (display) of the television monitor.

As a specific output method when performing a plurality of outputs in time series, for example, after displaying “Hiragana only” characters for a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) among a plurality of images, A method may be considered in which the characters “size normal” are switched and displayed for a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds), and this is repeated a predetermined number of times. At that time, all the output methods may be switched in the same area (the center area of the screen, etc.), or the areas in the screen of a display such as a TV monitor are classified according to the output method (for example, “Hiragana only The character "" is placed in the center area of the screen, and the character "Mixed kanji and size of characters" is placed in the upper area of the screen). Further, when outputting video and audio in time series, for example, after displaying the video on the screen (display) of the television monitor for a predetermined time, the audio is output from the speaker for a predetermined time, and this is repeated a predetermined number of times. Conceivable.
Also, simultaneous output and time-series output may be combined. For example, initial output for a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) may be output simultaneously, and then output may be alternately performed for each predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds). .

  What kind of output method the plurality of means output is determined in advance by a rule. For this reason, it is desirable for the content utilization apparatus of a present Example to hold | maintain the rule (multiple output rule) which defined the output method of the some output converted beforehand, for example. In this case, the plurality of means refers to the plurality of output rules and performs output according to the rules. Note that the plurality of output rules may be determined together in the conversion rule.

(Hardware configuration)
The hardware configuration of the content usage apparatus according to the present embodiment is basically the same as the hardware configuration of the content usage apparatus according to the first embodiment illustrated in FIG. However, in the content use device of the present embodiment, the first conversion program executes a plurality of conversions when the user attributes estimated by the estimation unit are a plurality of user attributes. The specific configuration related to the conversion is the same as that described in the first embodiment. In this embodiment, a plurality of output methods are associated with each of a plurality of user attributes in the conversion rule. Therefore, the first conversion program performs conversion to an output method corresponding to each user attribute, and a plurality of conversion results are obtained.
The first output program performs output by a plurality of output methods according to the plurality of conversion results. As for a specific output method, for example, a plurality of output rules previously stored in the storage device are read out to the main memory, and the output is performed according to the rules by referring to the rules.
Since the rest of the configuration is the same as the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.

<Process flow>
FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing flow in the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The flow of processing in the content utilization device of the present embodiment is basically the same as the flow of processing in the content utilization device of the first embodiment. However, in the first conversion step, the content use apparatus determines whether the user attribute estimated in the estimation step is a plurality of user attributes, and if the determination result is Yes, Perform multiple conversions according to the user attributes. In the first output step, the content using device outputs a plurality of output patterns according to the plurality of conversions.
The rest of the process flow is the same as the process flow of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

<Effect>
Since the content utilization apparatus according to the present embodiment enables output by a plurality of output methods, even when there are users related to a plurality of user attributes, the content of the user who is using the content quickly It is possible to output emergency bulletin information by a method suitable for the user attribute.

<Overview>
The content use device of the present embodiment is basically the same as the device of the first embodiment, but the estimation unit acquires the content output setting information and the user who is using the content from the acquired output setting information. And means for estimating the user attribute.

<Configuration>
FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The content use device 2400 of this embodiment is basically the same as the content use device of the first embodiment. However, the estimation unit 2420 of the content utilization device according to the present embodiment further includes an output setting information acquisition unit 2421 and a second estimation unit 2422. Hereinafter, the structure of each means of an estimation part is demonstrated. Since the rest of the configuration is the same as the configuration of the content utilization device such as the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

(Estimation unit: output setting information acquisition means)
The output setting information acquisition unit is configured to acquire the output setting information of the content. “Output setting information” is information related to content output settings, and includes, for example, information related to main / sub audio settings, subtitle settings, volume settings, and screen brightness settings.

(Estimation unit: second estimation means)
The second estimating means is configured to estimate the user attribute of the user who is using the content from the acquired output setting information. For this estimation, for example, the content use device holds a table (output setting information / user attribute association table) in which output setting information and user attributes are associated, and the second estimating means refers to the table. Thus, a configuration in which the user attribute associated with the acquired output setting information is estimated to be the user attribute of the user who is using the A content is conceivable.
FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of the output setting information / user attribute association table in the present embodiment. In this figure, output setting information includes main / sub audio settings, subtitle settings, and volume settings. For example, “main / sub audio settings: main, subtitle settings: yes, volume settings: high”. On the other hand, as user attributes, the age is over 60 years old, the language used is Japanese, and there is no visual impairment.

(Hardware configuration)
Next, the hardware configuration of the content using apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the present embodiment is basically the same as the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the first embodiment. However, in the content usage apparatus of the present embodiment, the estimation program acquires output setting information and executes a process of estimating the user attribute of the user who is using the content from the acquired output setting information. A specific hardware configuration relating to these processes will be described below.

  First, a configuration related to acquisition of output setting information will be described. For example, the estimation program extracts the output setting information and temporarily stores it in the main memory.

  Next, a configuration related to estimation of user attributes of a user who is using content will be described. In the storage device, an output setting information / user attribute association table is held in advance. Therefore, the estimation program reads the table from the storage device to the main memory and reads the acquired output setting information. Then, the estimation program identifies the user attribute associated with the output setting information with reference to the table, and stores the user attribute information in the main memory as the estimation result. Since the rest of the configuration is the same as the hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.

<Process flow>
FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of processing in the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The processing flow in the present embodiment is basically the same as the processing flow in the first embodiment. However, the process in estimation step S2703 includes the following sub-steps.
First, in output information acquisition sub-step S2704, the content using apparatus acquires output setting information.
Next, in the output setting information / user attribute association table reading sub-step S2705, the content using device reads the output setting information / user attribute association table held in the storage device into the main memory.
Next, the content using device refers to the read output setting information / user attribute association table, identifies the user attribute information associated with the output setting information, and uses the user attribute information as an estimation result. (Sub-step S2706).
The rest of the process flow is the same as the process flow of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

<Effect>
The content utilization device of this embodiment makes it possible to immediately estimate the user attribute from the output setting information of the content utilization device. It is possible to provide a content use apparatus that can output the bulletin information more quickly.

<Overview>
The content using apparatus according to the present embodiment acquires the output setting information of the content and uses the acquired output setting information and the emergency rule information conversion rule corresponding to the output setting information stored in advance to receive the received emergency setting information. It is characterized in that emergency bulletin information can be transmitted to the user by a method suitable for the user attribute by converting the bulletin information and outputting it.
The configuration of the content use device according to the present embodiment also has a part common to the configuration of the content use device according to the eighth embodiment. However, the difference from the content use device according to the eighth embodiment is that the user attribute is based on the output setting information. Instead of lacking the configuration for estimating the output, the output setting information is taken into the conversion rule, and the emergency early warning information is directly converted using the output setting information and the conversion rule.

<Configuration>
FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The content utilization device 2800 of the present embodiment includes an emergency bulletin information reception unit 2810, an output setting information acquisition unit 2870, a third holding unit 2832, a third conversion unit 2842, and a third output unit 2852.

(Emergency bulletin information receiving part)
The emergency bulletin information receiving unit is configured to receive emergency bulletin information. The specific configuration is the same as that described in the first embodiment.

(Output setting information acquisition part)
The “output setting information acquisition unit” is configured to acquire content output setting information. The specific configuration is the same as that described in the eighth embodiment.

(Third holding part)
The “third holding unit” is configured to hold a conversion rule for emergency breaking information according to the output setting information. The feature of the conversion rule of this embodiment is that output setting information is taken into the conversion rule itself.
FIG. 29 shows an example of the conversion rule in the present embodiment. The conversion rule in this figure is an example in which main / sub voice settings are used as output setting information, and the output method of emergency early warning information is associated with the output setting information on a one-to-one basis. For example, when the output setting is “main voice”, the output method is “mixed kanji and character size is normal”. Differences from Example 8 are as follows. In the eighth embodiment, when the output setting information is acquired, the user attribute associated with the content attribute information is first estimated using the content attribute information / user attribute association table and the output corresponding to the estimation result of the user attribute. The method is determined using conversion rules. On the other hand, in this embodiment, when content attribute information is acquired, an output method is immediately determined using a conversion rule without estimating a user attribute. According to such a configuration, it is possible to output emergency bulletin information by a method suitable for the user attribute of the user who is using the content more quickly than in the fourth embodiment.
Note that, unlike the example of this figure, a plurality of emergency bulletin information output methods associated with each content attribute information may be determined after distinguishing display areas in the screen. For example, as an output method associated with “Anime / SFX”, even if the rule is to display “Hiragana only” in the center area of the screen and “English, character size normal” in the upper area of the screen. Good.
Further, in the conversion rule of this embodiment, things other than the output setting information may be associated with the output method. FIG. 17 described above is another example of the conversion rule in the present embodiment, and shows an example in which items other than the output setting information are associated with the output method. That is, in this figure, in addition to the output setting (language etc.), the registered user attribute age and the program genre which is content attribute information are associated.

(Third conversion section)
The “third conversion unit” is configured to convert the received emergency bulletin information using the acquired output setting information and the conversion rule held in the third holding unit. Specifically, the emergency early warning information received as a video signal, character data signal, or audio signal is configured to convert into video (character or video other than characters), character data, or audio according to the estimation result and conversion rules, This is the same as the configuration of the first conversion unit in the first embodiment.

(Third output part)
The “third output unit” is configured to output the conversion result of the third conversion unit. The specific configuration related to the output is the same as the configuration of the first output unit in the first embodiment.

(Hardware configuration)
Next, the hardware configuration of the content using apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 30 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the content use apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in this figure, the emergency bulletin information receiving unit of the content utilization device of the present embodiment includes an interface 3001, a storage device 3002, a main memory 3003, a CPU 3004, and a tuner 3005 connected via the interface. Consists of The third holding unit and the third output unit are connected via the I / O to the storage device, the main memory, the CPU, the I / O 3006, and the display 3007 connected via the I / O. And a speaker 3008. The output setting information acquisition unit and the third conversion unit include a storage device, a main memory, and a CPU. These are connected to each other through a data communication path such as a system bus 3009, and perform transmission / reception and processing of information.
Among the above, the hardware configuration related to the emergency early warning information acquisition unit and the third output unit is the same as the hardware configuration related to the emergency early warning information acquisition unit and the first output unit described in the first embodiment, and thus the description is omitted. To do.

First, the configuration related to the output setting information acquisition unit will be described. The output setting information acquisition program extracts the output setting information and temporarily stores it in the main memory.
Next, the structure which concerns on a 3rd holding | maintenance part is demonstrated. The third holding program holds the emergency breaking information conversion rule according to the output setting information in the storage device. An example of the conversion rule is as shown in FIG.
Next, the structure which concerns on a 3rd conversion part is demonstrated. The third conversion program converts the received emergency bulletin information using the output setting information and the conversion rule. For example, when emergency early warning information is received as a video signal, the output setting is “sub audio setting”, and the conversion rule is “emergency when the main / sub audio setting that is the output setting information is sub audio setting”. If the output method of earthquake breaking news is that the text size is normal in English, the emergency warning information will be converted to English-sized text using the output setting information and conversion rules. Convert. The conversion result is temporarily stored in the main memory.

<Process flow>
FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of processing in the content utilization device according to the present embodiment. The flow of processing in FIG.
When it is determined that the emergency bulletin information is transmitted from the broadcasting station in step S3101, the content using apparatus receives the emergency bulletin information in the emergency bulletin information reception step S3102.
Next, in the output setting information acquisition step S3103, the content using apparatus acquires the output setting information.
Next, in the conversion rule reading step S3104, the content using device reads the conversion rule held in the storage device into the main memory. Note that the processing order of steps S3103 and S3104 may be reversed.
Next, in the third conversion step S3105, the content using apparatus converts the emergency breaking information received in step S3102 using the output setting information acquired in step S3103 and the conversion rule read in step S3104.
Further, in the third output step S3106, the content using apparatus outputs the conversion result converted in step S3105.

<Effect>
Immediately after the output setting information is acquired by the content use device of the present embodiment, the output method is determined, so that the emergency bulletin information is output more quickly according to the attribute of the user who is using the content. Is possible.

Claims (14)

Emergency bulletin information receiver,
An estimation unit that estimates a user attribute that is an attribute of a user who is using the content;
A first holding unit that holds conversion rules for emergency breaking information according to user attributes;
Using the estimation result of the estimation unit and the conversion rule, a first conversion unit that converts the received emergency breaking information,
A first output unit for outputting a conversion result in the first conversion unit;
A content use apparatus having   2. The estimation unit according to claim 1, wherein when the user information during the use of the content is registered and the user attribute information is included therein, the estimation result is obtained using the included user attribute information. The content use device described.   When the user information during the use of the content is registered and the estimation unit includes the installation location information that is information indicating the installation location of the content use device, the estimation unit includes the included installation location information. The content utilization apparatus according to claim 1, wherein The estimator is
Content attribute information acquisition means for acquiring attribute information of the content being used;
First estimating means for estimating the user attribute of the content user from the acquired attribute information of the content being used;
The content utilization apparatus according to claim 1, comprising: Emergency bulletin information receiver,
A content attribute information acquisition unit for acquiring attribute information of the content in use;
A second holding unit that holds a conversion rule for emergency breaking information according to the attribute information of the content being used;
A second conversion unit that converts the received emergency breaking information using the acquired attribute information of the content in use and the conversion rule held in the second holding unit;
A second output unit for outputting a conversion result in the second conversion unit;
A content use apparatus having   When the received emergency bulletin information includes a plurality of output patterns corresponding to the content user, the first conversion unit is configured to select one of the plurality of output patterns instead of the conversion. The content utilization apparatus as described in any one of Claim 1 to 4. When the user attribute estimated by the estimation unit is a plurality of user attributes, the first conversion unit performs a plurality of conversions,
The content use apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first output unit includes a plurality of units that perform the plurality of converted outputs simultaneously or in time series. The estimation unit includes output setting information acquisition means for acquiring output setting information of content,
Any one of claim 1, claim 6 quoting claim 1, and claim 7 quoting claim 1, comprising: second estimating means for estimating the user attribute of the content user from the acquired output setting information. The content use device according to claim 1. Emergency bulletin information receiver,
An output setting information acquisition unit for acquiring content output setting information;
A third holding unit that holds a conversion rule for emergency breaking information according to the output setting information;
Using the acquired output setting information and the conversion rule held in the third holding unit, a third conversion unit that converts the received emergency breaking information,
A third output unit for outputting the conversion result in the third conversion unit;
A content use apparatus having A method for controlling a content using device,
Emergency bulletin information receiving step for receiving emergency bulletin information;
An estimation step for estimating a user attribute that is an attribute of the user who is using the content;
A conversion rule reading step for reading out a conversion rule for emergency breaking information according to user attributes,
A first conversion step for converting the received emergency breaking information using the estimation result in the estimation step and the conversion rule;
A first output step for outputting the conversion result in the first conversion step;
Control method. A method for controlling a content using device,
Emergency bulletin information receiving step for receiving emergency bulletin information;
A content attribute information acquisition step for acquiring attribute information of the content being used;
A conversion rule reading step for reading out a conversion rule of emergency breaking information according to the attribute information of the content being used;
A second conversion step of converting the received emergency bulletin information using the acquired attribute information of the content in use and the conversion rule;
A second output step for outputting the conversion result in the second conversion step;
Control method. A method for controlling a content using device,
Emergency bulletin information receiving step for receiving emergency bulletin information;
An output setting information acquisition step for acquiring content output setting information;
A conversion rule reading step for reading out a conversion rule of emergency breaking information according to the acquired output setting information;
Using the acquired output setting information and the conversion rule, a third conversion step for converting the received emergency bulletin information,
A third output step for outputting the conversion result in the third conversion step;
Control method. A program for causing a computer to function as the content use device according to any one of claims 1 to 9 ,
A program for causing the computer to function as each unit included in the content use device. Recording medium storing a program according to claim 1 3.

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