JP4329907B2 - Television receiver character information input / output system and apartment house with the system installed - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a character information input / output system for a television receiver and an apartment house in which the system is installed.

  For example, in the case of rental apartments and rental apartments, it is becoming increasingly difficult to secure tenants under the current economic situation.

  If the vacancy rate increases, it affects rental management.For example, in the case of a method in which an apartment or condominium is built and sold as a whole, and the rental apartment or condominium is rented from the buyer in a lump, the rental management deteriorates. It also affects the sale of buildings.

  Therefore, it is necessary to increase the number of residents by differentiating rental properties.

  In the past, the differentiation of rental properties has been dealt with in the direction of deluxe buildings and wider spaces.

  However, this is costly and difficult to implement in some regions, which does not match the current economic situation.

  According to the applicant's survey, renters, especially young people, watch rental videos and movie broadcasts on television receivers during their leisure time, and use Internet communications at high rates.

  For example, in the case of television shopping, in order to input character information to a television receiver using a remote controller, it has been conventionally performed as follows. First, a character input button is pressed to display a software keyboard on the screen, a mouse is moved by a mouse operation button to select a character, and then a determination button is pressed to determine and display. At that time, the software keyboard cannot be used to input characters intuitively, the difference in operation feeling is caused by the combination of the software keyboard and the remote control, and the input of characters is often Romaji input. It is a difficult task to input such an operation for each character.

  This is because the standard of a digital receiving terminal called a set-top box (STB) that transmits input information to a television receiver has not yet been unified, and functions and performances are various. As for operability, the relationship between the screen design user interface and the remote controller is very important. Especially, character input is the most difficult to operate because the keyboard is not standard.

  Therefore, in the present invention, using a mobile phone that has exploded explosively and is easily operated by a large number of people, it is possible to quickly input character information to a television receiver, which has conventionally required a great deal of time and effort. The purpose is to be simple.

To achieve the above object, a character information input / output system for a television receiver according to the present invention is a system for inputting / outputting character information for a television receiver, comprising a character information registration circuit and a character information call circuit,
Character information registration circuit includes a cellular phone for inputting text information, and temporarily stores the mobile phone server connected via a communication network to the mobile phone, the character information is connected to the mobile phone server registration It consists of a database for temporary storage of information ,
Character information call circuit includes a television receiver, a digital receiver terminal for transmitting the received information to the television receiver, and a remote controller for the receive operation for the television receiver, the communication to the digital reception terminal A receiving terminal server connected via a network , and a registration information storage database connected to the receiving terminal server;
The receiving terminal server is connected to the registration information temporary storage database and stores the character information when the temporarily stored character information is transmitted.
When a screen operation is performed on the television receiver by the remote controller, the character information calling circuit is activated simultaneously with the screen operation, and the character information stored in the registration information storage database is displayed on the screen of the television receiver. It is characterized by being displayed above .
The character information input / output system for a television receiver according to claim 1 is characterized in that the mobile phone and the mobile phone server are connected via a gateway device of the mobile phone.
The character information input / output system for a television receiver according to claim 1 is characterized in that the mobile phone includes a plurality of mobile phones.
Furthermore, in the character information input / output system for a television receiver according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , the remote controller individually corresponds to the television receiver.
Moreover , the apartment house according to the present invention is a apartment house in which a plurality of rooms are gathered, and a television receiver is installed in each room of the apartment house,
Connected through the said television receiver, a digital receiver terminal for transmitting the received information to the television receiver, and a remote controller for the receive operation for the television receiver, the communication network to the digital reception terminal a server for receiving a terminal which is, provided with a text information call circuit comprising a registration information storage database that will be connected to the server for the receiving terminal,
A mobile phone for inputting character information; a mobile phone server connected to the mobile phone via a communication network; a registration information temporary storage database connected to the mobile phone server and temporarily storing the character information; A character information registration circuit consisting of
The receiving terminal server is connected to the registration information temporary storage database and stores the character information when the temporarily stored character information is transmitted.
When a screen operation is performed on the television receiver by the remote controller, the character information calling circuit is activated simultaneously with the screen operation, and the character information stored in the registration information storage database is displayed on the screen of the television receiver. It is characterized by being displayed above .
Further, in the apartment house according to claim 5 , the mobile phone and the mobile phone server are connected via a gateway device of the mobile phone.
Further, in the apartment house according to claim 5 , the mobile phone includes a plurality of mobile phones.
Further, in the apartment house according to any one of claims 5 to 7 , the remote controller individually corresponds to the television receiver.

  According to the present invention, information (registration information) to be registered in advance such as address and name is registered in the character information registration circuit using a mobile phone. When the user performs a reception operation of the television receiver by the remote controller, the character information calling circuit is activated and the registration information is displayed on the screen of the television receiver. Therefore, the user feels that character information is directly input to the television receiver by the remote controller. This is called “apparent input effect”.

  As described above, according to the present invention, by dividing the character input into the input on the back side of registration by the character information registration circuit and the input on the front side of calling registration information by the character information calling circuit, the above-mentioned “apparent input effect” Is generated. Thus, the user can input characters intuitively with a mobile phone that is familiar to the user, regardless of the function of the remote controller attached to the television receiver. Also, since frequently used characters are stored in the registration information, it can be called with a single touch on the remote controller. Therefore, according to the present invention, a series of character input operations can be performed without stress, and the character input operations can be performed quickly and easily without any sense of incongruity with the operational feeling of the television receiver.

  Next, the character information input / output system for a television receiver according to the present invention and the apartment house in which the system is installed will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings showing embodiments. For convenience, portions having the same function are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  The character information registration circuit 1 includes a mobile phone 3, a mobile phone server 5, and an Internet line 7 connecting the two. The mobile phone 3 is composed of a large number, and the mobile phone 3 and the Internet line 7 are connected via a gateway device 9 of the mobile phone. Reference numeral 6 denotes a registration information temporary storage database connected to the mobile phone server 5. The registration information transmitted from the mobile phone 3 to the mobile phone server 5 is temporarily stored and transmitted to the receiving terminal server 19 described later. To do. The cellular phone server 5 includes a www server 5A, an application server 5B, and a web application 5C.

  The character information calling circuit 11 includes a television receiver 13, a digital reception terminal 15 that transmits reception information to the television receiver 13, and the television receiver 13 that receives the image toward the digital reception terminal 15. A remote controller 17 for performing the receiving operation, a receiving terminal server 19 connected to the digital receiving terminal 15 via the Internet line 7, and a registration information storage database 21 connected to the receiving terminal server 19. . The receiving terminal server 19 is connected to the registration information temporary storage database 6 constituting the character information registration circuit 1.

  FIG. 3 shows an apartment house 23 in which the character information input / output system of the television receiver described above is installed. The apartment house 23 is composed of a plurality of rooms 25, and the character information registration circuit 1 and the character information call circuit 11 are installed in each room 25 together with the television receiver 13 described above. For convenience, the character information registration circuit 1 and the character information call circuit 11 are shown only for the upper left room 25. In the figure, 27 is an in-building device composed of a satellite router, L3 switch hub, router and media converter (not shown), 29 is an antenna, and 30 is a regional station.

  FIG. 4 shows the remote controller 17. The remote controller 17 is provided corresponding to each individual television receiver 13 installed in each room 25. The remote controller 17 is configured as shown in FIG. 4, wherein 17a is a power button, 17b is a "menu" button, 17c is a "my rental" button, 17d is a "help" button, 17e is a "URL input" button, 17f is a “character input” button, 17g is a “channel” button, 17h is a “volume” button, 17i is a “satellite broadcast” button, 17j is a “select” button, 17k is a “forward” and “return” button, and 17l is “ “Enter” button, 17m “Play / Pause” button, 17n “Stop” button, 17p “Fast forward” button, 17q “Rewind” button, 17r “Mute” button, 17s “Movie” button, Reference numeral 17t includes a “ten-key” button and the like.

  The interface between the content input by the cellular phone 3 and the receiving terminal server 19 is as shown in FIG.

  An embodiment of a form registration database registered in the registration information storage database 21 is shown in FIG. In the figure, “CHAR” is an abbreviation for “CHARACTER”, which is composed of unique characters or numerical values, and is arbitrarily set depending on the contents of data.

  The input / output of character information according to the present invention is performed using the character information registration circuit 1 by operating the mobile phone 3. When the mobile phone 3 accesses a predetermined URL, an input screen shown in FIG. 7A is displayed, and a predetermined user ID, password, and input form number are input. For example, the input content for user authentication is as shown in FIG.

  Next, when the “Next” button is pressed, an input screen corresponding to the input form number is displayed as shown in FIG. 7B. Here, information (name, name, etc.) to be registered in advance is displayed. Enter the registration information.

  Next, when the “Register” button is pressed, the screen shown in FIG. 7C is displayed, and the input information is registered and becomes “Registered information”.

  For example, in the case of “questionnaire input”, as shown in FIG. 7B, the number of answer boxes to be input is displayed, so that the boxes to be input are selected one after another and desired items are input. .

  The registration information is transmitted from the cellular phone server 5 to the registration information temporary storage database 6 and temporarily stored, then transmitted to the receiving terminal server 19 of the character information calling circuit 11 and stored in the registration information storage database 21. Is done.

  When the user wants to input characters to the television receiver 13 in television shopping or the like, the remote controller 17 is used. For example, in the case of “questionnaire input”, an input screen as shown in FIG. 8 (A) is displayed on the television receiver 13. By inputting “input form number” and pressing the “reference registration information” button, , "Name", "address", etc. can be input with one touch. If it is not registered, an error screen as shown in FIG. 8B is displayed. Information to be registered from the mobile phone 3 is registered in accordance with what has been described with reference to FIG.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. For example, the number of mobile phones 3 is arbitrary. Further, the arrangement of the buttons of the remote controller 17 is not limited to the illustrated example. Further, the digital receiving terminal 15 may be integrated with the television receiver 13.

  The present invention can be used for a character information input / output system of a television receiver, a condominium where the system is installed, and a bidirectional communication system.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a character information input / output system of a television receiver according to the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the detail of the server for mobile phones of FIG. It is the schematic which shows the Example of the apartment house which installed the character information input / output system of the television receiver concerning this invention. It is a front view which shows the Example of the remote controller of FIG. It is a figure which shows the interface between the mobile telephone concerning this invention, and the server for receiving terminals. It is a figure which shows the Example of the database for form registration concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the input screen of the mobile telephone of FIG. It is a figure which shows the input screen of the television receiver of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Character information registration circuit 3 Mobile phone 5 Mobile phone server 6 Registration information temporary storage database 7 Internet line 9 Gateway apparatus 11 Character information call circuit 13 Television receiver 15 Digital receiving terminal 17 Remote controller 19 Receiving terminal server 21 Registration Information storage database 23 Apartment house 25 Living room 27 Equipment in building 29 Antenna 30 Regional station

Claims (8)

A system for inputting and outputting character information of a television receiver, comprising a character information registration circuit and a character information call circuit,
Character information registration circuit includes a cellular phone for inputting text information, and temporarily stores the mobile phone server connected via a communication network to the mobile phone, the character information is connected to the mobile phone server registration It consists of a database for temporary storage of information ,
Character information call circuit includes a television receiver, a digital receiver terminal for transmitting the received information to the television receiver, and a remote controller for the receive operation for the television receiver, the communication to the digital reception terminal A receiving terminal server connected via a network , and a registration information storage database connected to the receiving terminal server;
The receiving terminal server is connected to the registration information temporary storage database and stores the character information when the temporarily stored character information is transmitted.
When a screen operation is performed on the television receiver by the remote controller, the character information calling circuit is activated simultaneously with the screen operation, and the character information stored in the registration information storage database is displayed on the screen of the television receiver. A character information input / output system for a television receiver, characterized by being displayed above .   2. The character information input / output system for a television receiver according to claim 1, wherein the cellular phone and the cellular phone server are connected via a gateway device of the cellular phone. Input / output system.   2. The character information input / output system for a television receiver according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone comprises a plurality of mobile phones. The character information input / output system for a television receiver according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the remote controller individually corresponds to the television receiver. Information input / output system. In a condominium that consists of multiple rooms, a television receiver is installed in each room of the apartment,
Connected through the said television receiver, a digital receiver terminal for transmitting the received information to the television receiver, and a remote controller for the receive operation for the television receiver, the communication network to the digital reception terminal a server for receiving a terminal which is, provided with a text information call circuit comprising a registration information storage database that will be connected to the server for the receiving terminal,
A mobile phone for inputting character information; a mobile phone server connected to the mobile phone via a communication network; a registration information temporary storage database connected to the mobile phone server and temporarily storing the character information; A character information registration circuit consisting of
The receiving terminal server is connected to the registration information temporary storage database and stores the character information when the temporarily stored character information is transmitted.
When a screen operation is performed on the television receiver by the remote controller, the character information calling circuit is activated simultaneously with the screen operation, and the character information stored in the registration information storage database is displayed on the screen of the television receiver. Apartment house characterized by displaying above . 6. The apartment house according to claim 5, wherein the cellular phone and the cellular phone server are connected via a gateway device of the cellular phone. 6. The apartment house according to claim 5, wherein the mobile phone includes a plurality of mobile phones. The apartment house according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the remote controller individually corresponds to the television receiver.

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