System and method for obtaining and printing television picture

Abstract

The invention discloses a system and a method for acquiring and printing pictures of a television. The system comprises a tuner, a processor, a memory, an image compression engine, a display unit, a connection port, a connection controller and a printing device. The tuner is used for receiving television signal, and the processor is used for processing the television signal to produce television pictures. The memory is used for storing the television pictures. The image compression engine is controlled by of the processor to read target pictures from the memory, and the target pictures is processed to produce a picture document and the picture document is stored in the memory. The display unit displays the television pictures and the picture document, and the connection port controller is used for controlling the connection port. The printing device is coupled with the connection port and is used for being communicated with the processor through picture transmitting criterion, so as to receive and print the picture document.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a system and method for acquiring and printing images, in particular to a system and method for acquiring and printing TV images. Background technique [0002] When watching a TV program, sometimes the viewer will want to record the content of the picture currently playing on the screen, such as recipes, maps, concert information, or basic information of players, etc., but usually these pictures are fleeting. The audience must have a strong memory or just have a pen and paper at hand to record these materials. At present, although some people have proposed the technology of directly obtaining TV images, using this kind of technology, viewers can store the TV images they want in real time, so as to avoid the inconvenience of not being able to find paper and pen temporarily, but if they want to use these video images For output, the saved data must be transferred to the computer using media such as a memory card, and then printe...

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[0002] When watching a TV program, sometimes the viewer will want to record the content of the picture currently playing on the screen, such as recipes, maps, concert information, or basic information of players, etc., but usually these pictures are fleeting. The audience must have a strong memory or just have a pen and paper at hand to record these materials

At present, although some people have proposed the technology of directly obtaining TV pictures, using this kind of technology, viewers can store the TV pictures they want in real time, so as to avoid the inconvenience of not being able to find paper and pen temporarily, but if they want to use these video pictures For output, the stored data must be transferred to the computer using media such as a memory card, and then printed out by a printer connected to the computer.

These steps are too cumbersome and inconvenient for viewers

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