KR20120069961A - Method for displaying contents image and display apparatus thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of displaying content images respectively corresponding to a plurality of contents, the method comprising: displaying some of the content images on a screen; Receiving a scroll operation in a first direction; And moving the displayed content images in the first direction such that at least one of the displayed content images disappears from the screen and the at least one new content image is displayed on the screen, wherein the content images are displayed on the screen. The time taken is determined differently according to the preference for the corresponding content.

Description

Method for displaying content image and video display device using same

The present invention relates to a method of displaying information on a plurality of contents in a video display device.

With the development and commercialization of digital TV and wired / wireless network technology, which has better signal processing and storage capability than conventional analog TV, real-time broadcasting, contents on demand (COD) using the internet network connected to each household in addition to the existing radio media. Various types of content services such as games, news, and video communication can be provided to users.

An example of providing a content service using the Internet network may be an Internet Protocol TV (IPTV). The IPTV refers to transmitting various information services, moving picture contents, and broadcasting to a user's television through a high-speed Internet network.

Recently, the concept of broadband TV, web TV, etc. has been proposed as a type of network TV which has been further developed in the IPTV. Unlike conventional IPTV, a broadband TV or a web TV has a plurality of content providers, and a user may individually access a plurality of content providers to receive various VODs, games, and the like provided by the content providers.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently displaying information on a plurality of contents.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for displaying a content image includes displaying content images corresponding to a plurality of contents, and displaying some of the content images on a screen; Receiving a scroll operation in a first direction; And corresponding to the scrolling operation, moving the displayed content images in the first direction such that at least one of the displayed content images disappears from the screen and at least one new content image is displayed on the screen. The time at which content images are displayed on the screen is determined differently according to the preference for the corresponding content.

The video display device according to an embodiment of the present invention may perform the content image display method.

On the other hand, the content image display method may be implemented as a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for execution on a computer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in moving and displaying images corresponding to a plurality of contents according to a user's scrolling operation, by determining a time for displaying the contents images differently according to a preference for the corresponding contents, According to the preference pattern of, a user interface for easily selecting content may be provided.

1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method of displaying content images.
2 and 3 illustrate embodiments of a method of moving and displaying content images by using a scroll operation.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a content image display method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 8 are diagrams illustrating an embodiment of a method of adjusting a display time of content images according to a preference.
9 to 12 are diagrams illustrating still another embodiment of a method of adjusting the display time of content images according to a preference.
13 and 14 illustrate embodiments of a method of displaying images of a preferred channel.
15 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method of displaying a preference for content.
FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment of a method of moving and displaying content images by using a scroll operation.
17 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method of displaying information on music files.
18 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method of displaying information about emails.
19 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a configuration of a broadcast system.
20 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a data transmission / reception method between a video display device and a service provider.
21 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a video display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
22 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a method of controlling an operation of an image display device using a remote control apparatus.

Hereinafter, a content image display method and an image display device using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The content image display method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be performed by a content reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing content according to a signal input or stored therein.

For example, the content may include an image and a sound, and accordingly, the method for displaying a content image according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a display unit for displaying an image and a sound output unit for outputting a sound. Can be performed by

However, the content image display method according to an embodiment of the present invention is not limited to that performed by the video display device as described above, and may be a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, It may be performed by various devices such as a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation device, and the like.

1 illustrates an embodiment of a method of displaying content images.

Referring to FIG. 1, information on a plurality of reproducible contents, for example, a plurality of images corresponding to each of the contents may be displayed on the screen 10.

For example, the content images 21, 22, 23, and 24 corresponding to each of the first to fourth contents, which are some of the contents images corresponding to the plurality of contents, may be displayed on the screen 10. The content images 21, 22, 23, and 24 may be thumbnail images, which are reduced images of a specific portion of an image of the corresponding content.

The plurality of contents may include various contents such as a real time broadcasting channel, contents on demand (COD), movies, music, games, news, video telephony, etc., and for this, the content reproducing apparatus may use a wired or wireless network such as the Internet. A signal corresponding to the plurality of contents may be received by using the same.

Meanwhile, there may be a plurality of content providers corresponding to each of the plurality of contents. In this case, the content reproducing apparatus, for example, the display apparatus, may individually access the plurality of contents providers according to a request of the user, and thus the contents. Various contents such as real-time broadcasting, COD, games, videos, photos, weather information, news, and video telephone service provided by providers may be provided.

In addition, the content reproducing apparatus may display information on each of the plurality of contents on the screen 10. For example, the content information may include not only the content image but also texts as described above.

For example, the displayed content information may be a character including information related to the content such as a name, an identification number, a content provider, and content of the corresponding content, or may be an image representing the corresponding content, and a user may read the plurality of contents. It may be configured to include data to identify and briefly grasp the content of each content.

In addition, a pointer 30 which is moved in response to the movement of an input means such as a remote control device or the like may be displayed on the screen 10, whereby the pointer 30 is pointing by the user using the input means. You can indicate the location you want to.

As shown in FIG. 1, the user moves the pointer 30 displayed on the screen 10 using the input means to locate the image corresponding to the content to be played, and then selects the content image to select the desired content. Can be played back.

In addition, among the plurality of playable contents, the content images corresponding to the remaining contents in which the image is not displayed on the screen 10 may be displayed by a scroll operation input from the user.

The scroll is an input operation for moving the contents displayed on the screen 10 up or down or left and right. When the amount of information displayed on the screen 10 exceeds one screen, the contents displayed on the screen 10 are moved up or down or left and right. In order to move to, the previously undisplayed contents are displayed on the screen 10.

Referring to FIG. 2, the left scroll button 40 and the right scroll button 41 may be displayed on the screen 10, and the user selects the left or right scroll button 40, 41 using the pointer 30. The content images displayed on the screen 10 may be moved.

For example, when the user selects the left scroll button 40, the content images 21, 22, 23, and 24 displayed on the screen 10 move to the left direction, and accordingly, the first content image 21 is moved. May disappear from the screen 10 and a new fifth content image 25 may be displayed on the screen 10.

That is, the user selects the scroll buttons 40 and 41 to move the content images displayed on the screen 10 so that new content images can be displayed on the screen 10. When the screen 10 is displayed, the corresponding content image may be selected.

Referring to FIG. 3, the user may take a scroll operation of touching the finger F on the screen 10 displaying the content images 21, 22, 23, and 24, and then moving the finger F in the first direction. Content images displayed on the screen 10 may be moved in the first direction.

For example, the remote control device may be an input means such as a spatial remote controller or a mouse that recognizes a user's motion and transmits a signal corresponding thereto to the content player.

In addition, the content reproducing apparatus may include a touch panel that may sense a position touched by a specific object or a movement of the touched object, so that a user may use his or her finger or a specific object to display a screen. In contact with and perform a scrolling operation as described above.

Meanwhile, the content reproducing apparatus may include a sensing unit that detects a user's eye movement, and thus may receive a scroll operation as described above according to the user's eye movement.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in moving the content images displayed on the screen in response to the scrolling operation as described above, the time for displaying the content images on the screen is determined differently according to the preference for the corresponding content. desirable.

For example, a content having high user preference among a plurality of playable contents may be displayed on a screen for a longer time than an image of content having low preference when scrolling.

By displaying the image of the content having a high preference as described above on the screen for a longer time, it is possible to provide the optimized content information to the user, it can be easy to search and search for the desired content from the user side.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a content image display method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and descriptions of the same as those described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 will be omitted below.

Referring to FIG. 4, the content reproducing apparatus displays some of the content images corresponding to the plurality of reproducible contents on the screen (step S1).

Thereafter, when a scrolling motion in the first direction is input from the user (step S2), the content reproducing apparatus moves the content images displayed on the screen in the first direction (step S3).

In step S3, as described with reference to FIG. 2, as the content images are moved in the first direction, at least one of the content images displayed on the screen may disappear from the screen, and at least one new content image may be displayed on the screen. have.

In addition, while content images are moved and displayed in step S3, the time when each of the content images is displayed on the screen may be determined to be proportional to the preference for the corresponding content.

For example, when the content images displayed on the screen are moved in the first direction by the scrolling operation, the image of the content with low preference among the content images displayed on the screen disappears after being displayed on the screen for a short time and the content with high preference The display time may be set to disappear after the image is displayed on the screen for a long time.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the content preference may be learned and determined according to a user's usage pattern, and more specifically, may be determined according to the user's viewing time or the number of selections of the corresponding content.

For example, whenever a user watches or selects a broadcast channel, the viewing time and the number of selections may be accumulated and stored for each channel, and as the stored viewing time and the number of selections increase, the preference for the channel increases.

Meanwhile, the preference of the content may be divided into n preset stages, and for example, the content may be determined to have a value of 1 to n.

In addition, when there are a plurality of users of the content reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the preference for each of the plurality of contents for each user may be determined and stored in a memory (not shown). If confirmed, content preferences corresponding to the user may be read from the memory and used.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, preference values for the content may be used with preset preference values.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 3, when the user touches the screen 10 to input a scroll operation, the distance at which the content images displayed on the screen are moved may be determined according to the speed or distance of the scroll operation. After the distance is moved, the movement of the content images is stopped.

In this case, as described above, the screen display time of the content images is determined to be proportional to the preference for the corresponding content, so that the image of the content with high preference is displayed on the screen 10 after the movement of the content images by the scrolling operation is stopped. As a result, the probability of being placed in a user selectable state may increase, and conversely, the probability of displaying an image of content with low preference may be relatively reduced.

Accordingly, the user may intuitively feel that the image of his or her favorite content is displayed and searched on the screen 10 with a high probability when scrolling, which makes it very easy to select a desired content among a large number of contents. Can be.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the screen display time of the content images may be different according to the content preference by determining a moving speed of the content images moved in response to the scrolling operation according to the content preference. have.

For example, when the content images displayed on the screen are moved by the scrolling operation, the image of the content with low preference among the content images displayed on the screen moves at a high speed and disappears after being displayed on the screen for a short time, and has a high preference. The image of the content may move at a slow speed and disappear after being displayed on the screen for a long time.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a method of adjusting the display time of content images according to preference will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8.

In the following embodiment, it is assumed that the preference for the content has a value of '1' to '5', and the preference is high as the preference value increases. In addition, when the preference for the first content is '1', the preference for the second content is '5', the preference for the third content is '4', and the preference for the fourth content is '1'. Assume

Referring to FIG. 5, when the user scrolls in the left direction while the first to fourth content images 21, 22, 23, and 24 are displayed on the screen 10, the first to fourth content images 21 are displayed. , 22, 23, and 24 move at the moving speed 'v' such that the leftmost first content image 21 disappears from the screen 10 as shown in FIG. 6, and the fifth content image 22 is removed. Will appear.

Referring to FIG. 6, when the second to fifth content images 22, 23, 24, and 25 are displayed on the screen 10, the second to fifth content images 22, 23, 24, and 25 may be displayed. As shown in FIG. 7, the second content image 22 located on the leftmost side disappears from the screen 10 and the sixth content image 26 appears as shown in FIG. 7.

In this case, since the image 22 of the second content having a five times higher preference value than the first content moves at the speed of 'v / 5' and disappears from the screen 10, it is assumed that the sizes of the content images are the same. 2 The time when the content image 22 is displayed on the screen 10 may be increased in proportion to the content preference.

Referring to FIG. 7, when the third to sixth content images 23, 24, 25, and 26 are displayed on the screen 10, the third to sixth content images 23, 24, 25, and 26 are displayed. As shown in FIG. 8, the third content image 23 located on the left side disappears from the screen 10 and the seventh content image 27 appears as shown in FIG. 8.

In this case, since the image 23 of the third content having a four times higher preference value than the first content moves at the speed of 'v / 4' and disappears from the screen 10, it is assumed that the sizes of the content images are the same. 3 The time when the content image 23 is displayed on the screen 10 may be about four times the display time of the first content image 21.

Referring to FIG. 8, while the fourth to seventh content images 24, 25, 26, and 27 are displayed on the screen 10, the fourth to seventh content images 24, 25, 26, and 27 are displayed. The fourth content image 23 disappears from the screen 10 at the movement speed 'v'.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, by determining the size of the content images displayed on the screen differently according to the content preferences, the screen display time of the content images may be different according to the content preferences.

For example, among the content images that are displayed and moved by the scrolling operation, images of low-preferred content are displayed in a small size and displayed on the screen for a short time, and then disappear. Images of high-preferred content are displayed in a large size and are long. It can be displayed on the screen for hours and then disappeared.

Meanwhile, the content images displayed on the screen may be thumbnail images respectively corresponding to the plurality of broadcast channels.

Hereinafter, another exemplary embodiment of a method of adjusting the display time of content images according to preference will be described.

9, thumbnail images 121, 122, 123, and 124 corresponding to broadcast channels 'CH1', 'CH2', 'CH3', and 'CH4', respectively, are proportional to the preference for the corresponding broadcast channel. The size may be displayed on the screen 10.

That is, the 'CH2' image 122 having the preference value of '5' may be displayed on the screen 10 at a size five times larger than the 'CH1' image 121 having the preference value of '1'.

In addition, the 'CH3' image 123 having the affinity value '4' is displayed as four times larger than the 'CH1' image 121, and the 'CH4' image 124 having the affinity value '1' is 'CH1'. 'CH5' image 125 having the same size as the image 121 and having a preference value of '2' may be displayed on the screen 10 with a size twice as large as the 'CH1' image 121. .

As illustrated in FIG. 9, the size of the image as described above may mean the width of the image displayed on the screen 10. For example, the images 121, 122, 123, and 124 have the same height. And may be determined such that the width is proportional to the channel preference.

As described above, the size of each of the channel images 121, 122, 123, and 124 displayed on the screen 10 is proportional to the channel preference, and thus the images 121, 122, 123, and 124 are controlled by the user's scrolling operation. Assuming that) moves at the same speed, the time when a particular channel image is displayed on the screen 10 may be determined to be proportional to the preference of the corresponding channel.

Referring to FIG. 9, after the user scrolls leftward, the leftmost 'CH1' image 121 may disappear after being displayed on the screen 10 for a time t corresponding to the size of the corresponding image. .

Referring to FIG. 10, since the size of the 'CH2' image 122 is five times larger than the size of the 'CH1' image 121, the time increased by five times the screen display time t of the 'CH1' image 121 ( 5t) may be displayed on the left side of the screen 10 and then disappear.

Referring to FIG. 11, since the 'CH3' image 123 is four times larger than the 'CH1' image 121, the time increased by four times the screen display time t of the 'CH1' image 121 ( 4t) may be displayed on the left side of the screen 10 and then disappear.

Referring to FIG. 12, since the 'CH4' image 124 is the same size as the 'CH1' image 121, the screen is displayed for the same time t as the screen display time t of the 'CH1' image 121. It may disappear after being displayed on the far left of (10).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the content image having a preference for the corresponding content or less than the reference value among the content images displayed on the screen may not be displayed on the screen.

13 and 14 illustrate embodiments of a method of displaying images of a preferred channel.

Referring to FIG. 13, only images 122, 123, 125, and 127 of broadcast channels having a preference value of '2' or more among a plurality of viewable broadcast channels may be displayed on the screen 10.

For example, when the preferences of 'CH1', 'CH4' and 'CH6' among the broadcasting channels are '1', the images of the broadcasting channels having a preference lower than or equal to '1' as a reference value are displayed on the screen 10. It may not be.

Meanwhile, the images 122, 123, 125, and 127 of the remaining broadcast channels except for the 'CH1', 'CH4', and 'CH6' may be displayed on the screen 10 in a size proportional to the preference of the corresponding broadcast channel. have.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the preference reference value as described above may be input from the user.

Referring to FIG. 14, a user may input a minimum preference value of a broadcast channel to be displayed on the screen 10 in the reference value input box 110, and the reference value input in the input box 110, for example, ' Only images 122, 123, and 129 of broadcast channels having a preference of 3 ′ or more may be displayed on the screen 10.

By displaying only images of content having a preference higher than the preset value or input from the user as described above on the screen 10, an optimized content list reflecting the cumulative preferences of the user can be provided to the user. have.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the content images displayed on the screen as described above may be displayed in different colors according to the preference for the corresponding content, and may be displayed together with letters or numbers indicating the preference for the corresponding content.

Referring to FIG. 15, 'CH1' and 'CH2' images 121 and 124 having the same preference value among the channel images 121, 122, 123, 124 and 125 displayed on the screen 10 have the same color. It may be indicated by.

Also, images having different preference values among the channel images 121, 122, 123, 124, and 125 displayed on the screen 10 may be displayed in different colors, for example, red as the preference increases. It may be displayed in a color close to.

Meanwhile, regions 131, 132, 133, 134, and 135 that display a preference value of a corresponding channel may be located below the channel images 121, 122, 123, 124, and 125 displayed on the screen 10. Can be.

FIG. 16 illustrates another embodiment of a method of moving and displaying content images by using a scroll operation.

Referring to FIG. 16, an image of any one of a plurality of viewable broadcast channels may be displayed at the center of the screen 10, and the channel image displayed at the center may be changed according to a scrolling operation of the user.

For example, the 'CH2' image 122 may be displayed in the center of the screen 10, and the 'CH1' image 121 and the 'CH3' image 123 may be displayed in small sizes from side to side.

In this state, when the user scrolls in the left direction, the 'CH3' image 123 on the right side may be displayed in a large size in the center of the screen 10 while the 'CH2' image 122 moves to the left side.

In this case, as the channel images are moved according to the scrolling operation, the time when the image of the specific channel is displayed in the center of the screen 10 may be set to be proportional to the preference of the corresponding channel.

For example, when the user scrolls to the left in the screen 10 illustrated in FIG. 16, the time when the image 122 of 'CH2' having the preference value '5' is displayed in the center of the screen 10 is An image 123 of 'CH3' having a preference value of '4' may be determined to be longer than the time displayed in the center of the screen 10.

In the above description, a method of displaying a content image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described by taking images corresponding to broadcasting channels as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In displaying a plurality of items that can be selected by the user, such as a message such as an e-mail or a menu setting item, as described above, they may be differently displayed according to the usage pattern of the user.

17 illustrates an embodiment of a method of displaying information about music files.

Referring to FIG. 17, images 141, 142, 143, 144, and 145 corresponding to playable music files '1111.mp3', '2222.mp3', '3333.mp3', and '4444.mp3' respectively. ) May be displayed on the screen 10 in a size proportional to the preference for the corresponding music file.

Accordingly, the time when the images 141, 142, 143, 144, and 145 moved by the user's scroll operation are displayed on the screen 10 may be proportional to the preference of the corresponding music file.

18 illustrates one embodiment of a method for displaying information about received emails.

Referring to FIG. 18, images 151, 152, 153, and 154 respectively corresponding to the received emails may be displayed on the screen 10 in sizes proportional to the preferences for the corresponding emails.

For example, the preference for the e-mail may be determined according to intimacy with the sender of the e-mail, and the intimacy may be determined by the number of e-mail transmissions and receptions with the other party.

Accordingly, the time when the images 151, 152, 153, and 154 moved by the user's scrolling operation are displayed on the screen 10 may be proportional to the preference of the corresponding email.

The method of displaying a content image as described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 18 may be performed in a video display device.

The video display device according to the embodiment of the present invention is, for example, an intelligent video display device in which a computer support function is added to a broadcast reception function. It can be equipped with a more convenient interface such as a touch screen or a spatial remote controller. In addition, by being connected to the Internet and a computer with the support of a wired or wireless Internet function, it is possible to perform functions such as e-mail, web browsing, banking or gaming. A standardized general-purpose OS can be used for these various functions.

Therefore, the video display device described in the present invention can be freely added or deleted, for example, on a general-purpose OS kernel, so that various user-friendly functions can be performed. More specifically, the video display device may be, for example, a network TV, an HBBTV, a smart TV, or the like, and may be applied to a smartphone in some cases.

19 illustrates a configuration of a broadcast system including a video display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 19, the video display device 200 includes a broadcast interface 201, a section filter 202, an AIT filter 203, an application data processor 204, a broadcast data processor 205, and a media player 206. , An internet protocol processor 207, an internet interface 208, and a runtime module 209.

Meanwhile, the broadcast interface 201 of the video display device 200 may receive application information table (AIT) data, real-time broadcast content, application data, or stream event, and the like, and the real-time broadcast content may include linear A content. / V Content).

The section filter 202 performs section filtering on the four data received through the broadcast interface 201 to transmit the AIT data to the AIT filter 203, and the linear AV transmits the content to the broadcast data processing unit 205. The stream event and the application data may be transmitted to the application data processor 204.

The internet interface 208 may receive Non-Linear A / V Content and application data, for example, the Non Linear Ave content may be a Content On Demand (COD) application.

Meanwhile, the non-linear AV content may be transmitted to the media player 206, and the application data may be transmitted to the runtime module 209.

In addition, the runtime module 209 may include an application manager and a browser, which may use AIT data to control life cycles for interactive applications, and the browser displays and processes the interactive applications. Function can be performed.

20 illustrates an embodiment of a data transmission / reception method between an image display device and a service provider.

Referring to FIG. 20, the service provider performs a service provider discovery operation (S301). The video display device transmits a Service Provider Attachment Request signal (S302). When the SP connection is completed, the video display device receives provisioning information (S303). Furthermore, the video display device receives a master SI table from the service provider (S304), receives a Virtual Chnnanel Map table (S305), receives a Virtual Channel Description table (S306), and receives a Source table ( S307).

For example, the service provider discovery may refer to a process in which service providers providing services related to IPTV find a server providing information on their services.

There are three methods for finding an address list that can receive information (eg, SP discovery information) about an SD (Service Discovery) server. First, an address set in the image display device or an address set by a user's manual operation may be used. Second, a DHCP based SP discovery method may be used. Third, the DNS SRV-based SP discovery method may be used.

In addition, the video display device accesses the server of the address obtained by any one of the above three methods, receives a service provider discovery record containing information required for service discovery for each SP, and uses the service discovery step. You can proceed. On the other hand, the above process may be possible in both push mode or pull mode.

Meanwhile, the video display device may access a SP attachment server designated as an SP attachment locator of an SP discovery record and perform a registration procedure (or service attachment procedure).

The video display device may perform a separate authentication procedure by accessing an authentication service server of an SP designated as the SP authentication locator and then perform a service authentication procedure.

After the service attachment procedure is successful, the data transmitted from the server to the video display device may be in the form of provisioning information table.

In the service attachment process, the video display device may provide its ID and location information to the data transmitted to the server, and the service attachment server may specify a service subscribed to by the video display device based on this.

Address information for acquiring service information that the video display device intends to receive may be provided in the form of a provisioning information table. On the other hand, the address information may correspond to the access information of the master SI table, in this case it may be easy to provide a customized service for each subscriber.

The service information includes a master SI table record managing access information and a version of a virtual channel map, a virtual channel map table providing a list of services in a package form, a virtual channel description table including detailed information of each channel, and an actual information. It may include a source table including access information for accessing the service.

21 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a video display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 21, the video display device 200 includes a broadcast receiver 230, an external device interface unit 235, a storage unit 240, a user input interface unit 250, a control unit 270, and a display unit 280. ), An audio output unit 285, and a power supply unit 290. Meanwhile, the broadcast receiver 230 may include a tuner 231, a demodulator 232, and a network interface unit 233.

The tuner 231 selects an RF broadcast signal corresponding to a channel selected by a user or all pre-stored channels among radio frequency (RF) broadcast signals received through an antenna, and converts the selected RF broadcast signal into an intermediate frequency signal or a baseband. Can convert to video or audio signal.

For example, the tuner 231 may convert the selected RF broadcast signal into a digital IF signal (DIF) if the selected RF broadcast signal is a digital broadcast signal, and convert it into an analog baseband video or audio signal (CVBS / SIF) if the analog broadcast signal is a digital broadcast signal. .

That is, the tuner 231 may process both a digital broadcast signal or an analog broadcast signal, and the analog baseband video or audio signal CVBS / SIF output from the tuner 231 may be directly input to the controller 270. have.

In addition, the tuner 231 may receive an RF broadcast signal of a single carrier according to an Advanced Television System Committee (ATSC) scheme or an RF broadcast signal of multiple carriers according to a digital video broadcasting (DVB) scheme.

Meanwhile, the tuner 231 may sequentially select RF broadcast signals of all broadcast channels stored through a channel memory function among RF broadcast signals received through an antenna and convert the RF broadcast signals into intermediate frequency signals or baseband video or audio signals. .

The demodulator 232 may perform a demodulation operation by receiving the digital IF signal DIF converted by the tuner 231. For example, when the digital IF signal output from the tuner 231 is an ATSC scheme, the demodulator 232 may perform 8-VSB (8-Vestigal Side Band) demodulation.

In addition, the demodulator 232 may perform channel decoding, and includes a trellis decoder, a de-interleaver, a reed solomon decoder, and the like. Release decoding, deinterleaving, and read solo decoding may be performed.

For example, when the digital IF signal output from the tuner 231 is a DVB scheme, the demodulator 232 may perform coded orthogonal frequency division modulation (COFDMA) demodulation.

In addition, the demodulator 232 may perform channel decoding, and includes a convolution decoder, a deinterleaver, and a reed-soloman decoder for convolutional decoding, deinterleaving, and reed solo decoding. Can be done.

The demodulator 232 may output a stream signal TS after demodulation and channel decoding. The stream signal may be a signal multiplexed with a video signal, an audio signal, or a data signal.

For example, the stream signal may be an MPEG-2 Transport Stream (TS) multiplexed with an MPEG-2 standard video signal, a Dolby AC-3 standard audio signal, and the like. In detail, the MPEG-2 TS may include a header of 4 bytes and a payload of 184 bytes.

Meanwhile, the demodulator 232 may separately include the ATSC demodulator and the DVB demodulator according to the ATSC scheme and the DVB scheme.

The stream signal output from the demodulator 232 may be input to the controller 270. The controller 270 outputs an image to the display unit 280 after performing demultiplexing and image / audio signal processing. The voice may be output to the audio output unit 285.

The external device interface unit 235 may connect the external device to the image display device 200, and may include an A / V input / output unit (not shown) or a wireless communication unit (not shown).

The external device interface unit 235 may be connected to an external device such as a digital versatile disk (DVD), a Blu-ray, a game device, a camera, a camcorder, a computer (laptop), or the like by wire / wireless.

In addition, the external device interface unit 235 transmits an image, audio or data signal input from the outside through the connected external device to the controller 270 of the image display device 200, and processes the image, The voice or data signal can be output to a connected external device.

The A / V input / output unit may use a USB terminal, a CVBS (Composite Video Banking Sync) terminal, a component terminal, an S-video terminal (analog), and a DVI to input video and audio signals of an external device to the video display device 200. (Digital Visual Interface) terminal, HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) terminal, RGB terminal, D-SUB terminal and the like.

The wireless communication unit may perform short range wireless communication with another electronic device. For example, the video display device 200 may include Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and Digital Living Network Alliance. It can be networked with other electronic devices according to communication standards.

In addition, the external device interface unit 235 may be connected through at least one of the various set top boxes and the various terminals described above to perform input / output operations with the set top box.

Meanwhile, the external device interface unit 235 may receive an application or a list of applications in a neighboring external device and transmit the received application to the controller 270 or the storage 240.

The network interface unit 233 may provide an interface for connecting the video display device 200 to a wired / wireless network including an internet network. For example, the network interface unit 233 may include an Ethernet terminal for connection with a wired network, and may include a wireless LAN (WLAN), a Wi-Fi, a Wibro, and a Wimax (World). Interoperability for Microwave Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) communication standards can be used to access wireless networks.

Meanwhile, the network interface unit 233 may transmit or receive data with another user or another electronic device through the connected network or another network linked to the connected network.

In addition, some content data stored in the image display device 200 may be transmitted to another user who is registered in advance in the image display device 200 or a user selected from among other electronic devices or the selected electronic device.

The network interface unit 233 may access a predetermined web page through a connected network or another network linked to the connected network. That is, by accessing a predetermined web page through the network, it is possible to send or receive data with the server.

In addition, the network interface unit 233 may receive content or data provided by a content provider or a network operator. That is, the network interface unit 233 may receive content such as a movie, an advertisement, a game, a VOD, a broadcast signal, and related information provided from a content provider or a network provider through a network.

In addition, the network interface unit 233 may receive the update information and the update file of the firmware provided by the network operator, and may transmit data to the Internet or the content provider or the network operator.

The network interface unit 233 may select and receive a desired application from among applications that are open to the public through the network.

The storage unit 240 may store a program for processing and controlling each signal in the controller 270, and may store a video, audio, or data signal processed therein.

In addition, the storage unit 240 may perform a function for temporarily storing an image, audio, or data signal input from the external device interface unit 235 or the network interface unit 233. Information about a broadcast channel may be stored.

The storage unit 240 may store an application or an application list input from the external device interface unit 235 or the network interface unit 233.

The storage unit 240 may be, for example, a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, an SD or XD memory). Etc.), RAM, and ROM (EEPROM, etc.) may include at least one type of storage medium.

The video display device 200 may provide a user with a content file (video file, still image file, music file, document file, application file, etc.) stored in the storage unit 240.

The user input interface unit 250 may transmit a signal input by the user to the controller 270, or may transmit a signal from the controller 270 to the user. For example, the user input interface unit 250 may power on / off, select a channel, and set a screen from the remote controller 300 according to various communication methods such as a radio frequency (RF) communication or an infrared (IR) communication method. The control signal may be received and processed, or the control signal from the controller 270 may be transmitted to the remote controller 300.

In addition, the user input interface unit 250 may transmit a control signal input from a local key (not shown), such as a power key, a channel key, a volume key, and a set value, to the controller 270.

For example, the user input interface unit 250 may transmit a control signal input from a sensing unit (not shown) that senses a user's gesture to the controller 270, or may transmit a signal from the controller 270 to the sensing unit (not shown). Can be sent. The sensing unit (not shown) may include a touch sensor, a voice sensor, a position sensor, an operation sensor, and the like.

The controller 270 demultiplexes the stream input from the tuner 231 or the demodulator 232 or the external device interface 235 or processes the demultiplexed signals to generate a signal for video or audio output. You can print

The image signal processed by the controller 270 may be input to the display unit 280 and displayed as an image corresponding to the image signal. In addition, the image signal processed by the controller 270 may be input to the external output device through the external device interface unit 235.

The audio signal processed by the controller 270 may be audio output to the audio output unit 285. In addition, the voice signal processed by the controller 270 may be input to the external output device through the external device interface 235.

Although not shown in FIG. 21, the controller 270 may include a demultiplexer, an image processor, and the like.

In addition, the controller 270 may control overall operations of the video display device 200. For example, the controller 270 may control the tuner 231 so as to select an RF broadcast corresponding to a channel selected by a user or a pre-stored channel.

In addition, the controller 270 may control the image display device 200 by a user command or an internal program input through the user input interface unit 250, and access the network to display an application or a list of applications desired by the user. The display device 200 may be downloaded into the display device 200.

For example, the control unit 270 controls the tuner 231 to input a signal of a selected channel according to a predetermined channel selection command received through the user input interface unit 250, and the video, audio or data signal of the selected channel. Can be processed.

The controller 270 may be output through the display unit 280 or the audio output unit 285 with the video or audio signal processed by the channel information selected by the user.

In addition, the controller 270 may receive an external device image playback command received through the user input interface unit 250, from an external device input through the external device interface unit 235, for example, from a camera or a camcorder. The video signal or the audio signal may be output through the display unit 280 or the audio output unit 285.

The controller 270 may control the display unit 280 to display an image, for example, a broadcast image input through the tuner 231, or an external input input through the external device interface unit 235. An image, an image input through a network interface unit, or an image stored in the storage unit 240 may be controlled to be displayed on the display unit 280. In this case, the image displayed on the display unit 280 may be a still image or a video, and may be a 2D image or a 3D image.

In addition, the controller 270 may control the content stored in the video display device 200, the received broadcast content, or the external input content input from the outside to be reproduced. The content may include a broadcast video, an external input video, and audio. It may be in various forms such as a file, a still image, a connected web screen, and a document file.

The controller 270 may control to install and run an application downloaded from an external network along with various user interfaces. In addition, by selecting a user, an image related to an application to be executed may be controlled to be displayed on the display unit 280.

Although not shown in FIG. 21, the video display device 200 may further include a channel browsing processing unit that generates a thumbnail image corresponding to a channel signal or an external input signal.

The channel browsing processor receives the stream signal TS output from the demodulator 232 or the stream signal output from the external device interface 235, and extracts an image from the input stream signal to generate a thumbnail image. Can be.

The generated thumbnail image may be input as it is or encoded and input to the controller 270, or may be encoded in a stream form and input to the controller 270.

The controller 270 may display a thumbnail list including a plurality of thumbnail images on the display unit 280 by using the input thumbnail image, and the thumbnail images in the thumbnail list may be updated sequentially or simultaneously. Accordingly, the user can easily grasp the contents of the plurality of broadcast channels.

The display unit 280 converts an image signal, a data signal, an OSD signal processed by the controller 270 or an image signal, data signal, etc. received from the external device interface unit 235 into R, G, and B signals, respectively. You can generate a signal.

For this purpose, the display unit 280 may use a PDP, an LCD, an OLED, a flexible display, a 3D display, or the like, or may be configured as a touch screen and used as an input device in addition to the output device. It is possible.

The audio output unit 285 may receive a signal processed by the controller 270, for example, a stereo signal, a 3.1 channel signal, or a 5.1 channel signal, and output the audio signal. For this, the audio output unit 285 may be implemented using various types of speakers. Can be.

The image display device 200 may further include a photographing unit (not shown) for acquiring an image of the user, and the image information acquired by the photographing unit (not shown) may be input to the controller 270. .

In this case, the controller 270 may detect a user's gesture by combining or combining the image captured by the photographing unit (not shown) or the detected signal from the sensing unit (not shown).

The power supply unit 290 may supply the corresponding power throughout the image display device 200. For example, the power supply unit 290 may be implemented in the form of a system on chip (SOC) and a display unit ( 280 and the audio output unit 285 may be supplied with power.

For this purpose, the power supply unit 290 may include a converter (not shown) for converting AC power into DC power, and the luminance is variable or varied when the display unit 280 is implemented as a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of backlight lamps. For dimming driving, an inverter (not shown) capable of PWM operation may be further provided.

The remote control device 300 transmits the user input to the user input interface unit 250. To this end, the remote control device 300 may use Bluetooth, RF (Radio Frequency) communication, infrared (IR) communication, UWB (Ultra Wideband), ZigBee (ZigBee) method and the like.

In addition, the remote control device 300 may receive an image, audio, or data signal output from the user input interface unit 250, display it on the remote control device 300, or output voice or vibration.

The video display device 200 described above is a fixed type of ATSC (8-VSB) digital broadcasting, DVB-T (COFDM) digital broadcasting, ISDB-T (BST-OFDM) digital broadcasting, and the like. It may be a digital broadcast receiver capable of receiving at least one.

Meanwhile, the image display device 200 illustrated in FIG. 21 is only an embodiment of the present invention. Some of the illustrated components may be integrated, added, or omitted according to the specifications of the image display device 200 that is actually implemented.

That is, two or more constituent elements may be combined into one constituent element, or one constituent element may be constituted by two or more constituent elements, if necessary. In addition, the functions performed in each block are intended to illustrate the embodiments of the present invention, and the specific operations and apparatuses do not limit the scope of the present invention.

According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the image display device 200 does not include the tuner 231 and the demodulator 232, as shown in FIG. 5, and the network interface unit 233 or the external device interface unit. An image may be received and reproduced through the block 235.

For example, the video display device 200 may be divided into an image processing apparatus such as a set-top box, etc., for receiving broadcast signals or contents according to various network services, and a content reproduction apparatus for playing contents input from the image processing apparatus. Can be implemented.

In this case, the network service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below, as well as the image display device 200 as described with reference to FIG. 280 and the audio output unit 285 may be performed by any one of the content playback device.

22 illustrates an embodiment of a method of controlling an operation of a video display device according to an embodiment of the present invention using a remote control apparatus.

As illustrated in FIG. 22A, a pointer 30 corresponding to the remote controller 300 is displayed on the display unit 280.

The user may move or rotate the remote control device 300 up, down, left, and right. The pointer 30 displayed on the display unit 280 of the image display device corresponds to the movement of the remote controller 300. The remote control device 300, as shown in the figure, since the corresponding pointer 30 is moved and displayed in accordance with the movement in the 3D space, it can be called a spatial remote control.

FIG. 22B illustrates that when the user moves the remote control apparatus 300 to the left side, the pointer 30 displayed on the display unit 280 of the image display apparatus also moves to the left side correspondingly.

Information about the movement of the remote control device 300 detected through the sensor of the remote control device 300 is transmitted to the image display device. The image display device may calculate the coordinates of the pointer 30 from the information about the movement of the remote controller 300. The image display device may display the pointer 30 to correspond to the calculated coordinates.

FIG. 22C illustrates a case in which a user moves the remote control device 300 away from the display unit 280 while pressing a specific button in the remote control device 300. As a result, the selection area in the display unit 280 corresponding to the pointer 30 may be zoomed in and enlarged.

On the contrary, when the user moves the remote controller 300 to approach the display unit 280, the selection area in the display unit 280 corresponding to the pointer 30 may be zoomed out to be reduced.

On the other hand, when the remote control device 300 moves away from the display unit 280, the selection area may be zoomed out, and when the remote control device 300 approaches the display unit 280, the selection area may be zoomed in.

In addition, while pressing a specific button in the remote control device 300, recognition of the up, down, left and right movement can be excluded. That is, when the remote control device 300 moves away from or close to the display unit 280, the up, down, left and right movements are not recognized, and only the front and rear movements can be recognized. In a state where a specific button in the remote controller 300 is not pressed, only the pointer 30 moves according to the up, down, left, and right movements of the remote controller 300.

Meanwhile, the moving speed or the moving direction of the pointer 30 may correspond to the moving speed or the moving direction of the remote control apparatus 300.

The content image display method may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium that is produced as a program to be executed in a computer. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, and floppy. Disks, optical data storage, and the like, and also include those implemented in the form of carrier waves (eg, transmission over the Internet).

The computer readable recording medium may be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And, functional programs, codes and code segments for implementing the above method can be easily inferred by programmers of the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims (11)

A method of displaying content images corresponding to a plurality of contents, respectively,
Displaying some of the content images on a screen;
Receiving a scroll operation in a first direction; And
In response to the scrolling operation, moving the displayed content images in the first direction such that at least one of the displayed content images disappears from the screen and at least one new content image is displayed on the screen;
The time at which the content images are displayed on the screen is determined differently according to the preference for the corresponding content. The method of claim 1,
And a screen display time of the content images is proportional to the preference for the corresponding content. The method of claim 1,
And a speed at which the content images move in accordance with the scrolling operation is inversely proportional to a preference for the corresponding content. The method of claim 1,
And the size of the content images displayed on the screen is proportional to the preference for the corresponding content. The method of claim 4, wherein
And the speed at which the content images move in accordance with the scrolling operation is substantially the same. The method of claim 1,
The content image display method of the content image of the content image that the preference for the content is less than the reference value is not displayed on the screen. The method of claim 1,
And the content images are displayed in different colors according to the preference for the corresponding content. The method of claim 1,
And the content images are displayed together with a letter or a number indicating a preference for the corresponding content. The method of claim 1,
Determining a preference for each of the plurality of contents using at least one of a reproduction time and a number of selections. The method of claim 1, wherein the content images
A method of displaying a content image that is thumbnail images corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels, respectively. A video display device performing the content image display method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

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