Method of providing an emergency alert service via a mobile broadcasting and apparatus therefor

• US 10,171,192 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2018
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Oh, Sejin, Kim, Jeongwoo, Kwak, Minsung
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Ian N
• Assistant Examiner(s): McCallum, Latresa
• Application Number:
  US15/894,200
• Publication Number:
  US 20180175952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 323 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/59 for emergency or urgency
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/71 Wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/72 of terrestrial networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0041 Arrangements at the transmitter end
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services

Abstract

A device providing an emergency alert service via a mobile broadcasting according to one embodiment of the present invention includes an RS frame encoder configured to generate an RS frame, which is a 2^nd dimensional data frame, in a manner of performing an RS (Reed-Solomon)-CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) encoding on an ensemble comprising a mobile data for a mobile broadcasting service and a service signaling channel containing an access information on the mobile broadcasting service, an RS frame divider configured to divide the generated RS frame into a plurality of RS frame portions, a signaling encoder configured to generate a signaling data comprising a TPC (Transmission Parameter Channel) for signaling a transmission parameter of the mobile broadcasting and a FIC (Fast Information Channel) containing a connection information between the ensemble and the broadcasting service, a data group formatter configured to generate a data group containing a part of the signaling data and the RS frame portion, and a broadcasting signal generating unit configured to generate a mobile broadcasting signal containing the data group.

Claims

1. A method of providing an emergency alert in a broadcast transmitter, the method comprising:

generating service data of a broadcast service;

generating an emergency alert table including an emergency alert message;

generating an additional content related to the emergency alert message;

generating wake-up information indicating whether a broadcast receiver is to be woken up; and

transmitting a broadcast signal including the service data, the emergency alert table, the additional content, and the wake-up information,

wherein the emergency alert table further includes information for identifying a viewing target for the emergency alert message and emergency-related broadcast service information for an emergency-related broadcast service,

wherein the emergency-related broadcast service information includes information for identifying the emergency-related broadcast service and information for identifying a broadcast stream delivering the emergency-related broadcast service,

wherein the wake-up information indicates a wake-up call by being changed from 0 to 1, and

wherein the wake-up information indicates a different wake-up call from the wake-up call by being changed from 1 to 2.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional content includes content files that provide additional information about the emergency alert message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the wake-up information is represented by at least 2 bits.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast receiver in a standby mode wakes up only for the wake-up call for the corresponding emergency.

5. An apparatus for providing an emergency alert as a broadcast transmitter, the apparatus comprising:

a generator that generates service data of a broadcast service, an emergency alert table including an emergency alert message, an additional content related to the emergency alert message and wake-up information indicating whether a broadcast receiver is to be woken up; and

a transmitting unit that transmits a broadcast signal including the service data, the emergency alert table, the additional content, and the wake-up information,

wherein the emergency alert table further includes information for identifying a viewing target for the emergency alert message and emergency-related broadcast service information for an emergency-related broadcast service,

wherein the emergency-related broadcast service information includes information for identifying the emergency-related broadcast service and information for identifying a broadcast stream delivering the emergency-related broadcast service,

wherein the wake-up information indicates a wake-up call by being changed from 0 to 1, and

wherein the wake-up information indicates a different wake-up call from the wake-up call by being changed from 1 to 2.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the additional content includes content files that provide additional information about the emergency alert message.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the wake-up information is represented by at least 2 bits.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the broadcast receiver in a standby mode wakes up only for the wake-up call for the corresponding emergency.

9. A method of processing an emergency alert in a broadcast receiver, the method comprising:

receiving a broadcast signal including service data of a broadcast service and an emergency alert table including an emergency alert message;

receiving an additional content related to the emergency alert message;

decoding the service data in the received broadcast signal;

decoding the emergency alert table in the received broadcast signal;

displaying the broadcast service including the decoded service data and displaying the emergency alert message in the decoded emergency alert table; and

displaying the additional content related to the emergency alert message according to a request of a user,

wherein the emergency alert table further includes information for identifying a viewing target for the emergency alert message and emergency-related broadcast service information for an emergency-related broadcast service,

wherein the emergency-related broadcast service information includes information for identifying the emergency-related broadcast service and information for identifying a broadcast stream delivering the emergency-related broadcast service,

wherein the received broadcast signal further includes wake-up information indicating whether the broadcast receiver is to be woken up,

wherein the wake-up information indicates a wake-up call by being changed from 0 to 1, and

wherein the wake-up information indicates a different wake-up call from the wake-up call by being changed from 1 to 2.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

changing the broadcast service that is displaying into the emergency-related broadcast service; and

displaying the changed emergency-related broadcast service.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein displaying the additional content related to the emergency alert message further comprises:

displaying a list of two or more additional contents according to the request of the user when there are the two or more additional contents related to the emergency alert message;

selecting one of the two or more additional contents by the user, and

displaying the selected additional content element.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the additional content includes at least one of a video clip, a graphic, and a detailed description related to the emergency alert message.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein displaying the additional content related to the emergency alert message further comprises;

displaying the list of the two or more additional contents when the display of the selected additional content is canceled according to the request of the user.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the wake-up information includes at least 2 bits.

15. A broadcast receiver for processing an emergency alert, the broadcast receiver comprising:

a receiver that receives a broadcast signal including service data of a broadcast service and an emergency alert table including an emergency alert message;

a first decoder that decodes the service data in the received broadcast signal;

a second decoder that decodes the emergency alert table in the received broadcast signal; and

a display processor that displays the broadcast service including the decoded service data and displays the emergency alert message in the decoded emergency alert table,

wherein the receiver further receives an additional content related to the emergency alert message,

wherein the display processor further displays the additional content related to the emergency alert message according to a request of a user,

wherein the emergency alert table includes information for identifying a viewing target for the emergency alert message and emergency-related broadcast service information for an emergency-related broadcast service,

wherein the emergency-related broadcast service information includes information for identifying the emergency-related broadcast service and information for identifying a broadcast stream delivering the emergency-related broadcast service,

wherein the received broadcast signal further includes wake-up information indicating whether the broadcast receiver is to be woken up,

wherein the wake-up information indicates a wake-up call by being changed from 0 to 1, and

wherein the wake-up information indicates a different wake-up call from the wake-up call by being changed from 1 to 2.

16. The broadcast receiver of claim 15, wherein the display processor displays the emergency-related broadcast service by changing the broadcast service that is displaying into the emergency-related broadcast service.

17. The broadcast receiver of claim 15, wherein the display processor further displays a list of two or more additional contents according to the request of the user when there are the two or more additional contents related to the emergency alert message, selects one of the two or more additional contents by the user, and displays the selected additional content.

18. The broadcast receiver of claim 15, wherein the additional content includes at least one of a video clip, a graphic, and a detailed description related to the emergency alert message.

19. The broadcast receiver of claim 17, wherein the display processor further displays the list of the two or more additional contents when the display of the selected additional content is canceled according to the request of the user.

20. The broadcast receiver of claim 15, wherein the wake-up information includes at least 2 bits.