Display device and method for providing data broadcasting thereof

• US 8,898,704 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2009
• Issued: 11/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Hyung-Il, Choi, Jea-Hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Goodarzi, Nasser
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chae, Kyu
• Application Number:
  US13/132,395
• Publication Number:
  US 20110292284A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,043 Days
• Field of Search: 725 37- 40, 725 43- 47, 725 50- 51, 725/54
• US Class Current: 725/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4263 involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/434 Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream demultiplexing of data packets for data networks, e.g. RTP/UDP H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4345 Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71

Abstract

A display device according to the proposed embodiment includes a broadcasting signal receiving unit that receives a broadcasting signal; a broadcasting signal) separation unit that separates the broadcasting signal received through the broadcasting signal receiving unit into video, audio, and data signals; a controller that analyzes the data signal separated through the broadcasting signal separation unit to comprehend whether data broadcasting is serviced and the kind of the data broadcasting; and a memory that stores information on a channel on which the data broadcasting is serviced according to a control signal of the controller and information on the kind of the serviced data broadcasting, wherein the broadcasting receiving unit sequentially receives and outputs broadcasting signals of an entire channel according to the control signal of the controller.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a broadcasting signal receiving unit configured to receive a broadcasting signal of a channel;

a broadcasting signal separation unit configured to separate the broadcasting signal into video, audio, and data signals;

a controller configured to determine whether data broadcasting is serviced from the channel, to compare data broadcasting received at a previous time point with data broadcasting received at a present time point from the channel when the data broadcasting is serviced from the channel, and to determine whether the data broadcasting received from the channel is updated according to a result of the comparison;

a memory configured to store a first information on a channel on which the data broadcasting is serviced and a second information on a channel on which the data broadcasting is updated; and

a display unit configured to display a data broadcasting information screen generated using the first information and the second information stored in the memory,

wherein the controller is configured to determine that the data broadcasting received from the channel is not updated when the two data broadcastings are the same, and to determine that the data broadcasting received from the channel is updated when the two data broadcastings are different,

wherein the broadcasting signal receiving unit sequentially receives and outputs broadcasting signals of an entire channel to a control signal of the controller,

wherein the data broadcasting information screen includes a channel on which the data broadcasting is serviced and an indicator corresponding to whether the data broadcasting is updated,

wherein the data signals include an Application Information Table (AIT), and

the AIT includes a data service kind field that represents what kinds of broadcast programs are provided,

the data broadcasting information screen further includes a plurality of service icons corresponding to the kinds of the broadcast programs, and

the plurality of service icons represent what kinds of broadcast programs are provided from each channel.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to comprehend whether the data broadcasting is serviced depending on whether the Application Information Table (AIT) is included within the data signal and to determine whether the data broadcasting is updated, using update relevant information described within an application signaling descriptor of the AIT.

3. The display device according to claim 2, wherein when the data broadcasting is serviced on the channel received through the broadcasting signal receiving unit, the controller controls the indicator corresponding to the kind of service of the data broadcasting serviced on the channel to be displayed as banner information of the corresponding channel.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the broadcasting signal receiving unit includes a first broadcasting signal receiving unit that receives a broadcasting signal of a channel selected according to a user'"'"'s instruction, and a second broadcasting signal receiving unit that sequentially receives broadcasting signals corresponding to the entire channel as a background.

5. A method for providing data broadcasting of a display device, comprising:

receiving a broadcasting signal;

confirming whether Application Information Table (AIT) information is included within a data signal of the received broadcasting signal;

reading-out update relevant information of the data broadcasting described within the AIT information when the AIT is included within the data signal;

comparing update relevant information read-out at a previous time point with the update relevant information readout at a present time point;

determining that the data broadcasting is not updated when the two update relevant information are the same;

determining that the data broadcasting is updated when the two update relevant information are different;

generating a data broadcasting information screen that includes information on a channel on which the data broadcasting is serviced among an entire channel and an indicator corresponding to whether the data broadcasting is updated; and

displaying the generated data broadcasting information screen,

the AIT includes a data service kind field that represents what kinds of broadcast programs are provided,

the data broadcasting information screen farther includes a plurality of service icons corresponding to the kinds of the broadcast programs, and

the plurality of service icons represent what kinds of broadcast programs are provided from each channel.

6. The method for providing the data broadcasting of the display device according to claim 5, wherein the receiving the broadcasting signal comprises sequentially receiving broadcasting signals corresponding to an entire channel as a background.

7. The method for providing the data broadcasting of the display device according to claim 6, further comprising:

when a specific channel is selected on the displayed data broadcasting information screen according to the user'"'"'s instruction, displaying the data broadcasting serviced on the selected channel.

8. The method for providing the data broadcasting of the display device according to claim 5, further comprising:

wherein when the data broadcasting is serviced on a channel selected according to a user'"'"'s instruction, displaying an indicator corresponding to whether the data broadcasting is updated as banner information of the corresponding channel.