KR19980076236A - Local information providing system and local information receiving device used - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention receives and stores local information provided by local information providing apparatuses, and transmits the local information together with an identification code of a corresponding region, and the regional information receiving apparatus selects and stores the information of the corresponding region, and provides local information. A system and apparatus for receiving local information used therein, comprising: a data communication network (10) composed of exchangers (5); A local information providing apparatus 1 for providing local information; A regional information distribution device (2) for centrally receiving and storing local information and transmitting the local information together with a local identification code; And a region information receiver (3) for selectively receiving the transmitted region information data, wherein the region information receiver (3) comprises: a tuner (8) for synchronously outputting a signal of a desired signal band; A demodulator (9) for demodulating the tuned signal and restoring the digital signal; An image signal converter 19 for extracting image data from the restored signals and converting the image data into an analog signal; A decoding unit 13 for decoding and extracting information data of the restored signal; Memory 15; A data input unit 16 for receiving data; A control unit 14 for identifying a destination by a region identification code in the extracted data and storing the region information in the memory 15; A text converter 17 for converting and outputting the stored local information into a text signal; And a synthesizer 18 for synthesizing the video signal converted by the video signal converter 19 and the text signal and outputting the synthesized signal. It is a very useful invention that eliminates the hassle of contacting the back and does not cause noise or environmental pollution due to announcements or posts to convey local information.

Description

Local information providing system and local information receiving device used

The present invention relates to a local information providing system and a local information receiving apparatus used therein, and more particularly, to receive and store regional information provided by a plurality of local information providing apparatuses, and to classify and store the regional information stored in the corresponding region. When transmitted along with the identification code of the local identification code, the regional information receiving device, the local information receiving device selects and stores only the information data of the area and stores it, and provides the stored local information whenever the user needs, local governments The present invention relates to a local information providing system for easily knowing and acquiring local information such as, and a local information receiving apparatus used therefor.

Conventionally, local governments and the like have not provided a method of providing local information (public disclosure, enlightenment, publicity, etc.). Provided through.

However, this method has limited information that can be provided because the transmission method of the information is too slow, but noise has caused inconvenience to people's lives.

In some regions, only local subscribers use local information to provide local information. In this case, residents of the local area must subscribe to cable broadcasting to watch local broadcasting. Since it is provided quickly through the video screen, there was a problem that the local information cannot be properly obtained unless the concentrated broadcasting is watched.

In addition, since local information broadcasted by subtitles through cable broadcasting is not stored, users cannot browse the regional information according to the point of need of local information. Therefore, users must continuously watch the cable broadcasting to obtain information. Since local information was provided, it was not possible to selectively acquire local information of the region where the information was obtained. Therefore, even in the case of cable broadcasting subscribers, in order to obtain the necessary local information, it was cumbersome and time consuming because they had to visit a local office or a ward office, search for a gazette, or call the ward office.

Therefore, the present invention was created to solve the above problems, and provides each area information in an integrated manner, and each area information receiving apparatus selects and stores the area information of the corresponding area to be viewed whenever the user needs it. It is an object of the present invention to provide a system for providing local information, and another object of the present invention is to provide a local information receiving apparatus for selectively receiving and providing the corresponding local information among the regional information provided integrally.

Figure 1 shows the configuration of a preferred embodiment of a local information providing system according to the present invention,

2 illustrates a configuration of a preferred embodiment of the apparatus for receiving local information of FIG. 1,

3 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the regional information receiving apparatus of FIG.

Figure 4 shows the configuration of another embodiment of a local information providing system according to the present invention,

FIG. 5 illustrates a configuration of a preferred embodiment of the apparatus for receiving local information of FIG. 4.

6 illustrates an example of using a postal code currently operated as a region identification number.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: data communication network

1: Local information provider (IP: Information Provider)

2: Local information distribution device 3: Local information receiving device

3 ': Synchronous area information receiving device 3: Asynchronous area information receiving device

4 network connection device 5 node

6: antenna 6 ': broadcasting antenna

7: High frequency antenna 8, 8 ': Synchronizer

9: demodulator 9 ': second demodulator

11: RF filter amplifier 12: First demodulator

13: decryption unit 14, 40: control unit

15, 50: memory 16, 60: data input

17: character converter 18: synthesizer

19: video signal conversion unit 20: data transmission path

30: data receiving unit 70: display unit

Local information providing system according to the present invention for achieving the above object, a data communication network for data exchange; A plurality of local information providing means connected to the data communication network to provide local information; Local information distribution means connected to the data communication network to centrally store local information provided from the local information providing means, and transmit the local information together with an already assigned local identification code; And an area information receiving device for receiving the area information by comparing the transmitted area identification code with the set unique area code. The area information distribution means may include the area information previously allocated to the area information. Instead of transmitting through the communication network together, the area information receiving device is characterized by receiving the area information by comparing the received area identification code and the set unique area code, according to the present invention Tuning means for tuning and demodulating and outputting a high frequency signal including local information; Decoding means for decoding the demodulated output signal to extract data; Input means for inputting and setting a unique area code from a user; Reception determination means for detecting a region identification code in the extracted data and confirming whether or not the region identification code matches the set region code; Storage means for storing corresponding data which has been matched when the matching of the reception determination means is confirmed; Text conversion means for converting and outputting the stored local information into a text signal; And synthesizing means for synthesizing and receiving the demodulated broadcast video signal and the text signal. The apparatus for receiving local information according to the present invention includes: input means for inputting and setting a unique area code from a user; Communication means for receiving local information; Reception discrimination means for detecting a region identification code in the data received from the communication means and confirming whether or not the region code matches the set region code; Storage means for storing corresponding data which has been matched when the matching of the reception determination means is confirmed; And display means for displaying the stored local information.

In the area information providing system according to the present invention and the area information receiving device used therein, the area information of each area for enlightenment, publication or notice by means of a plurality of area information providing means connected to the data communication network. Is concentrated and transmitted to the area information distribution means, and the area information distribution means that has received the area information of each area is decoded by decoding any code in the data contracted with the area information providing means. It is stored separately in the region-specific storage space of the region information distribution means corresponding to the code. When the area information distribution means transmits the separately stored area information together with the unique area identification code previously assigned for each area, the tuning means of the area information receiving apparatus selects a signal band containing the area information from the received high frequency signal. The demodulator outputs the demodulated output, and the decoding means decodes the demodulated signal and extracts the transmitted data. The region identification code in the data extracted by the decryption means is input to the reception discrimination means, and the reception discrimination means compares the region identification code in the received data with the unique region code set by the user through the input means. To confirm the match. If the two codes coincide with each other as a result of the confirmation of the reception determining means, the data of the matching confirmation is stored in the storage means, so that only the information of the corresponding area is selectively stored, and this area information is sent to the character converting means whenever the user needs it. Is converted into a signal displayed as a character on the broadcast video signal which is read out and separately demodulated and input to the synthesizing means. The synthesizing means synthesizes and outputs the broadcast video signal and the text signal output from the text converting means so that a user can recognize local information as a text even while watching a broadcast.

In addition, the local information distribution means for receiving the local information of each region in the same manner as described above broadcasts the local information through the data communication network with a unique regional identification code previously assigned for each region (Broadcast) and The broadcasted regional information data is received by the communication means of all local information receiving apparatuses and input to the reception discriminating means. The reception determining means compares a region identification code in the received data with a unique region code input and set by the user through the input means, and confirms whether a match is found. If the two codes match, the confirmed data is stored in the storage means. As a result, only the information of the region is selectively stored, and the region information is read from the storage means and displayed by the display means every time the user needs to deliver the information of the region to the inhabitants.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of a preferred embodiment of a local information providing system and a local information receiving apparatus used therein will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a local information providing system according to the present invention, comprising: a data communication network 10 including exchanges 5 for performing data exchange; A plurality of local information providing apparatuses (1) connected to the data communication network (10) to provide local information of each region; Local information distribution, which is connected to the data communication network 10 and stores the received regional information data in pre-allocated regional storage spaces according to an arbitrary agreement code in the data which is concentrated and received from the plurality of local information providing apparatuses 1. Device 2; And a region information receiver 3 for selecting data transmitted wirelessly with the region identification code from the region information distribution apparatus 2 and receiving the region information.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the local information receiver 3 of FIG. 1, comprising: a tuner 8 for tuning and outputting a desired signal band among signals received from the antenna 6; A demodulator (9) for demodulating the tuned and output signal to restore the original transmission digital signal; An image signal converter 19 for extracting image data from the restored digital signal and converting the image data into an analog signal; A decrypting unit (13) for extracting only valid data by decoding information data of the restored digital signal; A memory 15 for storing local information; A data input unit 16 for receiving data from a user; The region code input through the data input unit 16 and the region identification code in the data extracted by the decryption unit 13 are detected to confirm whether they match, and the corresponding region information is stored in the memory 15 accordingly. Control unit 14; A text converter (17) converting and outputting local information stored in the memory (15) into a text signal under the control of the controller (14); And a synthesizer 18 for synthesizing and outputting the video signal output from the video signal converter 19 and the converted text signal.

In a preferred embodiment of the region information providing system and the region information receiving apparatus used according to the present invention configured as described above, first, the region information (culture) of the region to which the region information providing apparatus 1 for each region intends to provide a service. Events, educational events, announcements, etc.) are designated by the address of the local information distribution device 2 and transmitted to the local information distribution device 2 through the data communication network 10. At this time, the region information providing apparatus 1 inserts and transmits an agreement code with the region information distribution apparatus 2 corresponding to the region to which the information is to be provided in the region information data to be transmitted. Periodic alerts or specific region specific settings will be sent. The area information distribution device 2 decodes the agreement code in the received data, recognizes the area where the information is to be provided, and classifies and stores the received area information in a predetermined storage space for each area.

The area information distribution device 2 continuously searches the area information stored as described above and modulates the area information into high frequency data together with the television broadcast signal according to the information providing method designated by the area information providing device 1. When the stored local information is designated as 'emergency transmission', the stored local information is transmitted to the local information receiving apparatus 3 at the same time as the storage, and when the designated regional information is designated as 'periodic notification', the local information is transmitted once every predetermined period. .

When the area information distribution device 2 transmits an area identification code assigned to each area together with area information data, all the area information receiving devices 3 selectively receive and store area information data. It is done as follows.

First, the tuner 8 selects and tunes a signal of a predetermined band among the signals received from the antenna 6, converts the signal into an intermediate frequency signal, and outputs the demodulator 9 to the demodulator 9. Demodulate the original digital signal modulated for transmission. Since the extracted signal is mixed with television broadcast data and information data, the video signal converter 19 extracts the video data from the restored digital signal, converts the video data into an analog video signal, and outputs the analog video signal to the synthesizer 18. In addition, a separate signal and a broadcast video signal that are not synthesized are output to allow viewing of a program of the selected broadcast channel. Meanwhile, the decryption unit 13 decodes the information data among the digital signals, extracts only valid data except for ancillary data for error restoration and synchronization, and transmits the valid data to the control unit 14.

On the other hand, the user of the area information receiving apparatus 3 is input to the area identification code of the region through the data input unit 16 and set to the control unit 40, the control unit 14 is the extracted It continuously detects and compares whether the region identification code in the data is the same as the previously set region identification code. As a result of the comparison of the control unit 14, if both codes match, the control unit 14 stores the matched data in the memory 15, and when there is a user's request through the data input unit 16 or stores the matched data. Immediately afterwards, the text data read out from the memory 15 is transmitted to the text converter 17, and the text converter 17 may be displayed together with an image by a signal input to the synthesizer 18. The signal is converted into a text signal and output to the synthesizer 18. The synthesizer 18 synthesizes and outputs the video signal being input and the text signal output from the text converter 17 so that the user can obtain the desired local information at a desired time without interruption even during the viewing of the broadcast program. do.

3 is another embodiment of the regional information receiving apparatus 3 of FIG. 1, when the regional information distribution apparatus 2 wirelessly transmits regional information by allocating a signal band separate from a television broadcast signal. It is a schematic diagram for receiving. 3, a tuner 8 'for tuning and outputting a desired broadcast signal from among broadcast signals received from the broadcast antenna 6'; A second demodulator (9 ') for demodulating and outputting a video signal from the tuned and output signal; An RF filter amplifier 11 for filtering only a high frequency signal band including local information among the signals received from the high frequency antenna 7; A first demodulator (12) for demodulating and outputting the filtered signal; A decryption unit 13 for decoding the demodulated output signal and extracting only valid data; A memory 15 performing the same operation as the embodiment of FIG. 2; A data input unit 16; Control unit 14; A character converter 17; And a synthesizer 18 for synthesizing the video signal demodulated and output by the second demodulator 9 'and the converted text signal.

In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the tuner 8 'selectively tunes a broadcast signal received from the broadcast antenna 6', converts it into an intermediate frequency signal, and outputs it to the second demodulator 9 '. The demodulator 9 'demodulates the intermediate frequency signal into a video signal and outputs the synthesized signal to the synthesizer 18 so that a separate signal and a video signal that are not synthesized are output to view a program of a selected broadcast channel. Meanwhile, the RF filter amplifier 12 filters and amplifies a signal of a high frequency band separately transmitted from a television broadcast signal, which includes local information among high frequency signals received from the high frequency antenna 7, and then amplified. 1 is output to the demodulator 11. The first demodulator 11 demodulates a signal of an input high frequency band, which is modulated for long distance transmission, restores an original transmission digital signal, and outputs the original digital signal to the decryption unit 13. The same operation is performed as described above, and the region information is selected by the controller 14 and stored in the memory 15, and the stored region information is read out according to a user's command and is displayed on the image watched by the character converter 16. It is displayed as so that the user can acquire the desired local information at a desired time without interruption of the viewing of the broadcasting program.

4 is a configuration diagram of another embodiment of a local information providing system according to the present invention, comprising: a data communication network 10 performing the same operation as the embodiment of FIG. 1; and a plurality of local information providing apparatuses 1; 1 is an area information distribution device 2 for storing area information provided by the area information providing device 1 and transmitting the same through the data communication network 10 and connected to the data communication network 10. A synchronous regional information receiver (3 ') which selects data transmitted together with the regional identification code from the regional information distribution apparatus (2) and receives the corresponding regional information; And a network connecting device (4) for connecting the asynchronous local information receiving device (3) to the data communication network (10).

5 is a configuration diagram of a preferred embodiment of the synchronous local information receiving apparatus 3 'of FIG. 4, which includes a memory 50 which performs the same operation as the embodiment of FIG. A data receiving unit 30 for receiving data through the data input unit 60 and the data communication network 10; A controller 40 for detecting a region identification code in the data received by the data receiving unit 30 to confirm whether the region code matches the input region code, and storing the region information in the memory 50 accordingly; And a display unit 70 displaying the stored local information under control of the controller 40.

In the preferred embodiment of the regional information providing system and the regional information receiving apparatus used therein according to the present invention configured as described above, first, the regional information is received through the data communication network 10 in the same manner as the embodiment of FIG. The area information distribution device 2 transmits the area information data to the area information receiving devices 3 'and 3 through the data communication network 10 instead of transmitting the area information data together with the area identification code assigned to the area. In this case, the transmission is performed by designating a CUG (Closed User Group) or broadcasting through the entire data communication network. When local information data having a local identification code enters the data communication network 10 by the above method, all the local information receiving apparatuses 3 'and 3 connected to the network have a group message or a broadcast message type. Local information data is received and stored. This process is performed as follows.

First, the data receiver 30 decodes a group message or a broadcast message according to a predetermined protocol, receives it, and transmits it to the controller 40. On the other hand, the user of the area information receiving device (3 ') is input to the area identification code of the area through the data input unit 60, as in the embodiment of Figure 1 is set to the control unit 40, The control unit 40 continuously detects and compares whether the area identification code in the received data is the same as the previously set area identification code, and when both codes match, the control unit 40 transmits the matched data to the memory 50. When the user requests the data through the data input unit 60 or immediately after storing the data, the memory 50 is read from the memory 50 and transmitted to the display unit 70 so that the user can obtain the desired local information.

In the above-described embodiment, it is preferable to use a postal code as the area identification code used to specify the area, and FIG. 6 illustrates the area identification code allocated in this way. If the postal code system is used as a regional identification code, the regional information distribution apparatus 2 may provide information by subdividing each regional information into the same district (guui-dong (143200), military automatic (143100), ...) It is possible to exclude the reception and storage of unnecessary area information in the area information receiving device. If the information to be provided by the area information distribution device 2 is within the scope of the basic self-government (gu, city, county) The area information distribution device 2 transmits the area information data using the lower three digits of the identification code as a special number string of 0 (for example, the area identification code of the area information to be transmitted to the entire Gwangjin-gu becomes 143000). By allowing the control unit 40 of the area information receiving apparatuses 3, 3 ′, 3 to identify and receive, it is possible to transmit information of a wider area to the local residents in one transmission.

If the user wants to check the local information on the resident registration to check the notification notice due to a mismatch between the address of the residence and the resident registration (when a person living in Gangnam-gu wants local information of another area) If only the identification code (zip code) is inputted to the data input unit 16 or 60 and changed to the control unit 14 or 40, the necessary information of the desired area can be obtained at any time.

The area information providing system and the area information receiving device used therein according to the present invention configured and acting as described above quickly transmit area information provided from a plurality of area information providing devices, and the terminal selects the information and selects information of the corresponding area. By saving the information, you can get the local information you want whenever you need it, so that local residents must watch the cable broadcasting or ask the ward office to obtain the rapidly increasing local information. It is very convenient by eliminating wasted time and hassle, as well as noise and environmental pollution caused by announcements through vehicles or posts such as subway stations to deliver local information that needs to be announced. It is a very useful invention that does not cause a back.

Claims (11)

Data networks for data exchange; A plurality of local information providing means connected to the data communication network to provide local information; Local information distribution means connected to the data communication network to centrally store local information provided from the local information providing means, and transmit the local information together with an already assigned local identification code; And And an area information receiving device for receiving corresponding area information transmitted from the area information distribution means by comparing the area information code with a set unique area code. The method of claim 1, And the transmission of the local information distribution means is transmitted together with the television broadcast signal. The method of claim 1, And the area information distribution means stores the area information provided by the area information providing means in a predetermined area storage space based on an agreement code with the area information providing means. The method of claim 1, The unique area code and area identification code, area information providing system, characterized in that the postal code of the area. The method of claim 1, The unique area code and area identification code, area information providing system, characterized in that the address of the area. Tuning means for tuning and demodulating and outputting a high frequency signal including local information; Decoding means for decoding the demodulated output signal to extract data; Input means for inputting and setting a unique area code from a user; Reception determination means for detecting a region identification code in the extracted data and confirming whether or not the region identification code matches the set region code; Storage means for storing corresponding data which has been matched when the matching of the reception determination means is confirmed; Text conversion means for converting and outputting the stored local information into a text signal; And And synthesizing means for synthesizing the text signal and the broadcast video signal received and demodulated and outputting the synthesized signal. The method of claim 6, The unique area code and area identification code, the area information receiving apparatus, characterized in that the postal code of the area. The method of claim 6, The unique area code and area identification code, the area information receiving apparatus, characterized in that the address of the area. Input means for inputting and setting a unique area code from a user; Communication means for receiving a signal including local information; Reception discrimination means for detecting a region identification code in the data received from the communication means and confirming whether or not the region code matches the set region code; Storage means for storing corresponding data which has been matched when the matching of the reception determination means is confirmed; And And display means for displaying the stored local information. The method of claim 9, Apparel unique area code and area identification code, the area information receiving apparatus, characterized in that the postal code of the area. The method of claim 9, The unique area code and area identification code, the area information receiving apparatus, characterized in that the address of the area.