KR20080019813A - Apparatus and method for hearing advertisement skip of digital audio broadcasting - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for hearing DAB(Digital Audio Broadcasting) while skipping advertisement are provided to switch a current channel into a channel, where advertisement broadcasting is not detected, or reproduce an optical disk inserted into a CD player, by detecting the advertisement time of DAB signals using a DAB EPG(Electronic Program Guide) data and searching for a DAB schedule, thereby enabling a user to listen to the advertisement of the DAB selectively. An apparatus for hearing DAB while skipping advertisement comprises a storage unit(17) and a control unit. The storage unit detects audio EPG data from received DAB signals and generates and stores a DAB schedule. The control unit detects the advertisement time of the received DAB signals when an advertisement skip listening mode is set in the DAB and searches for the DAB schedule so that a current channel can be switched to a channel where advertisement broadcasting is not detected.

Description

Apparatus and method for hearing advertisement skip of Digital Audio Broadcasting}

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of an audio device for receiving a digital radio broadcast according to the present invention.

2 is an exemplary view showing a radio broadcast schedule for a channel designated by a user according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of listening to an advertisement skip of a radio broadcast according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of listening to an advertisement skip of a radio broadcast according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

5 is an exemplary view showing a setting screen for executing an advertisement skip listening mode of a radio broadcast according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: Tuner 11: Demux

12: audio buffer 13: data buffer

14: MPEG decoder 15: microcomputer

16: OSD generation unit 17: memory

18: CD player

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for listening to an advertisement skip of a radio broadcast. For example, an audio device such as a car audio receiving a digital radio broadcast detects an advertisement point of time of a radio broadcast signal, and thus does not detect an advertisement. The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for listening to an advertisement skip of a radio broadcast, which switches a channel to a broadcast channel or plays an optical disc of a CD player.

Currently, DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) service does not provide simple audio services such as AM broadcasting or FM broadcasting, but also provides high quality voice, text, graphics, and moving pictures at the level of compact discs (CD). Audio broadcasting service that can be transmitted.

Generally, it refers to terrestrial broadcasting that provides free broadcasting in each region, but broadly includes satellite DAB which uses multimedia and terrestrial networks to simultaneously perform multimedia pay broadcasting.

The terrestrial DAB is a generalized service in Europe and the United States. In the United States, the in-band on channel (IBOC) method is used, and in Europe, the out-of-band method is used. Eureka 147 is selected as a standard to provide services.

The difference between the US method and the European method is that the US DAB converts existing analog broadcasting to digital to simultaneously perform analog broadcasting and digital broadcasting, whereas in the European DAB, new and existing operators enter the DAB market. The difference is that it is a new service.

Advantages of the DAB are that various multimedia information services can be provided at a low price, can be used for mobile broadcasting according to frequency band allocation, and new revenue sources can be created through additional data transmission services, and new receivers can be used. By providing vitality, there is an advantage that can have enormous industrial effects.

On the other hand, the DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) service provides not only a simple audio service such as AM broadcasting or FM broadcasting, but also provides various additional information, among which audio representing a program schedule for each channel. Provides Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data.

The audio EPG data includes a program schedule such as a program channel, a transponder number, a broadcast time, an advertisement time, a title, a category, and brief information of a broadcast program.

Since the conventional analog radio broadcast is not a digital packet transmission / reception broadcast like the digital radio broadcast, it is not known whether the nature of the received broadcast information, that is, the main broadcast or the commercial broadcast.

Accordingly, in order to listen to a preferred broadcast program output from a radio broadcast receiver, users who listen to radio broadcasts have to listen to unnecessary commercial broadcasts provided in the middle of the main broadcast.

Accordingly, the present invention has been created to solve the above problems, for example, in an audio device such as a car audio receiving a digital radio broadcast, audio EPG data is detected from the received radio broadcast signal, After generating and storing a radio broadcast schedule for a preferred channel selected by a user in advance, and when the skip skip mode is set for the received radio broadcast, the advertisement time point of the radio broadcast signal is detected and the radio broadcast schedule is searched. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for listening to an advertisement skip of a radio broadcast to switch channels to another broadcast channel for which an advertisement is not detected or to play an optical disc inserted in a CD player.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a radio broadcast skip skip listening apparatus comprising: storage means for detecting and storing audio EPG data from a received radio broadcast signal to generate and store a radio broadcast schedule; And a control means for detecting an advertisement time point of a received radio broadcast signal and controlling the channel switching to another broadcast channel for which an advertisement is not detected by detecting an advertisement time point of a received radio broadcast signal when the advertisement skip listening mode is set. The radio broadcasting schedule may be a schedule for a preferred channel that the user selects in advance.

The present invention is characterized in that it further comprises a CD player for reproducing the audio signal recorded and stored on the optical disc, wherein the control means, in the state in which the advertisement time point of the received radio broadcast signal is detected, searches for the radio broadcast schedule When the commercial is detected on all the predetermined broadcast channels, the reproduction operation of the optical disc inserted into the CD player is controlled.

The present invention may further include screen generating means for generating and outputting an advertisement skip listening mode setting screen, wherein the control means is configured to skip the advertisement in a state where an advertisement timing of a received radio broadcast signal is detected. And outputting and displaying the listening mode setting screen so as to reconfirm execution of the skip skip listening mode of the radio broadcast.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a method for listening to an advertisement skip of a radio broadcast includes: detecting audio EPG data from a received radio broadcast signal; and generating and storing a radio broadcast schedule using the detected audio episode data. And when the skip skip mode is set for the radio broadcast, detecting an advertisement time point of a received radio broadcast signal, searching for the radio broadcast schedule, and switching the channel to another broadcast channel for which no commercial broadcast was detected. Characterized in that made.

In the third step of the present invention, when the advertisement time point of the received radio broadcast signal is detected, the radio broadcast schedule is searched, and when the advertisement broadcast is detected in all predetermined broadcast channels, the optical disc inserted in the CD player is used. And reproducing execution of the advertisement skip listening mode for the radio broadcast by outputting and displaying the advertisement skip listening mode setting screen when the advertisement time point of the received radio broadcasting signal is detected. .

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of an apparatus and method for skipping advertisements for radio broadcasting according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of an audio device for receiving a digital radio broadcast according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing a radio broadcast schedule for a channel designated by a user according to the present invention.

First, an audio device such as a car audio receiving a digital radio broadcast according to the present invention includes, for example, a tuner 10, a demux 11, an audio buffer 12, and a data buffer as shown in FIG. (13), the MPEG decoder 14, the microcomputer 15, the OSD generating unit 16, the memory 17, and the CD player 18 are configured.

When the user selects and specifies an arbitrary radio broadcast channel, the microcomputer 15 operates and controls the tuner 10 and the demux 11 to tune the radio broadcast channel, and the demux 11. The data stream of the broadcast program provided through the radio broadcast channel is separately output as audio data and additional data.

The MPEG decoder 14 reads data temporarily stored in the audio buffer 12, the data buffer 13, and the like, decodes the original audio signal and the additional data, and the OSD generator 16 According to the operation control of the microcomputer 15, various guide messages or menu screens are generated, and then output is displayed through a screen of an external connection device such as a screen display unit or a navigation terminal (not shown).

The microcomputer 15 detects various service information (SI) provided intermittently through the radio broadcasting channel, temporarily stores the information in the data buffer 13, and then reads the service information. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, a radio broadcast schedule for a favorite channel that a user preselects is selected by using additional information and EPG information about various radio broadcast programs that are currently being broadcasted or scheduled to be broadcast. After generating together, it is stored in the memory 17.

On the other hand, if the user skips the advertisement broadcast broadcast radio broadcast mode, the microcomputer 15 detects the advertisement broadcast time of the received radio broadcast signal by searching the radio broadcast schedule stored in the memory 17.

At this time, when the advertisement point of time of the received broadcast signal is detected, the microcomputer 15 searches the radio broadcast schedule stored in the memory 17 again to determine whether there is another broadcast channel for which no commercial broadcast is detected. If there is a broadcast channel for which the commercial broadcast is not detected, the channel is controlled to switch to the corresponding broadcast channel.

In addition, the microcomputer 15 searches for a radio broadcast schedule stored in the memory 17 in a state where an advertisement time point of a received radio broadcast signal is detected. Control to perform the playback operation of the optical disc inserted in the CD player 18.

The microcomputer 15 checks whether the advertisement skip listening mode is set to automatic or manual when an advertisement point of time of the radio broadcast signal received according to a user's request is detected. After generating the setup menu screen for reconfirming the execution of the skip skip listening mode of the radio broadcast by controlling the generation unit 16, an output is displayed through a screen of an external connection device such as a screen display unit or a navigation terminal (not shown).

The operation of the skip skip listening apparatus for radio broadcasting according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of listening to an advertisement skip of a radio broadcast according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, in an audio device such as a car audio or the like, to which the skip skip listening method for radio broadcasting according to the present invention is applied, the microcomputer 15 may have a skip skip mode for radio broadcasting by a user. If it is selected (S10), the tuner unit 10 and the demux 11 are operated to receive the radio broadcast program selected by the user, and the audio epji (EPG) transmitted intermittently through the radio broadcast channel. By detecting the data (S11), a radio broadcast schedule for a preferred channel selected by the user in advance is generated, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, and then stored in the memory 17 (S12).

Thereafter, the microcomputer 15 searches for and detects a radio broadcast schedule stored in the memory 17 by detecting an advertisement time point of a currently received radio broadcast signal (S13), and confirms whether or not the user enters the detected advertisement time point. (S14). Here, it is preferable to enter into the detected advertisement time point, for example, 5 seconds before a predetermined time before the advertisement time.

When the received radio broadcast signal enters an advertisement point of time, the microcomputer 15 searches for a radio broadcast schedule stored in the memory 17 (S15) to check whether there is another broadcast channel for which an advertisement is not detected. In operation S16, when commercial broadcasting is detected in all broadcasting channels, the CD player 18 is operated to reproduce and output the optical disc inserted in the CD player 18 (S17).

In addition, the microcomputer 15 checks whether there is another broadcast channel for which the commercial is not detected (S16). Channel switching is performed (S18).

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of listening to an advertisement skip of a radio broadcast according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a setting screen for executing an advertisement skip listening mode of a radio broadcast according to the present invention. It is an illustration.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, in an audio device such as a car audio or the like, to which the skip skip listening method for radio broadcasting according to the present invention is applied, the microcomputer 15 may have a skip skip mode for radio broadcasting by a user. In the selected state, it detects audio EPG data that is intermittently transmitted through the radio broadcast channel, and generates a radio broadcast schedule for a preferred channel previously selected by a user, for example, as shown in FIG. 2. After that, it is stored in the memory 17.

The microcomputer 15 searches for and detects a radio broadcast schedule stored in the memory 17 by detecting an advertisement time point of a currently received radio broadcast signal (S20), and confirms whether or not the user enters the detected advertisement time point (S21). ). Here, it is preferable to enter into the detected advertisement time point, for example, 5 seconds before a predetermined time before the advertisement time.

When the received radio broadcast signal enters the advertisement point of time, the microcomputer 15 controls the OSD generator 16 to reconfirm whether the radio broadcast signal skips the listening mode of the advertisement. After generating as shown in the display, the output is displayed on the screen of the external connection device such as a screen display unit or a navigation terminal (not shown) (S22).

The microcomputer 15 checks whether or not the advertisement skip listening mode of the radio broadcast is executed through the setup menu screen (S23). The program is maintained as it is (S24).

In addition, when the microcomputer 15 determines whether the advertisement skip listening mode is executed, when the advertisement skip listening mode is requested to be executed by the user, the microcomputer 15 searches for the radio broadcast schedule stored in the memory 17 (S25). In operation S26, it is checked whether there is another broadcast channel for which an advertisement is not detected.

The microcomputer 15 controls the CD player 18 when the commercial is detected in all broadcast channels as a result of confirming that there is another broadcast channel in which the commercial is not detected. In step S27, if there is another broadcast channel for which an advertisement is not detected, the channel is switched to the corresponding broadcast channel (S28).

In addition, the microcomputer 15 repeatedly performs the above series of operations until the power of the audio device is turned off.

Or more, preferred embodiments of the present invention described above, for the purpose of illustration, those skilled in the art, within the technical spirit and the technical scope of the present invention disclosed in the appended claims below, to further improve various other embodiments Changes, substitutions or additions will be possible.

The apparatus and method for listening to an advertisement skip of a radio broadcast according to the present invention, which is constructed and configured as described above, may be used, for example, in an audio device such as a car audio receiving a digital radio broadcast. Detects and generates and stores a radio broadcast schedule for a preferred channel selected by the user using the detected audio data, and if the skip skip mode is set to the received radio broadcast, By detecting an advertisement time point, searching the radio schedule, and switching the channel to another broadcast channel for which no advertisement is detected, or playing an optical disc inserted in a CD player, thereby selectively listening to the advertisement of the radio broadcast. For your convenience in listening to radio stations It has the effect of improving everything.

Claims (10)

Storage means for detecting audio EPG data from the received radio broadcast signal and generating and storing a radio broadcast schedule; And And a control means for detecting an advertisement time point of a received radio broadcast signal when the skip skip mode is set for the radio broadcast, and searching for the radio broadcast schedule to control channel switching to another broadcast channel for which an advertisement is not detected. Ad skip skip listening device for radio broadcasting, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 1, The radio broadcast schedule is a schedule for skipping the radio broadcast, characterized in that the schedule for the preferred channel selected in advance by the user. The method of claim 1, And a CD player for reproducing an audio signal recorded and stored on an optical disc. The method of claim 3, wherein The control means searches for the radio broadcast schedule in the state where the advertisement time point of the received radio broadcast signal is detected, and when the advertisement broadcast is detected on all the predetermined broadcast channels, the control unit performs a reproduction operation of the optical disc inserted into the CD player. Ad skip skip device for radio broadcasting, characterized in that the control. The method according to claim 1 or 3, The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising screen generating means for generating and outputting an advertisement skip listening mode setting screen. The method of claim 5, wherein The control means outputs and displays the advertisement skip listening mode setting screen in a state where an advertisement time point of a received radio broadcasting signal is detected, and controls to reconfirm execution of the advertisement skip listening mode of radio broadcasting. Ad skip listening device.  Detecting audio EPG data from the received radio broadcast signal; Generating and storing a radio broadcast schedule by using the detected audio page data; And And when the skip skip mode is set to the radio broadcast, detecting an advertisement time point of the received radio broadcast signal, searching for the radio broadcast schedule, and switching the channel to another broadcast channel for which no commercial broadcast is detected. Ad skip skip method of radio broadcasting, characterized in that. The method of claim 7, wherein The radio broadcast schedule is a schedule for skipping a radio broadcast, characterized in that the schedule for the channel selected in advance by the user. The method of claim 7, wherein In step 3, when the advertisement timing of the received radio broadcasting signal is detected, the radio broadcasting schedule is searched, and when the advertisement broadcasting is detected in all the predetermined broadcasting channels, the optical disc inserted in the CD player is played. A method for skipping advertisements of radio broadcasts characterized by the above-mentioned. The method of claim 7, wherein In step 3, when the advertisement time point of the received radio broadcast signal is detected, the advertisement skip listening mode setting screen is displayed and the advertisement skip listening mode of the radio broadcast is reconfirmed. .

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