JPH06205315A - テレビジョン受像機 - Google Patents

テレビジョン受像機

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JPH06205315A
JPH06205315A JP50A JP1794093A JPH06205315A JP H06205315 A JPH06205315 A JP H06205315A JP 50 A JP50 A JP 50A JP 1794093 A JP1794093 A JP 1794093A JP H06205315 A JPH06205315 A JP H06205315A
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Mitsumasa Saito
光正 斉藤
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/25—Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/258—Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data
    • H04N21/25866—Management of end-user data
    • H04N21/25891—Management of end-user data being end-user preferences
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/442—Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk
    • H04N21/44213—Monitoring of end-user related data
    • H04N21/44222—Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/4508—Management of client data or end-user data
    • H04N21/4532—Management of client data or end-user data involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications

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Abstract

(57)【要約】 【目的】 ユーザにとって好みのチャンネルを容易に選
択できるようにする。 【構成】 パーソナルデータメモリ２２は、ユーザ別に
チャンネル優先順位を記憶する。コントローラ２０は、
リモコンデータ解析器１８から送られてくるリモコンの
識別コードからユーザを特定し、そのユーザにとって最
も高い優先順位のチャンネルをメモリ２２から読み出し
て、そのチャンネルの選局をチューナー６に指示する。

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】
【０００１】
【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、テレビジョン受像機に
関する。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】最近のテレビジョン受像機は、ＶＨＦや
ＵＨＦ等の地上波放送のほか、衛星放送やＣＡＴＶ等の
テレビジョン信号の受信も可能となっており、選択でき
るチャンネル数がかなり多くなっている。
【０００３】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】上述のように選択でき
るチャンネル数が多くなると、ユーザにとって好みの番
組が放送されているチャンネルを選択することが困難に
なる。
【０００４】本発明は、このような状況に鑑みてなされ
たものであり、ユーザにとって好みのチャンネルを容易
に選択できるテレビジョン受像機を提供することを目的
とする。
【０００５】
【課題を解決するための手段】本発明のテレビジョン受
像機は、複数のチャンネルのうち指示されたチャンネル
のテレビジョン信号を受信するチューナー（例えば、図
１のチューナー６）と、ユーザ別にチャンネル優先順位
を記憶する記憶手段（例えば、図１のパーソナルデータ
メモリ２２）と、操作を行ったユーザを検出する検出手
段（例えば、図１のリモコンデータ解析器１８）と、こ
の検出手段によって検出されたユーザにとって最も優先
順位の高いチャンネルを記憶手段から読み出して、チュ
ーナーに指示する制御手段（例えば、図１のコントロー
ラ２０）とを備えることを特徴とする。
【０００６】上記制御手段は、検出手段の出力に基づい
て、ユーザ別のチャンネル優先順位データを作成して、
記憶手段に記憶させることが好ましい。
【０００７】
【作用】本発明のテレビジョン受像機においては、操作
を行ったユーザが検出され、検出されたユーザにとって
最も優先順位の高いチャンネルが記憶手段から読み出さ
れて、そのチャンネルがチューナーに指示される。従っ
て、ユーザは、容易に、好みのチャンネルを選択でき
る。
【０００８】
【実施例】図１は、本発明のテレビジョン受像機の一実
施例の構成を示す。アンテナ２に供給される多数のテレ
ビジョン信号のうち、チューナー６は、選局データ出力
回路４から出力される選局データによって指示されるチ
ャンネルのテレビジョン信号を受信する。チューナー６
によって受信されたテレビジョン信号のうち映像信号
は、映像信号処理回路８によって処理されて該信号が示
す映像がＣＲＴ１０に表示される。また、チューナ６に
よって受信されたテレビジョンのうち音声信号は、音声
信号処理回路１２によつて処理されて、該信号が示す音
声がスピーカ１４から発音される。
【０００９】パーソナルリモコンＲ１，Ｒ２・・・ＲＮ
は、例えば家庭内の父用、母用、・・・第Ｌ番目の子用
のリモコンであり、テレビジョン受像機を操作する信号
を発生するときには、それぞれ、互いに異なる識別番号
コードＩＤ１，ＩＤ２，・・・ＩＤＮを示す信号を発生
する。リモコンＲ１，Ｒ２・・・ＲＮの出力信号（赤外
線信号）は、受信部１６によって受信され、リモコンデ
ータ解析器１８によって解析される。
【００１０】リモコンデータ解析器１８は、リモコンＲ
１，Ｒ２・・・ＲＮが各ユーザによって選局操作、音量
操作等がなされたときの選局データ、音量データ等だけ
でなく、リモコンから出力された識別番号コードＩＤ
１，ＩＤ２，・・・ＩＤＮを解析して、コントローラ２
０に送る。コントローラ２０は、各ユーザの好みのチャ
ンネルを学習し、一週間のタイムテーブルに沿って、ク
ロック２４を参照しつつ、各ユーザが各時間帯で見るチ
ャンネルの度数を集計し、各ユーザ毎に各時間帯のチャ
ンネル優先順位データを作成して、パーソナルデータメ
モリ２２に記憶する。
【００１１】また、コントローラ２０は、各ユーザの好
みの音量を学習し、一週間のタイムテーブルに沿って、
クロック２４を参照しつつ、各ユーザが各時間帯で好む
音量度数を集計し、各ユーザ毎に各時間帯の音量分布デ
ータを作成して、パーソナルデータメモリ２２に記憶す
る。
【００１２】図２は、図１の実施例のパーソナルデータ
メモリ２２の記憶内容の一例を示す。この例では、父用
パーソナル集計データテーブルＦＤ、母用パーソナル集
計データテーブルＭＤ、および子用パーソナル集計デー
タテーブルＣＤが記憶される。各テーブルは、各時間帯
毎のチャンネル優先順位データ、および１日における各
時間毎の音量レベル分布を含んでいる。図２の左上のグ
ラフは、父の１９：００から２０：００までのチャンネ
ル優先順位を示し、図２の左下のグラフは、月曜日にお
ける１日の音量分布を示す。
【００１３】リモコンデータ解析器１８は、例えばいず
れかのリモコンによって電源オンされると、そのリモコ
ンから出力された識別コードを調べて、コントローラ２
０に報告する。コントローラ２０は、報告された識別コ
ードから操作したユーザを特定し、特定したユーザのパ
ーソナル集計データテーブルをメモリ２２から読み出
し、またクロック２４を参照して、その時間帯において
最も優先順位の高いチャンネルを示す選局データを出力
回路６０を介してチューナー６に供給する。これによ
り、ユーザは、電源オンの操作を行うだけで、好みのチ
ャンネルの映像を見るこができる。
【００１４】また、コントローラ２０は、特定したユー
ザのパーソナル集計データテーブルをメモリ２２から読
み出して、その時間帯における過去の音量を調べ、その
音量でスピーカ１４から発音されるように、音声処理回
路８を制御する。
【００１５】以上のように、上述した実施例によれば、
ユーザは、煩わしい選局操作や音量レベル操作を行う必
要なく、好みのチャンネルおよび音量が選択される。
【００１６】なお、リモコンのチャンネルアップ動作お
よびチャンネルダウン動作を優先順位選択のための操作
にしておくことにより、チャンネル選択がより容易にな
る。
【００１７】
【発明の効果】本発明のテレビジョン受像機によれば、
ユーザ別にチャンネル優先順位を記憶する記憶手段を設
け、操作を行ったユーザを検出し、検出したユーザにと
って最も優先順位の高いチャンネルを記憶手段から読み
出して、そのチャンネルをチューナーに指示するように
したので、ユーザは、容易に、好みのチャンネルを選択
できる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】本発明のテレビジョン受像機の一実施例の構成
を示すブロック図である。
【図２】図１の実施例のパーソナルデータメモリ２２の
記憶内容の一例を示す図である。
【符号の説明】
４ 選局データ出力回路 ６ チューナー １８ リモコンデータ解析器 ２０ コントローラ ２２パーソナルデータメモリ ２４ クロック Ｒ１，Ｒ２，Ｒ３，Ｒ４ リモコン

Claims (4)

    【特許請求の範囲】
  1. 【請求項１】 複数のチャンネルのうち指示されたチャ
    ンネルのテレビジョン信号を受信するチューナーと、 ユーザ別にチャンネル優先順位を記憶する記憶手段と、 操作を行ったユーザを検出する検出手段と、 前記検出手段によって検出されたユーザにとって最も優
    先順位の高いチャンネルを前記記憶手段から読み出し
    て、前記チューナーに指示する制御手段とを備えること
    を特徴とするテレビジョン受像機。
  2. 【請求項２】 前記制御手段が、前記検出手段の出力に
    基づいて、ユーザ別のチャンネル優先順位データを作成
    して、前記記憶手段に記憶させることを特徴とする請求
    項１記載のテレビジョン受像機。
  3. 【請求項３】 前記検出手段は、ユーザ別に異なった識
    別信号を出力する遠隔操作手段からの信号を受けて、操
    作を行ったユーザを検出することを特徴とする請求項１
    または請求項２記載のテレビジョン受像機。
  4. 【請求項４】 前記記憶手段が時間別にチャンネル優先
    順位を記憶していることを特徴とする請求項１記載のテ
    レビジョン受像機。
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