JPH11328189A - Automatically selecting processor of inputted data - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To speedily and precisely obtain information required by a user regardless of simple operation. SOLUTION: Weather data provided through broadcasting or a communication line are received and stored (100), the weather information closely related with each user are automatically selected and displayed and at the same time, the residential area of the user is clearly indicated on a display screen. In order to clearly indicate the living area of the user on the screen, a position on a picture map corresponding to a zip code is previously held as a table (600). Further, according to the operation (300) of the user, the weather information on a local area desired by the user is easily selected and displayed regardless of the other than the residential area.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic selection processing device for inputting transmitted data and selectively processing specific data in the data.

More specifically, the present invention relates to an ISDB
(Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting: Multimedia broadcasting service), such as a device that receives data such as weather information and selectively displays data according to the user's request. The present invention relates to a device for automatically selecting input data.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, via a broadcast or communication line,
Weather information or traffic information has been provided to general viewers. For example, there is a weather forecast in television broadcasting and the like.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The broadcast time zone of weather information and the like provided via the communication line is determined in advance, so that the user may be out of viewing time. In addition, since it is a nationwide weather forecast or the like depending on a broadcast service area, it is not always possible to obtain information on an area required by a user. Such inconvenience is caused by the fact that broadcasting and the like adopt a unilateral information provision form.

[0005] Further, in such a conventional information providing form, when the user side actively seeks desired information, it is possible to use a telephone, a facsimile, an electronic mail, or the like. However, there is a problem that detailed data cannot be easily obtained.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide
An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic input data selection processing device capable of quickly and accurately obtaining information required by a user regardless of simple operation.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an automatic selection processing apparatus for inputting transmitted data and selectively processing specific data in the data. Storage means for accumulating data, input means for inputting specific attribute information or category information specified by a user, or designation information including area information, and the designation information among the data accumulated in the storage means And output means for outputting the data read by the selection means in a predetermined output form.

Here, when a display device is used as the output device, the display device may further include a display control device for displaying a specific position corresponding to the area information included in the designation information on the display device. It is possible. As the data stored in the storage unit, for example, nationwide weather information can be used. It is also possible to use a postal code as the area information input by the input means.

Further, it is preferable that the specific position corresponding to the area information included in the designation information is prepared in advance as a display position table. Alternatively, the specific position corresponding to the area information included in the designation information can be distributed together with the transmitted data via a broadcast or a communication line.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As an embodiment of the present invention, IS
A weather information receiving apparatus suitable for a multimedia broadcasting service using a DB will be described below. In particular, a description will be given of a receiving device capable of accurately and simply selecting and displaying not only an area where a viewer lives but also desired weather information data other than the area where the viewer lives.

That is, weather data provided via a broadcast or communication line is received and stored, and weather information close to each user is automatically selected and displayed, and at the same time, a user's residence area is clearly indicated on a display screen. A description will now be given of a receiving apparatus that enables anyone to accurately obtain required weather information without error. further,
Depending on the operation of the user, even if it is outside the area of residence,
The configuration of a receiving device that allows a user to easily select and display weather information of a desired area will also be described.

In the present embodiment, a postal code input by the user himself is used to specify the user's area of residence or desired area. Further, in order to clearly indicate the user's residence area on the display screen, the position on the screen map corresponding to the postal code is stored in advance as a table.

Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the receiving apparatus shown in FIG.

The operation of the receiving apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. 2 together with FIG. First, data provided through a broadcast or communication line is input to the data receiving / accumulating unit 100 via the signal line 1 (step S1).
The data receiving / accumulating unit 100 accumulates data relating to all types of weather in the whole country.

Next, the user inputs and sets the postal code of his / her area of residence in advance in the data selection section 200 (step S2). The input of the postal code is performed by the user operating the instruction input unit 300 (signal line 2).

The instruction input unit 300 adopts a method similar to a remote control operation of a television as shown in FIG. 3, and uses an up / down / left / right arrow key, an enter key, a cancel key, etc. The appearing number is selected and a seven-digit postal code is input (step S3).

The data selection section 200 can be implemented as a rewritable memory capable of holding data even when the power is turned off, for example, a file formed on a hard disk. By instructing the display control section 400 from the data selection section 200 to the display control section 400 (signal line 3), the display control section 400 goes to the data receiving / accumulating section 100 to retrieve only the corresponding data (signal line). 5, 6) and display on the display unit 500 (signal line 7: step S)
4).

Therefore, when the user attempts to obtain weather information from the next time, such as when the power is turned on next time or when a weather service is selected from various services, detailed weather information of the residence area of each user is obtained. Can be automatically displayed (step S1 → step S2 →
Step S4: See FIG. 8). For example, a user living in Chiba Prefecture has a nationwide weather overview (cloud movement, weather map), followed by detailed weather forecasts in Chiba Prefecture or three-hour weather / temperature transition information in Chiba Prefecture. Can be displayed.

In the "various settings" shown in step S5, the postal code can be reset and added. When the user inputs a postal code other than the area where the user lives, from the instruction input unit 300 (signal line 2), the weather data corresponding to the area other than the area where the user resides is also transmitted from the data receiving / accumulating unit 100. Thereafter, it can be automatically taken out and displayed (signal lines 5 → 6 → 7). In addition, the display time for automatic display,
Settings such as display items can be made.

FIG. 4 is an example of a display screen of "anywhere weather forecast" shown in step S6. That is, the “everywhere weather forecast” is an operation mode in which necessary weather information is selected and displayed by a user's own operation. For example, a user living in Chiba Prefecture will be traveling to Sendai tomorrow, so if he wants to know the temperature of Sendai tomorrow, he selects the item "Estimated Temperature" in the menu on the left side of the screen in FIG. To select a region including Sendai, select the item "Weather in each region". Then, the display screen is switched to the area selection screen as shown in FIG. 5 (step S7), so that Miyagi prefecture is selected on this screen and the expected temperature at the destination is displayed.

In FIG. 5, as an example of a region selection screen,
The map of the Tohoku region and the name of the prefecture are displayed.
Depending on the case, it may be the national version or the Kyushu regional version.

Returning again to FIG. 1, the display position table 600
Will be described. In the display position table 600, FIG.
As shown in the table, the correspondence between the postal code and the representative point of the area corresponding to the postal code (for example, the position coordinates on the screen of the central part in the area) is stored. FIG. 7 shows that the display unit 50 reads out data stored in the display position table 600 in accordance with an instruction of the data selection unit 8 and sends the data to the display control unit 400 (signal lines 8 and 9).
An example in the case of displaying with 0 is shown.

With this display control, it is possible to show the user's residence area on the weather screen, so that various services can be realized.

For example, FIG. 8 shows a temporal change of a rainfall area near the Boso Peninsula. Time elapses in the order of (a), (b), and (c) in FIG.
In the figure, the horizontal line in (I) indicates the sea area, and the diagonal line in (II) indicates the rainfall area. Further, the x mark of the point P indicates the residence position of the user. The user indicates his / her area of residence ×
Looking at the screen with the mark, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the rain currently falling is localized and is it likely to pass by? On the contrary,
Configured for each user's receiving device when meteorologically significant changes are anticipated in its area of residence (eg, "Raining soon", "Storm warning issued") It is also possible.

The display position table 600 has a ROM
In addition to the fixed data written in, for example, the information provider (broadcasting station or the like) may distribute the data together with the weather data for each weather screen. Further, in the current GPS-based navigation system, it is necessary to accurately correspond the terrain with the latitude and longitude. According to the present embodiment, however, the correspondence between the postal code and the representative point of the corresponding area is accurate. If only the correspondence is described in the table, it is possible to use a map with somewhat lower accuracy, so that a richer expression can be realized.

Further, the display control section 400 can appropriately change its control mode so as to output a display screen as required.

Although the above description is directed to the case of selecting and displaying weather data, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, information on water supply works, power outages, local disaster areas, etc. Or, of course, it can be applied to various data such as traffic information. Various output devices such as a printer, an image information storage medium, and a data transmission device can be used instead of the display unit 500.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Regardless of the simple operation, the information required by the user can be obtained quickly and accurately.

More specifically, information relating to an area (for example, weather information) is accumulated, and the necessity of the information is automatically determined by a predetermined filtering process, or the area of residence on a map is clarified. Accordingly, the user can receive the above information accurately whenever necessary.
Further, information on other necessary areas can be obtained according to the user's instruction, so that the quality of the information service can be improved comprehensively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a weather information receiving apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the receiving device illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a postal code input screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram exemplifying a display screen in a “anywhere weather forecast” mode shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a region selection screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display position table.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display example using a display position table.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a user residence area.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 data receiving / accumulating unit 200 data selecting unit 300 instruction input unit 400 display control unit 500 display unit 600 display position table

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on front page (72) Inventor Yuichi Mochizuki 1-10-11 Kinuta, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo Japan Broadcasting Corporation Broadcasting Research Institute

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An automatic selection processing device for inputting transmitted data and selectively processing specific data in the data, comprising: storage means for storing the data; and specific attribute information designated by a user. Alternatively, input means for inputting designation information including category information or area information; selection means for reading data corresponding to the designation information from the data stored in the storage means; And an output unit for outputting the input data in a predetermined output form. 2. The automatic selection processing device according to claim 1, wherein a display device is used as said output means.
The input data automatic selection processing device further comprises a display control means for displaying a specific position corresponding to the area information included in the designation information on the display device. 3. The automatic selection processing device according to claim 2, wherein the data stored in the storage unit is nationwide weather information, and a postal code is used as the area information input by the input unit. An automatic selection processor for input data. 4. The automatic selection processing device according to claim 2, wherein the specific position corresponding to the area information included in the designation information is prepared in advance as a display position table. Selection processing device. 5. The automatic selection processing device according to claim 2, wherein the specific position corresponding to the area information included in the designation information is distributed together with the transmitted data via a broadcast or a communication line. An automatic selection processor for input data.