JP2005340971A - Digital broadcast receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology capable of viewing and listening to a speech carried out via a digital broadcast receiver. <P>SOLUTION: The digital broadcast receiver 1 includes: a telephone transmission/reception section 41; a character conversion section 43; a management database (DB) 48; and an output section 49. The telephone transmission/reception section 41 transceives telephone voice via a telephone line 2. A voice recording reproducing section 47 records the telephone voice received from the telephone transmission/reception section 41. A character conversion section 43 converts the voice recorded by the voice recording reproducing section 47 into characters and stores the characters to the management DB 48. The output section 49 outputs a video signal for applying OSD to the characters or the like stored in the management DB 48. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a digital broadcast receiving apparatus having a communication function via a telephone line.

Conventionally, various techniques for utilizing a modem function of a broadcast receiver have been developed. For example, in Patent Document 1, when a call is received, the other party's call voice is output to the amplifier 114 via the modem 107 or the like, and the message and the telephone usage fee are charged / free on the screen. A broadcast receiver to be displayed on is disclosed. In Patent Document 2, a program priority table for registering each program priority and a personal information table for registering the telephone number and name analyzed and transmitted by the telephone function unit 106 together with the caller priority are prepared. A digital broadcast receiving apparatus that performs telephone reception and program recording control by comparing the priority of a caller in the personal information table with the priority of a program in the program priority table when a telephone call is received while watching a program. It is disclosed. Patent Document 3 discloses a technique for transmitting video and audio data via a modem 11 of an IRD device and a communication network 14 to realize a videophone function.
JP 2001-285738 A, paragraph numbers 0029 to 0043, FIG. JP-A-2001-339648, paragraph numbers 0023 to 0033, FIGS. JP 2002-44273 A

  However, in the above technology, although the telephone receiver can make a call, make a recording reservation, etc. using the incoming call to the modem built in the broadcast receiver, the contents of the call cannot be visually observed with a television receiver or the like. Can not. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to visually check a telephone call made via a digital broadcast receiver.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a call receiving unit that receives call voice over a telephone line, a recording unit that records the call voice, a conversion unit that converts the recorded call voice into characters, and the characters An OSD circuit that outputs a video signal for OSD display, a character message input unit that accepts input of a character message, and a modem that transmits data of the character message to the caller voice source via the telephone line; A digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

  According to the present invention, the recorded call contents can be confirmed by characters on the OSD display. That is, the recorded content can be confirmed on the TV screen, which is convenient because it saves the trouble of playing the recorded content one by one. In addition, since this character is displayed in OSD, it can be viewed while viewing a broadcast program. In addition, you can send a text message to the sender who left the recording, saving you the trouble of making a call again.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a call receiving unit that receives call voice over a telephone line, a conversion unit that converts the call voice into characters, and an output unit that outputs a video signal for displaying the characters. A digital broadcast receiving device comprising:

In this invention, the call voice received by the call receiving unit is converted into characters by the conversion unit, and the output unit outputs a video signal for displaying the characters on a video display device such as a television receiver. Here, the call receiving unit can be configured by, for example, a known cordless telephone master unit. The conversion unit is, for example, known voice recognition software. The output unit is, for example, a known OSD (On Screen Display) circuit. According to the present invention, the user of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus can confirm the content of a call with characters through a television receiver or the like.

  A third aspect of the present invention is the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the second aspect, wherein the output unit is an OSD circuit that outputs a video signal for OSD display of the characters.

  According to the present invention, the output unit can be easily configured using the OSD circuit, and the contents of the call can be confirmed on the OSD display while viewing the broadcast program.

  The invention according to claim 4 further includes a character message input unit that receives input of a character message, and a transmission unit that transmits the data of the character message to a caller of the call voice via the telephone line. 4. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the digital broadcast receiving apparatus is a digital broadcast receiving apparatus.

  The transmission unit can be configured by a modem built in the digital broadcast receiver, for example. According to the present invention, a text message can be transmitted to the other party who made the call. In particular, a text message can also be sent to the other party who left the message when the user is absent.

  A fifth aspect of the present invention is the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the fourth aspect, wherein the transmitter is a modem.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily configure a transmission unit using a modem that transmits program viewing history information and the like necessary for pay-per-view (PPV) processing on the broadcasting station side.

  A sixth aspect of the present invention is the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to any one of the second to fifth aspects, further comprising a recording unit that records the call voice.

  According to the present invention, the contents of a call can be recorded by the digital broadcast receiving apparatus, and can be utilized as a so-called answering machine for recording a message when the user is absent. You may make it output the audio | voice signal of the recorded telephone call voice to a television receiver or various audio equipment.

  A seventh aspect of the present invention is the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the sixth aspect, wherein the conversion unit converts the recorded call voice into characters.

  According to the present invention, since the recorded voice is converted into text, the recorded message content can be viewed on a television receiver or the like.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising an audio output unit for outputting an audio signal of the recorded call voice.

  According to the present invention, the recorded voice can be heard by a television receiver or various audio devices. The OSD display in which the recorded voice is converted into text and the output of the recorded voice may be performed simultaneously so that the text and the voice can be viewed simultaneously.

  The invention according to claim 9 further comprises a control setting receiving unit for receiving control settings relating to the digital broadcast receiving device from communication via the telephone line. It is a receiving device.

  Control settings related to digital broadcast receivers are connected to digital broadcast receivers in addition to control and settings related to digital broadcast receiver operations and functions such as channel selection, power on / off of receivers and power on / off time settings. This includes control and setting related to operations and functions of various devices operating in connection with the digital broadcast receiving device, such as recording start of a recording / reproducing device such as a DVD recorder. According to the present invention, it is possible to perform control and setting related to the operation / function of a digital broadcast receiving apparatus or the like through a telephone line.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, the control setting accepting unit accepts a setting as to whether or not the recording unit records the call voice from communication via the telephone line, and the control setting accepting unit receives the call. 10. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the recording unit records the call voice when a setting for recording voice is received.

  According to the present invention, for example, a ringing sound is transmitted a predetermined number of times from an external public telephone or the like to the digital broadcast receiving apparatus, or a specific word ( For example, the recording unit can be set to record the contents of the call by uttering "answering setting" or pressing a predetermined push button. Since the contents of the call are recorded only when the setting for recording is accepted, recording can be performed as necessary.

  According to the present invention, the call voice received by the digital broadcast receiving device is converted into characters and output to a video display device such as a television receiver. Therefore, the user of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus can confirm the contents of the call with characters through a television receiver or the like.

<First Embodiment>
(1) Schematic Configuration FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a digital broadcast receiving apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus 1 includes a tuner 11, a demodulation unit and error correction unit (FEC) 12, a descrambler 13, a demultiplexer (DEMUX) 14, an audio decoder 15, a video decoder 16, a signal conversion circuit 17, and a control unit 18. I have. The tuner 11 receives a broadcast signal sent from a broadcast station (not shown) from the antenna 10. The demodulator and the FEC 12 perform demodulation of received signals and error correction processing. The DEMUX 14 separates and extracts each data from a broadcast signal in which audio data, video data, program information, and the like are multiplexed. The descrambler 13 cancels the scramble signal for preventing unauthorized viewing added to the demodulated broadcast signal. The audio decoder 15 decodes the digitally compressed audio data into an analog signal and outputs it to a recording / reproducing apparatus 5 such as a DVD recorder, a hard disk video recorder, or a VCR, and various audio devices. The video decoder 16 expands the digitally compressed video data and decodes it into RGB signals. The signal conversion circuit 17 down-converts the RGB signal into a composite video signal, for example, and outputs it to the recording / reproducing apparatus 5, a television receiver, or the like. The control unit 18 sets a channel frequency in the tuner 11 based on a channel selection operation from the operation unit 3 such as a remote controller. The control unit 18 can be configured by a microcomputer or the like.

  The digital broadcast receiving apparatus 1 further includes a telephone communication unit 4. The telephone communication unit 4 includes a telephone transmission / reception unit 41, a detection unit 42, a character conversion unit 43, a data transmission unit 44, a character message transmission unit 45, a voice recording / reproduction unit 47, a management database (DB) 48, and an output unit 49. Note that the telephone transmission / reception unit 41, the detection unit 42, the character conversion unit 43, the data transmission unit 44, the character message transmission unit 45, the voice recording / playback unit 47, the management database (DB) 48, and the output unit 49 of the telephone communication unit 4 are respectively provided. It is connected to the control unit 18 and is operable based on the control of the control unit 18.

The telephone transmission / reception unit 41 has a function of transmitting / receiving telephone voice via the telephone line 2 and can be configured by a base unit of an existing cordless telephone, for example. In this way, the receiving device 1 can be provided with a telephone function by attaching a slave unit to the receiving device 1. The detection unit 42 detects a predetermined vocabulary, word, clause, sentence or push tone from the received telephone voice. The predetermined vocabulary or the like to be detected or the waveform of the audio signal indicating the push tone is stored in the management DB 48 and is referred to by the detection unit 42. The character conversion unit 43 converts the voice stored in the voice recording / playback unit 47 into a character and stores it in the management DB 48. The detection unit 42 and the character conversion unit 43 can be realized by existing voice recognition software or the like. The character message transmission unit 45 receives an input of a character message by an operation of the operation unit 3 or the like, and transmits it to a predetermined transmission destination. This transmission destination is an e-mail address in this embodiment, but is not limited to this as long as it is a destination to which character data can be transmitted. The data transmission unit 44 transmits character data transmitted by the character message transmission unit 45 to the telephone line 2 and transmits program viewing history information necessary for pay per view (PPV) processing on the broadcasting station side. The data transmission unit 44 can be configured by a modem built in, for example, an existing set top box. The data transmission unit 44 may be further configured to transmit and receive fax communication data. The management DB 48 is composed of a storage medium such as a memory or a hard disk, and stores input text messages, program viewing history information, and the like. The voice recording / reproducing unit 47 records the telephone voice received from the telephone transmitting / receiving unit 41. This setting for recording (hereinafter referred to as answering machine setting) can be performed by operating the operation unit 3 or the like. The audio recording / reproducing unit 47 outputs an audio signal of the recorded audio to the recording / reproducing apparatus 5 connected to the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 1, a television (not shown) or the like and reproduces it with a speaker or the like. The voice recording / reproducing unit 47 can be configured using an existing answering machine function or the like. The output unit 49 outputs to the signal conversion circuit 17 video signals for displaying a list of incoming histories to the telephone transmission / reception unit 41 stored in the management DB 48. The output unit 49 can be configured by, for example, a known OSD circuit.

  The configuration of the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 1 is an example, and may have other functions, for example, a function of creating electronic program guide data from program information separated from the DEMUX 14. Alternatively, the digital broadcast receiving apparatus 1 may incorporate the recording / reproducing apparatus 5.

(2) Functional configuration (2-1) Management DB
Next, information stored in the management DB 48 will be described in detail. 2, the management DB 48 includes a message management information storage unit 401, a message transmission management information storage unit 402, and a remote control information storage unit 403. The message management information storage unit 401, message transmission management information The storage unit 402 and the remote control information storage unit 403 store message management information, message transmission management information, and remote control information, respectively.

  FIG. 3 conceptually shows the contents of the message management information. In the message management information, when there is an incoming call to the telephone transmission / reception unit 41, a “caller number” indicating the telephone number of the caller (calling side), an “incoming call date” indicating the date and time of the incoming call, and after the incoming call "Message contents" in which the character conversion unit 43 converts the call contents into characters. When the data transmission unit 44 can receive fax communication data as described above, the character conversion unit 43 may convert this data into characters and store them in the “message content”.

  FIG. 4 conceptually shows the contents of the message transmission management information. The message transmission management information associates a caller number with an e-mail address held by a person who makes a call with the caller number (hereinafter referred to as a caller). Hereinafter, for simplicity of explanation, it is assumed that the caller can be uniquely identified by the caller number in the management DB 48, and both are treated as the same.

  FIG. 5 conceptually shows the contents of the remote control information. The remote control information includes a “control operation” indicating the number of calls, tone operation, and utterance for controlling the receiving apparatus 1 during an incoming call or a call after the incoming call, and the control unit 18 according to the content of the “control operation”. Is associated with “control content” indicating the content of control to be performed. Here, for simplicity of explanation, the contents of the “control operation” include “15 times” the number of ringing sounds, the number button of the telephone pressed by the caller “# 1”, etc. The contents of the caller's utterance are indicated by “explanation”, but in reality the push tone corresponding to the numeric buttons and the waveform of the voice signal corresponding to the ringing tone / utterance are stored in the “control operation” of the remote control information. The detection unit 42 refers to this. The remote control information may include a password for identifying the caller.

(2-2) Display Unit Next, the function of the output unit 49 will be described. Based on the message management information stored in the management DB 48, the output unit 49 outputs a video signal for OSD display of the incoming call list screen as shown in FIG. The incoming call list screen displays message management information indicating a history of incoming calls to the telephone transmission / reception unit 41 as a list. On the incoming call list screen, it is possible to specify a caller to whom a text message is to be sent. Referring to FIG. 6, the list 101 displays a list of past incoming histories based on the message management information (FIG. 3). On the left side of the list 101, an arrow-shaped cursor 100 is displayed. The cursor 100 can be moved to the side of the list 101 or the buttons 102a and 102b by the operation of the operation unit 3, whereby the sender and the button 102 as the transmission destination can be designated. Here, a caller identified by a caller number “06-1555-4000” is designated, and this designation is represented by a mark 103. After the caller is designated, when the cursor 100 is further moved and the button 102a is selected, a reply message creation screen (see FIG. 7) described later is displayed. When the button 102b is selected by the cursor 100 after the caller is designated, the utterance content of the caller designated by the control of the control unit 18 is reproduced from the voice recording / reproducing unit 47 as an audio signal. If a list of incoming histories is displayed as shown in FIG. 6, the contents of the message can be confirmed by looking at the characters especially when the number of incoming calls is large, so it is convenient to save the trouble of reproducing the recorded contents one by one. Further, since this list is an OSD display, it is possible to view the list while viewing the broadcast program.

(2-3) Character Message Transmitter Next, the function of the character message transmitter 45 will be described. The character message transmission unit 45 displays a reply message creation screen shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 7, an e-mail address 106 as a transmission destination is automatically displayed on the reply message creation screen. This e-mail address 106 corresponds to the caller designated on the incoming call list screen (FIG. 6), and is stored in the message transmission management information (FIG. 4) as described above. Here, the e-mail address 106 “abc@xxx.com” corresponding to the caller number “06-1555-4000” is displayed. The text message to be transmitted can be input to the input field 104 by operating the operation unit 3. After the character input is completed, when the cursor 100 is moved by the operation unit 3 and the button 102c is selected, the character message transmission unit 45 sends the input character message to the transmission destination specified by the e-mail address 106. And via the telephone line 2. For the convenience of creating a text message, the message content of the caller designated on the incoming call list screen may be displayed in the input field 104 or other part of the reply message creation screen. If button 102d is selected, the input of the text message is canceled and the screen returns to the incoming call list screen.

(2-4) Control Unit The control unit 18 performs incoming call processing for controlling the recording / playback device 5, the tuner 11, the voice recording / playback unit 47, etc., according to the number of calls, push tone or utterance content detected by the detection unit 42. Do. Hereinafter, the flow of the incoming call process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  Step (hereinafter, S) 1: The control unit 18 determines whether or not there is an incoming call to the telephone transmission / reception unit 41. If there is an incoming call, the process proceeds to S2, and if there is no incoming call, the incoming call is waited.

  S2: The control unit 18 determines whether or not the detection unit 42 has detected the control content from the incoming call based on the remote control information (FIG. 5). When it detects, it transfers to S5, and when it does not detect, it transfers to S3.

  S3: The control unit 18 determines whether the voice recording / reproducing unit 47 has been set to record messages. If it is set, the process proceeds to S4. If it is not set, the process returns to S1.

  S4: The control unit 18 controls the voice recording / reproducing unit 47 to record the contents of the call, and returns to S1. This recording is performed until the call is finished.

S5: Based on the detected operation control content, the control unit 18 performs the recording / reproducing apparatus 5, the tuner 1
1. Control the audio recording / reproducing unit 47 and the like. For example, referring to the remote control information in FIG. 5, when the detection unit 42 detects the control operation “15 times” indicating that the call has been continued 15 times, the control unit 18 sets the control content “recording start” , The recording / reproducing apparatus 5 is controlled so as to start recording of the channel currently received by the tuner 11. Alternatively, when the detection unit 42 detects the control operation “# 1” indicating that the numeric button 1 of the telephone (not shown) has been pressed, the control unit 18 performs voice recording based on the corresponding control content “answering record setting”. An answering machine is set in the playback unit 5. Alternatively, when the detection unit 42 detects that the call content includes the voice “change”, the control unit 18 sends the tuner 10 to the tuner 10 in ascending order, descending order, or the like based on the corresponding control content “channel change”. Change the receiving channel. Note that the remote control information shown in FIG. 5 and the control based on the remote control information are examples, and other control operations and control contents may be included. For example, when a voice “Power off” is included in the content of the call as the control operation, the control unit 18 may turn off the power of the receiving device 1 accordingly.

(3) Features of Broadcast Receiving Device According to this Embodiment The character conversion unit 43 converts the voice recorded in the voice recording / playback unit 47 into characters and stores them in the management DB 48, and the stored characters are displayed in OSD. Since it can be referred to on the incoming call list screen (FIG. 6), the recorded message can be viewed as characters simultaneously with the broadcast program viewing on the TV screen. Further, since the sender can be specified on the incoming call list screen by the text message transmitter 45 and the text message can be transmitted to the e-mail address of the sender, the recorded message can be answered with the text message. In addition, the absence recording setting of the voice recording / reproducing unit 47, the channel change of the tuner 11, and the recording start of the recording / reproducing apparatus 5 can be controlled by the number of calls at the time of the incoming call, the content of the utterance of the call, and the push tone. That is, the receiving device 1 can be remotely operated by telephone. In addition, since the voice recording / reproducing unit 47 outputs the recorded voice to a television or the like connected to the receiving device 1, the message can be heard on the television or the like. Furthermore, since the receiving apparatus 1 has the telephone transmitting / receiving unit 41 having a telephone function, the telephone can be used without distributing the telephone line 2 to telephones separate from the receiving apparatus 1, and the labor of wiring can be saved.

<Other embodiments>
Instead of the text message input on the reply message creation screen of FIG. 7, this text message may be converted into a call voice signal and transmitted from the telephone transmission / reception unit 41. Alternatively, the text message may be converted into fax transmission data and transmitted from the data transmission unit 44. Alternatively, a voice signal may be input to the character conversion unit 43 from a cordless telephone cordlessly connected to the telephone transmission / reception unit 41, and the character message transmission unit 45 may transmit the converted voice signal to characters. .

The block block diagram of the digital broadcast receiver which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. The conceptual explanatory drawing of the information memorize | stored in management DB. The conceptual explanatory drawing of message management information. The conceptual explanatory drawing of message transmission management information. The conceptual explanatory view of remote control information. Display example of the incoming call list screen. Display example of reply message creation screen. The flowchart which shows the flow of a process at the time of an incoming call.

Explanation of symbols

41: Telephone transmission / reception unit 43: Character conversion unit 44: Data transmission unit 45: Character message transmission unit 48: Management DB
49: Output section

Claims (10)

A call receiver that receives call voice over a telephone line;
A recording unit for recording the call voice;
A conversion unit for converting the recorded call voice into characters;
An OSD circuit that outputs a video signal for OSD display of the character;
A character message input unit that accepts input of a character message;
A modem that transmits the data of the text message to the call voice source via the telephone line;
A digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising: A call receiver that receives call voice over a telephone line;
A conversion unit for converting the call voice into characters;
An output unit for outputting a video signal for displaying the character;
A digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:   3. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the output unit is an OSD circuit that outputs a video signal for OSD display of the characters. A character message input unit that accepts input of a character message;
A transmission unit for transmitting the data of the text message to the call voice source via the telephone line;
The digital broadcast receiver according to claim 2, further comprising:   5. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the transmission unit is a modem.   The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a recording unit that records the call voice.   7. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the conversion unit converts the recorded call voice into characters.   8. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a voice output unit that outputs a voice signal of the recorded call voice.   The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a control setting receiving unit that receives control settings related to the digital broadcast receiving apparatus from communication via the telephone line. The control setting accepting unit accepts a setting as to whether or not the recording unit records the call voice from communication via the telephone line;
10. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein when the control setting receiving unit receives a setting for recording the call voice, the recording unit records the call voice.

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