KR101000900B1 - IPTV capable of easily selecting linked-field of web-page played in the screen and Web Browser Driving Method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an IPTV that is easy to select a link area of a web page displayed on a screen, and a web browser driving method using the same. A TV main body including a receiving unit for receiving a control signal and a control unit for controlling a display operation of the display according to the control signal, and an input unit and a display position shift for inputting a display position shift signal of a web page and a click signal on a screen by a user And a remote controller having a transmitter for transmitting a signal and a click signal to a receiver, wherein the controller controls the display when the display position shift signal is received to the web page to a position corresponding to the display position shift signal on the screen. Display it by moving it, and when the click signal is received, A web page is operated so that a web site linked to a web page on a specific area is displayed by the web browser in consideration of the specific area referred to as being clicked, thereby facilitating the identification and selection of information displayed in the specific area of the web page. It is easy to display the movement of, and through this, it is easy to select a web page link area on a specific area of the screen to be included in the web page.

Description

IPTV capable of easily selecting linked-field of web-page played in the screen and Web Browser Driving Method using the same}

The present invention relates to an IPTV and a web browser driving method using the same, and more particularly, a web page provided on the screen of the IPTV, which is provided through the Internet network, is easily moved within the screen and is included in the web page. The present invention relates to an IPTV and a web browser driving method using the same.

In recent years, as the broadcasting and telecommunications market is rapidly spreading, many high-end services are expected to be possible due to its superiority. As an example of this, IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service is emerging as a service that attracts attention in terms of its effect and expectation.

IPTV service, which enables interactive communication between program providers and viewers, is an interactive interactive service that provides information service, video content, and broadcasting to a television receiver using high-speed Internet. This is a type of digital convergence.

IPTV is a feature that adds bi-directionality compared to general cable or satellite broadcasting, and it is different from the existing Internet TV using a television receiver instead of a computer monitor and a remote controller instead of a mouse.

In order to use the IPTV service, a TV receiver, a set-top box (STB), and a high-speed Internet line may be provided, and the TV set and the Internet line may be connected to the set-top box, respectively. TV receivers and set-top boxes can also be manufactured in one piece.

In terms of how to use the TV remote control, even those who are not familiar with the computer can easily be provided with a variety of content and additional services provided by the Internet, such as movie watching, home shopping, home banking, online games, MP3, as well as Internet search.

As IPTV is expected to appeal greatly to consumers in terms of functions such as ease of use and bidirectionality, in the domestic case, telcos are actively making their way into the IPTV industry to preempt the market while making the most of the existing infrastructure.

In such an IPTV, as with a general TV, the use of a remote controller for manipulating a TV receiver at a distance is inevitable. However, in the case of IPTV, interactive two-way service and high-speed Internet communication is possible, so that users who are familiar with using the Internet through a PC can operate numerous IPTV functions and operate interactive two-way service and the Internet using a conventional simple button remote controller. There can be a lot of inconvenience.

In order to solve this problem, a method of connecting a keyboard and a mouse to a set-top box like a PC and using interactive service and internet communication has been proposed.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a web page provided from an Internet portal service provider is displayed on a screen using a conventional IPTV.

As shown, the conventional IPTV uses the Internet 32 by driving a web page using a keyboard 32 and a mouse 34 connected by wire or wirelessly. At this time, in order to select a specific region (information) from the web page 20 provided on the screen 10 displayed on the screen 10, the mouse point displayed on the screen 10 in conjunction with the mouse 34 is selected. In general, a method of selecting through the selection button provided in the mouse 34 is located in the region to be desired.

For example, if a user wants to select a specific area including information 'dictionary' from the information included in the web page 20, the mouse pointer is moved to a specific area including 'dictionary' by moving the trackball of the mouse 10. If you select 'Dictionary' after placing it, the linked webpage is driven.

By the way, when using the keyboard 32 and the mouse 34 in order to receive the Internet service using the IPTV as before, there is a burden of purchasing the keyboard 32 and the mouse 34 and the keyboard 32 and the mouse 34 There is a disadvantage that additionally requires a cradle for mounting.

In addition, since the size of the screen 10 of the IPTV is increasing in size, there is a disadvantage in that it takes time for the user to intuitively find the mouse point displayed on the large screen 10. In addition, a user who uses the Internet service a few meters away from the IPTV screen 10 can select the area in which the specific information is displayed on the webpage accurately using the mouse point because the information in the webpage displayed on the screen 10 appears small. There is a disadvantage that is not easy to do.

Meanwhile, in order to check information that is not visible on the screen 10 among the information included in the web page 20 displayed on the screen 10, it is inconvenient to move the mouse point to the scroll bar of the web page 20 and drag it. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide an IPTV and a web browser driving method using the same, which are provided through an internet network to easily select a region that a user wants to select within a web page displayed on a screen. There is.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an IPTV and a method of driving a web browser using the same, which facilitates movement control of a display area of a web page in order to check information located in an area not displayed on the screen among web pages provided through an internet network. To provide.

IPTV according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a display having a screen for displaying a web page provided through the Internet network, a receiving unit for receiving the control signal of the display, and in accordance with the control signal A TV main body having a control unit for controlling a display operation of the display; And a remote controller having an input unit for inputting a display position movement signal of the web page and a click signal on the screen by a user, and a transmission unit which transmits the display position movement signal and the click signal to the receiving unit. do. In this case, the control unit controls the display when the display position movement signal is received on the receiving unit, moves the web page to a position corresponding to the display position movement signal on the screen, and displays the click page signal. The web browser linked to the web page on the specific region is driven by the web browser, considering that a specific region defined in the screen is clicked.

In the present embodiment, the input unit is a touch pad for inputting the display position movement signal and the click signal. The touch pad is provided with a size adjusting unit for inputting a reduction / enlargement signal by sliding contact so that the controller can reduce / enlarge the size of the web page and display it on the screen.

The input unit may include a direction key for inputting the display position movement signal and a click key for inputting the click signal.

The transmitter of the remote control unit is infrared, RF (Radio Frequency), Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), Blue-Tooth, Zig-bee, IrDA (Infrared Data Association), Wireless LAN (WLAN), HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet) The display position movement signal and the click signal are transmitted to a receiver of the TV main body by at least one of a communication method (Access), a high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA), and an ultra wide band (UWB).

In this embodiment, the specific area of the screen is the central portion of the screen.

When the web page is displayed on the screen, the controller controls the display to mark and display an object that can be selected by the click signal as displayed on a specific portion of the screen within the web page. Here, the marking is displayed in the circumference of the object that can be selected in the click signal in a line, the object is displayed in bold letters, the object is displayed enlarged, the object is displayed while the contrast or color is changed, and the object It is represented by at least one of underlined words.

Meanwhile, a method of driving a web browser of an IPTV according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object includes a display having a screen displaying a web page provided through an internet network, and a receiving unit receiving a control signal of the display. And a control unit for controlling a display operation of the display according to the control signal. And a remote controller having an input unit for inputting a control signal of the display by a user, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the display control signal to the receiving unit, the method comprising: a) the transmitting unit A step of transmitting the display position movement signal to the receiver when a display position movement signal of the web page is input by the user; b) the control unit, if the display position movement signal transmitted from the transmitter is received by the receiver, controlling the display to move the web page to a position corresponding to the display position movement signal on the screen and displaying the web page; ; c) transmitting, by the transmitter, the click signal to the receiver when the click signal on the screen is input by the user to the input unit; And d) a web site linked to the web page on the specific area by the controller, when the click signal transmitted from the transmitting unit is received in the receiving unit, deemed that a predetermined specific area within the screen is clicked. And driving the web browser to be displayed by the web browser.

In step a), when the reduction / enlargement signal of the web page is input by the user to the input unit, the transmission unit transmits the reduction / enlargement signal to the receiving unit. Accordingly, in step b), when the control unit receives the reduction / expansion signal transmitted from the transmission unit, the control unit controls the display to have a size corresponding to the reduction / expansion signal on the screen. To zoom in / out.

According to the present invention, there is provided an input unit for the remote control to move the display position of the web page displayed on the screen and input the click signal on the screen, and receives the display position movement signal and the click signal on the screen of the web page input through the input unit. By moving and displaying the position of the web page on the screen and driving the web browser to display the website linked to the web page on the specific area, in response to the click signal, to be regarded as being clicked on a predetermined area on the screen. It is easy to display the movement of the web page so that the information displayed in the specific area of the web page can be easily checked, and thus, it is easy to select the web page link area on the specific area of the screen to be included in the web page. have.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a web page provided from an Internet portal service provider is displayed on a screen using a conventional IPTV.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an IPTV that facilitates driving a web browser according to a position movement display of a web page and selection of a specific area within a web page on a screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of the remote controller 160 shown in FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 and 5 illustrate an example that may be applied to the input unit 163 of FIG. 2 in place of the touch pad 163a of FIG. 3 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 to 9 are diagrams illustrating a process of displaying a position movement of a web page and selecting a specific region within a web page on a screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same elements in the figures are represented by the same numerals wherever possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an IPTV for displaying a position movement of a web page and driving a web browser according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the IPTV includes a TV body 190 and a remote controller 160.

The TV main body 190 includes a display 110, a receiver 120, a controller 130, a memory 140, and a communicator 150.

The display 110 displays web pages and broadcast data provided through the Internet network 90 or a broadcast communication network on the screen.

The receiver 120 receives a control signal for receiving the Internet and broadcast data, and receives a signal for controlling the operation of the display 110 by wire or wirelessly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The controller 130 controls the operation of the TV main body 190 according to the control signal received by the receiver 120.

The memory 140 stores and manages programs necessary for watching TV and using the Internet of the TV main body 190.

The communication unit 150 accesses the Internet portal service providing server and the broadcasting data providing server through the Internet network 90 or the broadcasting communication network under the control of the controller 130, and requests and receives corresponding information and broadcast data.

Meanwhile, the remote controller 160 is provided with keys for inputting a command for using the Internet and watching a broadcast. In the present embodiment, the remote controller 160 includes an input unit 163 and a transmitter 165. Here, the input unit 163 has a function for inputting a display position movement signal of the web page displayed by the display 110 by the user and a click signal on the screen. The transmitter 165 has a function of transmitting the display position shift signal and the click signal input by the input unit 163 to the receiver 120 of the TV main body 190.

Meanwhile, the receiver 120 of the TV main body 190 receives the display position shift signal of the web page and the click signal on the screen transmitted from the transmitter 165 of the remote controller 160.

The transmitter 165 of the remote controller 160 and the receiver 120 of the TV main body 190 may be connected by wire or wirelessly. Preferably, in the embodiment of the present invention, the transmitter 165 and the receiver 120 are RF (Radio Frequency), Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), Blue-Tooth, Zig-bee, Infrared Data Association (IrDA), wireless. Display position shift signal and click signal by communicating through any one of wireless LAN, HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access), HSUPA (High-Speed Uplink Packet Access), and UWB (Ultra Wide Band). Send.

When the display position movement signal is received by the receiver 120, the controller 130 moves and displays the web page displayed on the screen by the display 110 in a movement direction and a movement distance corresponding to the display position movement signal. At this time, in order for the controller 130 to calculate the moving direction and the moving distance of the web page in response to the display position moving signal, the moving direction and the moving corresponding to the display position moving signal transmitted from the remote controller 160 are stored in the memory 140. Coordinate calculation program for distance calculation is stored.

In addition, when the click signal is received by the receiver 120, the controller 130 considers that a click is made for a specific area defined in the screen. Accordingly, the controller 130 drives the web browser so that the web site linked to the web page displayed on the specific area of the screen corresponding to the click signal received by the receiver 120 is displayed by the web browser. In this case, the specific region of the screen may be defined as a specific region predefined in the entire region of the screen, and is defined as being the central portion of the screen in this embodiment. In addition, the driven web browser driving program is stored in the memory 140. Accordingly, when the web browser is driven, the controller 130 requests a website linked to an address linked to a web page displayed on the center portion of the clicked screen through the internet network 90, and drives it when the requested website is received. Displayed on the web browser.

In the present embodiment, the receiver 120, the controller 130, the memory 140, and the communicator 150 of the TV main body 190 shown in FIG. 2 are cased like a set-top box as a separate product and display ( It may be configured to be connected between the 110 and the Internet network 90, respectively, or may be configured in one piece by casing the display 110 and a single product.

3 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of the remote controller 160 shown in FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the remote controller 160 operates a power key 161 for activating the controller 130 and controlling power on / off of the display 110, an operation mode selection key 162 of the IP main body 190, Input unit 163 for inputting the display position movement signal of the web page and the click signal on the screen, Transmitter 165 for transmitting the control signal of the number / character input key 164, IP body 190 to the receiver 120 , A menu selection key 166 for volume / channel / display setting, and a broadcast data play control key 167 of the TV main body 190.

Here, examples of the operation mode that may be selected by the operation mode selection key 162 of the IP main body 190 include an airwave broadcasting watching mode, a wired / satellite broadcasting watching mode, an IPTV broadcasting watching mode, and an internet mobile mode. There may be.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the touch pad 163a is applied as an application example to the input unit 163 of FIG. 2. An input method of the display position movement signal and the click signal on the screen using the touch pad 163a is as follows. That is, when the touch pad 163a is slid and moved while being in contact with the upper surface by the user, the touch pad 163a periodically generates a display position movement signal including information on a movement direction and a movement distance corresponding to the sliding movement, and transmits the transmission unit 165. Through the transmission to the receiving unit 120. Accordingly, the controller 130 controls the display 110 to move the display position of the web page and display it on the screen in response to the display position movement signal received by the receiver 120. Preferably, the controller 130 moves the web page in the same direction as the movement direction corresponding to the display position movement signal, and moves the web page by a multiple of a distance set symmetrically to the movement distance corresponding to the display position movement signal. Control to move

In addition, when the touch pad 163a detects a signal at which the contact is released without sliding movement in a state where the upper surface is in contact with the user at least once, the touch pad 163a generates a click signal on the screen and receives the reception unit 120 through the transmitter 165. To send. Preferably, even if any part of the upper surface of the touch pad 163a is touched to generate a click signal, the controller 130 recognizes that a specific area of the set screen, that is, the center of the screen is selected.

On the other hand, the touch pad 163a is formed with a size adjusting unit 168 for generating a signal for reducing / enlarging the size of the web page in response to the sliding contact on the specific area of the upper pad. In this case, the size adjusting unit 168 may be assigned and set to an arbitrary area of the upper area of the touch pad 163a by the user. In the drawing, the size adjusting unit 168 displays a state set on the upper left side of the touch pad 163a.

4 and 5 illustrate an example that may be applied to the input unit 163 of FIG. 2 in place of the touch pad 163a of FIG. 3 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the input unit 163 is provided with a plurality of keys respectively corresponding to different directions on one surface of the remote controller 160 to display the display position movement signal corresponding to the key signal in the direction input by the user. A direction / selection key 163b configured to include a direction key for input and a click key for inputting a click signal on a screen corresponding to a signal input by a user may be applied.

As shown in the figure, the control unit 130 is moved and displayed in response to the key of the direction in which the display position of the web page is input when the direction keys of the up, down, left and right, and located in the center of the screen according to the input of the selection key Controls the selection of web page information.

As shown in FIG. 5, the input unit 163 is connected to one surface of the remote controller 160 in the shape of a rod, and has a lower end portion as a rotating shaft, and has an upper end portion rotatable front, rear, left and right, and detects and displays the rotation of the upper end portion. The jog key 163c may be applied to generate the position shift signal and generate the click signal when a predetermined force is pressed from the upper end to the lower end.

Accordingly, when the direction of the jog key 163c is manipulated, the controller 130 moves and displays the display position of the web page corresponding to the manipulation direction, and the web page positioned at the center of the screen according to the input of the click signal. Control the information to be selected.

Therefore, the remote control unit 160 includes an input unit 163 for inputting a display position shift signal of the web page displayed on the screen and a click signal on the screen, and the display position shift signal and screen of the web page input through the input unit 163. Receives a click signal on the screen wirelessly, moves and displays the position of the web page, and responds to the click signal by driving the web browser to display a web site linked to information displayed on the center of the screen. It is easy to display the movement of the web page so that the information can be easily checked and selected, and thus, it is easy to select an area included in the web page.

6 to 9 illustrate a process of displaying a position movement of a web page and selecting a specific region of a screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The controller 130 controls the display 110 to display the web page 210 provided through the Internet network 90 on the screen 112 as shown in FIG. 6. In this case, the object 80 in the web page 210 displayed on the center portion of the screen 112 that can be selected by the click signal of the touch pad 163a is marked on the web page 210 displayed on the screen 112. have. Accordingly, the user can easily identify the object 80 in the web page 210 that can be selected by the click signal of the touch pad 163a. Here, in the marking method for the target 80, as shown in the drawing, the circumference of the target 80 that can be selected for the click signal is indicated by a line (solid line, thick line, or dashed line), or the target 80 is bold font. The object 80 may be enlarged and displayed. In addition, the marking method for the object 80 may be displayed by changing the contrast or color of the object 80, or may be displayed by underlining the object 80.

When the user selects specific information included in the web page 210 displayed on the screen 112 to check the linked information, in this embodiment, the information to be selected from the web page 210 displayed on the screen 112 is selected. The display position of the web page is moved so that is displayed on the center of the screen 112. In the present embodiment, a process for selecting information 'dictionary 84' from among information on the webpage 210 displayed on the screen 112 will be described as an example.

When a display position shift signal for positioning the web page 210 under the screen 112 is received from the remote controller 160 by the user's manipulation, the controller 130 may control the web page 210 as shown in FIG. 7. By moving the 'dictionary 84' information is displayed so as to be located in the upper and lower center of the screen (112). At this time, the information 'real estate 82' is marked on the center of the screen 112.

Subsequently, when a display position shift signal for positioning the web page 210 to the right side of the screen 112 is received from the remote controller 160 by the user's manipulation, the controller 130 controls the web page 210 as shown in FIG. 8. ) To display 'dictionary 84' information such that the information is located at the left and right centers of the screen 112. FIG.

At this time, the 'dictionary' information of the web page 210 is moved and displayed on the center of the screen 112 from the remote control 160 through the size adjusting unit 168 provided on the touch pad 163a signal to enlarge the web page size When received, the controller 130 enlarges and displays the size of the web page 210 based on the center of the screen 112 as shown in FIG. Accordingly, the user can easily select a specific object in the enlarged and displayed web page 210.

In this way, when the 'dictionary' information of the webpage 210 is moved and enlarged on the center of the screen 112 and the click signal on the screen is received from the remote controller 160, the controller 130 as shown in FIG. The web browser is driven to display a website linked to 'dictionary' information in the web page 210 displayed on the center of the screen 112. Accordingly, the controller 130 receives the website through the internet network 90 by the driven web browser and displays the web page on the screen 112 as the web page 220.

In the above, specific preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and any person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and equivalents without departing from the gist of the present invention attached to the claims. Other implementations may be possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

90: Internet network 100: IPTV
110: display 120: receiving unit
130: control unit 140: memory
150: communication unit 160: remote control
163: input unit 163a: touch pad
163b: direction / selection key 16c: jog key
165: transmitter 190: TV body

Claims (13)

A TV main body including a display having a screen displaying a web page provided through an internet network, a receiving unit receiving a control signal of the display, and a control unit controlling a display operation of the display according to the control signal; And
And a remote controller including an input unit for inputting a display position movement signal of the web page and a click signal on the screen by a user, and a transmission unit which transmits the display position movement signal and the click signal to the receiving unit.
The control unit controls the display when the display position movement signal is received on the receiving unit to move the web page to a position corresponding to the display position movement signal on the screen, and displays the screen when the click signal is received. Driving the web browser so that a website linked to the web page on the specific region is displayed by the web browser in consideration of a predetermined region defined in advance within the webpage;
Here, the specific area of the screen is an IPTV, characterized in that the central portion of the screen.
The method of claim 1,
The input unit is an IPTV, characterized in that the touch pad for inputting the display position movement signal and the click signal.
The method of claim 2,
The touch pad is provided with a size control unit for inputting a reduction / enlargement signal by sliding contact so that the controller can reduce / enlarge the size of the web page and display it on the screen.
The method of claim 1,
And the input unit comprises a direction key for inputting the display position movement signal and a click key for inputting the click signal.
The method of claim 1,
The transmitter of the remote control unit is infrared, RF (Radio Frequency), Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), Blue-Tooth, Zig-bee, IrDA (Infrared Data Association), Wireless LAN (WLAN), HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet) IPTV, characterized in that for transmitting the display position movement signal and the click signal to the receiving unit of the TV main body in at least one communication method of Access, High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), and Ultra Wide Band (UWB). .
delete The method of claim 1,
The control unit,
And when the web page is displayed on the screen, controlling the display to mark and display an object selectable by the click signal as displayed on a specific portion of the screen within the web page.
The method of claim 7, wherein
The marking is indicated by a line around the object that can be selected in the click signal, the object is displayed in bold letters, the object is enlarged and displayed, the object is displayed while the contrast or color is changed, and the object is underlined. IPTV, characterized in that at least one of the displayed.
A TV main body including a display having a screen displaying a web page provided through an internet network, a receiving unit receiving a control signal of the display, and a control unit controlling a display operation of the display according to the control signal; And a remote controller having an input unit for inputting a control signal of the display by a user, and a transmitting unit transmitting the display control signal to the receiving unit.
a) transmitting, by the transmitter, the display position movement signal to the receiver when a display position movement signal of the web page is input by the user to the input unit;
b) the control unit, if the display position movement signal transmitted from the transmitter is received by the receiver, controlling the display to move the web page to a position corresponding to the display position movement signal on the screen and displaying the web page; ;
c) transmitting, by the transmitter, the click signal to the receiver when the click signal on the screen is input by the user to the input unit; And
d) when the control unit receives the click signal transmitted from the transmitting unit, the website linked to the web page on the specific region is regarded as being clicked in the predetermined region within the screen. And driving the web browser to be displayed by the web browser .
Here, the specific area of the screen is a web browser driving method of the IPTV, characterized in that the central portion of the screen.
The method of claim 9,
The input unit is a web browser driving method of the IPTV, characterized in that the touch pad for inputting the display position movement signal and the click signal.
The method of claim 9,
The transmitter is infrared, radio frequency (RF), wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), blue-tooth, zig-bee, infrared data association (IrDA), wireless lan (Wireless Lan), high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) And a method of communicating with the receiver by at least one of a high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA) and an ultra wide band (UWB).
delete The method of claim 9,
In the step a), if the reduction / enlargement signal of the web page is input to the input unit by the user, the transmission unit transmits the reduction / enlargement signal to the receiving unit,
In step b), when the control unit receives the reduction / enlargement signal transmitted from the transmission unit, the control unit controls the display to reduce / reduce the web page to a size corresponding to the reduction / enlargement signal on the screen. A method of driving a web browser of an IPTV, characterized in that the enlarged display.

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