IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20100157151A1
• Filed: 07/30/2009
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Young-jin
• Application Number:
  US12/512,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20100157151A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/462
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/006 using audible presentation of the information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4341 Demultiplexing of audio and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4856 for language selection, e.g. for the menu or subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/607 for more than one sound signal, e.g. stereo, multilanguages H04N5/602 takes precedence

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit which receives a broadcasting signal; an image processing unit which processes and outputs an image; an audio processing unit which processes and outputs audio and audio description; and a controller which, if an audio description function is set, controls the audio processing unit to apply an audio processing method for a first audio description scheme on a preferential basis between the audio processing method for the first audio description scheme, which mixes and broadcasts audio and audio description in a broadcasting station, and an audio processing method for a second audio description scheme, which mixes audio and audio description transmitted from a broadcasting station in the image processing apparatus. With this configuration, it is possible to determine audio priority by selecting an Audio Description (AD) Premix function on a preferential basis.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit which receives a broadcasting signal;

an image processing unit which processes and outputs an image;

an audio processing unit which processes and outputs an audio and an audio description; and

a controller which, if an audio description function is set, controls the audio processing unit to apply an audio processing method for a first audio description scheme on a preferential basis between the audio processing method for the first audio description scheme, which mixes and broadcasts the audio and the audio description in a broadcasting station prior to transmission of the audio and the audio description from the broadcasting station to the image processing apparatus, and an audio processing method for a second audio description scheme, which mixes the audio and the audio description transmitted from the broadcasting station in the image processing apparatus,

wherein at least one of the receiving unit, the image processing unit and the audio processing unit is controlled by the controller.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the audio processing unit to apply the audio processing method for the first audio description scheme or the audio processing method for the second audio description scheme according to priority of a set output language.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, if languages of the first audio description scheme and the second audio description scheme do not correspond to the set output language, the controller controls the audio processing unit to apply an audio processing method for a third audio description scheme which mixes and broadcasts the audio and the audio description without setting a language of the audio and the audio description in the broadcasting station.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the controller controls the audio processing unit to output audio inquiring a user whether to apply the audio processing method for the third audio description scheme according to the set output language.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, if the user refuses to apply the audio processing method for the third audio description scheme according to the set output language, the controller controls the audio processing unit to output only audio without the audio description.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the controller controls the audio processing unit to output the audio according to the priority of the set output language.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein, if the language of the audio does not correspond to the set output language, the controller controls the audio processing unit to output the audio according to a first-entered audio language.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, if the audio description function is not set, the controller controls the audio processing unit to output only the audio without the audio description.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the controller controls the audio processing unit to output the audio according to priority of a set output language.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein, if the output language according to the priority of the set output language does not correspond to an audio language of the audio, the controller controls the audio processing unit to apply an audio processing method for a third audio description scheme.

11. A control method of an image processing apparatus, comprising:

receiving a broadcasting signal;

if an audio description function is set, applying an audio processing method for a first audio description scheme on a preferential basis between the audio processing method for the first audio description scheme, which mixes and broadcasts an audio and an audio description in a broadcasting station prior to transmission of the audio and the audio description from the broadcasting station to the image processing apparatus, and an audio processing method for a second audio description scheme, which mixes the audio and the audio description transmitted from the broadcasting station in the image processing apparatus; and

processing and outputting the audio and the audio description according to the audio processing method for the first audio description scheme or the audio processing method for the second audio description scheme,

wherein at least one of the receiving, the applying, and the processing and outputting is performed using a controller.

12. The control method according to claim 11, further comprising applying the audio processing method for the first audio description scheme or the audio processing method for the second audio description scheme according to priority of a set output language.

13. The control method according to claim 12, further comprising, if languages of the first audio description scheme and the second audio description scheme do not correspond to the set output language, applying an audio processing method for a third audio description scheme which mixes and broadcasts the audio and the audio description without setting a language of the audio and the audio description in the broadcasting station.

14. The control method according to claim 13, further comprising outputting audio inquiring a user whether to apply the audio processing method for the third audio description scheme according to the set output language.

15. The control method according to claim 14, further comprising, if the user refuses to apply the audio processing method for the third audio description scheme according to the set output language, outputting only audio without the audio description.

16. The control method according to claim 15, further comprising outputting the audio according to the priority of the set output language.

17. The control method according to claim 16, further comprising, if the language of the audio does not correspond to the set output language, outputting the audio according to a first-entered audio language.

18. The control method according to claim 11, further comprising, if the audio description function is not set, outputting only the audio without the audio description.

19. The control method according to claim 18, further comprising outputting the audio according to priority of a set output language.

20. The control method according to claim 19, further comprising, if the output language according to the priority of the set output language does not correspond to the an audio language of the audio, applying an audio processing method for a third audio description scheme.

21. A method for processing a multimedia signal, the method comprising:

receiving the multimedia signal, which comprises audio data and audio description data;

processing, using a processor, the received multimedia signal and outputting an image;

determining whether or not an audio description function is set; and

processing the audio data and the audio description data by applying one of a first audio description scheme, a second audio description scheme, and a third audio description scheme, on the audio data and the audio description data, based on the setting of the audio description function,

wherein when the audio description function is set, the first audio description scheme is applied on a preferential basis between the first audio description scheme comprising mixing and broadcasting the audio data and the audio description data in a broadcasting station, and the second audio description scheme comprising mixing the audio data and the audio description data already transmitted from the broadcasting station, the first audio description scheme or the second audio description scheme being applied according to a set priority of output language.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein when the audio description function is set and languages of the first audio description scheme and the second audio description scheme do not correspond to the set priority of output language, the third audio description scheme is applied, the third audio description scheme comprising mixing and broadcasting the audio data and the audio description data without setting a language of the audio data and the audio description data in the broadcasting station.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein when the audio description function is not set and if the set priority of output language does not correspond to the language of the audio data, the third audio description scheme is applied.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the audio description data comprises audible detailed description corresponding to the audio data.