JP2012175118A - Video device and television apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video device capable of filtering adverse information, while restricting information from not being provided at appropriate timing, to the user of the video device as a result of the excessive increase of a load on a server.SOLUTION: A television apparatus 10 (a video device) includes a communication part 12 to be connected via the Internet 40 to a comment information server 50 for storing comment information to be posted from multiple users; and a CPU 13 for acquiring the comment information stored in the comment information server 50 from the comment information server 50 via the communication part 12 and also controlling the display content of a display part 14 capable of displaying the acquired comment information and a video. The CPU 13 is configured to determine whether the acquired comment information includes adverse character information or not and also to restrict the displaying of the acquired comment information on the display part 14, based on the determination result.

Description

  The present invention relates to a video device and a television device, and more particularly to a video device and a television device capable of displaying information and video acquired from a server on a display unit.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, video devices that can display information and video acquired from a server on a display unit are known. In such a conventional video apparatus, it is desired to perform filtering of harmful information in order to limit the display of harmful information on the display unit.

  On the other hand, conventionally, an electronic bulletin board system capable of suppressing posting prohibited terms from being posted on an electronic bulletin board (filtering harmful information) is known (for example, see Patent Document 1). In the bulletin board system described in Patent Document 1, a WEB server (server) that provides an electronic bulletin board whether or not a sentence (information) posted by a bulletin board user (user) includes a posting prohibited term (harmful information). ) Is checked. As a result of the check by the WEB server, when it is determined that the text posted by the user of the bulletin board includes the posting prohibited terms, the text is not posted on the electronic bulletin board. Thus, in the bulletin board system described in Patent Document 1, harmful information is filtered based on the result of the check by the WEB server.

  It is conceivable to apply the filtering technique described in Patent Document 1 to a conventional video apparatus that can display information and video acquired from a server on a display unit.

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  However, in the case of applying the filtering technique described in Patent Document 1 to a conventional video apparatus that can display information and video acquired from a server on a display unit, all information posted by an unspecified number of contributors Since the content is checked by the server, the load on the server is excessively increased. As a result, it is difficult to provide information to the user of the video apparatus at an appropriate timing.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and one object of the present invention is to provide an appropriate timing to the user of the video apparatus due to an excessive increase in the load on the server. To provide a video apparatus capable of filtering harmful information while suppressing the information from being lost.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

  A video device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a communication unit connected via a network to a comment information server storing comment information posted by a plurality of users, and comment information stored in the comment information server. And a control unit that controls the display content of the display unit capable of displaying the acquired comment information and video while acquiring the information from the information server via the communication unit. Whether or not to include the comment information is determined, and the display of the acquired comment information on the display unit is limited based on the determination result.

  In the video device according to the first aspect of the present invention, as described above, the control unit determines whether or not the comment information acquired from the comment information server includes harmful character information, and based on the determination result, The acquired comment information is configured to be restricted from being displayed on the display unit. As a result, it is possible to limit the display of comment information including harmful character information on the display unit by the control unit provided in the video apparatus, so that all posted by an unspecified number of contributors Unlike the case where the server checks the contents of information, harmful information is filtered while preventing the information from being provided to the video device user at an appropriate timing due to the excessive load on the server. It can be performed. In addition, the filtering of harmful information by the control unit of the video device is performed only on the information acquired from the server, not all of the information posted on the server, so the burden on the control unit of the video device is excessive. It is also possible to suppress the increase.

  In the video apparatus according to the first aspect, preferably, the control unit includes harmful character information in which the comment information acquired from the comment information server is based on a harmful character information database in which a plurality of harmful character information is registered. It is configured to determine whether or not. With this configuration, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the comment information acquired from the comment information server includes harmful character information by using the harmful character information database, so that harmful information can be easily filtered. It can be carried out.

  In this case, preferably, the communication unit is connected to a harmful character information server storing a harmful character information database via a network, and the control unit transmits the harmful character information database from the harmful character information server via the communication unit. It is configured to determine whether or not the comment information acquired from the comment information server includes harmful character information based on the acquired harmful character information database. With this configuration, the harmful character information database can be easily obtained by acquiring the harmful character information database from the harmful character information server via the communication unit, unlike when the harmful character information database is manually created. Can do.

  In the video apparatus in which the communication unit is connected to the harmful character information server, preferably, the communication unit further includes a storage unit that stores a harmful character information database acquired from the harmful character information server, and the control unit stores the harmful character information database. By acquiring periodically from the harmful character information server via the communication unit, the harmful character information database stored in the storage unit is periodically updated. If comprised in this way, since the harmful character information database memorize | stored in the memory | storage part is updated regularly, even if the content of a harmful character information database changes, the harmful character information database corresponding to the change Can be obtained.

  In the video apparatus according to the first aspect, preferably, the comment information acquired from the comment information server includes a plurality of comment information, and the control unit sequentially switches the plurality of comment information acquired from the comment information server. It is configured so that it can be controlled to be displayed on the display unit, and when switching the comment information currently displayed on the display unit, the comment information to be displayed next on the display unit is harmful character information. If it is determined that the comment information including harmful character information is not displayed on the display unit, the comment information to be displayed next on the display unit does not include harmful character information. Control is performed to display comment information not including character information on the display unit. With this configuration, when a plurality of comment information acquired from the comment information server is displayed on the display unit while sequentially switching, the comment information including harmful character information is not displayed on the display unit, while the harmful character is displayed. Since the comment information that does not include information is displayed on the display unit, only the comment information that does not include harmful character information among a plurality of comment information acquired from the comment information server can be visually recognized sequentially.

  A television apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a communication unit connected via a network to a comment information server that stores comment information posted by a plurality of users, and a broadcast receiving unit that receives a television broadcast. The comment information stored in the comment information server is acquired from the comment information server via the communication unit, and the control unit controls the display content of the display unit capable of displaying the acquired comment information and television broadcast, The control unit is configured to determine whether or not the acquired comment information includes harmful character information and to limit display of the acquired comment information on the display unit based on the determination result.

  In the television apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, as described above, the control unit determines whether or not the comment information acquired from the comment information server includes harmful character information, and based on the determination result. The display of the acquired comment information on the display unit is limited. Thereby, since it is possible to limit the display of comment information including harmful character information on the display unit by the control unit provided in the television apparatus, all posted by an unspecified number of contributors Unlike the case where the server checks the content of the information, harmful information while preventing the information from being provided to the user of the television device at an appropriate timing due to the excessive load on the server. Filtering can be performed. In addition, the filtering of harmful information by the control unit of the video device is performed only on the information acquired from the server, not all of the information posted on the server, so the burden on the control unit of the video device is excessive. It is also possible to suppress the increase.

It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the television apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the transition of the display screen when comment information switches and displays one by one on the display part of the television apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the control operation | movement of CPU when the switching display of comment information is performed on the display part of the television apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating control operation | movement of CPU when the harmful character information database is memorize | stored in the memory of the television apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention (update). It is the block diagram which showed the structure of the BD (Blu-Ray Disc) player by the modification of one Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the structure of the television apparatus 10 by one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. The television device 10 is an example of the “video device” in the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a television device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a broadcast receiving unit 11, a communication unit 12, a CPU 13, a display unit 14, a video output unit 15, and a remote control receiving unit 16. , A remote controller 17 and a memory 18 are provided. The CPU 13 is an example of the “control unit” in the present invention. The memory 18 is an example of the “storage unit” in the present invention.

  The broadcast receiving unit 11 is configured to receive a television broadcast via the antenna 20. The communication unit 12 is connected to the comment information server 50 via the router 30 and the Internet 40. The Internet 40 is an example of the “network” in the present invention.

  Here, the comment information server 50 is a server that stores comment information posted via the Internet 40 by a plurality of users (contributors) using a communication terminal (for example, a PC or a smartphone). The comment information refers to the comment text indicating the content of the comment posted by the poster on the comment information server 50, the name of the poster (poster name) who posted the comment, and the comment posted to the comment information server 50. Information data including a difference time between the recorded time and the current time.

  In the present embodiment, the comment information server 50 has a function of randomly extracting a plurality of comment information posted to the comment information server 50 by a plurality of contributors. An example of such a comment information server 50 is a twitter (registered trademark) server, for example. In the twitter (registered trademark) server, a function called “public timeline” is implemented as a function for randomly extracting the comment information (tweet) as described above.

  In the present embodiment, the communication unit 12 is connected to the harmful character information server 60 via the router 30 and the Internet 40. The harmful character information server 60 is a server that stores a harmful character information database 61 in which a plurality of harmful character information (for example, information data on characters (words) indicating sexual or violent content) is registered. .

  The CPU 13 is configured to be able to control each part of the television device 10 such as controlling the display contents of the display unit 14. For example, the CPU 13 can display and reproduce the television broadcast on the display unit 14 by outputting the television broadcast (video) received by the broadcast receiving unit 11 to the display unit 14 via the video output unit 15. It is configured as follows. The television broadcast is displayed and reproduced within a video display area 141 (see FIG. 2) provided on substantially the entire surface of the display unit 14 having a substantially rectangular shape.

  The remote control receiving unit 16 is configured to receive a signal from the remote control 17. The signal received by the remote control receiver 16 is transmitted to the CPU 13. Thereby, the user of the television apparatus 10 can control the entire television apparatus 10 by operating the remote controller 17 (selection determination operation using the cross key 17a or the determination key 17b). For example, the user of the television device 10 operates the remote controller 17 to display both the video and comment information described later of the television device 10 (CPU 13) on the display unit 14 (hereinafter referred to as a comment display function). ) Can be called or terminated.

  In the present embodiment, when the comment display function is called by the operation of the remote controller 17 by the user of the television device 10, the CPU 13 receives a plurality (for example, 20) of comment information via the communication unit 12. It is configured to acquire from 50 at a predetermined time interval (for example, every 2 minutes). Further, the CPU 13 can display the plurality of comment information acquired from the comment information server 50 on the display unit 14 together with the television broadcast (video) while sequentially switching one by one in order of oldest posting time (see FIG. 2). It is configured as follows. Note that the comment information is sequentially switched within the comment information display area 142 (see FIG. 2) provided to extend in the left-right direction (X direction) at the lower end (arrow Y1 direction side) of the display unit 14. Is displayed.

  As described above, when the comment information is displayed on the display unit 14 together with the video, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2C, the name of the contributor (the contributor S) is displayed in the comment information display area 142. , posted by M), comment text (Hello, Hello) and differential time (4 minutes ago, and the balloon 142a 2 minutes ago) is displayed, from the image (icon) corresponding to the name of the author of the posts to be displayed on the balloon 142a The poster icon 142b to be displayed is displayed. The poster icon 142b is displayed on the left side (arrow X1 direction side) inside the comment information display area 142. The balloon 142a is displayed on the right side (arrow X2 direction side) of the poster icon 142b inside the comment information display area 142. Note that the balloon 142a and the poster icon 142b are configured to be temporarily hidden when the comment information displayed in the comment information display area 142 is switched, as shown in FIG.

  The comment information display area 142 is displayed so as to overlap the video display area 141. The comment information display area 142 is configured so that a part other than the part where the balloon 142a and the contributor icon 142b are displayed is transparently processed and the video displayed and reproduced in the video display area 141 can be displayed. Has been. This suppresses the comment information display area 142 from preventing the video displayed and reproduced in the video display area 141 from being viewed.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the CPU 13 is configured to determine whether or not the comment information includes harmful character information when the comment information is displayed in the comment information display area 142 of the display unit 14. Yes. Further, the CPU 13 is configured to limit the display of the comment information on the display unit 14 based on the determination result of whether or not the comment information includes harmful character information.

  Specifically, when switching the comment information currently displayed on the display unit 14 when the CPU 13 determines that the comment information to be displayed next on the display unit 14 includes harmful character information, the harmful information is displayed. If the comment information including correct character information is not displayed on the display unit 14 and the comment information to be displayed next on the display unit 14 is determined not to include harmful character information, the comment does not include the harmful character information. Control is performed to display information on the display unit 14.

  In this embodiment, the CPU 13 is configured to determine whether or not the comment information includes harmful character information based on a harmful character information database 61 in which a plurality of harmful character information is registered. Yes. Specifically, the CPU 13 acquires the harmful character information database 61 from the harmful character information server 60 via the communication unit 12, and based on the acquired harmful character information database 61, the comment information includes harmful character information. It is comprised so that it may be judged whether it contains.

  The harmful character information database 61 obtained from the harmful character information server 60 by the CPU 13 is stored in the memory 18. The memory 18 stores various data such as the harmful character information database 61 acquired from the harmful character information server 60 and the comment information acquired from the comment information server 50, and various programs executed by the CPU 13. Is done. In the present embodiment, the CPU 13 periodically acquires the harmful character information database 61 from the harmful character information server 60 via the communication unit 12, thereby periodically acquiring the harmful character information database 61 stored in the memory 18 ( It is configured to update (for example, at 24 hour intervals).

  Next, a processing flow of the CPU 13 when the comment information is switched and displayed on the display unit 14 of the television device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This comment information switching display process is started when the comment display function is called by an operation of the remote controller 17 by the user of the television apparatus 10 (selection determination operation using the cross key 17a, the determination key 17b, or the like).

  First, as shown in FIG. 3, in step S <b> 1, it is determined whether or not the harmful character information database 61 is stored in the memory 18. The determination in step S <b> 1 is repeated until it is determined that the harmful character information database 61 is stored in the memory 18. If it is determined that the harmful character information database 61 is stored in the memory 18, the process proceeds to step S2.

  Next, a plurality of comment information is acquired from the comment information server 50 in step S2. In step S <b> 2, for example, 20 pieces of comment information randomly extracted by the comment information server 50 are acquired via the communication unit 12.

  Next, in step S3, it is not determined whether or not harmful character information is included in the plurality of comment information acquired from the comment information server 50 in step S2 (target of determination in step S6 described later). It is determined whether there is comment information.

  If it is determined in step S3 that there is no comment information that is not subject to determination as to whether or not harmful character information is included in the plurality of comment information, the process proceeds to step S4. In step S4, it is determined whether or not a certain time (for example, 2 minutes) has elapsed since the comment information was acquired from the previous comment information server 50. The determination in step S4 is repeated until it is determined that two minutes have elapsed since the comment information was acquired from the previous comment information server 50. If it is determined that 2 minutes have passed since the comment information was acquired from the previous comment information server 50, the process returns to step S2, and the 20 pieces of comment information randomly extracted by the comment information server 50 are newly added. To be acquired.

  If it is determined in step S3 that there is comment information that is not subject to determination as to whether or not harmful character information is included in the plurality of comment information, the process proceeds to step S5. In step S5, the comment information to be displayed on the display unit 14 is selected from the comment information that is not subject to the determination as to whether or not the harmful character information is included. In step S5, the comment information to be displayed on the display unit 14 is selected in order from the comment information with the oldest posting time.

  Next, in step S6, it is determined whether or not the comment information selected in step S5 includes harmful character information. Specifically, whether or not the comment information selected in step S5 includes character information that matches each of the plurality of harmful character information registered in the harmful character information database 61 stored in the memory 18. Is judged.

  In step S6, when it is determined that the comment information selected in step S5 includes harmful character information, the comment information is not displayed on the display unit 14, and the process returns to step S3. On the other hand, in step S6, when it is determined that the comment information selected in step S5 does not include harmful character information, the process proceeds to step S7.

  In step S7, the comment information is switched and displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 2A, when the comment information is currently displayed on the display unit 14, the comment information displayed on the display unit 14 is temporarily displayed as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 2C, the next comment information (the comment information selected in step S5) is displayed on the display unit 14. Then, the process returns to step S3.

  Note that the comment information switching display process shown in steps S1 to S7 has a comment display function by the operation of the remote controller 17 by the user of the television device 10 (selection determination operation using the cross key 17a, the determination key 17b, or the like). Exit when finished.

  Next, a processing flow of the CPU 13 when the harmful character information database 61 is stored (updated) in the memory 18 of the television apparatus 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The harmful character information database 61 is stored (updated) when the comment display function is called by the operation of the remote controller 17 by the user of the television apparatus 10 (selection determination operation using the cross key 17a or the determination key 17b). To start.

  First, as shown in FIG. 4, in step S <b> 11, the harmful character information database 61 stored in the harmful character information server 60 is acquired via the communication unit 12. Next, in step S12, the harmful character information database 61 acquired from the harmful character information server 60 is stored in the memory 18. If the harmful character information database 61 has already been stored in the memory 18 in step S12, the already stored harmful character information database 61 is acquired by the new harmful character information database 61 (obtained in the most recent step S11). The harmful character information database 61) is updated.

  Next, in step S13, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time (for example, 2 minutes) has elapsed since the last time the harmful character information database 61 was acquired from the harmful character information server 60. The determination in step S13 is repeated until it is determined that two minutes have elapsed since the last time the harmful character information database 61 was acquired from the harmful character information server 60. If it is determined that two minutes have elapsed since the last time the harmful character information database 61 was acquired from the harmful character information server 60, the process returns to step S11, and the harmful character information database 61 newly stores the harmful character information database 61. To be acquired.

  The harmful character information database 61 update process shown in steps S11 to S13 is performed by displaying a comment by operating the remote controller 17 by the user of the television device 10 (selecting / deciding operation using the cross key 17a, the decision key 17b, etc.). Exit when the function is finished.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the CPU 13 determines whether or not the comment information acquired from the comment information server 50 includes harmful character information, and displays the acquired comment information based on the determination result. 14 is configured to limit the display to 14. Thereby, since it can restrict | limit that the comment information containing harmful character information is displayed on the display part 14 by CPU13 provided in the television apparatus 10, it contributed by the unspecified many contributors. Unlike the case where the comment information server 50 checks the contents of all information, the information is not provided to the user of the television apparatus 10 at an appropriate timing due to an excessive increase in the burden on the comment information server 50. Filtering of harmful information can be performed while suppressing. Further, the filtering of harmful information by the CPU 13 of the television apparatus 10 is performed only on the information acquired from the comment information server 50, not on all the information posted on the comment information server 50. Therefore, the television apparatus It is also possible to suppress an excessive increase in the burden on the ten CPUs 13.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the CPU 13 causes the comment information acquired from the comment information server 50 to include harmful character information based on the harmful character information database 61 in which a plurality of harmful character information is registered. It is configured to determine whether or not. Thereby, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the comment information acquired from the comment information server 50 includes harmful character information by using the harmful character information database 61. Therefore, it is possible to easily filter harmful information. Can do.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the communication unit 12 is connected to the harmful character information server 60 that stores the harmful character information database 61 via the Internet 40. Further, the CPU 13 acquires the harmful character information database 61 from the harmful character information server 60 via the communication unit 12, and the comment information acquired from the comment information server 50 is harmful based on the acquired harmful character information database 61. It is configured to determine whether or not to include correct character information. Thus, unlike the case where the harmful character information database 61 is manually created, the harmful character information database 61 is easily obtained by acquiring the harmful character information database 61 from the harmful character information server 60 via the communication unit 12. be able to.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the memory 18 for storing the harmful character information database 61 acquired from the harmful character information server 60 is provided, and the CPU 13 communicates the harmful character information database 61 from the harmful character information server 60. The harmful character information database 61 stored in the memory 18 is periodically updated by periodically obtaining it via the unit 12. Thereby, since the harmful character information database 61 stored in the memory 18 is periodically updated, even if the contents of the harmful character information database 61 change, the harmful character information database 61 corresponding to the change is stored. It can be obtained.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, when the CPU 13 switches the comment information currently displayed on the display unit 14, it is determined that the comment information to be displayed next on the display unit 14 includes harmful character information. If the comment information including harmful character information is not displayed on the display unit 14 while the comment information to be displayed next on the display unit 14 is determined not to include harmful character information, Control is performed so that comment information not including information is displayed on the display unit 14. Thereby, when a plurality of comment information acquired from the comment information server 50 is displayed on the display unit 14 while sequentially switching, the comment information including harmful character information is not displayed on the display unit 14, while the harmful character information is displayed. Since the comment information that does not include is displayed on the display unit 14, only the comment information that does not include harmful character information among the plurality of comment information acquired from the comment information server 50 can be visually recognized sequentially. .

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above description of the embodiments but by the scope of claims for patent, and further includes all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims for patent.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which a television device is used as the video device of the present invention has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a set-top box or a BD (Blu-Ray Disc) recorder 70 such as the modification shown in FIG. 5 may be used as the video apparatus of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a BD recorder 70 according to a modification of the above embodiment includes a communication unit 72, a CPU 73, a BD drive 74, a video output unit 75, a remote control receiving unit 76, a remote control 77, and a memory 78. And is connected to a television device 80 having a display unit 81. The BD player 70 according to this modification has the same function as the television device 10 according to the above embodiment. Specifically, the BD player 70 acquires comment information from the comment information server 50 based on the operation of the remote controller 77 by the user of the BD player 70 (selection determination operation using the cross key 77a or the determination key 77b). In addition, it has a function of displaying the acquired comment information on the display unit 81 of the television device 80.

  In addition, when the CPU 73 of the BD player 70 according to this modification displays the comment information acquired from the comment information server 50 on the display unit 81 of the television apparatus 80, the CPU 73 is the same as the CPU 13 of the television apparatus 10 according to the above embodiment. It is configured to perform processing. That is, when displaying the comment information acquired from the comment information server 50 on the display unit 81 of the television device 80, the CPU 73 determines whether or not the comment information acquired from the comment information server 50 includes harmful character information. In addition, the display of the comment information on the display unit 81 of the television device 80 is limited based on the determination result.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment showed the television apparatus which displays the comment information containing harmful character information on a display part, this invention is not limited to this. In the present invention, a television apparatus that does not display only a portion corresponding to harmful character information on the display unit and displays a portion not corresponding to harmful character information on the display unit among all character information included in the comment information. It is good.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, while acquiring the several comment information extracted at random from the comment information server, the television apparatus which displays the acquired several comment information on a display part with a television broadcast was shown. The invention is not limited to this. In the present invention, when a plurality of comment information stored in the comment information server is categorized into a plurality of categories, the plurality of comment information acquired for each of the plurality of categories is displayed on the display unit together with the television broadcast. It may be a television device. For example, a twitter (registered trademark) server has a function of “list” or the like as a means of categorization as described above.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the television apparatus which acquires 20 comment information from a comment information server at intervals of 2 minutes was shown, this invention is not limited to this. In the present invention, the number of comment information acquired from the comment information server may be 19 or less, or 21 or more. Further, the comment information acquisition interval may be shorter than the 2-minute interval or may be longer than the 2-minute interval.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the television apparatus which displays on a display part, switching several comment information acquired from the comment information server one by one sequentially was shown, but this invention is not limited to this. Absent. In the present invention, there may be two or more comment information displayed while sequentially switching to the display unit.

10 Television equipment (video equipment)
11 Broadcast receiving unit 12 Communication unit 13, 73 CPU (control unit)
14, 81 Display unit 18, 78 Memory 40 Internet (network)
50 Comment Information Server 60 Harmful Character Information Server 61 Harmful Character Information Database 70 BD Player (Video Device)

Claims (6)

A communication unit connected via a network to a comment information server for storing comment information posted by a plurality of users;
The comment information stored in the comment information server is acquired from the comment information server via the communication unit, and the control unit controls the display content of the display unit capable of displaying the acquired comment information and video. ,
The control unit is configured to determine whether the acquired comment information includes harmful character information and to limit display of the acquired comment information on the display unit based on a determination result. A video device.   The control unit is configured to determine whether comment information acquired from the comment information server includes the harmful character information based on a harmful character information database in which a plurality of the harmful character information is registered. The video device according to claim 1. The communication unit is connected via a network to a harmful character information server that stores the harmful character information database.
The control unit acquires the harmful character information database from the harmful character information server via the communication unit, and the comment information acquired from the comment information server is based on the acquired harmful character information database. The video device according to claim 2, configured to determine whether or not harmful character information is included. A storage unit for storing the harmful character information database acquired from the harmful character information server;
The control unit periodically updates the harmful character information database stored in the storage unit by periodically acquiring the harmful character information database from the harmful character information server via the communication unit. The video device according to claim 3, which is configured as follows. The comment information acquired from the comment information server includes a plurality of the comment information,
The control unit is configured to be able to perform control to display the plurality of comment information acquired from the comment information server on the display unit while sequentially switching, and is currently displayed on the display unit. When it is determined that the comment information to be displayed next on the display unit includes the harmful character information, the comment information including the harmful character information is not displayed on the display unit. On the other hand, when it is determined that the comment information to be displayed next on the display unit does not include the harmful character information, control is performed to display the comment information not including the harmful character information on the display unit. The video device according to claim 1, wherein the video device is configured. A communication unit connected via a network to a comment information server for storing comment information posted by a plurality of users;
A broadcast receiver for receiving television broadcasts;
A control unit that acquires comment information stored in the comment information server from the comment information server via the communication unit, and controls display contents of the display unit capable of displaying the acquired comment information and the television broadcast. And
The control unit is configured to determine whether the acquired comment information includes harmful character information and to limit display of the acquired comment information on the display unit based on a determination result. A television device.

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