Method for automatically searching for information and video apparatus using the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorTae-dong Lee
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Abstract
An automatic search method and a video apparatus using the method are provided. According to the automatic search method, the video apparatus deletes characters satisfying specific conditions from additional information which is received, and generates keywords. Therefore, a user may acquire search results without needing to directly input keywords, and it is possible to prevent undesired information from being displayed as a search result.
Claims21
An automatic search method performed by a video apparatus, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the video apparatus, a broadcast program including a video signal and an audio signal over a first medium;
- receiving, by the video apparatus, additional information;
- deleting, by a controller of the video apparatus, characters satisfying specific conditions from the received additional information, to generate keywords;
- searching for information associated with the generated keywords;
- processing, by a video processor of the video apparatus, the video signal;
- and
- outputting, by the video processor, a processed video signal directly to a video output unit without transmitting the processed video signal to the controller;
- wherein the additional information comprises information on the broadcast program, and the additional information is received over a second medium that is different than the first medium.
A video apparatus comprising:
- a receiver which receives a broadcast program including a video signal and an audio signal, and additional information from an external source;
- a controller which deletes characters satisfying specific conditions from the additional information received by the receiver, to generate keywords, and searches for information associated with the generated keywords;
- and
- a video processor that processes the video signal and outputs a processed video signal directly to a video output unit without transmitting the processed video signal to the controller;
- wherein the receiver receives the broadcast program over a first medium;
- wherein the additional information comprises information on the broadcast program, and the additional information is received over a second medium that is different than the first medium.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing an automatic search method, the program comprising:
- receiving, by a video apparatus, a broadcast program including a video signal and an audio signal over a first medium
- receiving additional information;
- deleting, by a controller of the video apparatus, characters satisfying specific conditions from the received additional information, to generate keywords;
- searching for information associated with the generated keywords;
- processing, by a video processor of the video apparatus, the video signal;
- and
- outputting, by the video processor, a processed video signal directly to a video output unit without transmitting the processed video signal to the controller;
- wherein the additional information comprises information on the broadcast program, and the additional information is received over a second medium that is different than the first medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.