JPH09261088A - Information receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information receiver in which an optional character string is registered simply to a prescribed key so as to relieve the load of the user. SOLUTION: The information receiver 2 using a radio wave of a teletext multiplex broadcast program to receive teletext information sent from an external transmitter 3 is provided with a peception means 50 receiving the teletext information, a display means 51 displaying the received teletext information, a registration means 53 registering a consecutive character string in the teletext information displayed on the display means 51 as a keyword, and a display control means 52 displaying the teletext information onto the display means 51 when the teletext information including the keyword registered among the teletext information received by the reception means 50.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is designed to receive and display character information transmitted from an information transmitting device (external transmitting station) to an individual receiver by using radio waves such as FM character multiplex broadcasting. And a keyword registration method suitable for displaying traffic information.

[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.

A "visible radio" that receives the above teletext
If you have registered keywords such as specific route names and intersection names, and the information contents at the predetermined points on the registered routes above when the traffic information was received have been updated,
It is considered that the information is automatically displayed.

Registration of the route name and the intersection name is performed by inputting characters from a character template displayed on the screen or selecting from a character string stored in advance on the radio.

[0005]

However, the conventional method of inputting characters using the character template to register a route name or an intersection name has problems such as time-consuming input and easy input error. . Further, in the method of selecting from a predetermined character string stored in advance, there is a problem that a desired character string may not be registered.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information receiving apparatus capable of easily and accurately registering an arbitrary character string and reducing the labor of the user. It is an issue.

[0007]

As shown in FIG. 8, the present invention utilizes an electric wave of character multiplex broadcasting to provide an external transmitter 3
In the information receiving device 2 that receives the character information transmitted from the receiving unit 50, the receiving unit 50 that receives the character information, the display unit 51 that displays the received character information, and the display unit 5
Registration means 53 for registering a continuous character string in the character information displayed by 1 as a keyword, and character information including the registered keyword is searched from the character information received by the receiving means 50, and the searched character information is searched. And a display control means 52 for displaying the character information on the display means.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 7 are diagrams for explaining an information receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a broadcasting apparatus including the receiving apparatus of the present embodiment, and FIGS. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of the device, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the receiving device, FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the receiving device, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are examples of display screens of the receiving device. FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a broadcasting device for performing character multiplex broadcasting by FM broadcasting. The broadcasting device 1 is
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 information to the transmitting device 3 by a telephone line 4 or the like. I 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 which can be seen above are provided with operation function keys F1 to F7.
It has a (representative symbol 11), a direction key (cursor key) 12 for moving the cursor, and an operation confirm key 13.

Further, the CPU 20 of the visible radio 2a and the navigation device 2b (reception device 2) serves as a registration means for registering a continuous character string in the character information displayed on the display 6a, display 6b as a keyword. Further, the character information including the registered keyword is searched, and the searched character information is displayed on the display devices 6a and 6b.
It functions as a display control means for displaying.

The receiving device 2 receives a signal transmitted from a predetermined transmitting device 3 and tunes with an antenna 16, a tuner (reception means) 18, and an F signal from the selected signal.
The demodulator 19 demodulates the M multiplexed data signal.

An I / F 21 is connected to the CPU 20, and a signal indicating a vehicle state (shift position, steering angle, half door, etc.) detected by a sensor (not shown) via the I / F 21. Alternatively, a signal or the like indicating the traveling position is input from the navigation device.

Furthermore, 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.

Next, the word registration operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, when keyword registration is set to ON by menu selection or the like, and when a traffic information program is selected from the menu by operating the cursor 29 as shown in FIG. 6, the content is displayed as shown in FIG. The scroll display is sequentially performed from the first line on the container 6a (steps S1 to S3).

Next, the cursor 29 is moved to the line containing the character string desired to be registered in the displayed information,
By operating the left and right direction keys 12, the width and position thereof are set on a predetermined character (step S4).

When the enter key 13 is turned on,
The cursor position is set as the registration start point 30,
The display color is changed to a predetermined display color (steps S5 to S6).

Further, the cursor is moved to the character for ending the registration, and the registration key 13 is turned on to set the registration end point 31 (steps S7 to S9), and the registration start point 30 to the registration end point are set. The character string 32 up to 31 is registered as a keyword in a predetermined storage device (step S10). Then, from the received update information, the registered keyword "Right Hachisetaya Dori intersection"
When the character information including "" is searched and the information including the keyword is searched, the information is displayed.

As described above, since the character string itself displayed on the display 6a is registered as a keyword, the character string can be easily registered, and a character can be selected from the conventional character template. It is possible to eliminate trouble and input mistakes.

Further, since the registration start point 30 and the registration end point 31 are arbitrarily set on the character string displayed as described above, the registration is carried out, so that the registration is stored in advance in the conventional receiving apparatus. You can avoid the restriction that you can only register certain characters, such as the method of selecting from character strings, and you can easily register any character string that meets the user's wishes. It can also be registered as a keyword.

Further, when character information including the registered keyword is retrieved from the received update information,
Since this information is displayed, the latest contents of the information can be displayed according to the user's request.

[0024]

As described above, in the information receiving apparatus according to the present invention, the continuous character string itself in the displayed character information is registered as a keyword, and when the character information including the registered keyword is retrieved. Since this information is displayed, any character string can be registered easily and accurately, and the user's labor can be reduced.
Further, there is an effect that the latest contents of information according to the user's request can be displayed.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

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

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

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

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the receiving device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the receiving device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the receiving device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the claims of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 information receiving device 3 transmitting device 50 receiving means 51 display means 52 display control means 53 registration means

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

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An information receiving device for receiving character information transmitted from an external transmitting device by using a radio wave of character multiplex broadcasting, displaying a receiving means for receiving the character information and the received character information. Display means, registration means for registering a continuous character string in the character information displayed by the display means as a keyword, and character information including the registered keyword from the information received by the receiving means, An information receiving device, comprising: a display control unit for displaying the retrieved character information on the display unit.