CONTROLLING PROGRAM GUIDE IN BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE

• US 20110078733A1
• Filed: 06/14/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Suzin
• Granted Patent: US 8,572,657 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42206 characterized by hardware details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/475 End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time

Abstract

A broadcast receiving device and a method for change one or more configurations of windows of a program guide displayed on a display unit of a broadcast receiving device according to a user input, are discussed.

Claims

1. A broadcast receiving device comprising:

a broadcast receiver configured to receive broadcast signals;

a demodulator configured to demodulate the received broadcast signals to generate transport streams;

a demultiplexer configured to demultiplex the demodulated transport streams into at least one of a video stream, an audio stream and a data stream;

a user interface configured to provide a user input to a controller;

a display unit configured to display a program guide including at least one window for displaying information associated with the broadcast signals;

a program guide editing unit configured to edit the program guide displayed on the display unit according to the user input; and

the controller configured to control the program guide editing unit to edit the program guide.

2. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the program guide editing unit comprises:

a window memory configured to store information to be displayed on each of the at least one window of the program guide;

a scaler configured to change a size the at least one window of the program guide according to the user input; and

a processor configured to control the information stored in the window memory to be displayed and the scaler to change the size of the at least one window of the program guide.

3. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the program editing unit varies at least one configuration of the at least one window of the program guide displayed on the display unit according to the user input.

4. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one window of the program guide comprises at least one of a video window, a data window and a schedule list window.

5. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 3, wherein the at least one configuration of the at least one window of the program guide comprises at least one of a size, a position and a property of the at least one window.

6. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 5, wherein the property of the at least one window comprises at least one of the following:

a size of the window, a color of the window, a font of the window, a wallpaper of the window, and a screen state value of the window.

7. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the program guide editing unit receives the user input in the form of a drag-and-drop operation, a touch screen operation, or a menu selection operation.

8. The broadcast receiving device according to claim 1, wherein when the user input indicates that a size of a selected window of the program guide displayed on the display unit is to be changed, the controller controls the program guide editing unit to automatically change a size of one or more other windows of the program guide displayed on the display.

9. An image processor comprising:

a user interface configured to receive a user input;

a program guide editing unit configured to editing a program guide including at least one window, according to the user input; and

a controller configured to control the program guide editing unit and the user interface.

10. The image processor according to claim 9, wherein the program guide editing units varies at least one of a size, a position and a property of the at least one window of the program guide displayed on a screen, according to the user input.

11. The image processor according to claim 10, wherein the user input includes an operation of dragging and dropping edges of the at least one window, or an operation of dragging and dropping the at least one window.

12. The image processor according to claim 9, wherein when the user input indicates that a size of a selected window of the program guide is to be changed, the controller controls the program guide editing unit to automatically change a size of one or more other windows of the program guide.

13. A method for providing a program guide using an image processor including a program guide editing unit, the method comprising:

receiving, by the image processor, a user input; and

editing, by the program guide editing unit, a program guide including at least one window, according to the user input.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the editing of the program guide comprises changing at least one configuration of the at least one window of the program guide displayed on a screen according to the user input.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the program guide includes a plurality of windows, and the editing step comprises:

receiving a selection of one of the windows constituting the program guide;

receiving an edit command for editing the selected window from a user; and

editing a configuration of the selected window according to the edit command.

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein the at least one window comprises at least one of a video window, a data window, and a schedule list window.

17. The method according to claim 14, wherein the at least one configuration of the at least one window of the program guide comprises at least one of a size, a position and a property of the at least one window.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the property of the at least one window comprises at least one of a size, a color, and a font of a text, a wallpaper, and a screen state value of the at least one window.

19. The method according to claim 13, wherein the program guide includes a plurality of windows, and

wherein when the user input indicates that a size of a selected window of the program guide is to be changed, the editing step includes:

changing the size of the selected window of the program guide according to the user input; and

automatically a size of one or more other windows of the program guide in association with the changing step.

20. The method according to claim 13, wherein the program guide includes a plurality of windows, and

wherein when the user input indicates that a size of a selected window of the program guide is to be changed, the editing step includes:

changing the size of the selected window of the program guide according to the user input; and

displaying semi-transparently a portion of the size-changed window that overlaps another window of the program guide.