公开(公告)号：US5585858A

公开(公告)日：1996-12-17

申请号：US289499

申请日：1994-08-12

申请人： Gregory W. Harper ,  Michael J. Freeman

发明人： Gregory W. Harper ,  Michael J. Freeman

IPC分类号： G09B5/06 ,  G09B5/14 ,  G09B7/04 ,  H04H1/00 ,  H04H20/28 ,  H04H20/30 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04H60/07 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/45 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/04 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/15 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/8541 ,  H04N7/087 ,  H04N7/08 ,  H04N7/12 ,  H04N7/14

CPC分类号： H04H20/28 ,  G09B5/065 ,  G09B5/14 ,  G09B7/04 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/4351 ,  H04N21/4758 ,  H04N21/8166 ,  H04N21/8541 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/04 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/15 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04H20/30 ,  H04H60/07 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/45

摘要： A system for simulcasting a fully interactive program with a normal conventional program in the same standard video signal bandwidth. It allows active participation by subscribers who have interactive components connected to a television or personal computer display, as well as normal viewing of the conventional program by viewers with conventional television sets. Interactive participants are not limited to any particular reception system. Users can participate using an interactive program box connected to a standard television set or with a multimedia personal computer with an interactive board. An important feature is that interactivity is offered as an option, without any degradation or interruption in program content to users who choose not to interact or do not have the interactive components. Interactivity is personalized through the use of alternative audio responses and/or graphic displays. The interactive elements are presented to the subscriber either immediately after subscriber entry, later during the program at predetermined times, and/or at transparent "trigger points". At trigger points, program content is subtly altered to present specialized attention to each interactive subscriber viewing the displayed programming. Interactive programs viewable over the simulcast system include both live broadcasts as well as recorded programs. Interactive audio and graphics elements can be provided as part of the transmitted video signal bandwidth using efficient one way techniques or from local or external storage. The interactive innovative features are not limited to conventional cable or television broadcast or any particular transmission means or transmission format, and can be analog or digital.

摘要翻译： 用于在相同的标准视频信号带宽中与普通常规程序同时播放完全交互式节目的系统。 它允许具有连接到电视或个人计算机显示器的交互式组件的用户的主动参与，以及具有传统电视机的观众对常规节目的普通观看。 互动参与者不限于任何特定的接收系统。 用户可以使用连接到标准电视机或与多媒体个人电脑交互式电路板的交互式节目盒进行参与。 一个重要的特征是提供交互性作为选项，而不会对选择不交互或不具有交互式组件的用户的程序内容造成任何劣化或中断。 通过使用替代音频响应和/或图形显示来实现交互性。 交互式元素在用户输入后立即在预定时间的程序期间和/或在透明的“触发点”处被呈现给用户。 在触发点，节目内容被微妙地改变，以便对观看所显示的节目的每个交互式用户特别关注。 通过联播系统查看的互动节目包括现场直播以及录制节目。 交互式音频和图形元素可以使用有效的单向技术或从本地或外部存储提供作为传输的视频信号带宽的一部分。 交互式创新功能不限于传统的有线或电视广播或任何特定的传输方式或传输格式，并且可以是模拟或数字的。

公开(公告)号：US5568385A

公开(公告)日：1996-10-22

申请号：US251983

申请日：1994-06-01

申请人： William A. Shelton

发明人： William A. Shelton

IPC分类号： G01V1/00 ,  G01V1/22 ,  G01W1/10 ,  H04M11/00 ,  H04N7/025 ,  G06F169/00

CPC分类号： G01V1/008 ,  G01V1/22 ,  G01W1/10 ,  H04M11/00 ,  H04N7/025

摘要： A computer-based system for collecting and displaying weather information includes a microprocessor-based computer programmed to receive digital signals encoding weather data collected at each weather station; and to store and retrieve those digital signals in predetermined screen buffers to generate weather data screens displaying alphanumeric and graphic displays of weather data. The system further includes multiple weather stations, each comprised of one or more weather instruments, each capable of sensing a particular weather parameter and converting that parameter into a analog electrical signal, with means for converting the analog signal into a series of digital signals corresponding to the values of the weather parameter over time. The system further including means for communicating the digital signals from the weather stations to the computer and means for displaying the data screens to multiple end users in real time. Remote weather stations are connected to the computer by conventional modem/telephone hookups. Display screen data output from the computer is converted to a television broadcast quality signal so that the data screens may be broadcast or otherwise delivered to television viewers through conventional television delivery systems.

摘要翻译： 用于收集和显示天气信息的基于计算机的系统包括：基于微处理器的计算机，被编程为接收编码在每个气象站收集的天气数据的数字信号; 并且在预定屏幕缓冲器中存储和检索这些数字信号，以产生显示天气数据的字母数字和图形显示的天气数据屏幕。 该系统还包括多个气象站，每个气象站由一个或多个天气仪器组成，每个天气仪器能够感测特定的天气参数并将该参数转换为模拟电信号，具有将模拟信号转换成一系列对应于 天气参数随时间的值。 该系统还包括用于将来自气象站的数字信号传送到计算机的装置和用于将数据屏幕实时显示给多个终端用户的装置。 远程气象站通过传统的调制解调器/电话连接连接到计算机。 从计算机输出的显示屏数据被转换为电视广播质量信号，使得数据屏幕可以通过传统的电视传送系统被广播或以其它方式传送到电视观众。

公开(公告)号：US5537141A

公开(公告)日：1996-07-16

申请号：US228355

申请日：1994-04-15

申请人： Gregory W. Harper ,  Michael J. Freeman

发明人： Gregory W. Harper ,  Michael J. Freeman

IPC分类号： G09B5/06 ,  G09B5/14 ,  G09B7/04 ,  H04H1/00 ,  H04H20/28 ,  H04H20/30 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04H60/07 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/45 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/04 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/15 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/8541 ,  H04N7/14

CPC分类号： H04H20/28 ,  G09B5/065 ,  G09B5/14 ,  G09B7/04 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/4351 ,  H04N21/4758 ,  H04N21/8166 ,  H04N21/8541 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/04 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/15 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04H20/30 ,  H04H60/07 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/45

摘要： An interactive distance learning system which provides individualized and meaningful interactive responses to each student, as if the student is receiving instruction directly from a private tutor or instructor. An interactive program transmission occurs to a diverse number of facilities and locations. The primary transmission is a live lecture by the person making the presentation on the distance learning system. The live lecture is accompanied by questions to gage comprehension by students. The questions, in interrogatory form, are graphically displayed on the screen either as video or overlaying the video showing the lecturer. In addition to the interrogatory question, a set of responses, one correct, the rest incorrect, are also presented for the student choice. A complimentary suite of affirmative supportive commentary is prepared and prerecorded for the plurality of correct and incorrect responses which might be given to a question. Each response teaches, confirms and encourages the learning experience. A processor, branching codes and a memory device can be used to create a large variety of responses to provide an individual response for every student who responds to an interrogatory. A different response is created for every answer given to every question. Video or disk recordings of presentations can be prerecorded to demonstrate concepts or ideas or simply expand on lectured points and can be switched in and out of the video presentation of the live lecture as the instructor chooses. The transmitted interactive signal can be recorded for later playback and remain fully interactive. An extremely flexible, relatively inexpensive system is thus created which uniquely teaches and uniquely addresses the needs of every student participating in the interactive distance learning system experience.

摘要翻译： 一种交互式远程学习系统，为每个学生提供个性化和有意义的交互式回应，就好像学生直接从私人导师或教师那里获得教学。 交互式节目传输发生在不同数量的设施和位置。 主要传播是由远程学习系统演示的人员的现场演讲。 现场演讲伴随着学生对测量的理解问题。 询问形式的问题，以视频形式显示在屏幕上，或叠加显示讲师的视频。 除了询问问题外，还提供了一组回答，一个正确的，其余的错误，也是为学生选择提供的。 准备了一套免费的肯定支持性评论，并预先记录了可能提出的多个正确和不正确的答复。 每个回应教导，确认并鼓励学习经验。 处理器，分支代码和存储设备可用于创建各种各样的响应，以便为响应询问的每个学生提供单独的响应。 对于每一个问题的答案都会产生不同的回应。 演示文稿的视频或磁盘录制可以预先记录，以演示概念或想法，或简单地扩展演讲点，并且可以在教师选择的情况下切换和转出现场演讲的视频演示。 传输的交互信号可以被记录以备后续播放并保持完全交互。 因此，创建了一种非常灵活，相对便宜的系统，其独特地教导并且独特地满足参与交互式远程学习系统体验的每个学生的需求。

公开(公告)号：US5532754A

公开(公告)日：1996-07-02

申请号：US226209

申请日：1994-04-11

申请人： Patrick Young ,  John H. Roop ,  Michael W. Faber

发明人： Patrick Young ,  John H. Roop ,  Michael W. Faber

IPC分类号： B64C30/00 ,  G04G15/00 ,  G11B15/02 ,  G11B27/10 ,  G11B27/11 ,  G11B27/30 ,  G11B27/32 ,  G11B27/34 ,  G11B27/36 ,  G11B33/10 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/10 ,  H04N7/16

CPC分类号： H04N7/165 ,  G04G15/006 ,  G11B15/023 ,  G11B27/10 ,  G11B27/107 ,  G11B27/11 ,  G11B27/3054 ,  G11B27/324 ,  G11B27/328 ,  G11B27/34 ,  G11B27/36 ,  G11B33/10 ,  H04N21/4135 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/43622 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/4821 ,  H04N21/4828 ,  H04N21/4858 ,  H04N21/6118 ,  H04N21/8186 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/0884 ,  H04N7/0887 ,  H04N7/0888 ,  H04N7/10 ,  H04N7/106 ,  H04N7/163 ,  G11B2220/41 ,  G11B2220/65 ,  G11B2220/80 ,  G11B2220/90 ,  H04N2005/4423 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N5/44504

摘要： Screen (10) for a user interface of a television schedule system and process consists of an array (24) of irregular cells (26), which vary in length, corresponding to different television program lengths of one half hour to one-and-one half hours or more. The array is arranged as three columns (28) of one-half hour in duration, and twelve rows (30) of program listings. Some of the program listings overlap two or more of the columns (28) because of their length. Because of the widely varying length of the cells (26), if a conventional cursor used to select a cell location were to simply step from one cell to another, the result would be abrupt changes in the screen (10) as the cursor moved from a cell (26) of several hours length to an adjacent cell in the same row. An effective way of timing the motion is to assume that behind every array (24) is an underlying array of regular cells. By restricting cursor movements to the regular cells, abrupt screen changes will be avoided. With the cursor (32 ), the entire cell (26) is 3-D highlighted, using a conventional offset shadow (34). The offset shadow (34) is a black bar that underlines the entire cell and wraps around the right edge of the cell. A background mode for the television program guide presents several lines of guide information overlying a portion of the current television program.

摘要翻译： 用于电视节目表系统和处理的用户界面的屏幕（10）由不规则小区（26）的阵列（24）组成，其长度不同，对应于一个半小时的不同电视节目长度到一对一 半个小时以上。 该阵列被排列成持续时间为半小时的三列（28），和十二行（30）的程序列表。 一些程序列表由于其长度而重叠两个或更多列（28）。 由于细胞（26）的长度变化很大，如果用于选择细胞位置的常规光标是简单地从一个细胞步进到另一个细胞，则结果将随着光标从...移动而在屏幕（10）中突然变化 具有数小时长度的细胞（26）到相同行中的相邻细胞。 定时运动的有效方法是假设每个阵列（24）后面是正常单元格的底层阵列。 通过将光标移动限制到正常单元格，将避免突然的屏幕更改。 利用光标（32），使用传统的偏移阴影（34）突出显示整个单元（26）的3-D。 偏移阴影（34）是一个黑条，下划线整个单元格并且围绕单元格的右边缘。 电视节目指南的背景模式提供了覆盖当前电视节目的一部分的多条指导信息。

公开(公告)号：US5519780A

公开(公告)日：1996-05-21

申请号：US160827

申请日：1993-12-03

申请人： Arthur S. Woo ,  Wayne S. Sheldrick ,  Keith B. Gammie ,  Hrad Hekimian

发明人： Arthur S. Woo ,  Wayne S. Sheldrick ,  Keith B. Gammie ,  Hrad Hekimian

IPC分类号： H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/167 ,  H04N21/236 ,  H04N21/2365 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04L9/00

CPC分类号： H04N21/4348 ,  H04N21/4343 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4888 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/0882 ,  H04N7/0884 ,  H04N7/0888 ,  H04N7/1675

摘要： A teletext system provides teletext services and teletext support services in a multiservice communication system. Multiplexed data streams for a plurality of services, including teletext data, are transmitted in a sequence of frames between a transmitter location and a receiver location. Teletext information is transmitted in the format of a header packet and a data packet. The header packet contains information identifying the teletext information according to page number as well as other filter fields, such as language, time zone, etc. By appropriate selection of the values of the filter fields, the operator is afforded greater flexibility in providing a variety of classes of service and service support to subscribers. In addition, the system may be easily be reconfigured to support the addition of services or the cancellation of services.

摘要翻译： 图文电视系统在多服务通信系统中提供图文电视服务和图文电视支持服务。 用于多个服务的多路复用数据流（包括图文电视数据）以发送器位置和接收器位置之间的一系列帧的方式发送。 图文信息以标题包和数据包的格式发送。 标题分组包含根据页码以及其他过滤器字段（例如语言，时区等）标识图文电视信息的信息。通过适当地选择过滤器字段的值，操作者在提供各种各样的方面提供更大的灵活性 为用户提供服务和服务支持。 此外，该系统可以容易地重新配置以支持服务的增加或服务的取消。

公开(公告)号：US5438370A

公开(公告)日：1995-08-01

申请号：US275332

申请日：1994-07-14

申请人： Guy A. Primiano ,  Ajith N. Nair

发明人： Guy A. Primiano ,  Ajith N. Nair

IPC分类号： H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/01 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/167 ,  H04N7/22 ,  H04N7/54 ,  H04N11/04 ,  H04N11/14 ,  H04N11/16 ,  H04N21/43 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04N7/087

CPC分类号： H04N7/0885 ,  H04N11/042 ,  H04N11/143 ,  H04N11/162 ,  H04N21/4307 ,  H04N21/4348 ,  H04N21/440281 ,  H04N21/4884 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N7/01 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/0882 ,  H04N7/0884 ,  H04N7/1675 ,  H04N7/22 ,  H04N7/54 ,  H04N5/445

摘要： An apparatus for providing close captioning in a digital program services delivery system comprises: a rate converter circuit for receiving video codes and outputting video data; a video decoder circuit for receiving the video data and outputting digital Y, U, V data; a digital to analog converter/analog encoder circuit for converting the Y, U, V data into an analog video signal in a prescribed format; a line 21 former circuit for receiving close captioning digital data and forming a line 21 analog signal; and a multiplexor for inserting the line 21 analog signal into the analog video signal.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在数字节目服务传送系统中提供紧密字幕的装置，包括：用于接收视频码并输出视频数据的速率转换器电路; 视频解码器电路，用于接收视频数据并输出数字Y，U，V数据; 用于将Y，U，V数据转换为规定格式的模拟视频信号的数模转换器/模拟编码器电路; 用于接收紧密字幕数字数据并形成线21模拟信号的线路21原线电路; 以及用于将线路21模拟信号插入模拟视频信号的多路复用器。

公开(公告)号：US4631531A

公开(公告)日：1986-12-23

申请号：US491205

申请日：1983-04-26

申请人： Satoru Maeda

发明人： Satoru Maeda

IPC分类号： G09G5/02 ,  G09G5/39 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/03 ,  H04N7/035 ,  H04N7/08 ,  H04N7/081 ,  G09G1/28

CPC分类号： H04N21/4888 ,  G09G5/02 ,  G09G5/39 ,  H04N5/44513 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N5/44504

摘要： A system for displaying text data includes a plural page memory and a flag memory, in which flags are set to identify the desired page data for display, and a flag controller and read-out controller operate so that when an erase code is included in the data the display is blanked but when the data includes an image signal a desired text page is displayed.

摘要翻译： PCT No.PCT / JP82 / 00333 Sec。 371日期：1983年4月26日 102（e）日期1983年4月26日PCT提交1982年8月24日PCT公布。 出版物WO83 / 00789 日期：1983年3月3日。用于显示文本数据的系统包括多页存储器和标志存储器，其中标志被设置为识别所需的页面数据进行显示，并且标志控制器和读出控制器操作， 擦除代码被包括在数据中，显示器被消隐，但是当数据包括图像信号时，显示所需的文本页面。

公开(公告)号：US4589109A

公开(公告)日：1986-05-13

申请号：US599932

申请日：1984-04-13

申请人： John P. Chambers

发明人： John P. Chambers

IPC分类号： H04J3/00 ,  H04L7/08 ,  H04N5/60 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/08 ,  H04N7/081 ,  H04N7/085 ,  H04J3/26

CPC分类号： H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/085

摘要： A digital transmission system for transmitting, e.g., television sound has two packet type indicators indicating, e.g., mono/stereo transmission. Normally the same packet type indicator is transmitted for a long sequence of packets. To provide synchronizing information to enable, e.g., appropriate timing of a sound signal to the associated video signal, the packet type indicator for a single packet is changed to an indicator which is inappropriate to the packet concerned but is appropriate to another type of packet.

摘要翻译： 用于发送例如电视声音的数字传输系统具有指示例如单声道/立体声传输的两个分组类型指示符。 通常，针对长序列的数据包发送相同的分组类型指示符。 为了提供同步信息以使例如对相关视频信号的声音信号的适当定时，将单个分组的分组类型指示符改变为对相关分组不合适的指示符，但适合于另一类型的分组。

公开(公告)号：US4420833A

公开(公告)日：1983-12-13

申请号：US189080

申请日：1980-09-22

申请人： Yves M. Noirel

发明人： Yves M. Noirel

IPC分类号： H04N7/025 ,  H04J3/16

CPC分类号： H04N7/025

摘要： A system broadcasts videotext data in the form of data packets originating from numerical data coming from several paths. Each packet has a prefix which contains synchronization and path identification code signals, a format signal which indicates the length of the data which follow the prefix. The transmitting station has as many coupling devices as there are paths for originating data. The coupling device has a data memory coupled to drive to a multiplexing circuit under the control of a common governing circuit. An inhibition order is given either as soon as the memory is full, or as soon as a counter has reached a pre-determined count. Then, the memory is connected to the multiplexing circuit, into which the stored data is emptied. The system is characterized in that a small capacity buffer is used between the memory and the input circuit for reading data out of the buffer memory responsive to a programmer. A transcoder treats the broadcast data to fit it into the system format.

摘要翻译： 系统以来自多个路径的数字数据的数据包形式广播录像带数据。 每个分组具有包含同步和路径识别码信号的前缀，格式信号指示跟随前缀的数据的长度。 发射台具有与始发数据路径一样多的耦合装置。 耦合装置具有数据存储器，该数据存储器在公共控制电路的控制下耦合到驱动到多路复用电路。 一旦存储器已满，或一旦计数器达到预定的计数，就会给出禁止命令。 然后，存储器连接到多路复用电路，存储的数据被清空。 该系统的特征在于，在存储器和输入电路之间使用小容量缓冲器，用于响应于编程器从缓冲存储器读出数据。 转码器将广播数据视为系统格式。

公开(公告)号：US4413281A

公开(公告)日：1983-11-01

申请号：US277672

申请日：1981-06-26

申请人： Paul Thonnart

发明人： Paul Thonnart

IPC分类号： H04N1/00 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/08

CPC分类号： H04N7/025 ,  H04N1/00098 ,  H04N7/17318

摘要： Disclosed is a process for the transmission of information over television networks wherein certain information is encoded in digital form and transmitted by supplementing and/or replacing the information forming the conventional program. The digital information is received by a conventional receiving set equipped with a decoding, memory and detector means. Information is transmitted in the form of analog signals subdivided into scans or groups of scans, each scan having associated identifying material. The information transmitted in digital form has other identifying material and is transmitted generally synchronously with the corresponding information in analog form. The transmissions are received by receivers with detectors sensitive to the identifying material and which have analog-digital and inverse conversion means as well as memory and decoding means to reproduce the information contained in the analog and digital signals.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种通过电视网络传输信息的过程，其中某些信息以数字形式编码并通过补充和/或替代形成常规节目的信息来传送。 数字信息由配备有解码，存储器和检测器装置的常规接收机接收。 信息以被分成扫描或扫描组的模拟信号的形式传输，每个扫描具有相关联的识别材料。 以数字形式发送的信息具有其他识别材料，并且以与模拟形式的相应信息大致同步地发送。 传输由具有对识别材料敏感的检测器的接收机接收，并且具有模拟数字和逆转换装置以及用于再现包含在模拟和数字信号中的信息的存储器和解码装置。