Video program subtitle tex recording method and system

• US 20070245374A1
• Filed: 11/19/2004
• Published: 10/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Yaz-Tzung
• Application Number:
  US10/993,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20070245374A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/40
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 3/14 operating with electron or nuclear magnetic resonance
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

A video program subtitle text recording method and system is proposed, which is s designed for use in conjunction with a video playback platform for providing a video program subtitle text recording function that allows the user to record the subtitle text embedded in a video program displayed on the video playback platform into an electronic text file, so that the user can later retrieve the electronic text file and view the subtitle text through a computer platform. This feature allows the user to automatically record all the subtitle text in a video program into an electronic text file without requiring the user to do shorthand writing, and is therefore advantageous to use.

Claims

1. A video program subtitle text recording method for use on a video playback platform for providing a video program subtitle text recording function;

the video program subtitle text recording method comprising;

fetching a bifurcated part of a video stream that is being inputted to the video playback platform;

extracting a block of subtitle text that is embedded in the fetched video stream;

converting the format of the extracted subtitle text into a standard computer text format; and

building an electronic text file that collects the format-converted subtitle text outputted from the text format conversion module.

2. The video program subtitle text recording method of claim 1, wherein the video playback platform is a digital TV unit.

3. The video program subtitle text recording method of claim 1, wherein the video playback platform is a multimedia player.

4. The video program subtitle text recording method of claim 1, wherein the video playback platform is a desktop computer.

5. The video program subtitle text recording method of claim 1, wherein the video playback platform is a notebook computer.

6. The video program subtitle text recording method of claim 1, wherein the standard computer text format utilized by the text format conversion module is ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange).

7. The video program subtitle text recording method of claim 1, wherein the standard computer text format utilized by the text format conversion module is Unicode.

8. The video program subtitle text recording method of claim 1, further comprising:

inserting the value of the date/time when the subtitle text is recorded into the electronic text file.

9. The video program subtitle text recording method of claim 1, further comprising:

translating the contents of the recorded subtitle text from its original language into another language.

10. A video program subtitle text recording system for use in conjunction with a video playback platform for providing a video program subtitle text recording function;

the video program subtitle text recording system comprising;

a video stream fetching module, which is capable of fetching a bifurcated part of a video stream that is being inputted to the video playback platform;

a subtitle text extracting module, which is capable of extracting a block of subtitle text that is embedded in the fetched video stream;

a text format conversion module, which is capable of converting the format of the extracted subtitle text into a standard computer text format; and

a file building module, which is capable of building an electronic text file that collects the format-converted subtitle text outputted from the text format conversion module.

11. The video program subtitle text recording system of claim 10, wherein the video playback platform is a digital TV unit.

12. The video program subtitle text recording system of claim 10, wherein the video playback platform is a multimedia player.

13. The video program subtitle text recording system of claim 10, wherein the video playback platform is a desktop computer.

14. The video program subtitle text recording system of claim 10, wherein the video playback platform is a notebook computer.

15. The video program subtitle text recording system of claim 10, wherein the standard computer text format utilized by the text format conversion module is ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Exchange).

16. The video program subtitle text recording system of claim 10, wherein the standard computer text format utilized by the text format conversion module is Unicode.

17. The video program subtitle text recording system of claim 10, further comprising:

a date/time insertion module, which is capable of inserting the value of the date/time when the subtitle text is recorded into the electronic text file.

18. The video program subtitle text recording system of claim 10, further comprising:

a translation module, which is capable of translating the contents of the recorded subtitle text from its original language into another language.