KR20100035557A - Method for selectively restricting tv programs by use of fingerprint in digital broadcasting receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a viewing restriction method through fingerprint recognition in a digital broadcasting receiver. That is, in the present invention, in the method for restricting viewing according to user age in the digital broadcasting receiver, a user who is recognized as a legitimate user who can watch the digital broadcasting receiver through a fingerprint using a remote control capable of fingerprint input and then is recognized by a fingerprint is recognized. By allowing viewing only for a viewable program or channel information preset according to the age of the user, more secure user authentication is possible, and customized program or channel information for each user's age can be provided.

Fingerprint, program, channel, viewing, restriction

Description

How to restrict viewing through fingerprint recognition in a digital broadcasting receiver {METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY RESTRICTING TV PROGRAMS BY USE OF FINGERPRINT IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEIVER}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting receiver, and in particular, access to a channel and program information preset according to a user's age at the time of user authentication according to fingerprint recognition through a fingerprint input device implemented in a remote controller in a digital broadcasting receiver. The present invention relates to a method of restricting viewing through fingerprint recognition in a digital broadcasting receiver, which enables user authentication to be performed more accurately and provides customized channel and program information for each user.

In general, a digital broadcast receiver called a set top box is a device configured with a TV receiver to receive various TV image data of multiple channels transmitted through a network or a satellite. Receives the digital broadcasting data compressed by the MPEG-2 transmission method, expands the compressed data, decodes the encoded data, and converts the encoded data into a standard NTSC signal to enable display on a TV receiver.

That is, the digital broadcast receiver receives a bit-stream type digital broadcast signal transmitted by a broadcasting station and broadcasts a channel selected from the broadcast signals received by transport demux. It is configured to extract the signal, decode the extracted broadcast signal in a moving picture experts group (MPEG) -2 scheme, and display the extracted broadcast signal.

On the other hand, such a digital broadcast receiver is required to be able to select and receive a program or channel according to the age according to the age of users in the home, because a number of channels and programs of various age groups are mixed.

To this end, conventionally, there is a method of authenticating a user by inputting a login password for each user and applying a parental control set to the authenticated user. However, this is the case when a user such as a teenager finds out the password of a user registered as an adult and logs in secretly. There was a problem that the viewing restrictions were not properly achieved.

Therefore, after registering a user who is permitted to use a digital broadcasting receiver with fingerprint information that is not easy to forge, set a program or channel information suitable for the age according to the registered user's age to perform viewing restriction. If so, not only can the user be more accurately authenticated, but it is also expected to greatly increase the convenience of use by providing desirable program or channel information for each user's age.

Accordingly, the present invention enables the user to perform user authentication more accurately by only allowing access to channels and program information preset according to the user's age when authenticating a user according to fingerprint recognition through a fingerprint input device implemented in a remote controller in a digital broadcasting receiver. The present invention provides a method for restricting viewing through fingerprint recognition in a digital broadcasting receiver that provides customized channel and program information for each user.

The present invention described above is a method for restricting viewing through fingerprint recognition in a digital broadcasting receiver, the method comprising: inputting fingerprint information of a user who wants to access the digital broadcasting receiver, and analyzing the input fingerprint information to authenticate whether the user is a legitimate user; And reading the preset viewing permission program or channel information according to the age of the authenticated user, and allowing viewing of the program or channel set to the fingerprint authenticated user.

The present invention also provides a method for restricting viewing through fingerprint recognition in a digital broadcasting receiver, comprising: inputting fingerprint information of a user who wants to access the digital broadcasting receiver through a remote controller; Authenticating a user, transmitting the authenticated user information wirelessly to the digital broadcasting receiver by using the remote controller, and viewing a preset program or channel according to an age of the user authenticated by the digital broadcasting receiver. Reading information and allowing viewing of the program or channel set to the authenticated user.

According to the present invention, in a method for restricting viewing according to user age in a digital broadcasting receiver, after a user registered as a legitimate user who can be viewed by a digital broadcasting receiver using a remote control capable of fingerprint input is recognized through a fingerprint, the age of the fingerprint recognized user By allowing viewing only for the pre-viewable program or channel information set according to the above, a more secure user authentication is possible, and there is an advantage that a user-specific customized program or channel information can be provided.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the operating principle of the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and may be changed according to the intentions or customs of the user, the operator, and the like. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

Referring to the specific core technical gist of the present invention, after a user who is registered as a legitimate user who can view the digital broadcasting receiver using a remote control capable of fingerprint input is recognized through a fingerprint, the user is able to view preset settings according to the age of the user whose fingerprint is recognized. It is easy to achieve what is intended in the present invention through a technology that allows viewing only for program or channel information.

1 illustrates a detailed block configuration of a digital broadcast receiver to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

Referring to FIG. 1, first, the key input unit 118 and the remote controller 126 generate a key data signal according to a user's key operation and apply the generated key data signal to the controller 116. The memory unit 120 stores an operation program for the operation of the digital broadcast receiver, and stores and outputs various program information output from the tuner unit 100 under the control of the controller 116.

In addition, the remote controller 126 includes a keypad 202 for generating a user's key input data for remote control of a digital broadcast receiver as in the key input unit 118. In particular, as shown in FIG. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a fingerprint input unit 204 for inputting a user's fingerprint is provided, and the remote control unit 206 receives the user's fingerprint information as authentication information for using the digital broadcasting receiver and receives the IR transmitter 200. Infrared transmission through the digital broadcast receiver.

The tuner 100 tunes and receives a bit stream of a channel corresponding to a tuning control signal of the controller 116 among bit streams received from an antenna or a terrestrial wave. The channel decoder 102 decodes the signal selected from the tuner unit 100 in a VSB, QPSK, QAM, or the like manner according to a transmission method, and applies the demultiplexed signal to the demultiplexer 104.

The demultiplexer 104 receives the digital stream decoded by the channel decoder 102, divides the video stream into video, audio, and additional information streams, and applies the decoded video stream to the MPEG-2 decoder 106. Then, the MPEG decoder 106 separates and decodes the broadcast signal provided from the demultiplexer 104 into an audio signal and a video signal, and then performs a predetermined signal processing process through the video / audio processing units 108 and 110 to display the TV receiver display unit ( 112) to be displayed on the screen.

The video processor 108 receives the video signal decoded and output from the MPEG-2 decoder 106 and converts the video signal into a displayable image signal on the screen of the display unit 112 of the receiver such as a CRT, PDP, LCD, etc. The audio processor 110 receives the audio signal decoded and output from the MPEG-2 decoder 106 and reproduces the audio signal through the audio output unit such as the speaker 114. The IR receiver 124 receives an operation command of a remote controller operated by a user and applies it to the controller 116.

The controller 116 controls the overall operation of each part of the digital broadcast receiver according to the operation program stored in the memory unit 120, and the remote controller 126 input from the key data signal from the key input unit 118 and the IR receiver 124. According to the key data from the control signal for generating a corresponding function is generated and applied to the corresponding function. For example, the tuner 100 provides a tuning control signal for tuning a broadcast channel selected by a user, and generates a decoding control signal for decoding the tuned broadcast signal.

In addition, the control unit 116 in the setting of parental control by age according to an embodiment of the present invention, the fingerprint information by receiving the user's fingerprint information along with the power-on key data input from the remote control 126 Recognizing the corresponding user among the users registered as legitimate users of the digital broadcast receiver, and reads the program or channel information preset according to the age of the user to perform a customized viewing restriction for the user.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation control flow of a user's age-based parental control method through a fingerprint in a digital broadcast receiver using a fingerprint input remote controller according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

First, fingerprint information for each user is registered on the digital broadcast receiver, and a viewing allowable program or channel information for each user age is registered.

As described above, with the viewing permission of the digital broadcasting receiver, for example, the viewing permission program and the channel information are registered according to the age using the fingerprint information of the family, any user registered with the fingerprint information may use the remote controller 126 for digital. When the broadcast receiver is turned on, the remote controller 206 recognizes that the power on key is input by the user in step S300 and requests a fingerprint input through the fingerprint input unit 204 in step S302.

Accordingly, the user inputs a fingerprint to the fingerprint input unit 204 provided in the remote controller 204, and the remote controller control unit 206 receives the fingerprint information of the user through the fingerprint input unit 204 in step S304.

Subsequently, the remote controller 206 transmits the fingerprint information of the user who requested the power-on of the digital broadcast receiver together with the digital broadcast receiver power-on key data in step S306 to InfraRed (IR).

Then, when the controller 116 of the digital broadcast receiver receives the fingerprint information of the user together with the power-on key data from the remote controller 126 in step S400, the controller 116 proceeds to step S402 to analyze the fingerprint information.

Subsequently, the controller 116 determines a user whose fingerprint information is matched among the users registered in the digital broadcasting receiver based on the fingerprint information analyzed in step S404, and then presets according to the user's age in step S406. Search for program information or channel information allowed for viewing. Thereafter, the controller 116 sets the program information or channel information preset to the user as the program information or the channel information allowed to be viewed by the user in step S408 to receive the digital broadcast signal received only for the corresponding program or channel. Receive and display.

As described above, in the present invention, in a method for restricting viewing by age of a user in a digital broadcasting receiver, a fingerprint is recognized after a user registered as a legitimate user who can be viewed by the digital broadcasting receiver using a remote control capable of fingerprint input is recognized through a fingerprint. By allowing viewing only for a viewable program or channel information preset according to a user's age, more secure user authentication is possible, and customized program or channel information for each user's age can be provided.

While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. That is, in the present invention, the remote controller receiving the fingerprint information transmits the fingerprint information to the digital broadcasting receiver, and the digital broadcasting receiver analyzes the fingerprint information to authenticate the user. However, the remote controller receives the fingerprint information and analyzes the fingerprint information. After authentication, the authenticated user information may be provided to the digital broadcast receiver.

Accordingly, the scope of the invention should not be limited by the described embodiments but should be defined by the appended claims.

1 is a block diagram of a digital broadcast receiver to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

2 is a block diagram of a remote controller to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied;

3 is a flow chart of processing for restricting viewing by user age through fingerprint recognition in a digital broadcasting receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Brief description of the major symbols in the drawings>

100: tuner unit 102: channel decoder

104: demultiplexer 106: MPEG-2 decoder

108: video processing unit 110: audio processing unit

112: display unit 114: speaker

116: control unit 118: key input unit

120: memory 122: HDD

124: IR receiver 126: remote control

200: IR transmitter 204: fingerprint input unit

Claims (4)

As a method of restricting viewing through fingerprint recognition in a digital broadcasting receiver, Inputting fingerprint information of a user who wants to access the digital broadcasting receiver; Analyzing the input fingerprint information to authenticate whether the user is a legitimate user; Reading preset viewing permission program or channel information according to the age of the authenticated user; Allowing viewing of the program or channel set to the fingerprint authenticated user; View restriction method through fingerprint recognition in a digital broadcast receiver comprising a. The method of claim 1, The fingerprint information is, Viewing method through the fingerprint recognition in the digital broadcast receiver, characterized in that the input through the wireless transmission from the external fingerprint input device. The method of claim 2, The fingerprint information is, The method of claim 1, wherein the digital broadcasting receiver is wirelessly transmitted to the infrared communication through the remote controller having the fingerprint input device. As a method of restricting viewing through fingerprint recognition in a digital broadcasting receiver, Inputting fingerprint information of a user who wants to access the digital broadcasting receiver through a remote controller; Analyzing the fingerprint information input from the remote controller to authenticate whether the user is a legitimate user; Wirelessly transmitting the authenticated user information from the remote controller to the digital broadcast receiver; Reading preset viewing permission program or channel information according to the age of the authenticated user in the digital broadcasting receiver; Allowing viewing of the program or channel set to the authenticated user; View restriction method through fingerprint recognition in a digital broadcast receiver comprising a.

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