CN101166230A

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Publication number: CN101166230A
Application number: CNA2006100631998A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 马彪; 汪昕
Original assignee: Konka Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: Konka Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2006-10-18
Filing date: 2006-10-18
Publication date: 2008-04-23

Abstract

The invention relates to a television, and discloses a digital television program menu association system and a method. The digital television program menu association system comprises a digital television signal source and a digital television receiver which are connected through a transmission network, wherein the digital television receiver comprises a main controller, a memory, a signal processing module and an audio and video playing module which are connected with the main controller; the digital television receiver also comprises a program association module which is used for analyzing the program information in the digital television signal according to the program association instruction of the main controller, obtaining the program information associated with the corresponding television program and storing the program information in the memory. The invention can conveniently collect the relative programs which the user wants to watch, thereby leading the user to plan the program list when the user watches the television, avoiding missing the programs which the user wants to watch and avoiding wasting time for searching the television programs one by one.

Description

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数字电视节目菜单关联系统和方法Digital TV program menu association system and method

技术领域technical field

本发明涉及一种电视机，尤其涉及一种数字电视节目菜单关联系统和方法。The invention relates to a TV set, in particular to a digital TV program menu association system and method.

背景技术Background technique

随着人们生活水平的提高，种类繁多日新月异的多媒体家用电器(如电视机等)走进了普通百姓家庭。电视机在充分丰富人们业余生活的同时，还可带给人们各种知识。近年来，随着数字电视的普及，数字电视的电子节目菜单将大量的节目信息通过屏幕传递给观众。然而，现在电视节目变得越来越丰富多彩，节目频道越来越多。当观众希望挑选到自己较喜爱的电视节目时，就需要逐个台切换，并查看每个台的电子节目菜单以查找是否有自己所喜好的电视节目，一个轮回下来，费时费力，使用极其不便；此外，现在一个电视节目可能在多个电视频道播放，但播放时间和播放的集数可能不尽相同，用户一般无法通过记忆或通过查找从多个频道的节目菜单中在合适的时间找到自己希望观看的集数的电视内容。Along with the raising of people's living standard, the multi-media home appliance (as TV set etc.) of a great variety and changing with each passing day has come into common people's family. Television sets can also bring people various knowledge while fully enriching people's spare time life. In recent years, with the popularization of digital TV, the electronic program menu of digital TV transmits a large amount of program information to viewers through the screen. However, TV programs are becoming more and more colorful now, and there are more and more program channels. When viewers want to select their favorite TV programs, they need to switch channels one by one, and check the electronic program menu of each channel to find out whether there are TV programs they like. It takes a lot of time and effort, and it is extremely inconvenient to use. In addition, now a TV program may be played on multiple TV channels, but the playing time and the number of episodes played may be different, and users generally cannot find the desired time at the right time from the program menu of multiple channels through memory or by searching. TV content with the number of episodes watched.

发明内容Contents of the invention

本发明的目的在于提供一种数字电视节目菜单关联系统和方法，使得用户在观看一个电视节目时可以得到与该电视节目相关的其它电视节目的关联信息。The object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for associating digital TV program menus, so that users can obtain the related information of other TV programs related to the TV program when watching a TV program.

本发明的技术方案是：数字电视节目菜单关联系统，包括通过传输网络相连的数字电视信号源和数字电视接收机，所述数字电视接收机包括主控制器、以及与所述主控制器相连的存储器、信号处理模块和音视频播放模块；数字电视接收机根据主控制器的指令接收来自数字信号源的数字电视信号，信号处理模块对所述数字电视信号进行处理后输出到音视频播放模块进行播放；其中，所述数字电视接收机还包括节目关联模块，其用于根据所述主控制器的节目关联指令对所述数字电视信号中的节目信息进行分析，获得与对应电视节目相关联的节目信息并存储到所述存储器中。The technical scheme of the present invention is: a digital TV program menu association system, including a digital TV signal source and a digital TV receiver connected through a transmission network, and the digital TV receiver includes a main controller and a computer connected to the main controller. memory, signal processing module and audio and video playback module; the digital television receiver receives the digital television signal from the digital signal source according to the instruction of the main controller, and the signal processing module processes the digital television signal and outputs it to the audio and video playback module for playback ; Wherein, the digital TV receiver also includes a program association module, which is used to analyze the program information in the digital TV signal according to the program association instruction of the main controller, and obtain the program associated with the corresponding TV program information and store it in the memory.

具体的，所述节目关联模块包括：节目表获得单元，其用于从所述节目关联指令中获得所述对应电视节目的关键词，从数字电视信号源获得节目信息；关联表生成单元，其用于对所述节目信息进行分析，获得与所述关键词相关的节目信息，生成一关联表，并存储到所述存储器中。Specifically, the program association module includes: a program table obtaining unit, which is used to obtain the keywords of the corresponding TV program from the program association instruction, and obtain program information from a digital TV signal source; an association table generation unit, which It is used to analyze the program information, obtain program information related to the keyword, generate an association table, and store it in the memory.

本发明还提供了一种基于上述系统的数字电视节目菜单关联方法，包括以下步骤：A，所述主控制器接收到节目关联请求，向所述节目关联模块发送节目关联指令；所述节目关联指令中包括对应节目的关键词；B，所述节目关联模块根据所述关键词对来自数字电视信号源的所有节目信息进行分析，生成一包含与所述关键词相关的所有节目的关联表，并存储到所述存储器中。所述主控制器可同时将所述节目关联表发送到音视频播放模块显示。The present invention also provides a method for associating digital TV program menus based on the above system, including the following steps: A, the main controller receives a program association request, and sends a program association instruction to the program association module; the program association The instruction includes the keywords of the corresponding programs; B, the program association module analyzes all the program information from the digital TV signal source according to the keywords, and generates an association table containing all programs related to the keywords, and stored in the memory. The main controller can simultaneously send the program association table to the audio and video playing module for display.

步骤A中，用户可通过遥控器或数字电视接收机的操作面板向所述主控制器发送节目关联请求。所述关键词可以是所述对应节目名称中的至少一个字符。In step A, the user may send a program association request to the main controller through the remote controller or the operation panel of the digital television receiver. The keyword may be at least one character in the corresponding program name.

本发明方法进一步包括步骤：C1，用户向主控制器发送调用关联表请求；C2，所述主控制器从所述存储器中获得关联表并通过所述音视频播放模块显示。The method of the present invention further includes steps: C1, the user sends a request to the main controller to call the association table; C2, the main controller obtains the association table from the memory and displays it through the audio and video playing module.

上述方法中，所述分析并生成关联表的方法是：B1，从所述节目关联指令中获得所述对应电视节目的关键词；B2，从数字电视信号源获得节目信息；B3，将所述关键词作为检索词在节目信息中进行搜索，将包含所述关键词的节目信息取出并加入关联表中。所述关联表中可至少包括与所述关键词相关的节目的名称、播放时间、播放频道、播放集数信息。In the above method, the method for analyzing and generating the association table is: B1, obtaining the keywords of the corresponding TV program from the program association instruction; B2, obtaining the program information from the digital TV signal source; The keyword is used as a search term to search the program information, and the program information containing the keyword is taken out and added to the association table. The association table may at least include the title, broadcast time, broadcast channel, and broadcast episode number information of the program related to the keyword.

本发明还提供了一种数字电视节目菜单关联方法，包括以下步骤：D1，用户向电视机发送节目关联请求，所述节目关联请求中包括对应节目的关键词；D2，电视机根据所述关键词对接收到的节目信息进行匹配运算，生成一包含与所述关键词相关的所有节目的关联表，并进行存储和/或显示，供用户调用。The present invention also provides a method for associating digital TV program menus, including the following steps: D1, the user sends a program association request to the TV set, and the program association request includes keywords of corresponding programs; D2, the TV set The words match the received program information to generate an association table including all programs related to the keyword, and store and/or display it for the user to call.

进一步的，步骤D2中，所述分析并生成关联表的方法可以是：D21，从所述节目关联指令中获得所述对应电视节目的关键词；D22，从接收到的电视信号中获得节目信息；D23，将所述关键词作为检索词在节目信息中进行搜索，将包含所述关键词的节目信息取出并加入关联表中。Further, in step D2, the method of analyzing and generating the association table may be: D21, obtaining the keyword of the corresponding TV program from the program association instruction; D22, obtaining the program information from the received TV signal ; D23, using the keyword as a search word to search in the program information, taking out the program information containing the keyword and adding it to the association table.

通过本发明可方便地将用户希望收看的相关节目收集起来，从而使得用户可以规划自己看电视时的节目清单，避免漏掉自己想看的节目，不需要再为逐台查找电视节目而浪费时间。The present invention can conveniently collect related programs that users want to watch, so that users can plan their own program list when watching TV, avoid missing the programs they want to watch, and do not need to waste time searching for TV programs one by one .

附图说明Description of drawings

图1是本发明数字电视节目菜单关联系统的系统方框图。Fig. 1 is a system block diagram of the digital TV program menu association system of the present invention.

图2是本发明数字电视节目菜单关联方法的发放流程图。Fig. 2 is a flow chart of the method for associating digital TV program menus in the present invention.

具体实施方式Detailed ways

下面根据附图和具体实施例对本发明作进一步阐述。The present invention will be further elaborated below according to the drawings and specific embodiments.

如图1所示，本发明一种数字电视节目菜单关联系统主要包括通过数字电视传输网络2相连的数字电视信号源1和数字电视接收机3。As shown in FIG. 1 , a digital TV program menu association system of the present invention mainly includes a digital TV signal source 1 and a digital TV receiver 3 connected through a digital TV transmission network 2 .

数字电视信号源1负责将电视台送出的图像及声音信号经数字压缩和数字调制，形成数字电视信号并通过数字电视传输网络2传输。数字电视传输网络2可由卫星、地面无线广播或有线电缆等构成。其中，数字电视信号源1输出的信号中包括电视台信息和节目内容信息组成的节目播放表。节目播放表中包括对应电视台在各个时间点所播放的所有电视节目的名称、播放时间、播放集数、种类等等。The digital TV signal source 1 is responsible for digitally compressing and digitally modulating the image and sound signals sent by the TV station to form a digital TV signal and transmit it through the digital TV transmission network 2 . The digital TV transmission network 2 can be composed of satellite, terrestrial wireless broadcasting or wired cable. Wherein, the signal output by the digital TV signal source 1 includes a program play list composed of TV station information and program content information. The program play list includes the names, broadcast time, number of broadcast episodes, types, etc. of all TV programs broadcast by the corresponding TV stations at various time points.

数字电视接收机3负责对接收到的数字信号进行数字解调和数字视音频解码处理后还原出原来的图像及伴音模拟信号，根据用户的指令进行不同的操作，如切换频道、显示电子节目播放表、显示主菜单、进入相关功能模块(如定时、游戏等)、音量、亮度的调节等等。数字电视接收机3主要包括主控制器33、存储器35、节目关联模块34、信号处理模块31和音视频播放模块32。当然还包括网络接口模块、遥控器、其它外围设备接口模块等，由于本发明的发明点不在这些模块，故不加以描述。The digital TV receiver 3 is responsible for digital demodulation and digital video and audio decoding processing on the received digital signal to restore the original image and audio analog signal, and perform different operations according to the user's instructions, such as switching channels, displaying electronic program playback table, display the main menu, enter related functional modules (such as timing, games, etc.), volume, brightness adjustment, etc. The digital television receiver 3 mainly includes a main controller 33 , a memory 35 , a program association module 34 , a signal processing module 31 and an audio and video playing module 32 . Of course, it also includes a network interface module, a remote controller, and other peripheral device interface modules, etc. Since the inventive points of the present invention do not lie in these modules, they will not be described.

主控制器33和信号处理模块31都通过网络接口与数字电视传输网络2相连，接收来自数字电视信号源1的信号。存储器35、信号处理模块31和音视频播放模块32都与主控制器33相连。主控制器33是数字电视接收机3的心脏，它与存储器35用来存储和运行软件系统，并对各个硬件模块进行控制。音视频播放模块32还与信号处理模块31相连，对信号处理模块31输出的信号进行播放，包括电视显示器和音响设备。信号处理模块31负责对接收到的、经过数字化压缩的图像和声音信号进行解码还原，产生模拟的视频和声音信号，通过音视频播放模块32给观众提供高质量的电视节目。Both the main controller 33 and the signal processing module 31 are connected to the digital TV transmission network 2 through a network interface, and receive signals from the digital TV signal source 1 . The memory 35 , the signal processing module 31 and the audio/video playing module 32 are all connected to the main controller 33 . The main controller 33 is the heart of the digital television receiver 3, and it and the memory 35 are used to store and run the software system, and control each hardware module. The audio and video playing module 32 is also connected to the signal processing module 31, and plays the signal output by the signal processing module 31, including TV monitors and audio equipment. The signal processing module 31 is responsible for decoding and restoring the received digitally compressed image and sound signals, generating analog video and sound signals, and providing high-quality TV programs to the audience through the audio and video playing module 32 .

节目关联模块34负责根据主控制器33的节目关联指令对数字电视信号中的节目信息进行分析，组成关联表存储到存储器35中。这样，当用户希望查看是否有相关信息时，到存储器35中调用关联表即可。节目关联模块34包括节目表获得单元341和关联表生成单元342。节目表获得单元341负责从接收到的节目关联指令中获得对应电视节目的关键词，从主控制器33处获得节目播放表，并将所述关键词和节目信息发送到关联表生成单元342。关联表生成单元342根据所述关键词对节目信息进行分析，获得与所述关键词相关的节目信息，生成关联表，并存储到存储器35中。本发明的其它实施例中，可采用一个模块实现节目表获得单元341和关联表生成单元342的功能，也可将上述模块的功能集成在主控制器33中实现。The program association module 34 is responsible for analyzing the program information in the digital TV signal according to the program association instruction of the main controller 33 , and forming an association table and storing it in the memory 35 . In this way, when the user wants to check whether there is relevant information, he only needs to call the association table in the memory 35 . The program association module 34 includes a program table obtaining unit 341 and an association table generating unit 342 . The program table obtaining unit 341 is responsible for obtaining the keywords of the corresponding TV programs from the received program association instructions, obtaining the program playing table from the main controller 33 , and sending the keywords and program information to the association table generating unit 342 . The association table generating unit 342 analyzes the program information according to the keywords, obtains the program information related to the keywords, generates an association table, and stores it in the memory 35 . In other embodiments of the present invention, one module may be used to realize the functions of the program list obtaining unit 341 and the association table generating unit 342 , or the functions of the above modules may be integrated in the main controller 33 for realization.

其中，用户可以通过遥控器或数字电视接收机3的操作面板调用电视菜单项，从菜单项中选择节目关联功能，向主控制模块发送节目关联请求。所述关键词可以是用于要求关联的节目的名称，也可以是节目名称中的一个或两个字符。而生成的关联表中至少包括与所述关键词相关的节目的名称、播放时间、播放频道、播放集数信息等。用户可直接通过点击关联表中的节目项或频道项进入对应频道收看节目。Wherein, the user can call the TV menu item through the remote control or the operation panel of the digital TV receiver 3, select the program related function from the menu item, and send the program related request to the main control module. The keyword may be the name of the program for which association is required, or one or two characters in the program name. The generated association table at least includes the title, broadcast time, broadcast channel, and broadcast episode number information of the programs related to the keywords. The user can directly enter the corresponding channel to watch the program by clicking the program item or the channel item in the association table.

如图2所示，本发明较佳实施例中，数字电视节目菜单关联方法包括步骤：As shown in Figure 2, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method for associating digital TV program menus includes steps:

S0，开始，用户打开电视或切换到一个频道。S0, Start, the user turns on the TV or switches to a channel.

S1，信号处理模块31根据主控制器33的指令从数字电视信号源1接收电子节目菜单，进行解码还原后发送到音视频播放模块32上显示，同时进行存储。S1, the signal processing module 31 receives the electronic program menu from the digital TV signal source 1 according to the instruction of the main controller 33, decodes and restores it, sends it to the audio and video playing module 32 for display, and stores it at the same time.

S2，用户通过控制遥控器或控制面板向主控制器33发送指令进行电子节目菜单的浏览，选择一频道的一个电视节目a。如在19:00的时候选择了中央十套连续剧“故宫(5)”。主控制器33根据用户的指令控制信号处理模块31对音视频播放模块32的输出内容。S2, the user sends an instruction to the main controller 33 by controlling the remote control or the control panel to browse the electronic program menu, and select a TV program a of a channel. For example, at 19:00, the central ten series "Forbidden City (5)" was selected. The main controller 33 controls the output content of the signal processing module 31 to the audio and video playing module 32 according to the user's instruction.

S3，用户通过控制遥控器或控制面板向主控制器33发送节目关联请求，该节目关联请求中包括电视节目a的节目名称信息，如“故宫”。S3, the user sends a program association request to the main controller 33 by controlling the remote controller or the control panel, and the program association request includes the program name information of the TV program a, such as "Forbidden City".

S4，主控制器33向节目表获得单元341发送节目关联指令，该指令中包括电视节目a的节目名称信息：“故宫”。S4, the main controller 33 sends a program association instruction to the program list obtaining unit 341, and the instruction includes the program name information of the TV program a: "Forbidden City".

S5，节目表获得单元341从所述节目关联指令中获得对应电视节目的关键词，从主控制器33处获得当前数字电视信号源1输出的所有电视节目的节目播放表，并发送到关联表生成单元342。上述关键词可以是节目a的节目名称，也可以是节目名称中的一个或两个字符。本较佳实施例中，关键词是节目名称中的第一个字符，即“故”。S5, the program table obtaining unit 341 obtains the keywords of the corresponding TV programs from the program association instruction, obtains the program play tables of all TV programs output by the current digital TV signal source 1 from the main controller 33, and sends them to the association table Generate unit 342 . The above-mentioned keyword may be the program title of program a, or one or two characters in the program title. In this preferred embodiment, the keyword is the first character in the program name, ie "so".

S6，关联表生成单元342将所述关键词作为检索词在节目播放表中进行搜索，进行相关性匹配运算，将节目名称中包括关键词的节目信息摘录到关联表中，并根据匹配运算的相合性依照从高到低进行排列。然后将生成的关联表存储到存储器35中(也可同时发送到音视频播放模块32显示，此时就不需执行步骤S7)。本较佳实施例中的一个关联表如表一所示。S6, the association table generation unit 342 uses the keyword as a search word to search in the program play table, performs a correlation matching operation, extracts the program information including the keyword in the program name into the association table, and performs the matching operation according to the Compatibility is ranked from highest to lowest. Then the generated association table is stored in the memory 35 (it can also be sent to the audio and video playing module 32 for display at the same time, and step S7 is not required to be executed at this time). An association table in this preferred embodiment is shown in Table 1.

S7，用户通过主菜单选择调用关联表，主控制器33将所述关联表发送到音视频播放模块32显示。S7, the user chooses to invoke the association table through the main menu, and the main controller 33 sends the association table to the audio and video playing module 32 for display.

S8，用户在关联表中选择一个电视节目，发送切换指令，主控制控制信号处理模块31接收相关数字电视节目，进行处理后通过音视频播放模块32进行播放。S8, the user selects a TV program in the association table, sends a switching instruction, and the main control control signal processing module 31 receives the related digital TV program, processes it and plays it through the audio and video playback module 32 .

表一：Table I:

故宫(5)Forbidden City (5) 中央十台Central Ten 19:0019:00 故宫(5)Forbidden City (5) 中央二台Central two 22:1022:10 故宫(4)Forbidden City (4) 中央四台Central four 19:0019:00 故乡的云hometown cloud 安徽台Anhui Station 21:0021:00

这样，用户在选择一个电视节目进行关联后就可得到与该节目相关的所有节目的信息，用户可通过该关联表进行更好的规划，计划在什么时间看什么节目，以避免遗漏想看的节目，不需要再为逐台查找电视节目而浪费时间。例如，当用户在中央十台收看19:00的节目“故宫(5)”时得到了表一所示的关联表，由于用户刚好在前一天忘记收看“故宫(4)”，这样用户就可以先收看中央四台的“故宫(4)”，然后在22:10的时候收看中央二台的“故宫(5)”。In this way, after selecting a TV program for association, the user can obtain the information of all programs related to the program. The user can make better planning through the association table, and plan to watch what program at what time, so as to avoid missing the desired program. Programs, no need to waste time looking for TV programs one by one. For example, when the user watched the program "Forbidden City (5)" at 19:00 on Central Ten Station, the association table shown in Table 1 was obtained. Since the user just forgot to watch "Forbidden City (4)" the day before, the user can First watch "Forbidden City (4)" on CCTV 4, and then watch "Forbidden City (5)" on CCTV 2 at 22:10.