IMAGE SIGNAL RECEIVER AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROGRESS BARS

• US 20090284658A1
• Filed: 09/27/2007
• Published: 11/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Eun Hyung
• Application Number:
  US12/442,556
• Publication Number:
  US 20090284658A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/569
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42638 involving a hybrid front-end, e.g. analog and digital tuners
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• 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 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7921 for more than one processing mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a broadcasting receiver for displaying a plurality of recorded broadcasting programs so as to be differentiated from one another and searching for, selecting and reproducing a specific program, and a method of displaying recorded data. A plurality of image contents processed by image processing is recorded, the image contents are recorded or the recorded image contents are read, and on-screen display (OSD) information of the recorded image contents is generated. A first progress bar (s120) for displaying the plurality of recorded image contents in the unit of blocks so as to be differentiated from one another and a second progress bar (s150) for displaying detailed information of any one of the image contents displayed in the first progress bar (s120) are generated, the read image contents are displayed on a screen, and the generated first and second progress bars (s120, s150)are displayed.

Claims

1. A broadcasting receiver, comprising:

a reception unit which receives a broadcasting signal or an external input signal;

an image processing unit which processes the broadcasting signal or the external input signal to displayable image contents;

a storage unit which records a plurality of image contents processed by the image processing unit;

a control unit which controls the image contents to be recorded in the storage unit or the recorded image contents to be read;

an on-screen display (OSD) generation unit which generates OSD information of the image contents recorded in the storage unit, and generates a first progress bar for displaying the plurality of image contents recorded in the storage unit in the unit of blocks so as to be differentiated from one another and a second progress bar for displaying detailed information of any one of the image contents displayed in the first progress bar; and

a display unit which displays the image contents read from the storage unit on a screen and displays the first and second progress bars generated by the OSD generation unit.

2. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 1, wherein the image contents are broadcasting programs.

3. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 1, wherein the broadcasting signal is an analog or digital television signal.

4. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit further includes a decoder which decodes the received signal.

5. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 1, wherein the first progress bar displays at least one block according to types of programs.

6. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 1, wherein the first progress bar displays at least one block according to genres of programs.

7. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 1, wherein the first progress bar displays at least one block according to channels of programs.

8. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 1, wherein blocks of the first progress bar are selectable in the unit of programs.

9. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 1, the second progress bar is displayed on the same screen as the first progress bar.

10. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 1, wherein the second progress bar is sequentially popped up and displayed whenever one program is selected in the first progress bar.

11. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 1, wherein the first progress bar or the second progress bar displays at least one of indicators indicative of time information, channel information, a title, a thumbnail and a recording position of the image contents.

12. The broadcasting receiver according to claim 11, wherein the indicator indicative of the recording position is moved on the first progress bar or the second progress bar in the unit of blocks.

13. A method of displaying data recorded in a broadcasting receiver, the method comprising:

receiving a broadcasting signal or an external input signal;

processing the broadcasting signal or the external input signal to displayable image contents;

recording a plurality of image contents processed by the processing step;

controlling the image contents to be recorded or the recorded image contents to be read in the recording step;

generating OSD information of the image contents recorded in the recording step, and generating a first progress bar for displaying the plurality of recorded image contents in the unit of blocks so as to be differentiated from one another and a second progress bar for displaying detailed information of any one of the image contents displayed in the first progress bar; and

displaying the image contents read in the recording step on a screen and displaying the first and second progress bars generated by the generating step.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the image contents are broadcasting programs.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the broadcasting signal is an analog or digital television signal.

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein the processing step further includes decoding the received signal.

17. The method according to claim 13, wherein the first progress bar displays at least one block according to types of programs.

18. The method according to claim 13, wherein the first progress bar displays at least one block according to genres of programs.

19. The method according to claim 13, wherein the first progress bar displays at least one block according to channels of programs.

20. The method according to claim 13, wherein blocks of the first progress bar are moved and selected in the unit of programs.

21. The method according to claim 13, the second progress bar is displayed on the same screen as the first progress bar.

22. The method according to claim 13, wherein the second progress bar is sequentially popped up and displayed whenever one program is selected in the first progress bar.

23. The method according to claim 13, wherein the first progress bar or the second progress bar displays at least one of indicators indicative of time information, channel information, a title, a thumbnail and a recording position of the image contents.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the indicator indicative of the recording position is movable on the first progress bar or the second progress bar in the unit of blocks.