KR20100027667A - Method for providing epg information - Google Patents

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KR20100027667A
KR20100027667A KR1020080086673A KR20080086673A KR20100027667A KR 20100027667 A KR20100027667 A KR 20100027667A KR 1020080086673 A KR1020080086673 A KR 1020080086673A KR 20080086673 A KR20080086673 A KR 20080086673A KR 20100027667 A KR20100027667 A KR 20100027667A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04H60/00—Arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linking to broadcast information or broadcast space-time; Broadcast-related systems
    • H04H60/68—Systems specially adapted for using specific information, e.g. geographical or meteorological information
    • H04H60/72—Systems specially adapted for using specific information, e.g. geographical or meteorological information using electronic programme guides [EPG]
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • H04N21/4314—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid

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Abstract

PURPOSE: A method of providing EPG information using a display of information according to a selection of a user is provided to improve problems of interrupting a digital television seeing by an unnecessary EPG information. CONSTITUTION: A method of providing EPG information using a display of information according to a selection of a user comprises the following steps: confirming whether or not display keys among EPG(electronic program guide) information display keys included in a key input unit are inputted(S10); checking a genre of a program aired through a current channel(S20); checking EPG information about the same checked genre(S30); and displaying the EPG information of the program about the same genre program airing through the current channel(S40).

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How to provide EPP information {METHOD FOR PROVIDING EPG INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to a digital television, and more particularly, to an EPG information providing method for providing EPG information for each genre of a program.

Digital broadcasting system provides various broadcasting programs through much more channels than existing analog broadcasting system. Accordingly, an electronic program guide (EPG) service is provided in which a user can easily check the type and information of each program.

The EPG service is a service that provides detailed information of a broadcast program through an unused frequency band or through a channel for transmitting a predetermined broadcast signal. The EPG service provides EPG information, such as a broadcast program schedule, on the screen of a digital television. Accordingly, when the user selects a specific broadcast program title, various detailed information such as channel number, broadcast time, synopsis of the selected program is displayed.

Each broadcasting station supports this EPG service by transmitting additional data including EPG information together with video data and audio data. The EPG information may include the genre, title, and broadcast time of the program.

The above-described technology is described for understanding the background of the present invention, and does not mean a conventional technology well known in the art.

The EPG information provided in the conventional digital television represents EPG information for the entire digital broadcast channel. In this case, however, EPG information that is not desired by the user is also provided, and as a result, the user does not satisfy the desire to check only the desired EPG information. Furthermore, a lot of unwanted EPG information is displayed on the screen, which hinders the viewing of digital television. there was.

An object of the present invention is to provide an EPG information providing method for selecting and displaying EPG information according to a genre according to a user's selection.

Another object of the present invention is to provide EPG information on a program of a genre suitable for a user's preference, and to solve a problem in that digital television viewing is disturbed by unnecessary EPG information.

The present invention devised to achieve the above object is as follows.

The EPG information providing method of the present invention includes the steps of checking a genre of a program broadcasted on a channel currently being viewed, checking EPG information on a program of the same genre as the genre of a program broadcasted on the currently viewed channel and the current And displaying EPG information on a program of the same genre as the genre of the program being broadcast on the channel being watched.

The EPG information may be displayed by highlighting a program of the same genre as the genre of the program currently being broadcast on the channel being viewed.

The EPG information may be characterized in that a specialized channel for broadcasting only a program of the same genre as the genre of the program being broadcasted through the currently viewed channel is selected and displayed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing EPG information. When the program genre is selected, selecting EPG information for a program corresponding to the selected program genre and selecting the selected EPG information. Characterized in that it comprises the step of displaying.

The program genre may be displayed together with EPG information about a program broadcasted through all channels.

The program genre may be displayed on an EPG information table displaying the EPG information.

The EPG information may be displayed by highlighting a program corresponding to the selected program genre.

The EPG information is characterized in that a specialized channel for broadcasting only a program corresponding to the selected program genre is selected and displayed.

According to the present invention configured as described above, EPG information can be sorted and extracted for each genre and displayed according to a user's selection, and the problem that digital television viewing is disturbed by unnecessary EPG information can be improved.

Hereinafter, an EPG information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an EPG information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The EPG information providing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a memory unit 10, a display unit 20, a control unit 30, and a key input unit 40.

The memory unit 10 stores the EPG information extracted from the additional information of the received broadcast signal. EPG information may be included in a broadcast signal and received through a tuner (not shown). Accordingly, the EPG information is detected by a signal processor (not shown) for processing a broadcast signal and stored in the memory unit 10. Since the operation and configuration of the tuner and the signal processor are well known to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The display unit 20 processes and outputs image data and displays EPG information on the screen by OSD (ON SCREEN DISPLAY) so that the user can check EPG information or display EPG information on a program of a specific genre in the EPG information table. Make a choice.

The key input unit 40 inputs various key signals to the control unit 40 according to a user's key operation. The key input unit 40 displays an EPG information display key 42 for displaying EPG information, and displays a program of a specific genre in the displayed EPG information. EPG information selection keys 44 are provided to select EPG information.

Here, the EPG information display key 42 is provided to some display keys (not shown) for inputting a key signal so as to display EPG information for programs of the same genre as the genre of the program broadcasted on the currently selected channel, and programs of all channels. Each display key (not shown) for inputting a key signal to display the EPG information is provided. Accordingly, the controller 20 may selectively display the corresponding EPG information according to a key input among some display keys and all display keys.

However, the present invention is not limited to having a separate key, such as some of the display keys or all of the display keys, and EPG information of a program of the same genre as the genre of the program currently selected on the displayed EPG information, that is, the broadcasted channel. And a menu on the EPG information table that can switch the EPG information of the programs of all channels. The EPG information may be switched when the menu is selected.

The EPG information selection key 44 allows selection of EPG information for a specific genre among EPG information for programs of all channels by inputting the entire display key. The EPG information selection key 44 can move the cursor between genres displayed in the EPG information table. And a confirmation key (not shown) for inputting the key signal so as to select a genre in which the cursor is located.

For reference, a specific menu may be selected from the menus displayed through the OSD method, and menu setting and information confirmation through the OSD may be easily performed by those skilled in the art, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When the EPG information display key is input from the key input unit 40, the controller 30 reads EPG information stored in the memory unit 10 and displays the EPG information on the display unit 20. At this time, the controller 30 reads the corresponding EPG information from the memory unit 10 according to the type of the input EPG information display key, that is, some display keys or all display keys, and displays the corresponding EPG information through the display unit 20.

Hereinafter, the process of displaying EPG information about a program of the same genre as the program genre currently broadcasted on the selected channel, and displaying EPG information about a program of a specific genre selected from the EPG information of programs of all channels, It demonstrates in detail.

2 is a flowchart of a method of providing EPG information according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The method for providing EPG information according to the first embodiment of the present invention checks whether some display keys of the EPG information display keys 42 provided in the key input unit 40 are input (S10). When some of the display keys are input, the controller 30 checks the genre of the program broadcasted through the currently selected channel through the memory unit 10 (S20).

Thereafter, programs of other channels broadcasting a program of the same genre as the program genre currently broadcasted on the selected channel are checked (S30).

At this time, EPG information about programs of other channels broadcasting the same genre of the program genre currently broadcasted on the selected channel is extracted and displayed on the display unit 20 (S40).

In this way, by selecting and displaying EPG information on programs of other channels broadcasting a program of the same genre as the program genre currently broadcasted on the currently selected channel, the user may obtain EPG information about a program that matches his or her taste. .

In this case, the controller 30 displays the program name, the broadcast time and the channel name of the EPG information for each channel, and displays a specialized channel that broadcasts only the program of the same genre as the program genre currently being broadcasted on the EPG information table. EPG information can be conveniently obtained by displaying them on the screen in numerical order or by highlighting them on the EPG information display table.

For example, if the channel being watched by the user is a news program, only the news specialty channel, which is a channel that broadcasts only the news program, is selected and displayed in the EPG information table in order of channel number, or only the news program is highlighted in the EPG information table. Process and display

3 is a flowchart of a method of providing EPG information according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an EPG information table according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In the method for providing EPG information according to the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, when a user inputs the entire display key of the EPG information display key 42 (S110), the controller 30 may include a memory unit ( 10, the EPG information stored in the apparatus is extracted (S120), and the extracted EPG information is displayed on the display unit 20 (S130).

At this time, the controller 20 displays a genre selection box so that the genre of the program can be selected on the EPG information table. That is, in the EPG information table displayed through the display unit 20, channel names, program names, broadcast times, and the like are generally displayed on the vertical axis and the horizontal axis, respectively, as shown in FIG.

The genre selection box allows the user to identify and select the genre of the program, such as 'movie', 'drama', 'sports', 'entertainment' and 'art', and is displayed at the top or bottom of the EPG information table.

As such, when the EPG information table including the genre selection box is displayed, the controller 20 checks whether the genre selection box is selected according to the user's input of the EPG information selection key 44 (S140).

In this case, the method for selecting a program genre through the EPG information selection key 44 is to move the cursor between the genre check boxes whenever the direction key included in the EPG information display key 44 is inputted, When entered, select the genre check box where the current cursor is located.

When a specific genre is selected through the genre selection box, the controller 20 selects EPG information for programs of the same genre as the selected program genre (S150) and displays the EPG information in the EPG information table (S160).

In this case, the controller 30 displays the program name, the broadcast time and the channel name of the EPG information for each channel, and displays a professional channel for broadcasting only programs of the same genre as the selected program genre according to the channel number order on the EPG information table. The EPG information can be conveniently obtained by displaying on the screen or by highlighting it on the EPG information display table.

For example, when a user selects news as a program genre, EPG information about only a news program is extracted and displayed in the EPG information table.

In this case, when the user selects news as the program genre, only the news specialty channel broadcasting only the news program is displayed.

Alternatively, a program of the same program genre may be displayed. When a specific genre is selected through the genre check box, the program of the same program genre as the selected program genre is highlighted and displayed in the EPG information table.

For example, when the user selects news as the program genre, the news program displayed in the EPG information table is highlighted and displayed. Therefore, the user can conveniently check the program of the selected program genre.

For reference, in the present embodiment, in the process of selecting and displaying a program genre, the display is performed by using some display keys and all display keys as an example, but includes one key for displaying EPG information. It is also possible to select and display EPG information via a menu that selects these EPG information to be interchanged on the EPG information table.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, it is merely exemplary and various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible to those skilled in the art. I will understand. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the claims.

1 is a block diagram of an EPG information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart of a method of providing EPG information according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of a method of providing EPG information according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

4 illustrates an EPG information table according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: memory 20: display

30: control unit 40: key input unit

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Checking a genre of a program broadcasted on a channel currently being viewed; Checking EPG information on a program of the same genre as the genre of the program broadcasted on the channel currently being viewed; And And displaying EPG information on a program of the same genre as the genre of the program being broadcast on the channel currently being viewed. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the EPG information is displayed by highlighting a program of the same genre as the genre of the program currently being broadcast on the channel being viewed. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the EPG information is selected and displayed by a specialized channel that broadcasts only a program of the same genre as the genre of the program being broadcasted through the currently viewed channel. Checking whether a program genre is selected; Selecting EPG information on a program corresponding to the selected program genre when the program genre is selected; And EPG information providing method comprising the step of displaying the selected EPG information. The method of claim 4, wherein the program genre is displayed together with EPG information about a program broadcasted through all channels. The method of claim 4, wherein the program genre is displayed on an EPG information table that displays the EPG information. The method of claim 4, wherein the EPG information is displayed by highlighting a program corresponding to the selected program genre. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the EPG information is selected and displayed by a specialized channel for broadcasting only a program corresponding to the selected program genre.
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