Media system and method of providing recommended search term corresponding to an image

• US 9,538,245 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2013
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Sungil, Jang, Guang, Choi, Jinhae, Yang, Kyungin, Hong, Jiyoung
• Primary Examiner(s): HANCE, ROBERT J
• Application Number:
  US13/872,348
• Publication Number:
  US 20130298162A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,345 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4725 using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4728 for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV

Abstract

A media system and a method of providing recommended search term corresponding to an image are disclosed. Herein, a display device may be configured to display a still image of the content and a search window on a display screen. And, an electronic device may be configured to verify whether or not an image or a portion of the image has been dragged to the displayed search window, wherein the image may be included in the still image, and, when the image or the portion of the image has been dragged to the search window, the electronic device may be configured to send directions to the display device, so that the display device can display multiple search terms related to the image or the portion of the image as recommended search term on the search window.

Claims

1. A digital television receiver for processing a search operation, the digital television receiver comprising:

a user interface configured to receive a first control signal for executing a first application in a normal mode and a second control signal for requesting a search mode from a remote controller;

a storage configured to store application data of the first application;

a controller configured to;

detect, while displaying the first application in the normal mode, said second control signal,

control automatically entering into the search mode in response to the detected second control signal,

display, in the search mode, a second application including a search window and a menu item including a first icon along with the first application on a single display screen, wherein the first icon corresponds to a third application for the search operation; and

perform, in the search mode, the search operation; and

a display,

wherein the first application is at least one of a broadcast program, a web application, a video, an image, a streaming content or a downloaded content,

wherein the second application is switched into the third application in response to selecting the first icon,

wherein the search window displays a plurality of search terms, a second icon at each search term for selecting the corresponding search term, and a search button,

wherein, when the second icons are selected, the search window displays a new recommended search term based on at least two search terms corresponding to the selected second icons from the plurality of search terms, and

wherein at least one of the first control signal and the second control signal is received through at least one of a physical or soft button, a touch, a gesture and a voice of the distal television receiver or the remote controller.

2. The digital television receiver of claim 1, wherein the single display screen is configured to display the search window, the single display screen to display the search term on the search window, and the single display screen to display the search button.

3. The digital television receiver of claim 2, wherein the normal mode includes displaying the first application entirely throughout the single display screen.

4. The digital television receiver of claim 1, wherein the normal mode is maintained before the user interface receives the second control signal for requesting the search mode.

5. The digital television receiver of claim 1, wherein the search mode includes displaying the search window on the single display screen.

6. The digital television receiver of claim 1, further comprising a network interface configured to transmit and receive internet protocol (IP) packets.

7. The digital television receiver of claim 1, further comprising a network interface configured to receive at least one of the first application and the second application from a server.

8. The digital television receiver of claim 1, further comprising at least one of:

an external signal receiving unit configured to receive contents;

a demodulator to couple to a tuner; and

a demultiplexer to couple to the demodulator.

9. The digital television receiver of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display an image mark for selecting an object of the displayed broadcast data in response to a third control signal, the image mark including an icon for identifying the object and a guide note for specifying the object, the icon included in the image mark including a representative image corresponding to one or more search terms related to the object.

10. The digital television receiver of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display a menu including multiple menu items and an indicator for selecting a menu item form the multiple menu items in response to a second control signal from the remote controller, the multiple menu items including at least one of an item representing a setting icon of the digital television receiver, an item representing an electronic program guide (EPG), an item for switching a three-dimensional (3D), an item for accessing a messenger application, or an item for executing a camera.

11. A digital television receiver comprising:

a user interface configured to receive a first control signal for executing a first application in a normal mode and a second control signal for requesting a search mode from a remote control device;

a storage configured to store application data in the normal mode;

a controller configured to;

display the first application on a display screen while in a normal display mode,

detect the second control signal while displaying the first application on the display screen,

determine the received second control signal requesting the search mode,

automatically enter into the search mode in response to the determination that the received second control signal requests the search mode,

after entering into the search mode, display a second application including a search window and a menu item including a first icon along with the first application on the display screen while in the search mode, wherein the first icon corresponds to a third application for the search operation, and

perform the search operation; and

a display,

wherein the first application is at least one of a broadcast program, a web application, a video, an image, a streaming content or a downloaded content;

wherein the second application is switched into the third application in response to selecting the first icon,

wherein the search window displays a plurality of search terms, a second icon at each search term for selecting the corresponding search term, and a search button,

wherein, when the second icons are selected, the search window displays a new recommended search term based on at least two search terms corresponding to the selected second icons from the plurality of search terms, and

wherein at least one of the first and second control signal is received through at least one of a physical or soft button, a touch, a gesture and a voice of the digital television receiver or the remote controller.

12. The digital television receiver of claim 11, wherein the normal display mode includes displaying the first application on the entire display screen.

13. The digital television receiver of claim 11, wherein the controller maintains the normal display mode prior to determining that the second control signal requests the search mode.

14. The digital television receiver of claim 11, wherein the second control signal changes an operation of the screen from the normal display mode to the search mode.

15. The digital television receiver of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to display an image mark for selecting an object of the displayed broadcast data in response to a third control signal, the image mark including an icon for identifying the object and a guide note for specifying the object, the icon included in the image mark including a representative image corresponding to one or more search terms related to the object.

16. The digital television receiver of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to display a menu including multiple menu items and an indicator for selecting a menu item form the multiple menu items in response to a second control signal from the remote controller, the multiple menu items including at least one of an item representing a setting icon of the digital television receiver, an item representing an electronic program guide (EPG), an item for switching a three-dimensional (3D), an item for accessing a messenger application, or an item for executing a camera.

17. A digital television receiver comprising:

a user interface configured to receive control signals from a remote controller;

a storage;

a controller configured to;

cause a tuner to receive a broadcast signal including broadcast data and information data;

cause a demultiplexer to demultiplex the broadcast data and information data from the received broadcast signal;

cause a decoder to decode the received broadcast data and information data;

display broadcast data on a screen,

display an application including a search window related to a first search server and a menu item containing a first icon for a search operation in response to a first control signal on the displayed broadcast data, and

perform the search operation; and

a display,

wherein the controller is further configured to perform the search operation in response to selecting the first icon,

wherein the search window includes a plurality of search terms, a second icon at each search term for selecting the corresponding search term, and a search button, and

wherein, when the second icons are selected, the search window displays a new recommended search term based on at least two search terms corresponding to the selected second icons from the plurality of search terms.

18. The digital television receiver of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to display a menu including multiple menu items and an indicator for selecting a menu item form the multiple menu items in response to a second control signal from the remote controller, the multiple menu items including at least one of an item representing a setting icon of the digital television receiver, an item representing an electronic program guide (EPG), an item for switching a three-dimensional (3D), an item for accessing a messenger application, or an item for executing a camera.

19. The digital television receiver of claim 17, wherein the controller is further configured to display an image mark for selecting an object of the displayed broadcast data in response to a third control signal, the image mark including an icon for identifying the object and a guide note for specifying the object, the icon included in the image mark including a representative image corresponding to one or more search terms related to the object.