CN108810647B - Control method for focus movement on EPG user interface and display terminal - Google Patents
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Abstract
The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for controlling focus movement on an EPG user interface, which relates to the technical field of EPG and comprises the following steps: displaying a television broadcast program on a display screen; receiving an instruction for displaying an EPG user interface, and displaying the EPG user interface on a display screen in response to the instruction; and receiving an instruction for instructing the focus to move along the channel arrangement direction in the EPG user interface, and determining a new position of the focus movement in the target television channel according to the position of the pre-selected reference broadcast program in response to the instruction so as to control the focus to move to the target broadcast program corresponding to the new position. Therefore, the problem that the focus in the EPG user interface can not move back along the channel axis direction of the EPG user interface can be solved, and the focus position is ensured to move in a convergence range according with the expectation of a user.
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Technical Field
The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of EPG (electronic program guide), in particular to a method for controlling focus movement on an EPG user interface and a display terminal.
Background
An EPG (electronic program guide) displayed on a display screen of the smart tv arranges and displays broadcast programs in a matrix form, which two-dimensionally displays channels and times, and displays the respective broadcast programs constituting the EPG in a size proportional to the length of the playing time of the broadcast programs.
Because the starting time and the ending time of playing different broadcast programs of different channels are random, the position and the size of the corresponding display area of each broadcast program in the EPG are randomly tiled in the whole EPG user interface. In particular, the randomness of the playing time of different broadcast programs in each channel causes the display areas corresponding to the broadcast programs in different channels to be displayed in a staggered manner, which results in the irregular arrangement of the broadcast programs constituting the EPG. Since each broadcast program in the EPG is dynamically generated according to the broadcast program playing time and the content information, the position of the focus movement cannot be statically specified, and thus, when the focus is controlled to move between the broadcast programs in the EPG, a certain algorithm is required to dynamically calculate the position of the focus movement.
The current algorithm is to calculate the next focus position according to the position of the current focus each time the focus moves. In the process of moving the focus along the channel arrangement direction, because of the problem of misplaced display of broadcast programs among different channels, after each movement, there may be an offset, and after multiple offsets, the focus will be far from the most initial focus position, and in extreme cases, the focus will eventually move to the page boundary. At this time, reverse operation is performed, so that the situation that the focus cannot be traced back occurs, and user experience is affected.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a control method and a display terminal for focus movement on an EPG user interface, which can solve the problem that the focus on the EPG user interface cannot be traced back when moving along the channel arrangement direction and improve the user experience.
In a first aspect, there is provided a method for controlling focus movement on an EPG user interface while playing a television broadcast program in a display terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a television broadcast program on a display screen of the display terminal;
receiving a first input instruction for displaying an EPG user interface;
responding to the first input instruction, displaying an EPG user interface on the television broadcast program picture, wherein the user interface comprises a two-dimensional program menu which is sequenced by a television channel and a program playing time sequence;
receiving a first direction control instruction in the arrangement direction of the television channels when a focus is on a first television broadcast program in a first television channel;
responding to the first direction control instruction, determining a first reference time within the playing time of the first television broadcast program, and controlling a focus to move to a second television broadcast program in a second television channel, wherein the playing time of the second television broadcast program comprises the first reference time;
receiving a first direction control instruction in the arrangement direction of the television channels when the focus is on the second television broadcast program;
and responding to the first direction control instruction, and controlling the focus to move to a third television broadcast program in a third television channel, wherein the playing time of the third television broadcast program comprises the first reference time.
Optionally, the method further includes:
receiving a second direction control instruction along the arrangement direction of the playing time of the television broadcast program when the focus is on the third television broadcast program;
in response to the second direction control instruction, controlling the focus to move to a fourth television broadcast program different from the third television broadcast program in the third television channel;
receiving the first direction control instruction in the television channel arrangement direction when a focus is on the fourth television broadcast program;
and responding to the first direction control instruction, and controlling a focus to move to a fifth television broadcast program in a fourth television channel at a second reference time determined in the playing time of the fourth television broadcast program, wherein the playing time of the fifth television broadcast program comprises the second reference time.
Optionally, the determining a first reference time within the playing time of the first television broadcast program, and controlling the focus to move to a second television broadcast program in a second television channel, where the playing time of the second television broadcast program includes the first reference time specifically includes:
determining a first reference moment based on a preset rule in the playing time of the first television broadcast program;
traversing each television broadcast program in a second television channel, and searching for the second television broadcast program of which the playing time of the television broadcast program in the second television channel comprises the first reference moment;
and calculating a new position of the focus movement according to the channel identifier of the second television channel and the program identifier of the second television broadcast program, and controlling the focus to move to the second television broadcast program corresponding to the new position.
Optionally, the moving the control focus to a fourth tv broadcast program different from the third tv broadcast program in the third tv channel specifically includes:
and calculating a new position of the focus movement according to the program identifier of the fourth television broadcast program in the third television channel, and controlling the focus to move to the fourth television broadcast program corresponding to the new position.
Optionally, the method further includes:
based on a preset rule, any one of the starting playing time, the ending playing time or the playing time corresponding to one half of the playing time of the television broadcast program is determined as a reference time.
In a second aspect, a display terminal is provided, which includes: a display screen; a memory; and a processor in communication with the memory and the display screen, the processor performing the method of the first aspect.
In the above example, when the focus is controlled to move along the channel axis direction of the EPG user interface, a new position of the focus movement may be determined according to the position of the reference broadcast program, so that each time the focus is moved along the channel axis direction, the focus movement is moved with reference to the position of the same reference broadcast program, which can avoid a large offset of the focus movement along the time axis direction of the EPG user interface, and make the focus movement more convergent. And because the position of the reference broadcast program is kept unchanged, the moving paths of the focus along the channel axis direction and the opposite direction are opposite, the problem that the focus in the EPG user interface can not move back along the channel axis direction is solved, and the user experience is improved.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a smart television;
FIGS. 2A-2J are schematic diagrams of a focus movement on an EPG user interface;
3A-3I are another illustrative diagrams of focus movement on an EPG user interface;
fig. 4 is a flowchart of a method of controlling focus movement on an EPG user interface.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The following describes the present embodiment in detail, taking the display terminal as an example of an intelligent electronic device.
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a smart television. As shown in fig. 1, the smart tv may include a tuner 101, a user interface 102, a system processor 103, a memory 104, an EPG generator 105, a video controller 106, a display screen 107, and the like. A tuner 101 for performing broadcast channel tuning according to a user's operation of the user interface 102 and according to control of the system processor 103; a memory 104 for storing EPG information extracted from additional information contained in the digital broadcast signal or the analog broadcast signal received by the tuner 101; an EPG generator 105, which may include an OSD generator, for generating an EPG according to EPG information stored in the memory 104; and a display screen 107 for displaying the EPG processed by the video controller 106.
Specifically, in the process of displaying a television broadcast program on the display screen 107 of the smart tv, an EPG display request signal transmitted by a user through the user interface 102 (remote controller) is input to the system processor 103, that is, in response to an EPG display request issued by the user, the system processor 103 extracts EPG information from the broadcast signal received by the tuner 101, so that the EPG generator 105 can construct an EPG based on the extracted EPG information and an EPG image generated by the OSD generator using image (OSD) data, and further, the EPG user interface is displayed on the display screen 107 through the video controller 106.
The extracted EPG information is used to indicate a broadcasting schedule of a plurality of broadcasting programs, and may include names, types, starting broadcasting time, ending broadcasting time, and the like of the broadcasting programs.
Fig. 2A is a schematic diagram of an EPG user interface. As shown in fig. 2A, the vertical direction is the channel axis direction, and different channels are displayed in a multi-line form; the horizontal direction is a time axis direction, the respective broadcast programs in each row are arranged in the order of play time, and the size of the display area of the respective broadcast programs indicates the length of play time thereof. Five channels (DC a-DC e) are shown in the EPG user interface in fig. 2A, and broadcast programs of each channel are displayed in a line in the program play time order. For example: fig. 2A shows a menu of broadcast programs between 3:00PM and 5:00PM, broadcast programs a0-a3 for the DC a channel, broadcast programs b0-b5 for the DC b channel, broadcast programs c0-c6 for the DC c channel, broadcast programs d0-d8 for the DC d channel, and broadcast programs e0-e7 for the DC e channel.
When a broadcast program whose focus falls in a certain position is controlled, a Guide (Guide) of the broadcast program is simultaneously shown on the EPG user interface, which may include a channel identification, a play time, a content profile, and the like of the broadcast program. As shown in fig. 2A, when the control focus is on the broadcast program a2, the channel identification DCa of the channel to which the broadcast program a2 belongs, the play time 29/34: 19PM-29/35:19PM of the broadcast program a2, and the content profile of the broadcast program a2 are displayed in the guide area located on the upper side of the EPG user interface.
The sizes of the display areas for representing the broadcast program broadcast time of each channel in the EPG are different due to the difference between the starting broadcast time and the ending broadcast time of the broadcast program broadcast on each channel, that is, the starting position (corresponding to the starting broadcast time) and the ending position (corresponding to the ending broadcast time) of each display area have randomness; further, the broadcast program display areas in the upper and lower rows are displayed in a shifted manner in the EPG. For example: in fig. 2A, the end positions of the display regions indicating the broadcast program broadcast times of a0, b0, and c0 are not aligned, and the start positions of the display regions indicating the broadcast program broadcast times of a1, b1, and c1 are also not aligned. Therefore, in the process of controlling the focus to move up and down in the EPG, due to the problem of the misplaced display of broadcast programs between different lines, after each movement, there may be a shift in the left-right direction, and after a plurality of shifts, the focus may be far from the initial focus position, and in an extreme case, the focus may finally move to the page boundary.
Taking fig. 2A as an example, the initial focus falls on the broadcast program a 3. When receiving an instruction from the user to press the down direction key on the remote controller once, the focus is controlled to move to the broadcast program B3, usually based on the starting playing time of the left side of the broadcast program a3, and the starting playing time of the broadcast program a3 is included in the starting playing time and the ending playing time of the broadcast program B3, as shown in fig. 2B; when receiving an instruction of pressing a down direction key on the remote controller once by the user, taking the starting playing time of the left side of the broadcast program b3 as the standard, controlling the focus to move to the broadcast program C3, wherein the starting playing time and the ending playing time of the broadcast program C3 include the starting playing time of the broadcast program b3, as shown in fig. 2C; when receiving an instruction from the user to press the down direction key on the remote controller once, taking the starting playing time of the left side of the broadcast program c3 as the reference, the control focus is moved to the broadcast program D3, and the starting playing time and the ending playing time of the broadcast program D3 include the starting playing time of the broadcast program c3, as shown in fig. 2D; when receiving an instruction from the user to press the down direction key on the remote controller once, the focus is controlled to move to the broadcast program E3 with reference to the start playing time of the left side of the broadcast program d3, and the start playing time and the end playing time of the broadcast program E3 include the start playing time of the broadcast program d3, as shown in fig. 2E. The path of the downward movement of the focus from the broadcast program a3 is thus a3-b3-c3-d3-e3, as shown in fig. 2J, so that the deviation of the broadcast program e3 in which the final focus falls from the broadcast program a3 in which the initial focus falls is large.
At this time, when the focus falls in the broadcast program a3, if an instruction from the user to press the up direction key on the remote controller is received once, the focus is controlled to move to the broadcast program d1 with reference to the start playing time of the left side of the broadcast program e3, and the start playing time and the end playing time of the broadcast program d1 include the start playing time of the broadcast program e3, as shown in fig. 2F; the same holds again for focus movement up to broadcast program c1 (as shown in fig. 2G), b0 (as shown in fig. 2H), a0 (as shown in fig. 2I). The path of the focus moving upward from the broadcast program e3 is thus e3-d1-c1-b0-a0, as shown in fig. 2J, so that the deviation of the broadcast program a0 in which the final focus falls from the broadcast program e3 in which the initial focus falls is large.
Further, as can be seen from the above-described path in which the focus moves up and down, the broadcast program a0 in which the final focus falls has a large shift in the left-right direction from the broadcast program a3 in which the initial starting focus falls, so that the position of the final focus cannot fall back to a 3. Therefore, the phenomenon that the focus cannot be traced back can be seen when the reverse operation is carried out, and the user experience is influenced.
In other words, when the broadcast programs of the focus point between different channels are controlled to move up and down, the broadcast programs of different channels are displayed in a staggered manner, and a new position of the focus point movement needs to be calculated in real time according to the position of the broadcast program falling into the previous channel before the focus point movement, so as to control the focus point to move to the broadcast program displayed at the new position, which may cause a large shift in the left-right direction between the broadcast program in which the focus point finally falls and the broadcast program in which the original focus point falls, thereby causing a user to be troubled.
In order to solve the problems, the following steps are provided: when the broadcasting programs of the focus between different channels are controlled to move up and down, a new position of the focus movement is calculated according to the position of the selected reference broadcasting program, and the focus is controlled to move to the broadcasting program displayed at the new position. Therefore, the focus is controlled to refer to the same reference broadcast program in the process of moving up or down the broadcast programs among different channels, so that the broadcast program selected by focus movement can be prevented from generating large offset in the left-right direction, the problem that the focus cannot be traced back when moving up and down in the EPG user interface can be solved, and the user experience is improved.
As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling focus movement on an EPG user interface, including the steps of:
101. the display screen displays a television broadcast program.
102. An instruction to display an EPG user interface is received, and the EPG user interface is displayed on a television broadcast program screen in response to the instruction.
103. It is determined whether a reference broadcast program exists.
104. If not, after the broadcast program where the current focus is located is determined as the reference broadcast program, the received instruction of moving the direction is determined to be used for indicating the direction of moving the focus.
105. And if so, directly determining that the received instruction for moving the direction is used for indicating the direction of the movement of the focus.
106. When an instruction for instructing a focus to move in a broadcasting program play time arrangement direction in the EPG user interface is received, the focus is controlled to fall on a current broadcasting program in a current television channel in response to the instruction, and the current broadcasting program is updated to a reference broadcasting program.
107. When an instruction for instructing the focus to move in the channel arrangement direction in the EPG user interface is received, a new position of the focus movement in the target television channel is determined according to the position of the reference broadcast program in response to the instruction to control the focus to move to a target broadcast program corresponding to the new position.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the focus position may be represented by a channel identifier where a broadcast program at the focus is located and a program identifier. For example, a global variable channel Index (channel identifier) is used to store the channel number to which the broadcast program at the current focus belongs; a global variable program Index (program identifier) for storing an Index value of a broadcast program in which a current focus is located; a global variable lastFocusProgram is used to store the location of the reference broadcast program, which may include the channel number and index value to which the reference broadcast program belongs.
It should be noted that, in the EPG user interface, the broadcast program with the focus is highlighted, such as the display area representing the broadcast program is enlarged in the original position, and/or the edge of the display area is thickened, and/or the display area is shaded, so as to distinguish from other broadcast programs.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 2A, in the EPG user interface displayed on the display screen, if an instruction for instructing the focus to move in the left-right direction of the same line is received, a target broadcast program to which the focus moves is determined according to a target index value, and a new focus position is set according to the position of the target broadcast program to locate the position of the focus to the target broadcast program by changing the index value of the broadcast program while the line number is not changed; and saving the position of the broadcast program where the focus is located after the movement as the position of the reference broadcast program.
If an instruction for instructing the focus to move in the up-down direction of a different row is received, all broadcast programs in the up/down row are traversed, and the row number and index value of the target broadcast program for which the focus moves to the up/down row are determined according to the position of the reference broadcast program, thereby setting a new focus position.
The line number channel Index may be up or down auto-1 or +1 according to the focus moving direction, the Index value program Index may be left or right auto-1 or +1 according to the focus moving direction, and a new focus position may be set according to the line number and the Index value of the broadcast program.
Optionally, in step 107, a new position of the focus movement in the target television channel is determined according to the position of the reference broadcast program, so as to control the focus movement to the target broadcast program corresponding to the new position, which may specifically be:
traversing each broadcast program in the target television channel, and judging whether the starting playing time and the ending playing time (namely the program playing time) of a certain broadcast program in the target television channel comprise the specific time of the reference broadcast program; in other words, it is determined whether the specific time of the reference broadcast program is within the start broadcast time and the end broadcast time (i.e., the program broadcast time) of a certain broadcast program in the target television channel;
and if the playing time of the target broadcast program comprises the specific time of the reference broadcast program, calculating a new position of the focus movement, and controlling the focus to move to the target broadcast program corresponding to the new position.
Here, the specific time of the reference broadcast program may be preferably any one of a start broadcast time, an end broadcast time, or a broadcast time corresponding to a half of a program broadcast time of the program according to a preset rule, and the preset rule is referred to ensure that the focus position moves within a convergence range that meets a user's expectation, so as to avoid a large offset caused by a focus movement and improve user experience.
For example, in the EPG user interface displayed on the display screen shown in fig. 2A, it is first determined whether or not a reference broadcast program exists before receiving an instruction from a user to press a direction key of a remote controller.
If the position of the reference broadcast program is not found from the global variable lastFocusProgram, it is determined that the reference broadcast program does not exist, and the initial broadcast program at which the current focus is located is determined as the reference broadcast program. For example, in fig. 2I, the current focus position is identified as a line number Dc a and an Index value a0, that is, the focus is located in the broadcast program a0, the line number Dc a of the broadcast program to which the current focus belongs is stored in the global variable channel Index, and the Index value a0 of the broadcast program to which the current focus belongs is stored in the global variable program Index. Meanwhile, the broadcast program a0 is determined as a reference broadcast program, and the line number Dc a and the index value a0 to which the reference broadcast program a0 belongs are stored in the global variable lastfocusprogam.
If the position of the reference broadcast program a0 in which the row number Dc a and the index value a0 are stored is found from the global variable lastFocusProgram, it is determined that the reference broadcast program a0 exists. And then starts to receive the remote controller direction key instruction sent by the user to respond.
In some examples, in a case where the focus falls on the broadcast program a0, when it is received that the user presses the right direction key on the remote controller once, as shown in fig. 3A, the new position of the focus movement is identified as the line number channel Index is still Dc a, the Index value is automatically +1 and is changed to a1, that is, the focus is moved to the broadcast program a1 corresponding to the new position, and the Index value of the broadcast program at which the current focus is held in the global variable program Index is updated to a 1. At the same time, the broadcast program a1 is updated to the reference broadcast program, and the line number Dc a and the index value a1 to which the reference broadcast program a1 belongs are stored in the global variable lastfocusprogam as the position of the reference broadcast program.
In the case where the focus falls on the broadcast program a1, when the user presses the down direction key on the remote controller once, the broadcast programs b0-b5 in the channel with the line number Dc b are traversed in chronological order, and according to the line number Dc a and the index value a1 to which the reference broadcast program stored in the global variable lastfocusprogam belongs, it is determined that the program playing time of the broadcast program b1 includes the specific time of the reference broadcast program a1 (if the specific time is selected as the start playing time), the index value b1 of the broadcast program b1 is returned. As shown in fig. 3B, the new position id of the focus movement is automatically +1 and changed to Dc B, the index value is B1, and the focus is controlled to move to the broadcast program B1 corresponding to the new position. Meanwhile, the line number of the broadcast program with the current focus is stored in the global variable channel Index as Dc b, and the Index value of the broadcast program with the current focus stored in the global variable program Index as b1 is updated.
Under the condition that the focus falls on the broadcast program b1, when the user continuously presses the downward direction key on the remote controller once, the broadcast programs c0-c6 in the channel with the line number Dc c are traversed according to the time sequence, and the program playing time of the broadcast program c1 is judged to include the initial playing time of the reference broadcast program a1 according to the line number Dc a and the index value a1 of the reference broadcast program stored in the global variable lastFocusprogam, and then the index value c1 of the broadcast program c1 is returned. As shown in fig. 3C, the new position id of the focus movement is automatically +1 and changed to Dc C, the index value is C1, and the focus is controlled to move to the broadcast program C1 corresponding to the new position. Meanwhile, the line number of the broadcast program with the current focus is stored in the global variable channel Index as Dc c, and the Index value of the broadcast program with the current focus stored in the global variable program Index as c1 is updated.
In some embodiments, in the case that the focus falls on the broadcast program c1, when the user continues to press the down direction key on the remote controller, the broadcast programs d0-d8 in the channel with the line number Dc d are traversed in chronological order, and the index value d1 of the broadcast program d1 is returned when the program playing time of the broadcast program d1 is determined to include the starting playing time of the reference broadcast program a1 according to the line number Dc a and the index value a1 to which the reference broadcast program stored in the global variable lastfocusprogam belongs. As shown in fig. 3D, the new position id of the focus movement is automatically +1 and changed to Dc D with the index value D1, thereby controlling the focus to move to the broadcast program D1 corresponding to the new position. Meanwhile, the line number of the broadcast program with the current focus is stored in the global variable channel Index as Dc d, and the Index value of the broadcast program with the current focus stored in the global variable program Index is d 1.
Under the condition that the focus falls on the broadcast program d1, when the user continuously presses a downward direction key on the remote controller, the broadcast programs e0-e7 in the channel with the line number Dc e are traversed according to the time sequence, and the program playing time of the broadcast program e3 is judged to include the initial playing time of the reference broadcast program a1 according to the line number Dc a and the index value a1 of the reference broadcast program stored in the global variable lastFocusprogram, and then the index value e3 of the broadcast program e3 is returned. As shown in fig. 3E, the new position id of the focus movement is automatically +1 and changed to Dc E, the index value is E3, and the focus is controlled to move to the broadcast program E3 corresponding to the new position. Meanwhile, the line number of the broadcast program with the current focus is stored in the global variable channel Index as Dc e, and the Index value of the broadcast program with the current focus stored in the global variable program Index is stored as e 3.
At this time, when the focus falls on the broadcast program e3, when the user presses the up direction key on the remote controller, the broadcast programs d0-d8 in the channel with the line number Dc d are traversed in chronological order, and if the program playing time of the broadcast program d1 is judged to include the starting playing time of the reference broadcast program a1 according to the line number Dc a and the index value a1 of the reference broadcast program stored in the global variable lastfocusprogam, the index value d1 of the broadcast program d1 is returned. As shown in fig. 3D, the new position of the focus movement is identified as the line number auto-1 and changed from Dc e to Dc D with an index value of D1, thereby controlling the focus movement to the broadcast program D1 corresponding to the new position. Meanwhile, the line number of the broadcast program with the current focus is stored in the global variable channel Index as Dc d, and the Index value of the broadcast program with the current focus stored in the global variable program Index is d 1.
Under the condition that the focus falls on the broadcast program d1, when the user continuously presses the upward direction key on the remote controller, the broadcast programs c0-c6 in the channel with the line number Dc c are traversed according to the time sequence, and the index value a1 and the line number Dc a to which the reference broadcast program belongs are judged to be contained in the global variable lastFocusprogam, and the program playing time of the broadcast program c1 is returned to the index value c1 of the broadcast program c1 when the program playing time of the reference broadcast program a1 is judged to contain the starting playing time of the reference broadcast program a 1. As shown in fig. 3C, the new position of the focus movement is identified as the line number auto-1 and changed from Dc d to Dc C with an index value of C1, thereby controlling the focus movement to the broadcast program C1 corresponding to the new position.
In the case where the focus falls on the broadcast program c1, when the user continues to press the up direction key on the remote controller, the control focus is moved to the broadcast programs B1 (as shown in fig. 3B), a1 (as shown in fig. 3A), similarly.
As shown in fig. 3F, the path when the focus moves downward is: a1-b1-c1-d1-e3, the path of the focus moving upward is: e3-d1-c1-b1-a 1. Therefore, on one hand, in the focus up-moving path and the focus down-moving path, the broadcasting program of which the focus falls in and the reference broadcasting program have no offset in the left-right direction basically, so that the focus position is ensured to move in the convergence range according with the expectation of the user; on the other hand, the path is opposite when the focus moves up and down, and the moving path of the focus is ensured to be traceable, so that the user experience is improved.
In other embodiments, in the case where the focus falls on the broadcast program c1, when the user presses the right direction key on the remote controller once, as shown in fig. 3G, the new position of the focus movement is identified as the row number channel Index is Dc c, the Index value is automatically +1 and is changed to c2, that is, the focus is moved to the broadcast program c2 corresponding to the new position, and the Index value of the broadcast program at which the current focus is located, which is held in the global variable program Index, is updated to c 2. At the same time, the broadcast program c2 is updated to the reference broadcast program, and the line number Dc c and the index value c2 to which the reference broadcast program c2 belongs are stored in the global variable lastfocusprogam as the position of the reference broadcast program.
When the focus falls on the broadcast program c2, when the user presses the down direction key on the remote controller once, the broadcast programs d0-d8 in the channel with the line number Dc d are traversed according to the time sequence, and the program playing time of the broadcast program d3 is judged to include the initial playing time of the reference broadcast program c2 according to the line number Dc c and the index value c2 of the reference broadcast program stored in the global variable lastfocusprogam, and then the index value d3 of the broadcast program d3 is returned. As shown in fig. 3H, the new position of the focus movement is identified as the line number auto +1 and changed from Dc c to Dc d with an index value of d3, thereby controlling the focus movement to the broadcast program d3 corresponding to the new position. Meanwhile, the line number of the broadcast program with the current focus is stored in the global variable channel Index as Dc d, and the Index value of the broadcast program with the current focus stored in the global variable program Index is d 3.
When the focus falls on the broadcast program d3, when the user presses the down direction key on the remote controller once, the broadcast programs e0-e7 in the channel with the line number Dc e are traversed according to the time sequence, and the program playing time of the broadcast program e4 is judged to include the initial playing time of the reference broadcast program c2 according to the line number Dc c and the index value c2 of the reference broadcast program stored in the global variable lastfocusprogam, and then the index value e4 of the broadcast program e4 is returned. As shown in fig. 3I, the new position of the focus movement is identified as line number auto +1 and changed from Dc d to Dc e with index value e4, thereby controlling the focus movement to the broadcast program e4 corresponding to the new position. Meanwhile, the line number of the broadcast program with the current focus is stored in the global variable channel Index as Dc e, and the Index value of the broadcast program with the current focus stored in the global variable program Index is stored as e 4.
… … repeat the above process and in this way effect a movement of focus in the EPG user interface.
In the above example, when the focus moves up and down, it may be determined whether the broadcast time of a certain broadcast program in the target television channel includes the specific time of the reference broadcast program according to the position of the reference broadcast program, and then a new position of the focus movement may be determined. And because the position of the reference broadcast program is kept unchanged, the paths of the focus moving up or down processes are opposite, the problem that the focus moving up and down in the EPG user interface cannot be traced back is solved, and the user experience is improved.
It should be understood that, in various embodiments of the present invention, the sequence numbers of the above-mentioned processes do not mean the execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present invention.
The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.
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1. A method for controlling a focus movement on an EPG user interface while playing a tv broadcast program in a display terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a television broadcast program on a display screen of the display terminal;
receiving a first input instruction for displaying an EPG user interface;
responding to the first input instruction, displaying an EPG user interface on the television broadcast program picture, wherein the user interface comprises a two-dimensional program menu which is sequenced by a television channel and a program playing time sequence;
receiving a first direction control instruction in the arrangement direction of the television channels when a focus is on a first television broadcast program in a first television channel;
responding to the first direction control instruction, determining a first reference time within the playing time of the first television broadcast program, and controlling the focus to move toThe playing time comprising said first reference timeA second television broadcast program in a second television channel;
receiving a first direction control instruction in the arrangement direction of the television channels when the focus is on the second television broadcast program;
controlling the focus to move to in response to the first direction control instructionThe playing time comprises the first reference timeIs/are as followsOn a third television broadcast program in a third television channel.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a second direction control instruction along the arrangement direction of the playing time of the television broadcast program when the focus is on the third television broadcast program;
in response to the second direction control instruction, controlling the focus to move to a fourth television broadcast program different from the third television broadcast program in the third television channel;
receiving the first direction control instruction in the television channel arrangement direction when a focus is on the fourth television broadcast program;
and responding to the first direction control instruction, determining a second reference time within the playing time of the fourth television broadcast program, and controlling a focus to move to a fifth television broadcast program in a fourth television channel, wherein the playing time of the fifth television broadcast program comprises the second reference time.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining a first reference time within the playing time of the first tv broadcast program and controlling the focus to move to a second tv broadcast program in a second tv channel, the playing time of the second tv broadcast program including the first reference time, specifically comprises:
determining a first reference moment based on a preset rule in the playing time of the first television broadcast program;
traversing each television broadcast program in a second television channel, and searching for the second television broadcast program of which the playing time of the television broadcast program in the second television channel comprises the first reference moment;
and calculating a new position of the focus movement according to the channel identifier of the second television channel and the program identifier of the second television broadcast program, and controlling the focus to move to the second television broadcast program corresponding to the new position.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein moving the control focus to a fourth television broadcast program on the third television channel that is different from the third television broadcast program comprises:
and calculating a new position of the focus movement according to the program identifier of the fourth television broadcast program in the third television channel, and controlling the focus to move to the fourth television broadcast program corresponding to the new position.
5. The method according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising:
based on a preset rule, any one of the starting playing time, the ending playing time or the playing time corresponding to one half of the playing time of the television broadcast program is determined as a reference time.
6. A display terminal, comprising:
a display screen;
a memory;
and a processor in communication with the memory and the display screen, the processor performing the method of any of claims 1-5.
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