A7 12 0 9 4 8 B7 五、發明說明（1 ) 發明的背景說明 本項發明大致係有關於電腦，而且特別地是有關於從 電視或電腦顯示器抓取資訊之實施例- 個人電腦現今正逐漸融入電視機過去所佔據的生活領 域。所謂的機頂式個人電腦與電視機互動而提供先進規劃 功能、數位電視、和諸如網際網路資料存取和遊戲等通常 與個人電腦相關聯的其他功能。因此，本機頂式個人電腦 的使用者可能要有處理操作一台電視機和一般與個人電腦 相關聯的操作能力。機頂式個人電腦採用電視螢幕當作電 腦系統和電視接收機兩者的顯示器》 電腦也可能在電腦顯示器或監視器上顯示電視圖像。 一個在電腦内的調諧器卡可作為一個電視接收器，以便一 個電視節目能在一個電腦監視器上被觀赏。 連絡資訊一般被顯，示在電視節目中，特別是在電視廣 告中。很多的觀賞者有困難紀錄聯絡的資訊，因為當他們 找到鉛筆和紙的時候，該項資訊就已不再顯示了。因此， 廣告業者可能失去了重要的商機，而觀賞者可能錯過想要 的資訊。 相同地，某些連絡資訊可能以圖形影像顯示（換言之 ，採用圖形而不是文字模式）在一個網際網路網頁上。想 要有精巧的字體或圖樣顯示時，例如，商標的表示，即屬 此類。 若能夠增強一個電腦系統使用者保有取自一個顯示器 的非本文資訊的能力，將會令人滿意。 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 X 297公釐） (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) ----訂 -------線1- 經濟部智慧財產局具工消费合作社印製 4 8 4 9 ο 2 發明概要 、依”氧層面，一種使用電腦從影像信號獲得資訊的方 法包S 了獲得顧示影像的數位表示型I影像巾的字符會 被辨認’且該影像内為人所需的内容會被找到β 圖式之簡要說明 第1圖繪示顯不一個廣告之一部該電視的顯示勞幕； 第2圖是一個自第1圖中所示螢幕上之資訊抓取到的檔 案； 第3圓是一個含有自第1圖中所示螢幕抓取之資訊的檔 案； 第4圖是顯示用以具體實現本發明之一實例之一個電 腦系統的方塊囷；以及 第5圖是顯不一個供本發明之—實施例用之一個流程 的流程圖。 詳細說明 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 -----I I I I I----i Ϊ (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) i線. 含有連絡資訊之影像可從一個電視畫面或一個電腦 顯示器上被抓取下來，且藉由電腦系統運用以幫助聯繫廣 播内容挺供者，後者可為電視節目上的廣告刊登者。舉例 來說，一般電視廣告刊登者播送如同第丨圖所示者的廣告 ’其顯示出多種關於他們產品的資訊。這些廣告也可包含 連絡的資訊，諸如名稱、地址、電話號碑和全球資源定址 器（URL)，可供用來連絡該廣告刊登者或其它内容提供者 〇 一個電腦監視器顯示器也可能包含影像，其包括以一 經濟部智慧財產局負工消费合作社印焚 420946 A7 B7 五、發明說明（3 ) 個影像或圖形模式表達連絡資訊，例如，使用位元映圖式 圖形’而不是文字模式來呈現。舉例來說，該連絡資訊可 被包含作為網際網路網頁的一部分。 依據一層面的觀點，在電視或電腦顯示器10上產生影 像之信號資訊是以數位方式被抓取。舉例來說，轉·示在第 1圊顯示器10上的電話號碼可用如同第2圖所示者之數位檔 案12的型式被紀錄和.提供。類似地，來自螢幕的額外資 訊可被抓取’且依據連絡資訊的型式放置在—個適當欄位 15中。 軟體可利用邏輯式啟發方法決定哪一個資訊構成一個 人的姓名，哪一個資訊構成一個公司的名稱，哪一個資訊 構成一個地址，哪一個資訊是一個電話號碼與哪一個資訊 構成一個網際網路的URL。這些欄位的共同特徵可被健存 在一個程式内，以判定某一段資訊是否屬於特定攔位β . 參考第4圖，一部機頂式電腦系統15涵括連接到系統 記憶想18與一個北橋晶片20的·一個處理器16。該北橋晶片 20在傳統上可連接至一個匯流排22，後者可依序被輛合至 一個顯示器控制器24，此控制器24依序被連接至一台電視 機25。該匯流排22也可連至一個南橋晶片組26。該南橋晶 片組26可耦合一個硬式磁碟機28，後者可包含有一個或多 個程式30和31，此等程式在所續示的實施例中是光學字元 辨識（OCR)和一個電話/地址目錄程式。 該南橋晶片組26又連接至一個匯流排32，後者可連至 一個串列輸入輸出（SI0)埠34 »該埠34可接至一個鍵盤36 本紙張尺度適用117國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（21〇 X 297公t ) 6 (靖先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) - Α7 Β7 420940 經濟部智慧財產局具工消費合作社印製 五、發明說明（4 、一個電話«器4G與-個數據機38。基本輸人輸出系统 (BIOS)42也可被連接到該匯流排32。#然，其他實施型態 亦是可行的，且各種額外元件與周邊裝置可被連接到一台 傳統型機頂式電腦系統β 現在參見第5圖，該電腦系統15初始時係接收一個抓 取服務要求’如同方塊44所指。這可能是使用者單擊點選 顯示螢幕24上的按鈕或者是藉著致動鍵盤％上的特定熱鍵 所導致。此要求被解譯為自電視顯示器上抓取資訊的要求 。在要求當時所顯示的影像可如方塊46所示地透過處理器 16的操作數位式地被抓取β然後被抓取的數位影像如方塊 48所顯示地，運用光學字元辨識軟體3〇,接受光學字元辨 識轉換。此軟體掃描數位影像内之資訊，並識別和使諸影 像形狀與諸如數字和字母等之已知字元相關聯；它繼而提 供一個該影像的文字模式表示型態或是圖形模式資料。. 該電腦系統運用啟發性方式以找出對應於連絡資訊形 式的資訊’如方塊50所示。舉例來說，伴隨著字母的數字 可被辨識成地址，而帶有大寫字母的成對文字可被辨識成 名字。一般常見的名字可被儲存在資料庫裡以輔助判定是 否涉及一個人的名字^類似地，特定順序的號碼可被識別 成電話號碼’且某些字母序列可能被識別成1；111/。 一旦連絡的資訊已經被辨別了，它可顯示給使用者， 例如，在顯示螢幕上，而且使用者可檢查所顯示資訊以確 定是想要抓取的資訊，如同方塊51所示。使用者可於一校 正視窗中插入校正項（方塊52)，且該連絡資訊受修正 -------------裝--------訂—-----線 (請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁)A7 12 0 9 4 8 B7 V. Description of the invention (1) Background of the invention The invention is roughly related to the computer, and in particular to the embodiment of capturing information from a television or computer display-personal computers are gradually Integrate into the realm of life that televisions have occupied So-called set-top personal computers interact with televisions to provide advanced planning capabilities, digital televisions, and other features commonly associated with personal computers such as Internet data access and gaming. Therefore, users of top-mounted personal computers may need to be able to handle the operation of a television and the operations normally associated with personal computers. A set-top personal computer uses a TV screen as a display for both the computer system and the TV receiver. The computer may also display TV images on the computer monitor or monitor. A tuner card in the computer can be used as a TV receiver so that a TV program can be viewed on a computer monitor. Contact information is generally displayed in TV shows, especially in TV advertisements. Many viewers have difficulty keeping track of contact information, because when they find pencil and paper, the information is no longer displayed. As a result, advertisers may lose important business opportunities and viewers may miss the information they want. Similarly, some contact information may be displayed as a graphic image (in other words, using graphics instead of text mode) on an Internet page. This is the case when delicate fonts or drawings are desired, such as the representation of a trademark. It would be desirable to enhance the ability of a computer system user to retain non-textual information from a display. This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 mm) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) ---- Order -------- Line 1-Ministry of Economy Wisdom Printed by the Property Bureau ’s Industrial and Consumer Cooperatives 4 8 4 9 ο 2 Summary of the Invention In accordance with the “oxygen level”, a method for obtaining information from a video signal using a computer package S is obtained. "Identify" and the content needed for the person in the image will be found. Brief description of the beta scheme. Figure 1 shows a display of the TV showing one of the advertisements; Figure 2 is a screenshot from Figure 1. File captured by information captured on the screen shown; circle 3 is a file containing information captured from the screen shown in Figure 1; Figure 4 is a computer showing an example of a specific implementation of the invention The block diagram of the system; and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process for the embodiment of the present invention. Detailed description printed by the Intellectual Property Bureau employee consumption cooperative of the Ministry of Economic Affairs --- IIII I --- -i Ϊ (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page) i-line Images containing contact information can be captured from a TV screen or a computer monitor and used by a computer system to help contact broadcast content supporters, who can be advertisers on TV shows. For example , General television advertisers broadcast ads like the one shown in the figure below, which shows a variety of information about their products. These ads can also include contact information such as name, address, phone number tablet, and global resource locator URL), which can be used to contact the advertiser or other content provider. A computer monitor display may also contain images, which are printed by a consumer cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 420946 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (3) image or graphic mode to express contact information, for example, using bitmap graphics' instead of text mode. For example, the contact information can be included as part of an Internet web page. According to a level View that the signal information of the image generated on the television or computer monitor 10 is captured digitally For example, the phone number transferred to the first display 10 can be recorded and provided in the form of a digital file 12 as shown in Figure 2. Similarly, additional information from the screen can be captured 'And according to the type of contact information, it is placed in an appropriate field 15. The software can use logical heuristics to determine which information constitutes a person's name, which information constitutes a company's name, which information constitutes an address, and which An information is a telephone number and which information constitutes an Internet URL. The common characteristics of these fields can be stored in a program to determine whether a certain piece of information belongs to a specific block β. Refer to Figure 4, a The set-top computer system 15 includes a processor 16 connected to the system memory 18 and a Northbridge chip 20. The north bridge chip 20 can be conventionally connected to a bus 22, which can be sequentially connected to a display controller 24, which is sequentially connected to a television 25. The bus 22 can also be connected to a south bridge chipset 26. The southbridge chipset 26 may be coupled to a hard disk drive 28, which may include one or more programs 30 and 31. These programs are optical character recognition (OCR) and a telephone / Address directory program. The south bridge chipset 26 is connected to a bus 32, which can be connected to a serial input / output (SI0) port 34. The port 34 can be connected to a keyboard 36. The paper size applies to the national standard 117 (CNS) A4 specification. (21〇X 297g t) 6 (Jing first read the notes on the back and then fill out this page)-Α7 Β7 420940 Printed by the Consumer Goods Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economy -A modem 38. The basic input and output system (BIOS) 42 can also be connected to the bus 32. # However, other implementations are also possible, and various additional components and peripheral devices can be connected to one Conventional set-top computer system β Now referring to FIG. 5, the computer system 15 initially receives a request for a fetch service 'as indicated by box 44. This may be the user clicking a button on the display screen 24 or Is caused by actuating a specific hot key on the keyboard%. This request is interpreted as a request to capture information from the TV display. At the time of the request, the image displayed at the time can be transmitted through the processor 16 as shown in box 46 Operands Take β and capture the digital image as shown in box 48, and use optical character recognition software 30 to accept the conversion of optical character recognition. This software scans the information in the digital image, and recognizes and shapes the image with Numbers and letters are associated with known characters; it then provides a text mode representation or graphic mode data of the image. The computer system uses heuristics to find information corresponding to the form of contact information, such as This is shown in box 50. For example, numbers with letters can be recognized as addresses, and paired words with capital letters can be recognized as names. Common names can be stored in the database to help determine whether it is involved A person's name ^ Similarly, a specific sequence of numbers can be identified as a telephone number 'and certain letter sequences may be identified as 1; 111 /. Once the contact information has been identified, it can be displayed to the user, for example, On the display screen, and the user can check the displayed information to determine what it wants to capture, as shown in box 51. The user can A correction window is inserted into a correction window (block 52), and the contact information is corrected ------------------------- order --- line (please (Read the notes on the back before filling out this page)
經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作社印製 '420940 Α7 _ Β7 五、發明說明（5 ) 塊53)。舉例來說’如果有兩個電話號碼被送回，使用者 可以指出哪一個電話號碼是所想要的。 接著所選擇之連絡資訊可被儲存在記憶體18或硬式磁 碟機28中，如方塊54所指。在有些狀況中，如同方塊％所 指，很可能會想要利用該連絡資訊做連絡；撥號器4〇可自 動地被啟動來撥叫所儲存的電話號碼。或者，當有一個URL 已被辨識時’數據機38可被用來自動地聯繫適當的網際網 路服務提供業者與獲得想要的網頁。 已從電視顯示畫面抓取下來之連絡資訊接下來可自動 地被加入編譯連絡資訊的傳統軟體31之資料庫中，諸如軟 艘電話或地址目錄。一旦該資訊被辨識了並且安置於適合 的攔位，它便可被供至上述的軟體目錄，以供之後使用如 同方塊58所指。這些目錄可提供搜尋與自動撥號功能和類 似功能。 該電腦系統15藉由比較任何區域瑪和一預定地方區域 碼’來裁定該電話號碼一個為區域號碼或是長途號碼。如 果該電話是長途電話’撥號的前置碼會被加入。 本系統有利於與提供諸如電視播送的廣告或網頁上之 圖形模式資訊之内容的資訊提供者進行連絡；也利於儲存 此等連絡資訊在諸如地址或電話目錄軟體之聯絡軟體中。 雖然本發明已就單一實施例加以描述，熟於此技者將 可一此思及眾多不同的修改和變化。當所有這些修改與變 化皆落在本發明的真實精神與範嘩内時後附的申請專利範 圍即欲涵蓋它們β 本紙張尺度触申國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（〗1G X 297公茇） (請先閱讀背面之注項再填寫本頁) _ n I n I I ϋ^gJ n n i 1 n I n I ^ 經濟部智慧財產局員工消費合作杜印製 A7 ^20946 B7 五、發明說明（6 ) 元件標號對照 10、25…顯示器 38 ••數據機 12…數位檔案 40 ••撥號器 15…欄位 42 ··基本輸入輸出系統 16…處理器 44 ••接收要求 18…記憶體 46 •，取得數位影像 20…北橋晶片 48 ••光學字元辨識 22、32···匯流排 50 ••找出連絡資訊 24…控制器 51 校正選擇的資訊 2 6 ” ·南橋晶片 52 ，·使用者校正 28…硬式磁碟機 53 ••修正檔案 30 ' 31---5¾ 54 ••儲存資訊 34…串列輸入輸出皡 56 ••連繫 36…鍵盤 58 ••補編目錄 ----------—I*裝------1Ϊ訂---------線 {請先閱讀背面之注意事項再填寫本頁) 9 本紙張尺度適用中國國家標準（CNS)A4規格（210 =<297公釐）Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs' 420940 Α7 _ Β7 V. Invention Description (5) Block 53). For example, 'If two phone numbers are returned, the user can indicate which phone number is desired. The selected contact information can then be stored in memory 18 or hard drive 28, as indicated by block 54. In some cases, as indicated by the block%, it is likely that the contact information will be used for contacting; the dialer 40 may be automatically activated to call the stored telephone number. Alternatively, when a URL has been identified, the modem 38 can be used to automatically contact the appropriate Internet service provider and obtain the desired web page. The contact information which has been captured from the television display screen can then be automatically added to a database of conventional software 31 which compiles the contact information, such as a softphone or an address directory. Once this information has been identified and placed in a suitable stop, it can be provided to the software catalog mentioned above for later use as indicated by box 58. These directories provide search and auto-dial functions and similar functions. The computer system 15 determines whether the telephone number is an area number or a long distance number by comparing any area code with a predetermined local area code '. If the call is a long distance call, the dialing prefix will be added. This system facilitates contact with information providers who provide content such as television broadcast advertisements or graphic mode information on web pages; it also facilitates storing such contact information in contact software such as address or telephone directory software. Although the invention has been described in terms of a single embodiment, those skilled in the art will recognize many different modifications and variations. When all of these modifications and changes fall within the true spirit and scope of the present invention, the scope of the attached patent application is intended to cover them. Β This paper is in accordance with the national standard (CNS) A4 specification (1G X 297). ) (Please read the note on the back before filling this page) _ n I n II ϋ ^ gJ nni 1 n I n I ^ Consumption cooperation between employees of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, printed A7 ^ 20946 B7 V. Description of the invention (6 ) Component number comparison 10, 25 ... Display 38 •• Modem 12… Digital file 40 •• Dialer 15… Field 42 ·· Basic I / O system 16… Processor 44 •• Receive request 18… Memory 46 •, Obtain digital image 20 ... Northbridge chip 48 • Optical character recognition 22, 32 ... Bus 50 • Find contact information 24 ... Controller 51 Calibration selection information 2 6 "· Southbridge chip 52, user calibration 28… Hard disk drive 53 •• Revision file 30 '31 --- 5¾ 54 •• Storage information 34… Serial input / output 皡 56 •• Link 36… Keyboard 58 •• Supplement directory ------ ----— I * 装 ------ 1Ϊorder --------- line {please read first Note to fill out the back of this page) 9 Paper scales applicable Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 size (210 = < 297 mm)