KR100751403B1 - Method and apparatus of playing broadcasting program - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a broadcast program reproduction method and apparatus for reproducing a broadcast program consisting of a plurality of items for each item.

The broadcast program reproduction method according to the present invention includes the steps of storing a broadcast program and one or more item information corresponding to a predetermined portion of the broadcast program; Reading and guiding the at least one item information; If any one of the guided item information is selected, the method may include reading and reproducing a portion of a broadcast program corresponding to the selected item information.

In addition, the apparatus for reproducing a broadcast program according to the present invention includes a PVR unit for storing a broadcast program and one or more item information corresponding to a predetermined portion of the broadcast program; An OSD generator for generating OSD data for guiding the one or more item information; A broadcast signal output unit which outputs a broadcast program reproduced by the PVR unit or mixes the OSD data with an output video signal and outputs it through a display device; The OSD controller controls the OSD generator to generate OSD data for guiding the one or more item information, and when any one of the guided item information is selected, the PVR reads and reproduces a part of a broadcast program corresponding to the selected item information. And a control unit for controlling the unit.

PVR, broadcast program, temporary storage, permanent storage

Description

Broadcasting program storage method and device {METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PLAYING BROADCASTING PROGRAM}

1 is a block diagram of a television broadcast receiver having a PVR according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart of a time machine recording method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of a method for permanently storing a time machine recorded broadcast program according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 illustrates the structure of a storage medium according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. <Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

100: controller

102: control unit

104: memory section

106: user interface unit

108: tuner

110: digital broadcast signal processing unit

112: TS decoder

114: first switching part

116: analog broadcast signal processing unit

118: second switch

120: NT (NTSC) decoder

122: PVR unit

124: PVR Control and Encoder

126: storage medium

128: broadcast signal output unit

130: third switching unit

132: Audio and Video Decoder

134: audio and video processing unit

136: audio and video output

138: OSD generation unit

The present invention relates to a stored broadcast program reproducing apparatus, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for reproducing a stored broadcast program by item.

The rapid development of television broadcasting technology not only improves the quality of television broadcasting, but also improves the performance of the processor included in the television broadcasting receiver and increases the resources of the memory, thereby providing various functions as well as the television broadcasting award.

For example, a television broadcast receiver equipped with a personal video recorder (PVR) includes a hard disk driver as a storage medium, so that not only a broadcast program received on the hard disk but also an external input signal and the like can be stored. It allows you to meet a variety of needs.

However, since the PVR function is limited only to a function of storing and playing a broadcast program, efforts to provide a more differentiated service to a user by using the PVR function have been continued.

Disclosure of Invention The present invention is to overcome the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a broadcast program reproduction method and apparatus for reproducing a broadcast program composed of a plurality of items for each item.

The broadcast program reproduction method according to the present invention for achieving the above object and to solve the problems of the prior art, the method comprising the steps of: storing a broadcast program and at least one item information corresponding to a predetermined portion of the broadcast program; Reading and guiding the at least one item information; If any one of the guided item information is selected, the method may include reading and reproducing a portion of a broadcast program corresponding to the selected item information.

In particular, the method may include at least one sorting information in the at least one item information, and the at least one item information is arranged and guided according to the sorting information selected from the at least one sorting information.

In addition, the apparatus for reproducing a broadcast program according to the present invention includes a PVR unit for storing a broadcast program and one or more item information corresponding to a predetermined portion of the broadcast program; An OSD generator for generating OSD data for guiding the one or more item information; A broadcast signal output unit which outputs a broadcast program reproduced by the PVR unit or mixes the OSD data with an output video signal and outputs it through a display device; The OSD controller controls the OSD generator to generate OSD data for guiding the one or more item information, and when any one of the guided item information is selected, the PVR reads and reproduces a part of a broadcast program corresponding to the selected item information. And a control unit for controlling the unit.

In particular, the at least one item information includes at least one sorting information, and the controller controls the OSD generating unit to arrange the OSD data by sorting the at least one item information according to the sorting information selected from the at least one sorting information. do.

The present invention provides a differentiated service to a user by performing a reproduction for each item of a broadcast program composed of a plurality of items, such as news, according to a user's request.

The present invention can be applied to all storage devices for storing audio and video signals from various media such as digital broadcast signals, analog broadcast signals, and external input signals. Hereinafter, only the example applied to a television broadcast receiver having a PVR will be described in detail. Explain.

The present invention receives the item information on the broadcast program that is loaded on the broadcast program and stores it in a storage medium corresponding to the broadcast program, guides the items constituting the broadcast program according to the item information, and among the guided items If any one is selected, only a portion of the broadcast program corresponding to the selected item is read out and played, thereby allowing the user to play the broadcast program item by item.

The configuration of a television broadcast receiver having a PVR to which the present invention described above is applicable will be described with reference to FIG.

The television broadcast receiver includes a control device 100 that generally controls the television broadcast receiver, a tuner 108 that performs tuning of a broadcast channel under the control of the control device 100, and a digital broadcast signal for processing a digital broadcast signal. Processor 110, an analog broadcast signal processor 116 for processing an analog broadcast signal, a PVR unit 122 for storing and reproducing a digital broadcast signal or an analog broadcast signal, a digital broadcast signal processor 110, or an analog broadcast signal processor ( 116 or a broadcast signal output unit 128 for outputting a broadcast signal provided by the PVR unit 122.

The control device 100 includes a control unit 102, a memory unit 104, and a user interface unit 106.

The control unit 102 controls the television broadcast receiver as a whole, and in particular, controls the PVR unit 122 to reproduce a broadcast program stored in the storage medium 126 of the PVR unit 122 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. do.

In particular, when the item information is stored corresponding to the broadcast program selected by the user among the broadcast programs stored in the PVR unit 122, the controller 102 generates an item guide OSD constituting the broadcast program according to the item information. The OSD generator 138 is controlled to generate OSD data.

After guiding the items constituting the broadcast program according to the OSD data generated by the OSD generator 138, if a user selects any item through the user interface unit 106, the broadcast program corresponding to the selected item The PVR unit 122 is controlled to read and reproduce a portion of the data from the storage medium 126.

The memory unit 104 stores various information including a processing program of the control unit 102.

The user interface unit 106 provides various commands or information input from the user to the controller 102 by using a keypad or a remote controller.

The tuner 108 tunes a channel according to the control of the control unit 102 among broadcast signals received through airwaves or a cable, and the digital broadcast signal among the broadcast signals received through the tuned channel is a digital broadcast signal processing unit ( 110, and the analog broadcast signal is provided to the analog broadcast signal processor 116.

The digital broadcast signal processor 110 includes a TS decoder 112 and a first switching unit 114.

The TS decoder 112 decodes a digital broadcast signal provided by the tuner 108, converts the digital broadcast signal into an audio, video stream, and data stream and transmits the same to the first switching unit 114.

The first switching unit 114 provides the audio and video streams and the data streams to the PVR unit 122 and / or the broadcast signal output unit 128 under the control of the control unit 102.

The analog broadcast signal processing unit 116 includes a second switching unit 118 and an NT (NTSC) decoder 120.

The second switching unit 118 receives an analog broadcast signal and an external input signal provided from the tuner 108, selects one of the two signals under the control of the control unit 102, and sends the signal to the NT (NTSC) decoder 120. to provide.

The NT decoder 120 receives the analog broadcast signal or the external input signal and converts the analog broadcast signal or the audio input signal into audio data and video data and provides the same to the PVR unit 122 and the broadcast signal output unit 128.

The PVR unit 122 includes a PVR control and an encoder 124 and a storage medium 126.

The PVR control and encoder 124 receives the audio and video streams and data streams output by the digital broadcast signal processor 110 under the control of the controller 102 and stores them in the storage medium 126 or the analog broadcast signal processor ( The audio and video data output by 116 is MPEG encoded into an audio and video stream and stored in the storage medium 126.

The storage medium 126 is a hard disk driver including a hard disk and stores audio and video streams and data streams provided by the PVR control and encoder 124. In particular, since the audio and video streams corresponding to the broadcast program are stored in the hard disk of the storage medium 126, the broadcast program is stored in the storage medium 126.

In addition, the storage medium 126 stores the received item information corresponding to the broadcast program for the broadcast program that is loaded with the item information.

In more detail, as shown in FIG. 2, the storage medium 126 stores first to fifth broadcast programs. Particularly, since item information, which is information on items constituting each broadcast program, is received from a broadcasting station, the second broadcast program and the fourth broadcast program, item information corresponds to the second broadcast program and the fourth broadcast program, respectively. Is stored.

As shown in FIG. 3, the item information includes name information, importance information, category information, broadcast order information, playback time information, and corresponding information about the first to Nth items constituting the program, as shown in FIG. It consists of a start and end PID indicating the part of the broadcast program corresponding to.

The broadcast signal output unit 128 may include a third switching unit 130, an audio and video decoder 132, an audio and video processor 134, an audio and video output unit 136, and an OSD generator 138. It is composed.

The third switching unit 130 selects one or more of the outputs of the digital signal processing unit 110, the analog signal processing unit 110, and the PVR unit 122 under the control of the control unit 102 to control the audio and video decoder ( 132).

The audio and video decoder 132 decodes the video and the audio data into the audio and the video processing unit 134 when the video and the audio stream are provided, and provides the audio and the video processing unit 134 as the video and the audio data are provided. do.

The audio and video processor 134 processes and provides audio and video data provided by the audio and video decoder 132 to the audio and video output unit 136. In addition, the audio and video processor 134 mixes the OSD data provided by the OSD generator 138 with the video data and provides the audio and video output unit 136.

The audio and video output unit 136 outputs audio and video data output by the audio and video processing unit 134 through a display device and a speaker not shown.

The OSD generator 138 generates OSD data under the control of the controller 102 and provides the OSD data to the audio and video processor 134.

Now, a broadcast program reproduction method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention applicable to a television broadcast receiver having the PVR will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The control unit 102 checks whether the user commands playback of the broadcast program stored in the PVR unit 122 through the user interface unit 106 (step 200).

When commanding playback of a broadcast program stored in the PVR unit 122, the controller 102 controls the OSD generator 138 to generate OSD data for guiding a list of broadcast programs stored in the PVR unit 122. (Step 204).

As the OSD generation unit 138 generates the OSD data according to the above control, an OSD for guiding the list of broadcast programs stored in the PVR unit 122 is output to the screen of the display device.

During the guide of the stored list of broadcast programs, the controller 102 checks which broadcast program is selected by the user through the user interface 106 (step 206).

When the user selects a broadcast program, the controller 102 checks whether item information is stored in the PVR unit 122 corresponding to the broadcast program.

If item information is stored corresponding to the corresponding broadcast program, the controller 102 controls the OSD generator 138 to generate OSD data for querying whether to perform item-by-item reproduction for the broadcast program.

As the OSD generating unit 138 generates the OSD data according to the above-described control, an OSD is displayed on the screen of the display device inquiring whether to perform reproduction by item for the selected broadcast program.

If the user does not instruct the reproduction reproduction for each item through the user interface unit 106 or if the item information is not stored corresponding to the broadcast program selected by the user, the controller 102 selects the selected broadcast program. Play it.

Unlike the above, when the user instructs the reproduction transition for each item through the user interface 106, the controller 102 controls the OSD generator 138 to generate OSD data for guiding entry of the item sorting condition.

As the OSD generation unit 138 generates the OSD data according to the above control, an OSD for guiding input of the item alignment condition is output to the screen of the display device.

According to the above-described guidance, the user may input the alignment condition through the user interface unit 106.

When the user inputs an alignment condition through the user interface unit 106, the controller 102 checks whether the alignment condition is important (step 214).

If the sorting condition is importance, the controller 102 sorts each item according to the importance information of each item included in the item information, and generates an OSD data to generate OSD data for guiding the sorted items. 138) (step 216). As the OSD generator 138 generates the OSD data according to the above control, an OSD for guiding the aligned items is output to the screen of the display device.

Unlike the above, if the sorting condition is a category (step 218), the controller 102 sorts each item according to category information about each item included in the item information, and displays an OSD for guiding the sorted items. The OSD generator 138 is controlled to generate data (step 220). As the OSD generator 138 generates the OSD data according to the above control, an OSD for guiding the aligned items is output to the screen of the display device.

Unlike the above, if the sorting condition is not input or if the user selects the sorting condition (step 218), the control unit 102 sorts each item according to the broadcasting order information for each item included in the item information. In operation 222, the OSD generating unit 138 is controlled to generate OSD data for guiding the sorted items. As the OSD generator 138 generates the OSD data according to the above control, an OSD for guiding the aligned items is output to the screen of the display device.

Referring to FIG. 5, which shows an example of the item guide OSD, when the stored broadcast program is 9 o'clock news, the 9 o'clock news is composed of a plurality of news items.

Each item included in the item information is sorted and displayed according to a predetermined sorting order, and each item is classified into category information such as "politics, society, economy, world," and "normal name couple, an address after 21 years." ?, Kids fight old saying .. Elementary school students can be displayed as a summary information, such as school violence risk level, broadcast time information, such as "20 seconds, 56 seconds".

After the items are arranged in the order of importance, category, and broadcast as described above and guided to the OSD, the controller 102 checks which one of the items guided by the user through the user interface unit 106 is selected (224). step).

When the user selects any one of the guided items, the controller 102 reads a start and end PID indicating a part of a broadcast program corresponding to the selected item, and selects a broadcast program of a section corresponding to the start and end PID. The PVR unit 122 is controlled to read and play back (step 226).

The controller 102 repeats steps 212 to 228 until the user requests the end of the item-specific reproduction of the broadcast program through the user interface unit 106, and performs the item-specific reproduction for the broadcast program.

The present invention provides a differentiated service to a user by playing a broadcast program that can be divided into a plurality of items, such as news, by item.

In addition, the above-described embodiment of the present invention includes a computer-readable medium including program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts.

As described above, the present invention provides a differentiated service to a user by playing a broadcast program that can be divided into a plurality of items, such as news, for each item.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible.

Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

Claims (4)

In the broadcast program playback method, Storing item information including a broadcast program and one or more sorting information corresponding to a predetermined portion of the broadcast program; Aligning and guiding the one or more item information according to the sorting information selected by the user among the one or more sorting information; And If any one of the guided item information is selected, reading and playing a part of a broadcast program corresponding to the selected item information Including, And the alignment information includes a importance level. delete In the broadcast program playback apparatus, A PVR unit for storing item information including a broadcast program and one or more alignment information corresponding to a predetermined portion of the broadcast program; An OSD generator for generating OSD data for aligning and guiding the at least one item information according to the arrangement information selected by the user among the at least one arrangement information; A broadcast signal output unit which outputs a broadcast program reproduced by the PVR unit or mixes the OSD data with an output video signal and outputs it through a display device; Control the OSD generating unit to generate OSD data for aligning and guiding the one or more item information, and when any one of the guided item information is selected, read and play a part of a broadcast program corresponding to the selected item information. Control unit for controlling the PVR unit Including, And the alignment information includes a importance level. delete

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