Digital TV, image service system using the same and method thereof

• US 20030160898A1
• Filed: 02/25/2003
• Published: 08/28/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Baek, Lee Hyun, Kim, Chang Su
• Application Number:
  US10/372,085
• Publication Number:
  US 20030160898A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/552
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00291 with receiver circuitry television receiver circuitry per se H04N5/44
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2009/8084 using transform coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/001 Sharing resources, e.g. processing power or memory, with a connected apparatus or enhancing the capability of the still picture apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0015 Control of image communication with the connected apparatus, e.g. signalling capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0055 By radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Disclosed are a digital TV, an image service system using the same and a method thereof. The present invention includes a memory storing images received externally, a wireless communication module transmitting the images stored in the memory by wireless to an external device, or the wireless communication module receiving the images transmitted from the external device to transmit to the memory, and a controller controlling image transmission/reception of the wireless communication module.

Claims

1. A digital TV comprising:

a memory storing images received externally;

a wireless communication module transmitting the images stored in the memory by wireless to an external device, or the wireless communication module receiving the images transmitted from the external device to transmit to the memory; and

a controller controlling image transmission/reception of the wireless communication module.

2. The digital TV of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication module is a Bluetooth module.

3. The digital TV of claim 1, wherein the image stored in the memory is the image received from the wireless communication module or an image selected from broadcast signals of the digital TV.

4. The digital TV of claim 1, wherein the external device is selected from the group consisting of a digital camera, a camcorder, a mobile phone, and a PDA (personal digital assistant).

5. The digital TV of claim 1, wherein the external device has a wireless communication module enabling to transmit/receive data to/from the digital TV.

6. An image service system using a digital TV, comprising:

a digital TV having a wireless communication module;

an external device transmit/receive a selected image to/from the digital TV; and

an image service provider receiving the selected image through the external device to provide a corresponding image service.

7. The image service system using the digital TV of claim 6, the digital TV comprising:

a memory storing images received externally;

a wireless communication module transmitting the images stored in the memory by wireless to an external device, or the wireless communication module receiving the images transmitted from the external device to transmit to the memory; and

a controller controlling image transmission/reception of the wireless communication module.

8. The image service system using the digital TV of claim 7, wherein the wireless communication module is a Bluetooth module.

9. The image service system using the digital TV of claim 7, wherein the image stored in the memory is the image received from the wireless communication module or an image selected from broadcast signals of the digital TV.

10. The image service system using the digital TV of claim 6, wherein the external device is selected from the group consisting of a digital camera, a camcorder, a mobile phone, and a PDA (personal digital assistant).

11. The image service system using the digital TV of claim 6, wherein the external device has a wireless communication module enabling to transmit/receive data to/from the digital TV.

12. An image service method using a digital TV, the digital TV having a wireless communication module, the image service method comprising the steps of:

storing images in the digital TV;

displaying the stored images;

selecting a demanded image from the displayed images;

selecting an external device to which the selected image will be transmitted;

transmitting the selected image to the selected external device through a wireless communication module of the digital TV; and

transmitting the transmitted image to an image service provider through the selected external device to be provided with a demanded service.

13. The image service method of claim 12, the step of storing the images in the digital TV, comprising the steps of:

judging whether there exists an input signal for searching the external device from a user or an input signal for image transmission from the external device;

connecting the digital TV and the external device to each other by wireless if there exists the input signal;

transmitting an information of the external device and an image list information stored in the external device to the digital TV through the wireless communication module of the digital TV;

displaying an image list of the received image list information;

judging whether there is an input signal for image transmission from the user;

storing an image of the external device in the digital TV if there is the input signal for the image transmission; and

releasing wireless connection between the digital TV and the external device.

14. The image service method of claim 13, wherein the digital TV is at a standby mode if the input signal for searching the external device or for the image transmission fails to exist.

15. The image service method of claim 13, wherein the step of displaying the received image list is repeated if the input signal for the image transmission fails to exist.

16. The image service method of claim 13, wherein the external device has a wireless communication module and is selected from the group consisting of a digital camera, a camcorder, a mobile phone, and a PDA (personal digital assistant).

17. The image service method of claim 12, wherein the external device that will transmit the selected image is selected from the group consisting of a digital camera, a camcorder, a mobile phone, and a PDA (personal digital assistant).

18. The image service method of claim 12, the step of transmitting the selected image to the selected external device through the wireless communication module of the digital TV, comprising the steps of:

judging whether an input signal for image transmission exists from a user or not;

connecting the digital TV and the external device to each other by wireless if there exists the input signal for the image transmission;

transmitting the image stored in the digital TV to the external device through the wireless communication module of the digital TV;

judging whether the image transmission is completed or not; and

releasing a wireless connection between the digital TV and the external device if the image transmission is completed.

19. The image service method of claim 18, wherein the step of displaying the stored images is repeated if the input signal for the image transmission fails to exist.

20. The image service method of claim 18, wherein the step of transmitting the image to the external device is repeated if the image transmission is not completed.