KR100959174B1 - An Internet Broadcast System Using Blank Channel of Broadcast Terminal For Apartment house - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an internet broadcasting system using an unused channel of a multi-unit housing terminal, comprising: an internet broadcasting station for producing broadcasting content and transmitting it through the internet, a plurality of broadcasting terminals installed in each generation of a multi-unit house, and the internet broadcasting station and the internet. A broadcast transmission device for receiving the broadcast content and transmitting the received broadcast content when the unused channel selection signal is received by the broadcast terminal, an over-the-air broadcast signal corresponding to the channel selection signal input to the broadcast terminal, And a splitter for selectively outputting one of the cable broadcasting signal and the broadcast content, and an amplifier for amplifying the signal output from the splitter and transmitting the signal to the broadcast terminal.

According to the present invention as described above, anyone can easily provide Internet broadcasting through a broadcasting terminal such as a TV by providing real-time Internet broadcasting such as local news, information, and news by using an unused channel that is not assigned a channel in a apartment house such as an apartment. It has the effect of being able to watch.

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Description

An Internet Broadcast System Using Blank Channel of Broadcast Terminal For Apartment house

The present invention relates to an internet broadcasting system, and more particularly, to provide real-time Internet broadcasting such as local news, information, and news by using unused channels that are not allocated channels in apartments such as apartments. The present invention relates to an internet broadcasting system using an unused channel of a multi-unit residential broadcasting terminal that enables to watch internet broadcasting through a terminal.

The world is an era of informatization, with 668 million Internet users, 24% of the world's population using the Internet. In Korea, 25 million Internet users (as of 2004) are 66 per 100 people. People are using the Internet.

According to the current trend, it is expected that all operations can be processed through the Internet in the future, and in the broadcasting field, existing newspapers and over-the-air press media are conducting Internet broadcasting.

However, the current generation of Internet users are mostly young people, and middle-aged and middle-aged people who are vested interests are not activated due to immaturity of computer use.

On the other hand, gazettes and newsletters are regularly issued to inform local citizens of local news, but the effectiveness of local citizens to read such gazettes and newsletters is low.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a real-time Internet broadcasting, such as local news, information, news using unused channels that are not assigned channels in apartments, such as apartments Anyone can easily watch Internet broadcast through a broadcasting terminal such as a TV.

Another object of the present invention is to enable the Internet broadcasting to faithfully perform a role of bridging the role between the administrative agency and the local residents through real-time internet broadcasting using the unused channel, municipal broadcasting or local news.

Another object of the present invention is to maximize the convenience of the viewer by displaying additional information related to the broadcast content on the screen when the real-time Internet broadcast using the unused channel.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, an Internet broadcasting station for producing and transmitting broadcast content through the Internet, a plurality of broadcast terminals installed in each generation of apartments, connected to the Internet broadcasting station and the Internet And receiving the broadcast content, and when the unused channel selection signal is received by the broadcast terminal, a broadcast transmitting device for transmitting the received broadcast content, an over-the-air broadcast signal and cable broadcasting corresponding to the channel selection signal input to the broadcast terminal. A divider for selectively outputting one of a signal and the broadcast content, and an amplifier for amplifying a signal output from the divider and transmitting the signal to the broadcast terminal; Is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an Internet broadcast station for producing broadcast content and adding index word data related to the broadcast content content to the broadcast content, and providing the additional information related to the index word through the Internet. The additional information providing server, a plurality of broadcast terminals installed in each generation of the apartment house, and when the unused channel selection signal is received by the broadcast terminal, receives broadcast content from the Internet broadcasting station, extracts the index word information, and extracts the index word information. A broadcast transmitting device which synthesizes and transmits the additional information to the received broadcast content after requesting and receiving the additional information related to the information from the additional information providing server; and an airwave broadcasting signal corresponding to the channel selection signal input to the broadcasting terminal. , Cable broadcasting signal and the additional information A distributor for selectively outputting one of the synthesized broadcast contents and an amplifier for amplifying a signal output from the distributor and transmitting to the broadcast terminal provides an internet broadcasting system using an unused channel of a multi-unit residential broadcasting terminal do.

Here, the broadcast transmitting device receives a broadcast content to which the index word information is added from the Internet broadcasting station, and a transceiver for transmitting and receiving additional information related to the index word from the additional information providing server, the broadcast content received through the transceiver An index word extracting unit for extracting added index word information, requesting and receiving additional information related to the index word from the additional information providing server through the transmitting and receiving unit, and storing the received additional information in association with the index word in an additional information storage unit; An additional information storage unit, an additional information extracting unit extracting additional information related to the index word extracted by the index word extracting unit from the additional information storage unit, and an image for converting the broadcast content received through the transmitting and receiving unit into an output format of the broadcasting terminal. The processor and the image-processed broadcast content. And an additional information synthesizing unit for synthesizing and outputting the additional information.

The additional information database may include a dictionary database in which terminology data related to the index word is stored, an advertisement database in which advertisement data related to the index word is stored, a map database in which map data related to the index word is stored, and the corresponding index word. And a news database in which news data associated with the index word is stored, a photo database in which photo data related to the index word is stored, and a music database in which music data related to the index word is stored.

According to the present invention as described above, anyone can easily provide Internet broadcasting through a broadcasting terminal such as a TV by providing real-time Internet broadcasting such as local news, information, and news by using an unused channel that is not assigned a channel in a apartment house such as an apartment. It has the effect of being able to watch.

In addition, there is an advantage that the Internet broadcasting can faithfully perform a role of bridge between the administrative agency and the local people by broadcasting the city, municipal broadcasting or local news through real-time Internet broadcasting using these unused channels.

In addition, when broadcasting a real-time Internet broadcast using an unused channel, it is possible to maximize the convenience of the viewer by displaying additional information related to the broadcast content on the screen.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an internet broadcasting system using an unused channel of a multi-unit residential broadcasting terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the Internet broadcasting system using the unused channel of the multi-unit residential broadcasting terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention is an internet broadcasting station 1, a broadcasting transmission device 3, a distributor 4, an amplifier ( 5) and a broadcast terminal 6.

The Internet broadcasting station 1 produces broadcasting contents and transmits them through the Internet. Although not shown in the drawing, the Internet broadcasting station 1 efficiently manages a media caster server, a broadcasting target, and a database storing the produced images, supports multiplexing broadcasting, and designates a user. And a session server for managing IP and a streaming server for playing broadcast contents in real time through the Internet.

The broadcast transmission device 3 is a kind of set-top box provided in a multi-unit house such as an apartment, and is connected to the broadcast terminal 6 of each generation through the distributor 4 as shown in the drawing. When the channel selection signal is received by the broadcasting terminal 6, the broadcast transmitting device 3 broadcasts terrestrial broadcasting, cable broadcasting, its own video content (such as CCTV footage of a parking lot or a playground), and a broadcast produced by the Internet broadcasting station 1 accordingly. One signal of the content is output to the distributor 4.

In the present invention, in particular, when the broadcast transmission device 3 sets one of the unused channels which are not allocated as the use channel as the Internet broadcast channel, and receives the unused channel selection signal set by the user, the broadcast content received from the Internet broadcast station is received. Transmission to the distributor 4 controls the broadcast content to be broadcast to the broadcast terminal 6.

Here, the broadcast content may be a province, a municipal broadcast, a local news, a UCC of local residents, and the like.

The distributor 4 selectively outputs one of an over-the-air broadcast signal, a cable broadcast signal, its own video content, and the broadcast content according to a control signal (a user's selected channel input signal) of the broadcast transmission device 3.

The amplifier 5 is for amplifying the broadcast signal output from the distributor 4 and transmitting it to each broadcast terminal 6.

The broadcast terminal 6 is provided in each generation to output a broadcast signal. Generally, a TV may be used.

The regional broadcasting contents provided by the internet broadcasting station (1) are broadcast not only on the unused channel of the broadcasting terminal but also on the Internet, so even when moving to another region or traveling abroad, the viewing is possible through the Internet. There is an advantage to be able to satisfy the viewers.

2 is a block diagram of an internet broadcasting system using an unused channel of a multi-unit residential broadcasting terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 2, the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the additional information providing server 7 is further provided.

The additional information providing server 7 is connected to the broadcast transmitting device 3 through the Internet 2 and extracts or collects the additional information when the additional information request signal for a specific index word is received from the broadcast transmitting device 3. Perform the function of sending.

The additional information provided by the additional information providing server 7 may be a glossary, an advertisement, a map, news, a photo, music, or the like related to the corresponding index word.

More specifically, in the second embodiment, the Internet broadcasting station 1 adds index word data related to the broadcast content content to the produced broadcast content and transmits it through the Internet, and the broadcast transmitting device 3 transmits index word data from the received broadcast content. And extract additional information related to the extracted index word from the additional information providing server 7 and synthesize the received additional information into the broadcast content to output to the distributor 4.

For example, assuming that the Internet broadcasting station 1 produces news of the change in the volume ratio of Gosaek-dong, Suwon-si, Suwon-si, specify the relevant keywords such as Gosaek-dong and the volume ratio, and add the relevant index word information to the produced broadcast content, and broadcast it. The transmitting device 3 requests additional information related to the high color copper and the volume ratio to the additional information providing server 7, and the additional information providing server 7 broadcasts a map displaying the location of the high color copper and terminology information on the volume ratio. It transmits to the transmission apparatus 3. The broadcast transmitting device 3 may allocate a part of the screen as an additional information display area to display a map showing the location of the high color copper in the corresponding area, and display a glossary of volume ratios at the bottom thereof to help the viewer understand. have.

Hereinafter, this will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

FIG. 3 is a detailed block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the broadcast transmitting apparatus of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a detailed configuration diagram of the additional information database of FIG. 3.

As shown in FIG. 3, the apparatus for transmitting and receiving a broadcast includes a transceiver 10, an index word extractor 20, an image processor 30, an additional information storage 40, an additional information extractor 50, and an additional information database. And the additional information synthesizing unit 70.

The transceiver 10 receives the broadcast content to which the index word information is added from the Internet broadcasting station 1 through the Internet 2, and transmits and receives additional information related to the index word from the additional information providing server 7.

The index word extractor 20 extracts color mermaid information added to the broadcast content received through the transceiver 10 and transmits the color mermaid information to the additional information storage 40.

The image processor 30 converts the broadcast content received through the transceiver into an output format of the broadcast terminal.

When the additional information storage unit 40 receives index word information from the index word extracting unit 20, the additional information storage unit 40 requests and receives additional information related to the index word received by the additional information providing server through the transceiver 1 and receives the additional information received. Is stored in the additional information storage unit 60 in association with the index word, and then the additional information extraction control signal is transmitted to the additional information extraction unit 50.

When the additional information extraction control signal is received from the additional information storage unit 40, the additional information extracting unit 50 extracts additional information related to the index word from the additional information database 60 and transmits the additional information to the additional information synthesizing unit 70. Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the additional information database 60 includes a dictionary database 61 in which terminology data related to the index word is stored, an advertisement database 62 in which advertisement data related to the index word is stored, and a corresponding index word. A map database (63) storing map data related to the index, a news database (64) storing news data related to the index word, a photo database (65) storing photo data related to the index word, and music data related to the index word It may be configured to include a music database 66 to be stored. Accordingly, it is possible to maximize the viewer's convenience by broadcasting the broadcast content together with the terminology related to the content of the broadcast content, related advertisements, map display of the corresponding region, related news, related photos, and related music.

The additional information synthesizing unit 70 synthesizes and outputs the additional information to the image-processed broadcast content. The additional information synthesizing unit 70 synthesizes the additional information in the form of a subtitle or background sound (if the additional information is music) on the broadcast content. By dividing the left content area and the right area where additional information is displayed, the broadcast content is displayed in the left area and the additional information is displayed in the right area, and the like. Will be omitted.

In the second embodiment, the additional information is stored in the additional information database 60 and then extracted by the additional information extracting unit 50. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the additional information storing unit 40 directly adds the received additional information. When the information is transmitted to the information synthesizing unit 70 and stored in the additional information database 60, the broadcast information is first stored in the additional information database 60 to check whether additional information related to the corresponding index word is stored in the additional information database 60. Of course, it is also possible to extract and use the stored additional information, and to request additional information from the additional information providing server 7 only when the additional information is not stored.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it is possible to make various modifications or variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to cover such modifications or changes as fall within the scope of the invention.

1 is a block diagram of an internet broadcasting system using an unused channel of a multi-unit residential broadcasting terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of an internet broadcasting system using an unused channel of a multi-unit residential broadcasting terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a detailed block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the broadcast transmitting device of FIG. 2.

4 is a detailed configuration diagram of the additional information database of FIG. 3.

<Description of main drawing code>

1: Internet station 2: Internet

3: broadcast transmission device 4: distributor

5: amplifier 6: broadcast terminal

7: additional information server

10: transceiver unit 20: index word extraction unit

30: image processing unit 40: additional information storage unit

50: additional information extraction unit 60: additional information database

61: Dictionary Database 62: Advertising Database

63: Map Database 64: News Database

65: Photo Database 66: Music Database

Claims (4)

delete In the Internet broadcasting system using the unused channel of the apartment broadcasting terminal, An internet broadcasting station for producing broadcasting contents and adding index word data related to the contents of broadcasting contents to the produced broadcasting contents and transmitting them through the Internet; An additional information providing server providing additional information related to the index word through the Internet; A plurality of broadcast terminals installed in each generation of the apartment house; Receiving a broadcast content to which the index information is added from the Internet broadcasting station, a transceiver for transmitting and receiving additional information related to the index word from the additional information providing server, extracting index word information added to the broadcast content received through the transceiver An index information extracting unit, an additional information storage unit for requesting and receiving additional information related to the index word to the additional information providing server through the transmitting and receiving unit, and storing the received additional information in association with the index word and storing in the additional information storage unit. An additional information extracting unit extracting additional information related to the index word extracted by the extracting unit from the additional information storage unit, an image processing unit converting the broadcast content received through the transmitting and receiving unit into an output format of the broadcasting terminal, and the image-processed broadcasting Output the additional information by synthesizing the content A broadcast transmitting device including an additional information synthesizing unit; A divider for selectively outputting one of an airwave broadcast signal, a cable broadcast signal, and broadcast content synthesized with the additional information corresponding to a channel selection signal input to the broadcast terminal; And And an amplifier for amplifying the signal output from the distributor and transmitting the amplified signal to the broadcasting terminal. delete The method of claim 2, The additional information database is A dictionary database in which terminology data related to the index word are stored; An advertisement database storing advertisement data related to the index word; A map database for storing map data related to the index word; A news database in which news data related to the index word is stored; A photo database storing photo data related to the index word; And And a music database storing music data related to the index word.

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