Apparatus for processing texts in digital broadcast receiver and method thereof

• US 20060136983A1
• Filed: 12/19/2005
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Bae, Jin Hwan
• Application Number:
  US11/303,918
• Publication Number:
  US 20060136983A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/136
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/28 Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/18 Arrangements characterised by circuits or components specially adapted for receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/68 Systems specially adapted for using specific information, e.g. geographical or meteorological information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/434 Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream demultiplexing of data packets for data networks, e.g. RTP/UDP H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4355 involving reformatting operations of additional data, e.g. HTML pages on a television screen optimising the visualization of content for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/9577; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/066; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4886 for displaying a ticker, e.g. scrolling banner for news, stock exchange, weather data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4888 for displaying teletext characters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 represented by keywords

Abstract

An apparatus for processing texts in a digital broadcast receiver and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a text extracting unit extracting the texts from contents of data inputted to the digital broadcast receiver and a text processing unit processing the extracted texts. Accordingly, a user can efficiently acquire the information, a user can acquire accurate and summarized information from a digital broadcast video, a storage device can be efficiently used, a computer or other mobile terminals can use the contents of a broadcast program, and a load of hardware can be reduced.

Claims

1. An apparatus for processing texts in a digital broadcast receiver, comprising:

a text extracting unit extracting the texts from contents of data inputted to the digital broadcast receiver; and

a text processing unit processing the extracted texts.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, the text processing unit comprising a text converting unit converting each of the extracted texts to a file format to process the converted file.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a user interface unit outputting as a user signal requirements received from a user,

wherein the text converting unit converts each of the extracted texts to the file format determined corresponding to the user signal.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, the text processing unit comprising a keyword searching unit searching the text associated with a keyword only from the extracted texts to process the searched result.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the keyword searching unit converts each of the extracted texts to an ASCII code and searches the ASCII code for the texts associated with the keyword only.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a user interface unit outputting as a user signal requirements received from a user,

wherein the keyword searching unit decides at least one of the keyword and an extent associated with the keyword as the text associated with the keyword corresponding to the user signal and searches the texts using the decided result.

7. The apparatus of claim 4, the text processing unit comprising a text control unit reproducing or outputting externally the extracted texts.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a storage unit storing the extracted texts,

wherein the text control unit stores the extracted texts in the storage unit.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a user interface unit outputting as a user signal requirements received from a user,

wherein the text control unit determines at least one of a storage of the extracted text, an external output of the extracted text and a reproduction of the extracted text, corresponding to the user signal.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a contents extracting unit extracting the corresponding contents by decoding the data inputted to the digital broadcast receiver, the contents extracting unit outputting the extracted contents to the text extracting unit.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the contents extracted by the contents extracting unit comprise at least one of caption contents, subtitle contents, teletext contents, data broadcast contents and ticker data contents.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, the contents extracting unit comprising:

a caption processing unit extracting the caption contents by decoding the data;

a subtitle processing unit extracting the subtitle contents by decoding the data;

a teletext processing unit extracting the teletext contents by decoding the data;

a data broadcast processing unit extracting the data broadcast contents by decoding the data; and

a ticker processing unit extracting the ticker data contents by decoding the data.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a buffer temporarily storing the extracted contents inputted from the contents extracting unit, the buffer outputting a stored result to the text extracting unit.

14. A method of processing texts in a digital broadcast receiver, comprising the operations of:

extracting the texts from contents of data inputted to the digital broadcast receiver; and

processing the extracted texts.

15. The method of claim 14, the text processing operation comprising the operation of converting each of the extracted texts to a file format to process the converted file.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the file format is decided by a user.

17. The method of claim 14, the text processing operation comprising the operation of searching the text associated with a keyword only from the extracted texts to process the searched result.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein at least one of the keyword and an extent associated with the keyword is decided as the text associated with the keyword by a user.

19. The method of claim 14, in the digital broadcast receiver having a reproducing unit, the text processing operation comprising the operations of:

deciding whether to reproduce, store or provide externally the extracted text;

if the extracted text is decided to be reproduced, reproducing the extracted text by providing the extracted text to the reproducing unit;

if the extracted text is decided to be stored, storing the extracted text; and

if the extracted text is decided to be provided externally, providing the extracted text externally.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the deciding operation is decided by a user.

21. The method of claim 14, further comprising the operation of extracting the corresponding contents by decoding the data inputted to the digital broadcast receiver.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising the operation of storing the extracted contents temporarily to proceed to the text extracting operation.