KR20000017733A - Auto-web-site connecting apparatus and method use of internet tv monitor display information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A web site connecting apparatus is provided to automatically connect to a corresponding web site using a character information displayed on a screen. CONSTITUTION: In an internet television comprising a television part having a television broadcasting receiving function and an internet part having an internet communication function, the internet part comprises a central processing unit (17) which generates a screen capture command according to an input of a web site automatic connection key to switch a present screen into a still screen, and then performs a character recognition process for image data of the selected character recognition region by a user so as to be connected to a corresponding site of the recognized character according to the result of the character recognition process. The television part comprises a storage part (26) for storing image data of a present screen according to the screen capture command; a super impose part (28) for imposing the processed image data on a television image; a control part (29) for controlling the super impose part according to a switching control signal of the central processing unit.

Description

Automatic web site connection device and method using screen information of internet TV {AUTO-WEB-SITE CONNECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD USE OF INTERNET TV MONITOR DISPLAY INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to an Internet TV, and in particular, a screen of an Internet TV which allows a user to search by accessing a corresponding web site or a search site by using text information displayed on a screen while watching a TV on an Internet TV. The present invention relates to an automatic web site connection apparatus and method using information.

The Internet has become one of the very useful communication means in real life due to the rapid development of information and communication, and it is intended to connect to a server using an online access device.

Currently, the most widely used online access device is a PC, and various devices for connecting to the Internet without using a PC have been developed, and one of these devices is an Internet TV.

Internet TV is a device that combines the general TV function and the communication function of the PC, as shown in Figure 1, consisting of a TV unit having a TV broadcast receiving function and the Internet unit having an Internet communication function, in the TV mode can watch general television broadcasting In Internet mode, it is possible to communicate with the Internet.

If you see the address of the web site on the screen while watching a TV broadcast using the Internet TV, in order to access the web site, the user memorizes the address of the web site or writes using a writing tool, You could switch to Internet mode and access the web site.

In addition, if important information is provided on the TV screen or the corresponding character of the user's interest is displayed, the Internet search is performed after memorizing or writing the corresponding character as if the address of the web site is displayed on the screen. You can switch to the Internet mode and search using the text.

As described above, when an Internet address is displayed or a specific character is displayed while watching a TV using Internet TV, in order to access or search the web site, the user may memorize or write the web site address or the displayed character. After that, it was very inconvenient for the user to switch the Internet TV to the Internet mode and access the site.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve this problem, and an object of the present invention is to stop a screen when an address or a text of a web site is displayed while watching TV on an Internet TV, and then the central processing unit stops the screen. The present invention provides an automatic web site access device using screen information of an Internet TV that allows a web browser to automatically connect to a corresponding web site of a recognized character or to automatically search for the corresponding character.

Another object of the present invention is to stop the screen when the web site address or text is displayed while watching TV on the Internet TV, and to automatically connect to the web site through the text recognition of the text recognition area selected by the user or automatically The present invention provides an automatic web site access method using screen information of an Internet TV that allows users to search for desired data by accessing a search site.

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic web site connection apparatus using screen information of an Internet TV includes an Internet TV having a TV section and an Internet section, wherein the Internet section generates a screen capture command when a web site automatic access key is input. And a central processing unit for switching the screen to a still picture, and outputting the image data of the character recognition area selected by the user by character recognition processing, and automatically connecting to the corresponding site of the recognized character according to the character recognition processing; The TV unit includes storage means for storing image data of a current screen according to a screen capture command of the central processing means, superimposing means for superimposing the character recognition processed image data on a TV image, and the central processing unit. And control means for controlling the superimposition of the superimposition means based on the switching control signal from the means.

The central processing means may generate a screen capture command to switch the current screen to a still picture, and then display a cursor for selecting a character recognition area of the user on the still picture.

In addition, the central processing means is characterized in that when the character recognition area is selected by the user to output the currently received TV video signal except for the selected area.

If the recognized character is the address of the web site, the user is automatically connected to the corresponding web site. If the recognized character is not the address of the web site, the user is automatically connected to the corresponding search site. Then, the recognized character is automatically entered as a search word. It is characterized by searching.

The automatic web site access method using the screen information of the Internet TV of the present invention comprises the steps of: automatically connecting to the Internet when the TV is on; Capturing a screen when the web site automatic access key is input and outputting a still image; Selecting a character recognition area by displaying a cursor on the still image; Displaying a recognized character by recognizing a character of the selected character recognition region; If the recognized character is the address of the web site, the method automatically connects to the corresponding web site, and if the recognized character is not the address of the web site, automatically connects to the search site and automatically searches for the recognized character by entering the search word. It is characterized by.

The character recognition area is the entire screen or a predetermined area, and the position and size of the selected character recognition area can be adjusted.

1 is a conceptual configuration diagram of a general Internet TV.

2 is a block diagram of an automatic web site connection apparatus using screen information of an Internet TV according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of an automatic web site access method using screen information of an Internet TV according to the present invention;

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

16: video processor 17: CPU

23: image processing unit 24: synchronization separation unit

25: A / D converter 26: frame memory

27: clock generator 28: superimpose unit

29: control unit

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings the present invention will be described in detail.

2 is a block diagram of an automatic web site connection apparatus using screen information of an Internet TV according to the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, the Internet unit is a modem 11, which is a modulation / demodulation device connected to the Internet network and performs a function of transmitting and receiving data for web browsing, and a ROM 12 storing a web browser program and various programs therefor. ), A RAM 13 where temporary data necessary for web browsing is stored, a flash memory 14 and a mouse 15, a video processor 16 for converting an input signal into a video signal in a format that can be received by a TV, and the like. It is connected to this CPU 17 and comprised.

The CPU 17 generates a screen capture command when a key is input for a web site automatic connection or automatic search to switch the current screen to a still picture, and then moves the cursor on the still picture so that the user can select a character recognition area. And a character recognition area on the still screen, and selecting the character recognition area causes the image data of the corresponding area to be text-recognized and output to the video processor 16.

In addition, the CPU 17 is configured to automatically connect to the corresponding site of the recognized character after the character recognition processing.

The TV unit may drive the electron gun with the basic video signal output from the tuner 22 to the tuner 22 which outputs the basic video signal and the audio signal by tuning the broadcast signal received by the antenna 21 to a desired specific frequency. An image processing unit 23 for converting the signal into a signal is connected, and the synchronization signal separating unit 24 and the image which separate horizontal and vertical synchronization signals from the output image signal of the image processing unit 23 and input them to the CPU 17. An A / D converter 25 for converting the output of the processor 23 into a digital signal is connected to the image processor 23.

In addition, a frame memory 26 for storing the output of the A / D converter 25 in accordance with a screen capture command from the CPU 17 is connected to the A / D converter 25 to constitute a TV image. The clock generator 27 generating a pixel clock synchronized with the horizontal synchronization signal of the signal and supplying the pixel clock to the video processor 16, the CPU 17, the A / D converter 25, and the frame memory 26 is provided. It is configured to be connected to the image processing unit 23.

And a superimposition unit 28 which superimposes image data of the character recognition area processed by the CPU 17 on the TV image, is connected to the image processing unit 23 and the video processor 16. And a control unit 29 for controlling the superimposition of the superimposition unit 28 based on the switching control signal from the CPU 17 is connected to the tuner 22 and the CPU 17.

In addition, the TV unit includes a remote control having various keys for automatically accessing or automatically searching the web site, and a remote control receiving unit for receiving the remote control signal, including a voice signal processing system for processing a voice signal. Omitted.

The present invention configured as described above will be described with the flowchart of FIG.

When the Internet TV is turned on by the user and the TV channel is selected, the tuner 22 tunes the corresponding channel and outputs a basic video signal according to the control of the controller 29. The image processor 23 may drive the electron gun. The signal is processed and output to the electron gun driving unit through the terminal a of the superimposing unit 28, and the video signal is displayed on the monitor through a CRT (not shown) so that the user can watch the corresponding channel.

At this time, the Internet unit automatically executes a web browser to prepare for connection or completion of connection to a TV-related service web server of the Internet (step S10).

When the user is watching TV and the web site address or specific text information is displayed on the screen, the user can use this key on the remote control to automatically access or search the web site. (Step S20), the control unit 29 recognizes this and transmits this command to the CPU 17.

The CPU 17 which has received the command outputs a screen capture command to the frame memory 26 (step S30).

The frame memory 26 stores the output of the A / D converter 25 for converting the output image signal of the image processor 23 into a digital signal in units of frames, and at the time of inputting the screen capture command, the TV screen at that time. Image data is stored.

The CPU 17 inputs the TV video signal of the frame memory 26 stored in accordance with the screen capture command to the b terminal of the super-imposing unit 28 through the video processor 16, and the control unit 29 has a super By sending a switching control signal for switching the switch of the impose unit 28 to the b terminal, the TV screen outputs a still picture of the image data stored in the frame memory 26.

In this state, the CPU 17 floats a cursor on the screen so that the user can select all or a specific area on the TV screen (step S40), which is also displayed according to the superimposition of the superimposition unit 28.

The position of the cursor is set by the CPU 17 to an arbitrary position on the screen by using the synchronization signal output of the synchronization signal separator 24.

The user moves the cursor displayed on the screen to select the character recognition area for the CPU 17 to process the character recognition (step S50), and the setting of the character recognition area is performed by using a drag and drop method like a mouse of a PC or by using a remote controller. Direction keys, and the corresponding key is additionally configured on the remote control.

When the area selection is completed, the positional information of the selected area is transferred to the CPU 17, and the CPU 17 reads the image data of the selected character recognition area from the frame memory 26 and performs character recognition processing (step S60). It is possible to move and resize the selected character recognition area.

On the other hand, when the region selection for the character recognition is completed, the CPU 17 outputs a switching control signal so that the TV image signal input through the tuner 22 is output to the remaining regions except for the region selected during the character recognition processing. .

The CPU 17 superimposes the processing result on the TV screen immediately after the character recognition processing is completed and outputs it (step S70).

That is, the character recognition result data is output to the b terminal of the superimposition unit 28 through the video processor 16, and the control unit 29 sends the corresponding switching control signal to the switching of the superimposition unit 28. Control to display the character recognition data on the TV screen.

In all the superimpositions described above, the CPU 17 uses the synchronization signal input from the synchronization signal separation unit 24 to synchronize the synchronization of the two video signals superimposed with each other.

The CPU 17 determines whether the recognized character is the address of a web site (step S80), and if the address of the web site is automatically connected to the corresponding site (step 90), if the recognized character is not the address of the web site, the corresponding character By automatically connecting to the search site of the search by inputting the recognized character as a search word (steps S100, S110).

Since the above-described process proceeds as the user inputs the web site automatic access key, the steps S90 and S100 may be automatically performed after the display of the characters recognized by the CPU 17 as described above. Alternatively, the user may select the link display of the corresponding site displayed on the screen as a result of the character recognition processing of the CPU 17 to further provide the user's selection opportunity. That is, the user may be connected to the site only by selecting the link display of the site.

According to the present invention, when the user selects a web site address or text information displayed on the screen while watching Internet TV, the text is processed by the CPU, superimposed on the TV video signal, displayed, and then automatically connected to the web site. Or, it is automatically connected to the search site so that the search can be automatically performed using the corresponding text as a search word.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a web site address is displayed on a screen while watching Internet TV, the user automatically connects to the web site if the user wants to connect to the web site. This will eliminate the hassles of memorizing and rewriting addresses and switching to Internet mode.

In addition, even if a character is displayed on the screen, after stopping the screen, the user can search the desired data by automatically accessing the search site through the character recognition. Therefore, the character should be moved urgently for the web search. You can simply search for the data you want without the hassle of switching.

Claims (21)

In the Internet TV having a TV unit having a TV broadcast receiving function and an Internet unit having an Internet communication function, The Internet unit generates a screen capture command according to the web site automatic access key input, switches the current screen to a still image, and outputs the image data of the character recognition area selected by the user by character recognition processing. A central processing means for automatically connecting to the corresponding site of the recognized character according to the result; The TV unit includes storage means for storing image data of a current screen according to a screen capture command of the central processing means, superimposing means for superimposing the character recognition processed image data on a TV image, and the central processing unit. And control means for controlling the superimposition of the superimposition means in accordance with a switching control signal from the means. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the text recognition area is an entire screen or a predetermined area of the screen. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the position and size of the selected text recognition area can be adjusted. The Internet TV screen according to claim 1, wherein the central processing unit generates a screen capture command to switch the current screen to a still picture, and then displays a cursor for selecting a character recognition area of the user on the still picture. Automatic web site connection using information. The automatic web using the screen information of the Internet TV according to claim 1, wherein when the character recognition area is selected by the user, the central processing means outputs a TV image signal currently received in the remaining areas except for the selected area. Site connection. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the recognized character is an address of a web site, the web site is automatically connected to the web site. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein if the recognized character is not an address of a web site, the web site is automatically connected to a corresponding search site. The Internet TV of claim 1 or 7, wherein if the recognized character is not an address of a web site, an Internet TV is automatically searched by inputting the recognized character as a search word after automatically accessing the corresponding search site. Automatic web site connection device using screen information. 2. The automatic web site access apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit transmits the web site access key to the central processing unit when the web site access key is input. Automatically accessing the Internet when the TV is on; Capturing a screen when the web site automatic access key is input and outputting a still image; Selecting a character recognition area by displaying a cursor on the still image; Displaying a recognized character by recognizing a character of the selected character recognition region; Automatic Web site access method using the screen information of the Internet TV comprising the step of automatically connecting to the corresponding site of the recognized character. The method of claim 10, wherein the text recognition area is an entire screen or a predetermined area of the screen. The method of claim 10, wherein the position and size of the selected text recognition area can be adjusted. The method of claim 10, wherein the recognized text display is displayed in superimposed form on a currently received TV video signal. The method of claim 10, wherein when the recognized character is an address of a web site, the web site is automatically connected to the web site. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein if the recognized character is not an address of a web site, the web site is automatically connected to a corresponding search site. The Internet TV of claim 10 or 15, wherein when the recognized character is not an address of a web site, an Internet TV is automatically searched by inputting the recognized character as a search word after automatically accessing the corresponding search site. Automatic Web site connection method using screen information. Automatically accessing the Internet when the TV is on; Capturing a screen to output a still image; Selecting a character recognition area by displaying a cursor on the still image; Displaying a recognized character by recognizing a character of the selected character recognition region; And automatically accessing the web site if the recognized text is the address of the web site, and automatically accessing the search site if the recognized text is not the address of the web site. How to access the website. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the screen capture is performed according to a web site automatic access key input. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the text recognition area is an entire screen or a predetermined area. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the position and size of the selected text recognition area can be adjusted. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein if the recognized text is not an address of a web site, after automatically accessing the search site, the screen information of the Internet TV is searched by inputting the recognized text as a search word. Automatic web site connection method using.