KR20000008072A - Apparatus and method of controlling televiewing time according to television program class - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: The method prevents the side effects due to the excessive viewing of television which can occur when parents go out, by controlling the televiewing time of the growing generation viewing television at home. CONSTITUTION: The apparatus comprises: a view time setting part(120) setting the view time being allowed according to each program; a view time storing part(130) storing the set view time and an elapse time viewed with each program ON; a view time comparison part(140) comparing the set view time with the elapse time to determine the operation of the television; a view time displaying part(150) displaying the set view time and the elapse time; and a view time control part(110) which generates a control signal storing the set view time in the view time storing part and generates a control signal stopping the operation of the television when the comparison part determines that the elapse time is equal to or larger than the set view time.

Description

Apparatus and method for controlling viewing time by television program grade.

The present invention relates to the viewing time according to the rating of the television program, and more particularly, to set the time of the television program that can be viewed according to the age of the viewer set on the basis of the television program rating so that the television can be viewed only for a limited time. An apparatus and a method of controlling a viewing time using the same are provided.

At present, with the development of broadcasting, communication, and electronic technology, the use of television has become common to the public, and now television is being spotlighted as a powerful information transmission means to replace existing type media and radio media.

In addition, with the development of the video and film industry, various kinds of dramas and movies that have not been seen in the past are produced and broadcast through television. As the television is spread to all homes, family members can watch broadcast programs at all times.

A television is a device that receives a signal, broadcasts the signal, and displays the signal on a screen.

Accordingly, television has a problem that violent and sensational scenes that can be included in dramas or movies differently from existing movie theaters and are conscious of adult value judgment are exposed to children and adolescents without any filtering.

For this reason, the censorship of broadcast programs has always been a social issue.

However, since television, which is a mass media medium that needs to broadcast all programs of various contents for cultural, social, and entertainment purposes, cannot always broadcast programs that all age groups can watch, Therefore, the need for the ability to filter incoming programs has emerged.

In response to these needs, the Consumer Manufacturers Association (CEMA) of the United States was established on October 1, 1997 by the International Broadcasters Association, the Motion Picture Association, and a group of educators and parents. In favor of the TV Parental Guideline.

After CEMA's decision, Chairman ED Markey called the technology V-CHIP and suggested that this technology should be included in all television sets.

V-CHIP sends the packet including the rating information of the program currently being broadcast along with the caption signal included in the 21st scan line of the television broadcast signal to allow the program currently being received by the television based on the rating signal received by the V-CHIP. A semiconductor chip that controls / blocks, invented by CEMA's engineering committee.

According to the TV Parental Guideline, the ratings of the programs are TV-Y, a rating for all children, TV-Y7, a rating for children ages 7 and older, TV-G, a rating that is appropriate for most viewers, and TV, where parental guidance is required. -PG, TV-14, which is strongly prohibited by parents, and TV-MA, which is an adult-only grade.The packet received by V-CHIP includes the grade of the program currently received by the program and the scene to block for each grade. Personality information is included.

For each class, there is information indicating a scene of fantasy violence (FV), a scene of violence (V), a sexual scene (S), an adult language scene (L), and a seductive conversation scene (D).

The V-CHIP blocks the program according to the combination shown in FIG. 1 when receiving information indicating the nature of the scene to be blocked in a particular scene in the program, regarding the class of the received program.

The blocking method of the program is to express the image unrecognizable, to remove the voice, to remove the subtitles associated with the program, or to remove both the video and the audio and subtitles.

All of these programs are blocked by V-CHIP at the user's request.

Therefore, only the television equipped with V-CHIP can perform the above-mentioned parental control function.

However, since the function of the conventional V-CHIP determines only the grade of the television that can be viewed according to the age of the viewer, there is a disadvantage that it does not limit the excessive viewing time of the television viewer.

Accordingly, there was no proper way to block the occurrence of accidents that are harmful to the infants and adolescents of the growing stage that can occur due to excessive viewing time.

Therefore, the present invention was devised to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to generate a result of going out of a guardian by appropriately controlling the viewing time of adolescents who watch television in each family depending on the program grade. This is to prevent side effects due to excessive viewing of television.

1 is a reference diagram showing the screen block setting for each program rating of the television,

2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an apparatus for controlling viewing time for each television program class according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling viewing time for each television program grade according to the present invention;

4 is an exemplary view illustrating an example of setting a viewing time for each television program grade according to the present invention.

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110: viewing time control unit 120: viewing time setting unit

130: watch time storage unit 140: watch time comparison unit

150: viewing time display unit

In order to solve the above object, an apparatus for controlling a viewing time for each television program class of the present invention includes a viewing time setting unit for setting an allowable viewing time according to each program broadcasted in a television, the set viewing time, and the respective programs. A viewing time storage unit for storing elapsed time that is turned on and viewed, a viewing time comparison unit comparing the elapsed time with the viewing time set by the viewing time setting unit to determine whether the television is operated; Generating a control signal for storing the viewing time set by the viewing time setting unit in the viewing time storage unit; When viewing, generating a control signal to stop the operation of the television And a controller.

Optionally, the apparatus for controlling the viewing time for each of the television program grades may further include a viewing time display unit indicating the viewing time set in the viewing time setting unit and the elapsed time stored in the viewing time storage unit.

In order to solve the above object, a method of controlling a viewing time for each television program grade of the present invention includes adjusting the viewing grades of television programs, adjusting the viewing grades of the programs, and then adjusting the viewing times for each of the programs. And setting the viewing time of the set programs, and stopping the operation of the television when the viewing time has elapsed.

Hereinafter, the objects, features, and advantages of the present invention described above will be described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention shown in the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus for controlling viewing time for each television program class according to the present invention.

The viewing time setting unit 120 sets the viewing time allowed according to each program broadcast in the television.

The viewing time storage unit 130 stores the viewing time set by the viewing time setting unit 120 and the elapsed time viewed by turning on each program broadcasted on the television.

The viewing time comparison unit 140 compares the viewing time set by the viewing time setting unit 120 with the elapsed time when each program aired on the television is turned on in order to determine whether the television is operated.

The viewing time display unit 150 displays the viewing time set by the viewing time setting unit 120 and the elapsed time stored in the viewing time storage 130.

The viewing time control unit 110 generates a control signal for storing the viewing time set in the viewing time setting unit 120 in the viewing time storage unit 130, and the elapsed time is the same as the viewing time in the viewing time comparison unit 140. If it is judged to be large or large, it generates a control signal to stop the operation of the television.

An operation of the apparatus for controlling the viewing time for each television program class having the above configuration and a method of controlling the viewing time using the same will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

First, the program viewing grade is adjusted (step S100).

Here, as shown in FIG. 1, the adjustment is performed with reference to a reference diagram showing screen block setting for each TV grade.

After adjusting the viewing grades of the programs, it is determined whether to set a viewing time for each of the programs (step S200).

Here, the determination may be performed by determining whether a key (not shown) for the operation of the viewing time setting unit 120 is input, as shown in FIG. 2.

A viewing time is set for each of the programs (step S310).

Here, as shown in FIG. 4, the viewing time of the corresponding program is set in the 'viewing time for each grade' using the viewing time setting unit 120 attached to the main body of the television.

The set viewing time is stored in the viewing time storage unit 130 and is displayed on the viewing time display unit 150 as shown in FIG. 4 according to a user's confirmation request signal.

Here, the viewing time setting unit 120 may be added to the remote control for the operation of the television.

In FIG. 4 shown as an example of the present specification, in the case of TV-G, a viewing time of 2 hours was given, in the case of TV-Y7, 30 minutes of viewing time was deferred, and in the case of TV-Y, 1 hour 30 minutes of The viewing time was set.

The viewing time comparison unit 140 determines whether the viewing time of each set program has elapsed, and transmits the result signal to the viewing time controller 110 (step S320).

When the viewing time for the program is set as the result signal, the control unit 110 generates a control signal for stopping the operation of the television (step S500).

In addition, after adjusting the ratings of the programs (step: S100), it may be further added to determine whether to set the total viewing time of the programs (step: S410).

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the total viewing time may be set without limiting the viewing time for each program to be viewed by inputting the total viewing time of the programs that can be viewed in the “total viewing time” column.

In addition, after setting the total viewing time (step: S420), when the total viewing time of the set program has passed (step: S430), the operation of the television is stopped (step: S500).

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be modified or modified in various ways. Therefore, changes in the future embodiments of the present invention will not depart from the technology of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to control the viewing time according to the television program grade, it is possible to control the excessive television viewing time generated due to the go out of the guardian.

Accordingly, the utilization time for learning and other activities can be given.

Claims (3)

Viewing time setting unit for setting the viewing time allowed in accordance with each program broadcast in the television; A viewing time storage unit for storing the set viewing time and an elapsed time of watching each program on; A viewing time comparison unit comparing the viewing time set by the viewing time setting unit with the elapsed time to determine whether the television is operated; Generating a control signal for storing the viewing time set by the viewing time setting unit in the viewing time storage unit; And a viewing time control unit generating a control signal for stopping the operation of the television. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus controls the viewing time for each television program grade. And a viewing time display unit indicating a viewing time set by the viewing time setting unit and an elapsed time stored in the viewing time storage unit. Adjusting the viewing grade of television programs; Setting a viewing time for each of the programs after adjusting the viewing grade of the programs; Determining whether the viewing time of the set programs has elapsed; and And stopping the operation of the television when the viewing time has elapsed.