KR20070082701A - How to handle broadcast program highlight section of broadcast receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a broadcast program highlight section processing method of a broadcast receiver, and more particularly to a broadcast program highlight section processing method of a broadcast receiver receiving data broadcast.

According to the present invention, the broadcast receiver checks the time point at which the additional information for data broadcast, which is carried along with the broadcast signal and is transmitted through the data broadcast, is received. Thus, a part of the received broadcast program is recorded in the highlight section for a preset time, with the time when the data broadcast additional information is received as the highlight time for the broadcast program that the user has commanded the highlight recording.

Description

Method of processing the highlights of a broadcasting program for a broadcasting receiver}

1 is a block diagram of a broadcast receiver to which the present invention can be applied;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast program highlight section processing method according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for processing a broadcast program highlight section according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

4A and 4B illustrate a form of processing a highlight section of a broadcast program according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

100: tuner unit 102: demultiplexer

104: memory 106: video / audio processing unit

108: video / audio output unit 110: control unit

112: PVR 114: graphics

116: user interface unit

The present invention relates to a broadcast program highlight section processing method of a broadcast receiver, and more particularly to a broadcast program highlight section processing method of a broadcast receiver receiving data broadcast.

PVR (Personal Video Recorder) function supports broadcasting program recording function, user can broadcast by providing time-shift, instant replay and other trick play functions. It provides enhanced features to make the program more versatile.

Moreover, the broadcast receiver has a PVR, which can store and view a broadcast program at any time, and has various additional service functions as a great attraction for the user. However, the viewing time of the user is limited compared to the vast amount of program content. In an environment with vast amounts of video data stored, users must spend a lot of time watching all their recorded programs. This demands the ability to quickly and easily access or retrieve the desired content within a limited time, and to solve this problem, an effective way to implicitly summarize the video data is to provide an overview of the program in a short time. need.

Among these methods, the function called highlight can provide the user with implicit information about the recorded program by representing the entire video and audio stream using only a part of the entire data. Highlight video is the recording or playback of specific sections of the entire video and audio stream separately. When a user wants to select and view one of several programs stored on the digital video recorder for a limited time, By playing back, it is possible to save time for searching for the contents of the desired program.

In particular, in a program such as sports relay broadcasting, highlight video has the advantage that it can compress the entire game scene into a single summarized video. That is, only a main scene such as a scoring scene can be selectively arranged to provide a single summarized video to the user.

However, technical limitations still exist in the broadcast receiver to provide only the highlight parts without recording the entire broadcast program.

On the other hand, when data broadcasting is serviced in earnest, the broadcast receiver receives additional information of the corresponding program as well as the video and audio streams of the broadcast program.

For example, in the case of a soccer relay program, information such as lineups before starting a game, player replacement information, warnings, exits, and scores during the game are received in real time.

Accordingly, in addition to the video / audio stream and the information carried by default, the broadcast additional information related to the broadcast program is received so that the viewer can provide the broadcast additional information received through the data broadcast program in real time whenever desired.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for processing a broadcast program highlight section of a broadcast receiver capable of providing a highlight video for a broadcast program using data broadcast.

In order to achieve the above object, the broadcast program highlight section processing method of the broadcast receiver according to the first embodiment of the present invention, when the broadcast receiver processes the highlight recording of the broadcast program, adding a data broadcast for the broadcast program Designating a point in time at which information is received as a highlight point; And recording a portion of the broadcast program received during a preset highlight time based on the designated highlight time point as a highlight section.

In a method for processing a broadcast program highlight section of a broadcast receiver according to a second embodiment of the present invention, when the broadcast receiver processes highlight recording of a broadcast program, the broadcast program records the entire broadcast program and data broadcast additional information about the broadcast program. Designating a point in time at which reception is received as a highlight point; And designating a portion of the broadcast program, which is received during a preset highlight time, as a highlight playback section based on the designated highlight time point.

And after the highlight recording process for the broadcast program is completed, when the broadcast receiver receives a highlight play command for the broadcast program from a user, determining a highlight play section designated for the broadcast program; And playing, by the broadcast receiver, the determined highlight playback section.

Meanwhile, the highlight section of the broadcast program according to the present invention is a part of a broadcast program received during a preset highlight time before and after the specified highlight time point.

In the highlight recording process, the preset highlight time is a time set in advance according to the genre of the broadcast program, and may be changed by the user through the interface.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described the present invention in more detail. However, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram of a broadcast receiver to which the present invention can be applied. The broadcast receiver not only receives a broadcast signal but also receives various additional information for data broadcasting through the tuner unit 100.

The demultiplexer 102 separates the video / audio stream from the broadcast signal received by the tuner unit 100 and transmits the video / audio stream to the video / audio processing unit 106. The demultiplexer 102 stores the data and various additional information for data broadcasting in the memory 104. ).

The demultiplexer 102 transmits a signal indicating whether to receive additional information for data broadcasting through the tuner unit 100 to the control unit 110.

The video / audio processor 106 processes the received video / audio stream into a video / audio signal and outputs the video / audio signal through the video / audio output unit 108 so that the video / audio of the broadcast program can be viewed.

The memory 104 stores data carried in a broadcast signal input from the demultiplexer 102 and various additional information for data broadcasting. For highlight recording of a broadcast program, information about a highlight time set in advance according to genres of various broadcast programs is stored.

When the user's highlight recording command is input through the user interface unit 116, the control unit 110 transmits whether the demultiplexer 102 receives additional information for data broadcasting about a broadcast program that the user has requested to record. It is determined through a signal indicating whether or not the additional information for data broadcasting is received. Thus, when it is determined that the additional information for data broadcasting is received, the time point for receiving the additional information is designated as the highlight time point, and the genre of the broadcast program for which the current user requests highlight recording is checked through EPG (Electronic Program Guide) information.

The highlight time information matched to the genre of the program to be recorded is checked among the highlight time information stored in the memory 104.

Thus, the portion of the broadcast program received during the previously identified highlight time on the basis of the designated highlight time is processed to be recorded in the personal video recorder (PVR) 112 as the highlight section.

The graphic unit 114 processes the data stored in the memory 104 to be displayed on the screen under the control of the controller 110.

Here, the highlight time information according to various broadcast program genres previously stored in the memory 104 may be changed by the user through the user interface unit 116 and updated in the memory 104 with the changed information.

The controller 110 may variously designate a highlight section of the broadcast program based on the designated highlight time point using the highlight time stored in the memory 104. Based on the highlight time point, a part of the broadcast program received during the time set in the memory before and after the time point is recorded in the highlight section.

As described above, in the broadcast receiver to which the present invention is applied, the controller 110 performs a highlight recording process for a corresponding broadcast program by using a time point at which additional information for data broadcast is received for a broadcast program for which the user commands highlight recording. .

2 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast program highlight section processing method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, when a user selects a predetermined broadcast program (200) and inputs a highlight recording command for the selected broadcast program, the broadcast receiver records the broadcast program (202, 204).

In operation 206, the broadcast receiver determines whether additional information for data broadcasting on the broadcast program is received together with the video / audio stream of the broadcast program to be recorded.

As a result of the check, when the additional information to be received exists, a portion of the broadcast program recorded as the highlight point is designated as the highlight point, in step 208.

In addition, the portion of the recorded broadcast program other than the designated highlight section is deleted (210), and the corresponding broadcast program currently received is recorded again.

By repeating this process until the broadcast program ends (212), the broadcast receiver provides a moving picture recording only the highlight section for the broadcast program that the user has commanded the highlight recording.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a broadcast program highlight section processing method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, when a user selects a predetermined broadcast program (300) and inputs a highlight recording command for the selected broadcast program, the broadcast receiver records the broadcast program (302, 304).

In operation 306, the broadcast receiver checks whether additional information for data broadcasting on the broadcast program is received together with the video / audio stream of the broadcast program to be recorded.

As a result of the check, if there is additional information to be received, a part of the broadcast program recorded by using the additional information reception time as the highlight time is designated as the highlight playback section and recorded.

The broadcast receiver repeats this process until the broadcast program ends (310), and when the user inputs a highlight playback command to the recorded broadcast program (312), the highlight specified in the broadcast program The reproduction section is determined (314), and the highlight section is reproduced (316).

Meanwhile, in the broadcast program highlight section processing method according to the present invention, the highlight section designation of a broadcast program is a point in time at which additional data broadcast additional information for a currently recorded broadcast program is received. Then, the information on the highlight time is set in advance according to the genres of various broadcast programs.

The broadcast receiver determines the genre of the broadcast program currently being recorded, and uses a highlight section as a highlight section of the received broadcast program during the highlight time matched to the determined program genre based on the highlight time point.

Here, the information on the preset highlight time according to the genre of the broadcast program may be changed by the user through the user interface, and the program highlight recording process may be performed at the desired time.

Also, in the present invention, the broadcast program portion received during the preset time period after the highlight time is recorded as the highlight section or the broadcast program portion received during the preset time period before the highlight time is highlighted. Recording processing is possible.

As a matter of course, the broadcast program portion received during the preset time period before and after the highlight time point can be recorded as the highlight section.

Accordingly, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the highlight time set in the genre of the broadcast program to which the user has made a highlight recording command is 30 seconds, the time point at which the additional information for data broadcasting for the broadcast program is received, that is, the highlight time point is received. As a reference, a recording process is performed by designating a part of the one-minute broadcast program received between the previous 30 seconds and the next 30 seconds as a highlight section.

4A and 4B illustrate a process of processing a highlight section of a broadcast program according to the present invention. FIG. 4A highlights a broadcast program in which a user commands highlight recording as shown in FIG. 2. Only the highlight section designated based on the points a, b, and c is recorded.

4B is a diagram illustrating a program for performing a whole program recording by setting a highlight section designated as a highlight playback section based on highlight points a, b, and c for a broadcast program in which the user commands highlight recording as shown in FIG. The figure is shown.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the broadcast receiver provides a highlight video for a predetermined broadcast program according to a user's command.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4B, the broadcast receiver records a predetermined broadcast program according to a user's command, sets a highlight play section, and plays a highlight play section designated in the broadcast program to provide a highlight image to the user. can do.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to exemplary embodiments above, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains can make various modifications to the above-described embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention. I will understand. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

According to the present invention, the broadcast receiver checks the time point at which the additional information for data broadcast, which is carried along with the broadcast signal and is transmitted through the data broadcast, is received. Thus, a part of the received broadcast program is recorded in the highlight section for a preset time, with the time when the data broadcast additional information is received as the highlight time for the broadcast program that the user has commanded the highlight recording.

The present invention provides a method for more clearly selecting the highlight portion of the parts of the broadcast program, so that when the viewer wants to record the highlight portion of the program, not the entire broadcast program, the broadcast receiver for the program Highlight section processing can be performed more smoothly.

Claims (6)

When the broadcast receiver processes highlight recording of a broadcast program, designating a time point for receiving data broadcast additional information about the broadcast program as a highlight time point; And And recording a portion of the broadcast program received as a highlight section based on the designated highlight time point as a highlight section. When a broadcast receiver processes highlight recording of a broadcast program, designating a time point at which the broadcast program is recorded in its entirety and receiving data broadcast additional information about the broadcast program as a highlight time point; And And designating a portion of the broadcast program received as a highlight playback section based on the designated highlight time point as a highlight playback section. The method of claim 2, After the highlight recording process for the broadcast program is completed, Determining, by the broadcast receiver, a highlight playback section specified in the broadcast program when a user receives a highlight playback command for the broadcast program from a user; And And reproducing, by the broadcast receiver, the determined highlight playback section. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The highlight section of the broadcast program And a part of a broadcast program received during a preset highlight time before and after the specified highlight time point. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The preset highlight time during the highlight recording process is a time set in advance according to the genre of the broadcast program. The method according to claim 1 or 2, In the highlight recording process, the preset highlight time is The broadcast program highlight section processing method of the broadcast receiver, characterized in that the user can change through the interface.

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