WO2015168898A1

WO2015168898A1 - Video playback method and device, and player

Info

Publication number: WO2015168898A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/077022
Authority: WO
Inventors: 漆亚历克斯
Original assignee: 漆亚历克斯
Priority date: 2014-05-08
Filing date: 2014-05-08
Publication date: 2015-11-12

Abstract

Provided are a video playback method and device, and a player. The video playback device comprises: a first acquisition module, used for acquiring playback content, the playback content being provided with index information, the index information being related to the playback content; a second acquisition module, used for acquiring expansion content corresponding to the index information; a display module, the display module being provided with a first display area and a second display area, the first display area being used for displaying the playback content, the second display area being used for displaying the expansion content during playback of the playback content. The present video playback device allows a viewer to more conveniently find out related information, while not affecting normal viewing of a network video by the viewer, thereby significantly expanding the content of the network video, and providing the user with a better viewing experience.

Description

Video playback method, device and player

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of Internet technologies, and in particular, to a video playing method, apparatus, and player. Background technique

Currently, more and more users watch TV programs or watch other online videos through online video. In the process of network video playback, there are usually several common ways of playing advertisements, for example, forcibly playing tens of seconds of advertisements before the official network video is played, or playing advertisements when paused during network video playback.

However, the current problem is that the advertisement screen that is forcibly played before the network video is played for too long, and the viewer often does not have the patience to watch, resulting in a poor user experience. Summary of the invention

The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems in the related art to some extent.

Therefore, the first object of the present invention is to provide a video playing device, which can make the viewer more convenient to understand relevant information without affecting the viewer's normal viewing of the network video, and greatly expand the content of the network video. Give users a better viewing experience.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a video playing method.

A third object of the present invention is to propose a video player.

In order to achieve the above objective, the first aspect of the present invention provides a video playback apparatus, including: a first acquiring module, configured to acquire a play content, where the play content has index information, where the index information Corresponding to the playing content; a second acquiring module, configured to acquire extended content corresponding to the index information; and a display module, the display module having a first display area and a second display area, the first display area And the second display area is configured to display the extended content during the playing of the playing content.

In the video playback device of the embodiment of the present invention, when the user views the network video in the first display area, the extended content related to the network video can be played and displayed in real time in the second display area, thereby It affects the viewers to watch the network video normally and makes the audience more convenient to understand the relevant information, which greatly expands the content of the network video and provides the user with a better viewing experience.

In order to achieve the above object, a second aspect of the present invention provides a video playing method, including: acquiring a play content, where the play content has index information, wherein the index information is related to the play content; Obtaining extended content corresponding to the index information; and displaying the played content in the first display area, The extended content is displayed in the second display area during the playing of the playing content.

In the video playing method of the embodiment of the present invention, when the user views the network video in the first display area, the extended content related to the network video can be played and displayed in real time in the second display area, thereby It affects the viewers to watch the network video normally and makes the audience more convenient to understand the relevant information, which greatly expands the content of the network video and provides the user with a better viewing experience.

In order to achieve the above object, a third aspect of the present invention provides a video player comprising the video playback apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention.

In the video player of the embodiment of the present invention, when the user views the network video in the first display area, the extended content related to the network video can be played and displayed in real time in the second display area, thereby, It affects the viewers to watch the network video normally and makes the audience more convenient to understand the relevant information, which greatly expands the content of the network video and provides the user with a better viewing experience.

The additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows. DRAWINGS

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily understood from

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a video playback apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 (a) is a schematic diagram of an existing playback interface for displaying network video;

2(b) is a schematic diagram showing a play interface for displaying a network video according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of a video playback apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention; and

4 is a flow chart of a video playing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, and the examples of the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals are used to refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting.

Moreover, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defining "first" and "second" may include one or more of the features, either explicitly or implicitly. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more, unless specifically defined otherwise.

Any process or method description in the flowchart or otherwise described herein may be understood to include a Modules, segments or portions of code of executable instructions for implementing specific logical functions or steps of a process, and the scope of preferred embodiments of the invention includes additional implementations, which may not be as shown or discussed The order of the functions, including the functions performed in a substantially simultaneous manner or in the reverse order, according to the functions involved, is to be understood by those skilled in the art to which the embodiments of the present invention pertain.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a video playback apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the video playback device includes: a first acquisition module 100, a second acquisition module 200, and a display module 300, wherein the display module 300 includes a first display area 310 and a second display area 320.

Specifically, the first obtaining module 100 is configured to acquire playing content, where the playing content has index information, wherein the index information is related to the playing content. In an embodiment of the present invention, the index information includes one or more of a name, a keyword, a title, a subtitle, and a program content profile of the currently played video. For example, each scene of a movie is divided, and the name, keyword, and the like of each scene are used as index information, and the broadcast content can be accurately determined to a specific scene or screen through the index information, and the current broadcast content is obtained. At the same time, information closely related to the playback scene or picture can be obtained based on the index information.

Further, the index information may be embedded in the code stream of the video when the video is created, and the first obtaining module 100 may identify the index information from the playing content after acquiring the playing content from the Internet.

The second obtaining module 200 is configured to acquire extended content corresponding to the index information. Specifically, the second obtaining module 200 may obtain the extended content corresponding to the index information from the Internet, where the extended content may be created by the video content producer when the video content is created and stored in the cloud server, and the extended content is extended. Associated with the video content or the video content may be an advertisement screen or the like that the video content producer wishes to play. For example, the content of the video is a football match, the index information is a keyword of the team of the game team, the player information, the stadium, and the like. At this time, the second acquisition module 200 can obtain the player introduction, the stadium introduction, etc. from the Internet. Extend the content, or after the player scores, obtain the specific information of the player and so on.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the extended content may include one or more of multimedia information, language information, and text information, and more specifically, the extended content may include a website related to the current video content, a social network, a chat group, One or more of songs, character introductions, background materials, costumes, scene introductions, and pre-videos of current videos.

The display module 300 has a first display area 310 for displaying play content, and a second display area 320 for displaying extended content during playback of the play content. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2( a ), when the existing network video is played, in the non-full screen mode, the display screen is usually divided into several windows. For example, the upper left window is the main window for displaying the playback content of the video, and the right window is the program list window for displaying the program list of other videos related to the video. The following window is the comment window, which is usually used to display some Comment on the video. In the process of implementing the present invention, it is found that the video is actually During playback, while the main window is displaying the content being played, it is not necessary to keep displaying the program list in the program list window. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2(b), the main window may be used as the first display area 310, and the program list window is used as the second display area 320. During the video playback, in the second The extended content related to the played content is displayed in the display area 320. For example, a soccer game is played in the first display area 310, and when a goal screen appears on the screen played in the main window, the information of the goal player is displayed in the second display area 320. Alternatively, the inserted advertisement screen or the like is displayed in the second display area 320.

It should be understood that the index information may be added to the playback content during the video production process, or may be inserted during the video playback process. That is, in order to make the play content played by the first display area 310 and the extended content played in the second display area 320, the index information may be embedded in the play content of the network video, and the information amount of the index information should be as much as possible. The content of the network video and the index information are transmitted to the first obtaining module 100 through the Internet. After the play content and the index information of the network video are recognized, the display module 300 displays the play content in the first display area 310, and obtains the extended content through the Internet according to the index information, and displays the extended content in the second display area 320. .

In the video playing device of the embodiment of the present invention, when the user views the network video in the first display area, the extended content related to the network video can be played and displayed in real time in the second display area, thereby It affects the viewers to watch the network video normally and makes the audience more convenient to understand the relevant information, which greatly expands the content of the network video and provides the user with a better viewing experience.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a video playback apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the video playback device includes: a first acquisition module 100, a second acquisition module 200, and a display module 300, wherein the display module 300 includes a first display area 310 and a second display area 320, and the first acquisition module 100 A playback unit 110 and a receiving unit 120 are included.

Specifically, the playing unit 110 is configured to play the playing content and the audio index information, wherein the audio index information is played in a manner that has no effect on the user. Specifically, for the index information, in addition to the manner described in the above embodiments, that is, the manner in which the index information is embedded in the code stream of the video, in the embodiment of the present invention, the index information may be converted into Audio index information and embedding the audio index information in the audio code stream of the network video, and playing the audio content of the network video together with the audio of the network video when playing the content of the network video, so that after receiving the audio index information Identify and get the index information.

Further, the audio index information can be broadcasted by the audio playback device and then received and recognized by the audio receiving device. Taking a tablet computer as an example, the tablet computer has the video playing device of the embodiment of the present invention. After the video playing device obtains the network video from the Internet and plays the network video, the audio of the network video is played through the speaker of the tablet computer, in the audio. The embedded audio index information is received by the microphone and identified. In an embodiment of the invention, the audio index information is played on a frequency other than the frequency that can be heard by the human ear; or the frequency of the audio index information is set to be the same as the audio frequency of the currently played content; or the audio index is The playback time of the information is shortened to a length other than the human ear can recognize. Specifically, since the audio index information is played together with the sound of the network video through the audio frequency, the playing of the audio index information should not affect the sound of the viewer's normal hearing of the network video through the ear. In order to achieve the above purpose, the audio index information may be embedded on a frequency other than the sound frequency band that can be heard by the human ear; or may be embedded in the frequency of the sound frequency band that can be heard by the human ear, and the audio index information is spread-spectrum. In the manner, the audio index information is embedded in the sound of the currently played network video, so that the user can not perceive the audio index information; or the duration of the audio index information can be shortened to be short enough, using the human ear. The insensitivity to short-lived sounds makes the user unable to perceive the audio index information.

It should be understood that the audio index information can be pre-processed by other methods in the art, as long as it is not accessible to the human ear, and is not repeated here. In addition, the audio index information can be embedded in the playback content during the editing process before the broadcast content is broadcast, and can also be inserted during the playback of the playback content.

The receiving unit 120 is configured to receive and identify audio index information to obtain index information.

The video playing device of the embodiment of the present invention embeds the index information into the audio of the network video by means of audio index information, and plays the audio index information in a manner that the human ear cannot hear in the process of playing the network video. As a result, user traffic can be saved, network resources can be saved, and the user experience can be further improved.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present invention also proposes a video playing method.

4 is a flow chart of a video playing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the video playing method includes:

S401. Acquire a play content, where the play content has index information, where the index information is related to the play content.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the index information includes one or more of a name, a keyword, a title, a subtitle, and a program content profile of the currently played video. For example, each scene of a movie is divided, and the name, keyword, and the like of each scene are used as index information, and the broadcast content can be accurately determined to a specific scene or screen through the index information, and the current broadcast content is obtained. At the same time, information closely related to the playback scene or picture can be obtained based on the index information.

Further, the index information may be embedded in the code stream of the video when the video is created, and the index information may be identified from the content after the content is obtained from the Internet.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the playback content and the audio index information are played, wherein the audio index information is played in a manner that has no effect on the user, and the audio index information is received and recognized to obtain the index information. Specifically, for the index information, in addition to the manner in which the index information is embedded in the code stream of the video, the index can also be indexed. The information is converted into audio index information and embedded in the audio code stream of the network video, and when the playing content of the network video is played, the audio of the network video is played together, so that the audio index information is received. It is then identified and indexed.

Further, the audio index information can be broadcasted through the audio playback device and received and recognized by the audio receiving device. Taking a tablet computer as an example, the tablet computer has the video playing device of the embodiment of the present invention. After the video playing device obtains the network video from the Internet and plays the network video, the audio of the network video is played through the speaker of the tablet computer, in the audio. The embedded audio index information is received by the microphone and identified.

In an embodiment of the invention, the audio index information is played on a frequency other than the frequency that can be heard by the human ear; or the frequency of the audio index information is set to be the same as the audio frequency of the currently played content; or the audio index is The playback time of the information is shortened to a length other than the human ear can recognize. Specifically, since the audio index information is played back together with the sound of the television program by the audio frequency, the playing of the audio index information should not affect the sound of the viewer actually hearing the television program through the ear. In order to achieve the above purpose, the audio index information may be embedded on a frequency other than the sound frequency band that can be heard by the human ear; or may be embedded in the frequency of the sound frequency band that can be heard by the human ear, and the audio index information is spread-spectrum. In the manner that the audio index information is embedded in the sound of the currently broadcasted television program, so that the user can not perceive the audio index information; or the duration of the audio index information can be shortened to a short enough time, using the human ear The insensitivity to short-lived sounds makes the user unable to perceive the audio index information. As a result, user traffic can be saved, network resources can be saved, and the user experience can be further improved.

S402. Acquire extended content corresponding to the index information.

Specifically, the extended content corresponding to the index information may be obtained from the Internet, where the extended content may be created by the video content producer when the video content is created and stored in the cloud server, and the extended content is associated with the video content. Or the video content may be an advertisement screen that the video content producer wishes to play, and the like. For example, the content of the video is a football match, the index information is the team name of the game team, the player information, the stadium and other keywords. At this time, the player's player introduction, stadium introduction and other extended content can be obtained from the Internet, or After the player scores a goal, he obtains the specific information of the player and so on.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the extended content may include one or more of multimedia information, language information, and text information, and more specifically, the extended content may include a website related to the current video content, a social network, a chat group, Songs, character introductions, background materials, costumes, scene introductions, pre-videos of current videos One or more.

S403. Display the play content in the first display area, and display the extended content in the second display area during the play of the play content.

Specifically, as shown in Figure 2 (a), when the existing network video is played, in the non-full screen mode, the display screen is usually divided into several windows. For example, the upper left window is the main window for displaying the playback content of the video, and the right window is the program list window for displaying the program list of other videos related to the video. The following window is the comment window, which is usually used to display some Comment on the video. In the process of implementing the present invention, it is found that during the actual video playing process, while the main window is displaying the playing content, it is not necessary for the program list window to display the program list all the time. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2(b), the main window may be used as the first display area, and the program list window is used as the second display area, in the process of video playing, in the second display area. Shows the extended content related to the playback content. For example, a soccer game is played in the first display area, and when a goal screen appears on the screen played in the main window, the information of the goal player is displayed in the second display area. Or, the inserted advertisement screen or the like is displayed in the second display area.

It should be understood that the index information may be added to the playback content during the video production process, or may be inserted during the video playback process. In other words, in order to make the play content played in the first display area and the extended content played in the second display area, the index information may be embedded in the play content of the network video, and the information amount of the index information should be as small as possible. The playback content of the network video and the index information are transmitted to the video playback device via the Internet. After the play content and the index information of the network video are recognized, the display module 300 displays the play content in the first display area, and acquires the extended content through the Internet according to the index information, and displays the extended content in the second display area.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present invention also provides a video player comprising the video playback apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention.

It should be understood that portions of the invention may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware or a combination thereof. In the above embodiments, multiple steps or methods may be implemented by software stored in a memory and executed by a suitable instruction execution system or Firmware to achieve. For example, if implemented in hardware, as in another embodiment, it can be implemented with any one or combination of the following techniques well known in the art: having logic gates for implementing logic functions on data signals Discrete logic circuits, application specific integrated circuits with suitable combinational logic gates, programmable gate arrays (PGAs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), etc.

In the present invention, the terms "installation", "connected", "connected", and the like are to be understood broadly, and may be, for example, a fixed connection or a detachable connection, or Integral; may be mechanically connected or electrically connected; may be directly connected, or may be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, may be internal communication of two elements or an interaction relationship of two elements unless explicitly defined otherwise. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood on a case-by-case basis.

In the description of the present specification, the description of the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "example", "specific example", or "some examples" and the like means a specific feature described in connection with the embodiment or example. A structure, material or feature is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In the present specification, the schematic representation of the above terms is not necessarily directed to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in a suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. In addition, various embodiments or examples described in the specification, as well as features of various embodiments or examples, may be combined and combined.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is understood that the above described embodiments are illustrative and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. The embodiments are subject to variations, modifications, substitutions and variations.

Claims

Claim

A video playback device, comprising:

a first obtaining module, configured to acquire a play content, where the play content has index information, where the index information is related to the play content;

a second acquiring module, configured to acquire extended content corresponding to the index information;

a display module, the display module has a first display area for displaying the play content, and a second display area for displaying during the playing of the play content The extended content.

The video playback device according to claim 1, wherein the index information is audio index information, and the first acquiring module specifically includes:

a playing unit, configured to play the play content and the audio index information, where the audio index information is played in a manner that has no effect on the user;

a receiving unit, configured to receive and identify the audio index information, to obtain the index information.

3. The video playback device of claim 2, wherein the playing the audio index information in a manner that has no effect on the user comprises:

Playing the audio index information on a frequency other than the frequency that the human ear can hear; or

Setting the frequency of the audio index information to be the same as the audio frequency of the played content at the current time; or

The playback time of the audio index information is shortened to a length other than the human ear can recognize.

The video playback device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the index information includes one or more of a name, a keyword, a title, a subtitle, and a program content profile of a currently played video. .

The video playback device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the extended content comprises one or more of multimedia information, language information, and text information.

The video playing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the extended content includes a website related to the current video content, a social network, a chat group, a song, a character introduction, a background material, and a clothing. , scene description, one or more of the previous videos of the current video.

A video playing method, comprising:

Obtaining a play content, where the play content has index information, wherein the index information is related to the play content;

Obtaining extended content corresponding to the index information;

Displaying the play content in the first display area, in the second display during the playing of the play content The extended content is displayed in the area.

The video playing method according to claim 7, wherein the index information is audio index information, and the acquiring the playing content specifically includes:

Playing the play content and the audio index information, wherein the audio index information is played in a manner that has no effect on the user;

Receiving and identifying the audio index information to obtain the index information.

The video playing method according to claim 8, wherein the playing the audio index information in a manner that has no effect on the user specifically includes:

The video playing method according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the index information includes one or more of a name, a keyword, a title, a subtitle, and a program content introduction of a currently playing video. .

The video playing method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the extended content includes one or more of multimedia information, language information, and text information.

The video playing method according to any one of claims 7 to 11, wherein the extended content comprises a website, a social network, a chat group, a song, a character introduction, a background material, and a clothing related to the current video content. , scene description, one or more of the previous videos of the current video.

A video player comprising the video playback device of any of claims 1-6.

A storage medium, characterized in that it is used to store an application for performing the video playing method according to any one of claims 7-12.