Summary of the invention
At the problems referred to above, the invention provides a kind of displays program information and be convenient to the user and carry out programme information classifying indication method, the programme information classification display unit that program selects and have the television set that classification shows each channel program informational function of can classifying.
For achieving the above object, programme information classifying indication method of the present invention comprises the steps:
From EPG information, extract programme information, according to default program classification rule programme information is classified; And,
Output and display program classified information.
Wherein, described program classification rule is specially: classify according to the programm name classification or according to program category.
For achieving the above object, programme information classification display unit of the present invention comprises: programme labeling information processing unit, memory cell and output display unit; Wherein,
Described programme labeling information processing unit extracts programme information from EPG information, according to default program classification rule programme information is classified;
Described memory cell is used for storage through the sorted programme information of described programme labeling information processing unit;
Described output display unit, output also shows the programme labeling information that is stored in the described memory cell.
For achieving the above object, television set of the present invention, comprise the television set body, also comprise: be used for the programme information classification display unit of the described television set body display of television programmes mode of control, the programme information classification display unit that this programme information classification display unit is said structure.
The invention has the beneficial effects as follows:
1, method of the present invention can make the user therefrom select interested channel fast by the program that current each channel the is play demonstration of classifying, and channel is searched more directly perceived, and is easy.
2, programme information classification display unit of the present invention can be carried out the programme information that extracts taxonomic revision and output from EPG information, makes things convenient for the user to select interested channel fast from the tabulation that shows.
3, television set of the present invention is by arranging programme information classification display unit, under the situation that does not need user's input information, can classify according to programm name to each channel, avoided the inconvenience brought in user's input process, can greatly improve the ease for use of television set, for the user provides a kind of more easy program selecting method.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with specific embodiment and accompanying drawing programme information classifying indication method of the present invention is further described.
As shown in Figure 1, programme information classifying indication method of the present invention comprises the steps:
Step 1, from EPG information, extract programme information, according to default program classification rule programme information is classified;
Step 2, output and display program classified information.
Wherein, described program classification rule is specially: classify according to the programm name classification or according to program category.Suppose the listed in progress program of current each channel that is in the table 1.As shown in table 2 according to the programm name sorting result, as shown in table 3 according to the program category sorting result.
Table 1
| Channel 1 | News hookup |
| Channel 2 | TV play A |
| Channel 3 | TV play B |
| Channel 4 | News hookup |
| Channel 5 | TV play A |
| Channel 6 | Variety A |
| Channel 7 | Variety B |
| Channel 8 | News hookup |
| Channel 9 | Variety B |
| Channel 10 | Variety A |
Table 2
Table 3
From table 2 and table 3 as can be seen, be exactly the classification of carrying out according to the literal title of program according to the programm name classification, be exactly the classification of carrying out according to the described type of program according to the program category classification.Two kinds of mode classifications can be selected to use according to user's hobby.The programme labeling information that shows according to the programm name classification is more detailed, and the user can very clearly see concrete program.The programme labeling information that shows according to program category classification is more convenient for those miss potter the user of certain class program, can very clearly find out has those channels at the program of playing the type, such as the finance and economic program, the user can therefrom choose a channel wantonly and watch.In addition, program classification rule of the present invention is not limited only to this, can also be other forms of mode classification, for example watches the priority of program category to classify etc. by the user.
In addition, the programme information that extracts from EPG information among the present invention not only comprises the programme information of the current broadcast of each channel, can also comprise the programme information that each channel desire of next period is play.The programme information that demonstrates all channels broadcasts in longer a period of time section that so just can be whole just need not show the classified information of checking program frequently.
As the present invention embodiment further, step 1, describedly from EPG information, extract programme information, according to the program classification rule programme information is classified, be implemented as follows:
1.1, create program information list and programme information classification chart;
1.2, from EPG information, extract programme information, and the programme information that extracts is stored in the described program information list;
1.3, according to the program classification rule programme information in the described program information list is classified, and classified programme information is stored in the described programme information classification chart;
Wherein, extracting programme information from EPG information should comprise: channel number, the corresponding programm name of playing of each channel number, or also comprise the programme content outline, or also comprise other extend informations that EPG provides etc.As shown in table 4, described program information list comprises: channel number, programm name and updating mark, or also comprise program category under each programm name, updating mark comprises: updating mark and not updating mark, whether identical to identify the programm name that programm name that this channel plays plays in the updating period in this updating period, difference namely shows updating mark, the identical not updating mark that namely shows; Described program category comprises: news category, TV play class, variety class etc.As can be seen from the table, in existing 10 channels, channel 1 is being play news hookup, channel 2 is being play TV play A, compares with upgrading channel content last time, and the programm name that channel 1 is play changes, the programm name that channel 2 is play does not change, so the updating mark of channel 1 is Y, the updating mark of channel 2 is N, below the updating mark of each channel.
Described programme information classification chart comprises: specific name and all channel numbers of playing this classify programs, or comprise that also desire plays all channel numbers of this classify programs, described specific name is programm name or program category title, respectively shown in table 5 and table 6.
Table 4
| Channel number | Programm name | Updating mark | Program category |
| 1 | News hookup | Y | News category |
| 2 | TV play A | N | The TV play class |
| 3 | TV play B | N | The TV play class |
| 4 | News hookup | Y | News category |
| 5 | TV play A | N | The TV play class |
| 6 | Variety A | Y | The variety class |
| 7 | Variety B | N | The variety class |
| 8 | News hookup | Y | News category |
| 9 | Variety B | N | The variety class |
| 10 | Variety A | Y | The variety class |
Table 5
Table 6
Create described program information list and programme information classification chart in the present embodiment, its objective is: the channel program information list can be put the programme information that gets access in order and sort from EPG information, so that the classification of follow-up programme information.Described programme information classification chart will be in the channel program information list be classified according to the program classification rule and is exported demonstration through arrangement and sorted programme information, so that user's the selection of carrying out program.
As the present invention embodiment further, because programme information is dynamic change, the programme information of storing in the program information list also should be along with the programme information of dynamic change is brought in constant renewal in, therefore also should comprise after the step 1.2 in above-described embodiment: monitor in real time whether the corresponding programm name of each channel number has renewal in the program information list, if have, from EPG information, extract this and upgrade the in progress programm name of channel number, and this programm name is stored in the channel number place list item corresponding in the program information list; Proceed next step 1.3 then, again the programme information in the program information list after upgrading is classified.
As the present invention embodiment further again, with above-mentioned embodiment, the purpose of present embodiment also is in order to bring in constant renewal in programme information, correct to guarantee the classified information of storing in the programme information classification chart, present embodiment adopts the mode of timing, be specially: pick up counting after treating from EPG information, to have extracted programme information, when timing time equals Preset Time, from EPG information, extract programme information again to upgrade the programme information in the described program information list; And then carry out next step 1.3, again the programme information in the program information list after upgrading is classified.
Wherein, above-mentioned Preset Time is preferably the time cycle of EPG information updating, namely be chosen in each EPG and upgrade the programme information that finishes each channel in the synchronous renewal in the back channel information storage classification chart, so neither more system resource can be wasted, the correctness of the classified information of storing in the programme information classification chart can be guaranteed again.
As the present invention embodiment further again, more convenient for program classification is shown, can show that programme labeling information of the present invention can show by following several modes according to user's oneself hobby:
Mode one, receive the full programme information idsplay order of input, export and show the programme labeling information of all programs; The user can trigger the full content that demonstrates the program classification tabulation by the quick button of remote controller; And/or
Mode two, receive the partial programme information display instruction of input, all programme informations that output and demonstration are similar with current program information namely read program classification and meet the list item of current programm name or program category in tabulating and show.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of step that realizes in the described method of the various embodiments described above is to instruct relevant hardware to finish by program, described program can be stored in in the computer read/write memory medium, and this storage medium can be: ROM/RAM, magnetic disc, CD etc.In actual applications, the user can show signal by the output of the special function keys on TV remote controller program classification, relevant hardware will call the executive program of realizing method described in above-described embodiment after receiving this signal, can realize that just the classification of programme information shows.
As shown in Figure 2, programme information classification display unit of the present invention comprises: comprising: programme labeling information processing unit, memory cell and output display unit; Wherein,
Described programme labeling information processing unit extracts programme information from EPG information, according to default program classification rule programme information is classified;
Described memory cell is used for storage through the sorted programme information of described programme labeling information processing unit;
Described output display unit, output also shows the programme labeling information that is stored in the described memory cell.
As the present invention embodiment further, described programme labeling information processing unit comprises: classification chart creation module, programme information extraction module, program classification module and timing module;
Described classification chart creation module is created program information list and programme information classification chart;
Described programme information extraction module, from EPG information, extract programme information, and the programme information that extracts is stored in the program information list, whether the programme information in the described program information list of monitoring has lastest imformation in real time, if have, from EPG information, extract programme information again to upgrade program information corresponding in the program information list;
Described program classification module reads all programme informations in the described program information list, programme information is classified and is stored in the programme information classification chart according to the program classification rule;
Described timing module is treated to pick up counting when described programme information extraction module is finished information extraction, and when timing time equaled Preset Time, output timing END instruction was extracted programme information again to control described programme information extraction module from EPG information.
Wherein, described program information list comprises: channel number, programm name and updating mark, or also comprise the affiliated program category of each programm name;
Described programme information classification chart comprises: specific name and all channel numbers of playing this classify programs, or also comprise all channel numbers of this classify programs to be played, described specific name is programm name or program category title.
Programme information classification display unit described in above-described embodiment can be shown to the user with programme labeling information, and the user can see intuitively which program at which channel is play, and directly selects channel to switch according to the program of liking.Programme information classification display unit is receiving the user after the start control command of the control command of the quick button output of remote controller or television set terminal, be about to the content of programme information classification chart with the form demonstration of shortcut menu, open shortcut menu simultaneously and show timer, the user can select in the shortcut menu channel displayed number arbitrarily in shortcut menu, change platform after selection is finished and menu is closed, if do not change the platform operation in the time of timing, timing can be closed shortcut menu after finishing automatically.And operations such as the foundation of the program information list of programme information classification display unit and programme information classification chart and content update are carried out on the backstage, are sightless for these operations of user.Be the description of programme information classification display unit practical work process below, be specially:
At first, after programme information classification display unit receives execution command, this execution command can be television terminal start control command, also can be that the user is after the remote controller specific keys is sent control command), the classification chart creation module can be created program information list and program sequencing table, and is stored in the memory cell.
Then, described programme information extraction module extracts the in progress programme information of current each channel from EPG information, upgrade the content of program information list simultaneously, whether each programme information in the monitoring program information list has renewal in real time, if have, from EPG information, extract programme information again to upgrade program information corresponding in the program information list.When finishing information extraction, described programme information extraction module picks up counting, when timing time equals Preset Time when (time cycle of EPG information updating), export the timing END instruction and from EPG information, extract programme information again to control described programme information extraction module.Circulation is carried out, and finishes this program classification Presentation Function up to television terminal shutdown or user.
At last, receive the classified information idsplay order of user input when described output display unit after, also show the programme labeling information that is stored in the described memory cell according to instruction output.Described output display unit can show in two ways according to instruction; Mode one, export and show the programme labeling information of all programs, namely demonstrate the full content of program classification tabulation; Mode two, read and meet the list item of current programm name or program category in the program classification tabulation and show.
Here also need to prove especially: when television terminal shutdown or user finished this program classification Presentation Function, programme information classification display unit can auto-destruct program information list and programme information classification chart.At this moment, next time the start or the user after specific keys is sent control command, just need not to judge whether to create channel program information list and program sequencing table, directly create.When if television terminal shutdown or user finish this program classification Presentation Function, programme information classification display unit meeting auto-destruct program information list and programme information classification chart, this moment start next time or the user after specific keys is sent control command, programme information classification display unit just needs to differentiate whether create program information list and programme information classification chart.In addition, the EPG of Digital Television can regularly upgrade, for example: upgraded once automatically in per ten minutes, the time of upgrading timer need be consistent with the time that EPG upgrades, be chosen in each EPG and upgrade end back renewal programme information classification chart synchronously, such design can not wasted more system resource.
Television set of the present invention, comprise the television set body, and the programme information classification display unit that is used for the described television set body display of television programmes mode of control, this programme information classification display unit is the programme information classification display unit described in the various embodiments described above.
From the various embodiments described above as can be seen, the present invention does not need user's input information to classify according to programm name to each channel, avoided the inconvenience brought in user's input process, can greatly improve the ease for use of television set, for the user provides a kind of more easy program selecting method.
More than; only be preferred embodiment of the present invention, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, anyly is familiar with those skilled in the art in the technical scope that the present invention discloses; the variation that can expect easily or replacement all should be encompassed within protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should be as the criterion with the protection range that claim was defined.