Video display apparatus and operating method thereof

• US 9,992,527 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2014
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: An, Seungjoo, Oh, Sejin, Moon, Kyoungsoo, Lee, Jinwon, Kim, Jinpil, Kang, Donghyun, Bae, Jang Hun
• Primary Examiner(s): Bruckart, Benjamin R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bantamoi, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US14/560,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20150163563A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,279 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/233 Processing of audio elementary streams monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• 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 21/251 Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies details of learning user preferences for the retrieval of video data in a video database G06F16/739; computer systems using learning methods G06N3/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/254 Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server arrangements for maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00; network services using third party service providers H04L67/53
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4394 involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8352 involving content or source identification data, e.g. Unique Material Identifier [UMID]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8358 involving watermark protecting executable software by watermarking G06F21/16; image watermarking in general G06T1/0021; watermarks inserted in still images for transmission purposes H04N1/32144; inserting watermarks during video coding H04N19/467

Abstract

An operating method of a video display device is provided. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving a broadcasting signal through a tuner; obtaining an uncompressed audio or video (AV) content, through a receiving unit, other than the broadcasting signal; outputting the uncompressed AV content through a display unit; extracting characteristic information based on a genre of the uncompressed AV content; receiving a response to a query which includes the characteristic information; and outputting an enhanced service, including a service for recommending, based on the response.

Claims

1. An operating method of a video display device, the method comprising:

receiving a broadcasting signal through a tuner;

obtaining an uncompressed audio or video content, through a receiver, from a signal receiving unit, other than the broadcasting signal;

outputting the uncompressed audio or video content through a display;

extracting first characteristic information from a first frame of the uncompressed audio or video content;

receiving a response to a query which includes the first characteristic information;

outputting an enhanced service, including a service for recommending, based on the response;

outputting a user interface on the first characteristic information extraction;

receiving an input for setting the first characteristic information extraction when the user interface indicates a manual setting mode,

wherein the user interface includes at least one of a first mode for selecting an extracting type of the first characteristic information, the extracting type being one of an audio type and a video type, and a second mode for selecting a transmitting period of the first characteristic information; and

extracting second characteristic information from a second frame of the uncompressed audio or video content based on the received input,

wherein the user interface further includes a menu for selecting a manual setting mode or an auto setting mode, and

wherein the auto setting mode includes at least one of an audio priority mode that represents a mode for extracting audio characteristic information by priority, and a video priority mode that represents a mode for extracting video characteristic information by priority.

2. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the query including the video characteristic information, when receiving the response corresponding to the query including the audio characteristic information fails, in the audio priority mode.

3. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the query including the audio characteristic information, when receiving the response corresponding to the query including the video characteristic information fails, in the video priority mode.

7. The operating method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second characteristic information is extracted based on a genre of the uncompressed audio or video content.

4. A video display device, comprising:

a tuner configured to receive a broadcasting signal;

a receiver configured to obtain an uncompressed audio or video content, from a signal other than the broadcasting signal;

a display configured to output the uncompressed audio or video content; and

an enhanced service processor configured to;

extract first characteristic information from a first frame of the uncompressed audio or video content,

receive a response to a query which includes the first characteristic information,

output an enhanced service, including a service for recommending, based on the response,

output a user interface on the first characteristic information extraction,

receive an input for setting the first characteristic information extraction when the user interface indicates a manual setting mode,

wherein the user interface includes at least one of a first mode for selecting an extracting type of the first characteristic information, the extracting type being one of an audio type and a video type, and a second mode for selecting a transmitting period of the first characteristic information, and

extract second characteristic information from a second frame of the uncompressed audio or video content based on the received input,

wherein the user interface further includes a menu for selecting a manual setting mode or an auto setting mode, and

wherein the auto setting mode includes at least one of an audio priority mode that represents a mode for extracting audio characteristic information by priority, and a video priority mode that represents a mode for extracting video characteristic information by priority.

5. The video display device of claim 4, wherein the enhanced service processor transmits the query including the video characteristic information, when the enhanced service processor fails to receive the response corresponding to the query including the audio characteristic information, in the audio priority mode.

6. The video display device of claim 4, wherein the enhanced service processor transmits the query including the audio characteristic information, when the enhanced service processor fails to receive the response corresponding to the query including the video characteristic information, in the video priority mode.

8. The video display device of claim 4, wherein the enhanced service processor extracts at least one of the first and second characteristic information based on a genre of the uncompressed audio or video content.