Video program subtitle tex recording method and system

Abstract

A video program subtitle text recording method and system is proposed, which is s designed for use in conjunction with a video playback platform for providing a video program subtitle text recording function that allows the user to record the subtitle text embedded in a video program displayed on the video playback platform into an electronic text file, so that the user can later retrieve the electronic text file and view the subtitle text through a computer platform. This feature allows the user to automatically record all the subtitle text in a video program into an electronic text file without requiring the user to do shorthand writing, and is therefore advantageous to use.

1 . A video program subtitle text recording method for use on a video playback platform for providing a video program subtitle text recording function; 
 the video program subtitle text recording method comprising:    fetching a bifurcated part of a video stream that is being inputted to the video playback platform;    extracting a block of subtitle text that is embedded in the fetched video stream;    converting the format of the extracted subtitle text into a standard computer text format; and    building an electronic text file that collects the format-converted subtitle text outputted from the text format conversion module.    
   
   
       2 . The video program subtitle text recording method of  claim 1 , wherein the video playback platform is a digital TV unit.  
   
   
       3 . The video program subtitle text recording method of  claim 1 , wherein the video playback platform is a multimedia player.  
   
   
       4 . The video program subtitle text recording method of  claim 1 , wherein the video playback platform is a desktop computer.  
   
   
       5 . The video program subtitle text recording method of  claim 1 , wherein the video playback platform is a notebook computer.  
   
   
       6 . The video program subtitle text recording method of  claim 1 , wherein the standard computer text format utilized by the text format conversion module is ASCII ( A merican  S tandard  C ode for  I nformation  I nterchange).  
   
   
       7 . The video program subtitle text recording method of  claim 1 , wherein the standard computer text format utilized by the text format conversion module is Unicode.  
   
   
       8 . The video program subtitle text recording method of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 inserting the value of the date/time when the subtitle text is recorded into the electronic text file.    
   
   
       9 . The video program subtitle text recording method of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 translating the contents of the recorded subtitle text from its original language into another language.    
   
   
       10 . A video program subtitle text recording system for use in conjunction with a video playback platform for providing a video program subtitle text recording function; 
 the video program subtitle text recording system comprising:    a video stream fetching module, which is capable of fetching a bifurcated part of a video stream that is being inputted to the video playback platform;    a subtitle text extracting module, which is capable of extracting a block of subtitle text that is embedded in the fetched video stream;    a text format conversion module, which is capable of converting the format of the extracted subtitle text into a standard computer text format; and    a file building module, which is capable of building an electronic text file that collects the format-converted subtitle text outputted from the text format conversion module.    
   
   
       11 . The video program subtitle text recording system of  claim 10 , wherein the video playback platform is a digital TV unit.  
   
   
       12 . The video program subtitle text recording system of  claim 10 , wherein the video playback platform is a multimedia player.  
   
   
       13 . The video program subtitle text recording system of  claim 10 , wherein the video playback platform is a desktop computer.  
   
   
       14 . The video program subtitle text recording system of  claim 10 , wherein the video playback platform is a notebook computer.  
   
   
       15 . The video program subtitle text recording system of  claim 10 , wherein the standard computer text format utilized by the text format conversion module is ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Exchange).  
   
   
       16 . The video program subtitle text recording system of  claim 10 , wherein the standard computer text format utilized by the text format conversion module is Unicode.  
   
   
       17 . The video program subtitle text recording system of  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 a date/time insertion module, which is capable of inserting the value of the date/time when the subtitle text is recorded into the electronic text file.    
   
   
       18 . The video program subtitle text recording system of  claim 10 , further comprising: 
 a translation module, which is capable of translating the contents of the recorded subtitle text from its original language into another language.