Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem to be solved by the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a method for operating in a set top box, a corresponding system and a set top box. Therefore, the number of keys of the remote controller is reduced, and meanwhile, the operation level of a user is reduced, so that the user can operate the remote controller conveniently.
The method for operating in the set top box provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the following steps:
receiving a shortcut operation interface starting signal from a remote controller;
acquiring a corresponding shortcut operation interface according to the current state of the set top box;
outputting the shortcut operation interface information to a television for displaying, wherein the shortcut operation interface is preset with a shape corresponding to a key area of the remote controller, and displays a key part corresponding to each key of the key area of the remote controller, and an operation name is displayed at each key part;
and when a signal from a key of the key area of the remote controller is received, executing the operation related to the operation name on the key part corresponding to the key on the shortcut operation interface.
Correspondingly, the invention provides a set-top box, comprising:
the first receiving unit is used for receiving a shortcut operation interface starting signal from a remote controller;
the acquisition unit is used for acquiring a corresponding shortcut operation interface according to the current state of the set top box;
the output unit is used for outputting the shortcut operation interface information to a television for displaying, wherein the shortcut operation interface and a key area of the remote controller have corresponding shapes, the shortcut operation interface displays key parts corresponding to each key of the key area of the remote controller, and each key part displays an operation name;
a second receiving unit for receiving a signal from a key of the remote controller;
a second judgment processing unit, configured to execute, when the signal received by the second receiving unit is a signal from a key of the key area of the remote controller, an operation associated with an operation name on a key portion corresponding to the key on the shortcut operation interface;
and the setting unit is used for setting the operation and the displayed operation name associated with each key part on the shortcut operation interface.
Correspondingly, the invention provides a system for operating in a set-top box, which comprises a remote controller, the set-top box and a television, wherein:
the remote controller comprises at least one key area and a shortcut operation interface starting key;
the set-top box comprises:
the first receiving unit is used for receiving a starting signal of a shortcut operation interface starting key from the remote controller;
the acquisition unit is used for acquiring a corresponding shortcut operation interface according to the current state of the set top box;
the output unit is used for outputting the shortcut operation interface information to a television for displaying, wherein the shortcut operation interface and a key area of the remote controller have corresponding shapes, the shortcut operation interface displays key parts corresponding to each key of the key area of the remote controller, and each key part displays an operation name;
a second receiving unit for receiving a signal from a key of the remote controller;
a second judgment processing unit, configured to execute, when the signal received by the second receiving unit is a signal from a key of the key area of the remote controller, an operation associated with an operation name on a key portion corresponding to the key on the shortcut operation interface;
and the setting unit is used for setting the operation and the displayed operation name associated with each key part on the shortcut operation interface.
According to the method, the system and the set-top box provided by the embodiment of the invention, various common operations are summarized in advance and are compiled into a quick operation interface. The user can start or close the shortcut operation interface by pressing the shortcut key on the remote controller, the shortcut operation interface can be displayed on the television and corresponding operation is displayed, and at the moment, the user only needs to press the key at the corresponding position on the remote controller to complete the required operation task. The method displays the operation mode on the screen interface by using the visual transmission method, and can directly finish the specified operation by using the remote controller according to the display of the interface, thereby greatly simplifying the operation level, quickly finishing a plurality of required operation tasks, simultaneously, not increasing a plurality of keys on the remote controller, and being convenient for users to use.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
According to the embodiment of the invention, in the digital television, when corresponding operation is required, a user operation interface containing a plurality of common operations can be displayed on the television according to the starting of the corresponding key. The user can directly complete corresponding operation by using the remote controller according to the display of the graphical interface.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a terminal-side digital television system according to the present invention, and fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention. Similarly, the terminal side digital television system of the invention comprises a remote controller 1, a set-top box 2 and a television 3 connected with the set-top box 2. Wherein,
the remote controller 1 comprises at least one key area 10 and a shortcut operation interface start key 12; the shortcut operation interface starting key 12 is used for a user to start or close a shortcut operation interface function;
the television 3 is used for displaying the control signal and the television program information from the set-top box 2;
the set-top box 2 comprises:
a receiving and analyzing unit 20, configured to receive a signal from a remote controller and analyze a type of the received signal, where in a specific application, the receiving and analyzing unit 20 may correspond to the remote control signal receiver and decoder in fig. 2;
the first processing unit 21 is configured to, when the received signal analyzed by the receiving and analyzing unit 21 is a shortcut operation interface start signal, obtain a corresponding shortcut operation interface according to a current state of the set top box;
the output unit 22 is configured to output shortcut interface information to a television for display, where a shortcut interface 30 displayed on the television 3 corresponds to (e.g., is similar to) a shape of a key area 10 of the remote controller, and the shortcut interface displays key parts 300 (e.g., upper, lower, left, right, and middle areas in the drawing) corresponding to each key of the key area of the remote controller, and each key part 300 displays an operation name (e.g., favorite, locked, etc.);
after the output unit 22 outputs the shortcut operation interface information, when the reception analyzing unit 20 receives a signal from a key of the corresponding key area (e.g., an area including up, down, left, right, and enter keys) of the remote controller 1, the second processing unit 23 performs an operation associated with an operation name on the key section 300 corresponding to the key on the shortcut operation interface 30.
The storage unit 24 is used for storing the shortcut operation interface corresponding to each state of the set top box 2; and the operation information associated with each key part on each shortcut operation interface, for example, for channel-oriented operation and on-demand program-oriented operation, the operation name and the associated operation on the corresponding shortcut operation interface are different.
A canceling unit 25, configured to close the shortcut interface 30 displayed on the television 3 when the receiving and analyzing unit 22 receives the shortcut interface canceling signal from the remote controller 2.
The setting unit 26 is configured to set an operation name associated with each key 300 on the shortcut operation interface 30.
It is to be understood that, in practical applications, the first processing unit 21, the second processing unit 23, the cancellation unit 25, the setting unit 26, and the like described above may be implemented in one device (e.g., corresponding to the main controller in fig. 2). The set-top box 2 may include other functional entities, such as a network interface, a graphic encoder, an image decoder, a layer superimposer, a streaming media buffer, and a sound decoder, which are shown in fig. 2, and are not described herein again.
In the embodiment of the invention, the corresponding function unit is arranged in the set-top box, so that a user can start or close the shortcut operation interface by pressing the shortcut key on the remote controller, the shortcut operation interface can be displayed on the television very visually, the user can very conveniently operate the corresponding key on the remote controller to realize the corresponding function, the convenience is realized, and the corresponding operation level is greatly simplified. The system of the embodiment of the invention also has similar advantages.
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a shortcut operation interface in an embodiment of the present invention;
the shortcut operation interface is designed to be similar to a key area consisting of a direction key and a confirmation key on a remote controller; and each key part displays the names of the operations, which are respectively: the favorite, the sort, the skip, the lock and the confirm are respectively corresponding to the up, the right, the down, the left and the confirm keys on the remote controller. The shortcut operation interface displays channel-oriented operations frequently used by the user. When a user watches a channel program, if the user needs to operate a channel being watched, the user can display the interface in fig. 5 on the television by pressing the shortcut operation interface start key on the remote controller, and display a shortcut for the user to operate, for example, the user needs to set the channel as a favorite channel, and the user only needs to press a corresponding key of a corresponding key region on the remote controller, and the corresponding key is an upward' key in the direction corresponding to the interface in fig. 5. The set-top box, upon receiving the key signal, sets the channel to a channel that the user likes, and stores the setting.
Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of another shortcut interface in the embodiment of the present invention; the operation names displayed on the shortcut menu in fig. 6 are different from those in fig. 5. Shown in FIG. 6 is the operation on the requested program; respectively as follows: the ending, fast forwarding, recording, fast rewinding, playing/pausing correspond to the up, right, down, left and confirm keys on the remote controller respectively. When a user is watching a program on demand, if the user needs to operate the program, the user only needs to press a shortcut operation interface start key on a remote controller, the interface in fig. 5 is displayed on the television, and a shortcut mode for the user to operate is displayed, for example, the user needs to perform a fast forward operation, and the user only needs to press a right key on the key region on the remote controller to execute the fast forward operation.
It should be noted that fig. 5 and fig. 6 are only examples, and those skilled in the art can easily understand that a shortcut interface with other operation combinations can be set according to the nature of the operation; the shortcut operation interface can also correspond to other key areas on the remote controller; and the arrangement sequence of each operation on the shortcut operation interface can be different. In an embodiment of the present invention, the setting unit 26 may be configured to set an operation name corresponding to each key portion on the shortcut operation interface and a displayed operation name.
Fig. 7 is a main flow chart of an embodiment of the method for performing shortcut operation on a set-top box according to the present invention; the method comprises the following steps:
step S700, receiving a shortcut operation interface starting signal from a remote controller;
step S702, according to the current state (such as watching channel programs, or video on demand) of the set-top box, acquiring a corresponding shortcut operation interface;
step S704, outputting the shortcut operation interface information to a television for display, wherein the shortcut operation interface corresponds to (e.g. is similar to) a shape of a key area of a remote controller, and the shortcut operation interface displays key parts corresponding to each key of the key area of the remote controller, and each key part displays an operation name;
in step S706, when a signal of a key of the key area from the remote controller is received, an operation associated with an operation name on a key portion corresponding to the key on the shortcut operation interface is executed.
In step S708, when the shortcut operation interface cancellation signal from the remote controller is received, the shortcut operation interface is canceled (closed).
In addition, before step S701, the operation name associated with each key portion on the shortcut operation interface and the operation name displayed may be set.
In the embodiment of the invention, the user can start the shortcut operation interface by pressing the shortcut key on the remote controller, the shortcut operation interface can be displayed on the television very visually, the user can operate the corresponding key on the remote controller very conveniently to realize the corresponding function, the convenience is realized, and the operation level is greatly simplified.
FIG. 8 is a schematic flow diagram of a more detailed embodiment of FIG. 7; the flowchart is illustrated by taking the shortcut operation interface in fig. 5 as an example. The method comprises the following specific steps:
step S800, when a user is watching a television program of a certain channel, at the moment, if the user needs to operate towards the channel, the user only needs to press the shortcut operation interface starting key 12 of the remote controller on the remote controller 1 to send a shortcut operation interface starting signal to the set-top box 2;
step S802, the set top box 2 receives the infrared signal from the remote controller 1, and obtains the infrared signal as a shortcut operation interface starting signal from the starting key 12 through analysis;
step S804, the set-top box 2 calls the stored shortcut operation interface corresponding to the channel operation, and sends the shortcut operation interface to the television 3 for displaying, for example, the displayed shortcut operation interface is as shown in fig. 5;
step S806, after the television displays the shortcut operation interface, it is determined that the signal from the remote controller 1 is received, and if the signal from the remote controller 1 is not received, the television continues to wait. If a signal from the remote controller 1 is received, the specific type of the signal is judged, and the process goes to step S808;
step S808, if the received signal is key information on the key area of the remote controller corresponding to the shortcut operation interface displayed on the television 3, executing an operation displayed on the shortcut operation interface; the method specifically comprises the following steps: if it is the up key signal of the remote controller 1, performing an operation of adding the channel to the favorite list; if the signal is a 'down' key signal of the remote controller 1, executing skip operation, namely switching a television channel into the next channel; if the signal is the 'left' key signal of the remote controller 1, locking operation is carried out on the channel; if the signal is the 'right' key signal of the remote controller 1, the sorting operation is performed on the channel; if the signal is the 'confirm' key signal of the remote controller 1, the confirmation operation is carried out;
if the signal received at this time is the signal of the shortcut operation interface start key 12, the signal is analyzed to be a shortcut operation interface cancel signal, and the shortcut operation interface displayed on the television 3 is closed;
if the received signal is the signal of other keys on the remote controller, the original corresponding operation of the key is executed.
In the embodiment of the invention, the user can start or close the channel-oriented shortcut operation interface by pressing the shortcut key on the remote controller, the channel-oriented shortcut operation interface is visually displayed on the television, and the user can conveniently operate the corresponding key on the remote controller to realize various channel-oriented operations and functions, so that the method is very convenient and greatly simplifies the operation hierarchy.
FIG. 9 is a schematic flow diagram of another more detailed embodiment of FIG. 7; the flowchart is illustrated by taking the shortcut operation interface in fig. 6 as an example. The method comprises the following specific steps:
step S900, when the user is watching a certain on-demand program, at the moment, if the user needs to operate towards the on-demand program, the user only needs to press the shortcut operation interface start key 12 of the remote controller on the remote controller 1 to send a shortcut operation interface start signal to the set-top box 2;
step S902, the set-top box 2 receives the infrared signal from the remote controller 1, and obtains the infrared signal as a shortcut operation interface starting signal from the starting key 12 through analysis;
step S904, the set-top box 2 calls the stored shortcut operation interface corresponding to the on-demand program operation, and sends the shortcut operation interface to the television 3 for displaying, for example, the displayed shortcut operation interface is as shown in fig. 6;
step S906, after the television displays the shortcut operation interface, determines that the signal from the remote controller 1 is received, and if the signal from the remote controller 1 is not received, continues to wait. If a signal from the remote controller 1 is received, the specific type of the signal is determined, and the process goes to step S908;
step S908, if the received signal is key information on the key area of the remote controller corresponding to the shortcut operation interface displayed on the television 3, executing an operation displayed on the shortcut operation interface; the method specifically comprises the following steps: if the signal is the 'up' key signal of the remote controller 1, the operation of ending the program on demand is executed; if the key signal is 'down' key signal of the remote controller 1, the operation of recording the on-demand program is executed; if the signal is a 'left' key signal of the remote controller 1, fast backward operation is executed; if it is the "right" key signal of the remote controller 1, play/pause the operation; if the signal is the 'confirm' key signal of the remote controller 1, the confirmation operation is carried out;
if the signal received at this time is the signal of the shortcut operation interface start key 12, the signal is analyzed to be a shortcut operation interface cancel signal, and the shortcut operation interface displayed on the television 3 is closed;
if the received signal is the signal of other keys on the remote controller, the original corresponding operation of the key is executed.
In the above embodiment of the present invention, the user can start or close the shortcut operation interface of the on-demand program by pressing the shortcut key on the remote controller, the shortcut operation interface of the on-demand program is visually displayed on the television, and the user can conveniently operate the corresponding key on the remote controller to realize various operations and functions of the on-demand program, which is very convenient and greatly simplifies the operation hierarchy.
The system, the set-top box and the method of the embodiment of the invention summarize various common operations in advance and compile the operations into a quick operation interface. The user can start or close the shortcut operation interface by pressing the shortcut key on the remote controller, the shortcut operation interface can be displayed on the television and corresponding operation is displayed, and at the moment, the user only needs to press the key at the corresponding position on the remote controller to complete the required operation task. The operation mode is displayed on the screen interface by using the visual transmission method, and the specified operation can be directly completed by using the remote controller according to the display of the interface. The operation level is greatly simplified, a plurality of required operation tasks can be quickly completed, and meanwhile, a plurality of keys do not need to be added on the remote controller, so that the use of a user is facilitated.
In addition, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes in the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by hardware related to instructions of a program, where the program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and when executed, the program can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above. The storage medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), or the like.
The above disclosure is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and it is therefore to be understood that the invention is not limited by the scope of the appended claims.