Moving picture play system, method and medium thereof

• US 20080018739A1
• Filed: 10/26/2006
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Ji Yeun, Kim, Sang Kyun, Jeong, Jin Guk, Hwang, Eui Hyeon
• Application Number:
  US11/586,605
• Publication Number:
  US 20080018739A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A moving picture play system, method and medium which includes determining whether a driver of a vehicle is unable to view moving picture data, summarizing moving picture data when it is determined the driver of the vehicle is unable to view the moving picture data, and playing the summarized moving picture data or recorded moving picture data when it is determined the driver of the vehicle is able to view moving picture data.

Claims

1. A moving picture playing method used in a vehicle, the method comprising:

determining whether a driver of a vehicle is unable to view moving picture data;

summarizing moving picture data when it is determined that the driver of the vehicle is unable to view the moving picture data; and

playing the summarized moving picture data or recorded moving picture data, when it is determined that the driver of the vehicle is able to view moving picture data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the summarizing moving picture data comprises:

generating a screen shut off signal and a summary generation start signal for the moving picture data, when it is determined that the driver of the vehicle is unable to view the moving picture data;

preventing video data of the moving picture data from being outputted on the display screen according to the screen shut off signal; and

generating summary data for the moving picture data according to the summary generation start signal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether a driver of a vehicle is unable to view moving picture data comprises:

detecting a vehicle condition; and

determining whether the driver of the vehicle is unable to view the moving picture based on the detected vehicle condition.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the detecting a vehicle condition comprises:

detecting speed and/or movement of the vehicle, and

the determining whether the driver of the vehicle is unable to view the moving picture comprises;

determining that the driver of the vehicle is unable to view the moving picture data when the detected speed and/or movement of the vehicle is greater than a reference value by comparing the detected speed and/or movement of the vehicle with the reference value.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the summarizing moving picture data comprises:

recording received broadcast data when the moving picture is the received broadcast data, and when the driver of the vehicle is unable to view the received broadcast data; and

summarizing the received broadcast data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the playing the summarized moving picture data or recorded moving picture data comprises:

determining whether a length of the recorded broadcast data is less than a reference value when it is determined the driver of the vehicle is able to view the moving picture data; and

playing the recorded broadcast data when the length of the recorded broadcast data is less than the reference value.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the playing the summarized moving picture data or recorded moving picture data comprises:

playing the summarized moving picture data when the length of the recorded broadcast data is not less than the reference value.

8. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for implementing a method of playing a moving picture in a vehicle performed by a computer, the method comprising:

determining whether a driver of a vehicle is unable to watch moving picture data;

summarizing moving picture data when it is determined that the driver of the vehicle is unable to watch the moving picture data; and

playing the summarized moving picture data or recorded moving picture data when it is determined that the driver of the vehicle is able to watch moving picture data.

9. A system of playing a moving picture, the system comprising:

a vehicle condition detection unit to detect a vehicle condition;

a play unit to play broadcast data or moving picture data;

a determination unit to determine whether a driver of the vehicle is unable to view the played broadcast data or moving picture data based on the detected vehicle condition; and

a summary unit to summarize the received broadcast data or moving picture data when it is determined that the driver of the vehicle is unable to view the moving picture.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a control signal generation unit to generate a screen shut off signal, a moving picture recording start signal, and a summary generation start control signal when it is determined that the driver of the vehicle is unable to view the moving picture data;

a video output unit to prevent a screen output of a video data of the received broadcast data according to the screen shut off signal; and

a storage unit to store recorded broadcast data according to the moving picture recording start signal, and the summarized broadcast data via the summary unit according to the summary generation start control signal.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the vehicle condition detection unit detects speed and/or movement of the vehicle, and

the determination unit determines the driver of the vehicle is unable to view the moving picture when the detected speed and/or movement of the vehicle is greater than a reference value by comparing the detected speed and/or movement of the vehicle with a reference value.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the determination unit determines whether a length of the recorded moving picture data is less than the reference value when it is determined the driver of the vehicle is able to view the moving picture, and

the play unit plays the recorded moving picture data when the length of the recorded moving picture data is less than the reference value.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the play unit plays the summarized broadcast data when the length of the recorded broadcast data is not less than the reference value.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the summary unit summarizes the received broadcast data while the driver is driving the vehicle, and the summarized broadcast data is played when the driver is not driving the vehicle.

15. The system of claim 10, further comprising an audio output unit, wherein when the shut off signal is generated to prevent the screen output of the video data of the received broadcast data, audio data is outputted from the audio output unit without the outputting of video data.