WO2013087407A1 - Dispositif portable pour une interaction avec des systèmes de télévision - Google Patents

Dispositif portable pour une interaction avec des systèmes de télévision Download PDF

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WO2013087407A1
WO2013087407A1 PCT/EP2012/073703 EP2012073703W WO2013087407A1 WO 2013087407 A1 WO2013087407 A1 WO 2013087407A1 EP 2012073703 W EP2012073703 W EP 2012073703W WO 2013087407 A1 WO2013087407 A1 WO 2013087407A1
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I-Chih Kang
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/414—Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
    • H04N21/41407—Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/432—Content retrieval operation from a local storage medium, e.g. hard-disk
    • H04N21/4325—Content retrieval operation from a local storage medium, e.g. hard-disk by playing back content from the storage medium
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/436—Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
    • H04N21/43615—Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals

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  • the invention relates to a portable device for interaction with first and second television systems.
  • the invention further relates to a television system, and to a method.
  • Examples of such a portable device are portable phones, advanced remote controls and other portable units.
  • Examples of such a television system are video receivers, monitors, home cinema systems, digital versatile disks players / recorders and televisions.
  • US 2009 / 0204966 Al discloses a utility for tasks to follow a user from apparatus to apparatus. More in particular, in paragraph 0074, it is disclosed that a task may be migrated form a first apparatus to a third apparatus via a second apparatus.
  • all three apparatuses are usually capable of performing the task, and all three apparatuses form part of a same network. So, all three apparatuses are of a same or a similar category.
  • a portable device for interaction with first and second television systems, the portable device comprising
  • an interface comprising a receiver adapted to receive from the first television system information about a video program and a sender adapted to send to the second television system the information about the video program, and
  • a memory adapted to store the information about the video program.
  • the portable device is not a television system, and the portable device is portable, unlike the television systems. So, contrary to US 2009 / 0204966 Al wherein all three apparatuses are of a same or a similar category, according to the invention the portable device and the television systems are of fully different categories.
  • the portable device By having provided the portable device with a receiver for receiving from the first television system information about a video program and with a memory for storing the information about the video program and with a sender for sending to the second television system the information about the video program, a folio w-me-utility has been created for television systems. As a result, a user can go from a first television system to a second television system while saving-and-restoring.
  • Said receiving and sending may be performed via a wired coupling and/or via a wireless coupling.
  • US 2010 / 0107185 Al discloses a user identification using a wireless standard and audio ranging.
  • Said information about the video program may for example comprise at least one feature defining a user's selection made earlier with respect to the video program.
  • a portable device is a device that a user can carry with him / her when going from one room to another room in the same building or when going from one building to another building or when going from one vehicle to another vehicle or when going from one area to another area.
  • An embodiment of the portable device is defined by the information comprising at least one audio feature and at least one video feature to allow a user to stop watching the video program via the first television system and to continue watching the video program via the second television system under corresponding conditions.
  • a folio w-me-utility has been created whereby a user can have same corresponding conditions at the television systems.
  • Corresponding conditions comprise for example equal / identical conditions for the first and second television systems being equal / identical systems and for example comprise equal / identical or similar conditions for the first and second television systems being non-equal / non- identical systems.
  • the channel setting defines a channel (a number or a name etc.)
  • the program setting defines a program (a number or a name etc.)
  • the playing time setting defines a playing time (the time already played or the time still to play etc.)
  • the contrast setting defines a contrast (a number or a percentage etc.)
  • the brightness setting defines a brightness (a number or a percentage etc.)
  • the color setting defines a color (a color point for all colors or a number or a percentage per red, green and blue etc.)
  • the environmental setting defines an environment (a kind etc.)
  • the subtitle setting defines subtitles (a kind etc.)
  • the text setting defines text (a page etc.)
  • the depth setting defines a 3D depth (a number or a percentage etc.)
  • the flicker reduction setting defines a flicker reduction (a number or a percentage etc.)
  • the backlight setting defines a backlight (a number or a percentage etc.
  • An embodiment of the portable device is defined by the at least one audio feature comprising at least one of a volume setting and a frequency setting and an equalizer setting and an environmental setting and a mono/stereo setting and a loudspeaker setting.
  • the volume setting defines a volume (a number or a percentage etc.)
  • the frequency setting defines a frequency adjustment (a number or a percentage per frequency component etc.)
  • the equalizer setting defines an equalizer adjustment (a number or a percentage per frequency component etc.)
  • the environmental setting defines an environment (a kind etc.)
  • the mono/stereo setting defines mono/stereo (a selection of which one of two channels or of both channels etc.)
  • a loudspeaker setting defines a loudspeaker (a selection of which one is activated etc.).
  • An embodiment of the portable device is defined by the portable device having a master function and the television systems each having a slave function, the portable device further comprising a controller adapted to control the interface in response to a user command.
  • the user command is to be given to the portable device, for example via a keyboard or a touch screen or a voice input etc. of the portable device.
  • the portable device will in response to a first user command pull the information about the video program out of the first television system and the portable device will in response to a second user command push the information about the video program into the second television system.
  • An embodiment of the portable device is defined by the portable device having a slave function and the television systems each having a master function.
  • the user command is to be given to the television systems, for example via a keyboard or a touch screen or a voice input etc. of the television systems or via a remote control etc.
  • the first television system will in response to a first user command push the information about the video program into the portable device and the second television system will in response to a second user command pull the information about the video program out of the portably device.
  • a television system for interaction with a portable device, the television system comprising
  • an interface comprising a sender adapted to send to the portable device information about a video program and a receiver adapted to receive from the portable device information about the video program.
  • An embodiment of the television system is defined by the information comprising at least one audio feature and at least one video feature to allow a user to stop watching the video program via a first television system and to continue watching the video program via a second television system under corresponding conditions, the television system being one of the first and second television systems.
  • An embodiment of the television system is defined by the portable device having a master function and the television system having a slave function.
  • An embodiment of the television system is defined by the portable device having a slave function and the television system having a master function, the television system further comprising a controller adapted to control the interface in response to a user command.
  • a method for letting a portable device interact with first and second television systems comprising
  • a third step of at the portable device sending to the second television system the information about the video program.
  • An embodiment of the method is defined by the information comprising at least one audio feature and at least one video feature to allow a user to stop watching the video program via the first television system and to continue watching the video program via the second television system under corresponding conditions.
  • Embodiments of the television system and of the method correspond with the embodiments of the portable device.
  • An insight could be that a folio w-me-utility is required for television systems.
  • a basic idea could be that a user should be able to go from a first television system to a second television system while using a portable device for saving-and-restoring.
  • a problem to provide an improved device has been solved.
  • a further advantage could be that a user- friendliness of television systems has been improved.
  • Fig. 1 shows a portable device and a first television system in a first room and a second television system in a second room.
  • a portable device 1 and a first television system 11 in a first room 19 and a second television system 21 in a second room 29 are shown.
  • the portable device 1 such as a portable phone, an advanced remote control or another portable unit comprises an interface 2 with a receiver 3 adapted to receive from the first television system 11 information about a video program and with a sender 4 adapted to send to the second television system 21 the information about the video program.
  • the receiver 3 and the sender 4 are connected to a communicator 7 to communicate via a communication 18.
  • the communicator 7 is a splitter connected to an antenna and the communication 18 is a wireless connection.
  • the communicator 7 is a connector and the communication 18 is a wired connection etc.
  • the portable device 1 further comprises a controller 6 adapted to control the interface 2 in response to a user command, and a memory 5 adapted to store the information about the video program.
  • the memory 5 is connected to the interface 2 via the controller 6, but alternatively the memory 5 may form part of the controller 6 or may be connected more directly to the interface 2 or form part thereof.
  • the memory 5 may be any kind of storage medium.
  • the controller 6 may be any kind of controller.
  • the first (second) television system 11 such as a video receiver, a monitor, a home cinema system, a digital versatile disks player / recorder or a television
  • the first (second) television system 11 such as a video receiver, a monitor, a home cinema system, a digital versatile disks player / recorder or a television
  • the interface 12 22) with a sender 14 (24) adapted to send to the portable device 1 information about the video program and with a receiver 13 (23) adapted to receive from the portable device 1 the information about the video program.
  • the receiver 13 (23) and the sender 14 (24) are connected to a communicator 17 (27) to communicate via a
  • the communicator 17 (27) is a splitter connected to an antenna and the communication 18 (28) is a wireless connection.
  • the communicator 17 (27) is a connector and the communication 18 (28) is a wired connection etc.
  • the first (second) television system 11 (21) further comprises a controller 16 (26) adapted to control the interface 12 (22) in response to a user command.
  • the information comprises at least one audio feature and/or at least one video feature to allow a user to stop watching the video program via the first television system 11 in the first room 19 and to continue watching the video program via the second television system 21 in the second room 29 under corresponding conditions.
  • the at least one video feature comprises for example:
  • a channel setting to define a channel number or a channel name etc. a program setting to define a program number or a program name etc., a playing time setting to define a playing time such as the time already played or the time still to play etc.
  • a contrast setting to define a contrast number or a contrast percentage etc. a brightness setting to define a brightness number or a brightness percentage etc.
  • a color setting to define a color point for all colors or a color number or a color percentage per red, green and blue etc.
  • an environmental setting to define a kind of an environment such as a kind of light or a kind of building or a kind of mood etc.
  • a text setting to define text such as a page number etc.
  • a depth setting to define a 3D depth number or percentage etc.
  • a flicker reduction setting to define a flicker reduction number or percentage etc.
  • a backlight setting to define a backlight number or percentage etc.
  • an algorithm setting to define a picture quality algorithm such as a number or a percentage or a kind etc. for setting a noise reduction or an artifact reduction (MPEG) or a frame rate conversion etc.
  • MPEG artifact reduction
  • a scaling setting to define a number or a percentage etc. for setting a picture scale such as full-screen, 16:9, 4:3 or non-scaled etc.
  • the at least one audio feature comprises for example:
  • a volume setting to define a volume number or a volume percentage etc. a frequency setting to define a frequency adjustment number or a frequency adjustment percentage per frequency component etc.
  • an environmental setting to define a kind of an environment such as hall, theatre, disco, outdoor etc.
  • a mono/stereo setting to define mono/stereo or a selection of which one of two channels or both channels etc.
  • a loudspeaker setting to define a loudspeaker or a selection of which one loudspeaker is activated etc.
  • the portable device 1 may have a master function and the television systems 11, 21 each may have a slave function.
  • the controller 6 in the portably device 1 is adapted to control the interface 2 in response to a user command.
  • This user command is to be given to the portable device 1 , for example via a keyboard or a touch screen or a voice input etc. of the portable device 1.
  • the portable device 1 will in response to a first user command pull the information about the video program out of the first television system 11 usually when the user is still in the first room 19.
  • the portable device 1 will in response to a second user command push the information about the video program into the second television system 21 usually when the user has entered the second room 29.
  • both user commands can be left out in case the portable device 1 can detect or knows that the user is leaving the first room 19 and is entering the second room 29 etc.
  • the portable device 1 may have a slave function and the television systems 11, 21 each may have a master function.
  • the controller 16, 26 in the television system 11, 21 is adapted to control the interface 12, 22 in response to a user command.
  • This user command is to be given to the television systems 11 , 21, for example via a keyboard or a touch screen or a voice input etc. of the television systems 11, 21 or via a remote control etc.
  • the first television system 11 will in response to a first user command push the information about the video program into the portable device 1 and the second television system 21 will in response to a second user command pull the information about the video program out of the portably device 1.
  • both user commands can be left out in case the first television system 11 can detect or knows that the user is leaving the first room 19 and the second television system 21 can detect or knows that the user is entering the second room 29 etc.
  • both television systems 11, 21 being identical television systems, the same settings (contrast / brightness etc.) may be used. In case of both television systems 11, 21 being mutually different television systems, either the same settings may still be used, or the settings may need to be converted. Such a conversion may be performed in the portable device 1 while being familiar with the types of television systems involved, of may be performed in one of the television systems while being familiar with the type of the other television system etc. of may be performed in both television systems for example to and from a standardized setting etc.
  • portable devices 1 are provided with interfaces 2 comprising receivers 3 for receiving from the first television systems 11 information about video programs and senders 4 for sending to the second television systems 21 the information about the video programs and with memories 5 for storing the information about the video programs.
  • a folio w-me-utility has been created for television systems 11, 21, and a user can go from a first television system 11 to a second television system 21 while saving-and-restoring.
  • the information comprises an audio feature and a video feature to allow the user to stop watching a video program via a first television system 11 and to continue watching the video program via a second television system 21 under corresponding conditions.

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Selon l'invention, pour des interactions avec des premiers et seconds systèmes de télévision (11, 21), des dispositifs portables (1) comportent des interfaces (2) comprenant des récepteurs (3) pour recevoir en provenance des premiers systèmes de télévision (11) des informations concernant des programmes vidéo et des émetteurs (4) pour envoyer aux seconds systèmes de télévision (21) les informations concernant les programmes vidéo, et des mémoires (5) pour stocker les informations concernant les programmes vidéo. Un utilitaire « suis-moi » a été créé pour des systèmes de télévision (11, 21), et un utilisateur peut passer d'un premier système de télévision (11) à un second système de télévision (21) tout en effectuant une sauvegarde et une restauration. De préférence, les informations comprennent une caractéristique audio et une caractéristique vidéo pour permettre à l'utilisateur d'arrêter la visualisation d'un programme vidéo par l'intermédiaire d'un premier système de télévision (11) et de continuer la visualisation du programme vidéo par l'intermédiaire d'un second système de télévision (21) dans des conditions correspondantes.
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