Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
348570000 | Tuning indication | 42 |
20090195696 | Channel system and method - Example methods and systems of finding channels related to a currently tuned channel involve receiving an input invoking a related channel function. In response to the input, a list of related channels is generated based at least in part on a currently tuned channel and the generated list of channels is displayed on a television screen. One of the related channels on the displayed list may be tuned in response to an input selecting that channel. | 08-06-2009 |
20090207309 | Digital Television Signal-Receiving Device with Signal Strength Showing Function - A digital television signal-receiving device with signal strength showing function is disclosed. The digital television signal-receiving device includes a tuner, a microprocessor control unit, and a signal strength indicator. The signal of digital television is tuned with the tuner. The microprocessor control unit could read a signal decibel value of the signal of digital television and provide a strength signal corresponding to the signal decibel value. The signal strength indicator driven with the microprocessor control unit could receive the strength signal and show an indication of the signal strength. | 08-20-2009 |
20090244381 | TELEVISION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUXILIARY INFORMATION - A method for outputting alert information. The method includes selecting broadcasting signals by a tuner of the television in response to channel selection signals from a microprocessor of the television; determining whether digital baseband signals being received from the tuner by the microprocessor; retrieving auxiliary data from memory of the television when the digital baseband signals are determined not being received from the tuner; and outputting alert information by an outputting means according to the retrieved auxiliary data from the memory. | 10-01-2009 |
20090322947 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER - A digital broadcast receiver A according to the present embodiment includes a tuner | 12-31-2009 |
20100002141 | Method and apparatus for displaying channel information and selecting channel on digital television - A method for displaying channel information on a digital TV. Channel information which can know the number of programs or program numbers received through a currently selected major channel is displayed. As channel information, a major channel number and minor channel numbers are displayed. If a channel up or down key is pressed, a viewing program is selected and corresponding channel information is displayed on a TV screen. | 01-07-2010 |
20100091192 | Broadcast Receiving Device and Program Selecting Method - A tuner receives broadcast data on specified channels. A channel search unit controls the tuner to search for available channels, and creates a channel map representing the available channels and a selection order thereof. A channel order setting unit changes setting about enabling/disabling of the selection and/or the selection order of the channels in the channel map. An operation input unit accepts a channel selecting operation of a user. When the user performs an operation for channel forward selection or channel reverse selection through the operation input unit, a channel switching unit changes the selection of the channel according to the channel map and causes the tuner to receive the broadcast data on the selected channel. | 04-15-2010 |
20100118197 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING CHANNEL BETWEEN DUPLICATE SERVICE CHANNELS AT DIGITAL BROADCATING RECEIVER - A method and an apparatus for selecting a channel at a digital broadcasting receiver when duplicate channel services are found are provided. A method for generating a channel list at a digital broadcasting receiver includes scanning a plurality of broadcast channels, determining whether there exist one or more channels of the same broadcast service among the scanned broadcast channels, and linking the channels of the same broadcast service based on a priority. A method for selecting for a channel at a digital broadcasting receiver includes, when receiving weak broadcast signal while tuning to a first broadcast channel and receiving a broadcast signal, determining whether the first broadcast channel is linked to one or more other broadcast channels, selecting a second broadcast channel of a greater signal strength among the one or more other broadcast channels linked to the first broadcast channel, and tuning to the second broadcast channel and receiving the broadcast signal. | 05-13-2010 |
20100141842 | METHOD OF VIEWING A DATA BROADCAST AND A RECEIVER FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A device for receiving broadcast signal is disclosed. More specifically, the device includes an user interface ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100157157 | ENHANCED PROGRAM METADATA ON CROSS-MEDIA BAR - When a user hovers a screen cursor over a TV channel icon on a cross-media bar (XMB) user interface (UI) for a threshold period, enhanced metadata from PSIP/XDS/EPG that pertains to the program currently available on the associated TV channel is presented in a pop-up window on the XMB UI. | 06-24-2010 |
20100165202 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND TELEVISION RECEIVING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes a receiver, a setting module, a timer, and an indicator. The receiver selectively receives a plurality of broadcasts in response to the switching of channels. The setting module sets a channel as a viewed channel when a predetermined time has elapsed since switching to the channel. The timer counts the elapsed time until a new viewed channel is set through at least one channel switching from the viewed channel. The indicator indicates the elapsed time while a channel other than the viewed channel is selected. | 07-01-2010 |
20100165203 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING VIDEO - A video display apparatus includes: a tuner configured to receive a digital broadcast signal; an accepting module configured to accept a power-on command; a display module configured to simultaneously display first information that is included in the digital broadcast signal and second information that is not included in the digital broadcast signal when the accepting module accepts the power-on command. | 07-01-2010 |
20100182507 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A COLOR INDICATOR TO DISPLAY FREQUENCY OR CHANNEL SELECTION - A system for matching the currently tuned frequency of a signal transmitting device with that of a signal receiving device, including a transmitter having an illuminated color display which changes colors in relation to the channel or frequency on which the transmitter is currently tuned, and a signal receiving device having an illuminated color display which changes colors in relation to the channel or frequency on which the signal receiving unit is currently tuned. Each device has a channel selector function so that the frequency to which the device is tuned can be changed, thereby changing the color displayed. | 07-22-2010 |
20100194985 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A WIRELESS CHANNEL SPACE ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to provide a method and system for the generation and display of a channel space state for a band of frequencies in a wireless display device. One novel method enables the display of a channel space state by continuously or repeatedly scanning, in a remote wireless transceiver, a channel space to determine a channel space state. The channel space state is communicated to the wireless display device. When interference for the channel used to transmit content to the wireless display device is detected during a scan, a graphical representation of the channel space state is displayed in the wireless display. | 08-05-2010 |
20100194986 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STORED IMAGE IN IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are an apparatus and a method for controlling a stored image in an image display device. When a time shift function is selected by a user in the image display device having a storage function, information regarding a recording material for each time with respect to time-shifted contents, and exploration to a desired position is conveniently made. That is, a list of time-shifted contents is generated in cooperation with collectable program information and source (channel) information during broadcast, and information for maintenance and management of time shift. The generated list of the contents is displayed in the form of one of summary, a list, and an EPG. When one of the contents displayed on the EPG is selected by the user referring to the EPG, movement is made to a corresponding position, and a corresponding program is reproduced. Therefore, times consumed for searching for and exploring contents, and movement to a position of the contents can he reduced. | 08-05-2010 |
20100208138 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - To provide a portable terminal device that, in the case where a part of an image displayed on a display screen is enlarged, make content of the enlarged image easily visually recognizable. | 08-19-2010 |
20100309375 | INDEPENDENT MANAGEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS OF A GRAPHICAL DISPLAY - A method of managing a graphical display incorporating individual graphical elements is presented. In the method, a data set is created for each of the graphical elements, wherein each of the data sets describes a graphical feature of the associated graphical element. A separate function is associated with each of the data sets, wherein each of the functions is configured modify the data set of the associated graphical element to alter a graphical feature of the associated graphical element. A signal influencing the graphical display is generated. In response to the signal, the function associated with each of at least one of the data sets is initiated. The graphical display is transferred to an output device for viewing by a user. | 12-09-2010 |
20110096235 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CHANNEL-SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF - A portable electronic device includes a TV module and a touch screen module. The TV module is used for receiving a first TV image signal on a first selected channel. The touch screen module is in communication with the TV module and controlled by the TV module for displaying a program frame corresponding to the first image signal in a full-screen mode. The TV module receives a second TV image signal on a second selected channel in response to a handwriting operation on the touch screen module during the full-screen mode. | 04-28-2011 |
20110122319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A TELEVISION CHANNEL SCAN LIST - There is provided a system and method for configuring a television scan list. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising determining whether a channel is potentially objectionable when the channel is selected for display, providing a prompt with an option to remove the channel if the channel is determined to be potentially objectionable, and marking the channel as deleted if the option to remove the channel is selected. | 05-26-2011 |
20120026400 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SHORTCUT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE THEREOF - A multifunctional display device displays a menu including shortcut objects. A processor assigns each object to one of a broadcast channel, network address, or an application. The objects may be an alphabetical character, number, symbol, or icon. | 02-02-2012 |
20120081610 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHANNEL SCANNING - Methods for channel scanning are provided. An embodiment of a method for channel scanning comprises scan progress information stored when interrupting a channel scanning process. A carrier RF subsequent to the most recently processed carrier RF is locked onto with reference to the stored scan progress information when resuming the interrupted channel scanning process. Channel information of a program carried by the locked carrier RF is acquired. The acquired channel information of the program is stored in a channel table. | 04-05-2012 |
20120086860 | TELEVISION AND CHANNEL BROWSING METHOD THEREOF - A channel browsing method of a television includes the following steps: receiving a channel browsing control command, receiving a first television signal of a current channel being played via a main tuner, outputting frequency data of at least one browsing channel needed to be browsed to a vice tuner, receiving at least one second television signal corresponding to the at least one browsing channel via the vice tuner; and processing the first television signal and the at least one second television signal, defining a vice window for playing at least one program of the at least one browsing channel and a main window for playing the program of the current channel. With the channel browsing method of the present disclosure, users can browse the program of each channel when watching the program of the current channel. | 04-12-2012 |
20120113325 | TELEVISION CONTROL METHOD - A method is provided for controlling a television including a user input part for manipulating a channel adjusting item. The method includes displaying a channel map showing a predetermined number of channels including a tuned broadcast channel if the channel adjusting item is selected through the user input part, and a channel setting information menu corresponding to one of the channels shown in the channel map. Thus, the television control method not only allows a user to easily and simply recognize a channel setting state according to channels when the user wants to adjust channel-related functions, but also allows a user to conveniently and effectively adjust the channel setting state according to the channels. | 05-10-2012 |
20120206652 | ENHANCED PROGRAM METADATA ON CROSS-MEDIA BAR - When a user hovers a screen cursor over a TV channel icon on a cross-media bar (XMB) user interface (UI) for a threshold period, enhanced metadata from PSIP/XDS/EPG that pertains to the program currently available on the associated TV channel is presented in a pop-up window on the XMB UI. | 08-16-2012 |
20120314135 | RECEIVERS FOR TELEVISION SIGNALS - A receiver is configured to receive television signals in a plurality of channels, a channel set identity, and a channel subset identity. Each channel defines a television program and/or other services provided by a broadcaster for the channel. The receiver is configured to store a reference channel set identity and one or more reference channel subset identities, compare the channel identity and channel subset identity for a channel in a received signal with the reference channel and channel subset identities, and output the received television signal for display of the program or other services defined thereby depending on the comparison. | 12-13-2012 |
20130057765 | INTERACTIVE REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for controlling operation of one or more electronic devices of an audio-video system with a separate remote controller via a feedback mode of operation are provided. A command code signal is received with a receiver of a signal processing electronic device which interprets the command code signal to determine a particular action being requested. Thereafter, a request for feedback is generated in at least one of a visual form or an audible form for purposes of confirming the particular action being requested before the action is actually executed. If appropriate feedback via a further communication is received with the receiver of the signal processing electronic device within a predetermined time period following the request for feedback, the action is performed and executed by the signal processing electronic device. Otherwise, no action is executed by the signal processing electronic device. | 03-07-2013 |
20130063663 | INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR AND EXTENDED INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR DATA STRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS - A digital television (DTV) data stream includes an event information table (EIT), the EIT including: a descriptor including: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length field, and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream. | 03-14-2013 |
20130063664 | INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR AND EXTENDED INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR DATA STRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS - A digital television (DTV) data stream includes an event information table (EIT), the EIT including: a descriptor including: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length field, and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream. | 03-14-2013 |
20130063665 | INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR AND EXTENDED INFORMATION DESCRIPTOR DATA STRUCTURES FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS - A digital television (DTV) data stream includes an event information table (EIT), the EIT including: a descriptor including: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length field, and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream. | 03-14-2013 |
20130148026 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USING THE SAME - A display apparatus and a displaying method using the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes: a receiver which receives a broadcasting signal via at least one of a plurality of channels; a display unit which outputs the received broadcasting signal; and a controller which controls the display unit to detect an identifier included in the received broadcasting signal and to display information relating to a channel receiving a broadcasting signal having the same identifier as the detected identifier. | 06-13-2013 |
20130335631 | VIDEO DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STARTING APPLICATION - An application starting method is applied to a video device. The video device can display television programs and perform other functions and applications. The application starting method includes providing a channel table, the channel table listing television channel numbers, and collections of information, each relating to a particular television channel, a plurality of application channel numbers, and a plurality of icons for the applications. By selecting channel numbers a user can start an application. | 12-19-2013 |
20140049693 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DATA IN AN INTELLIGENT TELEVISION - An intelligent television can store and retrieve data about various functions of the television or associated with user behavior. The stored data streamlines the processes of providing electronic programming guide information, providing search results, providing statistics about content, providing channel information, etc. The unique set of data services in the intelligent television receive, store, manage, and retrieve the data for various of the applications or components. | 02-20-2014 |
20140085541 | Automated Channel Detection With One-Way Control of a Channel Source - Features of various implementations are used to enable delivery of matched functionality, content and/or services, as a part of an interactive television suite of technologies. In some implementations, a content delivery process is enabled so that communication between the primary TV receiver and a supplemental set-top box is reduced in order to avoid the need for one or more provider-specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a method of identifying a media program by capturing display data from the media program, and extracting text from the display data in response to determining that the display data includes the text overlay, wherein the extracted text is associated with the media program. In some implementations, a supplemental set-top box is configured to operate a primary TV receiver, without a provider-specific API, in order to determine the channel line-up available to a particular subscriber through the primary TV receiver. | 03-27-2014 |
20140104495 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHANNEL SEARCHING AND FILTERING - A multimedia device determines that the user is attempting to tune to a channel. In response to the determination, the multimedia device identifies a list of channels likely to be the channel to which the user is attempting to tune. The multimedia device displays a channel tuning banner that allows the user to select a channel from the list, thereby causing the multimedia device to tune to the selected channel. In another context, users want to locate scheduling information for a particular channel within an electronic program guide (EPG). Thus, a multimedia device receives search criteria from a user and uses the search criteria to dynamically filter the EPG while the user is interacting with the EPG. As a result, the user is presented with a reduced number of EPG entries to look through in order to find relevant information. | 04-17-2014 |
20140132839 | CONTROL METHOD OF AN AUDIO/VIDEO SYSTEM - An audio/video (A/V) display system comprising a display and a peripheral device connected to the display. The display is capable of displaying a user interface. The peripheral device transmits raw data of the peripheral device to the display. The display enables an option corresponding to the peripheral device in the user interface after receiving the raw data of the peripheral device. Both the display and the peripheral device are controlled by a control device. | 05-15-2014 |
20140176798 | BROADCAST IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE, BROADCAST IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND TELEVISON - A broadcast image output device includes: a reception unit that receives a broadcast; an output unit that outputs a plurality of home screens in each of which a broadcast image relating to the broadcast received by the reception unit or an app image is allocatable to each section of a display area, the broadcast image and the app image being selectable by user operation; and a control unit that selects one of the home screens in accordance with preset setting information to cause the output unit to output the selected home screen as an initial screen that is ready to accept the user operation and appears after the broadcast image output device is turned on. | 06-26-2014 |
20140184915 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes an operation input unit which inputs a user operation, a U/I screen generation unit which generates a U/I screen where a row of a plurality of category options for selecting a category and a row of a plurality of icons which is an option belonging to what is selected among the plurality of category options are orthogonally disposed, and when a selection of the option in the row of the plurality of category options is changed by the input user operation, an icon rotator which changes the plurality of icons from icons corresponding to those before a change of the category to icons corresponding to those after the change of the category by an animation display which causes the icon to rotate around the rotation axis in the same direction as a direction of the row of icons. | 07-03-2014 |
20140198254 | PREEMPTIVE PRELOADING OF TELEVISION PROGRAM DATA - Digital television channels are preemptively cached based on a modeling of a user to reduce delays while switching channels. A current television channel is selected using a first tuner. A future television channel selection of the user is then predicted based on a modeling of the user. The recorded content of the predicted future television channel is preemptively cached using a second tuner. A buffer of the recorded content of the predicted future television channel is displayed when the user switches from the current television channel to the predicted future television channel. The modeling of the user is updated and stored in storage. | 07-17-2014 |
20140211093 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TELEVISION PROGRAM SCHEDULE - A user interface system is executed by a television for generating a program schedule. The user interface system includes a storage module, a searching module, and a generating module. The storage module stores a number of channel numbers and a number of channel logos corresponding to the channel numbers. The searching module searches for television channels. Each television channel corresponds to one channel number and one channel logo. The generating module combines each channel logo with the respective channel number to generate channel symbols according to a predetermined rule, arranges the channel symbols according to a predetermined pattern to generate a program schedule, and displays the program schedule in response to a user's commands. | 07-31-2014 |
20150042882 | METHOD OF ACQUIRING INFORMATION ABOUT CONTENTS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE METHOD, AND SERVER SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT CONTENTS - A method of acquiring information about content includes the operations of receiving a video signal from an external apparatus connected to an image display apparatus, extracting an object included in an on screen display (OSD) image from an image that is produced using the video signal, and collecting the information about content by using the extracted object. | 02-12-2015 |
20150146102 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING CHANNEL-SWITCHING AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING THE METHOD - In a method for controlling channel-switching, a current channel is displayed through a display unit. A channel-switching correlation table is looked up to obtain at least one candidate channel, which is predicted to be watched after the current channel. The current channel is switched to the at least one candidate channel when a channel-switching signal is received, such that the display unit displays the at least one candidate channel. The present invention also discloses a device for controlling channel-switching and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing the method for controlling channel-switching. | 05-28-2015 |
20150312513 | USING IDLE RESOURCES TO REDUCE CHANNEL CHANGE TIMES - Arrangements for preparing a television channel for presentation are presented. A tuner of a television receiver may tune to a first television channel and the first television channel may be output for presentation. One or more idle tuners of the television receiver may be identified. One or more television channels other than the first television channel may be selected for preparation. The one or more television channels may be selected prior to receiving user input selecting a television channel of the one or more television channels for presentation. Each of the one or more television channels may be prepared for presentation by tuning, by each tuner of the one or more idle tuners, to the one or more television channels prior to receiving the user input selecting the television channel of the one or more television channels for presentation. | 10-29-2015 |
20160006972 | TUNING CIRCUIT AND RECEIVER - The present invention discloses a tuning circuit that includes a first band-pass filter that passes a first predetermined frequency band corresponding to the selected channel in the broadcast signal, a mixing circuit that generates a mixed signal by mixing a signal having a predetermined frequency band corresponding to the selected channel with the broadcast signal passed through the first band-pass filter, and a second band-pass filter that passes a second predetermined frequency band in the mixed signal. At least one of a first frequency of the first band-pass filter and a second frequency of the second band-pass filter of the selected channel is changed. The present invention provides a receiver that can improve a quality of the output signal. By using the tuning circuit for a receiver, a quality of the output signal can be improved. | 01-07-2016 |