KR100396820B1 - method for news service in a apartment development using a set-top box and IP address - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing information in an apartment complex using a set-top box and an IP address. When various data is input, data is stored in a set-top box installed in an apartment complex, and the set-top box is operated so that the stored data can be transmitted to each apartment household through a cable and viewed on a TV.

Set-Top-Box is a complex type that can receive interactive services and services for digital / analog network at the same time. The network interface unit (NIU) and MPEG-2 signals connected to the network to perform data transmission and reception Is composed of a set-top unit (STU) that converts NTSC signals to a TV, and consists of an operating system and programs to operate them. You can watch advertisements of established companies and stores on TV.

Description

Method for news service in a apartment development using a set-top box and IP address}

The present invention is to provide a variety of information to the occupants in the apartment complex by operating a complex set-top box provided to receive services for interactive services and digital / analog networks, in particular connected to the network in charge of transmission and reception Public interface equipment in apartment complexes with set-top boxes including network interface units and SAR modules, ATM controllers, graphics controllers, NTSC encoders, descramblers, memory, RF modulators, host CPUs, displays, etc. Set-top box that can be installed on the IP address to give IP address, announcements of incidents and management offices in the apartments and surroundings, and advertisements of businesses and stores located in the malls around the apartment complexes. Information room in apartment complex using IP address and IP address And a process for the device.

In the era of advanced information, large-scale apartment complexes have been created as a way to include a large population in a small area, and many people live in these apartment complexes. In order to inform the tenants of such individuals such as announcements of the management office, install a wired communication line between the management office and the household, install a speaker in the household and broadcast, or attach a leaflet by installing a bulletin board at an appropriate place. Information is announced. Particularly, in case of tenants, product information of an apartment mall or neighboring stores is required. The product information is mainly informed by inserting leaflets into households by shop operators.

Using the broadcasting network of the management room in the above information providing method has no effect of notification when there are no people in each household, and requires a lot of time and manpower when attaching printed materials using the bulletin board, and at the designated place Even if this is installed, the bulletin board itself complicates the surrounding environment. In particular, the distribution of flyers in the surrounding shopping malls causes garbage generation, which greatly impairs the surrounding environment of the apartment complex, and also has little advertising effect.

Therefore, you can easily communicate and share information in the apartment complex, announcements from management offices, other meetings, and product information from neighboring shopping malls using cables or other wired devices connected to the household regardless of time. This is necessary.

The present invention has been invented to solve the above problems, by using an Internet data receiving device such as a set-top box installed in the public facilities of the apartment complex, the PC of the apartment management office, the PC of the store in the store and other nearby shops By assigning the IP to the set-top box of public facilities in the management office from the PC, and allowing the data to be viewed on the designated TV channel within the household through the internal line from the set-top box IP, it is easier and easier to convey the news of the apartment and the information of the mall. The purpose is to reduce the waste of manpower and maximize the effect of information disclosure.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is to input the announcement, meeting news, other matters necessary for management using a computer connected to the network in the apartment management room is stored in the memory of the set-top box In addition, by transmitting the content as a video signal to the TV of each generation, it is possible to watch the information in the desired complex without having to separately set-top box in each generation.

1 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the set-top box used in the present invention

2 is an internal block diagram schematically showing a set top box used in the present invention.

3 is an overall configuration diagram of the present invention

4 is a flow chart according to the present invention

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the set-top box 10 used in the present invention includes a network interface unit 100 (NIU) and a SAR module 110, a memory 120, and an MPEG audio decoder for ATM data transmission. 130), demultiplexer 135, MPEG2 video decoder 140, graphics controller 150, NTSC encoder 160, descrambler 180, RF modulator 131, host CPU 145, IR blaster 190 It includes a display, and adds an operating system and applications for operating these hardware.

The MPEG-2 audio decoder 130 decodes the audio data in the MPEG-2 bit stream, the MPEG2 video decoder 140 decodes the MPEG-2 bit stream video data, and the NTSC encoder 160 decodes the decoded video data. Encode with NTSC video signal.

The RF modulator 131 modulates the descrambled baseband video signal and the audio signal into the RF of channel 3 or channel 4, the IR blaster 190 transmits a remote control key input from the user to the host CPU, and the display is manipulated. Displays various information for. The host CPU 145 controls the operation of the entire system and transmits packet data to be transmitted to the SAR module, decodes the MPEG2 bit stream audio decoder and the video decoder received from the SAR module 110 and transmits the data to the TV side.

2 is a simplified and simple illustration of the set-top box 10, the network interface 400, the digital video disc player (DVDP) input unit 310, the DVDP control unit 300, the ROM (200, ROM), memory ( 210, RAM), decoder 230, arithmetic processing unit 220, CPU, and their role is that network interface unit 400 receives compressed video, text and audio data of MPEG standard from network line in set-top box. The DVDP controller 300 operates a digital video disc player and outputs compressed video, text and audio data according to a command of an application program executed by a CPU.

ROM 200 is loaded with an application program for controlling the operation of the set-top box and DVDP, the memory 210 stores the compressed video, text, audio data input from the network interface and the DVDP controller. The decoder 230 restores the data stored in the memory and outputs the data to the audio and video output stages. In the present invention, the signal input through the computer around the apartment is mostly text, and if the signal is displayed on each generation of TV as it is, the visual and advertising effects are already considered in consideration of the immature visual and audio data stored there In order to create a visual auditory effect through combining and outputting the mixed signal and the above signal, which is a known part that has been used and operated in the prior art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 3 illustrates a configuration diagram of a computer of a management office 1 or a shopping mall 2 or 3 around an apartment, a set top box 10, and a TV 20 connected to each household.

The information input from the computer around the apartment is stored in the memory of the set-top box 10 via a network. Stored signals are stored in each time zone and displayed first in the order in which they were stored.

The signal transmitted from each computer connected to the network is a data type, which is output as a video signal from the set-top box. The set top box has an IP address, and the IP address enables communication between a network and a computer.

The TV 20 may set a public channel for which a general airwave channel is not designated as an information-only channel, and may allow subtitles to be output while watching the airwave, as desired.

Figure 4 shows a flow chart occurring inside the set-top box.

A step in which a user inputs data using a computer; Detecting the input data at the interface unit of the set-top box; Storing the detected data; Combining the stored data with an audio signal and an image signal already stored; It consists of five steps of outputting audio and video signals.

In particular, by detecting whether the data input from the mall is suitable for the tenant and transmitting the selected data, harmful information or other unnecessary advertisement advertisement contents may be excluded in advance.

As described above, according to the present invention, by inputting announcements, advertisements, etc. through a computer in the management office of the apartment, or the surrounding shops, it is easier and more convenient to convey the news and reduce the cost, time and manpower according to the information provided. In addition, by providing advertisements or product information by receiving a certain advertising fee from the manager of the mall, the tenant in the apartment complex can provide a news service including public information for free without the cost of maintaining the network.

Claims (3)

A method and apparatus for storing, processing, and transmitting data input from a network line in a set top box, the method comprising: a step of inputting data; Detecting the input data at the interface unit of the set-top box; Storing the detected data; Combining the stored data with an audio signal and an image signal already stored; And Information providing method in the apartment complex using the set-top box and IP address comprising the five steps of outputting audio and video signals. An operating method and apparatus for storing, processing, and transmitting data input from a network line in a set top box, the method comprising: 1 step of inputting data at an apartment management office and a neighboring mall; Detecting the input data at the interface unit of the set-top box; Storing the detected data; Combining the stored data with an audio signal and an image signal already stored; Outputting audio and video signals; And providing information in the apartment complex using the set-top box and the IP address including six steps of watching on a TV. The information providing method of the apartment complex using the set top box and the IP address of claim 2 further comprising the step of detecting whether the data input from the mall is suitable for the tenant and transmitting the selected data.