DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, SERVER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, SYSTEM FOR DETECTING INFORMATION ON LOCATION OF CHANNEL INFORMATION, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20150289002A1
• Filed: 12/16/2014
• Published: 10/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOI, Chang-ki, KOH, Kwang-hyun
• Application Number:
  US14/571,625
• Publication Number:
  US 20150289002A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2407 Monitoring of transmitted content, e.g. distribution time, number of downloads arrangements for monitoring programmes for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/437 Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. for transmitting client requests to a VOD server flow control in data networks H04L47/10; streaming protocols, e.g. RTP or RTCP, H04L65/65; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests in data packet switching networks H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

Provided are a display apparatus, a method of controlling the same, a server, a method of controlling the same, a system for detecting information on a display location of channel information, and a method of controlling the same. The method of controlling a display apparatus includes: transmitting, to a server, a request for information on a display location of channel information; receiving, from the server, the information on the display location of the channel information in response to the transmitted request; and extracting the channel information from a screen displayed by the display apparatus based on the received information on the display location of the channel information.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a server, a request for information on a display location of channel information;

receiving, from the server, the information on the display location of the channel information in response to the transmitted request; and

extracting, based on the received information on the display location of the channel information, the channel information from a screen displayed by the display apparatus.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the transmitted request comprises information on a type of a broadcast receiving apparatus connected to the display apparatus; and

the received information on the display location comprises coordinate value information indicating the display location of the channel information and corresponding to the type of the broadcast receiving apparatus.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the transmitting comprises transmitting the request in response to a channel information displaying event occurring; and

wherein the channel information displaying event is at least one of a channel changing event, a power-on event of the display apparatus, an external apparatus connecting event, and a user request receiving event for displaying the channel information.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the channel information not being extracted according to the transmitted request, capturing an image of the screen displayed by the display apparatus; and

transmitting the captured image of the screen to the server.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the channel information comprises at least one of channel number information on a channel displayed by the display apparatus, information on a broadcast company that transmits a content regarding the channel, and a name of the content.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

storing the received information on the display location of the channel information.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting, to the server, the request in response to determining that the information on the display location of the channel information is not previously stored in the display apparatus.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extracting the channel information comprises, based on the received information on the display location of the channel information, capturing an image of the screen displayed by the display apparatus and extracting the channel information from the captured image.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extracting the channel information comprises performing an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) operation on only an area of the screen defined by the received information on the display location, from among an entire area of the screen.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the received information on the display location comprises a plurality of location information for a plurality of display locations on the screen.

46. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 1.

11. A display apparatus comprising:

a display configured to display a content;

a communicator configured to communicate with a server; and

a controller configured to control the communicator to transmit, to the server, a request for information on a display location of channel information, to control the communicator to receive, from the server, the information on the display location of the channel information in response to the transmitted request, and to extract, based on the received information on the display location of the channel information, the channel information from a screen displayed by the display.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein:

the transmitted request comprises information on a type of a broadcast receiving apparatus connected to the display apparatus; and

the received information on the display location comprises coordinate value information indicating the display location of the channel information and corresponding to the type of the broadcast receiving apparatus.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

a user input interface,

wherein in response to a channel information displaying event occurring via the user input interface, the controller controls the communicator to transmit the request, and

wherein the channel information displaying event is at least one of a channel changing event, a power-on event of the display apparatus, an external apparatus connecting event, and a user request receiving event for displaying the channel information.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein in response to the channel information not being extracted according to the transmitted request, the controller controls to capture an image of the screen displayed by the display and controls the communicator to transmit the captured image of the screen to the server.

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the channel information comprises at least one of channel number information on a channel displayed by the display, information on a broadcast company that transmits a content regarding the channel, and a name of the content.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

a storage configured to store the received information on the display location of the channel information.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller controls the communicator to transmit, to the server, the request in response to determining that the information on the display location of the channel information is not previously stored in the display apparatus.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein, based on the received information on the display location of the channel information, the controller controls to capture an image of the screen displayed by the display and extracts the channel information from the captured image.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller controls to perform an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) operation on only an area of the screen defined by the received information on the display location, from among an entire area of the screen.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the received information on the display location comprises a plurality of location information for a plurality of display locations on the screen.

21. A method of controlling a server, the method comprising:

receiving a request for information on a display location of channel information displayed by a display apparatus;

analyzing the received request; and

transmitting the information on the display location of the channel information according to a result of the analyzing.

22. The method as claimed in claim 21, further comprising:

receiving a captured image of a display screen of the display apparatus; and

analyzing the received, captured image of the display screen, determining the display location of the channel information based on a result of the analyzing the received, captured image of the display screen, and updating the information on the display location of the channel information.

23. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein:

the received request comprises information on a type of a broadcast receiving apparatus connected to the display apparatus; and

the transmitted information on the display location comprises coordinate value information indicating the display location of the channel information and corresponding to the type of the broadcast receiving apparatus determined by the analyzing.

24. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the analyzing comprises:

determining a type of the broadcast receiving apparatus from the received request; and

determining the information on the display location corresponding to the determined type of the broadcast receiving apparatus, from among a plurality of information on a plurality of display locations corresponding respectively to a plurality of different types of broadcast receiving apparatuses.

25. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein:

the receiving comprises receiving, from the display apparatus, the request for the information on the display location of the channel information; and

the transmitting comprises transmitting, to the display apparatus, the information on the display location of the channel information according to the result of the analyzing.

26. The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the transmitted information on the display location comprises a plurality of location information for a plurality of display locations on a screen of the display apparatus.

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

27. A server comprising:

a communicator; and

a controller configured to control the communicator to receive a request for information on a display location of channel information, to analyze the received request, and to control the communicator to transmit the information on the display location of the channel information according to the result of the analyzing.

28. The server as claimed in claim 27, wherein the controller controls the communicator to receive a captured image of the display screen of the display apparatus, determines the display location of the channel information by analyzing the received, captured image of the display screen, and updates stored information on the display location of the channel information according to a result of the analyzing the received, captured image of the display screen.

29. The server as claimed in claim 27, further comprising a storage,

wherein the controller controls the storage to store a result of the analyzing of the received request.

30. The server as claimed in claim 27, wherein:

the received request comprises information on a type of a broadcast receiving apparatus connected to the display apparatus; and

the transmitted information on the display location comprises coordinate value information indicating the display location of the channel information and corresponding to the type of the broadcast receiving apparatus determined by the analyzing.

31. The server as claimed in claim 27, further comprising:

a storage configured to store a plurality of information on a plurality of display locations corresponding respectively to a plurality of different types of broadcast receiving apparatuses,

wherein the controller determines a type of the broadcast receiving apparatus from the received request, and determines the information on the display location corresponding to the determined type of the broadcast receiving apparatus, from among the stored plurality of information on the plurality of display locations.

32. The server as claimed in claim 27, wherein the communicator receives, from the display apparatus, the request for the information on the display location of the channel information, and transmits, to the display apparatus, the information on the display location of the channel information according to the result of the analyzing.

33. The server as claimed in claim 27, wherein the transmitted information on the display location comprises a plurality of location information for a plurality of display locations on a screen of the display apparatus.

34. A method of controlling a system for detecting information on a display location of channel information, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a server by a display apparatus, a request for information on a display location of channel information;

analyzing, by the server, the request and transmitting, to the display apparatus, the information on the display location of the channel information according to a result of the analyzing; and

extracting, by the display apparatus, the channel information from a screen displayed by the display apparatus based on the information on the display location of the channel information.

48. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 34.

35. A system for detecting information on a display location of channel information, the system comprising:

a display apparatus configured to transmit, to a server, a request for information on a display location of channel information; and

a server configured to analyze the request and to transmit, to the display apparatus, the information on the display location of the channel information according to a result of the analyzing,

wherein the display apparatus extracts the channel information from a display screen based on the information on the display location received from the server.

36. A method of controlling a display apparatus, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the display apparatus, information on a display location of channel information displayed by the display apparatus; and

extracting, based on the obtained information on the display location of the channel information, the channel information from a screen displayed by the display apparatus.

37. The method as claimed in claim 36, wherein the obtaining comprises:

transmitting, to a server, a request the for information on the display location of the channel information; and

receiving, from the server, the information on the display location of the channel information in response to the transmitted request.

38. The method as claimed in claim 37, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting, to the server, the request in response to determining that the information on the display location of the channel information is not previously stored in the display apparatus.

39. The method as claimed in claim 37, wherein:

the transmitted request comprises information on a type of a broadcast receiving apparatus connected to the display apparatus; and

the received information on the display location comprises coordinate value information indicating the display location of the channel information and corresponding to the type of the broadcast receiving apparatus.

40. The method as claimed in claim 36, wherein the obtaining comprises obtaining the information the display location of the channel information from a storage of the display apparatus.

41. The method as claimed in claim 36, wherein:

the obtaining comprises obtaining the display location in response to a channel information displaying event occurring; and

wherein the channel information displaying event is at least one of a channel changing event, a power-on event of the display apparatus, an external apparatus connecting event, and a user request receiving event for displaying the channel information.

42. The method as claimed in claim 36, further comprising:

in response to the channel information not being extracted according to the extracting, capturing an image of the screen displayed by the display apparatus; and

transmitting the captured image of the screen to a server.

43. The method as claimed in claim 36, wherein the extracting the channel information comprises, based on the obtained information on the display location of the channel information, capturing an image of the screen displayed by the display apparatus and extracting the channel information from the captured image.

44. The method as claimed in claim 36, wherein the extracting the channel information comprises performing an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) operation on only an area of the screen defined by the obtained information on the display location, from among an entire area of the screen.

45. The method as claimed in claim 36, wherein the obtained information on the display location comprises a plurality of location information for a plurality of display locations on the screen.

49. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of claim 36.