Digital broadcast reception system, digital broadcast reception apparatus and digital broadcast printing apparatus

• US 20010022003A1
• Filed: 02/22/2001
• Published: 09/13/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Narushima, Toshio
• Granted Patent: US 6,774,951 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/133
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/13 Arrangements for device control affected by the broadcast information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00291 with receiver circuitry television receiver circuitry per se H04N5/44
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00294 for printing images at a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4117 for generating hard copies of the content, e.g. printer, electronic paper interfaces to printers G06F3/12; printing data G06K15/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42676 for modulating an analogue carrier signal to encode digital information or demodulating it to decode digital information, e.g. ADSL or cable modem
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4355 involving reformatting operations of additional data, e.g. HTML pages on a television screen optimising the visualization of content for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/9577; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/066; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43632 involving a wired protocol, e.g. IEEE 1394 high-speed IEEE 1394 serial bus H04L12/40052
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0067 Converting to still picture data

Abstract

A printing apparatus for printing the content information contained in the digital broadcast received by an STB, in which flexible printing is achieved efficiently at a low cost. The digital broadcast is received by an STB 30 and demonstrated on a display device 31 as the contents information comprehended in the ddb is printed by a printer 32. The contents information comprehended in the digital broadcast is converted by a contents information conversion unit 68 into contents suited for printing.

Claims

1. A digital broadcast reception system having a receiver for receiving digital broadcast, a display device for displaying the digital broadcast received by said receiver, and a printer for printing the contents information comprehended in the digital broadcast received by said receiver, said receiver, display device and the printer being connected to one another, wherein

said receiver includes

reception means for receiving the digital broadcast;

contents information generating means for performing pre-set signal processing signals of the digital broadcast received by said reception means to generate the contents information for demonstration on said display device; and

outputting means for outputting the contents information generated by said contents information generating means to said display device and to said printer; and

wherein

said printer includes

inputting means for receiving the contents information output from said reception device;

contents information converting means for converting at least a portion of said contents information received from said inputting means into contents suited to printing; and

printing means for printing the contents information converted by said contents information converting means.

2. The digital broadcast reception system according to

claim 1

wherein said reception device further includes second contents information converting means for converting at least a portion of the contents information generated by said contents information converting means into contents suited to printing by said printing device;

said outputting means of said receiver outputting the contents information generated by said contents information converting means to said display device and outputting the contents information partially converted by said second contents information converting means to said printer.

3. A digital broadcast reception system having a receiver for receiving digital broadcast, a display device for displaying the digital broadcast received by said receiver, and a printer for printing the contents information comprehended in the digital broadcast received by said receiver, said receiver, display device and the printer being connected to one another, wherein

said receiver includes

reception means for receiving the digital broadcast;

contents information generating means for performing pre-set signal processing signals of the digital broadcast received by said reception means to generate the contents information for demonstration on said display device;

contents information conversion means for converting at least a portion of the contents information generated by said contents information generating means into contents suited for printing by said printer; and

outputting means for outputting the contents information generated by said contents information generating means to said display device and outputting the contents information partially converted by said contents information conversion means to said printer; and

wherein said printer includes

inputting means for receiving the contents information output by said receiver; and

printing means for printing the contents information received from said inputting means.

4. A digital broadcast reception apparatus comprising:

reception means for receiving digital broadcast;

contents information generating means for performing pre-set signal processing on signals of digital broadcast received by said reception means for generating contents information for demonstrating digital broadcast;

contents information conversion means for converting at least a portion of the contents information generated by said contents information generating means; and

outputting means for outputting the contents information;

generated by the contents information generating means to a display device for displaying the digital broadcast and for outputting the contents information partially converted by said contents information conversion means to said printer.

5. A digital broadcast reception apparatus comprising:

reception means for receiving digital broadcast;

contents information generating means for performing pre-set signal processing on signals of digital broadcast received by said reception means for generating contents information for demonstrating said digital broadcast;

contents information conversion means for converting at least a portion of the contents information generated by said contents information generating means into contents suited for printing;

outputting means for outputting the contents information generated by said contents information generating means to a display device for demonstrating the digital broadcast; and

printing means for printing the contents information converted by said contents information conversion means.

6. A digital broadcast printing apparatus for printing the contents information generated by a receiver receiving the digital broadcast, comprising:

inputting means for receiving the contents information output by said receiver;

contents information conversion means for converting at least a portion of the contents information received from said inputting means into contents suited for printing; and

printing means for printing the contents information converted by said contents information conversion means.