JPH11133941A - Information receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information receiver which reduces the load of a user for receiving a specific kind of information. SOLUTION: This device 2 is so constituted as to receive and display character information transmitted from an external information transmitter 3 using radio wave of character multiplex broadcasting. In this case, it is provided with a receiver means 50 which receives the transmitted information, a display means 51 for displaying the received information, an information type specifying means 52 which specifies the types of the information received by the receiver means 50, a memory means 53 which memorizes a information transmitter list such as the name of the information transmitter 3, a receivable area, frequency, the types of the broadcasting information, and a receiver control means 54 which detects an information transmitter which can receive the specified types of information (specific information) at present and lets the receiver means 50 receive the specific information from the detected information transmitter, and display it on the display means 51.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information receiving apparatus for receiving character information transmitted from an external information transmitting apparatus by using radio waves of teletext broadcasting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in text multiplex broadcasting using FM radio waves or the like, information transmitted from an information transmitting apparatus is defined as one screen composed of a fixed format (for example, three lines of 15 characters per line). A plurality of pages constitute one program, and the programs include traffic information, weather information, program information, and the like.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional receiving apparatus, when a specific program required by the user such as traffic information is received, a predetermined operation is performed to broadcast the broadcast from a currently receivable broadcasting station. If there is a program that corresponds to the menu, select it.If not, receive the broadcast from another broadcast station and select the desired program from the menu.
It is necessary to repeat until a desired program is received, which is troublesome and burdens the user.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide an information receiving apparatus capable of reducing a user's burden for receiving a specific type of information.

[0005]

As shown in FIG. 5, the invention according to claim 1 receives and displays character information transmitted from an external information transmitting device 3 using a radio wave of a text multiplex broadcast. In the information receiving apparatus 2, receiving means 50 for receiving the transmitted information, display means 51 for displaying the received information, and information type specifying means for specifying the type of information received by the receiving means 50 52, a storage unit 53 for storing a list of the information transmitting apparatuses 3 transmitting the specific information specified by the information type specifying unit 52, and an information transmitting apparatus currently transmitting the specific information to the storage unit 5
And receiving control means 54 for causing the receiving means 50 to receive the specific information from the detected information transmitting apparatus and to display the information on the display means 51 It is characterized by.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the updating of updating the contents of the information transmitting device list in the storage means 53 based on the presence or absence of the specific information in the information received by the receiving means 50. It is characterized by having means 55.

[0007]

According to the information receiving apparatus of the first aspect, the information broadcasting apparatus which is currently transmitting the specific information of the type specified by the information type specifying means 52 transmits the specific information. The specific information from the storage unit 53 that stores the list is detected, and the specific information from the detected information transmitting device is received by the reception unit 50 by the reception control unit 54 and displayed on the display unit 51.

As described above, when the user selects a specific type of information, the information transmitting apparatus capable of receiving the specific information is automatically detected and received. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the trouble of sequentially selecting a broadcasting station and selecting specific information from a received menu.

According to the information receiving apparatus 2 of the second aspect, the contents of the storage means 53 are updated by the updating means 55 based on the information received by the receiving means 50.

Thus, the contents of the storage means 53 are
Based on the content of the program at the time of receiving the broadcast by manual tuning or the like, the information transmission device in which the specific information exists is updated, for example, by adding it to the list. There is an effect that it is possible to easily cope with the change of.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 4 are diagrams for explaining an information receiving apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a teletext broadcasting apparatus including the receiving apparatus, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a specific example of the receiving apparatus. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of the receiving device, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the receiving device.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a broadcasting device for performing text multiplex broadcasting by FM broadcasting.
The vehicle includes an information receiving device 2 mounted on a vehicle for receiving and displaying character information, and an information transmitting device 3 for wirelessly transmitting predetermined character information to the receiving device 2.

The receiving apparatus 2 specifically includes a teletext-only receiving apparatus 2 shown in FIG. 2, and the receiving apparatus 2 includes a display 6 functioning as a display unit for displaying received text information. ing.

The display 6 has display units 6a to 6c for displaying the character information in three lines, and the display position, display time, and the like of the character information on the display 6 can be arbitrarily changed. I have.

The receiving apparatus 2 includes operation function keys (preset switches) F1 to F4 (representative code 11) in which predetermined program names and the like are registered, and direction keys (cursor keys) for moving a cursor and the like. 12, a function switch 7 for performing registration to the preset switch 11, etc., a power switch 4, and a volume switch 5.
And

The character information transmitted from the transmission device 3 and displayed on the display unit 6 has a format shown in FIG. 3, and displays a header 8 indicating a source of the information and the contents of the information. One screen composed of the text 9 is defined as one page,
One program is composed of a plurality of pages.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the receiving apparatus 2 includes a teletext receiving unit 15 for receiving a teletext signal as a receiving means for receiving information transmitted from an external information transmitting apparatus (broadcasting station). Communication unit 1 for receiving broadcasts by voice and voice
And a control unit 19 for controlling the reception of the teletext receiving unit 15 and the communication unit 17 and controlling the display of the received information on the display (display unit) 6. ing.

The control unit 19 transmits the received character information and control program, as well as information transmission such as broadcast station list data in which the name of the transmission device, the receivable area, the frequency, and the type of information to be broadcast are recorded. The device list is stored,
Storage unit 22 as storage means for performing input and output
And an operation unit 16 including the above operation keys, and an audio output unit 20 that outputs received information by an audio signal.

The control section 19 has a function as an information type specifying means for specifying the type of received information (for example, traffic information, weather information, etc.) in accordance with the operation of the operation section 16 by the user. The information transmitting apparatus which is transmitting the specified information of the detected type is detected from the list data stored in the storage unit 22, and the specific information from the detected information transmitting apparatus is received by the receiving unit 15, the communication unit. A function as reception control means for causing the display unit 17 to receive and display on the display unit 6
It has a function as updating means for updating the contents of the list data in the storage unit 22 based on the information received by the receiving unit 15 and the communication unit 17.

The control unit 19 includes a position detecting unit 18 such as a GPS for detecting the position of the vehicle to which the receiving device 2 is attached, a vehicle speed detecting unit 21 such as a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a traveling speed, and the like. A local database unit 23 in which road map data and the like used for the GPS are recorded is connected.

In the receiving apparatus 2 of the embodiment, for example, when the F1 key in which "traffic information" is registered as the specific information (specific program) is operated, the traffic information is currently being broadcast and received at the current position. The possible broadcasting stations are the storage unit 2
2 is tuned to the frequency of the detected broadcast station, and the received teletext is displayed on the display 6 and output from the audio output unit 20 as sound.

When the F1 key is operated and there is a traffic information program in the broadcast being received, the traffic information program is displayed on the display 6 and is output as voice by the voice output unit 20. .

Also, for example, "traffic information" is input to the F1 key.
However, when "weather information" is registered in the F2 key and the registered program is present in a broadcast whose frequency is manually tuned by the user, the name of the received broadcasting station and the frequency are set based on the program type. When recorded in the broadcast station list data and the received broadcast station name already exists in the list data, the frequency and program type data are updated to the latest contents.

As described above, when the specific program desired by the user is operated by operating the key in which the specific program is registered, the broadcast station broadcasting the specific program is designated by the name of the broadcast station. Since the reception area, the frequency, and the program type are detected and received from the list data, the time and effort required to receive the information required by the user can be reduced. Further, since the content of the broadcast station list data is updated according to the received broadcast, it is possible to reliably detect and receive a broadcast station that has newly started transmitting the specific program.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a text multiplex broadcasting device including an information receiving device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a specific example of the receiving device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of character information transmitted by the broadcasting device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of the receiving device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the claims of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 information receiving device 3 information transmitting device 50 receiving means 51 display means 52 information type specifying means 53 storage means 54 reception control means 55 updating means

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information receiving apparatus for receiving and displaying character information transmitted from an external information transmitting apparatus by using radio waves of teletext broadcasting, a receiving means for receiving the transmitted information, Display means for displaying the obtained information;
An information type identification unit that identifies the type of information received by the reception unit; a storage unit that stores a list of the information transmission devices that transmits the identification information identified by the information type identification unit; Receiving the information transmitting device that is currently transmitting from the information transmitting device list stored in the storage device, causing the receiving device to receive the specific information from the detected information transmitting device, and displaying the specific information on the display device; An information receiving apparatus comprising: a control unit. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an updating unit that updates the content of the information transmitting device list in the storage unit based on the presence or absence of the specific information in the information received by the receiving unit. Information receiving device.