CN101233749A - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens - Google Patents
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring the multiple screens are provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens retrieves the type of the screens in the device and connection relationship therebetween in order to dynamically configure multiple screens that provide a plurality of services on a physical display device. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes an operation module generating at least one of screens for displaying a received service, and a retrieval module retrieving a screen on which an application included in the service is executed among the screens.
Description
Technical field
Equipment consistent with the present invention and method relate to provides a plurality of screens and a plurality of screens of dynamic-configuration, more particularly, relates to a plurality of contents being provided on the single physical display unit and being present between the screen in the system and rebuilds form or annexation.
Background technology
The broadcasting receiver of prior art (such as Digital Television (TV) or top box of digital machine) only provides a content element on the single physical display unit, perhaps show main screen and sub-screen on the single physical display unit simultaneously.
Even the broadcasting receiver of prior art can show main screen and sub-screen simultaneously on same display screen, but they only can arrange main screen and sub-screen according to the form of limited quantity.Under the situation of content displayed within the main screen, all elements of content (that is, video data, voice data and other data) is shown.On the other hand, under the situation of content displayed within the sub-screen, only substantial some element is shown.
Content source comprises broadcast service (such as satellite broadcasting equipment, terrestrial broadcasting equipment or wired broadcasting equipment), storage medium (such as digital universal disc (DVD)) or is connected to the external device (ED) of input.Yet, be difficult to use existing broadcasting receiver that the content that provides by described various content source is provided on display screen.
In interactive TV application environment (such as MHP (MHP), senior common application platform (ACAP) and open cable TV applications platform (OCAP)), suppose on physical display, only to export a screen.
In interactive TV application environment, for example, adopt user interface (UI) based on home audio/video mutual (HAVi).According to HAVi UI standard,, but has only a screen display usually on physical display even do not limited for the number of screen that on physical display, shows.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem
In described environment, be difficult on screen independently, show in the content of multimedia, carry out such as operations such as decoding, Digital Signal Processing, user interaction process at being presented at one of content of multimedia on the screen.In addition, also be difficult to the life cycle of dynamic controlling application program and be that unit uses resource according to screen.
Therefore, need a kind of method that on the screen of dynamic-configuration, shows various contents.
Technical scheme
The invention provides a kind of equipment and method that is used for a plurality of screens of dynamic-configuration, this equipment and method provide a plurality of contents on the single physical display unit, thereby rebuild form or annexation between the screen that is present in the system.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of equipment that is used to provide a plurality of screens, described equipment comprises: operational module produces the screen that at least one is used to show service; And module, the change of the setting of sensing screen be set.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of equipment that is used to provide a plurality of screens, described equipment comprises: operational module produces the screen that at least one is used to show service; And module is set, change the size or the coordinate of screen.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of equipment that is used to provide a plurality of screens, described equipment comprises: service processing module, and generation is used to show the logical screen of service and the display screen that logical screen is mapped to; And module is set, change the order of display logic screen on display screen.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of equipment that is used to provide a plurality of screens, described equipment comprises: service processing module, and generation is used to show the logical screen of service and the display screen that logical screen is mapped to; And module is set, on display screen, arrange logical screen according to a kind of method for arranging in one or more method for arranging.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of equipment that is used to provide a plurality of screens, described equipment comprises: operational module produces the screen that at least one is used to show service; And module is set, be limited in and carry out the application that is included in the service on the screen.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of method that a plurality of screens are provided, described method comprises: produce the screen that at least one is used to show service; And the change of the setting of sensing screen.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of method that a plurality of screens are provided, described method comprises: produce the screen that at least one is used to show service; And the size or the coordinate that change screen.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of method that a plurality of screens are provided, described method comprises: generation is used to show the logical screen of service and the display screen that logical screen is mapped to; And the order that changes display logic screen on display screen.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of method that a plurality of screens are provided, described method comprises: generation is used to show the logical screen of service and the display screen that logical screen is mapped to; And on display screen, arrange logical screen according to a kind of method for arranging in one or more method for arranging.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of method that a plurality of screens are provided, described method comprises: produce the screen that at least one is used to show service; And be limited on the screen and carry out the application that is included in the service.
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By the detailed description to exemplary embodiment of the present that the reference accompanying drawing carries out, above-mentioned and others of the present invention will become apparent, wherein:
Figure 1A is that the diagrammatic sketch of the configuration of PiP screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown to Fig. 1 H;
Fig. 2 illustrates the diagrammatic sketch of the relation between the logical screen and display screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 A is the diagrammatic sketch that the configuration of the screen that comprises mapper according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown to Fig. 3 E;
Fig. 4 illustrates the block diagram of serving the source according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B are the diagrammatic sketch that non-according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention abstract service and abstract service are shown;
Fig. 6 illustrates the attribute information of logical screen and display screen and the diagrammatic sketch of interface;
Fig. 7 illustrates the diagrammatic sketch of the attribute of logical screen " z-order " according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B all illustrate the diagrammatic sketch of the attribute of logical screen " Display_Area " according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 9 illustrates according to an exemplary embodiment of the present with the diagrammatic sketch of two map of services to the method for display screen;
Figure 10 is the block diagram that the configuration of the equipment that is used to provide a plurality of screens according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown;
Figure 11 illustrates the flow chart of the method for a plurality of screens of dynamic-configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 12 is the diagrammatic sketch that the software architecture that is used to provide a plurality of screens according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown;
Figure 13 is the diagrammatic sketch that the relation between the module that constitutes API (API) layer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown;
Figure 14 illustrates according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention by module shown in Figure 13 to be presented at the flow chart that a plurality of services on each corresponding logical screen are presented at the method on the display screen;
Figure 15 is the state diagram that the operation that module is set according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown;
Figure 16 A is the diagrammatic sketch that the example of the code that is used to be provided with screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown to Figure 16 E; And
Figure 17 illustrates the flow chart that is exchanged the processing that will be displayed on the service on the logical screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention by module shown in Figure 13.
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By with reference to following the detailed description and the accompanying drawings, can understand advantage of the present invention and characteristics more easily and realize method of the present invention exemplary embodiment.Yet the present invention can realize in many different forms, and should not be construed as limited to the exemplary embodiment of setting forth here.And provide these exemplary embodiments, thereby described openly will be thorough and complete, and design of the present invention is conveyed to those skilled in the art fully, and the present invention will only be limited by claim.In whole specification, the identical identical parts of label indication.
Hereinafter with reference to describing the present invention according to the user interface of the embodiment of the invention, the flow chart of method and computer program product.The combination that it is to be understood that piece in each piece in the flow chart and the flow chart can realize by computer program instructions.The processor that these computer program instructions can be offered all-purpose computer, special-purpose computer or other programmable data processing device to be producing machine, thereby creates the means of the function of one or more appointments that are used for being implemented in flow chart via the instruction that the processor of computer or other programmable data processing device is carried out.
These computer program instructions also can be stored in computer can with or computer-readable memory in, it can instruct computer or other programmable data processing device to come work according to ad hoc fashion, thereby be stored in computer can with or computer-readable memory in instruction produce and to manufacture a product, it comprises the instruction means of the function of one or more middle appointments that are implemented in flow chart.
Computer program instructions also can be loaded into computer or other programmable data processing device, impelling the sequence of operations step that will carry out on computer or other programmable device to produce computer implemented processing, thereby the instruction of carrying out on computer or other programmable device is provided for being implemented in the function of one or more middle appointments of flow chart.
Each piece in the flow chart is represented module, section or partial code, and it comprises one or more executable instructions that are used to realize the logic function of appointment.It should be noted that: in some replaceable realization, the function that marks in piece can be not according to occurring in sequence.For example, in fact two pieces that illustrate continuously can be carried out substantially simultaneously, sometimes can carry out according to opposite order for perhaps described, and this depends on the function that relates to.
In order to understand the present invention better, now be defined in the term that uses in the disclosure.
One group of content of multimedia that shows together of term " service " indication, that is, and one group of serviced component (component).
Serviced component is the element of service, and comprises video component, audio-frequency assembly and data package.Data package is the application in the service.
In addition, can be that unbound application and service binding are used with application class.Because unbound application has high priority, so resource is distributed reposefully.Monitor is used corresponding to the specific unbound application with limit priority.
Service binding is used relevant with transport stream, and allows to be lower than the priority of unbound application.Service binding is used not as critical system (critical system).When the competition that occurs for resource, service binding use than unbound application more likely relinquishes resources distribute.Service binding is used and is comprised bond type and non-binding type, and described bond type is operated according to the mode that combines with the stream that just is being transmitted, and described non-binding type depends on described stream and operates.
The object of the execution of term " service linguistic context " indication may command service, and various resources, device and the execution state information that provides service required is provided.
The physical space of the content of term " physical display " indication actual displayed service.
The screen of term " display screen " indication actual displayed on physical display.Any service can directly be set in display screen, and can on physical display, show described display screen.Perhaps, can show on physical display that at least one is mapped to the logical screen of the specific region of display screen.
The space that is shown is served in term " logical screen " indication arbitrarily.Logical screen is to be mapped to display screen virtual screen before, therefore is not displayed on the physical display.
Logical screen and display screen can be that combination, the figure grating of stationary background image, video raster and figure grating can be the combination of text, lines, color and image or the mixing of frame of video.
Term " main service " indication by being presented at menu or the remote controller on the physical display, perhaps by using by the service of API selection as main service, shows that the screen of master's service is called as " main screen " by the user.
Term " picture in picture service " (PiP service) is indicated by the user by being presented at menu or the remote controller on the physical display, perhaps by using the service of selecting the sub-services in the main service of conduct via API, the PiP service can be displayed on picture-in-picture screen (PiP screen) or the main screen.
The PiP screen comprises the screen to the part that occupies another screen shown in Fig. 1 D as Figure 1A, and as Fig. 1 E to shown in Fig. 1 F not with the situation of another screen overlay under with as described in the screen that shows simultaneously of another screen.In this case, it is to be understood that the PiP screen can comprise show on optional position in physical display shown in Fig. 1 G and Fig. 1 H or the zone or with the screen of another screen overlay.
Fig. 2 illustrates the diagrammatic sketch of the relation between the logical screen and display screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
With reference to Fig. 2, can use logical screen 210,212 and 214 to show service.Can logical screen 210,212 and 214 be mapped to display screen 220,222 and 224 by mapping block 230.
Particularly, logical screen 210 and 212 is mapped to display screen 220, and logical screen 212 and 214 is mapped to logical screen 222, and logical screen 210,212 and 214 is mapped to display screen 224.
In brief, at least one shows that the logical screen of service is mapped to the arbitrary region of display screen.
With reference to Fig. 3 A, according to normal size main screen is mapped to the entire display screen curtain by mapper, wherein, described main screen comprises the combination of stationary background image B, video raster V and figure grating G.Only comprise that according to the big young pathbreaker who reduces the PiP screen of video component is mapped to the entire display screen curtain by mapper.In this case, on main screen, this comes definite according to Z value with the PiP screen display of mapping.Reference character Z is meant after a while with the z-order value of describing.Can be with cover screen (overlay screen) and display screen combination.Cover screen is to be arranged in outermost specific screens, and can use described cover screen when caption function is provided.As shown in Figure 3A, the PiP screen can only have video component, or shown in Fig. 3 B, the PiP screen can have the combination of stationary background image B, video raster V and figure grating G.
With reference to Fig. 3 C, according to normal size main screen is mapped to the entire display screen curtain by mapper, wherein, main screen comprises the combination of stationary background image B, video raster V and figure grating G.Only have two PiP screen # 1 of video component and the arbitrary region that #2 is mapped to display screen by mapper according to the big young pathbreaker who reduces.In this case, the PiP screen of mapping is disposed on the main screen, and can keep the Z value consistently.In addition, can be with cover screen and display screen combination.The configuration of screen can have a plurality of PiP screens that only comprise video component shown in Fig. 3 C, perhaps can have a plurality of PiP screens that comprise the combination of stationary background image B, video raster V and figure grating G shown in Fig. 3 D.
At picture out picture shown in Fig. 3 E (POP) screen.Can understand: conventional P iP screen display is in the main screen inboard, and the POP screen display is in the main screen outside.With reference to Fig. 3 E, by the arbitrary region that mapper is mapped to display screen according to big young pathbreaker a plurality of PiP screen # 1 that reduces and #2, wherein, described a plurality of PiP screen # 1 and #2 comprise the combination of stationary background image B, video raster V and figure grating G.In this case, can keep the PiP screen # 1 that shines upon and the Z value of #2 consistently.In addition, can be with cover screen and display screen combination.
Can realize mapping block 230 by interface or the function of preparing by the various computer programming languages that will be performed, and mapping block 230 can be by creating above-mentioned information or changing relation between logical screen and the display screen as parameter.
In addition, can realize mapping block 230 by hardware with the mapping function between logical screen and the display screen.
In addition, as shown in Figure 4, the service that is provided by various services source can be presented on the display screen, and display screen can be presented on the physical display.
There is service source (such as terrestrial broadcasting equipment 320 and wired broadcasting equipment 330) that broadcast service is provided, the service source (such as personal video record (PVR) 340) of the service that is stored in the storage medium and the service source (not shown among Fig. 4) that service is provided via cable network or wireless network are provided.
Then, use predefined method or use the method that is provided with by user or application, any service directly is set on the display screen that will be displayed on physical display.Otherwise, show that on physical display 350 at least one is mapped to the logical screen of the arbitrary region on the display screen.In brief, on physical display 350, show the service that provides by terrestrial broadcasting equipment 320, wired broadcasting equipment 330 and PVR.
Shown in Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B, service can be classified as abstract service and non-abstract service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Abstract service is not the service that the broadcast singal by real-time transmission provides, but is independent of the service of broadcasting channel.Abstract service only comprises data package, that is, use, and do not comprise video component and audio-frequency assembly.The example of abstract service comprises the service that has based on the unbound application of OCAP standard.
Non-abstract service is interpreted as service except abstract service.
According to current exemplary embodiment of the present invention, abstract service and non-abstract service all have independence.For example, abstract service can directly be set on physical display by logical screen, and can on logical screen, show non-abstract service.Then, logical screen can be mapped to the display screen that is provided with abstract service.Then, can come the output display screen curtain by physical display.By this processing, can be independent of non-abstract service and abstract service is presented on the display screen.In addition, abstract service can be mapped to different logical screens with non-abstract service.Then, logical screen can be mapped to single display screen.In other words, can be independent of non-abstract service is presented at abstract service on the display screen.
According to current exemplary embodiment of the present invention, logical screen and display screen can be categorized as different objects.Perhaps, screen can be used as logical screen or display screen according to the attribute information of a screen object.
Particularly, screen object is that logical screen or display screen depend on " Type " information in the screen object attribute.
The screen object attribute comprises: " Type ", " z-Order ", " Display_Area " " Visibility ", " Associated_Display_Screen ", " Associated_Service_Contexts " and " OutputPort ".
The interface that Fig. 6 illustrates the attribute information of screen object and is used to handle the attribute of screen.
Attribute " Type " 510 is used for determining screen type-logical screen or display screen.
Attribute " z-Order " 520 is used for determining what order will arrange a plurality of logical screens along the z axle according to.Fig. 7 illustrates the combination of the value of the attribute " z-Order " for logical screen, the configuration of the logical screen on the physical display.
With reference to Fig. 7, first logical screen 620 and second logical screen 630 are mapped to the presumptive area of display screen 610 respectively.Particularly, first logical screen 620 is displayed on the display screen 610, and second logical screen 630 and first logical screen 620 are presented on the described display screen with overlapping.In other words, sequentially arrange display screen 610, first logical screen 620 and second logical screen 630 along the direction of z axle.In this case, the attribute " z-Order " that the attribute of first logical screen 620 " z-Order " can the value of being set to 1, the second logical screen 630 can the value of being set to 2.They the attribute " z-Order " of first logical screen 620 and second logical screen 630 can be set to any numeral or character, as long as can represent the particular order of arranging first logical screen 620 and second logical screen 630 along the z axle.
As will be as shown in Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B, attribute " Display_Area " the 530th be about the information in the display screen zone of logical screen.
Fig. 8 A illustrates the whole zone that logical screen 710 is mapped to display screen 720, and Fig. 8 B illustrates the subregion that logical screen 730 is mapped to display screen 740.
Attribute " Display_Area " can comprise the two-dimensional coordinate of the predetermined portions of the display screen that the appointment logical screen is mapped to, perhaps can comprise the precalculated position of specifying on the display screen and the information of deviant, described deviant indication logical screen departs from the degree in the precalculated position on the display screen.
Attribute " Visibility " 540 determines that logical screen will be presented on the display screen in visible still sightless mode.Can make logical screen appear on the display screen or from display screen by the value of change attribute " Visibility " 530 disappears.
Attribute " Associated-Display_Screen " the 550th is about the information of the display screen relevant with logical screen.Can not be displayed on the physical display with all incoherent logical screen of any display screen, can not be sent to outside output device yet.
Attribute " Associated_Service_Contexts " the 560th is about the information of the service linguistic context that is connected to logical screen or display screen.The service that is provided with in described service linguistic context can be displayed on logical screen or the display screen.
Attribute " OutputPort " the 570th, about the information of the device of output display screen curtain, described device comprises: display screen, wire/wireless communication medium and various storage medium.
Can be provided for discerning or change the interface of the value of attribute shown in Figure 6.With reference to Fig. 6, described interface can comprise: interface " SET " is used to set property or logical screen is connected to display screen; Interface " ADD " is used to add property value or logical screen is connected to service; Interface " GET " is used for the recognition property value; And " REMOVE ", be used for the delete property value.These interfaces can comprise processing, function, process or the method for carrying out corresponding function respectively.
For example, method " getDisplayScreen (void) " is returned the display screen relevant with current screen.Particularly, if current screen is a logical screen, then described method " getDisplayScreen (void) " is returned relevant display screen.If current screen is a display screen, then method " getDisplayScreen (void) " is returned the reference information about current screen.In addition, if current screen is a logical screen, but there are not screen associated, then method " getDisplayScreen (void) " return value " NULL ".
According to another example, method " public void setDisplayArea (HScreenRectangle rect) throws SecurityException, IllegalStateException " is provided for current logical screen is mapped to the function of the presumptive area of relevant display screen.The example that being used as parameter provides belongs to the class " HScreenRectangle " of bag " org.havi.ui ", and has two-dimensional position information.Can carry out the execution of method " SecurityException " and " IllegalStateException ", as the abnormal operation of method " setOutputScreen (HScreen screen) ".When current screen is logical screen, perhaps when the part of the display screen relevant with current logical screen because the feature of host platform and can't change the time, executing method " IllegalStateException ".
According to another example, method " getOutputArea (void) " is returned the area information of current screen, as HScreenRectangle information.If current screen is corresponding to display screen, then method " getOutputArea (void) " is returned the HScreenRectangle information that has identical value with HScreenRectangle (0,0,1,1).If current screen is a logical screen, then method " getOutputArea (void) " is returned the information about the zone on the display screen that is occupied by current screen.If it is still not relevant with any display screen that current screen is a logical screen, then method " getOutputArea (void) " return value " NULL ".
Particular term is used to indicate special interface in the following description.Yet person of skill in the art will appreciate that: name only is in order to indicate the functional of it to specific function.But to the described detailed description of exemplary embodiment is not in order to distinguish that title is had any different the as broad as long function of function.
Fig. 9 is illustrated in the diagrammatic sketch that the processing of two services is set with being mapped on two logical screens of single display screen.
With reference to Fig. 9, first service comprises whole three kinds of serviced components, that is, video, audio frequency and data package, second service only comprises video and audio-frequency assembly.Yet the present invention is to serviced component any restriction in addition, and shown in Figure 9 first and second is exemplary.
As shown in Figure 9, according on physical display, showing first and second services with prior art mode much at one.According to current exemplary embodiment of the present invention, in addition under the situation of any restriction, can on physical display, not show a plurality of services independently of one another to the quantity that can be presented at the service on the single display screen.
Figure 10 is the block diagram that is used to provide the equipment of a plurality of screens according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
With reference to Figure 10, be used to provide the equipment 900 of a plurality of screens to comprise: digital signal processing module 940, operational module 970, user/AIM 950 and module 960 is set.
In addition, equipment 900 comprises: the outside input module 930 in broadcast singal receiver module 910, storage medium 920a and conduct service source, and comprise: the outside output module 990 of physical display 970, storage medium 980, storage medium 920b and conduct service output medium.
As term used herein " module " expression but be not subject to the software of carrying out particular task or nextport hardware component NextPort (such as field programmable gate array (FPGA) or application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) (ASIC)), module can be configured to easily reside on the addressable storage medium, and can be configured to carry out on one or more processors.Therefore, as example, module can comprise: assembly (such as component software, OO component software, class component and task component), processing, function, attribute, process, subprogram, program code segments, driver, firmware, microcode, circuit, data, database, data structure, table, array and variable.The function that provides in assembly and module can be combined into less assembly and module, perhaps is further separated into additional assembly and module.
Digital signal processing module 940 receives the various information of serving from broadcast singal receiver module 910, storage medium 920a or outside input module 930, such as content of multimedia (for example, video information, audio-frequency information or data message).
Broadcast singal receiver module 910 receives satellite, ground or cable broadcasting signal, and the broadcast singal of transmission reception, video information, audio-frequency information or the data message of storage medium 920a stores service, outside input module 930 receive video information, audio-frequency information or the data message of service from external device (ED) (such as being connected to the network of network interface module).
Digital signal processing module 940 uses the serviced component that receives to recover a plurality of services.The service that recovers comprises abstract or non-abstract service.
Here, phrase " a plurality of service " is meant the two or more services that sent by broadcast singal receiver module 910, the perhaps two or more services that sent respectively by broadcast singal receiver module 910 and storage medium 920a.
Digital signal processing module 940 can be by means of selection the recover service of user/AIM 950 according to user or application.In this case, user or use can select being connected between service arbitrarily and the screen.
Service processing module 972 produces one or more logical screens, is used for showing the service that is recovered by digital signal processing module 940.
Can not handle by the service that digital signal processing module 940 recovers by service processing module 972.On the contrary, the service that is recovered by digital signal processing module 972 can be mapped directly into the specific part of the display screen that is produced by output module 974.
The display screen that is provided by output module 974 can be displayed on the physical display 980, perhaps can be stored among the storage medium 920b.The example of storage medium 920b comprises: computer-readable floppy disk, hard disk, CD-ROM, DVD, DVD-ROM, BD (Blu-ray disc) and semiconductor memory.
In addition, the display screen that is provided by output module 974 can be sent to the external device (ED) that is connected to network via outside output module 990.
For this reason, output module 974 can comprise a plurality of output ports, via described output port, can provide display screen.In this case, can be by means of user/AIM 950, provide display screen via setting in advance to the output port of acquiescence or the output port of selecting by the user.
Here, screen comprises logical screen that shows service and the display screen that shines upon mutually with described logical screen.The change that is provided with comprises any one in the following change: carry out the default screen of using change, be connected to change, the change of the order of the change of the visuality of change, the screen of the video port of change, the screen of the coordinate in the mapped zone of logical screen or display logic screen in the zone of display screen of change, display screen of linguistic context of the service of screen.
Be provided with when being performed when first, module 960 be set change the coordinate in the mapped zone of logical screen in the display screen zone and the size of logical screen.
When the 3rd setting is performed, module 960 is set on the display screen zone, arranges logical screen according at least one method for arranging.
Method for arranging comprises: first method for arranging shows service on display screen; Second method for arranging wherein, exists with at least one overlapping screen according to the display screen of first method for arranging; The 3rd method for arranging, wherein, the screen that shows service corresponding to the logical screen of the whole zone mapping of display screen, the screen that shows service corresponding to at least one underlapped logical screen of display screen mapping, show that the screen of service is not corresponding with overlapping screen; Cubic method wherein, exists with at least one overlapping screen according to the screen of third party's method; The 5th method, wherein, the screen that shows service corresponding to at least two underlapped logical screens of the whole zone mapping of display screen, but not corresponding with overlapping screen; The 6th method wherein, exists with at least one overlapping screen according to the screen of the 5th method; And the 7th method, wherein, show that the screen of service is not included in above-mentioned any method.
Be provided with when being performed when the 4th, module 960 be set ignore signal in the service of being included in.That is to say, be included in the service, the execution that module 960 also can limit the application on the screen is set even indication can be carried out the signal of using on screen.
On the other hand, carry out according to the application that provides from the ISP or user control command module 960 is set.
The service that user or application can use user/AIM 950 to select one of a plurality of services or recover to expect.In addition, the user can use user/AIM 950 to select one of a plurality of display screens.In order to carry out described selection, user/AIM 950 can use module 960 is set.
Because module shown in Figure 10 is divided according to their function, so can be connected to other module.
Figure 11 illustrates the flow chart of the method for a plurality of screens of dynamic-configuration according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Usually, send video information, audio-frequency information and the data message that constitutes content of multimedia according to predetermined form (for example, mpeg stream form).At operation S1010, be used to provide equipment receiver, video information, audio-frequency information and the data message of service (such as the content of multimedia service), and based on the service of recovering of described video information, audio-frequency information and data message.Here, can maybe should be used for selecting or pre-determining the service that recovers at operation S1010 by the user.The user can use the menu that is presented on the display unit or remote controller to select being connected between any screen and a certain screen.Application can use API to select to connect.
In addition, data message comprises that these application messages comprise the signal message that indicates whether to carry out described application on the PiP screen about the application message of application to service.The example of application message comprises based on the application information table of MHP standard (AIT) with based on the eXtended application information table (XAIT) of OCAP standard.Described signal message can be added to application message.
Then, at operation S1020, the service of recovery is set up, thereby it can be presented on the logical screen.At operation S1030, logical screen is mapped to display screen.At operation S1040, use display screen, storage medium or network that display screen is offered the user.
As mentioned above, at operation S1050, when logical screen and display screen are produced, when logical screen shines upon with display screen, perhaps when display screen is shown, the screen that module 960 is provided with demonstration is set.Comprise that by the setting that module 960 execution are set above-mentioned first is set to the 4th setting, and the control command of the application of the operation that can module 960 be set according to user control command and the management by 950 inputs of user/AIM is performed.Owing to described setting, so will omit description to it with reference to Figure 10.
The service that recovers is illustrated as being presented on the physical display via logical screen in Figure 11.Yet the service of recovery can directly be presented on the physical display under the situation of logical screen.
When the user selects the PiP service, under two kinds of patterns, realize the PiP service.Under first pattern, the video component of the PiP service of only selecting on main screen is provided, and does not create the independent logical screen of PiP service, that is, and and the PiP screen.Under second pattern, create the independent logical screen of PiP service, with the PiP service of selecting on the PiP screen that is provided at establishment.
In order to simplify, Figure 11 illustrates only with the method for a map of services to display screen.Yet a plurality of services can or be mapped to display screen in process under the situation of a plurality of logical screens.
When display screen was provided for the user in this manner, the user can carry out a plurality of services.
Figure 12 is the diagrammatic sketch that the software architecture that is used to provide a plurality of screens according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown.
With reference to Figure 12, software architecture 1100 comprises: device driver layer 1110, api layer 1120 and application layer 1130.
Device driver layer 1110 receives serviced component from various content of multimedia source, and the serviced component that receives is decoded.The example of the serviced component that receives comprises: video information, audio-frequency information and data message.
Api layer 1120 produces logical screen and display screen, and service, logical screen and display screen are shone upon each other.
Application layer 1130 provides user interface, thereby but user's dynamic-configuration shows the logical screen of service, perhaps application layer 1130 sends to api layer 1120 with user command, thus api layer 1120 can be carried out user command.
In order to carry out aforesaid operations, application layer 1130 can be operated by the application or previously stored should being used for of current transmission, can carry out the screen search operaqtion by application layer 1130.
The user makes device driver layer 1110 to provide display screen via physical display or display screen is stored among the storage medium 920b by means of application layer 1130.In addition, the user can make device driver layer 1110 display screen can be sent to external device (ED) via network.
For this reason, device driver layer 1110 can comprise a plurality of output ports, and it can provide display screen.Otherwise api layer 1120 can comprise a plurality of output ports.
In order on display screen, dynamically to dispose a plurality of logical screens, as shown in figure 13, api layer 1120 can comprise a plurality of software modules, for example, multi-screen manager module " MultiScreenManager " 1210, multi-screen linguistic context module " MultiScreenContext " 1230, multi-screen linguistic context monitor (contextlistener) module " MultiScreenContextListener " 1250 and multi-screen linguistic context event module " MultiScreenContextEvent " 1240.
Multi-screen linguistic context module 1230 is interface object relevant with screen object 1220, and determines that according to the interface operation of being carried out by multi-screen linguistic context module 1230 screen object 1220 will become logical screen or display screen.The various attributes of all attributes 510 to 570 as shown in Figure 6 can be set in multi-screen linguistic context module 1230.Multi-screen linguistic context module 1230 can provide above function " SET ", " ADD ", " GET " and " REMOVE " that describes with reference to Fig. 6.
When changing the attribute information of screen objects 1220 by multi-screen linguistic context module 1230, multi-screen linguistic context event module 1240 is as event class (attribute information of its declaration screen object 1220 changes), and multi-screen linguistic context monitor module 1250 is as the monitor interface object, it can realize in predetermined application class that described predetermined application class attempts receiving the incident by 1240 promptings of multi-screen linguistic context event module.
Using 1260 is the modules that drive on application layer 1130.Using 1260 allows the user to select the service of expecting and freely arrange a plurality of logical screens on display screen.
Particularly, use 1260 various commands that will allow the user dynamically to dispose with the management logic screen and send to multi-screen manager module 1210,1210 controls of multi-screen manager module are operated accordingly with each order and are performed by multi-screen linguistic context module 1230.
Multi-screen linguistic context module 1230 is relevant with screen object 1220, and manages the attribute information of screen object shown in Figure 6 1220.For the attribute information of management screen object 1220, multi-screen linguistic context module 1230 can comprise various functions or method.
Figure 14 illustrates according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention by module shown in Figure 13 at the flow chart that is presented at a plurality of service method that show on each corresponding logical screen on the display screen.
With reference to Figure 14, at operation S1310, multi-screen manager module 1210 produce display screens and with the corresponding a plurality of logical screens of the quantity of the service that will be performed.
At operation S1320, multi-screen manager module 1210 is connected to logical screen each respective service that receives from device driver layer 1110.Multi-screen manager module 1210 can be set to the parameter of logical screen service by the service linguistic context object of the service that receives, in the logical screen each, and call method " addServiceContext ".Method " addServiceContext " is connected to service with logical screen, and can provide described method " addServiceContext " by multi-screen linguistic context module 1230.
At operation S1330, in case logical screen is connected to each service, then multi-screen manager module 1210 is connected to display screen with logical screen.At this moment, multi-screen manager module 1210 can be set to parameter by the display screen object that logical screen is connected to, in the logical screen each, and call method " setDisplayScreen ".Method " setDisplayScreen " is connected to display screen with logical screen, and can provide described method " setDisplayScreen " by multi-screen linguistic context module 1230.
Method " setDisplayScreen " can be set to " public void setDisplayScreen (HScreenscreen) throws SecurityException; Illegal StateException ", and described method to allow to be used as the example " HScreen " that parameter provides relevant with current logical screen.In this case, example " HScreen " display screen preferably.
The parameter of method " setDisplayScreen (HScreen screen) " can comprise value " NULL ".In this case, when manner of execution under the situation that is not having abnormality processing " setDisplayScreen (HScreenscreen) ", current logical screen is no longer relevant with display screen.
Can carry out the execution of method " SecurityException " and " IllegalStateException ", as abnormal operation to method " setOutputScreen (HScreen screen) ".
When current screen is logical screen, perhaps when the part of the display screen relevant with current logical screen because the feature of host platform and can't change the time, executing method " IllegalStateException ".
At operation S1340, determine the zone on the display screen that logical screen will be mapped to respectively.At this moment, the preordering method that is provided by multi-screen linguistic context module 1230 can be called, to determine that logical screen is with the zone on the display screen that is shown.
Figure 15 is the state diagram that the operation that module 960 is set according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown.Module 960 is set carries out first setting operation, 1510 to the 4th setting operations 1540.
In order to carry out above-mentioned setting operation, but the change of the setting of module 960 sensing screens is set.
For the change that sensing is provided with, the incident that module 960 can be come the sensing notice by using method " notify " is set.When the setting of " HScreen " or " MultiScreenContext " that use was changed and comprises parameter " MultiScreenContextEvent ", method " notify " was called.Therefore, application should be registered monitor, so that the incident of method for sensing " notify ".
In order to register or stop monitor, module 960 is set calls method " addScreenContextListener " and method " removeScreenContextListener ".Method " addScreenContextListener " and method " removeScreenContextListener " are used to registration or stop monitor, and comprise that example " MultiScreenContextListener " is as parameter.
The parameter " MultiScreenContextEvent " of method " notify " is to inherit " java.util.EventObject " and the class of the various changes that are used to provide following.That is to say the change of the change of the service linguistic context of the change of the basic HScreen of application, connection, the output HScreen of connection, the change of the z-order of change, the screen of the visuality of change, the screen of the video-out port VideoOutputPorts of change, the connection in the zone of appointment in the output HScreen that connects.
For the above-mentioned change of sensing, but using method " getId ".Method " getId " has integer data type and returns identifier, described identifier such as SCREEN_Z_ORDER_CHANGED, SCREEN_CONTEXT_CHANGED, SCREEN_DISPLAY_AREA_CHANGED, SCREEN_VISIBILITY_CHANGED, SCREEN_OUTPUT_PORT_CHANGED, SCREEN_CHANGED and SCREEN_DISPLAY_SCREEN_CHANGED.
Figure 16 A is the diagrammatic sketch that the example of the code that is used for the change that the sensing screen is provided with is shown.Class " AContextListener " in the change that receive to be provided with shown in Figure 16 A is defined, and the example of the class of definition is produced, and described example is registered to monitor, described monitor and is terminated.
In order to carry out first setting operation 1510, module 960 is set calls method " setDisplayArea ".Method " setDisplayArea " is used to change the size or the coordinate of screen, and can be provided by class " MultiScreenConfigurableContext ".
Method " setDisplayArea " can be represented as the form of " void setDisplayArea (org.havi.ui.HScreenRectangle rect) throws java.lang.SecurityException; java.lang.IllegalStateException ", and logic HScreen can be connected to the zone of output HScreen.Parameter " rect " expression example " HScreenRectangle ", it determines the zone with the corresponding output in the zone HScreen that is obtained by logic HScreen.
In addition, when not giving authority, but execute exception " java.lang.SecurityException " in addition, when the form of HScreen is not corresponding with " SCREEN_TYPE_LOGICAL ", when the zone of the output HScreen that is connected to logic HScreen can't be changed, perhaps when system for good and all uses the presumptive area of output HScreen of connection, but execute exception " java.lang.IllegalStateException ".
Figure 16 B illustrates size or the code of coordinate and the diagrammatic sketch of working as the example of the size of change screen or the code that coordinate time uses that is used to change screen.That is to say that the method " setDisplayArea " of the example " configurableScreen " by using given class " MultiScreenConfigurableContext " changes the size and the coordinate of screen.
In order to carry out second setting operation 1520, module 960 is set calls the z-order that method " setZOrder " method " setZOrder " is used to change logical screen, and can provide from class " MultiScreenConfigurableContext ".Can come method for expressing " setZOrder " by the z-order of respective logic HScreen among the logic HScreen of " void setZOrder (int order) throws java.lang.SecurityException, java.lang.IllegalStateException " and identical output HScreen.
In addition, when not giving authority, but execute exception " java.lang.SecurityException ".When the form of HScreen is not corresponding with " SCREEN_TYPE_LOGICAL ", when the z-order of respective logic HScreen can't be changed, or when system for good and all uses predetermined z-order for the respective logic screen, but execute exception " java.lang.IllegalStateException ".
Figure 16 C is the diagrammatic sketch that the example of the code that is used to change z-order is shown.That is to say, in Figure 16 C, the method " setZOrder " of the example " configurableScreen " by using given class " MultiScreenConfigurableContext ", it is 3 that the z-order of respective logic HScreen is changed.
In order to carry out the 3rd operation 1530, module 960 is set calls method " getScreenConfigurations ", method " getScreenConfiguration " and method " setScreenConfiguration ".
Method " getScreenConfigurations " has return data type " MultiScreenConfiguration[] ", and when extracting, use described method " getScreenConfigurations " from screen method for arranging that multi-screen generator 900 provides.
Method " getScreenConfiguration " has data type " MultiScreenConfiguration ", and when the screen method for arranging of the screen that extracts current activation, uses described method " getScreenConfiguration ".
When authority not being given method " getScreenConfigurations " and method " getScreenConfiguration ", but execute exception " java.lang.SecurityException ".
When activating the screen method for arranging of selecting, using method " setScreenConfiguration ".
Can come method for expressing " setScreenConfiguration " by the form of " public void setScreenConfiguration (MultiScreenConfigurationconfguration) throws java.lang.SecurityException; java.lang.IllegalArgumentException, java.lang.IllegalStateException ".The example of parameter " configuration " expression " MultiScreenConfiguration ", it is indicated the screen method for arranging that is activated.
When in method " setScreenConfiguration ", not giving authority, but execute exception " java.lang.SecurityException ".
Can provide method " getScreenConfigurations ", method " getScreenConfiguration " and method " setScreenConfiguration " by class " MultiScreenConfiguration ".The screen method for arranging that is provided by class " MultiScreenConfiguration " comprises any one in the following form: the form of single screen, wherein, carry out the screen used corresponding to display screen; The form of overlapping screen, wherein, single screen exists with at least one overlapping screen; The form of PiP screen wherein, is carried out the logical screen of the screen of application corresponding to the whole zone that is mapped to display screen, corresponding at least one the underlapped logical screen that is mapped to display screen, but not corresponding with overlapping screen; The form of overlapping PiP screen, wherein, the PiP screen exists with at least one overlapping screen; The form of PoP screen, wherein, it is corresponding corresponding at least two of the whole zone that is mapped to display screen underlapped logical screens to carry out the screen of using, but not corresponding with overlapping screen; The form of overlapping PoP screen, wherein, the PoP screen exists with at least one overlapping screen; And be not included in form in above-mentioned any form.
In addition, in order to check the form that is provided with in detail of corresponding screen, search module can call method " getScreenConfigurationType ".Here, method " getScreenConfigurationType " be used to return current activation screen the form that is provided with and can provide by module " MultiScreenConfiguration ".
For example, can come method for expressing " getScreenConfigurationType " by following form: " intgetScreenConfigurationType ()
{return?SCREEN_CONFIGURATION_NON_PIP，
SCREEN_CONFIGURATION_NON_PIP_WITH_OVERLAY，
SCREEN_CONFIGURATION_PIP，
SCREEN_CONFIGURATION_PIP_WITH_OVERLAY，
SCREEN_CONFIGURATION_POP，
SCREEN_CONFIGURATION_POP_WITH_OVERLAY，
SCREEN_CONFIGURATION_GENERAL}”。Method " getScreenConfigurationType " is returned the screen method for arranging of current activation with the form of integer data type.Here, the above-mentioned form that is provided with is corresponding to single screen, overlapping screen, PiP screen, overlapping PiP screen, PoP screen, overlapping PoP screen and general screen.
Figure 16 D is the diagrammatic sketch that the example of the code that changes the screen that shows service is shown.After the form of the screen of checking current activation is PiP or PoP, change the form of setting based on check result.
In addition, in order to carry out the 3rd setting operation 1530, module 960 is set calls method " getScreens ".
Method " getScreens " is used to the data type of the class " HScreen " returning the set of addressable screen and have bag " org.havi.ui ".That is to say that method " getScreens " is returned the set of addressable example " HScreen ".The set of example " HScreen " can comprise example that is returned by method " org.havi.ui.HScreen.getDefaultHScreen " and the example that is returned by method " org.havi.ui.HScreen.getHScreens ".
As mentioned above, the various screen example that the example " HScreen " that is returned comprised addressable application of calling.When the device based on the OCAP standard called application independently, the set of example " HScreen " can comprise the various screen example that can visit based on the device of OCAP standard.
Figure 16 E is the diagrammatic sketch that the example of the code that is used to change the screen method for arranging is shown.Figure 16 E illustrates by arranging screen by being applied in the method for selecting in the predetermined PoP screen method for arranging.
Figure 17 illustrates the flow chart that is exchanged the processing that will be displayed on the service on the logical screen by module shown in Figure 13.
In operation S1410, the service that the 1210 interim terminations of multi-screen manager module will exchange between two logical screens.
Then, at operation S1420, exchange is about the information of service between described two logical screens.At this moment, for each call method " removeServiceContext " in described two logical screens and method " addServiceContext ", thereby exchanging the service linguistic context that in described two logical screens, is provided with between described two logical screens.Method " removeContext " is removed the service linguistic context that is connected to logical screen, and method " addServiceContext " is added new service linguistic context to logical screen.Can provide method " removeContext " and " addServiceContext " by multi-screen linguistic context module 1230.According to current exemplary embodiment of the present invention, between logical services, exchange information on services, thereby obtain the effect of exchange main screen and sub-screen about the service that is connected to logical services.In addition, according to current exemplary embodiment of the present invention, even carry out three or more service on display screen, they also can exchange between the logical screen of any amount.
At operation S1430, be connected the generation of reformed incident between the service of producing and two logical screens.Then, at operation S1440, multi-screen linguistic context event module 1240 sends to multi-screen linguistic context monitor module 1250 with incident, and the service that is connected to described two logical screens recently begins to be performed.
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According to the present invention, the user can be by dynamically being configured in a plurality of screens that a plurality of contents are provided on the single physical display unit, rebuilding form or the annexation that is present in the screen in the system.
Although specifically illustrate and described the present invention with reference to exemplary embodiment of the present invention, but one skilled in the art should appreciate that: under the situation that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention that are defined by the claims, can carry out the various changes on form and the details.Therefore, it is to be understood that it only is for purpose of description that above-mentioned exemplary embodiment is provided, rather than it is interpreted as scope of the present invention is carried out any restriction.
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1. equipment that is used to provide a plurality of screens, described equipment comprises: operational module produces the screen that at least one is used to show service; And module, the change of the setting of sensing screen be set.
2. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described screen comprises: logical screen, it is connected to the application in the service of being included in; And display screen, logical screen is mapped to described display screen.
3. equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein, operational module is arranged on display screen and is carried out the logical screen of using.
4. equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein, the change of setting comprises: the change of the default screen of carry out using, be connected to change, in the zone of display screen in the change of the order of the change of the visuality of change, the screen of the video port of change, the screen of the coordinate in the mapped zone of logical screen and display logic screen one of change, display screen of linguistic context of the service of screen.
5. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein, screen comprises the picture-in-picture screen.
6. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein, screen comprises the picture out picture screen.
7. equipment that is used to provide a plurality of screens, described equipment comprises: operational module produces the screen that at least one is used to show the service of reception; And module is set, change the size or the coordinate of screen.
8. equipment as claimed in claim 7, wherein, screen comprises the picture-in-picture screen.
9. equipment as claimed in claim 7, wherein, screen comprises the picture out picture screen.
10. equipment as claimed in claim 7, wherein, described screen comprises: logical screen, it is connected to the application in the service of being included in; And display screen, logical screen is mapped to described display screen.
11. equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein, operational module is arranged on display screen and is carried out the logical screen of using.
12. equipment as claimed in claim 10 wherein, is provided with the coordinate in the mapped zone of module change logical screen in the zone of display screen and the size of logical screen.
13. an equipment that is used to provide a plurality of screens, described equipment comprises: service processing module, and generation is used to show the logical screen of service and the display screen that logical screen is mapped to; And
Module is set, changes the order of display logic screen on display screen.
14. equipment as claimed in claim 13, wherein, logical screen comprises the picture-in-picture screen.
15. equipment as claimed in claim 13, wherein, logical screen comprises the picture out picture screen.
16. an equipment that is used to provide a plurality of screens, described equipment comprises:
Service processing module, generation is used to show the logical screen of service and the display screen that logical screen is mapped to; And
Module is set, on display screen, arranges logical screen according to a kind of method for arranging in the multiple method for arranging.
17. equipment as claimed in claim 16, wherein, method for arranging comprises:
First method for arranging shows service on display screen;
Second method for arranging wherein, exists with at least one overlapping screen according to the display screen of first method for arranging;
The 3rd method for arranging, wherein, the screen that shows service corresponding to the logical screen of the whole zone mapping of display screen, the screen that shows service corresponding to at least one underlapped logical screen of display screen mapping, show that the screen of service is not corresponding with overlapping screen;
Cubic method wherein, exists with at least one overlapping screen according to the screen of third party's method;
The 5th method, wherein, the screen that shows service corresponding to at least two underlapped logical screens of the whole zone mapping of display screen, but not corresponding with overlapping screen;
The 6th method wherein, exists with at least one overlapping screen according to the screen of the 5th method; And
The 7th method wherein, shows that the screen of service is not included in first to the 6th method.
18. equipment as claimed in claim 16, wherein, logical screen comprises the picture-in-picture screen.
19. equipment as claimed in claim 16, wherein, logical screen comprises the picture out picture screen.
20. screen as claimed in claim 16 wherein, is provided with the extent of competence that module references is included in the application in the service and arranges logical screen.
21. equipment as claimed in claim 16 wherein, is selected method for arranging by the application in the service of being included in or by the user.
22. an equipment that is used to provide a plurality of screens, described equipment comprises:
Operational module produces the screen that at least one is used to show service; And
Module is set, is limited in and carries out the application that is included in the service on the screen.
23. equipment as claimed in claim 22, wherein, screen comprises the picture-in-picture screen.
24. equipment as claimed in claim 22, wherein, screen comprises the picture out picture screen.
25. equipment as claimed in claim 22, wherein, no matter whether the signal that is used for indicating application to carry out on screen is included in service, the described limit module that is provided with is carried out the application that is included in the service on screen.
26. the method that a plurality of screens are provided, described method comprises:
Produce the screen that at least one is used to show service; And
The change of the setting of sensing screen.
27. method as claimed in claim 26, wherein, described screen comprises: logical screen, and it is connected to the application in the service of being included in; And display screen, logical screen is mapped to described display screen.
28. method as claimed in claim 27 also comprises: on display screen, arrange and carry out the logical screen of using.
29. method as claimed in claim 27, wherein, the change of setting comprises: the change of the default screen of carry out using, be connected to change, in the zone of display screen in the change of the order of the change of the visuality of change, the screen of the video port of change, the screen of the coordinate in the mapped zone of logical screen and display logic screen one of change, display screen of linguistic context of the service of screen.
30. method as claimed in claim 26, wherein, screen comprises the picture-in-picture screen.
31. method as claimed in claim 26, wherein, screen comprises the picture out picture screen.
32. the method that a plurality of screens are provided, described method comprises:
Produce the screen that at least one is used to serve; And
Change the size or the coordinate of screen.
33. method as claimed in claim 32, wherein, screen comprises the picture-in-picture screen.
34. method as claimed in claim 32, wherein, screen comprises the picture out picture screen.
35. method as claimed in claim 32, wherein, described screen comprises: logical screen, and it is connected to the application in the service of being included in; And display screen, logical screen is mapped to described display screen.
36. method as claimed in claim 35 also comprises: on display screen, arrange and carry out the logical screen of using.
37. method as claimed in claim 35 wherein, changes the size of screen or the step of coordinate and comprises: the coordinate in the zone that change logical screen in the zone of display screen is mapped and the size of logical screen.
38. the method that a plurality of screens are provided, described method comprises:
Generation is used to show the logical screen of service and the display screen that logical screen is mapped to; And the order that changes display logic screen on display screen.
39. method as claimed in claim 38, wherein, logical screen comprises the picture-in-picture screen.
40. method as claimed in claim 38, wherein, logical screen comprises the picture out picture screen.
41. the method that a plurality of screens are provided, described method comprises: generation is used to show the logical screen of service and the display screen that logical screen is mapped to; And on display screen, arrange logical screen according to a kind of method for arranging in the multiple method for arranging.
42. method as claimed in claim 41, wherein, method for arranging comprises:
First method for arranging shows service on display screen;
Second method for arranging wherein, exists with at least one overlapping screen according to the display screen of first method for arranging;
The 3rd method for arranging, wherein, the screen that shows service corresponding to the logical screen of the whole zone mapping of display screen, the screen that shows service corresponding to at least one underlapped logical screen of display screen mapping, show that the screen of service is not corresponding with overlapping screen;
Cubic method wherein, exists with at least one overlapping screen according to the screen of third party's method;
The 5th method, wherein, the screen that shows service corresponding to at least two underlapped logical screens of the whole zone mapping of display screen, but not corresponding with overlapping screen;
The 6th method wherein, exists with at least one overlapping screen according to the screen of the 5th method; And
The 7th method wherein, shows that the screen of service is not included in first to the 6th method.
43. method as claimed in claim 41, wherein, logical screen comprises the picture-in-picture screen.
44. method as claimed in claim 41, wherein, logical screen comprises the picture out picture screen.
45. method as claimed in claim 41 wherein, is arranged screen with reference to the extent of competence that is included in the application in the service.
46. method as claimed in claim 41 wherein, is selected method for arranging by the application in the service of being included in or by the user.
47. the method that a plurality of screens are provided, described method comprises:
Produce the screen that at least one is used to show service; And
Be limited in and carry out the application that is included in the service on the screen.
48. method as claimed in claim 47, wherein, screen comprises the picture-in-picture screen.
49. method as claimed in claim 47, wherein, screen comprises the picture out picture screen.
50. method as claimed in claim 47, wherein, no matter whether the signal that is used for indicating application to carry out on screen is included in service, the step that the restriction execution is used is limited in and carries out the application that is included in the service on the screen.
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