339 results about "Television watching" patented technology

A system residing preferably in a television set-top box monitors the television watching habits of one or more viewers and creates one or more profiles for each viewers descriptive of various characteristics of each viewers, including television watching preferences and demographics. The set-top box is able to select among various available video programming segments to create customized and/or targeted video programs for delivery to the viewer or viewers as a linear program. The customized linear video programs may include targeted content, advertising, and other video programming.

A system, method, and article of manufacture suitable for automatically generating recommendations of a set of entertainment options from a larger set of entertainment options based on user preferences for those options. In particular, the present invention relates to the field of automatically generating recommendations for viewing television programs based on past viewing patterns and preferences of a plurality of television viewers, all of whom do not need to be physically present in front of the television. The present invention creates a composite user profile based on individual profiles for each user detected who is to be used in the composite user profile, some of whom need not be present in front of the television. Each user's preferences may be weighted the same as each other user's or users may have differing weights assigned to their preferences.

The invention discloses a face-recognition-based method and a face-recognition-based system for automatically classifying television programs. The method comprises the following steps of: A, establishing a program classification table; B, acquiring the personal information of a plurality of users, and establishing a user combination classification table; C, recording the program classification information and frequency information of television watching of different user combinations in different time buckets to obtain the statistical watching habit information of the different user combinations; and D, associating the user combination classification table and the statistical watching habit information to establish a watching habit classification table. In the method and the system, the program classification table and the user combination classification table are established, the program classification information of frequency information of the television watching of users in the different time buckets are recorded to obtain the statistical watching habit information, and the user combination classification table and the statistical watching habit information are associated to establish the watching habit classification table; therefore, when the user watches a television program, a favorite program of the user can be transmitted according to corresponding watching habits and a successive favorite program of the user also can be recommended to save the complex channel searching process of the user.

The application discloses a program recommending method and apparatus for a smart television. Included are the steps of obtaining a name of a currently broadcast program; setting a program name as a keyword, searching a program with a name being the keyword, and taking the searched program as an associated program to the currently broadcast program; and loading information describing the associated program into video data of the currently broadcast program, so as to display the information describing the associated program in a broadcasting screen of the currently broadcast program, wherein the information describing the associated program at least comprises a program name of a program number of the associated program. In this way, when a program is broadcast, an associated program can be recommended for a user, so that the user can easily and conveniently view the associated program to the program in the broadcasting screen of the currently broadcast program while watching the program and thus can quickly find out the associated program the user wants to watch. The television watching efficiency is improved and the user experience is enhanced.

The invention provides a control method and device based on an eye movement three-dimensional display angle. The control method based on the eye movement three-dimensional display angle comprises the steps of: predicating a focusing point of a user on a television screen; calculating an included angle between two pupils of the user and the television screen according to the center of the two pupils of the user and the location of the focusing point; and according to the included angle, changing the location of a three-dimensional optical display device in television so that the user is withinthe angle range defined by the directions of light emitted by the three-dimensional optical display device. By predicating the focusing point of the user on the television screen as well as by calculating the included angle between the two pupils of the user and the television screen according to the locations of the focusing point and the two pupils of the user, the location of the three-dimensional optical display device in a television can be changed according to the calculated included angle, so that the user is within the angle range defined by the directions of light emitted by the three-dimensional optical display device, and accordingly, the motion range of the user during television watching is widened.

The invention discloses a family member mix identification method and system based on television watching log mining. The method comprises the steps of acquiring log data of television programs watched by a user, wherein the log data comprises following data content: user operation time, program type, and watching time of the program type; dividing the log data by time period; extracting the program type and the proportion of the watching time of the program type from each period of log data and taking the program type and the proportion of the watching time of the program type as a feature of a family member; clustering according to features of family members; and determining the mix of family members by use of a clustering result. Through adoption of the method, the problem in the prior art that user preferences cannot be analyzed through a single account in the intelligent television field is solved. The invention also discloses a family member mix identification system based on television watching log mining.

The invention provides a method for interacting with audiences in the process of watching television programs. The audience inputs interactive content through a television terminal, the interactive content inputted by the audience is transmitted to a background system through the television terminal by using a communication network, the interactive content is organized in the background system, and real-time results are transmitted back to the television terminal through the communication network and displayed on the television terminal. An interactive evaluation system composed of the television terminal, the background system and the communication system can be realized by using the method provided by the invention, thereby turning into a third party evaluation system except a television station, and being capable of providing more objective and fairer evaluation results.

The invention is suitable for the digital communication field and provides a recording method for the information of a top box of a digital television and a watching rate statistical service system. The method includes recording the information parameters of the channels browsed by a digital television user; uploading the recorded information parameters of the channels browsed by the digital television user after packed in a SOAP data packet to a watching rate statistical service device. Through recording the information parameters of the channels browsed by the digital television user and transmitting the recorded information parameters of the channels browsed by the digital television user after packed in the SOAP data packet to the watching rate statistical service device, a watering rate tendency curve can be generated according to the channel information parameters and program lists contained in the data packet after the watching rate statistical service device receives the data packet, the invention solves the problems of higher statistical cost, insufficient automation and larger error in the statistical result during the statistic operation of television watching rate in the prior art.

To provide a remote controller into which a kitchen timer function and a television control function are integrated so that mutual cooperation between cooking and television watching is simplified. As shown in FIG. 5, when executing a kitchen timer function using a remote controller 50, a user depresses a function selection button 71 predetermined number of times to select the kitchen timer function. Next, the user depresses a first time period setting button 72 to set a “minute” unit portion of the desirable time period and then depresses a second time period setting button 73 to set a “second” unit portion of the time period. Finally, the user depresses a SET/STOP button 74 and the kitchen timer function starts. When the timer counts down and its display indicates “0 minute and 0 second”, a buzzer 58 of a remote control section 56 gives an alarm sound. Further, the remote control section 56 switches the display of a liquid crystal display section 54 to a clock time display.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for reminding a safe television watching distance, belonging to the technical field of smart televisions. The method includes the steps of when a display screen of a television is started, starting a body sensing apparatus; monitoring, by the body sensing apparatus, a distance between an audience in front of the television and the television in real time; and if the distance is less than a preset safe distance, warning to remind the audience of a reasonable distance from the television. Through adoption of the method and the apparatus, the audience in front of the television can be reminded of a safe distance when watching television, and extra hardware devices are not increased, therefore, a user can be prevented from watching television too close so as to not cause eyesight problems.

The invention discloses a method for controlling a television to play. The method comprises the following steps of: according to preset watching time, when reaching the watching time, controlling the television to interrupt the play of a television program; and when the play of the television program is interrupted, controlling the television to insert contents corresponding to an interrupt command. Correspondingly, the invention also discloses a television. The method can effectively control the television watching time of viewers (such as children), so as to prevent the viewers from indulging in television programs, help the viewers to mull things over and promote the viewers to study.

The invention relates to an automatic control device for a shipborne satellite antenna. The automatic control device comprises a base and an antenna part, wherein the base is arranged on a ship body and the antenna part is arranged on the base; and a connecting support seat is arranged between the base and the antenna part. The automatic control device is characterized in that an azimuth control motor, which is used for controlling the planar rotation of the connecting support seat, is arranged at the upper part of the base, a pitch control motor, which is used for controlling the pitch angle of the antenna part, is arranged at the upper part of the connecting support seat, a mechanical transmission mechanism, which is used for the power transmission of all motors, is arranged inside the connecting support seat, and a control circuit is arranged in the base. The automatic control device for the shipborne satellite antenna has the advantages that an automatic control satellite antenna system is integrated, a satellite can be automatically searched and aligned, the environmental change caused due to the fact that a ship sails and wobbles on the water is overcome, the ship can receive satellite signals in motion in an uninterrupted manner, the requirements of sailors on television watching or telephone communication at sea are met, and then, the daily lives of the sailors are enriched.

It is the objective of the present invention to easily change between an image display application and the viewing of a program for a digital television, and to improve the usability of the television for operating an image display application. The display change list for a (channel) Up/Down key of a remote controller is dynamically altered so that, during the execution of an image display application, an application screen is displayed by using the Up/Down key. Further, when a memory card is loaded immediately after the television is powered on, a display application can be automatically activated. Furthermore, while a user is watching the television, the contents of a memory card is displayed on a small window in one part of the screen, and execution of the image application controlled by the user. In addition, no icons are displayed while an important program is on displaying. Moreover, since the same color and the same arrangement are used for the four function icons as are used for the four color keys on the remote controller, various processes can be performed for the image application.

The invention provides a bidirectional set-top box system with a time shifting on-demand service. The system realizes abundant and flexible time shifting television watching functions such as channel classification, program classification, live broadcast playback and the like through a bidirectional set-top box with embedded browser software, a time shifting program editing workstation, digital encoding equipment, a video acquisition and storage server, an acquisition control service, a database server, a web electronic program guide (WEBEPG) server and an official development assistance (ODA) server.

The present invention discloses a method for obtaining the television watching habit of a user. The method comprises that first, a user data base is established, and the personal information of the user is obtained through the utilization of the radio frequency identification technology, and stored in the user data base; second, the information of changing channels and watching new programs of the user is recorded, and stored into the user data base and correlated with the corresponding user together; third, the program information in the user data base is classified, and the watching total time and the watching frequency of the programs with different categories are calculated; fourth, the calculation result is stored into the user data base and correlated with the corresponding user together, the relative information of the user in the user data base is analyzed and contrasted, and the television watching habits of different users is obtained. The present invention obtains the personal information of the user through the utilization of the radio frequency identification RFID technology, simultaneously a system automatically records the programs watched by the user and the associated information on the background, then the obtained information is analyzed and processed, thereby the different habituations of watching the television of the different users are obtained, and thereby the necessary information support is provided for television programmers.