CN116801031A

CN116801031A - Program recording method and display equipment

Info

Publication number: CN116801031A
Application number: CN202210244860.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵春亭; 纪开虎; 高明军
Original assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-03-14
Filing date: 2022-03-14
Publication date: 2023-09-22

Abstract

The application discloses a program recording method and display equipment, wherein after the display equipment is powered on again, the method controls the display equipment to execute silent startup, generates a program recording task according to program recording parameters, automatically records television programs when reaching reservation time, and improves the use experience of users. The method comprises the following steps: receiving an instruction for setting a program recording task, and generating the program recording task according to the acquired program recording parameters, wherein the program recording task is used for controlling display equipment to record a program; when the display equipment is powered off, the program recording task is cleared; and after the display equipment is powered on again, controlling the display equipment to execute silent startup, and generating a program recording task again according to the program recording parameters.

Description

Program recording method and display equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of program recording technologies, and in particular, to a program recording method and a display device.

Background

The display device refers to a terminal device capable of outputting a specific display screen, and may be a terminal device such as a smart television, a mobile terminal, a smart advertisement screen, and a projector. Taking intelligent electricity as an example, the intelligent television is based on the Internet application technology, has an open operating system and a chip, has an open application platform, can realize a bidirectional man-machine interaction function, and is a television product integrating multiple functions of video, entertainment, data and the like, and the intelligent television is used for meeting the diversified and personalized requirements of users.

In the related art, television programs are broadcast at fixed times. The user may be interested in a certain television program but may be unable to watch at that time in front of the display device due to the relatively tight time. In general, a scheduled recording function (PVR recording) in a display device may be used to schedule a television program of interest, that is, the display device automatically records when the television program is played. When the user is time-efficient, the recorded television program file is called out for viewing. However, users often find that the set program recording task cannot control the display device to automatically record the television program when the reserved time arrives, so that bad use experience is brought to the users.

Therefore, how to enable the display device to automatically record the television program when the preset time arrives becomes a problem to be solved by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

Some embodiments of the present application provide a method for recording a program and a display device, after the display device is powered on again, the method controls the display device to execute silent startup, generates a program recording task according to a program recording parameter, automatically records a television program when a reservation time is reached, and improves the user experience.

In a first aspect, there is provided a display device including:

a display for displaying a user interface;

a user interface for receiving an input signal;

a controller coupled to the display and the user interface, respectively, for performing:

receiving an instruction for setting a program recording task, and generating the program recording task according to the acquired program recording parameters, wherein the program recording task is used for controlling display equipment to record a program;

when the display equipment is powered off, the program recording task is cleared; and after the display equipment is powered on again, controlling the display equipment to execute silent startup, and generating a program recording task again according to the program recording parameters.

In some embodiments, the controller is configured to perform silent powering on as follows:

the control driver program sets the silent start-up zone bit from an original value to a preset value;

and controlling the specific program to monitor the silent start-up zone bit in real time so as to start to execute the silent start-up when the specific program detects that the silent start-up zone bit is a preset value.

In some embodiments, the controller is configured to execute the control driver to set the silent start-up flag bit from the original value to a preset value, and control the specific program to monitor the silent start-up flag bit in real time according to the following steps:

Controlling a driver program to call an easy-side program to assign a value to a loader, wherein the value is used for setting a silent start-up mark in the loader from an original value to an initial value; and controlling the specific program to monitor the silent start-up zone bit in the loader in real time.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to perform: and controlling the television service to detect the mute start-up zone bit in real time, and when the mute start-up zone bit is detected to be a preset value, not lighting the display and setting the display equipment to be in a mute state.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to perform: and after starting to execute the silent start-up, recovering the silent start-up zone bit from the preset value to the original value.

In some embodiments, the controller, after generating the program recording task based on the program recording parameters, is further configured to perform: and controlling the display device to stand by.

In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to perform: after receiving an instruction for canceling the silent startup, controlling the display equipment to stop executing the silent startup and executing a common startup program; and after the display equipment is started up normally, generating a program recording task according to the program recording parameters.

In some embodiments, the controller is configured to perform a normal boot-up procedure as follows: and lighting the display and canceling setting the display device in a mute state.

In a second aspect, a method for recording a program is provided, including:

In some embodiments, the step of performing silent powering up includes:

In some embodiments, the step of controlling the specific program to monitor the silent start-up flag bit in real time includes:

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and controlling the television service to detect the mute start-up zone bit in real time, and when the mute start-up zone bit is detected to be a preset value, not lighting the display and setting the display equipment to be in a mute state.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: and after starting to execute the silent start-up, recovering the silent start-up zone bit from the preset value to the original value.

In some embodiments, after generating the program recording task based on the program recording parameters again, the method further comprises: and controlling the display device to stand by.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises: : after receiving an instruction for canceling the silent startup, controlling the display equipment to stop executing the silent startup and executing a common startup program; and after the display equipment is started up normally, generating a program recording task according to the program recording parameters.

In some embodiments, the step of executing a normal boot-up procedure includes: and lighting the display and canceling setting the display device in a mute state.

In a third aspect, a storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer device to perform:

In the embodiment, after the display device is powered on again, the method controls the display device to execute silent startup, generates a program recording task according to program recording parameters, automatically records a television program when the reservation time is reached, and improves the use experience of a user. The method comprises the following steps: receiving an instruction for setting a program recording task, and generating the program recording task according to the acquired program recording parameters, wherein the program recording task is used for controlling display equipment to record a program; when the display equipment is powered off, the program recording task is cleared; and after the display equipment is powered on again, controlling the display equipment to execute silent startup, and generating a program recording task again according to the program recording parameters.

Drawings

FIG. 1 illustrates an operational scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to some embodiments;

fig. 2 shows a hardware configuration block diagram of the control device 100 according to some embodiments;

fig. 3 illustrates a hardware configuration block diagram of a display device 200 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 4 illustrates a software configuration diagram in a display device 200 according to some embodiments;

FIG. 5 illustrates a user interface diagram including a PVR recording item, according to some embodiments;

FIG. 6 illustrates a user interface diagram with program listings displayed therein in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 7 schematically illustrates a user interface diagram according to some embodiments;

FIG. 8 schematically illustrates a user interface diagram according to some embodiments;

FIG. 9 illustrates a user interface diagram including details of program correspondence according to some embodiments;

FIG. 10 illustrates a user interface diagram including display and reservation recording parameters, in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 11 illustrates a flow chart of a method of program recording in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 12 illustrates a user interface diagram according to some embodiments;

FIG. 13 illustrates another user interface diagram in accordance with some embodiments;

FIG. 14 illustrates a schematic diagram of another user interface in accordance with some embodiments;

fig. 15 illustrates a flowchart for performing silent power-on, in accordance with some embodiments.

Detailed Description

For the purposes of making the objects and embodiments of the present application more apparent, an exemplary embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which exemplary embodiments of the present application are illustrated, it being apparent that the exemplary embodiments described are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application.

It should be noted that the brief description of the terminology in the present application is for the purpose of facilitating understanding of the embodiments described below only and is not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. Unless otherwise indicated, these terms should be construed in their ordinary and customary meaning.

The terms "first," second, "" third and the like in the description and in the claims and in the above drawings are used for distinguishing between similar or similar objects or entities and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order, unless otherwise indicated. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances.

The terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a product or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to all elements explicitly listed, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such product or apparatus.

The display device provided by the embodiment of the application can have various implementation forms, for example, a television, an intelligent television, a laser projection device, a display (monitor), an electronic whiteboard (electronic bulletin board), an electronic desktop (electronic table) and the like. Fig. 1 and 2 are specific embodiments of a display device of the present application.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an operation scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, a user may operate the display device 200 through the smart device 300 or the control apparatus 100.

In some embodiments, the control apparatus 100 may be a remote controller, and the communication between the remote controller and the display device includes infrared protocol communication or bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-range communication modes, and the display device 200 is controlled by a wireless or wired mode. The user may control the display device 200 by inputting user instructions through keys on a remote control, voice input, control panel input, etc.

In some embodiments, a smart device 300 (e.g., mobile terminal, tablet, computer, notebook, etc.) may also be used to control the display device 200. For example, the display device 200 is controlled using an application running on a smart device.

In some embodiments, the display device may receive instructions not using the smart device or control device described above, but rather receive control of the user by touch or gesture, or the like.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 may also perform control in a manner other than the control apparatus 100 and the smart device 300, for example, the voice command control of the user may be directly received through a module configured inside the display device 200 device for acquiring voice commands, or the voice command control of the user may be received through a voice control device configured outside the display device 200 device.

In some embodiments, the display device 200 is also in data communication with a server 400. The display device 200 may be permitted to make communication connections via a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and other networks. The server 400 may provide various contents and interactions to the display device 200. The server 400 may be a cluster, or may be multiple clusters, and may include one or more types of servers.

Fig. 2 exemplarily shows a block diagram of a configuration of the control apparatus 100 in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 2, the control device 100 includes a controller 110, a communication interface 130, a user input/output interface 140, a memory, and a power supply. The control apparatus 100 may receive an input operation instruction of a user and convert the operation instruction into an instruction recognizable and responsive to the display device 200, and function as an interaction between the user and the display device 200.

As shown in fig. 3, the display apparatus 200 includes at least one of a modem 210, a communicator 220, a detector 230, an external device interface 240, a controller 250, a display 260, an audio output interface 270, a memory, a power supply, and a user interface.

In some embodiments the controller includes a processor, a video processor, an audio processor, a graphics processor, RAM, ROM, a first interface for input/output to an nth interface.

The display 260 includes a display screen component for presenting a picture, and a driving component for driving an image display, a component for receiving an image signal from the controller output, displaying video content, image content, and a menu manipulation interface, and a user manipulation UI interface.

The display 260 may be a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, a projection device, or a projection screen.

The communicator 220 is a component for communicating with external devices or servers according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communicator may include at least one of a Wifi module, a bluetooth module, a wired ethernet module, or other network communication protocol chip or a near field communication protocol chip, and an infrared receiver. The display device 200 may establish transmission and reception of control signals and data signals with the external control device 100 or the server 400 through the communicator 220.

A user interface, which may be used to receive control signals from the control device 100 (e.g., an infrared remote control, etc.).

The detector 230 is used to collect signals of the external environment or interaction with the outside. For example, detector 230 includes a light receiver, a sensor for capturing the intensity of ambient light; alternatively, the detector 230 includes an image collector such as a camera, which may be used to collect external environmental scenes, user attributes, or user interaction gestures, or alternatively, the detector 230 includes a sound collector such as a microphone, or the like, which is used to receive external sounds.

The external device interface 240 may include, but is not limited to, the following: high Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), analog or data high definition component input interface (component), composite video input interface (CVBS), USB input interface (USB), RGB port, or the like. The input/output interface may be a composite input/output interface formed by a plurality of interfaces.

The modem 210 receives broadcast television signals through a wired or wireless reception manner, and demodulates audio and video signals, such as EPG data signals, from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television signals.

In some embodiments, the controller 250 and the modem 210 may be located in separate devices, i.e., the modem 210 may also be located in an external device to the main device in which the controller 250 is located, such as an external set-top box or the like.

The controller 250 controls the operation of the display device and responds to the user's operations through various software control programs stored on the memory. The controller 250 controls the overall operation of the display apparatus 200. For example: in response to receiving a user command to select a UI object to be displayed on the display 260, the controller 250 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.

In some embodiments the controller includes at least one of a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), video processor, audio processor, graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU), RAM Random Access Memory, RAM), ROM (Read-Only Memory, ROM), first to nth interfaces for input/output, a communication Bus (Bus), and the like.

The user may input a user command through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on the display 260, and the user input interface receives the user input command through the Graphical User Interface (GUI). Alternatively, the user may input the user command by inputting a specific sound or gesture, and the user input interface recognizes the sound or gesture through the sensor to receive the user input command.

A "user interface" is a media interface for interaction and exchange of information between an application or operating system and a user that enables conversion between an internal form of information and a user-acceptable form. A commonly used presentation form of the user interface is a graphical user interface (Graphic User Interface, GUI), which refers to a user interface related to computer operations that is displayed in a graphical manner. It may be an interface element such as an icon, a window, a control, etc. displayed in a display screen of the electronic device, where the control may include a visual interface element such as an icon, a button, a menu, a tab, a text box, a dialog box, a status bar, a navigation bar, a Widget, etc.

Referring to FIG. 4, in some embodiments, the system is divided into four layers, from top to bottom, an application layer (simply "application layer"), an application framework layer (Application Framework) layer (simply "framework layer"), a An Zhuoyun row (Android run) and a system library layer (simply "system runtime layer"), and a kernel layer, respectively.

In some embodiments, at least one application program is running in the application program layer, and these application programs may be a Window (Window) program of an operating system, a system setting program, a clock program, or the like; or may be an application developed by a third party developer. In particular implementations, the application packages in the application layer are not limited to the above examples.

The framework layer provides an application programming interface (application programming interface, API) and programming framework for the application. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions. The application framework layer corresponds to a processing center that decides to let the applications in the application layer act. Through the API interface, the application program can access the resources in the system and acquire the services of the system in the execution.

As shown in fig. 4, the application framework layer in the embodiment of the present application includes a manager (manager), a Content Provider (Content Provider), and the like, where the manager includes at least one of the following modules: an Activity Manager (Activity Manager) is used to interact with all activities that are running in the system; a Location Manager (Location Manager) is used to provide system services or applications with access to system Location services; a Package Manager (Package Manager) for retrieving various information about an application Package currently installed on the device; a notification manager (Notification Manager) for controlling the display and clearing of notification messages; a Window Manager (Window Manager) is used to manage bracketing icons, windows, toolbars, wallpaper, and desktop components on the user interface.

In some embodiments, the activity manager is used to manage the lifecycle of the individual applications as well as the usual navigation rollback functions, such as controlling the exit, opening, fallback, etc. of the applications. The window manager is used for managing all window programs, such as obtaining the size of the display screen, judging whether a status bar exists or not, locking the screen, intercepting the screen, controlling the change of the display window (for example, reducing the display window to display, dithering display, distorting display, etc.), etc.

In some embodiments, the system runtime layer provides support for the upper layer, the framework layer, and when the framework layer is in use, the android operating system runs the C/C++ libraries contained in the system runtime layer to implement the functions to be implemented by the framework layer.

In some embodiments, the kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. As shown in fig. 4, the kernel layer contains at least one of the following drivers: audio drive, display drive, bluetooth drive, camera drive, WIFI drive, USB drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive (e.g., fingerprint sensor, temperature sensor, pressure sensor, etc.), and power supply drive, etc.

According to research, the situation that the television program cannot be automatically recorded is mostly that when the display device is powered off and is powered on again, the set program recording task cannot be executed, namely, when the scheduled time is reached after the display device is powered on again, the television program cannot be automatically recorded. This is because the originally set program recording task is also lost when the display device is powered off. So after the reservation time is reached, the operation corresponding to the program recording task is not executed.

In some embodiments, the PVR scheduled recording item is displayed on the display device, and by means of the PVR scheduled recording item, the display device may be controlled to display a playlist in which television programs on different channels are displayed, through which a user may select a television program for which a preset recording is desired.

For example, the user may control the display device to display the PVR recording item through the control device, for example, the user may press a specific key on the control device to control the PVR recording item on the display device, as shown in fig. 5, fig. 5 schematically illustrates a user interface diagram including the PVR recording item according to some embodiments. In some embodiments, the PVR recording item may be displayed on a float of the user interface. The size of the floating layer is the same as that of the user interface, the floating layer is transparent except for the position for displaying the PVR recording item, and the content on the user interface can be seen through the rest positions, so that the shielding of the PVR recording item on the content on the user interface can be reduced.

For another example, a PVR recording item may be displayed on a home page interface of the display device, and when the display device is turned on, the display device displays the home page interface, where the home page interface is an interface corresponding to a home page application. In general, when the display device is started, a homepage application is automatically started, and the display is controlled to display a homepage interface. In the embodiment of the application, when the display device is started, the display device displays a homepage interface provided with PVR recording items.

In the embodiment of the application, the focus is moved to the item, the frame of the item can be thickened, in addition, other forms can be adopted to indicate that the item is selected, when the focus is moved to the item, the item can change the form, can be changed into a round shape from a square, and the like, or when the item is selected, the item is enlarged according to a preset proportion, for example, the display area of a video item on a user interface is the same, and when a certain item is selected, the display area of the item is increased by 1.2 times compared with the display area of the original item. Because the application does not limit the form of the item in which the focus is on the item, other forms that can be easily discerned by the user for the video item to be selected are acceptable.

In some embodiments, the display device may be controlled to display a program listing via the PVR recording item. Referring again to fig. 5, the user may move focus to the PVR recording item by the control device and press a confirm key on the control device, the user interface changes, as shown in fig. 6, fig. 6 schematically illustrating a user interface diagram with a program listing displayed, according to some embodiments.

In fig. 6, a program list is displayed, where a program played in a channel and a play duration corresponding to the program are displayed in the program list. Illustratively, referring again to FIG. 6, there are shown in FIG. 6 programs 1-9 that are broadcast on channels 1 through 3, respectively, and the duration of the program broadcast.

In some embodiments, the program listings may be determined from an EPG (electrical program guide, electronic program guide).

In an embodiment of the present application, the program controls in each channel may be arranged in a left-to-right order, as illustrated in fig. 6, for example. The program controls in each channel may also be arranged in a top-to-bottom order. The present application is not particularly limited, and the arrangement order from left to right or from top to bottom may be used.

The user may move the focus to each program control by the control device. Because the area of the user interface is limited, all channels and program information corresponding to the channels cannot be used. In the actual operation process, in fig. 6, the user may move the focus to the program control corresponding to the channel 3, and press the down key on the control device, where the program control corresponding to the channel 4 is displayed on the user interface. Illustratively, as shown in fig. 7, fig. 7 illustrates a user interface diagram in which program controls corresponding to channels 2 through 4 are displayed in fig. 7, in accordance with some embodiments. It will be appreciated that in fig. 7, the user moves the focus to the program control corresponding to channel 2, and presses the up key on the control device, at this time, the user interface changes, and the user interface is displayed as the user interface shown in fig. 6, where the program controls corresponding to channels 1 to 3 are displayed.

In addition, in fig. 6, the user may move the focus to the program 3 control and press the right key on the control, at which point the user interface will display the program 6 control on the user interface. Illustratively, as shown in FIG. 8, FIG. 8 illustrates a user interface diagram in which a program 6 control is displayed in FIG. 8, in accordance with some embodiments. It will be appreciated that in fig. 8, the user moves the focus to the program 2 control, and presses the left key on the control device, at which time the user interface changes, and the user interface is displayed as the user interface shown in fig. 6, where the program 1 control to the program 3 control corresponding to the channel 1 are displayed.

In some embodiments, the program list only displays television controls corresponding to television programs that have not yet been played. If already playing or being played, may not be displayed.

In some embodiments, the program listing may display a program control that includes television programs that have been shown, are shown, and are not shown. An indication line may be displayed simultaneously with the display of the program controls, and the indication line may be located on the currently playing program control. Thus, the user can know the current time conveniently, and the program which is expected to be scheduled to be recorded is determined.

In fig. 6, each program has a corresponding program control, and the user can move the focus to the program control and press a confirmation key on the control device to control the display device to display the detailed description content corresponding to the program. Illustratively, the user moves the focus to the control of the program 1 through the control device, presses the confirm key on the control device, jumps the page, and the user interface after the jump is shown in fig. 9, where fig. 9 illustrates a schematic diagram of a user interface including details corresponding to the program, and in fig. 9, the details may include a channel to which the program belongs, and a play start time and an end time of the program, and a program outline. In some embodiments, the details further include a thumbnail, which may be a preset picture, and the picture may be a frame of a program. In some embodiments, the preset picture may also be a picture that may represent the content of the program, which is set according to the content of the program.

In some embodiments, the program outline and thumbnail may be obtained from a server side. When a certain program control is selected, the information of the program and the information of the display equipment are sent to a server, the server searches the program outline and the thumbnail corresponding to the program according to the information of the program, and then sends the searched program outline and the thumbnail to the corresponding display equipment according to the information of the display equipment. Because the programs played on the display device are numerous, if program lists are directly sent and program outlines and thumbnails of all the programs are downloaded to the display device at the same time, a large memory can be occupied, so that in some embodiments, a mode that a user downloads the program controls from a server after selecting the program controls can be adopted, the memory occupation of the display device can be reduced, and the influence on the normal operation of the display device is avoided.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the focus is moved to the control, so that the target frame of the control may be thickened. Other ways can be adopted to indicate that the focus is located on the control, the control and the change ways of the items are the same, and the change ways of the items are already described above, so that the change ways of the control are not repeated.

When the detailed description content corresponding to the program is displayed, a PVR recording control and a cancel control are also displayed, and refer to fig. 9 again. If the user does not wish to reserve recording of the program, the user may move focus to the cancel control and press the confirm key on the control device, the user interface reverts to the user interface shown in fig. 6. If the user wishes to reserve the recording of the program, the user can move the focus to the PVR recording control and press the confirm key on the control device, and the user interface jumps, as shown in fig. 10, fig. 10 schematically illustrates a user interface diagram including display and reserve recording parameters according to some embodiments.

In fig. 10, a recording start time control, a recording end time control, a confirmation control, and a cancel control are displayed.

In some embodiments, when the user selects the PVR recording control, the user interface skips, and the text box content corresponding to the recording start time and the recording end time in the scheduled recording parameters displayed after skips is blank, as shown in fig. 10. The user can input the recording start time by moving the focus to the text box for inputting the recording start time by using the control device. And moving the focus to a text box for inputting the recording termination time, and inputting the recording termination time.

In other embodiments, when the user selects the PVR recording control, the user interface jumps to the interface displaying the scheduled recording parameters. The positions corresponding to the recording start time control and the recording end time control in the reserved recording parameters can automatically display the program playing start time and the program playing end time. The user can correspondingly modify the recording start time and the recording end time based on the automatically written program play start time and program play end time. Thus, the number input amount can be reduced, and the time for filling in the recording start time and the recording end time by a user can be reduced.

After the user can input the start time and the end time of the desired recording to the corresponding controls, the focus can be moved to the confirmation control and the confirmation key on the control device can be pressed. If the user no longer wants to record the program, the user can move the focus to the cancel control and press the confirm key on the control device, the user interface jumps, the user interface diagram shown in fig. 9 is redisplayed, or the user interface diagram shown in fig. 6 is directly tuned to, and the program control desired to be recorded is reselected in fig. 6.

The above-mentioned contents include a process of setting program recording parameters by the user, and after the user sets the program recording parameters, a program recording task may be generated by selecting a confirmation control, for example, a confirmation control as shown in fig. 10.

In order to solve the problem that the display device cannot automatically record a television program after the display device is powered on, as shown in fig. 11, fig. 11 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a program recording method according to some embodiments, and after the display device is powered on again, the method controls the display device to execute silent startup, generates a program recording task according to program recording parameters, automatically records the television program when a reservation time is reached, and improves the user experience of a user. The method comprises the following steps:

s100, receiving an instruction for setting a program recording task, and generating the program recording task according to the acquired program recording parameters, wherein the program recording task is used for controlling a display device to record a program.

In the embodiment of the application, a user can preset program recording parameters on the display device, and after the program recording parameters of the television program which is expected to be watched are set, the display device generates a program recording task according to the program recording parameters, and meanwhile, the program recording parameters are also stored in the display device.

In the embodiment of the present application, in the process of setting program recording parameters, as shown in fig. 10, for example, a user may input a recording start time in the recording start time control in fig. 10, input a recording end time in the recording end time control, and move the focus to the confirmation control by using the control device, press the confirmation key on the control device, and complete setting program recording parameters. And the recording start time, the recording end time and the related information of the television program are program recording parameters. And the display equipment generates a program recording task according to the program recording parameters. In actual recording, when the time reaches the recording start time, the television program starts to be recorded, and when the time reaches the recording end time, the television program is not recorded any more.

In some embodiments, the recorded data may be stored as a corresponding file, and the file is stored in the display device, so that the user can watch the content of the file when the time is abundant, and thus, the user can avoid missing the content of the television program due to no time to watch the television program when the display device plays the television program, and the user experience is provided.

Illustratively, the user may control the display device to display a user interface provided with a file control corresponding to the stored file through the control apparatus, and illustratively, as shown in fig. 12, fig. 12 illustrates yet another user interface schematic diagram according to some embodiments. In fig. 12, different stored file correspondence file controls are shown. In order to facilitate distinguishing between different file controls, the file controls may be named according to the time of generating the recorded file and the television program name, and the program name a is used as the name of the file control, for example, a score at a certain point in time of 20xx year x month x day.

In some embodiments, to facilitate a user in locating a recording file that he wishes to view, the recording files of the same television program may be placed in a folder that may be named with the television program. The user selects the folder and can enter a user interface corresponding to the folder, all recorded files in the television program corresponding to the folder are displayed on the user interface, and the names of the recorded files can comprise the time of recording the files. Illustratively, as shown in fig. 13, fig. 13 illustrates another user interface schematic diagram in accordance with some embodiments. In fig. 13, two folders corresponding to television programs are shown, including program 1 and program 2. The user moves the focus to the folder control corresponding to program 1 and presses the confirm key on the control device, and all recorded files corresponding to program 1 are displayed on the user interface, as shown in fig. 14, fig. 14 schematically showing another user interface according to some embodiments. S200, when the display equipment is powered off, the program recording task is cleared; and after the display equipment is powered on again, controlling the display equipment to execute silent startup, and generating a program recording task again according to the program recording parameters.

In the embodiment of the application, the power-off of the display device can be abnormal power-off or normal power-off. An abnormal power down herein may refer to a program error, resulting in the display device not being powered on. Normal power down may refer to a user cutting off the display device from the power supply according to a power down procedure, and, for example, the user may press a power key on the control device to power down the display device. After the display device is powered off, the user pulls the plug of the display device out of the power supply socket.

In the embodiment of the application, the preset program recording task always waits for a response in the background, and starts to execute when the time reaches the recording start time. But due to the programming of the display device, program recording tasks waiting for a response in the background will be cleared when the display device is powered down. Once the program recording task is cleared, the program recording task cannot be automatically resumed even when the display device is powered up again, which causes a problem that the display device does not automatically perform the program recording task at the recording start time.

In the embodiment of the application, after the user sets the program recording parameters, the display equipment stores the program recording parameters, and after the display equipment is electrified, the display equipment executes silent startup, and a program recording task is generated again according to the program recording parameters. Therefore, after the recording start time is reached, the program recording task can be executed to record the television program, and the user can watch the recording file in idle time, so that the user cannot miss the television program which the user wants to watch.

In some embodiments, after the display device is powered off and then powered on, a silent start-up is performed, and a program recording task generated according to the stored program recording parameters is wakened up and set in an MCU (microprocessor). And when the recording initial time is reached, executing the program recording task. Therefore, the problem that the program recording task is lost after the display equipment is powered off in the related technology is solved, and a user obtains better use experience.

In the embodiment of the application, the silent startup refers to that a user cannot perceive that the display device is started, the display of the display device is not lightened, the display device is in a silent state, but part or all of programs in the background of the display device are started. In the embodiment of the application, at least a program capable of executing the program recording task generated according to the program recording parameters is started.

In the related art, the display device enters a normal state after being started. Illustratively, after the display device is powered up, the user presses a power key on the control device, the display device illuminates the display, and controls the user interface to display the home page interface.

In the embodiment of the application, after the display device is started, the silent startup is executed, the display device is not lightened, and the display device is set to be in a silent state, namely the playing volume of the audio is 0.

The reason why the display device is set to execute the silent startup in the embodiment of the application is that in some cases, after the display device is powered on, the user only wants to restart the program recording task, so that the steps of lighting the display device and controlling the display device to display the homepage interface are not necessary. In order to save resources, the embodiment of the application controls the display equipment to execute silent startup.

In some embodiments, a driver (agent) and a specific program are provided, and the driver and the specific program are used to control the display device to execute the silent start, specifically, the steps of executing the silent start are shown in fig. 15, and fig. 15 illustrates a flowchart for executing the silent start according to some embodiments, where the steps include:

s201, the control driver sets the silent start-up zone bit from an original value to a preset value. In the embodiment of the application, after the display equipment is powered on, the control driver sets the mute startup zone bit to a preset value. The silent start-up zone bit is used for indicating whether the display equipment executes silent start-up.

In some embodiments, the silent power-on flag bit may be identified using numbers, letters, and/or symbols, etc. When the silent start needs to be executed, the silent start-up zone bit is changed from an original value to a preset value. Illustratively, the original value is 0 and the preset value is 1. When the silent start-up flag bit is 0, the silent start-up procedure is not executed. And when the mute startup flag bit is 1, executing the mute startup program.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the specific expression mode and specific content of the silent start-up flag bit are not limited, so long as the silent start-up flag bit of the original value and the preset value can be distinguished.

S202, controlling a specific program to monitor the silent start-up zone bit in real time so as to execute silent start-up when the specific program detects that the silent start-up zone bit is a preset value. In the embodiment of the application, the specific program monitors the silent start-up zone bit in real time, and executes silent start-up when the silent start-up zone bit is detected to be a preset value. In the embodiment of the application, the specific program is positioned at an upper layer, the driving program is positioned at a lower layer, and the execution entering silent startup is realized through the cooperation of the upper layer and the lower layer.

In some embodiments, the step of controlling the driver to use the original value as the preset value and controlling the specific program to monitor the silent start flag in real time includes: controlling a driver call Yi Fangcheng sequence (keeper) to assign a value to a loader (loader), wherein the value is used for setting a silent start-up mark in the loader to be an initial value from an original value; and controlling a specific program to monitor the silent start-up zone bit in the loader in real time.

In the embodiment of the application, the loader is assigned by using the easy-side program, and the specific program monitors the silent start-up zone bit in the loader in real time. And determining whether to execute the silent start-up or not by monitoring the silent start-up zone bit in the loader.

It can be understood that, because signals or data and the like need to be transferred between the driver and the easy-to-process program, an interface is arranged on the driver, and an interface is also arranged on the easy-to-process program, and the driver and the easy-to-process program realize signal or data transfer through two interfaces. And corresponding interfaces are also arranged between the easy-side program and the loader, and the easy-side program and the loader realize operations such as assignment and the like through the corresponding interfaces.

In some embodiments, after the silent power-on is performed, the display is not illuminated and the display device does not emit any sound. The display being unlit is understood that the display device does not display any user interface, i.e. is in a black state as when the display device is turned off. Specifically, the method further comprises the following steps: the television service (dtv service) is controlled to detect the mute start-up flag bit in real time, and when the mute start-up flag bit is detected to be a preset value, the display is not lightened, and the display equipment is set to be in a mute state. In the embodiment of the application, the display equipment is quietly started under the condition that the user does not feel, and the user is not influenced.

In the embodiment of the application, when the display device is in a mute state, that is, the playing volume of the audio is 0, for example, in order to improve the use experience of a user, the starting-up music can be set, and the user can listen to the starting-up music when starting up, so that the fun when using the display device is improved. When the display device is in a mute state, the boot music is not played. It will be appreciated that the display device may also be set to an unmuted state, in which case the display device may normally emit sound.

In some embodiments, the driver invokes an easy-side program to assign a value to the loader, and controls the television service to detect a silent start flag bit in the loader. And when the silent start-up zone bit in the loader is a preset value, the display is not lightened, and the display equipment is set to be in a silent state. In the embodiment of the application, the silent start-up zone bit is arranged in the loader, and the television service can directly search the silent start-up zone bit in the loader and judge whether the silent start-up zone bit is a preset value or not. If the preset value is set, the television service does not execute the operation of lighting the display and setting the display device in a mute state.

In some embodiments, after starting to perform the silent start, the silent start flag bit is restored from a preset value to an original value. In the embodiment of the application, the mute startup zone bit is restored to the original value from the preset value, so that the error of the program can be avoided, and the secondary mute startup program is executed on the display equipment. If the preset value is not restored to the original value, when the silent start-up zone bit is detected to be the preset value, the silent start-up operation is still repeatedly executed, and bad use experience is brought to the user.

Illustratively, the original value is 0 and the preset value is 1. When the display device is powered up again, the silent power on flag bit is changed from 0 to 1. And when the silent start-up flag bit is detected to be 1, executing the silent start-up operation. After the silent start-up starts to be executed, the silent start-up flag bit is restored to 0 from 1 again.

In some embodiments, after generating the program recording task based on the program recording parameter, the method further comprises: and controlling the display device to stand by. In the embodiment of the application, in order to save resources, after generating the program recording task, the display device executes standby. In some embodiments, controlling the display device to stand by may invoke a gotosleep interface trigger.

In some embodiments, the display device may also respond to the program recording task while on standby, i.e., may perform the program recording task when the recording start time is reached. In some embodiments, when the display device performs the program recording task, the wake-up interface may be invoked to perform a start-up wake-up action, wake up the display device from standby, and switch to a corresponding program resource (dtv_source) and start recording under the television program. The application does not limit the process of recording television programs.

In some embodiments, when the display device is in standby, the user may send an activation instruction through the control device, so that the display device is in a normal on state, i.e. the display is turned on, and a homepage interface is displayed. For example, when the display device is in standby, the user may press a power key on the control device to generate a start instruction, and the display device turns on the display device according to the start instruction.

In some embodiments, after receiving the instruction for canceling the silent boot, the specific program is controlled to stop executing the silent boot, and the normal boot program is executed. In the embodiment of the application, when the user hopes to use other functions of the display device in the process of executing the silent startup of the display device, the display device can be controlled to stop executing the silent startup, and the normal startup is directly executed.

In some embodiments, after the display device performs the normal startup, the program recording task may still be automatically generated according to the program recording parameter, that is, after the normal startup is performed, a startup message is generated, and the display device generates the program recording task according to the program recording parameter according to the startup message. In other embodiments, after the normal power-on is performed, the user may manually reset the program recording parameters, and the display device generates the program recording task according to the program recording parameters.

In some embodiments, the normal power-on refers to a power-on procedure executed by the display device after the user presses a power key on the control device after the display device is powered on.

In some embodiments, the step of performing a normal boot up includes: the display of the display device is lit and the display device is unset in a mute state, i.e. the display device may be in a non-mute state for playing audio, which, illustratively, when a power-on sound effect is set, the display device may play. In some embodiments, performing a normal boot further comprises: the control display device displays a home page interface.

In some embodiments, upon receiving an instruction to cancel the silent power on, the display device transmits a screen_on broadcast, and the display of the display device is lit.

In some embodiments, the user may generate an instruction to cancel the silent boot via the control device. For example, when the display device executes the silent start-up, the user may press any key on the control device to generate an instruction to cancel the silent start-up. For example, during the process of the display device executing the silent start, the user may press the confirm key on the control device to generate an instruction to cancel the silent start.

The embodiment of the application also provides a display device, which comprises:

a display for displaying a user interface;

a user interface for receiving an input signal;

In the embodiment of the present application, the implementation steps of the controller are the same as those of the above-mentioned method for recording a program, and the description thereof will not be repeated here.

In an embodiment of the present application, there is also provided a storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer device to perform:

In the above embodiment, after the display device is powered on again, the method controls the display device to execute the silent startup, generates the program recording task according to the program recording parameters, and automatically records the television program when the reservation time is reached, thereby improving the user experience. The method comprises the following steps: receiving an instruction for setting a program recording task, and generating the program recording task according to the acquired program recording parameters, wherein the program recording task is used for controlling display equipment to record a program; when the display equipment is powered off, the program recording task is cleared; and after the display equipment is powered on again, controlling the display equipment to execute silent startup, and generating a program recording task again according to the program recording parameters.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some or all of the technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the application.

The foregoing description, for purposes of explanation, has been presented in conjunction with specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the embodiments to the precise forms disclosed above. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the embodiments and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

Claims

1. A display device, characterized by comprising:

a display for displaying a user interface;

a user interface for receiving an input signal;

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to perform silent powering on as follows:

3. The display device of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to execute the control driver to set the mute start flag from the original value to a preset value, control the specific program to monitor the mute start flag in real time, according to the following steps:

4. The display device of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to perform: and controlling the television service to detect the mute start-up zone bit in real time, and when the mute start-up zone bit is detected to be a preset value, not lighting the display and setting the display equipment to be in a mute state.

5. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to perform: and after starting to execute the silent start-up, recovering the silent start-up zone bit from the preset value to the original value.

6. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller, after generating the program recording task based on the program recording parameters, is further configured to perform: and controlling the display device to stand by.

7. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to perform: after receiving an instruction for canceling the silent startup, controlling the display equipment to stop executing the silent startup and executing a common startup program; and after the display equipment is started up normally, generating a program recording task according to the program recording parameters.

8. The display device of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to perform a normal boot-up procedure as follows: and lighting the display and canceling setting the display device in a mute state.

9. A method of recording a program, comprising:

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of performing silent power-on comprises: