Digital broadcast receiving apparatus and method for displaying images with programming information

• US 8,249,430 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2008
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hayakawa, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Harvey, David
• Application Number:
  US12/298,395
• Publication Number:
  US 20090175593A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,587 Days
• Field of Search: 386/291, 386/297, 725/40, 725/44
• US Class Current: 386/296
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4508 Management of client data or end-user data
• 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 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

The present invention provides a digital broadcast receiving apparatus and a digital broadcast receiving method for retrieving a favorite program based on places where a user frequently visits and showing a program related to the places where the user frequently visits. In the digital broadcast receiving apparatus and the digital broadcast receiving method, based on GPS information included in a still picture captured by a digital camera and position information included in EPG information, whether a program is related to a favorite place of the user or not is determined, and the program related to a favorite place of the user is provided as a recommended program to the user.

Claims

1. A digital broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

a storing unit for storing image information and position information for at least one image obtained from a recording medium;

a broadcast receiving unit for receiving a broadcast signal, the broadcast signal including program information and additional information, the additional information including position information for at least one program;

a display unit; and

a control unit,

wherein the control unit;

calculates a distance between the position information for the at least one image and the position information for the at least one program , and

controls the display unit to display the at least one image and an image indicating the distance between the position information of the at least one image and the position information of the at least one program with the program information of the at least one program if the distance is less than a threshold.

2. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further generates electronic program table information using the additional information,

the display unit further displays an image related to the electronic program table information, and

the control unit presents an image obtained by combining the image information related to the at least one program and an image indicative of the degree of recommendation in an image related to the electronic program table information.

3. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a recording unit for recording a signal from the broadcast receiving unit,

wherein the control unit controls so that the recording unit also records the program.

4. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a recording unit for recording a signal from the broadcast receiving unit,

wherein the control unit controls so that the recording unit also records the program.

5. The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the distance is calculated from latitude, longitude, and altitude of the position information.

6. A digital broadcast receiving method comprising:

obtaining image information and position information for an image from a recording medium;

storing the image information and the position information obtained;

receiving a broadcast signal program and separating the broadcast signal program into at least a video signal, a sound signal, and additional information, the additional information including program-related position information for the program;

extracting the program-related position information from the additional information;

calculating a distance between the position information for the image and the program related position information for the program;

combining the image and a recommendation image with the program information of the program if the distance is less than a threshold, the recommendation image indicating the distance between the position information of the image and the position information of the program.

7. The digital broadcast receiving method according to claim 6, further comprising:

generating electronic program table information using the additional information and storing it;

displaying an image related to the electronic program table information; and

presenting an image obtained by combining the image information related to the program and an image indicative of the degree of recommendation into an image related to the electronic program table information.

8. The digital broadcast receiving method according to claim 6, further comprising:

recording the received signal; and

recording the program as well.

9. The digital broadcast receiving method according to claim 7, further comprising:

recording the received signal; and

recording the program as well.

10. The digital broadcast receiving method according to claim 6, further comprising:

calculating the distance from latitude, longitude, and altitude of the position information.