JPH0833057A - Peripheral device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform selection, inquiry, and ordering of merchandise or the input of a telephone number on a screen by providing a cursor moving means and an operating means for selecting data displayed on the screen. CONSTITUTION:When a cursor is moved to an advertise data retrieval icon and a pad is pushed down, the retrieval processing of advertise data is performed by a processing circuit 32. A retrieval menu is displayed on a monitor 7 for each kind of advertisement. The icon of desired merchandise kind is selected by moving the cursor while operating a remote controller 9. The advertise data of that kind of merchandise are retrieved from a data storage medium 8 and displayed on the monitor 7. When merchandise selecting processing is finished, the telephone number of the order destination displayed on the monitor 7 is outputted to a MODEM 37 by the processing circuit 32, and a PB tone corresponding to that telephone number is outputted to a telephone line. When a telephone call is connected through a public line network to the order destination, order processing is performed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is applicable to, for example, satellite lines and CA.
The present invention relates to a peripheral device suitable for use as a remote controller (remote control device) that controls a terminal that displays advertisement data or the like that is electronically distributed via a transmission path such as a TV network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a remote controller for controlling a terminal such as a television receiver is provided with many operation buttons according to the multifunctionalization of the terminal. For this reason, it is not easy to know which button is used to perform the desired operation, and the usability is poor.

Therefore, in the terminal, for example, a menu including an icon representing a predetermined command is displayed on the screen together with a cursor, the cursor is moved onto the icon of the desired command, and its position is determined. There is a remote controller that can perform an operation corresponding to the command by performing an operation (determine the designation of the icon).

According to such a remote controller, since the number of operation buttons provided therein is small, the usability thereof can be improved.

By the way, recently, a data broadcasting system for electronically distributing multimedia data obtained by combining data (text data) of publications such as newspapers with data such as still images, graphics, moving images and voices. As such, for example, one in which multimedia data is inserted into a satellite data channel and this is transmitted through the satellite is considered.

In this case, for example, in a data receiving device at each home (user side) that has contracted to distribute multimedia data, a signal from a satellite is received and the multimedia data inserted in the data channel is taken out. Then, this multimedia data is recorded on a recording medium such as a magnetic disk or a magneto-optical disk,
Then, the one corresponding to the user's request is searched and read. The read data is displayed on a display or the like, printed out, or output from a speaker so that a user can view a publication, a still image, graphics, or a moving image when desired. , You can hear the voice.

[0007] Further, according to such a data broadcasting system, it is possible to transmit not only publication data but also advertisement data of products and the like. For example, when data of product advertisements is transmitted, A user having a data receiving device can view a product advertisement and purchase the product, so to speak, to provide an electronic catalog shopping service.

[0008]

When the remote controller as described above is used to control the data receiving device in the data broadcasting system for transmitting such advertisement data, the remote controller as described above is operated to obtain, for example, a desired value. It is possible to easily search for an advertisement for a product to be sold.

However, after operating the remote controller to search for an advertisement for a desired product, for example, when inquiring about the details of the product or ordering the product, the user is the advertiser or the person in charge of inquiry. It was necessary to check the telephone number and operate the telephone, which is another device, to inquire about the product or place an order. Therefore, there is a problem that the user feels troublesome.

Therefore, for example, a method in which the remote controller is integrated with the telephone can be considered. However, in this case, it is necessary to provide the remote controller with a numeric keypad for inputting a telephone number, but it is not economical to provide the remote control with a numeric keypad only for inputting the telephone number.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a highly convenient remote controller.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A peripheral device of the present invention is a terminal that displays the data transmitted and received via a transmission path on a screen together with a cursor (for example, the data receiving device 6 shown in FIG. 1 or the like. ), A cursor moving means (for example, the pad 101 shown in FIG. 6) for moving the cursor displayed on the screen,
The operation means (for example, the ten-key pad 106 shown in FIG. 6) operated when the telephone number is input and the data displayed on the screen is selected, and the cursor movement means and the output of the operation means are output to the terminal. Sending means to send (eg,
The multiplex circuit 115 shown in FIG. 9, the P / S conversion circuit 117, the modulator 118, the antenna switch 119, the antenna 120, and the like) are provided.

In this peripheral device, the cursor moving means can be a pointing device and the operating means can be a ten-key. In addition, the cursor moving means,
It can be a pad for detecting the position of a conductive object placed on the surface. Further, when the pad is made depressible, the position of the cursor on the screen can be fixed by depressing the pad.

Voice input means for inputting voice to be transmitted to the other party corresponding to the telephone number (for example, the microphone 1 shown in FIG. 6)
In addition to the output of the cursor moving means and the operation means, the output of the voice input means can be multiplexed and transmitted.

The data can include at least advertisement data.

[0016]

In the peripheral device having the above structure, the ten-key pad 10
6, the other party corresponding to the telephone number is called, or the data of the advertisement is selected, and the pad 10
1 moves the cursor. Therefore, the convenience of the device can be improved.

[0017]

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of a data broadcasting system for receiving multimedia data centering on, for example, newspaper data by a data receiving device 6 which can be controlled by a remote controller 9 to which the peripheral device of the present invention is applied. There is.

A newspaper company as an information provider has a large-scale computer 1. A paper space database is stored in the large-scale computer 1. This paper surface database includes articles and photographs for printing on newspapers, drawing information, and layout information. The data in this database are all digitized and are transmitted to the editing device 2 and edited there as required.

That is, the data in the database is edited, for example, for each sheet of paper in a format that is easy to search on the receiving (recipient) side. For example, this editing creates a screen for search in which the layout is unchanged and only the headline is visible and the paper surface is reduced as it is. Further, the search screen (heading) is associated with the article data describing the details so that the article corresponding to the heading can be displayed from this heading.

Further, in the editing device 2, for example, additional text data, image data, voice data (for example, news program images and voices corresponding to newspaper articles, etc.) which are not stored in the large-scale computer 1 are stored. ) Etc. are input as needed. In the editing device 2, these pieces of information (text data, image data, voice data) (also digitized like the data in the above-mentioned database) are edited in a format that can be easily searched by the receiving side ( In this case, as described above, in addition to editing the layout when the information (text data, image data, voice data) is displayed on the screen, the relation between the information and the newspaper article corresponding to the information is also performed. ). In addition,
The image data and the audio data are compressed as needed.

As described above, multimedia newspaper data whose core is newspaper data, which is data edited in a form that can be easily searched by the receiving side and is a combination of text data, image data, and voice data, is, for example, terrestrial. The data is transmitted to the service management company 3 via the data line.

Further, the service operating company 3 is also supplied with advertisement data provided by an advertisement providing company, which is another information provider, and a program (composed of a video signal and an audio signal) provided by a television station. . Note that the advertisement data provided by the advertisement providing company is, for example, similar to the data provided by the newspaper company described above, multimedia data that combines text data, image data, and audio data (hereinafter, multimedia advertisement data as appropriate. Is said).

The data (multimedia data) transmitted to the service operating company 3 is transmitted from there to a satellite (broadcast satellite (BS) or communication satellite (CS)) 4, and from the satellite 4 to a receiving side (for example, It is transmitted to the recipient (contractor) in each home. That is, the information (data) provided by the information provider is transmitted to the receiver side via the satellite line.

The service operating company 3 has a transmitting device as shown in FIG. 2, for example. That is, the multimedia newspaper data from the newspaper company and the multimedia advertisement data from the advertisement providing company are multiplexed by a multiplexing circuit (not shown), and as multimedia data, the data scrambler 14 forming the encoder 25 is used. Supplied.

At this time, for example, the page management information for displaying the advertisement data as needed during the search of the newspaper data is multiplexed with the multimedia newspaper data and the multimedia advertisement data. Therefore, the receiving side refers to this page management information when searching the newspaper data, and the advertisement data is appropriately displayed.

The encoder 25 constituting the transmitting device includes
In addition to the multimedia data as described above, common information including a scramble key, a data identifier (for identifying multimedia data), and data such as a work key are input. Of these, the multimedia data is supplied to the data scrambler 14 and PN
The pseudorandom sequence output from the (pseudonoise) generator 13 is scrambled and output to the independent data channel multiplexing circuit 12. PN generator 1
The pseudo-random sequence generated by 3 is set corresponding to the scramble key input thereto.

The scramble key is supplied to the encryption circuit 11 as well as the PN generator 13. In addition to the scramble key, the encryption circuit 11 is supplied with common information and a work key. In the encryption circuit 11, the scramble key and the common information are encrypted using the work key.
The encrypted data is supplied to the independent data channel multiplexing circuit 12 as related information.

The independent data channel multiplexing circuit 12 is
The scrambled multimedia data supplied from the data scrambler 14 and the related information supplied from the encryption circuit 11 are multiplexed and output to the digital channel signal multiplexing circuit 15.

The above configuration constitutes an encoder 25 for generating data in an independent data channel, which will be described later with reference to FIG.

The digital channel signal multiplexing circuit 15 also receives an audio signal transmitted as a digital channel signal (at least a part of which is an audio signal of a program provided by the above-mentioned television station). . The digital channel signal multiplexing circuit 15 multiplexes the input audio signal (digital audio signal) and the data supplied from the encoder 25, and four-phase DPSK
It is supplied to the modulator 16.

The 4-phase DPSK modulator 16 performs 4-phase DPSK modulation on the input data and outputs it to the video signal / digital channel signal multiplexing circuit 17. This video signal /
The digital channel signal multiplexing circuit 17 also includes
A video signal of a program provided by a television station is input.
The audio signal input to the digital channel signal multiplexing circuit 15 is a digital signal, whereas the video signal input to the video signal / digital channel signal multiplexing circuit 17 is an analog signal.

The video signal / digital channel signal multiplexing circuit 17 frequency-multiplexes the input video signal and the signal supplied from the 4-phase DPSK modulator 16, and FM
Output to the modulator 18. The FM modulator 18 FM-modulates a predetermined carrier with the input signal and outputs it to the up converter 19. The up-converter 19 frequency-converts the input FM signal into a signal in a frequency band on the order of gigahertz (for example, Ku band or Ka band). The FM signal output from the up converter 19 is
After the power is amplified by the power amplifier 20, the power is supplied to the transmitting antenna 21 and is then transmitted to the satellite 4 (FIG. 1).

FIG. 3 shows the format (A mode format) of digital channel data which is 4-phase DPSK modulated. As shown in the figure, one frame of data is composed of a total of 2048 bits of horizontal 64 bits and vertical 32 bits. A frame synchronization signal, a control signal, and a range bit signal are arranged (recorded) in the first range of 2 bits × 32 bits.

Since one frame of data is transmitted in 1 ms, the transmission rate is 2.048 Mbps.

The frame synchronization signal is a signal for synchronizing each frame. The control signal indicates whether the transmission mode is the A mode or the B mode, and the television audio signal (audio signal of the program provided from the television station) (located in the audio 1 and 2 in FIG. 3). It indicates whether it is a stereo signal, a monaural 1-channel signal, a monaural 2-channel signal, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the first 2 × 32 bit range, the next 10 × 32 bit range, and the subsequent 3 × 10 × 32 range, the audio data of audio 1 to audio 4 respectively. Are recorded (arranged) (however, data other than voice may be arranged in the voices 3 and 4). Next to the voice 4 data, 15x
The data of the independent data channel is arranged in the range of 32 bits, and the error correction code in the horizontal direction is arranged in the last range of 7 × 32 bits.

Here, the data of the independent data channel shown in FIG. 3 is transmitted in a predetermined packet unit. For example, one packet is composed of 288 bits, the first 16 bits are used as a header, the actual data is arranged in the following 190 bits, and the error correction code of the packet is arranged in the last 82 bits. The header includes at least a service identification code and its error correction code (check bit). The service identification code identifies, for example, whether the data arranged in the packet is related information or multimedia data. It includes a code for doing.

To the independent data channel, the related information output by the encryption circuit 11 shown in FIG. 2 and the multimedia data output by the data scrambler 14 are assigned in packet units, and the packets are assigned. A service identification code is set corresponding to data (whether the data is related information or multimedia data).

On the receiving side, the scramble key and the like can be detected by monitoring packets of related information (scramble key, common information, etc.), and information (provided by the information provider will be described later). Multimedia data) can be downloaded.

The above-mentioned data is transmitted from the service operating company 3 in FIG. 1 to the satellite 4, and is further transmitted from the satellite 4 to, for example, the receiver (contractor) in each home. In each home (reception side), the signal transmitted from the satellite 4 is received by the outdoor device (parabolic antenna) 5 and converted into a predetermined intermediate frequency signal (IF signal). This IF signal is input to the data receiving device 6.
The IF signal input to the data receiving device 6 is demodulated there and recorded on a recording medium such as a magneto-optical disk (hereinafter referred to as MO) 8 or the like.

After recording the data on the MO 8, the user (recipient) mounts the MO 8 on, for example, a portable terminal or a desktop type terminal and retrieves and displays the desired one from the received data. You can Also,
The user keeps the MO8 attached to the data receiving device 6,
The data can be read from there, and output to the monitor 7 for display as needed.

Next, FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of the data receiving device 6. Each block constituting the data receiving device 6 is adapted to exchange data (including control commands and the like) via a bus.
Each block is controlled by a processing circuit 32 including U, ROM, and RAM. The data receiving device 6 can be controlled by operating the remote controller 9. That is, when the remote controller 9 is operated, a signal corresponding to the operation is input to the data receiving device 6, and the data receiving device 6 performs processing corresponding to the signal from the remote controller 9.

Further, in the data receiving device 6, the remote controller 9 is operated to search, for example, the advertisement of the desired product from the data recorded in the MO 8 as described above, and then the remote controller 9 is used to further search. It is possible to call an advertiser or a person in charge of an inquiry to make an inquiry or place an order for the product.

In the data receiving device 6, the IF signal from the outdoor device 5 is supplied to the data receiving circuit 31. A control signal (tuner control signal) is supplied to the data receiving circuit 31 from a circuit (not shown), and the signal of the channel corresponding to the control signal is demodulated and decoded.

Here, FIG. 5 shows a detailed configuration of the data receiving circuit 31. The data receiving circuit 31 is composed of a tuner and a decoder. The IF signal input from the outdoor device 5 is an FM demodulator 7 that constitutes a tuner.
Input to 1. Further, the above-mentioned BS tuner control signal is input to the FM demodulator 71. FM demodulator 7
1 demodulates the IF signal of the channel corresponding to the BS tuner control signal into a baseband signal,
Output to the digital channel signal separation circuit 72. The video signal / digital channel signal separation circuit 72 separates the video signal and the digital channel signal from the input signal, and outputs the video signal to the monitor 7 via, for example, a display interface 36 (FIG. 4) described later, Display it.

On the other hand, the digital channel signal separated by the video signal / digital channel signal separation circuit 72 is input to the 4-phase DPSK demodulator 73 and demodulated. The signal output from the 4-phase DPSK demodulator 73 is input to the digital channel signal separation circuit 74, where it is converted into a voice signal (a signal arranged in the voice 1 to 4 shown in FIG. 3) and a signal of an independent data channel. To be separated. The audio signal is output to a speaker (not shown) when it corresponds to the above-mentioned video signal.

Further, the digital channel signal separation circuit 74 outputs the separated independent data channel signals to the multimedia data / related information separation circuit 81 which constitutes a decoder. The multimedia data / related information separation circuit 81 separates the multimedia data and the related information from the input signal, outputs the multimedia data to the data descrambler 87, and outputs the related information to the decoding circuit 82. . This is done by referring to the service identification code described above.

The decoding circuit 82 is used for the IC card 10 described later.
The work key supplied via the security module interface 33 (FIG. 4) is used to decrypt the scramble key and common information input as the related information. Then, the scramble key is output to the on / off switching circuit 85, and the data identifier included in the common information is output to the contract condition comparison circuit 84.

The contract condition comparison circuit 84 compares the input data identifier with the contract content supplied from the IC card 10 via the security module interface 33. This contract content includes a data identifier of multimedia data that has been contracted in advance. The contract condition comparison circuit 84 turns on / off the switching circuit 85 when the two data identifiers input thereto match.
A control signal for switching the ON state is output. As a result, the scramble key output from the decryption circuit 82 is
It is supplied to the PN generator 86 via the ON / OFF switching circuit 85.

The PN generator 86 generates a pseudo random sequence corresponding to the input scramble key. The data descrambler 87 descrambles and outputs the multimedia data supplied from the multimedia data / related information separation circuit 81 using the pseudo random sequence supplied from the PN generator 86.

The multimedia data output from the data descrambler 87 is supplied to and recorded in the MO 8 via the data recording medium control circuit 34 (FIG. 4) described later.

Returning to FIG. 4, the data recording medium control circuit 34 records the multimedia data output from the data receiving circuit 31 in the MO 8 as described above. Further, the data recording medium control circuit 34 reads out the multimedia data according to the instruction from the processing circuit 32 from the MO 8 and outputs it to the display interface 36 (the audio data is output to a speaker (not shown)). The display interface 36 receives the input multimedia data from the monitor 7 which is, for example, a display for a television receiver or a computer.
To display.

The remote controller interface 35 receives the data transmitted from the remote controller 9, and outputs it to the processing circuit 32 or the telephone line interface 38 according to the data. Here, the data transmitted from the remote controller 9 includes voice data, telephone control data for a telephone (for example, a telephone number, a signal notifying on / off hook, etc.), and the processing circuit 3 as described later.
There are three types of command data for 2 (command data for remote control), voice data is output to the telephone line interface 38, and command data and control data for telephone are output to the processing circuit 32, respectively. The telephone control data is received by the processing circuit 32, further subjected to signal format conversion processing, and then transferred to the telephone line interface 38.

Further, the remote controller interface 35 is
The voice data and the non-voice data (for example, busy tone and ringing tone) supplied from the telephone line interface 38 are converted into a required format (predetermined format) and transmitted to the remote controller 9.

The telephone line interface 38 is connected to a telephone line connected to, for example, a public network (for example, PSTN, ISDN, etc.) and controls telephones. That is, for example, when data corresponding to a telephone number is input, PB (push button) sound or DP (dial pulse) corresponding to the data is output to the telephone line, and communication with the telephone corresponding to that telephone number is performed. Perform call setting (setting of communication path) (call the telephone corresponding to the telephone number).

Further, the telephone line interface 38 is
In response to an incoming telephone call, call setup with that telephone is performed. In addition, telephone line interface 3
Reference numeral 8 converts the analog signal, which is a signal received through the telephone line after call setting, into a digital signal and outputs the digital signal to the remote control interface 35, and at the same time, converts the digital signal, which is data from the remote control interface 35, into an analog signal. And output to the telephone line. Further, the telephone line interface 38 outputs a signal from the communication terminal to the modem 37 and outputs the signal from the modem 37 to the telephone line as it is when the communication partner is a communication terminal such as a computer other than the telephone. Output. Therefore, when the communication partner is a computer or the like, the modem 37 controls the communication.

The modem 37 is an interface for communicating between the processing circuit 32 and a communication terminal such as a computer, and is connected to a telephone line via a telephone line interface 38. The modem 37 is also capable of outputting PB sound and DP corresponding to the telephone number, like the telephone line interface 37 described above.

The security module interface 33 is a security module and reads out information stored in the IC card 10, for example. IC
The card 10 stores, for example, work keys, contract contents including a data identifier, etc. for security management, and these pieces of information are transmitted via the security module interface 33 as described with reference to FIG. Are supplied to the decoder of the data receiving circuit 31 (the work key is supplied to the decoding circuit 82, and the contract content is supplied to the contract condition comparison circuit 84).

FIG. 6 shows the external structure of the remote controller 9. The remote controller 9 is composed of, for example, a main body 100 and a rotating unit 102, and as shown in FIG.
Is fixed to the main body 100 by a hinge 103,
The hinge 100 is rotatable about the center of rotation. Here, FIG. 6B shows a state in which the rotating unit 102 is rotated and opened.

The main body 100 is provided with a pad 101, a speaker 104, a ten-key pad 106, and an on / off hook switch 107, and the rotating section 102 is provided with a microphone 105.

The pad 101 is constructed similarly to, for example, a digitizer and the like, and when a conductive object such as a fingertip is placed on the surface of the pad 101, its position can be detected. The cursor 131 (FIG. 11) displayed on the monitor 7 (FIG. 4) can be moved by placing a fingertip on it and moving it. That is, in the data receiving device 6,
As will be described later, the cursor 131 displayed on the monitor 7 is moved according to the output of the pad 101 supplied from the remote controller 9.

As shown in FIG. 7, the pad 101 can be pushed down by applying a force to the inside of the main body 100. Also, the pad 101
Is held inside the main body 100 by an elastic body such as a spring, and even if it is pushed down as described above, if the application of force is stopped, it returns to its original state as shown in FIG. It is designed to return.

The surface of the pad 101 is coated so that it can be moved smoothly when a fingertip is placed.

The ten-key pad 106 is operated when the telephone number is input and when the advertisement data displayed on the monitor 7 is selected. In the data receiving device 6, as will be described later, in response to the output of the ten-key pad 106 supplied from the remote controller 9, the other party corresponding to the predetermined telephone number is called or the advertisement displayed on the monitor 7 is displayed. The data is selected.

The on / off hook switch 107 is operated when putting the telephone line interface 38 into the on / off hook state. The voice to be transmitted to the other party who makes the call is input to the microphone 105, and the voice of the other party is output from the speaker 104.

The remote controller 9 includes a pad 10
1, a ten-key pad 106, and an on / off hook switch 107, a redial button, a processing circuit 3, and the like.
Buttons and the like for inputting commands for 2 can be optionally provided.

FIG. 8 shows the data receiving device 6 from the remote controller 9.
The data format of the signal (remote control signal) transmitted to the (remote control interface 35) is shown.
The remote control signal is transmitted in units of frames of a predetermined length.
And B (different from the satellite transmission mode described in FIG. 3). FIG. 8A or FIG. 8B shows the data format of mode A or B, respectively.

In mode A, a header is placed at the beginning of one frame, and then a mode A / B identification bit for identifying whether this frame is in mode A or B is placed. It After the mode A / B identification bit, there is a data area in which the voice data input from the microphone 105 is arranged first, and then the pad 101, the ten-key pad 106, and the ON / ON.
Telephone control data / remote control command data, which is data corresponding to the operation of the off-hook switch 107, is arranged.

Here, the telephone control data is
It means data used in the telephone such as a telephone number input by operating the ten-key pad 106 and a signal corresponding to the operation of the on / off hook switch 107. The command data for remote control is a command to the processing circuit 32 (FIG. 4) input by operating the pad 101 or the ten-key pad 106 (this command is input by operating the ten-key pad 106, Monitor 7
Includes a signal for selecting the data of the advertisement displayed in). In mode A, pad 10
The outputs of the microphone 1, the microphone 105, the ten-key pad 106, and the on / off hook switch 107 are multiplexed and transmitted as shown in FIG.

In mode B, as in the case of mode A, after the header and the mode A / B identification bit are placed at the beginning of one frame, only the telephone control data / remote control command data is placed in the data area. Will be placed. In this way, in mode B, voice data is not arranged in the data area, and only telephone control data / remote control command data is arranged. Therefore, compared to the case in mode A, telephone control is performed at a higher rate. Data / command data for remote control can be transmitted. As a result, it is possible to improve the response of the processing circuit 32 that performs processing corresponding to the telephone control data / remote control command data.

For example, the format of mode A is
It is used when voice is input to the microphone 105, and the format of mode B is used when no voice is input to the microphone 105 (this mode switching is
For example, it is performed by the processing circuit 116 of FIG. 9 described later).

Next, FIG. 9 shows an electrical configuration example of the remote controller 9. The position detection circuit 111 detects a change in the electric field due to a conductive object such as a fingertip placed on the pad 101, and thereby detects the position of the fingertip placed on the pad 101. Then, the detected relative change information of the position of the fingertip is converted into, for example, a coordinate value (x, y) of a two-dimensional rectangular coordinate system and output to the multiplexing circuit 115. Further, the position detection circuit 111 detects whether or not the fingertip is placed on the pad 101 at a certain time interval, and if it is not detected that the fingertip is in contact with the pad 2 even after a certain time or more, A command (power off command) instructing to turn off the power is output to the multiplexing circuit 115. The power-off command output to the multiplexing circuit 115 is transmitted to the data receiving device 6 via the P / S (parallel / serial) conversion circuit 117, the modulator 118, the antenna switch 119, and the antenna 120. In the data receiving device 6 (FIG. 4), when the processing circuit 32 receives the power-off command via the remote controller interface 35, the processing circuit 32 turns off the main power supply of the data receiving device 6.

Further, the remote controller 9 enters the standby mode after transmitting the power off command, thereby reducing self-consumed power consumption.

In the standby mode, the pad 1
When the fingertip is placed on 01, the position detection circuit 111 outputs a command (power-on command) instructing to turn on the power source to the multiplexing circuit 115. As a result, the power-on command is transmitted from the remote controller 9. When the processing circuit 32 of the data receiving device 6 receives this power-on command, the processing circuit 32 turns on the main power supply of the data receiving device 6.

Switch on / off detection circuit 1 for remote control
12 detects whether or not the pad 101 is pushed down, and outputs the detection result to the multiplexing circuit 115. The input switch detection circuit 113 for the numeric keypad on / off hook and other telephone control functions detects that the numeric keypad 106, the on / off hook switch 107, and optionally other buttons are operated. Then, the signal corresponding to the operation is multiplexed circuit 1
Output to 15. The A / D conversion circuit 114 includes the microphone 10
A / D conversion is performed on the voice input to the signal 5, and the voice is converted to, for example, digital ADPCM data and output to the multiplexing circuit 115.

The multiplexing circuit 115 includes the position detection circuit 111,
Under the control of the processing circuit 116, the outputs of the detection circuits 112 and 113 and the A / D conversion circuit 114 are multiplexed into the format shown in FIG. 8 and output to the P / S conversion circuit 117.
The output of the multiplexing circuit 115 is parallel data, and the P / S conversion circuit 117 converts the parallel data into serial data and outputs the serial data to the modulator 118. The modulator 118 is controlled by the processing circuit 116, modulates a carrier having a predetermined frequency with serial data from the P / S conversion circuit 117, and outputs the carrier to the antenna switch 119. Antenna switch 119
Outputs the modulated signal from the modulator 118 to the antenna 120. As a result, the modulated signal is transmitted from the antenna 120 to the data receiving device 6 (remote control interface 3
5).

On the other hand, the signal transmitted from the data receiving device 6 (remote control interface 35) is received by the antenna 120 and output to the antenna switch 119. The antenna switch 119 outputs the received signal from the antenna 120 to the demodulator 121. The demodulator 121 is
The received signal input by being controlled by the processing circuit 116 is demodulated, and the demodulated signal is output to the S / P conversion circuit 122. The demodulated signal from the demodulator 121 is serial data, and in the S / P (serial / parallel) conversion circuit 122, this serial data is converted into parallel data and output to the shunt circuit 123. It The shunt circuit 123 separates the input data into voice data and non-voice data, and processes the non-voice data in the processing circuit 116.
Then, the audio data is output to the D / A conversion circuit 124.

The D / A conversion circuit 124 includes the shunt circuit 123.
Voice data from D to A is converted into an analog signal,
It is output to the speaker 104. As a result, the voice of the other party input to the data receiving device 6 via the telephone line of FIG. 4 is output from the speaker 104.

The non-voice data separated by the diversion circuit 123 (this is a code corresponding to, for example, a busy tone or a ring tone) is processed by the processing circuit 116.
Then, it is converted into waveform data (digital data) of an actual busy tone or ringing tone, and then supplied to the speaker 104 via the D / A conversion circuit 124. As a result, a busy tone or a ringing tone is output from the speaker 104.

Next, in FIG. 10, the remote controller 9 is operated,
9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the data receiving device 6 when an inquiry or order for a product represented by advertisement data recorded in the MO 8 is made. Data receiving device 6
When the fingertip is placed on the pad 101 of the remote controller 9 in the power-off state (FIG. 4), the data receiving device 6 is in the power-on state as described above. Then, the processing circuit 32 uses the display interface 3
To the monitor 7 via 6 along with a predetermined menu screen,
The cursor 131 (FIG. 11) is displayed.

This menu screen includes icons representing menus for searching newspaper data and advertising data, for example.

When a fingertip is placed on the pad 101 of the remote controller 9 and moved, the coordinate values (x, y) representing the amount of movement are set as described above (as described above, the position detection circuit 1
11 (output from FIG. 9)) is transmitted from the remote controller 9 and is received by the processing circuit 32 via the remote controller interface 35. The processing circuit 32 moves the cursor 131 displayed on the monitor 7 from the current position by the received coordinate value (x, y). That is, pad 1
01 by moving the fingertip placed on the monitor 31
The cursor 131 displayed at is moved.

Then, when the cursor 131 is moved to, for example, the position of an icon (hereinafter, referred to as an advertisement search icon) representing a search of advertisement data, and the pad 101 is pushed down with a fingertip, for example, as described above, A detection signal that detects the depression (hereinafter referred to as a depression detection signal) (as described above, output from the detection circuit 112 (FIG. 9)) is transmitted from the remote controller 9. The push-down detection signal is received by the processing circuit 32 via the remote controller interface 35. Upon receiving the push-down detection signal, the processing circuit 32 determines that the position on the screen pointed by the cursor 131 has been fixed, and starts the process corresponding to the icon at that position. That is, when the cursor 131 is located at the advertisement search icon,
When the push-down detection signal is received, the process of searching the advertisement data is performed by the processing circuit 32.

Specifically, in this case, for example, FIG.
The menu for searching advertisements as shown in (a) is
It is displayed for each type of advertisement (genre) (for example, product advertisement for shopping, movie advertisement, sports advertisement, etc.). This menu is also composed of icons as in the case described above.

If the cursor 131 is moved as described above by operating the remote controller 9 and the selection of, for example, the shopping icon is confirmed as the advertisement genre to be searched now, FIG.
As shown in (b), an icon-type menu is displayed in which the product advertisements are classified by product type (genre) (for example, suits, shoes, bags, etc.).

Further, the user operates the remote controller 9 to move the cursor 131 on the icon of the product of the type desired to be searched, and confirms the selection. Then, the processing circuit 32 retrieves the advertisement data of the product of the type from the MO 8, and the advertisement data is displayed on the monitor 7 in step S21.

FIG. 12 shows the service operating company 3
The format of the advertisement data transmitted from (FIG. 1) is shown. As shown in the figure, each advertisement data has a unique advertisement ID attached to the data, the title of the advertisement (for example, product name, etc.), type (genre), advertiser / advertising company name, charge of advertisement. Person / order phone number,
Data such as a photograph of a product and a product description are sequentially arranged and configured.

FIG. 11C shows a state in which the suit icon is selected in FIG. 11B, the advertisement data of the suit is searched for and displayed on the monitor 7. In this case, a predetermined window 132 is opened, in which there is a picture of the suit and a description of the product,
The name of the advertiser / advertising company and the telephone number of the person in charge / order destination are displayed.

Further, below the window 132,
"Inquiry" icon 133, "Order" icon 13
4, arrow keys 135a and 135b are displayed.

Here, when a plurality of suit advertisement data is retrieved from MO8, the advertisement ID of the smallest advertisement ID is displayed, for example. And arrow key 1
By operating 35a or 135b with the cursor 131 (by moving the cursor 131 to the arrow key 135a or 135b and confirming the selection), the advertisement I of the advertisement data currently displayed, respectively.
Advertisement data having an advertisement ID smaller or larger than D is displayed.

When both inquiries and orders for merchandise can be made, the "inquiry" icon 133 and the "order" icon 134 are displayed dark, for example, as shown in FIG. 11 (c). When the product inquiry is not possible and the order is possible, for example, as shown in FIG. 13A, the “inquiry” icon 133 is light,
The “order” icon 134 is displayed dark. Further, when the product can be inquired and the order cannot be placed, for example, as shown in FIG. 13B, the “inquiry” icon 133 is displayed dark and the “order” icon 134 is displayed light. If neither inquiry nor order for the product is possible, the “inquiry” icon 133 and the “order” icon 134 are dimmed, as shown in FIG. 13C, for example.

It should be noted that whether or not an inquiry or order is possible is made to be recognized by the user by changing the shading of the icon display as described above, changing the display color, or blinking the icon. It is possible to

Returning to FIG. 10, after the above display is made in step S21, the process proceeds to step S22, and the on / off hook switch 107 of the remote controller 9 is operated to put the telephone line interface 38 into the off hook state. Whether or not it is determined by the processing circuit 32.

Here, in the following, it is assumed that both inquiries and orders for merchandise can be made.

In step S22, when it is determined that the on / off hook switch 107 of the remote controller 9 is operated to put the telephone line interface 38 in the off hook state, that is, the command to command the off hook from the remote controller 9 (off hook command). Is transmitted and the off-hook command is received by the processing circuit 32, the off-hook command is transferred from the processing circuit 32 to the telephone line interface 38, which brings the telephone line interface 38 into the off-hook state. Then, the process proceeds to step S33, and the ten key 10 of the remote controller 9
When 6 is operated, it is determined whether or not the telephone number of the person in charge / the orderee displayed on the monitor 7 is input. Here, in the processing circuit 32, the ten-key pad 106 after the telephone line interface 38 is put into the off-hook state.
The signal corresponding to the operation of is determined to be a telephone number.

If it is determined in step S33 that the telephone number has not been input, the process returns to step S33. If it is determined in step S33 that the telephone number is input, that is, if the remote control 9 transmits the telephone number and the processing circuit 32 receives the telephone number, the processing circuit 32 sets the telephone number to the telephone line interface 3
Transfer to 8.

As a result, the telephone line interface 3
In step 8, the PB sound corresponding to the telephone number is output to the telephone line in step S27. After that, when the person in charge / ordered person is connected to the telephone via the public telephone network (FIG. 1), the process proceeds to step S28, and the user's voice (input to the microphone 105 (FIG. 9) from the remote controller 9 is transmitted. (Voice) is transmitted to a person in charge / order destination via the public telephone network, and a voice control process for outputting the voice transmitted from the person in charge / orderee to the remote controller 9 via the remote controller interface 35 is performed. .

As described above, the user can usually inquire about the details of a product or place an order for the product without using a telephone in another place.

After the processing of step S28, step S34
To the on / off hook switch 10 of the remote controller 9.
Processing circuit 32 determines whether 7 has been operated to put telephone line interface 38 into an on-hook state. In step S34, when it is determined that the on / off hook switch 107 of the remote controller 9 is operated to be in the on hook state, that is, the remote controller 9 transmits a command (on hook command) for instructing the on hook, and the on hook command When received by the processing circuit 32, the on-hook command is transferred from the processing circuit 32 to the telephone line interface 38,
As a result, the telephone line interface 38 is brought into the on-hook state, and the processing ends.

On the other hand, in step S22, when it is determined that the on / off hook switch 107 of the remote controller 9 is not operated, the process proceeds to step S23, and the remote controller 9 is operated, whereby the "inquiry" icon 1
The processing circuit 32 determines whether the selection of 33 is confirmed. When it is determined in step S23 that the selection of the “inquiry” icon 133 is confirmed, the process proceeds to step S26, and the processing circuit 32 outputs the telephone number of the person in charge displayed on the monitor 7 to the telephone line interface 38. The above-mentioned processing is performed below. That is, in this case, the user can inquire about the product without operating the remote controller 9 and inputting the telephone number (when the person in charge of inquiry is the same as the orderee, the user also makes an order). Is possible).

If it is determined in step S23 that the selection of the "inquiry" icon 133 is not confirmed, the process proceeds to step S24, the remote controller 9 is operated, and the selection of the "order" icon 134 is confirmed. It is determined by the processing circuit 32. Step S2
4, when it is determined that the selection of the “order” icon 134 is not confirmed, the process proceeds to step S25, the remote controller 9 is operated, and the arrow key 135a or 135b.
The processing circuit 32 determines whether or not the selection has been confirmed. In step S25, the arrow key 135a
Alternatively, when it is determined that the selection of 135b is not confirmed, the process returns to step S22. Further, when it is determined in step S25 that the selection of the arrow key 135a or 135b is confirmed, the advertisement data corresponding to the selected one of the arrow keys 135a and 135b is read out from the MO 8. , And returns to step S21. Therefore, in this case, other advertisement data read from MO8 is displayed instead of the advertisement data that has been displayed so far.

On the other hand, in step S24, "order"
When it is determined that the selection of the icon 134 is confirmed,
In step S29, a product selection process is performed. That is, for example, when the product to be ordered is a suit, the processing circuit 32 causes the monitor 7 to display a screen as shown in FIG. 14A that allows the user to select the size of the suit. The user sees this screen and selects the desired size.
The selection is made by operating the ten-key pad 106 of the remote controller 9. That is, the user has a desired size of A body, B
In the case of a body or a Y body, ten keys 106 “1”, “2”, or “3” are respectively operated.

When the size selection is completed, the processing circuit 32
Displays on the monitor 7 a screen for allowing the user to select a suit color, for example, as shown in FIG. The user looks at this screen and selects a desired color by operating the ten keys 106 of the remote controller 9 as described above.

The data of the advertisement selected by operating the ten-key pad 106 (in the above case, the size and color of the suit) is stored in the processing circuit 32 (its built-in RAM).
Is temporarily stored in.

The information about the size and color of the suit is included in the data portion of the advertisement data format shown in FIG. 12, and the processing circuit 32
With reference to this, a screen as shown in FIG. 14 is created and displayed on the monitor 7.

When the product selection process as described above is completed,
In step S30, the processing circuit 32 outputs the telephone number of the orderee displayed on the monitor 7 to the modem 37.

As a result, in the modem 37, step S
At 31, the PB sound corresponding to the telephone number is output to the telephone line. After that, when the telephone is connected to the order destination via the public telephone network (FIG. 1), the process proceeds to step S32, and the order process is performed.

Here, in this case, the order destination has an order management computer, and a telephone call is made to this order management computer.

In step S32, the advertisement data (suit size and color) selected as described above and the advertisement ID (FIG. 12) of the advertisement are processed together with the unique user ID previously assigned to the user. It is transmitted from the circuit 32 via the modem 37 and the public telephone network to the order management computer which is the order destination, and the processing is terminated.

The sent information is registered in the order management computer. The advertiser / company ships the product based on the information registered in the order management computer. That is, the user is identified from the user ID, and the product of the advertisement corresponding to the advertisement ID for the user, which corresponds to the advertisement data (suit size and color) selected as described above. Will be shipped.

Therefore, by using the ten-key pad 106 of the remote controller 9, not only the telephone number can be input but also the advertisement data can be selected as described above.
The convenience of can be improved.

The case where the present invention is applied to the remote controller 9 of the data receiving / display device 3 for receiving the data transmitted through the satellite line has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the satellite line. Wireless line, PSTN,
The present invention can be applied to a device that controls a device that receives data transmitted via a wired line such as an ISDN or CATV cable, a dedicated line, or another data line.

In this embodiment, a large-capacity one-way satellite line and a small-capacity public telephone network (telephone line) capable of bidirectional communication are used, but large-capacity bidirectional communication is possible. In the case of using the CATV network, for example, the data receiving device 6 can be connected to the information provider such as a newspaper company, an advertisement providing company, and a television station through this one transmission path. In this case, when the CATV network is connected to the database, the data can be obtained from the database as described above.

Further, in the present embodiment, the newspaper data including the advertisement data is received, but in addition to this, the data of the publication such as magazines and books, and other data including the advertisement data are also received. It is also possible to receive.

Further, by using the ten-key pad 106 of the remote controller 9, an arbitrary telephone number can be input. That is, the remote controller 9 can be used as a general telephone.

[0116] In addition, the telephone number is input using the ten-key pad 106.
In addition to the above, the number can be displayed by displaying the number on the monitor 7 and operating the pad 101 of the remote controller 9 to specify the number corresponding to the telephone number.

Further, in this embodiment, the pad 101 is used to move the cursor 131.
In addition, it is possible to use a cross-shaped cursor key or a pointing device such as a ball. However, when the pad 101 is used, the cursor 131 can be moved by an operation that is easy for the user to understand as compared with other cases.

Further, in the present embodiment, the advertisement data is selected by the ten key 106 of the remote controller 9. However, depending on the ten key 106 of the remote controller 9,
It is also possible to select data other than the advertisement data. That is, for example, it is possible to display newspaper data including a newspaper article, which is a headline of an article related to the article, with a number, and to select it. In this case, for example, if the selected newspaper data is recorded in MO8, it can be read and displayed, or the newspaper company can be accessed to transmit the selected newspaper data. Is.

Further, in the present embodiment, the size and color of the advertisement data selected by operating the ten-key pad 106 are used. However, this is the advertisement product in the electronic shopping service as described above. Each item can be a necessary item (for example, if the product is an electrical product, its grade, etc.).

[0120] Also, the selection of the advertisement data is performed by the numeric keypad 1
Not only 06, but also by operating the pad 101, for example.

[0121]

As described above, according to the present invention, a highly convenient device can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a data broadcasting system in which data is received by a data receiving device 6 in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a transmission device included in the service operating company 3 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a format of satellite digital channel data.

4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a data receiving device 6 controlled by a remote controller 9 in FIG.

5 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a data receiving circuit 31 of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an external configuration of a remote controller 9 that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state where a pad 101 is pushed down.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a data format of a signal transmitted from the remote controller 9.

9 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration example of a remote controller 9 in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the data receiving device 6 when a product inquiry / order is performed by operating the remote controller 9 of FIG.

11 is a diagram showing a display screen of the monitor 7 when an inquiry / order for a product is made by operating the remote controller 9 of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a format of transmitted advertisement data.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an “inquiry” icon 133 and an “order” icon 134.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the process of step S29 of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100 Main Body 101 Pad 102 Rotating Part 103 Hinge 104 Speaker 105 Microphone 106 Numeric Keypad 107 On / Off Hook Switch

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A peripheral device for controlling a terminal for displaying the data transmitted and received via a transmission line on a screen together with a cursor, the cursor moving the cursor displayed on the screen. Moving means, operating means for inputting a telephone number and selecting data displayed on the screen, and transmitting means for transmitting outputs of the cursor moving means and operating means to the terminal And a peripheral device comprising: 2. The peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein the cursor moving means is a pointing device, and the operating means is a ten-key pad. 3. The peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein the cursor moving means is a pad for detecting the position of a conductive object placed on the surface of the cursor moving means. 4. The pad can be pushed down, and the position on the screen pointed to by the cursor is fixed by pushing down the pad. Peripherals. 5. The apparatus further comprises voice input means for inputting voice to be transmitted to the other party corresponding to the telephone number, wherein the transmitting means outputs the output of the voice input means in addition to the outputs of the cursor moving means and the operating means. 5. The peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral device is multiplexed and transmitted. 6. The peripheral device according to claim 1, wherein the data includes at least advertisement data.