CN1187967C - System and method for creating a television channel index and viewing history in a television receiver - Google Patents

System and method for creating a television channel index and viewing history in a television receiver Download PDF

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CN1187967C
CN1187967C CNB018024831A CN01802483A CN1187967C CN 1187967 C CN1187967 C CN 1187967C CN B018024831 A CNB018024831 A CN B018024831A CN 01802483 A CN01802483 A CN 01802483A CN 1187967 C CN1187967 C CN 1187967C
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Abstract

There is disclosed a system and method for creating a television channel index and viewing history in a television receiver. The channel index and viewing history may be used to identify and select television programs. The system comprises a user interface controller capable of receiving viewer instructions to record video images and to display recorded video images, a video signal unit capable of recording video images, and a memory capable of storing video images. The user interface controller can display reduced size images of the stored video signals, and in response to viewer instructions, cause the television receiver to play the program associated with a selected stored video image. A user file is provided for each viewer to select and record programs according to his or her individual taste. A history file in each user file records information concerning programs that a viewer actually watches. The system automatically deletes stored video images that relate to television programs that have been completed and are no longer available for viewing.

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Set up the television channel index in the television receiver and watch historical system and method
Technical field
The present invention generally relates to television receiver, is specifically related to set up the television channel index in the television receiver and watch historical system and method.This channel index and watch history to can be used to sign and select TV programme.
Background of invention
Along with the development of television receiver and personal computer system's technology, people expect to merge this two kinds of technology further.The commercialization progress of digital television system makes television industry circle recognize new situation, realizes people's hope as soon as possible with digital television receiver.
The user interface design of modern digital television receiver becomes to have the characteristic and the function of expansion, can strengthen spectators' recreation experience personalized requirements, and very convenient in the use and easy.Hand-held remote controller makes spectators be convenient to the switch television set, and channel change is regulated volume, and other adjustment project.Screen display is allowed spectators' scroll through menus, starts sleep pattern, sets clock-inside, selects signal source (cable TV, satellite antenna or terrestrial receiving antenna), set up on " surfing ring ", or the like.The surfing ring comprises the available channel subclass, and spectators can be added to the channel of its preference in the surfing ring.Compare with whole available channels that roll, spectators roll (or " channel surfing ") short surfing ring can be quick many.
On a zone being convenient to the television system application that is provided by existing browser such as Web browser, the user can identify particular station or it is made bookmark, and they are put in the individual list that will visit in the future.
Initial stage, people define which program can be for watching and not having what problem when selecting its program of watching, because the television channel that can Gong watch at that time seldom.When technical development when comprising superfrequency (UHF) channel, very high frequency(VHF) (VHF) channel, cable TV and satellite television reception etc., spectators have run into trouble very soon in channel selection.
The text menu that wired and satellite service provider provides can overcome some shortcoming of program selection aspect.But most of wired and satellite television spectators still will spend the plenty of time to watch the partial content of many programs, so that progressively select current programs of interest number, make at last and watch decision.Also find even without wired and spectators satellite programming, do not solve the problem of how determining to watch what program on arbitrary special time, their program selects also to increase significantly trouble.
The appearance of Digital Television, for Digital Television planning interactive service and analog television broadcast stop the establishment on date, these can change the current mode of doing mutually with television set of spectators fully.Yet, there are not available technology or planning to introduce system or method easily at present to spectators, be used to identify a short TV guide and on special time, retrieve, then make and watch decision, select a desired program according to the possible program number of progressively selecting for spectators.
So, need a kind of improved system and method to be used to select TV programme in the present technique field, allow that the user makes abundant control in extremely many channel surfing search.Especially, need a kind of improved television receiver system and method in the present technique field, it can establish one group of possible program for watching according to spectators individual's selection.More specifically, need improved television receiver system and method in the present technique field, be used for from the TV programme that will watch of cohort selection of two or more programs of sign.
Summary of the invention
For solving above-mentioned shortcoming in the prior art, main purpose of the present invention provides a kind of system and method that is used for television set, to set up personalized current television channel index and to watch history file.According to advantageous embodiments of the present invention, system includes TV and selects control module to control the image that can be shown on the television screen.TV selects control module to include user interface (UI) controller, input/output interface unit, memory and video signal unit.
Along with spectators' rolling (or " channel surfing ") available television channel, spectators can select each program that hope is watched.The TV programme image of being selected by spectators is selected and write down to saved software program in the UI controller execute store.The UI controller is set up an image (or retrieving a broadcast image) to each TV programme that spectators select, and shows the small size picture (being called " click and amplify " image) of this image.Spectators select and activate one and can click enlarged image, can make television set demonstrate the TV programme that can click enlarged image.
The telerecording that spectators watch is to watching in the history file.When a TV programme finished, the interested next Pgmtime phase of spectators in the history file was watched in the inquiry of UI controller.So the UI controller shows the possible thumbnail image for the program selection, so that spectators selected the next Pgmtime phase.If the program that spectators do not present the UI controller is made any selection, then television set keeps being tuned on the current channel displayed, until spectators' channel change.Can click enlarged image and remain on the screen, the tabulation that can click enlarged image when spectators select the other enlarged image clicked is updated.
Main purpose of the present invention provides a kind ofly to be set up the television channel index and watches historical improved system and method, has in the television set of display screen being applied to.
Another object of the present invention provides out and is used to select TV programme, improved TV control module, has in the television set of display screen being applied to.
Another purpose of the present invention is to provide following improved method for the television set with display screen: 1) one or more video images that record is selected from each video image by spectators in memory, and this each video image sequentially is shown on the display screen when spectators' channel change; 2) according to user's instruction, the video image of storage is shown on the display screen with the form of minification; 3) receive the instruction that one of shown video image is made one's options by spectators, this selection has indicated spectators and has wished TV programme in the video image that watch, shown; And 4) television set is tuned on the television channel of playing selected TV programme.
Remaining purpose of the present invention and advantage will be narrated in " detailed description " part below fully.
Characteristics of the present invention and advantage have been summarized above roughly, the present invention that will describe in detail below the skilled person in the present technique field will understand preferably.Bells and whistles of the present invention that illustrates later and advantage constitute the theme of claim of the present invention.Those of ordinary skill in the present technique field should be understood, can be the structure of revising or design other on the basis disclosing notion and specific embodiment, to realize the purpose identical with the present invention.This type of equivalent constructions that yet should be understood that those of ordinary skill in the present technique field does not depart from the not the most extensive modal spirit and scope of format invention.
Carrying out " detailed description " before, it is useful that some noun of using in this patent file and phrase are made definitions.Term " comprises " and " comprising " and derive word and mean hard-core covering; Term " or " be meant extension, mean and/or; Phrase " association " and " associated " with and derive word mean comprise, be included in interior, interknit, comprise, be comprised in interior, contact with it, with it the coupling connection, can be communicated with it, cooperate, interweave and put, press close to, bundle with it, have, have its performance, or the like; And term " controller " means any device, system or its part of at least a operation of may command, and the realization of this kind device can be adopted hardware, solid or software, perhaps certain combination of at least two same devices.No matter the function that should be pointed out that any concrete controller is control of this machine or remote control, all can be for centralized or distributed.The definition of some noun and phrase is common to this patent file, those of ordinary skill in the present technique field is known, even also can be under many occasions in most of occasions, this class definition be suitable for priority application, and can use noun and phrase thus defined in the future.
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For a more complete understanding of the present invention and advantage, make following explanation in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, roughly the same number refers to part roughly the same on each figure, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 shows the example of bright television receiver system according to the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 shows bright system's example according to the embodiment of the invention, and it is applied in the television receiver system of Fig. 1, is used to set up personalized current television channel index and watches history file;
Fig. 3 shows user file example detailed in the bright television receiver according to the embodiment of the invention; And
Fig. 4 shows bright TV selection control module workflow diagram according to example in the television receiver of the embodiment of the invention.
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The various embodiment of Fig. 1 to Fig. 4 that narrates and application just by principle of the present invention in the example explanation this patent file, should not take it is to limit the scope of the invention in arbitrary mode as below.In the explanation of following example embodiment, the present invention is integrated in the digital television receiver, or be connected with television receiver.Yet present embodiment has just adopted by way of example, should not take that scope of the present invention is confined to digital television receiver as.In fact, the those of ordinary skill in the present technique field understands that example embodiment of the present invention can be used instead on the simulated television receiver easily.
Fig. 1 shows the example of bright system for TV set 100 according to the embodiment of the invention.System for TV set 100 comprises television receiver 105, with the set-top box 150 of infrared (IR) detector 160 and optional personal computer (PC) 170.As below describing in detail, the invention provides a kind of system, according to one or more spectators (user's) personal preference, be used for setting up personalized current television channel index and watching history in the work of television receiver 105.
Television receiver 105 comprises: display screen 110 is used to show TV programme wired or that the satellite television programming service supplier provides; Infrared (IR) transducer 115; And around one group of manual control knob 120 that dotted line marked.Manually control knob 120 can comprise (being not limited to) power button, volume adjusting knob, vertical and horizontal sweep control knob and one and a plurality of channel selection button.Infrared (IR) transducer 115 receives the IR control signal from the hand-held remote controller 125 of televiewer's operation.Usually, by 115 perception of IR transducer, handle in television receiver 105 from the IR control signal of remote controller 125, in order to the channel of watching on the conversion display screen 110, increase or reduce volume, open or close television receiver 105, or the like.IR control signal by 115 perception of IR transducer can also be transferred on the set-top box 150, with the work of controller top box 150.
150 pairs of input signals from wired or satellite television programming service supplier of set-top box carry out conventional tuning and demodulation, produce for example digital data stream of MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group) coding, therefrom can draw vision signal.In addition, television receiver 105 can directly receive from the next terrestrial television broadcast signal input of exterior antenna (not shown).Among this another kind of embodiment of the present invention, the RF input signal that 105 pairs in television receiver is received from antenna carries out conventional tuning and demodulation, produces for example digital data stream of mpeg encoded, therefrom can draw vision signal.
Also comprise infrared (IR) transducer 160 in the set-top box 150.IR transducer 160 receives infrared (IR) control signal from the hand-held remote controller 125 of televiewer's operation.The preferably same device of remote controller 125 of the remote controller 125 of controller top box 150 and operation television receiver 105.Usually, IR control signal by 160 perception of IR transducer is handled in set-top box 150, be used for that conversion is transferred to television receiver 105 and the channel watched opens and closes set-top box 150 (and/or television receiver 105) on display screen 110, and regulate other TV control item.
Among the embodiment of making progress property of the present invention, set-top box 150 can be integrated in the television receiver 105.When television receiver 105 is under the situation of high definition TV (HDTV) receiver, generally that set-top box 150 and television receiver 105 is together integrated.Because the function and the principle of set-top box 150 work are known,, reduced the total amount that equipment, connecting line and televiewer need implement the work of adjusting thus so television manufacturer usually can be found set-top box 150 is integrated in advantage in the television receiver 105.
In the embodiment of making progress property of the present invention, setting up personalized current television channel index and watch the system of history file in television receiver 105 can be an embedded system that is integrated in the television receiver 105.In the embodiment of another making progress property of the present invention, in television receiver 105, set up personalized current television channel index and watch the system of history file independently realizing in the personal computer (PC) 170.
PC 170 comprises CPU (CPU) 180, display 190 and can load and unload medium 195.PC 170 also comprises conventional unit (not shown), such as keyboard, mouse, internal HDD and random-access memory (ram) etc.Use among the embodiment of a making progress property of the present invention of PC 170, television receiver 105 in, set up personalized current television channel index and watch and comprise CPU 180 in the system of history file and be stored in the random-access memory (ram) (not shown) or be stored in program in the internal HDD (not shown).The program that is used for setting up personalized current television channel index and watch history file in television receiver 105 also can be stored in can load and unload medium 195, and it for example is 3.5 inches floppy disks, CD ROM, DVD or similar medium.
Fig. 2 shows the example of bright television receiver 105 according to the embodiment of the invention.Television receiver 105 comprises baseband signal path 200 and TV is selected control module 230.Baseband signal path 200 comprises tuner 205, intermediate frequency (IF) processor 210, demodulator circuit 212, demultiplexer 215, mpeg decoder 220, preprocessor 225 and display screen 110.Display screen 110 can be the video display devices of picture tube or flat-panel monitor or any kind.
Cable television source or the satellite antenna source or radio frequency (RF) signal of reception terrestrial broadcasting antenna source (not shown) input that tuner 205 or reception come by set-top box 150 (not shown among Fig. 2).The channel that tuner 205 selects control module 230 to select according to spectators by remote controller 125 (not shown among Fig. 2) or TV, filtering goes out the specific video signal from the RF signal.Tuner 205 carries out down-conversion with the RF signal that filtering goes out, and produces intermediate frequency (IF) signal.IF processor 210 further makes the output down conversion of tuner 205, produces modulated baseband signal.Demodulator circuit 212 is the modulated baseband signal of demodulation again, produces to transmit stream.
Demultiplexer 215 extracts at least one and flows substantially from transmit stream, such as the data flow of mpeg encoded, with the basic flow transmission that extracts to mpeg decoder 220.Mpeg decoder 220 makes the data flow of encoded MPEG of input carry out conversion, produces the video standard signal that can show on display screen 110.Preprocessor 225 can be realized several dissimilar vision signals processing, and comprising: (a) the adaptive noise level suppresses; (b) the level acutance strengthens; (c) brightness-chrominance separation; (d) motion detection; And (e) estimating motion and compensation.The signal that preprocessor 225 produces exports display screen 110 to and TV is selected control module 230.
TV selects control module 230 to comprise user interface (UI) controller 235, I/O (I/O) interface 240, memory 250 and digital video signal unit 270.UI controller 235, I/O interface 240, memory 250 and digital video signal unit 270 link together by communication bus 245.UI controller 235 is stored in program in the memory 250, other vision or auditory perception property in the work of control display screen curtain 110 and television receiver 105 work by execution.Under the effect of program, UI controller 235 is revised the vision signal of handling in the preprocessor 225 in memory 250, comprises the current channel index that spectators select among the present invention and watches the associated image of history file and the figure of any other spectators' control.
I/O interface 240 makes TV select control module 230 to be connected on the optional PC 170 (not shown among Fig. 2) by cpu bus 290.I/O interface 240 also makes TV select control module 230 to be connected to IR transducer 115 on the television receiver 105 and the IR transducer 160 on the set-top box 150.I/O interface 240 selects TV control module 230 to be connected on the tuner 205 again.TV selects control module 230 to provide the path that spectators select working channel according to principle of the present invention, and this point will illustrate in more detail.
The memory that memory 250 comprises is used for the current channel index of UI control program 255, UI edit routine 257, manufacturer's default file 260 and three examples and watches history file 271,272 and 273, and they are labeled as user's 1 file, user's 2 files and user's 3 files respectively in Fig. 2.Among the embodiment of making progress property of the present invention, memory 250 can comprise the nonvolatile RAM (RAM) such as flash memory.
UI control program 255 comprises one group by the 235 executable instructions of UI controller, other vision or auditory perception property in work of their control display screen curtains 110 and television receiver 105 work.Control signal from UI controller 235 arrives display screen 110 by preprocessor 225.UI control program 255 application memory in manufacturer's default feature file 260 numerical value or one or more user file 271-273 determine for example be size, the current channel index of spectators' surfing ring and watch history file, with and any other similar characteristics that can revise by spectators of numerical value.Other possible characteristic comprises: size and the position of 1) selecting picture-in-picture (PIP) window; And 2) mute option.The characteristic that can also add other similar type.
UI edit routine 257 comprises one group by the 235 executable instructions of UI controller, and they can revise in the different qualities of video image and television receiver 105 work other vision or auditory perception property.When spectators wish to revise the numerical value that is stored in manufacturer's default file 260, perhaps to set up new user file, in the time of perhaps will revising user file 271-273 one or more, UI controller 235 operation UI edit routines 257.
Among the embodiment of making progress property of the present invention, UI edit routine 257 can be set up and store some different user files, thereby such as being that each member in the family can use at least a personalization (also i.e. agreement) user file, to be fit to its hobby.So the one family member can set up one group of program of often watching watching of special use in the history file, and another kinsfolk can set up a diverse history file of watching.For example, the one family member can select first user file from on-screen menu, and it has short surfing ring, mainly comprise news and sports channel, and another kinsfolk can select second user file, and it has long surfing ring, comprises extensively various television channel.
Among the embodiment of making progress property of the present invention, spectators can select the respective option and input parameter value with remote controller 125 from one group of menu that UI edit routine 257 provides, to revise manufacturer's default file 260.Among the embodiment of another making progress property of the present invention, the copy of manufacturer's default file 260 can be stored in the hard disk drive of PC 170, UI edit routine 257 can be carried out by CPU 180.In this another embodiment, spectators can set up one or more new user files (being similar to user file 271-273) in CPU 180, by cpu bus 290, I/O interface 240 and communication bus 245 new user file is transferred to memory 250.Cpu bus 290 provides standard external and connects, and connects or USB (USB) connection such as RS-232 connection, IEEE-1394, and realization is connected with CPU's.Spectators can download to memory 250 with the version that edits then at CPU 180 inediting UI control programs 255.
Digital video unit 270 comprises video signal converter 275, frame collector 280 and flying-spot video generator 285.Video signal converter 275 receives the vision signal of decoding from preprocessor 225.The vision signal of this decoding is that to offer the decoded video signal of display screen 110 identical with preprocessor 225.The image that the vision signal that the decoded video signal representative is imported by set-top box 150 or television antenna (not shown) carries is perhaps represented the image of selecting control module 230 to set up by TV.
Video signal converter 275 is used known technology the decoded video signal of preprocessor 225 is transformed into red (R), green (G) and indigo plant (B) component video signal, inputs to frame collector 280.Frame collector 280 receives R, G and B vision signal (rgb signal), and their representatives will be by display screen 110 video image displayed.Frame collector 280 makes rgb signal be formatted into frame of video, and frame of video is transferred to UI controller 235 and I/O interface 240 on communication bus 245.Subsequently, when CPU 180 controlled the display characteristic of television receivers 105, I/O interface 240 had been transferred to frame of video on the CPU 180 on the cpu bus 290.State according to any effective remote signal that receives via IR transducer 115 in the television receiver 105 or via IR transducer in the set-top box 150 160, the frame of video that UI controller 235 is analyzed by frame collector 280 inputs realizes the figure of arbitrary spectators' startup or the change of control.This process will be described in detail below.
Frame collector 280 is also receiving on the communication bus 245 by UI controller 235 to preprocessor output video bit stream 225 transmission, that be used for demonstration on display screen 110.When the output video bit stream appeared on the communication bus 245, they had represented the output pattern image of being set up by UI controller 235 or CPU 180.The graph image of this output may be represented the channel selection thumbnail of an example or the channel history document image of an example.The graph image of output also may be represented the image of other possibility type that will be transferred to display screen 110.The channel selection thumbnail of example and the channel history document image of example can rise from UI controller 235 or optional CPU 180 (not shown among Fig. 2) via cpu bus 290 and I/O interface 240.
The known technology of using frame collector 280 detects the output video bit stream from UI controller 235 or I/O interface 240 on communication bus 245.After frame collector 280 detects output video frame from UI controller 235 or I/O interface 240, it separates the RGB component in the detected frame of video, provide each other rgb video data as red (R), green (G) and blue (B) vision signal, input to flying-spot video generator 285.Flying-spot video generator 285 receives red (R), green (G) and blue (B) vision signal from frame collector 280, uses known technology these signal transformations are become digital video bit stream, exports display screen 110 to.
Should be pointed out that the vision signal that is not red (R), green (G) and blue (B) form also can be used for realizing the present invention.For example, can use the vision signal of Y, U and V format.
Fig. 3 shows bright details according to embodiments of the invention user's 1 file 265 of example in TV selection control module 230.User's 1 file 265 comprises current channel index 310, history file 330 and other file 350.Current channel index 310 comprises channel A sign (ID) and image 315, channel B ID and image 316, channel C ID and the image 317 of memory location label, until channel N ID and image 320.Have living space in each memory location in the current channel index 310 and be used for storage of channel identification information and channel image information.
Provide memory in " channel A ID and image " memory 315, be used to store a TV station's channel designation (for example channel 11) and an one original program, but they are user's 1 inputs and wish to check its view content.Also provide memory in the memory 315, be used to be stored in the video image that receives on the television channel A, for example, it is that user 1 chooses program and becomes expection and watch channel on television channel A at that time.Therefore, memory 315 canned datas of " channel A ID and image " relate to the initial channel (channel A) that user 1 will select to watch as future channel.
Similarly, " channel B ID and image " memory 316 and " channel C ID and image " memory 317 canned datas relate to secondly two television channels that user 1 will select confession to watch in the future.At last, last channel ID and the image information of " channel N ID and image " memory 320 storages watched use in the future for user 1.Should be pointed out that applicable memory location number depends on user's 1 file 265 of example and the memory capacity in the memory 250 in the current channel index 310.
Ideally, the Capacity Selection of current channel index 310 gets enough big, can be to memory location wired, that next applicable each channel of satellite and spot broadcasting TV station provides channel ID and image.In the current channel index 310 of one embodiment of the present of invention, there are enough memories to realize this function.
Yet, since the size of display screen 110 make the size of program image and number show simultaneously effectively restricted, so comparatively actual be the number of the selectable program image of restriction.In first variant embodiment of the present invention, current channel index 310 has enough memories, can be stored into channel ID and program image that display screen 110 can show number simultaneously.In second variant embodiment of the present invention, characteristics are: 1) current channel index 310 has enough memory stores to go into than display screen 110 to show more channel ID of number and program image simultaneously; And 2) display screen 110 can sequentially show multiple screen, presents the channel ID and the program image of all storages.
History file 330 comprises the memory location of memory.Memory 335 comprises channel AA information, comprises channel identication (ID), programme and program image (being called channel AA information synthetically).Similarly, memory 336 comprises channel AB information, and memory 337 comprises channel AC information.History file 330 comprises similar memory storage location to each channel.At last, memory 340 comprises channel AN information.As the situation of current channel index 310, having living space in the memory location of each memory in the history file 330 is used for storage of channel identification information and channel image information.In addition, each storage space in the history file 330 has expanded to and has comprised a programme, relates to its specific channel and program image.The date and time of an interior concrete playing programs of a week has been indicated in programme.
In the course of normal operation, UI controller 235 is added up compilation for the pairing programme content of watching of time span thresholding selected in watching every day.When selected time span thresholding arrived, UI controller 235 automatically was stored into channel ID, programme and the associated image of program often watched in the available storage location in the history file 330 (for example, memory 336 is used for channel AB information).
In the embodiment of making progress property, UI controller 235 is set up a split screen screen, makes display screen 110 can show the program that programs recommended program image and current spectators select simultaneously.Programs recommended program image is the video image of the program association often watched, and it approximately is program time-interval half an hour that begins to broadcast.Spectators can select recommend programs to wish to watch this recommend programs to show spectators with remote controller 125.UI controller 235 detect the user select just to make when programs recommended television receiver 105 be tuned on the indicated program of programs recommended image.
If (for example being the time span of this TV programme) spectators do not select programs recommended image in interval when a thresholding, then the programs recommended image of UI controller 235 automatic disconnections makes the program of 110 pairs of spectators' current selected of display screen provide full screen display.
Among another embodiment, when the date and time of this playing programs in the week arrived, UI controller 235 access history files 330 automatically tuned on the channel and program that is identified tuner 205.Spectators also can re-write the automatic selection of often watching program through manually operating with remote controller 125.
Among another embodiment, spectators can walk around the automatic selection of channel information whole or in part history file 330 is stored.Just, spectators can be to the image of history file 330 direct inputting channel ID, programme and one or more required programs.During operation, the state of UI controller 235 monitoring history files 330 when canned data points out that this program is just being broadcasted in the history file 330, just makes television receiver 105 automatic tunings to specific program.
Among another embodiment, history file 330 can only provide channel ID and often watch the storage of the programme information of program.Required a large amount of memory requirements when this embodiment has eliminated storage and often watches many image in the program.Can increase the number of often watching program that history file 330 can identify after exempting image storage space in the history file 330, perhaps reduce the total storage capacity requirement of memory 250.
Ideally, the size of history file 330 is selected enough greatly, and the memory storage location that it provides can be stored into channel identication, program broadcasting list and the program image of its whole available programs for the available channel of the maximum number that comes via wired, satellite and spot broadcasting TV station.In the history file 330 of one embodiment of the present of invention, there are enough memories to realize this function.
Among another embodiment, the capacity of history file 330 can be stored and go up channel identication, program broadcasting list and the program image that spectators often watch program interior per half an hour of every day in next week at interval.Present embodiment needs 336 channel information memory locations.Though the memory span of present embodiment greatly surpasses most of spectators' demand, having some spectators needs sort memory storage total amount.
Among another embodiment, the available memory space of the capacity of history file 330 only is enough to identify 336 and a half hours programs channel ID and program broadcasting list at interval.When history file 330 does not provide the image storage space of 336 program images, than history file 330 its memory space requirements of programs stored image much smaller.
Other file 350 provides the storage of additional information, and they can be the customized informations about each spectators' unique need.Other file 350 can comprise control or influence other data field of vision and auditory perception property in television receiver 105 work, comprise this switch dish option 355, other input unit control 336, screen graph control 337 and other etc.As previously described, all data fields in the user file (for example, user's 1 file 265) can be used UI edit routine 257 and revised.
For example, screen graph control 357 allows that outward appearance that spectators control graphic entity is rendered as the part of displaying contents on the display screen 110.This class graphic entity comprise the font of relative size, alphanumeric character of physical appearance, the icon of alphanumeric character, background color, screen-icon/symbol and size, screen-icon colour, or the like.
Fig. 4 illustrates the flow chart 400 according to one embodiment of the invention, and the TV that has shown example in the television receiver 105 of example is selected the work of control module 230.Television receiver 105 duration of works, frame collector 280 monitor continuously from the input of video signal converter 275 red (R), green (G) and blue (B) vision signal, carry out the separation of frame of video according to these signals.As previously described, also can use other vision signal such as Y, U and V.When detecting spectators (for example, the user 1), UI controller 235 select (or sign) when watching the channel of an expectation, to use the selected picture size minimum that known algorithm makes that frame collector 280 provides.Then, UI controller 235 is stored into the channel number (channel identication) of input and relevant minimizing image thereof in the initial storage location in the current channel index 310 (for example, the memory 315 of " channel A ID and image ").
TV selects control module 230 constantly the minimizing image of channel identication (ID) and their associations to be stored into current channel index 310 by user 1 order, until there not being channel selection input (treatment step 405) again.
When UI controller 235 determines that users 1 finish options input for current channel index 310, UI controller 235 is with the memory image format of current channel index 310, be used for showing simultaneously to minimize (can click amplification) image, they are transferred to frame collector 280.Frame collector 280 makes the view data of UI controller 235 be transformed into rgb signal, and they are handled by flying-spot video generator 285 subsequently, becomes the vision signal that inputs to display screen 110.Display screen 110 shows (treatment step 410) when presenting resulting minimizing (can click amplification) image.
Exist when selecting the enlarged image clicked of (activations) by user 1 by I/O interface 240 when UI controller 235 detects, UI controller 235 is tuned on channel identication (ID) number of the enlarged image clicked association of user's 1 selection tuner 205.UI controller 235 also makes frame collector 280 and flying-spot video generator 285 stop outputting video signal, thereby display screen 110 no longer shows the selected program image from user's 1 current channel index 310.Subsequently, UI controller 235 determines whether history file 330 has associated channel ID and the time input of program that is activated by user 1.If UI controller 235 detects the program input of user's 1 current activation, then it then determines whether arrived the predetermined thresholding of watching by the program counting of user's 1 current activation.If arrived the predetermined thresholding of watching of user's 1 current activation program, then no longer needed further action.If do not arrive the predetermined thresholding of watching, then UI controller 235 makes the program counting of current activation increase by 1.
When UI controller 235 detected less than the program of user's 1 current activation, it made the program that has activated set up channel identication, programme and (optionally) image input (treatment step 415) in history file 330.
The UI controller 235 monitoring system clock (not shown) that half an hour, program began at interval.When detecting one and a half hours program interval, UI controller 235 is analyzed the content of current channel index 310, has arrived the terminal point of its airtime that indicates with the program that determines whether any selection.When the program that UI controller 235 detects a selection has finished, just delete this and finished associated channel ID of program and image (treatment step 420).
The program that detects activation when UI controller 235 has finished and user 1 when selecting another program viewing from current channel index 310, UI controller 235 just compares the content and the current program clock (not shown) of history file 330, to determine whether one or more programs of often watching are arranged in current Pgmtime.If UI controller 235 detects more than one program in current Pgmtime,, it makes decision for user 1 just being presented on the display screen 110 enlarged image clicked available in the history file 330.Then, UI controller 235 waits for that user 1 activates one and can click enlarged image.If can click enlarged image and be activated for watching for one, UI controller 235 makes the television receiver 105 tuning programs of getting well and showing selection.
If UI controller 235 only detects a program of often watching for current Pgmtime section in history file 330, UI controller 235 does not need user 1 to do further action just to make television receiver 105 be tuned to (treatment step 425) on this program.
When UI controller 235 detected less than the program often watched for current slot, it did not change the tuning of television receiver 105.Television receiver 105 keeps being tuned on its current indicated channel, until changing tuners 205 (treatment step 430) by manual, remote control or UI controller 235.
In one embodiment of the present of invention, a foldback communication channel (not shown) is connected to television receiver 105 on one or more transacter (not shown) of broadcaster.So the statistics of watching of collecting in memory 250 can be by this foldback traffic channel to the transacter of broadcaster.Then, but in the memory 250 of broadcaster application television receiver 105 record watch statistics, selecting to make the choice of being informed in the TV programme arrangement for its spectators.
Though, having described the present invention in detail, the those of ordinary skill in the present technique field should be appreciated that and can make various changes, substitute and change under the prerequisite of the spirit and scope of the present invention of broadest form.

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1. system that sets up television channel index (310) (100) that uses in the television receiver with display screen (110) (105) comprises:
User interface controller (235) can receive the viewer instruction that is used to be recorded in the last positive video image displayed of described display screen (110);
Video signal unit (270), be connected to described display screen (110) and described user interface controller (235), described video signal unit (270) is gone up positive video image displayed according to the signal record that described user interface controller (235) comes at described display screen (110); And
Memory (250), be connected to described user interface controller (235) and described video signal unit (270), the signal that described memory (250) comes according to described user interface controller (235), can store the described video image of described video signal unit (270) record, wherein said memory (250) comprises this television channel index (310), this television channel index (310) comprises at least one memory storage location (315 that can store this video image and the channel identication information related with this video image, 316 ... 320).
2. the system that sets up television channel index (310) (100) of claim 1, wherein, described user interface controller (235) can receive the video image that viewer instruction shows storage in the described memory (250), and, the described video image that is stored in the described memory (250) is gone up at described display screen (110) shown according to described viewer instruction.
3. the system that sets up television channel index (310) (100) of claim 2, wherein, described user interface controller (235) can receive and be used to select described video image displayed for the viewer instruction of watching, and according to described viewer instruction, can make described television receiver (105) play a TV programme, described video image displayed goes on record from this TV programme.
4. the system that sets up television channel index (310) (100) of claim 1, described user interface controller (235) can receive and be used for showing the viewer instruction that is stored in the at user option a plurality of video images of described memory (250), and, the described a plurality of video images that are stored in the described memory (250) are presented on the described display screen (110) with the form that reduces size according to described viewer instruction.
5. the system that sets up television channel index (310) (100) of claim 1 also comprises:
Input/output interface (240), be connected to the tuner (205) of described user interface controller (235) and described television receiver (105), described input/output interface (240) can receive viewer instruction and described viewer instruction is transferred to described user interface controller (235), and described input/output interface (240) also can be tuned on the television channel of selection the described tuner (205) of described television receiver (105) according to the signal that described user interface controller (235) comes.
6. the system (100) that sets up television channel index (310) and watch history (330) of claim 1, wherein, described memory (250) comprises a plurality of user files (265,266,267), and each user file (265) wherein comprises:
Have a plurality of memory storage location (315,316 ..., 320) current channel index (310), wherein, according to the signal that described user interface controller (235) comes, each memory storage location (315) can be stored by selected video image of spectators and the channel identication information related with described video image.
7. the system that sets up television channel index (310) (100) of claim 6, wherein, each of described a plurality of user files (265,266,267) comprises:
Have a plurality of memory storage location (335,336 ..., 340) watch history (330), wherein, each memory storage location (335) can be stored the information that the program before watched with the user interrelates on a channel.
8. the system that sets up television channel index (310) (100) of claim 1, wherein, described video signal unit (270) is digital video signal unit (270), and it comprises video signal converter (275), frame collector (285) and flying-spot video generator (285).
9. television receiver (105) with display screen (110) comprises and is used to the system (100) that sets up television channel index as claimed in claim 1 (310) and watch history (330).
10. method of setting up television channel index (310) of using in the television receiver with display screen (110) (105) comprises step:
In user interface controller (235), receive and be used to be recorded in the viewer instruction that described display screen (110) is gone up positive video image displayed;
According to the signal that described user interface controller (235) comes, be recorded in described display screen (110) and go up positive video image displayed; And
According to the signal that described user interface controller (235) comes, the described video image that video signal unit (270) is write down is stored into memory (250); And
Described video image and the channel identication information stores related with this video image in memory storage location (315), wherein this memory (250) comprises this television channel index (310), this television channel index (310) comprises this memory storage location (315,316 ... 320).
11. the method for setting up television channel index (310) of claim 10 also comprises step:
In described user interface controller (235), receive the viewer instruction of the video image be used for showing that described memory (250) is stored; And
According to described user instruction, the video image of storage in the described memory (250) is shown on the described display screen (110).
12. the method for setting up the television channel index of claim 11 also comprises step:
Receiving in described user interface controller (235) is used to select described video image displayed for the viewer instruction of watching; And
According to described reception viewer instruction, make described television receiver (105) play a TV programme, described video image displayed goes on record from this TV programme.
13. the method for setting up television channel index (310) of claim 10 also comprises step:
In described user interface controller (235), receive the viewer instruction be used for being presented at user option a plurality of video images that described memory (250) stores; And
According to described reception viewer instruction, described a plurality of video images of storage in the described memory (250) are shown on the described display screen (110) with the form that reduces size.
14. the method for setting up television channel index (310) of claim 10 also comprises step:
According to receiving viewer instruction, to receive in the memory storage location (315) of the current channel index (310) in selected video image of spectators and the channel identication information stores access customer file (265) related with described video image, comprise in the described current channel index (310) of described user file (265) a plurality of memory storage location in the described memory (250) (315,316 ..., 320).
15. the spectators that supply as claim 14 that use in the television receiver with display screen (110) (105) select the method for TV programme also to comprise step:
Deletion is stored from described memory (250) video image that relates to the TV programme that has finished and the information related with the video image of described storage.
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