RDS-TMC broadcast receiver
First Claim
1. A broadcast receiver, comprising a control circuit (7) fordelivering encoded messages, derived from a broadcast signal, to at least one storage device (12, 28)receiving control data, derived from the encoded messages, from at least one storage device (12, 28), andforming the messages from the control data in a form suitable for a display device (13) and/or a speech synthesizer circuit (14),characterized in thatthe at least one storage device (12, 28) is also for the storage of given control data under an escape code,the control data associated with an encoded message contains at least one first main component and at least one first subsidiary component,the control data associated with an escape code contains a second main component and at least one second subsidiary component,when the at least one first main component contains at least one escape codes at least one associated first subsidiary component contains a dummy corresponding to the escape code, and the control circuit (7) is arrangedto receive at least one first main component with at least one escape code and at least one associated first subsidiary component with at least one dummy, andassociate a second main component with the escape code and/or at least one second subsidiary component with the dummy.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a broadcast receiver, comprising a control circuit (7) for delivering encoded messages, derived from a broadcast signal, to at least one storage device (12, 28), for receiving control data, derived from the encoded messages, from at least one storage device (12, 28), and for forming the messages from the control data in a form suitable for a display device (13) and/or a speech synthesizer circuit (14). In order to reduce the data file, at least one storage device (12, 28) is provided to store given control data under an escape code. The control data associated with an encoded message contains at least one first main component and at least one first subsidiary component and the control data associated with an escape code contains a second main component and at least one second subsidiary component. The main component may be, for example an orthographic notation of a language and the subsidiary components may be phonetic notations of a plurality of languages. In the presence of a first main component containing an escape code at least one associated first subsidiary component contains a dummy corresponding to the escape code. The control circuit (7) associates a corresponding escape code with a dummy.
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16 Claims
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1. A broadcast receiver, comprising a control circuit (7) for
delivering encoded messages, derived from a broadcast signal, to at least one storage device (12, 28) receiving control data, derived from the encoded messages, from at least one storage device (12, 28), and forming the messages from the control data in a form suitable for a display device (13) and/or a speech synthesizer circuit (14), characterized in that the at least one storage device (12, 28) is also for the storage of given control data under an escape code, the control data associated with an encoded message contains at least one first main component and at least one first subsidiary component, the control data associated with an escape code contains a second main component and at least one second subsidiary component, when the at least one first main component contains at least one escape codes at least one associated first subsidiary component contains a dummy corresponding to the escape code, and the control circuit (7) is arranged to receive at least one first main component with at least one escape code and at least one associated first subsidiary component with at least one dummy, and associate a second main component with the escape code and/or at least one second subsidiary component with the dummy.
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11. A module (47) for processing encoded messages derived from a transmitted signal, comprising a control circuit (64) which is arranged to
deliver encoded messages, derived from the transmitted signal, to at least one storage device (28, 68), receive control data, derived from the encoded messages, from at least one storage device (28, 68), and form the messages from the control data in a form suitable for a display device (61) and/or a speech synthesizer circuit (65), characterized in that the least one storage device (28, 68) is also for the storage of given control data under an escape code, the control data associated with an encoded message contains at least one first main component and at least one first subsidiary component, the control data associated with an escape code contains a second main component and at least one second subsidiary component, when the at least one first main component contains at least one escape code, then the at least one associated first subsidiary component contains a dummy which corresponds to the escape code, and the control circuit (64) is arranged to receive at least one first main component with at least one escape code and at least one associated first subsidiary component with at least one dummy, and associate a second main component with the escape code and/or at least one second subsidiary component with the dummy.
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12. A storage device (12, 28, 68) for a receiver or for a module (47) for the processing of encoded messages derived from a transmitted signal, for the storage of control data for a respective encoded message,
characterized in that the storage device (12, 28, 68) is arranged to store given control data under an escape code, the control data associated with an encoded message contains at least one first main component and at least one first subsidiary component, the control data associated with an escape code contains a second main component and at least one second subsidiary component, when the at least one first main component contains at least one escape code, then at least one associated first subsidiary component contains a dummy corresponding to the escape code, and a second main component is to be associated with the escape code and/or at least one second subsidiary component is to be associated with the dummy.
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13. A chip card (17) for insertion into a card reader (16, 66) for a broadcast receiver or for a module (47) for the processing of encoded messages derived from a transmitted signal, the card comprising a storage device (28) for storing control data for a respective encoded message,
characterized in that the storage device (28) is arranged to store given control data under an escape code, the control data associated with an encoded message contains at least one first main component and at least one first subsidiary component, the control data associated with an escape code contains a second main component and at least one second subsidiary component, when the at least one first main component contains at least one escape code, then the at least one associated first subsidiary component contains a dummy corresponding to the escape code, and a second main component is to be associated with the escape code and/or at least one second subsidiary component is to be associated with the dummy.
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14. A receiver system comprising
means for receiving an encoded signal, the signal including at least a partial message comprising first control data including first main and subsidiary components, the first main component including at least one escape code, the first subsidiary component including a dummy; -
means for storing second control data under the at least one escape code, the second control data including second main and subsidiary components; a control circuit for receiving and associating the first and second control data and for substituting at least part of the second control data for the escape code and/or the dummy; means responsive to the control circuit for synthesizing speech based upon the first and second control data; whereby the signal need not contain an entire version of the message, some of the message being provided by the receiver in response to the escape code. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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