JP2004153375A - Television receiver and remote control transceiver - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To provide a television receiver and a remote control transmission / reception device capable of not only facilitating URL input and e-mail creation but also protecting personal information by displaying an e-mail on a remote control instead of a television. The purpose is to provide.
Kind Code: A1 A remote control touch panel includes: a television having an Internet access and e-mail transmission / reception, a display device, and a remote control device for inputting a URL for accessing the Internet, browsing a home page, and creating an e-mail; A means for performing handwriting input by using a PC, a transmitting means 8 for transferring the same to a television, a transmitting means 105 for transferring an e-mail received by the television to a remote controller, and a display circuit 6 for displaying the same on a touch panel of the remote controller. .
[Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to electric and electronic devices typified by televisions and the like that can access the Internet, and to a remote control transmitting / receiving device that controls the devices.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, with the development of digital technology, TV broadcast receivers that can not only receive TV broadcasts but also access the Internet have appeared, but Internet access and e-mail creation are not easy with conventional TV remote controls. Absent. As a method for solving this, in Patent Document 1, a remote control device is provided with handwriting input means using a touch panel to simplify character input. Further, the creation and reading of an e-mail is conventionally performed on a television screen as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-157572.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-10-322780 [Patent Document 2]
JP-A-9-237234
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-described conventional configuration, Patent Document 1 focuses on improving the character input method, and it cannot be said that the page feed most used in Internet access or the pointer movement to a desired hyperlink is sufficient. There was a problem that.
[0005]
Also, there is a problem that the protection and protection of the personal information is not considered at all because the creation and reading of the e-mail are performed on a television screen as in (Patent Document 2) and other people can look into the e-mail. I was
[0006]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to facilitate character input, homepage browsing, e-mail creation and browsing, and protection of personal information in a television accessible to the Internet.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the television receiving apparatus and the remote control transmitting / receiving apparatus of the present invention are provided with a touch panel input and a display device on the back side of a normal television remote control, thereby providing a means for inputting complicated input characters by hand and browsing a homepage. A configuration is provided in which a means for facilitating the communication is provided, and a transmission / reception means is provided for the television and the remote controller, so that a means for displaying an e-mail received by the television on the remote controller is provided.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is a television receiver having Internet access and e-mail transmission / reception means, comprising: an Internet homepage or e-mail display means; and an e-mail display permission / inhibition setting means. The television receiver is provided with transmission means for transferring the received e-mail to the remote control, and reception means for a character string created by the remote control.
[0009]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote control transmitting / receiving apparatus having a normal television remote control button on a front surface, and a touch panel and a touch panel pen for inputting and displaying information on a rear surface. A means for receiving an e-mail transmitted from the apparatus and displaying it on a touch panel; a means for moving a mouse pointer and scrolling a page on a touch panel of a remote controller on an Internet homepage display screen according to claim 1; A remote control transmission / reception device which has a means for recognizing hiragana and converting it to text and a means for converting Japanese kanji to transmit a created character string to the television receiver according to claim 1.
[0010]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the remote control transmitting / receiving apparatus according to the second aspect, the touch panel is protected when a normal TV remote control is used, and the TV remote control button is protected from being accidentally pressed when the touch panel is used. A remote control transmission / reception device having a cover characterized by the following.
[0011]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the electronic mail receiving device according to the first aspect, further comprising a display device for notifying the reception of the e-mail separately from the television screen, and receiving the e-mail even when the television is in a standby state. The remote control transmission / reception device is characterized in that the user can know the information and can view the received e-mail without touching the television by using the touch panel of the remote control transmission / reception device.
[0012]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0013]
(Embodiment 1)
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a remote control transmission / reception device, which is used for normal TV remote control buttons 3, a touch panel 4, and characters input on the touch panel 4 for the purpose of turning on / off the power, selecting a channel, adjusting the volume, or operating a recording device. A character recognition conversion circuit 5 for recognizing and converting to text, a display circuit 6 for displaying characters on a touch panel, a transmission circuit 8 and a reception circuit 9 for data transmission and reception, a central processing unit 2 for controlling a series of these processes, a memory 7, and software It is composed of
[0014]
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 100 denotes a television receiver having Internet access means, a front end unit 101 for selecting and demodulating an RF signal received by antennas 200 and 201, and a central processing unit 102 for demodulating video and audio. , A memory 107, a video / audio output unit 103, a network interface unit 106 connected to the Internet 300, a recording device 108 for storing e-mail data and the like, a reception circuit 104 for data transmission / reception, a transmission circuit 105, and a display for notifying reception of e-mail. It is composed of the device 109 and software.
[0015]
As shown in FIG. 2, the remote control transmission / reception device 1 has a conventional TV remote control button 3 on the surface. As shown in FIG. 3, the input window 10 and the display window 11 of the touch panel, the pen 20 for inputting the touch panel, and the cover 21 shown in FIG. Consists of Further, the input window 10 includes a character input section 12, an Internet icon 13 for changing the mode of the input window 10, a mail icon 14, a mouse icon 15, and a transmission icon 16. The display and means of the fixed phrase display section 17 and the scroll bars 18 and 19 are changed depending on the mode of the input window 10.
[0016]
When accessing the Internet, the user touches the Internet icon 13 on the touch panel of the remote control transmission / reception device 1 to change the input window 10 of the TV and the touch panel to the Internet mode. As shown in FIG. 5, a mouse pointer 110 is displayed on the television screen, and by touching a mouse icon 15 on the touch panel of the remote controller, the character input unit 12 becomes a mouse pad, and the cursor on the television screen moves as the mouse pad is traced. Or hitting the mouse pad allows the user to select a hyperlink 111 on the Internet homepage or press a button 112 of homepage display software (hereinafter referred to as a browser). Further, the user can easily scroll the homepage screen by tracing the scroll bars 18 and 19 of the touch panel in FIG.
[0017]
When inputting the URL of the Internet with the browser, the mouse pointer is set to the URL input unit 113 of the browser in FIG. 6 to enter the URL input state. A desired URL is input by handwriting on the character input unit 12 of the touch panel 4 of the remote controller. The result of the handwriting input is converted into a text by the character recognition conversion circuit 5, and is sequentially displayed on the display window 11 of the touch panel by the display circuit 6. When the desired URL is displayed, by touching the transmission icon 16 on the touch panel, it is transmitted to the television by the transmission circuit of the remote controller. The TV analyzes the data from the remote controller by the receiving circuit, displays the data on the URL input section of the browser, and moves to the page of the URL. At the time of inputting the URL, the input of the URL can be further facilitated by registering the frequently used fixed phrase in the fixed phrase display unit 17.
[0018]
Further, frequently accessed URLs can be stored in a browser and a remote controller, and a desired URL can be easily selected from a URL list displayed on a television screen or a URL list displayed on a display window 11 of a touch panel of the remote controller. It is possible. Even if the URL is difficult to see on the television screen, it can be easily confirmed on the touch panel 4 of the remote controller.
[0019]
When browsing an e-mail received on a television, first, a setting is made for each of a plurality of e-mail accounts to determine whether or not to permit browsing on a television screen and a password for login. If you allow browsing on the TV screen, you can browse that email regardless of the account you logged into.
[0020]
Next, an operation for receiving an e-mail will be described. First, the user touches the mail icon 14 on the touch panel 4 of the remote control transmission / reception device 1, starts mail software, and logs in with a mail account desired to be received. Hereinafter, a case will be described in which a received mail of an account taro not permitted to be displayed on the television screen is viewed. When the password of the account “taro” is accepted, a list of titles and destinations of the received mail is displayed on the television screen as shown at 114 in FIG. Since the account family is permitted to be viewed on the television screen, the list is displayed as 115 regardless of the account taro logged in. On the other hand, in an e-mail addressed to the account taro not permitted to browse on the television screen, the identification icon 116 such as “P” of PRIVATE is displayed, and the subject and the sender are not displayed. When browsing e-mail, select the e-mail you want to display from the received e-mail list 114. If the e-mail is for an account that is allowed to be displayed on the TV screen, display it on the TV screen. The user can select whether to display the mail on the television screen or to transfer the mail to the remote control. When the transfer to the remote control is selected, the mail list is displayed in the input window 10 and the selected mail is displayed in the display window 11 of the touch panel. And personal information can be protected.
[0021]
Also, a display device 109, such as an LED, for notifying that an e-mail has been received even when the television is in a standby state is provided in the television receiver 100, and the e-mail reception icon 14 on the touch panel of the remote control is touched. By touching, the mail information can be transferred to the remote control without turning on the television main body, and can be viewed on the display window of the touch panel.
[0022]
When creating an e-mail, as shown in FIG. 8, the user touches the e-mail icon 14 on the touch panel input window 10 of the remote controller to set the input window 10 to the mail mode. By touching a new icon on the mail menu 22, a new mail creation mode is set, and a handwritten input of an electronic mail can be performed in the same manner as the input of a URL. The input contents are sequentially reflected in the display window 11 so that the input text can be confirmed. At this time, to convert the input Japanese into kanji or katakana, touch the conversion icon of the Japanese conversion menu 23, and if it is converted into a desired character, touch the determination icon to determine the character. The created mail is temporarily transferred to the television by touching the transfer icon 16 on the touch panel 4, stored in the storage device 108 of the television, and then transmitted from the network interface unit 106 to the Internet 300. In this case, the television may be in a standby state.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, in a television having an Internet access and e-mail transmission / reception, display means and a remote control device thereof, a URL input for Internet access, an operation for browsing a homepage, and an e-mail creation are performed by a remote control. By providing means for performing handwriting input using a touch panel and transmitting means for transferring the same to a television, transmitting means for transmitting e-mail received on the television to a remote controller, and a display circuit for displaying the same on a touch panel of the remote controller. In addition, it is possible to obtain an excellent effect that not only the URL input and the creation of the e-mail can be facilitated, but also the personal information can be protected by displaying the e-mail on the remote controller instead of displaying it on the television.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a television receiver and a remote control transmission / reception device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a remote control transmission / reception device on a television remote control side. FIG. 3 is an external configuration diagram of a remote control transmission / reception device on a touch panel side. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an operation example when accessing an Internet homepage. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation example when inputting an Internet URL. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation example when receiving an e-mail. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation example when creating an e-mail.
1 remote control transmission / reception device 2 central processing unit (CPU 2)
3 remote control button 4 touch panel 5 character recognition conversion circuit 6 display circuit 7 memory 8 transmission circuit 9 reception circuit 10 input window 11 display window 12 character input section 13 internet icon 14 mail icon 15 mouse icon 16 transmission icon 17 fixed phrase display section 18 scroll Bar 1
19 Scroll bar 2
Reference Signs 20 pen for touch panel 21 remote control protection cover 22 mail menu 23 Japanese conversion menu 100 TV receiver 101 front end unit (tuning, demodulation circuit)
102 Central processing unit (CPU1)
103 video / audio output unit 104 reception circuit 105 transmission circuit 106 network interface unit 107 memory 108 recording device 109 display device 200 antenna 1
201 Antenna 2
300 Internet

Claims (4)

A television receiver having an Internet access and e-mail transmitting / receiving means, an Internet homepage or e-mail display means, an e-mail display enable / disable setting means, and a transmission for transferring received e-mails to a remote controller Means for receiving a character string created by a remote controller. A remote control transmission / reception device having a normal TV remote control button on a front surface and information input and display means by a touch panel and a touch panel pen mounted on a rear surface, the remote control transmission / reception device receiving an e-mail transmitted from the television reception device according to claim 1. A means for moving a mouse pointer and scrolling a page on a touch panel of a remote controller on an Internet homepage display screen according to claim 1, a means for recognizing alphanumeric characters and hiragana of handwritten input characters and converting them into text. A remote control transmitting / receiving apparatus for transmitting a character string created by means of a word to kanji conversion means to the television receiving apparatus according to claim 1. 3. The remote control transmission / reception device according to claim 2, wherein the touch panel is protected when a normal TV remote control is used, and the TV remote control button is protected from being pressed by mistake when the touch panel is used. The electronic mail receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising a display device for notifying the user of the reception of the e-mail separately from the television screen, so that the reception of the e-mail can be known even when the television is in a standby state, without turning on the television. A remote control transmission / reception device characterized in that a received electronic mail can be viewed on a touch panel of the remote control transmission / reception device.

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