JPH09270721A - Teletext receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To relieve the load of the user by displaying the program list of programs to be broadcast and displaying the list so as to allow the user to simply grasp the program contents of each broadcast station. SOLUTION: The teletext receiver 2 uses the radio wave of a teletext multiplex broadcast program to receive and display a teletext sent from a broadcast station 3. In this case, a channel selection means 40 selects and receives a teletext and allows a display means 41 to display the selected teletext broadcast program. A control means 42 controls the channel selection means 40 to allow it to sequentially select each broadcast station. Then a list generating means 43 generates program contents list of voice broadcast programs of each broadcast station and a control means 44 allows the display means 41 to display the program contents list.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a teletext receiver for receiving and displaying teletext transmitted from an external broadcasting station by using radio waves of teletext.

[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.

Some of such teletext receivers are adapted to display the contents of the audio broadcast program of the currently selected broadcast station as radio program information.

[0006] Further, there has been devised a system which displays a character broadcast in the above-mentioned format and receives and outputs a radio broadcast of a normal voice. In such a receiving device, for example, while receiving a radio broadcast program by voice and outputting the voice, the program information of the radio program of the broadcast station is displayed in characters so that the user can listen to the radio broadcast for convenience. I have to.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional teletext receiver, it is determined whether or not there is a desired content in a radio program being broadcast at a broadcasting station which is not currently being received. There is a problem in that it is necessary to change the frequency and reselect one station at a time to check the contents of the radio program, which requires much time and effort to receive the radio program.

The present invention has been made in view of the above conventional problems, and provides a teletext receiving apparatus capable of easily knowing the program content of each broadcasting station and reducing the labor of the user. That is the issue.

[0007]

As shown in FIG. 8, the invention of claim 1 uses a radio wave of character multiplex broadcasting to broadcast station 3
In the teletext receiving device 2 for receiving and displaying the teletext transmitted from, the tuning means 40 for selecting and receiving the teletext, and the display means 41 for displaying the teletext program selected. In the tuning means 40, a tuning control means 42 for sequentially tuning each broadcasting station, and a list creation means 43 for creating a program content list of audio broadcast programs of each selected broadcasting station.
And a display control means 44 for displaying the program content list on the display means 41.

The invention of claim 2 comprises the reception control means 46 for outputting to the audio broadcast receiving means 45 a tuning signal for selecting the broadcasting station selected from the program content list in claim 1. It is characterized by that.

The invention of claim 3 is characterized in that, in claim 2, the audio broadcast receiving means 45 is incorporated.

[0010]

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 views for explaining a teletext receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a broadcasting apparatus including the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment, FIG.
3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the receiving device, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the receiving device, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of information transmitted from the transmitting device (broadcasting station), and FIG. 6 is an operation of the receiving device. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the above, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a program list.

In FIG. 1, an FM broadcasting station 1 multiplexes an audio program 4 and a character program 5 by a multiplexing transmission device 3. Reference numeral 2 is a receiving device for receiving and displaying teletext.

Specifically, the receiving device 2 includes a teletext receiver (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 have operation function keys (preset keys) F1 to F7 (representative reference numeral 11), direction keys (cursor keys) 12 for moving the cursor, and operation confirmation. And keys 13 and 13 respectively.

The CPU 20 of the visible radio 2a and the navigation device 2b serves as a tuning control means for sequentially selecting each broadcasting station and as a list creating means for creating a program content list of audio broadcasting programs of each broadcasting station. Further, as a display control means for displaying a program content list, and a channel selection signal (code) a for selecting a broadcasting station selected from the program content list, an FM broadcast receiver (audio broadcast receiving means ) 15 as a reception control means.

The receiving device 2 further includes an antenna 16 for receiving the teletext signal transmitted from the transmitting device 3, a tuner (tuning means) 18, and a demodulation for demodulating FM multiplexed data from the received signal. And a container 19.

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 indicating the traveling position is input.

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.

Data of the format shown in FIG. 5, for example, is input to the transmission device 3 as character information from the input device 5. The above data is the source of the information,
It is composed of a header 8 having a control code or the like as an identifier for designating the characteristic of the information, and the content 9 of the information.

Next, the operation of the receiver 2 of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. When an operation to instruct whether or not there is a desired content in a radio program being broadcast by a broadcasting station that is not currently receiving is performed with a predetermined key, etc. Teletext is sequentially received (step S1).

Next, the information content displayed under the title of "program information" is extracted from the received character information data, loaded into the RAM 24 or the like and stored (step S2), and this reception and extraction processing is performed. It is sequentially performed for teletext data received from a broadcasting station that can be received in the area.

When all the receivable broadcasting stations are subjected to the above-described processing, the contents of the program information of each broadcasting station are displayed together with the broadcasting station name as shown in FIG. S3, S4). In addition, the display 6
The program information list is scroll-displayed by the number of display lines a and 6b.

When a predetermined program is selected from the program information list by a predetermined key operation or the like (step S
5), tuned to the frequency of the broadcasting station broadcasting the program,
When the selected radio program is received (step S
6), output by voice.

As described above, since the list of programs being broadcast by the broadcasting station which is not currently being received is displayed and the program having the desired content is selected from this list, the frequency being currently received is changed to 1 It is possible to eliminate the operation of re-selecting each station and checking the program content, and the user's time and effort for displaying desired information can be reduced.

Further, since the FM broadcast receiver 15 is built in the receiving device 2, it can be handled more easily than a separate device.

[0026]

As described above, in the teletext receiving apparatus according to the invention of claim 1, since the program contents list of the audio broadcast programs being broadcast at each broadcasting station is displayed, the broadcasting station which is not currently receiving it. There is an effect that it is possible to easily confirm whether or not there is a desired content in the radio program being broadcast in.

In the teletext receiving apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the broadcasting station is selected from the program content list to tune in. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the labor for receiving the program of the desired content. There is an effect that can be done.

In the teletext receiver according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the voice broadcast receiving means is incorporated, there is an effect that the handling can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the receiving device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing 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 a display screen of the receiving device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the receiving device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a program content list displayed on the receiving device.

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Teletext receiver 3 Transmitter 40 Channel selection means 41 Display means 42 Channel selection control means 43 List creation means 44 Display control means 45 Audio broadcast reception means 46 Reception control 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 (3)

[Claims] 1. A teletext receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying teletext transmitted from a broadcasting station by using radio waves of teletext, and a tuning means for selecting and receiving the teletext, and the selecting means. Display means for displaying the teletext program being tuned,
The channel selection means has a channel selection control means for sequentially selecting each broadcast station, a list generation means for generating a program content list of audio broadcast programs of the selected broadcast stations, and the program content list is displayed as described above. A teletext receiving device, comprising: display control means for displaying the means. 2. The teletext according to claim 1, further comprising reception control means for outputting a channel selection signal for selecting a broadcasting station selected from the program content list to the audio broadcasting receiving means. Receiver. 3. The teletext receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the audio broadcast receiving means is built in.