JP2001339648A - Digital broadcast receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] When a telephone call is received while watching a television broadcast, a program that is being viewed is viewed based on a priority preset and registered by a viewer using program information included in a digital signal. Automatically performs telephone reception and program recording control desired by the viewer. A service information is separated by a data separation unit from a received digital signal, and a program information analysis unit is provided.
The program information is acquired, and the table creation means 109 creates and registers the program priority table for registering each program priority and the personal information table for registering the telephone number and name together with the priority of the caller. . When a call is received while viewing a program, the priority of the caller in the personal information table is compared with the priority of the program in the program priority table,
Automatically performs telephone reception and program recording control.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a digital broadcast signal receiving apparatus, and more particularly, to a telephone line connection section which also has a telephone line connection section and performs various controls based on a telephone call request during digital broadcast reception. The present invention relates to a digital broadcast receiving apparatus provided.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional digital broadcast receiving apparatus, although it is connected to a telephone line, its use is limited to program viewing / purchasing information stored in an IC card inserted into the digital broadcast receiver and broadcast screens. Therefore, the function was to transmit the questionnaire result answered by the viewer to a customer management center or the like using a telephone line. As a prior art, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
No. 2,480,582 discloses that in response to an incoming call while watching a television broadcast, information on the called party is displayed on the television broadcast screen in a superimposed manner, the information on the called party is stored in the storage unit, There is disclosed a technology that utilizes the fact that a telephone line is connected by performing a combination of a message recording and the like by a telephone function.

On the other hand, JP-A-7-30872 discloses that
In a videophone device with a television broadcast receiving device, in response to an incoming call of a telephone while watching a television broadcast, before the call is received while watching a television broadcast, the program being viewed is set and the importance of the program is set, It describes that when a call is received, the switching to the telephone function and the recording control are automatically performed based on the preset importance of the caller and the preset importance of the program being viewed. .

[0004]

However, setting the degree of importance of a program being viewed while viewing it is troublesome because the importance must be set for each viewed program.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for receiving a telephone call while watching a television broadcast based on a priority preset and registered by a viewer using program information included in a digital signal. An object of the present invention is to provide a digital broadcast receiving apparatus that automatically performs telephone reception and program recording control desired by a viewer.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a receiving means for receiving and demodulating an encoded, multiplexed and modulated digital signal, and a video signal, an audio signal, a program, and the like, based on the digital signal demodulated by the receiving means. In a digital broadcast receiving apparatus provided with a separating unit for separating service information such as information, and a decoding unit for decoding a video signal and an audio signal separated by the separating unit, the service information separated from the separating unit is analyzed. Program information analysis means for acquiring program information, a program priority table for registering each program priority from the program information acquired by the program information analysis means, and a telephone number of a caller from a telephone transmission signal. Table creation means for creating a personal information table for acquiring and registering the telephone number and name together with the caller's priority, and When receiving a telephone call, the priority of the caller in the personal information table is compared with the priority of the program in the program priority table, and the telephone reception and program recording control are automatically performed. Digital broadcast receiving apparatus.

The present invention is also a digital broadcast receiving apparatus, wherein the program priority table creating means sets the priority of each program by using a program genre in the program information.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the program priority table creating means sets the priority of each program using program attributes such as program billing information and copy control conditions in the program information. It is a digital broadcast receiving device.

Further, the present invention provides a receiving means for receiving and demodulating an encoded, multiplexed and modulated digital signal, and a service for providing a video signal, an audio signal, program information and the like from the digital signal demodulated by the receiving means. In a digital broadcast receiving apparatus provided with a separating unit for separating information and a decoding unit for decoding a video signal and an audio signal separated by the separating unit, the service information separated from the separating unit is analyzed and the program information is analyzed. A program information analyzing means for acquiring a caller's telephone number from a telephone transmission signal and a program priority table for registering program priorities from the program information acquired by the program information analyzing means. Table creation means for creating a caller / callee relationship table for registering a number and a name together with a corresponding callee name,
Viewer discriminating means for discriminating a current broadcast viewer,
At the time of a telephone call while viewing a program, it is determined whether the caller and the viewer match, and the priority of the caller in the caller / caller relationship table and the priority of the program in the program priority table , And automatically performs telephone reception and program recording control.

[0010] Further, the present invention uses a channel list registration for each viewer, in which the viewer discriminating means registers a channel frequently viewed by the viewer, and selects a channel list manager by selecting a channel based on the channel list. A digital broadcast receiving apparatus characterized by being distinguished from a viewer.

In the present invention, the viewer discriminating means uses a channel list registration for each viewer for registering a channel frequently viewed by the viewer, searches the channel list when selecting a channel, and selects a channel having a matching channel. A digital broadcast receiving apparatus characterized in that a list manager is identified as a viewer.

Further, the present invention is the digital broadcast receiving apparatus, wherein the viewer discriminating means can manually set a current viewer.

[0013]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the appearance of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus of the present invention.

In FIG. 2A, reference numeral 200 denotes a digital broadcast receiving apparatus provided with a connection unit such as a display unit, etc., 201 denotes an operation panel unit for implementing various operations such as channel selection, and 202 denotes time and channel selection. An information display unit for displaying information on a channel, a current program, a device status message, and the like;
Reference numeral 3 denotes a device status display unit that displays a status such as a power status of the digital broadcast receiving device using an LED or the like.

In FIG. 2B, reference numeral 210 denotes a digital broadcast receiving apparatus having a built-in display unit and the like.
11 is a display display unit, 202 is an information display unit that displays time, channel selection, current program information, device status messages, etc. 203 is a device that indicates the status of the digital broadcast receiving device, such as the power status of the digital broadcast receiving device, using LEDs It is a status display section.

2 (a) and 2 (b), a digital signal input terminal and a telephone line connection section are provided.
A user request input unit such as a remote controller also exists, but is not shown.

In the digital broadcast receiving apparatus of FIG.
00 is an input terminal of an encoded, multiplexed and modulated digital signal transmitted from a broadcasting station, 101 is an input terminal 10
Receiving unit 102 for receiving and demodulating a digital signal from 0, 102
Is a data separation unit that separates a video signal, an audio signal, and service information such as program information from the digital signal demodulated by the reception unit 101, and 103 is a video / audio signal output from the video signal separated by the separation unit 102. The video / audio signal decoding unit 104 for decoding is the video / audio signal decoding unit 203.
And a video / audio signal output terminal for outputting the video / audio signal decoded in step (1).

Reference numeral 105 denotes a program information analysis unit for analyzing the program information separated by the data separation unit 102. Reference numeral 106 denotes a telephone function unit, which includes a telephone line connection unit 107 which is a connection unit with a public network, and an audio signal processing unit 108 which analyzes not only the audio signal processing but also the telephone number of the caller. Although the telephone function unit 106 is included in the block in FIG.
It is also possible to adopt a form in which a telephone having the same processing function is provided outside.

Reference numeral 109 denotes a calling party telephone number from the audio signal processing unit 108, a personal information table, and a program information analysis unit 105.
Is a table creation unit that creates information such as a program priority table and a control method based on the program information analyzed in step (1). 11
Reference numeral 0 denotes an information recording unit that stores information created by the table creation unit 109 and video / audio data separated by the data separation unit 102. 111 is the audio signal processing unit 10
8 is an information output terminal for outputting the information of the corresponding personal information table from the caller telephone number obtained via the table creation unit 109 from the terminal 8. Reference numeral 212 denotes a control unit that controls each of the units 101 to 110 in order to realize channel selection and other various operations. Reference numeral 113 denotes a user request input unit for inputting a user's channel selection and other operation requests.

A digital signal transmitted from a broadcasting station is input from an input terminal 100 and transmitted to a receiving unit 101. The receiving section 101 performs demodulation processing such as digital modulation and error correction together with detection, and sends multiplexed digital data to the data separating section 102. Data separation unit 102
Then, the video / audio signal selected from the multiplexed digital data is output to the video / audio signal decoding unit 103 and the program information is output to the program information analysis unit 105, respectively. When recording control is performed, the separated video / audio signal is also output to the information recording unit 110 and recorded. The video / audio signal separated by the data separation unit 102 is a video / audio signal.
The audio signal is decoded by the audio signal decoding unit 103 and output from the video / audio signal output terminal 104.

The user request input unit 113 receives operation requests from the user, such as cursor movement and channel selection, and receives control requests from the control unit 1.
Request output to 12. Upon receiving the request, the control unit 112 controls the channel selection unit 101, the data separation unit 102, the video / audio signal decoding unit 103, the program information analysis unit 105, and the information recording unit 110, and performs processing such as channel selection, screen display, and recording. Perform the action.

The program information analysis unit 105 analyzes the channel, genre, and other attribute information of each program, generates a program priority table for each program in the table creation unit 109, and records it in the information recording unit 110.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the program priority table. In FIG. 3, the program priority table 30
1 is a program genre and priority (1 to 1)
2) And a program to be recorded? Having. In digital broadcasting, various genres are set on the broadcast station side for each program. Therefore, it is convenient for the program priority table 301 to summarize the priority based on the program genre of each program and the control of whether the program should be recorded.

The priority (1-2) of the program genre is set to a low priority, that is, 2 if the contents can be understood for each corner without continuous viewing, such as variety.
For genres whose contents cannot be understood unless they are continuously watched, such as dramas, the priority is set high, that is, 1. The program to be recorded is set to a high priority, that is, “No” for a program that cannot be recorded by PPV (purchase for each program). Then, for example, the program priority table 301 is displayed on the display screen of the display device, and the viewer moves the cursor to a position to be changed by a key operation of the remote controller, specifies a changed portion, and changes the position by a key operation. .

Here, the priority may be set for each program by using program attributes such as program charging information and copy control conditions in the program information. In the above,
Although the priority is expressed in two stages, it can be set in many more stages.

The priority of the program is determined by various controls such as answering the telephone call, interrupting the viewing of the television broadcast, and executing the recording control in response to the telephone call when a telephone call is received while watching the television broadcast. Used as a condition.

The telephone function unit 106 has a function of transmitting and receiving a voice signal online and analyzing the telephone number of the called party from the voice signal, and sends the analyzed telephone number of the called party to the table creation unit 109. I do. In the table creation unit 109, a personal information table is created in advance, and is stored in the information recording unit 110 together with the program priority table 301 in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the personal information table. In FIG. 4, a personal information table 401
Has items as a caller name, a telephone number, and a priority. For example, the personal information table 401 is displayed on a display screen of a display device.
The viewer inputs the priority for the caller name by operating the remote control key.

Therefore, when a call is received while watching a television broadcast, the information recording unit 110 in FIG.
The personal information table 401 of FIG. 4 is searched. If the telephone number corresponding to the telephone number of the other party, that is, the caller is not registered, only the telephone number of the other party, that is, the caller, is displayed on the message display section 501 (FIG. 5) of the information display section 202 of FIG. , Are displayed as shown in FIG. If a telephone number that matches the telephone number of the other party, that is, the caller, is registered, the telephone number and name of the other party, that is, the caller, are entered in the information display section 202 of FIG.
5 (a) and 5 (b) are alternately displayed on the message display section 501 (FIG. 5). At this time, the information display unit 202
Changing the overall color and the LED on the status display unit 203
It is also possible to assist the viewer in recognizing that a telephone call is being received by flashing.

Next, the priority of the other party, that is, the caller, obtained from the personal information table 501 is stored in the above-mentioned program priority table 601 according to the priority of the program genre of the currently viewed television broadcast program and the program to be recorded. Compared with whether or not, when receiving a call while watching TV broadcasts, it is possible to automatically perform telephone reception processing, recording control, telephone reception processing, answering machine recording processing, etc. according to the viewer's request it can.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a processing operation flow of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus of FIG. When a telephone call is received while watching a television broadcast (S1), the personal information table 4 in FIG.
A search is made as to whether the telephone number of the caller received at 01 is registered (S2). If the telephone number of the caller is registered in the personal information table 401, the telephone number of the caller and the name of the caller obtained from the personal information table 401 are displayed on the message display section 501 of FIG. 5 (S3). , S5. The telephone number of the caller is stored in the personal information table 401.
If it is not registered in the caller, only the caller's phone number is
Is displayed on the message display section 501 (S4), and the process proceeds to S6.

In step S5, it is determined whether the priority of the caller set in the personal information table 401 shown in FIG. 4 is higher than the priority of the program currently being viewed. Transition is made to reception processing (S7), and then S8
Transitions to. On the other hand, if the priority of the caller is lower than the priority of the program, the process proceeds to S6. In S6, it is acquired whether or not the viewer has received a telephone call within a certain time. If the telephone is received within a certain time, the process proceeds to S8. If the telephone is not received, the intention to receive the telephone is obtained. When it is determined that there is no answering machine, the answering machine function is automatically started (S9).
In this case, the viewer can continue to watch the television broadcast program without receiving a telephone call that seems to be annoying, and there is no need for automatic recording control.

In S8, it is obtained from the program priority table 301 shown in FIG. 3 whether or not the program to be recorded is preset, and if it is a program to be recorded, recording control is automatically started (S10). If not, the recording control is not started (S11). Further, by marking the recording start point at the start of recording, it is possible to easily view the video from the recording start point after the telephone call. Even when a television broadcast program is being recorded and viewed, the marking makes it possible to easily view the television broadcast program from the part where the viewing was interrupted by telephone reception. In the above description, there are several processes for automatically shifting to each control. However, manual control may be performed in response to an input request from the viewer.

According to the present embodiment, the priority desired by the viewer is registered in advance by using the program information included in the digital signal, so that the priorities of the programs are collectively set in advance. Registration can be facilitated, and for calls received while watching TV broadcasting, the priority of the caller and the priority of the program set and registered based on each program information are set. By making the comparison, telephone reception, recording control, answering machine recording processing, etc. according to the request of the viewer,
Can be made automatic.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention. In this embodiment, as a response to an incoming call while watching a television broadcast, the table creation unit 109 shown in FIG. 7 uses the personal information of the caller shown in FIG. 4 used in the first embodiment shown in FIG. Instead of the information table 401, as shown in FIG. 8, a caller / caller relation table 801 in which an item of the caller name is added to the personal information table is created and recorded in the information recording unit 110. . In addition, by registering your current audience, you will not be interrupted by phone calls to your housemates,
Control desired by viewers (caller information display, TV broadcast reception,
Telephone reception, program recording, etc.) can be performed automatically.

In FIG. 7, the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the basic processing of the television broadcast reception is the same as in the first embodiment in FIG. Reference numeral 700 denotes a viewer determination unit that determines a viewer who is actually watching a broadcast program.

Next, an embodiment of a channel list used as the viewer determination section 700 will be described. In digital broadcasting, the number of channels is large, and there are many functions that allow easy channel selection. The function used here is one of them. As shown in FIG. 9, a channel list 901 is prepared, stored and registered in advance with respect to a plurality of channels for each viewer name. It is a function to keep. The viewer can select the channel by displaying the registered channel list 901 shown in FIG. 9 on the display screen of the display device according to the request.

As a first example of channel selection using the channel list setting function, the viewer discriminating unit 700 determines that the administrator of the used channel list 901 has selected the current channel. Is determined as a person.
As a second example of the channel selection using the channel list setting function, not only the channel selection using the channel list setting function but also the channel of the channel list 901 is searched for all the channel selections, and the matched channel is searched. The manager in the list 901 is determined as the current viewer.

In the first and second embodiments, the function of automatically discriminating the viewer has been described. However, the current viewer may be set manually. As mentioned above,
The viewer discriminating unit 700 can easily determine the current viewer.

In FIG. 7, the telephone function unit 106 transmits and receives a voice signal when online, analyzes the telephone number of the called party from the voice signal, and sends it to the table creation unit 109. The information recording unit 110 stores a caller / caller relation table 801 (FIG. 8) in which the name of the callee is registered in addition to the other party's telephone number, name, and priority. The caller / caller relation table 801 already registered is searched by the received telephone number of the other party. If there is no matching telephone number, only the telephone number of the other party is displayed on the message display section 501 of the information display section 202 of FIG. 5 (FIG. 5A). If there is a matching telephone number, the telephone number and name of the other party, and the name of the called party are displayed on the message display section 501 of the information display section 202.
5, FIG. 5 (b), and then FIG. 5 (c).

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a processing operation flow of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus of FIG. When a telephone call is received during the viewing of a television broadcast (S1), a search is made as to whether the received caller's telephone number exists in the caller / caller relation table 801 of FIG. 8 (S2). If the telephone number of the caller is registered in the caller / caller relation table 801, the telephone number of the caller and the caller / caller relation table 801 are stored.
Are displayed on the message display unit 501 of FIG. 5 (S30), and the process proceeds to S31.

If the telephone number of the caller is not registered in the caller / caller relation table 801, only the telephone number of the caller is displayed on the message display section 501 (S 4) and S 6.
Transitions to. In S31, it is determined whether or not the current viewer obtained from the viewer determination unit 700 matches the called party. If the viewer matches the called party, the process goes to S5; otherwise, the process goes to S6. Subsequent processing is the same as the processing operation flow of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

According to the present embodiment, in addition to the effects described in the first embodiment, it is possible to know in advance that the call is for another called party, and the viewer is likely to be troubled by the telephone. It is possible to continue watching the television broadcast program without receiving the broadcast.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, by registering the current viewer, when a telephone call is received during the viewing of a television broadcast, the viewing is not interrupted by a telephone call to a cohabitant. Control desired by the caller (caller /
It is possible to automatically perform called party information display, television broadcast reception, telephone reception, program recording, and the like.

[0045]

According to the present invention, when a telephone call is received during viewing of a television broadcast, the program being viewed is set based on the priorities set and registered in advance by the viewer using the program information included in the digital signal. It is possible to provide a digital broadcast receiving apparatus that automatically performs telephone reception desired by a viewer of a program and program recording control.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the external appearance of the digital broadcast receiving device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a program priority table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a personal information table.

5 is a diagram showing an information display unit 202 and a status display unit 203 in the external appearance of the digital broadcast receiving device in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a processing operation flow of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a caller / callee relationship table.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a channel list used for viewer identification.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a processing operation flow of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus of FIG. 7;

[Explanation of symbols]

100: Digital broadcast receiving device, 100: Digital signal input terminal, 101: Receiving unit, 102: Data separating unit, 1
03: video / audio signal decoding unit, 104: video / audio signal output terminal, 105: program information analysis unit, 106: telephone function unit, 107: telephone line connection unit, 108: audio signal processing unit, 109: table creation unit .. 110 information recording unit, 1
11: information output terminal; 112: control unit; 113: user request input unit; 200: digital broadcast receiving device provided with a connection unit such as a display unit; 201: operation panel unit
202: Information display unit, 203: Device status display unit, 210
... Digital broadcast receiver with built-in display, 211 ... Display display unit, 301 ... Program priority table, 40
1 ... Personal information table, 501 ... Message display part, 7
00: viewer discriminating unit, 801: caller / caller relationship table, 901: channel list.

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving and demodulating an encoded, multiplexed and modulated digital signal, and separating service information such as a video signal, an audio signal, and program information from the digital signal demodulated by said receiving means. A digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising: a separating unit; and a decoding unit for decoding a video signal and an audio signal separated by the separating unit. A program for analyzing service information separated from the separating unit and acquiring program information Information analyzing means, a program priority table for registering program priorities from the program information acquired by the program information analyzing means, and a telephone number of a caller from a telephone transmission signal to obtain the telephone number and name. Table creating means for creating a personal information table for registering the priority of the caller and registering the personal information. A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for automatically performing telephone reception and program recording control by comparing the priority of a caller in a report table with the priority of a program in the program priority table. 2. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said program priority table creating means sets the priority of each program using a program genre in said program information. Receiver. 3. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said program priority table creation means sets the priority of each program using program attributes such as program charging information and copy control conditions in said program information. A digital broadcast receiving apparatus. 4. A receiving means for receiving and demodulating an encoded, multiplexed and modulated digital signal, and separating service information such as a video signal, an audio signal, and program information from the digital signal demodulated by said receiving means. A digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising: a separating unit; and a decoding unit for decoding a video signal and an audio signal separated by the separating unit. A program for analyzing service information separated from the separating unit and acquiring program information Information analyzing means, a program priority table for registering program priorities based on the program information obtained by the program information analyzing means, and a telephone number of a caller from a telephone transmission signal to obtain the telephone number and name. Table creation means for creating a caller / caller relationship table to be registered with the name of the corresponding caller, and a viewer for determining the current broadcast viewer Discriminating means for judging whether a caller and a viewer match when a telephone call is received while watching a program, and a priority of the caller and the program priority table in the caller / caller relation table. A digital broadcast receiving apparatus for automatically performing telephone reception and program recording control by comparing the priorities of the programs. 5. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said viewer discriminating means uses channel list registration for each viewer for registering a channel frequently viewed by the viewer, and selects a channel based on the channel list. Wherein the channel list manager is determined to be a viewer. 6. A digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said viewer discriminating means uses a channel list registration for each viewer for registering a channel frequently viewed by a viewer, and searches a channel list at the time of channel selection. And a channel list manager having a matching channel is determined to be a viewer. 7. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said viewer discriminating means can manually set a current viewer.