CN100508573C - Television with reminding function - Google Patents

Abstract

A television with a reminder function, comprising: a reminding sound playing unit; a processing unit electrically connected to the reminding sound playing unit; a receiving interface electrically connected to the processing unit; a remote controller for generating a setting value, the remote controller is also internally provided with an audio recording unit for recording a reminding sound and generating a recording sound data according to the reminding sound, and the remote controller transmits the setting value and the recording sound data to the receiving interface; and a storage unit, connect electrically to the processing unit, is used for storing the recording sound data that the receiving interface receives from the remote controller; the processing unit judges whether a reminding time corresponding to the set value is reached, and controls the reminding sound playing unit to play the reminding sound according to the recorded sound data after the reminding time is reached.

Description

TV with Reminder

technical field

The invention relates to a television, in particular to a television with a reminding function.

prior art

Television is a very popular electrical appliance in today's information society. It can be used to play various video and audio data to meet users' needs in entertainment, learning, or other aspects.

In the known technology, some types of TVs have a reminder function of to-do items. Users can set the reminder time of to-do items through the remote control, and select from a plurality of preset options built in the TV. Choose one to use as a to-do item. When the reminder time is reached, the TV will display the to-do items selected by the user on the screen. When the user sees the reminder items displayed on the screen, the TV will remind the user when the reminder time is reached. task.

However, the user may not always focus on the image content displayed on the TV. For example, sometimes the user may temporarily leave the TV to deal with other things, or concentrate on doing other things ( Such as reading a book, reading a newspaper, answering the phone) and cannot focus on the image content displayed on the TV. At this time, even if the to-do items have been displayed by the TV, the user may not be reminded. At this time, the TV cannot successfully complete the task of reminding the user.

On the other hand, in known TVs, the number of preset options for to-do items that can be reminded is usually limited, which are all written in advance by the program designer and built into the TV. However, sometimes the built-in options do not include the to-do items that the user really wants to do. If the to-do items that the user really wants to handle are not included in the built-in options of the TV, then limited by the simple input interface provided by the TV to the user, the user often cannot follow his real needs The processed to-do items are input into the TV, and then the TV will remind the user according to the to-do items input by the user after the reminder time arrives.

Contents of the invention

The invention discloses a television with reminder function, which comprises: a reminder sound playing unit; a processing unit electrically connected to the reminder sound playing unit; a receiving interface electrically connected to the processing unit; a remote controller for To generate a set value, the remote control also has a built-in audio recording unit, which is used to record a reminder sound and generate a recorded sound data accordingly, and the remote control transmits the set value and the recorded sound data to the receiver interface; and a storage unit electrically connected to the processing unit for storing the recorded sound data received by the receiving interface from the remote controller; wherein the processing unit judges whether a reminder corresponding to the set value has been reached time, and when the reminder time is reached, the reminder sound playing unit is controlled to play the reminder sound according to the recorded sound data.

The present invention also discloses a TV with reminding function, which includes: it includes: an image playing unit, used to play a program image; a processing unit, electrically connected to the image playing unit; a receiving interface, electrically connected In the processing unit; a remote controller, used to generate a set value; an audio recording unit, built in the remote controller, used to record a reminder sound and generate a recording sound data accordingly, the remote controller will The set value and the recorded sound data are sent to the receiving interface; wherein, the processing unit is used to voice recognize the recorded sound data to generate a text data, and after reaching a reminder time corresponding to the set value, control the The image playing unit displays the reminder text corresponding to the text data.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the television of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the second embodiment of the television of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the third and fourth embodiments of the television of the present invention.

Description of reference symbols

100, 200, 300 TV

112, 212, 312 processing units

114, 214, 314 video playback unit

116, 216, 316 sound playback unit

118 Buzzer

120, 220, 320 timers

122, 222, 322 receiving interface

160, 260, 360 remote control

224, 324 storage unit

326 Audio recording unit

Detailed ways

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the television of the present invention. The television 100 in this embodiment includes a processing unit 112 , an image playing unit 114 , a sound playing unit 116 , a buzzer 118 , a timer 120 , a receiving interface 122 , and a remote controller 160 . Wherein, the processing unit 112 (electrically connected to the buzzer 118) is used to control the operation of each component in the TV 100, the image playback unit 114 is used to play a program image, the sound playback unit 116 is used to play a program sound, and the buzzer 118 is used as a reminder sound playing unit. The remote controller 160 is not only available for the user to perform basic control operations on the TV 100 (such as switching on and off, selecting a channel, adjusting the volume of the sound, etc.), but also for the user to set a corresponding to-do item. For the reminder time, the remote controller 160 converts the reminder time set by the user into a set value, and transmits the set value to the receiving interface 122 .

By receiving the setting value received from the remote controller 160 by the receiving interface 122, the processing unit 112 can know what the reminder time set by the user is, and with the help of the timer 120, judge whether it has reached the set value set by the user. reminder time. Before the reminder time is reached, the TV 100 can perform the normal audio-visual playing function like the TVs of the known technology; after judging that the reminder time has been reached, the processing unit 112 can control the TV 100 to continue to perform the normal video-audio playing function It is also possible to control the buzzer 118 (that is, the reminder sound playing unit) to output a reminder sound (that is, a buzzer), so as to realize the task of reminding the user through a sound reminder.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the second embodiment of the television of the present invention. The functions of a processing unit 212, a video playback unit 214, a sound playback unit 216, a timer 220, a receiving interface 222, and a remote controller 260 in the TV 200 shown in Figure 2 are similar to those shown in Figure 1 respectively The functions of the components with the same names in the TV 100 will not be repeated here. In addition, the television 200 also has a storage unit 224 (which can be a memory, a hard disk, a rewritable optical disc, or other types of storage units) for storing at least one candidate audio data. The user can set a to-do item and its corresponding reminder time through the remote control 260, and the remote control 260 will convert the reminder time set by the user into a set value, and send the set value to the receiving interface 222. In addition, the user can also use the remote controller 260 to select one of the candidate sound data stored in the storage unit 224 as a default sound data. In this embodiment, at least one loudspeaker in the sound playing unit 216 has dual functions. In addition to being used to play a program sound, it can also be provided as a reminder sound playing unit to play a reminder after the reminder time is reached. sound. More specifically, before the reminder time is reached, the processing unit 212 controls the at least one speaker to play the program sound; The default sound data stored in 224 is used to play the reminder sound, so as to realize the task of reminding the user through the reminder mode in the form of sound.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a third embodiment of the television of the present invention. The functions of a processing unit 312, a video playback unit 314, a sound playback unit 316, a timer 320, a receiving interface 322, and a remote controller 360 in the TV 300 shown in Figure 3 are similar to those shown in Figure 2 respectively The functions of the components with the same name in the TV 200 will not be repeated here. In addition, the TV 300 also has an audio recording unit 326 (which may include an analog-to-digital conversion unit built in the TV 300 and an external microphone) for recording a reminder sound made by the user, and according to to generate a recorded audio data (the recorded audio data will be stored in a storage unit 324 ). In this embodiment, at least one loudspeaker in the sound playing unit 316 has dual functions. In addition to being used to play a program sound, it can also be provided as a reminder sound playing unit to play a reminder sound after reaching the reminder time. . More specifically, before the reminder time is reached, the processing unit 312 controls the at least one speaker to play the program sound; The recording sound data stored in 324 is used to play the reminder sound, so as to achieve the task of reminding the user through the reminder mode in the form of sound.

Please note that in addition to the feature of "reminding the user through sound reminders", the architecture of this embodiment also allows the user to record reminder sounds according to actual needs. Therefore, even if the to-do list that the user wants to handle is not preset in the TV 300, the user can also record the to-do list to be a reminder sound by recording the sound, so that the TV 300 can It really meets the needs of reminding users.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 3 can be further modified. For example, the audio recording unit 326 can be built into the remote controller 360 . The built-in audio recording unit 326 in the remote controller 360 can record a reminder sound and generate a recording sound data accordingly. The remote controller 360 can convert the reminder time set by the user into a set value, and convert the set value In addition to transmitting to the receiving interface 322, the recorded audio data recorded by the built-in audio recording unit 326 can also be transmitted to the receiving interface 322 (through Bluetooth or other wireless transmission technologies). In this way, a more convenient operating environment can be provided for the user.

Different from the known technology, the TVs of the above-mentioned embodiments all realize the task of reminding the user by means of "sound form" reminder. After the reminder time arrives, even if the user's sight attention is not on the image content broadcast on the TV, as long as the aforementioned reminder sound (the buzzer sound of the buzzer, the reminder sound played by the loudspeaker according to the preset sound data, Or the reminder sound played by the loudspeaker according to the recorded sound data) can be transmitted to the user's ear, and the TV can realize the task of reminding the user.

Please note that after the reminder time arrives, the processing unit in the above-mentioned embodiments can control the reminder sound playback unit (at least one horn in the buzzer or the sound playback unit) to continue to output the reminder sound until the user presses any key or Only when the specified key (the arbitrary key or the specified key can be located on the remote controller) can the reminder sound playback unit be controlled to stop outputting the reminder sound. In this way, it can be more ensured that the user will indeed receive the reminder from the TV.

In addition, the functional block diagram shown in FIG. 3 can also have different operation modes, so FIG. 3 can also be used as a schematic diagram of the fourth embodiment of the television of the present invention. In the fourth embodiment, the functions of each component are substantially the same as those described above, except that the processing unit 312 in the fourth embodiment has the function of voice recognition. More specifically, the processing unit 312 can speech-recognize the content of recorded audio data (recorded by the audio recording unit 326 ) to generate text data, and store the text data recognized from the recorded audio data in the storage unit 320 . Before the reminder time is reached, the processing unit 312 can control the TV 300 to perform the normal audio-visual playing function; The image playing unit 314 additionally displays the reminder text corresponding to the text data stored in the storage unit 320 . In this way, even if the number of "candidate reminders" built in the TV 300 is limited, the user can input the to-do items that he really wants to handle into the TV through voice input through the voice recognition function of the processing unit 312 middle. After the reminder time is reached, the image playing unit 314 can display the to-do items input by the user through voice input.

The above-mentioned fourth embodiment can also be changed. For example, the audio recording unit 326 can be built in the remote controller 360, and the audio recording unit 326 built in the remote controller 360 can record a reminder sound and To generate a recording sound data, the remote controller 360 can convert the reminder time set by the user into a set value and transmit the set value to the receiving interface 322, and can also send the built-in audio recording unit The recorded sound data generated by the recording at 326 is sent to the receiving interface 322 (which may be via bluetooth or other wireless transmission technologies). The processing unit 312 generates a text data from the recorded sound data received by the voice recognition receiving interface 322 from the remote controller 360, and after judging that the reminder time has been reached, controls the image playback unit 314 to additionally display the text data corresponding to the text data generated by the recognition. Reminder text to remind users.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications made according to the claims of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (6)

1. A TV with reminding function, which includes: A reminder sound playback unit; A processing unit electrically connected to the reminder sound playing unit; a receiving interface electrically connected to the processing unit; A remote control, used to generate a set value, the remote control also has an audio recording unit built in, used to record a reminder sound and generate a recorded sound data accordingly, the remote control uses the set value and the recorded sound data is transmitted to the receiving interface; and a storage unit, electrically connected to the processing unit, for storing the recorded audio data received by the receiving interface from the remote controller; Wherein, the processing unit judges whether a reminder time corresponding to the set value is reached, and controls the reminder sound playing unit to play the reminder sound according to the recorded sound data after the reminder time is reached. 2. The television as claimed in claim 1, wherein the warning sound playing unit comprises a buzzer. 3. The television as claimed in claim 1, wherein the warning sound playing unit comprises a speaker. 4. The TV according to claim 3, wherein before the reminder time is reached, the processing unit controls the speaker to play a program sound; after the reminder time is reached, the processing unit controls the speaker to play the reminder sound. 5. The television as claimed in claim 3, wherein the storage unit is further used to pre-store a preset sound data corresponding to the reminder sound; Wherein, after the reminder time is reached, the processing unit controls the speaker to play the reminder sound according to the preset sound data. 6. A TV with reminding function, which includes: an image playing unit, used to play a program image; a processing unit electrically connected to the image playing unit; a receiving interface electrically connected to the processing unit; a remote controller, used to generate a set value; An audio recording unit is built in the remote control, used to record a reminder sound and generate a recorded sound data accordingly, and the remote control transmits the set value and the recorded sound data to the receiving interface; Wherein, the processing unit is used for voice recognition of the recorded audio data to generate a text data, and after reaching a reminder time corresponding to the set value, controls the video playback unit to display the reminder text corresponding to the text data.

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