Method, TV set and system for recognizing TV station logo

• US 9,785,852 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2014
• Issued: 10/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Li, Jiajia
• Primary Examiner(s): Hausmann, Michelle
• Application Number:
  US14/340,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20150125029A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,174 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/22 by selection of a specific region containing or referencing a pattern; Locating or processing of specific regions to guide the detection or recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/40 in video content extracting overlay text G06V20/62; video retrieval G06F16/70; processing of video elementary streams in video servers H04N21/234; processing of video elementary streams in video clients H04N21/44

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method, a TV set and a system for recognizing a TV station logo. The method includes: obtaining a TV screen image; for each of a plurality of pre-stored standard TV station logos, selecting a matching area of the standard TV station logo from the TV screen image according to position information of the standard TV station logo, the position information indicating a position of the standard TV station logo in a TV screen; and recognizing a TV station logo in the TV screen image by matching the standard TV station logos with their respective matching areas. The present disclosure reduces the size of the matching area for logo recognition, solves the low speed problem of conventional logo recognition methods due to the selected matching area being large, and brings the effects of reducing the matching area and improving the speed for logo recognition.

Claims

1. A method for recognizing a TV station logo, comprising:

receiving position information of opaque portions of a standard TV station logo from a server, the position information being obtained in a coordinate system;

obtaining a TV screen image;

for each pre-stored standard TV station logo, selecting, according to the position information of the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo, an area from the TV screen image as a matching area of the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo;

converting a color space of the TV screen image into a converted color space in which luminance and chrominance of the TV screen image are separated;

for each standard TV station logo, calculating a difference between a luminance value of each pixel in the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo and a luminance value of a corresponding pixel in the matching area, wherein calculating comprises;

for each pixel in the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo, detecting whether the luminance value of the pixel is 0; and

if the luminance value of the pixel is not 0, calculating the difference between the luminance value of the pixel and the luminance value of the corresponding pixel in the matching area;

summing the differences for all the calculated pixels in the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo so as to obtain a matching value; and

determining the TV station logo in the TV screen image according to the standard TV station logo with a minimum matching value.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining a matching threshold value for the standard TV station logo with the minimum matching value, the matching threshold value being positively correlated with a size of the standard TV station logo;

comparing the minimum matching value with the matching threshold value;

if the minimum matching value is larger than the matching threshold value, sending the TV screen image to a server; and

if the minimum matching value is less than the matching threshold value, using the standard TV station logo with the minimum matching value as the TV station logo in the TV screen image.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

detecting whether basic information of the standard TV station logo stored in a server is updated, the basic information comprising feature information of the standard TV station logo and the position information of the standard TV station logo, or further comprising a matching threshold value of the standard TV station logo; and

if it is detected that the basis information is updated, downloading the basic information of the standard TV station logo from the server and updating the same.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein downloading comprises:

sending local region information to the server; and

receiving the basic information of at least one standard TV station logo from the server, which is provided based on the local region information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

recording continuous n recognition results of a channel corresponding to the TV screen image, wherein n>

1;

detecting whether there are the same more than m recognition results in the continuous n recognition results, wherein 1≦

m<

n; and

if there are the same more than m recognition results, selecting the same recognition result as a correct recognition result, and correlating the correct recognition result with the channel.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

replacing an earliest recognition result in the continuous n recognition results by a latest recognition result of the channel corresponding to the TV screen image;

re-detecting whether there are the same more than m recognition results in the continuous n recognition results;

if there are the same more than m recognition results, continuing to detect whether this same recognition result is the same as the last correct recognition result; and

if the same recognition result is not the same as the last correct recognition result, taking the same recognition result detected this time as a new correct recognition result.

7. A TV set, comprising:

one or more processors;

a TV screen and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute instructions for;

receiving position information of opaque portions of a standard TV station logo from a server, the position information being obtained in a coordinate system;

obtaining a TV screen image;

for each pre-stored standard TV station logo, selecting, according to the position information of the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo, an area from the TV screen image as a matching area of the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo;

converting a color space of the TV screen image into a converted color space in which luminance and chrominance of the TV screen image are separated;

for each standard TV station logo, calculating a difference between a luminance value of each pixel in the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo and a luminance value of a corresponding pixel in the matching area, wherein calculating comprises;

for each pixel in the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo, detecting whether the luminance value of the pixel is 0; and

if the luminance value of the pixel is not 0, calculating the difference between the luminance value of the pixel and the luminance value of the corresponding pixel in the matching area;

summing the differences for all the calculated pixels in the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo so as to obtain a matching value; and

determining the TV station logo in the TV screen image according to the standard TV station logo with a minimum matching value.

8. The TV set according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions for:

obtaining a matching threshold value for the standard TV station logo with the minimum matching value, the matching threshold value being positively correlated with a size of the standard TV station logo;

comparing the minimum matching value with the matching threshold value;

if the minimum matching value is larger than the matching threshold value, sending the TV screen image to a server; and

if the minimum matching value is less than the matching threshold value, using the standard TV station logo with the minimum matching value as the TV station logo in the TV screen image.

9. The TV set according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions for:

detecting whether basic information of the standard TV station logo stored in a server is updated, the basic information comprising feature information of the standard TV station logo and the position information of the standard TV station logo, or further comprising a matching threshold value of the standard TV station logo; and

if it is detected that the basis information is updated, downloading the basic information of the standard TV station logo from the server and updating the same.

10. The TV set according to claim 9, wherein downloading comprises:

sending local region information to the server; and

receiving the basic information of at least one standard TV station logo from the server, which is provided based on the local region information.

11. The TV set according to claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions for:

recording continuous n recognition results of a channel corresponding to the TV screen image, wherein n>

1;

detecting whether there are the same more than m recognition results in the continuous n recognition results, wherein 1≦

m<

n; and

if there are the same more than m recognition results, selecting the same recognition result as a correct recognition result, and correlating the correct recognition result with the channel.

12. The TV set according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions for:

replacing an earliest recognition result in the continuous n recognition results by a latest recognition result of the channel corresponding to the TV screen image;

re-detecting whether there are the same more than m recognition results in the continuous n recognition results;

if there are the same more than m recognition results, continuing to detect whether this same recognition result is the same as the last correct recognition result; and

if the same recognition result is not the same as the last correct recognition result, taking the same recognition result detected this time as a new correct recognition result.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a TV set, cause the TV set to perform:

receiving position information of opaque portions of a standard TV station logo from a server, the position information being obtained in a coordinate system;

obtaining a TV screen image;

for each pre-stored standard TV station logo, selecting, according to the position information of the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo, an area from the TV screen image as a matching area of the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo;

converting a color space of the TV screen image into a converted color space in which luminance and chrominance of the TV screen image are separated;

for each standard TV station logo, calculating a difference between a luminance value of each pixel in the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo and a luminance value of a corresponding pixel in the matching area, wherein calculating comprises;

for each pixel in the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo, detecting whether the luminance value of the pixel is 0; and

if the luminance value of the pixel is not 0, calculating the difference between the luminance value of the pixel and the luminance value of the corresponding pixel in the matching area;

summing the differences for all the calculated pixels in the opaque portions of the standard TV station logo so as to obtain a matching value; and

determining the TV station logo in the TV screen image according to the standard TV station logo with a minimum matching value.