BROADCASTING SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME

• US 20150249861A1
• Filed: 02/19/2015
• Published: 09/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Ki-suk, KANG, Hee-beom, SON, Ho-shin, CHUNG, Woo-sung, CHOI, Yun-ho, KIM, Hyeoung-ki, WOO, Jung-yeon
• Application Number:
  US14/625,713
• Publication Number:
  US 20150249861A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42607 for processing the incoming bitstream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44004 involving video buffer management, e.g. video decoder buffer or video display buffer

Abstract

A broadcasting signal receiving apparatus a method of controlling the same are provided. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus includes: a signal receiver configured to receive a broadcasting signal including a stream of data for displaying an image; a buffer configured to store the stream; an interface configured to interface the buffer and a storage device including a storage space for reproducing the stream; a controller configured to control the interface to receive storage information about the stream from the buffer, to receive the stream from the buffer based on the received storage information, and to store the stream in the storage device.

Claims

1. A broadcasting signal receiving apparatus comprising:

a signal receiver configured to receive a broadcasting signal comprising a stream of data for displaying an image;

a buffer configured to store the stream comprised in the received broadcasting signal;

an interface configured to interface the buffer and a storage device comprising a storage space for reproducing the stream; and

a controller configured to control the interface to receive, from the buffer, storage information about the stored stream, to receive, from the buffer, the stored stream based on the received storage information, and to store the received stream in the storage device.

2. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage information comprises at least one of a size of the stream stored in the buffer and a storing location of the stream stored in the buffer.

3. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller comprises at least portions of a transport stream demultiplexer (TSD) application and a personal video recorder (PVR) application.

4. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the buffer is configured to store the stream of the received broadcasting signal in real time.

5. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the buffer is set to have a variable size.

6. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the interface to receive the stream stored in the buffer in response to predetermined units of the stream being completely stored in the buffer.

7. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interface is configured to interface with the storage device according to at least one of universal serial bus (USB), serial advanced technology attachment (SATA), and peripheral component interconnect-express (PCIe).

8. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to convert the stream stored in the storage device and to store the converted stream.

9. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to extract an index from the stream stored in the storage device, and to store the index-extracted stream.

10. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the buffer is configured to store a plurality of streams of the received broadcasting signal in accordance with a plurality of channels, respectively.

11. A method of controlling a broadcasting signal receiving apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a broadcasting signal comprising a stream of data for displaying an image;

storing, in a buffer, the stream comprised in the received broadcasting signal;

receiving, from the buffer, storage information about the stored stream;

receiving, from the buffer, the stored stream based on the received storage information; and

storing the received stream in a storage device.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the storage information comprises at least one of a size of the stream stored in the buffer and a storing location of the stream stored in the buffer.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the storing the received stream in the storage device comprises storing, by at least portions of a transport stream demultiplexer (TSD) application and a personal video recorder (PVR) application, the received stream in the storage device.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the storing the stream in the buffer comprises storing the stream of the received broadcasting signal in real time.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the buffer is set to have a variable size.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the receiving the stored stream comprises receiving, from the buffer, the stored stream in response to predetermined units of the stream being completely stored in the buffer.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein the storing the received stream in the storage device comprises interfacing with the storage device according to at least one of universal serial bus (USB), serial advanced technology attachment (SATA), and peripheral component interconnect-express (PCIe).

18. The method according to claim 11, further comprising converting the stream stored in the storage device and storing, in the storage device, the converted stream.

19. The method according to claim 11, further comprising extracting an index from the stream stored in the storage device, and storing, in the storage device, the index-extracted stream.

20. The method according to claim 11, further comprising storing a plurality of streams of the received broadcasting signal in accordance with a plurality of channels, respectively.

21. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 11.

22. A broadcasting signal receiving apparatus comprising:

a signal receiver configured to receive a broadcasting signal comprising a stream of data for displaying an image;

a buffer configured to store the stream comprised in the received broadcasting signal; and

a controller configured to control receiving, from the buffer, storage information about the stored stream, receiving, from the buffer, the stored stream based on the received storage information, and storing the received stream in the storage device.

23. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the storage information comprises at least one of a size of the stream stored in the buffer and a storing location of the stream stored in the buffer.

24. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the controller comprises at least portions of a transport stream demultiplexer (TSD) application and a personal video recorder (PVR) application.

25. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the buffer is configured to store the stream of the received broadcasting signal in real time.

26. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the buffer is set to have a variable size.

27. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the controller is configured to control receiving the stream stored in the buffer in response to predetermined units of the stream being completely stored in the buffer.

28. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the controller is configured to convert the stream stored in the storage device and to store the converted stream.

29. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the controller is configured to extract an index from the stream stored in the storage device, and to store the index-extracted stream.

30. The broadcasting signal receiving apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the buffer is configured to store a plurality of streams of the received broadcasting signal in accordance with a plurality of channels, respectively.