VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF FOR SELECTING A CHANNEL AMONG A PLURALITY OF CHANNELS

• US 20090037952A1
• Filed: 05/01/2008
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: HONG, Ki-joo
• Granted Patent: US 9,055,331 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/37
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4341 Demultiplexing of audio and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4347 Demultiplexing of several video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4348 Demultiplexing of additional data and video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4383 Accessing a communication channel
• 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 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/50 Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

There are provided a video processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The video processing apparatus includes: a receiver which receives a broadcast signal of a major channel; and a controller which controls the receiver to receive the major channel selected by a user among the plurality of major channels, and controls to automatically select one of a plurality of minor channels of the selected major channel if the selected major channel has the plurality of minor channels. The control method includes: determining whether one of a plurality of major channels is selected; receiving a broadcast signal of the selected major channel; determining whether the selected major channel has a plurality of minor channels; and automatically selecting one of the minor channels according to the selected major channel if the selected major channel has the plurality of minor channels.

Claims

1. A video processing apparatus, comprising:

a receiver which receives a broadcast signal of a major channel; and

a controller which controls the receiver to receive the major channel selected by a user among the plurality of major channels, and controls to select automatically one of a plurality of minor channels of the selected major channel if the selected major channel has the plurality of minor channels.

2. The video processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller checks information on the plurality of minor channels and selects one of the minor channels according to a preset priority.

3. The video processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the preset priority comprises at lest one of resolution of video images, favorite genre and channel number of the minor channels.

4. The video processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the priority is set by a user.

5. The video processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the priority is set by a weight that is calculated based on resolution of video images, favorite genre and channel number of the minor channels.

6. The video processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the priority is set by a user'"'"'s viewing history.

7. The video processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a user input unit to select the major channel.

8. The video processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the priority comprises a plurality of items including a first item and a second item different from the first item, and

the controller selects one of the minor channels according to the second item if information on the plurality of minor channels corresponding to the first item is equivalent.

9. A control method of a video processing apparatus, comprising:

determining whether one of a plurality of major channels is selected;

receiving a broadcast signal of the selected major channel;

determining whether the selected major channel has a plurality of minor channels; and

selecting automatically one of the minor channels according to the selected major channel if the selected major channel has a plurality of minor channels.

10. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the selecting one of the minor channels comprises:

checking information on the plurality of minor channels; and

selecting one of the minor channels according to a preset priority.

11. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the priority comprises at least one of resolution of the video images, favorite genre and channel number.

12. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the priority is set by a user.

13. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the priority is set by a weight that is calculated based on resolution of the video images, favorite genre and channel number of the plurality of minor channels.

14. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the priority is set by a user'"'"'s viewing history.

15. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the priority comprises a plurality of items including a first item and a second item different from the first item, and the selecting one of the minor channels comprises selecting one of the minor channels according to the second item if information on the plurality of minor channels corresponding to the first item is equivalent.

16. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the broadcast signal is a video broadcast signal.

17. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the broadcast signal is an audio broadcast signal.

18. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the broadcast signal is a data broadcast signal.

19. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the preset priority is a favorite characteristic of the minor channel.

20. The control method according to claim 19, wherein the favorite characteristic of the minor channel is determined according to the number of the viewing times of the minor channel having the particular favorite characteristic.

21. The control method according to claim 20, wherein the favorite characteristic is a resolution of a video broadcast signal.

22. The control method according to claim 21, wherein the favorite characteristic is a minor channel number.

23. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the video processing apparatus is a television broadcast receiver.

24. The control method according to claim 10, wherein the television broadcast receiver is an IPTV.

25. The control method according to claim 9, wherein the television broadcast receiver included a display screen.