JP5221204B2 - Automatic recording apparatus, commercial message distribution server, automatic recording method, commercial message distribution method, automatic recording program, commercial message distribution program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic recording apparatus, a commercial message distribution server, an automatic recording method, a commercial message distribution method, an automatic recording program, a commercial message distribution program, and a recording medium that automatically record a commercial message broadcast outside the area around the home. About.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been proposed a mobile digital broadcast receiving system that records a digital broadcast program received by an in-vehicle digital broadcast receiver in a database in association with vehicle position information acquired by a navigation unit (for example, Patent Document 1 below). reference.). According to this mobile digital broadcast receiving system, the playback control section cues and reproduces a scene of a digital broadcast program for the purpose of position information.

JP 2007-74301 A

  However, according to the technique of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, a digital broadcast program scene that could not be viewed while the vehicle was running can be quickly cued and reproduced after the run, but the commercial message broadcast in each region Cannot be recorded and collected automatically. Thus, for example, if a user wants to watch only an interesting commercial message that is broadcast only in each area, the digital broadcast was recorded when visiting the area, and then the user himself / herself was recorded. There is a problem that it takes time and effort to search and view a commercial message section from digital broadcasting.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, an automatic recording apparatus according to the invention of claim 1 is provided in a moving body, and in an automatic recording apparatus for recording a television broadcast, receiving means for receiving the television broadcast; Acquisition means for acquiring information relating to the current position of the mobile body, area determination means for determining whether the current position of the mobile body is a predetermined area set by a user of the mobile body, When it is determined that the current position is an area other than the predetermined area, broadcast determination means for determining a commercial message section in the television broadcast, and recording means for recording the commercial message are provided. And

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commercial message distribution server that is acquired by the acquisition unit that acquires the commercial message recorded in the automatic recording device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects. and distributing means for distributing the commercial message by region was, and output means for outputting information relating to the commercial message distributed to each of the areas to the user of the moving body by said distributing means is output by the output means Distribution means for distributing, to the user, the commercial message selected by the user among the information related to the commercial message.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic recording method according to a seventh aspect of the present invention, wherein an automatic recording method is provided in a mobile unit for recording a television broadcast. An acquisition step of acquiring information relating to, an area determination step of determining whether or not the current position of the mobile object is a predetermined area set by a user of the mobile object, and the current position of the mobile object is other than the predetermined area A broadcast determination step for determining a commercial message section in the television broadcast, and a recording step for recording the commercial message.

Also, commercial message delivery method according to the invention of claim 8, the current commercial message information is associated on the position of the moving body, the automatic recording apparatus for executing automatic recording method according to claim 7, acquires acquisition A process, a distribution step of distributing the commercial message acquired by the acquisition step for each region, and information relating to the commercial message distributed for each region by the distribution step is output to a user of the mobile body An output step; and a distribution step of distributing the commercial message selected by the user out of the information related to the commercial message output by the output step to the user.

According to a ninth aspect of the invention, an automatic recording program causes a computer to execute the automatic recording method according to the seventh aspect.

A commercial message delivery program according to a tenth aspect of the invention causes a computer to execute the commercial message delivery method according to the eighth aspect.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium in which the automatic recording program according to the ninth aspect or the commercial message delivery program according to the tenth aspect is recorded in a computer-readable state.

  DETAILED DESCRIPTION Exemplary embodiments of an automatic recording device, a commercial message distribution server, an automatic recording method, a commercial message distribution method, an automatic recording program, a commercial message distribution program, and a recording medium according to the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Explained.

(Embodiment 1)
(Functional configuration of automatic recording device)
First, a functional configuration of the automatic recording device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a functional configuration of the automatic recording apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, an automatic recording apparatus 100 provided in a moving body and recording a television broadcast includes a receiving unit 101, an acquisition unit 102, a region determination unit 103, a broadcast determination unit 104, a recording unit 105, and an association unit. 106 and a transmission unit 107.

  The receiving unit 101 receives a television broadcast. The receiving unit 101 includes a digital broadcast receiver, for example, and receives terrestrial digital broadcasts. One receiver can receive one channel of terrestrial digital broadcasting, for example. For example, when there is one receiver, a preset default channel may be received, or when it is determined that the area has been changed by the area determination unit 103 described later, a new reception is possible. You may make it receive a channel. Further, there may be a plurality of receivers, and in this case, a plurality of channels may be received simultaneously. In addition, the channels that can be received by the receiver may be different for each region such as a prefecture, and the operators may be different for each channel.

  The acquisition unit 102 acquires information regarding the current position of the moving object. Specifically, the information regarding the current position of the moving body is acquired by, for example, a GPS unit or an acceleration sensor provided in the moving body. Further, the acquisition unit 102 may acquire a point on the map data corresponding to the current position of the mobile body based on the map data stored in the storage unit (not shown). The map data includes road network data composed of nodes and links, and image data drawn using features relating to facilities, roads, and other terrain (mountains, rivers, land). The map data may include text information, information such as facility names and addresses, road and facility images, and the like.

  The area determination unit 103 determines whether or not the current position of the moving body is an area other than the predetermined area. Here, the predetermined area is an area set by the user of the mobile object, for example, an area around the home of the user of the mobile object. The home surrounding area is an area within a predetermined range from the home, such as a prefecture where the user's home is located or a wide area such as Kanto or Tohoku. In addition, the area determination unit 103 may determine that the area has changed when the current position of the moving body is within a predetermined distance from the boundary of the area. That is, for example, when the user arrives within a predetermined distance from another prefecture or the border of another prefecture from the prefecture where the home is located, the area determination unit 103 determines that the current position of the mobile body is an area other than the predetermined area. It is judged that.

  In addition, the area determination unit 103 determines that the area other than the predetermined area is included when a dialect other than the predetermined area is included in the television broadcast received by the reception unit 101. Specifically, for example, when voice information of a TV broadcast is analyzed and a dialect other than a predetermined area is detected in the TV broadcast based on a dialect database stored in a storage unit (not shown), the movement is performed. It is determined that the current position of the body is an area other than the predetermined area. Here, the storage unit storing the dialect database may be the same as or separate from the storage unit storing the map data.

  When the area determination unit 103 determines that the current position of the moving body is an area other than the predetermined area, the broadcast determination unit 104 determines a commercial message section in the television broadcast. Specifically, for example, a section from when the television broadcast is changed to the monaural broadcast until the return to the stereo broadcast may be determined as the commercial message section.

  For example, the broadcast determination unit 104 detects a scene change in a television broadcast, and after the scene change is detected, the scene change is again performed after 15 seconds or 30 seconds, which is a general commercial message time. When it is detected, it may be determined that the section is a commercial message section.

  Also, the broadcast determination unit 104 may determine that it is a commercial message section, for example, by analyzing voice information included in a television broadcast and matching the dialect database.

  In addition, for example, when the television broadcast is a terrestrial digital broadcast, the broadcast determination unit 104 starts a commercial message at the beginning of the program, every 15 minutes or every 30 minutes from the start of the program, based on the program table received together with the television broadcast. It is also possible to make a judgment only in the vicinity of this section, assuming that there is a high possibility of the section.

  The recording unit 105 records a commercial message. For example, the recording unit 105 records the television broadcast received by the receiving unit 101 in advance, and only the section in the recorded television broadcast that is determined to be a commercial message section by the broadcast determination unit 104, You may make it duplicate.

  In addition, when recording the commercial message, the recording unit 105 ends the recording of the commercial message when the region determination unit 103 determines that the current position of the moving body has returned to the predetermined region. For example, when it is determined that the recording unit 105 has returned to a predetermined area, and the commercial message is being broadcast, the recording unit 105 may end the recording when the commercial message ends. Further, the recording unit 105 may end the recording when it is determined that the area has returned to the predetermined area and the television broadcast wave in the area before the return cannot be received.

  The associating unit 106 associates information related to the current position of the moving object with the commercial message recorded by the recording unit 105. Specifically, the associating unit 106 associates, for example, the prefecture or detailed address in the information on the current position of the moving object acquired by the acquiring unit 102 with the recorded commercial message. The associating unit 106 may associate the commercial message recorded by the recording unit 105 with the time when the commercial message was broadcast. The time when the commercial message is broadcast may be the time when the commercial message starts, or the time during which the commercial message is broadcast. For example, the time when the commercial message is broadcast may be measured by a timer (not shown) or the like when recording is started by the recording unit 105, or information on time may be acquired from the program guide.

  The transmission unit 107 transmits a commercial message associated with information on the current position of the moving object to the server by the associating unit 106. The server may be, for example, a commercial message distribution server 300 described later. Specifically, the transmission unit 107 transmits a commercial message to the server via wireless communication such as the Internet, mobile phone, wireless LAN, and next generation wireless.

(Automatic recording device automatic recording processing procedure)
Next, an automatic recording processing procedure of the automatic recording apparatus 100 will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an automatic recording processing procedure of the automatic recording apparatus. In the flowchart of FIG. 2, first, the receiving unit 101 receives a television broadcast (step S201). Moreover, the acquisition part 102 acquires the information regarding the present position of a moving body (step S202). Next, the area determination unit 103 determines whether or not the current position of the moving body acquired in step S202 is an area other than the predetermined area (step S203). If it is determined in step S203 that it is not an area other than the predetermined area (step S203: No), the process returns to step S202, and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S203 that the area is other than the predetermined area (step S203: Yes), the broadcast determination unit 104 determines a commercial message section in the television broadcast (step S204). Then, the recording unit 105 records a commercial message (step S205).

  Next, the associating unit 106 associates the commercial message recorded in step S205 with the information on the current position of the moving body acquired in step S202 (step S206). Then, the transmission unit 107 transmits a commercial message associated with information on the current position of the moving object in step S206 to the server (step S207), and the series of processing ends.

  Note that step S207 may be omitted in the flowchart of FIG. In this case, for example, a series of processing may be terminated by associating information regarding the current position of the moving object with the recorded commercial message.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2, it is determined in step S203 whether or not it is an area other than the predetermined area. At this time, the area determination unit 103 includes a dialect other than the predetermined area in the television broadcast. Sometimes, it may be determined that the area is other than the predetermined area.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2, when recording the commercial message in step S205, if the area determination unit 103 determines that the current position of the moving body has returned to the predetermined area, the recording of the commercial message is terminated. Also good.

  As described above, according to the automatic recording device 100 according to the first embodiment, based on the information on the current position of the moving object acquired by the acquiring unit 102, the current position of the moving object is determined by the area determination unit 103. Judge whether the area is other than. When it is determined that the current position of the mobile body is an area other than the predetermined area, the broadcast determination unit 104 determines a commercial message section in the television broadcast, and the recording unit 105 records the commercial message. it can. Therefore, for example, when the moving body is moving in an area other than the area around the home of the user of the moving body, the commercial message can be automatically recorded. As a result, the user can collect interesting commercial messages that are broadcast only in each region and rare commercial messages.

  Further, according to the automatic recording device 100 according to the first embodiment, the area determination unit 103 can determine that the area other than the predetermined area is included in the TV broadcast when a dialect other than the predetermined area is included in the television broadcast. it can. Therefore, for example, when a program or commercial message in a television broadcast includes a dialect other than the area around the home, the commercial message can be recorded. Thereby, the user can collect commercial messages other than the area around the home more reliably.

  Further, according to the automatic recording apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, when the commercial message is recorded by the recording unit 105, the region determination unit 103 determines that the current position of the moving body has returned to the predetermined region. If so, the recording of the commercial message can be terminated. This allows users to broadcast in the area around their homes, omit commercial messages that can be viewed at any time, and collect only commercial messages outside their home areas. Search and manage recorded commercial messages. It becomes easy to do.

  Further, according to the automatic recording apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment, the information related to the current position of the moving object is associated with the commercial message recorded by the recording unit 105 by the associating unit 106, and the current state of the moving object is transmitted by the transmitting unit 107. A commercial message associated with information about the location can be sent to the server. Therefore, the commercial message broadcast in each area can be managed by the server. As a result, the user can view more commercial messages, such as commercial messages in areas where the user has not visited.

(Embodiment 2)
(Functional configuration of commercial message distribution server)
First, the functional configuration of the commercial message distribution server 300 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a functional configuration of the commercial message delivery server according to the second embodiment. 3, the commercial message distribution server 300 includes an acquisition unit 301, a distribution unit 302, an output unit 303, a distribution unit 304, a reception unit 305, a transmission unit 306, and a billing unit 307. .

  The acquisition unit 301 acquires a commercial message associated with information related to the current position of the moving object. Specifically, for example, a commercial message associated with information related to the current position of the moving body, which is transmitted by the transmission unit 107 included in the automatic recording device 100 illustrated in FIG. 1, is acquired. Specifically, the acquiring unit 301 acquires a commercial message via wireless communication such as the Internet, mobile phone, wireless LAN, and next generation wireless.

  The distribution unit 302 distributes the commercial message acquired by the acquisition unit 301 for each region. Here, each region may be, for example, each prefecture, each region in a wide area such as Kanto or Tohoku, or each operator that broadcasts a television broadcast.

  The output unit 303 outputs information related to the commercial message distributed for each area by the distribution unit 302 to the user of the mobile object. Here, the user of the mobile object may be a user of the mobile object provided with the automatic recording device 100 shown in FIG. The output unit 303 may display the commercial message as an index for each region.

  The distribution unit 304 distributes the commercial message selected by the user among the information on the commercial message output by the output unit 303 to the user. Specifically, for example, the distribution unit 304 distributes the selected commercial message among the commercial messages displayed in the index to the selected user. Further, the distribution unit 304 may download a commercial message or perform streaming playback.

  The reception unit 305 receives an evaluation regarding the commercial message distributed by the distribution unit 304 from the user. The evaluation regarding the commercial message may be, for example, a score of 5 points or 10 points, or may be an evaluation of “◯ (interesting)” or “× (not interesting)” instead of the points. In addition, the reception unit 305 may determine that a commercial message that is frequently distributed by the distribution unit 304 has a high evaluation. Furthermore, the evaluations received by the reception unit 305 may be aggregated to rank commercial messages.

  The transmission unit 306 transmits the evaluation related to the commercial message to the business operator who broadcasts the commercial message. The transmission unit 306 may transmit it every time an evaluation related to a commercial message is received by the reception unit 305. For example, the transmission unit 306 may transmit a result of evaluation and a rank of each commercial message every predetermined period. In addition, the transmission unit 306 may transmit information on whether or not the commercial message has been distributed to the user by the distribution unit 304 to the operator that broadcasts the commercial message.

  The billing unit 307 bills the business operator for the broadcast cost of the commercial message. For example, when the commercial message distribution server 300 distributes the commercial message to a user outside the broadcast area of the business operator who broadcasts the commercial message, the billing unit 307 charges the service provider for the agency broadcast fee.

(Commercial message delivery server commercial message delivery processing procedure)
Next, the commercial message delivery processing procedure of the commercial message delivery server 300 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a commercial message delivery processing procedure of the commercial message delivery server. In the flowchart of FIG. 4, first, the acquisition unit 301 acquires a commercial message associated with information related to the current position of the moving object (step S <b> 401). Next, the distribution unit 302 distributes the commercial message acquired in step S401 for each region (step S402). Then, the output unit 303 outputs information on the commercial message distributed for each area in step S402 to the user of the mobile object (step S403).

  Next, the distribution unit 304 distributes the commercial message selected by the user out of the information related to the commercial message output in step S403 to the user (step S404). Then, the reception unit 305 receives an evaluation regarding the commercial message distributed in step S404 from the user (step S405).

  Further, the transmission unit 306 transmits the evaluation related to the commercial message accepted in step S405 to the business operator who broadcast the commercial message (step S406). Then, the billing unit 307 charges the broadcaster of the commercial message to the provider that broadcasts the commercial message (step S407), and ends the series of processing.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 4, the evaluation is accepted in step S405, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the evaluation is not accepted in step S405, information on whether or not the commercial message has been distributed to the user in step S406 may be transmitted to the operator.

  Further, in the flowchart of FIG. 4, it is assumed that the agency is charged for the agency broadcast fee in step S407, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the broadcaster may be billed for the agency broadcast only when the user who delivered the commercial message in step S404 is a user outside the broadcast area of the commercial message.

  As described above, according to the commercial message distribution server 300 according to the second embodiment, the distribution unit 302 distributes the commercial message associated with the information on the current position of the mobile object acquired by the acquisition unit 301 to each region. Thus, the output unit 303 outputs information related to the commercial message to the mobile user. Then, the commercial message selected by the user among the information on the output commercial message can be distributed to the user by the distribution unit 304. Therefore, for example, a commercial message distributed for each region is displayed as an index for a user, and when there is a commercial message selected by the user from within the index display, the selected commercial message can be distributed to the user. it can. As a result, the user can easily search and view commercial messages in various regions.

  Further, according to the commercial message distribution server 300 according to the second embodiment, the evaluation regarding the commercial message distributed by the distribution unit 304 is received from the user by the reception unit 305, and the evaluation regarding the commercial message is received by the transmission unit 306. , Send commercial messages to broadcasters. Then, the billing unit 307 can charge the broadcast fee for the commercial message to the business operator. Therefore, on behalf of the business operator, the commercial message can be distributed to a user in an area where the commercial message is not broadcast, and the business operator can be charged for the broadcast fee. Further, the business operator can know the commercial message preferred by the user. Furthermore, the business operator can make a user in a region not broadcasting a commercial message view the commercial message.

  Examples of the present invention will be described below. In this embodiment, for example, the automatic recording device of the present invention is implemented by a navigation device mounted on a moving body such as a vehicle (including a four-wheeled vehicle and a two-wheeled vehicle), and the navigation device mounted on the moving body such as a vehicle. An example in which the commercial message distribution server of the present invention is implemented by a CM distribution server that distributes commercial messages (hereinafter referred to as CM) will be described.

(Outline of CM distribution system)
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of the CM distribution system. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the CM distribution system 500 includes a navigation device 501, a CM distribution server 502, and a business operator 503. The navigation device 501 and the CM distribution server 502 are connected via a network 510 such as the Internet or wireless communication. Further, the CM distribution server 502 and the business operator 503 may be connected via the network 510. There may be a plurality of navigation devices 501. In this case, the navigation devices 501 may be mounted on moving bodies on which different users are boarded.

(Hardware configuration of navigation device)
Next, a hardware configuration of the navigation device 501 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a hardware configuration of the navigation device according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 6, a navigation device 501 includes a CPU 601, ROM 602, RAM 603, magnetic disk drive 604, magnetic disk 605, optical disk drive 606, optical disk 607, audio I / F (interface) 608, and microphone 609. A speaker 610, an input device 611, a video I / F 612, a display 613, a communication I / F 614, a GPS unit 615, various sensors 616, and a camera 617. The components 601 to 617 are connected by a bus 620, respectively.

  First, the CPU 601 governs overall control of the navigation device 501. The ROM 602 records programs such as a boot program, a data update program, an area determination program, a CM section determination program, and a CM recording program. The RAM 603 is used as a work area for the CPU 601. That is, the CPU 601 controls the entire navigation device 501 by executing various programs recorded in the ROM 602 while using the RAM 603 as a work area.

  The area determination program determines whether or not the current position of the vehicle is the area around the home of the vehicle user. Specifically, for example, the current position of the vehicle calculated by the GPS unit 615 and various sensors 616 described later is based on the map data and the wide area such as the prefecture where the user's home is located or Kanto and Tohoku. Let me determine if it is a different prefecture or region. In addition, the area determination program determines that the current position of the vehicle is outside the user's home surrounding area when a dialect of an area different from the user's home peripheral area is detected in the television broadcast.

  The CM section judgment program causes a CM section in a television broadcast to be judged. Specifically, for example, it is determined that the section from when the television broadcast changes from the stereo broadcast to the monaural broadcast until the return to the stereo broadcast is the CM section. In addition, the CM section judgment program detects a scene change in a television broadcast, and after a scene change is detected, a scene change is detected again after 15 or 30 seconds, which is a typical CM broadcast time. In this case, the section is determined to be a CM section. Also, the CM section determination program, for example, analyzes voice information included in a television broadcast, and determines that it is a CM section when the dialect database for each region matches the recorded dialect database.

  The CM recording program records a section determined to be a CM section by the CM section determination program. The CM recording program records, for example, a TV broadcast during the period from when the current position of the vehicle enters outside the area around the user's home until it returns to the area around the home. A part of the television broadcast that is determined to be a CM section by the CM section determination program may be copied (copied). Further, the CM recording program may record the recorded CM section in association with time information and vehicle position information when this CM is broadcast.

  The magnetic disk drive 604 controls the reading / writing of the data with respect to the magnetic disk 605 according to control of CPU601. The magnetic disk 605 records data written under the control of the magnetic disk drive 604. As the magnetic disk 605, for example, an HD (hard disk) or an FD (flexible disk) can be used.

  The optical disk drive 606 controls reading / writing of data with respect to the optical disk 607 according to the control of the CPU 601. The optical disk 607 is a detachable recording medium from which data is read according to the control of the optical disk drive 606. As the optical disk 607, a writable recording medium can be used. As a removable recording medium, in addition to the optical disk 607, an MO, a memory card, or the like may be used.

  Examples of information recorded on the magnetic disk 605 and the optical disk 607 include map data and function data. The map data includes background data that represents features (features) such as buildings, rivers, and the ground surface, and road shape data that represents the shape of the road, and is composed of multiple data files divided by district. ing.

  The road shape data further includes traffic condition data. Traffic condition data includes, for example, the presence or absence of traffic lights or pedestrian crossings for each node, the presence or absence of entrances or junctions of expressways, the length (distance) for each link, road width, direction of travel, road type (highway, Such as toll roads and general roads).

  The function data is three-dimensional data representing the shape of the facility on the map, character data representing the description of the facility, and other various data other than the map data. Map data and function data are recorded in blocks divided into districts or functions. Specifically, for example, the map data is recorded in a state where each block can be divided into areas so that each map represents a predetermined area on the map displayed on the display screen. Further, for example, the function data is recorded in a state where each function can be divided into a plurality of blocks so as to realize one function.

  The function data is data for realizing functions such as program data for realizing route search, calculation of required time, route guidance, etc. in addition to the above-described three-dimensional data and character data. Each of the map data and the function data is composed of a plurality of data files divided for each district or for each function.

  Another example of information recorded on the magnetic disk 605 and the optical disk 607 is television broadcasting. Television broadcasting is video information, audio information, text information, etc. distributed from a broadcasting station operated by a business operator. The television broadcast may include a program section and a CM section.

  The audio I / F 608 is connected to a microphone 609 for audio input and a speaker 610 for audio output. The sound received by the microphone 609 is A / D converted in the sound I / F 608. For example, the microphone 609 is installed near the sun visor of the vehicle, and the number thereof may be one or more. From the speaker 610, a sound obtained by D / A converting a predetermined sound signal in the sound I / F 608 is output. Note that the sound input from the microphone 609 can be recorded on the magnetic disk 605 or the optical disk 607 as sound data.

  Examples of the input device 611 include a remote controller having a plurality of keys for inputting characters, numerical values, various instructions, a keyboard, a touch panel, and the like. The input device 611 may be realized by any one of a remote controller, a keyboard, and a touch panel, but may be realized by a plurality of forms.

  The video I / F 612 is connected to the display 613. Specifically, the video I / F 612 is output from, for example, a graphic controller that controls the entire display 613, a buffer memory such as a VRAM (Video RAM) that temporarily records image information that can be displayed immediately, and a graphic controller. And a control IC for controlling the display 613 based on the image data to be processed.

  The display 613 displays icons, cursors, menus, windows, or various data such as characters and images. On the display 613, the map data described above is drawn two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally. The map data displayed on the display 613 can be displayed with a mark or the like representing the current position of the vehicle on which the navigation device 501 is mounted. The current position of the vehicle is calculated by the CPU 601.

  As the display 613, for example, a CRT, a TFT liquid crystal display, a plasma display, or the like can be used. The display 613 is installed near the dashboard of the vehicle, for example. A plurality of displays 613 may be installed in the vehicle, for example, in the vicinity of the dashboard of the vehicle or in the vicinity of the rear seat of the vehicle.

  The communication I / F 614 is connected to a network via wireless and functions as an interface between the navigation device 501 and the CPU 601. The communication I / F 614 is further connected to a communication network such as the Internet via wireless, and also functions as an interface between the communication network and the CPU 601.

  Communication networks include LANs, WANs, public line networks and mobile phone networks. Specifically, the communication I / F 614 includes, for example, an FM tuner, a VICS (Vehicle Information and Communication System) / beacon receiver, a radio navigation device, and other navigation devices, and traffic congestion and traffic distributed from the VICS center. Get road traffic information such as regulations. VICS is a registered trademark.

  The GPS unit 615 receives radio waves from GPS satellites and outputs information indicating the current position of the vehicle. The output information of the GPS unit 615 is used when the CPU 601 calculates the current position of the vehicle together with output values of various sensors 616 described later. The information indicating the current position is information for specifying one point on the map data such as latitude / longitude and altitude.

  Various sensors 616 output information for determining the position and behavior of the vehicle, such as a vehicle speed sensor, an acceleration sensor, and an angular velocity sensor. The output values of the various sensors 616 are used for the calculation of the current position of the vehicle by the CPU 601 and the amount of change in speed and direction.

  The camera 617 captures images inside or outside the vehicle. The image may be either a still image or a moving image. For example, the camera 617 captures the behavior of the passenger inside the vehicle, and the captured image is output to a recording medium such as the magnetic disk 605 or the optical disk 607 via the image I / F 612. To do. The camera 617 captures the situation outside the vehicle, and outputs the captured image to a recording medium such as the magnetic disk 605 or the optical disk 607 via the video I / F 612. Further, the camera 617 has an infrared camera function, and the surface temperature distributions of objects existing inside the vehicle can be relatively compared based on video information captured using the infrared camera function. The video output to the recording medium is overwritten and stored.

  The automatic recording apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes the receiving unit 101, the acquiring unit 102, the region determining unit 103, the broadcast determining unit 104, the recording unit 105, the associating unit 106, and the transmitting unit 107, which are the navigation device 501 illustrated in FIG. The CPU 601 executes a predetermined program using the programs and data recorded in the ROM 602, the RAM 603, the magnetic disk 605, the optical disk 607, etc., and controls each part in the navigation device 501, thereby realizing its function.

  That is, the navigation apparatus 501 of the embodiment shows the functions of the automatic recording apparatus shown in FIG. 1 by executing the automatic recording program recorded in the ROM 602 as a recording medium in the navigation apparatus 501 as shown in FIG. It can be executed in the automatic recording process procedure.

(Hardware configuration of CM distribution server)
Next, the hardware configuration of the CM distribution server 502 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the hardware configuration of the CM distribution server according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 7, a CM distribution server 502 includes a CPU 701, a ROM 702, a RAM 703, a magnetic disk drive 704, a magnetic disk 705, an optical disk drive 706, an optical disk 707, an audio I / F (interface) 708, and a speaker. 709, an input device 710, a video I / F 711, a display 712, and a communication I / F 713. Each component 701 to 713 is connected by a bus 720.

  First, the CPU 701 governs overall control of the CM distribution server 502. The ROM 702 records programs such as a boot program, a data update program, an area distribution program, a broadcast agency charge billing program, and an evaluation point totaling program. The RAM 703 is used as a work area for the CPU 701. That is, the CPU 701 controls the entire CM distribution server 502 by executing various programs recorded in the ROM 702 while using the RAM 703 as a work area.

  The area distribution program distributes a copy of a CM section described later for each broadcast area. Specifically, for example, a copy of the CM section acquired from the navigation device 501 or the like via the Internet or wirelessly and recorded on the magnetic disk 705 or the optical disk 707 is used as information related to the area associated with the copy of the CM section. Based on the area, it is assigned to each area. Here, the area may be each prefecture or a wide area such as Kanto and Tohoku.

  The broadcast agency fee billing program causes a broadcaster to charge a broadcast agency fee when the home area of the user who delivered the CM is outside the area broadcasting this CM. Specifically, for example, when a CM broadcasted by an A company in Gunma Prefecture is distributed to a user whose home is in Saitama Prefecture, the A company is charged for a broadcasting agency fee. The broadcast agency fee may be charged every time a CM is distributed to the user, or may be charged together every predetermined period.

  The evaluation point totaling program causes the received CM evaluation points to be totaled. Further, the evaluation score totaling program may calculate the average value of the evaluation scores of each CM, and may display, for example, an asterisk (*) according to the average score, which is added to the CM index display described later.

  The magnetic disk drive 704 controls the reading / writing of the data with respect to the magnetic disk 705 according to control of CPU701. The magnetic disk 705 records data written under the control of the magnetic disk drive 704. As the magnetic disk 705, for example, an HD (hard disk) or an FD (flexible disk) can be used.

  The optical disk drive 706 controls reading / writing of data with respect to the optical disk 707 according to the control of the CPU 701. The optical disc 707 is a detachable recording medium from which data is read according to the control of the optical disc drive 706. As the optical disk 707, a writable recording medium can be used. As a removable recording medium, in addition to the optical disk 707, an MO, a memory card, or the like may be used.

  An example of information recorded on the magnetic disk 705 and the optical disk 707 is a copy of a CM section. The copy of the CM section is, for example, a copy of the CM section associated with the area information recorded and transmitted by the navigation device 501. Specifically, the copy of the CM section is, for example, a copy of the broadcast of the CM section that is broadcast only in each wide-area area such as each prefecture or Kanto / Tohoku in the television broadcast.

  The audio I / F 708 is connected to a speaker 709 for audio output. From the speaker 709, a sound obtained by D / A converting a predetermined sound signal in the sound I / F 708 is output.

  Examples of the input device 710 include a remote controller having a plurality of keys for inputting characters, numerical values, and various instructions, a keyboard, and a touch panel. The input device 710 may be realized by any one of a remote controller, a keyboard, and a touch panel, but may be realized by a plurality of forms.

  The video I / F 711 is connected to the display 712. Specifically, the video I / F 711 is output from, for example, a graphic controller that controls the entire display 712, a buffer memory such as a VRAM (Video RAM) that temporarily records image information that can be displayed immediately, and a graphic controller. And a control IC that controls the display 712 based on the image data to be processed.

  The display 712 displays icons, cursors, menus, windows, or various data such as characters and images. As the display 712, for example, a CRT, a TFT liquid crystal display, a plasma display, or the like can be used.

  The communication I / F 713 is connected to the network via wireless and functions as an interface between the CM distribution server 502 and the CPU 701. The communication I / F 713 is further connected to a communication network such as the Internet via wireless, and also functions as an interface between the communication network and the CPU 701. Communication networks include LANs, WANs, public line networks and mobile phone networks. Specifically, the communication I / F 713 is configured by, for example, an FM tuner.

  The commercial message distribution server 300 illustrated in FIG. 3 includes the acquisition unit 301, the distribution unit 302, the output unit 303, the distribution unit 304, the reception unit 305, the transmission unit 306, and the billing unit 307. The CM distribution server 502 illustrated in FIG. Using the programs and data recorded in the ROM 702, RAM 703, magnetic disk 705, optical disk 707, etc., the CPU 701 executes a predetermined program and controls each part in the CM distribution server 502 to realize its function.

  That is, the CM distribution server 502 according to the embodiment executes the CM distribution program recorded in the ROM 702 as a recording medium in the CM distribution server 502 to execute the functions provided in the commercial message distribution server shown in FIG. 4 can be executed by the commercial message delivery processing procedure shown in FIG.

(Contents of navigation device processing)
Next, the processing contents of the navigation device 501 will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the contents of the processing of the navigation device. In the flowchart of FIG. 8, first, the current position of the vehicle is acquired (step S801). Next, it is determined whether or not the current position of the vehicle acquired in step S801 is within the home area of the user of the vehicle (step S802). If it is determined in step S802 that it is in the home area (step S802: Yes), the process returns to step S801, and the subsequent processing is repeated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S802 that it is not in the home area (step S802: No), the area of the current position of the vehicle acquired in step S801 is determined (step S803). Then, TV broadcast recording is started (step S804).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the television broadcast is changed from the stereo broadcast to the monaural broadcast (step S805). When it is determined that the television broadcast is not changed to the monaural broadcast (step S805: No), whether or not there is a scene change in the television broadcast. Is determined (step S806). If it is not determined in step S806 that a scene change has occurred (step S806: No), it is determined whether or not a dialect is included in the television broadcast (step S807). If no dialect is entered in step S807 (step S807: No), the process returns to step S805 to repeat a series of processes.

  On the other hand, if it is changed to monaural broadcasting in step S805 (step S805: Yes), if there is a scene change in step S806 (step S806: Yes), or if a dialect is entered in step S807 (step S807: Yes). Then, it is determined as a CM section in the television broadcast (step S808). In step S805 to step S807, at least any one process may be performed, and the order is not determined.

  Next, the process waits until the CM section ends (step S809: No loop). If the CM section ends (step S809: Yes), the broadcast of the CM section is copied (step S810). In step S810, the broadcast of the CM section is copied after it is determined in step S809: Yes that the CM section has ended. However, copying may be started before the CM section ends.

  Next, the area information determined in step S803 is associated with the broadcast of the CM section copied in step S810 (step S811), the CM section is transmitted to the server (step S812), and the series of processing ends.

(Contents of CM distribution server processing)
Next, the processing contents of the CM distribution server 502 will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the contents of processing of the CM distribution server. In the flowchart of FIG. 9, first, a copy of the CM section associated with the area information is acquired from the navigation device 501 (step S901). Next, the copy of the CM section acquired in step S901 is sorted for each area (step S902), and for example, an index is displayed for each area (step S903).

  Next, it is determined whether or not there is a CM selected by the user among the CMs displayed in the index in step S903 (step S904), and if there is no selected CM (step S904: No), step Returning to S901, the subsequent processing is repeated.

  On the other hand, when there is a CM selected in step S904 (step S904: Yes), the selected CM is distributed to the user (step S905). Then, it is determined whether the home area of the user who delivered the CM in step S905 is a user outside the area where the business is broadcasting this CM (step S906), and the user is outside the area. If it is determined (step S906: Yes), a broadcasting agency fee is charged to the business operator who is broadcasting this CM (step S907). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S906 that the user is in the area (step S906: No), the process directly proceeds to step S908.

  Then, the evaluation score of the distributed CM is received from the user who distributed the CM in step S905 (step S908), and the evaluation score received in step S908 is totaled (step S909). Based on the evaluation points collected in step S909, each CM is ranked (step S910), and the rank information is transmitted to the provider broadcasting the CM (step S911). In addition, the rank information of the CMs ranked in step S910 is displayed (step S912), and the series of processing ends. In step S912, rank information may be displayed in association with the index display displayed in step S903.

  Note that step S912, step S911 and step S912, or step S908 to step S912 may be omitted in the flowchart of FIG.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 9, when it is determined that the user is out of the area in step S906: Yes, the broadcast agency fee is charged in step S907, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a broadcast agency fee may be charged when rank information is transmitted to the business operator in step S911.

(Example of index display)
Next, an example of index display in step S903 in FIG. 9 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of index display. As shown in FIG. 10, in the index display, for example, area information 1001 and CM information 1002 are displayed on the display 613 of the navigation device 501. For example, evaluation information 1003 and rank information 1004 are displayed in association with each CM information 1002.

  The area information 1001 is information relating to the area assigned in step S902 in FIG. 9, and is information indicating which prefecture, for example. The CM information 1002 is information regarding the copy of the CM section acquired in step S901, and may display a partial image of the copy of the CM section or may be character information regarding the copy of the CM section. Further, the evaluation information 1003 is information related to the evaluation points collected in step S909. For example, the evaluation information 1003 may be configured to be displayed by adding a number of ☆ marks according to the average value of the evaluation points. Furthermore, the rank information 1004 is the rank information ranked in step S910 and displayed in step S912. For example, the rank information 1004 may be shown in order from the CM information 1002 having the highest evaluation score for each area. .

  As described above, according to the navigation device 501 of the embodiment, when the vehicle is traveling outside the home area, a CM broadcast outside the home area can be automatically recorded. Therefore, the user can collect CMs that are not broadcast in the home area. Furthermore, by transmitting the recorded CM to the CM distribution server, CMs that can be viewed only in each area can be shared with users in various areas. As a result, the user can view CMs outside the home area or in an area that the user has never visited.

  Further, according to the CM distribution server 502 of the embodiment, the user can easily search for a CM broadcast only in a predetermined area. Since the evaluation information 1003 and the rank information 1004 are displayed together, it is possible to easily search for popular CMs. Furthermore, since the selected CM can be distributed from the CM distribution server 502 by selecting the CM information 1002, for example, a CM that cannot be viewed in the home area can be viewed.

  The automatic recording method and the commercial message delivery method described in the present embodiment are realized by executing a program prepared in advance on a computer such as a personal computer, a workstation, or a mobile terminal device (mobile phone). Can do. This program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, an MO, and a DVD, and is executed by being read from the recording medium by the computer. The program may be a transmission medium that can be distributed via a network such as the Internet.

1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an automatic recording apparatus according to a first embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the automatic video recording processing procedure of an automatic video recording apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the commercial message delivery server concerning Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the commercial message delivery processing procedure of a commercial message delivery server. It is explanatory drawing shown about the outline | summary of CM delivery system. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the navigation apparatus concerning a present Example. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of CM distribution server concerning a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the process of a navigation apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the process of CM delivery server. It is explanatory drawing shown about an example of an index display.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Automatic video recording apparatus 101 Receiving part 102 Acquisition part 103 Area judgment part 104 Broadcast judgment part 105 Recording part 106 Association part 107 Transmission part

Claims (11)

In an automatic recording device that is provided on a moving body and records a television broadcast,
Receiving means for receiving the television broadcast;
Obtaining means for obtaining information relating to a current position of the mobile body;
Area determination means for determining whether or not the current position of the mobile body is a predetermined area set by a user of the mobile body ;
When it is determined that the current position of the mobile body is an area other than the predetermined area, broadcast determination means for determining a commercial message section in the television broadcast;
Recording means for recording the commercial message;
An automatic recording apparatus comprising: Wherein the predetermined region, Ri home area der of the user of the mobile,
The area determination means is an area other than the predetermined area set by the user of the mobile body when a dialect other than the predetermined area set by the user of the mobile body is included in the television broadcast. automatic recording apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that it is determined that the. When the recording unit is recording the commercial message and the region determination unit determines that the current position of the mobile body has returned to a predetermined region set by the user of the mobile unit, 3. The automatic recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording of the commercial message is terminated. Associating means for associating the commercial message recorded by the recording means with information relating to the current position of the mobile body;
Transmitting means for transmitting the commercial message associated with information on the current position of the mobile to a server;
Automatic recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a. An acquisition means for acquiring a commercial message recorded in the automatic recording device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 ,
A distribution unit that distributes the commercial message acquired by the acquisition unit for each region;
An output means for outputting information relating to the commercial message distributed to each of the regions by said distributing means to the user of the moving body,
Distribution means for distributing, to the user, the commercial message selected by the user among the information related to the commercial message output by the output means;
A commercial message delivery server comprising: Accepting means for accepting an evaluation regarding the commercial message delivered by the delivery means from the user;
Transmitting means for transmitting an evaluation relating to the commercial message to a business operator who has broadcast the commercial message;
Billing means for charging the broadcast fee for the commercial message to the operator;
The commercial message delivery server according to claim 5 , further comprising: In an automatic recording method in an automatic recording device that is provided on a moving body and records a television broadcast,
A receiving step of receiving the television broadcast;
An acquisition step of acquiring information relating to a current position of the mobile body;
An area determination step for determining whether or not the current position of the mobile body is a predetermined area set by a user of the mobile body ;
When it is determined that the current position of the mobile body is an area other than the predetermined area, a broadcast determination step of determining a commercial message section in the television broadcast;
A recording process for recording the commercial message;
An automatic recording method comprising: An acquisition step of acquiring a commercial message associated with information on the current position of the mobile body from an automatic recording device that executes the automatic recording method according to claim 7 ;
A distribution step of distributing the commercial message acquired by the acquisition step for each region;
An output step of outputting information about the commercial message distributed to each region by the distribution step to a user of the mobile unit;
A distribution step of distributing the commercial message selected by the user among the information on the commercial message output by the output step to the user;
A commercial message delivery method comprising: An automatic recording program for causing a computer to execute the automatic recording method according to claim 7 . A commercial message delivery program for causing a computer to execute the commercial message delivery method according to claim 8 . A computer-readable recording medium on which the automatic recording program according to claim 9 or the commercial message delivery program according to claim 10 is recorded.

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