Method for selecting program and apparatus thereof

• US 8,301,457 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2008
• Issued: 10/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Cheon-seong, Yoon, Hyun-jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Abebe, Daniel D
• Application Number:
  US12/212,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20090306991A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,504 Days
• Field of Search: 704/246, 704/251, 704/275
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4828 for searching program descriptors retrieval of video data G06F16/739

Abstract

A program selection method and a display apparatus thereof are provided. The program selection method includes generating a program list including at least one program title, determining whether there is a voice input for a program selection; searching for a desired program title corresponding to the voice input for the program selection among the at least one program title in the program list, and selecting a program corresponding to the desired program title based on the searching for the desired program title.

Claims

1. A program selection method comprising:

generating a program list comprising at least one program title;

determining whether there is a voice input for a program selection;

searching for a desired program title corresponding to the voice input in the program list if it is determined that there is the voice input for the program selection; and

selecting a program corresponding to the desired program title based on the searching for the desired program title,

wherein if there is a plurality of the program titles corresponding to the voice input, the searching for the desired program title comprises displaying the plurality of the program titles, and

wherein the selecting the program comprises determining whether there is another voice input for the program selection while the plurality of the program titles is displayed and selecting another program title, which corresponds to the other voice input, from among the plurality of the program titles.

2. The program selection method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether there is the voice input comprises determining whether a voice recognition mode has been selected and if the voice recognition mode has been selected, determining whether the voice input is received.

3. The program selection method of claim 1, further comprising extracting the at least one program title from a broadcast signal.

4. The program selection method of claim 3, wherein the extracting the at least one program title comprises extracting the at least one program title from broadcast guide information included in the broadcast signal.

5. The program selection method of claim 3, wherein the generating of the program list is performed based on the extracting of the at least one program title.

6. The program selection method of claim 1, wherein the voice input is received from a microphone.

7. A program selection method comprising:

generating a program list comprising at least one program title;

determining whether there is a voice input for a program selection;

searching for a desired program title corresponding to the voice input in the program list if it is determined that there is the voice input for the program selection; and

selecting a program corresponding to the desired program title based on the searching for the desired program title,

further comprising generating a recognition list which comprises a recognition source corresponding to the voice input and is matched with the program list

wherein the recognition source comprises a word or a combination of words included in the desired program title, and

wherein the generating the recognition list comprises generating the recognition source using only a main title if the desired program title in the program list comprises the main title and a subtitle.

8. The program selection method of claim 7, wherein the searching for the desired program title comprises searching the recognition source corresponding to the voice input in the recognition list and searching for the desired program title, which is matched with the recognition source in the program list.

9. The program selection method of claim 7, wherein the recognition list is matched with the program list such that at least one recognition source in the recognition list is matched with at least one program title in the program list.

10. The program selection method of claim 7, wherein the generating the recognition list further comprises eliminating punctuation marks from the main title.

11. The program selection method of claim 7, wherein the generating the recognition list further comprises eliminating abbreviations from the main title.

12. A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

a list generating unit which generates a program list comprising at least one program title; and

a control unit which determines whether there is a voice input for a program selection, searches in the program list for a desired program title corresponding to the voice input for the program selection among the at least one program title if it is determined that there is the voice input for the program selection, and selects a program corresponding to the desired program title based on the search for the desired program title,

wherein if there is a plurality of the program titles corresponding to the voice input, the control unit displays the plurality of the program titles,

wherein the control unit determines whether there is another voice input for the program selection while the plurality of the program titles is displayed and selects another program title, which corresponds to the other voice input, from among the plurality of the program titles.

13. The broadcast receiving apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit determines there is the voice input for the program selection if a voice recognition mode has been selected, and if the voice recognition mode has been selected, the control unit determines whether the voice input is received.

14. The broadcast receiving apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a program extracting unit which extracts the at least one program title from a broadcast signal.

15. The broadcast receiving apparatus of claim 14, wherein the program extracting unit extracts the at least one program title from broadcast guide information included in the broadcast signal.

16. The broadcast receiving apparatus of claim 14, wherein the list generating unit receives the at least one program title from the program extracting unit.

17. The broadcast receiving apparatus of claim 12, wherein the voice input is received from a microphone.

18. A broadcast receiving apparatus comprising:

a list generating unit which generates a program list comprising at least one program title; and

a control unit which determines whether there is a voice input for a program selection, searches in the program list for a desired program title corresponding to the voice input for the program selection among the at least one program title if it is determined that there is the voice input for the program selection, and selects a program corresponding to the desired program title based on the search for the desired program title,

wherein the list generating unit generates a recognition list which comprises a recognition source corresponding to the voice input and is matched with the program list

wherein the recognition source comprises a word or a combination of words included in the desired program title, and

wherein the list generating unit generates the recognition source using only a main title if the desired program title in the program list comprises the main title and a subtitle.

19. The broadcast receiving apparatus of claim 18, wherein the control unit searches for the recognition source corresponding to the voice input in the recognition list and searches for the desired program title, which is matched with the recognition source in the program list.

20. The program selection method of claim 18, wherein control unit matches the recognition list with the program list such that the at least one recognition source in the recognition list is matched with the at least one program title in the program list.

21. The broadcast receiving apparatus of claim 18, wherein the list generating unit eliminates punctuation marks from the main title when generating the recognition source.

22. The broadcast receiving apparatus of claim 18, wherein the list generating unit eliminates abbreviations from the main title when generating the recognition source.