Automatic Timer Recording via Audio-Video Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for programming a timer recording of advertised programs introduced during program commercials are complex and inconvenient for viewers, leading to low advertising effectiveness as viewers often give up due to the cumbersome process of noting details and manually setting recordings.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that extracts program specifying information from audio or video data, allowing for the automatic specification and prompting of timer recordings for advertised programs, simplifying the process by presenting users with options to program and record the specified programs directly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual timer recording programming is used for advertised programs, then the system can record programs, but the operation process becomes complex and inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts program specifying information (title, broadcast time, date, duration) from program commercials in advance and stores it. When a user views a program commercial, the system automatically retrieves and presents the recorded program information, eliminating the need for users to manually note down and input these details later.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically specifies the advertised program by matching extracted information from program commercials with program guide data. The timer recording is automatically programmed based on this specification, reducing user intervention to simply confirming the recording request through a simple operation.
2Productivity
If users manually program timer recordings during program commercials, then recordings can be set, but viewers cannot view other programs during the programming process
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs information extraction and program specification in advance, during the program commercial itself. By the time the user finishes watching the commercial, the timer recording is already programmed and ready to execute, allowing continuous viewing without interruption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous viewing experience by automatically handling the recording programming process in the background. The user can continuously watch program commercials and other programs without needing to switch to a programming interface, as the system automatically captures the advertised program information and sets up the recording.
3Adaptability or versatility
If timer control information is not multiplexed with video data, then broadcast compatibility is maintained, but users must perform complex manual operations to program recordings
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses program guide information as an intermediary between the broadcast signal and the recording control function. Instead of requiring direct user interaction with broadcast data or complex manual input, the system retrieves program information from the program guide, matches it with extracted commercial information, and automatically programs the recording based on this intermediate data layer.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus for controlling programming of a timer recording of a specific television broadcast program includes the following elements: an extracting unit configured to extract program specifying information from audio data or video data of a program; a specifying unit configured to specify a program to be timer-recorded on the basis of the program specifying information extracted by the extracting unit; a presenting unit configured to present information for prompting a user to program a timer recording of the program specified by the specifying unit; and an accepting unit configured to accept the programmed timer recording of the program specified by the specifying unit.