JPH11145865A - Information receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information receiver, with which load for knowing the novel information contents of a program required by or interesting for a user can be reduced. SOLUTION: An information receiver 2 for receiving character information transmitted from external information transmission equipment 3, while utilizing the radio waves of teletext broadcasting is provided with a receiving means 50 for receiving the transmitted character information, a display means 51 for displaying the received character information, a voice output means 52 for outputting the received character information in voice, a storage means 53 for storing the received character information, an operation detecting means 54 for detecting the operation of the user for instructing the display of received information on the display means 51, a registering means 55 for registering the prescribed character information program, a storage control means 56 for storing the contents of the program, for which the prescribed operation is detected by the operation detecting means 54 or which is registered in the storage means 53 by the registering means 55, and an alarm means 57 for reporting the storage of novel information through the storage control means 56 into the storage means 53, while using the display means 51 or the voice output means 52.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

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

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in text multiplex broadcasting using FM radio waves or the like, information transmitted from an information transmitting apparatus is defined as one screen composed of a fixed format (for example, three lines of 15 characters per line). Are set, and one program is composed of a plurality of pages. In this case, the first line of the above-mentioned page is used as a header for displaying a source of information, etc., as 2,
The third line is used as a text for displaying the content of the information.

[0003] On the other hand, some have a function of registering a predetermined program name, a frequency, and the like in a predetermined operation switch, and receiving and displaying the registered program by a simple operation when necessary.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional receiving apparatus, whether or not the information content of the program which the user has watched before has been updated is determined by performing a predetermined operation to tune the frequency and receiving the program. Therefore, there is a problem that the contents cannot be understood until the contents are displayed.

[0005] In addition, even if a desired program is received and displayed by operating a registration switch, it is necessary to confirm the program content by performing a page-turning operation, which is troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide an information receiving apparatus which can reduce the time and effort required for a user to know new information contents of a program which the user needs or is interested in. And

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information receiving apparatus for receiving character information transmitted from an external information transmitting apparatus using radio waves of teletext broadcasting.
Receiving means 50 for receiving the transmitted character information, display means 51 for displaying the received character information, and audio output means 52 for outputting the received character information by voice
Storage means 53 for storing the received character information
An operation detecting means 54 for detecting an operation of a user instructing the display of received information by the display means 51; a registering means 55 for registering a predetermined character information program; and a predetermined operation performed by the operation detecting means 54. The contents of the detected program or the program registered by the registration means 55 are stored in the storage means 53.
Storage control means 56 for storing the
And a notifying means 57 for notifying by the display means 51 and the sound output means 52 that the new information has been stored in the storage means 53.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, a display output control means for displaying the content of the information notified by the notifying means 57 on the display means 51 and outputting the sound by the sound output means 52. 58 is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, when a predetermined ratio of unreceived information is received, the information is notified by the notification means 57 and displayed and output by the display output control means 58. And

[0010]

According to the information receiving apparatus 2 of the first aspect, the character information received by the receiving means 50 is displayed by the display means 51, output by voice by the voice output means 52, and stored by the storage means 53. Is stored. Further, the contents of the program for which the predetermined information display operation has been detected by the operation detecting means 54 and the contents of the program registered by the registering means 55 are:
If the new information is stored in the storage unit 53 by the storage control unit 56 and the storage information is new information, the notification unit 57 notifies the display unit 51 and the audio output unit 52 of the fact.

As described above, when new information of a program for which the user has performed a predetermined display operation or a registered program, that is, a program required by the user is stored, the fact is notified by display or audio output. Therefore, the user can easily know the existence of the new information of the program desired by the user, which has the effect of reducing the user's labor.

According to the information receiving apparatus 2 of the second aspect of the invention, the contents of the new information notified by the notifying means 57 are displayed on the display means 51, and the sound is output by the sound output means 52.

As described above, the contents of the new information of the program for which the user has performed a predetermined display operation or the registered program are displayed on the display means 51 and output as audio by the audio output means 52. There is an effect that new information of a required program can be easily known.

According to the information receiving apparatus 2 of the present invention, when a predetermined ratio of unreceived information is received, the display means 51 and the audio output means 52 notify the effect, and the content is Is output.

As described above, when the screen is updated by a predetermined ratio of the number of pages to the number of remaining pages of the program, the remaining pages are received and stored, the effect is notified, and the contents are displayed or output by sound. Thus, there is an effect that new information of a necessary program can be easily known.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 10 are diagrams for explaining the information receiving apparatus of the first to third embodiments according to the first to third aspects of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is an overall configuration of a teletext broadcasting apparatus including the receiving apparatus. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a specific example of the receiving device, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of character information transmitted by the broadcasting device, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the receiving device, and FIGS. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the receiving apparatus.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a broadcasting device for performing text multiplex broadcasting by FM broadcasting.
The vehicle includes an information receiving device 2 mounted on a vehicle for receiving and displaying character information, and an information transmitting device 3 for wirelessly transmitting predetermined character information to the receiving device 2.

The receiving device 2 specifically includes a teletext-only receiving device 2 shown in FIG. 2, and the receiving device 2 includes a display 6 functioning as a display unit for displaying received text information. ing.

The display 6 has display units 6a to 6c for displaying the character information in three lines, and the display position, display time, and the like of the character information on the display 6 can be arbitrarily changed. I have.

The receiving device 2 performs operation function keys (preset switches) F1 to F7 (representative code 11, registration means) in which a predetermined program name, frequency, and the like are registered, and moves a cursor. A direction key (cursor key) 12, an operation confirmation key 13, and a speaker (sound output means) 28 for outputting sound are provided.

The character information transmitted from the transmitting device 3 and displayed on the display unit 6 has a format shown in FIG. 3, and displays a header 8 indicating a source of the information and the contents of the information. One screen composed of the text 9 is defined as one page,
One program is composed of a plurality of pages.

As shown in FIG. 4, the receiving device 2 includes a receiving unit including an antenna 16 and a tuner 18 for receiving the teletext signal transmitted from the transmitting device 3, and A demodulation unit 19 for demodulating the FM multiplexed data; and a C for performing reception control by the tuner 19 and display control of the received character information on the display 6.
PU20.

The CPU 20 has a storage device RO
M23 and a RAM (storage means) 24 are connected, and the predetermined data such as the received character information and the control program are stored and input and output are performed.

The CPU 20 includes the operation keys 11 to 1
(3) a function as an operation detecting means for detecting the operation content;
A function as storage control means for storing, in the RAM 24, a program in which a predetermined operation by the operation keys 11 to 13 is detected or a program registered in the function key 11; The program in which a predetermined percentage or more of the pages are selected and displayed or the program registered in the function key 11 is stored in the RAM 2.
4 is stored.

The CPU 20 is connected to a voice converter 26 for converting the received character information into a voice signal, and the voice signal is output from the speaker 28 via an amplifier (amplifier) 27. It has become.

The CPU 20 has a function as a notifying means for notifying that new information is stored in the RAM 24 through the display 6 and the speaker 28. When the user operates the operation keys 11 to 13, the user operates the operation keys 11 to 13. The contents of the program for which a predetermined display operation has been performed and the contents of the program registered in the function key 11 are updated, and when new information is stored in the RAM 24, the fact is output by text or voice and notified. I have.

Next, the operation of the receiving apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, a non-display program flag and a non-display page flag indicating non-display are set in the non-display program and non-display page of the character information data stored in the RAM 24 (steps S1 and S2). .

Next, when the frequency of a predetermined broadcasting station is displayed and selected, and a program is selected from the menu screen and the program content is displayed, the undisplayed page flag of the displayed page is cleared and displayed. Is set as a completed page (steps S3 to S5). When the ratio of the number of displayed pages to the total number of pages of the currently displayed program becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the undisplayed program flag of the currently displayed program is cleared and set as a displayed program (step S6).

When any key operation is performed, processing corresponding to the operation is performed (steps S7 to S8), no switch operation is performed, and the received data is either unreceived page data or already received page data. If the data is the update data of the page, the received data is stored in the RAM 24 (steps S9 to S12).

If the received data is for a program for which the user has not previously performed a predetermined display operation and is for a program not registered in the function key 11, the following processing is not performed. The process proceeds to step S3 (steps S13 and S14).

In addition, the received data may be a program that the user has performed a display operation before, or the function key 11
If the data is for a non-displayed page (steps S13 to S15), the content currently displayed on the display 6 is stored as the mode (A). Then, after the fact that the undisplayed page data has been received and stored is notified by text or voice, the display contents of the screen are returned to the mode (A) (step S16).
To S18), and the process proceeds to step S3.

As described above, in the information receiving apparatus 2 of the first embodiment, when the user has received and stored the data of the undisplayed page of the program for which the user has performed a predetermined display operation or of the registered program, Since the user is notified by text or voice that the data has been stored, the user receives a predetermined broadcast station when using a program whose content is arbitrarily updated frequently, such as traffic congestion information. Then, it is possible to know whether or not there is new information that has not been displayed, without performing a complicated operation such as updating the screen, and it is possible to reduce the user's labor accordingly.

Next, the operation of the receiving apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment, when data of a program on which a user has performed a display operation or of a non-displayed page of a registered program is received and stored, the information content is displayed in characters, and voice information is displayed. Is output.

Specifically, FIGS. 5 and 6 of the first embodiment.
After the same processing as steps S1 to S12 shown in FIG.
If the data received in step 8 is data of an undisplayed page of a program for which a display operation has been performed or a registered program (steps S32 to S34), the content currently displayed on the display 6 is set as mode (A). Is stored (step S3
5). Then, the information content of the received data (undisplayed page) is displayed on the display 6 by the CPU (display output control means) 20, and after the sound is output from the speaker 28, the display of the display 6 is in the mode. Returned to (A),
The undisplayed page flag of the displayed and audio output data is cleared, and the process proceeds to step S22.

As described above, in the information receiving apparatus 2 according to the second embodiment, when the user has received and stored data of a program for which a predetermined display operation has been performed or a non-displayed page of a registered program, the information is displayed. Since the contents are displayed in characters and output by voice, for example, when the traffic congestion information program is selected and displayed in step S23, the contents are displayed as the information contents such as the traffic congestion distance are updated. In addition, since voice is output, the user's labor can be reduced, and usability can be improved.

Next, the operation of the receiving apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

In the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment, when unreceived information of a program for which a user has performed a predetermined display operation or a registered program is received at a predetermined ratio or more, characters and voice are output.
It is notified that new data has been received, and the contents are output by text and voice.

More specifically, FIGS. 5 and 6 of the first embodiment.
The processing similar to steps S1 to S12 shown in FIG.
Performed in steps S40 to S50 of step S
If the data received at 48 is data of a non-displayed page of a program or a registered program for which a display operation has been performed, and the data of the non-displayed page is received at a predetermined ratio or more with respect to the total number of non-displayed pages. (Steps S52 to S54), the content currently displayed on the display 6 is stored as the mode (A) (step S55). Then, the information content of the received data (undisplayed page) is displayed on the display 6, and after the sound is output from the speaker 28, the display on the display 6 is returned to the mode (A) and the display is performed. ,
The undisplayed page flag of the audio output data is cleared, and the process proceeds to step S42.

As described above, in the information receiving apparatus 2 of the third embodiment, the content of the received information is displayed and output when the undisplayed page data is received at a predetermined ratio with respect to the number of undisplayed pages. For example, the above predetermined ratio is 20%
In step S43, a predetermined program is selected,
If two pages are updated after the number of remaining pages has reached 10 pages while receiving and displaying, the remaining 8 pages are displayed in characters and output by voice without user operation. As a result, user's labor can be reduced, and usability can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

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

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of character information transmitted by the broadcasting 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 flowchart for explaining the operation of the receiving device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the receiving apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the receiving device.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the receiving apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the receiving device.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the configuration of the claims of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 information receiving device 3 information transmitting device 6 display (display means) 11 preset switch (registering means) 16 antenna (receiving means) 18 tuner (receiving means) 20 CPU (operation detecting means, storage control means, notification means, display output) Control means) 24 RAM (storage means) 28 speaker (sound output means)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information receiving apparatus for receiving character information transmitted from an external information transmitting apparatus using a radio wave of a text multiplex broadcast, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving the transmitted character information; Display means for displaying character information;
Voice output means for outputting the received character information by voice, storage means for storing the received character information,
An operation detecting means for detecting an operation of a user instructing display of received information by the display means; a registration means for registering a predetermined character information program; a program for which a predetermined operation is detected by the operation detecting means; Storage control means for storing the contents of the program registered by the registration means in the storage means;
An information receiving apparatus, comprising: a notifying means for notifying, by the display means and the sound output means, that the new information has been stored in the storage means by the storage control means. 2. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising a display output control means for displaying the content of the information notified by said notification means on said display means and for outputting a sound by said sound output means. Information receiving device. 3. The information receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a predetermined ratio of unreceived information is received, the information is notified by the notifying means and displayed and output by the display output control means.