CN101267515A - A realization method and interface for displaying electronic program guide on a digital TV - Google Patents
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The invention discloses an implementation for a display electronic program guide on a digital television and an electronic program guide interface. The implementation comprises the following steps: acquiring current data, and displaying the week/data of several days including the data of current day in the first area of the electronic program guide interface; finding channel names, and displaying several channel names in the second area of the electronic program guide interface; finding the program time and program name of each channel, and displaying the found program times and program names on the third area of the electronic program guide interface. The invention is applied to the field of digital television.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the implementation method and the electronic program guides interface of the demonstration electronic program guides on a kind of Digital Television, relate in particular to a kind of on an electronic program guides interface, to show the implementation method and the interface of the programme information of a plurality of channels simultaneously in Digital Television.
Background technology
Since TV occurred, receivable television channel number was stably increasing.Broadcasting receives receivable television channel number has been increased with foundation, the development of cable TV, the satellite of UHF wave band.The increase of television channel number purpose has brought the more program of kind, can receive at which channel at which program of special time but also make observer be difficult for understanding simultaneously.Prevailing method is the TV Guide of paper spare, promptly traditional TV programme newspaper (this can be the additional space of a whole page of disclosed independent publication or local newspaper).Fig. 1 shows the wherein page of a typical traditional tv program newspaper.On the table that prints off on the program newspaper multiple row and multirow are arranged, every row are corresponding to each television channel, and every row is corresponding to the TV programme of different time sections.Each list item has been indicated the TV programme that corresponding channel broadcasts in the bright time period of place rower.Fig. 1 only is the wherein page of a traditional tv program newspaper, channel displayed is also very limited, if show all television channels all broadcast items in a week, obviously need a thick TV programme newspaper, and the user must seek own programs of interest at every turn from the thick TV programme newspaper of portion.And, because the difference of actual employed cable television system satellite link of user and service level, the channel that can receive is also different, go up some listed channel even may have the program newspaper in the actual television channel that can watch of user, the user also must search for the television channel that oneself can watch in whole TV programme newspaper broadcast items information.In addition, the TV program information of paper spare form has a lot of defectives, and the program arrangement may change, and guide is cancelled under the situation of observer failing to give notice.Also have, owing to losing or not bought, spectators may can not get the TV Guide of paper spare.
At some part at least in these defectives,, propose and develop and realized electronic program guides (Electronic Program Guide is called for short EPG) by means of digital transmission technology.Electronic program guides is for user's TV reception and enjoy information service a good navigation mechanism is provided, and makes the user can find the program of own care, the additional information of checking program quickly and easily.
Electronic program guides is for a kind of friendly interface that digital cable customers provides, uses easily, for the user provides the functional service of programme content, broadcast time and the multiple relevant TV program information such as program brief introduction, program predetermination of each channel in current and following several days, just as a TV programme that the space of a whole page is more clear, content is abundanter is reported.Electronic program guides to the human-computer interaction interface that the user provides literal, figure, image to form, is responsible for the navigation of TV programme and various value-added services by video screen.Can understand programme content, broadcast time and the program brief introduction of each channel in current and following several days of all channels by it, utilize electronic program guides can also realize functions such as preserved program.
The particular content of electronic program guides is delivered to user side together with TV program stream, and the user can learn concrete condition and other relevant information of each channel program arrangement in current and following several days by the content of browsing electronic program guides.For example, total at present which channel, the TV program schedule of each channel, the out of Memory of each TV programme.The user can arbitrarily browse the particular content of electronic program guides and can carry out displaying predetermined programme by the button on the remote controller on video screen.
Yet digital TV terminal normally adopts the programme information that only presents the single channel that is selected in an electronic program guides menu for the rendering method of electronic program guides at present, and the channel program information that other is not selected does not show.In the left side of electronic program guides menu, look the user and choose the channel information of desiring to watch by power supply with the form file of label for the title of each channel.When wherein a channel is selected, promptly present the programm name of this channel in each time section in the picture fully.The rendering method of this kind electronic program guides makes the user can only browse the programme information of a channel simultaneously in the electronic program guides menu, the user at every turn all constantly switching channels title label just can see the information of other channel, increased the loaded down with trivial details property of operation.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to address the above problem, the implementation method and the electronic program guides interface of the demonstration electronic program guides on a kind of Digital Television are provided, can make the user browse the programme information of a plurality of channels at a glance simultaneously, can make the user fast and easily browse the programme information of the free section of each channel institute in the week, carry out the program selection so that concentrate.
Technical scheme of the present invention is: the present invention has disclosed the implementation method of the demonstration electronic program guides on a kind of Digital Television, comprising:
Get Date, will comprise that week/date of a couple of days on date on the same day is presented at the first area at electronic program guides interface;
Search channel designation, the channel designation of several channels is presented at the second area at electronic program guides interface;
Search Pgmtime and programm name under each channel, with the Pgmtime of each channel correspondence of finding and the 3rd zone that programm name is presented at the electronic program guides interface.
The implementation method of the demonstration electronic program guides on the above-mentioned Digital Television, wherein, a couple of days that comprises the date on the same day is to comprise working as the last week of date on the same day.
The implementation method of the demonstration electronic program guides on the above-mentioned Digital Television, wherein, a couple of days that comprises the date on the same day is from date on the same day initial a couple of days.
The implementation method of the demonstration electronic program guides on the above-mentioned Digital Television, wherein, this first area, second area and the 3rd zone vertically are arranged in order on this electronic program guides interface.
The implementation method of the demonstration electronic program guides on the above-mentioned Digital Television, wherein, this method also comprises searches current channel, is the second area that several channels that this current channel is initial are presented at this electronic program guides interface.
The implementation method of the demonstration electronic program guides on the above-mentioned Digital Television, wherein, on each frequency of Digital Television a plurality of channels are arranged, a plurality of programs are arranged on each channel, tree structure is adopted in storage to frequency, channel and program, wherein the storage of channel and program is adopted the structure of static chained list.
The present invention has also disclosed the electronic program guides interface on a kind of Digital Television, comprising:
The first area, demonstration comprises week/date of a couple of days on date on the same day;
Second area shows the channel designation of several channels;
The 3rd zone shows Pgmtime and programm name under each channel that this second area shows.
Above-mentioned electronic program guides interface, wherein, this first area, this second area and the 3rd zone are vertically to arrange in regular turn.
Above-mentioned electronic program guides interface, wherein, this first area shows be comprise the date on the same day when the last week or with the date on the same day be initial continuous a couple of days.
Above-mentioned electronic program guides interface, wherein, this second area shows is to be the channel designation of initial several channels with current channel.
The present invention contrasts prior art following beneficial effect: method of the present invention is that a plurality of channels are simultaneously displayed on the interface of electronic program guides, contrast existing with the electronic program guides of channel designation as label, the present invention can make the open-and-shut programme information of browsing a plurality of channels simultaneously of user, carry out the program selection so that concentrate, improved the convenience and the agility of user's operation.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of a certain space of a whole page of traditional paper spare TV Guide.
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of preferred embodiment of the implementation method of the demonstration electronic program guides on the Digital Television of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment at electronic program guides of the present invention interface.
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of the realization flow of electronic program guides.
Fig. 5 be in electronic program guides of the present invention interface and the electronic program guides data concern schematic diagram.
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The invention will be further described below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.
Fig. 2 shows the flow process of a preferred embodiment of the implementation method that shows electronic program guides of the present invention.Fig. 3 shows a preferred embodiment at electronic program guides interface.Please be detailed description below simultaneously referring to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 to each step of method shown in Figure 2.
Step S20: get Date.
Step S21: will comprise the first area that the week of a couple of days of current date and/or date are presented at the electronic program guides interface.
The first area at electronic program guides interface has shown week and/or the date of a couple of days that comprises the date on the same day.
See also Fig. 3, be arranged in the top (the regional A of Fig. 3) at electronic program guides interface in the present embodiment first area, in the present embodiment first area shows be comprise the date on the same day (Figure 3 shows that Saturday/2007.6.23) week and date when the last week (Monday～Sunday).
In addition, the first area can also show with the date on the same day be initial a couple of days, for example being Saturday on the same day initial, to continuous seven days of next all Friday.
Step S22: search channel current channel and all channel designations.
Step S23: with current channel is the second area that several initial channels are presented at the electronic program guides interface.
See also Fig. 3, the second area of present embodiment has shown 4 channels (area B among Fig. 3), and certainly, the number of indicated channel can change, and can be 3,5 and even more.
Step S24: search Pgmtime and programm name under each channel.
Step S25: the Pgmtime of each channel correspondence that will find and programm name are presented at the 3rd zone at electronic program guides interface.
See also Fig. 3, the 3rd zone of present embodiment is positioned at the below (being zone C and D shown in Fig. 3) of second area, and has shown the Pgmtime and the corresponding programm name of each channel in these 4 channels.
Step S26: the 4th zone that the performance guide information of some informations and electronic program guides is presented at the electronic program guides interface.
See also Fig. 3, the 4th zone of present embodiment is positioned at the bottom (shown in Fig. 3 for area E) of electronic interface guide interface, has shown selector button, reservation/cancellation reserve button, checks reserve button, period inquire button, renewal programme information button and temporal information.
In above-mentioned method, on each frequency of Digital Television a plurality of channels are arranged, a plurality of programs are arranged again on each channel, and the storage to frequency, channel and program is to adopt tree form data structure in the present embodiment, and wherein the storage to channel and program is to adopt static linked list data structure.And traditional electronic program guides commonly used be the dynamic link table storage organization, cause forming memory fragmentation easily.Static chain list data structure of the present invention can be avoided memory fragmentation, utilizes memory space as far as possible fully, avoids causing the waste of memory space.
In electronic program guides interface shown in Figure 3, the date tag that zone A shows can be carried out remote control by the button on the remote controller and be selected, for example, after selecting, date tag can show the programme information of all channels of this day in each time period by the date tag of numerical key difference corresponding selection from Monday to Sunday.
In addition, electronic program guides of the present invention also has the function by period inquiry, with the user selected program time be standard, carry out inquiry by the button on the remote controller by the period.Be that programme information is synchronized to the program time-interval that current cursor is chosen in query script, promptly show the programme information that program time-interval that all channels are chosen at current cursor broadcasts simultaneously.Situation by checking each channel broadcast items in the same time period easily by the function user of period inquiry can compare easily so that select to watch the program of which channel the user.
The concrete technology that electronic program guides (EPG) is realized is existing, and the required information of guide is that in being shown by PSI table and SI some are shown to provide.And the realization of EPG to be exactly the information of obtaining in various tables and the table store and manage and be shown as the process of graphical interfaces.
The roughly realization flow of EPG as shown in Figure 4.At first receive pat table (Program AllocationTable, Program Association Table, pat table are PSI information index tables), the PID of pat table is fixed as 0, has listed the PID of the pmt table of all programs in pat table.Pat table is resolved and preserved.PID by pmt table receives pmt table (Program Map Table, Program Map Table), pmt table is resolved preserve.
In pmt table, obtain following critical field: PCR_PID, obtain the basic PID (elementary_PID) of each self-corresponding stream of stream type field stream_type respectively, for example: when stream_type=0x02, represent it is video flowing, this moment, elementary_PID represented Video_PID so, represent it is audio stream when stream_type=0x04, this moment, elementary_PID represented Audio_PID.
Then receive the SDT table, PID is fixed as 0x0011 but because the PID of SDT and BAT is in full accord, therefore will distinguishes by the table_id parameter, and wherein table_id=0x4A represents it is the BAT table, table_id=0x42 represents it is that current service is described the SDT table, resolves and preserves.In the parameter s ervice_id in the SDT table, find service_descriptor (), therefrom can obtain parameter s ervice_name (channel name, as CCTV-1 etc.).
PID according to NIT table obtains the NIT table, can obtain the channel resource information table that network identifier, network title, current network are managed, and resolves also and preserves.
Resolve TDT table (Time of Day table, PID is fixed as 0x0014) acquisition time information.
Receive the EIT table: can show by all EIT that obtain the whole network on arbitrary channel, the PID of EIT table is fixed as 0x0012.When table_id=0x4e, expression be appearance actual on the current channel/follow event information.When table_id=0x4f, expression be appearance/follow temporal information on other channel.When table_id=0x50-0x5f, expression be program log on the current channel.When table_id=0x60-0x6f, expression be program log on other channel.
Finish the tissue that carries out graphical interfaces after the collection of EPG information, electronic program guides menu interface and EPG data relationship are as shown in Figure 5.
With the electronic program guides interface that implementation method of the present invention shows, the user can use a remote controller only to browse the programme information of each channel by key moving cursor up and down on display screen.For example, the user can be by entering the electronic program guides interface by the electronic program guides shortcut on the remote controller, press numerical key 1～7 and between Monday to Sunday, switch selection, press right and left key and select channel, the program of in the channel of correspondence, selecting different time sections to broadcast up and down by key up and down.
The user in use can carry out the operation of program predetermination by the electronic program guides interface, in the program guide interface, choose the program of not playing the period, can be scheduled to this program by " affirmation " key on the remote controller, one of meeting appearance is beaten and is colluded mark before the predetermined program.If want cancellation, get final product by " determining " key again.When the successfully predetermined program of user is closing on when broadcasting, whether system also can eject prompting frame will switch to predetermined program channel to remind the user.
The foregoing description provides to those of ordinary skills and realizes or use of the present invention; those of ordinary skills can be under the situation that does not break away from invention thought of the present invention; the foregoing description is made various modifications or variation; thereby protection scope of the present invention do not limit by the foregoing description, and should be the maximum magnitude that meets the inventive features that claims mention.
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1, the implementation method of the demonstration electronic program guides on a kind of Digital Television comprises:
Get Date, will comprise that week/date of a couple of days on date on the same day is presented at the first area at electronic program guides interface;
Search channel designation, the channel designation of several channels is presented at the second area at electronic program guides interface;
Search Pgmtime and programm name under each channel, with the Pgmtime of each channel correspondence of finding and the 3rd zone that programm name is presented at the electronic program guides interface.
2, the implementation method of the demonstration electronic program guides on the Digital Television according to claim 1 is characterized in that, a couple of days that comprises the date on the same day is to comprise working as the last week of date on the same day.
3, the implementation method of the demonstration electronic program guides on the Digital Television according to claim 1 is characterized in that, a couple of days that comprises the date on the same day is from date on the same day initial a couple of days.
4, the implementation method of the demonstration electronic program guides on the Digital Television according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this first area, second area and the 3rd zone vertically are arranged in order on this electronic program guides interface.
5, the implementation method of the demonstration electronic program guides on the Digital Television according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, this method also comprises searches current channel, is the second area that several channels that this current channel is initial are presented at this electronic program guides interface.
6, the implementation method of the demonstration electronic program guides on the Digital Television according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, on each frequency of Digital Television a plurality of channels are arranged, a plurality of programs are arranged on each channel, tree structure is adopted in storage to frequency, channel and program, wherein the storage of channel and program is adopted the structure of static chained list.
7, the electronic program guides interface on a kind of Digital Television comprises:
The first area, demonstration comprises week/date of a couple of days on date on the same day;
Second area shows the channel designation of several channels;
The 3rd zone shows Pgmtime and programm name under each channel that this second area shows.
8, electronic program guides according to claim 7 interface is characterized in that, this first area, this second area and the 3rd zone are vertically to arrange in regular turn.
9, electronic program guides according to claim 7 interface is characterized in that, this first area shows be comprise the date on the same day when the last week or with the date on the same day be initial continuous a couple of days.
10, electronic program guides according to claim 7 interface is characterized in that, this second area shows is to be the channel designation of initial several channels with current channel.
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