KR100875422B1 - Video display device and broadcast providing method using same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a video display device and a broadcast providing method using the same. When the broadcast program received by the video display device is a broadcast program with a parental control setting, the video display device can be replaced with a preset broadcast broadcast.

Accordingly, the present invention extracts whether or not to limit the viewing of the broadcast program based on the information of the received broadcast program, and if the received broadcast program is a program set to limit the viewing, the corresponding broadcast program amount and By extracting and playing a similar amount of recorded broadcasts, it is possible to effectively limit the viewing of unviewable broadcast programs.

Description

Image display device and broadcast providing method using same {IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND BROADCASTING PROVIDING METHOD USING IT}

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a video display device capable of storing and playing back a broadcast program according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast providing method of a video display device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a view showing a broadcast providing OSD screen of the video display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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102 control unit 103 memory unit

106: user interface 108: tuner

112: TS decoder 114: first switching unit

118: second switching unit 120: NT (NTSC) decoder

121: broadcast information extraction unit 122: recording broadcast extraction unit

125: PVR module unit 127: storage unit

130: third switching unit 132: audio and video decoder

134: audio and video processor 136: speaker

137: display unit 138: OSD generation unit

The present invention relates to a TV. More particularly, the present invention relates to a TV having a PVR function that is replaced with a preset recording broadcast and to a broadcast providing method using the same when the received broadcast program is a viewing-limited program.

Recently, as the number of channels available to a user increases due to an increase in broadcast channels, a channel for broadcasting only a movie-only channel or an adult-only program has also appeared.

Such a broadcast has been raised as a social problem by supplying to an unspecified majority without considering the viewers' sex, age, and status.

Therefore, in order to prevent the indiscriminate supply of programs that are not helpful to the emotions of the youth, a method of limiting the viewers by setting the ratings of the broadcasting programs has been proposed.

In this way, the broadcasting station provides rating information on the broadcast program, and the viewer sets the viewing rating of the broadcast program through the rating information received by the broadcast receiving apparatus, and when a broadcast program below the set rating is received, the TV screen and the speaker Through this, the broadcast is restricted from being output.

When all broadcast programs at the same time period are in the parental level by the conventional broadcast program viewing restriction method, the user has to wait for free until the corresponding program ends.

In addition, if you want to watch a program that is broadcast after the viewing restriction program, there is an uncomfortable problem by checking the time from time to time until the preferred broadcast program is broadcast, and by turning on / off the power of the TV.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a video display apparatus and a broadcast using the same when the received broadcast program is a viewing-limited broadcast program, the output is replaced by a preset broadcast program. In providing a method.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a broadcast providing method of a video display device, the method comprising: setting a viewing restriction of a broadcasting program and a recording broadcasting to be alternately provided when a broadcasting program corresponding to the viewing restriction is received; Receiving broadcasts to extract information on the received broadcast program, and determining whether the extracted broadcast program information is included in the viewing restriction; When the received broadcast program is included in the viewing restriction, the start time and end time of the received broadcast program are extracted from the extracted broadcast program information to calculate a broadcast amount, and to record a recorded broadcast to replace the broadcast amount. Extracting and reproducing; When the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction ends, checking whether the recorded broadcast played by replacing the broadcast program ends; And when the end signal of the recording broadcast is input, providing a broadcast program currently received.

Here, when the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction is terminated, it is determined whether the recorded broadcast played by replacing the broadcast program is ended, and when the end signal of the recorded broadcast is input, the broadcast program currently received is provided.

In this case, when the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction is terminated, the termination notification message may be provided.

Here, the number of the recorded broadcasts set to replace the broadcast program included in the viewing restrictions is characterized in that the recorded broadcasts are not included in the viewing restrictions.

The extracting and reproducing of the recorded broadcast to replace the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction may include extracting the broadcast amount of the broadcast program using the information of the received broadcast program, and the same as the broadcast amount of the broadcast program, It is characterized by extracting and reproducing the recorded broadcast having more than that amount.

Here, the broadcast amount of the broadcast program is extracted through the start time and end time information of the broadcast program, and the viewing restriction is characterized in that the rating information of the broadcast program.

The video display device for providing a broadcast for achieving the above object of the present invention is a memory unit for storing the viewing restrictions of the broadcast program and the information of the recorded broadcast to be provided when the broadcast program corresponding to the viewing restriction is received. Wow; A PVR module unit for storing the recorded broadcast; A broadcast information extraction unit configured to calculate a broadcast amount by extracting a start time and an end time of the broadcast program received from the information of the broadcast program received through the tuner; A recording broadcast extracting unit for extracting a recording broadcast to replace the broadcasting program from the PVR module unit based on the stored recorded broadcasting information by the calculated broadcasting amount; If the received information of the broadcast program is included in the viewing restriction, and includes a control unit for controlling to play the recorded broadcast extracted by the recorded broadcast extracting unit.

Hereinafter, an image display apparatus and a broadcast providing method using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of an image display apparatus capable of storing and playing back a broadcast program according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a video display device providing a broadcast program according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a PVR capable of storing and playing back a broadcast program, and the configuration of the video display device includes a controller that controls the video display device as a whole. (102), a memory unit 103 for storing information of the recorded broadcast to be replaced if a broadcast program corresponding to the viewing restriction and the viewing restriction of the broadcast program is received, and the PVR module unit 125 for storing the recorded broadcast. , A tuner 108 for performing broadcast channel tuning under control of the control unit 102, a TS decoder 112 for processing digital broadcast signals, an NT decoder 120 for processing analog broadcast signals, and digital A broadcast information extracting unit 121 for extracting information of a broadcast signal or an analog broadcast signal, and a PVR module unit for recording and storing broadcast programs and determining whether to play recorded and stored broadcast programs ( 125, the recorded broadcast extracting unit 122 for extracting the recorded broadcast to replace the broadcast program from the PVR module unit 125 using the information of the broadcast program extracted from the broadcast information extracting unit 121, and the processed digital signal. Or an audio and video processor 134 for processing an analog broadcast signal or a broadcast program provided by the PVR module 125 and outputting the same to the speaker 136 and the display 137.

The control unit 102 controls the image display apparatus as described above, and in particular, when the received broadcast program is included in the viewing restrictions stored in the memory unit 103 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the recorded broadcast extracting unit 122 ) To extract the recorded broadcast to replace the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction.

Subsequently, when the recorded broadcast is extracted by the recorded broadcast extracting unit 122, the corresponding recorded broadcast is reproduced and outputted until the broadcast program included in the above-described viewing restrictions is terminated. Displayed on the display unit 137.

In addition, when the broadcast program included in the parental restriction is terminated and the end signal of the recorded broadcast which is alternately reproduced is input from the user, the control unit 102 switches to the broadcast program currently received through the tuner 108 and corresponds to the corresponding broadcast program. Provide a broadcast program on the screen.

The user interface 106 transmits various commands or information input from a user to the controller 102 by using a keypad or a remote controller provided in the main body of the image display apparatus. Particularly, in an embodiment of the present invention, when a broadcast program included in the matters of the broadcast program to be viewed and the parental restriction is received from the user, the user selects and receives the recorded broadcast to be provided in place of the broadcast program and transmits it to the controller 102.

When the broadcast program corresponding to the viewing restriction and the viewing restriction of the broadcast program input from the user through the user interface unit 106 is received, the memory unit 103 may alternatively provide the recorded broadcast stored in the PVR module unit 125. Stores recorded broadcast information.

The tuner 108 tunes a channel according to the control of the control unit 102 among broadcast data input through airwaves or a cable, and a digital signal among the broadcast signals received through the tuned channel is a TS decoder for processing a digital broadcast signal. And the analog broadcast signal to the NT decoder 120 for processing the analog broadcast signal.

The digital broadcast signal provided by the tuner 108 of the TS decoder 112 that processes the digital broadcast signal is decoded, converted into an audio, video stream, and data stream, and transmitted to the first switching unit 114.

The first switching unit 114 provides the audio and video streams and the data streams to the broadcast information extraction unit 121 under the control of the control unit 102.

The broadcast information extractor 121 extracts the rating information and the time information of the broadcast program from the additional data included in the received broadcast signal and provides the extracted broadcast information to the recorded broadcast extractor 122 and the controller 102.

When the broadcast program received under the control of the control unit 102 is a program included in the viewing restriction, the recording broadcast extracting unit 122 uses the recording broadcast information set in the memory unit 103 to store the PVR module unit 125. Extract the recorded broadcast to replace the broadcast program corresponding to the viewing restriction.

At this time, the recording broadcast extractor 122 extracts the broadcast amount of the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction using the time information of the broadcast program provided from the broadcast information extractor 121. Subsequently, the recorded broadcast having the same or greater than the broadcast amount of the extracted broadcast program is extracted from the storage unit 127 of the PVR module unit 125 and provided to the controller 102.

Accordingly, when the broadcast program received through the tuner 108 is included in the viewing restriction set by the user, the controller 102 corresponds to the viewing restriction provided by the recording broadcast extracting unit 122 described above. Playback is output until the broadcast program ends.

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

The NT (NTSC) decoder 120 that processes the analog broadcast signal receives an analog broadcast signal or an external input signal by the second switching unit 118 and decodes the audio broadcast signal and the video data according to the control of the control unit 102. The audio, video stream, and data stream are provided to the broadcast information extraction unit 121.

The PVR module unit 125 receives audio and video streams and data streams of digital broadcast signals and records them in the storage unit 127 under the control of the control unit 102, or records audio data and video data of analog broadcast signals as audio. And MPEG encoding into a video stream is recorded and stored in the storage unit 127.

The storage unit 127 is a hard disk driver including a hard disk. The storage unit 127 stores a plurality of recorded broadcasts selected to be provided in place of the limited broadcast program until the broadcast program set by the user is restricted.

The third switching unit 130 selects one or more of the broadcast program received under the control of the control unit 102 and the broadcast program stored in the PVR module unit 125 and provides the same to the audio and video decoder 132. .

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

The audio and video processor 134 processes one or more audio and video data provided by the audio and video decoder 132 to output audio data to the speaker 136 and output video data to the display unit 137. In addition, the audio and video processor 134 mixes the OSD data provided by the controller 102 with the video data and provides the same to the display unit 137.

Here, the OSD generating unit 138 for generating OSD data when the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction is terminated according to an embodiment of the present invention, the OSD data for replacing the broadcast program to terminate the recorded broadcast playback Create

A method of providing broadcast data according to an embodiment of the present invention applicable to an image display device having a PVR module will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 as follows.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast providing method of a video display device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a broadcast providing OSD screen of the video display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, a process of replacing the limited broadcast program received by the video display device with a preset recording broadcast will be described.

First, when a broadcast program corresponding to a viewing restriction and a viewing restriction of a broadcast program received through the user interface unit 106 is received, the user selects a recording broadcast to be provided by replacing the broadcast program (S100). At this time, the recording broadcast is stored in the storage unit 127 of the PVR module unit 125, and a plurality of recording broadcasts are selected by the user and designated as alternative recording broadcasts.

Then, the control unit 102 stores the viewing restrictions set by the user and the alternate recording broadcast in the memory unit 103.

Subsequently, when a broadcast program is received through the tuner 108 (S110), the broadcast information extracting unit 121 extracts information of the corresponding broadcast program through additional data included in the received broadcast program, and thus extracts the broadcast information. Is provided to the control unit 102 and the recording broadcast extraction unit 122.

Then, the control unit 102 determines whether the information of the broadcast program provided from the broadcast information extraction unit 121 is included in the above-described viewing restrictions stored in the memory unit 103 (S120).

As a result of the determination, when the received broadcast program is not included in the viewing restriction set by the user, the controller 102 controls the currently received broadcast program to be output through the video display device.

On the other hand, if the received broadcast program is included in the viewing restrictions set by the user as a result of the determination of S120, the controller 102 controls the recording broadcast extractor 122, and the recording broadcast extractor 122 Under the control of the controller 102, time information is extracted from the information of the broadcast program provided from the broadcast information extraction unit 121 (S130).

At this time, the recording broadcast extraction unit 122 calculates the total amount of the broadcast program based on the start time and end time information of the corresponding broadcast program, and PVR the recorded broadcast having the same or more than the amount of the received broadcast program Extracted from the module unit 125 is provided to the control unit 102 (S140).

In this case, the recording broadcasts extracted by the recording broadcast extracting unit 122 are a plurality of recording broadcasts preset by the user, and these recording broadcasts are broadcasts not included in the viewing restriction. Here, the viewing restriction is rating information of a broadcast program.

Thereafter, the controller 102 reproduces the recorded broadcast provided from the recorded broadcast extracting unit 122 so as to be output instead of the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction (S150).

Subsequently, the controller 102 checks whether the broadcast program included in the restriction is terminated for a predetermined time during which the recorded broadcast is reproduced (S160), and when the corresponding broadcast program ends, a message informing of this is displayed on the screen of the video display device. Display (S170).

At the same time, as shown in FIG. 3, an OSD for confirming whether or not to terminate the recorded broadcast being played by replacing the corresponding broadcast program is output (S180).

Subsequently, when a user inputs an end signal of the recorded broadcast which is being played in place of the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction, the controller 102 ends the recorded broadcast and is received by the video display device through the current tuner 108. The screen is switched to the broadcast program that is present (S190).

On the other hand, if the user wants to continue watching the recorded broadcast, the control unit 102 displays until the corresponding recorded broadcast ends (S200), and provides the currently received broadcast program when the recorded broadcast ends.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Of course, any person skilled in the art can make various modifications, and such changes are within the scope of the claims.

According to the present invention as described above, when the currently received broadcast program is a broadcast program corresponding to the restriction of viewing, the user can effectively limit the viewing of the broadcast program that cannot be viewed by replacing the output with a preset broadcast. .

In addition, when all broadcast programs received during the same time period are in the parental level, the user can wait while watching the recorded broadcast set by the user until the corresponding broadcast program is finished.

In addition, the user does not need to check the end of the corresponding broadcast program from time to time by notifying the user when the restricted viewing program is terminated, and the user's convenience by automatically switching to the currently received broadcast program when the end signal of the recorded broadcast is input. Has the effect of maximizing.

Claims (14)

Setting a viewing restriction of a broadcasting program and a recording broadcasting to be provided when a broadcasting program corresponding to the viewing restriction is received; Receiving broadcasts to extract information on the received broadcast program, and determining whether the extracted broadcast program information is included in the viewing restriction; When the received broadcast program is included in the viewing restriction, the start time and end time of the received broadcast program are extracted from the extracted broadcast program information to calculate a broadcast amount, and to record a recorded broadcast to replace the broadcast amount. Extracting and reproducing; When the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction ends, checking whether the recorded broadcast played by replacing the broadcast program ends; And And providing a broadcast program currently received when the end signal of the recording broadcast is input. delete The method of claim 1, And providing an end notification message when the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction is terminated. The method of claim 1, And a plurality of recorded broadcasts configured to replace broadcast programs included in the viewing restriction. The method of claim 4, wherein And the recording broadcast is not included in the viewing restriction. The method of claim 1, wherein the extracting and playing the recorded broadcast comprises: And extracting and playing back a broadcast amount of the broadcast program by using the received broadcast program information, and extracting and playing back a recorded broadcast having the same or more than the broadcast amount of the broadcast program. How to provide a broadcast. delete The method of claim 1, The viewing restriction is a broadcast providing method of the video display device, characterized in that the rating information of the broadcast program. A memory unit for storing viewing limitations of a broadcast program and information of a recorded broadcast to be replaced if a broadcast program corresponding to the viewing limitations is received; A PVR module unit for storing the recorded broadcast; A broadcast information extraction unit configured to calculate a broadcast amount by extracting a start time and an end time of the broadcast program received from the information of the broadcast program received through the tuner; A recording broadcast extracting unit for extracting a recording broadcast to replace the broadcasting program from the PVR module unit based on the stored recorded broadcasting information by the calculated broadcasting amount; And a controller configured to control playback of the recorded broadcast extracted by the recorded broadcast extracting unit when the received broadcast program information is included in the viewing restriction. The method of claim 9, And an on-screen display (OSD) generating unit for generating OSD data for terminating the replayed broadcast by replacing the broadcast program when the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction is terminated. The method of claim 9, wherein the PVR module unit And storing at least one recorded broadcast to be provided in place of the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction. The method of claim 11, The viewing restriction is rating information of the broadcast program, and the recorded broadcast is not included in the viewing restriction. The method of claim 9, wherein the recording broadcast extraction unit Image display, characterized in that for extracting the broadcast amount of the received broadcast program through the time information extracted from the broadcast information extraction unit, and extracting the recorded broadcast having the same or more than the broadcast amount of the broadcast program Device. The method of claim 9, wherein the control unit And providing an end notification message when the broadcast program included in the viewing restriction is terminated.

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