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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Hyeon-ji Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Joon-hwan Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Hyeon-ji Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Joon-hwan Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A TV program searching apparatus includes: an image receiving unit that receives an image having additional information from an external device; an additional information reading unit that reads the additional information from the image received from the image receiving unit; and a TV program searching unit that searches for a TV program related to the additional information using the additional information read by the additional information reading unit.