TV program playing method, remote control and TV

• US 9,848,155 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2016
• Issued: 12/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Yanfu, Masuyama, Katsuhiro, Zhou, Zhigang, Zhao, Hui
• Primary Examiner(s): Harold, Jefferey F
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rahman, Mustafizur
• Application Number:
  US15/151,874
• Publication Number:
  US 20170054933A1
• Time in Patent Office: 587 Days
• Field of Search: 348734, 348735, 348706, 348714, 348725, 348756, 348779, 348781, 348658, 348684, 348816, 348832, 34833313, 34833309, 348341, 348351, 3482116, 348238, 3482401, 348290, 34821199, 348119, 348114, 348 98, 348 54, 348 1411, 348 1405, 348 1403, 340 43, 3403933, 34042613, 34042617, 34042635, 3408156, 34081548, 34081557, 600 28, 600134, 600483, 600485, 600508, 600511, 600513, 600527, 600528
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• 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 21/42206 characterized by hardware details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42209 for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic program guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• 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 21/4532 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 21/4751 for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4753 for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a TV program playing method, a remote control and a TV, and the method comprises: obtaining, by the remote control, a first unlock instruction triggered by a first user when a TV system is in standby state; obtaining, by the remote control, a first heart rate feature information of the first user via the optical sensor according to the first unlock instruction; sending, by the remote control, a first playing instruction carrying an identifier of the first user to the TV when a difference between the first heart rate feature information and a second heart rate feature information in a feature library is less than a threshold so that the TV plays a program in a program list corresponding to the identifier of the first user, wherein the feature library pre-stores corresponding relationship between identifiers and heart rate feature information of users.

Claims

1. A TV program playing method applied to a remote control which is provided with an optical sensor, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining, by the remote control, a first unlock instruction triggered by a first user when a TV system is in a standby state;

obtaining, by the remote control, a first heart rate feature information of the first user according to the first unlock instruction via the optical sensor;

displaying, by the remote control, the first heart rate feature information of the first user;

when a difference between the first heart rate feature information and a second heart rate feature information in a feature library is less than a threshold;

sending, by the remote control, a first playing instruction carrying an identifier of the first user to the TV, so that the TV plays a program in a program list corresponding to the identifier of the first user, wherein the feature library pre-stores corresponding relationship between identifiers of a plurality of users and heart rate feature information of the plurality of users;

lightening, by the remote control, an indicator light of a first key corresponding to the first user; and

sending, by the remote control, the first playing instruction to the TV when the first user triggers the first key;

authenticating, by the remote control, the first user when the difference between the first heart rate feature information and each of a pre-stored heart rate feature information in the feature library are all larger than the threshold;

obtaining, by the remote control, the first heart rate feature information of the first user via the optical sensor; and

storing the first heart rate feature information of the first user and the identifier of the first user in the feature library when the first user is authenticated.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the remote control sends the first playing instruction to the TV when the difference between the first heart rate feature information and the second heart rate feature information in the feature library is less than the threshold, the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the remote control, a third heart rate feature information of a second user via the optical sensor when a second unlock instruction triggered by a second user is obtained;

comparing, by the remote control, a priority of the second user and a priority of the first user when the difference between the third heart rate feature information and a fourth heart rate feature information in the feature library is less than the threshold; and

sending, by the remote control, a second playing instruction carrying an identifier of the second user to the TV when the priority of the second user is higher than the priority of the first user, so that the TV plays the program in a program list corresponding to the identifier of the second user.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first heart rate feature information of the first user is an average value of the heart rate of the first user measured in a certain time period or a heart rate chart of the first user in a certain time period.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the remote control pre-stores a priority order among all users.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the remote controller obtains the first heart rate feature information of the first user via the optical sensor according to the first unlock instruction, the method further comprises:

authenticating, by the remote control, the first user when the differences between the first heart rate feature information and each of the pre-stored heart rate feature information in the feature library are all larger than the threshold; and

obtaining, by the remote control, the heart rate feature information of the first user via the optical sensor, and storing the heart rate feature information of the first user and the identifier of the first user in the feature library when the first user is authenticated.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the remote controller sends the first playing instruction to the TV when the difference between the first heart rate feature information and the second heart rate feature information in the feature library is less than the threshold, the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the remote control, a third heart rate feature information of a second user via the optical sensor when a second unlock instruction triggered by a second user is obtained;

comparing, by the remote control, a priority of the second user and a priority of the first user when the difference between the third heart rate feature information and a fourth heart rate feature information in the feature library is less than the threshold; and

sending, by the remote control, a second playing instruction carrying an identifier of the second user to the TV if the priority of the second user is higher than the priority of the first user, so that the TV plays the program in a program list corresponding to the identifier of the second user.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the remote control obtains the first heart rate feature information of the first user via the optical sensor according to the first unlock instruction, the method further comprises:

authenticating, by the remote control, the first user when the differences between the first heart rate feature information and each of the pre-stored heart rate feature information in the feature library are all larger than the threshold; and

obtaining, by the remote control, the heart rate feature information of the first user via the optical sensor, and storing the heart rate feature information of the first user and the identifier of the first user in the feature library when the first user is authenticated.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the remote control sends the first playing instruction to the TV when the difference between the first heart rate feature information and the second heart rate feature information in the feature library is less than the threshold, the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the remote control, a third heart rate feature information of a second user via the optical sensor when a second unlock instruction triggered by a second user is obtained;

comparing, by the remote control, a priority of the second user and that of the first user when the difference between the third heart rate feature information and a fourth heart rate feature information in the feature library is less than the threshold; and

sending, by the remote control, a second playing instruction carrying an identifier of the second user to the TV when the priority of the second user is higher than that of the first user, so that the TV plays a program in a program list corresponding to the identifier of the second user.

9. A remote control, comprising an optical sensor, wherein the remote control is configure to:

obtain a first unlock instruction triggered by a first user when a TV system is in standby state;

obtain a first heart rate feature information of the first user via the optical sensor according to the first unlock instruction;

send a first playing instruction carrying an identifier of the first user to the TV when a difference between the first heart rate feature information and a second heart rate feature information in a feature library is less than a threshold, so that the TV plays a program in a program list corresponding to the identifier of the first user; and

send the first playing instruction to the TV when the first user triggers a first key;

a storing unit configured to store the feature library, the feature library pre-storing corresponding relationship between identifiers of a plurality of users and heart rate feature information of the plurality of users

display the first heart rate feature information of the first user; and

lighten an indicator light of the first key corresponding to the first user when the difference between the first heart rate feature information and the second heart rate feature information pre-stored in the feature library is less than the threshold; and

authenticate the first user when the difference between the first heart rate feature information and each of the pre-stored heart rate feature information in the feature library are all larger than the threshold, and

store the heart rate feature information of the first user and the identifier of the first user in the feature library when the first user is authenticated.

10. The remote controller according to claim 9, wherein the remote controller is further configure to:

obtain a third heart rate feature information of a second user via the optical sensor when a second unlock instruction triggered by the second user is obtained;

compare a priority of the second user and a priority of the first user when the difference between the third heart rate feature information and a fourth heart rate feature information in the feature library is less than the threshold; and

send a second playing instruction carrying an identifier of the second user to the TV when the priority of the second user is higher than the priority of the first user, so that the TV plays the program in a program list corresponding to the identifier of the second user.

11. The remote controller according to claim 9, wherein the remote control further comprises:

authenticate the first user when the difference between the first heart rate feature information and each of the pre-stored heart rate feature information in the feature library are all larger than the threshold,

obtain the heart rate feature information of the first user via the optical sensor and store the heart rate feature information of the first user and the identifier of the first user in the feature library when the first user is authenticated.

12. The remote controller according to claim 9, wherein the remote controller further comprises a comparing unit, wherein:

obtain a third heart rate feature information of a second user via the optical sensor when a second unlock instruction triggered by the second user is obtained;

compare a priority of the second user and that of the first user when the difference between the third heart rate feature information and a fourth heart rate feature information in the feature library is less than the threshold; and

send a second playing instruction carrying an identifier of the second user to the TV, when the priority of the second user is higher than that of the first user, so that the TV plays the program in the program list corresponding to the identifier of the second user.