JP2007214865A - Broadcast receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital broadcast receiver for enabling a listener to know and listen to voice contents to which the listener wants to listen at the same time with a program start even if the listener is a visually handicapped person. <P>SOLUTION: The broadcast receiver having a receiving means for receiving digital broadcast waves and a voice information acquiring means for acquiring a plurality of voice contents in the broadcast waves received by the receiving means is provided with a control means for notifying contents by voice according to contents of voice information acquired by the voice information acquiring means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a digital broadcast receiving apparatus, and more particularly to a digital broadcast receiving apparatus capable of accurately notifying a visually impaired person of audio information of a broadcast program and enabling comfortable listening.

  Conventionally, digital broadcasting is broadcast as audio related to the plurality of programs, such as main / sub audio broadcasting, bilingual broadcasting, and the like, which is different from normal listening audio content. Such audio information can be confirmed by an electronic program guide or display on a screen, and can be listened to by switching to a desired audio content by operating a remote controller or the like.

  Here, in the bilingual broadcast, audio signals representing sounds of different languages are broadcast in one program, and one of the languages is selected for listening, and the main and sub audio broadcasts are two different sounds. Is a broadcast of audio that is selected and listened to by selecting one of the audio signals.

  However, even if the visually handicapped person wants to listen to the sub-audio and the bilingual broadcast sound, the only way to check the audio content is to switch the sound with a remote control, etc. Since it is not possible to know the type of audio such as sub-audio or bilingual English, it is difficult to hear the desired audio.

Therefore, in the image forming apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-054438, the state of the device at the time of operation can be presented by voice when any device operation is performed.
JP 2004-054438 A

  However, in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus, the program automatically ends or starts according to the broadcast content of the broadcast station, and the audio content of the program automatically changes accordingly. Therefore, the image forming apparatus has a problem that the audio content of the program being listened to changes, and at the same time, for example, if the user wants to listen to the sub-audio, it cannot know immediately whether it is being broadcast or not. It was.

  The present invention has been made in view of these points, and since the audio content of the program being listened to is changed, the audio information of the current broadcast program is automatically notified to the listener. However, it is an object of the present invention to provide a digital broadcast receiving apparatus that enables the listener to know the audio content that the listener wants to hear at the same time as the program starts and to enable listening.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the broadcast receiving apparatus having a receiving means for receiving a digital broadcast wave and an audio information acquisition stage for acquiring the contents of a plurality of sounds in the broadcast wave received by the receiving means, the audio information There is provided a digital broadcast receiving apparatus characterized by comprising control means for notifying the contents by voice according to the contents of the voice information obtained by the obtaining means.

  According to such a digital broadcast receiving apparatus, since the audio content of the program being listened to is changed, the audio information of the current broadcast program is automatically notified to the listener. The audio content to be heard can be known at the same time as the program starts and can be heard.

  As described above, in the present invention, in the broadcast receiving apparatus having a receiving means for receiving a digital broadcast wave and an audio information acquisition stage for acquiring the contents of a plurality of sounds in the broadcast wave received by the receiving means, the audio information By providing a control means for notifying the contents by sound according to the contents of the sound information acquired by the acquisition means, the sound information of the current broadcast program is automatically notified to the listener at the same time as the sound contents of the program being listened to change. Therefore, even if it is a visually handicapped person, the audio content that the listener wants to hear can be known at the same time as the program starts and can be heard.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.

  The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention has a receiving means 1 for receiving a digital broadcast wave and taking out a broadcast signal. The audio information acquisition unit 2 extracts information related to audio from the broadcast signal input from the reception unit 1. The control means 3 is configured to recognize the change of the sound information input from the sound information acquisition means 2 and output the sound notifying the change of the sound of the program from the sound output means 4 through the speaker 5.

  Next, a processing procedure of the voice information notification function in the digital broadcast receiving apparatus will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the voice information notification function.

  In step S1, audio information is acquired, and it is acquired whether the audio of the program currently being broadcast is main / sub audio or bilingual audio. Next, in step S2, it is checked whether or not there is a change from the previous voice information. If there is a change in the voice information, the current voice content is notified by voice in step S3.

  By always performing the above processing while using the digital broadcast receiving device, it is possible to switch to audio when the program is switched during normal program listening or when the audio content changes without any operation by the listener. It is possible to notify the presence of sub-speech and bilingual. As a result, when the audio content is switched, for example, “There is a sub audio” or “There is a bilingual audio”, the visually impaired person grasps the audio content as soon as the audio broadcast starts. It is possible to listen to a desired program.

  The broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes: a receiving unit that receives a digital broadcast wave; and a sound receiving unit that acquires a plurality of audio contents in the broadcast wave received by the receiving unit. By providing a control means for notifying the contents by sound according to the contents of the sound information acquired by the acquisition means, the sound information of the current broadcast program is automatically notified to the listener at the same time as the sound contents of the program being listened to change. Therefore, even if it is a visually handicapped person, the audio content that the listener wants to hear can be known at the same time as the program starts and can be listened to. This is useful in a digital broadcast receiving apparatus or the like that accurately notifies audio information of a program and enables comfortable listening.

The block diagram which showed the structure of this invention Flow chart showing the processing flow of the voice information notification function

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reception means 2 Audio | voice information acquisition means 3 Control means 4 Audio | voice output means 5 Speaker

Claims (1)

Contents of audio information acquired by the audio information acquisition means in a broadcast receiving apparatus having a receiving means for receiving a digital broadcast wave and an audio information acquisition stage for acquiring the contents of a plurality of sounds in the broadcast wave received by the receiving means A digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising control means for notifying the contents by voice according to the above.

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