CN101238721B - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens - Google Patents

Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens Download PDF

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CN101238721B
CN101238721B CN2006800289316A CN200680028931A CN101238721B CN 101238721 B CN101238721 B CN 101238721B CN 2006800289316 A CN2006800289316 A CN 2006800289316A CN 200680028931 A CN200680028931 A CN 200680028931A CN 101238721 B CN101238721 B CN 101238721B
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李钟昊
李光基
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The invention provides an apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring the multiple screens. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes: a digital signal processing module for receiving pre-set information and recovery service based on said pre-set information; a service processing module for display one or more logical screen related to said service; an output module for arranging the logical screen provided by the service processing module on various position of the display screen. The logical screen has indication for displaying attribute information of the logical screen sequence reflected to the display screen.

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The equipment of multi-screen and the method for configuring multiple screens dynamically are provided
Technical field
Equipment and the method consistent with the present invention relate to configuring multiple screens, more particularly, relate to and dynamically are configured in the multi-screen that multinomial content is provided on the single physical display unit.
Background technology
Broadcasting receiver such as the prior art of 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.
Although the broadcasting receiver of prior art can show main screen and sub-screen simultaneously on same display screen, they can only arrange main screen and sub-screen in a limited number of modes.Under content was displayed on situation in the main screen, all elements of content (that is, video data, voice data and other data) was shown.On the other hand, under content was displayed on situation in the sub-screen, only substantial part element was shown.
Content source comprises such as the broadcast service of satellite broadcasting device, terrestrial broadcasting device or wired broadcasting device, such as the storage medium of digital versatile disc (DVD) or be connected to the external device (ED) of input.Yet the content of using existing broadcasting receiver to show that on display screen described various content source provides is very difficult.
Under interactive TV application environment, suppose and have only a screen to be output on the physical display such as MHP (MHP), senior common application platform (ACAP) and open cable application platform (OCAP).
For example, under interactive TV application environment, adopt user interface (UI) based on home audio/video interaction technique (HAVi).According to the HAViUI standard,, on physical display, also only show a screen usually even the quantity of the screen that shows on the physical display is not limited.
Summary of the invention
Under this environment, be difficult to when content of multimedia being shown on the independent screen being presented at the operation of execution a such as decoding in the content of multimedia on the screen, Digital Signal Processing, user interaction process etc.In addition, also being difficult to the screen is that unit dynamically controls the use of resource and the life cycle of application program.
Therefore, existence is to the demand of the method on the screen that multinomial content is presented at dynamic-configuration.
The invention provides a kind of dynamic-configuration that the multi-screen of multinomial content is provided on physical display.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of equipment that multi-screen is provided, described equipment comprises: digital signal processing module, and receiver, video information, audio-frequency information or data message, and based on described video information, audio-frequency information or data message recovery service; Service processing module produces a plurality of logical screens that are used to show the service of recovery; And output module, a plurality of logical screens that service processing module is provided are mapped to the diverse location on the display screen.In described equipment, logical screen can have the attribute information of order that indicated number is mapped to the logical screen of display screen.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of equipment that multi-screen is provided, described equipment comprises: service processing module produce to show the logical screen of service and makes logical screen and service association and show the display screen of described logical screen; And output module, the logical screen that produces is mapped to the specific region on the display screen of generation.In described equipment, logical screen can have the attribute information of the order of indicated number logical screen.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of equipment that multi-screen is provided, described equipment comprises: digital signal processing module, and receiver, video information, audio-frequency information or data message, and recover service; Service processing module produces the logical screen of the service be used to show recovery; And output module, the logical screen that service processing module is provided is presented at the arbitrary region on the display screen.In described equipment, logical screen can have the attribute information of order that indicated number is mapped to the logical screen of display screen.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of method of dynamically configuring multiple screens, described method comprises: receiver, video information, audio-frequency information or data message, and recover service; Produce a plurality of logical screens that are used to show the service of recovery; With the diverse location that logical screen is mapped on the display screen.According to described method, logical screen can have the attribute information of order that indicated number is mapped to the logical screen of display screen.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of method of dynamically configuring multiple screens, described method comprises: produce a plurality of logical screens that show service and the display screen that shows described a plurality of logical screens; With the arbitrary region that logical screen is mapped on the display screen.According to described method, logical screen can have the attribute information of order that indicated number is mapped to the logical screen of display screen.
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By the detailed description of reference accompanying drawing to exemplary embodiment of the present, above and other aspect of the present invention will become clearer, wherein:
Figure 1A to Fig. 1 H is the diagrammatic sketch of the configuration of PiP screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
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 illustrates the block diagram of serving the source according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B are the diagrammatic sketch that non-according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention abstract service and abstract service are shown;
Fig. 5 illustrates the interface of logical screen and display screen and the diagrammatic sketch of attribute information;
Fig. 6 A and Fig. 6 B illustrate the diagrammatic sketch of the attribute of logical screen " z order " according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 7 A and Fig. 7 B illustrate the diagrammatic sketch of the attribute of logical screen " viewing area " according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 8 illustrates according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention with the diagrammatic sketch of two map of services to the method for display screen;
Fig. 9 is the block diagram that the configuration of the equipment that is used to provide multi-screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown;
Figure 10 illustrates the flow chart of the method for dynamic-configuration multi-screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 11 is the diagrammatic sketch that the software architecture that is used to provide multi-screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown;
Figure 12 is the diagrammatic sketch that the relation between the module that constitutes application programming interfaces (API) layer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown;
Figure 13 illustrates according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention by module shown in Figure 12 to be presented at the flow chart that multinomial service on each corresponding logical screen is presented at the method on the display screen; With
Figure 14 illustrates to exchange the flow chart that is presented at the service method on the logical screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention between module shown in Figure 12.
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By with reference to the detailed description and the accompanying drawings of following exemplary embodiment, advantage of the present invention and characteristics and realize that method of the present invention can more easily be understood.Yet the present invention can be implemented with many different forms, and should not be construed as limited to the exemplary embodiment of setting forth here.On the contrary, these exemplary embodiments are provided so that the disclosure is comprehensive and complete and fully passes on notion of the present invention to those skilled in the art, and the present invention only is defined by the claims.In whole specification, identical label is represented identical parts.
Following reference is described the present invention according to the user interface of the embodiment of the invention, the flow chart of method and computer program product.Should be appreciated that each square frame of flow chart and the combination of the square frame in flow chart can be realized by computer program instructions.These computer program instructions can be provided for the processor of all-purpose computer, special-purpose computer or other programmable data processing device with generation equipment, thereby the device that is used for being implemented in the function that a flowchart block or a plurality of flowchart block describe is created in the instruction carried out of the processor of machine or other programmable data processing device as calculated.
These computer program instructions also can be stored in can instruct computer or other programmable data processing device with the computer of ad hoc fashion work can with or computer-readable memory in so that be stored in computer can with or computer-readable memory in instruction produce the product of the command device that comprises the function that execution is described in a flowchart block or a plurality of flowchart block.
Computer program instructions also can be written into computer or other programmable data processing device so that the sequence of operations step is performed on computer or other programmable devices, with the process of generation computer execution, thereby the instruction of carrying out on computer or other programmable devices is provided for being implemented in the step of the function of describing in a flowchart block or a plurality of flowchart block.
Each square frame of flow chart can represent to comprise module, code segment or the partial code of the executable instruction of one or more realization specific logical function.Be to be further noted that the function of representing in the square frame may take place out of turn in some other implementations.For example, functional according to what relate to, two square frames that show may be carried out basically simultaneously continuously, carry out with opposite order when perhaps having.
In order to understand the present invention better, define the term that the disclosure is used now.
One group of content of multimedia that term " service " expression shows together, that is, and one group of serviced component.
Serviced component is the element of service, and comprises video component, audio-frequency assembly and data package.Data package is the application program in the service.
The object of the execution of term " service context " expression may command service, and various resources, device and the execution state information that provides service required is provided.
The physical unit of the content of term " physical display " expression actual displayed service, the output port of the content of output service or the storage medium of stores service.
The screen of actual displayed on term " display screen " the expression physical display.In display screen, any service can be set directly, and on physical display, can show display screen.At least one logical screen that selectively, on physical display, can show the specific region that is mapped to display screen.
Term " logical screen " expression shows the space of service arbitrarily.Before being mapped to display screen, logical screen is a virtual screen, therefore is not presented on the physical display.
Logical screen and display screen can be the combinations of stationary background image, video raster and figure grating.The figure grating can be the combination of text, lines, color and image or the mixing of frame of video.
Term " main service " expression user is by being presented at menu or the remote controller on the physical display or using the service that is chosen as main service by API, and the screen that main service is shown thereon is called as " main screen ".
Term " picture in picture service " (PiP service) is illustrated in that the user is by being presented at menu or the remote controller on the physical display or using the service that is chosen as sub-services by API in the main service, and the PiP service can be presented in picture-in-picture screen (PiP screen) or the main screen.
The PiP screen comprises the screen of the part that occupies another screen shown in Figure 1A to Fig. 1 D, and shown in Fig. 1 E to Fig. 1 F with the nonoverlapping situation of other screens under the screen that shows simultaneously with another screen.In this case, should be appreciated that shown in Fig. 1 G and Fig. 1 H, the PiP screen can be included in the optional position in the physical display or go up in the zone and 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.Logical screen 210,212 and 214 is mapped to display screen 220,222 and 224 by mapping block 230.
Say that at length logical screen 210 and 212 is mapped to display screen 220, logical screen 212 and 214 is mapped to display 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.
Mapping block 230 is one group logical screen is mapped to many required information of display screen.The example of described many information comprises: each in a plurality of logical screens is mapped to the identification information of coordinate information, logical screen and display screen of the presumptive area on the display screen and regulation with the information of what kind of order display logic screen on display screen.Mapping block 230 can realize by the interface or the function that will be moved write by various computer programming languages, and can be by using above-mentioned information to create as parameter or changing relation between logical screen and the display screen.In addition, mapping block 230 can be realized by the hardware with the mapping function between logical screen and the display screen.
In addition, as shown in Figure 3, 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 following multiple service source: such as the service source that broadcast service is provided of terrestrial broadcasting device 320 and wired broadcasting device 330, such as the service source that the service that is stored in the storage medium is provided of personal video record (PVR) 340, and the service source (not shown among Fig. 3) that service is provided by cable network or wireless network.
Broadcasting receiver 310 receives service and produces the logical screen of the service that shows each reception from the service source.
Then, by using preordering method or user or using the method that is provided with any service is set directly on the display screen that will be displayed on physical display.Otherwise, on physical display 350, show at least one logical screen that is mapped to the arbitrary region on the display screen.In brief, the service that provides of terrestrial broadcasting device 320, wired broadcasting device 330 and PVR 340 is displayed on the physical display 350.
The device of terrestrial broadcasting shown in Fig. 3 320, wired broadcasting device 330 and PVR 340 still the invention is not restricted to this as the service source.According to an exemplary embodiment of the present, provide the content of multimedia source of any kind of the content of multimedia that can be shown together can be as the service source.
Shown in Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B, service can be divided into 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, application program), and does not comprise video component and audio-frequency assembly.The example of abstract service comprises the service that not binding is used that has based on the OCAP standard.
Non-abstract service is understood that the service except abstract service.
The current exemplary embodiment according to 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.Can pass through physical display output display screen curtain thereafter.Thus, can be independent of non-abstract service and on display screen, show abstract service.In addition, abstract service can be mapped to different logical screens with non-abstract service.Logical screen can be mapped to single display screen thereafter.In other words, can be independent of non-abstract service and on display screen, show abstract service.
The current exemplary embodiment according to the present invention can be categorized as different objects with logical screen and display screen.Selectively, screen can be used as logical screen or display screen according to the attribute information of a screen object.
Say that at length 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 ", " viewing area ", " observability ", " related display screen ", " association service context " and " output port ".
Fig. 5 shows screen object and is used to handle the interface of the attribute of screen.
Attribute " type " 510 is used for determining screen type, i.e. logical screen or display screen.
Attribute " z order " 520 is used for determining what kind of order to arrange a plurality of logical screens along the z axle with.Fig. 6 A and Fig. 6 B show the different configurations of the logical screen on the physical display of various combination of value of the attribute " z order " for logical screen.
With reference to Fig. 6 A, first logical screen 620 and second logical screen 630 are mapped to the presumptive area of display screen 610 respectively.Say that at length first logical screen 620 is presented on the display screen 610, second logical screen 630 and first logical screen 620 are presented on the display screen with overlapping.In other words, display screen 610, first logical screen 620 and second logical screen 630 are disposed in order along the z direction of principal axis.In this case, can be with attribute " z order " value of being set to 1 of first logical screen 620, with attribute " z order " value of being set to 2 of second logical screen 630.The certain order that first logical screen 620 and second logical screen 630 are arranged along the z axle can be represented the attribute " z order " of first logical screen 620 and second logical screen 630 can be set to Any Digit or character, as long as in described numeral or character.
With reference to Fig. 6 B, when the value of the attribute " z order " of first logical screen 620 shown in the 6A changes into 2 from 1, and the value of the attribute of second logical screen 630 " z order " changes at 1 o'clock from 2, and first logical screen 620 and second logical screen 630 are mapped to the presumptive area of display screen 610 respectively.In this case, display screen 610, first logical screen 620 and second logical screen 630 are disposed in order along the z direction of principal axis according to the value of the change of attribute " z order ".
Attribute " viewing area " the 530th is about the information in the display screen zone of logical screen, shown in Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B.
Fig. 7 A shows the Zone Full that logical screen 710 is mapped to display screen 720, and Fig. 7 B shows the subregion that logical screen 730 is mapped to display screen 740.
Attribute " viewing area " can comprise the information of regulation logical screen with the two-dimensional coordinate of the predetermined portions of the display screen that is mapped to, perhaps can comprise what deviant precalculated position on the regulation display screen and indication logical screen depart from from the precalculated position on the display screen information.
Attribute " observability " 540 definite logical screens are presented on the display screen visibly invisibly to be presented on the display screen.By changing the value of attribute " observability " 540, logical screen is appeared on the display screen or from display screen disappear.
Attribute " related display screen " the 550th is about the information of the display screen related with logical screen.The logical screen not related with any display screen can not be displayed on the physical display, can not be sent to outside output device yet.
Attribute " association service context " the 560th is about the information of the service context that is connected to logical screen or display screen.The service that is provided with in such service context can be presented on logical screen or the display screen.
Attribute " output port " the 570th, about the information of the device of output display screen curtain, such device comprises display screen, wire/wireless communication medium and various storage medium.
Can be provided for discerning or changing the interface of the value of attribute shown in Figure 5.With reference to Fig. 5, described interface can comprise: interface " setting " is used to set property or logical screen is connected to display screen; Interface " interpolation " is used to add property value or logical screen is connected to service; Interface " obtains ", is used for the recognition property value; And interface " removes ", is used for the delete property value.These interfaces can comprise process, function, program and the method for carrying out their function respectively.
For example, method " setZOrder (int order) " is provided with or changes above-mentioned attribute " z order ".Parameter " order " refers to the attribute information that is illustrated in the order of display logic screen when being presented at logical screen on the display screen.Say that at length method " setZOrder (int order) " is to be used to set a property the interface that is provided with of " z order ".
Can carry out abnormality processing to method " setZOrder (int order) ".At current screen is not that the attribute " z order " of logical screen or current screen is because hardware or software feature and can not be changed the time, carry out this abnormality processing.
" setZOrder (int order) " is corresponding with method, and method " getZOrder (void) " does not use any parameter that the attribute information of " z order " is provided on current screen, and returns non-negative " z order " value.If current screen is a display screen, then method " getZOrder (void) " preferably returns 0, and logical screen preferably has the natural number greater than 1.Method " getZOrder (void) " be used for getattr " z order " information obtain interface.
According to another example, method " getDisplayScreen (void) " is returned the display screen related with current screen.Say that at length if current screen is a logical screen, then method " getDisplayScreen (void) " is returned related 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 related screen, 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 related display screen.The example as parameter that is provided is the class " HScreenRectangle " of bag " org.havi.ui ", and this example has two-dimensional position information.The abnormal operation that the execution of method " SecurityException " and " IllegalStateException " can be used as method " setOutputScreen (HScreen screen) " carries out.When current screen is logical screen or the part of the display screen related with current logical screen because the characteristic of host platform and can not be changed 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 with value identical with HScreenRectangle (0,0,1,1).If current screen is a logical screen, then method " getOutputArea (void) " is returned the information in the zone on the display screen that occupies about current screen.If current screen is a logical screen, but not related with any display screen, method " getOutputArea (void) " return value " NULL " then.
Run through following description, use particular term to represent special interface.Yet, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that and only name specific function to indicate its function.The detailed description of exemplary embodiment is not that intention is in the title difference and distinguish between the different function of not function.
Fig. 8 is illustrated in the diagrammatic sketch that the processing of two services is set with being mapped on the display screen of single screen.
With reference to Fig. 8, first service comprises three kinds of all serviced components, i.e. video, audio frequency and data package, and second service only comprises video and audio-frequency assembly.Yet the present invention is in addition any restriction of serviced component, and first service and second shown in Figure 8 to serve all be exemplary.
As shown in Figure 8, first service and second service are to be displayed on the physical display with prior art mode much at one.According to current exemplary embodiment of the present invention, not to can in addition under the situation of any restriction, can on physical display, showing multinomial service independently of one another in the quantity of the service that shows on the single display screen.
Fig. 9 is the block diagram that is used to provide the equipment of multi-screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
With reference to Fig. 9, be used to provide the equipment 900 of multi-screen to comprise digital signal processing module 940, service processing module 950, output module 960 and user/AIM 965,
In addition, equipment 900 also comprises broadcast singal receiver module 910, storage medium 920 and outside input module 930 as the service source, and comprises that display screen 970, storage medium 980 and outside output module 990 are as the service output medium.
The meaning of term used herein " module " is, but is not limited to, and carries out the software and hardware assembly of particular task, such as field programmable gate array (FPGA) or application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) (ASIC).Module can be configured to easily and reside on addressable storage medium, and can be configured on one or more processors and carry out.Therefore, for instance, module can comprise: such as assembly, process, function, attribute, process, subprogram, program code segments, driver, firmware, microcode, circuit, data, database, data structure, table, array and the variable of component software, OO component software, class component and task component.The function that provides in assembly and module can be combined into assembly and module still less, perhaps can further be separated into other assembly and module.
The various information that digital signal processing module 940 receives such as the service of content of multimedia from broadcast singal receiver module 910, storage medium 920 or outside input module 930 are as video information, audio-frequency information or data message.
Broadcast singal receiver module 910 receives satellite, ground or cable broadcasting signal and sends the broadcast singal that receives, video information, audio-frequency information or the data message of storage medium 920 stores service, outside input module 930 is from receiving video information, audio-frequency information or the data message of service such as the external device (ED) that is connected to the network of network interface module.
Digital signal processing module 940 uses the serviced component that receives to recover multinomial service.The service that recovers comprises abstract service or non-abstract service.
Here, phrase " multinomial service " refers to two or the more multinomial service that is sent by broadcast singal receiver module 910, perhaps two or the more multinomial service that is sent by broadcast singal receiver module 910 and storage medium 920 respectively.
Digital signal processing module 940 can recover to serve according to user or the selection of using by means of user/AIM 965.In this case, user or application can be selected the connection between service arbitrarily and the screen.
Service processing module 950 produces the service of a plurality of logical screens to show that digital signal processing module 940 recovers.
Output module 960 is mapped to display screen with a plurality of logical screens that service processing module 950 produces.Can use preordering method or user to carry out the mapping of logical screen to display screen by means of the method that user/AIM 965 is provided with.
The service that digital signal processing module 940 recovers can not handled by service processing module 950.On the contrary, the service that digital signal processing module 940 recovers can be mapped directly to the specific part of the display screen of output module 960 generations.
The display screen that output module 960 provides can be displayed on the physical display 970, perhaps is stored in the storage medium 980.The example of storage medium 980 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 provides of output module 960 can be sent to the external device (ED) that is connected to network by outside output module 990.
For this reason, output module 960 can comprise a plurality of output ports, can provide display screen by described a plurality of output ports.In this case, can be by the output port of default setting or the output port that the user selects by means of user/AIM 965 provide display screen in advance.
User or application can be by the services of using user/AIM 965 select one of multinomial service or recover to expect.In addition, the user can select one of a plurality of display screens by using user/AIM 965.
Because module shown in Figure 9 is divided according to its function, so can be connected to other modules.
Figure 10 illustrates the flow chart of the method for dynamic-configuration multi-screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Usually, video information, audio-frequency information and the data message of formation content of multimedia are sent out with predetermined format (for example, mpeg stream form).In operation S1010, be used to provide service equipment receiver, video information, audio-frequency information and the data message of (as, content of multimedia service), and recover to serve based on video information, audio-frequency information and data message.Here, the service that recovers in operation S1010 can or pre-determine by user or application choice.The user can use the menu that is presented on the display unit or remote controller to select connection between any screen and the screen.Application can use API to select to connect.
In addition, data message comprises the application message about the application program that is used to serve, and these application messages comprise the signal message whether the indication application program can be moved on the PiP screen.The example of application message comprises based on the application information table of MHP standard (AIT) with based on the application information table (XAIT) of the expansion of OCAP standard.Signal message can be added in the application.
Among operation S1020s, the service of recovery be set, thereby described service can be displayed on logical screen on thereafter.In operation S1030, logical screen is mapped to display screen.In operation 1040, use display screen, storage medium or network that display screen is offered the user.
As shown in figure 10, the service of recovery is displayed on the physical display by logical screen.Yet the service of recovery can directly not be displayed on the physical display by logical screen.
When the user selects the PiP service, realize the PiP service with two kinds of patterns.Under first kind of pattern, (that is, the PiP screen under) the situation, only be provided at the video component of the PiP service of selecting on the main screen at the independent logical screen that does not have establishment to be used for the PiP service.Under second kind of pattern, create the PiP service of independent logical screen that is used for the PiP service to select on the PiP screen that is provided at establishment.
Figure 10 shows simply only with the method for a map of services to display screen.Yet, can use or not use a plurality of logical screens that multinomial map of services is arrived display screen.
When by this way display screen being offered the user, the user can carry out multinomial service.
Figure 11 is the diagrammatic sketch that the software architecture that is used to provide multi-screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown.
With reference to Figure 11, software architecture 1100 comprises device Drive Layer 1110, api layer 1120 and application layer 1130.
Device Drive Layer 1110 receives serviced component from various content of multimedia source, and the serviced component decoding to receiving.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 so that the user dynamically disposes the logical screen that shows service, perhaps user command is sent to api layer 1120 so that api layer 1120 can be carried out user command.
The user makes device Drive Layer 1110 display screen to be provided or display screen is stored in the storage medium by physical display by means of application layer 1130.In addition, the user can make device Drive Layer 1110 display screen to be sent to external device (ED) by network.
For this reason, device Drive Layer 1110 can comprise a plurality of output ports that display screen can be provided.Otherwise api layer 1120 can comprise a plurality of output ports.
In order on display screen, dynamically to dispose a plurality of logical screens, api layer 1120 can comprise a plurality of software modules, as shown in figure 12, for example multi-screen manager module " MultiScreenManager " 1210, multi-screen context module " MultiScreenContext " 1230, multi-screen context monitor module " MultiScreenContextListener " 1250 and multi-screen context events module " MultiScreenContextEvent " 1240.
Multi-screen manager module 1210 management multi-screen context module 1230, the screen of search expectation, the information that shows what device of a plurality of Screen sharing of regulation, registration multi-screen context monitor module 1250, or the registration of cancellation multi-screen context monitor module 1250.
Multi-screen context module 1230 is interface object related with screen object 1220, and definite screen object 1220 will become logical screen or display screen according to the interface operation that multi-screen context module 1230 is carried out.The various attributes of all attributes 510 to 570 as shown in Figure 5 can be set in multi-screen context module 1230.Multi-screen context module 1230 can provide function " setting ", " interpolation ", " the obtaining " and " removing " of as above describing with reference to Fig. 5.
When changing the attribute information of screen object 1220 by multi-screen context module 1230, the event class that multi-screen context events module 1240 has changed as the attribute information of announcing screen object 1220, and multi-screen context monitor module 1250 is used as can be with the monitor interface object of predetermined application class realization, and described predetermined application class attempts receiving the incident that multi-screen context events module 1240 is pointed out.
Using 1260 is driven modules on application layer 1130.Application 1260 makes the user select the service of expectation on display screen or freely arranges a plurality of logical screens.
At length say, 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 with will operate accordingly by the various command of multi-screen context module 1230 execution.
Multi-screen context module 1230 is associated with screen object 1220, and manages the attribute information of screen object shown in Figure 5 1220.For the attribute information of management screen object 1220, multi-screen context module 1230 can comprise multiple function or method.
Multi-screen manager module 1210 receives the serviced component that is provided by various services source from device Drive Layer 1110, and executable operations is presented on logical screen or the display screen with the serviced component that will receive.
Figure 13 illustrates according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention by module shown in Figure 12 to be presented at the flow chart that multinomial service on each corresponding logical screen is presented at the method on the display screen.
With reference to Figure 13, in 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.
In operation S1320, multi-screen manager module 1210 is connected to logical screen each the corresponding service that receives from device Drive Layer 1110.Multi-screen manager module 1210 can be set to the parameter of logical screen service by the service context object of the service that receives, comes each logical screen call method " addServiceContxt ".Method " addServiceContxt " is connected to service with logical screen, and can be provided by multi-screen context module 1230.
In operation S1330, in case logical screen is connected to each service, multi-screen manager module 1210 just 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 was connected to, and comes each logical screen call method " setDisplayScreen ".Method " setDisplayScreen " is connected to display screen with logical screen, and can be provided by multi-screen context module 1230.
Method " setDisplayScreensetDisplayScreen " can be set to " public voidsetDisplayScreensetDisplayScreen (HScreen screen) throws SecurityException; IllegalStateException ", and described method makes the example " HScreen " that provides as parameter be associated with current logical screen.In this case, example " HScreen " is preferably display screen.
The parameter of method " setDisplayScreen (HScreen screen) " can comprise value " NULL ".In this case, when no abnormal processing ground manner of execution " setDisplayScreen (HScreen screen) ", current logical screen no longer is associated with display screen.
The abnormal operation that the execution of method " SecurityException " and " IllegalStateException " can be used as method " setDisplayScreen (HScreen screen) " carries out.
When current screen is logical screen or the part of the display screen related with current logical screen because the characteristic of host platform and can not be changed the time, executing method " IllegalStateException ".
In operation S1340, determine the zone on the display screen that logical screen is mapped to respectively.At this moment, can call the preordering method that multi-screen context module 1230 provides, to determine with the zone on the display screen of display logic screen.
Figure 14 illustrates to exchange the flow chart that is presented at the service method on the logical screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention between module shown in Figure 12.
In operation S1410, the service that the 1210 interim terminations of multi-screen manager module will exchange between two logical screens.
Thereafter, in operation S1420, exchange is about the information of service between two logical screens.At this moment, to each call method " removeServiceContext " in two logical screens and method " addServiceContext ", thereby exchanging the service context that in two logical screens, is provided with between two logical screens.Method " removeServiceContext " removes the service context that is connected to logical screen, and method " addServiceContext " is added new service context to logical screen.Can provide method " removeServiceContext " and method " addServiceContext " by multi-screen 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 when three of execution or more multinomial service on display screen, also can between the logical screen of any amount, exchange these services.
In operation S1430, the generation of the incident that the connection between the service of producing and two logical screens has changed.Thereafter, in operation S1440, multi-screen context events module 1240 sends to multi-screen context monitor module 1250 with incident, and begins to carry out the service that newly is connected to two logical screens.
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According to an exemplary embodiment of the present, can be by using the multinomial service that the single physical display screen is carried out in every way to be provided by each provenance (as wired broadcasting, terrestrial broadcasting, various storage medium and outside input).
Although specifically illustrate and described the present invention with reference to exemplary embodiment of the present invention, but those skilled in the art should understand 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 various changes to it in form and details.Therefore, should be appreciated that the foregoing description only is provided on descriptive meaning, and should not be interpreted as scope of the present invention any restriction in addition.

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1. equipment that multi-screen is provided, described equipment comprises:
Digital signal processing module, at least a in receiver, video assembly, audio-frequency assembly and the data package, and based on the multinomial service of at least a recovery in the described video component, audio-frequency assembly and the data package that receive;
Service processing module produces the logical screen of display screen and a plurality of multinomial services that are used to show that digital signal processing module recovers; With
Output module, the logical screen that service processing module is produced is mapped to the zones of different on the display screen,
Wherein, logical screen comprises between the logical screen that shines upon in the indicated number screen attribute information along the axial arrangement order of z,
Wherein, described multi-screen comprises a plurality of logical screens and display screen, one group of content of multimedia showing is together represented in described service, described display screen is represented the actual screen that offers output port, described logical screen represents to show the space of any service, and described z direction of principal axis is represented the order that a plurality of logical screens are disposed in order.
2. equipment as claimed in claim 1 wherein, has attribute information by setting and as the corresponding interface of parameter described attribute information is set,
Wherein, attribute information represents to comprise in the attribute of current screen of screen type, z order, display screen zone, observability, related display screen, at least one association service and at least one output port one.
3. equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein, if current screen is not a logical screen, the operation execute exception that interface then is set is handled.
4. equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein, if the attribute information of current screen can not be changed, the operation execute exception that interface then is set is handled.
5. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the interface of the attribute information by obtaining current screen is discerned described attribute information,
Wherein, attribute information represents to comprise in the attribute of current screen of screen type, z order, display screen zone, observability, related display screen, at least one association service and at least one output port one.
6. equipment that multi-screen is provided, described equipment comprises:
Service processing module produces a plurality of logical screens that show multinomial service and makes display screen that logical screen is associated with service and display logic screen; With
Output module is mapped to specific region on the display screen with logical screen,
Wherein, logical screen comprises between the logical screen that shines upon in the indicated number screen attribute information along the axial arrangement order of z,
Wherein, described multi-screen comprises a plurality of logical screens and display screen, one group of content of multimedia that described service comprises at least one in video component, audio-frequency assembly and the data package and represents to show together, described display screen is represented the actual screen that offers output port, described logical screen represents to show the space of any service, and described z direction of principal axis is represented the order that a plurality of logical screens are disposed in order.
7. equipment as claimed in claim 5 wherein, has attribute information by setting and as the corresponding interface of parameter described attribute information is set,
Wherein, attribute information represents to comprise in the attribute of current screen of screen type, z order, display screen zone, observability, related display screen, at least one association service and at least one output port one.
8. equipment as claimed in claim 7, wherein, if current screen is not a logical screen, the operation execute exception that interface then is set is handled.
9. equipment as claimed in claim 7, wherein, if the attribute information of current screen can not be changed, the operation execute exception that interface then is set is handled.
10. equipment as claimed in claim 5, wherein, the interface of the attribute information by obtaining current screen is discerned described attribute information,
Wherein, attribute information represents to comprise in the attribute of current screen of screen type, z order, display screen zone, observability, related display screen, at least one association service and at least one output port one.
11. the equipment that multi-screen is provided, described equipment comprises:
Digital signal processing module, at least a in receiver, video assembly, audio-frequency assembly and the data package, and based on the multinomial service of at least a recovery in the described video component, audio-frequency assembly and the data package that receive;
Service processing module produces a plurality of logical screens that are used to show the service that digital signal processing module recovers; With
Output module, the logical screen that service processing module is produced is mapped to the arbitrary region on the display screen,
Wherein, logical screen comprises between the logical screen that shines upon in the indicated number screen attribute information along the axial arrangement order of z,
Wherein, described multi-screen comprises a plurality of logical screens and display screen, one group of content of multimedia showing is together represented in described service, described display screen is represented the actual screen that offers output port, described logical screen represents to show the space of any service, and described z direction of principal axis is represented the order that a plurality of logical screens are disposed in order.
12. the method for configuring multiple screens dynamically, described method comprises:
At least a in receiver, video assembly, audio-frequency assembly and the data package;
Based on the multinomial service of at least a recovery in the described video component, audio-frequency assembly and the data package that receive;
Produce display screen and a plurality of logical screen that is used to show the multinomial service of recovery; With
Logical screen is mapped to zones of different on the display screen,
Wherein, logical screen comprises between the logical screen that shines upon in the indicated number screen along the attribute information of the arrangement order of z axis of orientation,
Wherein, described multi-screen comprises a plurality of logical screens and display screen, one group of content of multimedia showing is together represented in described service, described display screen is represented the actual screen that offers output port, described logical screen represents to show the space of any service, and described z direction of principal axis is represented the order that a plurality of logical screens are disposed in order.
13. method as claimed in claim 12 wherein, has attribute information by setting and as the corresponding interface of parameter described attribute information is set,
Wherein, attribute information represents to comprise in the attribute of current screen of screen type, z order, display screen zone, observability, related display screen, at least one association service and at least one output port one.
14. method as claimed in claim 13, wherein, if current screen is not a logical screen, the operation execute exception that interface then is set is handled.
15. method as claimed in claim 13, wherein, if the attribute information of current screen can not be changed, the operation execute exception that interface then is set is handled.
16. method as claimed in claim 12, wherein, the interface of the attribute information by obtaining current screen is discerned described attribute information,
Wherein, attribute information represents to comprise in the attribute of current screen of screen type, z order, display screen zone, observability, related display screen, at least one association service and at least one output port one.
17. the method for configuring multiple screens dynamically, described method comprises:
Produce a plurality of logical screens that show multinomial service and the display screen that shows described a plurality of logical screens; With
Logical screen is mapped to arbitrary region on the display screen,
Wherein, logical screen comprises between the logical screen that shines upon in the indicated number screen attribute information along the axial arrangement order of z,
Wherein, described multi-screen comprises a plurality of logical screens and display screen, one group of content of multimedia that described service comprises at least one in video component, audio-frequency assembly and the data package and represents to show together, described display screen is represented the actual screen that offers output port, described logical screen represents to show the space of any service, and described z direction of principal axis is represented the order that a plurality of logical screens are disposed in order.
18. method as claimed in claim 17 wherein, has attribute information by setting and as the corresponding interface of parameter described attribute information is set,
Wherein, attribute information represents to comprise in the attribute of current screen of screen type, z order, display screen zone, observability, related display screen, at least one association service and at least one output port one.
19. method as claimed in claim 18, wherein, if current screen is not a logical screen, the operation execute exception that interface then is set is handled.
20. method as claimed in claim 18, wherein, if the attribute information of current screen can not be changed, the operation execute exception that interface then is set is handled.
21. method as claimed in claim 17, wherein, the interface of the attribute information by obtaining current screen is discerned described attribute information,
Wherein, attribute information represents to comprise in the attribute of current screen of screen type, z order, display screen zone, observability, related display screen, at least one association service and at least one output port one.
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