JP6971905B2 - Electronic device, content transmission / reception control method - Google Patents

Description

The present embodiment relates to an electronic device and a content transmission / reception control method.

Recently, electronic devices such as television receivers and recording devices are provided with a function of communicating with mobile terminals such as smart phones, tablets, and PCs. Using this communication function, a function has been developed to download contents such as TV programs stored in an electronic device to a mobile terminal.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-115492 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2009-141531

According to the conventional system, the operation and handling for downloading the content from the electronic device to the mobile terminal are complicated.

Therefore, an object of the present embodiment is to provide an electronic device and a content transmission / reception control method, which are easy to operate by a user and can easily download content for taking out.

According to one embodiment of the present application, the first means of accepting the designation of the first carry-out content from the first mobile terminal and preparing the first carry-out content for the first mobile terminal,
A second means of detecting which of the plurality of mobile terminals is within the communication range of a predetermined area, and
The second means detects that the first mobile terminal is within the communication range, and the first
When the take-out content has been prepared by the first means, the third means for transmitting the first take-out content to the first mobile terminal and the third means.
When the designation of the first carry-out content is received from the first mobile terminal, if the first carry-out content has already been broadcast and has not been recorded, the broadcast has been completed and said to the first mobile terminal. An electronic device is provided that comprises a fourth means of notifying that the recording has not been made.

Figure 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration example of an electronic apparatus to which the present embodiment is applied (e.g., television job NSo location). FIG. 2 is a diagram simply showing an example of a situation in which the content management unit in the electronic device performs an operation peculiar to this system. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the timing of operation between the mobile terminal and the communication control unit in this system. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation example when, for example, the mobile terminal A1 reserves the brought-out content for the television device 100. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing still another functional example in the content management unit.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration example of an electronic apparatus to which the present embodiment is applied (e.g., television job NSo location 100). The television device 100 has a digital tuner device 102 including a plurality of tuners for receiving scrambled digital terrestrial broadcast signals, and a plurality of tuners for receiving a plurality of types of satellite broadcasts such as BS4K, BS8K, and CS4K.

The broadcast program signal received by the tuner device 102 is input to the TS processing unit 122, and TSs (Transport Streams) of a plurality of channels (CH) are remultiplexed into one TS. The multiple TS includes a packet sequence of broadcast programs of each channel. Identification information for channel and packet identification is added to the packet of each channel. The multiplex TS is input to the storage / playback device 111. Further, among the TSs input to the TS processing unit 122, the packet including the control information is input to the control unit 200 and processed.

The storage / playback device 111 includes, for example, a hard disk drive and an optical disk recording / playback device. Optical discs include digital versatile discs (DVDs), Blu-ray (registered trademark) discs (BDs), and the like.

The packet sent from the TS processing unit 122 to the control unit 200 carries various tables in which information necessary for playing a broadcast program is described. The table includes, for example, ECM (Entitlement Control Message) which is encrypted information of a broadcast program, information such as EIT (Event Information Table) which is a table describing event information such as a program name, performers, and start time, and EPG. (Electric Program Guide) Information, program map table PMT (Program Map Table), etc. are included.

The image data included in the packet is encoded by, for example, an MPEG (Moving Picture Expert Group) method, an AVC (Advanced Video Coding) method, or the like. Further, the audio data in the audio packet is encoded by, for example, a PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) method, a Dolby (registered trademark) method, an MPEG method, or the like.

Among the packets separated by the TS processing unit 122, the packet containing the audio data is input to the audio decoder 123, and decoding is performed according to the coding method. The audio data decoded by the audio decoder 123 is subjected to synchronization processing, volume adjustment, and the like by the audio data processing unit 124, and is supplied to the audio output unit 125. The audio output unit 125 executes stereo separation processing or the like according to the speaker system, and supplies output to the speaker 126.

Among the packets separated by the TS processing unit 122, the packet containing the image data is input to the image decoder 131, and the image decoder 131 performs decoding according to the coding method. The image data decoded by the image decoder 131 is subjected to synchronization processing, luminance adjustment, color adjustment, and the like by the image data processing unit 132. The output of the image data processing unit 132 is supplied to the image output unit 133. The image output unit 133 can multiplex the data, figures, program guides, and the like from the control unit 200 with the main image signal. Further, the image output unit 133 sets the scale, resolution, number of lines, aspect ratio, etc. according to the display 134 for the output image signal, and outputs the output image signal to the display 134.

In some cases, audio packets and image packets of pay programs are encrypted.
In this case, there is also a processing system for decrypting encryption using key information, but it is omitted here.

The control unit 200 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 201, an operation command processing unit 202, a communication control unit 203, a device management unit 204, a display processing unit 212 , a memory 211, and the like. It also includes an EPG (Electric program guide) data acquisition section, but it is not shown here.

The control unit 200 includes a content management unit 251. The content management unit 251 has a time-shift recording function as a recording control unit, a function of recording a reserved program on a medium of a recording / playback device 111, and further. regenerated for example, a hard disk in a recording and reproducing apparatus 111, DVD, another medium content reproduced from such a Blu-ray disc (hard disk, DVD, Blu-ray disc) is also the ability to record the provided.

Further, when the time-shift recording function is operated, the content management unit 251 controls the recording reproduction apparatus 111, a plurality of channels of programs to be broadcast, over multiple days (e.g., 1 week Ma乃Optimum 2 weeks) Can be recorded in the recording / reproducing device 111. Therefore, the content management unit 251 also stores recording list data in which recorded contents and program contents are arranged on a table.

Further, the content management unit 251 can also manage the brought-out content in cooperation with the mobile terminal 700, as will be described in detail later.

The CPU 201 adjusts the entire operation sequence of the control unit 200. The command processing unit 202 can analyze the operation command input from the outside and reflect the operation according to the command on the television device 100. The device management unit 204 can grasp and manage device identification data such as a mobile terminal 700 and a remote controller 400 that give an operation signal to the control unit 200. The mobile terminal 700 includes a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal computer (PC) and the like.

The display processing unit 212 can generally control the image signal displayed on the display 134 via the image output unit 133. In addition, the display processing unit 212 can also perform adjustment processing such as image signal resolution, display size, and display area. Further, the image signal of the program guide created by using the EPG data, the menu image signal created in the control unit 200 according to the operation signal, and the like can be supplied to the image output unit 133.

The memory 211 can store various data, applications, and the like to be stored in the control unit 200. Further, the memory 211 includes a non-volatile memory, and stores address data for communication, device-specific information (TV-specific ID), and the like.

The communication control unit 203 can communicate with the outside and capture operation commands, data, contents, and the like. The captured content and data can be stored in, for example, a storage / playback device 111 or a memory 211. The communication control unit 203 can transmit data, contents, and the like from the television device 100 to the outside.

Further, the communication control unit 203 is connected to a wireless communication transmission / reception unit (may be referred to as a communication device) 113, a wired communication transmission / reception unit 112, and a LAN transmission / reception unit 115. The wired communication transmission / reception unit (may be referred to as a communication device) 112 can transmit / receive data to / from a remote server or a home server via the Internet.

The wireless communication transmission / reception unit 113 can transmit / receive data to / from the mobile terminal 700, and is for short-range communication.

The LAN transmission / reception unit 115 is connected to, for example, another television device, a recording / playback device, a set-top box, or a home server in the home. The television device 100 can also receive an operation signal from the remote controller 400 via the infrared receiver 114.

The mobile terminal 700 can remotely control the television device 100. The mobile terminal 700 can access the server via a base station (not shown), the Internet, or the like. The mobile terminal 700 can download not only the contents provided by the server but also various applications, game software, and the like, and transfer them to the control unit 200 via the wireless communication transmission / reception unit 113.

Further, the mobile terminal 700 can transfer information for acquiring the content (for example, a web server address, an e-mail address, a network address, etc.) to the control unit 200 via the wireless communication transmission / reception unit 113.

When the content, application, or game software is transferred from the mobile terminal 700, the communication control unit 203 of the control unit 200 operates. The communication control unit 203 stores the received content in the memory 211. The content may be stored in the recording / reproducing device 111 according to an operation command or automatically. The recording / reproducing device 111 can record the received content on, for example, a hard disk. On the hard disk, the content is managed as a content file.

Further, the mobile terminal 700 can take in (download) the content prepared by the content management unit 251 into its own memory.

The menu image signal for display, the program guide image signal, the recording list signal, and the like are stored and / or managed in the display processing unit 212. When the menu is displayed and the program guide is displayed, the menu screen data and the program guide image signal are read from the data storage unit (memory or hard disk) based on the control of the display processing unit 212, and the image output unit 133. Is supplied to. As a result, the menu screen and the program guide screen are displayed on the display 134.

The menu image signal for display, the program guide image signal, and the like can also be transmitted to the mobile terminal 700. When the mobile terminal 700 requests a menu image signal, a program guide image signal, or the like, the display processing unit 212 can transmit the menu image signal, the program guide image signal, or the like to the mobile terminal 700.

The mobile terminal 700 can display menu image signals and program guide image signals on the screen of the touch-type panel, and the user can touch the operation buttons displayed on the screen of the touch-type panel to display the television. An operation command signal can be given to the John device 100.

The mobile terminal 700 can send designated information of the carry-out content to, for example, the television device 100. Then, the content management unit 2 51 of the television job NSo location 100, when taking out the specified information content is sent, the content of the corresponding program, according to the property of the mobile terminal 700 (capacity, resolution, etc.) A means for converting and storing and preparing in the preparation unit in the content management unit 251 is provided.

Then, the content management unit 2 51, coupled with the communication control unit 203 comprises means for detecting a state that a portable terminal 700 enters the communication area of the predetermined area (i.e. the communication area of the wireless communication transceiver 113). When it is detected that the mobile terminal 700 is within the communication range, the mobile terminal 700 is provided with means for transmitting the brought-out content to the mobile terminal 700.

Also the contents management unit 2 51, also with respect to another second mobile terminal of the mobile terminal 700 can transmit the takeout content described above. Of course, in this case, the second mobile terminal specifies the content to be taken out and makes a reservation to take out the content. A plurality of mobile terminals are registered in the device management unit 204.

FIG. 2 is a simplified diagram showing an example of a situation in which the content management unit 251 performs an operation peculiar to this system.

Now, it is assumed that the TV job NSo location 100 to the home HOM has been set. It should be noted that in this case, is not limited to the television job NSo location 100 may be a recording apparatus adopting the present embodiment.

Also now, the mobile terminal 700A transmits the specification information of the content takeout to the content management unit 2 51 of the television job NSo location 100, the corresponding program content C1 is ready preparation of the content management unit 2 51 And ready to send.

After that, it is assumed that the mobile terminal A 700A enters the communication area WA of the wireless communication transmission / reception unit 113 (for example, the communication area by Wi-Fi (registered trademark)).
Then, this is detected by the content management unit 2 51, Wi-Fi terminal to an access point (and also referred to be) the mobile terminal A 700A via a takeout to taken out was automatically content Scheduled Download Will be done.

Further, it is assumed that the mobile terminal B 700B has made a reservation for other contents to be taken out. However, if the mobile terminal B 700B is outside the communication area WA of the wireless communication transmission / reception unit 113 (for example, the communication area by Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), the automatic download of the brought-out content to the mobile terminal B 700B is not executed.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the timing of the above-mentioned operation. It is assumed that the mobile terminal A 700A is in the communication range and the mobile terminal B 700B is out of the communication range. Under the control of the communication control unit 203, a call is made to the electronic device in the communication range via the access point W (t1). When the mobile terminal A 700A responds to this call (t2) , mutual authentication is performed between the communication control unit 203 and the mobile terminal A 700A (t3).

As a result of mutual authentication, when the carry- out content reserved by the mobile terminal A 700A exists, the carry-out content is downloaded with the operation of the content management unit 251 (t4, t5). Then, the mobile terminal A 700A saves the sent out content in the memory (t6).

On the other hand, when the mobile terminal B 700B existing outside the communication range moves into the communication range, communication is started between the communication control unit 203 and the mobile terminal B 700B (t11, t12), and mutual authentication is performed. It is done (t13). As a result of mutual authentication, when the carry- out content reserved by the mobile terminal B 700B exists, the carry-out content is downloaded with the operation of the content management unit 251 (t14, t15). Then, the mobile terminal B 700 B saves the sent out content in the memory (t16).

As described above, the present embodiment controls content transmission / reception of a device for receiving and / or recording content. That is, the designation of the first carry-out content is received from the first mobile terminal, and the first carry-out content for the first mobile terminal is prepared. In addition, it is possible to detect which of the plurality of mobile terminals is within the communication range of a predetermined area. Then, when it is detected that the first mobile terminal is within the communication range and the preparation is completed, the first carry-out content is automatically transmitted to the first mobile terminal.

FIG. 4 shows an operation example when, for example, the mobile terminal A1 reserves the brought-out content for the television device 100.

The content management unit 251 detects that a reservation for taking out the content C1 has been made from the mobile terminal A1 (SA1). For this take-out reservation, for example, a program list of a broadcast program or a program list of a recorded program is sent to the mobile terminal A1, and the user looks at this program list and, for example, specifies the program name by touch operation and takes it out. You can make a reservation.

When a reservation for taking out the content C1 is made from the mobile terminal A1, the content management unit 251 determines whether the content C1 is the content C1 to be sent in a future broadcast program (SA2). In the case of a future broadcast program, the content management unit 251 makes a reservation for receiving the program including the content C1. To be precise, the reception of the channel of the program is reserved. The mobile terminal A1 can also make a recording reservation at the same time as the take-out reservation. When the mobile terminal A1 makes a recording reservation together with the take-out reservation of the program including the content C1, the content management unit 251 also makes a recording reservation of the program. Similarly, it is possible to make a viewing reservation.

After that, the content management unit 251 notifies the mobile terminal A1 that the take-out reservation and / or the recording reservation have been made (SA4).

In response to the above processing, when it is found in SA2 and SA5 that the program of the content C1 is a program already recorded in the recording / reproducing device 111, the following processing is executed. That is, the program is played back, the content C1 is converted for export, and the content C1 is prepared as the export content C1 in the export memory, and the preparation is completed.

The carry-out content C1 is converted and prepared so as to match the display method, display resolution, memory capacity, etc. of the mobile terminal A1. Then, it is determined whether or not the mobile terminal A1 is within the communication range described above (SA8), and if it is within the communication range, the carry-out content C1 is downloaded to the mobile terminal A1 (SA9). If the mobile terminal A1 is not detected within the communication range described above, the mobile terminal A1 is in a standby state for detecting that it is within the communication range (SA10).

In the above SA5, when the program of the content C1 is not recorded in the recording / reproducing device 111 and the program of the content C1 has already been broadcast, the following processing is executed. That is, the program of the content C1 is notified to the mobile terminal A1 that it has already been broadcast and has not been recorded. However, if there is a rebroadcast judging from the EPG, it is possible to notify the mobile terminal A1 that the content C1 by the rebroadcast program has been taken out and reserved, and also notify how many days the preparation will be completed. ..

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing still another functional example in the content management unit 251. For example, when a take-out reservation is made for the contents of the program D and the contents of the program D are taken out, the number of the take-outs is managed by the take-out number management unit 251b.

Then, the number of brought-out contents of the program D is input to the dubbing number counting unit 251a of the program D. The dubbing number counting unit 251a manages the number of dubbing of the program D, and manages to reduce the remaining number of dubbing by one if one is taken out according to the rule of dubbing 10.

When the take-out reservation is made in excess of the predetermined number of dubbing numbers, the content management unit 251 can notify the mobile terminal that has made the take-out reservation of a warning.

When the program D is taken out more than necessary, the dubbing frequency counting unit 251a of the program D controls the take-out restriction unit 251c of the program D and prohibits the take-out of the program D. This prohibition process may be executed when a reservation for taking out the contents of the program D is made, and the notification may be given to the mobile terminal.

Further, a designated unit 251d for registering a transmission-prohibited mobile terminal of the program D may be provided. For example, if the program D is a program that the child does not want to see, the identification code of the child's mobile terminal C 700C can be designated as the transmission-prohibited mobile terminal of the program D.

Although the above-mentioned limitation and management of the number of brought-out contents has been described for the program D, the other programs are also managed, that is, the number of brought-out contents and the limitation are managed for each program.

Although some embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other embodiments, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof. Furthermore, in each of the constituent elements of the claim, even if the constituent elements are divided and expressed, or a plurality of the constituent elements are expressed together, or even if they are expressed in combination, it is within the scope of the present invention. Further, a plurality of embodiments may be combined, and an example composed of these combinations is also within the scope of the invention.

Further, the apparatus of the present invention is applied even when the claim is expressed as a control logic, when it is expressed as a program including an instruction for executing a computer, and when it is expressed as a computer-readable recording medium in which the instruction is described. be. Further, the names and terms used are not limited, and other expressions are included in the present invention as long as they have substantially the same content and the same meaning.

100 ... Television device, 102 ... Digital tuner device, 111 ... Recording / playback device, 122 ... TS processing unit, 123 ... Audio decoder, 124 ... Audio data processing unit, 125. Audio output unit, 126 ... speaker, 131 ... image decoder, 132 ... image data processing unit, 133 ... image output unit, 134 ... display, 200 ... control unit, 203 ... communication control unit, 113 ... wireless communication transmission / reception unit, 251 ... content management unit, 400 ... remote controller, 700, 700A, 700B, 700C ... mobile terminal.

Claims (7)

The first means of accepting the designation of the first carry-out content from the first mobile terminal and preparing the first carry-out content for the first mobile terminal,
A second means of detecting which of the plurality of mobile terminals is within the communication range of a predetermined area, and
The second means detects that the first mobile terminal is within the communication range, and the first
When the take-out content has been prepared by the first means, the third means for transmitting the first take-out content to the first mobile terminal and the third means.
When the designation of the first carry-out content is received from the first mobile terminal, if the first carry-out content has already been broadcast and has not been recorded, the broadcast has been completed and said to the first mobile terminal. A fourth means of notifying that it has not been recorded,
An electronic device equipped with. The fourth hand stage, the notification when it is determined that there is a rebroadcast of the first takeout content based on the EPG, and the first the draw by reruns that have booked takeout content to the first mobile terminal The electronic device according to claim 1. Given for Broadcasting, comprises a fifth hand stage capable registering the first mobile terminal as transmission prohibition portable terminal, electronic device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein. Has a count of dubbing times of the first lifting out content, when the first takeout content has been performed reservation taken out beyond the dubbing number of predetermined number, for this takeout mobile terminal performing the reservation comprising a sixth means to notify a warning Te, electronic apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A content transmission / reception control method for a device that receives and / or records content.
The designation of the first carry-out content is accepted from the first mobile terminal, and the first carry-out content for the first mobile terminal is prepared.
Detects which mobile terminal among multiple mobile terminals is within the communication range of a predetermined area, and detects
When it is detected that the first mobile terminal is within the communication range and the preparation is completed, the first carry-out content is automatically transmitted to the first mobile terminal.
When the designation of the first carry-out content is received from the first mobile terminal, if the first carry-out content has already been broadcast and has not been recorded, the broadcast has been completed and said to the first mobile terminal. Notify that it has not been recorded,
Content transmission / reception control method. The first takeout When it is determined that there is a re-broadcast content, and notifies that it has reserved takeout content to the first the draw by rebroadcast on the first mobile terminal based on EPG,
The content transmission / reception control method according to claim 5. The content transmission / reception control method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the first mobile terminal can be registered as a transmission-prohibited mobile terminal for a predetermined program.

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