KR20110060505A - Providing contents adaptive screen saver - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a so-called screen saver providing method of a network TV. More specifically, the present invention provides a screen saver including information related to the content that the user was watching or information specified by the user when the screen saver is executed under a predetermined condition in the network TV that can receive the content through the network. It is about how to.
As digital-based digital TV technology has been developed and commercialized in existing analog broadcasting, various types of products such as real-time broadcasting, contents on demand (GOD), games, and news can be obtained by using the internet network connected to each home in addition to the existing radio media. It is now possible to provide content services to users.
An example of providing a content service using the Internet network may be an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV). The IPTV refers to transmitting a variety of information services, moving picture content and broadcasting to a user's television using a high-speed Internet network.
Recently, the concept of broadband TV, web TV, etc. has been proposed as a form of network TV which has been further developed in such IPTV. Unlike a conventional IPTV, a broadband TV or a web TV has a plurality of content providers, and a user can individually access a plurality of content providers to receive various VODs, games, and video call services provided by the content providers. have.
These network TVs run a screensaver under certain conditions. Conventionally, in a PC or the like, the user can select one of several types of screensavers, but there is no screensaver that adaptively provides information on the content viewed by the user or information specified by the user.
There is a need for a method that can utilize a screen saver more conveniently.
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying information on content that a user is viewing through a screen saver screen.
An object of the present invention is to provide a screensaver which is not fixed and which changes adaptively according to contents.
According to one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a display apparatus connectable to a network. The display apparatus may include a network interface unit configured to receive content from a content provider server through the network; A user interface to receive a user input; A controller configured to receive and reproduce the content, extract a summary image of the reproduced content, determine whether a screen saver operation condition is satisfied, and execute a screen saver; And a display unit which displays the contents and displays the extracted summary image when the screen saver is executed.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, a display device connectable to a network is provided. The display apparatus may include a network interface unit configured to receive content from a content provider server through the network; A user interface to receive a user input for specifying information to be included in the screen saver screen; A controller configured to receive and play the content, construct a screen saver screen including the designated information, determine whether the screen saver operation condition is satisfied, and execute the screen saver; And a display unit for displaying the contents and displaying the configured screen saver screen when the screen saver is executed.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing a content adaptive screen saver is provided in a display device connectable to a network. The method comprises the steps of: playing content received from a content provider; Determining whether a screen saver operating condition is satisfied; Extracting a summary image of the content; And displaying the extracted summary image.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing a custom screen saver is provided in a display device connectable to a network. The method includes receiving a user input specifying information to be included in a screensaver screen; Playing content; Determining whether a screen saver operating condition is satisfied; Constructing a screen saver screen including the designated information; And displaying the configured screen saver screen.
According to the present invention, by providing a screen saver that is related to the content viewed at the time of executing the screen saver or knows the content of the content, the user can easily know the information about the content that he / she is watching.
In addition, according to the present invention, the screen saver varies depending on the content being viewed, thereby reducing the boredom.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 shows a network configuration of a network TV system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, a system of a network TV according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a
The
For example, the
The
According to an embodiment, the content provided by the
The network TV 30 may be equipped with dedicated firmware for reproducing, searching, displaying a list, and the like of each
The firmware of the network TV 30 may be referred to as a program for playing or executing content provided by the
The network TV 30 receives the content from the
In more detail, the
The TV station refers to a conventional terrestrial or cable broadcasting station. The broadcasting station may create and store a program that users can watch and convert it digitally.
The radio station provides audio content and may provide only audio content with or without video content.
VOD operators and AOD operators have different characteristics from TV stations and radio stations. In other words, in the case of VOD or AOD, it saves the broadcasting program, movie, and music that I want and then plays it for viewing. For example, if there is a broadcast program that was not properly viewed because there is no time to watch the current broadcast program, it is possible to access a site that provides such a broadcast service and download the file or play it immediately.
The AOD provider provides a streaming service of audio content.
Music On Demand (MOD) service provider allows me to download and listen to the music I want.
The video telephony provider provides a relay service for making a video call with a user of another network TV through the network. Weather providers provide weather information for various locations, and photo service providers provide tools for editing and storing photos.
In addition, the
The PF server is serviced by a company that manages all broadcasting information and location information provided by the content provider. This service mainly contains broadcasting time or location information necessary for broadcasting and information that a user can access.
The EPG service provides EPG information so that a user can search a broadcast program by time zone and grasp by channel.
The ECG service provides the user with the information of the content that the content provider has, the location and access authority of the access server. In other words, it is an electronic program guide that provides detailed information on the content and the function to easily access the server having the content.
The portal server is a web service provided by each broadcasting station. When the portal server receives a request from the user terminal, the portal server connects to the broadcasting server or the web server of the service provider. The role of the portal server is to search for a list of programs provided by each broadcasting station or a content provider providing a content service.
The
The
Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the above-described
The
As shown in FIG. 2, the
Among the above components, the
When the content is digital broadcast, the digital broadcast signal is transmitted in the form of a packetized transport stream by time division multiplexing the video signal, the audio signal and the additional data.
The
In addition, the broadcast signal received through the
The video data separated by the
In this case, the
The
The audio signal is processed by a voice signal processor (not shown) and output to the speaker, which may include an AC-3 decoder.
On the other hand, the additional data included in the additional data separated by the
The
The
The
The
That is, the
The external
The
According to an embodiment, the broadcast reception device 40 according to the present invention may output a 3D image. The menu screen of the broadcast reception device 40 may be provided in 3D, and the content provided by the
Additional components are required to output 3D images. 3 illustrates a configuration of a broadcast receiving apparatus capable of processing a 3D image according to an embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the remaining components except for the
As shown in FIG. 3, a
The configuration shown in FIG. 3 is only one embodiment, and various known techniques may be used for 3D image processing.
4 and 5 illustrate an example of a remote controller for controlling the
In the present embodiment, the operation recognition
The user may move or rotate the motion recognition
As shown in FIG. 4, when the user moves the motion recognition
Accelerometers, gyro sensors, or geomagnetic sensors may be used as sensors that can determine movement.
4 and 5 illustrate an example in which the
In this embodiment, the pointer displayed on the
6 is an internal block diagram of the
Referring to the drawings, the above-described
On the other hand, the operation recognition
The
In the present embodiment, the motion recognition
The
The
For example, the
The power supply unit 160 supplies power to the operation recognition
The
The
As described above, the
The wireless communication unit 111 may transmit and receive a signal wirelessly with the operation recognition
The coordinate
In addition, the operation recognition
Hereinafter, a menu screen of the
The menu screen of the
The
When selecting the
In FIG. 7, as an example of content providers, icons of content providers, such as natural geographic 202,
Natural geographic 202 is a content provider that provides content related to natural sciences,
According to an embodiment, in addition to the above icons, various types and numbers of icons may be additionally displayed on the menu screen.
When the user selects one of the
The number, size, position, and arrangement method of icons displayed on one screen may vary according to embodiments.
The
When a user uses the network TV as described above, a screen saver may be displayed. For example, the screen saver may be displayed when the screen does not need to be displayed to the user and there is no input for a predetermined time from the user.
In the screen saver, an operation mode in which content is received from a content provider and played back, that is, in a netcast mode, content that is inputted for a predetermined time or paused during content playback, no signal is received during content playback, or only audio is provided. Or content without a video signal, such as content provided only with text or a still picture, and displayed only on a part of the screen, the content may be executed when the content is received in an unexecutable form.
In the normal broadcast signal viewing mode, the screen saver mode may be entered in the case of a scrambled channel, that is, a channel for which no additional fee is paid.
8 illustrates a content adaptive screen saver execution screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
If the user presses the pause button while playing content from the content provider server and there is no input for a predetermined time, the screen saver may be executed. When the screen saver is executed, the control unit of the network TV extracts a summary image representing the content from the content file received so far. The received content file may be stored in a temporary folder of a network TV in the case of a streaming type service, or in a designated folder in the case of a download type service. The temporary folder or designated folder may be the
The summary image may be a thumbnail image of the content, or may be an image extracted by reproducing the stored content at high speed.
The summary image may be extracted and displayed at any position on the display of the network TV as shown in FIG. 8. The displayed summary images can be floated within the screen and continue to move until the screen saver ends.
In some embodiments, the summary image may be displayed in a slide show format as shown in FIG. 9.
In addition, according to an exemplary embodiment, the summary image may be extracted using additional information of the content. For example, there may be content that provides a data signal together with a digital broadcast signal in addition to the video and audio signals. The additional information included in the data signal may be extracted to generate a summary image.
For example, when the content viewed by the user at the time of executing the screen saver is news content, the summary information on the main news of the day may be included as additional information and transmitted. At this time, when the screen saver is executed, as shown in FIG. 10, summary information of the news can be displayed.
As such, by providing a screen saver that is related to the content that was being viewed or executed when the screen saver is executed, the user can easily know the information about the content that he / she is watching. In addition, the user may be less bored because the screen saver is changed according to the content being watched.
The above-described embodiments may be applied not only in an operation mode in which content is provided from a content provider through a network, that is, in a netcast mode, but also in an output mode of a broadcast signal received in the form of an RF broadcast signal. Normally, the screen saver is rarely executed in the broadcast signal output mode. However, when the scrambled channel or the channel state where the signal is not detected continues, the thumbnail of the previously received broadcast channel or the summary image of the previously viewed content is displayed. Can be displayed with a screensaver.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a content adaptive screensaver according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In step S11, the content is received and played over the network. If the screen saver operation condition is satisfied in step S12, in step S13, a summary image of the content being played is extracted, and in step S14, the extracted summary image is displayed. As described above, the summary image may be an image generated based on the thumbnail image, any extracted image, or additional information of the content being played.
According to an embodiment, the summary image may be extracted in advance while the content is played, and when the screen saver is executed, the summary image may be displayed immediately.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user may edit the screensaver and designate information to be included in the screensaver. For example, the user may include his or her schedule information and a clock on the screen saver screen, and may include a specific multimedia file, such as a picture or a video, in the screen saver, or include a summary image of the above-described content. It is also possible to include all of this information.
12 illustrates a menu screen provided to a user to designate information to be included in a screen saver screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As illustrated in FIG. 12, a user may include content information, a clock, his / her schedule information, and multimedia content designated by the user in the screen saver. In addition to that shown in FIG. 12, the user can designate any multimedia content as a screensaver. After selecting the information on the left side, pressing
In FIG. 12, when the user selects 'custom content', a menu for selecting an additional multimedia file, that is, a photo file, a video file, or an MP3 file may be displayed.
For example, if the user selects to include his / her schedule and photo 1.jpg in the screen saver, the schedule and
If the user has selected to include more information in the screensaver, the screensaver screen may be split and displayed. For example, if previously selected content information, clock, and today's schedule information are selected, the
If the user includes the MP3 file, that is, the audio file, in the screensaver, the user can output the music at the same time as the screen saver is executed, and can indicate that the music is played on one side of the screen saver screen. For example, a progressive bar, a song title, or the like can be displayed.
15 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a screen saver including user specification information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In step S21, a menu is displayed to the user to designate information to be included in the screensaver. In step S22, when the condition for operating the screen saver is satisfied, in step S23, the screen saver screen is configured with information specified by the user, and in step S24, the configured screen saver screen is displayed.
According to an exemplary embodiment, a screen saver screen to be displayed during content playback may be configured, and when the screen saver is executed, the configured screen saver screen may be immediately displayed.
In addition, in the above-described embodiments, all or some of the elements constituting the screen saver screen may be configured as 3D images.
Although described above with reference to the embodiments, this does not limit the scope of the invention. Various modifications may be made to the above-described embodiments, all of which are included in the scope of the invention.
1 shows a network configuration of a network TV system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a network TV according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a network TV that can implement a 3D image according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 and 5 illustrate an example of a remote controller for controlling the network TV of FIG. 2.
6 is an internal block diagram of an interface unit of the network TV of FIG. 1 and an operation recognition remote controller of FIG. 3.
7 shows a menu screen of a network TV according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 illustrates a content adaptive screen saver execution screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 shows a content adaptive screensaver execution screen according to another embodiment of the present invention.
10 illustrates a content adaptive screensaver execution screen according to another embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a content adaptive screensaver according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 illustrates a menu screen for designating information to be included in a screen saver screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
13 and 14 illustrate execution screens of a screen saver including user specification information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
15 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a screen saver including user specification information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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