JPH0589184A - Method for combining item received by television with related data base and its device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To freely examine required items in a broadcasted program in detail by referring to, on the spot, a multi-media encyclopedia on a CDROM, etc., 7 while receiving a broadcasting program. CONSTITUTION:A central processing unit 5 so controls a compact disk player 3 as to constitute a data base. A tuner 7 receives the radio wave of television broadcasting and a separating circuit 9 separates this signal into video signal and sound signal. A video interruption circuit 12 combines the separated video signal with the video data base from the compact disk player 3. The combined video signal is displayed on a display 4 and the separated sound signal is mixed with the sound data base from the compact disk player 3 by a sound interruption circuit 13. The mixed sound us outputted from a speaker 14. Thus, the item received by a television is combined with a related data base.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a personal computer with a television, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for connecting a relational database to matters being received by a television.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a television receiver freely receives a broadcast from a broadcasting station, and a receiver can arbitrarily receive various kinds of information given by the broadcasting station. In addition, a personal computer is combined with a CDROM to form a database,
As a multimedia encyclopedia, searchers are free to retrieve various information such as geography, history, and science using audio, video, and text.

[0003]

However, in a conventional television receiver, since information flows unilaterally, it is impossible from the broadcasting even if it is desired to know more about the matters being broadcast while the broadcast is being received. For example, while trying to know the geography, topography, and history of the Shimabara Peninsula including Unzen during the broadcast of Unzen Volcano, we had to draw another encyclopedia. On the other hand, the multimedia encyclopedia that combines a personal computer with a CDROM has a large amount of information, which is convenient for examining items for which the purpose is clear, but there was a problem that there were few opportunities to use it casually and it could not be used. .. The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and relates to matters being broadcast while receiving a certain broadcast program,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for connecting a related database to matters being received by a television, which is useful like an encyclopedia when the background is desired to be detailed.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a central processing unit, an input keyboard, a compact disc player, a random access memory for storing video and audio data output from the compact disc player, and the video. A computer system including a display for displaying a result of editing data by the central processing unit, a tuner for receiving radio waves, a separation circuit for separating a signal from the tuner into a video signal and an audio signal, and the video signal. To a display format of the display, a video interrupt circuit for combining the video signal from the converter and the video data from the random access memory, the audio signal and audio data from the random access memory Voice interrupt circuit that mixes It combines the television reception system comprising a speaker for sounding an audio signal from the circuit.

[0005]

[Operation] A television system of a computer with a television receives a radio wave of television broadcasting, separates the received signal into a video signal and an audio signal, converts the video signal into a display format of a computer display, and displays it on this display. Then, this audio signal is emitted from the speaker, and the related database consisting of the video data and the audio data regarding the fact that the video signal and the audio signal being received are expressed is retrieved from the compact disc player controlled by the central processing unit. Video data can be combined with the video signal and displayed on a display, and the audio data can be mixed with the audio signal and emitted from a speaker to refer in real time to a related database relating to received items.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 2, the personal computer 1 has an antenna 2
And the CDROM player 3 are connected. The personal computer 1 includes a display 4 and a central processing unit (C
PU) 5 and an input device such as a keyboard 6. The display 4 has a resolution of 600 × 480 which is higher than that of the television screen for receiving broadcast (525 × 525 pixels).
The personal computer 1 has a pixel configuration and is of a television built-in type. Next, the personal computer with a television 1 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. First, the television system will be described first. The tuner 7 selects the signal of one broadcasting station from the broadcasting signal from the antenna 2 and amplifies it. The signal from the tuner 7, the signal from the video tape recorder (VTR) 19, and the CATV
A signal from (cable broadcasting television) and a signal from the LD are input to the video switching circuit 8. The video switching circuit 8 switches between the tuner 7, the video tape recorder 19, the CATV (cable broadcasting television), and the LD, and selectively selects, for example, the actual broadcast or the recorded video.

The output signal from the video switching circuit 8 enters a separation circuit 9, where it is separated into a video signal and an audio signal,
The video signal is sent to the converter 10, and the audio signal is sent to the amplifier circuit 11.
Are input respectively. The amplifier circuit 11 amplifies the audio signal, and the amplifier circuit 11 has a built-in volume controller 15, and the volume controller 15 adjusts the amplification degree of the audio signal from a broadcasting station or the like. A voice signal from the amplifier circuit 11, a voice signal from a computer system database described later, a voice signal from the tape recorder 25, and a voice signal from the microphone 24 are input to the voice interrupt circuit 13. The audio interrupt circuit 13 mixes the audio of the broadcast program with the audio of the computer system. The audio signal from the audio interrupt circuit 13 is sent to the speaker 14 via the second amplifier 18, and the speaker 14
Broadcast sound and mixed sound are played from.

The converter 10 electronically converts a low resolution video signal for general television into a high resolution video signal for a computer. As this conversion method, a known pseudo high resolution method is used, which is performed by making the scan line repeat. The converted video signal from the converter 10 is sent to the display 4 via the video interrupt circuit 12 and displayed. The video interrupt circuit 12 mixes a video image signal and a character signal from a computer system database, which will be described later, with the broadcast video.

Next, the computer system will be described. The central processing unit (CPU) 5 includes the tuner 7, the video switching circuit 8, the separation circuit 9, and the converter 10.
It controls the RAM memory 16 and the window setting circuit 17. The RAM memory 16 stores data from the database in an exchangeable manner, and in the RAM memory 16, an image area 20 for storing image data of an image, a character area 21 for storing character data, and a voice area for storing voice data. 22 memory maps are constructed. The window setting circuit 17 sets a relatively small screen frame for displaying another image or character on a part of the screen later when the image or character is displayed on the entire screen of the display 4. .. CD, a compact disc player
The ROM player 3 has a CD (compact disc) 30
Are exchangeably mounted, and various databases are loaded into the RAM memory 16 under the control of the CPU 5.

The window setting circuit 17 edits the video data input from the RAM memory 16 into a preset window, for example, the size of the screen 1/3 of the display 4. The edited image or character video signal from the window setting circuit 17 is input to the video interrupt circuit 12, combined with the TV video from the converter 10 and sent to the display 4. The video signal output from the video interrupt circuit 12 is input to the video terminal of another video tape recorder 23 for recording. The voice signal from the voice area 22 of the RAM memory 16 is input to the voice interrupt circuit 13, mixed with the voice signal from the amplifier 11, the voice signal from the microphone 24, and the like, and sent to the second amplifier 18. The mixed audio signal from the second amplifier 18 is sent to the speaker 14, and the audio signal from the second amplifier 18 is input to the audio terminal of the video tape recorder 23 for recording.

The window setting circuit 17 further sets a window of an arbitrary size on the screen of the display 4 by inputting from the keyboard 6, and automatically sets a number of pages of various data from the database so that the window fits within the window. Edit to that screen. The CD (compact disc) 30 is composed of a laser disc, etc., and the stored contents include image data and character data. In terms of classification, it is a literary encyclopedia, a science encyclopedia, a physicochemical dictionary, and various dictionaries such as Americana in English and Gloria International. is there. Furthermore, C
The D30 can also prepare the latest professional baseball player play data, racehorse data, songbooks recording the lyrics of popular songs, etc. for entertainment. A CD (compact disc) 30 is replaceably attached to the CDROM player 3, and various databases are loaded into the RAM memory 16 under the control of the CPU 5. Furthermore, the CD30 has character image data, sound data,
Art, history, geography, sports, audiovisual,
Various databases such as speeches, sound effects, music, maps, paintings, graphics, games, men's books, encyclopedias, literature, languages can be adopted.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIG. A user of a personal computer with a television views a television program from a newspaper or the like in advance and receives, for example, professional baseball on the television system of this personal computer. Therefore, the user mounts the latest professional baseball player's play data CD30 on the CDROM player 3. When the pitcher P is changed during the live broadcast of professional baseball on the display 4, the user inputs a command for requesting past game data for the changed pitcher from the keyboard 6. C
The PU 5 reads out past game data about the substitute pitcher from the CD 30 and transfers it to the RAM 16. The biorhythm graph or the like relating to the alternate pitcher is stored in the image area 20, the closing rate and the save rate are stored in the character area 21, and the ping-pong sound notifying the interruption of the database is stored in the voice area 22.

Now, if the user does not set the window size from the keyboard 6, the window setting circuit 17 is automatically set, and the lower 1/3 of the screen of the display 4 is automatically set to the database dedicated window W. Set to. Then, in the window frame W, the biorhythm graph or the like is transferred from the image area 20 and the numbers indicating the completion rate or the save rate are transferred from the character area 21 through the video interrupt circuit 12 and displayed. In addition, the ping-pong sound is sent from the audio area 22 to the speaker 14 via the audio interrupt circuit 13 and the second amplifier 18, and the ping-pong sound is mixed with the live broadcast sound.

Next, when the user instructs the window size from the keyboard 6 to the window setting circuit 17, the position and size of the database-dedicated window W can be freely set within the screen of the display 4. If the size of the window is increased, the past game data about the substitute pitcher is displayed at once. On the contrary, if the window size is made smaller so that the live broadcast scene is not overlooked, past game data is displayed in a small amount, but the live broadcast scene can still be seen.

Next, the user of the personal computer with a television receives the song program on the television system of this personal computer. Therefore, when the user wants to sing the song "Sake is tears" together with the singer "Misora Hibari", the CDROM player 3 is equipped with the CD 30 containing the "Misora Hibari" songbook. When the user inputs an instruction from the keyboard 6 to specify a song with the song name "Is sake crying?"
The CPU 5 reads out the lyrics of the designated song “Is liquor is tears” from many lyrics in the CD 30 and transfers it to the RAM 16. When the window setting circuit 17 is automatically set, the character area 2 is displayed in the window frame of the lower third of the screen of the display 4.
From 1 the lyrics of "Is liquor a tear?" Are displayed. The user can sing the song "Sake is a tear" together with "Misora Hibari" while seeing the lyrics of "Sake is a tear". In the case of only character data such as lyrics, the window frame may not be displayed, and characters may be displayed by being superimposed on the broadcast video.

Next, the user of the personal computer with a television receives a news program on the television system of this personal computer. If you would like to know the detailed background about "Unzen" that is being broadcasted by users,
CD30 of "Japanese Geography and History Encyclopedia" for OM Player 3
Put on. When the user inputs an instruction to specify the place name "Unzen" from the keyboard 6, the CPU 5 reads out data concerning "Unzen" from a number of items in the CD 30 using the specified word "Unzen" as a keyword and transfers it to the RAM 16. Images and topographic maps of the "Unzen region" are in the image area 20, and the population and industrial data are in the text area 21.
The ping-pong sound for notifying the interruption of the database and the traditional lullabies of the "Unzen region" are stored in the voice area 22, respectively. Then, in the window frame, photographs and topographic maps from the image area 20 and the number of people and industrial data from the character area 21 are displayed. Thus, the geographical and historical background of "Unzen" can be known more than it is broadcast.

Next, the user can reduce the broadcast sound by using the volume adjuster 15 of the amplifier circuit 11 and play the traditional lullaby from the audio area 22 from the speaker 4 at a high volume. The video and audio extracted from the CD 30 and added to the broadcast contents are recorded, for example, on a video tape recorder 23 for recording a "hibari" program with lyrics and mounted on a video tape recorder (VTR) 19 for playback at a later date. , It can also be played on a personal computer with this TV. Video tape recorder (VTR) 19 with video switching circuit 8
If is selected, the same processing as above can be repeated for the reproduced broadcast program. If a signal from CATV (cable broadcasting television) or LD is selected by the video switching circuit 8, the same processing as above can be performed for programs such as cable broadcasting television.
In addition, a raw voice signal from the microphone 24 is input to the voice interrupt circuit 13
While watching the lyrics of "Is sake crying?" Displayed in the window frame, the user can sing the song "Sake is tears" along with the lyrics "Misora Hibari" in the program. it can.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The television system of the computer with a television receives the electric wave of the television broadcast, separates this received signal into a video signal and an audio signal, converts this video signal into the display format of the computer system display, and displays it on this display. This audio signal is emitted from the speaker, and a related database regarding the fact that these video signal and the audio signal being received are retrieved from the compact disc player controlled by the central processing unit, and the video data is combined with the video signal. Since it is displayed on the display and the voice data is mixed with the voice signal and the sound is emitted from the speaker, it is possible to refer to the related database related to the received items in real time. Also, while the broadcast is being received, the multimedia encyclopedia can be referred to immediately regarding the item being broadcast, and the necessary items can be freely known in detail, so that the television broadcast can be more enjoyable and can be used for learning purposes.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for associating a related database with a television receiving item of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an apparatus for connecting a related database to items being received by a television according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation of the present invention.

[Explanation of sign]

 1 Personal Computer 2 Antenna 3 CDROM Player 4 Display 5 Central Processing Unit (CPU) 6 Keyboard 7 Tuner 8 Video Switching Circuit 9 Separation Circuit 10 Converter 11 Amplifier Circuit 12 Video Interrupt Circuit 13 Audio Interrupt Circuit 14 Speaker 15 Volume Adjuster 16 RAM memory 17 Window setting circuit 18 Second amplifier 19 Video tape recorder (VTR) 20 Image area 21 Character area 22 Audio area 22 24 Microphone 25 Tape recorder 30 CD (Compact disc)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A television system of a computer with a television receives a radio wave of a television broadcast, separates the received signal into a video signal and an audio signal, and converts the video signal into a display format of a computer display. , The audio signal is emitted from a speaker, and a related database consisting of video data and audio data concerning the facts represented by the video signal and the audio signal is retrieved from a compact disc player controlled by the central processing unit. A method of combining data with the video signal for display on a display, and mixing the audio data with the audio signal to cause a speaker to emit a sound and connecting a related database to an item being received by a television. 2. An input device controlled by a central processing unit, a compact disc player, a random access memory for storing video and audio data output from the compact disc player, and editing of the video data by the central processing unit. A display that displays the result, a tuner that receives radio waves of television broadcasting, a separation circuit that separates the signal from the tuner into a video signal and an audio signal, and a converter that converts the video signal into the display format of the display. A video interrupt circuit that combines the video signal from the converter with the video data from the random access memory; and a voice interrupt circuit that mixes the audio signal with the audio data from the random access memory, Do not use a speaker that emits the audio signal from the audio interrupt circuit. A device that joins the related database to the items being received by the television.