CN102905192A - Method and device for searching Internet TV content - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a method and a device for searching network television content, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving selection area information from the electronic device; identifying the selection area information and generating search information; searching information through a network and obtaining search result information; and displaying the search result information by the electronic device. Compared with the prior art, the method can enable the user to more conveniently find the desired information while watching the television program.

Description

Method and device for searching Internet TV content

technical field

The present invention relates to a method and device for searching Internet TV content, in particular to a searching Internet TV that can search for relevant information on the Internet when a user encounters interesting content while watching TV. Methods and apparatus for content.

Background technique

Internet TV connects traditional TV content with the Internet. Internet TV generally refers to a TV built-in digital tuner (Tuner) and a broadband network system. It can use transmission interfaces such as Ethernet or wireless network systems to connect to the Internet for access. TV with content such as data, video and audio.

Users are often particularly interested in certain parts when watching TV (whether it is traditional TV or Internet TV); for example, when watching a news program, if a nuclear accident is being reported, the user is likely to be interested in what happened in the past. For example, when watching a sports program, the user is likely to be very interested in a certain athlete and wants to know more about it; however, the TV does not have the function of actively searching the Internet, and the user has to use the computer afterwards Inquire online, and even give up the inquiry afterwards because it is too troublesome.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a method and device for searching Internet TV content to improve the above-mentioned problems.

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and device for searching Internet TV content, which allows users to find desired information more conveniently while watching TV programs.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for searching Internet TV content, comprising the following steps: receiving circled area information from an electronic device watching Internet TV content; identifying circled area information and generating search information; searching for information through the network And obtain the search result information; and make the electronic device display the search result information.

To achieve the above purpose, the present invention further provides an IPTV content search device, which includes an IPTV content receiving module, a circled area information module, an identification module, a search module and an information display module. The IPTV content receiving module is used for receiving IPTV content from the network. The circled area information receiving module is used for receiving circled area information. The identifying module is used for identifying the circled area information and generating search information. The search module is used for searching the search information through the network and obtaining search result information. The information display module is used for displaying Internet TV content and search result information.

Compared with prior art, positive effect of the present invention is:

With the present invention, there is no need to open another electronic device to re-enter keywords or pictures to search, and the user can circle and search immediately after seeing the interesting content.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the first embodiment of the Internet TV content search device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the steps of the first embodiment of the method for searching Internet TV content according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of watching Internet TV content by an electronic device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of circled area information in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the second embodiment of the Internet TV content searching device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of the steps of the second embodiment of the method for searching Internet TV content according to the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the classification interface of the present invention.

Explanation of main component symbols, among which:

1. Internet TV content search device 11. Internet TV content providing module

12. Analysis module 13. Circle area information receiving module

131. Circle area information 14. Identification module

15. Search module 16. Transmission module

17. Internet TV content receiving module 18. Information display module

2. Electronic device 1a. Internet TV server

2a. Internet TV content search device 21a. Internet TV content receiving module

22a. Analysis module 23a. Circle area information receiving module

24a. Identification module 25a. Search module

251a. Classification interface 2511a. News category

2512a, Movies 2513a, Variety Shows

26a, information display module 60, 60a, network.

Detailed ways

In order to make the above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, preferred embodiments are listed below and described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic diagram of the structure of the first embodiment of the Internet TV content search device of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the Internet TV content search device 1 and the electronic device 2 are electrically connected to each other through a network 60 .

In one embodiment of the present invention, the Internet TV content search device 1 is used as an Internet TV server, which can provide Internet TV content; the electronic device 2 is an Internet TV, and can watch Internet TV content through the network, but the present invention does not take this as a limit. It should be noted that IPTV generally refers to the built-in digital tuner (Tuner) and network system in TV, which can use wired network or wireless network to connect to the Internet to access the data provided by the IPTV content search device 1 , video and other content of the TV.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the network 60 can be the Internet, integrated packet radio service (General Packet Radio Service, GPRS), third generation (Third Generation, 3G) mobile communication, high speed down packet access (High Speed Downlink Packet Access, HSDPA or 3.5G), Wireless Fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, Wi-Fi) or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) network connection, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

As shown in Figure 1, the Internet TV content search device 1 includes an Internet TV content providing module 11, an analysis module 12, a circled area information receiving module 13, an identification module 14, a search module 15, a transmission module 16, and an Internet TV content receiving module 17 And information display module 18.

The IPTV content providing module 11 is used for providing IPTV content and transmitting the IPTV content to the electronic device 2 through the network 60 . Internet TV content can be divided into video information and text information, wherein the text information includes subtitles (subtitle), Electronic Program Guide (EPG) or digital teletext (digital teletext), but the present invention does not limit. The electronic program window is for the user to see more information about the current program and future programs, including program name, channel, broadcast time, etc., and can choose to watch more detailed content of each program. Digital text broadcasting includes program schedule information, simple news information, weather information or aircraft flight information, etc. In addition, Internet TV programs will carry program category information. For example, in the DVB specification, the DVB-T EIT ContentDescriptor divides the program types into movies, news, variety shows, and sports, and the GenreCode Assignments in ATS C are also There is a similar classification, and the program category information can also be used as the text information of the present invention.

The analysis module 12 is used to compare and analyze the Internet TV content (especially referring to the Internet TV program that the user is watching) and extract the text information part, and then convert the text information into a text vertical projection histogram (vertical projection histogram, VPH) to form comparison data, the comparison data can be regarded as a kind of overall data (global data), but the present invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the comparison data may be in a text format or in the form of a vertical projection histogram, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The circled area receiving information module 13 is used for receiving the circled area information transmitted from the electronic device 2 . In the first embodiment of the present invention, on the screen of the electronic device 2 that can watch Internet TV, the user uses a device with a circle selection function such as a remote controller or a mouse to circle the interested blocks on the screen. The selected blocks form circled area information. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the circled area information may be a text block or a picture block, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the text block or the picture block is substantially in the format of an image file, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The identification module 14 is used for identifying the circled area information and generating search information. Further speaking, when the circled area information is a text block, the recognition module 14 restores the circled area information to actual text to form search information; when the circled area information is a picture block, the recognition module 14 will circle the The area information directly forms the search information, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the identification module 14 can further identify the circled area information and generate search information according to the comparison data; in the first embodiment of the present invention, when the circled area information is a text block, the identification Module 14 converts the information of the circled area into the form of a vertical projection histogram, and the identification module 14 compares the information of the circled area with the comparison data to find out the most similarity between the information of the circled area and the comparison data. Text information corresponding to the data. Since the principle of using the vertical projection histogram as a character recognition technology has been widely used in related technical fields, and it is not the focus of the present invention, the detailed recognition method will not be repeated here.

It should be noted that the identification module 14 can not identify the circled area information by means of vertical projection histogram, for example, the identification module 14 can directly identify the circled area information by other character recognition methods; so the analysis module 12 is not an essential component of the present invention.

The search module 15 is used for searching search information through the network 60 and obtaining search result information. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the search module 15 can further search the search information through the network 60 according to the text information and obtain the search result information. The transmitting module 16 is used for transmitting the search result information to the electronic device 2 capable of watching IPTV through the network 60 .

The IPTV content receiving module 17 is used for receiving the IPTV content, and the information display module 18 is used for displaying the IPTV content and search result information.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned modules can be located in the same IPTV content search device 1, or in different IPTV content search devices 1, and connected through the network. Meanwhile, the above-mentioned modules may be composed of hardware, software, circuits or a combination thereof, and the above-mentioned modules may exist independently or in combination, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The following describes how to use the Internet TV content search device 1 of the present invention to implement the method for searching Internet TV content of the present invention. However, it should be noted that as long as the purpose of the present invention can be achieved, the method of the present invention is not limited to be applied to the Internet TV content search device 1 and the electronic device 2 shown in FIG. 1 .

As shown in FIG. 2 , the present invention first proceeds to step S71 : analyzing the content of the Internet TV and converting text information into comparison data.

The analysis module 12 analyzes the Internet TV content and extracts the text information, and then converts the text information into a text vertical projection histogram form to form comparison data. The implementation manner of forming the comparison data is as described above, and will not be repeated here.

As shown in Figure 3, the TV program that the user selects to watch, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the program type that the user watches is a certain news class discussion program, and analysis module 12 is to analyze this discussion program network TV content and The text information is partially extracted, and then the text information is converted into a text vertical projection histogram form to form comparison data.

The present invention proceeds to step S72: receiving the circled area information from the electronic device.

As shown in Figures 3 and 4, in the first embodiment of the present invention, this certain discussion program is to discuss the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in Japan. When the word "Fukushima" appears in the subtitle, the user wants to know more about For information about the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the user can immediately circle the word Fukushima to form the circled area information 131 , and the electronic device 2 then transmits the circled area information 131 to the circled area information receiving module 13 through the network 60 .

The present invention proceeds to step S73: identifying the circled area information and generating search information according to the text information.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the identification module 14 converts the circled area information 131 into a vertical projection histogram form, and the identification module 14 compares the circled area information 131 with the comparison data to find out the circled area information 131 are most similar to those in the comparison data. Since the subtitles of the Internet TV content in this discussion program must have the word "Fukushima" and appear at least once, so in the comparison data, there will also be an area corresponding to the vertical projection histogram of "Fukushima". The module 14 can compare the circled area information 131 with the comparison data, identify and restore the text format of the word "Fukushima" from the circled area information 131, and the word "Fukushima" is the search information. It should be noted that, when the circled area information is a picture block, step S73 can be omitted, and step S74 can be directly entered.

The present invention proceeds to step S74: according to the text information, search the search information through the network and obtain the search result information.

The search module 15 then searches the search information (i.e. the word "Fukushima") through the network 60. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the search module 15 sends the word "Fukushima" to each search website (such as Google , Yahoo or Bing, etc.) to obtain search result information. Because Fukushima is a place name, if only "Fukushima" is used to search, a large number of results irrelevant to the nuclear disaster may appear, so the search module 15 can refer to text information related to the category of discussion programs, such as "news", to "Fukushima" and "News" are search keywords sent to each search site for search, in order to increase the accuracy of search result information. In another embodiment of the present invention, the search module 15 can also search for "Fukushima" on the news page of each search website or each news-related website, so that it can be ensured that the search result information is all news related to "Fukushima" . In the first embodiment of the present invention, if the circled area information is a picture block, then the circled area information is the search information, and the search module 15 can send the search information to such as Google Similar Images, GazoPa similar image search or Tineye Websites such as Reverse Image Search search for search information.

The present invention proceeds to step S75: sending the search result information to the electronic device.

The transmission module 16 transmits the search result information to the electronic device 2 through the network 60 and displays it on the screen of the electronic device 2 .

The content above is an embodiment when the Internet TV content search device of the present invention is used as an Internet TV server, but the Internet TV content search device of the present invention can also be used as a general Internet TV to implement the method for searching Internet TV content of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 5 below, which is a schematic diagram of the structure of the second embodiment of the Internet TV content searching device of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the IPTV server 1a and the IPTV content searching device 2a are electrically connected to each other through a network 60a, and the IPTV server 1a is used to provide IPTV content to the IPTV content searching device 2a. In this embodiment, the Internet TV content searching device 2a is an Internet TV, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The description about the Internet TV is as mentioned above, and will not be repeated here.

As shown in FIG. 5, the IPTV content search device 2a includes an IPTV content receiving module 21a, an analysis module 22a, a circled area information receiving module 23a, an identification module 24a, a search module 25a and an information display module 26a. The IPTV content receiving module 21a is used for receiving IPTV content from the IPTV server 1a. The description about the content of the Internet TV is as mentioned above, so it will not be repeated here.

The analysis module 22a is used to analyze the content of the Internet TV and convert the text information into comparison data. For the description of the analysis module 22a, please refer to the analysis module 12 in the first embodiment, so it will not be repeated here.

The circled area information receiving module 23a is used for receiving the circled area information selected by the user. In the first embodiment of the present invention, on the screen of the Internet TV content search device 2a, the user uses a device with a circle selection function such as a remote controller or a mouse to circle the interested blocks on the screen to form a circle The area information is received by the circled area information receiving module 23a.

The identification module 24a is used to identify the circled area information and generate search information. For the description of the identification module 24a, please refer to the identification module 14 in the first embodiment, so it will not be repeated here.

The search module 25a is used to search for search information through the network 60a and obtain search result information. For the description of the search module 25a, please refer to the search module 15 in the first embodiment, so details will not be repeated here.

The information display module 26a is used for displaying IPTV content and search result information. And in the first embodiment of the present invention, the information display module 26a can display the search result information through the classification interface, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned modules may be composed of hardware, software, circuits or a combination thereof, and the above-mentioned modules may exist independently or in combination, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Please refer to FIG. 6 below to illustrate how to use the Internet TV content search device 2a of the present invention to implement the method for searching Internet TV content of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 6, the present invention firstly performs step S81: analyze the content of the Internet TV and convert text information into comparison data.

The analysis module 22a analyzes the content of the Internet TV, extracts part of the text information, and then converts all the text information into the form of a text vertical projection histogram to form comparison data. The implementation manner of forming the comparison data is as described above, and will not be repeated here.

The present invention proceeds to step S82: generating and receiving circled area information.

Please refer to Figure 3 and Figure 4. In the first embodiment of the present invention, when the user sees a text or picture of interest on the screen, he can use a device with a circle selection function such as a remote control or a mouse to draw the text (such as "Fukushima") Or circle the picture to form the circled area information 131, which is received by the circled area information receiving module 23a. It should be noted that when the user makes a circle on the screen, the screen is still at this time, so as to avoid the movement of the screen and cause troubles to the user when making the circle.

The present invention proceeds to step S83: according to the text information, identify the circled area information and generate search information.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the identification module 24a converts the circled area information 131 into the form of a vertical projection histogram, and the identification module 24a compares the circled area information 131 with the comparison data to find out the circled area information 131 The area information 131 is most similar to the comparison data, and the word "Fukushima" is generated as the search information. For detailed execution steps, reference may be made to step S73 of the first embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

The present invention proceeds to step S84: according to the text information, search the search information through the network and obtain the search result information.

The search module 25a then searches the search information (namely the word "Fukushima") through the network 60 to obtain search result information. For the description of searching information by the searching module 25a, reference may be made to step S74 in the first embodiment, so details will not be repeated here.

The present invention proceeds to step S85: displaying the search result information with a classification interface according to the text information.

As shown in FIG. 7, the information display module 26a displays the search result information through the classification interface 251a according to the text information. In the first embodiment of the present invention, even if the search module 25a conducts a detailed search on various search websites with "Fukushima" and "news" at the same time, various search results will still be found. The information display module 26a can, according to the text information, The search result information is displayed on the screen by classification interface 251a. For example, if the user is watching a news discussion program, the search result information will be news 2511a, movie 2512a, variety show 2513a, etc. from top to bottom. Arranged separately, but the present invention is not limited to these categories. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the user can further click on the information content of the search result to obtain further information (such as opening a new web page to browse the content of the link). In the first embodiment of the present invention, the user can also click on the Variety Show category 2513a first, and the Variety Show category 2513a can be moved upwards so that the Variety Show category 2513a is prioritized at the front, but the present invention is not limited to these categories.

To sum up, the present invention is different from the prior art in terms of its purpose, means and efficacy. I sincerely hope that your examination committee will be aware of it and grant a patent as soon as possible to benefit the society. However, it should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are only examples for the convenience of description, and the scope of rights claimed by the present invention should be determined by the scope of the patent application, rather than limited to the above-mentioned embodiments.

Claims (10)

1. the method for a search for networks television content comprises the following steps:

Accept a circle favored area information from the electronic installation of watching a network TV content;

This circle favored area information of identification also produces a search information;

Seeing through a Web search should search information and obtain a search result information; And

Make this electronic installation show this search result information.

2. the method for search for networks television content as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this circle favored area information comprises a literal block or a picture block of this network TV content.

3. the method for search for networks television content as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this network TV content comprises a Word message, and the method for this search for networks television content comprises the following steps:

This literal information is changed into comparison data; And

According to this circle favored area information of this comparison data identification and produce this search information.

4. the method for search for networks television content as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this electronic installation is to show this search result information with a classification page.

5. network TV content search device comprises:

One network TV content receiver module is in order to receive a network TV content from a network;

One circle favored area information receiving module is in order to receive a circle favored area information;

One recognition module is in order to this circle favored area information of identification and produce a search information;

One search module should search information and obtain a search result information in order to see through this Web search; And

One information display module is in order to show this network TV content and this search result information.

6. network TV content search device as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that this circle favored area information comprises a literal block or a picture block of this network TV content.

7. network TV content search device as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that this network TV content comprises a Word message, and this network TV content search device more comprises an analysis module, in order to analyze this network TV content and this literal information is changed into comparison data; This recognition module in order to according to these comparison data with this circle favored area information of identification and produce this search information; And this search module sees through this Web search should search information and obtain this search result information.

8. network TV content search device as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that this information display module shows this search result information with a sort interface.

9. such as network TV content search device as described in each in the claim 5 to 8, it is characterized in that this recognition module and this circle favored area information receiving module are connected for being electrically connected or seeing through this network remote.

10. such as network TV content search device as described in each in the claim 5 to 8, it is characterized in that this recognition module and this search module are connected for being electrically connected or seeing through this network remote.

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