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Title:
AUDIBLE MESSAGE GENERATOR
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3699162
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PURPOSE: To provide an audible message generator for a digital TV system.
CONSTITUTION: A TV signal in the shape of multiplex digital packet stream to represent information of compressed video and audio is received by a digital TV receiver 15. Each packet is transmitted to each digital video and audio signal processing part according to header information of the packet itself, decoded, compression is released and D-A converted. Various messages are generated by tone or voice by the audible message generator and the audible message generator is provided with memory 1529 of digital information to represent the audible message whose compression form is the same as the one at a transmission side and a controller 1527 to selectively transmit the digital information to a packet transfer unit 1507 when the audible message is required to be supplied. The digital information of the audible message is transmitted to a digital audio processing part 1513 by the transfer unit 1507, decoded, compression is released as mentioned above and reproduced as an analog audible message.


Inventors:
The Ames Edwin Haley Senior
Debited Emery Village
Application Number:
JP17532395A
Publication Date:
September 28, 2005
Filing Date:
June 08, 1995
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS,INCORPORATED
International Classes:
G08B3/10; H04H20/00; H04N5/44; H04N5/60; H04N7/26; H04N7/08; H04N7/20; H04N21/433; H04N21/434; H04N21/488; H04N21/81; (IPC1-7): H04H1/00; G08B3/10; H04N7/20; H04N7/24
Domestic Patent References:
JP4273789A
JP6070306A
JP5083683A
JP7336674A
JP60153072U
JP60012835A
Foreign References:
WO1992016071A1
WO1993009636A1
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Katsunori Watanabe