Image signal processing apparatus and control method for selecting a rating system thereof

• US 8,205,224 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2007
• Issued: 06/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Kwang-won
• Primary Examiner(s): Pendleton, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lewis, Jonathan V
• Application Number:
  US11/704,945
• Publication Number:
  US 20070220541A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,954 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 725/28
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4348 Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
• 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 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; 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 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/16 Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems

Abstract

An image signal processing apparatus includes: a signal receiving part receiving an image signal including rating system information of an image; a control part causing a UI (user interface) to be displayed to select whether to use the rating system based on the rating system information; an OSD (on screen display) processing part generating the UI under control of the control part; and a first information storing part storing the rating system information under control of the control part if the rating system information is selected to be used.

Claims

1. An image signal processing apparatus comprising:

a signal receiving part receiving an image signal including rating system information of an image;

a control part comparing the received rating system information with current rating system information and causing a UI (user interface) to be displayed to notify that a new rating system information is received and to select whether to use the received rating system if the received rating system information is different from the current rating system information;

an OSD (on screen display) processing part generating the UI under control of the control part; and

a first information storing part storing the received rating system information under control of the control part if the received rating system information is selected to be used in place of the current rating system information.

2. The image signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display part displaying the UI under control of the control part.

3. The image signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image signal further includes image information, and rating information of the image corresponding to the rating system information, and

the control part restricts the display part from displaying an image based on the image information according to a rating selected by a user, the stored rating system information, and the received rating information.

4. The image signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second information storing part storing the rating system information received by the signal receiving part,

wherein the control part controls the OSD processing part to display the UI based on the rating system information stored in the second information storing part, and deletes the rating system information from the second information storing part if a user selects not to use the rating system information.

5. The image signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rating system information and the rating information are respectively included in an RRT (rating region table) and a content advisory descriptor based on a PSIP (program and system information protocol) of an ATSC (advanced television systems committee) standard.

6. A control method of an image signal processing apparatus comprising a first information storing part, comprising:

receiving an image signal including rating system information of an image;

comparing the received rating system information with current rating system information;

displaying a UI to allow a user to be notified that a new rating system information is received and to select whether to use the received rating system if the received rating system information is different from the current rating system information;

receiving a selection from the user to indicate whether to use the received rating system which is based on the received rating system information; and

storing the received rating system information in the first information storing part if the received rating system information is selected to be used in place of the current rating system information.

7. The control method according to claim 6, wherein the image signal further includes image information, and rating information of the image corresponding to the rating system information, the control method further comprises:

receiving a rating selection from the user; and

restricting displaying the image based on the image information according to the rating selected by the user, the stored rating system information, and the received rating information.

8. The control method according to claim 6, wherein the image signal processing apparatus further comprises a second information storing part,

the control method further comprises:

storing the received rating system information in the second information storing part; and

deleting the rating system information from the second information storing part if the user selects not to use the rating system information,

wherein the displaying the UI further comprises displaying the UI based on the rating system information stored in the second information storing part.

9. The control method according to claim 6, wherein the rating system information and the rating information are respectively included in an RRT and a content advisory descriptor based on a PSIP of an ATSC standard.

10. A control method of an audio and/or an image signal processing apparatus comprising a first information storing part, comprising:

receiving the audio and/or image signal including rating system information;

determining whether the received rating system information is new;

displaying a UI to allow a user to be notified that a new rating system information is received and to select whether to use the received rating system based on the received rating system information if it is determined that the received rating system information is new;

receiving a selection from the user to indicate whether to use the rating system based on the received rating system information; and

storing the received rating system information in the first information storing part if the received rating system information is selected to be used in place of the current rating system information.

11. The control method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of:

receiving a rating selection from the user; and

restricting at least a portion of the audio and/or image signal depending upon the rating selection, rating system and a rating information of the received audio and/or image signal.

12. The control method according to claim 11, wherein the received audio and/or image signal includes information indicating the portions of the audio and/or image signal that corresponds to the rating information.

13. The control method according to claim 12, further comprising:

restricting a portion of the received audio and/or image signal from being presented to the user in response to the information indicating the portions of the audio and/or image signal that corresponds to the rating information.

14. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the received signal is an audio signal.

15. The control method according to claim 14, wherein the audio signal is a radio broadcast.

16. The control method according to claim 13, wherein the received signal is a digital broadcast television signal.

17. The control method according to claim 16, wherein the digital broadcast is an IPTV broadcast.

18. The control method according to claim 16, wherein the received signal is an ATSC broadcast signal.