KR100850918B1 - Method for skipping commercial in digital broadcasting recorder device - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for skipping an advertisement in a digital broadcast recording device is provided to reproduce only a broadcast desired by a user when the user does not want to view an advertisement inserted in the broadcast. When a broadcast program record menu is selected by a user, a microcomputer displays an advertisement editing screen image through an external connection device(S10). When an audio type of a broadcast program is inputted and selected(S11), the microcomputer records a broadcast program selected by the user on a recording medium(S12). The microcomputer detects a start and an end of an advertisement from an audio stream processed by a signal processing unit(S13), and sets a CM marking at the detected start and end of the advertisement(S14). The microcomputer checks whether the recording operation is completed(S15). When the recording operation is completed, the microcomputer terminates the recording operation(S16).

Description

Method for skipping commercial in digital broadcasting recorder device

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration of a digital broadcast recording apparatus to which an advertisement skip method according to the present invention is applied.

2 is an exemplary view showing a data structure of a broadcast program stored in a recording medium according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating parameters of a voice two-to-carrier system and a Nicam system according to the present invention.

4 illustrates an audio stream type code according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for skipping advertisement in a digital broadcast recording apparatus according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of playing an advertisement skip processed recording broadcast according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

       10 tuner 11 digital signal processing unit

       12: MPEG decoder 13: micom

       14: OSD generator 15: DVD record system

       16: hard disk record system 17: memory

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of skipping advertisement in a digital broadcast recording device. For example, in an optical disk device such as a DVD recorder or various types of broadcast recording devices in which a set-top box and a hard disk recorder are integrated, a user inputs a user when selecting a recording. After recording the broadcast and the advertisement separately according to the audio method, if the corresponding broadcast is requested to play, skip the advertisement portion separated from the broadcast to skip the advertisement in a digital broadcast recording device that can only play the desired broadcast. It is about.

In general, advertising is an information activity invested by companies, individuals, and organizations to inform the world about products and services, and to achieve their desired purpose. For example, advertising, audiovisual media such as text, pictures, and voices are mobilized. Nonpersonal information provision or promotion of ideas, goods or services in paid form.

In addition, advertising is a non-personal communication that is paid for by various companies, non-profit organizations, or individuals, which is revealed in some form in advertising messages, and commercial advertisements, which refer to commercial advertisements that refer to commercial contents, that is, advertisement contents, are used in commercial broadcasting. Commercial Message).

On the other hand, viewers watch various broadcasts such as dramas, movies, entertainment and news programs for a long time on TV, and many sponsored advertisements (CMs) produced in the middle of these broadcasts are aired. In the case of a broadcast program, which is an issue, an advertisement airing time has been organized for a long time.

However, when viewers suffer from long-running commercials, they switch channels to other channels where they are not aired, so that they do not want to watch unwanted commercials. Inevitably, there was an inconvenience of missing the broadcast start time while watching other things during the advertisement time.

In addition, when the user records a broadcast desired by the user, since the advertisement portion broadcasted in the middle of the broadcast is recorded, the advertisement portion is played at high speed at the time of playing the recorded broadcast, thereby watching the recorded broadcast. As such, the advertisement serves as a very uncomfortable object for users who watch or record broadcasts.

Accordingly, the present invention was created to solve the above problems, and, for example, when a broadcast recording menu and an audio method are selected by a user in various types of broadcast recording devices, recording is performed according to the input audio method. Advertisement skipped in the digital broadcast recording device that sets the marking at the beginning and the end of the broadcast to classify the broadcast and the advertisement, and then, when the recorded broadcast is requested to be played, skips the advertisement to play only the recorded broadcast. The purpose is to provide a method.

In order to achieve the above object, a method of skipping an advertisement in a digital broadcasting recording apparatus according to the present invention includes a step 1 of requesting an audio method for distinguishing between a broadcast and an advertisement selected according to a recording menu selection; And recording the selected broadcast and the advertisement separately according to the audio method, and recording the advertisement, and skipping the advertisement according to the playback selection for the recorded broadcast.

The audio method that is requested to be input in the first step of the present invention is any one of two-carrier (NiC), a digital camera (DTS), audio compression-3 (AC-3), and 5.1 channels. It is characterized by one.

In the second step of the present invention, the broadcasting and the advertisement are distinguished by setting a marking at the beginning and the end of the advertisement of the audio stream according to the input audio scheme.

In the second step of the present invention, when the audio method is not input, recording is performed without distinguishing between the selected broadcast and the commercial.

In step 3 of the present invention, step 4 of displaying an advertisement editing selection screen for the broadcast title when the playback of the recorded broadcast title is requested; and advertisement of the broadcast title when the advertisement editing function is selected through the screen. The method may further include five steps of skip processing to reproduce only broadcast.

The advertisement skip of the present invention is characterized in that it detects the marking set at the beginning and end of the advertisement in the audio stream of the broadcast title and skip processing.

The two-carrier audio system of the present invention separates a pilot carrier transmitted to a sound carrier, and determines an advertisement and a broadcast through a dual mode and a stereo mode of the separated pilot carrier. The Nicam audio system detects a control bit of the digital sound including one FM mono audio and two digital sounds, and determines a broadcast and an advertisement through the detected control bits. It is characterized by.

The Digital Theater System (DTS) or Audio Compression-3 (AC-3) audio system of the present invention provides broadcasting and advertisement through an 8-bit code of stream_type in a program stream map of a transport stream map structure. Characterized in that, the 5.1-channel audio system is characterized in that the broadcasting and advertising through the channel information of the audio data discrimination.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a method for skipping advertisement in a digital broadcast recording apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration of a digital broadcast recording apparatus to which an advertisement skip method according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram showing a data structure of a broadcast program stored in a recording medium according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a parameter of a voice two-carrier type and a Nicam type according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an example of an audio stream type code according to the present invention.

First, the advertisement skip method according to the present invention can be applied to various types of broadcast recording apparatuses in which an optical disk device such as a DVD recorder or a set top box and a hard disk recorder are integrated. For example, a hard disk recorder and a DVD in a set top box can be applied. In the digital broadcast recording apparatus in which the recorder is integrated, as shown in FIG. 1, the tuner 10, the signal processing unit 11, the MPEG decoder 12, the microcomputer 13, the OSD generation unit 14, and the DVD recorder are shown. The system 15, the hard disk record system 16, the memory 17, and the like are included.

The tuner 10 tunes and tunes a broadcast channel requested by a user, receives a broadcast signal provided through the broadcast channel, and the signal processor 11 processes the broadcast signal into an audio and video stream. The MPEG decoder 12 restores and decodes the audio and video streams and outputs the original audio and video signals to an external connection device such as a television.

The microcomputer 13 controls the tuner 10, the signal processor 11, and the MPEG decoder 12 according to a user's request, and performs a broadcast program recording menu by the user while performing a broadcast reception operation. If is selected, the operation of the OSD generating unit 14 is controlled to display an advertisement editing screen for dividing the broadcast and the advertisement according to the audio method of the selected broadcast program through an external connection device such as a television.

The microcomputer 13 operates and controls the DVD record system 15 or the hard disk record system 16 when a broadcast recording condition and an audio method are selected by a user. For example, as shown in Figure 2, repeating the process of setting the CM (Mark Marking) in the commercial start (Start) and the end (End) portion of the recording broadcast, and the classified broadcast and advertising such as optical disk or hard disk Perform a broadcast program recording operation of recording and storing on a recording medium.

Here, the audio method of the broadcast program input by the user is, for example, the user knows in advance through a broadcast schedule or EPG information, and includes a voice two-carrier method, a Nicam method, and a DTS (Digital). Select one of a Theater System (AC) system, an AC-3 (Audio Compression-3) system, and a 5.1 channel system.

When the voice two-to-carrier method is selected, the microcomputer 13 uses the voice multiplex IC provided in the signal processor 11 as shown in FIG. It consists of (Main) and Sub (Pilot), and when the pilot carrier (Carrier) to separate the dual mode and the stereo mode (Stereo) in the voice multi-broadcast is synthesized and transmitted, this pilot (Pilot) ) After separating the carrier, the AM-modulated data is detected and, for example, the dual mode portion is determined as an advertisement and the stereo mode portion is determined as a broadcast, so that a broadcast and an advertisement can be distinguished. It becomes possible.

When the Nicam method is selected, the microcomputer 13 uses one FM mono via a voice multiplex IC provided in the signal processing unit 11, for example, as shown in FIG. Comprising audio and two digital sounds, by detecting a control bit of the digital sound, it is possible to distinguish between broadcast and advertisement through the detected control bit.

When the DTS (Audio Theater System) or AC-3 (Audio Compression-3) is selected, the microcomputer 13 is applied from the tuner 10 through the signal processor 11, for example, as shown in FIG. 4. As shown, Dolby Stream DTS and Dolby Digital Plus are provided through the 8-bit code of the Stream_Type in the Program Stream Map of the Transport Stream Map structure. Audio format information such as (Dolby Digital Plus) can be determined to distinguish broadcasting from advertising. In addition, in the case of the 5.1 channel, broadcasting and advertisement can be distinguished through channel information of audio data as shown in FIG. 4.

Thereafter, when the user selects a playback function, the microcomputer 13 controls the DVD record system 15 or the hard disk record system 16 to select among the various titles stored in a recording medium such as an optical disk or a hard disk. A reproduction operation for the broadcast program selected by the user is performed.

The microcomputer 13 detects whether the CM marking is set in the broadcast program requested to be reproduced, and controls the DVD record system 15 or the hard disk record system 16 when the CM marking is detected. , Skip processing from the advertisement start point to the end point where the CM marking is detected to perform the playback operation by skipping the advertisement part.

An operation process of the digital broadcast recording apparatus to which the advertisement skip method according to the present invention configured as described above is applied will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of skipping an advertisement in a digital broadcast recording apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of playing an advertisement skip processed recorded broadcast according to the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 5, in the advertisement skip method according to an embodiment of the present invention, for example, in a digital broadcast recording apparatus in which a hard disk recorder and a DVD recorder are integrated in a set-top box, broadcast program recording is performed by a user. When a menu is selected, the microcomputer 13 operates and controls the OSD generating unit 14 to record broadcasts and advertisements separately according to various recording conditions for the broadcast programs and the audio method of the selected broadcast program. The advertisement edit screen is displayed through an external connection device such as a television (S10).

Subsequently, when an audio method of a broadcast program that the user is familiar with is selected through a recording condition set by the user and, for example, a broadcast schedule or EPG information (S11), the MIDI record system is used by the microcomputer 13. (15) Alternatively, by operating the hard disk record system 16, a recording operation of recording and storing the broadcast program selected by the user on a recording medium such as an optical disk or a hard disk is performed (S12). Here, when the audio method is not input by the user, the microcomputer 13 performs a general recording operation on the recording program selected for recording.

In addition, in the microcomputer 13, for example, a voice multi-carrier system, a Nicam system, a digital theater system (DTS) system, and an AC-3 (Audio Compression-3) input by a user As described above, the start and end portions of the advertisement are detected from the audio stream signal-processed through the signal processing unit 11 as described above according to the audio system such as the 5.1 channel method and the 5.1 channel method (S13). In operation S14, CM marking is set at the start and end portions of the detected advertisement.

The microcomputer 13 controls the DVD record system 15 or the hard disk record system 16 to advertise the audio stream signal-processed through the signal processor 11 and the marked audio stream. By dividing the portion, a recording operation for recording and storing the recording medium such as an optical disk or a hard disk together with the video stream is performed, and it is determined whether the recording operation is completed (S15).

When it is determined that the recording operation is completed, the microcomputer 13 controls the DVD record system 15 or the hard disk record system 16 to terminate the recording operation, and the OSD generating unit 14 By controlling the operation, and displays the recording operation complete guide message for the broadcast program via an external connection device such as a television (S16).

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 6, when an optical disc or the like is inserted or seated in the digital broadcasting recording apparatus or a title reproduction stored in the hard disk is requested (S20), the microcomputer 13 generates the OSD. The operation 14 is controlled to display a screen for determining whether to execute the advertisement editing function for the selected broadcast program through an external connection device such as a television (S21).

At this time, when the advertisement editing function is selected by the user, the microcomputer 13 operates the DVD record system 15 or the hard disk record system 16 to control a broadcast program stored in a recording medium such as an optical disk or a hard disk. In addition to performing a reproducing operation, the method detects whether CM marking is set in the audio stream of the broadcast program to be reproduced (S21). Here, when the advertisement editing function is not selected by the user, the microcomputer 13 performs a general playback operation on the playback-selected broadcast program.

 When the CM marking is detected in the audio stream of the broadcast program to be reproduced, the microcomputer 13 operates the DVD record system 15 or the hard disk record system 16 to detect the CM marking. Skipping processing of the start and end portions of the audio stream is performed, and the playback operation is performed by skipping the advertisement portion of the broadcast program (S22).

In addition, the microcomputer 13 determines whether the reproduction operation for the broadcast program is completed (S23), and when it is determined that all reproduction operations for the broadcast program are completed, the DVD record system 15 or the hard disk is determined. The operation of the record system 16 is terminated, the reproduction operation is terminated, and the OSD generator 14 is operated to display a reproduction operation completion guide message for the broadcast program through an external connection device such as a television ( S24).

As described above, according to the present invention, the broadcast and the advertisement are classified and recorded according to the audio method input from the user when the recording of the broadcast program is selected, and the broadcast desired by the user is skipped when the corresponding broadcast is reproduced. Only can be played.

As mentioned above, preferred embodiments of the present invention described above are disclosed for the purpose of illustration, and those skilled in the art can improve other various embodiments within the spirit and technical scope of the present invention disclosed in the appended claims below. Changes, substitutions or additions will be possible.

In the digital broadcast recording apparatus according to the present invention made as described above, for example, in the optical disc device such as a DVD recorder, or in various types of broadcast recording device in which a set-top box and a hard disk recorder are integrated, a recording menu is selected. In the case of requesting input of an audio method of a corresponding broadcast for distinguishing between a selected broadcast and an advertisement, recording is recorded by marking the beginning and the end of the advertisement of the recorded broadcast according to the input audio method, and the recorded broadcast is requested to be played. In this case, by skipping advertisements classified by marking and playing only the recorded broadcasts, there is an advantage that the broadcast desired by the user can be reproduced by skipping the advertisement recorded separately according to the audio method.

Claims (18)

Selecting and specifying a broadcast program to be recorded and an audio method of the broadcast program; Detecting an audio system of the audio data while recording video and audio data of the designated broadcast program; If the detected audio system does not match with the designated audio system, determining and classifying and separately recording the commercial; And  After the broadcast program recording, when performing a playback operation, the skip skipping the commercial recorded advertising method characterized in that it comprises the step of skipping in the playback operation. The method of claim 1, In the first step, a broadcast program to be recorded and an audio method of the broadcast program are designated, and the audio method includes two voice carriers, two digital cameras, a digital theater system, and an AC-3. Audio Compression-3) A method for skipping advertisement in a digital broadcasting device, characterized in that it is designated as one of 5.1 channels. The method of claim 1, In step 3, if the detected audio system does not match the designated audio system, a marking indicating the start of a commercial is recorded at a recording position at that time. After that, if the detected audio system matches the specified audio system, the advertisement is recorded in the recording position at that time, and the advertisement is classified and recorded. Skip method. delete delete The method of claim 3, wherein In step 4, after the recording of the broadcast program, when the reproduction operation is performed, the advertisement is skipped in the reproduction operation with reference to the marking indicating the start of the commercial and the marking indicating the end of the commercial. A method of skipping advertisement in a digital broadcasting device. The method of claim 2, The two-carrier audio method separates a pilot carrier transmitted to a sound carrier, and determines advertisement and broadcast through a dual mode and a stereo mode of the separated pilot carrier. A method of skipping advertising in a digital broadcasting device. The method of claim 2, The Nicam audio system detects a control bit of the digital sound including one FM mono audio and two digital sounds, and discriminates between a broadcast and an advertisement through the detected control bit. How to skip advertising on your device. The method of claim 2, The Digital Theater System (DTS) or Audio Compression-3 (AC-3) audio system uses the 8-bit code of the Stream_Type in the program stream map of the transport stream map structure to determine broadcast and advertisement. A method of skipping advertising in a digital broadcasting device. The method of claim 2, The 5.1-channel audio method, the skip method of advertising in a digital broadcasting device, characterized in that the broadcasting and advertising based on the channel information of the audio data. Receiving means for receiving a digital broadcast signal; Signal processing means for signal processing the received digital broadcast signal; Recording means for recording the signal processed digital broadcast signal; And And controlling means for controlling the receiving means and the recording means to control broadcasting channel tuning and recording operations. The control means selects and specifies a broadcast program to be recorded and an audio method of the broadcast program, While recording the video and audio data of the designated broadcast program, the audio method of the audio data is detected, and if it does not match the specified audio method, it is discriminated and recorded as an advertisement broadcast, And after the recording of the broadcast program, when the reproduction operation is performed, the divisionally recorded commercial broadcast is skipped in the reproduction operation. The method of claim 11, The control means may designate a broadcast program to be recorded and an audio method of the broadcast program, wherein the audio method includes a voice multiple carrier, a Nicam, a digital theater system, and an AC-3 ( Audio Compression-3), the digital broadcasting device, characterized in that any one of 5.1 channels. The method of claim 11, The control means records a marking indicating the start of a commercial at the recording position at that time, if the detected audio system does not match the designated audio system. Thereafter, if the detected audio method matches the designated audio method, the digital broadcasting device records recording of the commercial at the recording position at the time point, and separately records the commercial. The method of claim 13, The control means, after recording the broadcast program, skips the commercial in the reproduction operation with reference to the marking indicating the start of the commercial and the marking indicating the end of the commercial when the reproduction operation is performed. Digital broadcasting equipment. The method of claim 12, The two-carrier audio method separates a pilot carrier transmitted to a sound carrier, and determines an advertisement and a broadcast through a dual mode and a stereo mode of the separated pilot carrier. Digital broadcasting equipment. The method of claim 12, The Nicam audio system detects a control bit of the digital sound including one FM mono audio and two digital sounds, and discriminates between a broadcast and an advertisement through the detected control bit. device. The method of claim 12, The Digital Theater System (DTS) or Audio Compression-3 (AC-3) audio system uses the 8-bit code of the Stream_Type in the program stream map of the transport stream map structure to determine broadcast and advertisement. A digital broadcasting device characterized by the above. The method of claim 12, The 5.1-channel audio method is a digital broadcasting device, characterized in that for determining the broadcast and advertising through the channel information of the audio data.

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