WO2015196585A1

WO2015196585A1 - Smart television and programme play control method and apparatus for smart television

Info

Publication number: WO2015196585A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/086616
Authority: WO
Inventors: 赵天月
Original assignee: 京东方科技集团股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-06-24
Filing date: 2014-09-16
Publication date: 2015-12-30
Also published as: CN104079977A

Abstract

Disclosed are a smart television and a programme play control method and apparatus for the smart television. The smart television comprises: a singlechip microcomputer for receiving and recognizing a request instruction of a user and sending the request instruction to an on-chip system; the on-chip system for outputting, according to the request instruction, a television programme specified by the user to a display control circuit, further analysing at least one television programme according to a predetermined request instruction and outputting a first analysis result obtained through analysis and a predetermined display way instruction to the display control circuit; the display control circuit for controlling a display to display the television programme specified by the user and displaying the first analysis result in a predetermined display way; and the display for displaying the television programme specified by the user and the first analysis result. The solution proposed in the present invention facilitates user operations and improves the user experience.

Description

Smart TV, program playing control method and device for smart television

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of smart television technologies, and in particular, to a program and a device for controlling broadcast of a smart television, and a smart television having a memory function.

Background technique

With the development of television technology, the functions of TV programs are continuously enriched, and the content of TV programs that users can receive is increasing. Especially after the increase of digital TV programs, the user's viewing content has been enriched, the channel has been increased, and many broadcast TV programs have been added.

However, the current smart TV has a single function and is inconvenient to operate, and can only play one TV program for the user at the same time, and may miss major news events while watching the TV program. Users who want to know the current hot event and the event that the user wants to pay attention to must abandon the currently watched TV program and switch to other TV channels for viewing. Due to the large number of TV program channels, it is impossible to quickly and accurately obtain the events that the user wants to know, which wastes user time and reduces the user experience. In addition, current smart TVs do not have a storage function, and cannot store TV programs and video clips that users like. When users want to watch their favorite programs, they must remember the playing channel, playing time, or each time from many channels. Look, and this is laborious, and it is possible to miss the show time.

Therefore, the prior art requires a new type of smart TV, and a method and apparatus for controlling program play of the smart TV.

Summary of the invention

In order to solve at least some of the above technical problems, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling program play of a smart television, and a smart television using the method and apparatus.

According to an aspect of the invention, a program play control apparatus for a smart television is proposed. The control device includes an instruction receiving and identifying module for receiving and identifying a user's request instruction, and an analysis and display module for displaying the user-specified television program according to the identified user's request instruction. The analysis and display module is capable of analyzing and processing at least one television program content to obtain a first analysis result upon receiving a predetermined request instruction, and displaying the television program information specified by the user in a predetermined display manner while displaying the television program information specified by the user. The first analysis results are described.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the at least one television program is different from the television program specified by the user.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the predetermined display mode comprises a display mode that does not substantially affect the user viewing the television program specified by the user.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the predetermined display mode comprises dynamically displaying the first analysis result within a designated area.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the first analysis result comprises a hot event and an event of interest to the user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the program play control apparatus further includes a storage module, the storage module is configured to store program information designated by the user to be stored, and the analysis and display module is further capable of statistically analyzing the stored program information. And output the second analysis result.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a program play control method for a smart television is provided. The method comprises the steps of: receiving and identifying a user's request instruction; displaying a user-specified television program according to the identified user's request instruction; and analyzing the at least one television program content according to the received predetermined request instruction to obtain the first The result is analyzed, and the first analysis result is displayed in a predetermined display manner while displaying the television program information specified by the user.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the predetermined display mode includes a display manner that does not affect the user viewing the television program specified by the user.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the predetermined display mode comprises dynamically displaying in a designated area The first analysis result is shown.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the program play control method further includes: storing, according to the received favorite instruction, program information specified by the user to be stored; and statistically analyzing the stored program information according to the received analysis instruction, and outputting the first Second, the results of the analysis.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a smart television is also provided. The smart television includes: a single chip microcomputer for receiving and recognizing a user's request instruction, and transmitting the identified request command to the system on chip; and a system on chip, which outputs the user-specified television program to the request instruction received from the single chip microcomputer to a display control circuit, configured to perform analysis processing on the at least one television program according to the predetermined request instruction, and output the first analysis result and the predetermined display mode instruction to the display control circuit after obtaining the first analysis result; the display control circuit And for controlling the display to display the television program specified by the user, and after receiving the first analysis result, displaying the predetermined display on the display while controlling the display to display the television program specified by the user And displaying a first analysis result; and a display for displaying the user-specified television program and the first analysis result.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the system on chip includes: a decoding unit configured to decode a television program signal; and a processing analyzing unit configured to control the decoding unit to output decoding information of the television program specified by the user, and according to the Determining, by the predetermined request instruction, at least one television program, and outputting the first analysis result and a predetermined display mode instruction after obtaining the first analysis result; and a signal output interface for using the The decoding information, the first analysis result, and the predetermined display mode command are output to the display control circuit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the system on chip further includes: a memory for storing program information designated by the user to be stored; and the processing analysis unit is further configured to output the stored program information and according to the user request The stored program information is statistically analyzed, and the second analysis result is output.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second analysis result includes a sort result of the stored program information according to the number of views.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the at least one television program comprises all television programs of all channels, television programs of predefined channels or television programs of a predefined type.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the predetermined display mode comprises dynamically displaying the first analysis result and/or the second analysis result within a designated area on the display.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the predetermined display mode comprises dynamically displaying the first analysis result and/or the second analysis result in a rolling or fluttering manner within the designated area.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the predetermined display mode comprises displaying the first analysis result and/or the second analysis result in a text or screen form in a designated area on the display.

The smart television and smart television playing method and device proposed by the invention add signal analysis and processing functions to the traditional television system, that is, the processing analysis unit is added, which provides the user with the function of analyzing the content of the television program without affecting While viewing the currently broadcasted television program, the user analyzes the content of the television program being broadcast on other television channels, and displays the hot event and the event of interest to the user in the form of dynamic play in the currently displayed television program screen, and the user can watch the program. Also learn about other events, such as news events, weather forecasts, and more. The above solution proposed by the present invention greatly improves the user's TV program viewing experience. In addition, the smart television provided by the present invention also has a storage function, which can store user-specified television programs and video clips, and also analyzes stored program information by using newly added analysis and processing functions to provide users with their favorite collections. Favorite TV show information and most often watched TV shows.

DRAWINGS

1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a smart television according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a system-on-chip SOC in a smart television according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of a single chip microcomputer in a smart television according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flow chart of a smart television control method in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a block diagram showing the structure of a smart television control device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the specific embodiments of the invention,

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a smart television disclosed by the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, smart TV mainly includes:

The single chip microcomputer 101 is configured to receive and recognize a request command issued by a user (for example, by a remote controller), and send the identified request command to a system on chip (SOC) 102;

a system on chip (SOC) 102 for controlling the operation of the entire smart television, and outputting the television program information specified by the user to the display control circuit according to the request command received from the single chip microcomputer, and further in accordance with the predetermined request instruction for at least one The television program information is analyzed and processed, and after the first analysis result is obtained, the first analysis result and the predetermined display mode instruction are output to the display control circuit 103;

a display control circuit 103, configured to control the display to display the television program information specified by the user, and after receiving the first analysis result, display the television program information specified by the user on the display while controlling the display The predetermined display manner displays the first analysis result; and

A display (not shown) for displaying the television program information specified by the user and the first analysis result.

It should be noted that the predetermined request instruction is part of the request instruction. The predetermined request command refers to a request command that has been preset to involve various intelligent functions of the smart TV (for example, A specific button on the smart TV remote control is issued, such as a statistical analysis function, or a dynamic event play command as described below. The request instruction generally refers to various instructions issued to the TV.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the structure of the system-on-chip SOC of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the system-on-chip SOC mainly includes:

The digital decoding unit 201 is configured to receive a television program digital signal, and decode the same, and output the decoding result to the signal output interface 203 or the processing analysis unit 202;

Processing analysis unit 202, which receives a request command from the single chip microcomputer 101, and controls the digital decoding unit 201 to output decoding information of the television program information specified by the user according to the request instruction, and according to the predetermined request instruction, at least Performing analysis processing on a television program information, and outputting the first analysis result and the predetermined display mode instruction through the information output interface 203 after obtaining the first analysis result;

The signal output interface 203 is connected to the display control circuit 103 for outputting the decoding result output by the digital decoding unit 201 and the first analysis result output by the processing analyzing unit 202 to the display control circuit 103.

In addition, the system-on-chip SOC 201 may further include a memory 204 for storing program information designated by the user to be stored, the program information including television programs, video clips, and television program information that the user last viewed.

Wherein, when the request command issued by the user, for example, by the remote controller is an ordinary television program play instruction, such as a channel selection instruction, the process analysis unit 202 controls the digital decoding unit to decode only the television program information of the television channel designated by the current user. .

When the request command issued by the user through the remote controller is a predetermined request command (for example, optionally, the predetermined request command includes a dynamic event play command), the process analysis unit 202 is based on the dynamics received from the microcontroller 101. The event play instruction analyzes the currently broadcasted television program of the at least one television channel, and outputs the analyzed dynamic event related to the predetermined dynamic event type as the analysis result.

Optionally, the television program currently being played by the at least one television channel is different from the power specified by the user. The program is different from the TV program being displayed on the current display. The currently-displayed video program in the at least one television channel may be a currently-played television program of all television channels that can be received or a currently-played television program in a predefined television channel, or may be a predefined type of television program. . For example, pre-defining analysis of television programs in all channels, or analyzing television programs in news channels, weather forecast channels, sports channels, or health channels, or analyzing news programs, weather programs, sports programs, etc. Or health programs, etc.

Optionally, the analysis result includes a hot event and an event of interest to the user, such as a major news event, a sports event, or a weather forecast.

Optionally, the dynamic event type includes a news type, a weather forecast type, a sports type and a health type, a geographically related event, and the like, which may be specified by the user in advance or set by the system by default. Users can specify one or more dynamic event types.

For example, if the dynamic event type specified by the user is a news type, after receiving the dynamic event playing instruction, the processing analyzing unit 202 analyzes the corresponding news channel and/or news program, and analyzes important news events as an analysis. Result output, wherein the important news event may refer to a predetermined number of news events ranked by the current number of news events and/or the length of the play time of all news channels and/or news programs being played. For important news events, the important news events may also refer to news events, such as pre-specified by the user.

Optionally, the predetermined display manner is a display manner that is preset by the user or automatically selected by the processing analysis unit 202 according to the current dynamic event content to be displayed, and includes a television program information that does not affect the user's viewing of the television program information specified by the user. The display mode, such as designating an area on the display, and ensuring that the designated area does not affect the display of the overall screen, and displaying the analysis result in the designated area.

Optionally, the designated area is a dynamic window that is opened by the processing analysis unit 202 in a predetermined area in a display screen of the display.

Optionally, to ensure that the specified area does not affect the display of the overall picture of the current television program, the display range thereof may not be too large, and if the content of the analysis result to be displayed is large, the dynamic range may be The way the display is displayed. The dynamic display mode includes a display manner of scrolling up and down, scrolling left and right, or fluttering. The fluttering method means that the dynamically displayed content floats above the overall picture, and may be semi-transparent, so as not to affect the display of the overall picture as much as possible. The first analysis result may be displayed in the form of a text or a picture.

Optionally, the analyzing process of the at least one television program by the processing analyzing unit 202 includes: the processing analyzing unit 202 obtains a television channel or a television program that needs to be analyzed according to a predefined dynamic playing event, and obtains from the decoding unit. Corresponding TV program information, and analyzing the program content of the television program information being played one by one, screening and statistical analysis of the program content being played, and obtaining the analysis result. For example, when the user-defined dynamic play event is a hot event, the processing analysis unit 202 analyzes the corresponding news channel, news program, etc. after receiving the user's dynamic play event instruction, and obtains the most current play times and the most play time. A long news event and output it as the first analysis result. For another example, when the user-defined dynamic play event is an event (such as a weather forecast) that the user pays attention to, the process analysis unit 202 obtains the current weather forecast information from the weather forecast channel or other channel currently playing the weather forecast program. The weather forecast information is output as the first analysis result.

Optionally, the processing analysis unit 202 is implemented by a field programmable gate array (FPGA).

Optionally, the system-on-chip SOC 102 further has a storage and statistical analysis function, wherein the memory 204 is configured to store a user-specified television program, a video clip under a user's favorite instruction, and the processing analysis unit 202 according to the user's instruction The stored television program and the video segment are output to the display control circuit for display, or the stored television program and the video segment are statistically analyzed according to the corresponding instruction, and the second analysis result is output, and the statistical analysis mainly includes statistically analyzing the user. TV shows, video clips, and types that you like to watch. The second analysis result includes program information sorted according to the number of user views. The second analysis result may be displayed on the display in the same manner as the first display result. Further, the first analysis result and the second analysis result may be displayed alternately or simultaneously.

Optionally, the memory 204 is further configured to store a television program that the user is watching when the user was last turned off. information. Each time the user shuts down, the processing analysis unit 202 stores the program information that the user is watching in the memory. When the user issues a corresponding instruction through the remote controller, the processing analysis unit 202 reads the memory from the memory. The program information viewed at the time of the shutdown is output to the display control circuit and displayed through the display. The user can select to continue watching the program or select other programs for viewing according to the displayed content; wherein the continuing to view the program refers to obtaining the program from an external device (such as a set top box) having a TV playback function according to the stored program information. After the content continues to watch the program, if an external device having a TV playback function is not connected, it jumps to the channel where the program is located, and plays the current program of the channel.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the structure of a single chip microcomputer in the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the single chip microcomputer includes:

a signal receiving unit 301, configured to receive a signal representing a user command, such as an infrared signal sent by a user through a remote controller;

The instruction identification unit 302 identifies a corresponding request instruction based on the received signal and outputs the identified request instruction to the system-on-chip SOC.

4 shows a flow chart for a control control method for controlling program play in a smart television, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the control method includes:

Step 401: Receive and identify a request instruction of the user;

Step 402: Display a television program specified by the user according to the requested instruction of the identified user;

Step 403: Perform analysis processing on at least one television program content according to a predetermined request instruction issued by the user to obtain a first analysis result, and display the first analysis in a predetermined display manner while displaying the television program information specified by the user. result. The at least one television program is different from the television program specified by the user. According to one embodiment, the predetermined display mode includes a display manner that does not affect the user viewing the television program specified by the user.

The displaying the analysis result in a predetermined display manner includes dynamically displaying the first analysis result in a specified area.

The first analysis result further includes a hot event and an event of interest to the user.

Optionally, the method further includes:

Step 403: Store, according to the received favorite instruction, program information that the user specifies to be stored;

Step 404: Perform statistical analysis on the stored program information according to the received statistical analysis instruction, and output a second analysis result.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing the structure of a smart television control device for controlling program play of a smart television according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the smart television control apparatus includes:

The instruction receiving and identifying module 501 receives and identifies a request instruction of the user;

The analysis and display module 502 displays a television program specified by the user according to the identified user's request instruction;

The analysis and display module 502 is further configured to analyze the at least one television program content to obtain a first analysis result when receiving the predetermined request instruction, and to display the television program information specified by the user at a predetermined time. The display mode displays the first analysis result.

Since the specific details of the program play control method and apparatus of the above smart TV have been disclosed in the above description of the smart TV structure (for example, the instruction receiving and identifying module 501 may include or correspond to the single chip 101; The analysis and display module 502 includes the system-on-a-chip SOC 102 and the display control circuit 103, or corresponds to the system-on-a-chip SOC 102 and the display control circuit 103. For details, refer to the description of the content of the smart TV, and details are not described herein.

The smart television and smart television playing method and device proposed by the invention add signal analysis and processing functions to the traditional television system, that is, the field programmable gate array (FPGA) processing and analyzing unit is added, which provides the user with the analysis television. The function of the program content, while not affecting the user watching the currently broadcasted television program, analyzes the content of the television program being broadcasted on other television channels, and displays the hot event and the event of interest to the user in the form of dynamic play on the currently broadcasted television program screen. In the user, the user can watch other events, such as news events, weather forecasts, and the like while watching the program. The above solution proposed by the present invention greatly improves the user's TV program viewing experience. In addition, the smart television provided by the present invention also has a storage function, which can store user-specified television programs and video clips, and also analyzes stored program information by using newly added analysis and processing functions to provide users with their favorite collections. Favorite TV show information and most often watched TV shows. At the same time, the smart TV is still The television program information watched by the user before the previous shutdown is stored, and displayed to the user after being turned on, so that the user can continue to watch. In summary, the solution of the present invention provides a great convenience for the user to understand the events of interest while watching the television program, and assist the user to record the information of the last time watching the television program, so that the operation is more convenient and convenient for the user. The operation of the TV.

The specific embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail in the foregoing detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention. All modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc., made within the spirit and scope of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.

Claims

A program play control device for a smart TV, comprising:

An instruction receiving and identifying module for receiving and identifying a user's request instruction; and

An analysis and display module, displaying a television program specified by the user according to the identified user's request instruction;

The analysis and display module is capable of analyzing the at least one television program content to obtain a first analysis result when receiving the predetermined request instruction, and displaying the television program information specified by the user in a predetermined display manner. The first analysis result is displayed.
The program play control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one television program is different from said user-specified television program.
The program play control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined display mode includes a display mode that does not substantially affect a user's viewing of said user-specified television program.
The program play control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined display mode comprises dynamically displaying said first analysis result in a designated area.
The program play control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first analysis result includes a hot spot event and an event of interest to the user.
The program play control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:

a storage module, configured to store program information specified by the user to be stored,

The analysis and display module is further capable of statistically analyzing the stored program information and outputting a second analysis result.
A program playback control method for a smart TV, comprising the following steps:

Receiving and identifying a user's request instruction;

Displaying a television program specified by the user according to the identified user's request instruction; and

And analyzing the at least one television program content according to the received predetermined request instruction to obtain a first analysis result, and displaying the first analysis result in a predetermined display manner while displaying the television program information specified by the user.
The program play control method according to claim 7, wherein said at least one television program is different from said user-specified television program.
The program play control method according to claim 7, wherein said predetermined display mode includes a display mode that does not affect a user's viewing of said user-specified television program.
The program play control method according to claim 7, wherein said predetermined display mode comprises dynamically displaying said first analysis result in a designated area.
The program play control method according to claim 7, wherein said first analysis result includes a hot spot event and an event of interest to the user.
The program play control method according to any one of claims 7-11, further comprising:

Storing program information designated by the user to be stored according to the received favorite instruction; and

The stored program information is statistically analyzed according to the received analysis instruction, and the second analysis result is output.
A smart TV that includes:

a single chip microcomputer, configured to receive and identify a user's request instruction, and send the identified request command to the system on chip;

a system on chip, which outputs a television program designated by the user to the display control circuit according to the request instruction received from the single chip microcomputer, and further analyzes and processes the at least one television program according to the predetermined request instruction, and after the first analysis result is obtained, The first analysis result and the predetermined display mode instruction are output to the display control circuit;

a display control circuit for controlling a display to display the television program specified by the user, and after receiving the first analysis result, displaying the television program specified by the user on the display while controlling the display The predetermined display mode displays the first analysis result; and

a display for displaying the television program specified by the user and the first analysis result.
The smart television of claim 13 wherein said system on a chip comprises:

a decoding unit, configured to decode a television program signal;

a processing analyzing unit, configured to control the decoding unit to output decoding information of the television program specified by the user, and perform analysis processing on the at least one television program according to the predetermined request instruction, and obtain Outputting the first analysis result and a predetermined display mode instruction after the first analysis result; and

And a signal output interface for outputting the decoded information, the first analysis result, and the predetermined display mode instruction to the display control circuit.
The smart television of claim 14, wherein the system on chip further comprises:

a memory for storing program information designated by the user to be stored; and

The processing analysis unit is further configured to output the stored program information, and statistically analyze the stored program information according to the user request, and output a second analysis result.
The smart television of claim 15, wherein the second analysis result comprises a sort result of the stored program information according to the number of views.
A smart television according to any of claims 13-16, wherein the at least one television program is different from a television program designated by a user.
A smart television according to any of claims 13-16, wherein the at least one television program comprises all television programs of all channels, television programs of predefined channels or television programs of a predefined type.
A smart television according to any of claims 13-16, wherein the predetermined display mode comprises a display mode that does not affect the user viewing the television program specified by the user.
The smart television of claim 19, wherein the predetermined display mode comprises dynamically displaying the first analysis result and/or the second analysis result within a designated area on the display.
A smart television according to claim 20, wherein said predetermined display mode comprises dynamically displaying said first analysis result and/or said second analysis result in a scrolling or fluttering manner within said designated area .
The smart television of claim 19, wherein the predetermined display mode comprises displaying the first analysis result and/or the second analysis result in a text or screen form within a designated area on the display.
The smart television of any of claims 13-16, wherein the first analysis result comprises a hotspot event and an event of interest to the user.