CN112172454A

CN112172454A - Method and device for recommending content through air conditioner control screen

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Publication number: CN112172454A
Application number: CN202011093006.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 田发景
Original assignee: Shanghai Pateo Network Technology Service Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Pateo Network Technology Service Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-10-13
Filing date: 2020-10-13
Publication date: 2021-01-05
Anticipated expiration: 2040-10-13
Also published as: CN112172454B

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for recommending contents through an air conditioner control screen and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: responding to the operation of switching application of a user, detecting whether a central control system of a vehicle supports a content recommendation function of an air conditioner control screen by using a recommendation activation module, wherein the recommendation activation module is configured in the central control system; and responding to the central control system supporting the content recommendation function, recommending related information according to currently applied playing content by using a content recommendation module, and rendering the related information on the air conditioner control screen by using a rendering module, wherein the content recommendation module and the rendering module are both configured in the central control system. According to the invention, other control screens close to the driving position can be matched with the central control screen to meet the operation requirement of the central control system, so that the comfort of a user is improved and the driving safety is ensured.

Description

Method and device for recommending content through air conditioner control screen

Technical Field

The invention relates to a control technology of a vehicle central control system, in particular to a method for recommending contents through an air conditioner control screen and a device for recommending contents through the air conditioner control screen.

Background

An automotive central control system (automotive central control system) is a very popular configuration of modern vehicles, and is mainly used for controlling comfort entertainment functions of air conditioners, audio sets and the like of the vehicles. The human-computer interface of the existing automobile Central control generally includes a Central Control Panel (CCP) and a Central control display screen. The central control panel and the central control screen can be respectively connected with various vehicle controllers such as an air conditioner control module, a sound control module and the like, and are suitable for providing corresponding comfortable entertainment functions according to the operation of a user.

The central control panel and the central control screen are used as a man-machine interaction interface with a comfortable entertainment function, and the importance of the man-machine interaction interface to the vehicle running is lower than the display function of running computer information such as instrument display. In consideration of allocating space according to the importance of driving, the center control screen is usually arranged at a position far away from the main driving position, so that a larger space is allocated to arrange a larger screen to meet the size pursuit of the center control screen by consumers.

However, in the above-mentioned space allocation scheme, when the user in the main driver seat or the auxiliary driver seat needs to operate the central control system, the user must lean forward to touch the central control screen to complete the operation. The operation mode not only influences the comfort level of the user, but also brings great hidden danger to driving safety.

In order to overcome the above defects in the prior art, a control technology of a vehicle central control system is urgently needed in the art, and other control screens close to a driving position are matched with the central control screen to meet the operation requirement of a user on the central control system, so that the comfort of the user is improved, and the driving safety is guaranteed.

Disclosure of Invention

The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects, and is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of all aspects nor delineate the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

In order to overcome the defects in the prior art, the invention provides a method for recommending contents through an air conditioner control screen, a device for recommending contents through the air conditioner control screen and a computer readable storage medium, and other control screens close to a driving position are matched with a central control screen to meet the operation requirement of the central control system, so that the comfort of a user is improved and the driving safety is ensured.

The method for recommending the content through the air conditioner control screen comprises the following steps: responding to the operation of switching application of a user, detecting whether a central control system of a vehicle supports a content recommendation function of an air conditioner control screen by using a recommendation activation module, wherein the recommendation activation module is configured in the central control system; and responding to the central control system supporting the content recommendation function, recommending related information according to currently applied playing content by using a content recommendation module, and rendering the related information on the air conditioner control screen by using a rendering module, wherein the content recommendation module and the rendering module are both configured in the central control system.

Preferably, in some embodiments of the present invention, the step of detecting whether the central control system supports the content recommendation function may include: detecting whether the operation of switching the applications activates a current application by using the recommendation activation module; and in response to the switching of the application activating a current application, detecting, by the recommendation activation module, whether the current application supports the content recommendation function.

Preferably, in some embodiments of the present invention, the central control system may be configured with a plurality of the content recommendation modules. Each of the content recommendation modules may correspond to an application. The step of recommending the related information using the content recommendation module may include: activating a content recommendation module corresponding to the current application, wherein the corresponding content recommendation module is pre-configured with a relevant information item corresponding to the current application; and acquiring information according to the related information items by utilizing the corresponding content recommending module so as to recommend the related information of the currently applied playing content.

Preferably, in some embodiments of the invention, the applications include, but are not limited to, one or more of a radio, a music player, and a news player. The relevant information items corresponding to the radio receiver can comprise favorite radio station items of the user and/or program list items of the current radio station. The related information items corresponding to the music player may include detailed information items of the current music and/or similar track items of the current music. The related information items corresponding to the news player may include related news items of current news and/or latest current news items.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the method may further include the steps of: in response to another current application being activated, activating a content recommendation module corresponding to the another current application, and acquiring information according to the related information item thereof to recommend related information of the played content of the another current application; and re-rendering the information related to the playing content of the other current application on the air conditioner control screen by utilizing the rendering module.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the method may further include the steps of: and in response to no current application being activated or a current application not supporting the content recommendation function being activated, closing the rendering module to display an air conditioner control interface on the air conditioner control screen.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the air conditioner control screen may be disposed in a region near a user's hand of the main driving seat and include a touch screen interactive interface. The method may further comprise the steps of: activating the link of the related information according to the clicking operation of the user on the touch screen interactive interface; and/or opening or closing the rendering module according to the gesture operation of the user on the touch screen interaction interface so as to realize the switching between the content recommendation interface and the air conditioner control interface on the air conditioner control screen.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the air conditioner control screen may be connected to the central control system through LVDS communication. The step of rendering the related information using a rendering module may include: displaying the relevant information to the air conditioner control screen through LVDS communication by utilizing the rendering module; and rendering the relevant information through the LVDS communication by utilizing the display function of the central control system.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the central control system may be configured with a safety member of the air conditioner control panel. The security element may be a hardware device and configured with a separate software system. One or more of the recommendation activation module, the content recommendation module, and the rendering module may be a software module configured with the secure element.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an apparatus for content recommendation through an air conditioner control screen.

The device for recommending the content through the air conditioner control screen comprises a memory and a processor. The processor is connected to the memory and configured to: responding to the operation of switching application of a user, detecting whether a central control system of a vehicle supports a content recommendation function of an air conditioner control screen by using a recommendation activation module, wherein the recommendation activation module is configured in the central control system; and responding to the central control system supporting the content recommendation function, recommending related information according to currently applied playing content by using a content recommendation module, and rendering the related information on the air conditioner control screen by using a rendering module, wherein the content recommendation module and the rendering module are both configured in the central control system.

Preferably, in some embodiments of the present invention, the processor may be further configured to: detecting whether the operation of switching the applications activates a current application by using the recommendation activation module; and in response to the switching of the application activating a current application, detecting, by the recommendation activation module, whether the current application supports the content recommendation function.

Preferably, in some embodiments of the present invention, the central control system may be configured with a plurality of the content recommendation modules. Each of the content recommendation modules may correspond to an application. The processor may be further configured to: activating a content recommendation module corresponding to the current application, wherein the corresponding content recommendation module is pre-configured with a relevant information item corresponding to the current application; and acquiring information according to the related information items by utilizing the corresponding content recommending module so as to recommend the related information of the currently applied playing content.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the processor may be further configured to: in response to another current application being activated, activating a content recommendation module corresponding to the another current application, and acquiring information according to the related information item thereof to recommend related information of the played content of the another current application; and re-rendering the information related to the playing content of the other current application on the air conditioner control screen by utilizing the rendering module.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the processor may be further configured to: and in response to no current application being activated or a current application not supporting the content recommendation function being activated, closing the rendering module to display an air conditioner control interface on the air conditioner control screen.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the air conditioner control screen may be disposed in a region near a user's hand of the main driving seat and include a touch screen interactive interface. The processor may be further configured to: activating the link of the related information according to the clicking operation of the user on the touch screen interactive interface; and/or opening or closing the rendering module according to the gesture operation of the user on the touch screen interaction interface so as to realize the switching between the content recommendation interface and the air conditioner control interface on the air conditioner control screen.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the air conditioner control screen may be connected to the central control system through LVDS communication. The processor may be further configured to: displaying the relevant information to the air conditioner control screen through LVDS communication by utilizing the rendering module; and rendering the relevant information through the LVDS communication by utilizing the display function of the central control system.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a computer-readable storage medium is also provided herein.

The present invention provides the above computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions. When the computer instruction is executed by the processor, the method for recommending the content through the air conditioner control screen provided by any one of the embodiments can be implemented, so that other control screens close to the driving position are matched with the central control screen to meet the operation requirement of the central control system, and therefore the comfort level of a user is improved and the driving safety is guaranteed.

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The above features and advantages of the present disclosure will be better understood upon reading the detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure in conjunction with the following drawings. In the drawings, components are not necessarily drawn to scale, and components having similar relative characteristics or features may have the same or similar reference numerals.

Fig. 1 is a flow chart illustrating a method for content recommendation through an air conditioner control screen according to some embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an architecture of an apparatus for content recommendation through an air conditioner control screen according to some embodiments of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

20 a device for recommending contents through an air conditioner control screen;

21 a memory;

22 a processor;

23 a security member;

231 recommending an activation module;

2321-2323 content recommendation module;

233 a rendering module;

31 an air conditioning control panel;

32 center control screen.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided for illustrative purposes, and other advantages and effects of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the present disclosure. While the invention will be described in connection with the preferred embodiments, there is no intent to limit its features to those embodiments. On the contrary, the invention is described in connection with the embodiments for the purpose of covering alternatives or modifications that may be extended based on the claims of the present invention. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The invention may be practiced without these particulars. Moreover, some of the specific details have been left out of the description in order to avoid obscuring or obscuring the focus of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

Additionally, the terms "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "top," "bottom," "horizontal," "vertical" and the like as used in the following description are to be understood as referring to the segment and the associated drawings in the illustrated orientation. The relative terms are used for convenience of description only and do not imply that the described apparatus should be constructed or operated in a particular orientation and therefore should not be construed as limiting the invention.

It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms, but rather are used to distinguish one element, region, layer and/or section from another element, region, layer and/or section. Thus, a first component, region, layer or section discussed below could be termed a second component, region, layer or section without departing from some embodiments of the present invention.

As described above, in consideration of allocating space according to the importance of driving, the center control screen of the existing center control system is generally disposed at a position far from the main driving seat, so that a larger space is allocated to dispose a larger screen to satisfy the size pursuit of the center control screen by the consumer. When a user in the main driving position or the auxiliary driving position needs to operate the central control system, the user needs to lean forwards to touch the central control screen to complete the operation. The input mode not only influences the comfort level of the user, but also brings great hidden danger to driving safety.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 in combination, fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a method for content recommendation through an air conditioner control screen according to some embodiments of the present invention, and fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an architecture of an apparatus for content recommendation through an air conditioner control screen according to some embodiments of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments of the present invention, the method for recommending content through an air conditioner control screen may include: and responding to the operation of switching the application by the user, and detecting whether a central control system of the vehicle supports a content recommendation function on an air conditioner control screen by using a recommendation activation module.

In some embodiments, a central control system of a vehicle may have the function of selecting and activating an application. Such applications include, but are not limited to, comfort and entertainment applications such as radios, music players, and news players. Specifically, a user can open an application interface of the Central control system by operating a Central Control Panel (CCP) of the Central control system. In response to the user's operation of opening the application interface, the central control system may display the application interface on the central control screen 32 of the central control system. In the application interface, the central control system can display the currently selected application by using the central control screen 32, so that the user can perform the operation of confirming the selection. In some embodiments, the user may toggle the currently selected application by rotating the CCP knob. The user may then select to activate the currently displayed application by clicking on an application icon on control screen 32 or pressing a CCP button.

As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments of the present invention, the device 20 for content recommendation through an air conditioner control screen may include a memory 21 and a processor 22. The processor 22 is connected to the memory 21 and is adapted to read and execute the computer instructions stored in the memory 21 to implement a method for content recommendation through the air conditioning control screen.

In some non-limiting embodiments, the device 20 for content recommendation through the air conditioner control screen can be doubled by the memory 21 and the main control chip 22 of the central control system. In this case, the device 20 for recommending content through the air conditioning control panel may be regarded as a part of the center control system. Optionally, in other embodiments, the device for recommending content through the air conditioner control screen may also be a separate device communicatively connected to the vehicle central control system, and have a dedicated memory and processor.

In some preferred embodiments, the central control system may be further configured with a safety piece 23 of the air conditioner control panel 31. The secure element 23 is a processor hardware device and is configured with a separate software system. The requirements of the safety piece 23 on stability and reliability are higher than those of an entertainment function chip of a central control system. Therefore, even if the entertainment function of the central control system is in a dead halt and is in a blank screen state, the normal operation of the safety piece 23 is not influenced.

In some more preferred embodiments, the security component 23 may further be preset with software modules such as a recommendation activation module 231, content recommendation modules 2321-2323, and a rendering module 233. Each software module of the central control system can perform inter-process communication in the security element 23 to implement the above-mentioned method for recommending contents through the air conditioner control screen. The recommendation activation module 231, the content recommendation modules 2321-2323 and the rendering module 233 are all configured in the safety element 23 of the central control system, and information interaction is performed in an inter-process communication manner, so that the embodiment can effectively improve the communication efficiency among the modules.

Those skilled in the art will understand that the above-mentioned solution of configuring the recommendation activation module 231, the content recommendation modules 2321-2323 and the rendering module 233 as software modules in the central control system is only a non-limiting example provided by the present invention, and is intended to show the main concept of the present invention and provide an implementation manner capable of improving the communication efficiency between the modules, and is not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention. Optionally, in other embodiments, one or more of the recommendation activation module 231, the content recommendation modules 2321-2323 and the rendering module 233 may also be configured in the main chip 22 of the central control system; or realized in the form of a hardware module to achieve the effect of recommending contents through the air conditioner control screen.

In the above embodiment, in response to the operation of switching the application by the user, the device 20 for recommending content through the air-conditioning control screen provided by the invention may first start the recommendation activation module 231, and detect whether the central control system of the vehicle supports the content recommendation function in the air-conditioning control screen 31, so as to determine whether to recommend the relevant information according to the currently applied playing content.

Specifically, in response to a user switching an application, the recommendation activation module 231 may first detect whether the switching of the application activates a current application. If the user selects to switch the focus to the application interface or the main interface of the central control system, the recommendation activation module 231 may determine that the operation of switching the application does not activate any current application, and further notify the rendering module 233 to enter or maintain the closed state. At this time, the air-conditioning control screen 31 will normally display an air-conditioning control interface for the user to adjust the air-conditioning parameters using the human-machine interface of the air-conditioning control screen 31.

On the contrary, if the user clicks an application icon on the control screen or presses the CCP button in the application interface to select to activate the currently displayed application, the recommendation activation module 231 may determine that the operation of switching the applications activates one current application, and further detect whether the activated current application supports the content recommendation function in the air-conditioning control screen 31.

As described above, the central control system can support various comfortable and entertaining applications such as a radio, a music player, and a news player. In some embodiments, the central control system may be configured with a plurality of content recommendation modules 2321-2323. Each content recommendation module 2321-2323 may correspond to one application program and be configured with related information items corresponding to the application program in advance. For example: the relevant information entries corresponding to the radio application may include the user's favorite station entries and the program listings entries for the current station. The associated information items corresponding to the music player application may include detailed information items of the current music and similar track items of the current music. The related information items corresponding to the news player application may include related news items of current news and latest current news items.

In the above embodiment, in response to determining that the operation of switching the applications activates one current application, the recommendation activation module 231 may further detect whether the currently activated application is configured with the corresponding content recommendation modules 2321 to 2323. If the currently activated application program is not configured with the corresponding content recommendation modules 2321-2323, the recommendation activation module 231 may determine that the activated current application does not support the content recommendation function on the air conditioner control screen 31. At this time, the recommendation activation module 231 may notify the rendering module 233 to enter or maintain the off state, so that the air-conditioning control screen 31 will normally display the air-conditioning control interface for the user to adjust the air-conditioning parameters using the human-machine interface of the air-conditioning control screen 31.

On the contrary, if the currently activated application is configured with the corresponding content recommendation modules 2321 to 2323, the recommendation activation module 231 may determine that the current application supports the content recommendation function on the air-conditioning control screen 31, and then recommend the relevant information according to the currently applied playing content by using the content recommendation modules 2321 to 2323, and render the relevant information on the air-conditioning control screen 31 by using the rendering module 233.

For example, in the first embodiment, when the user clicks an icon of a radio on the application interface of the center screen 32, the recommendation activation module 231 may first detect whether the radio application is configured with the corresponding content recommendation modules 2321-2323. If the radio application is configured with the corresponding content recommendation module 2321, the recommendation activation module 231 may notify the corresponding content recommendation module 2321 to start up, so as to execute the step of recommending the relevant information.

As described above, the content recommendation module 2321 corresponding to the radio application may be configured with corresponding related information entries in advance, that is, the favorite station entry of the user and the program list entry of the current station. In some embodiments, the content recommending module 2321 may read information about the user's favorite stations from the memory 21 according to the information items about the favorite stations, and recommend the information about the user's favorite stations to the air-conditioning control screen 31, so that the user can select a station that the user wants to listen to play. In other embodiments, the content recommending module 2321 may also search the program information of the current radio station through the vehicle-mounted network according to the information entry of the program, and recommend the searched program information to the air-conditioning control screen 31, so that the user can refer to the playing time of each program.

Based on the same principle, in the second embodiment, the content recommendation module 2322 corresponding to the music player may search for detailed information of the current music through the vehicle-mounted network according to the entry of the detailed information, and recommend the searched detailed information to the air-conditioning control screen 31 for the user to refer to. Detailed information of current music includes, but is not limited to, song information, singer information, cover page information, lyric information, and the like. In addition, the content recommending module 2322 may also search for similar tracks of the current music through the vehicle-mounted network according to the items of the similar tracks, and recommend the searched similar tracks to the air-conditioning control screen 31, so that the user can select a desired track to play.

In the third embodiment, the content recommending module 2323 corresponding to the news player may search news related to the current news through the vehicle-mounted network according to the items of the related news, and recommend the searched related news to the air-conditioning control screen 31 for the user to select to play. In addition, the content recommending module 2323 may also search the current latest current news through the vehicle-mounted network according to the items of the current news, and recommend the searched current news to the air-conditioning control screen 31 for the user to select to play.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the air conditioner control screen 31 may be connected to the central control system through a USB data line, and performs data interaction with the master chip 22 and the security component 23 of the central control system through LVDS. The rendering module 233 may display the information related to the favorite radio station information, the program information, and the like provided by the content recommending module 2321 to the air-conditioning control screen 31 through LVDS communication. In some embodiments, the rendering of the related information may be accomplished through a Presentation function of the central control system. The rendering module 233 may transmit rendering data of the related information to the air-conditioning control screen 31 by means of LVDS communication to achieve a rendering effect of the related information on the air-conditioning control screen 31. The rendering of the relevant information is performed by using the Presentation function of the central control system, so that the hardware requirement of the air conditioner control screen 31 can be reduced, the production cost of the air conditioner control screen 31 is reduced, and the space size of the air conditioner control screen is reduced.

It can be understood that the air conditioner control screen 31 generally only needs to be configured with a human-computer interaction interface for adjusting temperature and air volume, so as to meet the control requirement of the vehicle-mounted air conditioner. Therefore, the air-conditioning control panel 31 has a low size requirement, and can be disposed in the right-hand area of the main driver seat user, so that the main driver seat user can adjust the air-conditioning parameters. In this case, however, the air conditioner control panel 31 having a small size tends to display only a limited overview of several pieces of relevant information, and it is difficult to develop a detailed content of the relevant information.

To solve the above problem, in some preferred embodiments, the air conditioner control screen 31 may be provided with a touch screen interactive interface. The user can activate a link to the relevant information by clicking on a summary of the relevant information on the touch screen interactive interface, thereby displaying details of the relevant information on the larger sized central control screen 32. For example: the user may click on the icon of the current station program on the touch screen interactive interface to activate the link to the program information to display the detailed program information on the center screen 32.

By making the recommendation and selection of the related information by using the air-conditioning control screen 31 provided in the area near the driver's hand, the driver can operate the air-conditioning control screen 31 to select the related information of interest without leaning forward the body. The details of the related information are displayed by utilizing the central control screen 32 with larger size, namely, the double-screen interaction of the central control screen 32 and the air-conditioning control screen 31 is realized, so that the effects of not only facilitating the clicking operation of the main driving position user, but also clearly and completely displaying the related information are achieved.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the user may perform a gesture operation on the touch screen interaction interface of the air conditioner control screen 31 to turn on or turn off the rendering module 233, so as to switch the content recommendation interface and the air conditioner control interface on the air conditioner control screen 31. In some non-limiting embodiments, the gesture operation may be designed as a three-finger left-slide, three-finger right-slide gesture. In response to the gesture of sliding left with three fingers, the air-conditioning control screen 31 may determine that the user needs to use the air-conditioning control interface to adjust parameters such as temperature and air volume of the vehicle-mounted air conditioner, so as to notify the rendering module 233 to temporarily close to display the air-conditioning control interface. At this time, the content recommendation modules 2321-2323 may remain in an open state to allow the user to invoke the content recommendation interface again. In response to the gesture of three-finger right sliding, the air-conditioning control screen 31 may determine that the user needs to use the content recommendation interface to know the related information of the currently playing content, so as to notify the rendering module 233 to turn on again to render the related information provided by the content recommendation modules 2321-2323.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above-described three-finger left-slide and three-finger right-slide gesture actions are only one non-limiting embodiment provided by the present invention, and are intended to clearly illustrate the main concepts of the present invention and provide a specific solution for the convenience of the public, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Optionally, in other embodiments, a person skilled in the art may also reasonably design other gesture operations to achieve the same effect of turning on or off the rendering module 233 according to the convenience of the primary and secondary rider user operations.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the user may also switch the currently selected application at any time by rotating the CCP knob and select another application to activate by clicking on an application icon on the control screen 32 or pressing a CCP button. The processor 22 may monitor the user's application-switching operation of the central control system in real time to determine whether another current application is activated.

In response to another current application being activated, the recommendation activation module 231 may re-determine whether the activated current application supports the content recommendation function at the air conditioning control screen 31. If the activated current application does not support the content recommendation function of the air-conditioning control screen 31, the recommendation activation module 231 may notify the rendering module 233 to enter or maintain the closed state, so that the air-conditioning control screen 31 will normally display an air-conditioning control interface, so that the user can use the human-machine interaction interface of the air-conditioning control screen 31 to adjust the air-conditioning parameters.

On the contrary, if the activated current application supports the content recommendation function of the air-conditioning control screen 31, the recommendation activation module 231 may activate the content recommendation modules 2321 to 2323 corresponding to the current application. The corresponding content recommendation modules 2321-2323 may obtain information according to the related information items configured in advance thereof to recommend the related information corresponding to the current application. The rendering module 233 may re-render the related information on the air-conditioning control screen 31 to refresh the recommended content associated with the current application in real time.

In response to the user selecting to switch the focus to the application interface or the main interface of the central control system, the recommendation activation module 231 may determine that no application is currently activated, and further notify the rendering module 233 to enter or maintain the closed state. At this time, the air-conditioning control screen 31 will normally display an air-conditioning control interface for the user to adjust the air-conditioning parameters using the human-machine interface of the air-conditioning control screen 31.

While, for purposes of simplicity of explanation, the methodologies are shown and described as a series of acts, it is to be understood and appreciated that the methodologies are not limited by the order of acts, as some acts may, in accordance with one or more embodiments, occur in different orders and/or concurrently with other acts from that shown and described herein or not shown and described herein, as would be understood by one skilled in the art.

The computer readable storage medium provided by the present invention may be the memory 21 of the apparatus 20 for inputting using a remote screen, and the computer instructions are stored thereon. When the computer instruction is executed by the processor 22, the method for recommending contents through the air conditioner control screen provided by any one of the above embodiments can be implemented, so that other control screens close to the driving position are used to match the central control screen to meet the operation requirement of the central control system, thereby improving the comfort of the user and ensuring the driving safety.

Although the processor 22 and security element 23 described in the above embodiments may be implemented by a combination of software and hardware. It will be appreciated that the processor 22 and security element 23 may be implemented in software or hardware alone. For a hardware implementation, the processor 22 and security element 23 may be implemented on one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, other electronic devices adapted to perform the functions described herein, or a selected combination thereof. For software implementations, the processor 22 and the secure element 23 may be implemented by separate software modules running on a common chip, such as program modules (programs) and function modules (functions), each of which may perform one or more of the functions and operations described herein.

Those of skill in the art would understand that information, signals, and data may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits (bits), symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.

Those of skill would further appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

The various illustrative logical modules, and circuits described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented or performed with a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two. A software module may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC. The ASIC may reside in a user terminal. In the alternative, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in a user terminal.

In one or more exemplary embodiments, the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software as a computer program product, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. A storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer. Any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a web site, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of medium. Disk (disk) and disc (disc), as used herein, includes Compact Disc (CD), laser disc, optical disc, Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), floppy disk and blu-ray disc where disks (disks) usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs (discs) reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media.

The previous description of the disclosure is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the spirit or scope of the disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not intended to be limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A method for recommending contents through an air conditioner control screen is characterized by comprising the following steps:

responding to the operation of switching application of a user, detecting whether a central control system of a vehicle supports a content recommendation function of an air conditioner control screen by using a recommendation activation module, wherein the recommendation activation module is configured in the central control system; and

and responding to the central control system supporting the content recommendation function, recommending related information according to the currently applied playing content by using a content recommendation module, and rendering the related information on the air conditioner control screen by using a rendering module, wherein the content recommendation module and the rendering module are both configured in the central control system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of detecting whether the central control system supports the content recommendation function comprises:

detecting whether the operation of switching the applications activates a current application by using the recommendation activation module; and

and in response to the operation of switching the applications activating a current application, detecting whether the current application supports the content recommendation function by using the recommendation activation module.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the central control system is configured with a plurality of the content recommendation modules, each corresponding to an application, and the step of recommending the relevant information by using the content recommendation modules comprises:

activating a content recommendation module corresponding to the current application, wherein the corresponding content recommendation module is pre-configured with a relevant information item corresponding to the current application; and

and acquiring information by utilizing the corresponding content recommending module according to the related information items so as to recommend the related information of the currently applied playing content.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the application comprises one or more of a radio, a music player, and a news player, wherein,

the relevant information items corresponding to the radio receiver comprise favorite radio station items of a user and/or program list items of the current radio station,

the related information items corresponding to the music player comprise detailed information items of the current music and/or similar track items of the current music,

the related information items corresponding to the news player comprise related news items of current news and/or latest current news items.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

in response to another current application being activated, activating a content recommendation module corresponding to the another current application, and acquiring information according to the related information item thereof to recommend related information of the played content of the another current application; and

and re-rendering the information related to the playing content of the other current application on the air conditioner control screen by utilizing the rendering module.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

and in response to no current application being activated or a current application not supporting the content recommendation function being activated, closing the rendering module to display an air conditioner control interface on the air conditioner control screen.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the climate control screen is located in a hand area of a primary rider location user and includes a touch screen interface, the method further comprising:

activating the link of the related information according to the clicking operation of the user on the touch screen interactive interface; and/or

And opening or closing the rendering module according to the gesture operation of the user on the touch screen interaction interface so as to realize the switching between the content recommendation interface and the air conditioner control interface on the air conditioner control screen.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the air conditioner control screen is connected to the central control system through LVDS communication, and the step of rendering the related information using a rendering module comprises:

displaying the relevant information to the air conditioner control screen through LVDS communication by utilizing the rendering module; and

and rendering the relevant information through the LVDS communication by utilizing the display function of the central control system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the central control system is configured with a security piece of the air conditioner control screen, the security piece being a hardware device and configured with a separate software system, wherein one or more of the recommendation activation module, the content recommendation module, and the rendering module are software modules configured with the security piece.

10. An apparatus for content recommendation through an air conditioner control screen, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the central control system is configured with a plurality of the content recommendation modules, one application for each of the content recommendation modules, the processor further configured to:

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the application comprises one or more of a radio, a music player, and a news player, wherein,

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to:

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the climate control screen is located in a hand area of a user of the primary rider station and includes a touch screen interface, and wherein the processor is further configured to:

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the air conditioning control screen is communicatively coupled to the central control system via LVDS, the processor further configured to:

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the central control system is configured with a security piece of the air conditioner control screen, the security piece being a hardware device and configured with a separate software system, wherein one or more of the recommendation activation module, the content recommendation module, and the rendering module are software modules configured with the security piece.

19. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions, wherein the computer instructions, when executed by a processor, implement a method for content recommendation through an air conditioning control screen according to any one of claims 1-9.