JPH09247012A - Information receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To relieve the load of the user by providing a display means displaying received information and a display control means or the like displaying the list of menu items of the received information onto the display means so as to display desired information simply without hesitate. SOLUTION: An information receiver 2 receiving teletext information sent from an external transmitter 3 by using a radio wave of a teletext multiplex broadcast is provided with a reception means 40 receiving information, a display means 41 displaying received information, and a display control means 42 allowing the display means 41 to display the list of menu items o the received information. Through such a constitution, since the list of the menu items of the received information is displayed, the desired information is displayed without the need for troublesome key operation such as sequential selection of the hierarchy menu and the operation of the display is simplified.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information receiving device for receiving character information transmitted from an external transmitting device by using radio waves of character multiplex broadcasting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in text multiplex broadcasting using FM radio waves or the like, there is a so-called "visible radio", for example. In the information transmitted in the teletext broadcasting, one screen in a fixed format (for example, three lines with 15 characters per line) is set as one page, and one program is composed of a plurality of pages. You. In this case, 1 of the above page
The second line is a header indicating the source of information, etc.
The line is used as a text displaying the content of the information.

In the above conventional information receiving apparatus, in order to display a desired program content, a required item is selected from the main menu displayed on the screen to display a submenu, and the desired menu is selected in the submenu. An operation method is adopted in which a desired program is reached by sequentially selecting a hierarchical menu, such as selecting and displaying the desired program content.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional character multiplex broadcasting information receiving apparatus such as FM broadcasting, it is necessary to sequentially select the hierarchical structure menu and perform an operation of searching for a desired program. However, in this case, it is the actual situation that the selection operation is performed without being able to grasp the whole picture of the menu structure, so it may be a wasteful operation until the desired information is reached. There are problems such as not knowing if there is. Therefore, there is a problem that it takes much labor and time and the burden on the user increases.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information receiving apparatus capable of easily displaying desired information without hesitation and reducing user's trouble. It is an issue.

[0006]

As shown in FIG. 7, the invention according to claim 1 uses an electric wave of character multiplex broadcasting to receive character information transmitted from an external transmitter 3 by an information receiver 2. In the above, there is provided a receiving means 40 for receiving the information, a display means 41 for displaying the received information, and a display control means 42 for displaying a list of menu items of the received information on the display means 41. It is characterized by that.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, there is provided a registration means 43 for registering a predetermined menu item in the displayed item list in association with a predetermined function key for performing an operation instruction and the like. The display control means 42 is characterized by causing the display means 41 to display the information of the registered menu item when the predetermined function key is operated.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 are views for explaining an information receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a broadcasting apparatus including the receiving apparatus, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are specific examples of the receiving apparatus. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the receiving device, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the display device, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display screen of the receiving device.

[0009] In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a broadcasting device for performing text multiplex broadcasting by FM broadcasting.
A receiving device 2 for receiving and displaying character information, a transmitting device 3 for wirelessly transmitting information to the receiving device 2, and an input device 5 for inputting traffic information and the like to the transmitting device 3 through a telephone line 4 or the like. Have.

Specifically, the receiving device 2 includes a receiver for teletext (for example, a visible radio) 2a shown in FIG. 2 and a navigation device 2b shown in FIG. The display device 6a as a display means for displaying character information of the visible radio 2a includes display units 7a to 7c of three lines, and the display device 6b of the navigation device 2b has a display unit 7a of eight lines.
~ 7h, and each of the display units 7a ~ 7h has 15
Characters are displayed.

The radio 2a and the navigation device 2b that can be seen above are function keys F1 to F7 (representative reference numeral 11) as operation switches, a direction key (cursor key) 12 for moving a cursor, and an operation confirmation key 13. And have respectively.

The receiving device 2 has an antenna 16 for receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitting device 3 and a tuner (reception means) 18 for selectively tuning a signal from a predetermined broadcasting station from the signal input from the antenna 16. And a demodulator 19 for demodulating the FM multiplexed data signal from the selected signal.

An I / F 21 is connected to the CPU 20, and when the receiving device 2 is mounted on a vehicle, a vehicle detected by a sensor (not shown) via the I / F 21. A signal indicating the state (shift position, steering angle, half door, etc.), a signal indicating the traveling position, etc. are input.

Further, the CPU 20 is connected to an IC card 22, a ROM 23, and a RAM 24, which are storage devices, for inputting and outputting predetermined data, and a calendar timer 25 is connected for storing date and time information. Is entered.

A converter 26 for converting the received character information into voice data is connected to the CPU 20, and the converted voice data is output from a speaker 28 via an amplifier 27. Has become.

The CPU 20 functions as a display control means for displaying a list of menu items of the received information on the display devices 6a and 6b when a predetermined operation switch, for example, the function key F1 is turned on. . Further, the CPU 20 functions as a registration unit that registers the program content of the predetermined menu item in association with any of the function keys, and the menu item registered when the corresponding function key is turned on. It also functions as display control means for displaying the contents of the program on the display devices 6a and 6b.

Next, the function and effect of the receiving apparatus of this embodiment will be described. For example, the character information data shown in FIG. 5 is transmitted from the transmitting device 3 and received by the receiving device. In FIG. 5, 8 is a header sentence indicating the sender of the information, and 9 is a text indicating the contents of the information. When the function key F1 is turned on, the menu page is extracted from the received data, the hierarchical structure of the menu structure is detected based on the extracted data, and this hierarchical structure is displayed as shown in FIG. It is displayed in a tree form on the display 6 as a list. In this tree display, the submenu is suspended from the main menu. Note that FIG. 6 is an example in which the display 6b is set to display 13 lines, and in a receiving device of 3 lines display as shown in FIG. 2, the item list is scrolled by operating the direction keys 12.

When the direction key 12 is operated to move the cursor to a desired menu item and the decision key 13 is turned on, the contents of the menu item are displayed.

Further, the program content of the menu item designated by the cursor can be registered in association with any one of the function keys 11, and when this registration is performed, the function key is turned on. Just by doing, the contents of the registered menu item are displayed.

The registration to the function key 11 is performed by, for example, setting a registration mode using a predetermined operation switch or the like, moving the cursor to a menu item desired to be registered in the displayed item list, and then pressing the predetermined function key. By pressing for a predetermined time.

As described above, since the list of menu items of the information received by turning on the predetermined function key is displayed, the hierarchical menus are sequentially selected to display the desired information. It is possible to eliminate a troublesome key operation such as searching for a desired item, a desired program can be smoothly selected without hesitation, and the user's labor can be reduced accordingly.

Further, since the program contents of the menu items on the above item list are registered in correspondence with predetermined function keys and the information contents are displayed by turning on the function keys, desired information can be displayed. It can be done even easier.

[0023]

As described above, according to the information receiving apparatus according to the invention of claim 1, since the list of menu items of the received information is displayed, it is troublesome to sequentially select the hierarchical menus. There is an effect that desired information can be displayed without requiring a key operation and the operation for displaying can be simplified.

In the information receiving apparatus according to the invention of claim 2,
Since predetermined character information in the item list is registered in a predetermined function key and the content is displayed by operating the key, the desired information can be displayed more easily and the operability is improved. There is an effect that can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of the receiving device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the receiving device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the receiving device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the display device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display screen of the receiving device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the claims of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 information receiving device 3 transmitting device 40 receiving means 41 display means 42 display control means 43 registration means

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Shigeki Ibara 2-1-1 Taoyuan, Ikeda City, Osaka Daihatsu Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kosuke Sakagami 2-1-1 Taoyuan, Ikeda, Osaka Daiha Tsu Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information receiving device for receiving character information transmitted from an external transmitting device by using radio waves of character multiplex broadcasting, a receiving means for receiving the information, and a display for displaying the received information. An information receiving apparatus comprising: a means and a display control means for displaying a list of menu items of the received information on the display means. 2. The registration device according to claim 1, further comprising: a registration unit that registers a predetermined menu item in the displayed item list in association with a predetermined function key for performing an operation instruction or the like. An information receiving device, wherein information of the registered menu item is displayed on the display means when a predetermined function key is operated.