Patent ID: 8063988

Claim:
A television (TV) receiver comprising: a display means to display images based on image signals, which are included in TV broadcast signals on TV programs, and various messages; a control means to control each component of the TV receiver; an image character recognition means to recognize captions included in images of the TV programs as characters; a TV program type determination means to determine types of the TV programs; and an information screen generating means to generate an information screen whose form and contents are adapted to each type of the TV programs, wherein a recording means can be used to store the TV programs, and wherein when the TV programs are stored in the recording means, the control means recognizes characters included in images of the TV programs using the image character recognition means, and also determines types of the TV programs using the TV program type determination means, and subsequently, the control means further generates an information screen whose form and contents are adapted to each type of the TV programs, which are determined by the TV program type determination means, using characters recognized by the image character recognition means, and then displays the information screen on the display means, wherein the information display includes a location section with information on a location of a place mentioned in a particular TV program and a separate comment section with comments made by performers in the particular TV program about the place.