JPH1051336A - Information transmitter and information receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the time and labor at the time of storing related information and to perform display again as needed by adding a kind code for indicating that it is information related a common facility event or the like to the header of a content page and transmitting the information. SOLUTION: A broadcast device 1 for performing multiplex character broadcast by FM broadcast is provided with a receiver 2 for receiving and displaying character information, a transmitter (broadcast station) 3 for transmitting the information to the receiver 2 by radio and an input device 5 for inputting traffic information or the like to the transmitter 3 by a telephone line 4 or the like. In this case, the transmitter 3 adds the kind code for indicating that it is the information relating to a common facility or a common event, etc., to the header of the content page and adds a page symbol for indicating a page number for each selected item to the header of the content page when the plural content pages to which the same kind code is added are present. Then, the character information to which the kind code and the page symbol are added is transmitted to the receiver 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information transmitting apparatus for transmitting character information using radio waves such as FM teletext, and an information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying the transmitted character information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in text multiplex broadcasting using FM radio waves or the like, there is a so-called "visible radio", for example. The information transmitted from each transmitting station in the teletext broadcasting includes a plurality of programs, and each program is composed of a plurality of pages. Each page has a certain format (for example, 1
The first line of each page (each screen) is a header that displays the source of information, etc., and the second and third lines display the contents of the information. It is used as the main text.

[0003]

Incidentally, in the above-mentioned conventional information receiving apparatus, there is a case where information broadcast in one program is stored in the receiving apparatus in order to be displayed again when necessary. When storing such information, it is necessary to perform an operation of instructing storage for each page displayed on the screen, and there is a problem that it takes time and effort.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an information transmitting apparatus and an information receiving apparatus which can reduce the trouble in storing predetermined information broadcast in a program. .

[0005]

As shown in FIG. 21, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information transmitting apparatus for transmitting character information composed of a plurality of pages to an external receiving apparatus 2 using radio waves such as text multiplex broadcasting. The device 3 transmits a type code adding unit 50 that adds a type code indicating information related to a common facility, a common event, and the like to a header of each page, and transmits character information to which the type code is added. Transmission means 51
It is characterized by having.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying character information transmitted from an external transmitting apparatus using radio waves of text multiplex broadcasting, and receiving the transmitted character information. Receiving means 53, display means 54 for displaying the received character information, storage means 55 for storing the received character information, facilities common to the header of each page of the received character information, common events, etc. When there is a type code indicating that the information is related to the storage unit 55, a storage control unit 56 stores information of all pages having the same type code in the storage unit 55 based on an external storage instruction. Display control means 57 for displaying the information stored in the means 55 on the display means 54 based on a display instruction from the outside.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 20 are views for explaining an information transmitting apparatus and an information receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a broadcasting apparatus including the transmitting and receiving apparatuses, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information transmitted from the device, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of the receiving device, FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the receiving device, and FIG. FIG. 21 is a diagram for explaining, and FIGS. 6 to 20 are diagrams illustrating examples of information displayed by the receiving device.

[0008] In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a broadcasting device for performing text multiplex broadcasting by FM broadcasting.
A receiving device 2 that receives and displays character information, and a transmitting device (broadcasting station) 3 that wirelessly transmits information to the receiving device 2
And an input device 5 for inputting traffic information and the like to the transmitting device 3 via a telephone line 4 or the like.

The character information transmitted from each of the transmitting devices 3 includes, for example, a main menu page shown in FIG. 2, a pseudo menu page shown in FIG. 7, and a content page shown in FIG. (One screen) is composed of a header 8 for displaying the information source and the like and a text 9 for displaying the content of the information. It should be noted that the main menu page of FIG. Drive information ・ ・ ・ 4. It shows that it consists of programs such as news. The pseudo menu page in FIG. 7 shows that the “drive information” is composed of information such as F: special feature of this week... D: message board. Further, the content pages shown in FIG. 8 and subsequent figures have a configuration corresponding to each selection item (F, R, E, D) of the pseudo menu page.

The transmitting device 3 has the same type code as the type code adding means for adding a type code indicating information related to a common facility, a common event and the like to the header of the content page. When there are a plurality of content pages, a page symbol addition means for adding a page symbol indicating a page number for each selection item to the header of the content page, and the receiving device 2 transmits the character information to which the type code and the page symbol have been added. Transmission means for transmitting.

As shown in FIG. 3, the receiving device 2 has a display 6 as a display means for displaying received character information.
It has. The display 6 includes a header 8 and a body 9 as 3
Display units 7a to 7c for displaying lines are provided, and the display page, display position, display time, and the like on the display unit 6 can be arbitrarily changed. The receiving device 2 includes an operation function key 11, a direction key (cursor key) 12 for moving a cursor, and the like, and an operation confirmation key 1
3 and a speaker 28 for outputting an audio signal.

As shown in FIG. 4, the receiving apparatus 2 includes a receiving unit including an antenna 16 and a tuner 18 for receiving the teletext signal transmitted from the transmitting apparatus 3, and an FM based on the received signal. A demodulator 19 for demodulating the multiplexed data.

The receiving device 2 is provided with the tuner 18.
And a storage control for storing page data having the same type code for identifying the type of information content added to the received information and a page symbol indicating the page number of the information in a storage device to be described later. (Display control means, storage control means) for performing display control and the like for displaying the displayed information
20.

The CPU 20 includes an IC as a storage device.
A card 21, a ROM 23, and a RAM 24 are connected to input and output predetermined data such as page data and control program data of a program to be subjected to the storage control and display control.

In the above-mentioned storage control, when an instruction to store the received information is given by a predetermined operation of the function keys 11 to 13, all the storage units having the same type code as the type code recorded in the header of the page being displayed are used. The page information is stored in the RAM 24, for example.

The CPU 20 is connected to a voice converter 26 for converting received character information into voice signals, and the voice signals are output from a speaker 28 via an amplifier (amplifier) 27. It has become.

The header 8 of the information received by the receiving apparatus 2 includes "fm os os" as a source (broadcasting station name) of the information.
"Aka Miel Radio" has "D-INFO" as a program identification character string for identifying the contents of information, and an index code is recorded following the program identification character string. The program identification character string "D-INFO" indicates that the content of the text is "drive information".

The index code is set according to the rules shown in FIG. Specifically, when the content (attribute) of the body of the page is a program title or a notification from a broadcast station, a four-character space (“space”) is added as the index code.

When the content (attribute) of the body of the page is a submenu (pseudo menu) for the main menu, "MENU" is added as the index code.

The contents (attributes) of the body of the page
Is the information content of the program selected on the menu page, the first character (leftmost) from the left of the above-mentioned index code has an alphabetic selection item added to specify the information content on the submenu page. Will be added. In this case, alphabetic characters other than “space” and “M” are used as the selection items.

The contents (attributes) of the body of the page
Is the title of the program, "-" is related to the same object (event, facility, etc.) as the information content of the other pages. It is added to the second character from the left of the index code.
For example, the guide of the fireworks display as “this week's special feature” is F1, F2, etc. for each event venue.

The contents (attributes) of the body of the page
Is "s" when it designates automatic writing to the storage device on the receiving device side, and "space" when it does not designate writing to the storage device is 3 from the left of the above index code. It is added to the character.

The contents (attributes) of the body of the page
Is "(numeral)" indicating the number of remaining information pages when the information is a part of information over a plurality of pages, and "*" or "0" when the information is the first page. It is added to the character.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 19, the last page of the program is provided with an event page for displaying the various codes and event codes for setting facilities and the like related to the information content of the type codes in association with each other. ing.

In the body of the last page, the event code is recorded together with the alphabetical item for designating the program on the menu page. In the header of the last page, a source (broadcasting station name) of the information, a program identification character string “NaviCode” indicating that the page is an event page, and a version “00” of the event code are described. Each is recorded.

Next, the operation of the receiving apparatus 2 of the present embodiment will be described. In the receiving device 2, when the information shown in FIGS. 6 to 20 transmitted from the transmitting device 3 is received, the I
A predetermined program is read from the C card 21, the ROM 23, and the RAM 24, and information display control and storage control are performed based on the header information of the received information by a predetermined key operation or the like. Will be displayed. The character information data is converted into an audio signal by the converter 26, and is output from the speaker 28 as audio.

In the character information shown in FIG.
Since the character string for program identification is “D-INFO:” and the search code is four space characters, it is determined that the content of the text is the announcement information from the broadcast station indicating the program title of Drive Information. Is done.

In the character information shown in FIG.
Since the program identification character string is "D-INFO:" and the search code is "MENU", it is determined that the content of the text is a submenu (pseudo menu) in the program of the drive information.

In the above submenu, when "F" indicating "this week's special feature" is selected from the selection items "F, R, E, D" added to each information name, this selection item is added to the search code in the header. A page with “F” is searched from the received information, and as shown in FIG. 8, the selected “special of the week”
Is displayed.

In the character information shown in FIG.
Since the program identification character string is “D-INFO:” and the search code is “F-0”, the user has selected “F” in the submenu of Drive Information for the body text. Thus, the content such as the title page of the sub-program displayed, that is, the first page of the information for each event provided in the sub-program can be recognized. Note that automatic storage is not performed because “F-0” and the third character are blank.

In the character information shown in FIG.
Since the program identification character string is “D-INFO:” and the search code is “F1 *”, the content of the main text is the first of the sub-programs for which “F” in the drive information sub-menu is selected. Event information "Yodogawa Fireworks Festival"
Is determined to be the first page. In this case, the above “F1” is a type code indicating that the information is related to a common event.

In the character information shown in FIG. 10, since the program identification character string is “D-INFO:” and the search code is “F11” from the header 8, the content of the body is the drive information. It is determined that the number of remaining pages is 1 in the first event information of the subprogram for which “F” in the submenu is selected. In this case, the above-mentioned “F1” is a type code indicating that the information is related to a common event.

In the character information shown in FIG. 11, from the header 8, the character string for program identification is "D-INFO:" and the search code is "F10". This is the first event information of the subprogram for which “F” of the submenu is selected, and it is determined that the number of remaining pages is zero.

In the character information shown in FIG. 12, since the program identification character string is "D-INFO:" and the search code is "F2 *" from the header 8, the content of the body is the drive information. It is determined that this is the first page of the second event information of the sub-program for which “F” in the sub-menu is selected.

In the character information shown in FIG. 13, since the program identification character string is “D-INFO:” and the search code is “F22” from the header 8, the content of the body is the drive information. In the second event information of the subprogram for which “F” of the submenu is selected, it is determined that the number of remaining pages is two.

When "R" is selected in the submenu shown in FIG. 7, similarly to the above, information including the selection item "R" in the search code of the header is searched from the received information, and as shown in FIG. The information content of the selected “recommended restaurant” is displayed.

In the character information shown in FIG. 14, since the character string for program identification is "D-INFO:" and the search code is "R-0" from the header 8, the content of the body is the drive information. It is determined that this is the title page of the subprogram for which “R” of the submenu has been selected, and is the first page of information for each event provided in the subprogram.

In the character information shown in FIG. 15, the header 8 indicates that the program identification character string is "D-INFO:" and the search code is "R1 *". It is determined that this is the first page of the first event information of the subprogram for which “R” of the submenu is selected.

In the character information shown in FIG. 16, since the program identification character string is "D-INFO:" and the search code is "R11" from the header 8, the content of the body is the drive information. This is the first event information of the sub-program for which “R” of the sub-menu is selected, and it is determined that the number of remaining pages is one.

In the character information shown in FIG. 17, since the program identification character string is “D-INFO:” and the search code is “R10” from the header 8, the contents of the body are This is the first event information of the subprogram for which “R” of the submenu is selected, and it is determined that the number of remaining pages is 0. In this case, the above “R1” is a type code indicating that the information is related to a common facility.

In the character information shown in FIG. 18, since the character string for program identification is “D-INFO:” and the search code is “R2 *” from the header 8, the content of the text is It is determined that this is the first page of the second event information of the sub-program for which “R” of the sub-menu is selected.

In the character information shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, since the character string for program identification is "NaviCode" from the header 8, the content of the text describes a specific code for specifying a facility or the like related to the information content. This is the last page of the current program, and it is determined that the version is “00”.

Here, when any one of the pages showing the date and time and place of the “Yodogawa Fireworks Festival” shown in FIG. 9 is displayed, the display information is displayed by a predetermined operation of the switches 11 to 13. When the storage instruction to the RAM 24 is performed, the information of all pages in FIGS. 9 to 11 having the same type code “F1” as the information shown in FIG.
4 is written.

When any page information indicating the date and time and place of the “Kobe Port Pierland Fireworks Display” shown in FIG. The information of all the pages in FIGS. 12 to 13 having the type code of "" is written into the RAM 24.

When the storage instruction operation is performed in the same manner as described above while the page of FIG. 15 is displayed as the recommended restaurant information, the page data of FIG. 15 to FIG. The data is written to the RAM 24.

Next, when a predetermined operation of the switches 11 to 13 is performed, for example, an operation of calling the information of “Yodogawa fireworks display” written in the RAM 24 is performed.
The data shown in FIG. 11 is scroll-displayed by operating the cursor key 12.

Similarly, when the information of “Kobe Port Pierland Fireworks Display” and “Buddha Cuisine: Furance Kitchen” is called, the data shown in FIGS. 12 to 13 and FIGS. Is done.

As described above, the information is transmitted with the type code indicating that the information is related to the common event and the common facility, and when the storage of the display information is instructed, the type codes are the same. Since the information of all the pages is stored in a lump, it is possible to reduce the trouble of the operation for storing the necessary information. Further, since the information of all pages of the same type code is read out from the storage device and is scroll-displayed, it is possible to easily display the related information relating to the same facility and event.

In the above embodiment, information on common events and facilities is collectively stored by one storage instruction. However, the type of information when collectively storing information is limited to common facilities and events. It is needless to say that it is not set but is set appropriately.

[0050]

As described above, in the information transmitting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the information is transmitted by adding the type code indicating the information related to the common facility event or the like to the header of the content page. However, in the information receiving apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, when a type code is present in the received character information, information having the same type code is collectively stored according to a storage instruction. There is an effect that it is possible to reduce the time and effort required for storage and to display the image again as needed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a broadcasting device including an information transmitting device and an information receiving device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of information transmitted from the transmission device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the receiving device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the receiving device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of information displayed on the receiving device.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the configuration of the claims of the present invention.

[Description of Signs] 2 Information receiving device 3 Information transmitting device 50 Type code adding means 51 Transmitting means 53 Receiving means 54 Display means 55 Storage means 56 Storage control means 57 Display control means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information transmitting apparatus for transmitting character information composed of a plurality of pages to an external receiving apparatus using radio waves such as teletext broadcasting, wherein a header of each page relates to a common facility, a common event, and the like. An information transmitting apparatus, comprising: a type code adding unit that adds a type code indicating information; and a transmitting unit that transmits character information to which the type code is added. 2. An information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying character information transmitted from an external transmitting apparatus by using radio waves of teletext broadcasting, a receiving means for receiving the transmitted character information, Display means for displaying character information;
When there is a storage means for storing the received character information and a type code indicating information related to a common facility, a common event, or the like in the header of each page of the received character information, an external Storage control means for storing information of all pages having the same type code based on the storage instruction in the storage means, and displaying the information stored in the storage means on the display means based on an external display instruction An information receiving device comprising: a display control unit.